Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1948 — Page 1

I. XLVI. No. 192.

BUBPENA IS SERVED ON RUSSIAN TEACHER

Diplomats Say Russia's Case ■ear Collapse I Late Events Refute ■ Charges By Russia I In Teachers' Case ■Washington, Aug 14—(UP) officials said today ■i Russia's case against the States in the bizarre affair ■ the two Soviet school teachers ■* all but disintegrated. ■Although the Russian press ■d radio Bti.l howled that I'. 8. ■thorities conspired to “kidnap" He pair, these officials said that He fast moving even's of the last H hours effectively have refuted ■e charge. ■ They said that Mrs Oksana 8 ■osenkina's three-story jump Hun the Soviet consulate in New H>rk and Mikhail I. Samarin's ■a'einent that he doesn't want H go back to Russia mean that: ■ 1 Two of three Soviet pro ■*ts against the alleged tkld■hping" of the teachers can be Kjeeted outright. Replies can ■ i.ased on the statements of the Ko that they are unwilling to ■v>- under Russia's communism. ■ was said. ■ 2 The third Soviet protest re Rsrding the legal authority of the Kew Work supreme court to ■sue a habeas corpus writ against Ke Soviet consul general In New Kirk In effect was nul'lfied by Kr< Kosenklna’s three-story ■lunge from the consulate ■3. Machinery already is turn Kit to allow Mrs. Kosenkfna and Kamarin and his family indefinite Ksylum in the United States. ■ The state department's formal ■elision on the three protests Is ■waiting the return of secretarv ■if state George C. Marshall'* Bhief legal adviser. Ernest A Kross. He went to New York ■yesterday by plane for official Kia a on the international dispute | But authorities made clear that Ln the basis of unofficial reports Ith* Russian government's loudlv[proclaimed stand on the two Laaee had been swept a wav. II The biggest sigh of official re I'tef came after Mrs. Kosenkina'* I escape. Tne state depar' ment I *as unhappy over the court order lins’ructing consul general Jacob bimakln to produce the Soviet woman in court. The case wa* unprecedented and hence call* for a careful decision because of possible retalliatlon against Americana In Russia. Now, as one official put It the question is academic—she got away.” Informants pointed out that the I’. 8. position in the case of EC James M. McMillan. Jr., a code clerk In he American embassy In Moscow who decided to remain in Russia, may prove helpful in handling the Soviet pro'eats. They pointed out this govern ment carefully had avoided mak Ing official requests that McMl' Ilan be returned to this country. Hence, they said the Russian* cannot poln* to a precedent established In that case. The state department disclosed yesterdav that American ambaa sador Walter Bedell Smith oral'? re (acted a protest by Soviet for elan minister V. M Molotov as soon aa It was handed to him, Al'hongb radio Moscow did not report It. the department said Smith “categorically denied the •negation that the United States or any of Its agencies were In •ny way Involved in Illegal acts Lower Tax Rote In Geneva Next Year Berne. Aug. 14. The town of Geneva la one of the few towns or eitlea in thia area to cut He 1941 tax rate over the I»4* rate The proposed rate for neit year is f 1.34. rompared to the 11.42 rate now In effect. On the other hand, the town °f Monroe has hiked its 1949 rate 44 cents. The IMS rale Is only 44 cents Monroe town officials ••y that because of the town's low •Messed valuation. It Is impossible to operate without hiking the tai rate considerably WEATHER Fair north and partly cloudy »«uth today, with scattered thuMerehewers near Ohls river. Pair tonight, tunday Partly cloudy. No decided change In temperature. High today M to M. Low tonight 44 to M.

