Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1958 — Page 1

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Unknown Dead Are Enshrined At Arlington Ceremonial Rites For War Dead Are Concluded Friday Arlington National Cemetery (UPI) — A chaplain prayed for the day when “nations shall no longer lift a sword against nations.'' L President Eisenhower's? lips moved as though repeating the chaplain’s “Amep.” A few moments later, at 4:06 p.m. e,d.t, the liquid notes of taps (“All is well, safely rest, God is nigh”) echoed amting the linden trees and across the hills shimmering under a hot Jend-of-May sun. So concluded the funeral and committal' rites, climaxing a week of solemn ceremony, tor two dead of World War H and Korea who Friday joined a comrade of World War I in Arlington's “Tomb of the Unknowns. ,f “ “Honored be their resting place forever," the chaplain said. Emotions Mounted /’Friday's rites, celebrated in a time of uncertain peace, were for the dead of the nation's most recent 'wars. They summoned the past. They produced moments of intense feeling, as when: The black-draped caissons, each drawn by six gray Horses, rolled up to the entrance of the Memorial Amphitheater before the Tomb of the Unknowns while a band played “God of our Fathers.”

With the President, 216 medialists of honor, the nation’s highest military and civil officials, and the diplomats of score? of other countries standing with bared heads, the caskets were carried to their places of honor in the apse. A trumpeter thrice sounded “attention” alerting the 4,000 inside the amphitheater to observe two minues of silence. Proceeded'With Preciseness In the 101 minutes from the arrival of the caissons from the Capitol, where the dead had lain in state for three days, to the sounding of taps the ceremonies moved with unbroken cadence. At 3:15 p.m. e.a.t.. squinting into the sun, his ruddy face glistening in the still heat, President Eisenhower said: “On behalf of a grateful people I now present Medals of Honor to these two unknowns who gave their lives for the United States of America. Elected Delegate To National Convention William Lose, Jr., has been elected a delegate for the threeday Knights of Columbus National convention to be held in Cleveland, 0., during the month of August. Lose was elected at the 57th annual state convention at the Hotel Gary in Gary last weekend. Lose was grand knight for this assembly in 1952. Lose will be one of 11 delegates from Indiana. Two delegates from this assembly attended the state affair, Ralph Kreigel, present grated knight, and Gerald Martin, past grand knight. Herman Giemer, the state warden for the past two years, was succeeded by Ray Leitshuh of Muncie. Supreme grand knight Luke E. Hart, New Haven, Conn., proposed a goal of 50,000 K. of C. members in Indiana within the next five years. He said the proposed alm is in line with the supreme council’s goal of reaching a two-million member roster in ten years.

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Memorial Service Held Here Friday War Dead Honored At Holiday Service ( Veterans of four wars joined together to m_rch in memory of their comrade 1 : in America's eight great wars as Decatur quietly celebrated Memorial Day Friday. Only two Spanish-American War veterans, Charles Brothers of Decatur and William Noll of Pleasant Mills, attended the ceremony. Both enlisted in the war in 1898, 60 years ago. Highlight of the parade was the program at the peace monument at 10 o'clock. Fred Bieberfch. commander of Adams Post 43, American Legion, introduced the Rev. O. C. Busse, post chaplain, who led in the singing of "America.” The Memorial day prayer was then prayed by Rev. Busse. Judge Myles F. Parrish, speaker far the program, recalled how the peace monument had been dedicated shortly before the first World War, and dedicated to the memory of those who fought in the first five wars of the Republic. Judge Parrish outlined how the Revolutionary war heroes won liberty, believing in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and recorded by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Others fought to preserve this hard-earned liberty. About 200 persons heard the stirring address delivered from the peace monument. Following the speech, wreaths in memory of the dead were laid upon the greens before the emblems of the Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War). Spanish-American War Veterans, World War I, World War 11, the Korean conflict, and the unknown dead of all wars. A joint firing squad from the Legion and the Veterans of For(Cont inner m Pure Six)

