Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1956 — Page 1

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Concessions To Hungary Rebels Offered Today Defiant Rebels In Hungary Continue On General Strike VIENNA (UP) — Hungary’s Soviet - sponsored Premier Janos Kadar reportedly offered ultimate withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country and formation of a coalition government in sweeping new concessions to anti-Red insurgents today. But the defiant rebel groups continued their general strike and insisted it would remain in effect until all Soviet troops actually are - At the same time, the government controlled Radio Budapest broadcast Yugoslav President Tito’s charge that the Russians were responsible for the Hungarian revolution. In a speech delivered Sunday and released Thursday. Tito said the Russians promised to pull their troops out of Hungary as soon as order has been restored. Suggests Three-Phase Withdrawal These moves by the Kadar regime apparently were still more desperate efforts to win some form of popular -backing and woo rebel workers back to their jobs. Reliable souroes in Budapest said Kadar offered these concessions in talks with the Central Workers’ Council of greater Budapest and with the leaders of the so-called "Petoefi" or n a t ional peasants party and other groups: 1. A three-phase withdrawal of Soviet troops. -1 2. Formation of a coalition government including non-Corrimunist parties. Under the reported withdrawal plan, the Red Army troops would retire first to their barracks in Budapest, then to their normal bases in the country. All reinforcements sent from Russia since the fighting began woud return home immediately. Tells of Tito Warning At the same time, Kadar would begin immediate negotiations for Hungary’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact—one of the last attempted acts of the ousted government of ex-Premier Imre Nagy before the Soviet attack on Nov. 4. All Students Aid Student Day Sale Students from all classes of the Decatur high school will participate in the annual student day sale, which will be held in this city Saturday, not just seniors, as erroneously stated in Thursday’s Daily Democrat. Students will assist in retail stores of Decatur Saturday, and their wages will be turned over to the senior class, treasury, as has been the custom ‘for many years.

Endre Sipos Speaks At Rotary Meeting ; Decatur Rotarians were given a personal insight into conditions in revolt-torn Hungary at their weekly dinner meeting Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. The guest speaker was a member of the club, Eadre Sipos, an employe' of the Central Soya Co., and a native of Hungary. He traced the history of Hungary and the events which led up to the enslavement of the Hungarians and their current uprising. Bernard Pickett was chairman of the program. Joe Kaehr, club president, reported that no meeting will be held next week, with the regular weekly date falling on Thanksgiving Day.

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Heavy Snowstorms In Upper Midwest Coldest Weather Os Season Moves East By UNITED PRESS A heavy snowstorm swirled into the upper reaches of the Midwest today after howling across the Northern Plains, coating roads with packed ice and snow and causing at least three' traffic ' deaths. > The dead were motorists who > were unable to control their skid- ! ding autos on the glazed high--1 ways. 1 Meanwhile, the coldest weather > of the season pushed eastward, ’ causing thermometers to nosedive through Ohio in the north and ’ Mississippi in the south. H All of the central portion of the nation except the Northwest was ! gripped by the cold snap. Wide Snow Belt ’ Heavy snow spread a white blan- ; ket from eastern Montana through western Upper Michigan. Snow depths generally varied from six ! to eight inches in most storm-hit 1 sections, but one of the heaviest [ snowfalls was at Duluth, Minn., where 12 inches fell. Strong northwest winds, with velocities often reaching as high I as 55 miles per hour, whipped snow into deep drifts and reduced , visibility as low as poor to zero. l Eight inches of snow was re- [ ported at Grantsburg. Wis., and three inches whitened parts of t Upper Michigan where the heavy . snow was continuing today. North- [ west lowa was covered with a . two-inch blanket of white. > Highways in Minnesota, WisconL sin, North Dakota. Upper Michigan and northwest lowa were ! glazed with ice and snow, and re- ’ ported hazardous. Buses and trains ran “way bel hind schedule” and planes were grounded in the area. Harbors I along Lakes Superior and Michi- [ gan were jammed with lake boats i fearful of venturing out on the I storm-tossed waters. Winds Close Docks At Ashland, Wis., on Lake Su- . perior, iron ore shipments halted as snow and wind drove crews off the docks. The loading of iron ore from the Gobegic range at Ironwood, MicK, and Hurley, Wis., al- . so was stopped by the storm. Schools closed early Thursday in many communities struck by the snowstorm, and road crews worked through the night to make highways passable. Homebound t raffle Thursday evening at Minneapolis and St. (Continued on Lewis Vogt Dies At Van Wert Hospital <7 Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Lewis Vogt, 81, of near Ohio City, 0., died Thursday at the Van Wert county hospital. Death was caused by complications from a fractured hip suffered Nov. 4. He was born near Berne Oct. 26, 1875, a son of Jacob and Mary Vogt, and had lived near Ohio City since 1915. His wife, Samantha, died 10 years ago. Mr. Vogt was a retired maintenance crew worker for the Erie railroad. Survivors include a niece, Mrs. Harland McGill, of Decatur, and a tiepheft, Frank Marbaugh, of California. One brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at th? Church of God in Ohio City, the Rev. Royal Rear officiating. Burial wiH be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. Friends may call at the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert unitl time of the services.

