Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVHI. No. M.

EXHAUSTIVE PROBE OF RUSSIA’S CHARGE

13 Killed In Superfort Crash

B-29WBAt Sandia Secret weapons rose Suparfort Crashes Whora Atom Bombs Ara Built By U.S. Albuquerque. N. M.. April IS—-(UP)-Thirteen bodlee were recovered today from the wreckage of a IL3# superfort which crashed last night at tbe Sandia secrei weapons base where atomic bombs are ...... btdft. . A terse annoum-mient from base, near the atomic weapons eeaS authorities at Kirtland air force ter. said the bodies of all 13 erew- ’* men aboard the plane were found Rix bodies were recovered durin* the night, and the others were found when a search of the wreckage resumed after daybreak today All were burned beyond recognition. Hecrecy was damped on tbe crash by the atomic energy commission. The plane, at tbe type that carried the first A bomb to Japan, was believed to bare crashed in the rugged Mansann mountains east of here, an area where rumors ' say that secret underground laboratories are bidden and atom bombs are stockpiled But Maj. Charles Phillips, public information officer at nearby Kin* land air base, refused to confirm the location “ "it la la a very touchy spot." be s«ld The plane plunged to earth In one of the most closely guarded spots at the huge atomic base about five minutes after taking oft from Kirtland field Col. Hunter Harris, commanding officer at Walker air base where the plane was baaed, came here to direct an Investigation. Newsmen and other unofficial observers were barred from the closeSMsrded . _ atomic project _ area where the crash occurred. The plane was base <1 at Walker afr base near Roswell. N M . as part of the strategic bombing command tsiich has direct responsibility for delivering the atomic bomb to any potential ynemy. The ship bad landed at KiMiaud field near here as part of a routine training mission. As it took off. the giant four engined craft faltered and plowed into a hill seven miles from the field within the restricted area Flames roared into the night and flared like a torch of the hillside G. F Heckman, a civilian who lives three miles away, said the plane exploded, sending up a cloud of flame and enrobe that resembled a miniature blast from an atomic bomb. "I was at my bedroom window," he said. "It was tbe oddest explosion I ever saw It was like a big mushroom. Then the fire looked like It was running down the hillside In streams. “My wife and I watched It for hours It lit up the whole country aide." One air force officer said the bodies recovered from the wreck were burned beyond recognition. “It was terrible." one observer said, "la what seemed Ilka mln«Tuee T» Paws North Side Student Wins Rotary Contest George Dutter. of Fort Wayne North Side high school. Won the Rotary group discussion contest, held at Bluffton Tuesday evening: Butter will-now compete la the-sec-tional meet April 34 at Wabash - John K. Doan, Decatur high school senior, winner of the Deoatur Rotary club contest, placed „ third in the group contest. Other contestants were from Columbia City and Bluffton WEATHIR night with a few anew flurries near Lake Mtebagap. Thursday fair and eeotlnued sold. Lew tonight U to 33 north: 2d to 30 south. High Thursday 38 te 44 north : 44 t* H south. Freet ar freeslng temperatures Indicated for south portion.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

