Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 89. ' ' '

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Two UN Task Forces Smash Defense Line ■. t■ ’ 11 - - ? ? Defenses East Os Hwachon Reservoir •- Smashed By Attack Tokyo, Sunday. April 15.—(UP) —Two United Nations task forces smashed the Chinese/ Communist defense, tine east of the Hwachon reservoir jn east central Korea Saturday;: ' \ One powerful column captured ? "Gibraltar hill” south of the reservoir and on to the outskirts of Red 'stronghold seven miles [north of the 38th parrallel. At Yariggu. little over a mile from'the western tip of the reservoir, infantrymen, halted on the western bank of the Sochon river and poured rifle fire into thej town. Another reinforced tank-infantry team broke through mine fields and road blocks to battle up towards the town from the south.. Gibraltar hill fell after an allnight artillety and air bambardment, aided By the “artificial moonlight” created by huge allied 5- searchlights. /: - / Allied ibfkritrymen swept over the hill arid routed the remnants of a Red division from strong en- . tfenchmentsj The defeated enemy fell back, putting up only small arms opposition. ~ Front dispatches said Yariggu, a key highway communications center, was packed with enemy trpops and supplies. Ten miles southeast of Yonggu. North Korean troops fought bitterly against South Korean forces moving north from recently-captured Inje. , ' > Some Reds tried escape byboat across the wide Hwachon 'reservoir and were killed by allied artillery fire. — Elsewhere above the parallel, the Chinesei fought to the death to gain time for elements of 18 fresh divisions—l6o,ooo to 18.0,000 men—to get into position along the roads south frotn Kumhwa and Pyongyang, , the Ndrth Korean- capital. There was no immediate tndica* \ tiqn whether the build-up was inI tended *br> defense or for a dieted spring counter-offensive. I The build-up came as Lt. Gen. Jernes A. Van Fleet arrived at Bth army headquarters and took over command of all UN ground force's front! Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Rigway, who has succeeded Gen. Douglas MacArthur as supreme UN commander. a Ridgway welcomed Van Fleet at \the airport and jeeped with Mm to lieadquarters for a color guard review. He told: newsmen in Tokyo earlier that the Korean situation seemed, to<resemble the antiigti’errUla campaign he (directed in Greece, \ “only Digger.” U.£. B-29 superfortresses, meant time, hit their third North Korean ' airfield in two days tQ keep the revitalized Communist air force from using bases near the\ battle front t<> support ground forces. 4■ ■ < 1 |■ a McMillen Foundation , Makes Gift To Scouts — The MeMillen Foundation made a $15,000 gift to at Rome City, for’ the Boy Scouts. A check tor this amount was presented to R. L. Van iHorn, area ■ scout exeputiverof Foft Wayne byHarold W McMillen, president of the Foundation, whiehjwasjounded by~hls father. Dale W. McMillen, Sr. . '~~ A large truck, two transportation boats. 12 row boats and 12 canoes will be purchased with; the gift. Improvements will also be made at the eatnp dock. I / [ .’ - ■ . i \ z s ■ \ ' • •' Jewelry Clerk Held For Diamond Thefts South Bend, kd.. April 14—(UP) —A Mishawakfa jewelry clerk has confessed stealing 14,000 wortfe of diamonds and! pawning them in .. Chicago for $i,265, police* said today. Sidney Joseph Baker. 37, was charged with embezzlement, and his wife, Dorothy, $9, accused of receiving stolen goods. Authorities said Baker admitted stealing 28 diamonds and other gems which he kept at his home. ’.I ; They said he also confessed stealj Ing three rings while employed? at an Evanston, HI., shop. - ,-b ! I f . ; : J ;

