Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 280*

REPORTERS GET NEWS r —_____ w i yWWEyjB it HP'' ' ■ is bW ■ i HSI ' i .It »■- • REPORTERS OF THE WASHINGTON corps rush from the offices of Mrs. Anne Wheaton, acting Presidential press secretary, after she announced the news of Mr. Eisenhower’s illness on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Wheaton announced the President’s illness as a "mild cerebral heart attack’* but later corrected this to conform with medical diagnosis.

Ike's Abilify To Carry On Top Question Recall Statement Over Decision To Seek Second Term WASHINGTON (UP) — "And when I feel that I can’t carry.... ™ drr,"*thri President said, “I won't •be there.” - The President was Dwight D. Eisenhower. The occasion was his White House news conference of March 7, 1956. in which the President discussed his decision to seek a second term and his physical ability to do the work. "I have said,” Eisenhower added later in the conference, "unless I felt absolutely up to the performance of the duties of the president, the second that I didn’t, I would no longer be there in the job or I wouldn’t be available for the job. "I have promised them (the American people) that, as a matter of fact.” A reporter pressed for more specific information as to the President’s Intentions in the event of illness; would he withdraw from the campaign or leave the White House if he had been elected? "Well, now,” Eisenhower replied, "don’t hold me down if I get a week's case of the flu or something else." The President said he paid more attention to non-medical advice and his own feelings than to what the doctors had to say about his fitness to run for a second term. The panel of physicians, headed by Dr. Paul Dudley White, had said on Feb. 14, 1956, that they did not foresee any “medical” reasons why Eisenhower would be unable to serve out a second term. White thought the President could expect to carry on an active life for another five to 10 years. His decision to run again was announced at a White House news conference Feb. 29, 1956. Eisenhower said that, taking everything into consideration, he (Continued on Pa ,-e Pour) Santa Claus Will Arrive In Decatur Saturday Afternoon Gather up the youngsters, Santa Claus will arrive in Decatur Saturday at 2 p.m. and will be stationed on the court house lawn. He will pass out treats and take orders for Christmas gifts for the small fry. Decatur streets will put on its gayest holiday attire Friday. Decorative street lights will be turned on at 5 p.m. Merchants are requested to turn on their Christmas lighting at this time. If current plans of Decatur merchants are any indication, this will be one of the gayest and brightest programs in the city’s history. According to Louis Jacobs, trainmaster, the youngsters are clamoring for seats on the kiddies train ride with Santa Claus. Dec. 7. z Storey will be open nightly starting Friday, Dec. 13, until Christmas eve.

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Ike's Chance For Recovery Excellent Termed By Medicos * As Slight Stroke WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower has suffered what doctors generally call a "minor cerebrovascular accident” In layman’s languc-c that’s a mild stroke. Medical authorities agreed today his chances for complete recovery are excellent. They said it is quite likely his only snmptrirri—a slight difficulty in speaking—will clear lip within a week or two leaving no permanent after-effects. The chief cause for concern in a mild stroke, according to a dozen eminent specialists consulted by the United Press, ds that sometimes it may be followed rather quickly by a more severe one. This usually does not happen. It is the exception rather than the rule. Next Few Days Important The consensus was that the next two or three days will be important in clarifying the probable pattern of the President’s illness. Physicians attending the President have avoided the word "stroke" in describing the President’s crj.dition, possibly because of the scary connotation it has to many. The official diagnosis given in White House medical bulletins was "an occlusion of a small branch of a cerebral vessel.” Outside doctors said this simply means there has been an interruption of blood flow to part oi the brain. All such interruptions, they said, fall into the medical category of "cerebrovascular accidents." r*eea is Greater Brain cells, even more than other parts of the body, require a constant flow of blood in order to function properly The seriousness of a stroke depends on what causes the interruption of blood flow, how long it, lasts and what area of the brain is affected. The worst kind of cerebrovascular accident is the rupture of a blood vessel which produces a hemorrhage in the brain. This is what killed President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. White House physicians said Tuesday night, after extensive neurological examinations. that President Eisenhower had not suffered a hemorrhage. Reinhart Infant Dies Early Today Timothy Glen Reinhart, infant son of Glen and Audrey PainterReinhart, died at 3:25 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he was born last Thursday. The parents reside three and one-half miles south of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother, Tommy Eugene, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Reinhart of Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Painter of near Berne. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday at the Decatur cemetery, the Rev. C. E. Lykins officiating. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 2 p. m. Thursday until time of the services. I

