Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1959 — Page 2

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Mild Weather Over Majority Os Nation Mild Readings In Southerly Winds United Press International Another day of bright sunshine today appeared in the offing for most erf the nation east of the Rockies. Generally southerly winds over a 24-hour period Monday night and Tuesday morning were responsible for mild readings and fair to cloudy skies over many regions still showing the scars of recent snowstorms. A Bold front moved inland from the Pacific Ocean to bring cooler and drier weather to northern California, Washington, Oregon, northwestern Nevada and most of Idaho, where temperature drops matched rises in the rest of the country. The greatest warming occurred in a belt extending from northern Alabama and northern Georgia up through the Virginias into Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Great y p g - 1 jy% The sharpest" rise was reported in Elkins, W.Va., where readings of 41 degrees early Tuesday morning contrasted with a .chilly five degrees just 24 hours earlier. The mercury rose 20 degrees or more in such widely separated communities as Pittsburgh, Pa., Charleston. W.Va., Nashville, Tenn., and Zanesville, Ohio. A hazardous exception to the warming trend occurred on Lake Michigan near Chicago. Am ice field, extending nine miles east of the city's beach and 13 miles north of Indiana Harbor, Ind., blocked approaches to docking areas. A Coast Guard ice breaker cleared the way for several tankers trapped over the weekend, but remained on emergency status as wind shifts thratened to pile up and mass the once-broken ice. Colder air moved into northern Minnesota Monday night, causing a drop at International Falls, Minn., to five degrees from a 21degree reading Monday morning. Most of the nation’s rain and snow flurries accompanied 10 to 15 degree temperature drops along the Pacific Coast; The heaviest rain occurred Monday pight. Reports from the central California coast ranged up to a half inch during a six-hour period ending midnight Monday, with heavy downpours at Paso Robles and Piedras Blancas, Calif.

Baptist Brotherhood Meets Monday Night Rev. Edward Pacha Is Guest Speaker The Baptist men's brotherhood met Monday evening at the First Baptist church. The meeting was called to order by the brotherhood president. Junior Lake, who presided at a brief business meeting. The guest speaker for the evening, the Rev. Edward Pacha, minister of the First Christian church, was introduced by James J. Strikler. Rev. Pacha presented a Very interesting talk on the subject of church unity, taking his text from Matthew, chapter 16:13-19; Refreshments were served to 20 men by Cal Peterson and Lase Grimm. The next brotherhood meeting is scheduled for February 16. with George Auer as guest speaker," If God writes “opportunity” on one side of open doors, he writes “responsibility” on the other side.

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Castro Firing “ Squads Busied In Executions Rebel Sources Say - Batista Followers • Are Facing Justice HAVANA (UPD— Rebel sources said today “several thousand” Batista men faced revolutionary justice throughout Cuba. It was certain the death toll would rise far above the 121 known formal and informal executions reported since Jan. 1. The busiest firing squads were reported in Santiago, capital of the eastern province of Oriente, which was the scene of trie bloodiest repressions carried out by followers of ex-President Fulgencio Batista. Rebels in Santiago commanded by Raul Castro, brother of the revolutionary leader, have arrested at least 320 persons. Seventy Os them'faced a mass trial and 14 were executed immediately. The remaining 56 are to die in small groups. Secret Executions In addition. 52 formal executions after a summary trial have been reported since Jan. 1 jn of Matanzasl--iWanZlu^la,. guey, Pinar Del Rfir arid Sarita Clara. Lengthening the list are 15 executions reported to have occurred secretly in Cabana Fortress in Havana. ' In addition 40 persons were reported “informally” executed by zealous rebels in the early hours of victory before the rebel command gained • control over the over-zealous civilians. At least 20 of the killings WWfe reported in Havana. Incidents of rebel overzealousness still were cropping up. In Havana a family demanded Monday that the government apprehend and punish rebels responsible for the Saturday night assassination of university professor ■ Rafael Escalona. In a signed statement a dozen members of Escalon’s family said authorities took the professor at 8 p.m. to a police station and that his corpse was delivered from there to a morgue, with seven bul-let-holes in his chest neck and face. Mistaken Identity They identified Escalona as an “outstanding, rflilitant revolutionary” and speculated the rebels took him for Chuchijep Cardenas, henchman of hated Batista Sen. Rolando Masferrer. Many of Masferret's group already have met their death. Elsewhere other types of irregular shootings were reported; a 16-year-old militiaman killed a teenage girl bystander in Santa Clara when he accidentally discharged his rifle; a prisoner being escorted to jail was shot by a militiaman in Cienfuegos; a 21-year-old Santa Clara youth was wounded by stray bullets in suburban gunfight. Thus far most of the rebel •'war crime” trials have taken place in. the battle-torn provinces, but they are to spread to Havana this week. Havana police chief Efigencio Almejeira said trials would be ; gin this week for many of the 1,200 seized in the early hours of Jan. 1. If we had to walk in the other fellow’s shoes, we might not criticize his gait so severely. L_ A person doesn’t realize how old he’s getting until he finds that one deep breath won’t blow out the candles on his birthday cake. There is no wholly satisfactory substitute for brains - but silence does pretty well. People minding their own business usually succeed because they have so little competition.

