Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1958 — Page 1

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Body Os Pope Is Borne To Native Rome j Special Mass Held Today As Body is Taken To Vatican ROME (UPD — The body of Pope Pius XII was borne today from his summer palace in the Alban Hills to his native Rome and a special funeral mass at the Basilica of St. John in Lateran on the southern outskirts, of the city. There was no pageantry for his homecoming, only the sombre hearse and blue - coated police motorcycle outriders wound the 15 miles down from Castel Gandolfo to the cnurch revered by Roman Catholics as the mother of churches and the one - time residence of popes. But a formal cor te g e was forming at the basilica for a procession through the streets past Rome’s sorrowing people to the Vatican where the Pontiff will lie in the Sistine Chapel of the Basilica of St. Peter's and in the chapel of the Holy Sacrament until his burial in the grottoes below, probably on Monday. Decide Conclave Date An early decision was expected today on the date when the Sacred College of Cardinals will meet in conclave to elect a new pope. It must meet before Oct. 27. Fourteen cardinals already were on hand for today’s meeting. One of the latest arrivals was Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York who left his homeward bound ship in the Azores and flew to Rome. Thursday night he made a midnight visit to Castel Gandolfo to pray beside the body of the Pope. Today was the day of homage for the people of Rome where Eugenio Pacelli was born more than 82 years ago in the shadow of the Vatican and who returned to reign there as supreme pontiff and archbishop - protector of Rome itself. Burial Near St. Peter will be entombed, after splendid religious ceremonies, near the burial vaults of many of his papal predecessors already revered as saints. He chose the spot himself near the tomb of St. Peter and St. Pius X Possible canonization and spiritual veneration of Pius XII remained for another time. Pius XII was the first pope < - 4 i» at the Castel Gandolfo Palace since its use as a Papal summer residence began in the 17th Century and today was the first time a papal funeral procession had wound through the streets of Rome. The Pontiff died early Thursday at Castel Gandolfo following two massive strokes. He lay in state all of Thursday in the great hall of the palace, wearing the , robes of his office— the white silk cassock, the shoulder length cape (mozzetta) of ermine-tipped red velvet, an ermine - lined red skull cap and red slippers. His hands, crossed across his •chest, held a silver crucifix. A golf and ivory roary was entwined about his fingers. Crowd Almost Riots Movement of the body from Castel Gandolfo to the basilica of St. John in Lateran was conducted by the Vatican in a “private form.” It was removed from the hall where thousands passed in mourning Thursday and placed in the' hearse as Swiss Guards saluted with dipped halberds. So many thousands tried to enter the hall Thursday night that a near riot developed when the doors were closed at 8 p. m. after more than 14,000 persons had filed past the Pope’s bier. A dozen persons were kicked and bruised and others fained in the crush to (Continued on page five)

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Catholic Rural Life Meets October 16 Decatur Pastor Is Honorary Chairman The Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church of Decatur, and honorary chairman of the national convention of the national Catholic rural life conference to be held at Central Catholic high school in Fort Wayne from Octor ber 16 to October 22, will preside as chairman of the debate between Senator George D. Aiken, Republican of Vermont, and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat of Minnesota. The farm policy debate, entitled “A Nation’s Responsibility to Farmers” will be held from 10 a m. until 12 noon Tuesday, October 21. It will be of great interest, since Sen. Aiken represents the school of thought which opposes aid to farmers, while Humphrey favors aid. This will be the 35th convention of the NCRLC. and it wiU open formally Thursday, Oct. 16. Committee members will arrive all week, laying the groundwork for the general meetings. Joseph F. Kohne, of Decatur route 4, is one of five official delegates from the Fort Wayne diocese to the special youth sessions of the convention. The youth portion of the program will be Oct. 17-19, with panels on careers sos Catholic rural youth, group discussions, and an address on what is happening to the youth of rural parishes. The Fort Wayne senior CYO will sponsor a Saturday evening social at St. Mary's auditorium. Saturday is the special youth day of the convention. Two of the,other four delegates from this diocese are from South Bend, one from Columbia City and one from Plymouth. A “double-barreled discussion on the benefits of the “family farm" will be one of the highlights of the conference. The theme of the conference is “Christianity, democracy, and the family farm.” “Let's belong to at least one farm organization” is the title of a discussion to be led by Cyril P. Crawford, NCRLC vice president. “Farmers working together to solve their problems from an economic viewpoint,” will be the theme October 20. Fifteen members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States will take part in the discussions. Bishop Leo A. Pursley, of the Fort Wayne diocese, is host for the event. Many other nationally prominent speakers will address the convention, with special features for the delegates. Decatur To Receive Distribution Check Checks totaling $811,289 were sent to Indiana cities and towns today from the state auditor’s office as their share of quarterly alcoholic beverage gallonage taxes. Distributions included: Decatur, $2,105; Bluffton, $1,159: Fort Wayne, $41,938; Hartford City, $2,290; Huntington, $4,365; Portland, $2,045. Keller Beeson Named Soybean Show Judge Keller Beeson, extension agronomist, will be the judge for the third annual soybean show, it was announced today by Leo N. Seltenright. county agent. The show will be October 23 at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Exhibit classes are Harosoy, Hawkeye, Blackhawk, Monroe and Lincoln bean varieties. All Adams county soybean producers are encouraged to exhibit at the show.