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Johnson Urges U.S. Program Streamlined Senate Democratic Leader Says Speedup Is Necessary Step WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called today for a streamlining of the nation’s missile and satellite programs as a necessary, step in bettering Russia in space weapons. c The Texas Democrat told newsmen tiie Senate Preparedness Subcommittee which he heads "will have to inquire very carefully into who is running what.” The subcommittee' Tailed back Central Intelligence Director Allen W. Dulles and his chief aides for further questioning behind closed doors on what they know about Russia’s missiles, Sputniks, war industry and overall military power. Ray Pattern Clear Johnson said the “one clear pattern that has emerged” in the first two days of the broad investigation is "the extreme difficulty bf pinning dowr lines of authority in the miss’t and satellite program.” “I do not believe in shaking everything up and turning things upside down” he said "But we will have to find out how to streamline the organization.” Several scientists testifying so far also have criticized the missile and satellite programs for weaknesses in organization and line of authority. Hagan Testified Dr. John P- Hagen, director of the U.S. satellite project Vanguard, Tuesday called for immediate creation of a single government agency to control all satellite and space ship programs. Hagen also revealed that defense onficials in 1955 refused to give the U.JJ. satellite a top priority. If this had been Cone, he said, he was sure the Russians wouldn't have been first with their Sputniks. The scientist agreed with Johnson the Unrted States “took a calculated risk and we lost.” Another Turnabout In Weather Outlook Cool Weather Is Holiday Forecast By UNITED PRESS The weatherman made another turnabout in his predictions today for Thanksgiving in Indiana. Now he says the high temperatures will be in the 40s, a distinct cool-off from highs today due to range from the high 50s to the high 60s. Cooler weather originally was forecast for the holiday. But a noon forecast Tuesday called for continued mild with highs in the 50s. At any rate, no rain or snow was expected to mar the holiday. The outlook was for no precipitation before Friday or Saturday, and even then it will be confined chiefly to the south portion and averaging no more than one-fourth of an inch. The temperature will have its ups and downs the next few days, but for the five-day period ending next Monday it will average near normal highs of 38 to 51 and normal lows of 22 to 35. “Turning cooler tonight and Thursday,” the outlook said. “Warmer late Thursday and early Friday, turning cooler again late Friday." . Highs* Tuesday ranged from 45 at South Bend to 62 at Evansville. The mercury dropped to lows ranging from 32 at Fort Wayne to 46 at Evansville this morningIt will fall to lows ranging from the 30s to the low 40s tonight Indiana Flu Cases Nosedived Last Week INDIANAPOLIS (IP) — The Indiana State Board of Health reported today that the number of new flu cases nosedived last week to 695. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Turning colder tonight Colder Thursday. Low tonight 30s northwest to 40s southeast High Thursday 45-50 north. 50-56 south. Sunset today 5:23 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:44 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy. Lows Thursday night in 30s. Highs Friday in 50s.

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President Eisenhower . ... J • ” Reported As Making Excellent Recovery