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Deny Food Exports Determine Prices Government Support Prices Chief Factor Washington, Aug. 14 (UP) — Government grain experts said today that government support prices not food exports— probably will determine the retail i price of bread and breakfast foods this winter. They made the statement in ' belittling a suggestion by commerce secretary Charles Sawyer that the I'nlted States should go slow before increasing food exports <|espite the pro poet of rec- ‘ ord-breaking crops. Sawyer made the suggestion at a news conference yesterday. ' Europe's problem, he said, now seems one of recovery rather 1 titan staving off actual hunger. "It may be time to give some attention to the American house- ’ wife,” he said. But government farm experts, 1 who have followed the world food 1 crisis since the first grim postwar winter of 1945-44, said Sawyer apparently was not fully informed altout the true status of ’ U. 8. crop prospects. 1 On the basis of last Tuesday's ' crop report, they said, there prole 1 ably will be enough grain produced this year to meet ail domestic I needs, supply all Europe can afford to buy and still have some ' left over. 1 That report indicated that pro--1 duction of the four major grains ' —wheat, corn, barley and oats — ' will be 000.000 bushels larger thia year than a year ago. “The controlling factor as to wh-re grain prices finally level I out—and that means what house- ■ wives will pay for foods made from grain—ls pretty likely to be I the government price support levi el." one expert said. He said that if crops turn out as well ax expeifed, the I'nlted States may be “very glad” to . have an export market. I The government Is required by law to support wheat and other grain prices at 90 percent of par i I'y. As a result, the agriculture department ha* announced it will • support wheat at 12 a bushel on the farms Most farmers take out governi ment loan* of their wheat. Then If the market price drops below ' support levels, they merely le' ' the government foreclose thel’ osn« This prevents prices from falling much below support leva's. There *tin nas iieen no offtela' export goal set for the current crop year But the general feeling is that the U. 8. should »>e able to export about 450.000.fWW) bushel* of wheat and 125.000.000 bushels of other grains. Taylor Says Arms Program Idiotic' Progressive Party Candidate Speaks Springfield. II!.. Aug. 14—(UP) —Senator Glen Taylor. Progresdve party vice presidential can Hdate. called the American arm ammt program ''idiotic” today md said that Russia la In no nosi ion to threaten anybody. Henry Wallaces running mate taid the cate of the two RuaaiaD school teachers seeking to stay In the United States made bolief* seem “slightly exaggerated at least” that the Soviet people are anxious to give their Ilves to spread communism over the world.” Taylor. Idaho's “singing cow- . boy senator, said the Russians I desperately crave peace which , would permit them to raise the standard of living of their people i »nd quiet their growing unrest Taylor spoke at Progressive . M rty day at the Illinois state fair U S Sen Alben W BerkI ley and Gov. Earl Warren will •peak at Democratic and Repute ■ llcan days next week. Tavlor said It has been “amply jemonstrated'* that Russia doe* not dominate Europe He said “chink* In Russian armor” that have -noes.-ed reeentlv ma|e the American armament program unnecessary. •The only reason for drafting oar bovs . to to keep oar arms meat program from looking as | Idiotic •• •• really la.” Taylor raid.

Slight Gain Is Shown In Babe Ruth Condition Gains Some Ground But Baseball Star Is Still Critical I New York. Aug. 14.—(UP)— Babe Ruth gained some ground today in hl* fight for life at Memorial hospital for cancer and allied diseases. Physicians reported that the home run king's “pulmonary complications have cleared." But they said his condition still was criti leal. A inld-morning bulletin issued by the hospital said: "Bal* Ruth spent a somewhat restless night. Although pulmonary complications have cleared and heart action still remains strong, bis condition is critical.” The last previous bulletin on the Babe's condition, issued last night, also c<hitained some encourraging news. It said his fever hail dropped and that he rested well during the early part of the evening. Despite his critical condition, visitors said he still manages a smile and takes an interest in the mountain of mail he receives daily. Queries almul his condition came yesterday from president Truman and Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York. A white House secretary telephoned the hospital and said the president was "extremely anxious” to know how he was. Typical of the message he has received (rom small fry fans was one from Mike Quinlan, a Jersey City hoy who sent Ruth a religious medal which he wears pinned to his hospital shirt. "Dear Bal* I know you can't he shut out. Your Pal. Mike Quin lan." The telegram said. The hospital announced that three bulletins would ba issued on Ruth's condition daily. Sick Child's Fate Is Studied By Judge Difficult Decision Is Faced By Judge Chicago, Aug 14—(UP)— Judge Walter R. O'Malley today called in medical experts to help him make one of the most difficult decisions he has faced in a long legal career The judge must decide whether custody of 22 month-old Pamela Frances i-amphere should he awarded to her father. Fred W Lamphere. 24. or to her mother. Irene. 21. But there's more to it than that. Pamela was born with her bladder inverted and outside her body. Doctors told her parents that she could not live beyond the age of five unless the condition were corrected by surgery. But. they said, the chances for her to survive the operation waa only one in 100-sotne said one in 1.04 W. Mrs iJtmphere decided against the operation because "I'd rather have my baby with me. even if only for a few years, than to lose her now.” But Lamphere wanted the operation because "my daughter deserves a fighting chance to live a full, normal life, and I'm going to see that she gets It." The mother and father argued bitterly about the matter with the result that they wound up yester day In superior court with Mrs lamphere seeking a divorce on grounds of cruelty. Both sought custody of Pamela As a result. Judge O.Malley must decide whether to give her to Mrs. Lamphere. who would not have the child operated upon, or to the father, who would risk Pamela's Immediate death In hopee she could lead a normal life. The judge tried yesterday to affect a reconciliation, pointing out that they only had quarreled tor love of their child But Mix Lamphere Mid "we couldn t agree on thia, no we probably never could agree " (YMalley asked the deans of medicine at Northwestern I’niver atty, the U niveal ty of Chicago. Loyola University and the University of Illinois to examine the child, with the help of epocialleU. and recomaseed what action he should sTssw Te Pee* FHe»

