Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 93.

GEN. MACARTHUR TELLS CONGRESS U. S. MUST ABANDON "DEFEATISM” POLICIES

British Navy Abandons Hope For 75 On Sub Diver Is Sent To Bottom Os Channel In Search For Sub ( Portsmoutß, England. April 19. — (IIP) -The royal navy abandoned all hone tonight for 75 men trapped in tlte British submarine Affray. It still awaited the report of a diver who descended 200 feet to the English Channel bottom to invest i- , gate a wreck that might be the j missing snip. , . King Oeorge VI sent messages of condolence to the families of the. 75 mdn aboard the ship when made a practice dive last Monday night and Tailed to come up. j “I am most' deeply distressed by , the tragic news that all hope now hgs been abandoned for survival of the personnel in his majesty’s submarine \Affray,” said Viscount Hall, fijrst lord l of \ the admiralty. in\a message to oi the submarine fleet. V The diver was sent down from the British salvage flhip Reclaim dirty Jive miles from the spot where jjhe Affray disappeared Monday night, kdmißalty officials cautidnpjpd;'however,Jthat the w’reck located Hhere might/not’be the missing submarine. I ] The English Channel in the area Jvhere the wreck was located is ittered with thousands of wrecked ships, some dating back to the Spanish Armada, of 1588 The jllver went down at = slack tide at 4 p.m. (10 a.in. EST),. The admiraliy’s; parliamentary secretary L.Jj. Callaghan said it might be hours before he dould make a report. The dwindling supply of oxygep in the submarine —if not already exhausted —cannot last beyond midnight (5 p.m. CjST) tonight, an admiralty spokesman said. > He said that the chances of rescue! were remote t . j 4 , Naval authorities first had said «he oxygen Woplq run out by 9:15 p.m/ (2/15 p.nrt CST) today, but the admiralty spokesman reported that the 'submarine for just such an emergency might extend the deadline until midnight. Even if the Affray should belocated this L afternoon, however, there was little prospect that rescue squads could reach mer in time to save the 25 men. - At 12:30 p.m. (5:30 a.m.CST), (Turn To P»»* Kiuutt .I'lffDlANA WEATHER Faiß tonight with light frost and low temperatures 30-35 north, 32-37 south. Friday fair and cool. High temperatures Friday near 50 north, 55 south.

Hero Os Corregidor ■Greeted By MacArthur

Washington, April 19,.—(UP) — “Hello skinny.’’ i It was long after and the tired old soldieh had been waiting more than an-hour for/his general's plane to touch down at the end of the -glory road that had led them both from Bataan to retirement.: ButLGen. Jonathan M. (Skinny) Wainwright mustered a smile and a parade ground salute as Gen. Douglas shouted the faniiliar Jnickname over the roar of the crowd and reached out for his hand. \ | • - Wainwright, back in his fourstarred uniform for the, night to welcome home his Pacific war commander, clasped MacArthur’s /hand aiid murmured something that was ’Jpst tn the tumult. 'I A beefy spectator shoved his elbow Jnto Waihwfight’s chest and pushed the hero of Corregidor back into the crowd. \ It Was’ the X[rst public meeting between the two old soldiers since September, 1945, when Wainwright left a Japanese prison camp and went to the deck of the battleship

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Senator Dies gs • —9 - -Ik mwi mi Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg Red China Ignores UN Peace Feelers ; . > ■ 1 s ' ; May Consider Peace Moves Outside UN New Delhi, April 19.— (UP) —Red China will ignore United Nations peace overtures until the UN rescinds its resolution accusing the Peiping of aggression in informed sources said today: I The Chinese Communists may consider peace mOvjas' outride the UN, However, if States indicates willingness jo accept the Chinese viewpoint. the sources said. This viewpoint, thiey added significantly, is “already knbwri" to the Arab-Asian bloc! of UN delegates. (The 12 nation bloth was reported at Lake Success have asked Sardat- K. M. Panikkgr. India’s ambassador in Peiping, to sound out officials there bn a truce in light of Gen. Douglas dismissal.) ’ The sources said Peiping did not believe that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ouster had signified a change in U.S. far policy. |The atmosphere in the Red capital was 1 therefore not receptive to a peace move, they said. l\ j .The sources insisted India wjbuld not sponsor any peace moke Until it would be acceptable to Roth sides. ■ —• i ' J Kentland Woman Is L Killed In Accident / / HammoniJ. Ind.,. April 19 —(UP) — Mrs. Ada Mae Wiqst, 59, Kentland. was killed yesterday wher) the car in which she was riding cdllided with a truck at a pity street intersection. ShO was thrown from the car. !, / ' h / 1 *I ■ ‘ ;/ ' ' • •

