Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 242.

Wow W* VU'-' '■ : B « . W ” ■ H. 9 SOLEMN BITES MARK POPE'S BURlAL— During the last moments of the four-hour solemn Requiem Mass, the body of Pope Pius XII lies next to the coffin (arrow* in the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City. The body, placed in three nested coffins was then taken to the grottos beneath St. Peter’s where it will remain for one year until a permanent tomb can be prepared.

Defense Head Inspects U.S. Formosa Bases Possible Prelude To Withdrawal Os Some U.S. Units TAIPEI. Formosa (UPD— U.S. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy today inspected U.S. military bases on Formosa in a possible prelude to withdrawal of some American units rushed here at the height of the Quemoy crisis. McElroy conferred with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Monday and with Defense Minister Yu Tawei today in the Pescadores islands. major Nationalist staging area for sending supplies to Quemoy. • There was no official announcement on the McElroy - Chiang talks, but informed sources said McElroy had discussed the Washington suggestion with the Chinese president: —A reduction in Nationalist military forces on the Matsu and Quemoy offshore islands if a longterm Formosa Strait truce can be reached with the Communists. —A withdrawal of the emergency American fighting units sent to Formosa a few weeks ago when the Quemoy fighting threatened to explode into a far eastern war. Nationalist newspapers, apparently reflecting government opinion, said the Communist extension of the cease-fire at Quemoy was a smokescreen for new Red military adventures. They said there were new Communist buildings in the area. The government has refused to accept views expressed in Washington and other Western capitals that the truce extension is a hopeful sign for a permanent peace settlement, and one newspaper Said th cease-fire was caused by a split among the Communist leadership. — The China News, quoting Nationalist authorities, said: “With disputes among themselves and failure to take Quemoy, the Communists are now dragging the situation on in order to see a new opening for aggression 'in the future,’ The McElroy-Chiang talks coincided with talks in Washington between Nationalist Ambassador George Yeh and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Washington dispatches said Dulles has given a go-slow signal on making any more concession to the Chinese Communists but still wa hoping to find a more flexible approach to the Formosa situation if the Reds show a sincere desire to maintain their self-pro-claimed cease fire. McElroy visited U.S. Marine jet pilots this morning and it was believed the Marine fliers may be among the fust U.S. military units withdrawn, x'he Marines flew es(Oo> -tied on page five/ INDIANA WEATHER Eair extreme north, partly cloudy south and central, mild this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. A little cooler extreme north Wednesday. Low tonight in lower 50s. High Wednesday ranging from low 70s extreme north to 75 to 83 south and central. Sunset today 5:08 p.m. c.s.t., 6:08 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Wednesday 5:55 a.m. c.s.t.. 6:55 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and continued mild. Low Wednesday night 50 to 58. High Thursday 70s north and central to low 80s south.

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Former Decatur Man

Taken Into Custody Gas Theft Attempt Results In Arrest Charles R. Johnson, 26, formerly of Decatur and now a resident of route 10, Fort Wayne, was arrested by sheriff Merle Affolder and deputy sheriff Robert Meyers Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the city limits for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Johnson was picked up on the charge after the sheriff's department learned of an incident that occurred Sunday afternoon at approximately 4 o’clock in which he and a 16-year-old youth from Decatur were involved. The two were believed attempting to steal gas from a tank on the Paul Butler farm on the Piqua road Sunday afternoon at the time the farmer arrived at his home. A lock on the gas tank was broken by the two and thrown in the weeds. Butler arrived at his home in time to see both of the young men attempting the theft. It was reported that threats of possible violence were talked about at the scene of the attempted crime by the pair if authorities were notified of the incident. Johnson is being held at the Adams county jail on the charge of contributing to the delinquency oi a minor on four counts. A bond of SSOO was set by Judge Myles F. Parrish for Johnson’s release. He was released on bond shortly before noon today. The charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor carries a penalty of six months at the Indiana state farm and a maximum fine of SSOO if a conviction is brought about. The juvenile was turned over to the custody of his parents and will appear in juvenile court at a later date. Johnson is '.n probation to the federal authorities due to receiv(Contin,t- or. page eight) Catherine Kiracofe Dies Monday Night 92-Yeor-Old Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. Catharine Elizabeth Kiracofe, 92, of Wren, 0., and a native of Adams county, died at 10:45 o’clock Monday night after an eight-month illness following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born near Decatur Jan. 24, 1866, a daughter of Joseph and Martha Smith-Frysinger, and was married to Newton Kiracofe in 1888. She had lived in Wren for the past 50 years. Her husband preceded her in death in 1947. Mrs. Kiracofe was a member of the Wren Evangelical United Brethren church and the W.S.W.S of the church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Fetley of Harrison township, Van Wert county, 0., and Mrs. Clark Cully of Willshire township, Van Wert county; two sons, Uoyd Kiracofe of Willshire township, and John Kiracofe of Ronan, Mont.; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. One daughter, one brother and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wren E.U.B. church, the Rev. Walter Purdy officiating" Burial will be in the When mausoleum. The body was removed to the Cowan & Son funeral home at Van Wert, where friends may call until 12 noon Thursday. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. until time of the services.-*

