Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 100.

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Egypt Emerges Winner In UN Meet On Suez No More Organized Opposition By West To Canal Operations “ UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (UP) — Egypt emerged the clear-cut winner inthe first United Nations session on its new plan to operate the Suez Canal, Western diplomatic sources said today. They said that as long as President Gamal Abdel Nasser abides by the terms of the document he registered here as an “international instrument,” he probably would run into no more organized opposition from the West. Although the United States and several other nations reserved the right during the Security Council meeting Friday to make further remarks about the document, no further U.N. discussions wer* scheduled. As a result. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold completed plans to leave Sunday for Rome and an audience with Pope Pius XII on the world situation. He is due in Geneva Tuesday to-attend a U.N. planning session. Not a single nation publicly came to the support of Russia’s charge during the Security Council meeting that the United States sought to "show the fist” to the Middle East with its 6th Fleet. ■Soviet delegate' Arkady A. Sobolev also charged that toe West “dragged out toe scarecrow of international Communism” in Jordan. '• U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge quickly dealt with the charges. "There is nothing in the Eisenhower Doctrine which need bother anyone who does not contemplate violent deeds,” he said. "If (the Soviet delegate) did not harbor dreams of domination and of subversion of suffering peoples, similar to the monstrous Soviet subversion of Hungary of tragic memory, he would not be bothered by these American undertakings." He said the Oto Fleet "is in international waters, ft is on -the high seas where it has every right to be.” Control Is Urged Over Union Funds - Urges Legislation To Control Funds NEW YORK (UP)—The chairman of the Senate Rackets Committee said Friday he favors legislation that would place management controlled welfare funds under federal supervision. The Arkansas Democrat voiced his opinion on employer-controlled welfare funds at the conclusion of a closed four-hour session during which he, sitting as a committee of one, heard testimony from toe president and six dissident members of Local 138 of the Operating Engineers Union. . < Referring to the proposed federal regulation of employer managed welfare funds, McClellan said. “I think that toe record to date points that there must be supervision of them.” Such regulation of union administered funds already has been favored by President Eisenhower and Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell. Although he would not disclose what had taken place during the closed hearing, McClellan said some of the witnesses had been cooperative but that not all had been "friendly." The key witness was William C. DeKoning Jr., president of toe International Operating Engineers ' (Continues on Fa«« BU)

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Adams County Child k Killed By Tractor Three-Year-Old Boy Killed Near Berne A farm accident about two miles southeast of Berne Friday afternoon took the life of three-year-old Thomas Lynn Neuenschwander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Neuenschwander. The boy died about one-half hour after a tractor, driven by his father. jack-knifed on an incline and backed down against a farm trail- ' er in which the boy was playing. The boy was thrown under the tractor, and suffered a ruptured lung and liver. He died in a physician’s office in Berne as attempts were made-to revive him with a . resuscitator .owned by the Berne volunteer firemen. . ■ The father is a well-known auctioneer, real estate dealer, and I farmer. The mother is the former . Leona Liechty. In addition to tha I parents, survivors include two sisters, Judith Khy, 9, and Patti Joan, i 5; the paternal grandparents, Mr. i and Mrs. David P Neuenschwander, route 2, Geneva; the maternal l grandfather, Amos Liechty, of I route 1, Berne. The body of the boy, who would 1 have been 4 on June 24, will be returned from the Yager funeral 1 home to the residence, where friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Services will be conducted at 1 2 p.m. Monday in the First Mennonite church with toe pastor, the Rev. Olin A. KrehbieL officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Restraining Order To Prevent Strike ■ Temporary Order Is Granted To Pennsy NEW YORK (UP) — The Pennsylvania Railroad obtained a temporary restraining order Friday against a threatened strike by some 20,006 members of the Transport Workers Union. Michael J. Quill, union president, had announced that 52 locals representing maintenance and other non-operating employes voted overwhelmingly to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. e.s.t. Tuesday. He said the walkout would affect service from New York to St. Louis. The order obtained in U. S. District Court in Philadelphia forbade the strike and directed the TWU to appear in Philadelphia next Friday for a further hearing. The union charged toe company violated its contract by assigning inspection and maintenance work belonging to TWU members to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. James W. Oram, vice president of personnel tor the railroad, said toe strike threat was “an irresponsible effort to short - circuit proper procedures and to exert economic pressure to bring about a result different from that which toe railroad believes 'is called for by its basic contract with the TWU.” Record Collection On State Toll Road INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —The Indiana Toll Road Commission reported today a record 136,852 collected in tolls during a single day of business on the northern Indiana turnpike. The commission said collections for toe 24-hour period from 4 p.m. last Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday was toe heaviest single-day amount since toe first section of the superhighway was opened Aug. 16, 1956. During the one-day period, toll houses collected from 28,734 autos, 'trucks and buses.

