Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 228.

BATTLE OF ANNIHILATION IS ON IN KOREA

South Korean Head Rejects 'Peace Terms’

Only Unconditional Surrender Answer To Peace Feelers Tokyo. Segt. - Preri-| Synrmon Rhte of South Ko fro nkM today that his govern wieut uoul.l accept nothin* levs than ancon'll Ilona I surrender - trtna CmhhmmM North Koroa He contemptuously rejected “peace term* which Ijcke Su< cess reports said hail lieen humgested by the North Korean*. Throe included I’nlled Nation supervised eMrlioiw throughout Korea, withdrawal of Red troops behind the JMh parallel and ete thienient of <’ 8. forces to the I’uaau beat hbeail A wakened at his residence in South Korea hy a telephone call front United Preaa, the 75-yter-old Rhee laughed romewhat bitterly when told the purported Nor th Ko- | roan ■ terms.” "They hare lost their chance to make terms. " he said “They went too far. They have done too much damage .. .. . tt 11 - l * ” p 10 th* < Soul hi Korean government to make any teFßa oT p«qgs, and uur terms are wncondl tiiinS surrender'' Rhee said be had not been advised of any communist peace feelers. There was no confirmation available in Tokyo, either, that the North Korean* had begun puffins nut peace feelers May Cross Mth ITuaMag. N T . Sept n— <lll’l - informeil souruss JqMMMNdNdajf | Y rhe I’nlted Nation* general assent-] hly_wlll give tacit authorisation to i tirin' Douglas MacArthur to cross j the 38th parallel unless reported peace feelers from North Korea brink a quick, end to the. Korean-. war 1 Reaction to reports that North Korea had forwarded peat e feel ers lo India through the Chinese , ommittrlst regime at Peiping, so mixed at the IN.’ where Im -offi , rial word of suggested peace terms had beert teocired liiforined -ourt-es In New Delhi India, said it was believed the pe:u'• hegoHallons hud been go-, Ing on for. some time through In dian ambassador to Peiping Sardar Paunlkui The Indian foreign affairs ministry r< fleeting i ern e to discuss the negotiations aid only "no communication yet lias been received trolii I’anuikar in Peiping " Reaction here ranged from open welcome for the report from many delegations to the comment by a, Russian delegate who was quoted as saying that the terms of the feeler were “too pal to he ant hentl< Jacob A. Malik. Russia's /permanent UN delegate said he knew nothing aluuit the reported | feefer. The terms said to have been forwarded by "“North“Korea- to Imtta were these: 1 Immediiife ddidaration of an armistice 2. Withdrawal of North Korean • forces to the 38th parallel, as ordered in the security council’s resolution of June 25. the day the “■’communist Invasion started 3. Withdrawal of American forces to the limits of the narrow Pusan lieuiliiiead held by the UN forces before ’MacArthur landed .troop* at Inchon and captured the South Korean capital of Seoul. With 1". S. troops confined to the .7sr,-,.nic the country, i South Korea would be occupied , by other non-American ,I’N forces i 4. Holding of Korea-wide election* under I’Si supervision as stxrn as possible Man Is Killed As Truck Hits Auto New Castle. Ind.. Sept. 28. — ttTl Newman, about S 5. Ponliac. Mich., was killed and hi* wife was Injured critically on Ind. .1 about" 10 miles south of her* yesterday when their car was hit I y a log truck which had blown a tire WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon through Friday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight near M. Hlpt Friday around 78.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Food Is Misapplied, Wife Seeks Divorce - ChUaxo Sept . J* -<VPj- Mr* Jean Kauffman. 23. asked for a divorce from her husband. Sidney, S 3. on the chant* that he mlsappiled the food she brought home. Mrs. Kauffman said In a suit tiled vastardax that Kautfm— rubhed her face whh smoked salnm. slagged her on the head with a tan tie of milk, put macaroni in ( U«r bed.and threw egg* at her. ir>- -

