Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1958 — Page 1

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Says Indonesia Sending Troops Into Sumatra Indonesian Rebel Source Says 4,000 Troops Are Landed SINGAPORE (UP)—A high Indonesian rebel source said here today that 4,000 central government troops may have landed on Sumatra. He said a platoon of the government forces landed Sunday at Bengkalis, adding that four ships with 4,000 more men were anchored nearby. He said these, too, may already have landed. Bengkalis is at the mouth of the Siak River, on the east coast of Central Sumatra about 100 miles west of Singapore across the Malacia Strait. Hie Siak River leads to the American-owned Caltex oil field headquarters at Pakanbaru, where operations were euspended in the face of imminent military operations. A Caltex spokesman here said the company is ceasing production and suspending operations immediately on the advice of the central Indonesian' regime at Jakarta. The Caltex man said the company's American; British and Australian employes would be evacuated to Singapore. An initial group of 24 wives and children arrived by ship today, with more expected tonight and Tuesday The information on the landings followed reports that leafleft had been dropped over mineral-rich Central Sumatra, warning of imminent landings by central government troops. The Jakarta newspaper Simpo said an attack on Padang, the rebel headquarters on Sumatra, would be mde by "land, sea and air.’’ The leaflets warned the local pep--ace that the invaders intendec to capture the rebel leaders who have been officially charged with treason against the Jakarta government headed by President SukarnoMeanwhile, a Singapore spokesman for Stanvac, another Ameri-can-owned oil company with hold(Contlnued on pass elcht) Petitions Are Filed For Minor Offices Mayor- Robert D. Cole filed his petition Saturday as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic state convention from the second district, precincts 2-A and 3-A which vote at the court house and county garage. Bernard J. Clark, present Democratic precinct committeeman from precinct 3-A, also filed for reelection to that position. Friday, Edgar Thieme and Edgar Krueckeberg,. of Union township filed for advisory board for that township.. Both are Democrats. . Herman Geimer has also filed for advisory board in Union township, assuring a full ticket of three candidates for the three positions. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and continued cool tonight and Tuesday with some light snow likely extreme south portion tonight. Low tonight 28 to 31. High Tuesday in the 30s. Sunset today 6:46 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:04 a.m. Outlook fOr Wednesday: Continued cool, partly cloudy north. Mostly cloudy with good chance of rain or snow extreme south. Lows Tuesday night high 20s. Highs Wednesday 30s.

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C. C. Industrial Division Meets 'Monthly Meeting is Heid At Noon Dale Morrissey and Charles Ehinger were the guest speakers at the monthly luncheon of the industrial division of the Chamber of Commerce, held this noon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Morrissey challenged the members to “make up your minds." He told them that they held some of the keys to unlock the doors to the Chamber of Commerce's membership drive goal of 100 new members. He urged the members of the industrial division to cooperate with members of th* retail division in making the 1. membership drive a success. Ehinge his talk with a brief history of the Adams county telephone utility. He told the group that the first telephone lines ran from the railroad depqj to the hotel which was located on Madison street. He explained some of the financial problems of the Citizens Telephone company, including the lowering and raising of rates and the returns made to stockholders on investments. A question and answer period followed the talk. Glenn L. Ellis announced that the next luncheon meeting would be held April 14 and the guest speaker would be Lloyd E. Beatty, vice president of the Lincoln National Bank of Fort Wayne, who would speak on "Everyday economics in retirement.” Mrs. Nancy J. Mills Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Nancy J. Mills, 86, of Hesperia, Mich., and a native of Adams county, died at 6 o’clock Saturday evening at the Angola hospital after a year's illness of complications. She was born In Adams county Aug. 20, 1871, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shell, and resided In this county until moving to Michigan approximately 40 vears ago. Her husband, L. C. Mills, preceded her in death. Mrs. Mills was a member of the Methodist church at Hesperia. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Frank Andrews of Angola, and Mrs. John Arriagp of Phoenix, Ariz.; one son, Hubert Mills of Grand Rapids, Mich.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. John Beal of Decatur; one stepson, Oliver P. Mills of Decatur; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Baxter of Fort Wayne; one brother, John Shell of Hesperia; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grahdchildren. One son, one daughter, one stepson, two sisters and one brother are deceased. • Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Youthful Leukemia Victim Dies Sunday KNIGHTSTOWN (W — Kathleen Jo Watts, 9, who was presented a “ham” radio outfit a few weeks ago by a group of sympathetic amateur radio operators because she was bedfast with leukemia, died Sunday.