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i ' • I v • Man Shocked Fatally Following Accident 1 Plainfield. Ind . April 14—(UP) — Marion Wilcox, 47, Plainfield case was \ shocked fatally early today when he J touched an electric wire Jelled when his son’s ■ automobile struck a utility pole. Wilcox was called tp the scene of the wreck ( by his son. Morris Lee. 18. when a ear in which the youth and a boy companion were _ riding struck the pole along Ind. 267 south of here. . - As the father approached the car, I first arrival at the sceqe. he brush- , ed against a high voltage i wird t which the car had knocked to the j ground. He Was killed outright t The youths were' unhurt in-lthe accident. and authorities believed I they either did not knaw\ tfee wires . Were knocked down <w that they . were charged. i 7 ’ ' ..-1 '. House Passes Watered Down L .■. • r. i ( J I Draff Measure • ; A— t■ ? ■ •J ! ; j J r?( Lowers Draft Age ' J To 18’/z; Bill Goes To Joint Conference, j Washington, Apr. 14 (UP) —: House members figured today? that; a house-senate conference will return to them q somewhat stronger ch-aft and hniverkil military training (UMT) bill than the one they passed. The . house voted latd -yesterday, ■ 372 to 44. for a bill lowering the, 1 draft age from 19 to but requiring draft boards tb call first all available men 19 fhrougb ~ 25, to lengthen the draft jterm :from 21 to 26 months, and jo set up a UMT commission with; a promise that congress will study its recommendations. ’ ; ; \ j Actually, some members : said the bill wasn’t much mbre than an extension, for three ydars, of the present 19-through-25 (draft : lawwhich expires July 9. The senate has parsed a tyill lowering the draft age to 18 — with the same proviso: for use of Older men first —and tp set (rt in law now a UMT program • that could be put into action' whenever J congress or the president -halts ! the draft. . These and \other differences ,be- ' tween house and senate bits must ! be ironed out in conference Jcommittee/composed of k»y mefebers of the house and senate armed services committees. i Chairman Carl Vinson, D., Ga., . of the house who heads i the house epnferees, 'pronounced i the, house btfl a good ope»and; said . he would fight for its ? provisions. , Other house members pointed out. however, that he Wouldn’t say anything else.* They- said- his i statement did not meah he would ■ ndt give ground in conference. t It is on the UMT \ provisions i that house and senate bills <pffer most. The senats bill ip along the lines proposed by the defense department. It sets up a real UMT program for use when needed. The house bill’s UMT provision was described by one member as , “nothing but a pious hope.” I Many house membej-s thought t the compromise bill will, include much stronger UMT J provisions , than the hodse version! ; V;.--School Commission Organized Friday Indianapolis, Apr. 14 — (UP) — > The Indiana state school study commission, created bt the 1951 legislature, was ready: to gp to work today with Willipm Kinder of-Tipton as chairman. At an organization mfeeting here yesterday. Wilbur Young, state superintendent of, public instruc- ( tion, told the commission : its big- { geat. problem was to designate lof cation of new schools on the basis . of population changes. ’ ■ J| ' Th? commission is scheduled so j submit a rbport to thp governor I before the next general assembly. ; It also named Dr. Wendell W. i Wright, dean of the school of [ education at Indiana !University, > as a director. j I Noon Edition ——— '

- ; j The ‘Big Mo’ Slips Into Los Angeles Harbor \ ■r-I "»W ■■■■*"■ «-"■' WHMMW; ■V ' ' ' ! > ’ , _&u ' -a ; j 1 ■ — ; 'j' " THE MIGHTY battleship Missouri, biggest in the U. S; Navy, slips into Los Angeles harbor with some ■ 2.0(H) fighting men being returned from seven months of war duty in Korean waters. . " -1

