Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 270.

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Polish Leaders In Moscow For Series Os Talks Polish Delegation • Seeks Concessions From Soviet Russia MOSCOW W —• Polish Communist Party and government leaders arrived here today for a long series of talks which may end in some Soviet concessions for Polish nationalism. The Polish delegation, headed by Communist Party chief Wladysiaw Gomulka and Premier Josef Cyranciewicz, was greeted at Moscow’s By elo-Russian railroad station by Soviet officials and an honor guard of 200 officers. Soviet Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikplai Bulganin headed the Soviet welcoming committee. About 200 Polish students from Moscow University were on hand, and several hundred Russians watched in silence. Gomulka said in a brief speech he expected "valuable results in the political and economic sphere from the present talks in Moscow, to which our-party and people attach the greatest importance.” He made no reference to Soviet troops in Poland, except by ah oblique statement that Poland’s Western frontier on the Oder and Neisse rivers is guaranteed by a treaty with the Soviet Union. The actual talks between the Polish and Soviet leaders began in the Kremlin at 4:30 p. m. (7:30 a. m.-'CST). ■ They left Warsaw by train Wednesday, one day after the government announced a drastic shakeup in the cabinet and the long-expected resignation of Stalinist Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky from his job as vice premier andd defense minister. Observers here expected substantial Soviet concessions as a result of the talks, which will be held on the highest fevels of party and government. The talks were expected to last at least a week. The observers believed the concessions would include arrangements for reduction of Soviet armed forces in Poland and a proviso for their eventual withdrawal from the country. There were reports of a plan to disSovle the mutual economic aid organization — the Communist eqliivalent of the Marshall Plan —because of new plans by East European Communist leaders to put less emphasis on industrialization and to step up production of consumer goods. Observers also predicted a substantial revision of existing trade agreements between the Soviet Union, Poland and other satellite countries to provide more favor(Contlnued On Pqge F1 ve) Slightly Less Meat Available In 1957 WASHINGTON ((W) — The Agriculture Department says there will be slightly less meat available in 1957. It will sell at higher price than in 1956. "Hog slaughter especially will be less than in 1956.” the department said Wednesday. “Fully as many cattle likely will be slaughtered as in 1956, but average carcass weights may be enough lighter to pull down the total output of beef to some extent.. “Prices-for hogs will be higher than in 1956. Those for cattle are expected at least to stay above their lowest points of 1956 and manv average slightly above that year. With little change in slaughter in prospect, prices for sheep and lambs also might average slightly higher in 1957.”

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Final Section Os Toll Road Opened " Last 16 Miles Os Indiana Road Open GARY W — The last 16 miles of Indiana’s first toll road opens today, the last link in an 850mile superhighway system stretching from New York City’s George Washington bridge to Chicago. Barricades were scheduled to be swung out of the way at 1 p.m. CDT, allowing traffic to roll at cruising speed through the state’s most thickly populated area—the Calumet cities in Lake County around the Lake Michigan Shoreline southeast of Chicago. Completion of the last segment of the 158-mile Indiaina portion of the divided lane superhighway from New York to the IndianaIllinois state line was nothing short of historic. For the first time, traffic can ply between the nation’s two largest cities without interruption except for service stops. Tbere are only half a dozen or so traffic signals the entire route, no grade intersections and no speed zones through built-up areas. Drivers obeying speed limits and stopping occasionally for gasoline. lunch and rest can travel the distance in about 14 hours at a cost of about 811. The road goes through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The last section of the Indiana road to be completed was at the western end of the highway between the Gary-East interchange and the road’s western terminus at 106th St. and Indianapolis Blvd, in Hammond. Eventually, perhaps by 1958, an 88 million dollar Chicago Calumet Skyway will connect with the Indiana road. It will take traffic seven miles further into Chicago —to 66th and State Sts. Completion of the Indiana road climaxed a two-year construction program which permitted opening of the road far ahead of schedule. The entire road was opened just two months before Gov. George N. Craig, Indiana’s most ardent toll road advocate, completed his four-year term. Construction was started Sept. 21, 1954. More than half the road, from the Indiana-Ohio line to South Bend, was opened last Aug. 16. Another section 27 miles long between South Bend and LaPorte was opened Sept. 5. The LaPorteGary section was opened Sept. 16. In the three months since the first section was opened, tolls and concessions income totaled nearly a million dollars. The Indiana road cost about 280 million dollars. Special Deputies Will Meet Tonight A meeting of about 90 special deputies of the £dams county sheriff's department is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the court room of the Adams county court house. Purpose of the meeting, which has been called by sheriff Merle Affolder, is to give instruction and equipment in connection with the civil defense program of Adams county. In the pvent of a disaster, this group would have charge of traffic control and community protection. INDIANA WEATHER Occasional showers a fid thunderstorms east portion tonight. Snow flurries likely northwest portion late tonight. Windy and turning much colder tonight. Friday mostly cloudy, windy and much colder with snow flurries extreme north. Low tonight ranging from the lower 30s northwest to the 40s extreme south. High Friday tn the 30s north to the 40s south. Sunset 5:30 p. m., sunrise Friday 7:31 a. m.

