Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1951 — Page 1

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Iran Submits New Proposal In Oil Scrap Submits Proposal For Contimrance Os • Oil Dispute Parley ■. ■ I ' ; ■' BQLLET|N Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22.—(UP) —Premier Mohammed Mogeadefeh said tonight that Iran’s oil talks with Britain have collapsed and that chief British negotiator Richard Stokes would leave Tehran. Tehran, Iran, Aug? 22.—(UP)— (By telephone to New York) —Iran tonight banded Britain a proposal for continuance of their oil talks after a British ultimatum on a new 1 compromise proposal over oil field management expired. I The reply was taken to Richard , Stokes, leader of the British negoti- - ating’ mission, by Premier Moham- ’ med Mossadegh after a two and one-half hour emergency meeting of the Iranian cabinet and the mtx--ed parliamentary oil commission. The proposal to, which Iran replied demanded that Iran agree to put a British manager in charge of the nationalised oil fields. Mossadegh went to the summer, palace where Stokes has been staying. An Iranian spokesman said that if the two did not agree on continuing the talks, both Stokes and U.S. presidential adviser W. Averell Harriman would leave Tehran and the negotiations would be considered suspended. ‘ ’The spokesman, Dr. All Shayegan, did not disclose the contents of the Iranian reply but said he hoped the talks that started 19 days ago would continue. . - ’ * "We are willing to negotiate but are not prepared to take orders or tp submit to duress,” he added. A copy of the reply also was delivered to Harriman. x The deadline on Stokes' ultimatum was 3 p.m. (5:30 a.m. CST) and he said he was prepared to depart from Tehran at 8 a.m. tomorrow \’(10:30 p.m. CST).- . Stokes said he planned to outline his departure plans to Mossadegh, who had a last ch4 nce save talks from a final collapse. Stokes, who came here with his British mission 19 days ago, said he will leave tomorrow unless Iran, in a last-minute reversal, accepts his demand. ' But Iran appeared to be in no mood for » compromise. . “We. will not submH to the ultimatum" vice premier Hussein Fatenil said. "Stokes has y rl^ tel J a letter and the cabinet will deal with it in the usual manner.” Hazelwood Infpnt Dies This Morning Graveside services will be held rat 9:20 a m. Thursday at the Decatur cemetery for the infant daughter of Joseph T. and Virginia Shady Hazzlewood,. stillborn at 10730 this morning at the Adams county memorial j hospital. The Rev. William C. Feller will officiate? at the conducted by thr'Zwick funeraffiome. ? Surviving are; the parents* one brother. ’Steven; a sister, Elena Marie; the grandmothers. Mrs. Gladys Peck i®f Fort Wayne and Mrs. Mary Haziewood of Decatur, and great-grandparents, * Thomas Titus of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. William Reppert of Monroe. Battleship lowa To Be Recommissioned San Francisco, Aug. 22 (UP) TheTls,ooo-ton battleship lowa will be recommissioned for return to duty at'(the San Francisco naval /Shipyard Saturday morning, the navy has announced. ; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Olli be the principal speaker as ©apt. William R. Smedberg 111 of San Francisco formally takes his new command. former aide to the chief of naval operations, served in be th theaters during WorM War 11. The 1,200 sailors of his new command have begun the task of getting J the moth-balled battlewagon ship-shape for active duty.

