Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIU. No. 229.

TEARFUL KIDNAPER RETURNS CHILD

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Doctors Report Good Night Is Enjoyed By Ike Slept Nine Hours Under Oxygen Tent At Army Hospital DENVER (INS)—President Eisenhower slept under his oxygen tent Wednesday night for nine hours and 15 minutes and had what his doctors termed “a very good night” The oxygen tent was put over the President Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock (MST) before he went to sleep. He had been permitted to remain out of the tent most of Wednesday ary) it was replaced for the night as a routine measure. The •' a.m. (EST) medical bulletin said: “The President had a very good night. He slept almost continuously under the oxygen tent from 9 p.m. to 6:15 a.m.’’ The President is getting along so well doctors have approved his request to let him hear recordings of mysteries and western stories as he whiles away the long hours of rest so badly needed to give his damaged heart a chance to heal. He may also get a selection of Shakespeare recordings to balance the lighter recordings. Some of the President’s favorite Songs Vvere played for him Wednesday as he spent his first entire day out from under the oxygen tent placed over him when he entered the hospital last Saturday. The songs were picked out by the First Lady and Maj. John Eisenhower, the President’s son, and transferred from long playing records to take recordings by army signal corps men. Among the selections were such popular favorites as Stardust. Clair De Lune, Flirtation Waltz, By a Sleepy Lagoon) Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, and L’Amour, Toujours, L’Amour. The President has been placed on a 1600 calory a day diet so that he will lose about two pounds instead of picking up the extra weight that Is normal during a period of enforced Inactivity. There has been no report on his weight since his heart attack, but it normally runs between 175 and 180 pounds, just a few pounds more than when he played football at West Point 40 years ago. Dr. Paul Dudley .White. Boston’s noted heart specialist, explained that Mr. Eisenhower has a hearty appetite which must be “restrained” during his recuperation. The President has been eating three nourishing meals a day since he was taken off a liquid diet late Sunday. Dr. White, who is holding twice a day telephone consultations with the President's doctors from Boston, also said Wednesday night that Mr. Eisenhower’s blood pressure has returned towards Its “usual (Continue© on Page Jffllgnt) Jobless Pay Claims Are Little Changed INIMAINAPOLIS (INS) —“The Indiana employment security division todlay reported unemployment to have reached a temporary plateau. (Director William Stalnaker said .total claims last week were just about equal to the week before. Total received last week was 22,523 made up of 3,351 initial and 17,594 continued claims. 14-PAGES

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Stevenson Talking Politics In Texas Meets With Party's Congress' Leaders JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (INS) — Adlai Stevenson was deep in the heart of Texas today and talking politics. The 1952 Democratic presidential nominee arrived Wednesday night at senate majority leader Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch near Johnson City after delivering a lecture on American economy at the University of Texas, in Austin. With Stevenson and Johnson was another power in Democratic circles, speaker of the house Sam Rayburn. Questioned in Austin whether the meeting would be political, Rayburn replied: "I’m not discussing politics or personalities today . . . But I might do it a little tomorrow.” In Stevenson’s speech—the first he has given since President Eisenhower’s heart attack—the Democratic leader called for redoubled American efforts to help the people of Asia, Africa and Latin America win their revolution against “poverty, ignorance, disease and disorder.” He declared: “If the uncommitted third of the world ends in the Communist camp, freedom—and that means us —will have suffered a staggering blow ... It would be the worst of all ifbnles if we, the richest land in the world, should stand on the sidelines and watch this fateful struggle go against us by default.” Adams County Man Injured In Wreck Charles V. Mcßride, 30. of route 6. Decattrf; escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when his dump truck was struck by a car driven by Dale W. Buschman, 32. of near Yoder, at the south edge of Waynedale on state road 1. Buschman, whom authorities reported was traveling at a high rate of speed, was killed instantly by extensive head and other injuries. Mcßride was enroute south in his truck loaded with sand and steel rods, when his vehicle was struck head-on by the Buschman auto, which was ip the southbound lane. Mcßride suffered a facial laceration, possible fracture of the right arm and abrasions on the left arm, and was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital for treatment. Richard D. Graber Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Richard D. Graber, 46, of Fort Wayne, a former resident of Dqcatur, died at 1:05 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Hines Veterans hospital at Hines, 111., where he had been a patient for 1 four months. He had been ill for nearly a year. He was born in Decatur July 20, 1909. a son of Albert and Laura Steele-Graber, and graduated from the Decatur high school in 1927, Mr. Graber was a veteran of World War 11. and for many years was an employe of the General Electric Co. in Fort Wayne. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Opal Graber of Fort 'Wayne, Mrs. Lowell Smith of Lafayette , and Mrs. Richard Cunningham of Defiance, O. ; Private funeral services will be 1 conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the ' .Zwick funeral home, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with the American Legiofi conducting military rites.