UN's Police Force Lands In Suez Zone Egypt Announces No Need Os Volunteers From Russia, China LONDON (UP)—A United Nations police force landed today in the Suez Canal zone and Egypt announced the need for Soviet and Red Chinese "volunteers” no longer existed. Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Abdel Razek and Syrian Minister Ibraham Istuany said in Bonn, Germany, that Egypt and the other Arab states had turned down the Soviet and Red Chinese offers to send volunteers to the Mideast. But a new complication arose in Beirut, Lebanon, where a meeting of the leaders of eight Arab nations demanded withdrawal of the Anglo-French and Israeli troops from Egypt today. They warned that the Arabs will take “effective measures to the maximum of their capabilities to enforce this.” It appeared that U.N. SecretaryGeneral Dag Hammarskjold had won for the time being the race against possible Soviet intervention in the Mideast and the threat of a major war. Takeoff Order Urgent The situation had become so critical that the first contingent of 43 Danes and 50 Norwegians left Capodichino Airport at Naples in the middle of the night on Hammarskiold’s urgent orders. They will be followed by a force of from 5,000 to 6,000 men from a dozen or more members of the United Nations for duties still as yet not defined. But the world organization hoped their presence would dampen any spark that could start another war. The “crisis” was touched off when Arab sources in Moscow Wednesday said the Cairo government had asked for the immediate dispatch of Soviet pilots and tank crewmen “volunteers” promised for weeks by the Kremlin. The statements in Bonn today dispelled for the time being this , 1? WWW.A i-r" ' - ' \ . • A 111111 Vvß wV“ LUI • Soviet sources were just as mum as usual. But the Soviet press reported today without comment a brief dispatch from Washington in which President Eisenhower said he opposed the unilateral dispatch of armed forces to Egypt. Hie U.N. forces that landed this morning were welcomed by Brig. Gen. Amin Hilmi El Thani, chairman of an Egyptian liaison committee. The troops piled out of the planes and marched off to their barracks followed by a car carrying their gear. The chairman said the Qantara base was only temporary and that the forces will “move quickly” to stations along the Egyptian-Israeli demarcation line in Auja, Rafah and Gaza as soon as the AngloFrench forces withdraw from Port Said. His statement was almost oppo(Oontlnued On Page Five) Progress Report On Decatur Fund Drive Meeting Scheduled Next Tuesday Night A progress report on the Greater Decatur fund raising drive will be made at a meeting of the original 61 endorsers of the program, the present contributors and all interested citizens at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Tuesday night at’ 8 o’clock. At a meeting bf the general finance committee held Wednesday evening at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce offices, the results of the first part of the drive were compiled to the best of the cofnmittee’s ability. It was decided to ask the van, ious chairmen to either complete their drive or make a report on the number already seen within the next couple of days. According to the co-chairmen, Fred Haugk and Clark W. Smith, only about and third or one half of the potential contributors have been contacted. During this week the first two of the out of town contributions from chain stores arrived. Both pledges were for SSOO each. A very good possibility of successfully finishing the drive was apparent from the information turned in during the drive. Two committees have complet(Continued on Page rive) Estimates Record Banana Production TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras «W) — The Tela Railroad Co.’s banana planations in northern Honduras will produce a record 9-million stems this year, a company spokesman estimated Wednesday. The company is a subsidiary of the United Fruit Co.