New Propaganda Drive By Russ On World Peace Radio Moscow Soys Soviet Reody To Negotiate Peace Waihlngton. Kept. -88 (UP) Russia's new interest in “peace” was pushed a step farther today by a Radio Moscow claim that the Soviet Union Is ready "'to negotiate ... a stable pence in Asia and in Europe.” A Soviet broadcast hoard by , government listening post* here tie* the peace claim to the Korean war The I'ntted States was portrayed a* the real aggressor in Korea and the one nation that stand* in the way of a settlement The Soviet campaign was build Ing up with assist* from communist* around |,h* world and pose* a tough problem for American offi- ,’ ■ ■ ■They are wondering if there ia any “meat” In the peace feeler* And they are uneasy lest the campaign may be. successful in stow tew teWweba ii'wn's—wte *Hi ri of this country and it* western allter , “~ The first move* In ajt administration drive to countereact any letdown In the reaamament drive were made yesterday by W Averett Harriman President Truman» foreign affair* advlsei auil.G.ui Umar N Bradley, chairman of he 1' S loint i hit-f- of staff Harriman said the nation will ! I<e In mortsf pefll" utile-* it goes through with tin- armament • pro grain In an addies* hefove the Vale t'litli. he warned against re lasing" now that good new* I* cotriiue In from Kevea Bradley told a National Pre.** t'luh 'luncheon that the gieatest danger " colrfronflug the western world IS -that it Witt let its guard down once the I'nßed Nation* sticiesa has been achieved In Ko I eea He said western Europe * defense* are the keyTif «••< urity and f'.eruian tro|*>* am vital in. building them.. —- —.

Kidnaped Gitl 1$ . Found In Illinois Three-Year-Old Girl Found With Abductor Duquoin. 11l . Sept 28 - <l’l*l- - said today that three-year-old Karen To*tr<>. kidnaped ffotn a Ijtckawanna. N Y oiphaltage last Friday, had hern found in a’rooming’ house fit re with a 3. r eyear-oM woman who foitnerly worked at the orphanage They were unable to determine immediately the motive tor the kid naping .1 State police Lr. Watley Eichen said Karen and her abductor. Ethel Davir. w< re to'ind sleeping In a looming house last night They were held in the Perry county jail in Pinckneyville where they will b» questioned by .an FBI agent Lt Eichen described the child as dark haired, dart eyed and "cute a* she can be." Detective chief Peter J. O'Rourke at Lackawanna said the woman was staying at the home as relative* here Lt. Eichen said, however, he didn't believe Mi«s Davis had relatives her*. O'Rourke said the Davis woman, a former employe at Our Lady ot Victory Infants' home, was reported missing from home the same night that little Karen disappeared from the Institution Learning that a truck driver had (Iren the woman and girl a lift westward outside of Buffalo, authorities located the driver He identified a picture of Miss Davis as the (Tara Ta tea- F>«*>

Advance From South Rolla On AMERICAN troop* of the »Tth lutuatry. Mth nt rial on roll through rwWMiiy rnapturod tanala follow Ing their junction with troops from thw Inehott beachhead Meeting of the two fore** bottled *p a reported BHl.oet) North Korean* south of the juncture.

