Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 270.

Cole Asks

Community Fund Over Top

The Decatur Community Fund drive went over the top Saturday, with $20,497 collected, and some more contributions still expected, James Basham, drive chairman, announced today. The goal this year was $20,429, about 12% higher than last year’s . goal of $18,335, which was not raised. This was the largest amount raised in the history of the Decatur Community Fund drive', organized shortly after World War 11. Thank* Expressed —Basham -expressed- his -hearty thanks to all of the solicitors, captains, co-chairmen, officers and board members who went all out to make the drive successful. Basham also expressed his thanks to the Decatur Daily Democrat for the publicity on the drive. “The entire Decatur community, and these from other areas who work here or are interested in Decatur and who gave to the fund, are to be complimented for their generous gifts for public welfare.” Agency Distribution The-eight member agencies, and the amount that they will receive, are: Boy Scouts, $2,895; Girl Scouts, $2,125; Salvation Army. $1,320; U. 5.0., $513; Mental Health. $700; youth and recreation, $5,000; Red Cross. $5,876; Crippled Children, $1,200. The amounts received over this go into a fund for emergency relief and to help in case of a shortage in any future year. Industrial workers and industry in general in Decatur increased gifts by from 10-25% this year, Basham explained. This expresses the deep-seated interest that industries located here have in the welfare of Decatur and its population. “Biggest” Gift The “biggest” gift given this year took place at Basham’s home the last week of the drive. Answering a knock on the door, two small

Raging Blizzard Roars Eastward

HELENA, Mont. (UPD — The second raging blizzard in a week roared eastward today, leaving weather-battered Montana shivering under another blast of arctic ir. Cold wave warnings were issued for a band of states in the country's midsection, from the Dakotas to north Texas and New Mexico. Hard-hit Montana, cleaning up after a fresh onslaught of snow, received the full force of the bitterly cold winds as readings of more than 35 degrees-below zero were recorded. The Weather Bureau said the mercury plunged to minus 36 degrees at Helena this morning, while it was 35 at Butte, 26 at Lewistown and 21 at Cut Bank. Bara! Beads Closed High winds, clocked atxgusts to 40 miles an hour, whipped snow into giant drifts that closed many rural roads in Montana and isolated several communities when the second blizzard howled out of Canada Sunday. The new storm piled up more than eight Inches of snow in this capital city, immobilized by a record 2114 inch snowfall last week. Just as last week, stalled cars jammed the main street and pedestrians fought their way through waist high drifts. / The ice-choked Missouri River sent frigid flood waters into the outskirts of Townsend, a towh of 1,300—34 miles southeast of Helena. , Power failures blacked out several communities in Wyoming and Montana. Gale force winds slapped telephone and power lines together, causing much of the failures. Wisdom, in southeast Mondana, was without electricity for 65 minutes. Other power shortages were reported at Elk Basin, Cowley. Beaver and Frannie, Wyo-, and Silver Tip. Mont. . Temperature Drop* Fast High winds and freezing temperatures accompanied the blizzard as it moved into the Dakotas, Wyoming and Nebraska today. Western Nebraska was buffeted by icy north winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. The frigid air drove the thermometer from a high of 64 to zero in nine hours at Scottsbluff,

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’ lads, about ten years old, told Basham that they represented the Smokey Bears club. The boys had put on puppet shows last summer, and raised money for a worthy project. They wanted to give the whole sum—s3.so—to the community fund, where they felt it would do the most good. The boys presented the gift, and left without further identifying themselves. The number of unsolicited gifts was quite high this year, and many are still being received, as sl6 came in through the mail Saturday. The base of givers has been considerably widened this year, with an increase in the numbers of people contacted. The reference file of givers has been enlarged to take care of all the additional names. Gifts by commercial stores increased slightly this year, also. Short Drive Possible The drive started October 20, and went over the top November 14, although the bulk of the gifts had been received by October 31. “I feel certain that the drive can be completed in one week,” Basham announced, “if the same cooperation is evident next year.” The board will meet in the near future to make notes on possible improvements to help next year’s ’ drive. Basham complimented the members of the board who worked long hours to prepare the drive material, and especially Carl Braun, president of the fund, and Mrs. Laura Bosse, his secretary, and Mrs. Robert Boch, the fund’s secrotary, as well as the volunteer . helpers from the two Decatur high schools. The sign announcing the total success of the drive will be left in the court house yard for a week or so, Basham said, so’ that everyone may know that Decatur went over the top in its drive.

