Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1951 — Page 1

Vol XUX. No. 68.

COSTELLO AGAIN DEFIES CRIME PROBERS

Abandoned Red Base Occupied By UN Tanks ' \ Other Patrols Move Without Opposition Near 38th Parallel BULLET IN Washington, March 21—(UP) ■ —Secretary of state Dean Acheson said today that Gen. bouglas MacArthur has authority to cross the 38th parallel in - Korea. ■ , Asked at a news conference A whether the UN commander needed any new authority to cross the nprtlveouth Korean * border, Acheson said no, he did not. Aoheeon said* however,, that there Is need for a commtn point of view tn- the Mth parallel question by the United states And ltd UN allies. Tokyo, Tl|iir«rf»y. Mur 23 (l ! H United Nollmir iiinka oci u pled Ute (ilmmlo’imd rommuiilal hds® of C’biint’hott within 7Mi miles nr th*’ .I*l h parallel without firing a shot. Other patrols Amoved without opposition through the homin'* land Tof tha parallel ditrlMK tmMlfty- J Ku,r,e U. N. patrols \lrea<ly may have crossed the parallel t Front dispatches said the bulk Os 250,000 Chinese and North Korean Red* aligned across the 140-mile Korean front already have withdrawn north of the border. North of Seoul. however, American and South Korean tank task fortes found the way barred by heavy fire , and minefields. The task forces were attempting to strike north toward Uibongju and the highways leading northeast to the communist capital of Pyongyang. United Nations forces on the east coast reached within B‘£ miles of the parallel as they kept pace With the general advance all along the line. A dispatch ' from the <*entral front said allied tanks crawled cautiously, into Chum hon qt 112:30 p„ m. Wednesday (.10:30 p. m. Tuesday ESTj after reepnaissance disclosed the communists had abandoned their' last .’big base south of the parallel. The* tanks moved into! the main street , without firing a shot- and met no resistance as they occupled the shattered town. They fodinl Uhunclion beaten into rub h/e'by Mir r»v<l* 7 infantry followed the tanks and icin>led the town in strengtln by Jnid-aft.nnooii|, When dusk ap? lioWcvtM, both' inlxiilry 'Bud tanks |«thed to high /ground r.n th« iiijgH h* mu Miound the < It v J > A dIMPMbh I* l ® «• ••<»«! front rw|»<»rt*4 UN patioH wmn airlMnir mil (|r nheurt of •ha »ral advrtiHjp. .if kwhl I ’’Armor «*d patrols probed hrd i.nv between UN main elements and Ihb parallel today unopposed by the enemy Bottle other patrols by friendly unit® mpt light scattered roßistahce.” 7 --Aftwan hdlleved some of the tank-tipped spearheads already may have crossed the parallel. President fruman has authorized Gen. Douglas MacArthur to send his forchs across the old NorthSouth Korean border if he sees fit to do so. 1 There was intense speculation in Tokyo that a turn in the war Js imminent —either militarily, politically. eg Sboth. But official sources declined comment. u> Eighth army headquarters disclosed the four-prongedl advance within artillery range of the 38th parallel in lifting its 14 hour censorship ban on the progress of allied forces, toward the old fron- • «*r. ; J .J7? Communiques''reported communist rear-guard resistance still negligible. ■/ , | South Korean units on the eOst <(Tw«m Tn VUKfctl INDIANA WEATHER » Mostly fair this afternoon and: to night. Unseasonably cold tonight Thursday vfair with higher temperatures' In afternoon, tow tonight 8-12 above north, 10-15 south. High Thursday: 30-34 north, 34-40 -south.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

G. O. P. Candidate j ■ .\i ) ’ / ' E! Hkaß Dr. Joe Morris, DecgtuC dentist, la i.iii- of. three local iiepnhiictms who l\»tjay aniioumt-d lljelr candidacies for H.-atu on 111" dlty council, Hllhjcrt to (lie <!<■< of tor tus in the Hopuhlii ,ni ; primary r|r< tlot) in May