France Warns UN Assembly On Red Effort Bars Interference Os Foreign Nations In African Affairs UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —France framed the UN assembly today that the recent disturbances iu Algeria and Morocco may be ■ the result of Communist efforts to open “a new front” in Africa. Foreign minister Antoine Pinay, in a frank and hard hitting speech before the 60 nation forum, pledged French determination to grant the North African territories “a real independence within voluntary association.” He firmly barred foreign interference in Prance's African affairs; Pinay also declared that the recognition of rival East and West German regimes will “lead us to a dead end.” He rejected Soviet demands for recognition of East Germany as a state and asserted: "The French government, for its part, knows of only one democratically elected government in Germany: That of the Federal Republic.” The French minister's assertion reflected western Big Three agreement on recognition of the federal German government as the only legal authority for Germany and the only spokesman for the German people. Pinay left no illusions that allied unity on any issue such as the reunification of Germany is about to weaken or break apart. He urged the Soviet Union go beyond the "Geneva smile” and cooperate with the west in solving basic cold war problems. Pinay affirmed that “there is no security for Europe -without the reunification of Germany.” He added quickly there can neither be a reunified Germany "without the formulation of a security system." He strongly defended the North Atlantic pact as a factor for peace in Europe and said it will complement proposed security guarantees for the continent. He continued: “A united Germany must. In our opinion, be subject to controlled military limitations, and these limitations and this control should not in any sense be discriminatory.” Pinay declared the western allies “are determined to consolidate” the “Geneva spirit” at the Big Four foreign ministers’ meeting in the Swiss City Oct. 27. He declared that much remains (Continued on Page Eight) No Cuts Made In County Tax Rate The 1956 tax rates in Adams county are being considered today in a hearing at the county court house conducted by George Gable of the state tax board. Sitting in on the hearing is William Minch of the state taxpayers association. No cuts were made this morning in the county general, county welfare and county hospital budgets, which were reviewed by Gable. These will stand ,at 59 cents per SIOO taxable property on the county general, 11 cents on the welfare and three cents on the hospital as approved Sept. 7 by the county council. Under review this afternoon are township budgets and the rates for school and city corporations. The state tax board has the power to cut but not increase tax rates. Following today’s bearing the budgets will be submitted at Indianapolis before the entire tax board for final approval.

