Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1950 — Page 1

Vsi. XLVIII. No. 304.

—u—werni II , i ■ s'—.!.!■■-■! IS .1 If* CHINESE ON FULL WAR

JWWrvcrcroc Workers Urged To Be Prepared Urge Preparations • VI •WwfuV Uml AiHJ Germ War Attacks w*b«iMmum, n*c n < WlTh* government today urged riv'il defense worker* to prepare for nerve gee and germ warfare attack* Upon American cttlee ' At the same time. it owtitaed a t>ropo*ed first aM organixafion for handling a mm-bomb atomic attack oa any major American city an otwaaiaatioa requiring sc mobile tint aid station* and IT.mm worker*. The threat of chemical and bar(etiological warfare again -t civiliaaa wax discussed officially for the flrat time in a handbook entitled 'health service* and xpeclal weapon* defence.'' loaned by the clvtt defense administration It said the "moot likely" chemi cal weapon for axe against civilian populations would be the "nerve gaaeg” developed by Hitler tier • many toward* the end ot World * War tl. Theoe gaaea. odor Iron and colorless, paralyse the reeplmtory ayatem and may cause death within a few mibuiea lief eave officials ... jaymate that a nerve gao attack would be effective over a haff mile area Civil defen** official* raid they did not put out the germ and gaw warfare Information with "the idea, of being alarmist " Dr N’orvln C j Kiefer, director of the health re soured* division of the amional *e «wurity reaoareeo board, told report era: ■"We are trying to prevent rm a factual basis a problem, which rep I recent* .• challenge, which moot and can ba met .” The manual said detection of these ga«e» la difficult and that automatic detection device* are e-v aentini for adequate protection It also *aid Meh device* are not avail i able now ala price which would make their "purchase and use for civil defense practical " The manual *aid nerve teas at tack* might bi- made by aerial bombing, by projectile, or by sabo j true* working within the country It warned particularly that ait in take* on bomb shelter* and in large building* should be equipped with filter* to prevent entry of the dead |y gases It also said "a simple Inexpensive . disposable type of (gas I ma*k I* needed for the general public of large cities " . ." c In alerting civil d*fm*e worker* to the menace of bacteriological warfare, the civil defense agency emphasised the danger ot germ* spread from planes by mean* ot Infected aerosols- droplet* sprayed Into the air In the form of mist _ Germ attacks. It »aid. mTghTTbe _i (Twee *■ M«e Ftvei ' I Valuable Awards To First Baby Os New Year Os 1951 Mora than »I<M> in gift* and cas.i baa been lined up and ewalts the flrst baby born to parent* li'i’.In the northern all townships o' Adams county, and more than IS Decatur merchants have signified their sponsorship of the annua! event. A complete roster of gift* *ll' be featured in rhe Friday editb-t of the Decatur Hedy Democrat, revealing In addition Io the gift* the rules of the contest These rules limit the contest u> parents living In Preble. Hoot t alon. Kirkland. Washington and Bt. Mary's township* That doesn’t necessarily mean, though, the., the baby must be horn within those precincts the baby’s birth must be reported to the Decatur Daily Dem ocrat office not later than Wei nesdsy mornjng. January J; in eluded also must he the date, hour and minute of birth confirmed by the attending physician or horpltal official*. WCATHER Fair and not to cold this afternoon, meetly cloudy and warmer tonight with anew flurrlee extreme north. Partly cloudy Friday. Lew tonight near IS north and 10 south, high Friday 20 north, IS to 30 south.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