Three Republicans File For Council 7 -1 ' \l ) : ’ Three Decatur Men File Candidacies Tldpo Ddcatur Rcpubilcans today announced r their cand'ldacles for qouncilmanijc posts In tjiecktur subject to the May primary election. Those seeking seats tin the city council are Donald F.i Gage. 723 Mercer Avenue: Dr. Joseph E\ Morris, 128 Harvester Lang, and Hugh K. Engle, 1127 Avenue. Gage, who operates ia machine shop iu Decatur, served Ih the U, S. marine corps during Wqrld War 11. He was overseas with tjhie third amphibian branch. He i$ a member of the American Legioih, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Loyal- Order of Moose and Knights of; Golumbus, and a member of St. Mary’s Cath- > ONO church. /’ Dr. Morris \is a Decatur high l school and Indiana University dental college graduate. H|p has practiced dentistry in Decatiir for more than 14 years and is a j member of the Decatur Lionsi club, Elks. Masons and Knights of Pythias. He is; a member of the church ; of Decatur. Dr. has been active in civic affairs and is chairman of the donors recruitment division for the Red Cross blo«>d bank. Engle served In the jU. ;S. navy during World War II aijd |b engaged in the eiti tric.il iiip-im here tinder (he firn) name o| Engle and Kiess. Engle is a llft-l'qjig: resident of Decatur and a Deruttir high school graduate. Hh is ip int-mber of the Zinn l.mhetiiir chinch. Engle is till uifiit- ineiiiher •»! tiff Ain<ih in Iwginii ami Veterans jnf Forrtgii Warr. The iiiiovt- tlir< r i uiiitliliiit n are Hitt rii'ttj in Hie timii iiijtmbHih rmI'liUlirlltliailli |Misl« 111 ipri'iitill |l |ti inpoilril 111 j|l j'llt Ips UftU HOhlHl till.lll I.Hltli > M.'l'l'l H.'S Will file In the lirgl werh iiriln ilmvw C. ' . Five Teen-Agers Die As Train Hits Auto A-7 ■ ■ Five Indianapolis Teen-Agers Killed Indianapolis, Mar. 21 *— tUP) — A speeding train struck an auto at a southside street crossing here during a blinding snowstorm last night, killing its five/; teen-aged occupants. ,! i i : f The victims were identified as Karl; Stephenson. 18/; Barton Spencer. 19; Larry Gillum, 18; Patricia Allstatt. 17. and Patricia Pray, 17, all of Indianapolis. The train was a Pennsylvania railroad passenger engipe and sik coaches running from Louisville. Ky., to Indianapolis. The bodies were scattered over a wide area and noliqe at first believed only three persons were in the car. Btephenson was a student j at Indiana Cehtral college) afad both girls were students at Arsenal Technical hignseliool police said; Police said the car bplpnged to “Stephenson's father boy apparently was driving >t the time of the accident. They said the three youths picked tlib girls up after a Subdeb- club meeting at the home of another girl to take <Turw Te »*■«•

