Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1959 — Page 1

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Nasser Accuses Iraq Premier

DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) - U.A.R. President Gamal Abdel Nasser today accused Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem of working with international communism to sabotage Arab unity, His bitter denunciation of the Kassem regime followed mammoth demonstrations Tuesday in Baghdad in which thousands of _ youths surged through the streets shouting anti-Nasser demonstrations. The Baghdad newspaper Ittihad Al Shaab, a Communist organ, reported the firing in revolt-torn northern Iraq lasted until 7 p.m. Tuesday. Baghdad Radio had reported ttie fighting ended early Tuesday. The newspaper said thousands of armed peasants and inhabitants of Mosql took command of the city last evening, hunted out rebel leaders, killed them and dragged their bodies through the Armed Students in Streets Counter demonstrations broke out in Damascus where students demonstrated against the death sentence imposed from Baghdad on Iraqi rebel leader Col. Abdel Wahab Shawaf, reported slain in northern Iraq, :r Nasser said Kassem was working with communism to sabotage Arab unity but that the United Arab Republic will not “surrender our mission” of uniting the Arab world. — - UPI correspondent Zaki Salama reported from Baghdad that screaming students airmed with sticks, axes and rope swarmed through the streets in an unprecedented show of hostility Jor Nasser whom the Iraqi government accuses of supporting Sunday’s re(Contlnued on page three) Three Killed In Fire Last Night Near Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) — Two little boys and their grandmother were killed Tuesday night when fire swept a log house while the youngsters’ mother was in a hospital with her new baby. The children were Shelby Brock, 5, and his brother, Dennis. The grandmother, Mrs. Zola Howard, 45, Stony Fork, Ky., was staying with the boys while their mother, Mrs. Lena Brock, was in a Fort Wayne hospital where she gave birth to another son Monday afternoon. The fire occurred at the Brock home about nine miles south of Fort Wayne, one-half mile west of U. S. 27. Authorities said the children’s father, Elisha Brock, 38, a Fort Wayne industrial plant worker, was not at home. Roy Stoppenhagen, Hoagland, Volunteer fire chief, said an oil space heater apparently exploded and showered flames around the small one-story home, giving the victims no chance to escape. But other authorities said the fire started between the log walls and siding. Deputy 'sheriff Willard Hadley tried to/grope through smoke and flames to rescue the three but was forced back.

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State Oratorical Contest In Decatur In an unprecedented action, the state high school oratorical committee has announced that Deca- - fur - will -be the site of the state finals of the American Legion sponsored contest for the second consecutive year. Hugh J. Andrews, principal at Decatur high school and state chairman of the American Legion announced today that the date of the contest is March 26. '* — On the program besides the oratorical contest, which will be in the high school auditorium at 1:45 p.m. will be 9 guided tour of the city for all guests and the oratorical banquet at the American Legion home. The tour will start about 3:45, while the banquet is scheduled for 6 p.m. Each contestant in the finals, by virtue of his zone victory, is granted a -four-year scholarship to Indiana University," glv e n a cash award, varying with the individual Legion post, and presented a trophy as a concrete memorial to their prowess. One,of the zone finals will be in Peru tonight at 7:30 as Sandra Fritz, the Bluffton area winner, meets. Mary Jo Volpert, the Peru area winner. Miss Fritz recently bested Decatur high school senior Judy Rhodes, gaining the right to compete at Peru. Parents, teachers and friends of the four contestants in the finals are invited to attend the session in Decatur to choose Indiana’s representative for the regional contest. The finals this year will be in Lodi, Calif., while sectional and regional sites have yet to be announced. The finals are set for April 20, while the regional will be on April 13, 14 and 15. The sectional will be heard on April 16-17. All zone chaimen and contestants have been informed by letter of the preparations being made to ac- : comodate them in Decatur. Andrews said that the successful contest last year in Decatur was instrumental in earning the city its "second chance at supporting the contest for the second consecutive > year.

