Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 277.

FRANCE RATIONS GASOLINE I L'w 1 BCI NO GASOLINE on Saturdays and Sundays, a Paris motorist is told as France cuts down on consumption due to the Suez canal bottleneck. '. .

Kidnaping Os Nagy Drawing European Ire Brazen Kidnaping By Soviet Troops May Draw Protest VIENNA (UP) —Former Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy, kid- * naped by the Russians as he left the haven of the Yugoslav embassy in Budapest, today was reported to have been spirited to Moscow to stand trial for high treason. The report was published in the West German newspaper Nacht Depesche and attributed to Hungarian embassy circles in East Berlin. It generally was accepted here as a logical development in the series of disasters which have befallen Nagy, the one-time Titoist leader who twice in the month-long history of the, Hungarian revolt has been double-crossed by the Russians. Yugoslavia was expected to protest strongly against the Russian action which also could touch off another explosion inside Hungary itself. Strains Yugoslav-Soviet Relations According to the newspaper. Nagy was hustled off to-Romania after rejecting a Soviet demand to broadcast a denunciation of stillresisting Hungarian rebels. It said he was driven to Arad. Romania, in the automobile of the Romanian ambassador and flown to Moscow in a Soviet plane. The newspaper said the Russians forced Nagy to sign a document requesting permission to leave Hungary for asylum in a people’s democracy— Communist terminology for the satellites. Reports from Belgrade, Yugoslavia. said the Soviet disregard of a safe-conduct pledge for Nagy obtained by Yugoslav diplomats before he left the Yugoslav Embassy in Budapest put a new strain on the deteriorating Yugoslav-Soviet relations. Government Takes Dim View The reports said there were clear indications that Marshal Tito’s government regarded the abduction of Nagy as a serious breach of international law. Nagy and some 40 other Hungarians were granted asylum in the Yugoslav Embassy in Budapest when the Soviet armored forces launched their new offensive op Nov. 4. They left the embassy Wednesday night, ostensibly for home, but never arrived. Budapest Radio made no mention of the Yugoslav charges that Nagy and his colleagues were taken at gunpoint by the Russians when they stepped out of the Yugoslav embassy in Budapest Wednesday night. Supposedly In Romania The puppet government announced that Nagy "and his companions”' left Budapest for Romania after he had “expressed his desire to. live in a peoples democratic country." It said Romania agreed to accept Nagy and his party and that they had arrived in Romanian territory. The chief editor of the Romanian official news agency, reached by telephone in Bucharest by United Press, said he knew nothing of Nagy’s reported arrival. Observers here expressed doubt at'the Kadar regime’s explanation for Nagy’s disappearance. They said there was every indication that former Titoist premier had been doublecrossed again by the Russians. ‘ . l noon edition ■I. I '■ l ( •

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NKWSPAPIR IN ADAMS COUNTY

Accent On Youth At International Show National 4-H Stock Judging Underway CHICAGO (UP) - The accent remained on youth at the 57th International Livestock Exposition as the world’s largest stock show entered its second day today. The National 4-H livestock judging began Friday with high school boys and girls competing for agri- - cultural college scholarships • offered by the Chicago Association t of Commerce and Armour and Co. Today judging got under way in - the junior livestock feeding cons test for youths 12-20 years of age. The junior grand champion steer s automatically becomes eligible for t the finals in the top, judging of the - show—selection of the 1956 nation- - al grand champion steer. A. D. Weber, dean of agriculture » at Kansas State College, judged s the more than 300 baby beeves - shown by youths of 12 states comt peting for the junior prize. I Weber also will select the nas tional champ on Tuesday. Students Judge Stock Clifford Breedon, herdsman of • the college farm at Purdue Unii versity, was named judge of the f junior hog competition. Juniors r have listed 65 hogs, the champion to meet the best adult for the i grand champion hog title later in . the show. 1 Among other events on tap today ’ was the collegiate livestock judg- ' ing contest. Teams of students ‘ from the United States and Canada ’ showed their skill by competing 1 against one another in judging r livestock. Among the survivors of Friday's 1 4-H judging was Nancy Turner, 1 17, Champaign, 111. Nancy won ! last year’s grand championship 1 with an Aberdeen Angus named ’ Julius. Her entry this year is "H. J.