Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XL I Z_l2 IX. No. 181.

wtASErFIRE TALKS HEAD FOR SHOWDOWN

" un H in Opens *M ; or Ike To EnternJ; p o |j|j cs * Says Ml r Eurot> ' assignment In - DeMs’ s Not To Be ,en * To Ike#' WaahinAtf V President IT n. Aug. 2 4 UP) — does nos <i f i reman said today he J think Gen. Dwight D. ope woulilVA s assignment Lu Eurwanta totefll ( nterfere if the general The p|e< I <•* Do* l **** in I»SS conferemle ident told his news tiobs in response to quesU doing Ck he thought Eisenhower ope 'as r 4h >! ¥ X /’'•gDificeut job in Eurdefense iert tender of the western to do this K/ / e and wJII continue'•ary. I >fr=< 06 M long as neceaA reporter O ** long it w.l V©' to know how the general 8 he necessary for' Mr. o remain in Eur< porter i at first said the reto 1952 an t (r* ently was referring Eisenho»f<X Q hat btr*did not think sere withljio/ duties, would infertile generll j ( -SsibHltes in 1952 if that frame!of happened to be in lie add 4. KX mind. enbower. » .hat he thought EHwouki pat <K a ter any condition. The f U> his coup try first, still iookiA Ip also said he is connection §to the reported national cteMjja 4 ween Democratic Boyle and mis \ U»an William .W. American I|)VM c’FC loan to ' the Louis. He fold Corp, of St. llng to i(LJ he would be wilirrestlgadonlet * f t)te result* of this A»ke<Vw!i-|b" pf a later date. ate fnvesMgsliA / r tie favored a aenTrumaa n of the case,'Mr this was uplti 1 red simply that , Mr. TrumahuLX the senate. enbower foiling discussion of E *' porters for Wp/td a request by restatement byll A -nment on a recent just back <Sernard M. Baruch, opinion Ei-<M)<* y- Europe. that in his moat Mb «wer was leading since the tin* // ;niflcent crusade tnit. f \\ of Peler the Her ’ (Peter crusades in E-rmit preached the ages.) / Mr TrumAnlX Eisenhower nr*M/ 7~ said be thought' magnificent doing a truly tins* to do«»/Q a*d would* con , vary. z— as long as neces“ Reporters mA ' ruck also sp W'l Q'nted out that Bapeople who rjF \ / to the effect that 1 hower from is? \ '- z ip distract Eisenpolitical prep. European job with country a d tew; Ve» are doing the Mr. Trutn vice. tnent on tha 1 A declined to comReporters ttd\- - the presides /*d to draw from Investigation detail* of his swered only 1 J»r ; (_/ Boyle, but he anfrnd out C he was trying to Other prrtifl^a') q ts. Dews confere e*'; f note* at today's 1. The fkr<4<ka\ e shoulder to ent turned a cold tial preterenkJJ J lea of presiden- - states He irimariew in all election Is oee presidential 2. Asked - tenfon* were ttdk vjPp his «52 inpointmrM of WleO Jflved in his a'pllUnois over ti4ta|/' ral Judges in Paul Douglas. J- of Sen. dent said he (pa3t < fill., the presijudges and th;?t ji\ c ~ nominated the went - sXJ ' \* an far a* he • Hip Broke AL McHas Sri. O. T./pl ' /? Foil street, fractured rk. 228 S. First tall at her »' er left hip tn a this morningo»e W about J o'clock room going «r |hd' pepped fn>m her the mishap bathrag£*when ed the hip id. X rays showThe Well V/oAj\ at the jelnt. who observed & j Decatnr lady. »ast mortlh. 4ns U ‘ r 85tb birthday f ritai. Her c/ndiW oved to the hoesatisfactory. /mA on was reported 1 nether of Alur. Burk is the - this city. I Vt T * d Sim Burk ot ~ V ~7 ' INDIANA Mi Partly cloudy L £ATHER >. Friday wfthlscaU tonight and or - “feed showers portion tonight i northwest ' .’ es stat* Fridiy. M i d over meet north and cAntrajp\ little warmer night. Low Ur ait' portions toFriday 13-A7 Ifo'-tilU • High I u 85-90 south.

