Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1950 — Page 1

VOL XLVIII. N«. 28S.

TRAPPED YANKS BATTLING TO REACH SEA

Indian Plans Delaying UN r Korea Action Cease Fire Order, Korea Buffer Zone , Reported Studied Uke Rueeeas. S. Y. Dec- 8 — <l'l*l Indian - plan* tu demand a • ease fire and net Hag up of a l*ul let aone In Korea delayed action in th* United Nation* .today on the weetd ertela Reliable Suu rd*** Mud India*. dele«atioa in consultation with other IN diplomata was drafting an amendment tu Ute sig power ' quit Korea resolution whl* It the general a**emhly’» main political coaamittee ia debet inc The amendment porrildy will include three main points theee source* said 1. A eeaae-tlre call tri both t'ommuula! and Allied forces Ug'itlng tn Korea I. Croat hoi of a demllltarlied buffer lone between the allied lone* and the <ommuni«t troops" now surging toward the SMh pat .ill*-! 3. An appeal, in behalf ot the IN. repeating the I.lnal ion plea to Peking not to cross the parallel However. It waa problematical whether thia third point would lie included The- nation political .onimil lee went Into the third day of Ma "unit Koren" debate with Rosai*n foreicn minister Andrei Y Vlshinsky and South Korean foreign minister Ben C Limb sche’luled to speak. In view of the Indian plans to Oder amendment*, a vote on the resolution now waa considered Impossible liefore Tuesday or Wednesday ot nest week Sir Benegal Hau. chief of the Smllatt delegation, sought British' approval of the Indian plan -whenhe dined with British prime mln later Clement At tlee last nig hi at ; the home of Str Gladwyn -Jebb. I Britain * permanent delegate to, the TN BrltlslFforelgn sentet * rjrt Ernest Bevin previously had fsv j ored establishment of a buffer rone In Korea Rau also plunged into a new round of talki with IN delega Hotts and planned tn seek out Gen. Wu Hsiu-Chuan, chief of the ' Chinese communist delegation. I with whom he had two "pyace talks" earlier India’s decision to go ahead with Its buffer gone idea, which has been widely disclosed for the past three week*, reflected the disappointment and pessimism engendered by the apparent failure of President Truman and Attlee to agree In their Washington con-tereib-e upon negotiations stilt the communists Two Decatur Men In > Quarter-Century Club Two more Decatur men . have joined the General Electric qiiartercentury club, the Work* New* announce* thia week They are Edward Kelly and Iler man A. I*engerioh. veteran employee of the Decatur plant Thev were pictured with three Port Wayne employe* in thia week's issue of the G E New*. Little Change In Weather Foreseen Indianapolis. Dec. 9 (I'Pt Indiana warmed up as the, sun broke through cloudy skies- today, but temperalures still hovered near f reegiug " ’ _ Little change was expected during the weekend, the weatherman said, except the extreme north might get light snow Sunday Tern perature* were to vary from 2» to 3S degrees today, and 2<» to 25 torlcht State police reported all main highways clear except for occasional slick spots but most secondary roads were “very slick snd hazardous " WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday. Snow flurries In extreme north. Not guise so cold tonlfht south and central. Low tonight 18 to 22. high Sunday 24 to 2S.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY OAILY NtWSPAMft M AOAMS COUNTY