“ ’ another Aberdeen named for How- ‘ ard Johnson, the restaurant owner ’ who bought Julius for $16,125 last ' year. , Angus Most Popular 1 Aberdeen Angus led the entry ‘ list in sfll cattle classes at the show this year with 640 head from 21 states and Canada. In all there are 23 breeds of livestock classii tied for competition at the exposi- , tion. Another Friday event was the opening phase of the livestock carcass competition. Oscar W. Anderson, 52, Leland, i 111., won the grand champion rib- ■ bon in the swine-on-the-hoof phase ; with a 202-pound Poland China ( hog. Anderson has 400 herd of ■ swine on his 215-acre farm. The reserve championship went to Purdue University with a 202pound Berkshire. Entries in the carcass contest ; will be butchered and the meat ' will be judged by meat experts i before the final ribbon is awarded. Local Lady's Mother Dies This Morning Mrs. Marie Almonrode, 54, of Saratoga, died at 2 a.m. today at a Portland nursing home after an illness of three years. Surviving are her husband Joe; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Houk of Decatur route 4; two sons, Irvin and Joe, Jr. of Saratoga; eight grandchildren; a brother, Leon Iliff of Portland, and two sisters, i Mrs. Mabie Britt of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Garnet Gearhart i of Dunedin, Fla. 1 Funeral arrangements have not been completed. She was a member of the United Brethren church at Saratoga. NET SCHEDULES The remainder of the sched- { ules for all Adams county high ' school basketball teams for the 1956-57 Season is printed on * Page 6 of today’s Dally Democrat. wr would suggest faThT clip and save these for future reference. 4

Withdrawal Os Troops Topic Os Discussion Anglo-French And UN Commanders Hold Conference LONDON HB — Commanders of Anglo-French and U. N. emergency forces meet today to discuss withdrawal of the first British and French troops from Egypt. A British battalion of 800 men prepared to pull out of the Suez Canal zone Monday. British Gen. Sir Charles Keightley, supreme Anglo-French commander, flew to Port Said, Egypt, Friday to confer with his field commander, Lt. Gen. sir Hugh Stockwell, on the withdrawal. Maj. Gen.-; E.L.M. Burns, commander of the U. N. Emergency Force (UNEF), was scheduled to stop at Cyprus today en route to U.N. truce headquarters in Jerusalem. It was understood Buras would meet with Keightley at An-glo-French headquarters on Cyprus to coordinate plans for the withdrawal. Britain, France Pressured Britain and France have been under increasing pressure from many nations, as well as from the . embittered Egyptians, to evacuate , the canal zone “forthwith.” U.N. diplomatic sources in New r York said today the United States is pressing the Allies to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of [ the occupation forces. The U. S. . delegation was also prepared to . vote in favor of an Afro-Asian resJ olution demanding the "forthwith” withdrawal, if it comes up for a i vote in the General Assembly to- . day. Keightley said Friday the Brit- ’ ish and French troops will leave ' as rapidly as U.N. troops arrive. ! “Our withdrawal will be related ■ to the United Nations buildup,” he said. “As fast as UN. troops ar- ! rive, British and French forces I will get out.” “Effective” Force Urged Britain and France have insisted that an “effective" U.N. force replace their troops in Egypt, but said this does not necessarily f mean a man-for-man swap. There was no word from Port > Said about the movement of any ■ French troops. t The French were expected to be ; included in the next batch of withi drawals as soon as more U. N. forces arrive. Earlier today, UNEF personnel in Port Said still numbered only . 