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Iranian PosLFires On Russian Vessel • Ni vol Ship Entered In o Iran Waters Tehr n, Iran. Adj. 2. — (UP) Iranian general staff sources said inday i i Iranian Montier post had ffojff T lesday on fl 700-ton Soviet nasal essel whica entered Irananiwa n. . H The ranian sttrees said the frontier! post fire* machine gun* at teasel after the Soviet-, Ibrew eeaflehlights on the IXWt- ;T afc)jce saidahe vessel retired minutte fire from the Iranianlpost. Thfly-did not say Hussilns returned the ,:r sx 4 /ft ‘i'X Idanians sad the craft entered ] lonian waters’ in the Cas-l-.aA Asters. f iio immediate explanation the Soy*t ship’* alleged Kctions.V /' < 2?s v /n Th«Xs< treesan Iran- is expected to pH >lest agMnst the alleged Soviet Lt rprsion Aafo Iranian waters | > I untenfirmed rumors in Tehrte"said Snviet troops were being named or the Soviet border InlauJ from stara. At tha* time nors also said a Soviet iLrship as in the Caspian SeaJpff the ort. Mein' Ale, th« tons British crvi4r Eun lus staged “mir.euverson the< fergian Gulf after i-otWyingjQie Ir. Man government It would lo sUT' Nation* front, eputy Abol Nassen HaerMadeh 1 insured Britain’s display <j ’ force said it jeonvidixed th atmosphere” necessary k for tettlement of the -Anglo-Iran an oifudisputeJ I The iuty wnu-d before the Caspian Si * inciMnt was disclosed nat such | dritislK“displays** might , vmourage' the »vlets to do likewise. He poln rd ouj “Russia is much more pOi *fful Shan Britain and , baa exten iv.- bidders with Iran.” NEti I SEF|AL STORY “LucK Thef’Bride” is the title of i nn Carter's new serial story w ich tell start Friday in the D ily Democrat. It is an * interest! g of a girl who couldn't decibe whether! to marry t e man or keep her '. jgb- Yoi II erloy It. w < Two M n Arrested For Th Jft ks Safe ■- -Fort 'wasne Men Are Held In Safe Theft r 1 fl Two meniiwenk arrested Wednesday' by stsfle ted county police officers for Shea breakin and theft of a safe fAm Ihe Harold Barger home, in •■d.teAnd township. Officers that the ln ' vestigation Lpuldyontinue, that two othersßtew- known, to be involved in tHUftmrglajyZ SheriffX B» Shraluka. state detective Chqys Epperson and state trooper TaV Biberstine Wednesday arre-tJJ Kenneth Roth. 23. and Kenda|g Duncan. 24. both of Fort WayiM and said berth men , will be chafled in court with first degree bnM&.ry. entering to commit a feTflfinikpnd grand larceny. Both tntenrrested for the theft of the have previous record*, Roth, who is a m phew W larger, is currently on parole, m « . The fiirtillly looted safe was found Wesday by William Ostermeyer. ftrho lyotified the sheriff’s departtepnt. jrA check of the content* tte-lotted that 8614 tn-cash *s weMas BU7OO in savings bonds and vwualra papers were still In the whid i was found near the S< heigtenn b dge. about six miles .nordMf Ded tdr. and I uncan were arrested ■ at oth'a mother's home in and I ought to the Adams <OB Tj y iai!r ’here they*were inc pcernlng their part jy «»fe j as stolen from the -P*y >r hofnej Ouly 21 wtille the , sttrp at the lake. A < r< sard was offered at j Dnta for [lnformation leading he Arrest *f those stealing the yy > n< i its bintents, which had estimated or f 1.400 in -MUIKd it at me time.

