Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 82.

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Cuba Reports Ofc Effort Os Rebels Blocked Apparent Attempt To Penetrate Santiago Reported Repulsed HAVANA, Cuba (UP) — The Cuban army reported today it had beaten off an apparent attempt to penetrate Santiago by one rebel force and was pursuing another group in the northern part of Oriente province. An army communique also said that a “pirate plane" of undisclosed nationality was shot down in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra, the stronghold of rebel leader Fidel CAstro. * < The government announcement came as Castro's revolutionary general strike was reported to have paralyzed the rail hub of Camaguey—a move that would cut Cuba in two and isolate the eastern third of the island. The rural guard outpost at Dos Palmas on the outskirts of Santiago “valiantly repelled" an attack by seven truckloads of rebels in the dawn hours of Sunday, the communique said. C 46 Shot Down It said the army seized the seven vehicles along with 11 rifles and ammunition, and added “The attackers suffered a goodly number of casualties in dead and wounded.” It reported one army casualty. The army identified the shot down plane as a C 46 cargo carrier with the numbers “V-88” painted on the side It said the twin-engined craft crashed in flames and its crew members were burned to death. It did not disclose how many were aboard nor their nationality. The communique also noted that seven rebels were killed and an unknown number injured. and taken prisoner in a sharp battle in the north of Oriente, the easternmost of Cuba’s six pronvinces and center of insurgent activity. "A group of rebels under the command of Raul Castro, who had deployed in the north of Oriente. were surprised by army forces,” the communique said. in Santiago itself, army intelligence agents were reported to have seized 108 Molotov cocktails (Gasoline-filled battles, a tommy gun, revolvers and ammunition, along with a quantity of terrorist material in a raid on a private home. The army did not say if any prisoners were taken. Fear in Every City In other action, rural guard forces from San Luis and Central Palmas in Oriente frustrated attempts of armed rebels to burn cane fields and workers’ homes in Majagua, in the municipality of San Luis. Two rebels were killed and one soldier wounded. The army said it seized three jeeps, as well as - shotguns and revolvers with their ammunition in this skirmish. “Rural guard forces have cornered those who tried tc escape,” the communique added. The end of the Easter holidays was expected to signal the start (Continued on page six) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly clear and cooler tonight. Tuesday fair, a little warmer In -afternoon. Low tonight 27 to 35. High Tuesday 46 to 54. Sunset today 7:15 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday 6:18 a. m. Outlook for Wednesday: Partly cloudy and a little warmer. Lows Tuesday night in the 30s. Highs Wednesday In the 50s.

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G.E. Makes $2,000 Gift For Hospital Check Presented By Local G.E. Officials The General Electric company, through George W. Auer, manager of the Decatur plant, has donated $2,000 to the Adams county memorial hospital building fund, it was announced today. The check was presented to Cal E. Peterson, president of the board of trustees of the hospital, by Auer and George Laurent, personnel manager pf the plant. "We are most happy to be able to participate with you in the expansion and the modernization of the Adams county memorial hospital. “I want to take this opportunity to offer our compliments and appreciation to the hospital board of trustees for their efforts and foresightedness in making this expansion and modernization possible. We hope that our contribution will in some small way help complete the entire project,” Auer stated. All of the 35 units in the new addition have been subscribed as memorial Units. The original 50 rooms were also memorial units. The entire hospital is dedicated to the veterans of World War I. The General Electric gift is the latest of several general gifts by industry, including one by the Central Soya Foundation and the McMillen family for about $7,000. - -— — 't Adams Central Youth State FFA Officer Phil Moser Is Named Sentinel For FFA LAFAYETTE (UP) — The Indiana Assn, of Future Farmers of America elected Bill Dorsey, 18, Syracuse as its president Saturday. Dorsey was named to succeed John King of Butler in the final session of the group’s 29th annual convention at Purdue University. The state FFA elected Paul Noble, Connersville, vice president; David Davies, Poseyville, secretary; .Melvin Mathias, Larwill, treasurer; Marvin Jolliff, Elnora, reporter, and Phil Moser, Adams Central, sentinel Section presidents elected were Ed Breffis, Knox; Bill McKinsey, Colfax; Richard Graham, Monrovia, and David Elgin, Campbellsburg. District directors were Allan LeMar, Poseyville; Larry Barnes, Columbia City; John Campbell, Crawfordsville; John Aker, Greencastle, Bob Moore, Jackson Twp. Clinton County; Fred Whitaker, Martinsville; James McMechan, Liberty; Denny Brown, Carrtpbellsburg, and Sargent Richey, Hanover. Wilbur Linder, Portland, was elected band president and Lewis Hendricks, Sheridan, president of the chorus. * Russiaville won the state exhibit contest with Portland second, New Albany third and Batesville fourth. Cooperative activities of the Crown Point chapter gave it the opportunity to attend annual meetings of the American Institute of Cooperation and the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn. Cap Prewett of Eaton won the public speaking contest with Paul Cunningham, Ramsey, second, and Junior Mullenax, Larwill, third. Ramsey won the chapter meeting competition with Colfax «econd, Spiceland third and Syracuse fourth.

