Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 253.

WHIPPED KOREAN REDS UTTER DEHANCE

India Issues Blunt Warning To China Reds Ceose Backing For Membership In UM* / If Tibet Invaded 7 Lake Sucees*. N. Y.. Oct. ft - (UP»— India has bluntly warned the Chinese eommsnist* that It will cease to support them for United Nations membership it they have actually Invaded Tibet, it waa reported here today. It was understood that Indian representative* here have received instructions to make no further efforts -to seat red China until the situation in Tibet is clarified. A* thia word spread through UN circles it stirred speculation that the reported move against Tibet by the communists might chance the entire aspect of the China representation question here. India heretofore ha* been one of the chief exponent* of ousting the nationalist* in favor of the Peiping communist government INplomatlc information from New Delhi emphasised that invaeioa reporta had not been confirmed fay the Indian government. Hut the action of prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in asking his Peiping ambassador to express "snrityka Aful FeeWßNN#** Ckß*>r rmtwirdt* wmi arose wnero w-rogg rov-we • t r ve ot the invasion was taken as an Indication New Delhi waa fairly certain some red Incursion was under way. redend I nv seton I* New Delhi India. OCt 27 Pandit Nehmls govern IfM protested to communist OHM today against the reported invasion of Tibet and called top cabinet members for possible action. The government instructed Its ambassador la Peiping to convey It* surprise and regrets" over reports that Chinese troop* were marching across the "roof of the world" to liberate” the ancient domain The urgency of the cabinet meeting, the second In two days, was pointed up when Nehru ordered C. Ilajagopnlacharia. former governorgeneral of India and now a minister without portfolio, to cut short a holiday at Madras and return here. The Indian external affair* ministry said the government had "read with concern report* that the Chinese communist government have ordered unit* of the Chinese army to advance into Tibet "They have asked their ambassador In Peiping to convey to the Chinese government their surprise and regret -at this development. They also communicated their view* totheChlnese embassy in New Delhi." The communist New China new* agency announced Wednesday red army unit* had been ordered to advance into Tibet to "free 3.<HM*.OIW Tibetan* from imperialist aggression." Taegliche Rundschau. Soviet army newspaper in Berlin, said yesterday that Chinese communist forces actually crossed into Tibet early Tuesday. India was shocked by the reported invasion. The government Jias been trying to arrange peacefnl negotiation* between Tibetan and Chinese communist representative*. Two Killed And Two Injured In Collision Jeffersonville Ind.. Oct. 27. — (UP)— persons were in serious conMion at Clark county hospital here today as the result of a car-truck head-on collision on a curve on U.S. 31 three miles north ol here which killed two others. Albert L Benn. 26. New Albany, and Dorothy Mae Parker, Glasgow. Ky.. died on the way to a hospital. Tlie accident Injured Eugene W. Parker. 26. also of Glasgow. Ky.. r.nd I-e«ter T. Wlbhis. Louisville. Ky. WEATHER Partly cloudy west, mostly cloudy east with a few showers extreme northeast ending t» night Saturday partly cloudy and mild. Low tonight 46 to M north, W to M south. High Saturday 70 to 76 north. 73 to 7* Muth.

