Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1949 — Page 1

Wol. XLVII. No. 208.

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(Reveals New Leads In Five ween! Probe * Soys Government n Workers Furnish Many New 'Tips' WasWnSto: Sept. 3 — (VP) &Iji9KK/|Bvestißator today that govefgmcrif furnlshod kuxne of the tip* he is now foltowing up in hi* "five pen ent er" inquiry Sou. Karl E Mundt. It S D. a member of the senate's investlgatIng eubcomtnntee. toil newsmen that, in all, he han received about I W" new lead- and clues ‘ which S'mmß a Pgcoml look Many, he said. concn: Gen. Harry H. Vaughan He aaid that some government employee Whe gave him information retorted him to specific goveramssnt flies for corroborating Vaughan. Preaident Truman's » military aide has figured in the ' “Influence industry" investigation from the M&rt Hl- testified before the nubcommittee for two days Atthoagh he denied any wrong- : doiztg. Vaughan conceded that he o£eM helped businessmen some , of them hl* personal friends to do buainea With government ag<-n---doa. Mr. Tran.' told his news con ferenee tha' despite the demands of OOP aenators. he has no intention of Shoving Vaughan Son. Joeeph R McCarthy. 11. tefefFMlkiio- Republican on the •BlgMnniittee, told newsmen that ' ' baais Os the new lead# and t■: ISk-H* believeil Vaughan would 'WBtit<Ally be recalled for further ■BKonlng Mundt was inclined * "ft Motory repeats Itse’f. and all the new cases throw lights on Vaughan as the ones have up to BOW,” ha aaid. “well have to rail him back,” Mundt aaid that it la "tremendously important that inside White House Mfluem es be studiously He ettphadzed that he was making no comparisons whatever, but that lie administrations of Preside#* Harding an<T Grant were ?tetori<- cases where White llouiiO laßuenc >». exercised by poopie who were dose friends of those fiaaldents. worked against the pubii ic Interest." McCarthy has also demanded that the subcommittee snbpem FthRMK Costello, the efficient czar of New Yorks gambling worHr Cnstj-iio’s name has been SB:into inquiry only is : yhSMHriliLir ■ chairman Clyde 1 HUjtey. D. N C rece sed the | last Thursday for sever il Before leaving for Ms Day weekend In his home MPS*, h* tohl newsmen that tie has no PfWMnt, for calling either Co tello 6 ft* * 11 11 ■Tfd Indiana U. -''ten Dies Friday Funeral service* f.u Di MMRI A. Rothrock retired Indian i ■ -MBblity dean will be held Mon«UwSfc>rn<>on in the first Meth dMHjpreh here. died yesterday at l.af Httagyhil- visiting a son He re **3* “ ,,er having served Ml thefaculty and administrative staff at I. V. IS years He was a Mfo •< Milltown. 17-Month-Old Boy Crusted To Death (Mbordsville Ind. Sept 3 - (UPy—tßonald Eugene Willhite. 11 IMWths old. w-a« found crushed 8» eeatn In the driveway of his MRliitMlier’s farm home yesterday. He had been run over by a #Bcfc driven by the grandfather Pbydtßeller while the boy plaved Ha ras the sun of .Mr and Mrs Noel Jrim.itWEATHER Pair and warm today. InePMaing cloudiness tonight WHh possible thundershowers KBrtheavt Tomorrow mostly 3MMy with scattered thunder ■towers High today near 80 worth to 90 to 85 south. Low KKbt M W 44.

