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March of Events In News and Pictures MONROE EVENING TIMES Green County's Home Newspaper FIFTY-SIXTH 1898 MONROE, GREEN COUNTY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS OVERTURNED JAPANESE FERRY keel of the-ocean going Japanese ferry Toya Maru is exposed in the, choppy waters of Hakodate Bay, victim of a typhoon which upset the ship and claimed a thousand lives. It is estimated 500 bodies are trapped inside the big ferry. Several other ships were capsized or cast ashore by the terrific winds. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo) Rock Resident Killed in Crash County Escapes Eighth Fatality Green County missed its eighth traffic fatality of the year by two feet last night when a 63-year-old Janesville woman was killed in an intersection collision just over the line in Rock County. Mrs.

Gabriel F. Ludden was taken to Mercy hospital in Janesville following the crash and died of injuries at 12:30 a. m. today. The mishap, which occurred only two feet into Rock County at the intersection of County Trunk and County Trunk was reported to both Rock and Green County sheriffs departments at 9:20 p.

m. A car was dispatched to the scene from Monroe but returned when it was discovered that the point of impact was across the line. Officers said a semi-trailer truck driven by Emil Treuthardt, Brodhead, and owned by Waelti Trucking firm of Juda. was traveling south on and hit the Ludden. vehicle broadside at the intersection.

The truck jack-knifed, but the driver escaped uninjured. Mrs. Carl Bowers, Janesville, a passenger in the car, was owned and operated by Mrs. Ludden, received back injuries and is in serious condition at'Mercy hospital. The Ludden car was demolished and the grill, left front and headlights of the truck were damaged, officers said.

Treuthardt told officers he saw the car coming and applied his brakes. He said the car then stopped and he let up on the brakes only to have the car start again. The Ludden car seemed to stall just before the collision and not moving at the Truethardt said. Sheriff Petitions Filed by Humbel Samuel F. Humbel, Monroe insurance agent, today filed petitions in the office of Wilma I.

Lengacher, county clerk, to have his name placed pn the November ballot for the office of sheriff. In the primary earlier this month, incumbent Sheriff W. E. Deininger was unopposed for the Republican nomination and no one ran on the -Democratic ticket. Write-in votes in the primary, however, gave Humbel more than 100 votes.

Deadline for filing petitions to run as an independent is 5 p. m. today, Mrs. Lengacher said. No further filings were expected, however, as no other persons had requested petitions from her, office.

Mrs. Lengacher said the number of signers needed ranges from a minimum of 335 to a maximum of 558. The figure is based on a low of three per cent and a high of five per cent of the votes cast for governor in the.last election, which numbered 11,157 in Green County. Humbel's petitions are reported to have 480 signers, but the names will be checked for an official count. "The race for sheriff will be the only one on the ballot for a county office in the Nov.

2 balloting. Labor Party Approves Armament by Slim Vote SCARBOROUGH, England Britain's Labor party today approved Clement Atflee's call for German by the tiny margin of only 248,000 votes out of 6,292,000 cast at the.annual party conference here. The vote backing continued efforts to enlist West German troops in western defense was In the debate before the vote, the 71-year-old former prime minister had staked his prestige. as party leader on a declaration that opposition to West German rearmament would be a "sterile and negative" course. Two Firemen Hurt When Tar Explodes At Panel Truck Blaze Two members of the Monroe volunteer fire department were burned by exploding tar last night and others spent time scraping the black gum from their rubber clothing following a truck fire at 1002 17th street.

James C. Lanz suffered burns on the face and Frank Kundert was burned on the neck when a gallon pail of tar they were carrying from the burning vehicle exploded in their faces. H. L. (Bert) Sickinger, fire chief, said Lanz was treated at the hospital to remove the tar on his face but that injuries to both men were minor.

Lanz was released immediately. The truck belonged to Clifford Babler and was parked by his residence when the fire began. He told firemen someone knocked at the door and when his wife woke up and glanced out the window, the truck was ablaze. Firemen, who called at 12:49 a. said the truck was engulfed in flames when they arrived and that the tar arid pitch was in five or 10 one-gallon pails in the back.

The truck was a total loss. Sickinger said dry chemicals and booster lines were used to extinguish the blaze. He said it took 20 minutes to put the fire out, but twice that long to get the equipment free of the tar. Ridgway Warns Of Atomic War DENVER (ffl Gen. Mathew Ridgway said after a conference with President Eisenhower today there is "a very definite possibility" an atomic war would require more combat strength, rather than less.

