Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 70.

AIR FORCE PLANE MISSING WITH 53 ABOARD

Good Friday Is Harked By Church Rises Decatur Churches Thronged At Good Friday Services Decaturftes thronged to church services today for Good Friday services in observance of the! Crucifixion of Christ. It was one of the highlights of the Lenten season. \ . Services were held in the St. Mary’s r Cat hoi church: union Protestant servlFe’H in the Zion Evanggilcal and Reformed <-hur< h. and also in lb* Z|ou Lutheran . < hill < h I Decatur business houses closed their doors frijiu noon until ’>l pm. ' v go ih*i employ** could take part In..,the observance. The First Hist* Hank and the ebunty court house were • h<»«*»i all itayj the city hall remained closed the out Ur- sriefiHH.i, Worshipper* filled Ml Msiy'e I oilKill.* . hut. It for Ilin (hl .... Imm. daviHhm CumHiemui aiih* the hours (haiiU**** t'hrlxt etif f*r*d nfid dIM mt the ('nwa of Calvary, th* huihful Inada pflvair devotion*. (miitfregatfottai Way of the Cross and received « blenßlng with a relic of (he True Cross us they knelt at the Communion railing.' " ' • The Way of the Cross was made at 12:411 and 1:46 p. tn. Adoration of the Cross began at 2:80 p. m. At 7:30 p. ni. the final Good F Friday services are' scheduled when a sermon on the'Crucifixion willbe given. The Holy Saturday rites will begin gt 6 a. m. consist* ing of the blessing ..of the Faster fire, holy water and the pascal candle. A high mass will be said at 7:30 a. m. . . Union Service The Rev. Ware Wimberly, pastor of the First Presbyterian church ih Wabash, was in charge of the meditations when the Seven Last Words of Christ were repeated in union services at the Zion Reformed church. Invocation was by the Rev. . EJohn Chambers, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, which followed an organ prelude by Mrs. Fred Fruchte. Decatur ministers who participated in the union services, sponsored- by the Decatur ministerial a.sociatlfiu, inVluded the Rev. Ralph A. Carter. Church of the NMareng the Rev. Ha mu el Emerick, the First Msthodlm church, the Rev,, A. C. R. Cillandor, First Presbyterian church, the Rev Lnwretu e Norris, pastor of , the Union Chapel Evangelical United Hiethren church, and the Itav lleteld W*Hy.°of the Decatur Mho slotiaty church, \ . lien Lutheran A rending and prayer service .was conducted at the lion Lailh eran.church, in this city, with the Rev, Edgar P. Hchtnldt In .charge Thh was held ail 11:30 p. m. at which time th* history of th* Passion of Jesus Christ according to the four gospels was read accompanied by hymns and prayers. ' Tonight at 7:30 the church will conduct the memorial; service of r Jesus* death, at which time the \ pastor will conclude his series of Lenten messages on “King Jesus," with the pubject, “His Throne— The CroSs.* ' Easter services are scheduled in all the Decatur churches \to Climax the Holy season. \ ,■ ■ ; - /[. ; / Jobless Pay Claims Continue To Decfine Indianapolis', March 23 — (UP)— I . The Indiana employment security division today reported a continued decline in Hoosier jobless pay claims and a rise in job openings. Division director John W. Crise ” said claims for the week ending March j|7 dropped to 14.049, The total was four percent less than Aha previoua week and 67 percent under the same week a year ago. Crise said job openings increased 556 percent abovethe same week 1n1950. He said several small tem. porary layoffs occurred but were offset by favorable weather and additional government contract a

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT / ' ONLY fAIIY NtWePAPBR IN AOAMI COUNTY

