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Established 1877. 1956 No. 113. I 1 COLUMBUS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1956. PRICE FIVE CENTS I It i i i I nn I xw nn oni i n7o u(oj The Week In Review cr-p M' i Tl A '7 amQirD! tm ih': ji Jf i i 4- i.4 wsst ilTiiaritiNsi.lisii "im I Sj i I IN- APPRECIATTOV- Ray Rosa, high Is shown accepting a dent body at av con vocation.

Friday i Photo by Herb' Iloeltke, Jr. retiring vice-principal of Columbus mm camera from the CHS stu afternoon In Pearl gym. student president. i The camera, engraved With a trlbate from the students and faculty. At erf in Indiana lUfted After Wind and Rain Sweep By UNITED PRESS Four persons were! killed Friday night when an aiito fleeing; a.

tornado that never occurred collided with another car near Ind. i One of the survivors. Judith 'An-. derson, 8, Waterloo, told authorities her father. the Rev.

James-Johnson, was tryiag toles--cape a section In northern Indiana where tornado 'warnings had been posted. i The warnings for northern Indi ana and southern Michigan were lifted during night after power: ful wind and aln storms whipped the area. Michigan state police reported a tornado near Ann Arbor which apparently jdid touch the ground, High winds caused scattered damage over Lower Peninsula. In one of hardest- hit sections, Parchment, a suburb of Kalamazoo, I suffered damages estimated at (50,000 garages and to houses," The drenching "rains sent rivers rani paging over their! banks! in, many parts of the state. In' Grand Rapids, 50 families were forced from their home by the Grand River.

The stream was; expected to" flood level crest 2 feet above Monday night, Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Williams told state officials to report the extent of flood damage. "Damage to property from flood waters appears to have reached the- proportions; of a -public emergency," Williams said, i At least three deaths were blamed on the rising waters, 1 including two boys who! drowned in swollen I While Michigan battled flood waters caused by two much rain, motorists in New Mexico continued to encounter patches of blowing dust. Earlier dust storms In the Southwest and tornadoes In Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota were attributed, by the Weather Bureau to a vicious storm system now moving through eastern Cana da, i Behind the storm; a wava of warm air swept the Gulf of Mexico Into the Midwest.

Minneapolis reported Ia high Fridsy of 77 degrees, the warmest reading since last October. i i TWO BREAK-INS REPORTED1 HERE 1 i I Grocery Frostop Drive-In Entered But Little Taken. Two break-Ins werej reported In the -city this morning, and police said thieves attempted I to rain entrance to the Eagles! lodge, 217H-c Washington street, overnignc. A small amount of change was taken 'from a cash) register In Whedon's grocery store j. 117 Second street, overnight, i Police Said TOOT FOR SUITS These members of the Columbos City, band formed a little German band and campaigned for new uniforms downtown Friday night.

A goal of haa been set 'for purchase of the City band suits by Lions club, which Is sponsoring the project. The little girl who assisted Is Sarah Ann Bailey. 5, daughter of Lion Harry Bailey and Mrs. Bailey, and left to right are band members William Ott, Gerald Fye, Clyde Mans, Floyd Breeding, John Dizer and Gordon Curtis. ManNabbeda tin rrom Sees ThiefR 1 i- By BOB GOBDOX.

WITH THE PRIMARY IXEC- tlons ovar, party organizations wm an aet to rs-organiza at meetings this afternoon and thers avery Indication that "therm wis be a hot tlma In the old town this af at least at the Democratic meeting. The Demo meeting win held at Donner enter and whether the alr-eondl-tJoning at the eenter will be auffl-edect to ool Itha Democrat 1 (rasstlonable. Although Ike Dea-Ver, Democratic county chairman peeking re-election, won 15 of the SI contested committeeman poets In Tuesday's primaryU was rumored that forces supporting Sheriff Earl Hog an for chairman are con fident they will take over control of the party. All of which should tnaka for a hot time. i XEXNETH JACKSOX IS Ex pected to be renamed chairman at the Republican organization meet-tee.

EC THE TUESDAY PREVIA R- les both parties nominated strong tickets which sets the stage for an Interesting campaign on the local scene in advance of the November balloting. To be elected will be two Judges, a state representative and state senator, treasurer, coroner, surveyprj and two commis sioners. I AT JUNIOR CHAMBER OF Commerce meeting Thursday Loyd McKinney, 30-year-old Hope farm er, was rimed Bartholomew coun ty's outstanding young farmer. tj THIEVES VISITED THE LO- eal Moose home on Thursday night and made off with an es timated $100 In! loose change, taken from vending machines and a Juke box. FIVE PATRIOTIC ORGANTZA-tlons were represented at a meeting this week at which" plans' were outlined for a local Memorial Day observance.

jj I i i LTMAV PONSLER ANNOUX-eed his resignation from the police department. He is the second policeman to resign from the department thi year. Patrolman Ponsler explained that, he found It Impossible to live and raise a family on the present salary of a policeman. He plans to devote his full time to the construction business. I TWO MAJOR AFPOINT3IENTS were announced byhe' city school board.