Atlas Missile Slated To Be Shot Saturday Air Force Refuses Comment On Report On Scheduled Test CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —lnformed sources said today that the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile would be fired Saturday if scheduled ground tests today are successful. Th* Force, however, refused to confirm or deny the reports, line projectile has fizzled in its I only two previous tests, leaving the U.S- still without a missile to match Russia’s continent-spanning ICBM. today’s expected "static test" the huge, 90-foot rocket would be bolteu to its launching pad and its powerful engines revved up. Meanwhile, a House Appropriations subcommittee investigating the missile program termed Tuesda£ night's unsuccessful launching of the Army Jupiter rocket as "spectacular, but disappointing.” The . committee left this morning, after Ir two-day inspection of the big missile-launching site here. To observers watching from nearby beaches, the 3,000-mile range Jupiter appeared to take off j without a hitch. But the Defense Department issued a statement shortly after the missile was triggered saying the Jupiter “failed to complete its programmed flight because of technical difficulties.” The announcement did not elaborate on the difficulties, or say whether the missile had been detonated from the ground by remote control. Appeared To Explode Observers said the projectile seemed to explode in a distant ball of flame just before disappearing from view high in the sky. The Atlas, capable of delivering a nuclear warhead 5,000 miles, has been on its launching pad here for some time being: readied for a third test flight, which may come near the end of this week. The Atlas was tested twice previously, in June and September, both times unsuccessfully. Memorial Services At Elks On Sunday Annual Services Sunday Afternoon Annual memorial services for deceased members will be held by the Decatur Elks lodge at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the lodge home on North Second street. Announcement of the annual service was made today by Earl W. DeWeese, exalted ruler of the fraternal organization. The service is an obligatory one on every Elks lodge to pay honor to the deceased members. Six members of the Decatur lodge have died during the past year. The memorial address will be delivered by the Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church of Decatur. Special music will be sung by a male quartet comprised of Ray Heller, Leo Kirsch, Wesley Lehman and La Verne Roth. Mrs. William Gass will be the accompanist and will also play the processional. The lodge’s ritualistic rites will be conducted by DeWeese and his staff of officers, and the rob of departed brothers will be read by V. J. Bormann, secretary of the lodge. Families of deceased members and the public are invited to attend the memorial services. 24 PAGES

Historical Society Meets Last Evening Librarian Os Fort | Wayne Is Speaker The canals of Indiana were a public project that greatly exceeded in magnitude the greatest of public works, such as the pyramids, great walls of China, and hanging gardens of Babylon, Rex Potters, librarian of the Fort Wayne-Allen county library, told the Adams county historical society Tuesday night. More than 50 member* of the society, which now has more than 100 charter members, heard the well-known librarian and former teacher, describe in detail the building of the early canals. Potter! has a degree in history from Indiana University; a master’s in political science from Illinois; a master's in educational administration from Columbia University; a bachelor of science degree in library science from Illinois, and has also done graduate work at Wisconsin. He headed the history department at Central high school, and taught history at Huntington College and Indiana State Teachers College. . * Potter! explained that in 1833 Indiana was described by Hugh McCullough, the financier, as a huge virgin forest, with not an between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne but was forest, except for a few rivers, ponds, and swamps. ...... Though Indiana was worth only $80,000,000 in valuation, an internal improvement project, with four canals cutting across the state, was envisioned. Two canals, the Wabash and Erie, which paralleled the Wabash river from Evansville to Huntington, and then cut across to Fort Wayne and followed .the Maumee to Lake Erie, and the Miami canal, which connected Defiance, 0., with the Ohio river at Cincinnati, 0., through Celina and St. Mary’s, using the reservoir as a water supply, aided settlement in Adams eounty. Many early immigrants came to the county by canal. In the 1820's when the state had to be opened to commerce, or perish, because it had no markets, the people knew little of the railroad, but were familiar with the great canals of the east in Ohio, Pennsylvania; and New York. For this reason canals were chosen rather than railroads for internal improvement. The federal government granted the state 24 miles on each side of the Wabash and Erie canals as a right-of-way and to sell to settlers and speculators to build the canal. The land sale started in 1830 and continued for many years, but for the first two years the people couldn’t afford the 11.25 an acre. The Michigan canal was start’d, but only the reservoir, Silvan lake at Rome City, was completed. The Whitewater valley canal washed out about 1862, and was used only 14 years. At Indianapolis 16 miles of a projected canal; were finished, and this was used' as a water supply for the electric | company for years. It still stands' in the city, unused. Fort Wayne is called the Sum-: mlt City, not because it is so high, but because it is the highest spot on the Wabash and Erie canal, 198 feet above Toledo. The boats were raised and lowered this distance by a series of locks in the canal. The water for this project was brought to Fort Wayne from a dam on the St. Joseph river above the city, arid was carried over the St. Mary's; river by an aqueduct 204 feet; long, 44 feet deep, and 17 feet! wide, with a four foot tow path! on each side. The “water .bridge” held 450 tons” of water, and was made of oak and elm, because no concrete was available then. It still stands. The canal was built bv hoards (Continued on Page Five)