Miami IWentofM May Be Murder Key Former Partner Os —- Drury Drops Hint Chicago. Sept 28. -tUPi —A for iner partner of William lirury say* he believe* that the Miami underworld hold* the key to the ace detective's murdtr ‘ Former police captain Thomaa Connelly, who teamed with Drury Wi write crime vspoae*. told state's atlotncy John 8. Boyle that Ma sMsM.g probwbU JMA .lata Because of hl* acHrtty In espoeiag ( time In the Florida resort city Connelly broke a two-day silence to eapreas hi* opinion that Drury'• death definitely wa» an ‘outside job'" Hy discounted the theory, held hy some police Officer*, that one of Drury * many enetnle* in the Chicago ■outfit" imported klll-•-I- to put the detective away Howevir Connely agreed ‘that -Hiut y ptobalily "had talked to© mi h ' lit wa» a tugged, pushing charactei." Connelly said "He made a lot of cue mb « ” " Connelly told Boyle that Druryj had ffiit 'rtle finger’' or-oomo- of the t "top boys ' of crime in Cleveland. | St Lotti*. St Paul and other etties | when they were visiting in Miami. | He said Ibury had received |7soi a week for-foui weeks from a Miami 1 newspaper tor touting the elty with: a reporter. Don Pettit, and pointing out underworld itptl crime syndl 1 < ate figure* Police said that Conr.elly'» be-1 llefs could mean that Miami Interests had more reason to kill Drury] than Chicago hoodlum* Other re Hable sources here said Drury would have concentrated on Miami] crime had he testified before the senate crime Investigating commit-1 tee. The crime investigator*, headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver, D. Tenn . | plan hearings here starting Oct 5.~|

Number Os Dwellings Increasing In State 22.6 Percent Boost In Housing Units Washington. Sept 28. —(UP) — The number of dispelling units in Indiana rose from 1.005,952 In 1940 o 1.233.441 In 1950, according to a preliminary count released today by the bureau of the census. The Increase of 227.489 was a 22.fi percent boost in housing units, compared with a 14.4 percent Increase in th* state's population from 3.427.790 to 3.921.213 reported in the J 950 preliminary census. The average number of person* living in each unit fell from 3.41 in 1940 to 318 In 1950. While 22 of Indiana's 92 counties showed population decrease* and 70 of them registered increases, the housing census indicated only three counties had fewer dwelling unite this year. They were Pike. Switzerland and Vermillion, and In each the decrease In population unite waa far less than the decrees* tn number • Tore -(« Pa«* ••*•

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, Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 28,1950

Charges Russians Tram Chinese Reds Talpwt Formosa Sept 38 — <VP>— A nanonsf|*t guveramuat spokesman charged today that Raaaia ha* stationed al leaat 10 dlvb atone in Manchuria and to arming and retaining the Chiaeee emnniunigl army. The' spokesman. Shen ChgngHuan. said in an iuterriew that latest Intelligence reports claim Knaaia ha* undertaken to equip and i train l&O Chine** red divlaions and ’ build Peiping a modern air force. I .-r ■-■ - ■ Country Club Case : CfMitinued By Court Further Evidence In Case Nov. 6 The much discussed, much witnessed "country club" case of Hubert R. McClenahan as exe.cutor ' of the Paul Schulte estate-v* Cal-i vffl Yost -and others being heard tn the Adams circuit court, has . been. continued by Judge Rurr Glenn. M the Huntington circuit 1 ] court, .inttl November 6. when fur j '.her evidence will, be heard Throe days of testliribny have been recorded and 23 witnesses i have marched to the stand to fur Jther ewtaMtoh the fundamental is-, sne of whether or not the deed for J the country club properly was in 1 fact a mortgage, as the plaintiff i ontend*. or was a properly excentcd deed •’ th* defense through .' I’erd Litlerer and D. Burdette Custer one of the defendants claim. For the most part the testimony l.aif been entered to determine the i I worth of the country club property ■ ■ at the time of the sale in 1940; | ■|»t that time Yost paid 311.000 to I Louise Hall. The plaintiff con-1 I' tends this sum of money was a . | tTwsw I* rase *l*l

North Koreans Abandon Hope Os Russian Help

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Foreign New* Editor The Korean contmuni*!* ar* talk ing peace Nothing may come of their proposal because they have some difficult condition* tied to It. but th* mens fact that fhey have put out a peace feeler prove* one important thing i The)- have abandoned hope that Stalin and the Russian army will rush to their rescue They realize they are on their own and they don't like the way the war is going The communist peace proposal reached New York In round-about fashion and nobody ha* mad* it official. it I* a trial balloon, floated by the enemy to trot the temper of th* nation* that have sent troops to Korea. It the. reaction of the democracies I* favorable or even non-committal, th* communist* can push their jilan further. If the reaction is unfavorable, they can blandly deny they ever made such a proposal and get on with their business of trying to salvage some thing out of th* mb. The communist* propose 1 an armistice, f. communist troop* to withdraw wyond th* 38fh parelW 3 American forces to withdraw to-