Annual High School Operetta Next Week Three Performances Will Be Presented With the completion of the cast, intensive practice is being conducted sot the Decatur high school’s annual operetta, ‘'Jewels of the Desert." Seventy-one students are in the cast of the musical comedy ; to be presented at three performances next week. 1 There is a matinee scheduled for 1 p.m. next Thursday and evening performances at 8 p.ni. Thursday . and Friday. Frances Morris and Harold I Bohnke have the singing leads in the production, which of ,course musically will be directed by Miss Helen Haubold. Janet Seitz and Dick Reldenbach have second leads in the operetta, which promises to be one of the most colorful presented in the high school auditorium. Other members of the cast include: Gary Erekson, David Owens, Jack Petrie, Lois White. Dianne Linn, George Bair, Jr., Margaret Harris, Floyd Mcßride, Curtis Jones and Ralph Bollinger. Helen Moweijy will be featured in ballet, while members of the ballet of the hours’ troupe includes jMarjorielu Hill Doris Krueckeberg, Elleanora Fisher, Bonnie Simons, Marilyn Mauller, Agnes Werst, | Shirley Mitchell, 'Jacqule Hite, Caroline Alger, Rheta Butqher, Pat Gause, Evelyn Rash, Cathy Wolfseri, Carol Roeder. > Tap dancers include Pauline Lobsiger, Donna Kirchenbauer, Marilyn Hoblet, Mary Ann Swearingen, Ann Deitsch. ' Members of the Arab chorus are Joan Andrews, Jane Barber, Jean Barber, Esther Bleeke, Grace Call, Nancy Callow, Harriet Gerber, Barbara Hilyard, Sandra Kitson, Carol Klusman, Betty Lehrman, Beverly Lister. Mary Ann Owens, Arlene Ogg. lona Smitley, Sharon Strickler, Irene Thieme, Delores Thieme. Amy Lou Reynolds, Wauneta Weldy, Nlra Miller, Ronald Bassett, Ralph Busse. Robert Doan, Ervin' Ewell. Sam Gilbert, Eugene Hoffman. Merlin Johnston,' Emil Kiefer, James Lake, Robert Lane,'' Jerry Lister, James Moses, Ned Myers, Kenneth Nash, Norman Schieferstein. Dwight Sheets. Assisting Miss Haubold, in important back-stage positions, will bt Dale W. Ross, in charge of diar logue; Kathryn Kauffman and Ainos Ketchum, - stage setting: Charlotte Vera, costumes; Rebecca Walters, dahces; Lowell J. Smith, lighting effects; Victor Strickler, Jack Daniels,, Donald Metzger and Sunya Robinson, stage managers, Miss Carol Elzey will be accompanist. Principal W. Guy Brown stated that tickets <or the evening pen formances may be obtained from any Decatur high school student. \ —— , \ INDIANA WEATHER InercMlrtfl cloud I new tonight \ with rain beginning northwest. Sunday cloudy with rain overspreading state. Low tonight f 15-40 north, 38-44 south. High Sunday 54 north, 64 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 14,1951.

Reports Bond Sales In Month Df March T. F. Graliker, chairman of the U.S. defense bonds committee for Adams county, said loday that this county accounted for a totfe of $22,047,76 fe defense or "E" bbnd sales during the month of March: *■ ■ _ Mississippi River Levees Bolstered Flood Surges Along Upper Mississippi St. Paul, Minn.. April 14— (UP) — Volunteers bolstered levees with sandbags today as the highest flood in 70 years surged along the upper Mississippi river. Crews manned the dikes at Hastings, Red Wing, Wabasha, and Winona, Minn., downstream from here. The crest oi the Mississippi flood, was still north of here, near Aitkin, Minn., and was expected to hit the St. Paul area Sunday night or Monday morning. Army engineers had feared that it would arrive the same time as a crest bearing dow-n the Minnesota rover. Today, however, they said the Minnesota flood crest would pass the confluence of the two streams before the big Mississippi crest arrives. “As a result the Mississippi will remain high for several days as One crest follows another downstream,” ah engineer said. The Mississippi t|irrounded 300 homes in low neighborhoods here today Its the river climbed over the 18-foot strige, tjhe highest since 1881. Gas and electrical service was ordered stopped to a 10-block residential district. f :'' r I ■■. 1 H—.— -