To Spain ■ A • ■ jfl MBH . I WITH thr WhHr IlmiM* me®! that th* I l*. fa "'rail n-hHfauw with Spain uftar a lap*»» of fiw yeaiw, ii la faarodMl iSd'hhfanf Truman i haa orhM-twt Mtaoton Griffis • of ikrafon itmlMUMtaMtor to Ma drM Griffin. f«ttmrr amhiiMMMtor I io Argentina h*a aim* nerved in I Poland and Kappi F -. • ■ : WafcknigM Service Here famtay Might Hold UnioA Service i At Trinity Church ■'Prayer, mu partM’.- I* the yrs Stoat need for thia xeokh nt the loth century," said a spokesman 1 for the Decatur ministerial akxoAviation today, "Prayer by all those v ho believe In God <an renew hope >n the world for the new year and for the second half of the century The follower* *of Marx and Stalin would like to dlaconrage pray ameeting* and watchnight set vice* Iby calling relighm 'the opiate o’ the phOpli" <. , 'oil>nVdiitsis ' will <C' nothing to dlsi-otrraee liquor --par tie* among the 'capitalists.', fur th-i Red* shrewdly know which is the real opiate And they know tba' universal prav.-r’ will lend to ak i n and unify the lover-- r-t free. | doiit and all who recognise that > "we arc endowed by onr Orator i with -certain ihalienable rights'J The first step-In-the lust for dicta ! , torial power is to discredit belief.! in the Divine Giver of those in I alienable rights'. And the worst thing that can happen .to. the llr-d j plan for conquest I* revitalisation I of that divine faith'' Consequently. the ministerial association is sponsoring a watch- i night service and communion for Protestants ot all denomination* The service will lie held iq Trinity Evangelical T n lied Rtethfe.i tTwrw Te Pese Peart Army Asks 80,000 ' Drafted In March Total Army Request Now Up To 450,000 Washington. Dec 2* tl'Pl The army t::i* asked that StlJMm young men b> drafted during the month of March, the defense depart tiient said today The March rail bring*, tin total army request since-the btgliHow of the Korean fighting to a total of I’.u.m-o The March < .'ill h tin same a* that annaunc'sl previously for each of January and February Prior to J.-iiniaty the largest tall wa* Trt.tum | The navy! air force and niarlnt corps have not yet asked selective wervlqe for draftees and said they do not plan to place a call in March Rvlertive service official* said the March quota* for individual •late* would be sent to slate draft . director* probably, later tirday ot tomorrow. Afcfn the past, they said, the slate quota* would he released only by state director* Draft officials refused Io reveal the number of 1 A’s available to fill the draft call* However, they have said privately that there are now enough men In the 1A pool to fill all outitandlng draft call* Selective service wllh h.ar'ir delivered about 217.000 men to the at my through December—«lightlv more than the army ha* asked tor.

Some Relief Fromßecord ColdlsSeen Causes Many Deaths, Some Industries Curtail Output fly I’nitrd Frees A record breaking t old wave swept triward the Atlantic Vo*«! Up. day, causing many death* and forcing Industrie* to curtail piodurtlow for lark of furl. The blast of frigid air was blam<d fop. .11 death* In the lasi two day* Many death* resulted from blurt attack* Incurred by victim* who over everted thenr*rtv»s in the cold and «k*w fate lowest temperature* today I weir in Ohio and Pennsylvania .where th*- mercury dropped to Id utrd II nelow *<r<> iu the predawn hoar* The cold pushed far into l»i*ie and threatened to spread a sheet <»f Ice over much of Georgia and tire Carolina* Trias also wa« threats ted hy glazing Some relief wa* In sight how ever, for the midwest whirr many tempetaiure record* were broken yesteiday. lame Rock. Wi» . the coldest spot io the lurtioti yesir rday with K below lern. reported three ahovw early today Chicago, where a -«**4ed-IMk-JM>lMg aiaa, .JwaolßA-Xtfc. terday. had six teburg reading* ! abort ly before- dawn. I Dealer* warned that the Chicago ' met-opolltan area faced a shortage of fuel oil. mainly dm- 16 a 3l> percent im reuse In consumption during the severe- weather this *ea«on and advetsg condition* along thn warn loutea- used by barge* to bring oil Wlto Ute area . Three Pttteburgh gas companion ordered industrial plant* in a fivestate area to cut their u»e of natural ga* by »h to UH! percent to oaoo* iuv; >i|.|>lii * so: re -idemlot II ■ I - Itain.'.which..had held back the 1-olel wave, in the southland, began teres,ng today and the weatherj' liuieau warned that northern Ueor Jt gla and the Carolinas might Itei eTeerw Te mar Fleet Local Boards Decide i On Need 01 Doctors i ; Needed Physicians To Remain At Home i - ~ Wuxbingtern. Dev-yr =--~Tt p) Local draft board* have been I elven the Job of deciding-whether I individual, physician* and demists should he rirduetrd into the arm ed force* or deferred to serve • heir communities The military now decides almost on it* own whether medical [ iiien are needed more at home t Dr Richard L Melling. the fle- ! fen«e department'* director of i 1 medi* al service*, .said the propoa- | «d 3..'dH>.iitht-man army will need| nearly all medical men educated.! al government expense who have | not already Iteen In uniform Under secretary Roltert A Lov I ett said last night lltat the new ; ■ lassi lit at lon program will "pro j vide a much greater degree df co- j iodination between military and! civilian efforts in utilizing available pliy.*h-iaiis and dentists." Mr* Anna M llosenlerg. assistam <t.-fr iisv secretary., said the program bill Iregin aisiut April I She said defence secretary George C Marshall hope* to maintain a proper- ratio of physicians, depti«ta and "allied specialists" available to the military add civilian*. ' lax-al draft board advi-ory committee* will decide which physi cian* and dentist* are essential at ' home Such men will be deferred unles* the armed service* and Marshall decide they are ( more urgently needed in uniform. , The national security resources t Ttoard’s health resource* advisory ; committee will work with stale and local draft officials, to advise ( the military on civilian require- , ntenl* The armed force* presuni- , ably will adjust their demand* to , the committee* recommendations. , Os the 14.000 government-train-ed medical m*n who did not have World Wat It service. <OOO have been commissioned since the Korean war Not all' of this group, however, have been called tn active duty.