200 somewhat bewildered Norwe- ’ gian troops who had as yet taken , no definitp part in occupation or I withdrawal operations. Keep To Themselves i They were confined to a barbed wire enclosure with orders to rei frain from fraternizing either with i the Egyptians or the Anglo-French (Continued on Page Six) Auction School To Open Here Monday Semi-Annual Term Opens Here Monday The 73rd semi-annual session of the Reppert school of auctioneering will open Monday morning at Bellmont park, with approximately 50 students. The course will last three weeks. Dr. Roland Reppert, owner of the school, announced today that , Col. Quentin R. Chaffee, of Towanda, Pa., will again be dean of the school. Col. Chaffee has arrived in the city and is making the preliminary arrangements. No changes in the staff of the school have been made this year and the instructors will be: Col, G. L. Pettit, of Bloomfield, Iowa; Col. C. B. Drake, of Decatur, Bl.; Col. H. W. Sigrist, of Fort Wayne; Col. Walter Carlson, of Triumph, Minn.; Col. Ray Elliott, erf Portland; Col. Donald E. Rolfe, of Orient, Ohio; Col. Guy Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio; Col. Homer Pollock, of Delphos, Ohio; Col. Clyde M. Wilson, of Marion, Ohio; Col. Earl Wright, of Mount Gilead, Ohio; Col. C. M. Jones, of Oak Park, Ill.; Col. George G. Borum, of Centralia, Hl.; Col. H. B. Sager, of Bozeman, Mont.; and Col. Gene Slagle, of Marion, Ohio. Each of the instructors is a nationally known specialist in some phase of the auctioneering profession, and each will teach his specialty. Several public auctions are being planned in AdamS and Jay counties for the students and a schedule will be announced in a few days. City officials and officers and directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce expect to give an official welcome to the students Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the school. <■

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U.S. Pressing For Timetable Os Withdrawal Pressing Britain, France To Withdraw Troops From Egypt UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —The United States, although reluctant to widen the breach with Britain and France, is pressing its two Western allies to announce a timetable for withdrawal of AngloFrench forces from Egypt, diplomatic sources reported today. The U.S. delegation got word from Washington to vote in favor of an Afro-Asian resolution demanding the “forthwith” withdrawal of Anglo-French and Israeli forces if it comes up for vote today. Sixteen nations were sebeduled to speak on the resolution with the resumption of debate this morning. Postponement Efforts Seen But sources expected. attempts would be made to postpone a vote until Monday to give Britain and France a chance to decide whether they would pull their troops out of the Suez Canal zone on a pre,announced schedule. Britain already has announced that it i» withdrawing one battaU ion of troops. France has reported pulling out most of its naval forces. Israel said its troops had pulled back some 20 miles. Both Britain and Israel asked the General Assembly Friday not to press them on withdrawing their forces until the U.N. Emergency Force was fully competent to take over its duties under a unified command. Canada Agress J ‘ Canada supported this view. Foreign Secretary Lester B. Pearson said the situation should be allowed to develop for a time under U.N. Secretary<Jeneral Dag Hammarskjold’s direction without any more pressure from the General Assembly. But Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov countered with a demand for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the “aggressor” forces from Egypt. And he voiced a demand that the U.N. compel Britain, France and Israel to pay the entire cost of the U.N. police force and of reopening the Suez Canal. Shepilov also supported Egypt in (Continued on t-axe Bix> Annual Goodfellow Club Planned Here Project Sponsored By Delta Theta Tau Plans are underway for the annual Goodfellow club project sponsored by the Delta Theta Tau sorority to bring Christmas joy to the needy families of the community. Mrs. Robert Tracy has been named general chairman of the project this year. All members of , the sorority assist on the various : committees necessary to complete the project. In the past the sorority has at- ; tempted to give clothing as well as food and toys to families in need i of extra help at Christmas time. This year, they have announced, because of rising costs, the soror- I ity will limit its project to food I baskets and donated toys. These i will be distributed just befdre i Christmas to those families investigated and approved by the sorority members. This is the 39th year of the project, which is supported by dona- i tions from other organizations and i individuals in the community. The : sorority also contributes and then 1 does the work of purchasing the food, preparing the baskets and do- ' ing the investigating to determine ' who is to receive the gifts. ■ The annual appeal for donations to’ the Goodfellow club is being made now. Money and toys in good repair will be accepted and can be : given to any member of Delta ; Theta Tau sorority.