Water Battle, Pet Parade On Saturday Feature Fun Fair At McMillen Park r. The Saturday afternoon attraction of the fall fun fair, being «pon sored by the Central Soya company employe's recreation ffssoclatlon. will be a water bMUe in which eight teams are entered and a pvt parade for all children under 18, according to the announcement of Jogpgh Oelberg, chairman of the ■ The battle will be staged directly acron* Second Street front the scene of the fun fair, in the playground area of McMillen Park, and will begin at 2 p ni Team* from Portland, Geneva. Herne, Monroe. Bluffton. Poe. and Hoagland, a* well a* Decatur's vol’untecr Hie department team, are | entered in the event. Prig* money of 830 ha* bieu established for the ; Winners of the high pressure bo«e battle, and it promises to be a hotly I contested affray ’ Wayne Peterson, of the cone f puny * truck department ia chair man of the water fight committee. I Th. pet parade Will climax the afteinrain’s activities and will be i gin promptly at 5 p.m. The parade ■ is open lo all children under 18 who have pets to display. Cash prizes ' will be given to the five best tni trains as*selected by the judges, as the owners and pet* march across the reviewing ra|np All entrant* will gasfliled balloon* : to carnr in the parade, which will form on Second street in front of the Elk* home at 4:30 p m ■ At 5 o'clock those entered wilt j march north on Second street to McMillen Park, scene of the fun j fair, wher* the judges stand will be located All ehildren in town who wish to enter their pet* are asked to meet tTuen t* Pag* Mai

the Pusan beach-head. 4 elections throughout Korea under United Nations supervision No 3 is the one that is going to be hard for Americans to swallow What the communists want us to do is throw away the fruit* of victoiy gained through the bold gamble of the Inchon Invasion-We are in excellent position to destroy "a large part of the enemy army before it ever can make it* way back to the 38th parallel, and if we halt now nobody can say for sure that the communists won't regroup and rearm their troops in preparation for another attack tin south Korea The democratic world has become aomewhaf cynical about the. man ner in which communist nation* honor their trestle* The military position of the communists in Korea is bad but not hopeless. If they maneuvered fast enough they probably could extract a good-sited army from the United Nation* trap and establish It along a strong defense line north of th* 38th parallel But it seems certain that the word haff rojggsdnwn to them that Stalin ha* decided to cut them adrift. Moscow love* its _ (Twew 4* Fnae M*l

One American Force Only 24 Miles From Border Os North Korea; Blast Reds

Outlines System To Handle Fire Calls Coll Alarms Direct To Fira Department With the switchover of tele phone* to the dial gystem effective Saturday night, fire chief Cutffrta Fisher today outlined the prepara tioaa made by >.«s department to handle all fire rolls - Heretofore the switchboard operator at the telephone office took the call, then notified the firo *ta Don and aroused the volunteer* designating where the fire was ablane With dial, however, call* will be made direct to the station (3J133t where a fireman will be, on duty full time to contact all volunteers, notify the water plant, and to remain on duty In rose further aid J* needed - .., _

t'nllke before, only one truck will be sent'to the scene of a Dre; if the other truck is needed, th* man at the station will be contacted and he will dispatch it to the scene. The most important thing under the new ‘ system.- the chief stated, was that persons who call in fire* . give simply but completely th* data , concerning the fir*. "Ptragle should b* auro t« give , th* owrrect *tr*et add res*." chief Fisher stated 'That is the thing that will delay us: it we knew exactly where the fir* is. though, we can Itwe little time getting there Before the Tire departaient had the assistance of the switchboard operator who -could trace any il-1 legible call* those people who” shout excitedly into the! phone that their house was on fire. 1 then hang up .There will be no means to trace I any calls now, consequently fire men ate urging that the correct strevt address be given. Simple tule* to follow when rolling the department are give name .and' address quiclfly fiui* f-'Ohetent-ly: If possible, what type of tire it is tear,.grass, house or the like): and how extensive the fire, “Rut the most Important thing." chief Fisiier added, "is to be cer- ] tain to give the correct address." J