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Accused Dynamiter HERMAN FLOYD K INN ER. 3*. a former mental patient of Wilmington, Ohio, is held at El Paso, Tex., charged with dynamiting government transmitter* ot the Voice of America at Mason. Ohio Cl***. M-LMi—a*— jIOW PlvlHllZailOn Os Reserve Forces To Fill Need* By Draft, Volunteers Washington. Oct. 27 — (i'Pi — Defense Secretary George C. Marshall took a aow step today to ease the demand on re-erven In the moHllaalion program He named a special committee at civilians ami regular and reserve other* to make a study and recommend policies to eliminate . **mroro ne«e—-wta4WEd*t ßlbA Adedbennutt IdhN'* ■ >■<.gti xannas• nut m wuu gaau. *gasvv tv* that have arisen concerning reserves since the Korean war broke oat Marshall said aew policies an nounced yesterday are intended only to meet an immediate situation. ’ tinder these policies, competaery mahillsetiea at roeervtat* Wa** slowed down and the armed services set out to fill most of their manpower needs with draftees and volunteer-. The new committee will develop tangrange plans The objective. Marshall said. I* development and maintenance of a strong reserve force with a minimum interruption to national economy and the Individuals "normal exlstaace," Generally, the only reservists to be caned up hereafter wttt he those with specialised skills for critical jobs that otherwise can not be filled The navy also needs more line and staff officers. Reservists and national guardsmen already i ailed to duty are to be released as soon as feasible. Only one more sir guard unit will be called up. and no more guard units will be sent overseas. The policy revisions announced jointly by the army. navy, marine corps and air force are subject to further change*, however. In event of some now emergency. They were issued in compliance with recent order* from defense secretary George C. Marshall to put the mobilisation program on a more orderly basis as quickly as possible Army secretary Frank Pace. Jr., said “the first critical phase ot the army's expansion has l>een completed " He said guardsmen and reservists ordered to duty in the Korean crisis will be released when they CTeva Te Pane G.E. To Operate On 24-Hour Basis Work Three Shifts Beginning Monday Wiih three shifts of workers employed. around-theclock Operations will begin at the General Electric plant In this city Monday morning. E. W. Lankenau. plant manager,, announced today Employment I* approaching the 1.000 mark. Many employes have been added to the force in the formation ot the third shift. Operations Will begin at 7 am. Monday and continue through each day until 11:42 Saturday morning Each shift will work 40 hours per week. Twenty-four hour operation along with Increased employment, follows th* demand for more fractional horsepower motor*, the management explained Order* tor civilian goods are heavy and dtpending on the supply of raw material*. the plant will continue to operate 40 hour* a week with three shift* In filling the demand for O. E. motor*

Find 29 More U.S.VMms Os Red Deeds American Prisoners Shot, Bayonetted, Burned By Koreans Un**n. Nort h Koren. Oct. 27(UP) -The bodies of 29 American wsr prisoner* shot, bayonet ted and burned by the north Korean red* have b«*n found beside tbe wreck of a l<«g-«uaght prison train, a U B medical officer said today. About HUI American prisoners were on tbe train when It ran off the rails last Monday near the small Cbongihon river town of Kujaug. *4 miles north ot Pyongyang. Communist guards took 30 prisogers who were too badly wounded or 111 to walk, lined them up along the tracks and methodically shot and bayonetted them. Only one man survived —Sherman L. Jones of Labbock. Tex Then the reds set fire to the wrecked train and marched off the remaining 150 prisoners toward the Manchurian border However, two escaped and told the grim story of the massacre to Lt. Worsham B. Roberson of San Antonio. Tex. The two escaped men. Walter R Whitcomb ot Buffalo. N. Y.. and Elinet N Slater of an unidentified town in Illinois, said that another prison tralh which rap just ahead of th* derailed sec Hon was Carry Ing other American prisoner* toward Manchuria. Among the prisoner* on thl* first section. they said, was at leasj one high ranking American officer. The two sections were believed part ot the same train from which commaaiat guards removed nearly 100 other feeble American prison er* at Sunsn. 12 miles north off Pyongyang, a week ago today and machine-gunned them Nearly tyi were killed, but 21 survived thgt massacre. The two aurvlvor* of. the latest atrocity were found by the U. 8«th tank battalion, which was dash ing north toward the Manchurian "train Roberson said cars ttf the wrecltcd train still were burning when the tank forces reached Kujang The Itodies of tbe 29 slaughtered prisoners were found heaped nearby. some of them charred from the fire. Sixty yard* front the wreckage. Roberson said, he found Jones, the sole aurvlvor. Mows Augsburger Dies This Morning Ex-County Official Is Token By Death Mose* Augsburger, 85. former Adams county commissioner, died at 8:30 o'clock this morning at the home of a son, Menno Augsburger. four mile* west and one mile north of Berne He had been ill for tbe past year and bedfast for seven weeks. A lifelong resident of Adams county, he was born In French township Kept 20. 1805. a son of th* Rev. Christian aad Barbara Ltachty-Augsburger. He was marrletj to Anna Steiner April IS. 1890, and she preceded him in death many year* agp. For the past 30 years, the former county official had lived with his son. He served a* trustee ot Hartford township from 1905 to 1909 and a* county commissioner for six years, from 1935 to 1940. He was a memlter of the American Mennonite church -Surviving are two sons. Menno, west of Bern*, and Willis, west of Geneva; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother. John C. Augsburger. of west of Bernell a present county commissioner. and a sister. -Mrs Fanny Hale* of Elida. O. Seven brothers and six sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p tn. Sunday at the Evangelical Mennonite church, west of Berne, the Rev. N. J. Schmucker and the Rev. Elmer Yoder, ot Elida, 0.. officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery at Lian Grove The body , will be removed from th* Yager mortuary to the Menno Augshurffur home. wb*ra friends may call gfter 1 p m. Saturday.

