Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 98.

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CHANTING ANTI-AMERICAN slogans, communist demonstrators surge through the streets of Amman carrying banners demandtag release of officers arrested in recent, army shakeups by King Hussein. Communist leader Nabta Irshediat ia carried on the shoulders of marchess. > ... I I ■■ > i . — ———.

Asserts Smith Paid No Heed To Appraisals Former Appraiser For State Highway Testifies To Jury INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—A former appraiser for the Indiana highway department appeared for a grand jury investigation of landbuytag scandals today and said former highway chairman Virgil W. (Red) Smith "paid no attention to my appraisals.” Herbert r-ricxson, now a utility engineer with the department, made the statement to newsmen in corridors of the Marion County Courthouse as he told a story of having his evaluations ignored on lots along the right-of-way of a Madison Ave. expressway here. Erickson said the only property he actually bought for the state was the front lot and house—for $28,500—0f an Indianapolis couple who later got $1,500 from the mysterious “Dean Burton” for one of two back lots for which the state paid $25,800. Not On Speaking Terms "Burton's” deeds for the back lots were mailed to the Monroe City home of Nile Teverbaugh, former right of way chief under Smith during die administration of former governor George N. Craig. Teverbaugh has said he doesn't know "Burton.” Erickson fold newsmen—and presumably the grand jury—that he mentioned to Teverbaugh that Mrs. Robert Quinlan, from whom he bought the lot and house, wanted to sell the back lot. "Teverbaugh said he thought he had someone to buy it,” Erickson said. Erickson said he suspicioned "something was wrong" at various times during the administrations of Smith and his predecessor, Neil R. Godwin of Franklin. He said he and Smith had “very little contact—he wouldn’t speak to me and I wouldn’t speak to him.” Others who arrived as the grand jury continued a probe it recessed after a full-day session Tuesday were right-of-way director Charles M. Dawson, who succeeded Teverbaugh; Spero Skaltsas, Gary, former right-of-way engineer, and Mrs. Zelpha Maris, secretary to the State Highway Commission. Came to Clear Self Stalksas said “I came here to clear myself” of implications he was mixed up in the scandal by virtue of the fact he organized a private business which was paid $20,000 for eight months work for the highway department. Stalksas said he would waive immunity from prosecution, a waiver which Smith and Teverbaugh and Milan attorney Robert Peak refused to sign two days ago in appearances before the jury. (.Continued <*• Page Two) John Kintz Funeral Is Held Wednesday Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic church Wednesday for John A. Kintz, Adams county commissioner, who died suddenly last Saturday. The body was then returned to the Gillig & Doan funeral home. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery after the arrival of the son, John Kintz, Jr., who is serving with the army in Germany. The son was scheduled to leave Germany Wednesday. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not much change in temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Low tonight 55-55. High Friday 75-85. Sunset 7:33 p. m., sunrise Friday 5:53 a. m.