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United States Charges Great Britain, France Os V iolating Agreement

T Free Elections Are Promised To Hungarians Also Promises End To Deportation Os Hungarian Youths BUDAPEST (UP) — Sovietbacked Premier Janos Kadar promised "free and secret” elections today to defiant Hungary and an end to the mass deportation of Hungarian youth. But he said Russian troops would remain in Hungary until "order is restored.” And he said the “time for neutrality has not yet come.” Kadar fired 12 Stalinists from top party posts and capitulated to a series of worker demands in hopes of ending the nation’s paralyzing general strike. It was the biggest climbdown yet by the Soviet-sponsored Kadar regime. It was made in a lastminute panic to prevent workers in gas, electric and other vital utilities from joining the strike. Kadar also made new overtures to the other sections of the populace . Promise New Housihg Budapest Radio announced ■ the abolition of all laws compelling farmers to hand over agricultural products and meat to the state. The broadcast said also the government will buy apartments to house those who lost their homes in the fighting. Budapest Radio reported Radar's new moves to appease his antiCommunist countrymen, even at the possible cost of his own post and the Hungarian Communist Party’s domination. It said he promised to negotiate with ousted Titoist Premier Imre Nagy for his return as head of the government. And he conceded the Communist Party would be badly beaten in new elections. Kadar said he was ready to talk with Nagy whenever he left the extra-territorial grounds of the Yugoslav embassy in Budapest. Rebels Make Demands But Hungarian workers have demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Russian troops and tanks as the price for calling off the general strike, now more than three weeks old. The general strike continued today but the threatened walkout of the gas and electric workers did not materialize. Kadar said the Russians agreed “no one will be deported from Hungary.” But reports said some 16,000 freedom fighters already have been shipped out in sealed trains. ! Kadar also said uranium from (Continued on Page Five) Annual Student Day Sale Here Saturday High School Seniors To Work In Stores The annual student day sale cosponsored by the senior class of Decatur high >chool and the retail merchants of Decatur will take place Saturday. ’ On that day, members of the senior class will work in the local stores and the money earned by them will be turned over to the class treasury. Fred Schott, president of the senior class, is general chairman of the project- He is being assisted by his class officers, Paul Schmidt, vice-president; Lorraine Walters, secretary, and Tony Kelly, treasurer. A committee of 16 class members contacted the merchants. This group included Dewayne Agler, Edwin Bean, Gene Baxter, Sara Brunnegraff, John Dorwin, Linda Gamsby, Jay Gould, John Isch, Marilyn Jefferies, Jerry Kaehr, Stanley Kirkpatrick, Jim Klenk, Donna Small, Barbara Suttles, Ellen Welch and Jim Bullinger. Miss Charlotte Vera, sponsor of the senior class, and Hugh J. Andrews, principal, will meet with the students to check their assignments to the various stores and to instruct them.

- — Massive Cold Front Is Moving Eastward Second Severe Snow In Rockies, Plains By UNITED PRESS A massive cold front pushed rapidly across the plains states early today to cover the western half of the nation while the season’s second severe snowstorm struck the Rockies and northern plains. The cold snap extended from the Pacific Coast to tile northern Great Lakes and northwest Texas, and was expected to move slightly eastward into lower Michigan and Illinois and through Arkansas into Louisiana, Meanwhile, snow swept through Colorado and Wyoming into Nebraska, the Dakotas and western Michigan. Amounts were generally less than four inches, but heavy snow struck partj of South Dakota. Strong northwesterly wih d s caused drifting snow, and weathermen warned that road conditions might be hazardous in the snow areas. * Twenty-four inches of snow was reported in South Dakota’s Spearfish Canyon and 15 inches at Deadwood. Schools closed early in many communities Wednesday as the snow began to drift. 1 Some telephone circuits were » out in western South Dakota, but t the snow was not hampering air and bus transportation. Drifting snow also was reported * in North Dakota, where Minot re--1 ported the temperature down to 14 degrees early today. 1 Blowing snow piled up large drifts in Minnesota, where a three- ■ inch snowfall whitened the west- ■ central portion of the state. Slip- '■ pery roads were reported around Wadena and Alexandria, Minn., and in parts of Wisconsin. The snow was expected to move into all of Wisconsin and Minnesota and southward through northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri today. Weathermen warned of locally heavy snowfalls in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the eastern portion of Nebraska and northwest lowa. The cold front was expected to move slightly eastward, reaching lower Michigan, Illinois and through Arkansas into Louisiana. Annual Christmas Seal Sale Opened Over 5,000 Letters Are Placed In Mail Robert Zwick, president of the Adams county tuberculosis association, today announced opening of the annual Christmas seal campaign in the city and county. Letters, containing the Christmas seals, were placed in the mails today. The more than 5,000 letters were prepared under the supervision of Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary of the association, assisted by Maynard Hetrick, commercial teacher in the Decatur high school, and his students. This is the 50th annual national Christmas seal sale. These seals are the only source of revenue for the TB association, which conducts a widespread, campaign against tuberculosis. Os the funds raised from the seal sale, 82 percent will be retained by the local chapter, and the remaining 18 percent will go to the state and national associations. In addition to the seals, health bonds are also being mailed to various civic, social and fraternal organizations in the county. Among the projects conducted each year by the local association are general health education, health education in the schools, the patch test program in the schools, county-wide X-ray' surveys by the mobile X-ray unit, clinics, rehabilitation programs, cooperation with the Irene Byron sanitorium, and research. Recipients of. the seals are requested to return their payments to the association as soon as possible. 14~Pages