Hoosier Sailor Is Killed In Accident Northbrook, 111., March 23 -f---(UPJ—f ‘ Norman Heim back, 24. Madison, Ind., was one of two sailors stationed at the |Great -l v &kes training center killed last night when their car crashed head-on into a truck. Track driver William Garrin. 26. Chicago, told police the car crossed the center line into his path. GarFin, who was uninjured, was held\ pending an investigation. V / Thousands Os Paratroopers Behind Lines Send Red Defense Forces In Flihht Across Imjin River Tnkvv Mill’ll ITI (I f> Ihoh trnihix id Am,*il««h |>ut.dioob<i> Jumped h- hlmt t/uimt id«i llnra ini miles north writ! of liemil Ibitay Within less tlirtH to Imuin tl(es, lined un with a powminl Aiimi'ltoit stmmotl cnltittui nmn | t . umilli oml «ri(t Jlvil (|ef(pn«o I’m it * flaring Omosm iho Inilln tlvr i !!-i. ! ' On the cvtilrai IhihLtfO in the east., the I'M. Ist calvary til vision sent an..armored patrol north from Chunt’lion to wltliln 2% miles of the 38th parallel without .ppposltion. The jump was made by tire U.S 187th regimental, rumb tt team and attached American ran ters. It was the second and largest parachute jump of the Korean ws r. The paratroopers dropped on the south bank of the Im. in river at 9:01 a.in. (6:01 p.m Thursday CST), trapping major elements of up to 20.000 Reds north of Se'oul. Nine hours and 291 n inutes \later —'at 6: <0 p.m (3:3o) j in. CST) - task force Groundoflr from Seoul linked ,up with the paratroopers at Munsan, 21 miles- northwest ot Seoul. t . The paratroopers and their equipment were dropped frofc 145 combat crirgo planes, mostly \ >ll9 flying Twenty-six ot the planes roared hack to Japan immediately, reloaded heavy equipment, and flew back to the drop jone. i : . Elsewhere along the front other powerful United Nat ons forces smashed Concur unist rear units still holding out south of lhe t 3Bth parallel. Task force Ha wk Ini, a second maaxlve armored co umn from Heoul, ripped, through Uljongbu, and swept on another two mile* toward the 38th paralhl. The U.R nth army re lotted limited advance* on tjie cpntrul from against light reslatancu. Only ug* gresslve patrolling was reported on the east ecu front, I The IM?th regimenal cmnlmi team was commanded hv Itrlg* (len, Frank M Howeii He Jumped with hh men in lhe third gtlmp! 1,1 Gen Matthew i),[| Hldawkv, .'.Olllnuil'drl ot (ho Hl h irmy <HOI >1 pMiatioiopai himself, la i<l«*tl in the • Thru T« **««• •(«» Two. Youths Guilty In Coed's Slaying Facing Mandatory Sentence Os Life Kalamaxoo, Mich., March 23 — (UP)—A jury that listened ! for three weeks to a jumble of confessions and denials took only a Tew minutes last night to find two farm ybiTths guilty of the, -ape-slaying of a pretty college coe< . Jury foreman Harol 1 D. Bates read to a half-filled courtroom the verdict finding Valonis Mattheis and Rae ,Olson, 22-yea --qld Vicksbdrg, Mich., farmhands, guilty of first-degree murder. They were accused of raping and then strangling with hegfcwn scarf last November 18-year-mu Carolyn Drown, a Western Michigan College freshman. \. 1 The jury took only or e ballot. “We talked it over for a few minutes and then took a vote.” he said. “We were unaninious on the first ballot.” \ Olson and Mattheis, who sat in atony rilenca, as the verdict was read, face & mandatory life sentence. Michigan does not have the death penalty. The sentence will be handed down April |lO.

The Quick And The Dead Return [, v a ■ I ■ . M* iL ■ ' F' • ’? •'? I mH SOMKWHAT RKITRAINKO heeaua* 17 *f thalr huddle* were^rrlvlng .yrHh iGmi Murium Vets of the Km*a campaign dock at'Oaklatid, Cal , to a tumultous Welcome’home. FollowHim Jtiymis reunions with friend* and relative* hy the veterans, the tnih*|mrt General George M. Hmiklmll. <uh led the flag < I raped maket* ©f the ft? to Fort Maaoit. h.r mt-moila! WIWMt. i