T Luke Erie's Shore Residents Dig Out Helicopters Carry Food To Snow-Bound ERIE, Pa. (UP)— Lake Erie shore residents struggled to dig opt today from a Thanksgiving Day snowfall (that forced helicopters to carry food to isolated areas. The storm dumped two to three feet of snow along a 150-mile sitretch of Lake Erie’s southern shore from eastern Ohio to western New York. National Guard tanks, spearheading an army of guardsmen, Civil defense workers, boy scouts and municipal crewmen, plowed at least one Jane of traffic through all major arteries in Erie, hardest hit city. Dairies, oakeries and fuel companies worked round-the-c lock schedules to feed and warm the district. Mayor Arthur C. Gardner indicated the state of emergency he imposed on the city of 130,000 residents might be lifted later today. The Weather Bureau forecast only flurries of snow through tonight. But temperatures below 20 degrees froze snow drifts into solid ice in the path of snow removal crews. The predicted high for this afternoon was 26. At least 11 deaths were blamed on the snow and cokfei Slippery highways, exposure W, haustion killed three persons each in New York and Indiana, two in Pennsylvania and one each in Ohio, Michigan and lowa. Col. Donald Hay, commander of Pennsylvania National Guard units in Erie, said the crisis appeared to have passed in the city. Outlying districts, however, still counted on emergency transportation for for food and fuel. Plan Benefit Sale For Center Dec. 8 Auction And Bake Sale Planned Here Proceeds from a benefit auction and bake sale Saturday, December 8, will go to Decatur Youth and Community Center, it was announced today by a group of citizens. Students of the Reppert school of auctioneering will donate their services for the event, which will be held during both the afternoon and evening. New and used merchandise will be included. It is expected that this will become an annual event, which will help overcome the operating deficit of the building and its activities. At a liincheon held at the building Friday noon, Dr. Roland Reppert, owner of the school, and Col. Quentin Chaffee, dean, agreed to supply the auctioneering services and also informed the group of the success of such programs in other communities. Glenn Hill was named general manager of the event and Clarence Ziner and Lowell Harper were selected as co-chairmen. Other committee chairmen are: Bob Tracy, retail, Earl Fuhrman, and E. W. Lankenau, industries, wholesalers, Contractors and implement (dealers; Joe Kaehr. garages; L. R. Zintsmaster, auto retailers; SyJ» vester Everhart, schools, Carl Gerber and Mrs. Roy Kalver, household goods and bake sale; Charles Ettinger, truck lines; Theodore Graliker, professional men, Robert Rumschlag and Al Bentz, restaurants and taverns, and Wilbur Petrie, service stations., The plan is to ask all concerns and citizens in the community to donate new , merchandise, gifts slips, used household articles and baked goods. As many as possible are asked to bring their donations to the Community Center Friday, December 7, the day before the event. Mayor Robert Cole has agreed to furnish a city truck if necessary to help move heavy articles. The Bag Service hps also contributed a truck and driver for the same purpose. ■; ■ '

Italian Liner Crashes, 33 Aboard Killed r 14 Americans bn 1 Board When Liner Crashes In France b ( PARIS (IB —An Italian airliner - en route from Paris to New York crashed in flames near Orly Field - early today, killing all but two , of the 35 persons aboard, includi ing 14 Americans. .. - I Two badly burned Italians, the i only survivors, fought for their t lives at a hospital. Famed orchestra conductor Gui- . do Cantelli, who had been sched- ; uled to conduct the New York ■ Philharmonic Orchestra next Thursday, was aboard the plane and was feared among the dead. An announcement in Milan, Italy, home of the La Scala Opera orchestra said Cantelli was killed. The new, four-engine DC6B of the Italian Airlines Co. (LAI), In service only since Nov. 5, struck the roof of a house as it was taking off from Orly Field and plunged into two others 1.8 miles south of the