Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 159.

RED NEGOTIATORS REACH SCENE OF TALKS

Planes Smash At Communist Korea Convoys ' q / / • Big Red Buildup In Korea; Only Slight Action By Patrols Bth Army Headquarters. Korea, July 7_.(UP) — U, S. warplanes .' struck for the second day today against communist convoys pour- <• 1 ing men and supplies from Manchuria toward the Korean front in ■Ala big Red buildup. There was only light patrol sparring along the 100-mile battle line, with preliminary cease-fire talks only a few hours away. Fifth air force night raiders, in action until dawn today, claimed . they destroyed damaged at least 100 of the enemy vehicles clogging a 95-mile stretch of high- . way from Sinuiju, .on the Manchurian border, to Sinanju, 40 miles above Pyongyang, capital .ot North Korea. ! It boosted the two-day toll of enemy vehicles to 175. Warplanes also raked three Red r* ‘ airfields and supported United J Nations troops feeling out enemy positions. The Reds were reported to have 350.000 men ready for a new assault if cease-fire talks fail.' U. S. planes stayed clear of the 100-mile long neutral highway zone from Pyongyang to Kaesong, along which a communist delegation moved south for the Sunday battlefield meeting. The core area of the strengthened communist force was north of the old communist “iron triangle 1 ’ ot Chorwon, Kumhwa and Pyonggang. UN officers marking the enemy build-up said: "We’re just waiting ... if we don’t have a cease-fire, we’ll have a fight on our hands.” An allied armored patrol probed to the outskirts of Pyonggang at the northern apex of the triangle yesterday against slight resistance. Farther east, near Kumsong. an estimated 150 communists were killed land 200 wounded in a two-hour fight. * Two Red platoons attacked UN positions northeast of Inje on the eastern front early today, hut withdrew after two hours. Other enemy probing attacks came during the night northwest of Yanggu and near Kumhwa. In each case the Reds pulled back before dawn. An Sth army communique said tonight the only light action occurred during the day? Enemy mortar and artillery fire increased west of Yonchon and patrols north of Hwachon fought a Red company briefly. Northwest of Kansong oh the eastern front, an enemy battalion engaged UN forces during the morning. ■ < 1 ’ 4-H Pig Club Tour Held Here Friday v -j "Adams County has had an outstanding 4-H pig club tour,” said Eric Holm, state 4-H club leader, to Ralph Meyers, chairman of the cOupty swine committee, at the conclusion of the tour Friday. ’ Holm continued, "The people onl the stops were, prepared and all gave us a good teaching situation.” The first stop was at the Walter Egley home in Kirkland township. Fifty people were present. Here Holm discussed proper feeding and care of pigs. A demonstration of fitting a pig for the show ring was also given. The second stop was at the Raymond Ringger farm in Monroe township. Here showmanship was — -discussed and demonstrated. On the way to the Paul Yoder (arm in Hartford township, a stop was made at the Luther Yager farm for the purpose of inspecting a good stand of birdsfoot trefoil. At the Yoder farm two rings of pigs were judged. The last stop was at Pine Lake. After a sack lunch, a quiz was held. A number ot the tour members concluded the day with » swim. Noon Edition