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Wainwrig|jt\ stayed , behind onj Corregidorl after Map Arthur ordered out of the Philippines and was taken prisoner when that island fortress fell in April,'l94k ’ ! ° . ■ ■r*■ "i ■ T I His loyalty to MacArthur remained unshaken. Broker, in health: and deafeped by the guns of Corregidor, he put old commander’s j name before the Republican national convention in as a noininefe for the presidency. I Wainwright sat on the convention platform until foujr o’clock in the morning before his turn ckme to speak. Tedrs stteamed down his cheeks as he lirfiped to the microphone and begged the delegates to choose MacAßthur.\ They : cheered themselves ■< hoarse —and gave the nomination to Thomas E. Dewey. ' I 11 There were tears in Ihe old campaigner's eyefl again today when he touched hands with MacArthur at the floodlighted aißport? I I He seemed not to notice the ciyilian who elbowed; him back into the anonymous crowd..i

Sen Vandenberg Dies In Sleep . Last Evening Noted Republican Leader Dies After Lingering Illness Rapids. Mich., April 19.--(UP) —Sen. Arthur H. Vanden berg, 67. Republican foreign policy leader, died last night of a malignant tumor he had battled for^2 l ) j years. Gov. G. Menn.en Williams v. as expected soon to appoint a Democrat as his successor. Once ah isolationist, Vanden berg became One of the strongest advocates of the (initecl Nations and brought harmony between thy Republicans and Democrats in the critical years from the end of World War II until illness forced him from his senaie duties in October 1949. \ ! > He died in his sleep at '8:40 p.m. OST. At, his bedside were his two daughters; Mrs. John W. Bailey and Mrs. \Elizabeth Pfeiffer and his son. Arthur H. Vandenberg, , His sqn| issued a statement after tjie senator's death saying: , "The long interval between the discovery in 1948 of a tumor and Si removal in October* 1949, wa.* is to the senator’s Jinn insiance that his ■ health Was of far ss importance than nis attention affairs! of government. ~ ,“I| will! be recalled that then, is an advocate of a Unified and iji-partisan foreign policy, he played a major role in piloting through* ■ congress such historic -measures jas the so-called' Vandenberg Resolution,' the North Atlantic treaty and the Inter-American .treaty. '[ "His inflexible determination to conclude these responsibilities without regard to his personal wel fare and against the advice of hiss doctors unquestionably was a contributing factor in later serious physical disability.” Fuqerkl I services, will be held at 2 at Park'Congregational church here. The Rev. Fjward A. Thompson, Vandenberg’s dbse friend and pastor, will conduct the services. Mayor Paul Goebel of Grand Rapids proclaimed Saturday as a “day of remembrance and prayer’ ’n memory of the Vandenberg who. entered the,senate in 1928. Young Vandenberg said Im father had been in an oxygen tent i (Tarn To P*kc Slm> Vizard Resigns As School Principal Quits As Principal - At Pleasant Mills Gerald W. Vizard, tor the; past two years principal of the Pleasant Mills high school, today announced his resignation from the school position, effective with the close of the school term this spring. Vizard, in announcing Ijiis resignation, stated that he plans to devote. full time to his automobile agency, which he •perates at poc’s Car Dock, south of Decatur on U.S. 2 ‘- '’ ' ' ' , Vizard previously .taught' and coached at Pleasant 'Mills for nine years, and after serving as Recreation director for the Central Soya Co. in this city for several years, returned to Pleasant Mills as principal and coach in .the fall of 1949. , Nimrod McCullough, St. Mary’s township trustee, stated today that nd successor has been named to the school position. . Vizard also stated today’ that 23 members of the Pleasant Mills senior class, accompanied by Mr.i and Mrs. Vizard, will leave Friday on a trip to points of interest in eastern < states, including Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C.. where two or three day will be spent, and then to Williamsburg. Mtfnttcello, Mt. Vernon, Charleston and Wheeling enroute home.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 19, 1951 .\

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GEN. DOUGLAS A. MACARTHUR is shown smiling ps he rides With Mayor Elmer Robinson and Governor fijarl Warren during San Francisco’s riotous welcome home to the general.