Admit Blunder In Announcing On Moon Rocket Historic Blunder In Announcing Rocket Escaped Gravity WASHINGTON (UPD —The Defense Department and Air Force admitted today they committed what was probably a historic blunder Saturday when they announced that the “Pioneer” moon rocket had escaped the pull of earth’s gravity. About 90 minutes after the rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and when it was some 20,000 miles above the earth’s surface, a previously prepared press release was issued proudly aserting that the lunar probe rocket was “the first man made object known to escape the earth’s gravitational field.” It was no such thing. And officials acknowledged today it was never intended to escape from gravity since it was headed for the moon which itself is within the earth’s gravitational influence. The blooper was a sample of difficulties encountered in handling the sensational roc ke t launching. Some reporters and several officials considered that information on the whole lunar probe program could have been handled better and faster. Hold Back Information For example, many rocket authorities suspected and probably knew 24 hours before it was announced that the Pioneer would not go farther than about 80,000 miles and that speed was a few hundred miles an hour less than intended. But the world was deprived of that information until a 5 p.m. e.d.t. Sunday news conference at the National Academy of Sciences here. The rocket was launched at 4:42 a.m. e.d.t. Saturday. After midnight that day very little information on its position or scientific findings was released prior to the Sunday news conference for which the data apparently was being held back. Asked by United Press International for an explanation of the blunder about escaping gravity, the Pentagon said today its press release of Saturday “was technically inaccurate in that it was never intended that Pioneer should escape the earth’s gravitational field completely.” Admits Mistake Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates, commander of the Atlantic missile range at Cape Canaveral, said Monday the mistake si mp 1 y “slipped by all of us.” “One thing is clear,” said Yates who 'is rapidly becoming one of the military services’ better experts in public relations: “Before the next moon probe, those of us charged with reporting our own operation to the press and other news media must familiarize ourselves with the new terminology of space flight. . “I sincerely hope this slip will be excused and, as such, that it will not dull dur honest appreciation of the tremendous achievements of the Pioneer’s flight,” he said. Yates, whoSe statement was issued through the Pentagon, sought to take on a share of the blame. He said the offending press release had ben "thoroughly coordinated” throughout rocket and space circles. Information Rigidly Controlled The fact was, however, that information on the lunar probe was (Conbiirued on page eight)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 14, 1958