Neb. The weatherman said this included a 30 degree drop in four minutes, from 49 to 19 Sunday afternoon. Sub-zero readings were common this morning in Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota and northern Kansas. While the northern Plains and mountain states received the full force of winter’s fury, the eastern third of the country enjoyed comparatively warm weather. Readings in the 40s were common early today along the eastern seaboard where rain was expected today.. Occasional light rain ws Iso forecast in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley. New England and the Far West looked for generally fair weather with temperatures in the 60s todayOrphaned Boy Living With Decatur Aunt " Mack Wright, 10-year-old nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Johnson of route one, Washington street extended, has come to Decatar to spend at least a year with his uncle and aunt following a series of family tragedies. The young man has been enrolled in the fifth grade room at the Decatur high school building. He is the youngest son of Mrs. Johnson's sister, Martha. December 24, 1958, her husband, Gerald Wright, died suddenly of heart trouble. November 7 of this year the mother was killed in an automobile accident north of Angola, leaving Mack, a 16-year-old sister, and a 19-year-old brother. The older brother is staying temporarily with Mrs. Opal Wright, a sister-in-law of the father, before enrolling again at Ball State Teachers College. The sister is living with Mrs. Johnson’s younger sister, Mrs. Ralph Frisinger, at Angola. The Johnsons are the parents of three daughters. 14 years old, nine years old, and six years old.

Pope Appoints Eight Prelates As Cardinals VATICAN CITY (UPI) — Pope John XIII today named eight new cardinals, including two Americans, to bring the college of cardinals to its highest strength in history. The Americans are Msgr. Albert Gregory Meyer, archbishop of Chicago, and Msgr. Aloisius Muench, apostolic nuncio to Germany and archbishop-bishop of Fargo, N.D. Both are natives of Milwaukee, Wis. The College of Cardinals will now have a strength of 79. Its previous high was 75, reached last year at this time when Pope John broke precedent and named 23 new members. The college had never been larger than 70 members previously. Four Cardinals Died Four of the cardinals have died since the last consistory. They include the former archbishop of Chicago, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Msgr. Meyer’s cessorThe new American cardinals restore to six the number of Americans in the college. The other American cardinals are Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York, Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston, John Cardinal O’Hara of Philadelphia, and James Cardinal Me Intyre of Ls Angeles. There have been reports that the Pope intends to strengthen the College of Cardinals even more, Krhaps including 88 to 100 memrs. The new makeup of the College of Cardinals is 31 Italians and 48 non-Italians. To Be Invested Dec. 14 All the new cardinals except one will be invested with their red hats at consistories beginning in flw Vatican Dec. .14. Msgr. Meyer was born in Milwaukee on March 9, 1903. He was ordained a priest in 1926, appointed Bishop of Superior, Wis., in 1946, and nahed archbishop of Chicago Sept. 19, 1958, to succeed the late Cardinal Stritch. Msgr. Muench was born in Milwaukee on Feb. 18, 1889. He was ordained in 1913 and named bishop of Fargo in 1935. He was raised to the personal rank of archbishop in 1950 and named nuncio to Germany in 1951. Santa Claus Train Ride December 5 The third annual Santa Clause train ride sponsored by the retail divison of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday, December 5. Three trains are again scheduled for this year’s event. They will leave the Erie depot at 10 a.m. 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Santa Claus will be aboard the train to meet his young admirers, listen to their Christmas requests, and pass out candy. The train will travel to Ohio City and return, and the trip will probably take about 90 minutes. Free tickets will again be available to the parents of the youngsters in the area. Participating members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will distribute their tickets Tuesday, December 1. As in previous years, adult tickets will be sold on the same day at the Chamber office. This anndhl event was begun in 1957. The original plan was to use one train and 16 sponsors had pledged their support, but even that first year, due to tremendous demand, three trains were used and 48 sponsoring merchants participated. Last year’s event was highly successful with an even longer train used for each run. Tom Garner and Roy Kalver are co-chairmen of this year's Christmas " promotion, with Tom Smith and Herb Bannng assisting. Additional details, along with a list of the partcipating merchants, will be announced in a few days. Kosciusko County Schools Are Robbed WARSAW, Ind. (UPI) — State . and Kosciusko County authorities today sought clues" which might ' lead to arrests in two school burglaries during the weekend in which $1,400 was taken. About $750 was taken from a safe at Claypool High School and $650 from Sidney School, located in small towns eight miles apart in the southern part of the county.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, Nov. 16,1959.