IMMBMi IBM CwMi irviMHi un jixin Yew As President Trama* In Tip-Top Physical Condition Waahtagton. Apefl 13-1 UP)PreeMent Triuaaa. feeling the wright and wepemlbillty at bls of flee more than ever before, today began hto sfcth year in the White House * , - From Ma viewpoint, bis burden - consisted principally of malntaine lag a high level national economy e and attaining assured world peace I He believed firmly that continued r Democratic control of the congress e this year was esoenllat to achieve these goals. n lie was deftaltely unhappy about i- tbe state of World affairs, largely e because ot altitude toward democratic nations. Bat he persistI. ed In believing that the cold war p could be ended through friendly lar ternalional cooperation. even with :- the Soviet Union. » On the domestic front, his basic k desire was for more production, and. with It, higher wages, mure a Jobe and Increased prosperity. He i- felt that the bast approach was through the Truman program. •• much of which will go by the i. boards at this sesaioa of a Demo--1 cratlc-controlled congress ■ - Five years ago today al 7:44 ■ pm. Mr. Truman, a grave and i troubled vice president, was sworn i In m the successor- to president Franklin D. Roosevelt who had c died IB Warm Springs, Ua., that - afternoon. |, A4mihe time, this country was fighting ‘a mighty war on two t fronts, a dectoipn had to be made on such tremendously-vital matters i as use of th* atomic bomb f>j Mr.Trumsn wax thoroughly awed e by the myriad tasks before him. f He asked his friends to mention him in their prayers. At that point.' r he was a troubled American in a r troubled world > The new President found it un wise and impossible to ape the > glamorous, colorful and often mas- - ts.rful role of the late F. D. It So. r be surrounded himself , with cluse friends' whom Ke* could Trust and r who understood what he wanted I and the way be operated Gtadually. the Truman way of • doing things emerged from the left-' > over sheen of the new deal. >i His closest associates said today r! the,! after five crislisriddtn years., lithe President had changed notice I ably, but not radically. ■. Politically, be has moved slowly II toward tbe left. It infuriates him 11 to hear critics question the sin- > cerity >.sf some of his more liberal I recommendations. _such as his civil rights and national health pro > grama. * One of his dote friends said I recently that Mr. Truman's in- - creasing awareness of responsl i bllity was tbe greatest change that. had taken place in him since 1445. Physically, tbe President was in ’ •Vwew To Pane otst i Ho Special Session For Road Problems Governor Refuses Legislative Call - Indianapolis. April IJ—(UPI— Governor Schricker won't call a special session of the legislature to deal with tbe problem of county I. roads. The session Was suggested yew terday by veteran state Rep. I Henry A. Kreft R. Michigan City, In a wire to Schricker. "A special session would only . add to the east es gnwrnwnnt as -. sane it." Achriehsrsald la a return , telegram. T hope you agree with . this conclusion" - - ■' | The governor pointed out the , state recently distributed *7.383.- , 000 to tbe counties. and La Porte ' county received more than 3’130.- - •no. ■ | "The time for. rood repairs is , now at hand." Schricker told Kreff , "and tbe money has been made available for Dial purpowe t ( would suggest that you appeal to , your county commissioners to take advantage of this opportunity" , Schricker said he “certainly , would not” favor aq. increase in , taxes for road purposes and won- ( dered how Kreft would obtain the ( money. j

Senate Group Approves Slot MadmeGirb Approves Bill Ta w • Wwwwwmwww WM Gambling Devices Washington. Apr. 13-<VPI — The senate commerce comndttee today okayed a bill to curb "onearmed bandits .” It unanimously approved a measure to ban Interstate shipment ot slot machines and other gambling devices. The prohibition would not apply to states where operation of such machines ia legal'. The committee completed action ea the Mil juat eight days after its introdUrtioa at the re quest of attorney general J. Howard McGrath A subcommittee will start hearings Monday on another bill proposed by McGrath which would forbid Interstate transmission ot gambling information. Under the slot machine bill manufactarera of 'gambling de rices would have to register with the internal reutuse hurmut and provide monthly sales reports. The biscMom would hd numbered to help authorities keep track of them. Maximum penalty for violation of the interstate shipment han would be two years la jaU and fG.We flue. For Violation of the reglstralloa provision it would be a year ta Jail and |2.o«e fine t Other congressional developments Liquor — The stale commerce ' committee voted 4-3 against a bill . to ban liquor advertising ia interstate commerce. Excise Taxes—Ren. George W. Malone. R„ Nev., urged congress to repeal wartime excise taxes. He called them “soak the poor" levies designed to curb consumption during the wur-but no longer ■JtrsftflaMe bn' thaCgrouatf " '"' ”' Counsel CjAtirman Millard E. Tydlnga, D., Mid., blocked appoint- , ment of Frederick Ayer. Jr., as ' assistant counsel of the senate ' foreign relations subcommittee in ’ yestlgating communism. Ayer was proposed by Sen Henry Cabot : Ixtdge. Jr.. R., Maus. a member of tbe subcommittee. Tydlngs said Ayer is a Republican candidate for attorney general of MastTwea Te rwa* BttrUSi L \ i Zoning Board Rules ' On Trailer Camp Mercer Ave. Camp Under Ordinance The residential area of Adams founty Trailer Rales at the rear of the sales division of that concern on Mercer avenue, extending south to Stevenson street gad went to Cleveland street Is operating within the Decatur toning ordinance restrictions. It was decided at a meeting of the local, nouing board Tureday night. - ■ *: The deriaioa followed a lengthy discussion of tbe ordinance with Paul Strickler, owner of the eamp. who was Invited to attend tbe Tuesday night meeting along with Ralph Roop, enforcing officer. The trailer camp, which Is licensed by the state to operate aa a 14-unlt camp, has been Inspected by state enforcing officers. It was pointed o»l. The addition, which was started at the side of a trailer flooring to Orton McLean. Ia n matter to be cleared with the state Inspection department, beewase the property was a “nonconforming business” prior to tbe pan “yc of tbe roeing ordinance. Rtriekler revealed at the meet- . tag that he hoped to have plana , ready In the hear future to erect , a larger trailer camp at the edge of Decatur, because of the heavy demand for space tbe last Tew moot ba / Under the present ordinance. ' trailer camps may be erected la ’ any tone In Deeatar designated as 1 manufacturing arena. Chairman 1 Clarence Zlner. of the Boning board, pointed out that tbe orditTsre To Fwe» anal

