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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 39

3 INJURED IN HEADON CRASH Of TWO AUTOS

BOB MYERS AND CLAY COUNTY COUPLE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Robert CBob) Myers, well known Greencastle auto dealer, and » Clay county couple were injured in a headon crash of two I automobiles on the Manhattan Road at 6:20 p. m. Thursday. State police at the Putnamville Post reported tha! the accident occurred two miles north of U. S. 40. The police said that Mr. Myers was unconscious after the crash from a head injury. Also injured were William Thomas McCloud, Brazil Route Five, head lacerations, and his wife, Norma-, 30, broken arm and leg. Police listed Mr. McCloud’s condition as “not serious.’’ Suffering from concussion, Mr. Myers was reported as ’’fairly good” at the Putnam county hospital Friday morning. Mrs. McCloud’s condition was reported the same. This crash was the only serious accident as Greencastle and Putnam County observed Safe Driving Day Thursday. No other traffic mishap in this community was reported by state or local officers. FATAL COLLISION SULLIVAN. Ind. Dec. 2 (UP) - Harold Weir, 55, Sullivan, was killed late Thursday when his auto collided headon with another on slippery Ind. 54 near here. Ray Hendricks, 44, Dugger, driver of the .other car, was injured. Strikers Return At New Castle NEW CASTLE, Ind., Dec. 2.— (UP) Seven erstwhile strikers returned to their jobs at the Perfect Circle Corp. foundry Thursday, the first of about 200 who may seek reinstatement after a violent walkout. They went back to work under a new contract which ended a four-month CIO United Auto Workers strike. Other strikers planned to apply for jobs Friday. The bulk of returning strikers is expected to enter the plant Monday, and 25 National Guard troops will keep watch at least until then to insure that resumption of normal production is peaceful. There still was some unrest about the strike and the bloody shotgun riot it touched off Oct. 4i'onfIniiert nn I’hkc T»o> IKE NO .MECHANIC GETTYSBURG. Pa. Dec. 2 (UP)—Things can go wrong oven with the President’s chauffeur driven limousine. When Mr. Eisenhower tried to open the door of his black limousine at his office Thursday the handle came off in his hand. Amused, he tried to fix it but finally gave up and climbed out of the door on the opposite side.

CAUDLE’S VERSION ST. LOUIS. Dec. 2 (UP) T. I^amar Caudle, head of the Justice Department tax division until he was fired in 1951. after his indictment Thursday on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government: “Why am I used as a scapegoat and offered to public sacrifice? I've done nothing wrong. I've done only good.”

HERE AND THERE

John A. Friend won a prize for a story of his which was printed in the American Legion monthly magazine. Mrs. Russell Vermillion was hostess to the Young M rrried Women’s Class of the Gobin Memorial chnuh. George E Knauer was chairman of the Greencastle Townsend Club No. 1. Wisconsin defeated the DePauw basketball team. 18 to 16. Hal Hickman made five points lor the Tigers.

JOSETTE and YVETTE ROMAN The young French- American pianists. Josette and Yvette Roman. will be featured in the season’s second civic music concert here Sunday. Dec. 11. Performing under the auspices of the Greencastle-DePauw Civic Music Association, the duo-piano team will appear in the Greencastle high school auditorium at 8:15 p. m. Born in Paris and trained at the Paris Conservatory, the Roman sisters made their New York debute at Town Hall in 1950 and later that year were soloists with the San Francisco Symphony under Pierre Monteux. Dr. Eby Gives Chapel Address In his second Religious Evaluation Week chapel address yesterday at DePauw, Dr. Kermit Eby concentrated on his “two ideas and a concern” as an educator. A University of Chicago professor, he has been a main participant in the religious event which ends tonight with a repeat performance of Arthur Miller’s play, “Tne Crucible.” Produced by tee Methodist Student Movement’s Wesley Players, the religious drama will be presented at 8:30 in Gobir ! Memorial Church. The two ideas expressed by Dr. Eby during yesterday's chapel service in Gobin Church developed the theme of his address, "The Marks of An Educated Man.” “My first idea,” the speaker said, “is that an educated man is one who can see tne consequences of his acts and the sum total ol their relationships.” “And idea number two is that a mature man knows what he believes and gets a b..se and organization from which to act on those beliefs,” he added. According to Dr. Eby, every act is related to countless other acts, and the educated man has learned to feel the totality of everything he does. "If you are sensitive you will attempt to find the cause of each act.” he commented, "and in so doing you will take yourself out of the situation.” “My chief concern,” he said, "is to learn how you can act on the Judeo-Christian ethic when face-to-face relationships are becoming increasingly complex.” Dr. Eby also noted that “the basic moral decisions which people make today are budgetary— bo:h personal and government- -

al.”