airfield. Houses Destroyed The crash hurled a flaming arc pf 8.000 gallons of Ugh octane t gasoline over the three bouses t and burned them to the ground. The impact dashed three occuj pants of one house into the cellar, . injuring one. I Two firemen were injured when . a wall of one of the burning build- [ ings collapsed. At 9 a. m. today (4 a. m. EST) rescue workers were still trying to free the body of one victim from the charred wreckage. Most of the corpses were deposited in the marriage chamber of the city hall in the little Paris suburb of Paray Vieille Poste. The plane landed in Paris to pick up two passengers and took off at 12:40 a. m. for a scheduled stop at Shannon, Ireland. The crash occurred a few seconds later. Some witnesses said one engine appeared to explode before the plane crashed. Italian Airlines in New York listed 14 Americans, 10 Italians, one Turk and a crew of 10 persons aboard. (Continued on Page Six) Slight Temperature Moderation Is Seen Indianapolis Sets 12 Above Reading By UNITED PRESS A late autumn cold wave trailing the season’s first snow sent temperatures shriveling to 12 above zero in Indiana today. A slight moderation in temperatures was due during the weekend, along with the chance of more snow. Hie weather bureau said a low of 12 was recorded at Indianapolis this morning, 15 at South Bend and Lafayette, and 17 at Fort Wayne and Evansville. The chilly readings came on the heels of a cold day in which the mercury never got as high as freezing, even in the Evansville area. Highs Friday ranged from 26' at Fort Wayne and Lafayette to 31 at Evansville. It was so cold that a snow blanket unrolled across Hoosierland on Thursday and Friday didn’t have a chance to melt, although main highways generally were cleared with the help of sanding and salting crews. The forecast for the weekend called for “a little warmer” today with high marks ranging from 30 upstate to 35 dovnstate, lows tonight ranging from 25 in the north to 27 in the south, and highs Sunday ranging from 30 north to 38 south. Snow flurries or light snow were expected over most of the state Sunday, and the outlook for Monday was partly cloudy and continued cold with snow flurries ending.

15 Men Injured In Elevator Explosion Blast Rocks Houses Into Two-Mile Area DALLAS, Tex. (UP)—-An explosion that shook houses two miles away set off a five-alarm fire in a feed mill grain elevator today, injuring at least 15 men. Two of the workers, J. T. Busby, 42, and Billy Joe Sargent, 16, were listed as critically burned, and doctors at Parkland Hospital said ■ they feared for the life of Busby. I Two other men were listed as missing. Three of the injured, including R. LI Powell, a foreman at the plant, were released after receiving emergency treatment and one man refused treatment at the hospital. The blast occurred in an elevator at the Sunny Southland Feed Mills in northwest Dallas, about 4 miles from the downtown area. Among the 11 men kept in the hospital were two Katy Railroad switchmen who were working in the vicinity when the explosion occurred. Powell, who was treated for peeled skin injuries on his head and arms, said the explosion occurred in what was known as the grain room. One wall of a three-story._sheet iron building owned by the Lefland Steel Mills next door to the grain elevator was Wown oqt. In addition to the elevator itseff, the fire spread to the feed mill proper and to four railway box cars, either loaded or partially loaded with sacks of grain. Fire Chief R. S. Carter said the force of the blast awoke his crew 2 miles from the scene and that “we just got up, got the trucks and started looking, for it without waiting for an alarm.” George Jenkins, 35, who was ■ working in the building, gave this version: “I was in the mixing room when ’ the explosion went off. It sounded like a cannon to me. It knocked , me down, but didn’t knock me unconscious. “I saw one man with his clothes blown off. He was just standing . there in his shorts.” Project Mercy Is Now In High Gear Hungarian Refugees Continue To Arrive CAMP KILMER, N.J. SB — The Army shifted its Project Mercy into high gear today