q Medal Os Honor Hero ' rT -W J BT d" ENRV Alfred COMMISKEY, 24. USMC., of Hattiesburg, Miss., receives conrratnlsrinns W°hit» P w dent Tri?rna “ ast ® r 'being awarded the congressional medal of honor at. a ceremony in the Koreanfchtlng Be wt« r hn n nn C ! > ®{ n,Bkey * f ‘ rßt marine to win the highest award for heroism -during the Korean .fighting, honored for conspicuous gallantry” while leading a charge up a hill last Sentem9 f *m<>MhL?t° H fdUn a°’z£° re< t». SurroundlD K th « lieutenant are his wife, Mr*. H. A. Commlskey holding 9-month|old Commlskey, Jr., and their daughter, Cassandra, 3 and one-half years old ? ’ 1 ■ —— • : L. • ... „ ...'

9 — Philippines Revolt Threatened By Huks Communist To .Attempt Overthrow Washln|gtQi£ Aug. « — (UP) — Communist, Huk guerillas will try ver titrow the Philippine government txt ween November and next May by "fofcei arson and /nurder," i he state department reported togay. In a special pamphlet on Philippine affairs/ the * department’s of public affairs warned that the ’Red movement and Rs threat to the island republic: should no| be underestimated. It said* military might be necessary.] "The Communist ’.leaders are stimulating their partisans to de-, vote their lives to the illegal overthrow of |he elected! government by revolution.’* the | department said. “It.fc known that they have set a date'for the accomplishment of this revolution by-rule of force, arson and/murder.” ‘ | \ The document did not elaborate on the target date for the revolt. However, inquiry repealed that captured Huk documents call for a recruiting drive ending next month that would iqprease the number of I Red guerrillas from if.,000 to 200,000 to prepare for a coup between November and May. 1952. . . ’ The state department indicated that "vigorous action" by the Philippine defense department may be hurting the Red drive. It' said cautiously that “there is, in fact, reason to thing that the Huk forces have been considerably weakened” during recent' months. Nevertheless, the department said the Huks threaten Philippine sovereignty, and noted the strategic role assigned the islands as the southern link "In a natural' line of defease raning northwards through Japan and the Kuriles.” The United States and all free nations, it added, have a large stake in the Philippines. "Economic distress and inequalities have encouraged the growth of the Communist-dominated revolutionary, movement knows as the Hukbalahap.’’ the pamphlet said. "The Communist movement in the Philippines should not be underestimated. It has captured the imagination of many Fllßiinos who . . . do not realize that! they are inviting a domination ‘of personal life more rigorous than any they experienced during the centuries of foreign occupation.” V Gerald Cole Named School Board Head Gerald Cole was named pres’uent of the Decatur public school board at its reorganizations! meeting Wednesday, while Or. Harry hebble was named secretary and rew member George Helm, treasurer. Members of the board gave preliminary consideration to the school budget at the meeting.

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BULL E k T I N Edmonton, Alta., Aug. 2<— (UP) — Two Royal Canadian air force search plana* left Whitehorse, Y.T., today to Investigate report* that wreckage of a “large sllver-oolored” aircraft had been sighted and may be that of the CPA Korean *kllft plane missing since July 21 with 38 person* aboard. . Polish Navy Crew In Mutiny At Sea " Ask For Asylum As Political Refugees Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 2 — (UP) —Crew members of a Polish Communist .Ravy mine sweeper locked up their officers in a mutiny today, steered Into a Swedish port ,and asked for asylum as political refugees. The warship carried a crew of 33 men* including 10 officers. The officers, Swedish author!* ties said, were locked in their quarters. Exactly 4»qw many ot the crewmen Joined the mutiny was not known but it was established, officials said, that lg already had asked for asylum. The Polish mine sweeper was sighted off the southern Swedish coast at daybreak. The Swedish navy was notified. The Swedish navy mine sweeper M-6, command* ed by Lt. Ake Skoglund, was sent to investigate. Skoglund sighted a lifeboat on his way to the Polish vessel. In it he found six of the Red mine sweeper’s crew. They told him of >the mutiny and said the officers were locked up. Skolund got into the lifeboat, ac(Tani Te Pace *lx)