Ben Walker, principal of State street grade school, was named principal of the new Junior high school to be established in the fall In the Central high school building. JC oj Kelly, Wilson Junior high principal, was named assistant high school principal succeeding. Ray Ross who is Vacancies at Wilson and State street caused jj by the promotions have not been! filled. I RICHARD jj DOXNELL, FOR-mer Columbus high school ath- Irte, was sppolnted to the police department inline i a vacancy caused by retirement of Webber Miller. CITY COUNCIL GAVE Ap proval to anamendraent that would provide for a 2-hour park ing limit on downtown Washington street.

The 2-hour Sparking limitation, recommended by the city "traffic commission, Is direct ed at all-dayj parkers, mostly office workers land store personnel. As is the case with all traffic rules, success of the 2-hour limi tation' will, depend on the en forcement, f) TAKE IT EASY ON- THE road over the; weekend. Drive with care. Be back on the Job Monday morning. Boy Breaks Leg In Ball Game A 13-year-old Clifty school Softball player suffered a broken left leg in a game Friday afternoon with Wilson at the Clifty diamond.

Michael Small.9 son of Mr. and Mra Herbert Small of Route 2, is confined to the county hospl- tal with the injured-leg in traction. The leg was broken Just above the knee when Small and another player collided as they chased a foul ball. An eighth grader. Small will miss his graduation exercises as he is expected to confined for about six weeks.

He is in room 020. THE WEATHER INDIANA Partly cloudy, continued warm tonight and Sunday. Scattered thunderfchowers likely in north and central portions this evening and in central portions Sunday afternoon. High today 80 north to 83 sooth. Low tonight 65 to 19.

Sunday 85. TEMPERATURES Friday high 86. Last night low 69. Reading at 7 a. m.

today. 7S. MONDAY OUTLOOK Scattered thundershowers and turn-. Ing cooler. RESULTS OF IKE MEDICAL CHECK 'EXCELLENT' President Leaves Army Hospital for Afternoon Of Golf.

I WASHINGTON (UP) The reiults of President Eisenhower's "head to toe" medical checkup were described today as "excellent." White I House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty gave this appraisal of the examination as the President prepared to leave the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center for ian 'afternoon' of golf. "I think the results of the examinations were i excellent," Hagerty said after talking with the President and his physicians this mornings Mr. Elsenhower entered the Army hospital Thursday night. His extensive medical examination was completed this i morning.

Mr. Elsenhower planned to drive directly from the hospital to the Burning Tree i Club In nearby Maryland for his round of jfolf Hagerty said. the formal' medical report to be Issued by the White House later today would be "fairly extensive." After '(the medical tests were completed this morning, the President worked with Hagerty on some official matters. He had a brief lunch at the hospital before leaving for jthe golf course. The examination 1 Was the first thorough! physical -checkup the President has had 'since he announced Feb.

29 that he Intended to run for a second term. Mr. Eisenhower made his second-term announcement shortly after his last major medical checkup in February. However, that checkup i concentrated chiefly on determining how completely he bad recovered from his heart attack last Sept. 24.

Dr. Paul Dudley White, the President's heart specialist said after ths February examination that "The President should be able to carry, on an active life satisfactorily for another 6 to 10 years." Mr. Elsenhower entered the hospital Friday afternoon for the routine physical checkup that he likes to have at least once a year. He occupied the plush! presidential suite on the hospital's top floor. He spent his spare time Friday going over some papers and padding about the big Army'medicaJ center in his bathrobe and slippers.

I He chatted with 82-year old retired MaJ. Gen, Frank Lt. Gen. Carter B. Magruder and Philippines.

Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo. Later he visited the children's ward to thank some youngsters for notes they sent to him wishing him good health and asking about his grandchildren. President also took with him to tbs hospital an old friend's latest book: "History of the English Speaking People? by Sir Winston Churchill. i i Mr'.

Eisenhower will attend the annual Gridiron I Club dinner tf (4 He planned to drive to his farm at Pa 4 Sunday to spend Mother's Day with Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother, Mrs." John S. Doud. Mrs. Doud also will be celebrating her 77th birthday.