Rail Workers Propose Tax Cui This Year Unions Representing Million Workers In Tax Cut Proposals WASHINGTON (UP)— The nation’s 21 railroad unions representing 1,100,000 workers said today they believe Congress will approve their special tax-cut plan this year. The plan would exempt from income taxes all contributions by workers to toe Social Security Fund, the Railroad Retirement Fund and the Civil Service Retirement Fund. The unions estimate it would provide 700 million to one billion dollars in tax relief affect- . ing most of the nation’s taxpayers. , The unions were optimistic about the plan’s chances this year because of mounting congressional sympathy for a tax cut. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) said only Friday present taxes are “too burdensome” and ultimately will , "destroy our free enterprise system.” ' He previously endorsed tax reductions for next year. Speaker Sam Rayburn has forecast a tax cut effective Jan. 1. Gabriel Hauge, President Eisenhower’s top economic adviser, said Friday night Americans "can look forward” to a tax cut eventually, but did not specify when. However, another high administration official firmly rejected congressional talk of any tax cut effective Jan. 1. The official, a top government financial expert who declined use of his name, said budget surpluses both this year .and next are expected to be too small to allow for any tax cut. Rep. Eugene J. McCarthy (DMinn.l, chief congressional sponsor of the railroad unions’ plans, said today he is hopeful of getting a showdown vote on the measure early next month in toe tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee. New Ambassador To Russia Is Appointed Thompson Named By Pres. Eisenhower AUGUSTA, Ga. —OT President Eisenhower today selected a new American ambassador to Russia, Llewellyn E. Thompson, now the envoy to Austria. Thompson’s nomination will be sent to the Senate next week after the end of toe congressional Easter recess. Thompson will succeed Charles E. Bohlen who has been reassigned to the Philippine republic. Eisenhower also ordered two other changes in the American diplomatic corps: Don C. Bliss, now the foreign service inspector in the State Department, will replace Joseph Simonson as ambassador to EthioWalter P. McConaughy, now dipia. Simonson recently resigned, rector of Chinese affairs in the State Department, will be toe new ambassador to Burma, succeeding Joseph C. Satterthwaite who will be reassigned to another post in toe foreign service. * INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and coaler tonight and Sunday. Low tonight in toe 40> north, M south. High Sunday 66-72. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and cooler with chance of showers.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 27, 1957.