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—« — —" Ploae Miaatour—Radb Preteat “lavwrioa" Jr? Wiesbaden '%wa. r* .„. U. g. AUTHOR iTlte are investigating a protest hr Moscow That a IT S plane flew 13 miles Into Latvia and engaged in an air hattie with Soviet planes before being driven out to as*. The action la alleged to have'occured on April I. the same day that an American patrol bomber of the type ahown (topi disappeared on a flight from i Wiesbaden to Denmark, tar to the west of Latvia. An oil slick has beep seen near tbe Swedish island of Oland (see map), and flares have been noted on Gotland, indicating the missing plane may be dywn at that point.

. Receivership Plea Under Advisement Arguments Heard On Conning Plant Suit Th* petition lor receivership til ed against the South Bud Corpora, t ion." running 'crtncern "’nt" Preble.was taken under advisement by Judge Myles F Parrish In Adams ' circuit court Tuesday afternoon, i Judge Parrish heard the arguments ! and stated he would rule on the petition late this afternoon. D. Burdette Custer represented the petitioners, Hansel and Mildred Foley, owners' of the buildings where the factory is located Lewis L Smith represented the defendant , corporation Roth sides agreed that a r* ! eelver should be named to preserve I the assets, after an effort at reorganisation had failed to materialise. The question of the amount of bond. If a receiver to named, and the disinterested person who should undertake the liquidation consumed an hour of the court's time. Pick South, president of the cop poration. and Hansel Foley, the petitioner, both were present in court. Neither, however, testified during the hearing -. It was pointed out that there to la effect a temporary restraining order against the dissolving of any assets and also that William Linn, temporary trustee appointed by i Federal Judge Lather Swygert to j still la possession of all assets, until and If a permanent receiver to named. Judge Parrish stated that he would probably make a decision on the receivership question this afternoon and ho gave the defendant corporation until 2 o’clock this afternoon to recommend a nomination for receivership, pro vided one Is named. Decotur Industries Products On Display Products manufactured by Decatar. iadbstrtes are featured thia week In the Chamber of Commerv? , display window at the general office la the DeVoee building, it was announced today. < The tocal■naafsaduiieg cow ' rem produces walnut and mabog- < any musical ebeota, cutlery boxes. t musical powder boxes and several ‘ musical noveßtles The products I are aoM In every state la the < nation and are featured al the < New York aad Chicago novelty I shows this year. 1