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Ban Against Spare Tires To Be Lifted! Washington, July 7.|-(UP) — The spare tire has been* restored t-j its place in the of new passenger carls. J The National Production Authority (NPA) announced l|st nlghr that it. would lift the bap on the i’fth tire for new ears as soon as Ihe necessary orders can be drawn up. That wijl probably be Sometime text week, according to fiPA offi ‘ I B -'i dais. i The ban against- a spafe tire as part of the original equipment on now cars was imposed z|pril 1 in an attempt to divert rubber to production of truck tir£s. NPA: raid the ban was lifted ftpcaupe of an improved rubber supply and a sharp cutback in automobile pro duction ordered for the itext three months. - | ; ' I •I -1 U.S. Air Force Plane Crashes, ' Fear 11 Killed I - t ’ I Four-Engined Plane Falls In Scotland, All Feared Killed Carsphairn, Scotland. July 7. — (UP) — A sous-engined |U. S. air force plane crashed and mimed in: the hills near this village today and it was feared as 11 men aboard were killed. A Volunteer search' crevjs found: the bodies of nine Crewjnen. ' ? The dlane was a a tanker craft! used to'rpfuel bombers in flight. | It was basfd at air< base at Suffolk, in easterly Englands and assigned, to th’e 2d litrnb wing’/ It was in Scotland undqy rbtations al training program of ‘thf» gfc aid command for a 90-day toui oiduty. ; On a. routine navigational trai« i«g flight, the plane clashed intj> a hill in thus sheep farming coun-> try after- its pilot made a desperate attepipt to pull out of a spin Farmers, shepherds]' and villagers who trudged ovejf the raijnsoaked hills sounds wreckage strewn over a wide area. The 3d aiy division at Ruistfp, near London, said names of th<fee aboard would be withheld notificationJof next kin. I William ;R. Campbell, whose farm includes Brockaoch Glen into which the big plane plunged, watched the crash. : Campbell' said hi heard ®he plane comihg through the -chfuds and believed that only two of' its fbur engines w’ere “It was jn a nose divfei” C|mp-. bell said, rliphen its spun once or twice and the pilot &ot it flattened out. It turned over again ;| and went into /another Idive. Then it crashed.” i \ K Colin Gampbell, another fajmpr, timed the brash a-i 11 a. m. |(5 a. m.'OST.) i I \ | K 829 planes to refuel bombers in the aif. They rendezvous with bomberjs on long range missions and transfer fuel by means of' a long hose witch is wound up into tlfe when not in use. i William Hike Dies At Fort Wayne Home Father Os Monroe Man Dies Friday q William Hike. |E3. father of Gene 1 Hike. Monrob town.clerk died at 10 , o’clock Friday night at his home, 831 Pulnam; street. Fort| Wayne, following a .lengthy illness. • He was born ip Garrett slept. 16, 1877, a son of Mi* and MrsiCharles Hike. He wjas a’retired railroader. Surviving in addition to' the bod in Monroe a're the wife. Katherine, and three other J sons and three daughters. J Thete are 14j grandchildren and tw»\ great-grandchil-dren. ' J The body was 1 ; removed; to the Getz & Cahill funeral home in Fort Wayne, where. friends rqay call from 3 td 10 pm. Sunday. The body will then bejtaken to she Berhalter funeral in ijanvtlle. 111., where services? will be held Tuesday’afternoon. ; q i ” i' 4 A

Halt “Peace Train” Preparation I ; , - ■ 4 ' V ' _ f *• F m IN AN UNEXPLAINED ORDER'on the eve of preliminary cease-fire talks in Korea, the V. S.. Eighth Army stopped all work on this deluxe. 19-car. “peace train,” being outfitted in bomb-damaged Seoul railroad yards. Expected to carry next week’s U. N. delegation to formal armistice conferences at Kaesong, all equipment. re<fently installed has been ordered removed from the train, and two dieser engines assigned to it have been sefit elsewhere. , • ' .

Extend Enlistments' For Men In Service Surprise Order Is 1 Issued By Truman \ Washington. July 7. —(UP) — Enlishments tof servicemen due for discharge betweeii tomorrow and next July I—some 300.000 to 400,000 m^n—have extended for one year. , P; The order, announced by President Truman last night, does not apply to draftees, who must jrerve for 24 months. bi)t technically includes enlisted reserves. However, enlisted reservists who served at least a year during World War II are eligible for inactive duty after putting in 17 months following outbreak of the Korean war. ! Reserve officers are unaffected by the order. Mr. Truman issued the order under authority of ihe new draft law which became effective less than 'three weeks ago v A Defense department officials gave no specific reason for the order except to point out that- the law authorizes such action/ “to maintain the level of the armed forces.” Recent draft calls have been slashed drastically. The presidentj’s announcement caught »he Pentagon by surprise. One spokesman gave an “educated estimate” that 300,000 to 400,00(1 enlisted men would be affected. More than 3,0001000 men now are in uniform. The .armed , forces’ gpal is 3,500,000 men. Unofficial sources believed that the order could be explained by the need for trained men during the present emergency. It Is likely that hundreds of thousands of men' will be in thd far east Indefinitely even if a Korean armistice is reached, and more experienced are needed hoth in Europe and td train draftees in this country. Report Felix Graber Is Critically 111 ' q •the condition Os Felix Graber, executive of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., at Huntington, and foriker ADecatur resident, Is said to be critical. Graber has been in ill health for some time and members of his family have been called to hts bedside. Farm Price Index 19 Percent Higher Lafayette, Ind., July 7 —(UP) — Indiana's farm price index of 270 last month, based on the 1935-39 base of 100, represented a 19 percent increase over June, 1950, Pur-I due University and federal crop experts said today. »The report said hog prices were up mo~e than usual from May to June, and wheat and soybean prices dropped less than expected. Cattle prices remained steady instead of falling, and calves rose instead of falling. | Eggs and butterfat decreased in price more than expected, and corn fell instead of remaining steady, the report said?