„ — '-'r-*" j l . India, Russia Battle For UN Red China Seat Lead Futile Fight In Committee To Block Resolution UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) , —lndia and Russia, despite a defeat in committee, prepared to carry to the floor of the General Assembly today their bitter fight , for a United Nations seat for Red China. India’s V. K. Krishna Menon and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov led a futile effort in an assembly’s Steering Committee meeting late Wednesday to block an American resolution deferring any consideration of the Chinese representation issue for the duration of this assembly , sesson. The U.N.’ police force was starting operations in Egypt and Secretary-General Dag Hammar- j skjold was off to watch its opening phases, with the possibility of a stop-off in Hungary before he returns here six days hence. This eased some of the pressure here i on the Middle East and Hungarian ; problems and permitted the as- ' sembly to move toward completing organization of its 11th annual 1 session. Two-Hours Os Wrangling > The world parliament had hoped to begin its annual general debate > —or parade of policy statements -by foreign ministers and delega- - tion chiefs — today. But the ne- - cessity of approving its Steering I Committee’s report made this ap- , pear unlikely. For two hours Wednesday, the : 15-member Steering Committee i wrangled over the Chinese repret. sentation issue. i Krishna Menon, under sharp ■ criticism among delegates for his i continued opposition to Western i policies this year, started the ; ruckus with a proposal for a full assembly debate on the right of i the Communist regime to China’s ; U.N. seat. Offers Resolution United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. countered with a two-part -resolution recommending the general assembly: "1. Decides not to Include in the agenda of its 11th regular session the additional item proposed by India, f "2. Decides not to consider, at its 11th regular session, any proposals to exclude the representatives of the government of the republic of China or to seat repre- , sentatives of the central people’s government of the people’s republic of China.” Britain and France stood • , staunchly by the U.S. in an 8 to 5 1 (Continued on Page Five) 1 , .. •/«;:. : Geneva Girl Hurt I In Auto Accident Miss Fenstermaker Injured Wednesday Miss Shirley Sue Fenstermaker, i 21, of Geneva route two, is a patient at Adams county memorial hospital suffering leg injuries sustained in an accident Wednesday . at 3:30 p. m. two miles east of i Ceylon. ... The Geneva girl, who is the daughter of Lorene Fenstert maker, Democratic candidate for , county treasurer in the recent i election, sustained a fracture to her right ankle and a broken left I legThe car which she was driving 1 was totally demolished when it went out of control. Investigat- ; ing officers, deputy sheriff Roger ’ Singleton and state trooper Al Coppes, stated that she was probably blinded by the sun as she proceeded west. The car straddled a bridge abutment and then flipped into ~a ■ creek. The car hit with such< impact that the motor and battery were thrown away from the body of the car. There was also some damage- to fence on the Peter L. Schwartz farm.