Decatur Girl Scouts Sell Christmas Seals Q|fi' lai* of the Adams county luliprt'.tlosis association announced today 1 h* l lir* a'ur Girl Seoul* -will be In the lobby of the Decatur post office tit sell Christman seal* The Scouts will be In the lobby. atari Ing today, lin'd Christmaa. Fund* from the seal sale are used to aid the TH UMm paign hi the rounly, Harry Gold Is Sentenced To _ 30-Year Term Maximum Term To Chemist For Spy Work For Russia PMladeiphta, IfeM <l’Pi Spy Hurry-ftoht wa< 3<» yearn tn prison today for uhitiK XuMHta American atomic •ecretm. —Tht> wms th»* maximum": priwn i«*rnifs CuM <troH hava re- < eiwl lktw*vete hr lataiki- Max* lM»ru M*ntrnced 10 th»' death pen ally F S -district judge dames P MvGraioary selHehc-nl the mild mannered chemist to Jtf years each on two counts, but made the terms concurrent Judge MrGranery raid he was Imposing a heavy sentence as a "deterrent to others who might he tempted to commit a similar < rime “ - "It Is an oliligaiilm which cannot be minimized in tills case," Mt-».r«liery said Attorney general J Howard McGrath had recommended 25 years a* the penalty liefore sememe was imposed. Gold appeared 4w-fore the bar of the court amt said he hadb Irleil_ to make the best possible amends by’ -disc losing alt phases of myj espionage activities to the last ■ wrap shred and particle of evi dense " —*——- —; Gold spoke quietly, his hands hanging limply at his side, his eye* blinking constantly. The most tormenl jiig of all rity . thoughls.'* he said, are that tlioHy i most ttiendly to me have been besmirched by my tleeds" Break in At Public Library Is Probed City police pre i <>nt|nnitif_thJ Investigation of the breakin and attempted entry into a filing case In the Decafur "pitSHcHlirary. The; liicfjenr WeilJ nesday and was jffiorted to i-IVJ Ke. —whotm—find—invructigatlon-i used that entry into the build- ’ Ing »-as made through a window; on the weal aide i Once Inside, the entrants scat ' teresl paper* about, and with apair of scissors. Miss Bertha | Heller, librarian, reported thev T tried to pry open the filing cabl-_ apt. They failed to accomplish' moHc than mar the cabinet and break <\ff the scissors’ blade. First | report*' were that nothing, was I missing . [ Mrs. Effie Bowers Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs Effie Bowers. Til. former Adams county resident, died Fri day at the home of her daughter. Mijs lam Siples, Churubusco. after a several months Illness of complications. She was a resident -of Adams county until 14 years ago Her husliaml. Simon, preceded her In death. Surviving in addition to the daughter are a son. Morris Mumma of Fort Wayne: five grand children: 10 great-grandchildren, a brother. Simon Shackley of Bryan. 0.. and a sister. Mrs. Hertha Johnston of Fort Wsynq. Funersl service* will be held st 2 p. tn Monday at the Black funeral home, with burial in the Antioch cemetery Friend* may call at the funeral home after noon Sunday

Say Price-Wage Control Not Needed I I -aS TOR OOVtRNMtNT .tahlllsatloa official* (I. to r.) Price Admlirtslratafr Michael DiSalle. Wage Board Chairman Gyrus Chin* and Kcunomic Stabiliser Alan Y’alenllne. at s M** conference In Washington anmotm-ed the wage and pricw cowtrot* are unneeded at this time. T*o*MJtnared it Wonht to SO day* to build a staff to administer a w*geprbe pn-gram