Lawyer Fails To Appear For Senate Hearing Thurman Whiteside Fails To Show Up For Mack Hearing WASHINGTON (UP)—Thurman A. Whiteside, a key witness in the House investigation of government regulatory agencies, failed to show up today for questioning about his financial dealings with Richard A. Mack. Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) of the House subcommittee on legislative oversight refused even to say if he knew why the Miami, Fla., lawyer failed to appear. Whiteside was called before a federal grand jury here last week , to present the records of his tangled financial relations with Mack. Mack resigned from the Federal Communications Commission in face of charges—which he denied —that he let money and friends influence his official actions Harris delayed opening of to- ! day's subcommittee session for 30 1 minutes, but Whiteside still failed to appear. Harris then announced that “in i view of the scheduled program to- ; day and a report the cnair has • received" he was cancelling to- ■ day’s hearing and will hold ant other one Tuesday. Harris declined to explain the nature of his report. Whiteside is scheduled for another appearance before the federal grand jury Tuesday. Mack is down for a repeat appearance before Harris’ subcommittee on Wednesday, but his lawyer said he still is suffering from nervous exhaustion and is “not too well." The grand jury is expected to begin soon an investigation of what a Justice Department spokesman called “a new facet of the FCC situation.” Later on it » will make a sweeping study of i reports of bribery and influence peddling in the federal agencies. Chairman Oren Harris (D-Ark.) , of the House legislative oversight subcommittee investigating the FCC, proposed - meanwhile that President Eisenhower be stripped of his power to appoint the FCC chairman. He suggested the chairmanship ' might be rotated year by year among the seven commission , members —a system he said had worked well on the Interstate Commerce Commission, another regulatory agency. Questioned Sunday in a television interview, Harris indicated his proposal might be included among legslative recommendations to be made by his subcommittee in an interim report. Monroe Man's Brother Killed At Fort Wayne Richard Frank Christman, 30, of Fort Wayne, was killed instantly at 4:54 a.m. Sunday when his auto left state road, 3, south of Fort Wayne and crashed into two utility poles It was the first traffic fatality of the year in Allen county. , The accident victim, a four-year veteran of the Marine Corps, is survived by his widow, Edna; one son, Edward, and one daughter, Lora Lee, both at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Shull Fort Wayne; one sister, Mrs. Marjorie Van Wald, Fort Wayne, and two brothers, Raymond Christman of Monroe, and Robert Christman of Fort Wayne, and a half-brother, Morris Shull, Fort Wayne. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home with burial in Greenlawn memorial park. The casket will remain closed.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 10,1958