Rcachdale School Reports Robbery Authorities of the Roachdale school found the building had been entered sometime during Thursday night, when they reported for duty Friday morning. Between S75 and S 100.00 were leported missing by school officials. The robbers entered the building by breaking several glass in a rear door and unlocking the door from the inside.

PLEA BY SI N ATOR

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2. (UP) Sen. Lyndon Johnson, D-Tex.. in a plea to both parties to be "big enough" to maintain a bipartisan foreign policy: "I have faith in the ability of America to maintain a common front against danger. There will be strains and stresses that imperil our unity. But the people have wisdom and the people have strength and together we will remain united in our determination to preserve our freedoms.”

EXPERTS ARE DISAPPOINTED OVER S-D DAY

AT LEAST 61 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAFFIC OYER NATION

Hr l nlted Prm* Safety experts expressed frank disappointment today over the nation’s poor showing on Safe Driving Day. The 24-hour period ending at midnight Thursday night had been expected to show a drastic drop in fatal traffic accidents. But a United Press count at least 61 persons had died on the streets and highways. The figure represented a sharp drop from the 81 persons killed on the comparable Thursday last year, Dec. 2. But it was wed above the 51 persons killed in the first S-D Day on Dec. 15 last

year.

In addition ,it was feared that late fatality reports might puan the final toll close to the 69 killed in traffic accidents two w'eeks ago on Ncv. 17, when no special effort was made to cut down the death rate. President Eisenhower's Committee on Traffic Safety had tried to demonstrate for the second year in a row that the nation’s motorists could make a dramatic cut in traffic accidents if they wanted to. Adm. H. B. Miller, the committee director, admitted the final results were disheartening. "The fact that the S-D Day toll has exceeded the one last' year naturally is a disappointment to the thousands of people and scores of organizations who worked so hard to make this day a demonstration that team work on the highway could bring about a drastic saving in human life," he said. Weather Man Is Kiwanis Speaker On Thursday, the Greencastle Kiwanis Club heard W. A. Bertrand, chief of the Indianapolis office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, state that the Bureau had a record of being 80 per cent right in its predictions. Mr. Bertrand was brought to Greencastle through the efforts of Grafton Longden, Jr., local weather prognosticator. Robert Y. Cooper, incoming piesident of the Greencastle Kikanis Club, made the announcement that David Bair had been elected as secretary to replace Frank DeVaney, resigned. In his most interesting talk or. the popular subject, the weather, Mr. Bertrand explained the operations in Indiana through 100 observers, and the importance of this service, not only to the average citizen, but to businessmen, fanners and operators of private airplanes. The use of balloons to obtain pressure at various altitudes, wind velocity and temperatures at different altitudes was commented on by the speaker. The Weather Bureau's ob-

IKE SENDS MEDALLION FOR CHURCHILL'S BIRTHDAY

U. S. AMBASSADOR Winthrop Aldrich (right) presented a special gold medallion to Britain’s grand old man. Sir Winston Churchill, on his 81st bii thd av in London. President Eisenhower sent the medallion and a personal letter as a “token of Ameri ca’s enduring gratitude” for his statemanship. Churchill attended a birthday luncheon with family menvaers and a few friends.

Startler Chosen Prof. Rowse To Annual Lamb For IBM Positicn Speak At DePauw Dinner Dec. 12

NEW YORK. Dec. 2—Walter A. Stadtler has been appointed director of manufacturing engineering for International Business Machines Corporation. Mr. Stadtler, who will make his headquarters here, was formerly manager of the IBM Technical Services Laboratory at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mr. Stadtler, a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, became associated wuth IBM nineteen years ago. as a member of the heat treatment department in Rochester. He was made manager of that department the following year, and went to Poughkeepsie in 1942. He held several positions of »•'»- sponsibility there before being named manager of the Technical Services Laboratory in 1954. Ex-Russellville Man Is Killed Fred Nutter, 58. a former Russellville resident, w T as killed by his own truck Thursday in a gravel pit near Jeffersonville. Nutter was standing on a fender, repairing the truck’s engine, when the vehicle started to roll down a 20-foot embankment. Nutter ft II as the truck began to move and was crushed beneath its wheels. He is survived by the widow and two daughters. They reside in Princeton. HOSPITAL NOTES Dismissed: Eugene Hirt. Edith Hickman, Greencastle; Dorothy Sutherlin, Marvin Clifford, Clov-

erdale.