■ — — — Big Homecoming Being Planned For MacArthur

, .By United Press > San Francesco, Washington and New York vied today in plans to give Gen. Dduglas MacArthur the greatest hero’s welcome in American history when he arrives en the mainland next week for the first titne in 14 years. . And his triumphal tour also promised to be the greatest television show ever. The video cameras will be trained on him when his plane lands\ at San Francisco’s International airport Tuesday afternoon, at his address to the joint session Os congress in "Washington on Thursday or Friday and on his ticker tape parade up Broadway later in the week. \ The five star general will be greeted by a 17-gun salute and by one of the biggest welcomes ever seen in the west at San Francisco. “We are prepared to extend to Gen. MacArthur the traditional welcome of San Francisco to a returning war hero,” mayor Elmer E. Robinson said. There will be a dazzling parade and a reception, but MacArthur in accepting the invitation of city officials begged off making any for--1 mal addresses during his overnight

’’- ’ ' U.S. Bomber Force ! Suffered Heavily Damage Is Heavier Than Official Repart Washington, Apr. 14 — (UP) — jets inflicted more damage on American B-29 bombers hi Thursday’s great battle over northwest Koreg than has been admitted officially, it was “ learned today; A highly placed source told the United Press \ the damage was “heavy." He said, B-29s of the far east air forces bomber command “got the devil kicked out of them” during, their massive assault on the Yalu river bridge leading frotn Manchuria to Sinut- ’ ju, Korea. . • One reason tor tne heavy damage uhdoubtedly was the restriction preventing escorting fighters 1 from flying along the northwest bank of the river, the side from 1 which attacking Red jets took ■ off, this source believed. \ The disclosures were made amid mounting air force apprehension over communist air (activity. A ' general officer said the Reds are , becoming bolder daily, and their , attack on the B-29s Thursday was not work' of “beginners.” j That raised the question of* whether World War II German pilots may have . signed up with I Ihe communists, a rumor which* > an air force spokesman said is current. Nationalist China sources declare that Russians are i manning the Soyiet-bfelt MIG-15 t jets. . ' ‘ [ i Since no MIG has been downed in allied territory, there is no certainty who is flying them, as far as could be learned here. The air (force said officially , (Tars tw Page g|>>

\ ' stay. \ The general is expected to leave ( San Francisco for Washington on i Wednesday, where he will appear before a joint session of congress, n probably on Thursday or Friday. Washington officials planned a huge ?elebratiori honoring MacArthur's return to the nation’s capiThe Pentagon announced full military honors, including a 17-gun salute and an honor guard. And in New York MacArthur was promised a full-scale , “official municipal welcome” by mayor Vincent Impeliltteri. Impellitieri said the official come included the traditional tick-er-tape drive up Broadway to city hall, the , same route taken by Charles Lindbergh, Gertrude Ederle and the returning tropps in both world Wars' Robert K. Christenberry, president of the Broadway association,, said, “I predict it will be the most tumultous and vociferous reception in Broadway’s history.” Brokerage houses, along lower Broadway, in the heart of New York’s financial district, already have started saving ticker tape to, shower down on the general, a traditional rain of paper and confetti.