MARTHA PYLES DIES FRIDAY 88-Year-OId County KJa-tivej Succumbs to Long Illness, j.j I 1 Miss Martha' Pyles. 88, a lifelong resident iof Bartholomew county, died at 11 o'clock Fridsy night at the county hospital. Miss Pyles had been a patient at Bollanger nursing home, but was moved to the county hospital about lOi days ago. She was born In Union township and lived all her life iin this vicinity. Only survivors are nieces and nephews.) -i 1 Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Flanigan' and Reed funeral home and burial will be mads at Garland Brook cemetery.

Casket will be open at the funeral home after 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Youth, 18, Slated For drunk Driving An 18-year-old Brown county youth was arrested at 1 o'clock this morning for drunk driving after being stopped on Road 46 half a mile west of Columbus. Three other youths, passengers In a car driven by Richard Math-is, Nashville route 2, were questioned today by Mayor Fred Owens an attempt to learn where tho i "Brown county driver obtained! his liquor. Charges were not filed against the three passengers in Math is' car. Mat his is scheduled to appear in Irven King's Justlca of the pasxa court.

1 Photo by Herb Jr. or Decision in Zoning Case Next Week I i Decision on a court i appeal araihst an action of. the Columbus board? of zoning appeals was taken under study ty special juage John! Goddard late- Friday after noon! following a 1-day trial. Judge Goddard, Decatur county jurist, said he probably would re turn here next Friday to nana down a decision. i iFridav's trial was on a writ of certiorari filed by Mr.

and Mrs. TrtU Qyianlnn mnii "XT MTwt XCrfl- IT Karl Volland aeainst the board of coning appeals asking local cir cuit court to reverse a decision fitv hoard. I The a oeal board last Dec. 28 denied a request by MrsJ Scanlon for a variance to remodel a for mer residence at 823 Washington nr im as business nronertv. The board turned down the request on grounds the remodelling would involve structural altera tions as nrohlblted in the case of residences converted to business use In the downtown- commercial area.

i Parties in Request. I XfrL and Mrs. Volland as rig inal 'owners of the property were carries In the variance request. Mrs. Scanlon and; Bruce Warren Of Dunlap and Company were the only witnesses for the plaintiffs'! side.

1 the defense. City Attorney Joseph S. Thompson called to- the standthree members of the appeal board. City Building Inspector William Sebastian and Miss i Rosa-lyn Nolting, county recorder. Members of the appeal board testifying were James Dickey, Robert DelVecchlo and Arthur Rager.

Miss Nolting was caiiea to in- (Continued on Page 3). ICtuBEs tors were In Crete. The 6th Fleet, however. Is still scheduled, to carry out ths re mainder of ths calls on Its cruise of Greek waters. I The Foreign Ministry refused comment.

But Informed sources said Crete naval, authorities cabled Friday night warning of anti-American feeling on the island. i I United States had nothing to do with the executions on the disputed island except for a vain effort to persuade Britain to postpone them but Greek fury has been vented in part on U.S. installations. i IA I Greek mob stoned the U.S. Information Service office here Wednesday in a riot in which 3 persona were Juxsd.

killed and 12i in- uairy was presented by Tom Blgley, left, JFinnuslIn, Taxpayers Urged io Be Certh'l 'Aof JAssessors Haven't Mizsecl Them. The 1956 i spring assessment of personal property In Bartholomew county is moving into the final lap and five" of the 12 tov nships have completed their final reports. County Assessor Roy L. yfer said to day. I I lit i It is' still too soon Its tell how much valuation gain will ba -shown by the county if anyl Mr, Boyer said, but! he urged that ill persons make certain the assessor hasn't missed them.

1 1 "It will aavc you a lot of time and trouble when voti ko to fret your auto I license plates because you won tj get them unless you have paid' property taxes," Mr. Boyer explained. hi i I I Run Into Hundreds Missed assessments ran into the hundreds the past year and as a result many; persons couldn't iret auto licenses until they jpaid their taxes, boms spent ail hour In a license line- to find taejr couldn't get plates without a jtapc receipt. They had to go to the (assessor's office, then to the treasurer's of fice, then back to the I license line f.p "If you ire missed, contact your township trustee If outside Columbus township," said Mr. "If you; live In -Cojumbus or Columbus township please contact J.

CaTl Dahn, Columbus! township assessor." i Mr. Dahn has an office at the courthouse. I I 1 All townships arc td have their final reports on personal property assessments! completed i by May IS. but normally it runs! past that date. Townships which have made final reports are Wsjyos.