Seek Civilian Defense Program Boost In City

How’s the ol’ civilian defense morale been lately? Earned enough credits to win your wings? For state civilian defenseofficials, apprehensive at the apathy shown in Adams county, are going to stage a local review of the civilian defense set-up and present a training film and "wings” in hopes, apparently, of boosting homefront morale. Scant details are available on the latter item. What the wings designate, local officials are at a loss to explain. Awards given for being carried away on wings of song? Flights of fancy? No one knows. It is known, though, that no cereal boxtops will be required to earn a set of wings which can be flaunted in front of your friends who are less fortunate than you. i Basically, the civilian defense program is constituted to get localities on the alert for enemy aircraft. Through %uch observations, cities can be blacked-out, shelter attain--1 ed, and precautionary measures > taken. Preliminary outlines have been

New Charges Filed Against Two Men Dillon, Gray Bonds Increased To $4,000 Prosecuting attorney x Severin Scburger Wednesday filed new and separate charge* against twp of th* Mte arrested last weekend. a series of apprehensions by city and county police. f Previous charges to which m?n pleaded not guilty at their arraignment last Saturday were dismissed prior to filing the new counts. \ \- J +Y ■ At the same time, Judge Myles F.;, Parrish boosted their bond from $1,500 to $4,000. Eugene Dillon and Robert Gray, both of route 5, and both charged < last week with contributing to the ] delinquency of a minor, were charged with three counts by prosecutor Schurger Wednesday: statutory rape, assault with intent to | commit a felony,-and contributing t? the delinquency ot a minor. . Both men pleaded pot guilty to the single, latter charge against the?! at their arraignment. Dillon was represented at the hearing by Hubert McClenahan. . Dillon and G|-ay are two of three persons remaining in the Adams county, jail. ' Hdrold M*rtin> of ’ North Tenth Street, Wednesday ap- ( peared tn court and pleaded guilty ( to the charge of indecent Exposure. He pleaded not guilty to the charge , at his arraignment. ■ His ; trial has been set for Friday. No trial data was set for Dillon and Gray.; / • Mrs. Lucile Bodie and Mrs. Bernice Hirshey,' the first charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and the latter charged with prostitution, were re(Tura Te Pace

completed locally, to the extent of organising the county civilian defense team. No participation has been taken in the two or three mock raids held to date, however. / Locally, civilian defense officials Robert S. Anderson, Floyd Hunter and Mayor John Doan, have attempted to ignite a spark under volunteers to get the program into action, but with little success. As yet there are no observation I posts-*-which Should reduce considerably the time Capt. Forest Shafer and his retinue will, spend viewing such installations. There is only the report that Capt. Shafer will visit the county ’ August 13. He will at that time • show the. training film And present > the wings. I i Already, several persons who are airmen through the privilege of > imagination have dusted off their • lapels prior to inserting the wings. • One observer of the local scene i says he knows a farmer who lives - southeast of Berne has his horse i and buggy in readiness for a trip to Decatur to rceive his. Says he’s i going to pin them on the horse.

UN's Chief Negotiator Tells Reds Flatly No Truce Line At Parallel i I Ir •■ . * • :