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■ . . -u—Janet Moving Onward Toward Mexican Coast Hundreds Dead On Yucatan Peninsula And In West Indies MEXICO CITY (INS) — The. 125 to 156 mile-an-hour winds of killer hurricane Janet moved towards the Mexican Gulf coast today seeking to add more victims to the hundreds it claimed on the Yucatan Peninsula and in the West Indies. At 5 a.m. (EST) the center of the giant tropical storm was about 75 miles east northeast of Vera Cruz. It was moving at about 12 to 15 miles an hour and was expected to smash inland between Vera Cruz and Tuxpan about noon. Hurricane force winds of 75 miles an hour or more extended 60 miles in front of the storm. Gale force winds were felt 200 miles to the north and 100 miles to the south. Dangerously high tides were expected from Vera Cruz north to Tampico as Janet churned up the waters of the Gulf of Campeche between Yucatan and the mainland. Torrential rains were forecast for the mountains to the west of the coast from Vera Cruz to Ciudad Victoria. Rough seas along the entire Gulf coast north to Port O’Connor, Tex., were expected, and small craft were warned to stay in port. The entire state of Vera Cruz was alerted for the storm with special rescue squads standing by to go into action. Behind her Janet left a 75-mile swath of death and destruction across the territory of Quintano ißoo on the Yucatan. Total deaths were not yet known, but thfcy were placed at about 200. The territorial capital and port, Chetamul, and the coastal town of Xkalak, were virtually destroyed. Pilots who flew over the area this morning reported that the city hall at Chetamul seemed to be the only major building standing. Unconfirmed reports from Xkalak said that virtually all the town’s 1,000 inhabitants were feared dead or injured. Janet was the third hurricane (Continued on Page Seven) Herold Buuck Dies In Auto At Home Native Os County Dies At Fort Wayne Herold F. Buuck, 43, of Fort Wayne, a native©! Adams county, was found overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in his auto Wednesday afternoon. He was dead on arrival at the Lutheran hospital at 3 p. m. Dr. H. Paul Miller, Allen county coroner, said it was an apparent suicide. Buuck was found sitting on the back seat of his car, which was in the garage with the motor running. He had formerly worked for the Perfection Biscuit Co. for 12 years and had Just begunworking in the maintenance department of Indiana-Michigan Electric Co. Tuesday. Mr. Buuck was born in Adams county and had lived in Fort Wayne since 1941. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran church and Post 47, American Legion. He served with the army in World War IL Surviving are his wife, Virginia; his mother, Mrs. Herman Buuck of Fort Wayne; a sister, Mrs. Hugo Frnechtenicht of Fort Wayne, and three brothers, Arthur Buuck of Fort Wayne, Reinhardt Buuck of Columbus, and Melvin Buuck of* Decatur. The body was removed to the Mungovan & Sons funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Community Fund's Budget Increased Annual Fund Drive Is Set For Oct. 10 The 1956 budget for the Decatur Community Fund was set at $12,490 by its board of directors at a special called meeting this week. The board accepted without change the recommendations of its budget committee, according to T. C. Smith, fund president. This total is about seven percent higher than last year's budget of $11,665, which was oversubscribed in a successful campaign headed by E. W. Lankenau. The budget committee consisted of E. E. Rydell of Bag Service, chairman, Don Jones of the Central Soya Co., Ray F. Leitz of the General Electric Co., and. Louis A. Jacobs, co-owner of the Holthouse Drug Co. The 1956 approved budget is as follows: Boy Scouts $2,100 Girl Scouts 1,900 Youth & recreation committee 3,800 Playground equipment _ 300 Salvation Army 1,200 Mental health 740 Cancer society 1,(100 U. S. O. — —— 700 Operational expense 500 Contingent fund, —259 Total —- The budget committee carefully considers the budget requests as submitted by each of the participating agencies. Each agency is asked to submit a financial statement of its previous year's operation along with Its plans for the coming year. One new agency was refused admission this year. The requests of two agencies were reduced in amount. Over two-thirds of the total budget has again been assigned to youth activities. The U. S. 0., well known service organization to the armed forces, is listed as a separate agency again this year after having been included as the major part of the united defense fund for the past several years. The drive kickoff date has been tentatively set for October 10. The drive chairman, along with a new publicity chairman, and further | plans for this year’s drive will be announced in a few days. >■ Girl Scout Troop Leaders Are Needed Volunteers Sought In Girl Scout V/ork Additional Scout troop leaders are needed here as urgently as they are needed in hundreds of other communities throughout the country, Mrs. Byron Smith, organization chairman of the Decatur Giirl Scout council, said today. "Recruiting of approximately 300,000 volunteer troop leaders across the nation will be a major project of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A, for the next five years." Mrs. Smith stated, pointing out that in some large cities, as many as 10,000 girls are waiting to become Girl Scouts, but cannot be admitted to membership because of a shortage of adult leaders. In Decatur, Mrs. Smith said several . additional leaders are needed. In issuing a call for volunteer leaders in this area, Mrs. Smith emphasized the rewards as well as the problems and responsibilities of Girl Scout -leaders. “There is tremendous satisfaction in helping young girls to take responsibility for the troop's affairs, to have a good time, to learn new things and explore new fields.” “There is a great sense of achievement in helping them learn to accept, appreciate, and enjoy other people: to do their share as members of the Girl Scout organization tn this community, and to ' live up to the scout Ideals of honor, courtesy, friendship, and loyalty. “Volunteers already working with scout troops report that, as they help the girls to develop, they (Continued on Page Seven)

