Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1957 — Page 2

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Fort Wayne Couple Face Wanton Neglect Man Claims He Was Planning To Return CLINTON, lowa (UP) — A couple accused of abandoning seven youngsters in a motel today faced a preliminary hearing on charges of wanton neglect. Francis Smith. 52. and his new bride, the former Mary Jane Schaefer, 27, both of Fort Wayne. Ind-, allegedly told Smith's children they "were going for a ride" and drove away. The children were found in a De Witt, lowa, motel Friday, with only 1.30, a loaf of bread and sofne cheese. Atuhorities arrested Smith at Keokuk, lowa, Tuesday, several hours after he said he and Miss Schaefer were married in Kahoka, Mo, Officials said Smith had tripped himself up with a phony story he told Red Crossauthorities in order to win aid. Smith, a widower, said he intended to return for his children, but a Keokuk bus station agent contradicted the story, saying Smith made plans to proceed to San Francisco. Miss Schaefer told police an eighth child, aged 10 months, had bebn fathered by a man who refused to marry her. The infant had been taken along with the couple when the other seven were left in the motel. 20 Years Ago Toddy 0- - 0 August 29 — Was Sunday and no paper was published. t - SHEAFFERS JQ ■ALLPOIN^Z/f$ with the new writes ~.. 5 times *’•; longer than un JMr ordinary X# ballpoints! IIIHVEB JEWELRY STORE

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PICTURED ABOVE are the 31 members of the Decatur high school graduating class of 1942, who attended the first reunion of that class, Sunday, at the Youth and Community center. The original class consisted of 60 members: three of the men of the class were killed while serving in the armed forces during World War 11. Plans are now underway for the next reunion, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their graduation year, to be held in 1962. Bernard Meyer and Dick Linn head the reunion committee. The first row, left to right, are Jay Martin, Decatur; Mrs. Vera Bauer Doty, Decatur; Mrs. Alice Brunnegraff Eyanson, Decatar; W. Guy Brown, school principal at the time; James Hunter, Decalur; Mrs. Florabelle Kohls Faulkner. Bluffton; Mrs. Mildred Worthman Hardy. Muncie, class sponsor; Mrs. Mary Borne Franz, Decatur; Mrs. Kathryn Fruchte, Dayton, Ohio, and Spencer Andrews, Decatur.

Beck Tax Evasion Case Will Be In 1958 ■ Four Year Period , Included In Charges |i ■* i TACOMA, Wash. (UP)—D av e 1 Beck, international president of 1 the Teamsters Union, probably will J go on trial here early next year on' two charges of evading some $240,1000 in federal income tax over a j fobr-year period. The portly union leader was ! charged Wednesday by a federal grand jury with failure to report $254,000 in income calling for $184,000 in taxes during the period 1951-53. His son, Dave Beck Jr.,

and four others also were indicted. It was expected this charge would be consolidated with another handed down last May 2 by the same jury accusing Beck of evading $56,000 in taxes for 1950 Indicted with Beck and his son were Norman Gessert, general organizer for the union; Fred Verschueren Sr., the union’s auditor; Nathan Shefferman, a Chicago labor relations consultant, and Shefferman's son, Shelton. The men are scheduled for arraignment before Federal District Judge John C. Bowen Sept. 12. Beck’s bond was set at $25,000 with $5,000 for the other defendants. Beck, in "Los Angeles for a meeting of the Teamsters’ Executive 9oard, said he was “not surprized” at the indictment, "but I certainly am not guilty.” “I never made out my own income tax, I hired public accountants to do it. If mistakes were made, they made them," he said. Trade in a tooC* town — DecatU — i uh' Oar Route Men An Oat . . . EVERY DAY 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. PHONE 3-3202 r FOR FREE DELIVERY and PICKUP KELLY DRY CLEANING 427 N. 9th St.