Hammarskjold In Egypt For Nasser Talks ) Secretary General > Os United Nations Arrives In Egypt , LONDON (UP)—U.N. Secretary . General Dag Hammarskjold ar- . rived today in Egypt for talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser on . the worsening diplomatic stalemate that threatens another round of the Mideast war. Hammarskjold flew to the Abu Suweir air field near Ismailia in , the Suez Canal zone with 50 . Colombian reinforcements for the first contingent of the U.N. police force. Another flight of 50 Norwegians boosted to 192 the number of police on hand. J The secretary general inspected the first police units and then con- - tlnued on to Cairo. It was understood he planned to send for 24 signalmen immediately to speed ' up communications in the Middle . East. “I congratulate you for being i members of a force unique of its I kind,” Hammarskjold told the UNEF soldiers. “Men from all over the world have offered their ’ services for the achievement of ‘ the principles upon which the United Nations was founded. I am confident that the example you are giving will achieve world peace and security. . Bums in New York Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns, head i of the new U.N. police force, arrived in New York almost at the same time as Hammarskjold arrived in the Middle East. Burns . was conferring with U.N. delegations in hopes of pinning down the ’ as yet uncertain duties of his police force. Burns and Harqmarskjold had conferred in Italy. Hammarskjold was faced with the difficulty of reconciling the ' Egyptian demand for immediate • withdrawal of Anglo-French troops ; and the equally firm insistence of the allies that they stay until peace erturns. Both sides appeared to be hardening their positions. Conspirator On Stand Third Day Presents Testimony On Fellow Plotters NEW YORK (UP) — Joseph P. Carlino, a confessed conspirator in the acid blinding of Victor Riesel, returned to the stand for the third day today to testify against three fellow plotters. [ Carlino told Thursday how de- , mands by Abraham Telvi for more i pay for hurling the acid into the ; labor columnist’s eyes led to Tel- , vi's being slain in gangland fashion. The three defendants on trial on conspiracy charges are Leo Telvi, 26, brother of Abraham; , Gondolfo (Shiekie) Miranti, 37, and Domenico (Nick) Bando, 47. Carlino, who has spent 22 of his 43 years in jail, testified that two ' weeks after the attack, orders came from “people uptown” to hustle Telvi, 22, out of town in a hurry. Carlino said this order was ; relayed to him by Miranti. According to Carlino, “the boys uptown" duped Telvi into blinding Riesel without knowing his identity. He testified Miranti and Bando also were misled. , Carlino testified Telvi was hired supposedly to beat up a man ac-_ cused of going out with another man’s wife. He said they were , shocked and felt tricked when they learned from newspapers the next iConunuea on pare Ktrht>

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East And Gulf Coast J .‘ ,9, Ports Closed Down By Longshoremen’s Strike