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Two Killed In Crash / Os Air Force Plane Six Parachute To Safety From Plane Fairfleld-Buisun Air Base. Cal., Sept. 3«-(VP)—An air force pilot and co-pilot rode their C-82 flying boxcar to a flaming death while their six crewmen parachuted to safety before the plane crashed and burned, the air force reported today. Search parties rushed to the crash scene two miles north of Collinsville, Cal, and Mind the six survivors. In the charred wreckage, they found the bodies us the pilot and co-pllot and brought them here Names of the victims were withheld. The two-engined packet plane we.s attached to the 37th troop carrier squadron based at Greenville. S. C. The crash occurred last night while the plane was on a flight from Lowry air base at Denver to Alameda, Cal., naval air a'ation Those who escaped were lhe flight engineer, the radio operator and four passenger*. They were T, Sgt. Charles W. Sturdivant, and T/Sgt, Kenneth 11. Carlson, both of the 37th troop carrier command; Lt. Col. Robert Horton, Barksdale Field, Im.; Capt. Horace Deaton. ROTC, Denver; Lt. Hoy W. Chamberlin, Elgin Field, Fla., and T/Sgt. Kenneth Glorno. address unknown Officials said that the crash occurred at 2:48 a. m. EDT. a short time after the pilot reported one of his two engines had failed. The six survivors were reported in “good condition", suffering only ’ minor bruises and shock. The plane crashed in marsh land north of the Sacramento ! river. Air force spokesmen said the idane was enroute from Lowry air base at Denver, Colo, to Alameda. , Cal., naval air station. It was believed to be from Greenville. ' ft. C. ' The pilot radioed Alameda at 2:40 a. m EDT that he was over Pittsburg. Cal., at 5.000 feet with one engine out. He wax not heard ’ from again. Eight minutes later, the FairI field-Suisun control tower report- ' ed an explosion approximately J 5 ;' miles south of the base and a B? 9 was sent to investigate. In the meantime, the pilot of I'nited Air Lines flight 215 reported that Ife , could nee a fire on the ground. The B-29 also found the flalhlng wreckage and flew over it. Soon after the crash was reported. ground search part lev were sent out from Fairfield Suisun and from the 2150th air-sea rescue squadron at Hamilton air base. The C-82 is a twin-engine, highwing monoplane, with twin booms to support a double fin assembly. (Tara Ta Hase «1s» Connecticut Guard Plane Strafes Ship Fishing Boat Near Sinking From Plane New Bedford. Mass. Hept. 3 — (VP>—The "mystery plane" which strafed and nearly sank a New Bedford fishing boat was a fighter craft of the Connecticut air national guard. It was disclosed today. Maj Carl Jansen. Intelligence officer for the guard's 103rd fighter squadron at Groton, Conn., said that seven of the squadron's planes were over no man’s land island yesterday, firing live ammunition. This was about the time some 20 slugs peppered the fishing boat the Sharker I. which was tied to a wharf at the Island, five miles south of Martha's Vineyard. Capt Lee Broderick. 42. skipper, of the craft, said that be and hit two-man crew would have been killed if they had not leaped to safety Broderick and Ellis Henry. 25. landed on the wharf. Louis Oliveris. 22. jumped into the sea The bullets put the vessel's radio out of commission, punctured her fuel line and cut through her metal bull. Many of the holes I were below the water line and Broderick said the 3Moot craft would have sank if be hadn't had excellent pumps aboard Maj Jansen quoted the leader of the flight of F-47 thuadec bolts as saying that he had made two pass»e at the island, a military firing area, when he saw a email mast sticking up above the navy wharf.

