Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LUI. No. 296

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GROPING HOMEWARD from the Los Angeles Examiner, photographer Doug Wilson stopped at a curbside phone booth and called the city editor. “ This fog is so thick I could write my name on it,” he said, and the city editor replied, "Go ahead.” So he did, using a tripod for the camera, which was set for a minute and a half, and printing his name backwards with a flashlight.

UN Assembly Is In Recess Until Monday Delegates Revolt Upsets Solution To Seat Deadlock UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —The UN assembly recessed until Monday after a revolt among the delegates Friday night jpset a compromise solution, to tne deadlocked security council election. The 76-natlon body voted to extend its tenth session until midnight Tuesday and continue efforts to end the stalemate. The proposed solution was unprecedented in the UN and provided for the two leading candidates each to serve half of the two year council term beginning next year. With both Yugoslavia and the Philippines accepting the “gentleman’a agreement," the Communist east European state was selected by lot to serve first. The formula was worked out by assembly president Jose Maza of Chile, and had the support of the U.S. and Bditain. But a majority of the assembly delegates would have nothing to do with it. Six assembly sessions and thirty five secret ballots have failed to give either the Philippines or Yugoslavia the necessary two-thirds majority. Britain and Russia led the campaign for Yugoslavia and refused to back down. The U. S. and the Latin America states headed the drive for the Philippines. The British held to their support of Yugoslavia over the past months on the grounds that the seat being vacated by Turkey must be filled by another European nation. The U. S. claimed that the Asians had the right to wider representation in the council. Agreement on the split term was reached on the conviction that neither the Philippines nor Yugoslavia could possibly draw the required tw'o-thirds majority. The Soviet Union attacked the proposed prcoedure as violating assembly regulations. Youth Arrested On r Extortion Charge Extortion Attempt On Noted Publisher MIAMI (INS) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today at Miami that charges will be filed against a 20-year-old youth in connection with an attempt to extort $600,000 from publisher John S. Knight. Charles E. Weeks, special agent in charge of the Miami FBI office, said Napoleon Williams, son of a minister, was seized as, he opened a dummy package which had been planted by agents Friday night. Weeks said the youth claimed he opened the package only out of curiosity. Knight, editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily News, the Miami Herald and other newspapers, had received a two page letter in Chicago after it had been forwarded from Miami. According to the FBI, the extortion note was sprinkled with misspellings and threatened death to Knight’s family if he did not come through with the money. The , note was signed "Extortioners, Inc.” — - INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and colder to* night. Sunday moatly eloudy with snow and little change in temperature. Low tonight 12-20. High Sunday 25-30.

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Offer Egypt Help To Build Big Dam United States And Britain Offer Help WASHINGTON (INS) — Th< Egyptian finance minister leaves Washington today with a firm An glo-American offer to help financt Egypt’s proposed high dam at As wan on the upper Nile. British and American official, submitted the bid to minister Ab del Moneim El-Kaissouni Friday night at the windup of a month long series of conferences in Wash ington. The state department plans t( release a full statement on the pro posal —a symbol of cold war com petition between 'the West and So vlet Russia — today. The project would cost betweer one and one-half billion dollars ant would take 18 years to complete It would provide electricity for al of Egypt and would increase its farm land by one-third. The agreement reached Friday involves the terms of an offer m&de by the U.S.. Britain and the World bank. The West hopes Egypt will accept the plan instead of taking a loan which Russia has proposed Although he was non-commital about his recommendations to his government, El-Kaissouni appear ed to favor acceptance when he said that “the conversations pro greased very satisfactorily.” The Soviet Union has offered tc lend Egypt technicians and machin ery on a scale equivalent to more than 200 million dollars. El • Kaissouni is scheduled tc meet with world bank president Eugene Black this morning. He plans to leave for New York early this afternoon and emplane tomor (■Continued On Page Five) Bultemeier Child Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Steven David Bultemeier, two year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil Ham Bultemeier. of Root town ship, died at 5 o’clock this morning at a hospital at North Ver- ■ non. The child had been in ill : health since birth. He was born in Decatur Sept. I 15, 1953, a son of William and Milda Scheumann-Bultemeier. Surviving in addition to the parents are the following brothers and sisters: Rolland Bultemeier of Fort Wayne. Richard Bultemeier of Ossian, Mrs. Paul Miller of Decatur, and Edward. James. Frederick. Stanley. Jerry, Marlene. Kay, Roslyn and Constance Bultemeier. all at home; and a grandmother, Mrs. Lena Bultemeier of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Edwin Jacobs officiating. Burial will be in the St. John’s Lutheran church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral borne after 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. 1 Teachers Here Vote For Social Security Teachers in the public schools of Decatur. Berne and Adams county voted in favor of joining in the social security program, in addition to teachers retirement fund, according to the reuslts of Friday’s announced by Gail Grabill. county superintendent. • The Dec.atur vote was 42 in favor and nine Opposed: in Berne, 26 favored and three opposed, and in the rural schools, 60 favored and 41 opposed. These results will be sent to Indianapolis for tabulation on a statewide basis.

