Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 300.

United States ‘ *gPreparing For Atomic Talks! Wheels In v For Private Talks? With Soviet Russia WASHINGTON. UP —Secretary of state John Foster Dulles jtoday forecast for 1954 "a possible recession of the horror of roomie warfare.” | . Dulles made this prediction as the United States prepared fefer private talks with Russia- on president Eisenhower’s plan for ?n ip- • ternational pooling of atomic energy for peace. J In an address to the National Press Club, Dulles said thftjt the Soviet Union “after years ofJfutile and evasive debate” about atomic weapons, has “at least indicated a willingness to talk confideiftlally, and we hope seriously, this problem.” Asserting that the new yea| will be one “for great decision,” Dulles predicted “a possible recession of the horror of atomic Dulles said Monday a Soviet note on the atoms-for-peacel plan was "hopeful,” although*th4 s Russians appear not to have "ciught the spirit” of the proposals, f Today the White House said Mr, Eisenhower will not comment personally on the Russian reply.! But White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said “the Secretary of state’s statement yesterday was with the approval df the President.” Officials scheduled a serifs of meetings at the state department and with Allied representatives to develop specific Any one of several courses qf ac—tion could be adopted. i’r The United States could explore the chances of Moscow agreement through regular diplomatic |hanIt could propose a formal conference with Russia and juch other atomic powers as Britain and Canada. Or it could an approach through the United tions. J Whatever it does, it will act |n a J hopeful but wary mood. Although officials are encouraged at !Russia’s willingness at least to discuss the atoms-for-peace plan, they'are under no illusions about Hhe chance of eventual Soviet aceeptance. | 1 The Kremlin, in a 3,000 soft-toned note to the United States Monday, announced thst it is ready to talk \about the proposal. But it renewed its old*. demand for a global ban on atomic weapons without any international inspection—a proposal the United States has repeatedly rejected In a special statement late Monday, secretary of state Joh\i Foster Dulles called the Soviet note “hopeful.” But he observed J.hat it indicated “the Soviet UTiion seems not to havp caught the Spirit of the President’s proposal,? Mr. Eisenhower suggested ir? his momentous address to the U| N. Dec. 8 that the world’s atomic powers pool some of their atomic resources for peace to establish a basis of cooperation that eventually could lead to the elimination of atomic arms race. , But Dulles said “the Soviet response criticizes the President’s proposal on the ground that not remove the threat of atomic weapons.” He also said the pote restated old Soviet proposals |hat the United States could not> accept. Nevertheless, Dulles said ?the United States would “explore* every possibility of securing agreement and bringing President 1 enhower’s historic proposal Mto the realm of creative action.” > In Western Europe officials Bailed the conciliatory tone of -the Soviet note. But like Dulles |hey were cautious about the chances of concrete results. U. N. diplomats generally were they, too, saw* many possible pitfalls ahead. r' " - S' Good Fellows Club Previous Total |B‘i.S9 Arnold Lumber Co. lb. 00 Moose lodge, IXF.OO Nelle Winnes - -C- |.OO Kocher Lumber Co. lji.oo Mr., Mrs. W.’P. Robinson - 11.00 Mr., Mrs. Austin Straub 5.00 Xi Alpha lota Exemplar Beta Sigma f’hi S.OO Junior Christian Endeavor Trinity church 3.00 C. E. Hocker f.oo<, Sheri Lynn Brod beck 1.00 A Friend — 10.00 Change in boxes |.05 b ’ ■&"" - Total -—1751.94 1 i

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At 87 She’s Student 25 Years INHHB IOWA STATE university’s oldest correspondence course student, 'Miss Julia Miller, 87, who has been studying by mail for 25 years, is shown in her home near Davenport, la., with Dr. Steven Horvath, lowa Institute of Gerontology director. Miss Miller is enrolled in U. S. history, 149-2-1865. On all assignments she has earned an * “A” grade.