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First Atom Sub Is Planned By Nation Submarine Contract Is Awarded By Navy Washington, Aug; 22. —(UP) — The world’s first atomic submarine, which would revolutionize naval warfare and wipe out Russia's edgd in underseas craft, is on the way . to fceifcg built by the United States. ThAdesigns are finished, the ■ models made, the contract let—and an atomic engine already may have been found workable although no one will say so. When the submarine is launched —perhaps In two years—the United States will have an undersea boat able .to go practically any distance without refueling or coming up for air. Even more, the submarine will mark a step forward in using atomic energy greater than anything since the A-bomb went off. The government is working to make an atomic-powered airplane and produce electricity with atomic energy. Both will get a boost when the submarine succeeds. In a, one-line announcement last night the navy said the |40.Q00,Q00 atom-sub contract has been 'let to the Electric Boat Co. of Groton, Conn. The company has been working on the plans more than a year. Th£ cost was fixel in a bill passed by congress. Neither the navy nor the atomic energy commission will give details. AEC officials told a news conference recently they plan to be “vaguer and vaguer” on when the prototype engine, or reactor, 'designed to drive submarines will be useful. \. i . . This was especially pointed since Russia is generally acknowledged to have right now the world's largest fleet of undersea craft, including those she captured from the Germans. '* p One official said it was not exactly right to assume that because the contract with Electric Boat has been made firm, the AEC now has proved up an engine for its revolutionary sub. However, outsidfelt the AEC must be pretty confident. ' Work on a prototype engine started in 1948. Westinghouse Electric is working on a model at Arco, Ida. General Electrid is working on one at Schenectady, N.Y. The atom-sub will be powered by nuclear energy. It is the only kind of fuel that doesn’t “burn.” Not only that, it can produce theoxygen the crew needs to live. The atomic engine produces heat which can be turned into steam or electrical energy to propel the submarine, j It will run tor months without refueling. Forms Are Received By License Branch Auxiliary Plates Also On Display Mrs. Dale Death, manager of the Decatur auto license branch, today received a supply of forms to be used by automobile owners who tiaye changed their place of residence in the last year. These forms must be filled out and returned to the state bureau before September 15 so that the proper application blanks can be mailed for 1952 auto plates. The state bureau pointed out that unless that bureau has the correct address, the motorist will not receive the 1952 application blanks. If no blanks are received, it will take the applicant considerably more time to fill the application before obtaining new license plates. ' Mrs. Death also has on display the 1952 auxiliary license plates which are black' and gold is color and are eight inches wide and one inch deep. These auxiliary plates will fasten on to the 1951 plates, but will not necessarily bear the 1951 number. The new plates also will bear the usual JA and a number, starting with number 1. The new plate also bears the year ’52. , , . Caught'ln Bailer,> Man Fatally Burned Princeton, Mo., Aug. 22. —(UP) — Freddie Curtis, 48, was burned fatally after he caught bls'arm in a hay bailer yesterday. It was believed Curtis attempted to make repairs on the bailer without shutting off the power takeoff from the tractor.

South Korean Troops Smash Red Resistance I ..Ui* .■ a, I Five-Day Flaming Battle Ended With Heavy Red Losses sßth Army Head-quarters, Korea, Aug. 22. — (UP)— Soudi Korean troops have smashed Communist resistance on the east-central front after a flaming five-day battle In which 3,000 Red troops were killed and thousands wounded, reports to headquarters said tonight. The South* Koreans \ sealed their victory by capturing three vl(al Kills and sending\ the Communist defenders fleeing to the north. The iMjftle. which extended along 2» miles of ridgelines in the rugged Korean mountains, saw one of the biggest concentrations of .artillery fire and some of the bitterest and bloodiest fighting of the Korean war. v A briefing officer who followed the battle said the South Koreans inflicted “frightening" casualties on the enemy. He estimated that nearly 800 Reds were killed in the climactic fight Wednesday for the three hills. * » , It put most of the ridgelines northeast and northwest of Yanggu in Allied hands and materially reduced a dangerous Communist bulge in the United Nations line. The Reds still were putting up stubborn resistance at the eastern end of the South Koreans’ 25-mile offensive front, but even there the Republican troops took another Important piece of high ground west of Kansong. 'We now hold the entire ridgeline after five days of fighting,” an Bth army spokesman said. * More heavy fighting seemed in prospect, however. The Communists still were pouring reinforcements and supplies south toward the battle line? x Some 2,300 enemy tVucks were spotted by Allied bombers and fjghters Tuesday night and early Wednesday. The night raiders destroyed or damaged at least 170 of them. Another 3,400 trucks had been reported moving south the previous night. The Communists fought to the death to hold strategic heights above Yanggu eight miles north of I the 38th parallel on the east-cen-tral front, duripg the first part of the five-day battle. out against massed artillery barrages, aerial bombardment and bayonet charges, then counterattacked with savage fury. The South Koreans Jumped off in a new series of attacks Wednesday morning. j .5 » . Prepares Plans For Additional Sewerage Added Sewerage In Northwest Section Plans and specifications for the Homewood-Porter additions Sewage system, a .’vital link in the city's system,” will be completed early next month, city engineer Ralph Roop assured city councilmen. The additional sewerage in the northwest section of the city will prove one of the major projects in the city water department’s program of extending its services. At present these areas are without any sewerage system. Mayor Doan and city councilmen were cognizant of the need for such an extension and in conjunction with Roop had made It one of the leading items on the agenda for public works. ” Consequently, when a petition was receivea by home owners in the vicinity last spring, Roop was immediately authorized to prepare the necessary plans and specifications. Further action will Include the adoption of a preliminary resolutien by councilmen, a public hearing on assessments, then final adoption of the resolution which will create the extension of the city’s sewerage system.