Decotar, Indiana, Friday, October 27,1950

Army-Navy Plan jgL ' " A VICE-ADMIRAL ARTHUR D. STRUBLE Heft) commander of the U. 8. Seventh fleet, discusses plans With Maj. Gen. Edward E. Almond after tbe recent landings at Woaaan. Korea Gen. Almond is in command of the Tenth Corps, and hi* 7th Infantry Regiment went ' ashore with the First Marine Division in the Wonsan amphibious operation.

Two Probes Launched, Into Crime In Gary Stote, lake County To Conduct Probes Gary. Ind.. Oct. 27—<UP|— Twin i tavestigat tan* shaped up today la- i to charges that public official* and organised crime are In alliance tn tMs ronaKand -.ready steel city........ J The Indiana attorney general** office dtapatctled two deputies to Gaiy to conduct a "compleie and thorough” inquiry into allegaiions made by the Gary ctime commission Meanwhile, deputy Lake coupty Jdoiwu AMBMBBbmb TVNQIBI •head with plan* to open a graad juty investigation Tuesday. Stanton announced that the mo yor* and police chiefs of Gary. Hammond. East Chicago and WhirIng. would be subpenaed to testify before the grand jury. Attorney- general J Emmett Me Manamon wrote the Rev Bernard Spong. chairman of the crime commission, that the depul les would sift thf commiksion’s alleged tape reewder evidence of collusion between certain lats enforcement officers and crime element* McMsnamon acted after conferring iwlce yesterday wiih Gov Henry SchriCker. who said he"planned to look into the case." | The crime commission called for disbarment proceedings against . Democratic prosecutor Beni Schwarts, whose assistant. Blasi Luca*, resigned with a blast that the crime commission was conducting a "political smear " Democratic forces said it was I odd that the tape recordings, taken: last spring, should be withheld un ; til two weeks before Schwartx was up for reelection. Observers'saw a possible count I er-move In the subpenaes against Haminond. East Chicago and Whiting officials. Hammond, like Gary a lusty industrial city, is headed by ; a Republican mayor. Deputy prosecutor Stanton — named by Schwartr to conduct the j tTwra *■ Page nisi Three Os Family Die In Traffic Accident Elkhart Residents Killed Last Night Fort Wayne. Ind. Oct 27—fUPii —Three members of an Elkhart family were killed last night when th»lr car collided with two semi trailer outfit* on U. 8. 33. aix mile* north of here. Th* dead were Wayne Middleton. 44. driver of the car; hi* wife. Emma. 38. and their 14-year-old •on. Jarties. Another son. Richard. 20. an I hi* wife. Tareaa. 20. were injure J. She was in critical condition at St Joseph's hospital here. State police said Middleton's car left the road on a curve, then swerved back across the road and hit the two big truck* in succe* •lon. The first was driven by Glenn J. Peacock. 49. Ludlow Fall*. 0.. and the second by Fred L. Gregg. 23, Delaware. O. Both vahlole* were owned by Columbus-Chicago Motor Freight, Columbus. O. The first truck overturned uno ths path of th* second truck, hut neither driver was hurt, police said