ONLY DAILY IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, ladiana, Thursday, December 28,1950.

Ex>Wife Cafls Him Red WILLIAM-W. REMINGTON. I right Iformer Commerce department official, enter* a New York with hi* father. Frederick - C , <center) and hi* attorney. Warner J Holzkal tor a session oT his trial on perjury In connection with his alleml affiliation with tlm Communist party He heard his ex wife, Ann Mi*» llemington. testify she married him-only after hr- agreed to maintain Communist parly membership He face* a Lyeai prfson term »wl dine it row- - vb ted , -c , ' "

OfficW Casualty . Total Naw 38,325 5,742 Americans Killed In Action >i jte -j h --V Washington. Dec. M • tl'Pr — The d< tense department aitHoonr--ed today that offklally-reported Atnark-ab ' eaaualltea in Korea through last Friday totalled MjM v .-V Thl* include* 5.741 killed In action. 27.012 wounded in action and 5.571 missing In action.. Officially-reported casualties are tboee whose next of kin have Iw-en notified. Total death* reported, however, are (1.132 which includes 6'l who i'digll -of wound.*-and. six who..were re|M>rte<l missing in action and later died. The oyerall casualty figure u> I.MI higher than the summary reported by the defense department a week ago -•> Os the total casualty figure 32. b«« ate army 429 navy. 5.524 marine corp* and 3M air force The casualty total is less than that reported by Gen Dougin* MacArthur’s headquarter* on Dey 21. Tokyo reported then that from I th<- outbreak of the Korean war | tlirough Dec 12 this ratal Amen ■ can casualties were 42.992 However., the casualties report ed from Tokyo InctudmUnimminttc’ casualties- whjle those reported by 1 the defense department are solely battle casualties The defense department report ■ ed the army suffered S.DiS of the (Twrw *• r*w* m*> Break In Cold Wave Is Forecast Today Mercury Is Again .....; Below Zero Here Normal December temperature*! ranging from Jfi to 2ft al<ove. were ’predicted for today by the weather man. after another night of othzero weather The menury drop ped to eight below In part* of the, city last night The mercury started downward ahotil 5 o'clock last evening and the lowest level was reported by poliopnd citizen* shortly befoire| sunup At 6 o’clock theronieters regislet ed about three above and the mer cury continued to climb during the day The high predicted for today was 25 ___ _ . Although last night’s plunge was not as low as tbe early morning skid Wednesday, ft cante near matching the record breaker for thi* time of vear The weatherman said that today's climb would probably break the cold gave and that more norma! temperatures ‘ would conti M e through Saturday and Sunday Onr foncast saw tempt-rattire* a* high aa .35 above by the weekend The eity i» covered with several Inches of snow and Ice. the znow an riving on ChrHtma* afternoon. Which packed down on the bed of Ire that prevailed here before the storm