United States Armed Forces Near 3 Million I - - Size Doubled Since Beginning Os Warfare In Korea Key West, Fla., March 21.—(UP) — The United States has doubled .the size of its armed forces since .the start of the Korean war and its strength now exceeds 2,900,000 men, the little white house revealed today. ’,l v President Truman said “this tremendous gain in our strength” — achieved at ah all-time record rate "has peen made necessary by lawless aggression of Communist forces in Korea and by the Menace of still further (’outmunlst attacks against othpr free nations" Thia flrwlt public disclosure <>i was made |n an exchange of tela grama hat ween Mr, Truman and (Metom gm: rotary (jporae U, Mai HhalL Marshall Hifoiniwd tin. |iicMi<ieht ilitif firn hithild up in the pa«t nine months ban prmowded t»l a rate inoip than twice as fas’! aw In the early day bf world war 11 when ♦ his country mobilized the greatest fighting ftirce in al Its hlstorv, of today, he said. U. 8. strength eXreeds 2,900,000, a figure that “was not attained in world war 11 until more i than 21 months ifter our build-up started in June, 1940, following the fall France, and more than three months after Pearl Harbor.” I Mr. Truman served notice on Russia that; this astonishing buildtion, in company with other free up “is evidence of our deierminanations, to establish and maintain world peace." ' “The armed forces wp are building,” he sa|d iii\ his reply to Mar- > shall, “and the supplies for them ( which our factories, farms <?and mines are .turned out, are fdr the protection and preservation 'of our freedom.” 1 And, in an implied bid to this country's allies to go and od likewise. Mr. Truman said: j “The speed with which we have I been able Ito strengthen defenses should be a source of inspiration and encouragement to men everywhere who love freedom.” At the saline time, the vacationing president made an outright appeal for public and congressional support of k still bigger build-up of /pnericata armed strength. He told .Marshall he is confident that j Cl ara To I’aae Kptßlii Award Contract For Testing Plant Site To Tost Firmness Os V Earth At City Site The of public w/nk« Tup* day iiwnHlrii » contraci to the James Il4i'6n company, of Uleve. laud, O .. oio of two blddrt-a to dig a pretty li iportani series of holes in Hlc ground for the city. The hold will be to test the nt>s of the earth in the vicinity of Seventh street, the scene of the future city light and power auxiliary power 01ant. The contract must be approved by the city council at a future meeting. » According to the advertisement for the bids., which ran in this newspaper the first of the month, the contractor agreed to drill 200 fejet into the ground, with the option that the city can call a halt to the proceedings 25 feet short of the mark or approve further drilling 25 feet deeper. The Heron company bid >5.50 for each lineal feet of overburden drilling and $6.50 per foot of rock drilling. It was also agreed, according to she bid. to complete the work within 30 days The purpose for the testing is to fully determine the type of foundation which will be needed for the housing unit for the diqsebpoweri ed engine. By such engineering feats as digging appropriate holes, the requisites for the building, can be completely resolved. "'Engineers ’point out that a staunch foundation is vitally needed to withstand the pulsating effect of the .engine and to assure the <T«rg T® Page Rtgktt

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 21, 1951

> Motorists Got Out Uninjured ■: /JMm 1 i-- f'4 ♦ Ski , WVaftfc .: 2- : h 07 -' * i iISMW Ll ? -< : WIIWk i ‘ Im X <- z liEWi. ' J 1 1 < W ar 7 KVER WONDER (vlmt would happmi If yinif got wediml between two limhis going hi opposite directions'' VV«il. li«>io'h what’s left of aulo in which (Ittyle liewmontl, 35. and llbyuf jhemon, 31, were riding In Halt L,nke City, Ut. It's ground betweeti locotdoflve and a fast l)leß®| freight Dosmoiid and, Lemon vhilkeil away nearly tinscathed from the pincered wreckage ,