Speculation On Possibility Os Ike Resigning Suggestions Given Rejection Today By t Richard M. Nixon ! WASHINGTON (UP) - There was widespread speculation today that President Eisenhower might ! consider resigning his jqb to Vice 1 President Richard M. Nixon if he ■ feels he can no longer perform his ’ duties adequately. As a result of the President's ' third alarming Illness in 26 months 1 there already have been some 1 suggestions that he retire. 1 Rep. Paul C- Jones (D-Mo.) ■ said he thought the President ■ should step down but only if “he » finds he is not in a position to exercise his full faculties." Nixon himself rejected suggestions that the President resign, . saying “There is no reason for the President to step aside.” He ex- . pressed confidence in the President’s ultimate recovery and said the chief executive is capable right > now of making' necessary major ' decisions. 1 Not just the United States but 1 the i\>rld was concerned. Two 1 London newspapers said the President's illness Indicated he will resign. Another London paper said a decision “cannot be delayed .for long.” Reporters asked White ‘House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty for his readtidn to the London reports. He replied: "Just say I laughed and that I did not have any reaction." Roscoe Drummond, Veteran political analyst of the New York Herald Tribune, said flatly that the President is prepared to withdraw from office if he finds his latest illness has impaired his ability to do his job. "Those who know Mr- Eisen- ' hower’s thinking on the subject of his health are certain,” Drum- . mond said in today’s Herald ontinuad on t *«« Four* Barry A. Emenhiser Pies This 'Morning Five-Yedr-Old Boy Dies On Birthday Barry Allen Emenhiser, little Decatur boy whose courageous and cheerful fight against fatal illness won the hearts of all who knew him and his family, died at 3:15 o'clock this morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Emenhiser, 604 West Monroe street. Little Barry would have celebrated his fifth birthday today. He had been showered with cards from well wishers in recent days when it became apparent his life was numbered. The boy had been ill for two ! years with a brain tumor, and his ' condition had been critical for the I past week, as he became almost completely paralyzed. Barry was born in Decatur Nov. 27, 1952, a son of Daniel E. and Helen Steele-Emenhiser. Surviving in addition to his parents are an eight-year-old brother, Phillip; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Steele of Decatur; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Emenhiser of Monroeville, and the maternal 1 great-grandfather, Alfred Gibson i of Decatur. i Funeral services will be conI ducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the | Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Decatur Missionary church, the Rev. Gerald Gerig and 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.