National hies Os Elks Speaks Here Grand Exalted Ruler Speaker At Banquet Building a strong America through the local community waa. the theme ot an inxpiiing talk given by Joseph B Kyle of Gary.! grand •xaitid ruler of the B P. O.! Elk*, at the Elk* home last evening, foltowiag a banquet aflvW** Or alx-ui 2>mi member* in hl* honor "I am sure." said Kyle, "that there I* not a single Elks lodge anywhere that Is not already doing somethin* tor Its community But a minimum job is not enough Now -+«-the time when-eveiy American must do his utmost, give his greati est to make American stronger, snd ‘ I know that every Elk will respond to that call, now a* In the past Our alm is "t7>""*frVngthcn America by strengthening It at Its foundation* . . the community." Another honored guAt at the meeting wa» Judge Charles E Slur j gis of Bluffton, who as district | deputy Instituted the Decatur Elks ! lodge in l»t>r. Judge Sturgis, who pwr-WTc desn ot the bar in Northeastern Indiana, was accomiianled hi,re by his son. Elmore Sturgis, a former exalted ruler of the Bluffton lodge Judge Sturgis ipoke briefly about the early days of Elkdom and said that Elk* lodges performed many worthy deed* for their country and -rommtnrfty. Tfe was given an 6va-" | tlon by the member*.- --—-- c - i J K Eady, exalted ruler ot Decatur. was general chairman of the I banquet and program. He present cd Mr Kyle and Judge Sturgis and also read the name* of living charter members and past exalted ruler*, of the lodge Jvyle * visit here, the first ever made by a grand exalted ruler of the Elk*, also highlighted the 45th annivvrsaty of the founding of the Decatur lodge. I Launching Into hl* community service program, the leader of Elk dom suggested that Elk* lodges could help in community building by leading campaigns for hospital*, ts needed, a community or youth center, organisation of Boy Scout troop* and aid to needy and crippled children. "I find intelligent ■ planning going on to make Elkdom'a greater power for good." he said Touching on the national picture and the part played by Elkdom In all patriotic and wartime project* for the good of tip* nation, the leader of the Elk* lervently said. "Everything we bold dear, the rlghte and privilege* of free mm embodied In the cnnatUutlon which we have sworn to uphold, all of these are threatened with ■ destruction by Communism, a godle** enemy jhat I* waging a bloody wiir for power. Let each of us remind himself that our «on* are dying and suffering today in Korea because Soviet Russia ha* taken another step,towards her ultimate objective the conquest ot the world. Including Decatur "We are in a fight for everythin* that decent people value and with the stakes so high we cannot afford to lie tolerant of , traitors, They must be sought relentlessly, exposed and punished like any other en iTwva le Mas Mas

Decohit, Imjtotra, Saturday, December 9,1950. —

Red Cross Office To Be Closed Next Week The Red Crow* home service atflee will be closed next week. It waa announced today, while Mr*. Max Hehafer, executive secretary, attend* a week's training course In MK-ial welfare In Indianapolis Mia* Rftle Nirhau* ot Red Croea eastern area office, will be the Instructor Emergency cells to the ■ Red Cross should be reported to Mr* Lowell W Hsrper. the tax-si . office announced. Midwest Is Digging Out 01 Snowdrifts Floods Now Posing Most Grave Threat By I'nited Press Midwesterners dug out of snow drift* and easterners picked up debris left by high winds a* a wandering winter storm blew itself QUL_jn the Hudson Bay ..country today Forecaster* at Chicago said the weather map was the dearest it had been since the Arctic storm •wept out of Canada early till* week with audt violence that it claimed at least Or lives Snow was still piling up at Idcall*ed spot* on the fringe* of lake* Huron. Michigan and Superior early today, and an off-shoot of the storm lashed upper New England with wind and rain Over most of the storm.hiL area*, skies were clearing and temperatures were moderating No sub-tero weather was reported early today. Flood* posed nature* most serious threat* Qne hundred national guard* men. were alerted for possible duly at Point Pleasant. W. Va.. where the Kanawha river flow* Into the Ohio. The level was three feet above flood stage of 4.1 feet and rising an Inch an hour A new floodwall protected the city, but authorities feared surrounding lowlands would be hard hit. bla aoUthuUMern Ohio, flood-’ waters forced about do families from their home* and closed sev i oral road* A few street* were blocked off at Marietta where the Ohio river level was reported ■tatlonary at 38.8 feet, about one Inch under flood stage S The flood danger rose in California's upper San Joaquin delta region, and forecaster* said they expected no let-up In rain before tomorrow The outpour of the swollen San Joaquin and Saeramentq river* collided head-on with the San Franc,i*co hay’s highest tides in seven yesrs. driving 100 families from their home* st Alvlso on the southern tip of the hay. Frigid cold, fires highway accident* and odd twists of fate combined to host the death toll. Einar Christensen. -55. died of a heart attack al Tomahawk. Wi«. Avhen be jumped into a snowbank to eacape a skidding automobile Three children burned to death at Hart. Mich., when a remodeled church In' which they were living ijaught fire yesterday Firemen 1 were delayed by snowdrifts.