Killer Billy Cook Is Adjudged Given, Life Sentence For Killing Family Oklahoma City. Mar. 21—(UP) —Federal judge Stephen S. Chandler ruled killer Billy Cook insane today and sentenced him to a 300year term in Alcatraz prison for murdering the Carl. Mosser fariiily of five. “I do not think it can be justifiably said," Chandler told a jampacked courtroom, “that the defendant had sufficient mental capacity to commit a crime war-' ranting the death penalty by a jury or this court.” As the black-robed judge pronounced sentence, U. S. district attorney Robqrt E. Shelton jumped from his chair and shouted angrily: . \ . “If there was ever a death penalty case in the history of the nation is a death penalty caae." 1 \ Cook, a 23-year-old Missouri ex\ convict who had pleaded guilty, showed no emoHon whatsoever aa the Judge and •distilrl attoriiey argued sharply. \ "Thia boy’s chlhlhoml Is no justification for wiping on 1 six people an am Ire family In ctdd hlnoded diiiHiei>,“ Mheltim gtdd ”1 wain ■Hie piilillc and lli» coiiri Hi .know flml I demand the dtrnlli penalty hl (Ills case “If she tmiiii heard all the r,.. i« In Hila Hhelhni added in « calmer tone, "I think she cAnti might reach n different opinion " Chandler answered that all of the facts Os the rase had been MV his disposal and “I couldn’t conscientiously permit the government to go to the expense t»f a jury trial in this case when the facts are not such to warrant such a death penalty." Chandler said, “society stands indicted for permitting this child to grow up among cruel and inhuman conditions and must accept part of the blame. “This crime never have been committed had this boy been given a civilized upbringing and education.” Rotary Grouo Meet Is Held At Bluffton ■l. . ■ . J : ■ . ■ , Clarence Ziner, Rotary group rep. resentative, was toastmaster of the Rotary group meeting held lasA night at the Bluffton country club. Members of the Decatur and Berne Rotary clubs attended and the local clUfb won the attendance prize, bein® represented by 61 percent of its membership; Judge. Kennedy of Wabash was the speaker. District Rotary governor Lewis Rastetter and William Rastetter, a director of Rotary International, of Fort Wayne knd former Senator Ray Willis, of Angola, were guests at the meeting. '7> . ; '

CLOSE THREE HOURS The Decatur Dally Democrat, in order that employee may attend church services during the Three Hours, will be closed from 12 noon until 3 p.m. on Good Friday. In orddr that the .usual press time may be met,all news-copy for Friday’s edition must be brought or called to the office by 9:30 a.m. Friday. Screen Actor Admits Being Party Member Larry Parks Says He Left Reds In 1944 \ Washington, March 212.-\(UP) —vSerOen actor Larry Parks admitted today he was a member of the Cojttimunist party 10 years ago hut- tt|sid he has left it because there's a/^. big difference .between be|ng i a'.(tJommunist in 041 and being onp in 1951. ‘j Parks ayas the first in a re<ipen|ing of the Hollywood Investigation by the House Un American’/"Activities committee. “t wasi/a Coinmunlgt a number of yekf* 'iWto when I was a youngei man 40 years ago,” he said. Parka admitted that there were i in the actors Labor atoi'y u 7»>‘.l>"ol. »‘»nl "hhowcttSH” Im ui(i»ra< and Ihat he was "himoraryl' tregsurwr of (he group wliu ihe duty iir Mlgnliig < ht>ck» H® swill w»i\ unmmutilNla. pHai’hetTto Ihe lab" Packs talrt th® oomirtlltaa he Inf* ii" CornmuiilNl imrly in ll»44 or 1945 and has had no connections with it Riner' in pi J ' (’oncernlng hla entry Into the party Pagks said: J “I would like to point out that in niy opinion there’s great difference, not ijjt subtle difference, between being a member of the Party in 19(11 and being a Commfolet party . membef in 195U’ ' ' U' [ Film actors Gale Sondergaard and De Silva Jalso were cn hland to testfy in the one-day session. The . hearings will be recessed. aft£r ioday and be resumed aboiit April 10, They --will continue through most of next month. About 10 sybpenas have been, issued for movie radio, stage, and television figures. 77 Parks, •* star of “The Jolson Story,” said he was recruited infTxdm To Pmw Brother-In-Law Os Decatur Man Dies The Revl James R. Meadows of this dty received -word Tuesday’ that hia brother-in-law 1 William Gow-, Battle Creek, Midi., died suddenly at his home in that city. 7 Mr. Gow; was an employe of the Grand Triiqk railroad. Funeral service* will be held/ in Battle Creek Friday. J ,