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Two Groups Petition For City Licensing Electricians And Plumbers Petition A move to llceoee the city** electricians and plumber* was launched by councilmen Tuesday when they referred the matter to a committee for further study and recommendations for future actions. Councilmen were petitioned by the x two groups, Engle and Kiess, Ulman electric, and Curtis Hill representing the electricians, and Baker plumbing and beating, Irwin plumbing and heating, Decatur plumbing and heating. Shell plumbing and heating and A. XV- LaWson plumbing and heating, to license such businesses. matter was not seriously debated during the council meeting, considerable private discussion among the members showed a split reaction to issuing such licenses. Actually, issuance of such licenses would protect local plumbers and electricians from outside competition. However, an ordinance must be passed in which Is described the qualifications for applicants to receive such a license. It Is probable that ‘‘outside” electricians and plumbers desiring employment in the city would be required to obtain a special permit. Members of the ordinance committee, who are to further study the license question in conjunction with city attorney Robert S. Anderson, will probably model any acts on those in force in surrounding cities. i What such licensing would provide. it is indicated, would be uniformity in electrical and work according to a devised code. Further indications arere that a stringent qualification code would be adopted to assure the applicants i were technically familiar with their business. The qualification code, as one councilman privately stated, "would probably eliminate some of those who signed the .petition.” Councilmen also received two other petitions, one of them an application for city water to the Leland L. Franks home just west of the city limits on West Monroe street, and which was*referred to the water committee in conjunction with the department superintendent; another was for an overhead light at the end of Grant street on Line signed'hy Mr. and Mrs. Howard Minch and 14 others, and referred to the electric light committee. An agreement between the city and Alfred and Ella Grote,for rural line extension in Union township was also approved. The agreement price was for |708.55, affecting the extension. , ’ t Mb , INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight. Thur*-, day fair and a tittle warmer. Low tonight 49 to 54 north, 54 to 58 south. High Thursday 75 to 80 north, 80 to 65 south.

Three-Year'Old Girl Killed In Accident Winamac. Ind., A|ug.\22.— (UP)— Three-year-old Catherine pilts was killed last night when she was thrown from her father’s auto as it turned over into a 10-foot ditch. Passersby took the father, James Dilts, to a hospital here but didn’t see the child. Dilts kept murmuring the child’s name. The wreckage was searched and Catherine was found under the car, her face buried in the bank of the ditch. Artificial respiration failed to revise her. v Russian Spy Rings . Operating In U.S. Former MacArthur Aide In Testimony Washington. Aug. 22.—»(UP) — Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby said today there are Soviet spy rings now operating in the United States similar to those already uncovered in the Far East. Willoughby, Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s former intelligence chief, told the House un-American activities committee he is prepared to presentj the names of more than 180 persons who had made contributions to Russia's far-flung espionage network. He did not say how many of the 18Q were American citizens. Although he was sllhrply critical of what hA considered mistakes in U. S. foreign policy, Willoughby said be did not feel the present administration was entirely to blame. "The dead hand of the past rests heavily on a precarious present,” he said. "We are still in the shadow of Cairo, Yalta, Tehran and Potsdam. "Retribution has been swift and terrible. The victors of 1945 have created a Frankenstein that may yet slay them: the Red hnenace, international • Communism.” He told, the committee he thinks it "only fair ... to accept that the present administration is staggering under an intolerable -burden, which It Inherited from its predecessors and did not itself create." Wearing his army uniform, Willoughby began his formal testimony by reading a prepared statement in a sharp, clipped manner. He said hia statement's were not politically motivated. | “I have no direct isaue with the army or the state departnjent,” he said. "The army is sound ... as regards the state department. I have served as military attache for many years in our embassies of Caracas, Bogota, and Quito, in the period 1920-30. The field personnel is first class.” Willoughby refered to the notorious Richard Borge spy ring that operated in China and Japan prior t<» World War If. He said it fell to him as MacArthur's chief of intelligence *t‘o confront this men(Tara Te Paa* Bight) i; - i