Propose New Pion For IV Air Space May Lift Freese On New Stations Soon WaifttingtotJ Mar 18 (i'i’> Gratpful educators thanked the federal communlcat lona commission today for the'chance to use the cultural possibilities of television through educational programs. The FCC proposed yesterday * new system jof dividing TV air space that eventually would put more than 2,000 TV stations on the air. Some 209 of the new stations would be Reserved tor noncommercial educational purposes. At present only 107 commercial TV stations operate. The FCC’s plan) is only tentative and actually only a partial victory for the eduactors. They had asked for 25 percent of all TV stations. The proposed figure gives them about 10 percent. But the FCC warned comiriefoial stations that, they will be expected to broadcast well-rounded programs, cand still give a !“r*asop. abfo proportion of time to prothat meet the educational needs of the! community."' The new proposal was a substitute for a previous FCC plan to allow 500 TV stations with, hone reserved fbr education The FCC Indicated that It may lift Its freeze on new station* after the May hearings. The freeze, In effect since Hept. 30, 1948, wa* ordered to let the vommlsloner* ma'ka up thru mind* about final dlvlMhni of the llmlled air space', eihui ’lifting of th* jtre*i*. how wvec, I* mil expected before Gel I, The tjomiAlH’Uon warned educat nr* (lull til) gpMe would Hol he rcHerveil lijiteftiiltaly \ for them tHiilel Ihe plMti Edueallonal 111 stlluilona will have a "raaaonable opporninlty" to take dv*r, lhe FCO said, but thia should not taka "pxcp<odvtdy long." Color television, when It goes on the air, will be Included In the FCC plan, it can use the same channels as black-and-white TV. The FCC plan Would make possible the additiorial stations by making use rtf abbUt 70 ultra high frequency channels (UHF) as well as 12 very high frequency channelri (VHF) now in use. Several stations could use each channeh as long as they are far enough distant to prevent interference. VHF stations would have to be at least 180' miles apart and UHF stations at least 165 miles apart. \ The FCC plan would set gside one channel for educational purposes in every community having three or more commercial stations. In communities with leas than three stations, there would be no reservation for except in 46 communities deemed educational centers. " • INDIANA’ WEATHER Ctoudy, windy and turning colder tonight with shower* extreme north and east portions early tonight Saturday clearing and polder. Low tonight 30-35 north, 38-44 south. High Saturday 36-44 north, 4564 south. y

Otcatur, Indiana, Friday, March 23, 1951

Bureau Reports On Industry Accidents . - I Wa»hiMrta*i MarHi 11. •“(VP)—| Hi.' nation Imtl 1,100.000 mnii wmk» day* is InduNlrlal sroMonta in lhe Ikiß I Ilf** month* of taRO, th* but* oau of lahnr xtallstlrx rppoftpd tn* day. The Injured workers lost an enta mater 121.000.000 In wages. But BLB made no estimate of the loss to the defense program, A total of 106,000 workers were injured of whom 400 died. Some were permanently Injured. Military Supplies May Be Sent Tito Sorely Needed To Withstand Attack Washington, March 23—(UP) — Administration officials sounded out congressmen today on a plan tor ehip threatened Yugoslavia $30,000,000 worth of military supplies. The sorely needed materials would be. used to bolster Marshal Tito’s forces and put. them in better shape to withstand a Russian attack should it come this yeai\. The officials said that a- Russian attack on Yugoslavia is nqt imminent, although Soviet and satellite troops are poised on the Balkan country’s borders. They said the odds actually \are heavily against a Soviet attack in the near future. But they wanted to help Tito get ready—lust In ease the odd* are wrong. Elsewhere In congress: iHollywood Members of lhe hou»« tm-Amei'lcan activities commltlee nrgad the high anddoW alike ill Hollywood IO tell whst ilo-v know *hou 1 Communism In th* film .Hplial The noiigreHkmen (ohl them to take a 4u* tr*m mm Mar Lttfry Parks and reveal detail* of Itad infiltration in the movie .Indus*' tryRFU -Hen. John L. McClellan. ,D. Ark , said I’rcxident Truman’s to reorganlit th* RFC I* "not ado* quafp to rem*dy th* evils apparent." Ms. Truman wants to Replace the RFC’s five-man board of directors with a/Ingle administrator. Crime—The senate prime committee has located two more elusive "missing witnesses'* and plans so (Turn Tn Paar» Wnur) High School Chorus In Decatur April 1 I. ■ • .. , \ The Decafur zone of the Lutheran laymen's league will sponsor a second concert by the Concordia high school chorus of Concordia Teachers .College, Seward, Neb., at the Decatur high school gym Sunday, April 1, at 2 pm. No admission will be charged, but a plate ■offering will be received. The committee in charge consists of Marvin Schroedef, chairman, W. E. Uffelman, secretary. Edgar Krueckeberg, Martin Trier, and William Roembke, Jr. John Bleke is president of the Decatur zone. Paul Rosel is the director of this 62 voice group which will make 19 appearances, and travel about 2,000 miles, while on its 1951 tour, thia choral group has received many superior ratings at various music festivals and Is considered to be one of the finest high school choruss* in the midwest.