The Army chief of staff told a news conference "The stakes in the next world war are its not something you can play with." Ridgway and Secretary of the Army Stevens came to the President's vacation headquarters to make what Stevens called a routine report on Army matters. The secretary said that, among other things, they told Eisenhower that progress is being made with respect to the Army's "continuing effort to maximize its combat strength." Ridgway was asked, in that connection, whether an atomic war would require more American combat strength, or less. "We see a very definite possibility that a war in whic atomic wheapons are freely used may result in increased manpower, rattier than decreased," Ridgway replied. Walker Murder Hearing Recessed STURGEON BAY hearing for Kenneth Walker, 17, accused of shooting his father during a family argument a week ago, was recessed Monday by County Judge Grover Stapleton until the department of public welfare completes an investigation. Stapleton said he is taking the case under advisement and also will assign a psychiatrist to examine the youth, of nearby Egg Harbor.

The welfare department's investigation is to determine whether Walker should be placed in the custody of his mother, Grace, 41, or if the agency should recommend other action regarding the youth's future disposition. Howard Walker died ten minutes after a slug from a shotgun tore through his chest. Kenneth, one of 12 children, was quoted by Door County Dist. Atty. Herbert Johnson as saying he shot his father to stop him from beating the youth's mother.

The four-hour hearing Monday was closed to the press and radio. Six character witnesses appeared in young Walker's behalf. Two Men Slain In Mineral Point Woman Critical After Shooting MINERAL POINT A spurned suitor shot and killed two men Monday night at the home of a widow who had rejected him several hours earlier. He also wounded another woman before putting the barrel of the .22 caliber semiautomatic rifle in his mouth and pulling the trigger. Iowa County Sheriff Ray Reese said Roy Antoine, 55-year-old local laborer who is not expected to live, stood outside a window at the home of Mrs.

Ruth Hughes and shot Elmer Thomas, 42, a rival from Chicago, through the temple. Another bullet struck Reuben Benson, 53, of Mineral Point in the head and killed him as he ran outside. The sheriff said Antoine then fired two shots which struck Mrs. Patsy Walton, 48-year-old widow from nearby Linden, in the head as she tried to stop him. Mrs.

Hughes Not Hurt Mrs. Hughes, who saw Antoine shoot himself, was not hit. Mrs. Walton was reported in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hopsital at Dodgeville, where Antoine lay near death.

The sheriff said Antoine. who had been courting Mrs. Hughes for several months, had warned Thomas to "stay away" from her. Mrs. Hughes said she had met Thomas, a stockyards worker, last Saturday.

She said she told Antoine Monday afternoon that she did not want to marrs' him. Benson and Mrs. Walton planned to be married soon at Dubuque. Guests in Hughes Home Benson, who is Mrs. Hughes' brother, and his friend.

Mrs. Walton, were guests at the Hughes home with Thomas, authorities report. Reese said Antoine took his rifle and went to Mrs. Hughes' home. He fired through a window at point blank range, killing Thomas seated at a table.

Antoine fired at both Benson and Mrs. Walton as they rushed outside to subdue him, killing Benson and wounding Mrs. Walton, he said. He then turned and fired, at himself, officers report. All of the victims were shot in the head, Reese said.

The shooting occurred about 7:30 p. m. in the one-story frame house on the east side of town near Soldiers Memorial Park. Good Crop Year Reported in Area MADISON The U. S.

weather bureau reported today in its final summary for 1954 that Wisconsin had a good crop year in the south but the north generally was too wet and cool. The most important element, it said, was the overcoming of tiie subsoil moisture deficiency with which the season began. Good September rains give hope of an adequate moisture supply going into the winter. The past week found frost dates not far from normal and there were no widespread or unusual losses. Most corn was safe from frost except where late plantings were intended for silage purposes.

has beeii delayed in the north where it will take two or three more weeks to finish the harvest unless there is further delay due to rain that is forecast. The department said the Wisconsin cranberry crop is excellent in the north but only fair in the larger southern bogs. The harvest is in full swing with plenty of water in the reservoirs. CHEESE MARKET STEADY MADISON i s- consin American cheese market today fully steady; demand good. Selling prices, state assembly points, car lots Cheddars, moisture basis single daisies longhorns midgets Japanese Divers Removing Bodies From Sunken Hull Latest Estimate Places Typhoon Toll at 1,508 HAKODATE, Japan W) Japanese divers today began removing the first of hundreds of bodies in the sunken hull of the ferry Toya Maru which capsized Sunday in a typhoon with the loss of 1.17" livps.