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 14, 1948

Keep Them Away, Teacher Pleads

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“I FEAR THEM ... I do not want to see anyone from the Russian consulate," ix pea of Mrx. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina from Roosevelt hospital. New York, where she lies injured after, an escape leap from a consulate window Here Assistant Consul Z.of I. Chepurnykh and Dr. Nina Larchenko leave the hospital after police refused to let them see the Soviet teacher

Predicts Punishment For Russian Official Failure To Prevent Escape Os Teacher Washington, Aug It -(UP) — Rep. Karl iE. Mundt. R.. 8. D, predicted today that Russia will punish the consular official who failed to prevent Mrs Oksana 8. Kosenkina from escaping. Mundt, a member of the house unAmerican activities committee, said (hat Jacob Ixunakin. Soviet consul general In New York, will “almost certainly" be recalled to Runia “He’s headed for a salt mine in Siberia-if he's lu<ky." Mundt said. "The Kremlin is not going to look with favor on a man who. having once caught the woman, let her go.” The committee sent Its chief investigator. Robert E. Stripling, to New York last night to serve a subpena on Mrs. Kosenkina. a former Soviet school teacher who escaped from Lomakin's consulate Thursday evening hy jumping from a third-story window Mrs. Kosenkina. now in a New York hospital, will be asked to testify before the committee ax soon as she recovers from the injuries she sustained in her plunge. The committee's chief witness in Its spectacular spy inquiry, ex Communist Elisabeth T. Bentley, said, meanwhile, that the U. 8. government has not promised her any immunity for her voluntary revelations about her part in war time Soviet spy rings. “I have been promised nothing." she said in a radio broadcast (Mutual's “Meet the Press’ ). Unless she is granted immunity. Miss Bentley would be liable for prosecution under U. 8. espionage laws. Mlsa Bentley has admitted acting as courier for two Communist spy rings during the war. She has accused 30 government officials of cooperating with the rings. In testimony before the house committee over the last two weeks, al moat a score of these officials have deuied the charge or else claimed th constitutional right to keep silent. Donald Hiss, a former state department official who has been accused of being a member of a prewar Communist underground by ex-Communlst Whittaker Cham bers. denied the charge yesterday and told the committee either he or his accuser should be prose cuted for prejury “If I aa lying. 1 should go to Jail, he said “If Mr Chambers to lying, he should go tn Jail ~ The committee waa ia recess over the weekend, but its investigators said they Intended to make a last ditch effort to obtain the 1942 army and navy Intelligence reporta on Nathan Gregory Silver <TWra Te »*■«• Sial

Rent Representative Here Next Thursday A representative from the Fort Wayne area rent office will be in the Decatur post office Thursday August 19, from 9:30 am until 3:30 pm. to conduct interviews in regard to the rent control law for the convenience of the people In Adams county. Legion Convention Opened At Capital Little Business Is On Schedule Today Indianapolis. Aug 14 (UP) Hoosier Legionnaires swarmed over monument circle and th>rest of downtown 111 lianapolls today in colorful preliminaries to their annual state convention As though to encourage the veterans of two wars In their tra ditional fun-making activities. Legion leaders scheduled llttie liuxine** for the opening of a four day session. They served notice on some 15.000 Legionnaire*. however, that the celebration should lie somewhat orderly. Guards held strategic places in hotels to see that the merry making didn't get out of band. Highlights of the convention are a parade Monday night and election of a new state commander Tuesday during the closing session. First business session are slat ed for Sunday, with 3.500 voting delegates participating. The re tnainder of the con vent ionites are rank and file members of posts stretched throughout the state A huge parade was being planned Sponsors hoped a |>easimistic weather forecast would lie changed and that showers would not dampen the legionnaire* a* predicted. Joseph F Lute* of Indianaprv lis wa* unopposed for stale com mander to succeed Harold E Morris of Gary. Barring opposition between now and Tuesday Lutes will become the second capital city legionnaire to head the state deportment in the organization's history In a preliminary sesaion last night, the department executive committee mapped strategy to make George N Craig of Brazil the national commander at the Miami convention In October Craig, an attorney, is a veteran of the tost war. If elected, he would be the flrot World War II vet to head the nations biggest organization of ex-servicemen and the second Hoosier. The flrat Indiana man to head the Legion waa former Gov Paul V MeNutt. Members <4 the resolu'ions committee meet today to consider (Tara Te Pane F»ve>