Nationalist, Red Planes In Aerial Battle 25-Minute Dogfight Near Matsu Outpost Island Reported TAIPEI (UPD-Chinese Nationalist Sabrejets outnumbered more than three to one shot down four Communist MIGs and damaged two today in a 25-minute dogfight near the Matsu outpost islands, the Nationalist Defense Ministry announced. A fifth MIG and a Sabrejet collided and crashed in flames into the Formosa Strait, and ministry said, adding that no Sabres were shot down. Hie Communist radio, describing what apparently was the same battle,' said the Reds shot down two Sabrejets and damaged a third in a dogfight “over Fukien Province.” The broadcast made no mention of Red losses. The Red radio said one of the Nationalist pilots, a captain who was not identified by name, was taken prisoner. Evacuate Some Civilians At the satne time, it was announced that the Nationalists have begun moving civilians from shellwrecked homes in the Quemoy outpost islands to places in less danger of Communist artillery attack. A naval landing ship brought 964 students and 45 teachers from a Big Quemoy-high school to Formosa this and UPI correspondent William Miller reported the Nationalists are ferrying others here by air. “A shortage of planes left hundreds of elderly men, women and children stranded on the shellpocked (Quemoy > airstrip," Miller said. At the same time, about 100 persons from Little Quemoy moved to Big Quemoy, and the government offered to bring out any other civilians who do not wish to stay on the small outpost island. About half of the 5,786 farmers and fishermen who live on Little Quemoy are expected to accept the offer. Land Supplies and Troops Communist bombardment has destroyed nearly every house on Little Quemoy, which ’ suffered much heavier damage titan Big Quemoy in the Red “artillery siege” that ended temporarily this week. The people of the island have been living in caves and tunnels for weeks. Sparks From Wiring Bring Out Firemen The city fire department was called at 9:32 a.m. today to the home of Harold B. Miller, of 815 North Fifth street. Cedric Fisher, fire chief, said that a wire connected from the house to a telephone pole at the back of the home was practically bare and as the wind moved the wire, sparks were caused as the wire touched the house. No fire resulted, and the city light departmen arrived at the scene to correct the wiring. Reports Tire Stolen From Trunk Os Auto The city police department received a report of a petit larceny complaint Thursday afternoon that occurred sometime between 1 o’clock Thursday morning and 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Edwin L. May, Sr., of Decatur, reported to the city police that someone removed a snow tire from the trunk of his auto while his car was parked on 13th street during the night. May gave an estimated value of sls for the tire.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 10, 1958