New Street Markers To Be Erected Soon All Intersections To Be Marked Here Hern getting lost lately' Having trouble finding your way around town’ Wondering how to get from here to there, apd after arriving not tetewln* Where you aret bles will be over, for the new street markers ar* going up at all intersections in the city There are 204 intersection* in Decatur. and all them will be clear4y._marked once all the signs de noting the street* have been erect- ' ed Seventy of the markers will be "erected or mftsl postr.-rmce-+hey= - arrive To date the marker* themselves have been received, and they ar* being assembled today prior to being Installed Mayor Doan abated that he had been notified th* poets had been already sent. The first marker*, however, will likely be placed on the metal„utllßy pole* already at Intersections. 77 of these are to be placed before th* project-1* completed. Fifty seven marker* will be placed on wooden utility pole* which have been found adequate on which to post the marker*. Carl Striker, with the assistance of a city strt*< depart meat employe. ha* contracted to erect an marker* Mayor Doan atated that once th* poet* arrive, th* marker* ai* assembled. It will be bat a short time until the work I* completed

North Korean Prisoners Say Dean Is Alive Throe North Korea rnsoiwn wvivtv General Is Alive Dm*. Korea. Broc.- N~<VPI — i Three north Koreaa pii*ou*rs at *■ war said today tba- hey b*lk»ve i Maj Gen William F Dean enmmandet of the f 8. Mth lufaatrj ] division who has been missing since | July XL i« still all**. At th* same time e*cap*d south j Ki iron soldiets reported that com mt<ni*t troops burned and dynamit ed to death 18 American war prlsener* at Cbongju. <5 miles southtest of Seoul, and shot 4<>o south Korean prisoners

The thru* captured north Korean*. two of whom were raptured In Bangju and one In Cbongju. said _ they heard a red army captain in ’ Chc.ngju say on Sept. 23 or Sept 24 that Dean.*** taken to Seoul early in September. They quoted tha captain that L Dean previously had been held In a prisoner-of-war camp-in ChoMju , Capt. William J. Cochran* «t Topr mt. ah:.. ieteUiaenc* officer tor the 7th cuva'ry regiment. *aM h wn* "fairly w*II established" that Dean is alive He said he based his statement on report* frqni war prisoners and ! civilian* in widely-separpted area* I Escaped south . Korean soldier* said th* communists massacre of 4 war prisoners ’ occurred Sept 22 rwhen the north Koreans beard that [U. S force* were advancing across i the Naktong. 40 miles to the east. The red* soaked with gasoline the building in which the American! prisoners were being held, then' blew it up with dynamite the five, sou'.h Koreans said The soldiers said 187 other prisoner*. itifluding a negro, were transferred to a Seoul jail a few day* before the massacre, Cochrane said he gave “high credence" to th* escaped prisoners’ J ■ story ‘ Chongju was liberated by th* Ist .1 cavalry division in its dash northwest to link up with the Seoul ] beachhead forces

Start Hearing On Manpower ProNem - Army Explanations Demanded By Vinson Washington. Sept. Chairman Carl Vinaon of th* house armed aervlcee committee demanded today that the army explain why it la reje< - tlng partly-qualified draftee* while able-bodied soldiers bold down desk job*. The Georgia Democrat brought up the problem at the etart of a committee Investigation into the drive to build the armed forces to J.teO.ffte mea ard the effect on th* nation * manpower supply. will go far in da elding whether phyalcal and mentU standard* for draftee* should be lowered or whether the law should >.e change to permit the Indactlon ot older men. Army officer* were firet on the committee's witness Itat and will be followed by representatives of the other service branch** Vinson told the committee the mobilteation procram I* pock-mark-ed with "iaequhlea.” Ha cited aa an example the fact that veferaas •u the reserve* aad national guard are being pat intd aatform while men with no precious service go tree. Still other* are being taken from school* while tbMr classmates er mea outside witbout dependent* are kept out of service, ho saH Vinaon proposed that th* comtTwea -(W FWp* teebtl