Three divers recovered the bodies of 20 Japanese from the wreckage on the floor of HaKodaxe harbor. They located the bodies of about 40 of the GO Americans who perished. National rural police estimated the overall typhoon death toll at 1,508, most of whom died in northern japan. Rail Cars Tore Loose Divers reported 43 rail cars tore loose from their moorings on the boats' deck when it capsized, crushing bulkheads, equipment and human beings in Japan's worst maritime disaster. Only 352 bodies have been recovered.

The Japan National Railways listed 173 survivors out of 1,341 passengers and crew. The tides still were washing in bodies. As a chill drizzle soaked the scene, a U. S. Air Force helicopter dipped low over the wreckage and dropped white flowers into the oily, debris-strewn bay in a salute to the dead.

Hundreds more died in i e- spread marine accidents, landslides and other mishaps from the iyphoon, which veered across northern Japan with winds of 100 miles an hour. Four other ferries also went down with the loss of more than 200 lives. Servicemen Lose Lives The Americans who died on the- Toya Maru were mainly servicemen most from the 99'h Field Artillery Battalion and their dependents. Several missionaries also were aboard, including one who survived. The ferry had anchored in the harbor when a sudden strong gust of wind and mountainous waves flipped over 150 yards from shore.

Second mate Kyoji Abe, highest ranking surviving officer of Toya Maru, said the captain and other officers "underestimated the typhoon," which reached 110 miles an hour outside the harbor. Abe said conflicting typhoon warnings had created skepticism of their validity and that the weather was clearing as the vessel made ready to depart. It suddenly was driven back by walls of water, he said. The mate said the sudden listing from the railroad cars and tons of water, laid the craft almost on her beam ends and then tossed her completely over. Some survivors were bitterly critical of crewmen whom they said dissuaded them from leaving the ferry by assuring them there was no danger.

Rearmament Meet Given Half Chance for Success ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Monroe high school students have been named orchestra officers and will be the governing body for the group this year. They include (left to right) Thomas Cunningham treasurer; Janet Thompson, vice president; Allan L. Barnard, student conductor; Mary Anderson, secretary, and Nathan Andereck, president. The group, studying a score during a recent orchestra session, will be supervised by All F. Barnard, director of instrumental music at the school (Times staff photo) McCarthy Condemned U.S., French Diplomats Discuss Aid to Indochina WASHINGTON States and French diplomats get down to fine points today as they resume their discussions on American financial aid for French forces still in Indochina.

The N. S. and French officials met for nearly two hours yesterday, then issued a joint communi- que saying they had found a considerable "area of agreement." Economic Conditions Warrant LOS ANGELES Ml The AFL says economic conditions are worse than the Eisenhower administration admits but good enough to arrant substantial 'wage Boosts for workers." The annual AFL convention ended on that note yesterday after 10 days of sessions. Delegates approved a series of new blasts against.the Republican administration and voted a politi- ADENAUER TO VISIT U. S.

LONDON German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will visit the United States Oct. 25 for a 10 day stay and will confer with President Eisenhower, German informants said today. The 70-year- old Adenauer is replying to a long standing invitation to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University in New York. Seven Z.ose Bicycles For Violation of City Ordinance Provisions Monroe police last night impounded bicycles belonging to seven Monroe youths and issued a warning to other cyclists in the city to comply with the new ordinance. Officers said the seven youths were picked up on a variety of charges such as failure to stop at a stop sign, riding two on a bicycle and lack of license plates.

They were warned and their cycling privileges were taken away for a two-week period. Henry S. Hefty, assistant chief of police, said officers will enforce the ordinance and advised youths who have not equipped the bicycles with the necessary lights, horn and license to do so. The ordinance, first of its kind in the city, provides that cyclists be subject to the same laws as other motorists and requires them to purchase a license at the police station. The ordinance took immediate effect following pasage by the City Council July 6 but licenses were not available until Sept.

1 and any degree of enforcement was postponed to allow sufficient time to purchase a license and properly equip the bicycle. cal statement saying the outlool for electing "labor-endorsed candi dates to Congress appeared better than in any election since Saying that few unions are negotiating new contracts withou wage boosts despite the economic situation, the convention AFL unions "against being deceived by employers in a basically sound financial position who at tempt to maneuver unions into abandoning wage increase efforts on grounds of the general economic downturn." "Even in a depressed and uncertain economic atmosphere and with a relatively stable cost of living," the' convention' said, "wage increases are warranted to improve worker living standards anc to keep pace with the economy's constantly rising level of produc- Night Exercises Guard Unit Will Hold Bivouac Near Albany Co. Monroe National Guard unit, will hold a problem and bivouac three miles east of Albany this weekend, Capt. Glenn L. Kubly has announced.