Unemploypient Drops In September To Low Total For This Year

Dedicate New Hospital Wing Here Oct. 26 Half Million Dollar Hospital Addition Dedication Planned . Dedication services for the new half-million dollar addition to the Adams county memorial hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 26, the hospital board of trustees announced today. The basement, first and second floors of the hospital are already open, and the third floor addition will be opened before the dediservices. Construction was started on the new addition by Yost Construction Co., general contractors, January 15, 1957. The total cost of the building to the public was $512,474.33, with about $50,000 in gifts addl’d to it. The new addition consists of 35 new bed units, making the local hospital an 85-bed hospital. In addition, a modern office was added to the front, the parking area was enlarged, new dining and kitchen facilities and a modern laundry installed in the basement, an -mL ditional nursery added to the sect ond floor, and a modern emergency room where three patients may be treated, a second operating room for major .surgery; a room for mental patients, and hundreds of other modern conveniences. As soon as the new addition is completely open, remodeling will start on the old wing of the building. All of the rooms in the new addition, as in the original hospital, were furnished by donations from local families and businesses in memory of their loved ones. Many organizations and groups also gave smaller, but very welcome, gifts to the building program. The four-man hospital bojfrd, consisting of Cal E. Peterson, Dee Fryback, Henry I. Rumple, and Wilbert Nussbaum, planned the new addition carefully, and petitions were circulated over the entire county in favor or it. Two previous attempts to modernize the hospital had failed, one at the county council level, and another (Conbin'iied on page eight) Mrs. Lola McCague Dies Last Evening Local Men's Sister Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Lola McCague, 69, of 1113 East Wayne street, Fort Wayne, and a native of Adams county, died at 7:50 o’clock Thursday evening at St. Joseph’s hospital in that city. She has been hospitalized since suffering, injuries m a two-car collision in Fort Wayne Sept. 28. I An autopsy was scheduled to be held today to determine whether death was due to her injuries or some other cause. Her injuries were though not serious at the time of the accident. • She was born near Decatur, a daughter of Philip and Nancy Baker, and moved to Fort Wayne about 30 years ago. Mrs.-McGague was a member of the Methodist church, the Parjizan chapter of Elex club and the Quarter Century club, both of the General Electric Co. Surviving are one son, Philip of Fort Wayne; two daughter, Mrs. Frances Hart of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Bertha Marr of Garrett; two brothers, Harve and Frank Baker, both of Decatur;'one sister, Mrs. Bertha Elzey of Wren, 0., and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the D. O. McComb & Son funeral home, the Rev. Thurman B. Morris officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home after at 7 p.m. Saturday. »

Queen Entry Blanks Are Now Available Name Soybean Queen Here October 23 ■ I Entry blanks for the 1958 soybean queen contest are now available at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce office for Adams county girls wishing to enter, E.E. Rydell, chairman, said today. The crowning of the queen will be held in conjunction with the annual fish fry scheduled for Oct. 23 at the Decatur high school at 6:30 p.m. The girls will be judged in ceremonies held at the Decatur the winner will be crowned at the Youth and Community Center, and high school during the fish fry. ; The entries will be cut to five oto the afternoon of the event. The queen will then be chosen from the list five girls competing for the title of soybean queen. Girls between the ages of 16 and 19 inclusive, single, and residents of Adams county who plan to enter the contest must register as a contestant with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in writing, or in person, by October 18. A maximum of five minutes will be allowed each contestant for talent demonstration during the contest. Dressing rooms will be available at both the center and high school. One judge for the event was announced Wednesday by Joe Kaehr, in charge of judges. He announced that Jack Gray, TV personality from WKJG will be one of the four judges. Mrs. Ron Ross, whose husband is a radio personality from I WOWO, is the second judge to be j announced. Kaehr announced the appointment of Mrs. Ross today. The remaining two will be announ- ! ced at a later date. The queen will be chosen on beauty, appearance, poise and tal--1 ent. Each of the five finalists will i receive a prize and compete for the I title of soybean queen in the finals. The winner will represent Decatur 1 in the Junior Miss Indiana contest (Cor.tinjec on page five) Fire Fireball In Full-Scale Atomic Shot Tower Disinengrated After Explosion Os Atomic Test Shot ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev. • UPD — A 100-foot tower disintegrated early today as a fierce fireball exploded just after dawn in the fourth full-scale shot of the U.S, Atomic Energy Commission’s final announced test series. The AEC’s first tower shot on American soil this year, “Quay,” named for a New Mexicp County near Los Alamos, exploded with the force of less than a single kiloton over Yucca Flat at 9:30 a.m. c.d.t. AEC officials called it a “small”' shot. Observers on News Nob, 11 miles from ground zero, said the sub-kiloton detonation was exploded to prove the AEC’s expectation that “certain” procedures in nuclear blast could be observed from a stationary platform. In this small scale shot, the fireball came close—but not near the ground. Only the tower appeared to suffer, tumbling in awkward fashion and then disappearing midst,the dust cloud which rose from the desert floor. It was the first of the 1958 fall series fired from a tower. It folI lowed by two days an underground nuclear explosion on a mesa near the Nevada test site, some 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Outwardly—as designed by the AEC—the shot seemed less than the power of 1,000 tons of TNT, indicating that “certain diagnostic observaions" were necessary from the stationary platform before a proposed Oct. 31 international ban on nuclear tests.