Ike To Ask Congress To Extend Period Os Benefits To Jobless

Ralph Tyndall Found Dead In Bluffton Home Native Os Decatur Victim Os Gunshot Wound Late Sunday Ralph M. Tyndall, 56, prominent Bluffton clothier, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tyndall of Decatur, was found dead in his home at 6 p. m. Sunday by his wife, Mary. Death resulted from the charge of a 16-gauge shotgun, which struck the former Decatur man in the head. Mrs. Tyndall, the former Mary Macklin, daughter of Mrs. Phil Macklin of Decatur, found the body when she returned home from visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tyndall in Decatur Sunday afternoon. Her husband had intended coming with her, but had been in bed Sunday because of a crick in his back. « When Mrs. Tyndall returned home she found the house locked, and went immediately to her hasband’s room, which she found empty. The body was found in the room of the son, John Phillip Tyndall, a pre-medical student si l . Indiana University. The gun belonged to the son, and had been kept in the closet. Dr. Joy Buckner, Wells county coroner, indicated that a verdict of suicide might Jt>e returned after an investigation of the death. While the death appeared to be a suicide, no motive was known to the family, and no note was left. Ralph Maurice Tyndall was born in Decatur June 15, 1901, the son of John Wilson and Mary Heller-Tyndall. He was a graduate of Decatur high school, and Purdue University, and taught school in Decatur four and onehalf years before moving to Bluffton. The Tyndalls moved to Bluffton in 1927, where he worked for John T. Myers, owner of a Bluffton men’s clothing store. Later he and Byrl Masterson purchased the firm, which has been known since as Masterson & Tyndall. He was recently appointed a director in a Bluffton bank. The deceased was a member of the First Methodist church of Bluffton, the Kiwanis club, Elks Lodge, Scottish Rite of Fort Wayne, Masonic Blue Lodge of Bluffton, and was Wells county sub-district chairman of the Anthany Wayne council, Boy Scouts of America. In addition to the parents and widow, two children. Miss Joyce Ann Tyndall, a teacher in Long Beach, Calif., and John Phillip Tyndall, a pre-medlcal student at Indiana University, and a brother Dan H. Tyndall, of Decatur, (Continued om page five) '

Lenten Meditation — (By Rev. 0. C. Busse, pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Preble) “THE GOD OF HOPE” "Why art thou cast down, o my soul? and who art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in god: for I will yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance, and my God. * —Psalm 42, 11 To some persons these words of the Psalmist will not be very meaningful. They are well and happv, have employment and income and therefore have no particular care or sorrow gnawing at their heart. But many will find in these words of the Psalmist an unlift for mMts They have met with one disanpointment after another. The burdens have become heavier, the sorrows more bitter and the end is nbt yet. What next? -— -■ V’hat. is the outlook? Cheer upl for the outlook is hope, hope in God who has been our help in ages past. To this troubled man the outlook was cheerful because he trusted In God, who gave His Son for our redemption. •’XSBSI This confidence’ in the goodness and grace of God strengthens our faith, makes us unafraid of the future. God’s promises and His covenant give us the assurance that the Omnipotent still is on the throne and that this almighty Lord loves us in Christ Jesus even in the darkest davs of trouble and pain. Having such confidence and trust in the'love and wisdom of God puts our mind at ease. We relax. Even though we do not know what the tomorrow holds, of one thine we are certain: God’s presence will be with us to uphold and direct every hour of the .day. He has redeemed us through the blood of Jesus. That ought to put our mind at ease.

Buy Furniture For Hospital Addition Decision Announced By Hospital Trustees Patients in the Adams county tpemorial hospital’s new addition, tp be completed soon, will sleep on Hil-Ron all-wood beds, with the motor driven high-low feature, according to a decision of the hospiial board of trustees Friday night. - •- - Each unit will include a bed, floor lamp, patient’s easy chair, straight chair, over-bed table, and bedside cabinet, m addition there will be a stainless steel wash basil. urinal, emesis basin, and bed pan for each unit. The Hil-Ron furniture won out over the Simmons all-metal, nonmotor furniture in a test of samples by the nurses and aides in the hospital. Each Hil-Ron bed includes safety sides, and an I-V rod to permit intravenous feeding. Two if the feur casters have brakes to hold the bed in position. Rubber bumpers are at the head of the beds to keep them from marring the walls when moved. A cable-driven motor in each unit permits it to be in the high position while the patient is .being attended, and in the low position the rest of the time so the patient can get in and out of bed jvithout using a footstool. This type ot bed is also in use at the new addition to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Each unit will cost about SSOO, not including mattresses or other accessories of that type. Three dozen Simmons mattresses, three dozen stainless steel four-piece units, and three dozen pillows were also purchased. The hospital also accepted a bid on the major operating room table and light from the American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pa. The present surgical table and lights will be used in the minor surgery. A table and light for the delivery room will be purchased from the Champaign company. Selective Service Sends Contingent The Adams county selective service board sent a contingent of 13 young men to Indianapolis today, one for active induction into the nation's armed forces, the others for physical examinations. Ernie Eimon Isch was the one youth sent for induction. Those undergoing physical examinations are Willis Henry Conrad, Robert Franklin Speakman, Ray-i mond Jr. Becher, Thomas Joseph' Zeser, Vinsel Lee Teeter, Clifford Duane Kuhn, Robert William Brokaw, Reuben Harold Hess, William Adrian Lichtle, Lloyd Gerald Kelsey, Henry Edward Lehrman and I Jack Mearl Moser.