FOOTING IN KOREA

Judging Is Started In Lighting Contest Following the deadline for entries ta the <’t'*mbeT **! Übm-'j ' there* » house- WslßMm eoMeer. t v.hk-11 was extended to Wednesday.! Judging la scheduled to begin today ami --imtlnne thrrmgitnnt the lematnder of the week Fifty do.--liar* in prizes will lie awarded win I ’ uers. 115 for first phUMb 310 for t! second, and five award* of <5 e»-h II The Judging witl lie itanited to out•Me Hghltswr only. Chambwe wfti- - Dials auHoum-i-.l earlier when they l <mtlined the plans for the annug,, 'home lighting contest Winner *| < name* will be announced next I > Tuesday ! • I New Officials Take Office Next Monday Sheriff-Elect Moves Into Jail Quarters Two n<*U'n ounty will Fujiu* (hitie-M in ih«*ir r*le< fr*4 off Ire* tor th«* tirnt time next MonJ day, and mont of the others, | Ing tUa .lawnßhJji t rustw»«i. are pre | l»arin« for movinjr <ia> *, • Sheriff Hob ShntJnka today . \iiiiryM - UfH* th- ■ ' < oonty .ill.. ® +To move Wi»dne*dav. the deed whs 1 pOFtponert one day Sheriff Herman Howman, after four years an th‘* ■ <oanty’N» sheriff, moved t<i Berne. • where he will make his Jiotfie. The sheriff’s preuent plan rails • for a-rest fot* a nhort time, then sheriff Howman intends worltfnr in Berne Another <ttstrartion. the sheriff said. it» awaiting his artist-1 < ial leg. which fa long overdue “Thought I’d l>e trying to learn to valk on Tt ’>r instead I'm Just' sitting around waiting tor delivery " ■ Tn addition to Shralnka. Who ha* 1 served more ' than two year* qt> deputy and will not be totally un familiar with the sheriff'* Job. Jim Cochran will assume the office of deputy. Appointed more than a morth-ago. Cis-hrati will begin bls duties <m Monday la'wis Wortjtniati. clrrted <-<wn tv commi**ioiM*r from the first district, will also Ivegln his duties at the first meeting of the veaf for the nimmiwlMtv*. s- heduied for Monday morning at '<-.1" ockuk Otto Hoffman, reideeted. and John U Attgshnrger are the other commissioners tt. Remy Rierly. Decatur attor "r.ey. w-ill Jourttei to “Indianapolis where he will attend the-meeting* of the state legislature, represent Ing Adam* and Wells <-ounti»« The 'eglslatlve session* wilt begin nex' Thursday; Rierly has announced hit plans of being In the capita 4-lty a couple of day* before then J There will be several changes, alto. In the township trustee off ices, all of the new trustee* to take over their dutle* January 1 Incoming truataw* include Wlllitm . Lian, for Washington township: 1 Gut Mann. W’ahaah; Noah Nenen- ' tebwander. Monroe. Emil Rtanffer Hartford. Hugh Mosser. Jeffer)" lT*n Te r»W» Tw*>

Gen. MacArthur Reports Red China Throws Full Power Into Korean War

Decatur Council In Year-End Meeting No Discussion Held Over Diesel Engine A bare mujoiirv of councilmen Were pre*<-m at Hie-final, year-end meeting of the year Wednesday, a "'meeting irttiek renolved itself Into one of merely approving the bill* With councilman JoeHrehnen and Adrian Butke absegii from the tneeting. the riniaiiilng member* signified there wa* no “unfinlslied Imgtoje** " to he acted upon at this n»-«-tfng. f ——— --- Th* «lleo< s plus the lack of the necessary number of councilmen present, precluded any action or even di- ussion of a solutkm to lhe city s problem of purchasing a diesel engine for the proposed auxlll j aty light plant. I It is possible that the iasae will lb. allowed to die out. since the I council and the board of works dilfvi -m the particular engine to I purchase, There have been no InI dication* that either alde wlli cdmI promise with the other, though \ there is still time left to act and yet retain the firm bid pi ices for the tngims ' Not discus- ed at the met ting bu) a matter ot record, it the recent viaU <>r light and power plant superMHnrtsnt L PsUibnae to taapm-t a (tteest mine oa rhe “tewt Mock" at the fJma-Hamllton company i It is with ihb company tlmt the I board of works has signed the eon I tract, a contract which four m*n»tor* of lb. city iinincll refused to| I car If y Coun.-ilmen _ Indlcait d by ; , their vole* they favored th- put-' ■ < ha«g of a N'ordbr rg engine , • sJVi ■ ib<-ne, -t.ai.-d that he.wlt fi4W«»d rest* of The 'engine pwriivu i lar'ly onTteiivy oil* and idso obtain- ■ rd pliotiMtatii data of rhe engine *I, «Vwea i* rake «w«» i