Threat By Truman , Draws Mild Reply Threatens To Punch *. Music Critic's Nose • WuKhingion, Dei !> (t'P) • The threat by 84 year old Preside nt • Truman to poke a Ib-yr-m old music o rrttlc In the hose for saying unkind a thing* about daughter Margaret'* singing drew a mild irply today "I can only -ay." wrote *;rith Paul Hume iu today's Washington i'osi. that a man *ufter|pg the loss of a clone Irtepd <Hie death Tuesday afternoon of White Hou-< press M-eretaty Charles T Rossi and carrying the terrible burden of the , preaent world crisis ought to be lie Iduiged In an Occasional oulbuist ot ; temper ’ I The threat. ■ contingeni Pn tn- , (wo meh eves meeting wa* tn a letter tu Hume In whi< 11 Hie prt-i- ! dent was... reported to have—SataL "I never met you but if I do > you'll toed a new nose and pien:y 11 of beefsteak and perhaps a -up - 1 porter below " Mr Truman's lie wa- aroused by the review Hume wrote of the ■ <m > I eert Margaret Tinman gave in ; Constitution Hall Tuesday night 11 The president, prime minUft-i c"le i! men' Attlee, and a bos' of domestic t j and foreign dignitaries attended [ Artier, who did a tot of apidatidfhg. seemed to think Mi*« Truman wa* 11 in find voice ' 1 But not Hume lie wrote that , "she is flat a g<*od deal of the time,' “has hot improved in the yean wehavelieard her " Com > municate* almost nothing to the I _mutli the presents, and gives her listeners tew mono lit s when they I "can relax and fel l confident that she will make her goal, which is the end of the song " Hume'* review apiieated in the Post of Wednesday, and the next , day the critic received a hand-writ-ten note on White House stationery i and signed “II ST" Hume did not make the letter public. Bui the Washington Dally i News got wind of it and yesterday , published a version which the critic said waa "similar to but nto identical with'' the note hb re- ' i celved. The White House confirmed that :Mr Truman, apparently without benefit ot any of hi* secretaries, had written a letter to Hume iTwvw (s Paae atai l. _ :. - Mrs. Nan West Dies At Home In Auburn Mrs. Nan Peterson West. 79. 1 diet! Friday at her home in Auburn She had been in declining health for several years She wa* . the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Hen i ry Clay Peterson and resided in Decaturjrith her parent* several i years when a child. She visited ■ here frequently slid wa* well known . Surivor* include two Stepsons Price Donald and Fisher Cut Ila West and a number ot cousin* heip. Her father was a brother ot the late Roliert Smith Peterson and S W. Peterson of this city Rhe wa* born June 27. 1171 The funeral servl-ea will be held Bunday afternoon at the Qib gard * Cline funeral home In Auburn and interment will be in the cemetery there. — 7