U. S. Pulling More Pressure , On Red China n Increase Pressure 8 e To Free American Civilian Prisoners Is b- WASHINGTON (INS) — The .y U. S. put new and greater pressure h- on Red China today to free Amerih- can civilians held prisoner in violation of the Sept. 10 repatriation :o agreement. o- ’ The state department angrily acti- cused the Communists of subjecto- ing some captives to “cruel and inhuman treatment” and of refusn ing to keep its promise to return d the Americans “expeditiously.” B ; The statement was in reply to a 1] Communist charge that Chinese s nationals in the U. S. are not permitted to return to their homeland, y Department spokesman Lincoln e White said that Chinese have been (j “free to leave” since the agreement was signed at Geneva. It g was pointed out that 70,000 efreu--1 lars in U. S. post offices have con- . veyed this information. It was explained that the British s legation in Peiping — the go-be-r’ tween in China — has been pere mitted to contact only three Amer- ’’ icans. 0 A spokesman saia tne Indian emv bassy in Washington, the intere mediary in the U. S., has been contacted by "a few" Chinese, but declined to say whether any had com--0 plained of being prevented from 1 leaving. e U. S. officials cited the case of J Mrs. Homer V. Bradshaw, who is r ’ scheduled to reach Hong Kong Tuesday, to back up its “cruel and inhuman" charges. Mrs. Bradshaw was given permission to leave China last month but reportedly was in such poor condition that she was unable to sign an exit permit. She and her husband were, arrested in early 1951 and imprisoned at Canton. Both are in their 60s and served fqr many years as medical missionaries in China. > Bradshaw was sentenced to five 1- years in jail on espionage charges 1- after the Sept. 10 repatriation 1- agreement. He said he would die "• rather than sign a “confession.” H Officials said the Bradshaws and John Downey, of New Britain, 1- Conn., a cousin of singer Morton d Downey, were the only Americans whom British diplomats in China ’- were allowed to see. 8 " _ r r Christmas Party By J, Lions Club Monday e The Lions club will have their a annual children’s Christmas party Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church. This i- is an annual affair and the meme bers and their children are invitI- ed to attend. J Members are asked to note that a there will be no meetings of the y club on Monday, December 26, 2, and Monday. January 2. > Miss Evelyn Doehrman In Semi-Final Test Miss Evelyn June Doehrman. Des catur route one, a student at Hoags land, Madison township, Allen a county, has qualified for the semiI- final examinations In the national I, merit scholarship awards, it was s announced today. I. Setni-fiwal examinations will be given in January at Fort Wayne, r Final winners, some 500 seniors in 6 high schools of the nation, will rea ceive a full four year college edud cational expense account. Others e will receive merit certificates, n which will partly pay college exL -— ——•—~~

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 17,1955.