———— « t J. Storms Mark Easier Sunday Across Nation Volent Weather In Nation; Snow, Rain, Tornadoes Reported By UNITED PRESS , Easter paraders plowed through snow drifts in the North and dodged rain drops elsewhere in a weekend of weather violence throughout the nation. . A near blizzard howled across northern Wisconsin and Michigan Sunday, dumping up to a foot of snow and piling up four and fivefoot drifts. Earlier, an Easter eve snowstorm whipped Western Nebraska, forcing officials to call out snowplows to battle seven-foot drifts. The storm was part of a pattern of weather violence that also touched off tornadoes in southern Illinois late Saturday, killing one man and injuring 11 others. Rhinelander, Wls-, was blanketed with a foot of heavy, wets now which snapped power and telephone lines, blacking out sections of northern Wisconsin. Winds Cause Giant Drifts Telephone and electrical service also were disrupted in the Upper Michigan peninsula and parts of northern Lower Michigan by the surprise snow storm. Highways were snow- clogged and hazardous, but there were no reports of marooned motorists. Winds as high as 40 miles per hour accompanied the snow and whipped it into giant drifts. Temperatures rangedin the low 30s and gale warnings were issued for Lakes Superior and Huron and northern Lake Michigan. In the far West, although rains continued to pelt California, Easter brought some hope that the state's most disastrous spring deluge might be easing up. A weekend rain storm pushed eastward today, and forecasters said showers only were expeetd in central California today. Th record rains have killed at least 12 persons and caused more ; than 12 millicm dollars in damage through floods and landslides. Floodwaters inundated more than 100,000 acres of rich central California farmland today, and more I than 2,000 persons in the Stockton r area were homeless. Cancel Easter Parades California disaster officials warned that reservoirs are full 1 and the weather during the next day or two will be critical. They said the state "can't take any more heavy rains without tremendous damage.”" The East also faced a flood threat as the Weather Bureau in Albany, NY., warned that heavy rains and melting snow has brought X rapid rise to streams in eastern sections of upstate New York. The bureau warned interests in the area to prepare: for possible flooding. Rain hit most of the country Sunday, forcing cancellation of some sunrise services and traditional Easter parades. The colorful parade on New York's Fifth Avenue was washed out by a record Easter rainfall. Weathermen said nearly two inches of rain fell on the city, ■ nearly one-half inch more than the previous record of 1.53 inches on Easter, 1906. The rain flooded thousands of basements and roads, x-ray room. Weathermen said rain was expected to end today in the middle Mississippi Valley but continue over the eastern Grat Laks rgion, the Ohio Valley and along (Continued on page five) Profit Is Shown By Hospital In March Profit Os $250 Is Shown For Month The Adams county memorial hospital made a profit of $250.28 during the month of March, Thurman Drew, hospital manager, reported today. i Deposits for the month amounted to $23,000.98, and the operating cash balance the first of the month was $1,896.45, for a total of $24,897.43 in cash on hand. Bills for the month were $7,755.48, and the payroll was $14,995.22, for a total of $22,750.70. The operating balance as of the first of April was $2,146.73. A total of 184 patients were admitted and 59 babies were born at i the hospital during the month. Seven patients and one baby died during March. There were 175 patients dismissed and 53 babies dismissed during the month, leaving 35 patients and 10 babies in the hospital April 1. _ , •, There were 17 boys sad 32 gir born during the month. A total of 196,Outpatients were treated in the emergency room, laboratory, and