Bendix Trophy Race Started This Morning l Six Speed Planes Leave California For Bendix Trophy Rosamond Drv Imke. Cal., Sept. ' 3— (t’P) —Five soup-d-up speed r plane* roared into the glare of ' the rising sun at <1:30 a. m (PST( as the drop of the starters' green ' flags marked the start of the 15th • Bendix trophy race. One of the six planes lined up • on the natural airfield, an AT-12 guardsman piloted by Vince Per- ' ron of Los Angeles, failed to take ' off with th© others but four mln- ’ utes later he headed into the c'.Aud of dust left by lhe other five. Perron apparently was not satlsl fled that his plane was sufficient- > ly warmed up when the chief starter signalled the takeoff. < Leland Cameron of I»s Angeles. ’ flying a B-28 Martin Marauder > bomber, was the first pilot In the . propeller division of the Bendix . classic to get his plane airborne. Earlier, five pilots In the j*-t ■ division starteu taking from t nearby Mi)roc air force base The ’ first of these. Maj. Vernon Ford. . took off at 9:35.359 a m (EDT). In a Republic Thunderjet. He was followed by Capt. John - C. Newman at 9:59.30 a. m ami 1 Capt. F. W. Rixer at 10:29 a. m l > Operations officers at Muroc | said the jets were started early I on their attempt to break the air ' force's own speed record to CleveI land because cooler temperatures Ii • favored an early start. Although the takeoffs of the jet entries were closed to the public, > about 3,000 care and more than i r 5,000 persons jammed the area , near the starting line here well i before dawn. At last night's pilots' meeting, each flier was given a sealed ent velope. not to be opened until he r was in the cockpit. It gave him i a secret name to use In identifying I himself at various check-in points across the country — Colorado . Springs or Pueblo, Colo; Goodland. . Kan.; Peoria, 111 , and Fort Wayne, i Ind. )! Home pilots said their radios . were not in perfect condition, so .'timer Larry Therkelsen of the ! I National Aeronautics Association I (Tara tw Faw© rivet I Labor Day Holiday ' Brings Travel Jam I 33 Million Autos Expected On Roads By Vnited Pres* The American public took to the out-of-doors by highway, train, bus and airplane today for the last long weekend of the summer, creating one of the biggest travel jams in history. Roads were crowded with millions of automobiles and the inevitable toll of traffic deaths began to mount Scattered reports of highway deaths began coming in as soon as the mass of Labor day celebrants begin heading for the open country at the end of work ' yesterday. An estimated 33.000,000 cars were expected to be on the highways at one time or another during the tbree-day holiday. The national safety council predicted that 280 persons would die in traffic crashes. New York City uthorities estimated that 2.000,000 persons would leave the big town in 700.000 cars, attracted to resorts and picnic grounds by warm and fair weather Domestic airlines considered a new flight record possible and scheduled 111 extra sections. Flights to Chicago and the west coast were booked solid The nation's two highest executives expected to join the traveling throngs President Truman was scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh and Dee Moines for speeches on Monday and then visit his home at Independence. Mo., before returning to Washington on Tuesday Vicepresident Aflben W (Ark ley planned a trip to 81. Louis from his home at Paducah to visit the attractive widow with whom he has been carry lag on a report ed romance At Cleveland, the national air races were expected to draw a (Teen To rows Ma>

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 3, 1949.

Shanghaied I .1 5 i PATRICK JAMES RYAN, American sailor, displays a scar he said he | received when he was lieaten and "Hhanghaled" into the French Legion at Nice, France. Facing coiirtmartlal in Washington on charges of desertion. Ryan said he "missed his ship" at Han Remo. Italy, made hi* way to Nice, and wa* forced to serve 15 months in Africa before he could get away when Fjjnch authorities refused to believe he wax an American.

Four Named To Tax Adjustment Board • Appointments Made By Judge Parrish With four appointment* made today by Judge Myles F. Parrish of • the Adams circuit court, the membership of the Adama county tax adjustment board becomes complete. Judge Parrish’s appointments to the board are: Charles F. Smitley, Jefferson township; Thoinaa V. Johnston. Washington township; John B. Stults. former mayor of Decatur and Berndt B. Johnson, trustee of St. Mary's township. The first three named are Democrats. Johnson is a Republican | Other members of the board, who serve by virtue of their office, or were named by governmental bodies who shall be represented. are: Mayor John M. Doan; Charley Burdg. representing the township trustees, and William Kruetzman. elected by the county council. The tax adjusters serve without compensation and the law specifies that they shall convene in annual session on September 12. Their appointments extend to April IS. 195 ff. It is the duty of the tax adjusters to review* the various budgets submitted by the taxing units in the county, make corrections and adjust tax rates, if found necessary. However, the rates cannot be increased over those already advertised. Auditor Thurman I. Drew, by virtue of his office, will act as clerk of the board, but does not have a vote on the board The board members may extend their examination of the' budgets over a period of days, or approve the tax forms submitted and refer adjustments to the state tax board for final Earns Blue Ribbon In Clothing Contest Pauline Seesenguth Friday earned a blue ribbon in the state 4-H clothing judging contest. Croup placings were announced and the contestants ranked in white, red and blue group placings. Pauline’s score would place fifth in the contest. She won the right to participate in this contest by representing bet club, the Peppy Peppers of French township. In the county' contest held In July. Later she represented Adams county in the district con test at Fort tfayne. where she placed first Yesterday Id girls competed ia each contest

