Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1950 — Page 1

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U. S. AMBASSADOR KILLED IN AIR CRASH

Threatens To Sue McCarthy On Libel Count Hanson Denins Ail £ McCarthy Charges On Communism •ULL C T I N K«y West, f I*. March 2g—(Uß)—Rreetoent Truman today rejaMed a senate subcommittee request tor confidential .; I government loyalty fl las. But he orders* Mia loyalty review board to review alt cbafgad of disloyalty Wh«h have boon made before the committee. Washington. March , W—(UP)-- ■ Isidore Hanson sold today he will rue Ken Joseph H McCarthy for libel U the senator ever .dives up his <ongre»»lonal Immunity and rdpeat* hi« charge that the state de part me nt aide Is pro-communist Hanmn swore before a senate foreign relations Investigating subcommittee that: "I am. not. a communist I have never belonged to an organisation I lied by the arrnrney general as be* . lug a communist front organisation ■ X I have never knowingly associated with an espionage agent of a forManpower" M. t ar-hy has < ailed -Hanson a man ‘‘with a mission to conimwnlae " — "'TffT "vsgtvr — The- WWyoneto- 'Udwib bran oatso charged that Hanson is - known for his pro * .immunl-t pro- < llvltie*" Handon told the subcommittee that If McCarthy will repeat these ~~~~<hargf* without benet.l of immunity I~WIH assure him that be WiU. be - ailed upon to answer m- in a -eiert of justice at the earliest prdctirable moment" • Hairton an official connected with advance planning for Preri--lent Truman's point four'program for developing economically back ward areas, formerly wa« a newspaperman and writer In China It »■ his writings at that time which McCarthy particularly' attacked Hanson told the subcommittee • ha- he was ni'-i . -lyiplrt* -* le»i aftet * frill FIH ti-ld IfflW gallon tri Isis -He waa invest'igat-1 he’ said in sv---ardan.ee with .th*state department's lovalfyprogram -rr-v’inc all employ*s — Hanson already has said that Me Carthy* - barges han resulted In humiliations" for him and hist family In th-Ir Virginia farm corn'l x munily ' _ • -.. To Refuse I ('resident Truman, it waj* learn | ed has decided to refuse the re * quest.Of the investigating c'oiiymlt \ tee for permission to examine the . yjl** S-’ur- • * - 100- to the Presi in Key West. Fla . where he la va- atjoning. told reporters tile files would not be made available even on, a limhfd basis • I’rewldenK Truman's decision to wHhhrdd the 'loyalty file* s*«>n may be forwarded tffdhe subcommittee This position I* in line with his 'March ISIR executive order and with the testimony yesterday of I attorney general J Howard Me Grath and FBI director J Edgar Hoover before the subcommittee The group Is Investigating charxt'F by Sen , Carthy. K . Wla . that the state de pariment la loaded with pro-com muuists.. McCarthy has insisted that the subcommittee must ex amine all government files before’ it can evaluate his accusations Subcommittee chairman Millard E Tydlngs D. Md . has taken up the matter with Mr Truman line high administration official said the refusal of Hoorer and McGrath to make any of the FBl's files available is "well coordinated , with the feelings of the President.”! IMsclosure of the flies they said, • would not be in the public interest. the subcommittee's Investiga tion neared a hectic climax', there Were these other developments: 1 The subcommittee -culled HaJ dore Hanson, a stale department -to Castor - Mtirarthy'a charge . "* that he Is a man with "a mission to ■ Tara Te rave Klabo WEATHER Fair extreme south. Mostly \ cloudy central and north, with \ light enow or rain along north- j \ ern border this afternoon and enow flurries north portion to- I night. Cooler tonight. Wednew I day wveotly cloudy, enow ftor- Ii rise extreme north. Colder J' south and central portions. Low _ tonight 2b JS.north. 1>37 souflt. high Wednesday JS-dO north, SO .47 south. Bathes, windy. - ~