Alleged Boss Os Crime Syndicate Refuses To Testify On Holdings

Good Friday To Be Marked By Services Suspend Business During Three Hours With church planned by the various (lenomlnations for Good Friday, .businesses schools are making preparations for closing for the'day. : Rchoola will be the first to dose their doors. The Deratur Catholic high s< hiHil ended classes al noon tmiay. The public schools will dose Thursday and Friday, siitl the nmmy schools will be dosed Good Friday lUiMlhsss asiablhitmenls, with (he pti oplliHl Ot\ th® Flint Hlttte Hauk, Will done Mom t|oo(i until .1 p ini. (lomt Friday. The bank, along with tha court hbus®, will remain closed the entire day. and the dty ha I will dose St noon Decatur public library , will dose Thursday evening at 7:30 p. in. for Communion services in all churches. The library will remain: closed until 3 p. tn. Good Good Friday services are planned! by the Decatur ministerial association, to be held \from 12 to 3 pL m. in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church;, and services will be held In the Zion Lutheran church and the St. Mary's Catholic church. The Rev. Ware Wimberly, pastor of the Firat Presbyterian church, of Wqbash. will be in, charge of the union Protestant services, with pastors of the Decatur ministerial association cooperating. The Good Friday services will be based on the seven last wprds spoken by Christ while on theXCross. A reading and prayer service will be conducted in the Zion Lutheran church at 12:30 p. m. in which the. history of the passion of Jesus Christ according to the four gospels will be read by the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, pastor of the church. The service lasts one and one-half hours. Services will also be conducted in the evening. The Mass of the Presanctified (Turn To Ps*»\>3t«bt> City Council Delays Action On Division Modification! to Bo Incorporated' City cimm-llmen delsyml final action +,u the pH««age of a reaolu tion approving tlm J, Henry Faurote aubdlvhion to the city until, such time »« certain modifications are Incorporated Into the agreement. Faurote told councilmen Tuesday that this would be done immediately and It is expected that final approval of the sub-division would be forthcoming at she next meeting of the council. ‘ . \ Uouncilmen received an unsigned' proposal from the city plan commission noting that that body approved the proposed subdivision but stated 'that to meet the zoning ordinance requirements, provisions should be made for the disposal of surface water and sewerage from the property and alsq that the deeds shall contain an easement of two feet at the year \of each lot for the construction \of utility poles. 'i’he new sub-division is to be located in the part of the city, on Russell street. Current plans call for the division of the property into nine building lots, but ultimately it is expected that 27 such lots will be included in the sub-division. Councilmen also received a report from the board of public wdrlfs which cautioned against the removal of a watchman at the Nickel Plate railroad tracks at Winchester street and requested (Tan T» R«« Klrtn

Congressmen May Balk At Tax Increase Treasury Income Tax Collections Show High Figure Wu«lilng|nn Munh 21 (UP) - 4 CangresMinen look h look at the ti't-wbiH s s « yn blinking <lm onir tux < niiedtipn etutement todtey.. Md <!«• .bird iiiiiyiir. I'lraidiiii Truninn won't lif»o nil Ijioao (UXWB h*> wanln Mr. Ttnman amt Itn a tad II wm|ld (aka H loial (If IKJioo.ooO'.tMm In new Ittgrm io hMlanca hie proposed s7i.i)iio.i’im.mm budget sot fi>. ().• cal year beginning July I. ' He wanted $10,(100.000.000 gs ihh at <m<<’ But the latest treasury figures showed Ihe government Is now in the black by more than $2,200,(MH),000. Members of the tax-framing house ways, and means committee thought thaf with revenue coming in that way, a 810,000,000,000 total tax boost would be enough to put the government on a pay-as-you-go basis. A deficit of, $2,700,000,0(10 had been anticipated for this fiscal year, but now a surplus is like>y- \ Other congressional developments: . , Taxes —iFederal agents are investigating the returns of such racketeers as Frank Costello, Mickey Cohen. . Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson. \ Troops—Sen. Tom Connally, D:, Tex., urged Republicans today to start voting and stop talking about the troops for Europe issue. But it’s not likely that there will be a vote for about 10 days. Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., b., wanted some hard dnd fast commitments written Into pending resolutions. Loans,—House investigators looked. into more leans authorized by the national production authority. The agency has authorized 19 in all.. Yesterday NPA officials admitted they approved a $7,800,000 loan to thr,ee Hazleton, Pa., buslr nsssmen who had only S6OO In cash, and who had been turned down by the RFC. \ RFC Senate Republicans open ed a fight to abolish the RFC. First r-t. p lowitid that goal was their t iinipaiVii. Io leircl PreHideht Truntuii « plan 10 leorganlze the five iiimii board or (Jir lending bgency wlili « single adinlnhirgioi ' .n-fr Slight Decrease In Employment Noted Industrial Payroll In Slight Decline Industrial employment dropped slightly in the past month in the six industries reporting to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, according to the business barometer for February prepared by thas organization. A similar almost negligible drop was noted in the industrial payroll for the six industries. Dupring February, 1,612 persons were employed in six reporting businesses. This compares with 1,644 employed in January, an average decrease of 1.95 per cent. It is an increase of 15.51 percent over February,. 1950, however, when 1,362 persons were employed. For February, the total’ industrial payroll in the six businesses amounted' to $435,616, while in January it -was 443,769. There was a gain over the payroll of Feb ruary this year and that of February, 1950, when it amounted to 327,035. Telephones presumably jingled less frequently in the county during the month, for there w®r® 52 fewer phones reported in Feb Twrr *r« p««« BUbt)