French Delay Further Vole For President -' F ' Parliament Takes 24-Hour Recess To Seek Deadlock End VERSAILLES, France UP — Parliament took a 24-hour recess today in its attempt to elect a president of France. Seeking desperately to end a deadlock which' threatened to develop into a national crisis, the national assembly and senate met for only 14 minutes this afternoon. It was agreed to postpone the 11th ballot for president until 10 a.m. tomorrow 3 a.m. CST. Never before in French history has more than two ballots been necessary for the election, by the two houses in joint session, of a president. Premier Joseph Laniel was still the leading man in the 10th ballot', taken Monday night, for a successor to President Vincent Auriol for a seven-year term. Laniel offered Monday night to withdraw if his backers in his coalition government could agree on a man who could win. The 64-year-old millionaire textile industrialist called a caucus of his supporters for later today. He reaffirmed his willingness to withdraw, if necessary, in the interest of harmony, and asked that names of candidates be submitted. f* Andre Le Troquer, acting president of the national assembly, called a meeting of party leaders this morning in hope of finding “a man to save the republic” from paralysis—a compromise candidate. “I am ready to retire? if I can get all parties of the majority (the government coalition) to agree on the name of a candidate who can realize a union of republicans,” Laniel said.? < Although still leading the field, Laniel had failed to get an absolute majority of votes cast by inembhrs of the combined houses of Parliament in 10 ballots. ; The voting started last Thursday, and Laniel, an independent, reached -tfiis peak with 430 votes on the eighth ballot Sunday. A total of 452 votes is required for election. I - ' After that, his total fell off until he had only 392 votes on the 10th ballot. Marcel-Edmond Naegelen, an anti-Communist Socialist, was his nearest rival with 358 votes. Pierre Montel. an independent who entered the race Monday, slipped to 84 votes, with the remaindr scattered among minor candidates. This spectacle of France’s lawmakers quarreling bitterly over a successor to retiring President Vincent Auriol left the press and populate fuming with anger. But moves by Laniel and Le Troquer seemed to promise a solution, although it was realized that there were grave obstacles to the (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER • Cold wave warning. Cold wave tonight with temperatures falling to near zero except higher close to Lake Michigan and around zero to 10 above aouth by Wedneaday morning. Snow flurries ending and clearing tonight except snow continuing rsther heavy close to Lake Michigan. , Strong northerly wlnde wlft cause eome drifting. Wednes'l day partly cloudy and colder with snow flurries continuing near Lake Michigan. High Wedneaday 15 to 20.

Petitions Received By Commissioners Year-End Meeting Held Here Monday County commissioners accepted several matters outside of claims against the county at tbefr special year’s end meeting at the audi tor’s office Monday. A (petition for ditch work was filed by (Earl Caston for his property in Root township, requesting SSO; commissioners awarded Caston S3O for the work. A blacktopping petition signed by more than 200 residents of Root and Preble townships was re- 1 ceived and asks that county road be paved for a distance of five and one-half miles in both the above named townships. The road goes past three churches aad twd cemeteries, said auditor Frank Kitson. Representing the body of petitioners were the following men: August Seiiking (Root township trustee), Saan Schuler, Rufus Kirchofer, Hernia n? Elherding, Arthur W. Werling, August Koeneman, Jacob Schuler, George Sprague, William A. Selking, Paul Becker. Kitson said this petition was indefinitely deferred for later action. County health nurse Miss Marie Felber gave the following 19&3 wind-up report: (Miss Felber was visited Dec. 3 by Miss Mary Paxton of the Criipple Children’s society and was informed that a survey would be made by* that group of all the crippled children in Adams county. Miss Felber ha? completed (vision screening in the following county schools—-Enian-uel, Lincoln, Kimsey, Reineker, St. John’s, Pleasant Mills. She made foiir home calls since the las|freporting iperiod. A $30,000 bond filed by incoming treasurer Waldo Neal, has; been recorded by commissioners. Another bond, for $5,000 was filed for Neal’s wife, Bernice,as his deputy treasurer. A policy covering the treasurer’s office againsrt burglary, robbery and all-risk has been written; The policy runs for three years and is payable in three installments; the first year, $1(48.98, and the second and third years two payments of $111.73 are due. Suspend Business Here On Christmas All except religious activity in Decatur will come to a full stop cn Christmas day, Friday. This includes the First State Bank, shops and industries, courthouse, taverns, schools, and the post office. The Daily Democrat will not publish Friday. County auditor Frank Kitson has noted that the court house will close on Dec. 24 at 3 p.m. and will stay closed until the following Monday, Dec. 28. Good Fellows Club To Deliver Baskets Delivery of boxes and baskets to the needy of Decatur will be made Wednesday afternoon and evening by the Good Fellows club. Some of the Good Fellows who will aid the Delta in the deliveries Include the Decatur Casting *Co., which is furnishing a truck and driver, ‘and Grant Bean with his explorer’s troop of Boy Scouts. The two Decatur schools have given generously with their “operation canned good”, that will fill many a Christmas basket to make someone’s Christmas a little brighter. \