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23 Lives Claimed By Great Spring Storm 12 Others Missing As Storm Subsides Chicago. Mar. M — 4 VE»» — A .great spring storm claimed M Hies *a It pounded the nation's tnld-sAtion for the third suc-es afro Any before heading Into Canada. Twelvp other persons were missing In a blisaar-l which raged tn the upper midwest while high winds, dual, hail ami thunder storms pummelled a LinO-mJle-wide area from the K<**liies almost to the Atlantic Weather fore* asters said It* was one of the biggest storm systems they had ever plotted on their maps Early today the storm was diminishing in Intensity It whs cell tered over northern Wisconsin and heading northward* toward Lake Superior and Canada, for*casters said _ r _ Wlnds diminished on the southern, plains during the night, thinning giant dust clouds reminiscent of the ISJO's. But the weather bureau at Indian. Tex . said surface winds wqnhi stir up new dust tn weatern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle today Moat of the storm victims died In accidents on Icy or dusf-foKged highways A Columbus. (>.. man Was killed when a Th-finit wafer tower he was working on. was blown *•*-*-* hy JUghjsiiida—AJJSiS fell and cruslied a Mllwmikee Wtk. man to death au* he stepped from his car near Mansfield O A ueven-yeaMdd lndianap*>lis boy drowned In a -rain swollen ereek. A dfrow jilow operator was suftwated in a snow slide as he attompted to open a r**ad to a ski resort high-in the Wasatch mountains east of Salt Lake City. Utah An Island Park. Ida., man was killed when Jia jeep struck a snow bank and overturned. Dust clouds and high winds were blamed for the crash of a private plane in New Meyi-o It carried two persons to their deaths. ■ ! More than fm* per.*i.*n“ strandeil 1 oys-rpiglit In two farm hom*- ; i-y a blirranl in Imlutli. Minn dm o-rt'iat-- y*-r'-id.*v tin-- group 27 told how they tied themselves i together with a long ro|*<-»x ttko| HlotmTn+n Httwber,- —Uavnl~7lij f block. SevenUtfive others sal-1 I they fried I'-tt eggs for breakfast. ' drank tile milk of 17 cobs uji I al*I a “tub fpIT" of mashed I A Printflon. Ind fli-rist count | e*l 3(h) panes shattered in his greenhouse by. hailstones an in- Il -TVo Ta I*a2e Mil County-Wide 4-H Band To Organize ; Meet Friday Night To Organize Band Plana for orKanirins a ruuntV; wide 411 bMd will Iw < ..niph fpfi ut am« etinK in thin « i<y Frhtav evgninK, it wan announ. ♦■<! by Gyraltl Zimmerman, who will] be director of the baml Zimmerman met recently withj 4-H club Ivifibrs anil r\tHi-inn 1 leader*; at which time wan reported high tn forming su< h 1 a band Inquiries mmle of-all 4 11, leader* in H»e <*»un!y Iti recent <iay» have shown an even greater interest, and it in planted to make the organisation a year round project. » All pronpertive member,* of the l»and are anke<l to me*-t at the Publix .Service ntor* on North Second street. Decatur, at 730 odtM-k Friday evening t.y perfect the orranfiatlon. “7? ” Membership in "the band will lw open tir mem hers wf-n4F ♦4l- < in the county. Zimmerman stresßi '•wt and- ptec-e Xur-Mte first refyearfca'l of the hand wflj be 8 determined at Friday’* m eti.ne Plans call for rehearsal every Tuesday evening throuahout the year Zimmerman and 4-H leaders hope to have ooUftty'a newest] band sufficiently organized to| Adams county Ms, g|M*gaap will b« held In MonElaMtonnan Is also director of th* Decatur City han.l and Hir rv c*ntty onraniged l*-<atur Concert ba 11.1

