Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 148.

BACK TO SWEDEN ” &>4| Bl 18l " wW I JI IFF- > iMßs^T ’ xhHB wi ks a BB^' -B CLUTCHING HER TEDDY BEAK, Christina Wennerstrom, 16, is all smiles inside a Scandinavian plane with her mother. Mrs. Stig Wennerstrom (right) before taking off from Idlewild Airport for Sweden. The daughter of a Swedish Air Attache, Christina is being* rushed back to Sweden, bringing to an end—temporarily at least—her romance with Huw Williams, 18, ex-Senate page boy. The romantic youngsters eloped and spent more than two weeks "honeymooning” in Canada. '

Fifth Atomic Blast Set Off This Morning Strongest Explosion Os Current Series Fired This Morning ATOP ANGELS* PEAK, Nev. (UP)—The Atomic Energy Commission unleashed the fifth and heftiest atomic explosion of its 1957 experiments today—a blast so powerful it ripped off a door and cracked the concrete wall of the control clockhouse 14 miles away. The AEC said no one was hurt in the control point Its mighty flash shamed the post-dawn daylight and momentarily blinded unguarded witnesses 45 miles distant. Its sound wave bounced off a stratosphere layer and was heard in Reno, Nev., 300 miles away. The detonation was set up as the first major test, in the scheduled 20-shot series, of a totally new approach to civilian underground sheltersIn addition to testing the survival characteristics of civilian shelters beneath concrete domes, experiments were conducted to determine the most suitable radiation-protec-tive clothing for soldiers and civilians and the effects of radiation fallout on foodstuff. Interior doors at the control point swung freely in the earthquakelike shock wave, the AEC reported. 30,000 Tons of TNT The entry-way door went flying off its hinges and a four-foot long crack split the thick concrete wall near the damaged door. The damage showed moments after the secret atomic device exploded at 8:30 am. c.d.t. from a platform suspended beneath a captive balloon 700 feet above the floor of the Nevada proving grounds. The size of the fireball and the resulting above-nominal size mushroom cloud betokened the series’ most powerful blast of nuclear fission. It was estimated roughly to be equivalent of 30,000 tons of TNT or more. That is 10,000 more tons of TNT kick than the HiroshimaNagasaki bombs Spread beneath the balloon at varying distances were shelters that looked like a colony of giant trap - door spider homes. These were thick concrete dome structures in which humans are intended to enter and exit via pop-up steel doors. A total of nearly 1,000 military observers occupied trenches 5% miles from ground zero, the first use of troops close up in the current series. Kicks Up Much Dust However, troops have been used in tests during previous years. They have been stationed up to 1 1-5 miles from ground zero, although undergoing less powerful blasts. Military items for testing included field fortifications, fox holes and gun emplacements and battlefield equipment in addition to various types of protective wear for the soldier of the atomic age. From Angels’ Peak, the blast appeared to devastate the ground beneath it. Within a fraction of a second the entire 10-mile wide area of Frenchman’s Flat was obliterated by dust. But the AEC said the fireball (C«a*iaae4 ea Pace Five)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT A ONLY DAILY NEWBPjfttB IN ADAMS COUNTY

Ike's School Aid Proposal Attacked Annual Governors Conference Opens WILLIAMSBURG. Va. (UP) — Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia keynoted the 49th annual governors’ conference today by attacking President Eisenhower’s proposal for federal school aid as “totally unwarranted.” Stanley, chairman of the conference, spoke at the opening business session less than 12 hours before Eisenhower was scheduled to address the governors. The four-day conference opened Sunday with a round of informal activities for the state executives who assembled in , this historic capital of colonial Virginia. Highway and school problems were on the agenda for today’s sessionsOne of the school proposals billed for discussion involved the possibility of operating schools on a 12-month basis to make greater use of existing school buildings, textbooks and teachers. Under such plans, pupils would take staggered vacations or attend public school for the entire year and complete their work in a shorter time. Interested in Idea In his speech prepared for the opening of today’s session, Stanley said he was keenly interested in suggestions for expanding the use of existing school buildings. Stanley said the states would encourage federal aid for school construction if they fail to deal with the classroom shortage. "The Commonwealth of Virginia regards these proposals as totally unwarranted and another means of undermining the state and local governments," he said. "The federal government has no authority and no responsibility in the field of public education.” In a speech prepared for today’s highway discussion, Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland gave last year’s conference much credit for "the new verbal deemphasis on speed and the promised new emphasis on safety in high places of the law enforcement and automotive worlds.” Barrage of Questions With no national election campaigns tois year, politics was getting less attention at the conference than in some years. But the governors who faced news conferences Sunday were subjected to a barrage of political questions. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of California said he was not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960 and that it was too early to say whether he would seek re-election. Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan refused to say if he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960. He said he expected ot "run for something” in 1958 but would not say whether he wanted re-election or a Senate seat. new serial story "Gunlock,” by Wayne D. Overholser, an action packed western ia the new serial story starting in 'the Daily Democrat today. The author, a former school teacher, is regarded as one of America’s foremost western writers. The two time award winner of the Western Writers association, claims “Gunlock” is his befct story.