- 1 •ULL E T I N St Lduto, April 12—(UP)— The St. Louis PoM-Olspatch said today that the aesassinm tion of Charles Binaggie, Kansas City Democratic leader, was ordered two weeks ago during a conference of gangsters and gamblers at the Hyde Park gambling chib In Venice. 111. Dirksea To Oppose Sen. Scott luces Nominated By GOP For Senator Race Chicago. Apr. it — (VP)— Former Rep. Kverett M Dlrkaen won the Illinois Republican senatorial nomination and will lead the OOP fight to unaeat Sen. Scott W. Lucas, Democratic leader charged with enacting Mr. Truman's "fair deal." primary returns showed today. In a light vote. Dirksen won easily over token opposition from two political unknowns, William Baker and Lar Daly, both of Chicago. Lucas, who was unopposed in the nation's first off-year primary of the year, was expected to face i a tough tight for election in No-1 vember from Dirkeen, one of the administration's most bitter foes and a wily, strenuous campaigner Returns tram »,»M of the state's ».«»4 precincts gave Dtrksen t»7,Md to Baker’s *>.•» aad Daly's M4tt. Lucas' candidacy drew 17M»1 votes, but because he was nneppooed many counties failed to complete a count on him State Interest centered on a hot seven-day race for state treasurer on the Republican ballot. Former congressman al large William Q Stratton wen the nomination with a two to one load over the nearest of his six opponents. Louis Nel son. treasurer of Cook county. [ Bad weather pod lack of strong Issues cut the vote to one of the erase »■ raws era*s> Banking Film Shown At Lions Meeting Dr. H Frohnapfel was in charge of the,progrem of Tuesday's Lions ctab meettog- The featere of toe - evening was a movie on invest- , meet beating- Lawreoce Aaspaugh ■was I* charge of the meeting la the sdissari of Phil Bauer, preddeat. Lions deb members also donated a book to the -Deeatar public library la the memory of . Fred Schulte.

Secretary Says __ • _• Complete Invesfzgofzon Os Protest Is Underway

Huge Oil Slihk Is Sighted la Baltic Sea; May Be Clue * To Missing Flane Copenhagen. Deaasark. Apr. 13 (UFi— American aircraft searching for a AT. 8. navy privateer plane, missing since Saturday with Id men aboard, sighted a huge oil slick, four yellow objects and possibly a life raft off Bornholm Island tn the Baltic Sas today , . Some witnesses thought the yellow objects 'included a second life raft which had overturned. The missing privateer plane is believed to have been the one fired upon by Soviet fighters over Soviet Latvia, an hour's flying lime from Bornholm on Saturday A Boviet protest note to the ratted Mates yesterday said a four-engined American military plane flew 13 miles inside Imtvia Saturday, exchanged machine-gun fire with intercepting Soviet fighters and disappeared over the Baltic. _ . ■] However, U. S. air force odlrials said the privateer was anarined They theorised that the plane's radio and navigational, aids may have failed, causing It to blunder over • Soviet territory while on a routine round-trip I flight between Wiesbaden. Germany, and Copenhagen. A B-l? search plane brought Myrk the first definitive clae to the fate of Use privateer. Crewmen said they saw' aa “pH slick" 10 miles in radius aad four yellow objects off Bornholm Island. which lies 35 miles off the southeast tip of. Sweden. *1 could see no sign of life,” Sgt. Winthrop Maddox of Griffin. Ga.. told air rescue officers’ He said the B-17 circled tbe I area for an Juror and a half then had to return to Copenhagen to refuel. . The objects also were sighted ■ by »-C-54- 4teymastxik whose erow thought one ot them was an overturned life raft. This was not confirmed by tbe Danish naval vessel, however. The Danish navy Information officer reported that another C-44 reported that It had sighted an object believed a life rest In an area considerably northeast of the oil slick. The C-54 called a B-17 rescue plane, equipped with a boat which tTwro Te Paws SSsl IUE Seeks Members From Decatar Meat Active Campoise Is Planned In Decatur An active campaign will bo conducted among Decatur General I Electric workers to “acquaint 'them with the isatss* In tbe proposed union elections and to reinstate them In the CIO." David Laseer. International representative of the International Union of Electrical. Radio and Machine Workers. CIO. stated here toffay. Negotiations for tbe election will be taken up Thursday afternoon at 3:34 o'clock in Fort Wayne, between representatives of the NLRB, tbe IUE and United Electrical. Radio aad Machine Workers of America. Laseer said the eteetton dele for. G. E. and Westinghouse workers would be announced ia Washington. D. C, by the NLRB, under whose supervision tbe membership contests will be conducted. At present, local workers belong to tbe UE. Recruiters for membership In the IUE have been nested here. Lassar said, and contact will be made with the 0 E employee. Elections to determine which union Will represent the workers tn G E. plants in thia city. Fort Wayne and Wabash'wtff UW ducted by the NLRB. I aster said “the IUE wUI explain the difference between tbe two unloM to workers and soßett their reinstatement in tbe CIO. Aa oducattoaal campaign, vetd ot local personalities, wtli bo conducted." he said