The company will form at the Armory at 4 p.m. Saturday and expects to return at noon Sunday. The problem will consist of exercises in night withdrawal and attack of a fortified position. Instruction in last night's drill concerned combat intelligence including recording and reporting military information, counter-intelligence, security handling prisoners of war and and captured documents. Instruction was given by Sfc.

Stanton P. Steu- ri and Sfc. Ralph J. Sellnow, both of Albany. Several films were shown on the subject.

Sfc. Steuri received special instruction in intelligence training at Camp McCoy this summer during the unit's annual encampment with the 32nd Division. Representatives of the state maintenance shop at Camp Douglas have made an inspection of the maintenance performed at the ar- mory and "both quartermaster and ordinance equipment received a superior rating," Capt. Kubly said. Four men have been promoted from private to private first class.

They are Dale F. Alexander, Charles L. Babler, Roger and William J. Trickel. Eleven men have enlisted since summer encampment.

They are: John F. Borchardt, Gregory L. Foesch, Nathan B. Garwell, Carl E. Liddicoat, Emmet D.

McKenna, Dean O. Elliott, Warren R. Nipple, Albert R. Schneider, Burnette L. Robertson, Donald H.

Stocklen and Robert D. Hendrickson. Sgt. Lawrence L. Leverton has received'a conditional release, from the 5112th Area Service Unit of the Army Reserve and will be transferred to Co.

sometime this week. A rifle team has-been formed again this year, under the direction of Lt. Rudolf E. Maurer. After several practice sessions, Lt.

Maurer reports 'his team is firing well. State-wide matches start this week, with Co. K's first match against Co. at Beloit tomorrow night. tivity." Another convention resolution quarreled with Secretary of Labor James P.

Mitchell for a speech during the convention saying that the nation is experiencing "the mildest contraction we have ever had in any postwar period." The convention said that the present "recession" is worse in many respects than the 1949 economic downturn. Mitchell's Labor Department was condemned for "not having a single trade unionist" among top officials and for "progressive deterioration and ineffectiveness." Another resolution condemned Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) as "unworthy of the American tradition" and for "reckless disregard for Democratic procedures." Kenneth J. Kelly, secretary- treasurer of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor, who proposed the McCarthy resolution, told delegates the senator is the Republican party's "No. 1 problem child" and said he is "more interested in headlines than in eliminating breadlines" that cultivate Communists. Despite convention addresses from Eisenhower and several of his administration leaders, one of the final resolutions summed up the AFL stand this way: "The AFL has specifically expressed its disappointment in administration opposition to raising the minimum, wage, in granting special tax concessions to business interests, in the tragic bungling of our foreign affairs, in the reckless contraction of owe armed forces, in the strangling of public housing, in failure to take any positive steps to meet the nation's health needs, in refusal to eliminate any of the unfair provisions of the Taft- Harley law, and in the apparent satisfaction with stabilization of the economy at present low levels." Legislative Council Plans Training School MADISON (fl The Legislative Council plans to hold a school for new legislators Jan.

1043 to ac- qujint them with rules and methods of state lawmaking, the council reported today. Similar schools were started here in 1949 to make it easier for new lawmakers' to find, their way around, to become familiar with rules and to learn how to draft legislation. The 1955 session begins Jan. 12. Several Observe Celestial Object 'Cylinder' Seen At South Wayne A strange object in the sky las night had a group of South Wayn residents bewildered and brough back memories of flying saucer and men from outer space.

Mrs. W. O. Bruns, who-witk he hus'uand and several other' res: dents in South Wayne are interest ed in a'stronomy, said she spottec the object about 8 p. m.

yesterday when she looked from a window in the depot where they live. She. said she and her husbanc saw tie multi-colored cylinder for the first time Sunday, night while visiting at Fennimore. Also, wit nessing the sight there were Mr and Mrs. Burton Grimme, Fennimore, and the two Bruns children Mary Kay and Margaret Anne.