Cool Easier Sunday Forecast In State Possible Showsn Art Alio Forecast - ihdianspolK Mart'll 2.1 (VP) Spring was ih the ulr In Indiana tQday,, but showers a id coolness were expected by evening Tile weatherman aaid today will be mostly cloudy with the mercury sprouting even higher in some parts than It did yesterday. It wh expectedto climb to 46 to 55 degrees in the north and 60 to 70 iu the south. High marks yesterday ranged from 60 degrees at Evansville down to 43at Fprt Wayne, this morning’s low readings were, from 35 degrees at South Bend to 50 at Evansville. f Light showers will develop late today or tonight, and it will be colder-all over the state tonight, weathermen said. Temperatures Will from 28 to 34 degrees in the north and 35 to 40 in the south. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and The weather bureau’s, five-day outlook said the coolness will last through Monday, when; it will be warmer again. The outlook said temperatures will average near normal high of 50 to; 60 and low of 30 to 37 for the period and precipitation will average less than a half Ihch. It showers tonight and again Hutidiy or Monday. Cyclist Killed In \ Head on Collision Houih R«nd» Ind,. March 'Bl — <I'PIX Wallace M. Hmlth,. in, Orangitr. wan Hated .today us Hl. Joseph county's gevtmth traffic fatality of tha year. He was killed on a iminty road a mile north or Miahawaka last nlaht whan hl* vy«l« -ftraahed head-on Into A oaf drlvmV hy Chaffah Jackson, H. Mikhnwaka. \ Midwest Again Hit By Wintry Weather Report Light Snow On Northern Plains ■ By United Press Wiri|ry weather returned to the long (goffering middle west today. Thp plains and upper Mississippi valley region, which enjoyed g brief sample of spring yeswere covered by a new blanket of cold air moving southward'. Light snow was reported over the northern plains. The rest of the country had fair arid generally mild weather except for thd Atlantic seaboard, where temperatures were in the 20’s. Ctrcmt judge Herman Sachtjen of Madison, Wis., added to the midwest gloom with his third annual spring weather forecast. \ Sachtjen, who’s been 100 percent right on two previous predictions said ti>e Wisconsin capftol would have 40’ more days of cold weather. At Ackworth, la., the body of Roy WilHatjis, 64, who disappeared in a March 'll snowstorm, was found two blocks from his home. He apparently had died of a heart attack.

Glohemaster Disappears In Gale Over Atlantic;