Urge stronger Provisions In Loooyingiaws Urge Regulation* Be Strengthened On Lobby Control Washington. Mar t IS - (VP)— Four poltikal actonttala re*-om-mended today that congress tighten proriaton of the law requiring registration of all persons and groups who lobby for or against legislation The political science experts were witnesses at the srioml open hearing., of. a big new Investigation hy the special house committee on lobbying They agr-ed that because of the important part lobbyists play In the work of congress there -should be stricter regulations - to enable congress to keep tabs on them. The scientists were Edgar Lane of Prin* eton University, Protonsor Belle Zeller of Brooklyn. N.Y . College, ami George H. Galloway and W. ByOoke Grave* <>f the loglalatlye Tefecww* servlet* | ■'——* Imne said that without more es-( fective regulation of lobbies the country can 1-s-k forward to eon fHet- Between various pressure groups "w tii- h may . ultimately t*-af -iur so* iyly apa.rl ” : 3 Mis-, ■ -sui-i Mtiaar.-Mwry legiliniiit- part to t-lay in influ eminc Ito-il-I.UIon but that th- ev Istim- i.gistration law sli.-ul-i i-e clarified. Galloway and Graves suggested' that under tile present law the general, public nifiST Iff whom are not members of any special gfoujps. are -attwelphv-d- by the lobbying group* on legislative matters • other eongrsisbinal developments' -- — Underground The- Anieri*. ans for liemiHratii- Action protested to th- boas*- unAimrican activities crim in It tee that the proposed .M,undl Ferciison-N'ixun communist i control bill actually would help -the - ommuntsfs by semling them ' unilerc-roiiti-l where they would b»I luriler to ban-lie j. Justtf-'t>'•».• Keittilation Chair. ‘ man --toma-nue-i-Cejl*r. H. N Y ;riof! L - ' > l**r* Ts -PM* »l» t . I Plan For Democrat Dinner, Meeting Dinner Meeting In Decatur April 27 Plan* for th<- pre-primary din n«*r rtHMdinp of th»* Adaniß <-otfnty I < rntral ( dnimitlPC ai»<l the Ih’ißKM-rwtif Woman's flub *-wrrr — fwrfpftwff —at—J t thv hHWAF- 4U4ianizALion Monday ' | evening at cdty hatt The dinner meeting will be held , rt l <; p 4h_2Diurft<iay April I" - 1 at th»* MfHkßt- home Alex (’amp i bell, promineiii Fort-AVwyite attor-i wlu» reairned re» »*n.t iyj , assist ant i S attorney general to . ' *eek Hetnoeruiie nmnlnuttoxt ■ from Indiana to the V S. *• nate. ; will he Uim principal speaker f AH Deinbcralte —♦ •andidafeu in th*’ < f.uHty ami diriri t will !»«• tn ' triHiuieil and party leader*-from ! the fourth dißtriet will alao l»e tn attendanceHeßervationß for the dinner mwd l»e made not later than April* 22, and reaervationa will be I knit ’ ed to 3OA. The ticket committee in heade<l by Miss Htme Nesswalu ami Miss Florence ’Holt hoy Re a*- co-chair-men Mrs Aujcuata Dubach Is ti< ket < hairman for Berne and Mra. iJorme Fenntenwaket chairman for Geneva. Tickets inay he ytfirsthed Troth any nf these persons or from the _ Decatur auto JlCfWlFTwrettti to*. TMher committee**for the din ner mating are as follows Membersrhfp '- i — Marcia Martin. 1 chairman; Mrs George Squier, Mr» . Mary S< henbu k, Mrs Augusta Ihilmo h. .Mrs. lx*o Hanni. ' Mrs. O N. Smith. Mrs "Iweonard I Baumgartner Mrs Krben Schur. Mr*. Marion Stahley, Mrs. Margaret Rhoades, Mrs Ernest Hanni. Mrs .Miles Reynolds. Mrs C W. R Sehwarii. Mrs FenRtermaker. Mr* Homer Winter egg. Mrs Hansel Foley. Mrs Ern < Tarn To Pwo etai

OMLV OAILV ttWUMSS* •« COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 28, 1950 .