Lions Club Suspends Meeting Next Week L. A. Anspaugh, president of the Lida* club, today stated that that organization will not bold its regular meeting next Tuesday He said that the cancellation was necessitated by the Callithumpian parade and fail feetival, other activities i<> t>e held on that piglt. - Mnunm inauMiy Pratesis Actio* Government Bon On Building Protested Washington. Oct. 27 — (UP) — The construction industry protest■ ed todsy that the government's threat to halt all non-defense building ha* just about wrecked its 324.000.000,000 a-year business. A spokesman noted that, in banning amusement construction, the national production . made It clear that it intend* to limit or forbid all other non-dd-fense <-on*tru< ttan "when such action is deemed necessary In the ' Interest of national defense." This policy, tbe spokesman added. “has the effect of placing all construction to tie undertaken : from this date on in serious jeop ardy" until the NPA rules on each specific case : In another action yesterday, the authority told manufacturers of home appliances, radios ami tele- - vision , sets that 20 to 30 percent of their normal supply of aluminum. nickel and copper may have | to be diverted to military prod ticI tion. The official limitation order j will be issued within a month • Each manufacturer win be limited to a certain percentage of hi* normal supply of the three metals. The government said It will not ; he concerned with how he uses i his allotment The ban on amusement coni st ruction, issued yesterday, went ' Intn effect at midnight It applies to all amusement center* except recreational or camp facilities constructed for the defense department or the atomic energy commission. The order was far more sweeping than expected. The construction industry spokesmen were particularly upset by NPA's accompanying policy statement that it may “limit or prohibit construction of additional types of project* which do not further the deefnae effort or Increase the nation's productive capacity ..." NPA official* conceded thl* could be comitrued to mean the government might step in to halt construction oh a partially-com-pleted home, hospital or school But they said they don't Intend rhe order .to be that drastic. —..—4 , .- Interesting Picture Shown To Rotarians An intaresting sound picture on the tobacco Industry waa shown at the weakly meeting oT-the De catur Rotary alub Thursday evaaing Tbe picture traced the product from its seeding to the time It roll* out of tbe factory as cigarat* Ray Lettt wa* chairman of the program.