Rich Imperial Valley Os California Struck By Series Os Quakes

New Revolt In Argentina Is Smashed Today! Move To Overthrow Government Fails As Leaders Seized BUENOS AIRES (INS)—Argentine police announced today that a conspiracy to overthrow the provisional government of Gen. Pedro Eugenio Aramburu has been smashed. More than 500 plotters have been arrested, -including two gene erals who supported deposed ex- „ president Juan Peron, authorities said. H The plot was discovered in the | , city of La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province, police said. The official report# said the 1 plotters were arrested at a coun- - try estate near La Plata. i The arrested generals were identified as Heraclio Ferrazano i and G. Ugolino. both defenders of > the Peron regime in the revolt . that led to the ex-president’s ouster last September. i Police said they had been i aware of the plan since the be- . ginning, and had waited to make the arrests until the conspir.-jj; . was “fully developed.” An army colonel, otherwise unidentified, also was reported to , have been arrested in Buenos . Aires. Ten days ago. two Argentine (Continued On Page Five) Decatur Casting Co. Party Monday Night Approximately 400 persons, ern- ( ployees and their families of the Decatur Casting company have j been invited to attend the employj ees annual Christmas party at , the Lincoln school gym Monday I evening at 7 o'clock, it was announced by general chairman of . the event, Robert C. Butcher. t There will be special entertain- . raent including a Christmas movie , and of course Santa Claus will be there with treats for all the child- • ten. , Jim Strickler is assistant chair- , man and committee members are . as follows: —eats committee: Paul Lobslger. Harlo Miller, Dpn*ald i Fifer, Charles Mann; entertaini ment committee: Grover Bleeke, i Paul McAhren; treats committee: i Gerald Brodbeck. Ruby Brodbeck, Lora Lee. Anna’Myers; prize committee: Emil Bienz. Waldo slar- , bach; clean up committee: Russell Edgell, Jack Hart, Richard Kelly, Billy Ross. L Court House Rest Room Is Damaged May Force Closing Os Men's Rooms 1 Some unknown persons entered the men’s public rest room at the ’ court house Friday night and almost completely demolished the interior, it was reported today. ’ The destruction is believed to • have been the aftermath of a - basketball game and several clues are being investigated. Several similar incidents have been reported recently, and county auditor Frank Kitson said the acts 1 might lead the commissioners to order the rest rooms closed at night. 1 A closing schedule 'was tried ’ temporarily some time ago and 1 because of numerous protests, be--1 cause the court house rest rooms are the only available rooms at ■ night, the commissioners decided to reopen the rooms. > Damage, which has mounted to several hundreds of dollars in re- ■ cent months, might lead to the i closing action, it was pointed out. . Investigators believe the destruc- • tion is done by young high school students of the area. '-w

. Democrat Conclave To Be Wide Open Open Convention Is j Seen By Monroney "WASHINGTON "(INS) — Sen. I Mike Monroney (D Okla.), said today the Democratic convention in . 1956 will be “open” and "unstacked” against Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.), or anyone else. Kefauver announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination Friday with a statement that he had been “assured” by former President Harry S. Truman and others that there will be no “stop Kefauver” movement next year. Sen. Paul Douglas (D Ill.), who favors Adlai E. Stevenson for the nomination, said the Democrats - are “blessed with a number of fine I candidates,” including Stevenson. Kefauver, New York Gov. Averell Hariman. and Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Williams, if he runs. Kefauver said he will make a “vigorous" campaign and will challenge Stevenson in California’s June 6 primary while reserving decisions on other state primary contests. He indicated he will enter New Hampshire’s March 13 contest, first Democratic primary in the nation. A Florida friend, A. Frank Katsentine, quoted the senator as having told him he would enter Florida's May-8 primary. Stevenson has announced participation in the California, Minnesota. Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois presidential primariesStevenson welcomed Kefauver into the presidential sweepstakes with the quip, “Come on in, the water's fine.” - * On the Republican side, ■ GOP leaders generally are hoping President Eisenhower will find It possible to seek reelection-despite his heart attack. A slate of delegates, running as “favorable" to Mr. Eisenhower, has been announced in New Hampshire. Freezing Weather Gripping Southland Second Arctic Blast Hits North Plains CHICAGO (INS) — Freezing weather gripped the southland today while the second Arctic blast of the week spread southward over the Northern Plains. Moderate to heavy snows were reported over the Northern Rockies along with a strong westerly wind. This caused moderate to heavy snows over the Rockies in Montana. During the past 24 hours, Missoula. Mont., received nine inches of snow. Drummond, five inches and West Yellowstone, five inches. In 18 hours Billings had eight inches of snow. Lesser amounts fell in Idaho. Light snow flurries were general over the Pacific Northwest. Light snow was reported in the mid-Mississippi Valley into the northern Great Lakes and a fewsnow flurries over the Mid-Atlan-tic states. Northern Flbrida shivered in the midst of the frigid blast which lowerbd temperatures into the 20% Cross City, Fid., had an unus(Contlnuea on rage Kight) Iwo Jima Battens Down For Typhoon TOKYO (INS) —lwo Jima, famed world war two battleground, battened down today against onrushing typhoon Ruth which the air force weather bureau said is carrying w'inds up to 145 miles an hour. The U; S. Far East command in Tokya announced that cotpmunications with Iwo'have been suspended during the storm alert, ~NOON~ EDITION