Slay Os Execution Is Denied To Click viick is jcneauieo To Die Friday Night, stay of exteurton to Franklin Click.| seuiencod--to..die in the electrjcl chair a' Indiana stale prison Friday I nigttt for she sex slaying ul w Fort Wayne high school girl • _ ('lick * dff tbrhey. Robe ft A Buhlet of Fort Wayne, also was rshuff ed by the Indiana xupieme court In his iMt ihUiute attempt te prevent the execution Judge Howard Young told Buhler the case "Is clear ]ia«t ns. and we have no auth ~ -tt . .' . ■vrity Buhler filed a pet Ilion tor a writ of tiror'coram nobis in Allen dr cut! court at Fort- Wayne yesterday and gave a copy of the petition to the st*:* attorney general’s office But George Hand, deputy attorney general. «aid the office would take mi action utiles* the circuit court ruled the attorney general’s office must answer the petition Thai ha« mH been done Hand said. In th. petition. Buhler said If Click I* granted a «»y of execution he wniild be able to present "new •vldeiire "To prove hl* ihtiofence The :u-y«»i old Fort Wayne cel try farm worker al one time con fr**ed the 1944 slaying of pretty Phyllis Conine thrn repudiated hi* statement* " The state supreme court reviewed Click's conviction tn mid-Novem her and ruled he must die Dec 3l> Click earlier was scheduled'to die <>Ct 17 but was given a stay ol eMM-utkm while the high eourt considered hl* appeal . Click's case was called one of In disna's -msi complex murder.trial*, because five dajrs after he wa* convicted-. Ralph tsrbangh confessed h« killed Mis* Conine. .Both men ahm alternately eonfessed *nd denied two other war time Fort Wayne »ax slaying* tor which Lthaugh I* scheduled so (He Lobaugh also confessed a third sex slaving and repudiated -that eonfse slon

Tito Declares Yugoslavia Is Under Threat Soviet Satellite - - Troops Threat To , Yugoslavia Status Belgrade. Yugoslavia Dec 39 (l’P> — Premier Marshal Tito warned tonight that Yugo-4gvta i» 'directly threatened" -.v«rh aggression by at least dWi.'aXl Soviet satellite troop* i t Bulgaria. Ko mania and Huiiga.ry -» : Tito sounded the warning in asking parliament to approve the "heavy burden" of a record-, breaking 17 percent defense appropriation In the 1951 budget. Tito' who was greeted by th* joint ses-liui of the Skupshtina ■ parliament i with tumultuous ap TRsimc Wit' imty- rr-fi»wP fc*wwghJqiiesrinn the aggressive nature of., tile Soviet Union and its eastern European satellite* who. he declared. have gone tar bejrtmd the l>ea<-e treaty limits in their war preparwUaaa THw- saM that as a result of national drafts In the past yegr. I* mm ■ rgstjCg** '« RHW HEr MM MRH l»5kOO men. Hungary Idi.imo and Rommx WS.etW ' Against whom sre they arming."' Tito asked : I Nattwally they are not arming I >iecau»e of any jfHendly InclingI t.nu inward our country This niu«t l>e rlesr to atty man-even -a fmrl “ 1 -lie seetfed »• th> "strange peace propaganda campaign ted by th> Soviet t’nfirn Uy peace he said they mean sfop dp not move Msit

until you'-njjiy he -swallowed by ((»' Il >,>(!'* do not agiee wiih that and offer' resistance then you are an ageres-or you are a great dinger to the Hosier t upsa * Two Persons Killed As Train Hits Auto I Two person* were killed last bight | when a New York Centra! malt (train hit their car at county road( . roaring southeast of here Stat-j imltr-e identified them a* Jowepn I J Carter. 20. and Vtntet Johnson.' 2'. both of Elkhart. James H. Dague Dies Early This Horning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon James H. Dague. <5. former De catur lumber dealer and saw lull! operator, died al 4 45 o'clock this morning at hi* home. 1110 North Second street, following an Illness of three years A lumber dealer for many year* he also wa* a partner In the Len hart A Dague saw mill in thia-i'ity H» was born tn Mercrr county. 0.. S<q>t 2. 1885, a son ot John and Etta Riley Dague. but had lived tn Adam*! -ounty practically hi* entire life, and in l>ecatur since 1933. Hl* Hr»t wife.-Martha Young, died in 1912. and he wa* married 10 Ida Orphan Jacob* Doc IS. 1915 Surviving tn’addition to his wife are'two daughter* Mr* Cecil D*an of Decatur and Mr* Otadya Gib. son of Hoagland : one son, William Dague fit Salem . 13 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and one brother. Sldary Dague of Pleasant Mills, Th res brother* and one »ie ter pne-eded hint in death Fwberal rerviewg will be held at 2pm Saturday at the Zwick fun eral bone, the Rev Vernon Riley offlrintlng Burial will be tn the Trlcker cemeterv Friend* niay rail at the funeral home after 2 pm Friday

Price Five Cents.