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Terms For Canal's Operation Studied Egypt May Be Headed For Legal Showdown WASHINGTON (UP) — Egypt seems to be preparing for a legal showdown over its hitherto steadfast refusal to let Israeli ships use the Suez Canal, American officials said today. This possibility was raised In Egypt’s newly published terms for operation of the Suez Canal. The document is under careful study here. The State Department declined official comment pending a report to the United Nations Security Council Friday on the Suez issue. " Officials viewed the Egyptian declaration with mixed feelings. They voiced disappointment that many of the key points raised by the United States during extended Washington Cairo negotiations were missing from the final document. But they said Security. Council discussions may bring about additional talks, and much will depend on how Egypt operates the canal aside from its declaration. A chief point ot Interest here was Egypt’s decision to incorporate new language on the role the International Court of Justice might play in settling disputes not resolved by other means. In a March 26 outlines of its plans for running the canal, Egypt said only that differences would be referred to the court. The latest declaration, however, says Egypt “would take necessary steps in order to accept compulsory jurisdiction” of the world court in event of differences over Suez operations. Egypt heretofore has refused to accept the •world court’s compulsory jurisdiction. Officials pointed out that Wednesday’s declaration is only an expression of Egyptian intent to accept compulsory jurisdiction. They said the test would come when and if Egypt actually files a declaration with the U.N. accepting the court’s jurisdiction. Elizabeth Bohnke Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs.- Elizabeth Mary Hodle BohnkC, 75, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 12:30 o’clock this morning at her home, 601 Indiana street She had not been ill and death was unexpected. She was born in Allen county Aug. 10, 1881, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Flaugh-Brouwer. Her first husband, Philip Hodle, died in 1932. She was married in 1941 to Henry Bohnke, who also preceded her in death. Mrs. Bohnke attended the Sunday school of the Church of the Nazarqne. Surviving are two sons, Jacob Hodle, at home, and Paul Hodle, of Decatur rural route; three daughters, Mrs. Max Knavel of Decatur, Miss Mary Maxine Hodle, at home, and Mrs. John Baker of Rittman, O.; three step-sons, Harley Hodle, of Crestline, 0., Frank Bohnke of Decatur, and Vernon Bohnke, address unknown; two step-daughters, Mrs. Nancy Parker of Fort Walne, and Mrs. Hazel Vite of Monroeville; 13 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Five brothers, one sister, one son and one daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. C. E. Lykins officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Ike Calls For Legislation On Labor Rackets Asks Congress Pass Legislation To Halt Labor Racketeering AUGUSTA. Ga. (UP)—President Eisenhower, after a conference here with Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, called on Congress today for new legislation to eliminate labor racketeering. The President called racketeering in the labor movement “an abomination which must be eliminated.” “We don’t want to do anything that will hamper the American labor movement in its legitimate objective,” Mitchell said after talking with the President.. “But we to wantto help labor clean' up iO Wit ’house,” Mitchell added. The secretary's conference with the President on new anti-racket-eering legislation stemmed from recent Senate investigating committee disclosures involving Dave Beck and his International Teamsters Union. Eisenhower, in a special statement following his meeting with Mitchell, said, “Labor racketeering, like corruption anywhere, is an abomination which must be eliminated if and whenever it occurs.” , ’ , ! Few Bad. Most Goad “Any officer and employe of labor—and it appears there have I been a few—who abuse the power 1 and trust imposed on them, are I not fit to hold union offices,” the < President said. "The American < working man and woman, deserves from labor leadership high ) standards of trust and fidelity.” I The President said that cor- ■ ruption "on the part of a few I should not obscure the fact that i the vast majority of those con- ' nected with organized labor are < deceht and honest Americans and that responsible labor leadership i is moving speedily toward protecting their members from any < such abuses, as far as their means I permit.” "The American labor movement must be free to pursue efforts to achieve social and economic gains which in the past have benefited the nation as a whole,” he added. Unsettled Weather Continues In State Warm, Scattered Showers Forecast By UNITED PRESS Thunderstorms with surface gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour and big hailstones wpre predicted for this afternoon in a Michigan area and the northeast corner of Indiana. The weather bureau and Detroit forecast a line of squalls from Muskegon to Fort Wayne. The same Indiana area waited out a tornado and severe thunderstorm alert Wednesday afternoon and early evening. f A week-long wave of shower and thunderstorm activitity has produced mostly . light rain in Hoosierland, although lightning bolts killed 12 cows in a field near Redkey Monday and stunned a farmer and his dog near Petersburg Tuesday, and a windstorm blew the roof off a house near Columbus Wednesday. The forecast for the near future began to sound like a broken record. "Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunder(Contiauod on Pa<« Two)

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Flash Floods In Texas Take I Several Lives Violent Rainfall . And Tornadoes Hit In Central Texas By UNITED PRESS Violent rainstorms and tornadoes have touched off a series of flash floods in central Texas, killing several persons and causing heavy damage in a number of towns. / , '. ■ At least five persons were reported dead. Mayor Sam Wood of Killeen, an Army town of 21,000 persons, said his city sustained damage ot between $1,400,000 and $2,000,000 Wednesday when Nolan Creek became a torrent. Family Wiped Out] Bedilio Gonzales, his wife, Benita, and their six-year-old son. Pedro, were drowned when the ragtag stream swept their small home away. Mrs. Gonzales’ body was found about 200 yards from the site of the house and her husband’s body was found a half-mile away. The boy’s body had not yet been recovered. Mrs. J. T. Walker,-17, ot Austin, and her baby son drowned When water swept theif jfatomobile off a highway near WBhson Qty. A companion, Mrs. Clara-Jot Huckaby of Austin, was rescued. In addition to the driving rains at least 20 tornadoes were sighted Wednesday. They brought to 56 the number of twisters sighted since Frida/ when violent weather struck the long - parched central Texas area. » Mrs. John Snowden was hospitalized with injuries suffered when a tornado destroyed her home west of Elgin. Her injury was the 38th from tornadoes since Friday. Waters Receding At Georgetown, near Austin, 30 homes were washed away or wrecked. Nearly 100 families were homeless in an area around Georgetown where the San Gabriel River leaped its banks. The San Gabriel also caused extensive damage in Jonah, Weir, San Gabriel, Hare, and Circleville. all in the area around Georgetown. Sheriff Henry Matysek reported a railroad bridge washed out and another badly damaged near Circleville. Waters appeared to be receding in the Georgetown area. Floodwaters also appeared receding at Killeen and Belton, the hardest hit Wednesday, but rivers iCratlaae4 Fire I