Bus Runs Wild, Two Are Killed

PITTSBURGH <UPD—A runaway bus crashed through a homeward-bound crowd at one of the city’s busiest corners at the height of the rush hour Tuesday, killing two persons, one a veteran Pittsburgh Press reporter, and injuring 16 others. Sam Hood* 42, who worked for the Seipps - Howard newspaper since 1945, and Mrs: Sally F. Strait, 54, head cashier at the Roosevelt Hotel, were killed in the crash. Hood, a native of Morehead City, N.C., died of head and internal injuries, while Mrs. Strait was slashed across |he abdomen. Hood, a legal reporter and more recently an art critic for the Press, once won television's Big Story award for aiding authorities solve a murder case. He had just left the Penn - Sheraton Hotel where he had interviewed the president of the American Bar Association. It was believed that he was returning to the Press

Bollenbacher Is Assistant Plapt Manager Chalmer O. Bollenbacher, of Decatur, has been promoted to the position of assistant plant manager of the Decatur Central Soya Company plant, replacing Robert Chappuis, now labor relations director, it was announced today. Bollenbacher joined Central Soya in 1936. In 1938 he was promoted to loading foreman in the feed mill, and in 1939 was named assistant feed mill superintendtnt. Since 1943 he has been feed mill superintendent. Bollenbacher. his wife, Betty, and their two children Hve at 910 Walnut street in Decatur, ji Robert L. Theobald will assume the job of feed mill superintendent vacated by Bollenbacher. He has been with Central Soya since 1946, when he joined the company at Gibson City, Hl., after graduation from Illinois Wesleyan University with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Theobald came to the Decatur plant in 1954 as assistant superintendent of the feed mill and a few months later was promoted to feed mill superintendent of the company’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant. Theobald, his wife, and three sons will be moving back to Decatur in the near future. Tom Cole, who has been office manager of the Decatur plant since September, 1957, has been transferred to IBM programming in the tabulating department at the Fort Wayne office, James R. Cowan, general auditor, has announced. Cole joined the company in January, 1955, as an accounting clerk here in Decatur. After progressing through the various positions in the Decatur office, he was promoted to office manager, which job he held until JMarch 2. Cole is a 1953 graduate of International Business College. Anderson Woman Dies Os Traffic Injuries ANDERSON, Ind. (UPl)—Mrs. Mary Hofer, 34, Anderson, died in St. John’s Hospital here Tuesday! of injuries sustained in a traffic accident Sunday. It was Anderson’s first traffic fatality this year. 1

when he was struck by the bus. In Critical Condition Mrs. Ida Cook, 65, was reported in critical condition this morning at Allegheny General Hospital following surgery for head "injuries. Also among the injured was Miss Mary McCaffrey, 30, who is employed by Business Week Magazine, and who formerly worked for the Wall Street Journal. She was reported in fair condition with leg injuries. The scene was one of panic and mass confusion as the lumbering conveyance slammed into the midst of the huge, tightly-packed crowd, hurled three persons into a display window of Kmfanans’ Department store, and crashed headlong into the window, itself. - Bus driver Jay Lane said he tried to stop the bus when a streetcar halted in front of him, but, when the brakes failed, he attempted to stop by hitting the curb. ....Aimed For Pole . “The bus jumped the curb,”

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Ike Warns Russians Os Danger Os Retaliation From Nuclear Weapons

Change Decatur And Berne Voting Sites Two Adams county voting precincts, one in Decatur and the second in Berne, have been moved to new locations, according to Edward F. Jaberg, Adams county auditor. The Adams county commissioners stated that it became necessary to arrange new locations for the two precincts for the Decatur special city election, the Decatur primary and the Berne primary elections, when it was learned that the two former locations used in past years would not be available again this year. Decatur 1-B was moved from Colter Bros. Brickrete & Lumber company at 327 S. 10th street to the Decatur Canning company Inc., at 403 S. 11th street. Berne “A” was changed from the Main street filling station to the Sam Nussbaum office at 155 E. Main street. _______ ~Two" ditch problems were sented to the board of commissioners Monday. Both matters concerned cleaning and repairing. One petition presented was for the Kohler tile drain in French township, while the second petition concerned the Gfeller ditch in Kirkland township. The petitions were signed by farmers living in tfae ditch areas. Jhe two ditch problems were referred to the Adams county surveyor, Herman Moellering, for consideration and action.