Lions Club Resumes Meetings Next Week The Lions club will resume its regular weekly meetings next Tuesday evening at the K. of P. hall. Phil Sauer, president, announced. Suspended during the summer i months, the dinner will be held at i 8:30 o'clock. with T J. Metzler, t in charge of the program f I Homes Beautification i Contes! Reinstated 69 McMillen Home • I Owners Are Eligible The McMillen home owners' . home beautification and improvement contest has been reinstated this year, the first since before the , war. Paul Loomis, of the Centra! , Soya company’s personnel office . and content manager, announced today. Sixty-nine home owners are ell-; glide to compete in the contest., which will run through September. Prizes totaling 1750 in merchandise will be awarded to winners at a banquet tentatively scheduled for early December The contest is divided into three 1 sections. Mr Ixximls explained. 1 The first includes Itome owners on 1 Washington street. Central avenue. Dierkes, Walnut and North > ' Second streets. Section two is North Master Drive ‘and including all houses ’ completed before 1942. The third i section is South Master Drive, I with houses built before 1942 Judging will be popular vote on I the residents living in each sec i lion. Blanks will lie mailed to the i home owners for the purpciM* of • recording their vote. I Two separate contests will be conducted in each section and judging will be on the basis of: A —Greatest improvement In general appearance and landscaping from date of purchase by present owner to Oct. 1. B — Greatest Im provement in general appearance and landscaping from April 1 to Ort 1. 1 The McMillen Home Builders ' Corp , was organized in 1939 by 1 Dale W McMillen. Sr.. founder 1 and board chairman of Central Soya company, with the purpose of constructing homes for plant employes One of Mr McMillen's civic pr» 1 jects. the various additions ar.4 subdivisions were developed by 1 the company and modem homes I built for local employes The houses are sold at cost to the own1 era and financed through the fed (Tses Te Pegs Five!