TaflCharges Whitewash Os Red Charges Drcloros Trooiaa Libeling McCarthy On Latter'# Charge Washington. Apr. Iff— +PFI — k Bea. Robert A. Taft. R-. 0., said today that Freeidtat Truman Is “libeUng" Bea. Joseph R McCar , thy in an effort to whitewash tbe WisaoMis dMurgMi AC*test tiM StAtSI CODftTtSMtatTaft also mcsm4 Democratic Bieiiibars *e®oto foroten rote* tioM sabronifltt— at —eking “i—---reel sffort" to determine tbe truth es McCarthy’s statoaseat that communiats have Infiltrated the state department On the contrary. Taft aaM. "they have tended to try Senator , McCarthy." Tbe statement —Taft s meat oat* mSaatamdMn rv ' ‘ ssisusidbaggxtmaßA -.. iu. . BpOCBD piltNIC COUIIDOIti IB 180 case—was cuntalaad in his week- , ly column to eome Ohio newupe- . Peru. Tbe subcommittee has subpe- , naed <a-coaußiutet e4iu>r Lovte ‘ Budenx to teettfy ha April 34. McCarthy baa staled, that Badons ! will testify thst OSren Lmttlauil. . noted fsr sestarn anpsrt. was a . communist subject to the party's ,' discipline McCsrthr has also accused the Johns Hopkins professor of being Russia's top espionage agent in this country. Lattimore has denied all of McCarthy’s charges under oath. At next week's meeting. Lattimore will be given the opportunity to reply Immediately to BaIn bis column. Taft made no effort to associate himself or tbe OOP with McCarthy's chargee against specific Individuals J3ut be said there has been a procornmunlxt influence within the department which merits “a sincere investigation." J “Whether Senator McCarthy has legal evidence, whether he has overstated or understated hie case is of leeaer Importance " he said "The qneation te whether th* rommantet influence la the state department still exists "Every member of the administration ought to be eager to hare that qtraetioa determined ftaally and coarinalvely Tbe president # nbove nil. instead of libeling Bro- | ator McCarthy and prejudging tbe I entire rase, should be aaxkma-lf Ibe can de ao-to eUmlaate any ; suspicion Os treason from hte owa , tTure ew Peer wiubei 51 Perms Rtscaed From Burning Ship Nonrogroa Fraiglitaf li Ruportatf AMaza New York. April 13.—(UFi—Tbe Norwegian freighter Geisha was reported ablaae from "stem to stern" today, hoars after aa explosion shook tbe vsmil aad forced 53 paaaengera-and crew to abandon ship off tbe- Newtoaadlaad £O<*t. -. The Italian freighter Marie PaoUaa G radioed H had reoeasd aU aboard except the Gslshs's first stele who was mteaiag. tbe eoast xusrd said The coast guard cutter Ingham, which turned off its weather patrol when the Geteba redteud tte 808 yesterday aaM tbe Itakaa freighter was ataadtag by the stricken vessel aad would advise tbe outcome of tbe fire. .. . . ' TWGrisha, en route ts Huetty from Panama with a cargo es nitrates, carried a erew at 44 ossa *•4 IS gMNBRm, tM* MMMt aaM. Ail am apt the mate eeeapaff tn Inste. No** sage from tbe reeene ship aaM test xlgbL