To Get Matter Cleared* EN ROUTE TO WABHINGTOM Ip -ImrgcH of Smiator J-meph McCarthy fRt, Wlaconrin. that he la BnM'--inmunl»t. John S. Service, . former I' S consul at Calcutta. India, tvll* a’reporter at SeattleTa*<>ma Wash., airport. "Charg-** ■USB*' me have been investigated and rein vent igat nd and 1 wiU be very happy to get this matter cleared up.” Service’s to Calcutta was < an< eled whih* be was on his way there. ” ’ '

Indiana May Regain Congressional Seat 1950 Census Likely To .Bring Changes W tNhinpton March afore lhaii a third 'of the state* are likely to gain or iooe aeata in Uie house of representative* as the/result of the IHO ceuauo. 1 Bolen, council for the hotine committee on offices and civil service, said that, fl state* privbably be involved In the switches He said seven midwestern and western states will gain seats at the expense t»f 1! eastern and Mouthvrn stale* A constant shift in |»opu!ation toward the west accounts for all of the recent changes in bonne xrjrresentatjoh. a once ade- < «<le pro< ewH. i enstfs bureau cj’ffic lain explained. The size of the house has been al • in- • 1-A- |*purt ion me ut chanjKejs sin < e then jhave been restricted to deducting ( seats from some states and adding them to others Belen’s estimate* of changes a c the , result 'of thTr 1950 census fol low for states in this area: State Present Future 1 PiU“ ua * J.! --’~ Michigan 17 IS 'lllinois 2$ ■ Kentmkx '* .Miftsou ri . I't 12 Bednasek Fighting To Escape Gallows Defense Testimony Is Opened Today j Ins a< r \ Il Ml’ ;. 3iii 'll’!, R<»brt! Bt-dna-uk> fight to *s* apt J the gallows b»gan in earnest today is bis attorneys N’lmmohed key wit ntssrs to prove !ha: he did not dcUtoratcly-- etrangle. hi< rampus sweetheart A universiiy janitor found him mlf <udd»nl> projci ’*d tnio th®> case as the defense sought to shake • the prosecution charges- that- jral ’ ou'-yuud a homicidal impulse drove the tnobdy I'niversity of lowa senior to slay the girl hr loved. The janitor, it was reported, will tel! *how he helped Bedhasek and Margaret ’Gee Gee” Jack««m arrange secret meeting places "on the cwmpu*. thu* boUtoriXMuUxfi..defense claim that the two were in love . Bcdnisek’a fellow student* and -two doctor* also will help set the stage for the dramatic moment to. tells how truth serum dr»-w from !>is Subconscious mind the secret story of how Miss Jackson died last !'♦. 11. BrdhaieV 2VyeaT old psychology tnap*r. is accused of murd* ring the *<»cjany pro mln* nt cord in a mens rooming house after a formal frat eraity dance and an Intima e dinner of lohator and burgundy wine. Defense httorneya «aid tha te«rb mony <4 the janitor the students and the doctors would take ap mmt of today's'court session They an ; aWWuw T« Paa* Ms • \

Rlligious Film To Be Shown Here Tonight Th*- r»ll«i*>UK film. “Klug ut Kliu, will .1* »ho» nat the Fir.u I'hriwliM i-hur-'b tn this <lty tin** evwHW *Ul*. at. 7. aivl-U., u'clmk SiHin—irei) py th*- ttoretnr nihnidHrial ■■utortolhiti. ihvrv »UI - lie nu. adinixaluii rharge. but a trri- « wjll "Hering will I**- taki-n Ju ;is a sl»l in defraying gayeMge. " “7 j. ——— . . TO ___—-—__—_ -tChim Red Attack •R '■ -- ; p On Hainan Smashed '' Nationalists Claim Force Annihilated I a Taipei. Formosa. Mari h 2* ii • ri’t* t’hiiwsc Nationalist*.* 11 . ported.,today that they hav» na •* i ed the ffrsj tnai«»r < ttnnnurjist land - oak bn strii > t “completely annihihrtvd-' all 4.op*’ i Red troop* wlw...viuni-Ml. I Not n single-■riijßtrmi’il iuvad* * »iir v iv<d tKeATAtour l»iL» t fe on* Ttnt r f• ..ban's northwest beaches vesterd; a Nationalist report said r ■ Shore batteries' warship.