19Are Killed As Air Force Plane Crashes Big Transport May Have Been Disabled By Flock Os Geese PAYETTE. Idaho (UPI) — An Air Force C 123 transport plane that era shed Thursday night killing 19 persons may have been disabled by a flock of geese, witnesses said today. The plane, enroute from Pope AFB, N. C., to McCord Field, Tacoma, . Wash., plummeted to earth at dusk Thursday after 4t knifed through a formation of wild geese. An explosion and fire followed the crash which occurred on the Claude Smith ranch about 10 miles east of this farming center on the Idaho-Oregon border. Withhold Casualty List Air Force officials withheld the casualty list pending identification of the bodies and notification of next of kn. The plane had made a refuelling stop at Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah and had checked in with the Civil Aeronautics Administration tower at Boise, Idaho Jess than a half hour before it came to grief. The Boise tower said no message was received from the plane indicating any difficulties. The CAA said the plane was on course for Tacoma fvhen it crashed. One of the eye witnesses, Eldro Gissell, who operates a ranch about four miles from the crash scene, said he saw the plane fly through a string of about 200 to 250 geese at an estimated height of about 2,000 feet. The area is on the north-south “flyway” for wild geese and other migrant wild fowl. (Continued on page five) Emma Koenemann Dies This Morning Native Os Preble Township Is Dead Mrs. Emma Koenemann, 79, a native of Preble township and member of a prominent Adams county family, tlied at 6:30 o clock this morning at her home, 3212 Indiana street, Fort Wayne. She had been in a critical/condition for the past three days. ' A daughter of Henry and Catherine Hambrock-Wischmeyer, she was born in Preble township May 22, 1879, and was married to Henry H. Koenemann in 1900. Mr. Koenemann preceded her in death June 8. 1933. She resided in Hoagland until 1948, when she moved to Fort. Wayne. Mrs. Koenemann was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran church in Fort Wayne and its Ladies Aid. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Leland (Esther) Frank of Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. Karl (Helen) Feiertag, Mrs. Hubert (Alvena) Roe and Mrs. Richard (Kathleen) Fjshering, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ralph (Florence) Meyer of near Leesburg; three sons, Elmer L. and Henry H. Koenemann, both of Fort Wayne, and Norbert E. Koenemann, of Hoagland; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. William Zwick and Mrs. Edward Bultemeyer, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Herman Koenemann of Decatur rural route. Three sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Chalfant & Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Erwin Tepker officiating. Burial will be in the St. John’s Lutheran church cemetery, north of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. Friends may call at the Chalfant & Perry funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday, and may make remembrances in the form of memorials.