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Nixon Assures Government At Normal Pace --S ( National Security Council And Nixon In Meeting Today WASHINGTON (INS) — Vice President Richard M. Nixon assured the nation today that ‘the business of the government is going forward normally” in the absence of President Eisenhower. Nixon made the statement as he arrived at the White House for a meeting of the national security council, his first session with the top policy advisory body since Mr. Eisenhower’s heart attack. The vice president, unofficially acting %s chief executive, arrived at the White House about 9 a. m., (ESTI, an hour before the security council was scheduled to meet. He explained that he wanted to go over certain routine matters prior to the council meeting and to make arrangements for certain subjects to be taken up at a cabinet session Friday. Nixon said the security council will meet for about two hours. He explained that, in accordance with the usual custom, no statement will be made concerning the meeting and not even the agenda will be disclosed. He said: “This is a meeting which is being held in the usual course of events. It is another indication that the business of the government is going forward normally in the President’s absence. That description also fits the cabinet meeting Friday.” The regularly scheduled session of the national security council, which includes the administration’s aop advisers, will call the defense planners into their second meeting this month. Nixon normally presides over the group when the President is away from Washington. He will, also be chairman of a full cabinet meeting Friday. Wednesday the vice president for the first time signed a White House message on behalf of PresiI dent Eisenhower. Although the message itself was not regarded as an event of key importance, Nixon’s action emphasized the new role he has assumed since the Chief Executive was stricken last Saturday. Assistant White House news secretary Murray Snyder said Nix(Oontinued on Page Seven) Mrs. Wm. Alfalher Dies At Midnight Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. lantha Catherine Alfather, 79, wife of William Alfather, died unexpectedly at midnight last night at her home, 127 North Ninth street. She had been ill for some time but death was unexpected. She was born in St. Mary’s township Feb. 21, 1876. a daughter of David and Mary Helm-Mauller, and was married to William Alfather Jan. 28, 1896. Mrs. Alfather was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, the W.S.W.S. and the Dorcas class of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. Gregg McFarland of Decatur; one granddaughter, Mrs. Louis Zwick of Decatur; two great-grandchildren, Sharon and Barbara; one brother, Albert Mauller of Pleasant Mills, and one sister, Mrs. George Hill of Decatur. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. SaturdayJM the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Benj. G. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at f|he funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

Speculation Over Peron Destination Believed Likely To Live In Switzerland BUENOS AIRES (INS)—Deposed dictator Juan Peron, whose close mouthed 'regime created countless unsolved mysteries, gave Argentines a couple of new ones to cope with today. 1 — Will he spend his exile in Paraguay, Spain or Switzerland? 2 — Will he take the embalmed remains of his late wife, the beautiful Eva Peron, into exile with him? Peron’s ueiayea departure for Asuncion aboard a Paraguayan gunboat set off a flood of rumors as to his eventual destination. But diplomatic circles generally agreed he most likely will proceed to Switzerland sooner or later, after a brief stay in Paraguay. This belief is based on the traditional Swiss tolerance toward political exiles and the known fact—considered a more motivating force — that Switzerland is where Peron and Eva cached much of the profits of their adventurous careers. Police reported finding about S2O million worth of gold and bank motes Wednesday in Peron’s trunks, which he was unable to take with him. ,| The tjro also are said to have made huge investments in the United States. But this wealth would be difficult to identify and ; locate because it is controlled by I an organization with corporate . status, the name of which thus far i it has been impossible to ascer- ■ tain. Powerful Hurricane ' Heads For Kyushu TOKYO (INS) —Rampaging Lou- * ise lashed small islands of the Amami Oshima group today as the most powerful storm of the year swirled toward Kyushu in southern Japan. Authorities said the storm packing winds of 125 miles per hour, battered tiny islands 115 miles south of Kyushu at noon (7 p. m.) PST Wednesday. Baby's Kidnaper Is Under Observation Betty Benedicto Is Taken To Hospital w SAN FRANCISCO (INS) —The confessed kidnaper of baby Robert Marcus is under observation in the psychiatric ward at San Francisco hospital, Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto who gave up the baby early Wednesday collapsed in her cell at city prison after sobbing out her story of frustrated mother love which she gave as the motive for the kidnaping. She was removed to the hospital while authorities made plans to bring formal kidnaping charges against her. The 12-day-old baby kidnaped by Mrs. Benedicto Sept. 19 was back at Mount Zion hospital and was reported in excellent health. The happy parents, Dr.- Sanford Marcus, 34, and his wife, Hanna, 29, offered public thanks for the return of their child and expressed themselves as disinterested in any prosecution of the kidnaper. Doctor Marcus declared: “I feel we must make public our thanks to almighty iGod for the safe deliverance of our little boy.” , Mrs. Benedicto telephoned Doctor Marcus from Stockton, 75 miles east of San Francisco early Wednesday, and told him she would return the baby over to a priest at St. Mary’s church. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with scattered eHowers and thunderstorms tonight Friday partly cloudy and cooler. Low tonight 48-54 north and 54-58 south. High Friday 62-67 north, 66-70 south.