Mrs. Kosenkina Served With House Committee Subpena At Hospital

Indecisive Results From Buyers Strike Movement Spreads, Results Uncertain By United Press The firwt week of organized meat price strikes ended today with the movement still spreading with indecisive results. The latest towns to join the price right were Chickasha and Muskogee, Okla. The Muskogee strike, organized by Mrs. Helen Slayton, was scheduled tor three weeks. The first week the house wives will buy no beef, the second week no lamb, and the third week no pork. A butcher said he expected It to last just two weeks “one to get it started and another to get over It." Butchers in several town* re ported that sales were normal yes terday despite twice strike* against them. A San Francisco market said it had the best Friday in three weeks but two others said bus! ness far far off Nine said business was normal. Department of agriculture In xpectors at the New York market ■ eported that wholesale meat pur chases were far below normal They blamed the housewives' boy- < ott for the slump and said butchers made “only a sprinkling of pur chases" for the weekend. Dalia* butcher*, on the other hand, loaded their shelves for a normal Saturday's run of business They believed that the price strike movement, which started In their city, was defeated The Indiana state Chamber of Commerce predicted that food prices will stay at high levels de spite bumper grain crops expect ed this year.• Manager Robert D Hammer said farm parity prices. Increased mark eting i-osts. wage increases in many industries, oversea* ship ment* and general freight rate boosts would offset any gain* in additional crops and keep price* moving upward He predicted that prices on milk (Tiara Tw I'aae *l*l Kraft Plant Strike Now In Fourth Day No Progress Made In Meeting Friday Kenneth Hirshy, international representative of the union which for four da vs has been picketing the local Kraft Foods company plant, today declared that Friday's meeting In Fort Wayne between ■he employes and management had "accomplished nothing" He charged that the company wa* not willing to meet "until fur her notice by them (the company)" and would set a date for a future meeting at Friday's parley. Federal conciliator Chester Ralston, who sat in on the session, could not tie readied for comment on the alleged fiasco of negotiations. “We are still willing to meet at any time." Mr. Hirnchy stated He disclosed that picketing of the plant on Winchester street will bn ctmtinued over the weekend He said that management had assured the union, the CIO Food. Tobacco Agricultural and Allied Workers of America, local M. that there would he no violence on their part, “and that they won't try to reopen the plant yet." Ralph R Burke, local plant manager. had promised a statement on the progres of negotiations this morning. He could not be reached shortly before noon, however, and It was reported that he had left town for the day. The strike has been on since Wednesday Twelve workers were permitted Into the plant for eight hours W’edneedav night to proeeM milk which might otherwise have spoiled The latest contract expired July 1. but work bad been going on as usual until Wednesday's walkout

