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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

HEART ATTACK IS FATAL TO EX-RESIDENT

Will Aspect Elks j DEA TH STALKS INDIANA ROADS, TOLL IS NOW 34

COMES TO DEPAUW ON FRIDAY MORNING

MAURICE W. BEE DIES SUDDENLY; FUNERAL HERE TUESDAY

Maurice W. Bee, age 39 years died suddenly Saturday evening at his home at 1454 Bates St., Indianapolis. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Bee was born January 6, 1916 in Greeneastle, the son of William and Ethel Naugle Bee and spent the early part of his life in this cjty. He was a veteran of tVorld War II. and was employed by a trucking firm in Indianapolis at the time of his death. Survivors are: his mother, Mrs. Ethel Coffman, one sister, Mrs. Mary LeMasters, one brother Robert, half brother, Harl Coffrmm, all of Indianapolis, one aunt, Mrs. W'ilbur Chadd, Greencastle, two nieces and two nephew’s. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. from the W’hitaker Funeral Home here. Rev. Elgin Smith will be in charge. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home any time. i

FATALITIES OX HOOSIER HIGHWAYS SOARED IN PAST FIVE DAYS

Paul L. Mason of Crawfordsville, deputy grand exalted ruler for the newly organized Indiana W'est District of Elks, will conduct the annual inspection of Greencaatle Elks Lodge Tuesday, Oct. 11. In his official visit here, Mr. Mason will represent the order’s grand exalted ruler, John Walker of Roanoke, Va.

Elks To Observe Newspaper Week Greeneastle Elks I^odge Nc. 1077 will observe National Newspaper Week, Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, with a 7:00 p. m. dinner at the club home Tuesday. Personnel of the Greeneastle newspapers will be special guests for the occasion.

Mrs. Crist Dies In Indianapolis Mrs. Glen Owen received word Sunday morning of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Curtis Crist, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Crist passed away Saturday evening. Sh< had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the Royster and Askin Funeral Home, 2.510 W. Washington St.. Indianapolis. HOSPITAL NOTES Dismissed: Mary Papabakos, Spencer, Lucille Aker Reelsville, Milo B. Lit tell, Clayton, Ivella West, Clayton, Frank Smith. Jr., Cloverdale, Elaine Stocker, Greeneastle; Ida Rubendall, Poland; Charlotte Mathews, Greencastle. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller, Fillmore, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belt, Bainbridge. a daughter.

Two Men Land In County Jail Tw’o local men were arrested and lodged in the Putnam county jail at 1 a. m. Sunday by State Trooper George Hccko of the Putnamville police post. Sheriff Joe Rollings reported that William Irwin, 26. and Floyd Sears. 27. were booked on public intoxication charges. The two were taken into custody at the Hanna cross roads, nine miles north of Greeneastle.

Dr. Morgan Hits Back At Critics

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3 — (UP) Dr. Margaret Morgan, Indiana mental health commissioner hit back today at those who criticized her far firing Dr. [ John Larson as head of the Logansport State Hospital. Her prepared statement said she w r as “astonished” that one clitic said Larson’s dismisal “indicated we are unconcerned about the patient.” “I am sick and tired of hrrving self-styled mental health authorities exploit the symbol of patient care for their own personal publicity,” Dr. Morgan said. She blamed three Republica n state lawmakers, Sen. Dorothy Gardner of Fort Wayne and Reps. Jesse Dickenson of South Bend and Ralph Hines of Portland, of making public statements “without trying to get the facts.” Larson was replaced Thursday with Dr. John Southworth, ilinical director of Madison State Hospital. Larson was charged with mismanagement and inefficiency, and Dr. Morgan said her only mistake may have been her failure to relieve him earlier. Larson said bis dismissal was a cover-up for the mismanagement of others.

LO O K. NOTICE Putnam Lodge No. 45, I.O.O.F. \ will be host to a district meeting on Tuesday, October 4 at at 7:30 p. m. Pride of Boone I^odge will confer the First Degree. Counties to be represnted will include Morgan, Hendricks and Putnam. All members are urged to be present.

JACK BENNY’ S DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND SEPARATE

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 3 Joan Benny, 21, adopted daughter of comedian Jack Bonny, has separated from her husband of 19 months. New York stockbroker Seth Baker, 28, because of “incompatibility." she disclosed today. The couple has a son, Mich- I ael, 2'.- months oid.