Report One Missing After 836 Crashes Twenty Suffer Only Slight Hurts Today DENVER (UP)— An Air Force 836 crashed and burned a mile north of Denver’s Stapleton Municipal Airport shortly after takeoff today. Only one of the 21 persons aboard was reported missing a half hour .after the crash. Most of the survivors were slightly injured but few appeared to be hurt seriously. The 10-engine, 3*4-million-dollar plane had taken off from Lowry Air Force base 4 miles south of the crash scene only minutes before it plunged into the wheat field at 6:50 a.m. MST. A crew member, identified only as a Lieutenant Mannenkuch, said that only one of the 21 persons aboard had not been accounted for at 7:20 a.m. ■Die plane may have suffered a power failure shortly after takeoff. Air Force personnel at the scene said a farmer living in the area reported seeing the plane gliding to earth and that he heard no sound of the engine. The fuselage of the plane cracked in half and fuel tanks in its wings caught fire. The. plane’s starboard wing section burned furiously despite efforts of at least a score of Air Force and Denver fire department crew to extinguish the blaze. The wrecked plane was racked by a series of minor explosions nearly an hour after the crash. The survivors were taken by ambulance to Lowry Air Force Base Hospital. The crash occurred on the reservation of the Army’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a chemical warfare installation. The plane was en route back to its home base at Ellsworth Air (Continued om rage Five) Teenagers Canvass City This Evening Seek To Meet Quota Os Community Fund At 6 p.m. today the city’s teenagers will launch a final effort to bring the 1956 Community Fund up to its $13,400 goal. Students from both high schools and Boy Scouts will participate. The youngsters will conduct a door-to-door canvass of the city requesting small donations in an attempt to complete the fund. They have requested the cooperation of the city’s adult residents in meeting the goal, since a large portion of the money collected will support projects and activities of youth organizations. They have pointed out that if each person contacted would give as little as 25 cents, the goal could be met. Each of the students and Boy Scouts participating tonight will carry cannisters to identify them as assistants in the 1956 Community Fund campaign. Fred Schott of Decatur high school and David Heimann of Decatur Catholic high school are the student cbgi men of the house-to-house project. Steve Everhart is in charge of the Boy Scout participation. Tonight’s drive will be the final project of the Community Fund campaign and it is hoped that it will be successful enough to put the fund over the top. Tractor Accident Causes Costly Fire FRANKFORT, Ind. («B) — A tractor accident, set off a fire that destroyed a barn, garage and machinery on a farm about three miles southeast of Mulberry. Damages were estimated at $50,000 Wednesday. Joseph Conrad said he was driving a tractor inside his large bam when the floor caved in. The tractor fell partially through the boards. He said , the gasoline sediment bowl broke and engine sparks ignited the fluid. Gasoline from the gas tank caught fire and within minutes the building was in flames, he said.

Says Military Aid Equipment Used In Egypt j Accusation Made By Defense Department On Britain, France * ; WASHINGTON (UP) — The Defense Department accused Britain . and France today of violating their , international agreements with the [ United States by using U. S. mili- . tary aid equipment in the attack t on Egypt. The department, however, ap- - parently plans no disciplinary acI tion against the two governments ; beyond verbal protests. [ It said in response to inquiries by the United Press that the United : States “has made representations • to the British and French concemL ing their violation of bi - lateral ‘ agreements concerning military 1 equipment destined for the defense 1 of the North Atlantic Treaty area.” Meantime, U. S. officials said ' Russia and Red China would h* 1 flirting with a major war if they carried out their threats to send ' “volunteer” forces into Egypt. Security Council Meets President Eisenhower was be1 Ueved to have discussed these , threats and other aspects of the s Middle East crisis with his top advisers at a fiiorning session of f the National Security Council. He 2 also was to confer with Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. . this afternoon. The Defense Department state- » ment was the first to say officially ghat the bilateral agreements gov- > eming file use of U. S. military aid r had been violated. It became known early in the fighting, through press reports, that British and French troops were using U. S. equipment. The Defense Department at that time took a non-committal stand. The bi-lateral agreements with Britain and France specify that U. S. military aid is to be used “to promote the intep'ated defense of the North Atlantic Treaty area.” Worried Over Volunteers , In the past six years, the United , States has furnished $3,600,000,000 , in military equipment, supplies and j services to France and about sl,5 000,000,000 to Britain. Aside from the “representations’* , already made, the Defense Departr ment said that" further action by 1 the United States “will be a matter of future consideration.” The Defense Department added . that the cease fire in the Suez ‘ area “may obviate the need for I additional representations” to the f two governments. The possibility of Communist ' “volunteers” on Egypt’s side was , causing considerable concern. The big hope in Washington is that arrival of the United Nations ! police force in Egypt will eliminate any pretext the Communists might use to send forces to Egypt. This is why the United States has been pressing for a speedy arrival of the U. N. troops. At his news conference Wednesday the President stressed the ’ United States would oppose, through the United Nations, any attempt by the Communists to pour “volunteers” or weapons in- ; to Egypt. He said he could not forecast ' specifically what the United States and the United Nations might do if Red troops and weapons moved into Egypt. But he recalled that the United Nations in 1950 had taken action against (Continued on Page Five) • Sentence Nurse For } Deaths Os Infants NIANTIC, Conn. (OB) — Vir- ’ ginia Jaspers, 33, began a 10 to 22-year term in the state prison -for women today for fatally shakei ing two infants whose crying an- ! noyed her. > The 220-pound unlicensed nurse had pleded guilty to two counts t- of manslaughter Oct. 24 Superior ■ Court Judge William Shea eeni fenced her Wednesday in New i Haven to 10 to 15 years on the i first count and seven years on the second.

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