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 22, 1953

: —— ? —-— — {--w - Severe Cold Wave,Snow In Great Lakes Area On First Full Winter Day

1 '.■ItI.KIIIIH.rtM Illi!.,- dill .jjl, , Dean Doubts , J—T— • rZ fl. i 5 ■ &s *• Resumption Oil War In Korea • !1 ■ Expresses Opinion In Radio-TV Talk ] To Nation Monday WASHINGTON, UP — Special Ambassador Arthur 11. peah is convinced that neither South Korea nor the Communists will reopen the Korean war even if?a peace conference is never heldJ| He expressed this opinion Monday night in a radio-television Report to the nation on his so fspunsuccessful effort to get the to agree to the proposed conference. Although South Korean President Syngman Rhee has repeatedly? threatened to wreck the truce if there is no peace settlement. Dean said he believes he actually will follow through. i \ He is a fighter “for a free, united and democratic independent Korea,” Dean said, “but I believe President Rhee will take no unilateral action.” | For quite different reasons, th® special ambassador is also copfident the Communists wHI de noth Ing to resume the war. They a|e too conscious of the “terrific besting” they took,, he said. | As far as a political conference is concerned. Dean said the “outlook is discouraging but by tin means hopeless.” “There is no easy, pat solution?’ he said. “It will take all brains, energy, resolution and patience at oiir command.” Negotiation of a time and a plaqj* are “relatively easy,” he reportedBut he said “the meat of tht conconut is the composition.” J The Communists have insisted that Russia lie included as p “neutral” while Dean, acting the United Nations, has held that Russia could only come as a b£ligerent. If there is no conference by Jan? 22, he reported, all non-repatnate| prisoners of war on both sides wiR be released automatically. * I I think there is reason to hope that there will be no action eithei by the Communists or the Repul| lie of Korea to cause bloodshed and that the prisoners will revert to civilian status on Jan. 22 without difficulty or he said; Dock Workers Vote i A‘ ' ' ' ■ 1 On union Affiliation | Lewis, AFL Union | Involved In Vote NEW YORK, UP —An esomat| ed 22,000 New York-New Jersey waterfront workers vote today in a government-sponsored which pits United Mine President John L. Lewis against the American Federation of Labon Longshoremen and other pier workers were to decide by. secret ballot which, of two rival uni64t( they want to represent them ii| collective bargaining. Results oi the election,- ordered by the nat? tonal labor relations board, prob? ably will not be known untit Thursday. Lewis Monday gave his unqualified backing, including an undleclosed amount of money, to thf' independent International Long? shoremen’s Association. This un? ion thrown out of the AFljl last September for failing to riif itself of criminal elements. Dock workers in New Jersey and Manhattan were to vote from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. EST today ai| whether they want to be represented by the independent ILA or' a new ILA chartered by the AFl| in a move to drive crime and corruption off the docks. Voting for Brooklyn dock work? ers will be held from 6 a. m. tq" 10 p. m. Wednesday. Counting of Tm Te Page Elcht-

Snow, Cold Head For Sfafe Today Bearing Promise Os 'White Christmas' INDIANAPOLIS, UP—Temperatures and snow started falling in Indiana at mid-day as a cold front Aioved in with promise of a white Xjßiristmas. issued a cold wave •Warning” and revised their fore!,sts to predict mercury readings >ar zero. Temperatures here dropped om 45 degrees at 9 a.m. to 34 noon. A trace of snow was reported at South Bend and heavier amounts at Lafayette. Kokomo tnd Muncie.? _ r The "warning” forecast predicted temperatures near zero in the northern pgrt of the state and zero to 10 above in the south by early Wednesday. Strung winds were expected to cause drifting near the Lake Michigan shore. As much as eight inches of snow was forecast, and there was a prospect of more snow Thursday and Christmas day. The plunging temperatures were expected to average 8 to 12 degrees below normal through Sunday. That means average daytime' (highs of 24 to 34 and night-time sow» of 7 to 16 degrees . J Day -by - day outlook tor the holiday season: Today—Cold wave with temperatures falling tonight to 5 to 10 degrees north, 8 to 15 south. Heavy snow Upstate and light rain or driszle changing to snow in south and central portions. Accumulations up to two to foUr inches north, four to eight inches near Lake Michigan. Wednesday — Increasing cloudiness and cold, snow flurries. Thursday—Slight rising trend in temperatures. Snow mixed with rain. . Friday — Colder. Snow mixed with rain. . Saturday—Cold. Sunday — Rising trend in temperatures. Precipitation during the next five days was predicted to average inch. Rainfall during the 24 hours ending early today rang(Twrn To Pax* Six) , —— - y • Three Killed, Three Missing After Blast. - Killed By Explosion Qn Empty Gas Barge POINT PLEASANT, W. Va., UP — An empty gasoline barge exploded today while it was being cleaned at a boat company dock on the Ohio river here, killing at least three workers. Three others were unaccounted for. The blast, believed to have been caused by gasoline vapor, blew off a 30-by-10-foot section of the top, deck. Rescue workers searched the jagged wreckage and dragged nearby areas of the river in an attempt to locate the three missing men. The blast occurred about 10 a.m. at a dock of the Marietta Manufacturing Co., located inside the city limits but away from residential areas. There was no fire after the explosion. The explotion hurled jagged pieces of metal into the river and into the dockyard area. The barge was of the type used to transport huge quantities of gasoline from the refineries of the Southwest to Eastern areas byway of the Mississippi - Ohio waterway. v Company officials said the workers were “freylng” the barge when the blast let loose. This entails removing gasoline residue from the interior so that repairs can be made. One of the victims was blown into the river. Another body was found inside the explosion-ripped barge. ■ \ A ; At least three workers were injured.