Navy Sending < Powerful Task Force On Move Largest Aircraft Ca frier Will Head , Fleet Into Atlantic WASHINGTON (UP)-The Navy said today it will send another powerful task force into the Atlantic on Monday. It will be headed by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Saratoga. The latest Navy “training operation" was announced at the same time it was disclosed the nation’s long-range bomber force apparently is engaged in stepped-up exercises within the United States. The Air Force described the Strategic Air Command activity as “routine training,” not necessarily linked with the Middle East crisis but not entirely divorced from it either. The Navy here and the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Va., announced that the Saratoga, the attack carrier Lake Champlain, and a num? ber of destroyers will participate in the "carrier task force training operation” in the Atlantic between! Norfolk and Mayport, Fla. Deployment of the Saratoga and the Champlain will bring to 15 the number of aircraft carriers now arrayed, in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean. Movement of the new force along the Atlantic Coast indicated: that the super carrier Forrestal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and 13 accompanying ships may have moved further eastward in the Atlantic, but there was no confirmation from the Navy. The force headed by the Forrestal has been “exercising” in the Atlantic since Nov. 7. There was speculation here that a task force, probably built around two aircraft carriers, may be dispatched to the Indian Ocean area. Defense officials made no (Oonnnueo o> <C>KAW Scout Appreciation Dinner Next Monday Annual Dinner At Coliseum Monday The Anthony Wayne council, Boy Scouts of America, will hold its annual Scoutleaders appreciation dinner Monday at 6:30 p.m. at tl» Allen county memorial coliseunr. The adult leaders of Scouting in the nine northeastern counties of Indiana have been invited to this event. The purpose of the dinner is to pay tribute to the men and women who give leadership to the 221 Cub packs, Scout troops and the Explorer units in the council. Two thousand persons are expected to attend. The principal address will be given by Siegfried W. Kilander, deputy regional executive, from Chicago. His topic will be “Keep Faith With Tomorrow.” Louis C. Rastetter, council president, will preside over the dinner program. Group singing will be led by Wayne E. Link, with Mrs. W. T. Osborne at the organ. A colorful opening ceremony done with black lights will be ih charge of Jerry E. White and Orville B. Collins. The closing pageant will be under the direction of James W. Katschke. Recognition ceremonies are under the leadership of R. Nelson Snider, assisted by H. L. Smeltzer, Don Winegardner, W. Gray Woodcox and Sylvester Everhart. Three Silver Beaver awards will be presented for distinguished service to boyhood in this council. Chairman of this huge pot luck dinner is W. DeFord Hite. The various arrangements involved are being handled by D. G. Mills, W. H. Wilcox, Alfred W. Kettler, Jr., Delbert Auman, William A. Didier, Jr., and Gorton C. Cook. Co-chair-men «f the food service committee are Wayne H. and Harold E. Hamchairman of the decorations committee. Donald Whitacre will be in charge of the unique three level head table which seats 90 persons.

Marine Instructor Sentenced To Year Used Naked Bayonet To Force Recruits PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. W — A general court martial today sentenced former Marine drill instructor Frederick A. Renton to a year at hard labor and a bad * conduct discharge for using a naked bayonet to force recruits to perform physical feats. The court announced the sent- ■ ence after deliberating a verdict ' of guilty handed down Thursday on four of 16 counts against 19-year-old Renton of New York City. The verdict and punishment are subject to review by higher military authority. ! The 10-member court also ordered Renton reduced from privaet first class to private, and to forfeit all pay and allowances during the period of confinement. The dark-haired young Marine stood stiffly at attention with his attorney as the sentence was read. After the sentence, he was hustled into a nearby room with his mother, who attended the trial. He refused to talk to a reporter. Renton was the fourth non-com at this huge Marine "boot camp” U to be found guilty of maltreatment | since the celebrated Mcßeon case llast summer. L Renton pleadetd guilty to forc- ) ing two recruits to balahce on their toes and elbows over a bayonet held under their stomachs. He was also found guilty of knock- ■ ing a recruit to his knees and of ‘ violating a base rule which forbids (Continued on Pace Kicht) -*■ ■ . -- Deputies Organize For Civil Defense Sheriff Deputies Hold Meeting Here About 80 special deputies of the Adams county sheriffs department met in the court room of the county court house Thursday night to organize civil defense teams. Equipment and literature on various phases of civil defense were distributed to the deputies who were assigned to squads for the various areas of the county. Under the direction of Merle Affolder, the squads have been formed for the purpose of traffic control and protection of property in the event of a major disaster of any kind. Ten squads to be placed in different parts of the county and four protection units were formed. The squad leaders include David Macklin, Preble; Robert Meshberger, Linn Grove; Harold Schlagenhauf, Geneva; Don Sweeney, Berne; Howard Habegger, Monroe; Roy Price, Decatur sural; Bernard Meyers, Decatur No. 1; Maurice Teeple, Decatur No. 2; the Rev. Lawrence Norris, Decatur No. 3, and Jerome Ginter, Decatur No. 4. Each squad includes from five to 10 men and will be assigned to a particular area. Assembly points have been assigned to each squad. Heading the four protection units are Carl Baxter, Decatur; L. L. Yager, Berne; Bill Widduws, Geneva, and Lewis Steffen, Monroe. A standby headquarters group includes James Cowens, James Roop and Francis Noack. Also assigned to posts were four amateur radio units who will provide communication between various points of the county in case of emergency. The civil defense setup in the county also includes a nearly complete survey and organization of emergency care centers arranged through the disaster relief service of the local Red Cross chapter. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy south and central. mostly cloudy extreme north with a few snow flurries near Lake Michigan this afternoon. Mostly fair and cold tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 14-33. High Saturday in the 40s. Sunset 5:29 p. m., sunrise Saturday 7:32 a. m.