to complete processing of some 400 Hungarian refugees, including 214 who arrived in three planeloads Friday. Two more flights of war victims expected today will swell the total number of refugees at this installation to 400. After today there will be no further arrivals “for two or three days v ” Authorities here gave no reason for the interlude. Hungarian men looked grim and fatigued as they filed off the planes Friday. Most had no baggage except what they could carry. Two children, waving small green and white Hungarian flags, were carried off the plane in their parents’ arms. Buses rushed the tired refugees from McGuire Air Force Base to the Camp Kilmer reception center where they were fed and put through a three-hour processing session. Military officials hoped the refugees turnover would be speedy and complete. Os the vanguard of 60 Hungarians who arrived here Wednesday, only 15 remained housed in temporary quarters at the camp. - . The others have left for new homes and lives throughout the nation. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and wanner tonight with snow flurries likely. Sunday, cloudy, windy, with light snow or snow flurries. Low tonight 25-27. High Sunday 30-38. Outlook for Monday; Partly cloudy and continued cold with Mow flurries ending.

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Ike Directs Brownell To Take Action t 1 President Asserts Continued Walkout Imperils Nation J WASHINGTON (UP) -President Eisenhower directed the attorney ; general today to seek an 80-day injunction halting the 9-day-old , Atlantic and Gulf Coast dock : strike. The White House said Asst. Atty. , Gen. George Doub would file the government's petition in Federal Court in New York City at nocm. The President acted immediately after receiving a 50-page report on the dispute from his special fact-finding panel. He said in a four - paragraph letter to Atty. Gen. Herbert Browned Jr. that the walkout, if permitted to continue, “will imperil the national health and safety.” Pinpoints Major Issue He directed Brownell “to petition in the name of the United States in any district court of ths United' States having jurisdiction of the parties to enjoin the coni tinuance of such strike. . . t tract between striking longshorec men and shipping companies was ■ the major issue in the dispute. “The continuation of this issue > as an unsettled matter,” it said, r “is preventing the completion of ■ collective bargaining contracts in i all ports.” > A court order issued Wednesday bans the union temporarily from I pressing this point. But the union's ; interest in the matter has not subsided. L The board listed 12 other “major , issues” in the paralyzing dispute. [ It led the list with industry-wide , bargaining, followed by wages and terms of contract. Asked 32-Ccnt Boost It said the ILA has asked for a ' 32-cent hourly pay Increase for a two-year contract. The shipping companies, in turn, have suggested spreading the 32 cents over three years, it said. “The union has not wholly rejected the three-year agreement, but states that it will accept it only on condition that he employers agree to some form of industry - wide bargaining,” the panel said. The shippers, the panel said, have “completely rejected" the union position, and their last wage offer for two years was a 20-cent boost. It was the third time President Eisenhower has invoked the national emergency, provisions of the Taft-Hartley labor law. He used the law against the 1853 dock strike and again in 1854 against a strike of atomic energy workers at Paducah, Ky., and Oak Ridge, Tenn. Officials hoped to get the silent waterfront humming again by Monday. ' ' ’ ■ . • -j ■' v ' ; . ' ■. Reports Eisenhower Planning Vacation AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP) — The Augusta Chronicle reported today that President Eisenhower plans to fly here Sunday or Monday for an extended vacation at the Augusta National Golf Cub. The Chronicle said it learned from an authoritative source Friday night that White House Press Secretary James Hagerty plans .to announce the trip about 24 hours before departure. """ ' 1 ■ ■ . / pom