20,000 Encircled U. S. Marines, Soldiers Slug Way Forward From Trap

51 Persons Killed In Four Plane Crashes 41 Reported Deed In African Crash By I'nited Press dead and au air force man was missing today in tour airplane ria*he* In Africa Japan. Spain and t'alifornia Forty-one pctson* Were reported killed when a tour-engined trans poti carrying .'.(I Senegalese troops Land- a -rev so geven -crieshed last I night in the remote Jlitiglv* of cenI Hal Africa. Three crew member* I and 1.1 passengers of the French interc-oiiii'nentai air transport survived. In a fifth aviation mlijhur six -cyvivemeii saved thrmselve- l.i-t night by bailing out of their 825 bumher ovet Illinois ' Res< ue crew* were searching near Hed Bluff Calif for Col George Prentice who was believed to have leaped from the Mustang after ordering his co-pll<it. Capt William C Athas. to bail out Atha* parachuted safety, • 7 j ■ Ph nt Ice's body was ’ uot'-found in IhP wreckage ami officers believed he may have been hurt in parachuting from the plane when lit developed engine trouble , Seven persons were killed when a French DC.I mail plane craahed ‘and burned in the Pyrenees nioun- ' tains across the Spanish border fr< n Perpignan. France Thrca Him persons were injuredAn liiirll ■in and two Chinese all tin identified: were presumed dead in the eriish of a I '-4<l frags* port on Mount Fujiyama in Japan Tin plane’’wa—owned by the civil ' al'f trans|»**H till*- headed by Maj Gut I'lrite Chehnault' An army tram was Hying to reach the scene Fite ait force men and a sailor .riding »• a passenger parachuted safely mat Lildlow lit . last night when their 1125 dr ichiped trouble on a flight from Chanute field. Hi . t<. tlmilia tilts man suffered a broketi leg The plane i t ashed near Fithian 111 Bid Russia Join In Big Four Conference Three Powers Agree On Note To Russia Pari*. I>ec 9-il'P- The I’nited State*; Britain and Frame agreed today on a three-power note asking Russia to join, them in diplomatic dlseUMslutis leading to a big four conference Diplomats of the three western nations aumninced in a brief communique that they had compleled a note containing "punitive rec'omnu ndations' In response to Russia* suggestion of Not'. 3, that a bis four <■<-life retire lie held on Ger tnir' alone The aute drafted here ha* been submitted to the three western igovernments and is expected to be i-en: to Moscow early next week The text will remain secret un tel the Soviet government recaivea it in' accordance with diplomatic practice, but it* main points have lu-ui known for some time Informed source* said the west, in the note, would welcome Russia * suggestion* lot a big four confereme'lmt with these conditions. j'. The conference should not be limited to discussion of Germany -.alone. It Should cover the-broad field ot fast-west conflict 2 ’the qiiestloiu to be discussed should be agreed upon in advance tn diplomatic conversatiqns among repri sa ntatlva* of the four powers In other word*, there must tq agreement on an agenda before there I* * conference When the we«tern nation* began their tWisday conference here, they expected to send R<t«»i* a list ot points of east west conflict which a big-four meeting should consider Hut tha diplomats who drafted the note de' lded *galn«t that — The ipresfßlatlif• said their «Tu»w (• rage Mat

EightDieln Chicago fire This Morning Flash Fire Sweeps Into Roominghouse In Negro District Chicago. Dec 9— (I’Pi —A flash fire swept through a five-story rooming house in tha negro- dkstrict today, killing fl h-adl •igtft persons Deputy coroner Jm-k Prydylin- . 1 ■ ... *. 1 I- a» H--..1 --<I nme.i I**>*4 |irf*tf, - — tvr •’l4 In tt“ “ x l ~sg ill* •! < mtu |v. m to Im found a* firemen searched the rums of the building. ■ g landmark in flie nncefaKhicmahle near South Stale. Potta-e satai the dead Included Jake Mason, age unknown: bis daughters Lovelta. 12 Patricia and Phyllis, and hi* son Wayne. 9 A sixth h<idy wa* identified as that of Lou Edna Simmons 3d. a sister of Mr* Mason They said that of the family only itir* Mason amt IXmoiuhs- ; old Charlene were left alive I’ Fire marshal Anthony J Mui . lauey. who earlier bad said be ex peeted a "very high" toll of death, said firemen were hampered In i their che< k of dead and injured i lie< au»e they did not know ewac-t---ily how many lived in the iniild- ■ Ing Several hour* later he said |lt appeared hoaever. That the 'toil I would not be a*' high a» be at . first Tested Some report* said .there were j s .lhi or more resident* But <*U> era varieA He »» -hoe as 150 — Many persons escaped down fire escape* at the front and west aide of the building The fire broke m . apifaretitly in one of first floor store* it s*ept the! entire< building within a matter *4 minutes . ' A poiictpnan said firemen rescued only four person* tmfore flame* roared up throggh the roof Fire marshal Anthony J Mullaney said he did not know, how many had escaped ’ The building was Us ated at : list sjreet and Indiana avenue on j the northern edge, of t2Mcagto*r south side Bronzeville' negro! dfstyirt —tr covered a ioo-f.*.t j fropt on 31st street Mrs Mary Masoh. who escaped t down a fire escape, said she fear J ed her husband and four children > had perished in the fire Three bodies were found on the first floor and firemen saw another on a second floor landing bee fore flames drove them from the building