Reports Indicate New Refusal To Surrender A Mere Empty Gesture

South Korean Army Head Says 40,000 China Communist Troops In Action Kuriuri. North Kor<a. Oct. 27— (UP) — Forty thousand Chinese communist troop* have entered Korea. Maj. Gen. Yu Hae Heung. commander of the 2nd south Korean corp*, said today. American officers of the Korean military advisory group assigned to the 2nd corps said communist prisoners also hsd reported that the Chinese have Russian advisers with them — Yu said the Chinese troop*, assigned to the Chinese 40th corps, -were thrown into the fight at Unsan. 4 miles north of Pyongyang and 55 mile* from the Manchurian border. "I believe they are here for »everal rensons." he said. “The most important tactical reason is the protection of the large number ot electrical plant* In northwest Korea along tbe Yala river." The Yalu river form* the frontier between Manchuria and Korea. The electrical plants include one at Suiho bridge, which I* iarger than Boulder Dam and provide* power for Manchuria and Siberia a* well as Korea. Yu said the south Koreas forces Intend to take the electrical plant*. His 2nd corps include* both the south Korean Ist and Bth division. The ainssak -ant* tha Chiu*** units included the HBth. 11 Sth aad 12oth regiments. They were arm-, ed with 120 millimeter mortar*. 120-nillllmeter Howitxer*. machinegun* and small arms, he said Three battalions of Chinese troop* ere fighting as a part of a north Korean division which has surrounded the 2nd regiment of the south Korean Bth division. Heung said However, a south Korean spokesman said th* regiment already -was breaking out of encirclement. He predicted the sector would be cleared by tomorrow Two captured Chinese soldier* said the RhsSiang at first told them they were faced only by battered and weakened United Nations forces But once they were in Korea, (hey said, they were told they had to fight to protect China being Invaded by American troops. Find Wreckige Os Air Force Plane Fear Four Crewmen Aboard All Drowned New Orleans. Oct. 27—(UPl — An air force T-7 transport plane from Belleville. IN., with tour men aboard crashed Into fogblanketed Lake Pontchartrain today. Searchers found the wreckage of the plane eight hours later All aboard Uta ptane were pre* sumed drowned. The plane, bound for Craig air force base in Alabama, took off from municipal airport at 2:05 a. m into one of the worst fogs in the city'* history A national guard crash boat radioed at 10:25 a. m they had sighted the wrackage of the plane and picked up a landing light found floating In the lake The wreckage wa* In water* one mile northeart ot the airport. Lt John R. Walker ot the Keealer air force ba»e* public information office said. Walker said a diver went orar to probe the debris. The plane and ll* crow were from ScQtt Field at Bellevtne. Hl But they bad come to Naw Orleans from Craig Field. Ala., and ware hound back to Craig Field They landed at 3 p. m. yeater-day-al Stew Orleans airport, used almost Atiroly by military plane* At 2:05 a m. today, they took off. again Two aergeant* on duty in the operation* towar at the airport heard the engines fall and a loud eraah"Our roatrle* alto heard a eraah -(bay logged it at 2 07 g. m Lieut Comdr John Parsons of tbe nearby eighth naval m trlct air station said

Kruse Cites Heed For Prepiredness Congressman Speaks Here Last Evening Rep. Ed Kruse, Jr.. Thursday night called for a determined and strengthened military arm to further combat the tordes of communism and fasciain in the world. “We absolutely must realise tbe overwhelmingly important and necessary concept ot sufflciaat military preparedness In it* broadest sense as a prerequisite and con dltion to the survival of th* republic" "Seriou* throat* to the peace and security of free men in other part* ot the world prove ultimately to be a threat to ourselves," the congressman from the fourth district said. Kruse spoke at a rally In Democrat headquarter* in the K. at F home climaxing a day of visiting throughout the county He wa* introduced' at the meeting by Mr*. Charles Lose. Democratic vic* tor the ennnty She Wbß presented to the audience by chairman Dr. Harry Hebbie. who also introduced ail county and state, candidates Kruse told the crowd that “we are engaged in the cruuMurmffie for the mind of ma*--our Ideal* RRbodmd dHLMMDIff'BBRiSHBF M. to awr way of BMa" Kruse lambasted those critic* ot the administration and congress who would undermine thia nation s cooperation with other nation*., who would, he said, repudiate the United .Nations' concept. Touching on the current Korean conflict. Ktnse said that "for tho first time in the history of the world the people <tf many nations united together In common cause and presented a united front against the enemy. The United States and United Nations action in Korea has planted new hope for the future into the United Nations and the ftee men throughout ths world." To those critics who insist that this nation should never have be come involved tn tbe Korean struggle. Kruse’ stated that “it would have been a tolly and a tragedy to have allowed the aggression against south Korea to go unnoticed." Had we done so. he said, that would have been “the surest way to bring about World War 111 " It Is those same critic*, Kruse said, that oppose legislation that is basically good for the American people He cited the work of the CTara Ta raw* ••*• Aged Swedish King Is Seriovsly 111 92-YMr-OU King Reported Serious Stockholm. Sweden. Oct. 27— (UPt— King Gustav V, 82. wa* seriously ill tonight Doctor* said hi* heart »'as under attain because of difficulty in breathing The king, the world's oldest sovereign, attended a meeting of tbe Swedish cabiaet this morning and appeared unusually tired Doctors *a4d he had developed a persistent cough and that hi* strength wa* waning. The slender monarch, known throughout tbe world for playing sprightly tennis until Ye was 82. had built up the constitution of a professional athlete and shook off previous iltnebses He ha* rulud Sweden for *3 year* yaking the throne in IMI7. His country remained neutral in two world war* He waa reported to be suffering bceathing difficulties during the summer and his general physical condition worsened since then A communique signed by Dr. Hjalmar Casaerman. hi* personal phyalcian, and Prof Hannan Scbwart* and Dr Aader* Kristen son. said Guatar* heartbeat was qnicker than usual and his pulse sometimes war irregular