Russian Press And Radio Keep Up U. S. Tirade Charge Teacher Was Forcibly Removed By Federal Agents Moscow. Aug. 14—(UP) The Russian press and radio charged t<siay that Mr*. Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina, central figure in the New York "kidnaping” case, wa* forcibly carried off from the Russian consulate to an American hospital by federal agents Thursday. All Soviet papers and radio Moscow gave extraordinary prom inencu for the third successive day to the cases of the two Rus sian Kchool teacher*. The Soviet account* were print ed under the headline "Arbitrarl ness and violence of the Ameri can people In Kosenkina case” They charged that American fed eral agents violated International law by breaking Into the Russian consulate, searching Mrs. Kosenkina'* room and taking her by force to the hospital. Six Ta«» dispatches from New York, published in the govoniment newspaper Izvestia. gave Ruslan readers an up-to-the min ute Soviet account of the happen logs. One dis|>atch *ald that Mrs. Kosenkina fell into the consular yard, injuring her right leg and kneecap, and was given first aid in the consulate. "Worthy of attention Is the out rageous behavior of the Ameri can Intelligence service in con nection with Mrs Kosenklna’s accident," a second Tas* dispatch said. “When Mrs* Kosenkina wa« carried into the consular buildins. agents of the American in telligence service under the guise of police broke into the consulate in violation of its universally recognized inviolability 'These agents searched Mrs Kosenklna’s room, grabbed her hainlbag and contents, and fordb y carried her off to a hospital "This lawless act of the- Ameri cun police Is in clear violation of the consular status recognized by international law. contradieting the statement of the state depar' ment of the United States con cerning Its Intention to respect and observe international law " Another Ts»s dispatch said the federal agent* and police were exploiting the teacher* hospital! ration for their own purposes. It charged that police refused to admit consular representative Paul Baumgartner Body Enroule Home Native Os Decatur Killed During War The department of the army has announced that the body of Paul Baumgartner, seaman first class a native of Decatur, is enroute home for burial. Remains of 3.941 Americans who lost their Ilves during World War II In the Pacific area were returned to the states on the U. S army transport Dalton Victory The I>e catur native's Iwidy was one of 91 HcMscier* on thia transport. 8 1 'C Baumgartner was born in this city and attended the Decatur schools before the family moved to Fort Wayne, where he was graduated from North Side high achool in 1*44 He entered the navy In 1942 and was killed In action tn the Pacific late in 1944 Surviving are bis parents. Mr and Mrs Emil Baumgartner. 1424 Case street. Fort Wayne: his wife. Phyllla; a son. Michael two brothers. Harry and Charles, and a sister. Mrs Charles Massel.

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Serving Os Subpena Puts Teacher Under The Protection Os U, S. Governments New York. Aug. 14—(UP) A I government Spy hunter served a ' subpena from the house unAmeri- . can activities committee today on : .Xjr*. Oksana Kosenkina. whlw. J leap from the third story of the Russian consulate has developed into an International incident. Robert Stripling, chief investigator for the house committee, handed the subpena to Mrs Kosenkina in her room at Roosevelt , hospital The conrresslonixl group wants to hear her story of imprisonment at the Soviet consulate as soon ns she is able to tell It. The seriousness of the Kosenkina c ase was emphasized, meanwhile. by a report that Alexander ’ Panvusbkin. Russian ambassador i to the United States, had come from Washington to v!_J» Mr*. Kosenkina at the consulate before she jumped from a window Thursday afternoon. The ambassador reportedly asked her to sign an affidavit declaring! that she was in the consulate of her own free wi I. She refused Serving of the subpena placed the fugitive school teacher under the protection ot the U. 8. government. She will Ite .under armed guard until she is able to tell her story to the committee. When Stripling walked into her * hospital room at in 45 a. in he 1 asked her "Do you have any objection te appearing before the committee.' She answered. “No " Stripling said she looked "pleased" and smiled • Speaking through an Interpre ter. he advised her to appear he fore the committee when recovered Her physician yesterday said she probably would Im* in the hospital 12 Weeks Acting New York police commissioner Thomas F Mulligan denied Soviet charges that U. S. in- ' telligence officers had gone Into the Russian consulate dressed as New York city police "At no time have any federal intelligence officers ever u«ed a police uniform for purposes of entry." Mulligan said. A dispatch in the governmentcontrolled newspaper Izves'la at Moscow charged that agents of the American Intelligence service broke into the consulate while wearinc city police uniforms. searched Mrs. Kosenkina'* room and forcibly carried her off to a hospital. The Russians claimed this was a violation of international law The teacher's physician announced this morning that her "condition is better." Rep Ksrl Mundt of the house committee said in Washington that he be’ieves Mrs. Kosenkina should be able to give the commifee "some very va'ualde Infor mat ion” atcoui the onerations of the Soviet secret police within the Unl'ed States “We don't Ice'ieve she will have any information bearing on the iTwF* ••"•’to Kl* Fl Plan To Reactivate Decatur Aero Club Decatur's Aero club, whose activities lapsed almost a year ago. will b« reactivated, according to John Rogerp. president of ths Decatur airport. Through the Aero <lub Decatur residents who have a hankering to flv may lake nilots* lessons until they obtain their licenses, and the coat Is about half the usual amount, according to Mr Rogers The Aero duh was founded September 1?. 1945 Its officers were Clark Smith, president. Francis Howell, secretary: and J. H King, treasurer Other charter members were J. W Globin. George Den (els. Andrew Annelman. Paul T. Heller. Rov-ri Friend A. U Schneider and Wavmon Patrick Jzwal residents who are Interested In lolnlnr the new Aero e|nb are asked tn net In contact with Mr Woe era The airport telephone is KM