Huge Search

CIO Packers Union To Set Strike Date AFL Union Refuses Any Quickie Strike Chicago, March 23—(UP)— The CIO Packinghouse Workers Union was expected to get an early strike date a<t a meeting today tut an AFL elater union helo off, complying with an appeal from AFIA president William Greep. The CIO United Packliighouaa Worker* said they would call a gtriltu to force the government to gjlbW mi | l-oegi lipurly w»m* boom for Its jao.Otm member* lint >iiu Ah'l, Ain ii Iga mated' Meat t’uilerit, 111 a afiitultuiiemiH iin-t-uitH lu*l night, suld iliey wtmldn'i\ vail ihuh iihi.iiihi members nut mu any 'qiibkl**' 1 oirlku Th* CIO tttilko wlraiegy t'ommil> lee WHM Cfc|ie. (ei| In art |ir*| Mtltl day «* Um Alt* ter Ito waiMit, Thai I* the deitdlhip It eel previous ly whmi Hpgoimtittg wtl.h lhe major packers. , x 'A-- ' However, Patrick .Gorman, aecre* tary-treasurer of the AFL union, said his group “positively will not strike Monday." Goirinan said the meat cutters* executive board had authorised him and union president Earl W. Jim merson to set a strike date whenever they think the time is right The AFL's.delay followed a plea by Green not to strike in the Dear future. Green asked the delay because of the’**confusion” at'Washington and the “desperate” efforts to bring union representatives back onto the wage stabilization board. The two unions, once bitter rivals, worked together in obtaining Tb Paae Four) ’ Indianapolis Man Is Killed By Auto Indianapolis, March 23 —(UP) — Services will be tomorroir for Claude J. Stropes, 72. Indianapolis, who died yesterday from injuries suffered when he was struck by gn automobile. Pleads Guilty To Bad Check Charge Sentence Deferred By Judge Parrish / Louis B, Kailuwiki, LMy* smith, Wl*., appeared Thursday in olrimlt court and pleaded guilty to a cliarg* ot obtaining mom*y by fraudulent check > The defendant waived the right to have a paup«r attorney r*pre*ent him at the hearing and Judge Myl»« F. pgrrlsh deferred eehteace ihen he took the case under advisement, Ka*low*kl Wa* returned to the Adame county circuit txmrt by sheriff Bob Hhraluka and ttate trooper Walter Schindler from Wise, Va., where he was being held for failure to pay for gasoline procured in that community.When Adam* county authorities learned that Kaxlowski was in rVLrginia, and being held, prosecuting attorney Severin filed a petition for the appointment of an agent to return the fugitive, arid the court appointed the sheriff. ’trooper Schindler accoiripanied Shraluka on the journey for his first-hand knowledge of the case, for it was he who started the investigation after Kazlowskl dropped a worthless check in the county. A . I 1 The defendant was charged with passing a fraudulent check to the Louis Parr service station, in Geneva. The check was made out on the Farmer’s State Bank, of Oxford, 0., and cashed by Parr January 5. Parr signed an affidavit for Kazlowskl February 7. During Thursday’s hearing the court heard evidence including a statement submitted by the prosecuting attorney signed by the defendant stating that he had committed the act. Before being remanded to jail the defendant asked the court for clemency when a sentence Is made.

Senate Crime Committee To Question More Warrants Issued By Senate Comnuttee In Cleveland Phase Washington, Mar. 83 — (UP) — The aerate crime committee ha* found at least two more tdualve ”mla*|ng wltnea***” and plans to <iut**tton tlimit next week Hohute soiinea saltl today The wtlneHSea ware imi<i«>intood to have flguiml in ths Cleveland plmro* ol ihc < lime , vnimllii’o n> unity Thay are gimmg 17 pep* aim* gflUgnl utidat Mimilkl aalmla grraat warrant*. Tlmp jprtlMiMy will he tumailbned Monday. TMoge who figured hi the <’lpvp UMM aaptmta. ripil for whom ww» rant* wain insuwd. Rsmum T Haas. Shaker Heights. O . Morrlk Kleltitnanti. Ulevaland; Louis Rothkapf. alias Rhody, Mouth Chagrin Falla, O.; Morris “Mushy” Wexler, Cleveland, the Angersola brothers, George and John, Cleveland: Moe Dalitz, alias Davis, Detroit, and Samuel Tucker, Las Vegas, Nev. Jacob (Greasy Thumb) Guzik, paymaster for the Capone syndicate who previously had been one \of the missing, appeared before the committee yesterday and might well haye continued missing for all the information the committee got. \ He defied the committee, - was recommended > for yontempt, and \escaped jail under the senate’s special arrest procedure only when a professional bondsman posted >IO,OOO bail for him/ Described by the committee as a leader in Chicago’s Capone syndicate, the stubby, big-jowled underworld operator Ivas still under subpena to the /rime committee and faced further questioning next Friday. The ■ committee ya* in recess today, and resumes hearings Saturday. ' Guzik got into difficulties because of his pat recitation of this phraae he said he had heard “on /th* television" during the committee’s New York hearings “l refuse to answer , , , because It may tend to Incriminate me.” The klelg-llghted, crowded htmrlug cloMud door meeting which followed aI no produced these raaults; f J 1. The egminftlee voted to . (Turn Te Fe«e Twe) vMitrnwiwnaMMiji iuiilmmmsi Geneva To Celebrate Acquisition Os Park To Hojd Community \ Celebration Friday x A community celebration will be held in Geneva next Friday evening to celebrate the acquisition of Affolder Park and to honor the donors, Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Affolder. > / . • The huge community celebration will be sponsored by the.-Lions club, the Limberlost Conservation club, th/ Limberlost Garden club, and the home economics club, at ths Geneva high school. Features of the program will Include the crowning and acclaiming of Miss Geneva of 1951 and her court of honor. These young ladies will preside over the celebration. A fish fry wHll be held at the high school from ,S:3O to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the affair will be used toward development of the park. The park site is near the Geneva corporate limits and is a beautiful wooded tract of land, ault-t able for a park and outdoor recreation center. The civic groups are cooperating in furthering \ steps for improvements at the park and formal dedication of the tract of land donated by the Affolders.