Boost In Ceiling Prices Foreseen New Law To Affect Food, Autos First Washington, Aug. 2 —\ (UP) — Price control officials, braced for a deluge of requests for higher ceiling prices; predicted today that the new controls law would have its first impact on food and new automobiles. To conform with the law, they said, price ceiiings Ah. everyday food items probably will have tJ be hiked five to 10 percent in the next month. With _ food "in tight demand, actual market basket costs quickly will follow suit, they estimated. The opening wedge for the increased food costs, according to officials of the office of price stabilization (OPS), is a provision in th? new law which prohibits the government from setting .ceiling prices for manufacturers and processor which do not reflect all “reasonable” cost increases «lcne the outbreak ipf the Korean war. / On the manufacturing side.' OPS officials anticipated that the automobile industry would be at the head of a parade of industries ?*Xing tor higher celling prices. \ * Chrysler Corp, gave a posxlMe tipoff yesterday to what the industry will ask for in the way \dt higher prices jyhen it “unofficially made it known” to OPS that it thinks it rates a 9% percent Dricehike. “ . Other automakers wer®\ report? ed ready to follow Chrysler’s suit in asking for approximately a 10 percent boost in car prices. Automobile prices have been frozen at Dec. 1, 1950, levels, plus s 3’4 percent increase granted, in .March. <Tnr» Te Pace *tx) . Committee Formed For Scrap Salvage Noah Steury Heads / Salvage Committee Noah. R. Steur>, president of tJecatui-' Industries, was named chairman of a local scrap salvage committee at a meeting held with Walter 'Ford, executive director of the Chamber ol! Commerce j last evening.. \ i \ An industrial chairman will be named later, Ford as plans were unfolded to aid in the national campaign to direct the flow of scrap metal, to local junk dealers. \ The purpose of campaign is to direct attention t< the need for scrap metals and\ V> 5 urge householders and industries to sell these materials to dealers, who in turn start it pn its way to blast furnaces, foundries and steel mills. The national production author-; ity estimates thhr year’s need of scrap at 32 million gross tons. The Decatur Casting company is the largest user of scrap iron In the county and full-time operations of the plant depend largely on the receipt of sufficient' scrap metals. The Industry employs more than 126 persons, Glen Mauller, who represented the company, said at the meeting last , evening. Assurances of entering into the campaign were given by John Welch, manager of the Decatur General Electric plant and Ceniral Sdya company, represented by George Walter. These two industries maintain salvage departments and frequently have scrap clean-up dayi around their plaints.' Director Ford said a national drive was being made in behalf of steel and irdn industries, were dependent upon the steady flow of scrap and pig iron to the junk yards. Deca-tvr has two junk yards and local citizens are asked to convert scrap metal into currency and silver dollars. ■' ■ ! t ; T

Gov. Schricker | Delays Action On Fund Order ' ! i!M Postpones Action On 'Very Serious' Welfare Situation : 1 ■ Indianapolis, Aug. 2 — (UF?) -— Governor Schricker postponed aci tion on Indiana’s “yery serious” welfare situation today and warned court appeals might go far beyond the day of emergency.; The governor said he would issue an announcement aftfer hl has more time to study the financial crisis created when flddral security administrator CScap Ewing cut off the state’s $20,060,000 a year in welfare aid. He d(d not say when the announcement would be issued. Schricker said he wag not officially informed that the attorney general's office was planning court action against Ewing and added .that such action “may go far beyond the day of emergency;” j > “The attorney general wants to exhaust every possible kveniie of appeal,” he said. '[ " e.-tericker said he has received dozens of calls and -telegrams from welfare recipients—front eidterly persons, asking if their; welfare will be slashed and from “blind persons wondering what will become\of\their assistance. !■ The governor replied he stas considering appropriate action. ■ ‘A|l I want to do is to obey the law, Whether it’s state or federiki“ the governor said.\ j h\ Earlier, a state official accused o| making good a threat to the legislature when he the state's welfare kjd-\ Clyde |l. Jones, chief counsel:for the state?, attorney general’s office said Ewiii£ exerted Influence on legislature to prevent piSsag? of the which opened state welfare the public. He said a federal security administration official warned the legislature the funds probably would be cdt oft if thej bill was passed. ■ was an invasion of stilt? sovereignty,” Jsnes said? “Ewing as a federal officer had no right to 1 (Tnre To Pace Severn) Hiser Is Sentenced |\) To 2-21 Year Term ; I ' \ ' ' a j j Former Blackford Treasurer Jailed • \ Hartford Gity, Ind., Aug. 2—(UPJ —Lester Hiser, 30, former .Blackford county treasurer, was sentenced to two-to-21 years in prison today and fined S2OO when he pleaded ! g|iilty to a chgrge of embezzling epunty funds; \ i Hiser waived arraignment aind entered his plea before Blackford Circuit judge James R. Emshwilier on one count of a 14-count Indictment Emshwiller dismissed 13 other counts In the indictment earlier.. Hiser entered the plea in person. He showed no sign of emotion. He was accompanied in court by his attorney,-Clayton C. Wright gnd his vrlfe. ' 'I ' T\ '■ Mrs. Hiser sat silently through the procedure and occasionally wiped tears from her eyes. Hiser disappeared last October 10. A few weeks later he was indicted on charges of embezzling $9,713 in funds from the Blackford , county treasury. - He was arrested last June 27, in Indianapolis where he was seeking employment in a factdry. While he was gon?* Blackford county voters re-elected him to an--1 other term as treasurer although the shortage was a matter .of public record. But a successor was appointed hy county commissioners I when time dragged on and Hiser didn’t return.