* and -planes were jsaid to have JtHngj erouhrt troin* in Hiunist'Gen I.in Piao s 118th divi-< slop of the 4tqh Red army Th • j . fighting raged fro|ii daw n until b’ j p: in- m the Linkow area west of Holhow Hundreds of invasion junks koe sunk. A Natlonaiist ceivral now j agency dispatch said I.5tH» bodie* ‘ were counted in-tha water alone Hainan is the southernmost o: ; the UaL - two_ main National hit ■ At rung hold si It lies off J J tip of the Chinese mainland and serves as a base for air attacks on all south ChinU and naval raids a j I long the mainland coast. Il is ev : reeded in importance Anly by For : mesa, to the northeast The central news agency <ai<i lie 1 Red invaders tough* their way a J ' shore from invasion junks in tb-ice, waves in the fa< e of withering fire : from Nationalist guns . Other reports reaching here by way of Hong Kong said the van— J f vuani of the ftrat wa\e of I ( ummuniitf troop.A penetrated ii miles inland. e American ( ra! ne d Nationally I 4 1 troops surrounded the invaders and 5 ! vailed in the air force to helpJ I j liquidate the trapped uni’s Every r lj invader was killed, th* report said ! These reports said most of th** • !»■’ IJ»00 Red troops in the second tn \asion wave were wiped out they could reach tKe shore. TTie 4 I * iTwrw T» TWrre, r Morschaud Rites - ; Set For Wednesday ’ Funeral »ervl* «>* for Mrs Samitn-} lha Mars-hand Xf, a " ami bounty, will be hrid at 2 p m Wednesday at the Trim Mungorair '.funeral home IsnFort Wayne, with W I r burial in Lindynwood cemetery L ! A resident of For.! Wayne sine * .J 1512, she died Monday after a long ■ -tUnewß. Survivors.—include shct ( daughters, five sons, one sister and Hu half-wist er. Mrs Martha. Kenua’l £ 1 of Monroe

Laurence Steinhardi And Four O£ Staff Killed As Air Force Plane Crashes

Decalur Free Slreef Fair July 24 To 29 Dates Arc Unchanged By Fair Committee Deratur’a free atreet fair and agricultural rh*>w. last to ha held on Ike streets of the city, will be held as originally scheduled this year from Ju*y 24-l» tnclualve. the fair board member* decided at a special meeting held Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.' There had heeti some question as to the advisability of changlngjlhe dates because the Allen county fair was set for the same dates this year Directors and committee members, however, decided that -atnee the local fair had established the last wee?*in July as the Decalur fair date over a period of 20 a change now . Committers will be appointed at ouiA board members said, and the general chairman will be aunouncid at the regular April 3 meeting of ■the group In the meantime, several; rfitfiniirrern/ atmsdy ■■ swmied -•♦* working out preliminary plan* for 'free aetor band* - --imeesskin apaca and sjxciul events. _ Fl--yd E Gooding, president of 00-Kling Amusements, *ho has hid (W rule-*- and ahriw - contract’, lit Decatur torsmauy ;«ar» told R W. Piiiil* fair se*-rtoary Monday in a lung ■distaste conversation front ' Spring tie id, <>. that II was his plan : bring bio top show Ip Decatur this year Robert H*-tm. chairman of, the i i-um'essibn department, announced ! lha» more than half of the midway j j space already wax contracted Jor l Herman Krueckeberg. chairman ofth* free acts committee, said that , I Gu« Sun Jr would be in Decatur i Friday niiiht to*.show his IM-h'pro-; ; -bn--- i-v that i-ommitr*-** The tlus.. Sun fairl->->ktng agency has fur iiiahed act* for the D*'*ill|ir fair' Ho? • i al - years T-* I'’." |,. inc «.Tked out tri! ■ Tur* tu Psge Truman Signs Bill For Control Funds I ■ ' • • .. . Funds Cut Sharply For Rent Controls v Washington March 28 iFP) ’ The frWhite House announced that i President Trunk an today signed a i urgent deficiency bill r.tt fvjHt sharply Hduc.rd. funds (or ■ t perufitHi of remt cwntroln between j now and June 3t». wh?n the prekenT' rent law expires Mr Trunian signed the bill at | Key West. Fla . where he I* vacationing The bill provides money to tide ■ over for the rest of this fiscal year a number <»f goverhmtnt agencies including the veterans administration. the atomic energy commission and the office of the housing ei* ptdiier. which administers federal Os the |4.