Storms Usher Cool Wave Into Indiana Frost Or Freezing Weather Predicted United Press International A line of thunderstorms which swept across Indiana ushered in a cool wave today with frost or freezing tempratures expected from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River tonight. Rainfall averaging about an inch fell during the rather vicious wind and electrical storms which hit areas over the southern twothirds of Hoosierland. Temperatures in the 30s were expected tonight, and the weatherman issued a frost or freezing temperature warning. The five-aay outiooK called for “rather cool” readings through next Wednesday, with a “temporary warming about Sunday.” Among cities officially reporting rainfall ranging from slightly less than an inch to slightly more than an inch were Indianapolis, Evansville, Portia d, Muncie, Shoals, Anderson and Terre Haute. The rain tapered off to less than one-fourth of an inch at South Bend, Fort Wayne and Lafayette. At Terre Haute, where more than an inch fell in three hours, surface water created temporary handicaps and a motorist identified as Robert Beckhold, 36, was overcome by carbon monoxide while trying to push a car out of water With his own car. Temperatures ranged from 76 at Fort Wayne to 80 in the Louisville area at their high points Thursday and dropped to lows ranging from 47 at Lafayette to 57 at Evansville his morning. Highs today will range in the 50s and low 60s, lows tonight in the 30s and highs Saturday in the 50s, somewhat warmer than originally predicted. No further precipitation was expected until possible* showers late Sunday or Monday. The five-day outlook called for temperatures averaging 4 to 8 degrees below normal'highs of'64 to 75 and normal lows of 43 to 51. John H Heller Is Taken To Hospital John H. Heller, veteran Decatur newspaperman, publisher and civic leader, was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital this morning following a gradual heart failure. Mr. Heller was placed in oxygen, and is in poor condition. He has been bedfast since last December, and has been restricted to his home since a paralytic stroke Dec. 23, 1955. GOP Headquarters Open On Saturdays Committees Named On Saturday Nights Harry Essex, chairman of the Adams county Republican, central committee, today announced various committees to serve at Republican headquarters, 122% North First street, each Saturday night of the fall election campaign. The headquarters will open each Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Saturday, Oct. 11, Alva Railing, Clyde ‘Harden. Nelson Doty, Charles Fuhrman and Arthur Adam, will be in charge. Saturday, Oct. 18, Eugene Burry, Emile Stauffer, Roy Price, Roland Miller and Sylvan Sprunger will be in charge. Saturday, Oct. 25, those in charge will be James M. Teeple, L. Luther Yager, Wesley Amstutz, Charles Jones, Waldo Neal and Frank Kitson. Saturday, Nov. 1, the last Saturday before the election, a general rally of all candidates and members of the Republican party will be held at the headquarters. The rally .will open at 8 p.m., and refreshments will be served.

Improved Job Situation Is Seen In U.S. Shows Significant Job Improvement As Unemployment Drops , WASHINGTON (UPD Unemployment in the United States dropped by 588.000 in September to a 1958 low of 4.111,000, the gov- • ernment reported today. A joint repfirt by the Labor and Commerce departments said September saw “a significant improvement in the job situation.” especially for men. “Hiring was especially brisk in automobile plants and steel mills, and among producers of home appliances,” the report said. The sharp drop ip the jobless total was obout double the decrease that would have been normal on the basis of customary seasonal changes. Higher Weekly Earnings But, the report continued, because of the traditional return to school of students and an early ruttum lull in farm activity, total employment dropped by 738,000 last month to 64,629,000. Meanwhile, average weekly earnings of factory production workers rose by 82 cents to an all time high of $85.17. This increase was attributed to a boost in hourly wage rates and a seasonal expansion in the average factory work week to 39.8 hours. The big drop in the jobless total pushed down the proportion of the labor force still unemployed from 7.6 per cent in August to 7.2 per cent in September. While the report was the most favorable since the recession began a year ago, the official figures showed that unemployment last month was still 1,559,000 higher than in September, 1957. The employment total was down 1,045,000 from a year ago. Pickup in Hiring The report said that factory employment expanded by 240,000 from August to September with the gain cenered in the durable goods industries. This sector of the economx was where the recession hit earliest and hardest — The pickup was the biggest onemonth improvement since factory employment hit a record low in May. The September total was 15,700,000. The report said the pickup in hiring from August to September resulted in “the first significant drop in unemployment among adult men since the recession began.” The number of jobless adult men (25 years and over) fell by 300,000 to 1,800,000 in September. It was the first time this year that the figure dipped below the two-million mark. Another indication of the strong improvement in the job situation this total began late last ber of workers unemployed 5 weeks or longer. This figure usually holds steady in September. The report said this was the “first seasonally adjusted drop in long-term unemployment” since this total began b)sng late last year. Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. accused Red China today of putting out “distorted’ reports about the Warsaw negotations on the Quemoy crisis. UNITED PRESS (UPI) — The Soviet Union today attacked a U.S.-British proposal for a one-year moratorium on 'nuclear weapons tests to begin when talks on the subject open in Geneva Oct. 31. INDIANA WEATHER Frost or freeting temperature warning tonight. Fair and colder with diminishing winds, frost or freesing temperatures tonight. Saturday fair and continued quite cool. Low tonight 28 to 38. High Saturday 50 north. 55 to 04 south.

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