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UN Forces Thrust Three Miles Ahead In Kumspng Area ; As Taste Os Wat :r UN Advance Base Below Kae* ifcong; Korea, Friday, Aug. 3.—(UP) /f—The cease-fire talks in Kaesong headed for an Imminent showdown ■today. The showdown may come at the 18th cease-fire session at 11 a.m. today (7 p.m. Thursday CST). Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief Nations negotiators, told the Communisfa flatly at Thursday’s Session that he would not accept a truce line which left the allied forces open to a Red double-cross offensive. J Chief Communist negotiator Gen. Nam II said he would not accept ihe present front as the truce line . as the UN demands, y At Thursday’s meeting Nam II ?sked Joy a question which ,< he thought the UN might make a ‘ Sneak attack. j V' IThe UN command has no lotion of violating any military ilstice agreed upon,” Joy sgid added bluntly: • i/ r . But neither will the UN cqmnd place Itself In an indefensible ition in the event of an artnls- ! violation by the Other side,!’ 1 d Thursday’s session Nam 11 med stalling for tifae. i s some feeling in UN headquars here that he had asked fpr, ?pd was awaiHng, new instructions ffioni the North Korean and Chinese Communist commands in Pyongyang and, Peiping. H The deadlock is in Its eighth day. The UN team insists on a trues liiie along the presept front where it ;has excellent defense. The Reds demand the line on the parallel wpere the UN forces Would be wide open to attack in territory which offers no good defensive terrain. it appeared here that what ’ was becoming a crisis must break soon. There might be a/eudpen and unexpected proposal which would permit a compromise. There njight \be a recess where both sides could » tet ew their positions. There be a breakdown followed by big; scale i j : The UN gave the Reds a taste of war; Thursday in a “vest pocket” offensive in which the allied infantrymen thrust forward more thap three miles in the Kumsong area on the central frpnt at a point about 65 mile* northeast of KaeThe advance was the largest made by allied units, other than patrols ainefe the Kaesong peace talkb began XJuly 10. It underlin- b ed the UN warning that the allies will not consider the 38th parallel as a cease-fire line and will con-' ttnue military . operations during the negotiations. , The allies were striking toward Kumsong, 29 miles nolrth of; the 38th parallel and one of the main Communist build-up points Since th? Reds lost their “Jton triangle” t? the southwest. The Communists altogether are reported to have massed 350,000 troops in line and another 300,000 in reserve for an offensive in the evppt that the armistice talks are broke? off. ' The showdown in the armistice negotiations may come Friday. \ Bom? tew Communist proposal appeared in the making. The Communist delegation gave every in(Twr» Te Pace Itx) Flood Relief Goal More Than Half Met A check for S9O from the. Cross Evangelical 'Reformed church at Berne, swelled the Red Cross flood relief fund to $344.71 today, fl. E. Glendening, county chairman announced. Thbrlocal goal is S6OO. On duty at the First State bank yesterday in the campaign to meet the county’s quota were Miss Del McMillan and Mrs. Robert Railing, Red Crops volunteers. Mrs. W; Guy Brown served at the bank this morning. t h • ; „ \ Chairman Glendening urged citizens to contribute to the cam- <4 paign, stating that with more than half the quota already raised) goal should be reached by the weekend.