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Byrne, Loes Are Chosen As Day's Hurlers Lineups Unchanged Except Pitchers In Second Series Tilt BULLETIN NEW YORK — The New York Yankee* made It two in a row over the Brooklyn Dodgers this afternoon, winning the second game of the 1955 World Series behind Tommy Byrne’s steady hurling, 4-2.’ TODAY’S LIIEIPS Dodgers Yankees Gißiam, If Bauer, rs Reese, ss McDougald. 3b Snider, cf Noren, cf Campanella, c Berra, c Furillo, rs Collins, lb Hodges, lb Howard, If Robinson, 3b Martin, 2b Zimmer, 2b Rizzuto, ss Loes, p Byrne, p Umpires: Summer (AL); Ballanfant (NL); Honochick (AL); Dascoli (NL); Flaherty (AL); Donatelli (NL). NEW YORK (INS) -r Perfect baseball weather greeted the Yankees and the Dodgers for the second game of the world series today as the Bombers sought to go two up over the National League champs. Bright sunsnine, clear skies and / . pleasantly warm temperatures prevailed at Yankee Stadium, where an expected crowd of 65,000 fans was to see Casey Stengel’s team gun for their second straight win of the classic minus slugger Mickey Mantle. As in the opening game, Stengel defied the book and chose a lefthander, 35-year-old “comebacker” Tommy Byrne, to carry the Yankee pitching banner. Dodger manager Walter Alston gave the hurling assignment to 25-year-oid Billy Loes, his temperamental and sometimes sore armed righthander. The starting lineups for the second game were the same as in the inaugural with Irv Noren occupying Mantle’s post in center field for the American League champions. Mantle, hobbled by a ripped muscle in his right thigh, took a few swings in batting practice and dejectedly declared: “It still hurts. It feels sore. I don’t know when I’ll play.” This added weight to the belief that the slugging young switch hitter may be only a spectator and pinch hitter for the entire run of the big show. A play-by-play description follows: First Inning Dodgers — Gilliam struck out. Reese and Snider filed to Bauer. No runs, no hits, no errors. Yankees —Bauer singled to left McDougald struck out and Bauer was doubled going to second, Campanella to Gilliam. Noren filed to center. No runs, one hit no errors. Second Inning Dodgers—Campanella fouled to McDougald. Furillo walked. Hodges filed to Bauer and Robinson filed to Rizzuto. No runs, no hits, no errors. .... Yankees —Berra was hit on the right arm by a pitched ball. Collins struck out. Howard struck out and Berra was safe at second when Zimmer dropped Campanella’s throw. Martin struck out. Nq runs, no hits, one error. Third Inning Dodgers—Bauer was taken out of the game because of a pulled muscle in his right thigh. Noren • moved to left, Howard to right and Cerv went to center.’ Zimmer fanned, Loes bounced out to short. Gilliam filed to Noren. No runs, no hits, no errors. Yankees—Rizzuto singled to left but Byrne rapped into a dopble play, Zimmer to Reese to Hodges. Cerv, batting in Bauer's leadoff spot, struck out No errors, one hit, no errors. (Ctontinuen on Page Mr) •a■;