Famous Heart Expert Visits President Ike Dr. Paul D. White To Make Personal Examination Today GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS) — Boston’s famed heart specialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White, pays a visit to Gettysburg today to find out how his most famous patient is getting along. His examination of President Eisenhower will determine how active a role the Chiet Executive i can play in affairs of state during , the weeks ahead. It may also help Mr. Eisenhower decide on when he will have enough information about his recovery from the Sept. 24 heart attack to be able to make a decision on khether to run for reelection. It has been nearly six weeks since the gentle-mannered, bluntspoken New England doctor examined the President at Denver's Fitzsimons army hospital. Since that time. Mr. Eisenhower has taken on an increasing burden of work. He has reached tl e point where his other doctors warned last week that he must guard against fatigue. Dr. White will make bis own appraisal of the President’s progress today and decide whether he had, indeed, been overworking. . He will look over recent X-rays and cardiograms of the patient’s heart and give him a personal examination to verify the medical check-up given Mr. Eisenhower last Saturday at the army’s Walter Reed hospital. Among the more immediate questions which may be answered today is whether Mr. Eisenhower will appear before congress in person to deliver his state of the union address early next month; Dr. White noted when he last examined Mr. Eisenhower in Denver that, despite his satisfactory progress, it was still possible for complications to develop under the “increased activity” of the weeks ahead. He pointed out that he had a patient who had been exposed to the strains of the presidency. Budget Committee Rejects Increases INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — State officials lost their faith in Santa Claus today. The state budget committe rejected salary increases ranging from SSOO to SI,OOO a year for them. The hikes were proposed by Governor George N. Craig. Teachers In Favor Os Social Security Favor Integration Os Pension System INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Unofficial returns today indicated Hoosier teachers favored integrating their state» pension system with social security by about a two-to-one margin. Robert H. Wyatt, executive secretary of the Indiana state teachers association said more than ■ 18,4)00 of the 32,000 possible'ballots were in and the tally showed 12,000 for and 6,000 against. Wyatt, who helped promote the integration, said 56 counties had reported and only Henry, 66-86. and Monroe, 36-52. voted against the plan. It won in Marion county, 459-451. Official tabulation in the statewide referendum, conducted by the state teachers’ retirement fund, will be run off Monday in the statehouse. Wyatt is ptesident of the retirement board. The referendum was authorized i by a 1955 statute which permitted combining of state and federal I pension programs. 1 .. • V