I Gls Refuse To Read Come Home Letters Prisoners Not To Leave Compound To Hear Return Appeal PANIMUNJOiM, Korea UP — The 32 unrepatriated American war (prisoners refused; today to read a “come home’' 1 Jetter end said they refuse to hear a special broadcast appeal planned for them Wednesday. The Americans told their Indiar custodian they will hot leave their barbed wire compound to hear the appeal, which will be broadcast on the last day they can be persuaded to return home. “The prisoners were not very happy about the broadcast,” said Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya. \ The reply to Thimayya’s iniveation to listen to the broadcast vir tually killed eny lingering hope that the Gds would give up life before midnight Wednesday, when* the 90-day explanation period ends. Earlier, the Americans declined to accept a 12-page appeal addaesaed t» eaeh of thaw i The U. N. disclosed that one American officer will talk jto the prisoners over a loudspeaker system. for about five minutes Wednesday- morning. Despite earlier plans, no taped messages will be used in the final appeal to the U.S. soldiers who have renounced their country. Informed Allied sources said Maj. Edward Moorer of Tacoma. Wash., the chief U.S. exjplainer t will read a prepared statement over a powerful mobile loudspeaker system which will be rolled a dirt road just outside the barbed wire prison camp. \ Moorer is expected in his short speech to use almost the same unemotional arguments contained in the 2,200-word letter the Gls refused to read. This appeal would merely ask the prisoners to consider whether their choice to\live out their life under communism was made free of duress or force. Moorer probably will not criticize communism, and his only play on sentiment probably would be to ask the prisoners if they are willing to give up (Twa Ta Pax* Kicht) Mrs. Sarah Schnitz Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Sarah (Sadie) Schnitz, 89, a resident of Adams county most of her life, died at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Haven Hubbard memorial home at New Carlisle. ’ She had been perlously 111 tor f the past nine days. She was born in Preble township Sept 4, 1864, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Fuhrman, and was married ?to Emanuel, Schnitz (Mhrch 12, 1891. Her husband Idled March 4, 1919. Mrs. 'Schnitz had liVed at the Haven 1 Hubbard home isince 1947. Mire. Schnitz was a mediber of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church in this. city. Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Clinton Hart ot Washington township; three grandchildren;. nine great-krandchlldren; and two sisters. Mrs. Reuben S irunger of Livingston, Mont., and Mrs. C. H. Schnitz, at the Haven* Hubbard home. Three brothers and five sisters are deceased.! Funeral services wil| be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral ihome, the Rev. Benjamin G. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in" the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Wednesday until time of the services. *