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; Brig. Gen. Cullen v Aboard Plane; Fuel Supply Exhausted; Search Hampered London. Mar. 23 -(UP)—A huge U. S. air force Giobemaster carrying 53 persons, including Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, disappeared in a gale over the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland today, and rough weather seriously hampered rescue attempts., ' The four-engined modified C,?4, capable of carrying , 200 fullyequipped soldier*, wah eh route from Gander, NfM-, to Mlldenhall, England, (he ll H. division Mliniiuui’tul It Wua Idol heard from at 1:0(1 a. m (7l0« p m CRT), *iti»in three hour* flying time of the lrl*h <’<ia*|i ? - Htweli biettdi r*Mrt*d at I p, Hl (• « i.H U/T) I her ho.l n.uml mt iTgou I»r llie itiehe dvhlcli pffl* olklM M)id iHH/t have hdi mH of fuel tt«gfly. .*iy hours eat Hat Aii army spoheiiniah. said the plane. wji|<*h was about 710 miles southwest of Iceland, had only enough fuel to remain ftt (he air until 9.20 s m. (3 20 a m. CRT). Th* pilot of a British overseas airway* stratocrtiiser which followed nearly the same route as that laid out for\the Giobemaster, said he sent opt many signals in the area where the air/force plane disappeared, but got no response. He said he saw no trace of she plane. / t ' Searchers battled through rough ajr and stormy sea* to cover the vast expanse rtf water west of Britain. ' \ The pilot, in one of his last messages, radioed to the Uxbridge control station in England that Cullen and 52 others were aboard. Then contact with the plane, apparently blown off its course by stiff winds, was lost.. Heavy seas and high winds interfered with a widespread search for the' missing plane. Only three rescue planes had been able to go out over the Atlantic. Thdy were a B-29 from the U. S. air base at M*nston, England, and two British Lancasters from St. Edal, Cornwall, on the southwestern tip of England. All merchant ahips were alerted to ha on the lookout for the Globamaattr, Wra-ther chip* stationed acrosr the Atlantic sounded "clear the air" signals on their radios, asking all aircraft In thu area to keep a wutch, accoiMlhg to the Ban-Ainerlcan Bllot, j. Two Are Appointed To Health Council Ihdlaoapolia, March 28 w(UF)-* Governor Schrlckor toduv ttwotab «d Rsy 'KJ. HmlUi. aiecutlvs ever*Ury of th* Indiana Medical aseocia. tion, and Edward P. Gallagher, (futivs vice president of the Amer, kan States insurance Co., both of Indianapolis, to the Indiana mental health council. The- else of the council was Increased by seven by the recent general assembly. , — Two From County To School Os Medicine Morris E. McClure, 716 Marshall St, Decatur, and Jerry L. Stucky, Os Berne are among the 150 students announced as having been selected for admission next fall to the \’ Indiana University school of MedL cine. The results jof the school’s selection*, made after weeks spent by a faculty committee in review’ing the qualifications of approximately 400 applicants, were announced in Bloomington by Dr. John B. Van Nuys, dean of the school. The 150 students to comprise~the entering class come from 70 Hoosier communities and represent 47 of the alate’s counties. Only six t non-Hooslers were chosen for admission.

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