Dulles Returns From Parleys In Europe NATO Communique Hits Soviet Tactics PARIS (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles leaves today for Washington after holding a series of last-minute talks with European leaders. Dulles plans to emplane from Evreux airbase outside Paris at 5 p.m. (noon EST) for the trip back to the U.S. where he will report to President Eisenhower on developments at the just concluded meeting of the North Atlantic treaty council. In a series of rapid meetings this morning. Dulles discussed European integration problems with Jean Monnet, former chairman bf the European coal and steel authority, the situation in Morocco, the Middle East and Vietnam with French foreign minister Antoine Pinay. Finally he had a brief talk with Belgian foreign minister Paul - Henri Spaak. Dulles was to meet tihs afternoon with West German foreign minister Heinrich Von Brentano. The communique Friday of the 15 nation council lashed out at Soviet tactics in the Middle East and said Russia's growing military strength presented "a new challenge to the free world.” The Atlantic Pact nations decided to meet the challenge on both the economic and military fronts. The council also stressed that “the security and welfare of Berlin should be considered as essential elements of the peace of the free world in the present international situation.” Employment Boost Noted In Decatur Increase Os 79 Is Shown In November Employment in seven Decatur industries was 79 higher in November than for the same period a year ago, according to figures compiled by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Usually there is a slack employment period near the close of the year but at the end of November there were 1,453 I persons employed compared with I 1,374 in 1954. 1 The payroll tor the same per- 1 lod showed a decline, the November 1955 total being $430,462 com- 1 pared with the 1954 total of i $478,364. < Electric meters in use showed < an increase. The 1955 total was t 3,883 compared with the 1954 report of 3,834. Water and gas meters and telephones in use also , showed comparable increases ov- i era year ago. There were 15 cases of poor relief compared with 24 a year ago. ( the report shows. There were 60 ( births and nine deaths compared with 56 births and 13 deaths in £ November 1954. ( Carloadings both in and out , showed substantial gains and railway express shipments increased ' to 1,259 over the 1954 total of * 1,101. Postal receipts showed a decline from $8,408 in 1954 to * $8,122 in 1955. Building permits - increased. The November 1955 total requests to build were nine compared with six a year ago. Willis A. Presdorf Is Taken By Death Willis A. Presdorf, 61, French township farmer, died Friday afternoon at the Clinic hospital in,Bluffton. He was a member of St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras. Surviving are the wife, Dula; two sons, Donald D. of near Howe and Robert D. of near LaGrange; a daughter. Mrs. Floyd Engle of , route 4, Decatur, and eight grandchildren. The body was taken to the Yager funeral home at Berne, where friends may call after 1 p.m. > Sunday. Funeral arrangements Ihave not been completed. j

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Heavy Damage Is Reported In One Town Series Os Sharp Quakes Hit Brawley Last Night, Today BRAWLEY, Calif. (INS) — A series of sharp earthquakes hammered at the lush Imperial Valley Friday night and early this morning. causing extensive damage in the town of Brawley. The quakes started at 7:43 o’clock (PST) Friday night and recurred in ever-increasing intensity until the most damaging temblor came at 10:96. The quakes then decreased in severity until early this morning when three minor jolts were felt. In all some 17 distinct shocks were felt in Brawley. Damage was limited mostly to shattered glass and plaster and merchandise that tumbled from store windows onto the streets. . In the downtown section of Brawley nearly every plate glass windown was broken and sheriff’s officers roped off the area to prevent injury and to prevent looting. No injuries were reported. Theaters, bars and restaurants were evacuated soon after the initial shocks and police and fire equipment was called in front nearby areas to stand by in case of fire. Two water mains were broken but were soon repaired. The quakes were felt throughout the rich agricultural area in El Centro, Calexico, Imperial and Holtville but there was little damage outside of Brawley. Dr. Charles Richter, seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said the Imperial Valley is centered on a series of earth cracks which belong to the San Andreas fault system. He said quakes are common in the. area and they usually come in a flurry of increasing intensity. The San Andreas is the largest of California's great earth faults and runs the length of the stale into Mexico. It was the San An-; dreas fault that slipped April B,’ 1906, and caused the famed San, Francisco earthquake. Fred Robison, San Diego amateur seismologist, estimated that the epicenter of the quake was in lower California but he could not say just where. There was no apparent damage to the Imperial Valley’s extensive irrigation system, the main portion of which is the 60-mile All-Ameri-can Canal which brings water from the Colorado River. Another Mercury Drop Is Forecast Tonight INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Temperatures rose some 30 degrees today after the zero spell in Indiana. But the forecast of the Indianapolis weather bureau was for another drop of the mercury this week-end. Marks as low as 10 degrees and snow were predicted for tonight. Cloudy skies during' the entire week-end also were indicated. ....Help Fight TB — wgR .*Buy Christmas Seals-* Decatur Stores Open Evenings tor Christmas Shoppers