Red Cross i Extends Fund Campaign Here Drive Is Short Os Established Quota The directors of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Gross have voted to extend the fund campaign. To date the t drive is $2,400 short of its $10,555 goal. “It is urged that all solicitors who have not their canvass do so as early as possible and make their report. The increased military progpain and the chapter's participation in the blood program make it imperative that our goal be reached,” Hugh Andrews, county fuhd chairman,* stated. ; E. M. Webb, vice chairman, pre-’ sided in the absence of chapter chairman, Judge Earl B. Adanis, wljo was unable to attend, Reports of activities of hbme service, blood program, volunteer services, first aid and water safety, nurses aides, canteen, home nursing, and treas-, urer's report were accepted. Miss Glennys Roop, junior* Red Cross chairman, reported the following schools in Adams county are cooperating in annual gift box project: Pleasant Mills, Muehstefberg,' Monroe Grade and Brandyberry of, Adams Central. Decatur Catholic, Berne-French, Township. Luckey and Schnepp of Union township, Kimsey of ,Blue Creek township and the Decatur Lincoln school. This yeaß there will be 85 boxes rent with an approximate value of $2. each;, Miss Roop' sai(l. These -boxes will bd shipped April 21. ’'l ••. ; A. R. Holthouse. Duff and Hansel L. Foley tfere appointed as a nominating committ.ee to prepare the slate for the annual meeting and election of officers in July. J? ! \ p-’— : — ■ J Dianne Linn Winner In Essay Contest \ Miss Dianne Linn, senior in the Decatur high school, was recently judged the winner of the ladies auxiliary-sponsored Veterans Os ’ Foreign Wars essay contest on “Freedom's Open Door.” The con* •test was open to all jrtgh school students. Other winners were Marjorielu Hill, second, and George Bair, third; also seniors in the Del catur high school. Prizes of $lO, $5 and $3 were awarded to the winners who will be honored at the May I meeting of the auxiliary. Judges for the contest were Mrs. Hugh Andrews, instructor in the Pleasant Mills high school; county clerk Ed Jay berg; circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish, and Decatur high school instructor,i Miss Catherine Weidler.

Paper Collection By Boy Scouts Saturday Supplemented by 10 trucks, Decatur Boy Scouts wfh start at 8:3-) o'clock next Saturday morning to call on every resident in Decatur arid ask for their waste paper. Previously, . householders were asked toplace their bundles in front of their homes, but this week the boys will call kt each home. An effort is betrig made to collect several more tops of scrap paper. ' ? - ; i I J ■■ ' V ' — • ' ■ ] More Federal Taxes Collected In State ; 131 Million Boost Reported In State Indianapolis, April 19—(UP) — Uncle Sam collected sl3l. more in federal tax& in Indiana during the first three .months of 1951. than- during the same period last year, an internal revenue reTort Showed today. pistrict collector Ralph W. Cripe said feollectionS during January, February and March of this year totalled. $424.199,471-.86. Last year’s figure for the same period was $293,Q94.061.34. . * Boosts in individual income withholdings and higher excess profits .taxes accounted for ah increase in Income tax totals. The figures—including corporation and excess profits taxes arid individual and estimated retprns—were $213,839,-• 400.61 this year, $145,851,350.21 last year. ’ • , Cripe reported a decrease in some excise tax collectioris and said some' Instances—as and dues—might be partially attributed io inroads made by television on other, types of entertainment media. The admissions and dues total slumped from in 195a to $1.84-2,230.09 this year. from distilled spirits increased— from $67,521,943.37 to $97(834,18^2—and beer and wine collections showed. a slight increase, from $4,316,934;89 to $4,319,421,15. > ' -—4—— t* Mrs. Catherine Brock Dies In Oklahoma / Jis ■ T ' Word has been received by Mrs. Fred Hanchpr and Mrs, Will Reller of Abe death of their halfstster, Mr?.: Catherine >E. Brock. 93, al her home in Stillwater, Okla. She was a daughter of the late Dr. ,T. F Shaffner of Willshire. 0. r \ Survivors include a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, one nephevr, Arlie Shaffner of lElwoo-i, six half-sisters and a half-brother. Sihe was a member of the firat Methodist church at Stillwater, where funeral services will be held at 10:30 a. in.. FridayL