Price Five Cents

k Costello Defies Crime Committee Eighth Time; May Face Perjury Count New York, May. 21 — (UP) — Frank Costello, alleged \boss of a nation-wide crime syndicate with tentacles into big-time politics, defied the senate crime invest!- , gating committee Tor the eighth time today. The sullen master mind of the underworld wap proving the piost recalcitrant wiimUs the commit* tee has yet encountered in qqe> Honing gamblers, racketeers, and ether ’ crltnlnala across the country. Testifying only 1.e.-ause he u »d pbMlbly throe years In prison uiMer u ihiecitmui loiitampi of rongrsM* cllßilntt voted hy ~ the lotbniiilee HaiuMgy, he brought hluMofal tieflHticpßi (o seven and eight today hy refusing flatly u> state the amount of hl« toial indebtedness and of his net worth. Hut Rudolph Halley, committee counsel, pressed him relentlessly, obviously in pursuit" of admissions which could result in his prosecution for perjury and in his deportation to his native Italy for falsi* Tying his citizenship papers. When the committee recessed for' lunch, the swarthy Costello appeared shaken. Costello war compelled to a4mlt to owning approximately $150;000 in cash and real estate and stocks worth approximately SIOO,OOO. And he was forced to admit to having had a hand in the. wideopen gambling at Saratoga Springs, a Spa near New York’s capital at Albany. witnesses have testified that ' the gambling there was with police connivance and the committee renewed its s invitation to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to tell his official position regarding Saratoga conditions. - f ' Costello said he once had provided the bank roll for one of Saratoga’s swank gambling dives, the Piping Rock, on a “50-50" deal with a gambler named Joe Stgin. He denied he had.’gone to Saratoga or had any personal part in the Piping Rock’s operations. It came dpt that the underworld boas and Jimmy Hines, a Tam* many Hail leader - who served a . prison term for protecting. racketearg, were in Chicago during sh., 1933 Pemocratlc convention which (Twva Th !*»•• M|«» Egg Hunt At Elks Sunday Afternoon Children up to if yaarg >if agu •rq ittvlled in iha.Kik* ugg hum •nd itegtor party al the KIRA ht«tm» afternoon The ceremonies will begin at 3 inn. If weather conililioim prevent the egg hunt, the children will Im escorted through the Klkg home, where committee members will dlMrlbUte Easter baskets amj gifts to the children, chairman of committee, stated. Methodist Pastor Lions Club Speaker \ The Rev. Samuel Ipmerick, pastor of the First Methodist church, was the principal speaker at the Tuesday meeting of ttye Decatur Lions club. Projecting a slide of the Last Supper on the screen, Rev. Emerick offered descriptive analyses of all of Christ’s Disciples gathered a.t the table pointing out that all men’s psychological urges were contained -within that group.

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