Report Signs Os Wrangling On Satellites Soviet Leaders And Iron Curtain Heads Reported Wrangling WASHINGTON (UP) — Diplomats today reported sign? of intensified wrangling among Soviet leaders and among Iron Curtain officials generally over Russia’s satellite policies. The dispute centers on this question: Should Russia relax its grip on the satellites, as it has in Poland. or rule with an iron fist as it is doing in Hungary and others? The conflict promises to grow. • The State Department was watching particularly for the outcome of current talks in Moscow between Kremlin leaders and a delegation from Poland led by Communist party boss Wladyslaw Gomulka. These talks should provide the first hard evidence of whether Russia is willing to go farther toward granting its satellites more independence. Moscow has shown in Hungary how far it will not go — it will not let a satellite spin entirely out jot the Communist sphere. 1 New support for reports oi a Kremlin split on th? satellite control question was provided by a ■ speech of Marshal Tito of Yugo- ’ slavia which was publicized Thurs--1 day. Tito charged that “Stalinist forces” in the Kremlin are holding out against “democratization” of the satellites. He blamed them for mkaing the “fatal error” of using Russian troops to crush the Hungarian rebellion. Tito denied Yugoslavia was responsible for the rebellion. But he said there are those — apparently in Moscow — who are again beginning to bully Yugoslavia. Tito named no names, but experts here believed he referred to Russia's ex-Foreign Minister V.M. Molotov, a long-time Stalinist who has been a Tito foe since Yugoslavia broke with Moscow in 1948. Molotov is believed to be the leading opponent of relaxation of Russian control of other satellites. Hospital Receives Bids December 18 Receive Bids For ( : Addition, Changes The board of trustees of the Ad- : ams county memorial hospital will j receive bids up to noon (CST) ' Tuesday, Dec. 18, for the erection ’ and construction of the additions and alterations to the county in- ■ stitution. ; Plans and specifications for the : project are on file in the office of Thurman I. Drew, hospital admin- ' istrator, and at the office of A. M. ! Strauss. architect-engineer, at Fort Wayne. Under terms of the legal notice to bidders, published elsewhere in today’s edition of the Decatur Daily Democrat, bids shall be filed separately on the general construction, plumbing, heating and ventilating, electric work, elevat- ' or, kitchen equipment and hospit- 1 al equipment. The board of trus- ‘ tees reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to award the . contract as may appear to the , best interests of Adams county. The additions and alterations for the hospital will be financed from the sale of the $450,000 bond , issue which was sold recently as- 1 ter county officials had approved petitions of the hospital trustees, and which petitions were signed by hundreds of Adams county freeholders. ( The sealed bids will be opened i and read by the trustees in public « Members of the board are Cal s E. Peterson, Henry I. Rumple, t Dee Fryback and Wilbert Nussbaum, with John L. DeVoss attor- i ney for the bdard.