Minor Victory To South Over Civil Rights Southerners Press Campaign To Delay Or Block Approval By UNTIED PRESS Southern senators fighting President Eisenhower’s civil rights bill won a minor victory today. The Judiciary Committee, on a 7-5 vote, laid the bill aside temporarily to consider antitrust legislation for the meat packing industry- . \ . A majority of the Senate voted last week to bypass the Judiciary Committee and put a similar House-approved civil rights bill di-= redly on the Senate calendar for early consideration. But Southerners are pressing their campaign delay or block committee approval of the President’s proposal. They feel their case will be stronger when the House bill comes up for debate if it can be argued that the Senate does not have the Judiciary Committee’s recommendation. Chairman Meade Alcorn of the Republican National Committee charged, that six Democrats who voted against by-passing the Judiciary Committee “sold out” to the Southerners in return for their support last week in approving the Hells Canyon dam. Alcorn named them as Sens. John F. Kennedy (Mass.), Warren G. Magnuson (Wash.), and Joseph C. O’Mahoney (Wyo.)Mansfield denied the charge, saying there was "no deal of any kind, sort or nature and there were no trades on the part of any Democrat with any other Democrat for votes.’’ Other congressional news: Filibusters: Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) urged a Senate Rules subcommittee to approve legislation to curb filibusters. He favored a bill to shut off debate on the votes of 49 or more senators rather than 64 as now required by Senate rules. Military Runways: John M. Ferry Os the Air Force told a House Armed Services subcommittee an “alarming number” of failures in runway paving has plagued the Air Force in recent years- He said “many more” of the failures have occurred in asphalt than in concrete runways. He was the first witness at resumption of hearings on the asphalt-vs-concrete controversy. (Coaotnoed Pace Five) Reds Assail U. S. For Korea Buildup Propaganda Blast From China, Korea TOKYO (UP)—The Communist radio said today the Reds will “fight resolutely to defend the (Korean) armistice agreement” against the US. decision to match the Communist military buildup, in the divided country, t. , Radio Peiping broadcast a round-the-clock barrage of statements by Red leaders in China and Korea saying “the United States must be responsible for all consequences” of the decision. "The U.S. aggressive bloc regards South Korea, South Viet Nam and Taiwan (Formosa) as three fronts ... for attack against (Red) China,” said a broadcast quoting the Peiping "People’s Daily.” “To prevent a relaxation of tension in Asia, they are using every conceivable means to tighten their control of these three military bases.” The propaganda barrage was touched off by the decision, announced Friday, to scrap paragraph 13D of the truce agreement. This paragraph forbids either side to bring new weapons into Korea. It has been ignored by the Communists, who have moved some 700 Russian - made warplanes and sizeable quantities of other weapons into North Korea since the truce was signed Nevertheless, the Reds bitterly protested the Allied decision. "The Americans have no right to revise or abolish the armistice agreement,” said a broadcast quoting Kim Ki Soo, vice chairman of Red Korea’s “Democratic Youth League.” “If they ignore the. warning of the' Korean people and persist in their decision,. they will be held responsible for the consequences.” U.S. leaders were reported going ahead with plans to modernize the arms of South Korea’s defenders. Although there was no official announcement, the Air Force is expected to fly a swarm of FIOO jet fighters from Japan to Korea sometime this week. They would be the vanguard of a jet fighter and bomber fleet capable of handling atomic -weapons.