The world's top authority on English Tudor history, Prof. A. L. Rowse of Oxford, has been obtained for a Faculty Lecturship address next week at DePauw University. He will deliver a special lecture on Elizabethan England at 7 p. m. Friday, Dec. 9, in DePauw's Memorial Student Union. Currently on leave from All Soul’s College, Oxford, Professor Rowse is lecturing at the University of Illinois this fall as the first George A. Miller visiting professor of history. The professorship is one of several est Jdished by Illinois from the million-dollar bequest of a one-time mathematics professor. Putnam Native Called By Death Mrs. Linette Owens, or Etta as she was best known, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Smoot, Sunday, following a serious illness of two weeks. Born in Putnam County, March 30, 1873, she was the daughter of Hamilton Wright and Martha Allee Wright. She was married to Eramus Owens, who died about 37 years ago. She wa sa member of the Clear Creek Methodist church in Putnam County. Mrs. Owens suffered a stroke about three yea-s ago. Danville Republican. MASONIC NOTICE Called meeting of Temple Lodge No. 47, F. & A. M. at 7:30 this evening for work in the F. C. Degree. G. W. Bee, W. M.

The annual Lamb Dinner, given by the Putnam County Sheep Breeders Association, will be held on the evening of December 12, at 6:30 o’clock in the Union building at DePauw r University, it was announced today. Bob Sntheriin of Cloverdale township is president of the Sheep Breeders Association and he and Kenneth W. Harris, county agent, sent out notices of the coming dinner meeting. Oldest DPI) Grad At Century Mark DePauw University’s oldest living graduate, Charles S. Baker, will celebrate his 100th birthday in Columbus on December 12. He is also the oldest member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and was the father of the late Mrs. Will Wetz of Greencastle. He was graduated from DePauw 77 years ago and after receiving his law degree from the Central Law School of Indianapolis, he opened offices in Columbus. He is a former judge of the Bartholomew circuit court and retired from active practice in 1938. He is still active in service club programs and has maintained a close association with DePauw. .MARRIAGE LIC ENSES William F. Barcus, mail ca 1 - rier, Cloverdale Route 1. and Wilma F. Cash, at home, Cloverdale Route 2. Berry Vasco Frazier, steel worker, Stilesville, and Patsy Bell Childress, at home, Amo.

servation of river levels, rainfall to warn the people of possible floods are all part of the services rendered by the U. S. Weather Bureau. Mr. Bertrand went on to say that when trie warnings of the possibilties of tornadoes were first inaugurated, many people were frightened, but that this service is now appreciated and that there is .much less fear on the part of the general public. James Poor was the guest of his father. John Poor

INDICTED BY JURY NEW CASTLE. Ind.. Dec. 2 UP)—A Henry County grand iry Thursday indicted DeWitt obbs, 49, on charges of first?gree murder in a tavern slayg Nov. 20. Dobbs was acused of shooti.’g )hn E. Lair, 26. Dobbs told po:e he never knew the victim. WALLACE FOR IKE

CHICAGO, Dec. 2—(UP)— Henry A. Wallace, former Democratic vice president, is for the re-election of Republican President Eisenhower next year. "He is America's best hope f >:• continued peace, ’ the onetime secretary of agriculture sa*: Thursday.

FCUil-FOOT SNOWFALL KITS BUFFALO; FOUR DEAD

WORKBOUND THOUSANDS were stranded on street corners or in stalled autos when one of the worst snowfalls in Buffalo’s history moved in on the city a.\J its iburbs. Four d-aths were reported m the storm which crippled the industrial city. Up to 16 inches of snow fell on Buffalo anu there were reports of a four-toot fall south of the city.