Election Recount Democratic Incumbent t ■ . ...... • .. ' / ' ' _ - Petitions For Recount; Lost By Only Four Votes

Break-ins Al Rural Homes Investigated A series of “piggy bank” robberies over the weekend has triggered an extensive two-county search for culprits who broke into three rural Decatur homes and at least two southern Allen county rural homes Saturday evening. Adams county sheriff department police are investigating several leads on the suspects who stole the savings of children and other items, including some jewelry at the three rural homes. The Jack Smith residence and the Walter Walchle residence, both of route 5, Decatur, and the Herman Everett residence, of route 1, Decatur. were broken into between 5:30 p.m. and midnight Saturday, while the occupants were not home. Entrance to the homes was gained by breaking glass in the doors of the residences. The rash of break-ins has intensified efforts by local law enforcement authorities, who are working on an around-the-clock vigil on these specific cases. < One of the Allen county breakins occurred on the Hessen Cassel road and another south of Poe. No further information was available on these thefts. Whether the twocounty thefts were linked together was not yet ascertained either by local enforcement officers. SmairPlane Crashes, Pilot Is Uninjured OXFORD, Ind. (UPI) —Edward Fox, 24, Fond du Lac, Wis., narrowly escaped serious injury when his small plane crashed duirng an attempted landing on Ind. 55 near here Saturday. State Police said Fox was piloting a rented craft when it apparently developed engine trouble. Hie plane struck a fence when Fox tried to regain altitude to avoid a culvert.

42 Are Dead In Airliner Crash

NEW ORLEANS (UPD —. A National Airlines DC7Z carrying 42 persons on a midnight flight across the Gulf of Mexico crashed into the open waters early today, apparently killing all aboard Search planes reported a number of bodies, many clad in life preservers, floating in the area—about 120 miles east-southeast of New Orleans. Debris and pathetically - empty life rafts bobbed in the turbulent waters. Coast Guard and National .Airlines search planes reported not a sign of life. The plane had reported no trouble and there was no immediate explanation of what happened. The area was heavily covered at the time with fog which seriously hampered rescue operations until well after daylight. Dropped from Screen The craft was spotted simultaneously by a National Airlines search plane and by a Coast Guard plane. The plane last was sighted on an Air Force radar screen at an altitude of 14,000 feet. Then it suddenly dropped off the screen. Whether it plunged suddenly into the gulf was not known. Another question was why, if the passengers had time to don life jackets, the crew did not radio a distress signal. If they had issued such a signal, “we would have received it,” an Air Force spokesman said. The Coast Guard said there was “plenty of bodies, life preservers

INDIANA WEATHER Cold wave warning. Cold wave with strong northwesterly winds overspreading state tonight, preceded by some light rain or driitle changing to brief snow flurries, with wind shift. Low temperatures by Tuesday morning 5 to 12 above northwest to 12 to 20 southeast. Tuesday partly cloudy, colder with diminishing winds in afternoon. Snow flurries extreme north portion, possibly heavy close to Lake Michigan. High Tuesday in the 20s. Sunset today: 4:29 р. m. c.s.t., 5:29 p. m. c.d.t. Sunrise Tuesday 6:32 a. m. с. 7:32 a. m. c.d.t. Outlook for Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and c o 14. Lows 4 to 12. Highs in 20s. Christmas Savings Club Checks Mailed The first sign of the Christmas season appeared in the Decatur area this weekend as the First State Bank of Decatur mailed out checks amounting to $139,000 from 2,043 Christmas club accounts, according te an announcement from Herman Krueckeberg, cashier. The Christmas savings club at th? local bank usually forecasts the opening of the shopping season, but several of the account holders will put the money to other uses, Krueckeberg said. He told how many will put the money into permanent savings plans, pay current bills and other items not directly connected with the Christmas season. While the 1959 total is a fraction less than last year’s amount, the ■ local banker did not appear disi mayed, chalking it off to a general i economic trend, which is apparently correcting itself, he said. New accounts for the 1960 Christ- . mas savings clubs are now being accepted, he added, with the last two windows in the bank serving as the deposit windows for those who wish to enroll in the savings plan.