Clifty, Jackson, Flat Rock and Clay, i Figures ton three of these have been totalled and shoWt two. with gains and one with a Ipas. 4 Wayne and Clifty have gains I in personal property valuation wHile Jackson has a slight! loss. It is believed, however, jthat i additional assessments eventually will bring Jackson up to the 19S5 lev Lj The new valuations compared to! 1955 are S764.231 for J956, compeared to $755,930 ast 'ear; Clifty, $434,681 frj jci rrt pared to $412,320 last! isndj Jackson, $156,585 fer 1956, (compared to $158,130 last year. I The town of Jjn yille also shows a slight loss, I si total of $66,070 onjj personal -operty 1 this year, compared to $86 2 JO In 1955.

As in tother recektt years, the valuation on I autbmpbiles and trucks In Columbus (city and township is running higher I than that on all household goods (combined, Partial reports on wnshrp As- sessor Dsan; show assessments in the value of $1,564,056, Itruck and car cltkrlat a total averaging $388 each. At the same! tltn the total on household goods now I figures at $1,252,710, leveraging 8 for each home, i I The county board on review will start its annual review for assess ments and, values lh Jime. Robert Stewart and Xee Wjtndelj will again be the court appointees on the board. Other members will be Mr. Boyer, I counter assessor; A.

Rov Weibel.l tifeasuret. and Ollie Hill, auditor, i 1 1 .11 i i Jr i LL 'A warm weekend Is ia store for Indisna With possibte scattered thundershowers' inj th north and central sections, the weather bureau said tod ay The mercury shoved to the 86 degree mark in Coluribus Friday a new high fprj the season and didn't go lowef than 69 degrees overnight, The Reading at 7 o'clock this 'morning was 72. Highs of about 85 ajr predicted for today I' and Sundat with lows of 65 to 70 tonight. entrance was jgained breaking front door glass and unlocking i the door -from the'-lrisk s. Noth- in sr else was taken.

i-'i Thieves also broke iitof the Fros- 1 top Drive-lnat Third street and 1 Lafayette avenue overnight by breaking a rear door glass and Brief Disagrees with Ikes (IP) Air Force Chief of. Staff Gen. Nathan K. Twining said Friday In an apparent difference of opinion with President Elsenhower that carrier-based Navy planes could make only a "imill" strateglo contribution In another war. Both Mr.

Elsenhower and Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson have cited the role 'of carrier-borne naval aircraft in replying to DemocraUc charges that the administration Is slight? Ing; the long-range bomber program. Czechs Free Red Jew 1 LONDON (UP) Jerusalem Radio reported today that Communist Czechoslovakia has freed Mordecal Oren, leftwing Israeli political leader jailed during the Rudolf lan sky purge of 195L Oren. a leader of Israel's pro-Communist Mapam party, was by the Cxechs on espionage charges while ha was visiting Prague on official business. He was a relative of Slansky, who was executed on high treason charges In December, 1952.

Race to End Strike 1 MONTREAL OP 'Federal Mediator 1L Carl Goldenberg called union and company, officials together for the third day, today In a race to end a strike before It tied up all ships on the Great Lakes, Goldenberg, wha took over as mediator a few hours before the strike started against two of seven lake ahip-; (Continued on Page S). UT.S. JFieett Dok Owners Ignore City 1 i 1 1 i i License Law i i To date only 135 city dog tags for 1956-57 have been sold and If only half this doe-owners get li there will have to be big rush at the city clerk-treasur er's office the next three weeks. i All dogs running at" large are supposed to have the new tags by June 1, Columbus officials pointea out today." Tt Is estimated there are at! least 1,500 owned dogs In the City limits with another 1.000 or more "strayJ. The Columbus I Chamber of Commerce' health committee Is now studying the problem of dog regii tratlon and rabies control and has urged that all; persons have their pets vaccinated.

Dogs must! be vaccinated before a city license can be Issued under a city (ordinance passed In 1948 "This I should provide all" legal measures necessary, but it doesn't do any good if persons Just ignore the law." said Henry T.l Coates. city sanitary officer, City Ordinance. The 1948 ordinance, amending a previous ordinance, sets out: "It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any animal of the dog kind within the limits of this city 1 without first having said I dog vaccinated for rabies and obtaining therefor a license as hereinafter provided." The law requires that each dog owner register his dog at the city clerk-treasurer's office before June 1 of each year, paying a $1 license feet The owner must present a certificate showing the dog has received i the annual vaccination against rabies before a license can be I issued. The law also specifies that: 'It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or person harboring a licensed dog to suffer or permit such animal to run at large without a substantial collar to which shall bfe attached the- num- HtH Ir I an1 ha attached a metal tag. showing saldl dog has been vaccinated for tlf any dod shall be found run within the.

city lim niag at large its! without i a collar, license tar and vaccination tag such dog shall bej taken up by the sanitary offi cer or any police officer and prop- erly disposed dog Is taken of. In event such up by the sanitary or police offloer and confined in the dog pound; such dog shall be kept for period of three days, if the owner shall take out a license and also pay the sum of $1 ss fee fort taking up such dog. then the owner shall have the right of possession of the dog." The ordinance provides for a $25 fine and court costs for any violation of the provisions. i I. i Heavy rain fell during thunder storms in an Upstate area Friday while the extreme north portion waited out an 8-hour tornado alert.