Indiana’s blood-stained highways and streets claimed a grim toll of at least 34 dead in a period of less than five days ending today as Hoosier motorists headed into the season which safety experts warn is the year’s most dangerous. The rash of accidents which began Wednesday afternoon, also killed at least 17 persons during the weekend from Friday night until midnigh Sunday. Both the weekend and the four day toll were among the . w’orst of the year. One weekend crash killed three persons and two others killed two each. Only one crash involved more than one car, and high speed was blamed for many of the accidents. F. C. Harshman, Frankfort, his wife, Eula Mae, and Lander Williams, Frankfort, were killed when trapped in a car whicn plunged into Sugar Creek, along Ind. 39 north, of Lebanon. Cynthia Beringer, 4, South Bend, was killed when two car? heading for the Indiana-Notre Dame football game crashed at South Bend. Mrs. Charlotte Hungryager, Elkhart, died later of injuries. Bernard L. Rhoades, Mooresville and Richard Remster, Camby, rode to death in an auto which struck a tree in Monrovia, injuring four other youths. John Carpenter, Indianapolis, was killed when his car smashed into a railroad elevation in his home city. Police said he may have dozed. Lester Harder, Loogootee, was killed when the car he occupied went out of control at high speed and overturned several times or. Ind. 57 no! theast of Evansville. Cecil Foutch, Lawrenceburg, was killed when his car struck a pole near Lawrenceburg and burst into flames. James Brown, 9, Indianapolis, was killed when he ran into the path of a car on an Indianapolis street. Other victims were: William Yount, Richmond, hit by a car while crossing a street near his home. Steve Behary, struck by an auto in East Chicago. David Spears, Albany, whose car went out of control on Ind. 67 near Mancie. Clinton Bcchtol, Montpelier, O. whise big truck hit a powerline pole along U. S. 6 near Butler. He was electrocuted as he stepped from the cab. Donald R. Rhoades, Washington, riding in a car which missed a curve on a Knox county road and struck a tree. Gerald F. Gross, Ft. Wayne, whose ^ar missed a curve near Fort Wayne and struck a tree.

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Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner will appear in the Gobin Memorial Church Fr day morning at ten o’clock in one of her character impersonations for which she is so famous.

DEADLINE OCT. 10 Monday, October 10, is the deadline for registration to vote in the city election in November. Any resident who has moved into a different precinct since the last election should be certain that he or she is registered properly. Anyone in doubt should call or go to the county clerk’s oftice to check on their registration.

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Ex-Mayor Loses Place On Ballot

Salk Will Test New Polio Shots

New Orders Are Reported By IBM NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—T. V Learson, IBM vice president in < harge of sales, reports that during the last ninety days the company has received oi’ders for 34 large-scale 700-.series electronic data processing systems. Shipments of this type of machine arc presently running at the rate of three a month, and in January shipments will have reached seven a month. Average rental is $30,000 a month. In the intermediate area, 170 orders for the 650 Magnetic Drum machine renting at an average of $3,500 per month, have been received in the last ninety days. There arc more than 115 already installed and production is running at the rate of one a day. Mr. Learson stated that the success of the 100 Type 650 intermediate data processing machines installed has resulted in customer demand’ to add magnetic tape operation to this machine. Shipments of this improv'ed model will begin in June, 1953.

Boy Runs Into Side 0? Car

Chucky Evens, age 5, gave pedestrians and motorists a scare .Saturday afternoon when he darted across Washington street at the intersection of Indiana street and ran into the side of an automobile driven by Madeline Smithers. City police reported that the youngster was in a hur ry to get to the picture show and that the traffic light was against him. He is tire son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Evens. The boy fell down when a front wheel of the car r an over the tip cf his shoe, police said.

DIVORCE SUIT Mrs. Joyce Joan Love has filed suit for divorce in circuit court from Lee Roy Love. They were married Oct. 24. 1952, and separated Sept. 30, 1955. She asks custody of a minor son. Lyon & Boyd ane her attorneys.

Ben White Rites Set For Tuesday

Benjamin Harrison White, 68, passed away at the Putnam county hospital Saturday evening about 9 p. m. Mr. White was bom July 28, 1887, the son of John and Melinda Pettit White. He had spent most all his life in this community.. He was formerly employed at Forest Hill cemetery, before his health failed. Survivors are: three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, Miami, F ! a., Mrs. Delphia Toney, and Mrs. Nora Sipes, Frankfort, one brother, Frank White, Greencastle. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. from Hop-kins-Walton Funeral Home. Rev F. F. Travis will be in charge. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home.

DELEGATES RECALLED AFTER WALKOUT

CRISES ROCK FRANCE; FAURE IN SHAKY SPOT SERIES OF MAJOR POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC CRISIS REPORTED

The first heavy frost was reported when the temperature dropped to a low of 36 degrees. Aura Mae Durham, 11, was injured when she stepped from behind an interurban car on Seminary street and was hit by an automobile. Miss Christine Hurst was attending Grand Temple of the Pythian Sisters at Indianapolis as a delegate from Emerald Temple No. 369 of Cloverdale. Fay Spurlock was initiated by the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at DePauw.