Denies Any Soviet Forces In Syria Arab Pact Nations To Remain Neutral BEIRUT, Lebanon (W — Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Al Bitar today denied reports that Soviet jet planes, pilots and “volunteers” have arrived in Syria. Such reports may have been started to stir up anti-Arab feeling in the United States, Bitar suggested in an interview with United Press. As he left for home after attending the three-day “summit” conference of Arab leaders, the Syrian official said leaders of Arab pact nations agreed to follow a neutral policy between the Soviet bloc and the West. And, he added; “the United States should forbid Anglo-French intervention in Egypt.” He said British and French planes have appeared almost daily over Syrian airfields and have been fired upon by Syrian antiaircraft guns. But, he said, “it is not true there are 125 Soviet Migs in Syria; there are no Soviet planes nor Soviet pilots in Syria, and I have told that to the American ambassador.” The loreign minister also denied reports that a flight of Soviet, planes accomparited Syrian President Shukri El JCuwatly on his return trip to Damascus after conferirng with Soviet officials in Moscow nearly two weeks ago. He said the Soviet planes turned back at the Black Sea and did not fly over Turkey. Annual Festival Os Music November 29 Rural High Schools To Present Festival The Adams county school music festival, planned annually by the county music directors, is scheduled to take place Thursday, Nov. 29, at 8 p. m. at the Adams Central gymnasium. County music teachers are completing plans for the festival, which will feature band and choral music presented by students of the county high schools. The combined band from all of the schools includes 225 players and the combined chorus is composed of 175 students. Dr. Merton Utgaard of Ball State Teachers college at Muncie will be the guest conductor for the musical event. An unusual feature of the evening will be a performance by the head baton twirlers from each high school. This is a new addition to the usual l festival program. The twirlers will perform under the direction of Marilyn Schock Haas, head batoh twirler at Ball State Teachers college. Tickets for the event, to which the public is invited, will go on sale Monday morning at each of the courity schools participating in the music event. Secretary Dulles To Leave Hospital Sunday WASHINGTON ((IB) — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plans to leave the hospital next Sunday and fly to Key West, Fla., to convalesce from his recent operation. Dulles was operated on at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Nov. 3 for intestinal cancer. Bad Weather Halts Students' Canvass The student house-to-house canvass of the city scheduled Thursday night for the 1956 Community Fund campaign was cancelled because of bad weather, according to announcement by Lyle Mallonee, general chairman of the event. The C&mmsaHy---Fund is ' 3tlll short of its $13,400 goal but treasurer Robert Boch indicated that with a few reports still' not completed it is possible that the fund will come near the goal.

Ports Closed By Strike Os Longshoremen East, Gulf Coast Ports Closed When Longshoremen Quit NEW YORK (UP)—Longshoremen shut down East and Gulf Coast ports from Boston to Galveston today In a strike over a disputed contract for the New York waterfront. Capt. William V. Bradley, president of the International Longshoremen’s Assn. (Ind.), left a negotiation session at federal mediation headquarters Thursday night to issue the strike call for midnight—expiration hour of the twice-extended working agreement. More than 50 ships lay idle in the Port of New York. Token picket lines appeared shortly after 8 a.m., and work continued only on military cargoes. Wrestle Own Lnggage The Italian liner Saturnia was the first passenger ship to dock after the strike deadline. Her 1,033 passengers wrestled their own luggage with the help of the line’s office personnel. The North German Lloyd Line’s Berlin sailed at 6:20 a.m. from shipyards in Brooklyn where it had been under repair. Its 204 passengers had boarded Thursday night. Pickets patrolled the docks in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Houston and Galveston, shutting down those ports. Longshoremen walked off their jobs in Boston and Baltimore at midnight and at Portland, Maine, today. Work continued in Tampa, Fla.,’ and Providence, R.1., where union officials said they had received no official notification of the strike call. Negotiations between the ILA and the New York Shipping Assn, were reported to be making some progress Thursday night, with concessions from both sides. They were to resume at 2 p.m. today. Meanwhile Mayor Robert F. Wagner called both sides and the mediators to a meeting at City Hall. Other maritime unions lined up behind the independent ILA in its first strike in several years over a purely labor-management dispute. Members of the National Maritime Union (AFL - CIO) jumped the gun to halt sailing of two Grace Line ships, the Santa Clara and the Santa Rosa, before midnight. Harry Bridges’ West Coast Longshore Union, like the ILA an outlaw from the unified labor movement but for different reasons, announced it would support the East Coast union from which it split more than 20 years ago. Lincoln PTA Holds Open House Thursday Thanksgiving Is Theme Os Meeting LINCOLN PTA HOLDS A large crowd attended open house at Lincoln school Thursday night for the regular meeting of the Lincoln P. T. A. Mrs. Roy Friedley presided at the meeting. •‘Thanksgiving, What It Should , Mean To Us” was the topic of a talk by the Rev. William Feller, who was the featured speaker of the evening. During the business session the group voted to raise the dues and to sponsor a Girl Scout troop. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. John Chambers. The program chairman, Mrs. Ray Walther, introduced Mrs. J. S. Knudsen, who read the President's Thanksgiving proclamation. Larry Anspaugh led group singing and the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The meeting was closFeller. A major feature of the meeting was a tour ot the school with discussion on activites and projects of the pupils at Lincoln school.

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