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Says Cheering Rise In Jobs During March Secretary Os Labor Predicts Report To Show Gain In Jobs WASHINGTON (UP) — Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell predicts a government report to be released Tuesday will show employment rose in March and "unemplnynient didn’t change ’ much from February.” “This to me is a heartening sign," he said. Unemployment in February to- j taled 5,173,000. Labor Department officials have forecast that Tuesday’s report will show some increase over that figure, but not more than another 200,000 In a recorded radio interview with Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.), Mitchell said he expected a downturn in unemployment this spring. s Two big non-government organizations meantime called for tax cuts as the fastest way to halt the recession. The National Planning Assn. : recommended tax slashes adding up to $7,300,000,000. It urged wipt Ing put $4,500,000,000 in World , War ;II excise (sales) taxes and , $2,800,000 ,000 in individual income | . taxes. “Wise’’ Cuts Stressed i The Council of State Chambers of Commerce urged "wise’’ tax cuts to encourage business investment. It said a massive federal spending program would lead to further inflation without raising public confidence in the economy. The AFL-CIO and the Committee for Economic Develo-ment' have also come out for congressional action to lower taxes. Mitchell did not rule out the possibility that a tax cut will be necessary- But he insisted any administration decision on such a cut will depend on an “appraisal” of the economy during the current month. t “Certainly there is no indication right now that it is necessary," he said. Other top administration officials and key congressional Democrats have predicted it will be at least mid-May before any tax cut decision is made. Other economic developments: —The Tax Founda'tion, a private research group, said that states probably will raise their I 1 taxes again next year. It said state governments are spending < tinued on Fivei

Reveals Details Os U.S. Plans In Event Os Attack

EDITORS NOTE: The following dispatch by FRANK H. Bartholomew reveals details not generally known about the striking force of the United States Strategic Air Command in event of an attack on North America. It results from conferences at the Pentagon and two personal visits to SAC headquarters in Nebraska. Bartholomew, prior to becoming president of the United Press, was a war correspondent in the Pacific, China, Korea and Indo-China. By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW President, United Press Copyright, 1958, by United Press OFFUTT air force base, Neb. (UP)—The mightiest peacecompelling force in the world is contained in a little electronic fort of a room forty-five feet below the surface of winter - bleak Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the absolute contfbl center of the great fleet of American fighting aircraft carrying atomic bombs and thermo-nuclear weapons in all skies over die Western world, ready for deadly reprisal against any aggressor: Absolute control, except for the fact that only the President of the United States can order the release of the first atomic bomb over enemy territory. General thomas S. Power, i commander in chief of the Strate--1 gic Air Command, the long range

— " Discuss Welfare Patients At Home Joint Meeting Held By County Officials A joint meeting of the Adams county board of education and the county commissioners was held Saturday in the board of education offices for the purpose of preparing the Adams county home to handle welfare patients assigned to the county home without losing their welfare money. Mr. Goodrich, of the state welfare department, was present at the meeting and gave a report of the procedures that are necessary to get a county home approved for the receiving of people on welfare monies, without losing it. He stated that two programs could be effective. The first program discussed was the qualifying df the county home as a residence home for these people and the second program would be the providing of nursing services in addition to qualifying as a residence home. Goodrich advised the commissioners they would have to initiate an application to the welfare department so as the necessary inspections by the state fire marshal, the state board of health, and the state welfare department could make recommendations for qualifying the home Under the two above stated con|itions. ■ y ; ' . He fbrtner staffed that once this application is filed, the commissioners are not obligated to comply if they feel the requirements as made by the various agencies are too costly or do not warrant consideration. At the present time, people from the various townships receiving public welfare that are i assigned to the county home lose this welfare payment and Yfce entire cost of their support is borne by the townships. In the event that the county home could be approved as a resident home for these people, then their welfare monies would continue and these payments to the various individuals would be supplied to the extent of 60 per cent by the state and 40 percent by the county welfare agencies. This applies to persons only 65 years of age or older. People who now reside in the county home and who have lost their welfare payments could appeal their cases, which would be reconsidered ‘by the county welfare departemnt and payments be again initiated. As a result of this meeting and other meetings, the commissiort(Contlnued on page six)

nuclear striking arm of the United States Air Force, can get his bombers into position over enemy territory with unbelievable rapidity. But only the President can authorize the first airplane commander to touch the first bomb release button. Continually In Flight Today's giant 852, 847 and 836 bombers no longer carry conventional high - explosives, nothing but atomic and thermo - nuclear bombs. / * They are in continuous fll gh t over the Western world and around the perimeter of the U.S.S.R., usualiyat altitudes almost invisible from the ground. Efficiency of the air cover is such that a jet aircraft is being refueled in mid-air every three and one-half minutes around the clock; an American bomber, fully armed, may be presumed to have accepted additional fuel from a KC97 or KCI3S jet tanker since you started to read this dispatch. Two hundred and fifty million gallons ot fuel—-the jets use a grade gasoline just a cut above kerosene — were transferred in the skies over your head in the last year alone. "Our mission is to remain on the alert 24 hours a day and to maintain the deterrent posture,’’' General Power, SAC’s vigorous, youthful - appearing commander in chief, said. I (Continued cn pe*« five