VINCENNES. Ind., Oet. 3 — (UP)- The mayoralty campaign at Vincennes was less crowded today following a decision by the Knox County Election Board to knock former Mayor William P»etz off the ballot. Betz lost in in’? Democratic primary last spring, but formed a Peoples Party and entered the race under that banner. The election board, in a ‘meeting Saturday, split 2-1 in voidng Betz’s candidacy. The majority cited a 1951 Indiana attorney General's opinion in a similar case to back its ruling. The race now has been trimmed to one Democratic and one Republican candidate and Independent incumbent mayor Eugene Stocker. The board ordered absentee ballots, printed with Betz's name, recalled and new ballots printed.

PITTSBURG. Oct. 3 —(UP) | Dr. Jonas E. Salk plans to coni duet tests on volunteer school children to learn whether a new version of his vaccine will provide greater immunity to polio. The University of Pittsburg scientist disclosed that laboratory tests show that a new vaccine appears more potent than the ant;-polio shots now being administered to school children. Dr. Salk announced. in an article published in the Allegheny County Medical Society’s weekly bulletin, that the vaccine to be tested is basically the same as that now in use. but several different strains have been developed to bolster the vaccine’s ability to halt polio. | He will ask Pittsburg school authorities for permission to test the more powerful vaccines in “certain selected schools,” which will include kindergarten pupils amd children in the first three grades. “Our plan is to initiate the new studies within the next few weeks," he said.

PARIS, Oct. 3—A series of major political and diplomatic crises rocked France today, threatening its international position and periling the government of Premier Edgar Faure. Open warfare broke out in Morocco where 200 Frenchmen ana Arabs were reported killed this weekend. Revolt threatened in Algeria. France recalled its permanent delegation from the Un.ted Nations and relations with the Soviet Union were suddenly »ess friendly. Foreign Minister Aontinc Pinayy asked Soviet Ambassador Sergei Vinagradov to call today, and informed sources said ho would inform him that Faure and Pinay were postponing their trip to Moscow. France was angry because the Soviet joined the nations which voted in favor of United Nations debate on Algeria. This was the fuse which touched off the whole series of crises. The French National Assembly convenes Thursday after its summer recess and it was certain Faure would meet rough going from the body that voted Pierre Mendes-Fiance out of office last spring because it did not like his North African policy. Faure was in trouble and he knew it. He pleaded for "continuity of government” in a speecn Sunday on eve of the assembly meeting.

Carrying the .bouquet of red roses presented to him by his wife, former Grand Adm. Erirh Raedcr leaves Spandau prison in Berlin. Once the top naval aide of Adolf Hitler, the 79-year-old convicted Nazi war criminal was released from a life sentence because of his health and h;s advanced age. EXTRA! ELY, Minn., Oct. 3 — (UP) — Rescue crews worked around the clock for the fifth day today in their drive to reach a miner trapped 1,300 feet underground by an iron ore mine cave-in. The weary task was pushed J forward, even though it was beJoe Glinsek, 43, was dead by lieved positive that the miner, this time.

Democrats Hold Strategy Meeting CHICAGO, Oct. 3 —(UP) — Democratic leaders from most states in the nation met today to plot 1956 campaign strategy and, unofficially, discuss the political effects of President Eisenhower’s illness. Mr. Eisenhower’s illness was not on the official agenda of the two-day meeting of the 29-mem-ber Democratic advisory Committee. But it was believed certain that his possible elimination as a 1956 GOP presidential candidate would come up for closeddoor discussion. Some of the Democratic leaders were also expected to take advantage of the meeting by visiting Adlai E. Stevenson here. Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate, is scheduled to announce next month whether he will make another bid for the White House.

FORT WAYNE, Oct. 3 Richard Pallone, 4, was burned to death v/hen he apparently set a chest of drawers on fire while playing with matches, then hid in a nearby closet. The blaze broke out Saturday while the boy’s father, Anthony, slept in an upstairs bedroom and his mother was out shopping. Firemen contained flames to the area near the closet. The boy’s body was found in the blackened closet. The fire was discovered by an older brother who smelled smoke while playing outside.

Nixon Reports The Government Is OK WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 —(UP) -—Vice President Richard M. Nixon has assured the nation that (ha government is operating in President Eiscnliower’s illness w’ithout “internal disputes and jealousies.” In an improm^vi news conference held on the lawn of his home Sunday, the vice president said “every official of government has orr.ly one goal in mind, and that is to see th^t the gov-(rnment-runs in a way just as close as possible to the way we think the President would want it 'un under these circumstances.” Since the President’s illness, Nixon said, there have been none of the “internal disputes and ’ealousies” that usually mark ‘similar occurrences in American history’.”