Qalls For Limited War On China In Address Before Joint Congress Session

Mississippi Flood Crest Surges South Residents Os River Towns Bolster Dikes J By United Press A flood cßest on the Mississippi river surged southward into nbr-lh-ern Illinois and lowa and of river towns sandbagged levees in anticipation of the worst flood In the region’s history. At Dubuque, la., water raced five feet deep through eastern sections of the city of 50.000 and forced qiore than 200 persons from their homes. Floodwaters surrounded the huge Dubuque packing co., forcing the plant to close and idling workers, Many other business firms on the east side were forced to close. Red Cross volunteers worked throughout the night to evacuate families, some of whose homes were flooded "well over the fiVst floor.” .Evacuees were taken in trucks and boats to an emergency shelter set up in. the Knights of Columbus hall. \ The river already had reached 21.3 feet and was expected to hit an all-time;high of 22.5 feet at Dubuque. Red Cross disaster Chairman Paul Strueder said it probably\ would force families to flee. Downstream at Clinton, la., 15 families fled their homes and authorities believed the total >*ould mount .to 150 families when the rivet 1 crests next week. The river roiie six inches dt Prairie Du Chien, 'Wls.. yesterday and it was expected to rise another fotit before reaching its peak. Gne•third of the city was under water. More than 1.600 persons were homeless gt Prairie Du Chien and LaCrosse, Wls., and the evacuations were continuing. The national guard was ordered to stand by to handle emergencies. To the south at Galena, lit, the Red Cross prepared to establish a disaster shelter for the mass care of persons expected to be driven from their homes as .tlie flood waters roll south. \ \ Other cities ip the path of the flood crest were Moline and Rock Island, 11l and Dhvenport, la,' The Red Cross said it was ready •to store the househdld goods of 125 families at east Dubuque. lit. who probably would be flooded out by the time, the peak of the flood is reached' early next week. — Cub Handicraft Is \ On Exhibit Here Cub Scout Display At Public Library The first public display of Cub handicraft is on exhibit this weekjn the public library. This is the first time. Cub officials stated, that any of the projects of the younger Scouts has been exhibited other than in the Lincoln school building. All of the library exhibits pertain to railrpading, the April feature project for the youths. These projects are prepared during Cub Scout meetings, under the supervision of the Den mothers, then brought to the monthly pack meeting. There is a different project each month, Thomas explained. Four of the 10 Decatur Cub dens’ exhibits are on display, and judged. First place was awarded to deh 13 its station house, relay svstem.sienal lights and train. Members of this den — Lynn Smith, Charles Krueckeberg, David Cas'Twn P»« Btchtl

One Company Os Red Troops Fights Advance Allied Troop\ Take Over Firm Control > Os Hwdchon Dam Tokyo, Friday; April 20.— —One company df Chinese troops 3 entrenched on a mile-long rid&e provided the United Nations army in Korea with its only reported mhjor opposition Thursday. Allied infantryman charged the ridge with flame-throwers, bayonets and hand grenades but could .not dislodge the deeply-entrenched pocket of Chinese. At mid-afternoon the infantry withdrew and called down an artillery barrage 1 that roared on Into tne night. The ridge is east-northeast of '■’hlpori, 10 miles north, of the 38th parallel on the main road ‘o the big Communist bafee of Kumhwa. 13 miles beyond. “Those die-hard Reds are buying time with their lives for the r-’t-oa’ of the main body?’ an American officer said. Rain, smoke and haze over the entire front paralyzed air opera tions. The air. forces flew onlv\ 20 Sorties, the second lowest day’s total of the war. J i Elsewhere along the 140-mile front allied troops took firm con trol of the vital Hwachon Dam, wrested from the Communists la’x, Wednesday, .and sent tank spearheads stabbing again toward Kumhwa. ' . ’t'arikjipped. Allied forces struck I northwest from captured Hwachon! toward Kumhwd tvhile another' column droje up from southwest of the town In an apparent pincers drive \ against the enemy’s main bastion in central Korea. A third task force drove almost to Chorwon, southwest anchor of the communist build-up area 14 miles wast of Kumhwa and 17 miles northj of the parallel. It thrust writhin two miles of Chorwon yesterday befcire retirin for the night. j Communist rear guards fought j te delay the Sth- army’s advance on j the near approaches to Chorwon | (Turn To Pave KishO ■