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 7,195 L

Monthly Report By Red Cross Office The Red Crbss office -answered 10 emergency communications and performed 22 other services for members of the armed forces and servicemen during the past month, the June report shows. I ■ \ u . ... Financial assistance was requested by only one servicerpan during the month. A total- of 429 services were performed by the office. The office reports that it las az wheel chair available to anyone needs it. J qj ■ 1 M Israel Officers To Inspect Phone Co. Inspect Automatic Phone Equipment Two representatives of the government of Israel, Eliezer Meron and Nachum Lejbel, will visit Decatur and Adams , county next Friday as guests of Charles D. Ehiniger, president- and general manager of the Citizens Telephone Co., it was learned today. The representatives, fronq the department of posts, telegraph, telephones and radio, ministry of transport and communications, government of Israel, are interested in the new automatic installation of telephone equipment by the local concern. The new equipment in operation here is regarded as the finest and most modern in the nation. Meron and Leibel will arrive in Decatur at 9:30 o’clock Friday morning and will study the instal-’ lations in Decatur and the north part of J-the county. 'ln the afternoon, Ehinger will accompany the two engineers to Berne and Monroe to see the Citizens installations there. S. S. McAndrew, representative of Automatic Electric Co., which Concern manufactured the equipment for the new system in Decatur .and Adams county. Will accompany the foreign representatives here. It is understood that the visitors have been making a tour of the United States to carry back fo’ their country latest communication devielopments with a view 'to completely modernlzlhg facilities in that country. Ehinger and members of the, board of directors and officers of the Citizens Telephone Co. will act as hosts to the foreign dignitaries while they are in Decatur. Two-Year-Old Girl Is Saved From Drowning Indianapolis, July 7 -*(UP)-Two-year-old Theresa Ann Galerna owed her life today to. a quick-act-ing neighbor who saved her from frowning in a cistern. Marvin E. Brown, 24, heard the girl scream m s she fell through a wooden cover of the cistern. Brown dangled his feet inito the hole and pulled the child to the surface.

World Court Plan Rejected By Iran Commission To Run Iran Oil Rejected Tehran, Iran, Ju|y 7—(UP) — Iran rejected ' the world court’s proposal ft>r a mixed commission to run the disrupted Iranian oil industry;, but left the dpor open for further negotiation Reliable sources said Premier Mohammed Mossadegh has telegraphed Iran national oil company officials ti) continue taking over property of ithe British-owned Ahglo-lraniap - oil company in southern Iran ini defiance of thp court. A foreign ministry Spokesman announced rejection of the courts reconi mendations on grounds it had no jurisdiction i»in the dispute. However, he said the government had appointea a commission to look further intp the question. Thd commission had long sessions yesterday, he said, and is now awaiting the full texf of the court’s decision. \ i < British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd called on Iranian foreign minister Bagher Kazemi and handed him a note announcing Britain’s acceptance of the court’s recommendations. A The court proposed that Britain and Iran each appoint two representatives and jointly choose a fifth member to control disrupted oil properties pending a settlement. Iriln transferred the AngloIranian company properties to the governtnent-owneci Iran National Oil company under a nationalization law. The public prosecutor announced that Philip Stocil, former chief of tlje information office of the Angld-Iranian coinpanji; has been indicted on a chdrge qf damaging public property. I . The charge was believed to have? grown out of the destruction of some Anglo-Iranian company documents/ Stpckil left pTehran last Wednesday at the suggestion of the British embassy. Il 1 : ' '„P — |F' Slightly Injured As Auto Overturns Howard Gail Hendri|cks, Monroe, escaped serious injury at about 5:30 o’clock last night when the automobile he was driving turned over twice on U. sjj highway 27 south of Decatur. Ipendricks received several cuts and bruises and was brought to lAdams county memorial hospital where he received emergency treatment and was released later Friday night. Hendricks was driying north on U. S. road 27. Two automobiles were approaching frdim the north, headed south, and the one ip the rear started to pass the first car. Hendricks applied the brakes and swerved his automobile to avoid a head-on collision. As he did so, his car struck the ditch and turned over. Two young men accompanying him were Uninjured. State police investigated the mlphap and directed Hendricks to the hospital.