Digest Os New Indiana Laws Is Received Here

A digest of new laws affecting I this county,, enacted by the 1957 general assembly was received Wednesday by county auditor Edward F. Jaberg from the state board of accounts. An amendment allows the county recorder to furnish special forms to any firm or person who recorded 50 or more things last year. u A new law "permits the commissioners to authorize any county officer to record any instrument by microfilming. An amendment to the present law allows a cumulative building or sinking fund to be used in the construction and repair of bridges and grade separations. An amendment to a 1933 law provides that the intangible tax receipt division of the state shall send back to the general fund of each county one percent of the net amount collected by that county. This eliminates the one percent up to SI,OOO previously allowed most county treasurers as a part of their compensation. A new law, effective January 1, 1958, creates a three-man commission to be appointed by the governor from county sheriffs to decide on a state standard for uniforms for sheriffs and deputies, and for design and color of county-owned cars for the use of the sheriff’s department.

(Much Os Nation To Change Time Sunday More Areas Change To Daylight Time | By FRANK L. SPENCER United Press Staff Correspondent Daylight time returns Sunday and more persons will be involved in the clock setting operation than ever before in peacetime. And, a United Press survey showed today, you'll be more likely to get a straight answer to the question, “What time is it?”' t Fifteen states,, Including three ■ new ones, will have daylight time : throughout. Twenty-five states will ' keep standard time. Eight will have a mixture. ’ , The District of Columbia also will be on daylight time. . 1 The time change begins at 2 a.m. I Sunday, local time, and runs till the last Sunday of September or 1 October, depending on the area. The three new daylight states are Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Wisconsin voters approved the time change in an April 2 referendum, ending a 40-year dis- > pute. Cities fought for it to get I an extra hour of evening sunshine “for better health, more recreaL tion and better family life.” Farm . groups opposed it on grounds it > would disrupt the farmer’s sched- : ule. ’ Indiana has been plagued by a patchwork of confusing clock i schedules with a zigzag line run- ? ning roughly down the center of > the state dividing time zones. A • new daylight time law has teeth. Officials of governmental units ig- ' noring it can be fined and jailed. I Minnesota’s Legislature apI proved daylight time, 80-38, TuesI day. But the Tennessee Legislature I banned fast time. In neighboring Kentucky the Legislature made standard time official, but as in the past some towns will go on fast time "voluntarily.” Northeastern and parts of eastern Ohio will go on daylight time Sunday and Columbus votes May 7 on whether to go along with the towns. jFast time is politically hot in many areas. California’s Legislature has a bill to repeal it and a measure to impose it was killed recently by the Colorado Legislature., Missouri’s Legislature has before it a bill that would outlaw daylight time unless the entire state goes for it. A bill that would outlaw fast time in Nebraska has been opposed by lawmakers from the mountain time areas and by a representative of an agricultural district who said, “You can’t teach daylight time to the cows and chickens.”