I United Nations Note On Neutrality Status May Make Or Break Parley

Budenz Testifies On Red Activities Former Communist At Senate Hearing Washington, Aug. 22. —'(UP)— Louh F. Budenz, former Communist editor and party official, testified today that Owen Lattimore was described in party councils as the member ot a Communist cell in the institute Pacific relations. Budenz told the senate’s internal secqrity subcommittee that a Communist cell operated in the IPR during the time that he- was in the party. He identified Frederick Vanderbilt Field as the member who reported on the cell’s activities to the party “polltburo." Budenz described the institute as a “captive organization completely under the control of Communists” and quoted Alexander Trachtenberg, who headed the Communist party’s cultural activities in this country, as saying the IPR cell was “the little red schoolhouse for teaching certain people in Washington how -to think of the Soviet Union*ln the far east” Sen. Herbert R. O'Cpnor, D., Md., asked whether the name of Lattimore. Johns Hopkins University professor who was prime target of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s loyalty charges, eoald . have been used “loosely” tn connection with the IPR cell. Budenz replied that Lattimore was “specifically mentioned as a member of the Commulnst cell under instructions.” He testified that Lattimore was selected, at a polltburo meeting in 1937, to initiate a shift in Communist party which would play down the Chinese Reds as Soviet supporters and emphasize their “democratic" character. Lattimore, “as a member of the Communist cell," was given his in(Tuni *r* Pa*c Klcht) Collection Os Taxes Stopped Temporarily Treasurer Adopts Policy Os Waiting County treasurer Richard D. Lewton today adopted a policy of “watchful waiting” in collection of taxes from townships affected by the Adams Central Consolidated v ' His office has stopped temporarily the collection of taxes, from Monroe, Washington and Kirkland townships; Monroe-Monroe corporation and Monroe-Washington corpration “until the state ♦ decides iwhat answer Lt to be.” Lewton said he would wait until further, more comprehensive orders were forthcoming from the state officials before collecting taxes from these units, including fall payments. Until now the state has been almost as vague as court orders on pJfcment ot the 1949 sinking fund into the Adams Central corporation. > Arguments rage as to whether Judge Bprr Glenn, of the Huntington circuit court, indicated that all funds paid into the treasurer's office for the disputed 75-cent sinking fund should be reimbursed. The Adams county freeholders, an organization formed to oppose the erection of* the consolidated school, has a ipeetdng planned for Friday to consolidate their forces and attempt to have such payments returned. Glenn’s decision enjoining the collection of the sinking fynd monies was rendered following the spring collections In which the sinking fund was included. Fall installments do not include this amount. But Lewton said that he is going to let the state untangle the problem. Accordingly, the state must then fully Interpret Judge Glenn’s decision and order restitution of money paid for the sinking fund, or declare those who refused to pay (Tara Ta Pa*a Elaht)

Solons Jolt Truman Hopes On Two Bills Price Control Law, i Foreign Aid Plans 1 Are Given Setback i Washington, Aug. 22.—(UP) — ; Congress today Jolted President s Truman's hopes of getting's stronger price control law and an 18,- ■ 500.000,000 foreign aid program. Members of the house banking > committee as much as said that Mr. Truman will be wasting Jiis i time when he sends a message to 1 congress asking for a tougher economic control law. Chairman Brent Spence. D., Ky.. : said a bill to provide changes in I 1 the new controls law “might” be introduced and that hearings' “might” be held, but that there will be no committe hearings tin- '■ til mid-September. Since congres hopes to adjourn by Oct. 1. that ’ appears to rule out the possibility of any congressional action this session. r Mr. Truman’s setback on foreign ' aid came whea his chief foreign ‘ policy spokesman in the senate — f chairman Tom Connally of the foreign relations committee — an- < 1 nouneed he will sek a bkllion-dol-! 1 lar cut In the administration’s SB,500.000,000 program. The cut would be entirely in the economic phase 1 of the program, not the military. Connally said he will press for a vote on the issue later today by the combined foreign relations and armed services committees. The house already has passed an aid bill slashing a billion from the administration request. Other congressional developments: . Taxes: Senate tax.framers had a different and more complicated formula to boost individual income taxes - than the house, but they claimed it wouldn't hit the pocket- , book as hard in most cases. Their plan would apply a special “defense tax” to what the taxpayer has left over after computing the federal taxes due under th® present, law. The house had proposed a straight 12*4 percent increase in tax payments. Margaret Painter Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Morning Miss Margaret Rose Painter, 29.Willshire, O. died at the home ot her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Painter, at 10:40 o’clock this morning. She had been ifi for two years, and death was not unexpected. Margaret Painter was born in Willshire, 0., January 10, 1922, daughter of Leßoy and Margaret A. Kline Painter, both of whom survive. She was a member of the First Methodist church ot Willshire. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Cleo, Charles and Gene Painter, all of Willshire; Mrs. Harry Shell, Mrs. Preston Thatcher, Miss Janet Painter and Miss Martha Lou Painter, all of Willshire; Mrs. Sam Henshaw, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Richard Kline, Ohio City, and Mrs. Barbara Pickens, Bluffton. One brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at' the home Saturday morning at 10 o’clock and burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. The Rev. WTallace Turner wil lhave charge of the services. The body will be removed from the Black funeral home in Decatur to the residence Thursday, and friends may call after 2 p.m. until funeral time.