Glanced Through Window The Sunday night appearance prompted her to glance out the window yesterday, she said. The object was seen in the lower southeast sky, seemingly below other stars, and kept "bobbing around." It divided while her hus- Dand was notifying Mrs. Lola Welch, telephone operator at South Wayne, who also is interested in astronomy, Mrs. Bruns said. She said all of the persons there, including Miss Marjorie Andrews and Mrs.

Ernie Kessler, both oi South Wayne, and Miss Mildred Andrews, visiting from California, saw movement in the sky. Following the division, it went jack together in a "whirling motion and disappeared," she said. The object seemed to fade away while in a "green" stage. She said' it would throw off red, green, )lue and yellow light at regular ntervals. Definitely Saw Something "We definitely saw she said, "We know it was not an airplane but we do not know what was." She said if the weather clears tonight the group will watch for the object again.

The ground observer corps at South Wayne has been discontinued the incident was reported to he post in Madison, where nothing could be seen because of fog. Sunday night the cylinder was much larger than last night but seemed to fade faster, Mrs. Bruns said. She said the object was aint but could be seen better with her'husband's field glasses. Rex N.

Eyler, amateur astronomer, in Monroe, was notified and drove to South Wayne, where he ook a photograph of the object, le said this morning he has-not lad time to examine the film close- biit expects to do so tonight. Lemon Chosen To Hurl Series Opener BULLETIN NEW YOBK UTHSal 37-year-old curve-bailer of the New. York. Giants, will oppose Bob Lemmon, 34-year-old star of the Cleveland Indians, in the first cane of the World Wed- MaiUe and Lonon both are rifkttMden. and both will undoubtedly return in later fames of the series.

Jehany ABtoneUi, younr Giant left-bander, was annonneed as the starter Jn the second tame Erly Wyna. a ricU-hand- Mid-November Target Date Set For Agreement Eden Proposes Separate Talks On 2 Questions LONDON The urgent nine- nation conference on West German rearmament opened today with most observers giving it perhaps a 50-50 chance of success. A last minute move by the French apparently dashed any hope for a comparatively smooth resolution of rival plans to bring West German troops quickly into the defense pattern of Western Europe. With Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden serving as host and chairman, the foreign ministers of the United States, Canada, West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg met in the music room of stately Lancaster House, next door to Buckingham Palace, Separate Talks Proposed To speed the talks, Eden proposed last night that separate and simultaneous discussions be held on the companion questions of West German sovereignty and rearmament during the secret sessions. Eden suggested the occupying powers France, Britain and the United States draw up a plan for returning sovereignty to the Bonn republic.

The full nine-country conference, meanwhile, would deal with rearmament. Eden set mid-November within 50 days as a target for complete and final agreement, except for the necessary parliamentary ratificatons. The current conference is expected to last four to 10 days. The British foreign secretary proposed that it try to reach only general agreement, and that experts then be instructed to work put details for approval by a second 1 er parley to be held within a month. Would Report Jointly Following this second meeting, the nine ministers would report jointly to a special meeting of the NATO council to be held not later than mid-November.

The council would then admit the West German republic as the 15th member of the North Atlantic Alliance. The stumbling block raised by the French involved the disputed Saar territory, formerly German but now tied economically to France. West Germany has offered to abandon its claim to this rich coal- producing and industrial area on the French-German border if it is administered by the 15-nation Council of Europe. Both France and West Germany are members of the council. French Want Agreement The French let it be known yes- that they prefer to see the Saar administered by the expanded Brussels Treaty organization they and the British have proposed Britain, France, 'West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The French want agreement on this point be? ore they approve West German rearmament. The Germans seemed certain to urn this idea down. There was some speculation the French had raised the issue chiefly as a bar- jaining weapon in the negotiations on German arms. As the conference opened, the nine powers were agreed in principle to inclusion of West Germany and Italy in the Brussels alliance, and to admission of West Germany nto NATO at the Same time. Aside from the Saar question, he main- point still at issue was he French insistence on strong afeguards to prevent any new icrman army from' dominating he continent.

vtotor Stocks Soar )uring Early Trade NEW YORK Heavy demand or motors today sent the stock market ahead into the early fternoon. General Motors was up between three and four points and Chrysler ained around two points. Du Pont, which owns 20 mil- ion shares of General Motors ommon stock, shot ahead be- ween five and six points. Elsewhere throughout the list, rices were up around a point at he best or down fractions. HIP FEARED LOST ISTANBUL, Turkey 200- on Turkish collier Nazim, with, 18 21 persons aboard, was reported ost today in the Black Sea after a weekend storm.

Two bodies were washed ashore near Kandira with Nazim" lifebelts around them..