Withdrawal Behind Imjin River Line Completed; Planes Bombarding Chinese I Tokyo. Ftiday. Dei . 29 -H’Pi | The main body of U, 8. Mh army ton-*s completed its withdrawal iiehind the fmjin river line 21 mile* northwest of Seoul Tliurs•lay while-allied , war plane* hit bXck aT ihe Chinese Reds The I nited Nat loos wit hdrawat aliMdoned the major South Korean bonier strong held of Kee'“■k. an Srh - army spokesman an ( nounced. Kaesogg is two mile* south of rhe 38th parallel and In miles northwest of the Imjin Troops tentatfrcly Idea rtf let as from the Chinese 4th field army moved into Kaesong and pushed oh m force two mile* south.lo a point 33 miles northwest of gpoul Gen Douglas Ma< Arthur’s head quarter* reported that Red China has thrown her power lm„ the Korean conflict on a full war footing I Two of the five r .^.*S*„JiLt«i4y„J!uktA-.JrtMi—iamu..— ( milled to action, hacked by an ] r|B.Mg.f*oA.mN» war budget tor 1951. MacArthur's -report said ttew f full 4th field army of KI.iMW men r with an extra eight to 12 North - Korean division will toe ia poai ,tion to Strike al Seoul any time f after Jan 1 jj Bui allied warplane* Jggyg, the (j Meds no rwfft. NkperforisTTOflc* bombers. fighter* . Bd ~,r rl, r plane* blamed the entire com j munl«t buildup area Thursday [| . Ka.-song and other cities along i the main invasion route south •from Pyongyang wete hit with a (rain of bomb*, rockets and bul--v ***■_Resigned to knock the lied , offensive off balance. . The air attack* Im-luded a sup erfortres* ra|d Uiat ponded i„„ r town* on the main Invasion higfe.' way south „t l*y<mgyan*-'with 192 ’fbna nf bomb* ’ nu*»i*n-buHt jet fighter* of tn* (hlne.-c air force rose again .to (hallenge allied airpower an,! Amer:, an jet* knocked down two ' W Jc third was demqged\ Tn* ,i lt attack alsto lashed swt I west of Seoul along the ISfl^jjaji*——" «Uai Fanggu withla 35 mile* ~°f The ea*f -Stlhj-' ~ ' ■ arww • - ■ ■ i» tnvUmrn* massed jp fout vnrp* •itregst Jxtong-r r i wattfrm gm .he- Hmwmnt tn strike ■ | Striking out ahead of the Chin lese are eight ’to !’ North K.de.vtt ’divisions. stabbing repeatediv along an is mile, front in effort* to find a weak *pot for s breakthrough * ‘ -** to pour through if a weak spot- l» found MacArthur'* report said la any event ~lhe>~arm he-readv for a major frontal assault by * Mondaj - ; Although the main I'nited Na tibn* force* on the Seoul front have wßMrawn behind the fmjin river line patrols were Scorning the area north of the rivet to dis- • vwsw Tw raw* Twat- - Purple Heart Is Awarded To Smith For Korean Wound Leyri* Smith. U S marine, who survived the Chinee* war In North Kona was awarded the purple heart, according to word from his companion. Ft< Kenneth honingwho < ailed his mother late yrstei day from Oakland. Cat * Smith i» a soti of Archie Rmi'h of Schtrmeyer *tre*' and left Jure last Aagwst with Kenneth and Lxrry Jeuaing*. enlistee* ia the marine reserve The two Decatur marines who arrived in the urate* from Korea, think .hwy will be *ent to Philadelphia for a checkup and then b* given a leave They will head for ‘hem* a* quickly a.« possihh . Jennings did not d-scribe bow. Si-.i'h wa* wonndetl. but said rtist th* nnrwlv heart already had been awarded she Decatur man in reros jilrion n's a wound inflicted by en-my lire k .

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