22 From County To Attend 4-H Roundup Award Winners To Roundup At Purdue Twenty-two Adams county 4-H members have been chosen to attend/ 4-H club round-up at Purdue University, June 3, 4 and 5. The three-day session is designed for awqrd winners from all over Indiana and will include many special features such as a talk on "Leadership and you,” a chicken barbecue, sunset frolic, and a message from the dean of the school of agriculture, Earl Butz, the "Highland Fling” group from Monmouth, consisting of Gladys Myers, Connie Fast, Linda Hirschy and Marsha King will present their act as part of the Wednesday morning program. These 4-H winners were chosen by the 4-H council for the trip because of their high achievement records. Each 4-H’er keeps an accumulative record from which all awards and honors are chosen. Award winners from Adams county attending Purdue round-up are: Gail Egly, Judy Yoder, Lila Kruetzman, Carol Norquest, Margaret Boerger, Shirley Bieberich, Susan McCullough, Gyn et h Schnepp, Barbara Bleeke, Joy Everhart, Janis Yoder, Roy Mazelin, Paul E. Rich, Loren Habegger, Stanley Augsburger, Jerry Sommer, Donald Fuelling, Duane Arnold, Jirh Singleton, James Sipe, Kenneth Reed and Stanley Moser. Adults accompanying the group will be: Miss Lois Folk, home demonstration agent; Mrs. Robert Stuber, Eldon liolsapple and Fred Meier.

Lebanon's War Continues In ! Daylong Fight Correspondent Tells Os Unrealistic War By Troops, Rebels By RUSSELL JONES UnitJr Press International TRIPOLI, Lebanon <UPI) - Lebanon's private war is unrealistic and unbelievable, but it is being fought with real bullets. I have a scratch on the side of my head and a dribble of blood on my handkerchief to prove it. I was nicked by an egg-sized stone chip knocked off the corner of a building by a government bullet while I was watching Friday’s battle here from the rebel side. It was a aaylong fight, pitting the cannon of government tanks against the rifles and machine guns of rebels holed up in the Arab quarter. Anywhere from one to five persons were killed and an undetermined number wounded. , Characteristically, the battle was fought at a time when Tripoli’s chief rebel, Rashid Karami, was in Beirut conferring with Maj. Gen. Fuad Chehab. His brother Ma an led the insurgent resistance. Some Shops Closed Tripolis biggest shops were shuttered during the shooting, but for most purposes “business as usual” continued all day. . Whenever there was a lull in the battle, cotton-gowned Arabs scurried into and out of dark doorways, collecting water, delivering food and generally doing their best to carry on normal activity —but ready, at a moment’s notice, to dive for cover. The shooting started at midmorning when a tank crew lobbed a shall into one of the barricades, really not much more than a pile of kindling, that spring up overnight like mushrooms. The rebels replied with a crackle of small-arms fire, and the battle was on.

When word of the fighting reached Beirut, we jumped into taxis for the 90-minute drive, through a series of government roadblocks, to this ancient crusader city. Rode to Front We' found we could drive right up to the "front line” in our cabs, although some of the narrow, winding streets were a tight fit for a broad-beamed modern car. Nobody seemed to be particularly mad at anybody. The rebels were outspoken about their determination to free Lebanon from “outsiders,” but they had no harsh words for the soldiers who were shooting at them. My “wound” set off a chorus of profound apologies—sort of an Arabic “so sorry, old man.” Manchester College Rites Over Weekend The 69th annual baccalaureate and commencement exercises of Manchester CoUege wiU be held Sunday and Monday. The baccalaureate service wiU be held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the coUege auditorium, with Dr. Paul Minnich Robinson, president of Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, as the speaker. i i Commencement rites will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the coUege auditorium. Dr. Melvin W. Hyde, president of Evansvflle College, wiU speak. Among the graduates is James Ledford Benton, of Decatur, who will graduate with distinction.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 31, 1958.