Preliminary Cease-Fire Talks Are Scheduled To Be Opened This Evening

School Board Meets Here Monday Night New Superintendent May Be Appointed The Decatur school board will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock at Decafur high\ school in its regular July session? delayed a week by the death of superintendent Walter J. Krick. Members have stated they would consider the appointment of a superintendent. Whether the board will decide on a suecesspr to thfe latev superintendertWepends largely on developments between now and Monday night, it was believed. It is not known whether any formal applications have been made for the vacancy. j; One board member said that he believed the three-man board could agree on a selection and added that there had pot been any strife on problems during the tenure of the present board. \ - Members are Roy Mumma, Dr. Har?y Hebble and Gerald Cole. President Mumma will retire in August after serving 12 years on the board. He will be succeeded by George Heim, local grocery store owner. One reason for an early selection of a superintendent is the nece» sky of preparing a budget for the next school year and completing teacherd’ contracts, duties which are performed by the superintendent under supervision of the board. If a decision is npt reached Monday night, it is believed the board will recess for a few days and re--convene so that the appointment can be made sa soon as possible. Fail To Meet Blood Quota Here Friday Expected Donors Fail To Report One hundred forty-three persons contributed pints of blood to the Red Cross bloodmobile yesterday, Mrs. S. W. MfeMillen; blood program chairman, announced today. • Approximately 35 prospective donors failed to keep their appointments and due, to the, lack of contributors, the chapter lacked 22% pints of meeting its quota. On the two former visits of the bloodmobile, . the 125-pint quota was exceded, members of the committee explained. The next visit of the bloodmobile to this city will be Sept. 25 and the blood prograih committee would like to have at least 200 persons enrolled for the fourth visit of the mobile unit. Mrs. Harold P. Engle, 1516 Monroe street, Is staff aide chairman of . the program and reservations may be made through her, the general chairman, Mrs. McMillen, or Contact with the home service office. Cards' should be signed so that donors can be notified when they should appear at- the blood center in the American Legion home. .i ' The committee also stated that the names of Wayne Brunner and Jackie Lawson should be added to the list of those who assisted in loading equipment for the bloodmobile. The Junior Red Cross unit was praised by the ! bloodmobile staff for volunteer help donated yesterday. I I Anti-Rabies Fight Brings Jail Term Indianapolis, July 7.—(UR) — Marion county’s anti-rabies fight hit Earl Morris, 22, with a five*day jail term. Morris was convicted of letting a dog run at large'without a license. He was the first of many violators to be jailed. Authorities said he tore up and ignored a warning ticket.

To Sign Jap Peace Treaty In September Formal Signing Os | Peace Treaty Is Set For San Franciscd Washington, -July 7 —(UP) — The Japanese peace treaty, designed to turn a defeated enemy into a western ally, will be signed formally in San Francisco during the first week in September. The state department'announced last night that San Francisco, site of the United Nations founding conference, would be the scene of the historic pjeace signing with the second of the vanquished axis powers of World War 11. The conference was [Scheduled for Sept. Invitations to attend the conference have not yet been sent out, butWll of the 53 nations which technically were at war with Japan would be eligible to take part in the treaty-signing ceremony. This would also include Russia an<| her satellites, but state department of- ’ flclals ex preset! doutk that the : Communists wbuld join in signing i a treaty which they nave consistently opposed. * . In contrast Jo the Italian peace conference, thp forthcoming meeting would entail no argument over exact peace terms. The spadewofk for the Japanese peace treaty has "been • done by ambassador John i Foster Dulles during the past six | months. With terms virtually agreed on beforehand, the ceremony would be mostly formal acceptance by the signatory powers. Secretary of state Dean Acheson and Dulles w'ere expected to lead the United States contingent to the conference. Dulles sapd yesterday that he hoped President Truman would conclude the ceremony with a major speech. U : | " Principal differences between allies over proposed treaty have been ironed opt by Dulles. A tentative draft of Jhe firiaj treaty now is being circulated among the allies for comment before the final draft is completed. ’> .< r T"A ■: : • 1 School Calendar Is i Fixed By Trustees Calendar Approved For Rural Schools The Adams county board of education approved the 1951-52 school calendar foij all schools of the. county at its regular meeting today with county superintendent Hansel Foley in the superintendent’s office. > ;i Some township trustees are studying thd feasibility of having nine month school years, and others will conduct school for a period of eight and one half months, it was learned. Othpr items scheduled for approval today were the length of vacations and other school year activities.. Following the disposal of regular business the ttujstees completed plans for the annual trusta4B’ picnic, to be held Saturday, August 4, at Lehman parte In Berne. The annual plcnifc will be (or alls present and farmer trustees of Adams county townships apd their ' families. The August meeting of the board of education ajso will be held in Berne on that date. Today’s meeting started at 10 o’clock this morning and the board was still in session at prpss time. Most of the session was devoted to fixing school schedules. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warm tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 62 to 68.