Roy S. Johnson Dies Suddenly Saturday Night Local Auctioneer Saturday Night Roy S. Johnson, 59, well-known Decatur auctioneer, died at 10:35 o'clock Saturday night in the Adams county memorial hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. Col Johnson collapsed about 6 p.m Uowing a sale at the home of the Rev. Albert Swenson, north of Willshire, 0., and was taken to l e hospital. He is believed to have offered several light strokes previously. Col. Johnson was born July 8, 1898 at Sellersburg, the son of Willard and Birdie McCammon Johnson. He later worked as a telegraph operator at Galveston, and came to Decatur in 1921 with the Nickle Plate railroad. He was married Oct. 6, 1917 to Dott Robinson. In 1923 he was graduated from Reppert’s auction school in Decatur, and has since risen to national prominence in his field, conducting many sales. He also served severafyears as a Reppert instructor. He resided west of Decatur on the Winchester road. Col. Johnson was a member of the Baptist church, and the Elks and Moose lodges. Survivors in addition to the widow are two sons, Ned C. Johnson, who is associated in the auction business in Decatur with his father and Robert E. Johnson, of Los Angeles, Calif., one brother, Carl Johnson, of Princeton; one halfbrother, Gilbert Sellers, of Indianapolis; and five granddaughters. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home, where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Stuart Brightwell officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cal Yost, Lawrence Franklin, Jack Zehr. Mel Liechty, Bryce Daniels, and Cal E. Peterson. Suie T. Welker Dies Late Sunday Night Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Suie T. Welker, 89, retired Adams county farmer, died at 11:50 o'clock Sunday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Bow- • man, in Van Wert, 0., following a year’s illness of complications. Born in Adams county Sept. 18, 1869, he was a son of Frederick arid Catherine Brentlinger-Welker, and was married to Catherine Chronister Jan. 20, 1895. He lived in St. Mary’s township practically his entire life until the death of his wife in 1952. - Surviving are four sons, Jesse Earl Welker of Wren, 0., Mathias Welker of Decatur, derald Welker of Lima, 0., and Fred Welker of Goshen; three daughters, Mrs. Leona Shook of Decatur, Mrs. Groce Tope of near Decatur, and Mrs. Ethel Bowman of Van Wert; 28 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren. Two sons, three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. *.... Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Mr. Roth, of Van Wert, officiating. Burial will be in- the Pleasant Dale cemetery, west of Decatur. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. • v Speaker Named For Taylor Graduation UPLAND W — Taylor University announced today that Dr. E. L. R. Elson, pastor of the National Presbvterian Church in Washington which President Eisenhower attends, will speak at the school’s 112th annual commencement June 7.