Five Children Are Killed By Train In Texas, Children Snapping Pictures On Trestle When Hit By Train MACDONA, Tex. (UP) — The Southern Pacific Sunset Limited roared around a bend northeast of here Sunday on its Easter Day run to El Paso and killed five children who were snapping picture* from a railroad trestleThree of the children were knocked over the railing into the Medina River, 18 feet below the bridge. The other two were found on the three-fourths mile long bridg by their parents, horribly mangled. Engineer J.W. Euforth, speeding his 12-car passenger train around a bend at 60 miles an hour, couldn't see the children until it was too late. He yanked frantically on his horn and slammed on the emergency brakes at the same time and the train stopped with two cars still on the bridge. The children, ranging from 11 to 16 years old, were on an Easter picnic with their parents below the bridge. Their parents warned them not to go up on the trestle because the bend in the tracks made it too dangerous. But they went up anyway and started taking pictures. When they saw the engine bearing down on them they froze, Euforth said, and then started to run. But they had gone too far on the bridge to get off in time. A member of one of the families said he saw the train before the children did and screamed at them to jump off but his cries were drowned out by the roar of the train. Dr Robert Hausman, Bexar County medical officer, identified (Continued on page five) Order Overhaul Os 207 Parking Meters The board of public works and safety of Decatur has ordered the overhaul and general repair of 207 of the city's parking meters. Mayor Robert D. Cole stated recently. The meters will be sent for repairs as soon as temporary replacements have been received. Mayor Cole also stated that many violators have not been ticketed during the past few weeks on known meters that are not working properly but as soon as repairs are complete, the law will be strictly enforced. Mrs. Clara C. Green Is Taken By Death Funeral Services — Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Clara C. Green, 65, of Fort Wayne, died Saturday morning at Parkview memorial hospital in that city. Mrs. Green, a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, was a member of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church and its Rebecca society. Surviving are the husband, John Green; three sons, Henry J., Raymond E. and Richard L. Green, all of Fort Wayne; four daughters, Mrs. Marie M. Rockstroh, Mrs. Betty L. Karn and Mrs. Joan Bolten, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Bernice Chapman of Decatur; nine grandchildren; two great-grand-children; two brothers, Ernest Beineke and Fred Beineke, both of Fort Wayne, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Schimmoller of Fort Wayne. f 7 Funeral services will be' held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the D, O. McComb & Sons funeral home; the Rev. Charles Hartman officiating. Burial will be to Greenlawn memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Juries Drawn For April Court Term \ Select Jurors For April Term Duties The 24 petit jurors and 12 grand jurors for the April term of court were drawn today by the jury commissioners, Richard D. Lewton, clerk of the circuit court, reported. Ed F. Berling and James Gattshall, commissioners, Chose the jurors from a box of names of those eligible for jury duty. Members of the grand jury are: Alva Railing, Union township; JameS M. Von Gunteu, Bertie;, Ray L. Collins, St. Mary's township; Herman C. Keller, Union township; Ralph Teeter, Geneva: Raymond B. Eckrote, Hartford township; Hubert Keller*, DecaturWashington; Robert Taylor Holt, Union township; Rene Brantd, Monroe township; Robert W. Plumley, Jefferson township: Forrest J. Railing, Washington township; Gorman D. Kauffman, Monroe township. Pettit jurors are Herman F. Geimer, Union township; Gorden Burkhart, St. Mary’s township; Earl Thompson, Berne; Robert Riesen, Berne; Clarence F. Black. St. Mary’s township; Alfred Rauch, Root township; Herman P. Fox, Hartford township; Walter J. ' Pfister, French township; Laurel • K. Mattax, Monroe township; 1 Chester L. Brown, aefferson town- . ship; Joseph A. Krick, Decatur- „ Washington; Lester Way Ford, Decatur-Root; Eli C. Stuckey, Ge- ! neva; Claud G. Mann, St. Mary’s township; Dale F. Parr; Vilas Luginbill, Hartford township; Robert G. Houk, Decatur-Root; Max Allen Case, St. Mary’s township; John M. Macy, Jefferson township; Myron H. Haggard, Monroe township; William A. Selking, Root township; Henry Neireiter, Wash(Contlnued on page six) Issues Stafement On Lack Os Prosecution Statement Given By Prosecutor Smith Prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith offered the following statement today as to why he has not prosecuted Dale 'Death for public intoxication following his arrest last Nov. 1. “I would like to make the following statement concerning the case of the state of Indiana vs Dale Death, who-was charged with the offense of public intoxication by an affidavit signed by Raymond W. Seitz in mayor’s court in November of 1957. - "On February 18, 1958, upon appeal to the Adams circuit court, the court sustained the defendant’s plea in abatement and discharged the defendant. The court pointed out in its opinion that the state of Indiana would have to file a. new affidavit to bring the defendant back , into court. I prepared a new affidavit op the charge for filing in the Adams Circuit Court and the arresting officer has refused to sign the affidavit. “The last session of the Adams county grand jury returned no indictments to be prosecuted. Under these circumstances, without affidavit or indictment, I cannot prosecute this case further." (Signed) Lewis Lutz Smith, prosecuting attorney, 26th judicial circuit, Ind! ana. Raymond Seitz, Decatur policeman, was the arresting officer referred to in the statement by Smith. The grand jury completed its report before the court ruled on the plea in abatement, so that it could not have indicted Death for public intoxication. There were a large number of other witnesses, besides the arresting officer, who saw Death that evening, including the chief of police, the jnayor, several other police employes, the sheriff, and other non-official onlookers. Hie affidavit may be I signed by any actual witness to the 1 act, whether or not the arresting officer.