Ike Challenges Defense Critics

WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower today challenged congressional critics of his defense policies to have the courage to ask for higher taxes when they call for larger armed forces. In his ninth consecutive weekly meeting with reporters since the first of the year, the President warned strongly against reacting to each new international crisis with demands for appreciably larger armed forces. He said some of these demands are hysterical. He said Congress in the past had made some very serious mistakes on national defense. He thought it would be ruinous at this point to change his announced established program cf military strength because of new crises generated by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Furthermore, he told reporters that if Congress forced additional military manpower on him at this time, he had no intention as commander in chief of sending added manpower to Europe, but would

Lane said, "and I aimed for a pole.” The vehicle sheared-off the pole, knocked over a nearby newsstand, injuring a newsboy slightly, cut down a Tire alarm box and plunged through the huge window. Mrs. Cook was pinned under the rear wheels of the bus for about 20 minutes while police and scores of persons tried to lift the bus from her before a jack was rushed to the wild scene. Scattered over the area was blood, jagged glass, shoes and the injured, whom bystanders began treating with provised tourniquets until ambulances could arrive. The injured were taken to three hospitals. Robert Meeker, a teletypesetter operator for Upl, who saw the accident while he was en route to work, called it “the worst accident I’ve ever witnessed.” “I don't think I’ll ever forget the people strewn about like rag dolls trying to get out of the way of the bus,” Meeker said.

By WALTER LOGAN United Press luiernatioutal President Eisenhower, com-mander-in-chief of United States armed forces, served notice today that the Communist world would be tempting nuclear retaliation by the West if it started a ground War over Berlin. ' The President, speaking at his ninth successive weekly news conference in Washington, said flatly the United States could not win a ground war jn Europe and there was no point in sending any more American troops there. He said he did not think the Russians would be foolish enough to start a war over Berlin. If they did then would be the time to decide whether to use nuclear weapons to protect the Western position, he said. But he added that he would not dream of trying to win such a war with ground forces and would have to use what he called other means. This left the implication that if major hostilies broke out the nuclear might of the United States would be the only ultimate recourse of the free world. tceas t laini secret rian The President brushed off a proposal by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's proposal,that token Aided forces, along with some Russian troops, remain West Berlin if it were made city.” He said he did hot think much of the idea. ~ In Berlin, Khrushchev prepared to fly home to Moscow with the draft of a separate peace treaty for East Germany in his pocket. - Such a treaty would‘in effect force the issue over Berlin to a showdown with the West if EastWest negotiations do not pan out.

merely stick these extra troops away in some quiet and convenient place. Seldom has Eisenhower shown more emotion and vigor in defense of his beliefs than he did at his news conference today. He said the United States could not win a ground war in Central Europe over Berlin crisis or anything else. He accepted the fact that nuclear weapons might have to be used if the Russians were so foolish as to start a war. But he said he did not believe anyone, even the Russians, would launch a self - defeating, selfdestroying major nuclear war. President Eisenhower spoke out at his news conference as the Senate preparedness subcommittee, headed by- Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, heard Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Army chief of staff, tell about his "reservations” on the President’s defense budget. In an opening statement, Johnson noted that the subcommittee has been studying the nation’s preparedness for more than 15 months. “Throughout these hearings I have been unable to escape the conclusion that we are not doing enough, fast enough or thoroughly enough,” Johnson said, restating a view that he has expressed frequently. “The problem' of our preparedness effort has been brought home to us sharply and dramatically by the Berlin crisis. I believe we can all agree that there are few major steps that we can take between now and May to increase the strength of our military arm,” said Johnson. Johnson stressed that the nation’s defense problems will not end with the Berlin crisis. The objective of the subcommittee’s present inquiry, he said, is whether the defense program is based on the considered judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as to what the nation needs “or whether it is based on other considerations.” That is the Democratic theme—that budgetary considerations, not military needs, have dictated the defense budget. Taylor was the first member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be called for closed-door questioning by the subcommittee.