«MH).000 allotted to the rent office. I2JBMMW was earmarkrd 'specifically" for payment of terminal leave to employes discharged as the rent program tapers off Mr Truman asked for iffo keep-toe rent law in force for •In »•*{ of !h» fiscal yr ar What h* e t after subtraction <*f the sum allotted to terminal leave, was ILBMMHH*. 4 R*nl rouiroi officials, said this obviously means that cZto j must be made They said plans are 1 not complete on how and where kTuru Face *i«i Chiang Appeals For Food For Chinese T»ip*i. - Form****, Mgrrh 2X — -I’Pi Ggnerulisalma Chiang Kai- : Shwk »p|>e*l*«l by radio today tor -tood for million* of mainland Chin i r*e starving becauae lit communiat ■hipmenta to Ruaala. He said the naUonallat. govern-i ment would try to get the food to l famine area* by every possible j, mean's, including airdrops.

Republicans In Drive Against Dean Acheson Bridges Charges 'Master Spy' In State Department Washington. March ffl.-(UP) — The Republican offensive against secretary of state Dean Acheson was under full steam today Democrats countered that the attach* give communist propagandist* “a field day " The drive wa* kicked off in earnest yesterday by Sen. Style* Bridges. R N H. who charged that a Russian "maater spy" has bored his-way Into-lb* statu de . partment. =. In a free-swinging'Senate speech , Bridges said Acheson Should be i summoned before a congressional 1 1 committee to account for the ■•wreckage" ot I’. S foreign policy I Ih EtiriW'Yt«F>*sto' ■ ■ •■The department ot state ha« fal-! len tnto a' condition of .degradation unparalleled tn the nation’s hi» tory.” he said. — S . “Stalin Is not -a per man. He had ■ help from inside-our ranks." Bridges ticked off the *spiaeage cases involving former atate de partment officials Alger HI-** and - Henry Julian Wadldigh and said these men could not have attained their i*ositions without help That help, he said, must bare come from a Soviet “master spy" ’ ' j " Unless and until we find I tha! master spy -we 1 annot tn-pr 11-- deal with Stalin on an equal I basis." he said Democrats swarmed to Achesons < defense They urged the Republicans fn ,air off the attack lest the ; United Sta Ute become a “house di . vid-d against .itself." - j 2*»n fistes'Kefiuver D, Tetfh ." . ...t.ilD;r< f" Tilsl,’ '■■<>unteratia* K'' bn : charcis_ by Sen Joseph H Me Carthy. it Wis that there are at! least .17 card-varying communists j fficthe state department' In my opinion." he said, "the charges of the junior sehaTor from; Wisconsin have done grave dam : age to the international interests I of this nation His reckless accuse I tiona. of disloyalty have impaired i (he sirui ture of our world relation ships " .. Kefauver said the "communist -T,rt T» Page •*•*•* | -J . | Cruiser Rams Into Lightship In Fog Cruiser Undamaged in Collision Today New York. March I* (UP) — The Grace Line cruise ship Santa Monica rammed the Ambrose lightship in a dense'fog early today Fls* .eoaat guard - iPters ware dispatched to th* aid of the MgbV ship which was reported listing 2t» degrees! _ The Ambroaa reported the s.SPton ix-ean liner smashed into th* ' starboard quarter of th* IMthtahlp penetrating below th* water Inn The lightship carrie* a crew of 15 coast guardsmen The coast guard reported there were no cas ualties on the Ambrose ’ Santa Monica carried 3* passengers —i- 1 The ramming took place at th* *ntranee te New York Harbor a- , l;«( a m EST The Amtwoee ■ reported -**»- holding its own. pumping fuel and water overboard to remain afloat The Santa Monica, carrying * crew of 75 and » passengers, reported to the coast guard that it suffered no damage Hi Jbe areideu’. — The .cruise ship, which had a pile; aboard, anchored a mile from ibe * lightship, waiting for the fog to lift !*efore continuing Into the bar- . ! I>or The heavy tog which blanketed i the harbor had delayed the arris i Twee T» Pee* B«a >