Stock Market Eyes Eisenhower Illness Five Billion Dollar Value Loss Tuesday NEW YORK (UPh — The stock market rebounded sharply today from the drubbing it took Tuesday on the delayed announcement of the President’s illness. The optimistic tenor of the latest medical bulletins and a number of ’’feood bargains” attracted buying Individual gains around noon ran to 87 in Gulf OU and to $6 or more in Amerada and International Bus--1 iness Machines. There were numerous gains of 88, 83, 84 and 85 in the main list. AU groups took part la the rally, with oils and aircrafts among the leaders? Reporta Sway Prices * The advance restored mqre Wan four billion dollars to njnrket values. Tuesday’s sharp decline wiped almost five billloh dollars from values. Tuesday, the tape was so late at the close that it took 25 minutes before the last quotation was printed. Pacific Coast stocks fell behind, too, and closed lower after trading in New York ended. It was believed that the President’s health reports would continue to swaftpriees as they have since Sept. 26,' 1955, the day of the big break on Ike’s heart attack. That break knocked pustrials down 31.89 points, a drop age fell 38.93 points. The market set its lows op Oct 22 and then met support to such extent that market men said a year-end rally looked as if it were in the cards, thanks to somewhat easier money. 20 Minute Decline Then came news of the President’s illness and the market had (Continues on Paar Four New Directors Are Elected For C. C. Four Men Are Named As C. C. Directors The election of four new directors for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce board was announced today by Fred Kolter, executive secretary. The new members, all elected for three years, effective Jan. 1, are George Auer, manager of the Decatur General Electric plant, representing industry; Earl Sheets, of the Sheets Furniture Store, and Francis Wertzberger, of Wertzberger’s Confectionery, representing retailers, and George Thomas, real estate and stock broker, representing the professional and service division. They wIU succeed Robert Heller, George Laurent, Joe Kaehr, and Glenn Hill, whose terms expire next month. Holdover directors are Earl Fuhrman, Severin Schurger, Ferris Bower, Louis Jacobs, Leo Seltenright, Dr. R. E. Allison and Glenn Mauller. ! Officers of the Chamber of Commerce for 1958 will be named at the Christmas luncheon of the board Tuesday, Dec. 10. Present officers, who have served for the papt year, are Clifford Brewer, president; Robert Heller, chairman of board; Tom Allwein, first vice president: Joe Kaehr, second vice president; Ferris Bower, treasurer. Clifford Brewer will replace Robert Heller as chairman of the board, and Tom Allwein will replace Lowell Harper as chairman of the industrial committee. According to by-laws of the organization, the board of directors will appoint a member to replace Clifford Brewer as a retail member, and a member to replace Tom Allwein as a member of the industrial division. These appointments will be made at the regular January meeting of the board of directors.

Doctors Give Permission To . Sign Documents r President Holds Conferences Over J Pending Business BULLETIN WASHINGTON (W - The White House anncnnoM today that President Eisenhower is f making "excellent" progress. ' WASHINGTON (UP)-President » Eisenhower’s physicians gave him permission this morning to sign 12 relatively minor documents and i confer on pending White House t business, the White House an* * nounced. i The announcement came a few hours after a medical bulletin said ! the President awoke refreshed, i showered and shaved and had a ■ “normal breakfast.” The chief executive during the * morning spent about 30 minutes in conference with Brig. Gen. An- ■ drew J- Goodpaster, the White ' House staff secretary, signing of- ~. 'flcial papers and discussing what 1 Press Secretary James C. Hagerty ‘ | described simply as “White House ' business.” * Hagerty said after the brief ’ “business” session in the Presi- •. ‘ dent's second floor ’/.xiroom that, in his opinion, major decisions - could be put up to the President. 1 Hagerty said, however, that EisenJ hower’s physicians would have to ■ determine bow much work the c President undertakes. “Everything Is AU Bight" Hagerty was asked about reports ’ published in London that the Pres--1 ident would resign because of his latest illness. “Just say I laughed and that I did not have any reaction,” Hagerty replied. Hagerty reported the President's activities at a mid-morning news conference. 9*rlier, at 6:50 a.m. Maj- GenHoward McC Snyder, the President's physician, had told reporters on entering the White House that “everything is aU right." Snyder told reporters that it was f impossible to say whether the I President’s illness was “a stroke." , He said it might have been just “a spasm” of a small cerebral artery and not a clot. “We wouldn’t call it a stroke now,” he said. Hagerty indicated that Vice President Richard M. Nixon might see the President later today. NATO Parley Uncertain Nixon, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers were back at the White House this morning, as they were most of Tuesday. According to Hagerty, neither Nixon nor any member of the Cabinet has seen the chief executive since he suffered his illness Monday. The White House announced Tuesday that it could be "assumed” Eisenhower would not attend the mid-December NATO summit meeting in ParisThe picture seemed to change somewhat today when Hagerty, asked if there was a possibility that Eisenhower might go to Paris, said. “I can’t give you any specific answer at this time.” Hagerty also disclosed that, through Dulles, the United States has asked the NATO council whether the member nations (Continuea on Faye Four) HBP : fight ■

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