Decatur, Indiana, Mond dy, June 24,1957

Decatur Man Is Killed Early Sunday Morning When Struck By Train

14 Killed In Canada Plane Crash Sunday Another Airliner M In Crash Landing I, Without Injuries By UNITED PRESS An airliner crashed with a heavy loss of life at Port Hardy, 8.C., Sunday, but another liner made an emergency belly landing at Minneapolis without a scratch to its passengers or crew. At least 17 persons were killed in two plane wrecks Sunday. Nineteen other persons escaped unhurt in crash landings Sunday and today. At Port Harty, 14 persons were killed when a Pacific Western Airlines DC3 crashed shortly after take-off. Only four persons survived the flaming crash. Among the survivors was stewardess Pat Wilson, 23, Vancouver, who helped comfort the injured and dying despite her own severe Injuries. Both the pilot and copilot were killedThree Illinois men were killed Sunday when their light plane crashed on a farm near Hardinsburg, Ky. The plane, en route to Pekin, Ul-, also plunged to earin shortly after takeoff. Killed were Harold E. Saylor, 46, and Richard Franklin Lippert, 20, both of Pekin, and Willard Bates, 30, of Washington, 81. Seven passengers and three crewmembers escaped injury today when a crippled North Central Airlines DC3 made a safe wheels-up landing at Wold-Cham-berlain International Airport in Minneapolis. • Nine Navy men escaped unhurt Sunday when their twin - engined Neptune patrol bomber made an emergency landing in Lake Champlain near Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Vt. J The pilot, Richard Schwaller, 28, Grosse Isle,, Mich., ditched the plane on a sandbar covered with 18 feet of water when the craft developed engine trouble. Mrs. Ida Mae Mann Dies Here Saturday Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Ida- Mae Mann, 67, of Bluffton, died at 9:30 o'clock Saturday night at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drake, 104 South 13th street in this city. She had been ill approximately three years with a heart ailment. She had resided in Wells county most of her life. Her husband, Virgil Mann, preceded her in death. Mrs. Mann was a member of the McNatts Methodist church, and the Order of Eastern Star and Rebekah lodge in Bluffton. Surviving in addition to the daughter in this city are a son, James Mann of Bluffton; nine grandchildren; one great-grand-child; five brothers, Howard Helvie of Van Buren, Ralph Helvie of of Elkhart, William Helvie of Robinson, 111., Henry Helvie of Tulsa, Okla., and Edward Helvie of Muncie, and a sister, Mrs. Inez Parker of Angola. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. John E. Chambers officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Warren. Friends may call at the funeral home uhtil time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and a little cooler tonight. Tuesday fair and warmer. Low tonight 53-58 north, 5863 south. High Tuesday, 80-85. Sunset 8:17 9.10., sunrise 1:18 a.m.

Minnesotans Driven From Homes By Flood Four Persons Drown In Swollen River By UNITED PRESS Floodwaters inundated rich cropland and drove families from their homes in Minnesota today, and new floods plagued North Dakota and OklahomaFour persons drowned Sunday, two of them in a rescue attempt, when their boats overturned on a flood-swollen tributary of the Mississippi River southeast oC Hastings, Minn. ■ Dead were two teen-aged boys, Anton Lynn and Wayne Frendrich, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lovejoy, about 40, all of near Hastings. A third teenager, Jeanette Kaiser, Hastings, swam to safety with the aid of a life jacket. Authorities said the youths’ boat overturned and witnesses called for help. The Loyejoys went to the aid of the youths, and their boat tipped over in the rescue attempt. The worst flooding occrred along the Minnesota and Crow Rivers, which drain into the Mississippi- The Mississippi was expected to crest at 15t4 feet, 6 inches above flood stage, at St. Paul by Wednesday. About 25 families were forced to flee their homes along the Crow, which discharges into the Mississippi near Dayton, Minn. Farmers along the flooded Minnesota suffered disastrous washouts similar to those which occurred in 1951 and 1952- The river, normally only 200 feet wide, was swollen to nearly a mile at some points. , The Knife and Cannonball rivers in North Dakota also left their banks and swept over thousands of (ContinuM ou Fas* Six) To Attend Uniting Synod Os Churches Uniting Meeting To Be Opened Tuesday The Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion, evangelical and Reformed church here, Leo Kirsch, of Decatur, and Mrs. Victor Eichenberger, of Berne, will be local delegates to the uniting synod Tuesday of two of the nation’s oldest church groups—the Congregational Christians and the Evangelical and Reformed church. The historic meeting will take place in Cleveland, 0., and will close Thursday afternoon. Rev. Feller stated that no local action will probably be taken until the united church constitution is approved, except to include the new church name. United Church in Christ, in church bulletins and memorandums. There are no- Congregational Christian churches in the county, and the nearest are the Plymouth church in fort Wayne, and a church in Huntington county. The Zion church in Decatur and Cross church in Berne are affected by the merger. The new church organization will be the seventh largest Protestant denomination, with more than 2,100,000 members, and 8,200 local churches. Merger negotiations between the two groups have been in progress for years. A previous decision to unite in 1949 was blocked by court action of an anx-merger faction. A minority group within the Congregational church still is opposed, and has threatened to remain independent. Leaders in the Protestant “drying together” movement within the ecumenical church regard this move as very significant. Previous mergers have been within one historic confession, like the Methodists, or Presbyterians. The, ceremony in Cleveland will mark the converging of two different streams of Protestantism. The Congregationalists stem from the English reformation and Puritans, while the Reformed church is descended from the continental reformatio of Luther, Zwingll. and Calvin.