Mission Services Al Magley Church Special Services Will Open Sunday. Hr w b* i 1 Bbu :&i "i ’1 V z - ■lgllpg - ilw x i — ®, The Rev. Albert Kautz, pastor at Bensenville, 111., will direct the /‘|eaet^ v rmssjOTi' at Church of Christ at Magley, opening Sunday. This is one of eight evangeism endeavors in the Fort Wayne area during the week of Jan. 16 to 23. The mission at Salem will open to the public at 10 a.m. Sunday, with Rev. Kautz delivering the sermon at the morning worship service. At 7:30 p.m., Sunday, there will be a union worship service for the members of the eight participating churches at the St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church at Fort Wayne, with Dr. Elam Weist, president of the Northwest Ohio synod, as the principal speaker. Nancy Siebold will direct a mass choir for the union service, formed of choir members from the eight church's®. -- Services will be held nightly at 7:30 o’clock. Jan; 19 through 22, with Rev. Kautz speaking at all services. Special music will be presented at each service. ■■■ Sunday morning, the children's choir, directed by Mrs. H. E. Settiage’ will sing, and a special song will be presented by Husan Helmrich and Ruth Ann Beery. Monday evening, the men s chorus, directed by Lewis Worthman, will sing and a duet will be •sung by Lewis Worthman and Mrs. Harold Scherry. * Tuesday evening, a young mixed Quartet. Nyla and Kent Girod, Allen Kruetzman and Carol Helmrich, will sing, and there will be a duet by Barbara and Roger Conrad. Wednesday, there Will be a mixed quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. James Meyers and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scherry, also a duet by Mrs. Roland Scherry and Milton Hoffman. Thursday evening, there will be a solo by Mrs. Leo Sheets, and a trio composed,, of Mrs. Walter Kruetzman Mrs. Elsie Peters and Mrs. Milton Kruetzman. The public is invited to attend these services,

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Two Initiated Into Scholastic Honorary LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Evelyn June Doehrman and Elizabeth Mae Doehrman Graef, both of R. 1, Decatur, were among the 40 recent initiates of Delta Rho Kappa, scholastic honorary for juniors and seniors in the school of science, education and humanities at Purdue University. To be'eligible for membership in this organization, the student must have completed at least four full semesters of work and must have a scholastic average of “5” or higher at the time of initiation. The highest possible index under the unversity’s grading system is “6”. Aurora’s Mayor Is Again In Hospital' Hurt In Scrap With Building Inspector AURORA, 111. 7 UPD — Mayor Paul Egan, never one to duck a fight, was hospitalized today because he apparently failed to duck In a melee with the city’s building inspector. Egan entered St. Charles Hospital late Monday, his face cut and bruised. A hospital spokesman said the mayor was resting comJoriaW The mayor’s opponent, H. M. Halbesma, who doubles as sergeant-at-arms in City Council meetings, was unmarked. • Egan, a short, paunchy man, was mismatched in the fight. Halbesma, a former Marine Corps sergeant, is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. The trouble began Monday during a City Council meeting when Egan'told the city’s four commissioners he would refuse to conduct any business until they recognized his firing of police Chief Don Curran and the entire police force.. Feuding With Police Egan has been feuding with his police department for months, and has been jailed twice by police—once when he called a meeting to recruit a new police force and again when he tried to crash a party attended by Gov. William G. Stratton. The commissioners igno re d Egan, whereupon the mayor set up a din by banging on his desk with a gavel. Halbesma wrested the gavel from the mayor. Egan resumed his pounding with a glass ashtray and a plastic tray until both broke. He then banged the desk with his fists. The commissioners retaliated by adopting a motion to eject him front the council meeting for “disorderly and disgraceful conduct.” Egan ignored the commissioners. Fight Begins Halbesma again went into action, pulling Egan from his chair and out a back door. The mayor shouted an uncomplimentary opinion of Halbesma "and the fight began. A short time later a police captain and threc officers pried the two apart. Witnesses said Egan went down at least once, but it was not determined whether it was a knockdown or a slip. The mayor grabbed a taxi and went to the hospital where he refused to talk to newsmen. Chief Curran remarked “Something is going to have to be done about things in Aurora.” Halbesma admittee ’‘each of us threw a few punches.” “A fine way to start a Monday,” he added. See Early Release Os American Flier Prisoner Os East Germans For Montli WASHINGTON (UPD .— State Department officials said today there were indications Soviet authorities soon would release an American flier held in East Germany since Dec. 3. At the same time, the U.S. officials promised to continue to press for information on 11 other American airmen who have been missing in Russia since Sept. 2. The officials said they expected tlje release in “the 1 reasonably near future”; of Lt. Richard Mackin, who parachuted into East Germany after he became lost and his liaison plane rah out of fuel. A series of U.S. protests to Russian authorities in East Germany have failed so far to secure his release. The Russians contended the matter was out of their control and that American officials must negotiate with East German authorities. American officials have refused to do so on the ground that such negotiations with East German 'authorities might be- taken as recognition of their government. The Russians have given assurances that Mackin, of Washington, D.C., is in good health and receiving proper treatment. American officials here declined to give any details of the basis of their hope that Mackin would be released. The 11 missing fliers were part of the 17 aboard an unarmed Air Force Cl3O transport which crashed and burned 55 miles northwest of Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republid.