He also claimed “full agreement” with the East German Communists on a secret plan for joint action to push the West out of Berlin if East-West negotiations fail. ’An official communique announcing the result of his talks with East Germany’s Red bosses was expected today or Thursday. It was expected to restate the unyielding Communist stand on Bcr-< lin but not mention the secret Communist plans for joint action against the West. The West rejects the idea of turning West Berlin into a “free city," and no apparent concessions by the Communist party leader changes that situation. Reports from Paris said some differences remained between the French and British approaches to the Berlin crisis, but all spokesmen insisted the basic Western stand was toe same. The Paris reports said the West also was generally agreed on a mid-March foreign ministers meeting with the Soviet Union and possibly a summit conference later in the summer. Mac Reports to Cabinet But none of the Western Allies was preapred to accept the So-viet-dictated agenda for such a meeting — Berlin only. The West wants a full European settlement discussed, including the German question, disarmament and other related topics. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, back in London after his Paris talks with President Charles de Gaulle, called a cabinet meeting today to report on his mission. i Macmillan and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd returned Tuesday night and reported they had reached “a great measure of sympathy and agreement” with De Gaulle on the stand to be taken against the Russians.

Red Cross Fund Is Boosted By $5,000 A $5,000 contribution from the Decatur Community Fund pushed the 1959 Red Cross fund up to more than $6,890 during the first week of the campaign according to a report issued today by Leo N. Seltenright, general chairman of the drive. The total amount collected, which also includes toe Berne community chest contribution and the amounts collected by the first eight rural volunteer workers to report, is $6,890, Seltenright stated. The total goal of the 1959 drive is $10,154. The remaining amount will be collected in the currerit canvass being conducted in all areas of the county except Berne and Decatur. The rural workers whp have reported to date include Russell Stump, Washington township section 36, $9; David Habegger, Blue Creek section six, $7; H. R. Mankey, Kirkland section 16, $7; Mrs. Samuel Yager, Kirkland section 27, $9; Pearl Yake, Kirkland section 25. $2; Mrs. Pearl Yake, Kirkland section 24, $6; R ollie Crozier, Union section 15, sl6; and W. E. Uffelman, Preble township section one, sl7. 1 Seltenright again expressed the hope that contributions throughout the county would be generous enough to enable the local Red Cross chapter to meet its financial goal this year. He pointed out that financial support is necessary if the Red Cross is to continue its effective service to Adams county.

Upper Wabash River Reservoirs Approved WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. Homer Capehart (R-Ind.) advised members of the Indiana congressional delegation today .that the White House has approved funds for upper Wabash River reservoirs designed to protect against floods like those which recently struck his state. Capehart’s letter was delivered by messenger to other members of the delegation. It followed a visit by Capehart to the White House that the administration has found away <.O give Indiana an additional $350,000 for* the, three upper Wabash River reservoirs, namely Mississinewa, Salamonie and Huntington,’ the senator’s letter said.