Nation's Capital Gives MacArthur Epic Welcome

'Washington, April 19-HUP) — was General MacArthur’s day in. Washington, the congress and the hearts of the people. It his (o receive the declaim reserved for a great soldier hero; his to carry personally to congress the fight for vindication of hid controversial Asiatic policies. And Washington gave him an epic welcome. 1 , Preside,n,t Truman purposely stayed out of the picture. He had his day week when he fired the general, in a dramatic decision that rocKed the world. He did nothing to ’nterfere or compete With the homecoming son MacArthur who, Mr. Truman acknowledged, has won his “place in history as one of our greatest commanders." Perhaps the greatest popular outpouring in all of the capital’s history massed along Pennsylvania Avenue—the street of heroes-Afrom the Capitol to the Washington monument to pay homage to MacArthur. They came out of respect for a great general. They came—l.ooo,000 or more of then?--to thunder a long-delayed tribute to the soldier

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Makes No Retreat \ From Convictions Which Resulted In Trtiman Dismissal Washington, Apr. 19 — — Gen. Douglas MacArthur grimly told congress today that the United 4 States must abandon policies of “defeatism" and. strike the Chinese Cdmmunists in Manchuria and elsewhere if it Wants victory in (he Far East. The homecoming hero declared he understood those proposals had the support <jf the U. S. joint chiefs of staff, although they have been rejected by President Truman. » « • i With the applause of millions - of Americans still ringing in his ears, the 71-year-old wa.rriqr told the congressmen that he addressed them “with neither rancor nor bitterness.” 4 . v But he did not retreat one inch from the convictions, expression of which respited eight uaye ago in his dismissal ,by President Truman; , * , X . He flatly called for a limited war against China but told the representatives and senators that no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground for ces int'o continental China.” Greeted with a two-minute roar of cheers from the standing congressmen as he entered the blouse chamber — and interrupted 20 times by applause — MacArthur gave (hem a hard-hitting, no-quar-ter address lasting 35. minutes in which he: 1. Called again for defense of Formosa as a key in,the chain of 1 U. S. defensive bas'ions in the Pacific. Letting Formosa go, he / said, “might well force our * west- - ern frontier back to the coast of California* Oregon, and Washington." \ \ ■ 2. “Drastic revision” of strategy to permit United Nations forces in Korea “to neutralize” — that means; bomb—enemy lines and bases north of the Yalu in Mqnchuria. 3. Imposition of a naval blockade against the China coast. 4. Removal of restrictions which , keep Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist forces >on - Formosa from striking the Chinese mainland. He called for U. S. "Idgis--ticai support”—sea transportation of and yarms —to /contribute to this effective opeksttion." '5. Removal of restrictions d(i air reconnaissance of the China >! (Ti«r» To Paw* sixi

who conquered Japan and then won its heart. To thousands Upon thousands of them, MacArthur Jiad been an almost legendary figure—the gallant . warrior of B.xtaan and Chrregldor who, by his daring,\ had fired the allied world’s hopes during the dark days of World War It. They gave him one of the greatest, gaudiest and noisiest welcomes in the city’s history. They started early. THours before his silvery four engined transport touched down at National airport at 11:31 p.m. CST, several thousand gathered there to salute MacArthur, his wife and their 13-yearold son Arthur. When heArtived the crowd had swelled to ah estimated 12,000 and the area became a bedlam when Mrs. MacArthur stepped from the plane, followed by the general and their son. It took more than 15 minutes for the MacArthur’s to move through the massed , milling crowd «to' a White House limousiffe. An honor - guard of air force men' with fixed bayonets was unable to hold back iTnrw To Klonli \