■ and life rafts” floating in the de- ; bris, scattered over about a half- [ mile radius of the wind-swept , gulf. The water there is about 90 feet deep. The Coast Guard dis- ■ patched three ships to the scene where they were expected to arrive about noon or 1 p.m. c.s.t The plane was carrying 36 passengers, five crew members and ■ a man believed to be with the ; Federal Aeronautics Administration. Fog Hampers Search Coast Guard cutters and aircraft swarmed over the area but t fog and brisk winds hampered the . search. Coast Guard officials said . the fog made it difficult to get I search planes and helicopters off . the ground. A Coast Guard cutter bearing two doctors -and a store of medical supplies left Gulfport, Miss., . under full speed early today. i National Airlines said one of its ; Convairs left Miami shortly before 7 a.m. with a number of airi line officials. A National spokesi man said the officials figured the ; spot the missing liner disappeared was about 110 mles east-southeast > of New Orleans. The Coast Guard said the last > fix on the plane put it in the vi- > cinity of Chanaeleur Island, a i long, narrow chain of islands between Mobile, Ala., and New Or- ■ leans. x>A radar station on Dauphin Island. 30 miles south of Mobile, i was watching the plane on its i screen when “it just dropped off.”

Weatherman Again Forecasts Colder United Press International A new cold wave warning was issued at noon today for Indiana, calling for temperatures of 5 to 20 above zero early Tuesday and 4 to 12 above Tuesday night Shifting movements in the upper air kept forecasts of 7 to 16 above zero from materializing early Sunday, but the cold was only delayed. Rain or drizzle in 40 - degree temperatures this afternoon was expected to be followed by much colder and windy tonight with heavy snow possible near Lake Michigan and occasional flurries elsewhere. Maximum temperatures Tuesday were expected to be no higher than the 20s. Forecasts issued Saturday had called for the mercury to shrink to a range of 7 to 16 above by Sunday morning, with Sunday highs in the 20s. However, Goshen’s 15 avoe zero was the ioldest reported, with South Bend close behind at 16, and the range between Fort Wayne and Evansville was from 23 to 26. Instead of highs in the 20s Sunday, the top temperatures ranged from 36 at Fort Wayne to 42 at Indianapolis and Evansville, and overnight lows tody ranged from 30 at Fort Wayne to 39 at Evansville. A resumption of rain was likely today, changing to snow as the temperatures tumbles tonight. Snow flurries were expected again Tuesday. Highs today will range from 42 to 53, and highs Tuesday from 25 to 37 The five-day outlook indicated that temperatures will continue much below seasonal normals. Temperatures will average near 10 degrees below normal highs of 42 to 55 and normal lows of 26 to 38/ . • * - “Turning" much colder most of area tonight and Tuesday with slow warming trend about Thursday or Friday,” the outlook said. “Precipitation will total near onehalf inch in rain and snow tonight, some snow or snow flurries Tuesday. Rain or snow likely again about Thursday or Friday.” Sale Os Christmas Seals Is Underway Robert Zwick, president of the Adams county tuberculosis association, announced that the 53rd annual Christmas seal sale is underway in the county. Mrs. W. Guy Brown, secretary of the association, is in charge of the campaign. More than 6,500 letters containing over one million seals, have been mailed to residents of business organizations of Adams county. All Adams county schools will also receive a supply of seals, and these may be purchased by persons requiring more seals than they received through the mailing system and by those who have been omitted. Health bonds, rangihg in value from $5 to SIOO, will also be sent to lodges, service clubs and sororities. Eighty-two per cent of the money derived from the sale of the seals is used to fight the disease locally. Clinics, the mobile X-ray project, rehabilitation, patch testing, and a continuous educational program in the schools, are also financed through this program. Revenue from the Christmas seals is the only money received during the year by the county organization. Mailing of the seals was completed with the help of the commercial department of the Decatur high school, under the guidance of Maynard Hetrick, department head.