Soviet Union Determined To Block Austrian Treaty Until Tito Is Disposed Os

Tito Quarrel With Stalin Dates Back To Secret Meeting Held In Moscow Pari*, Sept. 3—(VP) — Marshal Tito's quarrel with Joseph Stalin date* back five year* to a secret meeting in Moscow but Tito doe* not think the Hoviet-Yugo*lav differences will lead to war, It wa* reported today Tito made this known to a group of visiting Americans who talked with him for several hours on hl* Adriatic Island hideaway of Brioni on Aug 24. Tito told the visiting Americans he doe* not expect a Soviet military invasion but that the Russian* will intensify their efforts to strangle Yugoslavia economically The Yugoslav leader made it clear be realises Stalin regards him as “small fry" and wants to make him "knuckle under" to the Kremlin I An account of Tito'* conversation wa* reported by one of the visiting Americans. Dr Kirtley F. Mather, professor of geology of Harvard university. Others of the group received by Tit<> were la>uis Adamic, author; Dr Jerome Davis, West Haven, formerly of Yale university; Dr Henry Fairchild, professor of sociology at New York university; Rev. George Paine. Boston. Mass., and Arthur Irnng. graduate jtudent of Ohio State university. Mather aaid Tito emphasized that hi* differences with Stalin resulted from his refusal to accept Soviet interference In Yugoslav internal affair*. The real differences between Russia and Yugoslavia are much deeper than those generally pub licized, Mather quoted Tito. “He said the real differences are ones of principle- between cen trallzed power in a monolithic communist world organization and recentralized power recognizing the autonomy of various segments of a communist world," Mathtr said “He told us he objected to Sta lin's program for the satellite countries for the same reason* he objected to the Marshall plan He said he would not tolerate any foreign power, either east or west, dictating to him or determining the economic program of his nation “One of the group asked him." Mather said. “ 'at the time of your (Turn To !■««» Five! Church Conference Will Open Monday EUB Conference At Plymouth Next Week The l<(sth session of the Ht. Joseph conference of the Evangelical I'nited Brethren church will convene Monday at 7:30 pm at Plymouth The Rev Fred L Den nl*. D D. L. L. D., bishop of the northwest area, will preside The i opening session will include the l episcopal declaration, the memorial service in honor of deceased mini* ters and ministers' wives, and the celebration of the Holy Commun ion The theme for tb« conference Is "Forward Together with Christ in Training " The conference will close Friday afternoon with the consecration service and the assignment of ministers by the blshon Official representatives of Trinity church of this city are the Rev. John E Chambers, who will serve as a member of the committee on delinquencies, board of ministerial training and the committee on minimum salaries; O P Miiis is > the lay delegate and a member of the committee on ways and mean* The Rev Lawrence T. Norris will be the ministerial representative for the I nion Chapel Evangelical Vnited Brethren church, and Is a member of the committee on wr-' cessor’e records and ministerial supplies Freeman Schnrpp is the lay delegate for Vnion Chaptl and is a member of the committee on Christian social action The Rev Robert Foreman, son of Mr and Mrs. Manley Foreman of this city, will be assigned to his < first fuß-timo pastorate on Friday. 1

Heavy Schedule Os Acfivilies At Fair Farm Girls Top In ‘ Livestock Showing 1 1 Indianapolis, Sept. 3 il'P> - Pleasant weather and a heavy I ; schedule of activities drew another big crowd to the Indiana state ', fair today. ! It was lhe first of three days in lhe lailior Day holiday w>-ek end. and fair officials anticipated a ( turnout greater than yesterday'* 34.5(0 admissions. . On tap for today were the start ( of the harness ra< Ing program, a sheep-shearing context, youth activities. a 4-H dress revue, a style show, livestock judging and enter- > tainment acts high-lighted by Spike Jone* and an auto thrill show Yesterday'* attendance wax some 8.000 below the *econd-day attendance in 1948 hut the greatest i , Friday crowd in the fair's history Hundreds more ribltons and , prizes were distributed as judging continued in open and 4-H classes of livestock, handicraft and other divisions of competition , | Farm girls continued to dominate the livestock championships Patricia Meade, Camd'-n. showed j the champion Aberdeen Angus beef heifer June Newhouse. t Rushville, won the Hereford beef heifer championship, and Betty , Bragg. Frankfort, the Red Poll I beef heifer ( hampionship. Other breed < hamplonship* in ! beef heifers and dairy calves were J won by animals shown by David Budd. Ix-banon; Buddy Harmon. Camden, Billy Morris. Randolph county; Paul Eby. Elkhart conn ty; Ronald Riggs, Greentown, and Frances Gordon. Parker Six days of harness racing start i today with a four race program featuring pace and trot races for Indiana-owned horses, ami twoi year-old Indiana trotting and paci Ing horse association stakes Grand < lr< uit rai Ing starts Mon day NO PAPER MONDAY In accordance with annual custom, the Decstur Daily Democrat wilt not publish an edition Monday, Sept. 5, which it Labor Day. Quartet Returns From Europe Relief Work Berne. Hept 3 -The Misses liar j I riett Hchertz and Barbara Sprung : er and Mr. and Mr* Howard Baum : I gartner. ail of Berne, returned ' here this week after spending the summer in Germany doing relief work under the auspices of the Mennonlte central comimttee They flew to Europe but returned by steamer. The Misses Hchertz and Sprunger will teach in the Adams Central high school this *ummer. Mrs. Ada S. S’alfer Dies At Fort Wayne Juneral Services On Monday Morning Mrs Ada 8. Htaltdr. C 9. of 1152 Kinnaird avenue. Fort Wayne, died Friday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne following a short Illness. Mrs. Htalter was a native of Adams county but had lived in Fort Wayne for the paxt 27 years. Hurvlvlng are her husband. Mart , Htalter; two daughters. Mr*. Ralph Helms and Mrs. Ernest Poling, both of Fort Wayne, four grandchildren. and three sisters. Mrs. Francis Mosel. Mrs Rebecca Eadv and Mrs. Allee Syphers. all of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held a) 19 a tg Monday at the D O. McComb funeral home In Fort Wayne, th* Rev Carl O. Adam* 1 officiating. The body will be brought to the Decatur cemetery ' for burial Friends may eall at thw < funeral home after 7 o'clock thia J 1 evening. |l