Dulles In Manila At SEATO Meeting British And French Leaders Also Attend MANILA (UP) — Secretary of State John *Foster Dulles arrived today for a SEATO meeting that could align the U.S., British and French DOfiitionfi on a mit" conference with Russia. French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said before Dulles arrived they expected a Western “Big Three” discussion of the proposed summit conference and a look into the state of near civil war in Indonesia. Dulles was less definite. He said only “We came to discuss the problems of SEATO and these will occupy us fully” at the meeting starting Tuesday. He called on his arrival for "strengthening further the fabric of this regional defense organization” All indications were the conference would ignore a series of Communist propaganda moves aimed at either disrupting the meeting of the Southeast Asia allies or trying to take the edge off any propaganda moves SEATO might make itself. Chinese Communist broadcasts today carried long and angry blasts against the SEATO Council of Ministers meeting. One quoting the official Peoples Daily in Peiping asked the Asian peoples to “shatter the anti-peace provocations” of the Manila session. Other broadcasts accused the United States of trying to increase world tension by setting up a network of military strategic bases in the Far East and of linking up the SEATO members with the Baghdad Pact and with NATO. Moscow expressed hope for a collective security arrangement for Asia and Europe and appeared to Asian countries to ban rocket bases on their territories. All County Council Members File Today Seven Incumbents Ask Renomination All seven members of the present Adams county council, the group which must approve all county appropriations, filed today for renomination and reelection. William F. Kruetzman, of North Preble, Leon Neuenschwander, of Berne C, and Frank E. Bohnke, of Decatur 2C, filed for the Democratic nominations as councilmen at large. Henry L. Dehner, of West Union, filed for Democratic nomination for district one; Julius Schultz, Democrat, of South Washington township, filed for district two; and Chris Stahly, Democrat, filed for district four. Only Republican on the board is Charles J. Jones, 77, of South Blue Creek township, who also filed for renomination and reelection. Frank Myers, of south Blue Creek, filed for renomination as trustee of that township, on the Democratic ticket. Myers is now serving his first term as township trustee. Roy L. Price, former county treasurer, filed for the Republican nomination as Washington township trustee. Price defeated "Frank Lininger in 1942 and Freeman Schnepp in 1944 for the treasurer’s office. William 1 Linn, Democrat, is the present township trustee in Washington township. The last Republican township trustee in this township was John M. Doan, who served from 1935 until 1943. No Meeting Tonight For Decatur Lions The Decatur Lions club will not meet this evening, as the club members will be expected to help at the popular music concert to be presehted by the world-famous violinist, David Rubinoff, at the Decatur high school gym at 8 o’clock, G. Remy Blerly, secretary, said today.

Congress, Ike Push Plans To Fight Recession Pump-Priming Plans Forwarded In Scrap Against Recession WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower will ask Congress Wesnesday or Thursday to extend the number of weeks that jobless workers may draw unemployment compensation, the White House announced today. The announcement, following up the President’s Saturday statement of anti - recession plans, came as the administration and Congress rushed ahead with measures to head off a depression; The White House gave no details but it was reported Eisenhower would propose that benefits be paid for a total of 39 weeks. Under varying state laws, the periods in which the benefits can now be drawn range from 16 to 30 weeks, with most of the large industrial states paying them for 26 weeks. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell may spell out details of Eisenhower’s new plan in a speech Tuesday to the AFL-CIO emergency economic conference. Review Defense Contracts Other developments in the antirecession drive: —Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called for quick con gressional approval of resolutions urging the President to fight the business slump by spending more money on government construction projects. The President said Saturday he already is doing this as part of his new seven-point anti-recession pregram. —The United Press learned that Eisenhower may add an eighth point to his program by recommending sharply increased hospi- " tai construction. —The Defense Department an-., nounced that in line with the President’s pump - priming program, the military services will spend more money on procurement in areas of unemployment and review its buying policies to “assure the maximum number of contracts" to small business in such areas. An 80 per cent in(Continued on five) Suit For Damages Is Near To Jury $15,000 Suit Near Completion Here The $15,000 damage suit, in which the cause of a Fort Wayne lady’s death is being argued, may go to the jury this afternoon, it was announced today by D. Burdette Custer, attorney for the defense. The defense has about completed its testimony in the case of Vernon Critchfield, administrator of the estate of Marion Critchfield, who has brought suit against Robert A. Coburn, driver of the car which allegedly brought about the death of Marion Critchfield. The defendant admits his negligence. but denies that her death resulted from the accident. Mrs. Critchfield died ten days after being involved in an accident. She had formerly been treated in a hospital and had been released but had died of a cerebral hemorrhage while vacationing in Florida. The accident occurred Jan. 26, 1957, on Anthony Boulevard In Fort Wayne, and she died Feb. 6. Carl Suedhoff, of the firm of Hunt , and Suedhoff of Fort Wayne, and D. Burdette Custer, of Custer and Smith, are representing the defendant William McNagney. of Barrett, Barrett, and McNagney, and Robert Anderson, of Voglewede and Anderson, are the attorneys for the plaintiff. Severin H. Schurger, local attorney. is sifting as special judge in the case, which was vended from-the Allen superior court two.

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