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Shattered Ranks OF _ _ North Korean Reds Reported Aided By China Communists Tokyo, Saturday. Oct. 28 —(UP) Th* whipped North Korean*, their *battarad ranks reported reinforead by Chine** Communist troop* defiantly proclaimed Uxlay they would fight "te 'the tent man." War reports Indicated the new communist refusal to face up re defeat was a last gesture. Overwbelmtag allied force* stood at the Manchurian frontier, treat —■ down spasm* of communist resistance. and roiled on toward final victory. South Korean troop* burst out ol two'(raps IB miles apart which , the commuaiata sprang la sudden counterblows midway between Pyongyang aid tbe Manchurian border Communist force* reported to include Chinese troops reeled beck through th* winter’s first •nows under republican assault* ------ . which broite th* temporarily **> circling, rihga. " Fifty mile* to the north, the , South Korean* Ijwmdened . .the|f foothold on the aonlb bank, of the , Yalu river, the frontier between t Korea and Maneiraria On both wing* of the allied • push American. British and Routh > Korean troops forged ahead, ruse < nlng roufbahod peer tbe hands of border town oe Ur* west coast where Premier Kim 11 RwuCa gov- > eminent aras reported to have i. taken refuge after fleeing Pyoag- ' yang, broadcast the word ot a fight to the last man Echoing prevtous commuaiat Reaction to > Gen. Douglas "MacArthur's surrender ultimatums, the radio said: "Obeying the Premier s order to drive back the American imperialist* from our land, offering our last drop of blood, the people in the cities and village* close to tbe border h»ve held, meetinec and resolved to fight to the last man with * few to exerting an ali-out effort in the defense of the fatherland ” The stoutest show of waning communist strength since the tall ot Pyongyang came in the area of Unsan and Sangwon. IB mile* apart, some 85 miles north of Pyongyang. »nd on the main highway northward through the mountain* to the frontier Near each of those town* tbe communists boiled out of th* <Ta*w Vs rows BUwMi Weekend Os Warm Weather Forecast Indianapolis. Oct 27. — (UP>A weekend of warm weather was promised Hoosier* by the weather man - today in a toreca»t which swung around * warmer-cooler cycle. ■ The Indianapolis weather bur > aau * flvwday outlook mid temp eratsres would avarnga nine to 12 degrees above normal, making dartlme high* shout B7 degree* in the north aad 76 in the south. Nighttime lows were expected to rang.< from 47 to 62 The report said scattered show er* wero probable Tuesday or Wednesday but total precipitation wa» not to exceed one-foarth Inch Day-by-day deaertption* were "warm Saturday, turning cooler Sunday, warmer Tuesday, aad turning cooler Wednesday " Forty Hours Opens Here This Morning I : * -■ • ' - < Forty Hours devotion opened at , St Mary's Catholic cbnrch thia morning The service* will con • rlnus through Saturday and Sunday. with tbe solemn close of tbe I devotion* Sunday evening Tbe service, each evening will . be nt 7:30 o'clock Tbe afternoon •waver hour* will be from 2 3* to 310 o'clock Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament la held daring tbe day. with many pariahtonsr* t isiting the ehurrh tn make private devotion*