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Top Diplomats See Determination To Block Agreement In Present Status Wafbington, tjept. 3—(VP) • Highly placed diplomats said today that the Soviet Vnion apparently is determined to block any big four agreement'on an Austrian peace treaty until Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia ha* been liquidated. This determination, they said, wa* responsible for Soviet stubbornness at lhe recent unsuccessful London talks on the treaty. In 1947. the tour powers were on the verge of an Austrian agreement. The only barrier was Russia's adamant support of Tito's claims for reparation* and territory from Austria. Within a few months after tho Htalln-Tlto break, however. Ru* sla agreed in a big four meeting to abandon support of Yugoslavia’* ; claims. At the same time, she I agreed to give up all "war booty" seized In Austria, und to discontinue her claim against "German ; assets" in Austria in exchange for |151).900.(M>0. Western diplomat* seriously believed that this agreement would pave the way for an Austrian | treaty that would come into force , before the end of 1949 However, under lhe current occupation agreement. Russia not only maintain* "occupation" troops In Austria, but also "line of communication" troops in Romania and Hungry. These "communication" troops, now engaged in maneuvers near the Yugoslav bord< r. play a prominent rule in Russia's war of nerves" against I TRo. officials said An Austrian treaty would force Russia to withdraw these troops, estimated at more than 100,000, and deprive the Kremlin of a valuable weapon against Tito. The state department In a blistering statement last night accu* ed the Russians of welching on tho principles set up by the big four a* guide posts for an Austrian treaty These principles were laid down at the I’aib meeting of the council of son Ign ministers in June Tho diputiis were ordered to embody them in a treaty draft by Sept 1 The Hept 1 deadline found no agreement on many important issues. The state department accused the Russians of refusing to giv« up "war booty" as agreed at I’aris: and also of refusing to abide by tlu< (Tarn T« !’■«* Tbrerr Several Have Exhibits In Women's Building Several Adam* county peopla have exhibits in the women's building at the state fair Encouraging these exhibits I* one of the many special Interest activities ut th» Adams county home economics association Nellie I’tice of tho Vnion Club won first on her pillow cases with applique trim Hhe also placed second on a hot pad and third on a hand made basket Beulah Jane Bertsch entered a light chiffon cake that placed second William Bertsch. Jr. a student at the BerneFretuh high school, made a lamp that was entered In the class for wood turned objects, it rated the blue ribbon Accuses Greece Os Border incidents Hofia Bulgaria. Sept 3-(VP)— Bulgaria today accused Greece of provoking at least 25 border incidents between Aug 22 and Aug 3V. A government statement said Bulgaria ’’cannot bear the responsibility for eventual complications' if the border Incidents continue Hortonville Girl Is Fatally Burned Noblesville. Ind Sept. B—(VP) —Two-yearold Shsrleen Crist, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. W Crist, died In Hamilton county hospital yesterday of burns suffered when her dress caught fire as she played with matches at tho family home al Hortonville.