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Police Pension Case Under Advisement Mandate Is Sought To Establish Fund Judge Myles F. Parrish Friday took übder advisement the city police department’s mandate action against the ‘ city to initiate tlfe necessary machinery for the proposed police peixsfen fund. 1 Hearings were held until well .after 7 p. m. while police and city Attorneys presented their argumentsA Judge Parrish stated that he held court for the extended period because he was “desirous of clearing the docket of important matters as quickly as possible to make room for a full docket today.” City police, thrbugh their attorneys, Ed A. Bosse arid J. Edwin Smith, contended during the .more than five hour session—in what likely will develop into the niozt interesting case in the court’a history—that the police pension act of 1941 is mandatory in nature, and aq the police . have complied with the proyfeions of the act,’ the city has no right and “no disin the matter” but to grant the pension. The city, through its attorney Robert &. ori the other hand contended that the get o( the legislature delegates discretionary powers to the city council, that the city council is a legislative body possessing \ discretionary powers and cannot be mandated. The city further contended that i even if the police haye complied with the provisions of the act. the city need not grant them a pen(Tarv To Pa are Six* * v Indiana Democrats 1 Will Meet Tonight Sen. Brien McMahon Principal Speaker ; , Indianapolis, Apr. .14 — (UP)—I The Indiana Democratic party j stages a $37,500 meal tonight to dig up money for future political campaigns. \ Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecticut, billed as \“the nation’s top legislative authority on atomic energy,” makes the major speech gather in the , Murat Temple [for a as 1,500 Hoosier party followers $25-a>plate' Jefferson-Jackson 'Day feast. But McMahon was expected to waive the topic of atomic energy in favor of a discussion of another type of blast—the one that came after President Truman fired General MacArthur. \ State committee chairman Ira’ L. Haymaker said McMahon's speech would be “a major policy' address.” giving rise to speculation he would answer, critics of the MacArthur dismissal and? defend Mr. Truman for his action.? ’ McMahon,\ chairman of the congressional joint 'committee on atomic energy, grrives by plane late this afternoon; . * Before he comes, the Democratic state cominittee will hold a business meeting, and the Indiana Democratic Editorial association will hrive a luncheon and afternoon business session. Gov. Schricker speaks at the IDEA session. During business, George Schwin, Jr., Rockville, will be advanced to president of trig association, succeeding Russell Wise of Union Qity. \ The editors also will elevate Albert Rumbach of Jasper from secretary to vice-president and Virgil McClintic of Monticello from treasurer to secretary. T. Perry Wesley of Spencer was scheduled to be.elected treasurer. A resolutions committee headed by Schwin was expected to report. and ' observers speculated whether the resolutions would include one supporting the president in the MacArthur controversy.

Gen. Ridgway Assumes Duties As Commander Assures Japanese ,\ Os Continuance Os Benevolent Policy Tokyo, Apr. 14—(UP) —Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway assured the Japanese people today that as new supreme commander ofj their homeland he will continue Gen. MacArthur’s benevolent ocupation policy. ' Ridgway arrived in from Korria to assume his new duties within a few hours after turning over command of the U.; S. Bth army to Lt. Gen. James A. Van Flept. “There will be no change in the basic policy,” Ridgway assured the Japanese in a statement issued at 10m. (7 a. tn. CRT), one hour alter his arrival from Korea. He promised also that he would do his utmost to assist tn concluding a peace settlement With thfe, Japanese “as soon as possible.** “The president of the United Slates only two days ago reiterated that it was the firm policy of the United States government to press for conclusion of a peace settlement with Japan as soon as possible,” Ridgway said In his first statement as supreme Commander of United States ahd United Nations forces in the F>r East. He said he was “wholly in sympathy with this plan.” A “With full recognition of the difficulties involved, it is fey firm purpose to work toward comple- | tion of the masterly task already accomplished under the consufemate leadership and guidance of General MacArthur,” he landed at Tokyo’s Haneda hirport' ' said. f . Ridgway’s plane from Korea [at 9:05 p. m. (6\:05 a m. OST.) 1 The nevf supreme commander I messaged ahead to the airport I that there would be “no'pictures j and no press conference” upon his arrival in Tokyo. Ridgway will have one fell day to confer with MacArthur bn the (Tarn To Pace Threej DeLane Bowman Is Wounded In Korea •* ' i Decatur Marine Is Reported Wounded \ Word was received hbre late Friday by Mr. and Nirs. Russell Bowman, 1417 West Madison street, that their son, DeLane, 19, was wounded in Korean fighting April « ' A A telegram received by thb Bowmans frotn, Gen. C. B. Cates, commandant of the United States marine corns, disclosed the “nature of wound nqt reported and delay in receipt of details must be expected. You will bp promptlyfernishe<| any additional information received.” The Decatur youth, a 1950 graduate of the Decatur high school, and a member of its varsity football team for two seasons, was a , member of the marine reserve contingent that 'left Fort Wayne last August. Sent to Camp Pendletoq, Cal., Pfc. Bowman was last borne 'dur- , ing the Christmas holidays. Shortly after New Ypars he departed for Kbrea and went iinmediately intp action upoit his arrival there. Bowman _*s'a member of the marine first division, trained as a ■flame throwet Operator. The tele- i gram did not state in which [sector 1 of the. Bowman was 1 fighting when he sustained the I wounds. The telegram did reveal that his 1 mailing address is: Pfc/DeLane < Bowman, Marine director section, 1 Navy 3923, Fleet San < Francisco, Cal. ; i . A