Showdown Over Teamster Head Is Postponed Meeting Postponed Because Os Trial Os James R. Hoffa WASHINGTON (UP)-Teamsters Vice President James R. Hoffa said today the scheduled meeting of the union’s executive. board next Monday at Los Angeles has been postponed for at least a week The meeting, expected to be a showdown on ousting Dave Beck as president, apparently was postponed because of Hoffa’s trial here on bribery-conspiracy charges. Defense attorneys have said they expect Hoffa’s trial to last three weeks to a month. Hoffa, whose reputed status as Beck's “heir apparent” has been blighted by two federal indictments, spoke with reporters during a recess in his trial. The slow process of selecting a jury resumed today. A panel of more than 100 possible jurors was questioned carefully as to whether they had . read or heard newspaper and ' radio and television reports on the . case. Edward Bennett Williams, Hoffa’s attorney, estimated the trial ’ may run for three or four weeks. As a result union sources said ’ they expect Beck to try to postpone a scheduled July 1 show- ! down meeting of the union’s executive board on demands for ■ Beck’s resignation. Two Federal Charges , Hoffa, whose reputed role as “heir apparent” to the top teamster ’ post has been blighted by two federal indictments, is being tried here on charges of conspiring to plant a spy on the Senate Labor-management Rackets Investigation Committee. A co-de-fendmand is Hyman Fischbach, Miami, Fla., attorney. The "spy,” New York lawyer John Cye Cheasty, disclosed the alleged scheme to the committee and the FBI. Hoffa, powerful Midwest teamster leader, also faces trial later this year on another indictment charging him with illegally tapping the telephones in his own Detroit headquarters- His aim reportedly was to learn of any conversations with Senate committee staff members. Teamster Vice President William A. Lee of Chicago and Sec-retary-Treasurer John F. English are heading a drive to get Beck tvontinuo 1 on Six, Mrs. Ona Springer Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Ona Belle Springer, 67, former resident of Decatur, was found dead Saturday afternoon at her home, 1509 Watervoliet Ave., Dayton, O. Death was attributed to a heart attack and she was believed to have died about 10 p. m. Friday. She was born in Adams county May 15, 1890. a daughter of J. B. end Emma Hodle Rash-Cottrell. Her husband, Walter Springer, died in <1944. Mrs. Springer, who left Decatur about 25 years ago, operated one of the first beauty shops in Decatur, located at the corner of First and Monroe streets. Surviving are a brother, Sam Cottrell of Decatur route 3; two half-brothers. Joe Rash of Decatur, and Isaac Rash of Columbia City; a half-sister, Mrs. Leona Marquart of Decatur, and several nephews in Decatur and ityFuneral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home in this city, the Rev. Virgil W. Sexton 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. *■'