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Qfficiab Exptora Washington. April U.—(UP)— of stete Dtu Aclmnkmi saM today that tbe United mates to making a comploti inveetigatloa st Roseto's charge that aa American lumber fired on Soviet fighter (nones wtorw ii vecior* he jbwoe »'»p Aebesoa aaM tbe defense department to pushing aa inquiry into the Moscow claim that tbe planes as- * changed fire over Latvia Mat ggf. - 1 srday. The inference wns plain * that tbe United States will take its good time and ascertain all the * facto aa beet it can before It answers Roseto's protest. It waa widely believed la defense f circles that if there was aay saeh * incident aa the Roestone describe. * h involved an unarmed navy pa- * trol plane wMeh has been missing 1 sines Saturday on a routine flight 1 from Welsbadea. Germany, to Copenhagen Some officiate, informally, expressed belief that tbe navy plane might have been shot down by the Russians AamHcnmi Monrih |b*M ocoor* ’ 'of'ti>e'’“ ! missing navy plane reported that ' they have sighted what they beHev ed to he life rafts, one of tbe* " overturned, tot M oil slick, off * the eoast of Bweffsa. k Tbe search produced fresh dip- * leesaUc complications wbea Swet den protested to tbe U B embassy s hi Stockholm that Amevicaa pianos 1 flew Over Sweden's largest naval base al Kartskrona while aearrb--1 Ing tor the misotag ereft sad Ha 1 14 pemsagero. 1 Offtolal Wishtafflm explored ' the alleged Latvian Incident ser 1 louvly. but calmly Officials said It dMn t beat up the cold war "r Detena* secretary LouM Johnson - ' ' conferred with Mr. Truman thia - morniag. bat a defense spokesman said th* plaoe ipcMent sraa.aot.dte1 cuaaedl Tbe apokeeman also said that no 1 top level conference on the matter 'to planned—at least for tbe time ■ being. Defense officiate withheld fur i ther com meat, pending the outcome of the .search for the mtoatag navy ’ plane. Adm Forrrec P. Sherman, chief | ot naval operations, and Gen Hoyt i 8. Vandeaberg. air force chief of ' staff, yesterday gave tbe lie te ’ Russian claims tbat aa American bomber fired on Soviet fighters Vandenberg flatly denied that ’ aay air force plane waa in tbe area. Aad Sbermaa aaM that the mtoetag aavy plane was ananned aad "therefore co«M Mt have tired on > any other aircraft or rets reed the ' ftre of aay other aircraft" For tbe time being, tbe one beat i hope of clsartag up tbe Mg taler national mystery was tbe hoped lor rescue of crew members aboard the mtoatag aavy plane Such a reecM wouM enable the survivors to reveal what happens! in.the two and a half hours betsroso tbe time that tbe aavy planer took off from Wriakaire aad Rs last radio report that ft waa apMiDM** test S*t*rday akeut tbe time es th* Non But Bbi* . conference to comment oa tbe aJ- , leged Latvian tocHea t He aaM be . knows nothing more about k tbpa . already baa been made pebHe. . Diptoaulle quarters aaM that if tVUeo Te Maae ttoaaai wiWBRWv i [ Hora Oa April 29 Final plans were completed T*"*’ . day by tbe principals es tbe MtarI eat county high eehoels wteo. will I take part to the student fftp dim' - which is to be held In Decatur Saturday. April » Lawrence (Bud) i duepangh. representing the Deeatar ' at Cbmmmhs*. vßteik ■ ) te BfßifiTiWii tfca W vltß ? tk* covaty tchoo! oCnctete te Um I eoatptoto amageuMata ter the I sale. It waa made tanown that tbe I jobs in tbe stores win hare to be pro rated ee there are about twite : tbe number es students as these are jobs