Jewish Synagogue In Peoria Bombed; Hold Atlanta Bomb Suspect

Anti-Semitic Group Blamed For Bombing Authorities Appear On Verge Os Solving Atlanta Bomb Plot ATLANTA (UPD — Police disclosed today they have corroborated a suspect’s statement that a bomb plot ' against the Atlanta Jewish temple was hatched at a meeting of an anti-Semitic underground organization here last May 5. Officers have the names of the five men who attended the meeting. Authorities appeared to be on the verge of cracking wide open a terror attack on Jewish synagogues and temples in the South. Local authorities, working with the FBI, were confident they were on the right track of a solution. They have been working around the clock on the case since dynamite ripped a huge hole in the fashionable temple shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, causing $200,000 damage. Detective Sgt. M.W. Blackwell said a suspect had signed a statement, whose details have been corroborated (confirmed) by police, about preliminary plans for the temple bombing. Blackwell said the man, whose name was not revealed, told of a “small but very well organized” anti-Semitic group at work in the south. He said this group was responsible for the Atlanta job. The suspect said most large twons in the South have a few members, in most cases “just a handful in a town.” Blackwell said the FBI is checking on information from the sus- 1 pect that links members in Michigan and Florida. He said the dynamite for the temple job was to have been procured in Harlan, Ky., a coal mining center where explosives can be obtained in quantity. He said the man ■who was to have actually touched off the blast was from Birmingham, Ala. The suspect saitf he personally was not in on the blast, although he attended the May 5 strategy session here. He was not invited to other meetings, he said, because he objected to such violence as dynamiting. Atlanta Detective Lt. J. L. Moseley would say only that officers were continuing to question suspects in the bombing of a Jewish temple here Sunday, and that “with the cooperation of other enforcement agencies, we (Combi noted on pare eight)

Ed Highland To Retire Oct. 20 From Railroad

Ed Highland, railroad agent in Decatur for the Nickle Plate railroad since September 10, 1930, announced today that he plans to retire October 20 after completing 51 years and 10 months with the company. Clyde Harris, a Nickle Plate employe here since 1935, will replace Highland as agent. Highland replaced Sam Sharp 28 years ago after Shamp completed about 20 years here. Highland started with the old Cloverleaf railroad in 1906 when there were eight passenger trains on the line, six of them going through Decatur. The old steam engines pulled mostly loads of logs and timber, and the road was narrow gauge. Highland started as an agent telegrapher at the small village of Grelton, O. No Autos Then The main qualification for railroad work in those days was a working knowledge of the Morse code. Everything in the office was done by longhand—no typewriters, comptometers, or other modern devices. In the 10 or 15 miles surrounding Grelton there were only two automobiles in 1906—and they were steam-run, affairs. After a year at Grelton, High-

Cardinals Receive Diplomatic Corps Mass Audience Held At Vatican City VATICAN CITY (UPD—Roman Catholic cardinals today received the Vatican City diplomatic corps in a mass audience, a major step in the slow, deliberate selection of a successor to the late Pope Pius XII. Although not officially admitted, it is accepted that the purpose of the mass visit is to shelter the cardinals from possible political presure by any individual diplomat. Until 1903 the emperor of Austria had the power of veto over the conclave that meets to name the pope. The Austrian emperor once used the veto to block -the election to the papacy of Italian Cardinal Count Mariano del Tindaro Rampolla. Abolishes Veto Instead of Rampolla the conclave elected Giuseppe Sarto, action of Pius X was tc abolish patriarch of Venice whc chose the title of Pius X. The first the veto which indirectly had helped to make him pope. Pius X was canonized — made a saint—by Pius XII in May, 1954. Under the apostolic constitution all cardinals and the assistants who join them in the conclave are specifically barred from indicating any form of veto by a civil authority. This ban extends to the mere expression of a “desire” intimated by the government of the country from which a cardinal comes. Americans Ruled Out Today it was generally accepted that Gregory Peter XV Agagianian, 63, patriarch of the’ Armenians, who represents a bridge between East and West, was the only non - Italian in the running. His age, between 60 anti 70, is considered ideal amoung the cardinals who arc reported to be not in favor of long pontificates. Most observers continued to rule out the possibility an American cardinal might be, elected. They said such an appointment might help Communist propaganda which tries to link the Vatican with the U. S. State Department. — - Otherwise, they said, Francis Cardinal Spellman, the archbishop of New York and a close friend of the late Pius XII, probably would be high in the running. Additional Cardinals were arriving in Rome daily for the Oct. 25 conclave when they will begin the task of electing a pope by secret ballot.