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Veteran Diplomat Dies As Air Force Plane 'Blows Up' Soon After Takeoff < Ramsayville. Ont.. Mar. 2« (UP)—U. S. ambassador Latureme ._ Stelnbardt. a veteran of the American foreign service, an-1 four members of his cm bassy staff were killed today when an engine on their air tore* plane "blew up" shortly after taking off from Roekctiffe airport at Ottawa. The plan*, a twin-engined CJ7 transport, crashed In flames in a anuw-cover*d field three miles south of thia farming community. Maater Sgt Gwynn* A. Long, crew chief ot the aircraft parachuted to safety The pilot. Cant Thomas Archibald, tried tor an emergency landing In a field on the farm of Ar-I._ thur Gould, but the plane nosed orer into a ditch and burst tolo All osi board were-kMlvd except Long 4—Thailand wa- en route to New York City where Stelnbardt. the American ambassador to Moscow In the early days of World vfar j IT' frlarrtW | Imalnes* Th- plane ran Into trouble enly a tow minutes after taking off . .from the RuckcUff* airport and crash**! Tt mil** away y- ;Tk*h swat tvred - over a Wide area The crash I sheared the wing* form the plan* j and they came te rest ahont M 7 I feet from the burning fuselage , Papers, maps gulf halls ami i sporting rifles were scattere-l in the foot of snow and slush that covered the field ' Yoluntae. firemen hurried to j the *<*ne hut they were equipped with only hand extinguishers tn-i ware unable to douse the flame* When the fire was burned out. the bodies’ of th*: victims were placed on sleds and removed to ambulance* They were taken to Ottawa where an examination <rf dental work will' be hia-ie tl, Identify them Sgt Long ata* taken id-the ' Rt AF hospital in Ottawa I Scharfe said he "looked darof I but said he suffered only, a sprain ’ ed knee when lie landed In addition to Steinhardi th* - victims were Alan Harrington son of Julian Harrington. U S. 1 minister to eouncelor Lt j’.-l w F Trueblood, an exchange officer attached to the U S *mbassv ! Capt Thomas Aryhibwl-l. assistant’ air attache at the embassy, an-l LA. Mark Belanger al*<> an exchange officer Wltneaae* said the plan* left the airport in a routine takeoff but was unable to maintain altitude Leslie Kipp, a farmer who Ilves i near the scene of the crash, said' i ** saw smoke coming from tin- — plane's- left engtn-- before ..the crash and believed the plane was on fire -* lt looked like the pilot was trying to gain altitiude and could n t", K tpp -said ,2 Royal Canadian air force salvage crews said all the hodl** ware badly mangled One of the : victims clutched a' brief case iTwew Te r*«e SClgat, Eighth Candidate Files For Sheriff The list ot candidates for the Democratic nomination as sheriff -of Adams .county swelled to eight today when Floyd. L Rupert of [ Wabash township, filed his certlfiirate ot candidacy for that otftcw ' Rupert" who is SS years old. owns a 75-acre farm east ot Berne He Is married and the father of I two daughters one of them in th* iunlor class of the Genera high aehool. Rupert seas bom tn Adams couu*ty and baa been a resident here all his life except for a short time when he and his .family lived In the northern part of tha state -He is tha first Rupert- a member of the family pointed out. ever to seek aay public ofttos.