The: tornado alert and gathering stormclouds were blamed Indirectly for the deaths of four members of two Dakalb county families in a traffic accident as they drove to what they thought was safety from a possible twister. South Bend got L34 inches of rain. Fort Wayne 2l and Indian apolis as. umocKingme irora uic inside. Ncuhlng was taken.

I An attempt was made to enter -the lodge- home after -Arcordine- to nolice elasa in a rear -i door off the fire escape Was brok- John R. rider Held in Break-in at Olympia Friday Night. A 23-year-old Columbus man was held in county jail today accused of breaking into the Olympia Dairy, J718 Pearl street, early this morn- ing, and suspected of other i recent break-ins. The youth, John Robert Grider. 29 West Fourth street, was picked up by police near the corner of Tenth and Washington streets at 2:50 o'clock this morning.

The break-in at the dairy was observed by an "eye witness" a few minutes earlier. Although office desks at the dairy were ransacked nothing was taken. Denies Being In Area. Questioned following his arrest, Grider denied being in the area. He told police Detective Charles Brown he had been at George's truck stop earlier and when his friends became Involved in an' argument at the Road 31 restaurant he said he decided to walk back to town.

Grider said he walked east along Twenty-fifth street and was walking south on Washington street when police picked him up. However, a neighbor residing near the i dairy has Identified Grider as the man seen running from the back door of the dairy. The witness saw a man enter the southwest rear door of the dairy, then leave by the same route a few minutes later. Hears Glass Breaks Police said the neighbor became suspicious after bearing" glass break. Brown said entrance to the dairy was gained by breaking a rear door i glass, then unlatching the door from the Inside.

After entering the building the would-be thief crawled through an Inside office window into the res-taucant section of ths building. He became frightened or simply decided there wasn't any money in the place, Brown said. Police said a squsd ear had passed the dairy about ths same time and it is possible the thief saw the squad car and became i Witness to the break-In said the thleX was in the building only a few minutes. Police arrived at the scene less than five minutes after the was entered. Veteran Circus Performer Dies i CHICAGO (UP) Veteran circus performer Roy La Pearl, 69 died Thursday, i i La Pearl was an aeriallst in a circus owned by1 his father as a chUd.

He later was a singer with circus bands, working with the Ringling Brothers, Wallace Brothers, Sells-Floto, Barnum and Bailey," and Hagenbeck Wallace circuses. His wife, Eetelle, was a contortionist and trapeza artist. en but would-be thieves were 'un- able to unlock the ddor from Jthe Inside. i Veteran State Schoolman Dies MADISON. Wis.

fdpi -John Callahan, 90, (Wisconsin superintendent of publio instruction from 1921 to .1949, i died at home Thursday after a six year's Illness. At i the tlma i of his retirement. hs was the oldest state school superintendent in the naUon. He was natlonaUyj known for his leadership in improving rural schools by consolidation of oni-room school houses and byl development of lone of the nation's finest free transportation systems for farm youngsters. f.

I tj Notice jTp Advertisers I il Am Tvmviouslv announced, the deadlines for acceptance of advertising copy will be changed, effective Monday, May 14, 1956. No display advertising copy will be accepted after lOfOO a. m. of the day before desired publication: and all classified advertising copy must- be in by 5:00 p. m.

of thei'day before desired publication, i i j- Any questions regarding this change of policy should be referred to the -advertising de partment, The Evening Repub lican. S)Si Visit 'to, ATHENS. Greece (UP) The U.S. 6th Fleet has cancelled plans for a good-will visit to the island of Crete because of the anger aroused in Greece by Britain's execution of two young Cyp riots, it was announced today. A U.S.

embassy spokesman said the visit -was called off on the advice tof the Greek Foreign Ministry, The newspaper Kirix, published in the Cretan city of Cane warned today that American sailors "might not get a pleasant reception" if they visited I the big Greek! Island under present conditions I Kirix said the fleet's, proposed stay-in Canea harbor should either be cancelled or that its leave-hungry sailors should be kept aboard ship while ths naval visi- it.