A petition for a recount of votes , in the mayor’s race was filed this , morning, and a separate petition, | contesting the election on the , grounds that Gage did not receive . the highest number of votes in the , race, was filed at the same time. Hie original results indicated , that Donald F. Gage had 1,708 votes to Mayor Robert D. Cole's 1,704. Eleven boards which had been administering the election for 12 hours then spent an additional three hours counting votes. Since there is a possibility of an honest mistake in the count, and since it is quite likely that there may upon recount be a change as great as four or five votes, the petition was filed. The language of the petition meets the requirements of the law. In accordance with the law, Robert D. Cole signed both petitions. The Democratic precinct committeemen had earlier voted unanimous support of such a motion, believed to have been the first in the history of the city of Decatur. The text of the petitions follow: Recount Petition 1. That on the 3rd day of November, 1959, there was a city election held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, in the State of Indiana, for the purpose of electing City officials, including the office of Mayor of said City. 2. That this petitioner and Donald F. Gage, whose post office address is 723 Mercer Avenue, Decatur, Indiana, were all of the candidates for such office at said election. 3. That said office was voted upon in all precincts in the City of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana. 4. That this petitioner in good faith believes that either through mistake or fraud the votes cast for such office at such election in all of said precincts were not correctly counted and returned. 5. That petitioner desires a re- > count of all the votes cast for the ; office of Mayor in each of the following precincts in the City. of f Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, i towit: lA. 18, IC, ID, 2A, 28, 2C. • 3A, 38, 3C and Decatur-Root, the • same being all of the voting pre- • cincts in the City of Decatur, Ad- • ams County, Indiana. 6. That said petitioner desires to 1 contest said election for the office of Mayor of the City of Decatur, Indiana, and he desires a recount of all of the votes cast for such office in such precincts. WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that an order be made for a recount of all of the votes cast for the office of the Mayor of the City of Decatur, Indiana, at the City Election held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, on ■ Tuesday, November 3rd, 1959, and that a Commission be appointed \ as provided by law for the purpose of making such recount and to make and sign a certificate

Hearing Opening On Tax Revisions

WASHINGTON (UPI) — House , tax writers opened a detailed study of how to bring more income under federal taxes today and quickly heard a plea for revising tax rates. In five weeks of hearings the ( House Ways & Means Committee ’ will explore ways of wiping out ' some of the present loopholes and tax breaks and thus possibly pave ’ the way for reducing taxes. 1 But Jahn C. Davidson of the ' National Association /of Manufacturers warned the committee 1 against allowing its copcern about I broadening the tax base to cause ■ a delay in action on revising tax : rtes. Davidson said in a prepared statement that if the hearings ■ keep alive the idea that reform- ' ’ ing tax rates "is dependent upon. f or should not take place in ad- ; vance of. a clean-up job” on the internal revenue code then a tax

showing the total number of votes received in each and all of said precincts above named by each of the candidates for said office and such further orders and proceedings herein as are provided for by law, and which the Court deems right and proper. Contest Petition 1. That on the 3rd day of November, 1959, there was a City ElecAdams County, Indiana. 2. That petitioner desires to and does hereby contest the _ election for the office of Mayor of the City of Decatur, Indiana, held at said election. 3. That Donald F. Gage whose post office address is 723 Mercer Avenue, Decatur, Indiana, and this petitioner were all of the candidates for such bffice at said election. 4. That petitioner does hereby contest said election for the following causes, towit: On account of mistake or fraud in the official count of the votes; that the petitioner herein desires a recount of the votes cast for such office and that he has heretofore filed in this Court a petition for such recount in the State of Indiana. 5. That petitioner honestly believes that as a result of the facts set forth as grounds of contest; that contestee was elected when he had not in fact received the highest number of votes. Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the Court will set a day for hearing on said petition and order the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court to issue a notice directed to the Sheriff of Adams County, Indiana, for the contestee, Donald F. Gage, to appear and answer such petition as prescribed by law, and that the Court will after hearing on the issues presented herein, declare the petitioner herein, Robert D. Cole, the duly elected Mayor of the City of Decatur, Indiana, and for all other proper relief in the premises. Fort Wayne Motorist Killed In Accident FRANKFORT, Ind. (UPD-Oar-ice J. Bush, Fort Wayne, was killed today when his car struck a culvert on Ind. 28 about a mile east of 'Scircleville. Police had to pry the wreckage apart to revover the body. Craven Emshwiller Reported Critical The condition of Craven Emshwiller, of Bluffton, remains critical at the Robert, Long hospital in Indianapolis, where he underwent five hours <rf surgery Thursday for the removal of blood clots from both legs. No visitors except the immediate family are permitted.

cut may be delayed indefinitely. He compared the situation to that of a farmer who spends so much time fighting weeds he doesn’t have time to grow his corn. “The need for broadening the tax base has been given as the justification for tackling first what some might describe as the federal tax weed patch,” Davidson said. He estimated that a thorough reform of the tax rate structure could boost net personal income by at least 40 billion dollars a year within eight years, because it would stimulate economic growth. The committee’s goal is to pinpoint loopholes and special tax breaks which should be eliminated thus permitting a cut In income tax rates without sacrificing any government revenue. a

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