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All On Board Plane Killed Sunday Night Airliner Crashes Short Os Runway At Th-City Airport MIDLAND, Mich. (UP)-A Capital Airlines Viscount landing on instruments in a light snow storm crashed short of the runway at Tri-City Airport Sunday night, killing all 47 aboard Searchers who returned to a muddy cornfield at dawn today found the last of the dismembered and burned bodies. Civil Aeronautics Board and Civil Aeronautics Administration inspectors -and engineers converged on the scene to try and find out why the “million mile,” 17year veteran pilot landed more than a third of a mile short of the runway. ' — k ~—- The inspectors said pilot William J. (Joe) HuU, 44, either 1 could have misjudged his apprach or the plane could have 1 crashed because of a power or in- > strument failure 1 Fred G. Powell CAB investiga- • tor-in-charge from Chicago, said • it might be a week before any 1 soljd conclusion could be reached ; on I the cause of the crash. - The plane posed into a field - where rescuers sank ankle deep in the mud and large ponds of 1 water made flood lights and atrs port lights bounce at crazy an--5 gles. Powell said the plane's four engines were embedded deep in % , the mud. 12 Bodies Idntified Powell said Hull appeared to be, , in direct line with the southwest-to-northeast runway. He said A.B. Hallman, engine specialist and Jack Leake, structural engineer, both with the CAB in Washington, arriving today, would start tearing down the plane Tuesday. Texj L other CAB and CAA investigators’ were on the scene. Powell said Hull had made one of his routine radio contacts with the Capital office at Tri-City Airport just three minutes before the crash and all was well. By 10 a.m. only 12 of the bodies had been identified. They were stretched across a concrete floor in a hangar morgue, covered with sheets and papers. The bodies were torn and smashed and most were terribly burned. The $1,250,000 British - made plane burst into flames the instant it touched the ground and firemen had to string hoses more than a thousand feet through a quagmire of mud to reach the scattered and burning wreckage. The plane was carrying a caoacity load of 44 passengers returning home from Easter holiday trips. It was tiie first major commercial air disaster in Michigan. By 3:45 a m.. 44 bodies had been carried to a temporary morgue set up in a private hangar. State police began trying to identify the bodies, under super- ; vision of coroners William Shea ■ and Harold Cederberg. Crew Identified I The crew members were Capt. i William Joseph (Joe) Hull, 495 Ridgewood Blvd., Westwood, N.J. . a veteran Capital pilot; First Officer or co-pilot Earl M Binckley, : 27, 24 Moss Lane, Levittown, N. Y.; and hostess Ruth Benecke, 27, East Aurora, N.Y., a native of Jackson, Mjch. John Weiss, New York, vice president in charge of the advancement of education for the Ford Foundation, was aboard the • plane. Names of some aboard • were withheld until relatives were ’ notified. 1 Capital said it was the. airline's I first crash causing a death since December, 1949. The airline had t flown six billion passenger miles k since that crash. The plane was chi a flight from J New York City to Chicago, with , stops at Detroit, Flint, Mich., and ' the Tri-City Airport. ; Capital Airlines at Saginaw and Detroit declined to discuss the ; possible cause of the crash or to disclose radio communication be- ' ’tween the pilot and Capital’s Hl- ! City office on the instrument ap(CoaUntMd oa aW