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Believed Note To Contain Last Word In Bitter Series Os Red Allegations UN Advance Base Below Kaesong. Korea. Thursday. (Aug. 23.— (UP)—A United Nations note on the Kaesong neutrality situation which may make or break the entire Korean cease-fire conference will be handed to Communist lialr son officers this morning. It is believed that the note contains the allies’ last wprd in the series of bitter allegations of violations of the neutrality of Kaesong, where cease-fire talks are being beidy Reliable informants said the note will reply to two protests by North Korean Gen. Nam II of alleged I neutrality violations by UN forces. The note is to be banded to the i Reds, it is understood, before a I four-man UN-Communist subcommittee meets again at Kaesong at 11 a.m. (7 p.m. Wednesday CST) in a seventh attempt to agree on a : cease-fire line. There was no indication that the subcommitteemen had made the slightest progress. It was predicted that the note would be a sweeping rejection of Red complaints. The note is 2,000 or more words long, covering about 10 pages, and is badked up by documents. It la signed by Vice Adm. C. ’Turner Joy, I chief UN truce negotiator.. Nam II has on file at present two ' allegations of neutrality violation, j First, he complained that UN. ’ troops fired on a Communist military police patrol inside the Kaesong neutral zone. Secondly, he al- ; leged that a UN plane machine- ; gunned and completely destroyed a white-flagged Communist conference jeep on the road between Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and Kaesong. A hint of what the allied note may say was given by a bulletin of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s supreme headquarters in Tokyo. Quoting a broadcast by the UN command radio to Korea, the bulletin said the Reds had turned the entire Kaesong conference into a “a universal symbol of bad faith.” , After 43 days, the bulletin said, .the people of the world have the right to ask: “why are the UN delegates , . . constantly forced to divert their attention to the question of armed personnel in the conference area, sometimes within plain sight of the grten-topped (conference) table?” “Incidents such as these throw considerable light on the Communist reason for choosing Kaesong” (as the conference site), the bulletin said. “It is now quite obvious that Kaesong was picked in order to intimidate the UN command delegates by a show ot force. That failing, the conference could be stalemated with a series of side issues blocking the main discussions _ ■' 1 . “. . . . the Communists . insisted on Kaesong. Tailor-made for incidents, the city has been turned by thpir actions into a- universal symbol for bad faith.” Stone Truck Driver Is Accident Victim Evansville, Ind., Aug. 22. — /U P) -=- Glendle C. Nelson. 35. Winslow, driver of a stone truck on a resurfacing project, was yesterday when he turned sharply to avoid hitting an on-coming - truck and hit a tree. The mishap occurred on Ind. 57, a mile north of Daylight. LATE BULLETINS Tampico, Mexico, Aug. 22.— (UP) —The center of a 130-mile-an-hour killer hurricane ’ smashed Into the Mexican coast 30 miles north of here at 10:30 a.m. CST today. New York, Aug. 22.—(UP) — The LL 8. court of appeal* today unanimously reversed the perjury conviction of William Walter Remington, former department of commerce economlst, who was convicted of | perjury because he aserted he had never been a member of the Communist party.