Warning From Russia To United States To Keep Hands Off Jordan

Officials Feel | Jordan Crisis Is Now Easing •] U.S. Officials Say King Hussein Now j Is Winning Fight * WASHINGTON (UP)—U.S. officials said today Jordan’s King Hussein appears to be winning his fight over forces tryihg to overthrow him. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles planned to spend a quiet day at his home without going to his office. He expected to talk with some of his advisers at his house or by telephone. Aides said Dullqs did not plan to fly to Augusta, Ga., for talks with President Eisenhower either about Jordan or the secretary’s trip to Europe next Tuesday for a meeting of toe North Atlantic Treaty Council. Aides also reported there were no plans tor any emergency meet-’ ings with congressional leaders, when they return from their Easter recess. Officials said the situation in Jordan cotfld ch a age for toe worse. But they said the young king seemed to be winning bls fight against leftist elements supported by Egypt and Syria. American strategy during the emergency has involved toe use of diplomacy and a show of aaval might. The mighty 6th Fleet is steaming toward toe eastern Mediterranean. And the Navy announced Friday that a reinforced battalion of 1,800 Marines will leave Morehead City, N.C., next week by ship for the Mediterranean. ■Die Navy said the dispatching of the Marines has been scheduled since March 27 to relieve Marines already in the area. But it acknowledged unofficially that both battalions could be kept there if necessary. Officials said toe possibility of (Cobubmo Fam Five) Henry Bromer Dies Friday Afternoon Decatur Casting Co. Manager Dies Friday I ■ Henry E. Bromer, 57, manager of the Decatur Casting Co. for more than 20 years, died at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon at his home, 4433 Pembroke Lane in Fort Wayne. Mr. Bromer'had been seriously ill since July of last year. The Casting company manager came to this city from Racine, Wis., and lived in Decatur until seven years ago, when the family moved to Fort Wayne. He remained highly active in business circles in this city until his serious illness. While residing in Decatur, Mr. Bromer was prominent in business, civic and church activities. He served on toe board of directors of toe Chamber of Commerce tor several years and one term as president. He was a member of the Rotary club for many years prior to moving to Fort Wayne. Mr. Bromer was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the Scottish Rite at Fort Wayne, and the Masonic lodge in this city. He was president of toe Grey Iron Founders Society and was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are toe widow, Anna B.; two sons, Henry E. Bromer, Jr., and William W. Bromer, both of Indianapolis; one daughter. Miss Marie Bromer, Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Moorehead of Hershey, Pa., and Mrs. Carl Peterson, Brockway, Pa., and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne, Dr. John W. Meister officiating. Friends may call at the Klaebn funeral home in Fort Wayne after 10 o’clock Sunday morning until noon Monday, when toe body win be remarad to toe church.

Honduras, Nicaragua Break Off Relations Nicaraguan Troop Invasion Charged TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Os) — Honduras broke diplomatic relations with Nicaragua Friday and ordered its ambassador to Nica* ragua, Gen. Leonidas Pineda, to come home immediately. The three-man military junta and all cabinet ministers acted in an emergency meeting, charging, that Nicaraguan national guard troops had invaded Honduran territory. The Nicaraguan government formally denied it. Unofficial reports said Honduran and Nicaraguan forces clashed for the first time but the-Nicar-aguans continued to advance from the left bank of the Cruta River near the Caribbean coast. Official sources said the invasion started a week ago when 50 ( Nicaraguan soldiers entered the town of Cocoron, 1814 miles inside the Honduran border, and declared it under Nicaraguan military jurisdiction. i |fhe town lies in the disputed border area which Honduras recently incorporated into the news created department of GYacias Dios. . Residents of the town were reported to have fled. The invaders were reported hiding out in the woods by day, apparently seeking to escape detection by Honduran airplanes. Easter Seal Drive Totals sl, 288.94 I- . ... Campaign Report Submitted Today A total of $1,288 94 has been contributed to date, for the annual Easter seal campaign, just completed by the Adams county society for crippled children and adults, a cording to an announcement by Gail M. Grabill, treasurer of the society. Os this amount, the largest sum was acquired from the purchase of Easter seals by Adams county residents. Through that source, $765.50 was contributed to the drive, which officially ended Easter Sunday. School children throughout the county gave $144.97 ‘to give crippled children a chance,” and a total of $127.15 was presented through special contributions, including numerous individuals, sororities, and other civic organizations. Easter seal cannisters brought in $68.40 for the fund, although that amount is incomplete. Girl Scouts conducting the Easter lily sale last Saturday netted the cause $82.40, and the Berne Community fund presented the society with a check for SIOO, its alloted amount for the fund drive. Indications are that the amount wil be greatly increased within the next few days, with the promise of several more Individuals and clubs of financial aid, and as soon as all of the cannisters have been turned in. The Rev. William E. Feller, cochairman of this year's drive, has expressed the society’s thanks to everyone helping 4o secure the needed funds; the Boy Scouts for distributing the cannisters, the Girl Scouts for conducting the Easter lily sale, the high school students for their aid in preparing the Easter seal letters, and for their help in soliciting funds in the grade schools, and to all the people and organizations who have thus far contributed. He stated that there is still time to aid the funcf} and persons wishing to contribute are asked to contact him, or leave a contribution with Miss Gwen Hilyard at the Daily Democrat office, where an Easter seal depot has been established. Funds acquired through this year’s drive will be used primarily to finance the summer speech clinics, which the society hopes to operate in Decatur and Berne ‘ Pace Five,