Stephenson Lawyer Charges Injustice Minneapolis Man Checking Records Michigan City. Ind, Dec h ll’pi An murderer D C. Stepheiiaon. former Indiana Kq Klux Klan grand dragon held a* a life terfii parole violator said today he was "boiling mad at the injustice shown hi* client Frank J Warner. Minneapolis, spent an Itonr and a half in Indiana ataty prison yesterday checking Stephenson's record* over the 25 year* he served for killing a pretty Indiana stalehouM* worker >■ 1135. "You bet ymri sweet life it was worth it." Warner said when ask ed it his check of th* record* wa* fruitful Warner aald Stephenson would fight extradition from Minneapol ia. where he was arrested in mid November for violating rondlttoaa cf hl* Indiana parole last spring, on grounds that h* ww* innocent -of the original crime and had served more time than anvhodv iu’ iTasa Ta flaw* F»*»i

Frica Five Conti

Fanatic Assaults By Chinese Reds Attempt To Halt American Escape —-- TolG'fl. Jgt- iff, -etrpi - Twenty-thousand em irclrd I' S marine* and Infantrymen slugged to within 41*' yard* <rf a Vnileti X* ttarns rescue column in w«»rilH%i< Korea today against the fanaiw asMlts us division after division of Chinese Communists bkwking an es< ape path to the sea The trapped men were attempt i ing Io reach t.be Japan Bea. where r a huge armada waited to carry out - J a -Datrtrerqa* evarwntioa of ffnaffe I troop*. The leatherneck* and infant iy- ■ men battled Chinese soldier* under f p timadrcMiM ait flinty txi rage They were attempting to tank up with the rearer column whtab had blaac-d a path to .within ■ I"" yard* of the marines, aad the I'M troop* had to fight ferociously for evrtry inch against wildly shooting Chine**. Maj Gen Edward M Almond, conitnandei iff the I'N ImK corpa. said at Hamhitna south of the ewcircled mrn that they were faced with division alter division ot Ctitntrse A* soun a* one Chinr-e division ran* out of ammanition It *> replaced by a fresh bitdy of troops Our unit* l won't any are beat ( en wp but (•♦•nsidejjMy dforessvgrv ! ed are still the -»m» units anti . find themselves faced with an ea- . finely fresh foe to beat up." Almond Th- litrakthrnugh *Huggle »eeMgwed ba-k. snd lotth in th* ’son--Acovered nioustaelu above I lambing I to northeast Korn Glue In the '. tear the re** wed aad._liit rescuer* will rue a gao'let of fire from riankina Chineae back 'to Hamhung to join in a probable Dunkeique rvacuaiioh of all M.evo Failed Vi't.n- ttSMgn hi fw»rihru*t ;. Kors* An evar-uatim armada alteady : •*-. araeinbllng in Hungnam bahut. five mile’ south of Hamhung Top American naval and mariae t-omniandrrs of the I‘a< isl«- eonfet-r*-d iil Hamhung. apimrently on plait* for th* ,ma«* withdrawal 77 " Atwri dun meat »f ths big east i eoauf irntt of Wonsaa. <t>mpletejl iyealerday cut the ffo.uucsmui Ititb | < orp*' laat tenuous overland escape I route Wonsan I* 50 mile* aonth t .'f Hamhung ~ On the other side as Korea, th* t gth iMST feW' bask I farther south fur a stand beftws J Seoul The extent of th* with--1 drawal and the location of the new defense line were cloaked In mile tary *ei-urit> The sth army waa o«t of -oiita* ! with the Chinese A high American source in Seoul promised that the l ulled Nation* force* wit! make a tight to save Seoul Report* relayed by the ttt'h army this morning of a link-up between the encircled American* and the rescue coluuih above Hamhung In north east Koren proved premature Fni'ed Byes* war correspondent Chari*« Moore- reported fr . n the frt*nl a' 4 pm fl am. CST> that 4<*o yards of cavagrly'Sitarkinc Chines* still sepsrated the two column* some 20 to 2« miles not th of Hamhung 0 -’, A Ist 'htarine dlvisToS spuitesrnati ’ with an advance unit reported that > the Amen* an air and artillery I blasting ,wa« driving the enemy I crazy " maßMMßrimanmaeumnMmßmme-mmMsnmrim* Noon Edition