Two Convicts Elude Capture In Michigan One Man Believed Seeking Witnesses DETROIT, UP — Two convicts who participated in a mass escape from Southern Michigan prison eluded police today and one of them was believed to be stalking five persons who helped put him behind bars 10 years ago. Roman Usiondek, 37, described as a psychopathic murderer, and Robert Dowling, 33, who was serving a breaking and entering term, were the only “survivors” from a group of 13 convicts who fled the huge prison at Jackson Saturday night. Three fellow convicts with whom Usiondek and Dowling sped to the Motor City in a stolen car were captured Monday at the home of an ex-convict kidnaper. The other eight were rounded up earlier. ' Police recalled that Usiondek swore revenge against an assistant prosecutor and four witnesses who helped, send him to prison for life in 1943. The prosecutor, A. Tom Pasienczny, now a circuit court commissioner, was spirited from the city with his family. Police posted a 24-hour guard at the homes pt the four witnesses. A .1— t Usiondek boasted In 1948 that , the prison, the world’s largest walled institution 60 miles west of here, would “never hold me." "I’ll be back and when I do you ( will be No. 1 on my list,” he told | Pasieczny at the time. Capt. Walter Jeros of suburban ' Hamtramck, where Usiondek was convicted of killing a tavern owner, said the fugitive was “one of the most dangerous felons known <Tan T* Pax* Reds Tell World Os Negotiations Offer Hint Acceptance Os Big Four Meeting MOSCOW, UP—Russia told its people and the world by newspaper and radio today of its offer to negotiate with the United States for an end to the atomic arms race. , Trud, organ of the Communist Trade Union, filled four columns on its front page with the long Soviet government statement on President Eisenhower’s appeal for an atomic pool for peaceful use. Radio Moscow beamed news of the statement abroad and at home in many languages. The statement hinted also that Russia would accept the Big Three proposal for a four-power conference. It spoke of the “forthcoming Berlin conference,” the first official statement on the proposed meeting since the Big Three talks were closed. The Soviet government noted deficiencies in President Eisenhower’s United Nations address but spoke in friendly terms. It described the President as one of the “outstanding military leaders in the last world war” and said he “quite justifiably” emphasized the dangers of atomic warfare. Trud presumably set the pattern for all other Soviet newspapers by devoting two columns on page two to excerpts from the address in which Mr. Eisenhower warned of atomic dangers and proposed an international pooling of raw materials. This was considered unusually .heavy coverage of a foreign address. > Previously, the President’s speech had been mentioned only briefly in the Moscow press with the lone comment that Mr. Eisenhower did not mention proposals for banning atomic weapons. Moscow Radio, monitored in London, said the news agency Taas had instructed newspapers an proper typographical devices to be used in calling readers* attention to highlights of the President's address. .

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Issue Warning Os Cold Wave For Midwest Much Os Country Reported Assured Os White Christmas By UNITED PRESS The first full day of winter brought a severe cold wave and snow storm whistling across the Northern Plains into the Great Lakes area today and forecasters said wide sections of the country were assured of a white Christmas. Driving was hazardous in the I storm area. Snow hid a thin layer of ice from preceding rain. Winds of 40 miles an hour accompanied the cold wave. Temeratures fell to 6 below zero at Sioux City, lowa, and the weather bureau warned that minimums tonight would be even lower in an area farther east. Chicago expected zero or below. Glasgow, Mont., had 15 below today. \ The snow reached depths of 10. inches at Kirksville, Mo., and eight inches at Kansas City. Most sections had three to five inches and the high winds piled it into drifts. ForecasteTs warned of possible , six to eight inch snows south and ’ eakt of Lake Michigan. They said the cold and snow might sweep ‘ eastward to the Atlantic Coast which, was still enjoying relatively balmy weather. 1 The snow was so deep at Kansas City that weatherman Paul Waite had to walk six miles to work after the storm stalled taxi service. He had issued for "light snow.” Many communities, including Kansas City, closed their schools - for the day in Missouri, Kansas and northern Illinois. Statte and city police urged motorists to refrain from driving. Topeka? Kan., had 36 accidents in nine hours including one eight-car pileup. Almost 50 city trucks sanded slick intersections at Chicago and the city’s transit authority had 135 plows and mechanical brooms tryihg to keep buses and street cars moving. Temperatures were still dropping as the leading edge of the cold wave moved to a line from the eastern Great Lakes south westward to southern Texas, and the weather bureau issued several special warnings. “Cold wave warnings” were issued early today for Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana and southeastern Wisconsin. The weathermen predicted temperatures would fall to 15 below zero in Nebraska and from zero to 5 above in the other areas. Retail, Wholesale Coffee Prices Up NEW YORK, UP — Retoil and wholesale coffee prices have been upped 1 to 3 cents a pound by nine leading roasters. On the New York coffee and - sugar exchange, where dealings are conducted in green coffee for future, delivery, the price has hit thp highest level in the 71-year history of the exchange.

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