—-W— wy Train Victim W I Hl « > 1" !1 1 -J* ' 1 ■-Tji James B. Cummings : Heavy Traffic Toll Recorded In Stale ; At Least 14 Killed In Indiana Traffic By UNITED PRESS Indiana’s 1957 traffic death toll was increased by at least 14 dur- ) Ing the weekeruFTn(§ne of the 1 bloodiest 54-hour periods on Hoo--1 sier highways and streets this 1 year. e Two persons were killed Sunday in a head-one collision north of Fort Wayne awd-cight nOwM were il killed In Saturday night wrecks; 1. Including the worst single accident 1 which claimed the lives of four - persons. - The latest victims were Clar- - ence Bryant Snyder, 65, Indianr apolis, and his wife, Goldie, 69. Three others were Injured, one critically, when the Snyder car s crashed head-on into an auto • driven by Herbert L. Hilbert, 42. r Fort Wayne, on U.S. 27 north of I Fort Wayne. Zora Grady, 73, - Darlington, was described in s “critical” condition at Parkview ■ Hospital in Fort Wayne- Hilbert - and his wife, Marie, 46, also were , hospitalized. ’ Three persons were killed out- : right Saturday night in a two-car I head-on collision on U.S. 52 west ) of Brookville. The victims were Christine Johnson, 24, Muncie; . John Garland Clark, 20, Franklin; • and George Cecil, 7, Muncie. A t fourth person, Elsie Pickard, 63, . Muncie, died Sunday from injuries . sustained in the mishap. Five . other persons were injured. Other Saturday night traffic vic- , times were Jacob Schmitt, 13, Tipton; his brother Frederick, 18; . Walter C. Ruble, 43, Winchester, . and Joseph Jurkowitz, 20, Harri--1 son. State Police said the Schmitts were killed when a pickup truck in which they were riding turned over while speeding on a county road northwest of Tipton. Ruble was killed when he lost control of his car while coming out of a curve three miles north of Winchester. The auto skidded 300 feet and smashed into a tree Ruble was thrown from the car and his head hit the tree. The car slid another 75 feet before stopping, lUontinuea on PMO Six) t Lions Club Family ’ Picnic Here Tonight 1 All Decatur Lions, whether or not they made reservations, are ex- , pected to attend the family picnic, last summer meeting, at the shelter house in Hanna-Nuttman park tonight, Jay Markley, chairman 0 the event, said today. No food and no service is nec- [ essary, and all the children will 1 be welcome, with a special pro- ' gram planned to entertain them. The picnic will start at 6:30 p.m- ' Young Husband Kills Wife, Surrenders MILWAUKEE (UP) — P° Uce - said a young husband shot his wife five times with a shotgun and then drove to a police station to sur- > render himself with the statement , “I just killed my wife.” The shooting took place Sunday > after Nathaniel Hayward, 27, and his wife Mary, 26, had an argument about the of their ! 2-year-old marriage. They have no children.

J. M. Cummings Is tilled Sunday By Erie Train Pedestrian Killed By Erie Freight At Crossing Near Home Mpte Muir Cummings. 78, met instant death at 12:44 a. m. Sunday, when he was struck by a westbound Erie freight train, at the Mercer avenue crossing. The tragedy occurred as the well-known Decatur man was re-, turning to the Simmerman Trailer court on Mercer, where he resided with a daughter, Mrs. Anne Grandstaff Lehman. Mr. Cummings had spent the evening playing cards at the Eagles lodge on South Second street, and after declining a ride home, proceeded to walk home,, on the east side of the street. At the narrow railroad crossing, Mr. Cummings, who used a can?, apparently fell when stepped Into a hole nearly a foot deep. Two Decatur youths. Fred Schott, of 1015 Monroe street, and Glen Strickler, of 427 Stratton Way, en route home, passed over the crossing sighting what they ‘■-M-first-believed was a dog, ly- : tor ohm ttwtr. They immediately turned their car around, and as the safety gates were down by this time, , went around in time to see the body of a man, lying on the east side of the track, on the crosswalk. They stilted that because cf the bright headlight of the oncoming train, they were able to see the man lying there with his hands thrown up in front of his face, as if to ward off the train. The train was rapidly approaching, and the shocked youths were unable to rescue the man as he lay helpless between the rails. The crew of the freight was unaware of the disaster that had occurred. The witnesses rushed to the police station to report the incident. Upon investigation, officers found parts of the man's body strewn 92 feet down the track. His watch, stopped at 12:44 o’clock, was found several feet from the point of impact, as were several dollar bills and some change. Elmer Winteregg, Jr., Adams county coroner, has stated that he will probably return a verdict of accidental death, but the report is being held up pending further investigation. Mr. Cummings was born in Larckhall Lanarkshire, Scotland, September 24, 1878. He emigrated to the United States from Plean, Scotland, in 1907, and settled in Linton, where he was a coal miner, as he had been in Scotland. When his wife died in 1937, Mr. Cummings moved to a farm near Monroe, where he resided until 1946. From that time on, he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Lehman. He and his daughter returned April 29 from his first visit to his former home in Scotland. Mr. Cummings was a member of the Monroe Methodist church, the Eagles and Elks lodges of Decatur, and the Linton Masonic lodge. Surviving in addition to the daughter with whom he resided, are a stepdaughter, Mrs. Oka Gaiser, Poneto; two brothers, Hugh and Levi Cummings, of Lanarkshire, Scotland; three sisters, Mrs. Janet Docerty, Mid Lothian, Scotland, Mrs. Jean Jamison, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and Mrs. Agnes Hays, of Long Beach, Calif.; two granddaughters, Mrs. Fred Isch and Mrs. Robert Strickler, and four great-grandchildren, all of Decatur. His wife, the former Mary Logan, whom he married November 30, 1900, died March 23, 1937. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home, wherfi friends may call. The Rev. WiP liam C. Feller will officiate, w<th burial in the Morris Chapel cemetery, at Linton. The casket wffl not be opened.

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