I A new law requires any county official to charge 35 cents per page of any document for preparing, copying, proofing, typing or photostating it. An additional 15 cents shall be collected if the document is notarized. The fee will be paid into the general fund. An identification number will be placed on each certified copy. This law is effective January 1, 1958. Another law. provides that the county auditor is authorized to approve and accept a new bond for any township trustee who is no longer legally responsible for a school township because of consolidation of school units.. The new bond will be in the penal sum of not less than the amount of money which may come into the trustee’s hands. This law is now effective. Money now loaned from cemetery trust funds shall be limited to $6,000, and shall not exceed twice the assessed valuation, or one-half the apprai/ed value, whichever is smaller. All fees collected for this shall be paid to the county audjtor except the appraisers fee, which is paid directly to tire three appraisers. An amendment effective immediately authorizes city councils to appropriate up to 5 cents tax on each SIOO valuation to assist incorporated non-profit public health nursing associations. Also the same <Coßtiana« Paste Fixe,

FBI Director Reports Crime Total Higher More Major Crimes During Past Year Than Ever Before WASHINGTON (UP)-4jjK Director J. Edgar Hoover today that more major crimes were committed in the United States last year than ever before. For the first time, he said, the nation’s crime total topped the 2,500,000 mark. It reached 2,583,150. That was 13 per cent greater than the 1955 total. Hoover said the crime Increase could not be principally attributed to the growth in the nation’s population. He noted that since 1950 the crime rate has risen almost four times as fast as the population rate. He said that a major crime was committed every 12.3 seconds last year. Every 4.1 minutes there an act of murder, manslaughter, rape or assault to kill. The report said major crimes committed by teen-agers—youths under 18—continued to increase and accounted for 46 per cent of the major crime arrests in cities. Juveniles were blamed for 66 per cent of the --jatiqn’s auto thefts. ’ Juvenile crime was up jj.3 per cent in urban areas but increased only 3 per cent in the nation as a whole. Hoover’s figures were compiled by the FBI on the basis of police statistics. The FBI said more than 98 per cent of the people living in urban areas and 93 per cent of the nation’s rural residents are covered in the so-called “uniform crime reports.” The figures also showed there was one major crime committed for each 65 persons ih the general population of the country last year. Crimes against people were up 4 per cent over 1955 with a reported 12,620 persons slain, 20,300 women raped and 96,430 persons wounded or maimed by deadly weapons or acid.* » Among the eight major crime categories, the biggest increase was recorded for larceny, nearly 17 per cent. The only decrease noted was in the robbery category, Coßtlaued on Mrs. Ida M. Waller Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Morning Mrs. Ida V. Walter, 83, lifelong resident of Adams and Wells counties, died at 12:20 o’clock Wednesday aftentoon at her home in Vera Cruz, following a week’s serious illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. k She was born in Adams county June 1, 1873, a daughter of Frederick and Louisfe SellemeyerReppert, and was married to Charles H. Walter Dec. 24, 1895. Her husband preceded her in death Feb. 5, 1955. Mrs. Walter was a member of the Evangelical and Reformed 'church at Vera Cruz. Surviving are three daughters, Miss Ella Walter of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Reuben Meyer of Bluffton route 3, and Miss Bessie Walter, at home; two sons, Ervin Walter of Vera Cruz, and Herman Walter, at home; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, William Reppert of Monroe route 1, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Fulk of Bluffton route 3, and Mrs. Emma Pfosfer of Bluffton. One brother aifltwo sisters are deceased. The body was removed to the Jahn-Goodwin-Reed funeral home at Bluffton, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until 10 a. m. Saturday, when it will be taken to the Evangelical and Reformed church at Vera Cruz tor services at 11 a. m. The Rev; Lewis C. Minsterman will officiate, and burial will be in the'Six Mile cemetery.