RICHMOND, Ind. Oct. 3 — —Crosley workers streamed back to their jobs today, 102 days after they began a strike which led to repeated violence and filing of charges against nearly 100 persons. The 2,200 AFL Electrical Workers vited unanimously Saturday to end the walkout against the Avo Manufacturing Co’s Orasley Division and accept a flat 10 cent hourly wage increase.

French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay ilefti. and Herve Alphend French United Nations leader, board their plane back tP P iris after being recalled. The recall of the French leaders followed Pmay’s action when he led the French U. N. delegation in a walkout, foiloifr:ng the N. N's vote to debate the Alberian issue.

ACY USED OF MURDED INDIANAPOLIS, O t 3 (UP) A preliminary murder charge was filed today aaginst Raymond Patrick, 28, accused o r slugging a Detroit motorist for blowing his horn unnecessarily. Jack N. Nicholson, 58, was struck Friday night and died Sunday morning. Witnesses said another motorist accused him o* blowing his bom, then struck him over the left eye. Police took a description of the assailant and traced it to Patrick, who admitted striking Nicholson. But Patrick was released when Nicholson refused to signa warrant.

PARIS,, Oct. 3—(UP)—France told Soviet Russia formally today that Premier Edgar Faure and Foreign Minister Antoine have postponed their visit to Moscow because of the position taken by Russia on the Algerian vote in tlYc United Nations. Anikine was called to the Fireign Soviet Attache Alexander Office at midday and was received by Pinay.

CAIRO. Oct. 3- (UP)—State Department trouble-shooter George Alien scheduled a final converence with Premier Carnal Abdel Nasseh today on the arms question but it appeared Allen’s mission had failed. Nasser not only declared in a speech that Egypt would stick with her agreement with Czechoslovakia to buy arms but also bitterly attacked the Western powers and accused them of trying to keep Egypt unarmed and thus be under their influence.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 —(UP) — Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershcy says men 36 and over will not be drafted in any future war unless the United States is attacked at home. Hershcy said men 26-to-36 would be used "only selectively” and that men under 26 would be the only group "sure” to see military service. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (UP) — Sen. George D. Aiken, the administration’s leading farm spokesman in the Senate, predicts that President Eisenhower will \eto any bill to restore high fixed government supports on farm prices. The Vermont senator said current low farm prices are the result of what he called the unrealistic crop production goals set by the Truman administration.

NO. 300 IKE DEVELOPS FIRST SLOWUP SUNDAY NIGHT “TIREDNESS” REPORTED BY DOCTORS IN PRESIDENT’S ILLNESS

DENVER. Oct. 3.—(UP) — President Eisenhower's doctors today postponed their usual 7 a m. MST (8 a. m. CST) medical bulletin because the President still was sleeping soundly after suffering from “tiredness” last night. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty informed reporters that the President awoke at 4:25 a .m. MST but went back to sleep within a half hour and was still asleep at 7 a. m. The President awoke again at 7:10 a. m. The press secretary said the President’s tempcratuie and pulse were cheeked and found normal when he awoke the first time at 4:25 a. m. Mr. Eisenhower’s physicians reported he was "little tired" last night in the first apparent slowdown in his steady recovery from a heart attack. The doctors planned examinations to find the cause of the unexpected fatigue. Mr. Eisenhower, lulled by a sedative, went to sleep at 8.45 p. m. MST. He was not given any further sedative when he awoke at 4:25 a. m. The tiredness- the first slowup reported since the President went to Fitzsimons Army Hospital nine days ago with a coronary thrombosis, came upon him Sunday after he had eaten his supper. Noticing the fatigue, the President’s doctors gave him threequarters of a grain of seeonal, a sedative, and by 8.45 p. m. h 1 ? was asleep. The bulletin issued this morning said he was rested and his condition was very satisfactory.

'55 Minaret Wins National Honors It was reported Monday that the Greeneastle high school annual yearbook, the 1955 Minaret, had been awarded first place in a national contest of prep school publications. This is quite an honor for the school and staff considering the vast number of entries from all over the country in their classification in the contest. Miss Sandra Johnson was editor of this year’s Minaret and Steve Sutherlin was business manager. Supreme Courl Convenes Today WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI Chief Justice Earl Warren and the eight associate justices step from behind a dark red curtain today and take their places at a gleaming mahogany bench to open the Supreme Court’s 165th year. A buzzer is scheduled to hush an expected overflow crowd of tourists, dignitaries and gave ernment officials in the lofty marble courtroom across the square from the capitol. Opening day of the nine-month term is devoted to the formality of admitting some 100 lawyers to practice before the high tribunal. After the brief ceremony, the justices return to their offices to work on a backlog of more than 700 cases piled up during the summer recess.

& Today’s Weather & Local Temperature 9 I Increasing cloudiness todav and tonight followed by occa sional showers Tuesday. Not much change in temperature.

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