De Gaulle Takes Over Leadership Os France With Sweeping Power

Auto Workers Trim Demands Against Two Attempt To Reach Settlement Before Contracts Expire DETROIT (UPl)—The United Auto Workers today will trim its demands in efforts to reach a settlement with Ford and Chrysler before contracts with the two firms expire at midnight Sunday. But neither UAW officials nor company negotiators held out much hope for agreement before the contracts end. Ford and Chrysler were expected to maintain the solid industry front which has already resulted in termination of the UAW’s contract with General Motors. All three firms are offering two-year pact renewals. Starting Friday, about 325,000 workers at 126 GM plants from coast to coast had no contract with the company. Unless there are last-minute developments at Ford and Chrysler, 100,000 workers at Ford and 75,000 at Chrysler Monday will join the GM employes in going to work without a contract. . UAW President Walter P. Reuther said the union would be “insane” to call a strike when the' companies have 740,000 unsold new cars, a 50-day supply, on hand. So Reuther asked for contract extensions while negotiations continue. But General Motors turned down all contract extension pleas and Ford and Chrysler are expected to follow suit. By refusing to extend the contract, General Motors cut off the payroll deduction of union dues, which would have been collected in the first June paychecks. Reuther said the union will have no trouble collecting dues and maintaining the union shop, which the company no longer will observe. Mrs. Hanna Scare Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Hanna Scare, 89, died at 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lula Allmandinger, of Willshire township, four miles northeast of Willshire, O. She had been seriously U1 for the past four weeks. She was born at Rockford, 0., July 10, 1868, a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth SchummSchinnerer, and was married to Peter Scare April 20, 1890. Her husband preceded her in death in 1946. Mrs. Scare was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Schumm. Surviving in addition to the daughter are three sons, Herman Scare of Ossian, Edward Scare of Centerville, Mich., and Carl Scare of Berne; 21 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Balyleat of Altadena, Calif. Funeral services win be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church at Schumm, the Rev. Andrew Maken officiating. Buria IwiU be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Dr. Donald L. Simon Marion Superintendent MARION (UPI)—Dr. Donald L. Simon, Bloomington high school principal, was appointed Thursday as Marion city school superintendent after E. D. Milhon, Danville, W., resigned only two weeks after he accepted the post. Simon takes the job held for years by Orville Hooker, whose contract was net renewed.

College Graduation —— —V FExercises In State Annual June Round Os Rites Underway By United Press International Purdue and Notre Dame are among about a half dozen Hoosier schools handing out diplomas Sunday as the annual round of June commencements at Indiana colleges and universities begins in earnest. I Several commencements already have been held. I,St. Mary’s of Notre Dame held its commencement today with Ifbosier-born actress Irene Dunne scheduled to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. About 155 seniors will graduate. Twin commencements will be held at Purdue Sunday. Nearly 800 engineering graduates will get bachelor’s degrees in the morning and another 800 will graduate from other schools in the afternoon. Purdue also has about 300 candidates for advanced degrees. Prof. James McKee of the English department will give the commencement address. At least three other schools, Valparaiso University, Indian a State Teachers College and Marian College at Indianapolis, will hold commencements Sunday. Prof. George Hoyer of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis will be the speaker at Valparaiso where J 62 candidates are slaved to receive degrees in an afternoon ceremony. Dr. Raleigh Hohnstedt, president of Indiana State, will give the commencement address at Terre Haute as nearly 1,000 degrees are presented at the school’s 87th commencement, an out-of-doors vening affair. About 100 Marian seniors will receive degrees from the Most Rev. Paul Schulte, archbishop of the Indianapolis Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Jerome Kerwin, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, will be the speaker. Other commencements include Vincennes University on June 6; Taylor University and Rose Polytechnic Institute on June 7; Ball State Teachers College, Earlham College, Evansville College, St. Joseph’s CoUege, DePauw University, Indiana Central College and Wabash College on June 8; Indiana University, Eutler University (Cantin ued <»n page six) Railroad Official Is Rotary Speaker Decatur Rotarians Hear Stanley Baer Stanley Baer, freight agent for the Nickel Plate railroad at Fort Wayne, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evenipg at the Youth and Community Center. Baer described the plight of the nation’s railroads and urged relief from regulations which he felt had outgrown their usefulness. He explained that in 1920 the railroads were carrying 90 per cent of the total freight, but that now they carry only about 48 per cent, each month about 5,800 people are losing jobs in railroading, and earnings are at about three per cent on invested capital, and some roads are showing sizeable losses. The speaker expressed his opinion that the interstate commerce commission had been created when railroads had a monopoly, but that now its regulations, particularly in rate-fixing, are unfair, and the three per cent excise tax is also a burden. He said that state regulations often compel the roads to operate unprofitable services, and freight revenues are no longer high enough to offset these losses. George Auer, plant maiiager of the Decatur General Electric was introduced as a new member. He was previouesly a member of the local club, from 1937 to 1941, and had also been a Rotarian at Tiffin, 0., and at Linton, where he served as president in the 1954-55 club year. , •