land was transferred to the job of relief telegrapher for a year between Toledo, 0., and St. Louis, Mo. Here he gained railroading experience, working sometimes just one night in a town. When Highland started working it was a 12 to 16 hour day. seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, for $25 a month. There were no paid vacatipns. Married in Grelton Highland was returned to the agency in Grelton in 1908 and September 24 of that year he married Miss Mabel Travis. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary earlier this year. Later they were transferred to Forest, Ind., in Clinton county, where they lived three years. Then to Continental, 0., where Highland served as telegrapherclerk for four years. At Malinta, 0., he was tele-grapher-leverman, operating the interlock controls between two railroad crossings for a year. After two years as agent-tele-grapher at Greentown, Ind., he returned to Malinta, and was joint agent for two railroads there for seven years. He then ' spent four years at Sorento, HL, near (Continued on wage five)

Accuses Russia Os Ultimatum On Test Bans Accusation Made By British Leader In Speech Before U.N. UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — Britain accused Russia today of laying down an ultimatum to the West on nuclear weapons tests, and said that if the planned threepower Geneva talks succeed there will be no reason for any power ever to hold further test blasts. British Minister of State x Cmdr. Allan Noble said Russia would prefer to “stampede” the United Nations General Assembly into "a hasty and unrealistic declaration” on unconditional prohibition of nuclear tests. He told the assembly's Main Po litical Committee that Soviet Dep. uty Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin had delivered a nuclear ultimatum in expounding the Kremlin’s policy last Friday. He said in effect that if the United Kingdom and the United States do not accept the arbitrary procedure demanded by the Soviet Union for dealing with the problem of nuclear weapons tests, then the Soviet Union is forthwith going to conduct another large series of nuclear tests of its own,” Noble said. “If we are to reach the agreements on disarmament which the peoples of the world so ardently desire, it will not be by methods such as these.” Britain has joined the United States and 15 other countries in sponsoring a U.N. resolution which would encourage the Geneva talks, due to open Oct. 31, without prejudice to their outcome. Russia has demanded a U. N. call for immediate and unconditional discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests “forever" without waiting for agreement on a control system. Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon was expected to back the Soviet position when he presents the Indian resolution later in the day. The Indian proposal, which also calls for discontinuance of nuclear tests, was believed to have the backing of Yugoslavia and some of the AfroAsian nations. The Western position appeared to offer the hope of a “renewable contract' ’ with the pledge of a one - year test suspension from the opening of the Geneva talks Oct. 31 and the promise of extending it thereafter if a suspension agreement is universally respected. A U. S. delegation spokesman said the United States “certainly (CoTrtiiiHied on page eight) Oris Wright Dies Monday Afternoon Dies At Home Os Daughter Monday ORIS WRIGHT DIES Oris C. Wright, 67, of Eldon, Mo., died at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Donald Hill, 1216 Elm street, where he had been residing for several months. He had been bedfast for two months and critically ill for the past week. He was born in Bagnell, Mo., Dec. 14, 1871, a sori of Ezekiel and Susan Barlow T Hill, and was married in 1900 to Rhoda Barlow. His wife preceded him in death in 1950. Mr. Wright, a retired farmer, was a member of the Assembly of God church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hill of Decatur, and Mrs. Nellie Cotten of Kansas City, Mo., and a son, Jewell Wright of Kansas City, Kan. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home and was then sent to the Kays funeral home in Eldon, Mo., for services and burial.