■- AmJBT 1 F PJSB DECATUB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE officials are shown above with one of the displays prepared by Fred Kolter, executive secretary, in connection with the annual dinner of the organization • Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Seated is Tnuis Jacobs retiring C. of C. president, and standing, right, is George Auer,’ who vtill be formally installed as president for 1959 Thursday. -

Special Judge To Try Schmitt Case Mayor Grants Judge Change To Defendant Mayor Robert D. Cole granted Francis J. Schmitt, 6, of Decatur, until Thursday to agree with the state prosecuting attorney, Severin Schurger, on a special judge to hear the case of driving while under the influence of alcohol filed against Schmitt in December by the city police department. Mayor Cole gave his ruling In the case at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon to the defendant and his counsel, Hubert R. McClenahan, local attorney. The ruling came after the court was asked for a change of judge in the trial held earlier in the day in mayor's court. In the morning arraignment Schmitt asked for a .change of judge, charging the mayor with being biased and prejudiced against him. If the two parties can not agree on a judge for the hearing, Mayor Cole will appoint a panel of three men for a selection of the parties. Both sides will have until Thursday at-10 o’clock to strike one name of the three presented ‘by the court. At that time, the remaining name will be the judge to preside over the -trial. t* - TTie case charged against Schmitt is for dtMng WhHe the jnfluence of alcohol. The affidavit was filed durtag December by the city police department. Another charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol will be tried in court next Monday morning. This charge, also filed by the city police department approximately one week after the first, charge, was signed by . another member erf the police force. I Winners Listed In Flint Round Shoot Winners of the invitational flint round shoot of the Limberlost archery and conservation club were as follows: men’s division — first expert. Al Huston; second expert, Frank Sardella; first bowman, John Winkler: first archer, Ronald Hill: first novice. Bob Wenel; junior division — first expert, Jerry Morningstar; first bowman, Tom Drake; intermediate division — David Mitchel. Club: officials report considerable interest has beep shown in the club's free schooling. These lessons will continue for at least 10 more weeks, Thursday nights at 7! o’clock and Saturday mornings atj 9 o’clock. Those interested may | contact Lester Mitchel, 516 Short > street, phone 3-3397, or Mrs. Har- ! old Nash, route 3, phone 3-8493.

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Funeral Held Today For Bohnke Infant Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. today for Ronald Lee Bohnke, day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bohnke of Fort Wayne, who died at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Parkview memorial hospital. —... . The boy is survived by his grandparents, Mr., and Mrs, Martin Buimahn, of route 5; and, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bohnke, of route 2 Monroeville; a brother. Rick Allen, and a sister, Karen Sue Bohnke. The services were at Covington Memorial Gardens, the Rev. Henry Bianke officiating. The RodenbeckHockemeyer funeral home had charge of arrangements. Huntington Lad Dies In Sled Accident HUNTINGTON, Ind. (UPD—David Lee Bradburn, 12, Huntington, wied Sunday from injuries sustained a day earlier when he was thrown against a tree in a sled accident. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

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