Death Toll On U.S Highways Mounts Slowly Most Spectacular Tragedy Friday At Speedway Classic By United Press International The National Safety Council said today it feared the nation s highway death toll might hit an all-time high for a three day Memorial Day weekend. The council said it was “alarmed” over the soaring rate of highway slaughter. “The toll has taken an alarming jump over night, and, unless this is changed, we are headed for an all-time high for Memorial Day,” a council spokesman said. A United Press International count at 9:00 am. c.d.t. showed at least 121 persons had been killed on the highway since the holiday weekend began at 6:00 p.m. local time Thursday. The overall casualty toll was 185, of which 34 drowned, 5 were killed in plane crashes and 25 died in miscellaneous accidents. New York led the nation with at least 11 dead on the roadways. Pennsylvania closely followed with a toll of 10, and then came Illinois with 9, Ohio with 8 and California with Illinois had die largest overall casualty total with 18 dead, 9 on highways, 5 by drowning and 4 through miscellaneous accidents. most spectacular tragedy of the weekend occurred Friday before the eyes of thousands at the Indianapolis Speedway, where auto racer Pat O'Connor went to a flaming death in a 16 - car smashup. Mrs. Pauline Hilly Dies In Nebraska Former Teacher In County Schools Dead Mrs. Pauline (Peach) Hilty, 51, a native of Pleasant Mills and former Adams county school teacher, died at 11:15 o’clock Friday morning at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha, Neb. Her condition had been serious since she underwent surgery May 23. She was born at Pleasant Mills Dec. 15, 1906, a daughter of Jesse and Nissie Cowan-Steele, and was married to Fred B. Hilty July 3, 1931. She graduated from the Pleasant Mills high school and Manchester College, and taught in schools in Adams and La Porte counties. Mrs. Hilty was a member of the Presbyterian church in Omaha, where the family has resided for the past 18 years. Surviving in addition to her husband are her mother, who resides at Pleasant Mills; one daughter, Miss Marilyn Ann Hilty, at home; six sisters, Mrs. Delbert Tumbleson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Bert Holser of Walkerton, Mrs. Harve Koos of Decatur, Mrs. Murray Holloway of Pleasant Mills, Mrs. Lawrence Robrock of Michigan City, and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of. Middletown, 0., and three brothers, Roy C. Steele of Pleasant Mills, Guy A. Steele of Fort Wayne, and Joe W. Steele of Decatur. Three sisters preceded her in death. The body will be brought to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o’clock Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the funeral home, the Rev. Harold J. Bond officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. INDIANA WEATHER Scattered showers and thundershowers tonight. Cloudy with scattered showers Sunday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight around M. Highs Sunday high 70s to low 80*.