Tornadoes And Storms Still Harass Nation ' Thousands Routed Out Os Homes In Dallas, Fort Worth J By UNITED PREBS The violent clash of tropical air 1 with a mass of Canadian chilliness continued to harass parts of the nation with tornadoes and storms today. to Terfans were assured of more rain again today, in the wake of vigorous storms that have killed on the average of one person a day for the past nine days. Thousands were routed from their homes in Dallas and Fort Worth Friday when flood waters 1 1 gurgled through the streets. The Weather Bureau at Austin reported a "serious flood situation” along the Little River near Belton. Three persons were killed in Friday’s floods, raising the death I toll to 10, according to a United . Press count. At least six persons were injured . when a twister churned through Tyler, raising the number of tornado - caused casualties to 45 ’ since the surly weather hit the ’ state. ' i. - Other tornadoes swung through ! Longview, Gilmer, Kilgore and > Granbury. The Gilmer twister ravaged a school, a garage, several homes and demolished a church. Some 300 buildings were battered and 25 houses were destroyed at Tyler. The severe weather belt stretched from the southeastern part of Texas northward across the Middle Mississippi Valley and into the Great Lakes states early today. Funnel clouds were also spotted near Van Wert, Ohio, and Jackson, Mich. Rain and hailstones measuring a half an inch in diameter beat a tattoo over Detroit Friday eight. Fort Worth and Dallas both reported amounts of rain near five inches. The arrival of the Canadian air sent morning temperatures sagging as much as 20 degrees lower than Friday’s readings in the central section of the country, ' AyV- $ Manas Lehman Rises Monday Afternoon Former Monroe Man Is Taken By Death Services will be held at the Monroe Methodist church Monday at 2 p.m. for Manas Lehman, 71, who died unexpectedly at 5 p.m. Thursday at his home near Fox Lake, west of Angola. Lehman, a former Monroe businessman, died of a heart attack. He was engaged in farming with his son, Norris, and had lived near Angola for a number of years. The Rev. L. G. Sapp, pastor of the Angola Methodist church, of which Lehman was a member, and the Rev. Willis Gierhart. pastor of the Monroe Methodist church, will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the Monroe church after 10 a.m. Monday. Lehman and Robert Sprunger operated the Enterprise store at Monroe for many years. Later, Lehman was associated with Jerry and Jeff Liechty in the Llechty Brothers hardware store in Monroe. . • A native of Berne, he was born November 8.1885, the son of Peter and Christina 'Luginbill Lehman. He was married to Sylvia Hendricks, of Monroe, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, the Rev. Olin Lehman, Winslow, Ariz.; and Norris Lehman, Fox Lake; six grandchildren; two brothers, Wilbert E. Lehman of Berne, and Amos Lehman, of Monroe. NOON EDITION