EXTRA! UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. ! Dec. 2—(UP) — Secretary’ of State John Foster Dulles was reported confident today that Nationalist China will not block admission of 13 free nations to the United Nations by refusing to admit Communist Outer Mongolia. A highly responsible U. S. Diplomatic source in Washington said Dulles was convinced Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ultimately will yield to two personal pleas sent him by President Eisenhower. PARIS, Dec. 2—(UP) Premier Edgar Fame disbanded the French National Assembly today in a controversial political stroke that abruptly ended its threat to unseat him as premier. The assembly ceased to exist at 7 a. m. I a. m. EST with publication of the decree in the “Journal Officiel.” France immediately prepared for elections on New Year’s Day.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (UP) —Wabash College president, Dr. Frank Sparks has declined to say whether he will step down, as reported Thursday. Here for the White House Conference on Education, he told reporters it would be “inappropriate” for him to comment on future plans before recommendation on administrative reorganization are made. A special board of trustees committee is preparing the report, expected to be announced Dec. 17.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—(UP) President Eisenhower’s message to the Republican National Committee meeting to draft plans for the 1956 GOP nominating convention: “I shall do everything in my power next year to help you report the record accurately and fully to the country.”

IKE DISCUSSES DEFENSE WITH WILSON, RADFORD

SECRETARY AND ADMIRAL CONFER TODAY WITH ( HU I I NI C I I IN I

GETTYSBURG. Pa.. Dec. 2 — (UP)—President Eisenhower to day resumed the weekly defense conferences he held before his heart attack. The Chief Executive made a mid-morning appointment to see Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There was no announcement as to what they would discuss. Some talk was likely on the new military budget, although a separate conference tn that subject with Wilson and Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes is on tire President’s schedule for next Tuesday. Today’s talks followed a toplevel strategy meeting on defence and foreign policy matters b • tween the President and his National Security Council Thursday at neaiby Camp David, Md. About 25 administration officials, including Wilson and Radford, attended that meeting, which was held at the presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. Details of the council session were top secret, but it presumably dealt with such issues as Russia's latest H-bomb explosion, military spending for next year, and Nationalist China’s threat to block admission of 18 nations to the United Nations. The council meeting broke up at 4:25 p. m. EST and the President left on the trip back t<* Gettysburg five minutes later. He was accompanied by Attorney Geneial Heibert Brownell, Jr., who briefed Mr. Eisenhower on Justice Department matters.

TOKYO, Dec. 2. (UP) —Japanese Foreign Binister Mamoru Shigemitsu in a policy statement at the opening session of the Diet: “Let me say that Japan has maintained and will continue to maintain close contact with the United States and will cooperate on all problems of mutual concern.”

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 2 — (UP)—Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz on his return to Argentina to take back his confiscated newspaper La Prensa: “I am returning to this country to meet my friends, relatives and countrymen after an exile of j four years brought on by the terrible dictatorship ot ex-President Juan D. Peron.” President Gets Educators' Report WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UP) - The White House conference on education advised President Eisenhower today that the nation must “spend more of our wealth” on schools. The advice was contained in a formal report telling the President that the 1,800 delegates favored more federal money for public schools by a better than two-to-one margin. The pro-aid stand, indicated by tfhe delegates earlier, was farmed Thu J day rttight at the final session of the historic four-day conference. Marion B. Folsom, secretary of health, education .and welfare responded to the conference's more-aid plea with a ‘confident” prediction that the administration will submit to O/n— gress next year a “troadened and improved” program of federal help for building schools. Federal aid was the most controversial issue before the conference in its discussion of how to meet a current shortage of 203.450 classrooms and 141,000 qualified teachers and other school problems. The delegates’ answer made it clear that the states and local communities, too, must do more for the schools. The nation has enough money to provide good schools, their report declared, but the problem is whether it will spend enough.

Caretaker Dies Of Gun Wound MARTINSVILLE, Dec. 2. Search pa i ties yesterday found the body of an elderly farm caretaker, dea 1 of a .shotgun wound, lying on a wooded hillside a qua; - ter mile north of his home. Vernon Kemp, 69 years old, hail been reported missing Wednesday night by his wife who told Sheriff Victor Young he set out to go hunting earlier in the day. A four-hour search by sherifJ s deputies was called off at 1 a. in. yesterday. Later a force of more than ICO law enforcement off ictus, National Guardsmen, farmers an 1 high school pupils moved into the wooded .area atcund Kemp’s home, five miles vest of Morgantown on U. S. 252. and discovered the body shortly b‘ fore noon. Morgan County Coron' r E. C. Holmes said he would probably return a verdict of suicide in the death. FASTER. PLEASE:: CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 (UP) A child’s letter to Santa Claus mailed here had the following anxious instructions written on the envelope: “Mailman, if this doesn't get there in 30 days, please walk faster.”

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