Price Four Cents

Seoul Battle Now Complete Victory For U.S. Forces; Armies Are Joined Tokyo. Kept. 38 —<TF> -- Th* battle of annihilation against some TO.gfto communist troops Mill in south Korea began in earnest today. One American force had jumped to srithln 24 miles of the border of commaaM north Korea. American northern and southern armies were firmly joined, and American fighter bombers were blasting fleeing red i-olamns from Taejon to the 2Jttb parallel The bailie for Seoul wa» coded ia total victory tar U. 8 force* t utted Pres* correspondent Jack James, who fled hi* I’nlted Presa Seoul bureau ahead ct the advanc lag rate last Jan* messaged from the liberated capital: "Bmoke cleared from the sklew over liberated Seoul Thursday just three mouth* after the elty tell to th* eoenmualete " Complete oceupattoa at the chty cam* at 11 k m. lnt*lHgeaee officers that rincs the marine landing at Beonl's port of Inchon, the marine* had taken 2.880 prisoner* aad inGlei ed 11.28* enemy casualties Gasoliae jelly bombs, artillery and monan auaMlaied a north Koreas company trapped la and around a railway tunnel ate miles south off Buwoa Thursday after noon, clearing 'be way tor a com ptete liakap nt American bort hern and aagtbera oral** Fighting near the first heartbreaking battleground of the Koreaa war. the Yank* destroyed the red* without wrecking the important 3<Wvynrd-long railway tunn.-l in which the main body bad hidden. By 3 p.m.. th* railway between Suwon and Osan had been cleacsdand the American forces joined.

Four hour* earlier. first cavalry I division commander Maj Gen Ho I hart Gay and member* of .hi* staff I Mew to Sa won airstripand met I Col Ric hard Overahine of San i Antonio Tex . to coordinate plana tor block ini the communist retreat from the southern front Stkty mile* south of Osan. Yanks of the 24th division recaptured by passed Taejon and erased their bitterest Korean defeat. TkS.ks and foot soldiers spread throughout the elty and also took Taejon airport. One thousand reds make a determined stand on the outskirts of'-r Taejon, but flnaly broke and fled north by train and truck only to be cauaht later by bombing. strafing American fighter-bomber* American 2nd division forces retook Chonju 3P miles southwest of Taejon Northwest of Seoul, an unidentified allied column -presumably the U. S 187th airborne regiment pushed five mile* up the southwest bank of the Han river to Yanggong 24 miles south of the 38th parallel They were in a position to strike north ■across the Han to the border itself, or east to cut the escape route for the reds fleeing Seoul Yanorona hr miles northwest of Seoul In the same general area, seventh fleet units bombarded Fankochi Point, southernmost point on the OnaJin peninsula, some 25 mils* south of the 38th parallel On the eastern side of Korea, truck-mounted south Korean troop* took YongwoT. &5 miles south of the communist border, with the pro claimed intention of chasing the communists all the way to Man / rhuria la neeesaary It was estimated that gome Jo.ma* , red troops of ail division* were it.o t. r*r twni

Report Os Missing Son Is Erroneous Elkhart lad Bept 28 —4UFi— Olli* Briley showed friend* a telegram from th* war department today which told him hi* atm Lee. 2f>. had bate missing la action ia Karen einc* B*pt I—bet be wasn't unhappy about it Lee telegraphed hi* parent* from Tacoma. Wash that ba bad baag dtoebarged from tba, armv July 21 He never bad been to Korea