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Communists And UN Officials To Launch Preliminary Talks To Arrange Cease Fire Tokyo, July 7.—(UP)— Commune ist ceasefire negotiators reached the Kaesong area tonight from Pyongyang, tihe North Korean capital. and the! United Nations command announced that the road they travelled will be subject to air totr tack again after midnight (8 a.m. CST). : •• I | j : Preliminary cease-fire talks will ftegin in Kaesong, 1 % miles south of the 38th parallel, tomorrow presumably before noon (8 p.m. today cst). ;, m-jjr]. The three Chinese and. North Korean liaison officers and ■ two interpreters representing the Communists were believed to have left Pyongyang Jon schedule at 5; a.m. today (1 p.m. Friday CST) in five jeeps and five trucks flying white flags. j ’ | n The UN command promised that the 100-mile road from Pyongyang to Kaesong would be immune from air attack beginning at 4 a.m., one hour beforelthe Communists’ scheduled departure. , - Tonight the command said that immunity would end at midnight. It was assumed that the .UN officers had some indication that the Communist delegation had reached the genera! Kaesong area. Although the road was badly ,crated from pfrevious allied air raids, UN authorities said the enemy fonvoy easily could reach Kaesong by dusk, I H ■ J.’ 'I j- . . 'The UH command’s announcej ment at 9 p.m- (5 a.m. CST) said merely: “The immunity' from air attack I granted to the 100-mile PyongyangKaesongf highway was granted only for the purpose of insuring the safe conduct of the Communist liaison group. Thiis immunity will terminate at midnight. The announcement was signed by Col. F. W, Moorman, secretary of the general staff.’. This presumably meant tbit the highway might be attacked by allied planes during the actual ceasefire .talks. A new immunity would have to be arranged for the Communist delegation’s return to Pyongyang., Brig. Geij- Frank A. Allen, official 1 spokesman for supreme UN commander Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, said the purpose of the announcement was to make clear to the Comipunists that “they do not not have free passage on that road for all timd.” — ’ - The announcement did hot affect the immunity from attack granted a area around Kaesong itself during the cease-fi,re talks. The tfayee UN negotiators and their twk) Interpreters were to leave for an advance carpp tonight and intend t 0 8° Kaesong by helicopter tomorrow. Kaesong is 35 mUes northwest of Seoul, Should bad weather preVent flying, the UN group will travel in three white-flagged jeeps. But in any casej the UN command said, the delegation will cross the Imjin river 12 miles below Kaesong at 9 a.m. tomorrow (5 p.m. today, CST). - Young Boy Is Killed When Kicked By Horse Washington, In|d\, July jf—(UP) —lnjuries suffered when; he was kicked by a horse were fatal yesterday to Kenneth Ray Wagler, two-yearmld son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wagler. He died in ■ Daviess county hospital, ii ‘ 11 j ■ - Brownsburg Youth Is Accident Victim j Danville, Ind., July 7—(UP) — Oris Dean Burcham, 17, Brownsburg, was killed today when his auto collided with an Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., delivery truck driven iby Leßoy M. Pelkini, Indianapolis, four miles east of here. Pelkin was not injured seriously.