Reports Gaming Tax By Fort Wayne Firm

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)-A Fort Wayne firm which was chartered by the state to build bomb shelters and develop peaceful use of atomic energy has bought 113 federal tax stamps on 131 gaming devices in seven northeastern Indiana counties, the Indianapolis Times said today. The Times said in a story by John. V. Wilson that articles of incorporation for Hi-Jinks, Inc., were filed with the Indiana secretary of state in 1957, and that bomb shelters and atomic energy were among the purposes listed for the corporation. Other purposes listed were installation and maintenance of automatic vending machines and amusement devices “of any and all kinds,” the .records showed, but later the corporation dropped references to amusement devices from its records and. said its purpose was “to deal in real and personal property, lend and borrow Fla Appears Easing Off In This Area The fill bug, which hqg closed many schools in Indiana, seems to be relenting in the Adams county area, although some schools still report slight increases in the number of pupils absent today. Dr. John B. Terveer, city health officer, said that the usual run of Decatur’s flu cases are two or three days. In some instances, he pointed out, the bug may linger longer if proper precautions are not taken by the individual. Dr. Terveer illustrated by the turn--over of pupils absent, in the schools as evidence that the flu is of a two or three-day variety. Decatur high school absenteeisms dropped from 78 Tuesday to 50 today, indicating that the seige may have already run its course at the public school. The high total there was on Friday when 140 were absent. Decatur Catholic also registered a decline as 15 high school pupils stayed home, compared with 26 yesterday and 20 Monday. St. Joseph’s grade school total of 124 yesterday was also reduced today, although the exact figures were not available. Attendance at Adams Central continues to improve, although the trend is very slight. Absentees today include 221 pupils, while the highest number out at the Monroe school was Tuesday, when 236 failed to report because of illness. Pleasant Mills showed its greatest increase as 35 pupils were out today. The average at Pleasant Mills had been -holding its own with never more than 13 or 14 out on a given day. Monmouth reduced its number on the absent list as 27 stayed at home today. The high total there had been 30 on Tuesday. On the local elementary level, Lincoln school showed a sharp decline in absentees as 151 are out today, while the high total was 183 yesterday. Pupils out at the Northwest school, however, climbed to 49, two more than yesterday’s high.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Huston Bever, Jr., CEufcrf of God) “On Being A Nonconformist” Text: Matthew 4:18-22 It is a challenging scene that we look upon, as we see these fishermen leaving their work in response to the invitation given by the Lord. These men were not so established in life that they could not be led by Christ in new adventures. They dared to be different, dared to be one of the minority. Now there is no virtue in just being different, or in being one of the minority: but it is a tragic thing to be so steeped in traditions, customs, and beliefs, that the Lord Can not lead us into new thought or new ways. To be a true disciple of Christ, one must be learning and growing. Paul said. “Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within, so that you may prove ih practice that the Plan of God for you is good, meets all His demands and moves toward the goal of true maturity.’’ We are not to be conformed, but transformed by the renewing of our minds. >

money and associate with other firms.” , ' The Times said it checked records in the Internal Revenue Service and found that 113 federal tax stamps were issued to Hijinks at a cost of $32,750. They included 99 issued to Fort Wayne addresses and others to addresses in Decatur, Auburn. Garrett, Waterloo, Woodburn,... Monroeville, New Haven, Poe, Angola, Churubusco Columbia City, Kendallville, Ligonier, Bryant and Dunkirk. .. .... Leo J. Stemle, corporation counsel for the Indiana secretary of state’s office, said his office was powerless to het against the concern. He said its charter can be revoked Only on failure to file annual reports, and such reports have been filed as required. The latest annual report, made last year, listed officers as Forest J. Hiser Jr., Fort Wayne, president; Ma* Seiss, Corunna, vice president; and Floyd E. Lee, Fort Wayne, secretary-treasurer and resident agent. Original incorporators were Seiss, W.A. Brown and Ray H. Cohen, Fort Wayne, state records showed. Memorial Shelf In Library For Bixler FThe Decatur library board has voted unanimously to furnish a memorial shelf in the library in the name of the late Dr. N. A. Bixler, Lowell J. Smith, president of the board, announced today. Dr. Bixlei was appointed to the library board by the Decatur school board in April, 1933, and served nearly 26 years. He had been president of the board for several years. A total of S7O has already been received by the library board. Smith stated, to be used to purchase modern science books xfor the memorial shelf. Dr. Bixler, with the help of high school teacher Harry Daniel, prepared a list of needed books this summer, when he discovered that many of the scientific books in the local library were out of date. Persons interested in making donations to the fund for the memorial of Dr. Bixler may send their contribution by mail to the library, marked for the fund, or give them to members of the library board. INDIANA WEATHER Snow spreading over moat of , state this afternoon and evening, except mostly rain extreme south this afternoon, changing to snow tonight. Accumulation of four or more inches likely in central portion with lesser amounts north and south. Snow will end most sections by late tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and cold, chance of snow flurries extreme north. Low tonight mostly In the 20s. High Thursday in the 30s. Sunnet today 6:'IT P.mi c.d.t.‘Bunrise Thursday 7:02 a.m. c.d.L Outlook for Friday: Increasing cloudiness and warmer. Lows mostly in the 20s. Highs mostly in the 40s.

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