Springer Awarded $18,513.95 Damages Awarded Damage For Accident Injuries A Jay county jury has awarded $18,513.95 to Jesse G. Springer tor personal injury and damages sustained in an accident late in 1955. Springer filed a suit seeking $57,513.95 against Clarence G. Getting, of Decatur route one, * who was driver of the car which I struck Springer on U. S. highway . 27 north of Decatur as Springer I was doing work for the state highway department. J The case, after almost two > weeks of testimony, was submitt- . ed to the jury at 5:20 p. m. Wed- • nesday. The jury reached the decision at 2:05 a. m. today. Springer alleged that Getting's . negligence was responsible for the accident, which caused him ex--1 tensive personal injury. The defense maintained that Springer’s own negligence caused the accident. Getting struck the highway worker when cement splashed on the windshield of his car and obscured his vision. Springer was using cement in nls work. He was hospitalized for several weeks after the accident. Lewis L. Smith, local attorney, was one of the counsels for the defense in the case. Annual Meeting Os Red Cross Monday Will Elect Officers At Annual Meeting The Adams county chapter of the Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. The meeting will feature election of officers and reports on activities from July 1, 1956, through March 31, 1957, from each of the chairmen. The meeting is open to the public. Any person who contributed one dollar or more to gain membership in the Red Cross is eligible to vote at the annual meeting. John Duff, chapter chairman, has announced that the evening will also feature the awarding of certificates to those persons who have completed the advanced first aid course. Retired Minister Dies In Florida Rev. H. W. White Is Taken By Deam V J The Rev. H. W. White, 81, retired Evangelical United Brethren church minister, died Tuesday night at Dade City, Fla., after an illness of several months. Rev. White had made his home at Ligonier since retiring from the ministry five years ago. He had served pastorates at Fort Wayne, Warsaw, Elkhart, Frankfort, Morocco, Logansport, Ligonier and Albion before retiring. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church at Ligonier. Surviving are the widow, Myrtle; two sons, Paul White of Kankakee, 111., and the Rev. Charles C. White, Dade City, Fla., who was pastor of the Trinity church in Decatur from 1945 to 1948; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Rowan of Dayton, O.; a brother, Dean White of Vailonia; 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduct- ' ed at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the < Evangelical Unted Brethren church at Ligonier, Dr. A. B. McKain, Dr. B. F. Smith of Warsaw, and the Rev. William Hughes, Ligonier, officiating. The body will arrive in Ligonier this evening and friends may call at the Ulrey-Sedg-wick funeral home after noon Friday. 14 Pages

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UrgenfOrders Bylashington - To 6th Fleet Power Struggle In Jordan Seen Threat Os Middle East War By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent The powerful U.S. 6th Fleet moved into the war-threatened eastern Mediterranean today on urgent pre - dawn orders from Washington. The super - carrier Forrestal with the latest jet aircraft aboard, headed the fleet units which upped anchor in French and Italian ports • so suddenly that some men on shore leave were left behind. Washington didifchatic sources described the nw as “precau- . tionary" but they left no doubt of the gravity with which officials . regarded the power struggle rag- . ing inside Jordan and the possibility it could engulf the whole Middle East in war. ; As young King Hussein struggled to preserve, his government against a leftistded revolt, here were the day’s major developi meats: Premier Hussein Khalidi, a moderate, bowed to leftist threats and violence and * resigned. ’ King Hussein called on former Premier Ibrahim Hashem, a firm friend of the West, to form a new government. . • Troops Guard Amman Hussein ordered his army to take over Jordan’s towns and cities, declared martial law, imposed a strict curfew, and made an appeal to his people for peace and, order. He also was reported to have ordered Syrian troops out of the country immediately or be forced out by his Iraqi allies. Troops from Saudi Arabia and Iraq were reported to have taken up positions shielding the Jordanian capital of Amman from the pro-Communist Palestine section of the country on the west and from pro-Communist Syria in the north. The White House in Washington issued a statement Wednesday night that President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ‘‘regard the independence and integrity ot Jordan as vital.” They conferred by telephone late Wednesday and again this morning, with the President in Augusta, Ga., and Dulles in Washington, indicating a possible first military test off the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Mideast might be coming up. The British Foreign Office announced in London it considers Jordan’s stability ‘‘essential’’ to Middle Eastern peace and that it is consulting "other nations” on thenew crisis. Army in Firm Control The ultra-nationalist Herat Party in Jerusalem demanded that Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion recall parliament from vacation to consider the Jordan ‘ situation. Informed sources said Ben-Gurion was not likely to act. Syrian President Shukri El Kuwatll, his army chief of staff, foreign minister and other officials flew from Damascus to Cairo tor consultations with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser on the crisis in Jordan. Strict censorship continued to cloud the situation inside Jordan, but United Press correspondent Joe Morris reported from Amman, the capital, that at noon the Jordanian army had firm control of the city. Armored units' also were ordered to take over the Jordan section of Jerusalem, Jericho and Nablus. Beirut, Lebanon, reports said that Nabulsi and other leftist leaders. had been placed under arrest. Jerusalem, Israel, reports said Ceatlaaea •> Pace Ki*bt —, —.... » NEW SERIAL STORY “A Can far Dr. Barton” is the title of the new serial story starting in the Daily Democrat today. The story, by Elisabeth Seifert, has ito setting in a small Wisconsin town and is file author's finest novel. ■ . : .