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Senate Committee Will Investigate \ All Events Leading Up To Discharge Washington, April 14. —(UP)—Republicans demanded today that President Truman rip top secret labels off diplomatic files which they claim will show Gen. Douglas MacArthur was Rred because he bppohed appeasement in Asia. MacArthur, packing for the journey home, was -assured! a hero's welcome and an opportunity to address a Joint session of congress, probably on Thursday or Friday. He also faced close questioning by <he senate armed services committee which unanimously voted a fullscale investigation of all events leading up to the general’s discharge. , , * J President \Truman will have a chance to amplify his reasons for firing MacArthur in an address here tonight at the Democratic Jes-. ferson-Jackson dinner. Four radio and two television networks will carry the president’s speech (at 9:30 p.m. CST). ' \ Democrats bowed to Republican demands that MacArthur tell congress his version of the pojicy disputes which have rocked the nation. Mr. Truman, despite his differences with the 71-year-old general, said hs was “happy” that such an honor should be given “one of our greatest military men.” , ' The investigation by the senate armed services committee will open Wednesday with closed door testimony from defense secretary \ George Q. Marshall. Marshall will be fondled by the joint chiefs of staff, secretary of state Dean Acheson and MacArthur himself—providing ,the general accepts an invitation to appear. I The Inquiry resembled a twoedged sword, with some Democrats believing they could convince the nation that Mr. Truman firmed MacArthur to sllencfe the general’s policy recommendations which they maintain meant full scale war on the China mainland. Republicans, on the other hand, have sought a fell-fledged investigation of tar eastern policy for years, and were con’feent it would show that was sacrificed to state departnfeqt “appeasers.” In Tokyo,f ahny secretary Frank Pace Jr. said; he did not know beforehand that MacArthur was gofeg to be fifed. He said he gave MacArthur “no wanting” because he had nq advance knowledge and that his conversations with the general were on “purely military matters." There had been reports that Pace acted as an intermediary for the president in an effort to smooth ? things over with the general. Sen. Styles Bridges, R„ N.H., a leading armed service committee member, predicted that the inquiry -would start with military matters, but quickly branch out into the' diplomatic field. “It will cover the whole-thing—-from hell to breafest,” he said. Bridges rioted that [when Mr. Truman fired MacArthur, he declassified some top secret documents in an effort to show that the general violated orders tp clear policy statements with Washington and also blocked shipment Os more arms for South Korean troops, preferring instead to send them to the Japanese police force. “If Mr. Truman was willing to declassify some documents,” Bridges said, “in all fairness he should feelingly place at the committee’s disposal all other pertinent information dealing with far eastern affairs.” ' , « Confesses Killing Estranged Wife Kokomo, Ind., April 14—r(UP)~ William Edward Woolum, 32, ad : ( mltted today he shot to death his attractive, estranged wife, Mary Roselyn, 25. in an argument at his parents home last night while their three young daughters watched. Police said Worilum surrendered four hours after the shooting. Prosecuting attorney W. Dan Bretz was expected to file a murder, charge against him today in Howard circuit court