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In the second row, left to right, are Jim Colter, Decatur; James J. Strickler, Decatur- Mrs. Pat Garrard Louth, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Jane Eady Whitted, Gary; Mrs. Loretta Kaehr LaFontaine, Monroe; Mrs. Patricia Baughn Drake, Fort Wayne; Kenneth Freidt, Decatur, and Bernard Meyer, Decatur. The five women in the third row, left to right, are Mrs. Jean Barkley Hirschcy, Geneva; Mrs. Mary Jane Wilson Burnett, Decatur; Mrs. Mildred Marshall Strahm, Decatur; Mrs. Harriet Eley Gause, Decatur, and Mrs. Thais Bumgerdner Stonestreet, Decatur Fourth and top row, left to right, are Dick Linn, Decatur: Cal Burnett, Decatur; T Richard Eichhorn, Decatur; Robert Yost, Decatur; Don Fruchte. Dayton, Ohio; Richard Buckley, Chicago, Ill.; Bill Lynch, New Carlisle; Eugene Melchi, Roanoke; Rollie Affolder, Muncie, and Kenneth Beery, Fort Wayne. (Photo by Anspaugh)

Room Contributed By Suttles Family Unit In Memory Os A. D. Suttles, Sr. Mrs. Arthur D. Suttles. Sr„ and family today donated the furnishings for • single unit in memory of the late Arthur D. Suttles, Sr., the hospital board announced. Mr. Suttles was a former Decatur banker, insurance and real estate'?gent. and teacher at the „ wist wtffthMchool. The Buttles gift to the new addition in the Adams county memorial hospital is the seventh announced. There are 35 units in the new addition, and memorial plaques will be installed commemorating the gift of a single dnit of SSOO. ( The hospital was originally opened in 1923, and was dedicated to the veterans of World War I. The 50 original rooms were furnished by gifts from interested individuals and organizations. Units in the new addition will be furnished by the First State Bank of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shafer, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Busche: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper. Mrs. C. C. Rayl and daughter, Mrs. C. K. Egeler; and the Holthouse Drug Company. President Visits Wife In Hospital WASHINGTON (UP) — President Eisenhower visited his wife at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Wednesday. The White House said Mrs. Eisenhower, recovering from an Aug. 6 operation, was in “fine" condition but “not in any hurry” Ito leave the hospital.

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Era Os Jet Plane Is Now A Reality By GLENN STACKHOUSE United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO <UP>— 'On May 16, 1952. a graceful airplane with tapered wings and the streamlining of a flying fish whistled injo the air from an English field and announced <to the world with a blowtorch voice that the era of jet travel had begun. It was the Comet 11, pride of De Havilland Aircraft Co., the world’s first commercial jet airliner. It thrust the jubilant British into the forefront of civil aviation for the first imc in hisory and offered Europe an opening wedge to crack the solid front of American monopoly in the commercial aircraft industry. The -Comet promptly broke alll the world’s airline speed records! with ease, much to the dismay of such American titans as Boeing, Douglas, Convair and Lockheed. Got Ahead of Selves But, in the ensuing two years, the British found they had won a battle, but lost a war. They had rushed the Comet into the air too soon, without the painstaking research, proving and double-check-ing of their American competitors. Their mistakes became tragically, evident when four of the Comets crashed in quick succession, strewing the bodies of HO victims from Naples to Karachi. In April, 1954. the government grounded the rest of the Comets and De HaVilland designers went back to thd drawing board. Today De Havilland Is in a nlp-and-tuck race with Boeing to get into the air. De Havilland’s new and proven Comet IV and Boeings 767 both are scheduled to be delivered to customers next year. French Also Bidding Across the channel in France, Sub Aviation Co has jumped into the battle with a fat-bodied, shortranged jet transport called the Caraville, a twin- engined plane _ di-signnri .for thr short hauL The Caravelle's wings are naked of engines. Two Rolls Royce power plants. are tucked away against the fuse- I lage so far aft they are almost j under the tail. French engineers, strongly aware of the Comet’s disasters, settled on this design on the the- j ory that a malfunctioning engine, that tears off a wing is worse) than no engine at all. FurtherINSECTICIDES FOR EVERY USE ** » * — — _ OPEN — — — ALL DAY SUNDAYS •* * * AIR CONDITIONED HOLTHOUSE On The Highway N. 13th St. Route 27 I

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