Four Holiday Deaths Recorded In Stale Indianapolis Couple Killed Early Friday By United Press International Indiana’s holiday traffic death toll stood at four today with many hours yet to go before the Memorial Day period ends. First deaths recorded after the counting period started at 6 p.m. Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henderson of Indianapolis. The couple, each 36, were killed when their car collided with another on the north outskirts of Indianapolis early Friday. James Arvin Wood, 39, Charlestown, was killed Friday afternoon when he fell from a trailer loaded with furniture to the pavement of Ind. 403 near Charlestown. Charles Voegele, 23, Batesville, was killed in Ind. 46 early today about 20 miles east of Greensburg when his automobile ran off the road, plunged down an embankment and landed in a creek. The Hendersons were driving home after taking one of their three children to a relative’s home to stay while they attended the 500-mile race. Their car collided at a signal-protected intersection with one driven by Arthur Ruck, 30, Columbia, 111. Ruck, injured, was arrested on reckless homicide and drunken driving charges. Ruck and a companion from Missouri were in Indianapolis for the 500-mile 1 ' race. Wood’s head hit the pavement when he fell from the furnitureladen trailer driven by William Watson, 31, Louisville, and he apparently was killed outright. Voegele was thrown from h i s car as it catapulted into the creek near Penntown as he rode alone. He died enroute to a hospital at Batesville. Burial Rites Held For Beer Infant Funeral services were held May 22 at Richburg, S. C., for Jeffrey William Beer, who died shortly after birth. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Beer, three brothers, Michael, Gregory, and Randy, and a sister, Angela, all of Richburg; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lichtenberger and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Beer, and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Arietta Finkhousen, all of Decatur. DAV Election Os Officers June 19 Nominees Listed For DAV Offices Members of Chapter 91, Disabled American Veterans, will elect officers June 19 at 8 p.m. at the DAV hall, Victor Steiner, commander, said today. First nominations were made May 15, and additional candidates may be nominated June 5 and June 9, election night, > Albert Winteregg, Vaughn King, and Melvin Gallogly have been nominated for commander. Melvin Tinkham has been nominated for senior vice commander. Fred Pomerenke, and Ralph Conrad have been nominated for first junior vice commander, and Rufus Sommer and Guy Allen have been nominated for second junior vice commander. Harold Hitchcock has been nominated for treasurer; Edgar Yoder, chaplain; Sideney Dague, officer of the day, Homer Wise, sergant at arms; and Hubert Feasel, threeyear trustee. Victor Steiner and Rufus Sommer have been nominated for the position of two-year trustee. Veterans with a service-con-nected disability of 10 per cent or more, who have children eligible to attend college this fall, may enroll their children at Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State College, or Indiapa State Teachers College, tuition free. This could save up to 8650, Steiner pointed out.

To Take Over As Premier Os France Sunday; • ’ ' '' -j- ' Sweeping Powers To Be Granted DeGaulle As French Premier PARIS (UPD—Gen. Charles de Gaulle will take over Sunday as the 26th premier of the French Republic, it was announced today. With a strong majority vote already assured, the 67-year-old former Free French leader will go before an extraordinary session of the General Assembly Sunday morning to be invested with sweeping powers to reform the constitution and restore stability at home and in North Africa. When the Assembly meets—now expected at 9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m., e.d.t.)—lt will be virtually to vote itself out of power for from six months to a year. De Gaulle has demanded that much time free of interference to install his reforms. Roger Duchet, secretary general of the Independent Conservative Party made the formal announcement after a conference with De Gaulle at the latter's hotel. Plan* Reported It later was confirmed by officials at the Elysee Presidential Palace. Earlier, President 3ene Coty had signalled the go-ahead for De Gaulle's investiture by formally accepting the resignation of Premier Pierre Pflimlin’s outgoing government Unconfirmed but apparently reliable reports said De Gaulle had in mind a government of two parts: —An inner cabinet or “political council" of five members—probably former President Vincent Auriol and heads of key political parties. —Another 10 ministers picked from leading members of Parliament. Included would be Seven “technicians” and three representatives of the labor unions. Among the technicians would be Wilfred Baumgartner, president of the Bank of France. De Gaulle received-a stream of visitors during the morning, presumably outlining to them a stringent five - point reform program for the nation, and working on his cabinet list. . The list was expected t<J include former President Vincent AurioT, former Premier and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, who probably would be foreign minister, former Premier Antoine Pinay and Pierre-Henri Teitgen, a leading member of the Popular Republican party. A majority of the Socialist Party, last real stumbling block to his investiture, swung behind De Gaulle and assured that he could take office. Opposed By Communists Only the Communists, whose support De Gaulle does not want, remained in opposition. De Gaulle was holding a roundtable conference with party leaders at 5 p.m. (noon e.d t.) when they would present the formal replies of their parties to his offer to fflem to participate in a “government of national safety.” But one party leader emerging from this morning’s meeting said, “It’s in the bag now.’’ The Communists were reported preparing to “go underground” if necessary. De Gaulle moved into the Laperhouse Hotel on the Seine’s left bank Friday night With him was his wife and enough baggage for a long stay. Members of the DeGaulle party were the only guests. ' Red Cross Secretary On Annual Vacation Mrs. Helen Reynolds will be in charge of the local Red Cross office for two weeks while Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, executive secretary, takes her annual vacation. The office will be open during the regular hours next week while the blood program is being set up. The following week, June 9-14, the office will be open only in the afternoons.

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