Named Assistant ■k rll ■ ■ n**" -I V Robert Chappuis Robert Chappuis Is Assistant Manager Named Assistant At Central Soya Plant A mayor will replace a star football player as personnel director at the Decatur Central Soya plant November 15, Tom H. Allwein, plant manager, announced today. A quality control inspector will begin work at the plant tomorrow. Robert Chappuis, plant personnel director since January 6 of this year, was promoted October 1 to the position of assistant plant manager at the Decatur plant. Chappius is a graduate of the University ox Michigan, where he received his A.B. degree in 1948. He was active in intercollegiate athletics, including football and baseball. Following All-American football honors he played two seasons of pro football. In 1949 he joined the Bendix Corporation as a division sales manager, and in 1953 became associated with Place Realty Corporation in South Bend. He joined the Great Northern Distributing company of South Bend in 1954, and served as its vice president and divisional general manager until joining Central Soya here in January. Chappuis will be replaced by William H. Small, mayor of Galesburg, 111., for the past three years. Small has served as assistant states attorney and states attorney of Knox county. 111., and conducted a local law practice in addition to serving as mayor for $2,000 a year. A graduate of Illinois State Normal University, and the University of Illinois, from which he obtained his law degree, Small, his wife and two children will soon move to Decatur. David P. Butler, a native of Columbus, 0., will join the Central Soya staff as a quality control inspector, effective Wednesday. Butler served as an electronic technician in the U. S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956. In August of this year he received his B. S. degree in industrial management from dhio State University. Butler and his wife, Helen, will move to Decatur in the near future. Two Girls Sentenced For Theft Os Auto HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (UPI) — Judge Victor Simmons sent two teen-age girls to the Indiana Girls School Monday because they stole a car and wrecked it Oct. 5. One was 17, the other 14. South Bend Church Safe Is Looted SOUTH' BEND, Ind. (UPI) - Safecrackers got S7OO cash and 41,000 in checks from a safe in the office of First Presbyterian Church during the weekend and broke more than a dozen windows in a burglary which netted only a few dollars at South Bend Washington High School.

Black Powder Bomb Blasts At Synagogue FBI Agents Join Police In Roundup Os Suspects Today PEORIA, 111. (UPI) — A homemade black powder' bomb shattered eight windows and damaged the interior of a Jewish synagogue early today and FBI agents joined police in a roundup of suspects. Two teen-age -boys who once confessed the bombing of an Episcopal church and who had been picked up in another synagogue bomb scare last year were questioned and then released. Police said they would also question a man who had been complaining because he was fired by a Jewish employer. Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg, whose congregation numbers about 250 families, said he thought the bombing was conceived by a “twisted mind.” Mayor Eugene Leiter of Peoria agreed with the rabbi that “we have had no history here” of anti-Semitism and that the bombing must be the work of a mentally twisted person although it was “regrettable, of course.” Question Two Boys Police Capt. George Johnson said that a bomb, also homemade, was found last year where another Jewish temple was being built. It failed to explode. R. D. Gibbons, FBI agent in charge of the Springfield, 111., office, left for Peoria immediately after being informed of the blast. Damage to the synagogue was confined to the front of the building where windows were shattered and the interior scarred. Police said damage was not great and declined to place a money estimate on the loss. No one was hurt in the explosion. Came As Surprise Police Sgt. Thomas Barber said there had been no hint of any antiSemitic trouble in the city prior to the blast. He said authorities planned an all-out effort to apprehend the bombers. “All the facilities at our command along with both state and federal investigators will be made available to solve this bombing ” Barber said. He said the first step would be to analyze pieces of the pipe and other debris found at the scene. The head of the 250-family congregation, Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg, said he was “at a complete loss” to explain the bombing. "We had no warning, no letter, no telephone calls,” the rabbi said. He said the explosive charge in the crude bomb appeared to have been dynamite. The concrete stairwell absorbed most of the force of the blast, the rabbi said, but it blew out about 10 or 12 windows. “I have no idea why it happened,” Rabbi Ginsberg said, “unless the events in Atlanta during the past several days suggested something to a twisted mind. Sometimes that happens. It sets off a chain reaction.” The Peoria bomb blew up at 1:32 a.m., e.d.t., with a shattering roar. A flood of telephone calls lighted up the police switchboard as scores of nearby residents sought to learn the source of the blast. r ; Police checking the area tracked down the location of the explosion about 2 a.m. The temple is located about five blocks north of the city's business section. Decatur High School Report Cards Issued Report cards for the first six weeks of the school year were issued at the Decatur high school this afternoon. Hugh J. Andrews, principal, announced that parents who did not receive their children's reports are asked to call the high schbol office.

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