Recall Pastor 1 H Rev. C. E. Lykins Pastor Recalled By Church Os Nazarene Rev. C. E. Lykins ‘ Called Fourth Year l , Announcement was made today » that the congregation of the | Church of the Nazarene in this 5 city has recalled the Rev. C. E. : Lykins for his fourth year as pasI ww or iwc enuren. ! According to the laws of the 5 church, a pastor must receive two-thirds of all votes cast in or- ' der to retain pastoral relationships in his present charge. Only one negative ballot was cast in the congregation vote. Rev. and Mrs. Lykins came to Decatur in 1954, moving to this • city from Goshen. The congrega- ' tion vote for recall was conducted according to the denominational rule of voting for pastoral arrangements. This recall will bring Rev. Lykins’ ministry up to July of 1958. Rev. and Mrs. Lykins reside in the Nazarene parsonage at 103 North Eighth street. The church is now taking steps toward‘a remodelling’ program inT>the %ear future. A new electronic organ was recently purchased, and an improvement in seating is also being arranged. Damaging Winds In Slate Friday Night Heavy Rainfall In Much Os Indiana By UNITED PRESS Thunderstorms produced moderate to heavy rain over Indiana Friday night and spawned damaging winds and lightning bolts. Anderson got 1.31 inches of rain, Marion 1.20, Wabash 1.16, and South Bend 1.06 as the torrents fell. Marion’s rain, which boosted the month’s precipitation there to 8.49 inches tor a new April record, touched off a windstorm that blew down a movie screen at a drive-in theater and severed power lines. Lightning destroyed a barn and contents worth $15,000 near Indianapolis on the Belle Jordan farm, and a huge straw stack worth $lO,000 at the Weston Paper Co., at Terre Haute. A tornado cloud was reported seen high in the air over Northern Indiana by an airline pilot, but no twister touched the state although the weather bureau had warned of the possibility in the north half of the state Friday afternoon and night. Nearly an inch of rain fell at Fort Wayne, Portland, Warsaw, Monticello, Kokomo, Terre Haute, Winchester, and other points, Thunderstorms and scattered showers were due over the state again today, to be followed by a cloudy but rainless Sunday with temperatures dropping 10 to 15 degrees below the highs established almost daily since April 19. Lpws tonight will range from the 40s to around 60 after highs of 78 to 85 today. Sunday highs will range from 65 to 72. The outlook for Monday was “cooler with (O«Btlaaca Pace Five,

Report Claims Ike Warned By Soviet Russia Israeli Sources . Say Next Blowup To Come In Egypt By EUGENE MeLOUGHUN United Press Staff Correspondent An Egyptian newspaper said today the Soviet Union has sent a note to President Eisenhower warning the United States to “kbep its hands off Jordan.” There was no immediate confirmation of the report in other capitals but it immediately recalled the exchange of notes between Britain and France and Russia prior to the Anglo - French Suez invasion. 9 The report, published in the Egyptian government newspaper Al Gomhouria, was contained in a dispatch from its New York correspondent who said he learned of the note “from private channels.” The story said the note warned . Eisenhower that “any interference in Jordan’s internal affairs will have grave consequences on not only the Middle East but also on world peace.” In Jerusalem, informed Israeli ’ sources said Egypt will start the next Middle East blowup with a ’ demand that the United Nations Emergency Force leave strategic Sharm El Sheikh. They said Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser would use this in an attempt to re-unite his Arab allies who have fallen out over how to deal with the victory of pro-Western King Hussein of Jordan. * The Israeli sources said that if the move were successful it would lead to renewed attack by Egyptian shore batteries on Israeli shipping passing through the Straits of Tiran at the mouth of the gulf. . A dispatch from United Press correspondent Joe Morris in Amman said Jordan was quiet today but that Moscow and Cairo radios had launched propaganda attacks directly at King Hussein. He said Moscow Radio accused the King of collaborating with “American imperialism" against the will of the people. Military Control Easing A Jordanian army spokesman said some authority was being handed over to focal officials. Informed sources predicted a gradual relaxation of the tight military control. Dispatches from Israel, Iraq and Washington supported reports from Jordan itself that King Hussein had gained firm control of his country again and had/4he pro-Communist elements on run. Telephone communications with the Jordan capital of Amman we«a suspended .indefinitely but cables, presumably censored, were getting out of the country. Direct dispatches from Amman said as many as 600 persons, malnlv from leftist oarties svmpathetic to former Premier Suleiman Nabulsl, had been picked up for questioning. ' Cairo Radio said today 164 of them had been detained, including Nabulsi himself. The Arab (Coativaea Pa*v Five, Plan Minstrel Show At Monroe May 4 A dark town‘jamboree minstrel, show will be presented at the Adams Central gym Saturday evening, May 4, at 8 p.m. The twohour show, which promises plenty of laughs from local talent, will be given by members of the Monroe rural and Monroe volunteer fire departments. There will be an advance sale of tickets, which may be purchased from the volunteer firemen or the executive committee of the rural fire department. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. Admission will be a 50-cent donation to the fire department, to be used for the new Monroe fire station and the balance on the rural fire truck. The forty members of the show are now practicing under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Mitchel.

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