Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 244, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol XLIX. No. 244

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Soviet Russia Voices Threat To Norwegians Threatens Reprisals If Bases Permitted For Atlantic Pact London, Oct. 16—(UP) —Russia formaTTy threatened reprisals totiay if Norway permits the North Atlantic pact organization to establish bases on Spkzerbergen and Bear islands. ’ The Soviets charged that Norw i»y already hag violated a ninepower treaty signed in Paris Feb. 9. 1920, by agreeing to place the • two strategic Arctic islands within the ••conipetence ,y Ljof the commander of thfe western defense forces, i ,; . 1 The Soviet warning was contained in a stiff note handed the Norwegian ambassador tn , .Moscow yesterday hy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky. A summary of the-note was broadcast this) morning by radio Moscow! It accused Norway of permitting Norwegian territory to t be used for the preparation of war against the Soviet Union and also charged the Norwegians with carrying out a “vast military program of their own.” The note berated Norway for joining the Atlantic pact, it said that the Norwegians had assured Russla„in a note on Feb. 15, 19.29, that they never would concur in a policy aggressive to-the Soviet I nion and never would permit Norwegian territory to be used for suchpurposes. The Soviets were particularly sharp in their to the status of Spitzbergen, which lies midway between the North Pole and, the northern tip of Norway, and Bear island, another 440 miles to the south. The islands represent the last western islands on the Arctic approaches to the Soviet Union. From Alaska to Spitzbergen it is Oiily 2,000 miles across the polar regions, and from Spitzbergen to. Leningrad, 1,500 miles. Germany seized and occupied Spitzbergen during World War II as a base- from which to attack Russian-bound convoys. Since the end of the war, however, even the Norwegian garrison has been withdrawn and all military installations removed. The 1920 treaty prohibits nse Os the Spitzbergen group forever for war-like purposes bans any fortifications or garrisoning. Howeverv they are open to exploitation by all nations commercially under Norwegian supervision, and Russia operates three coal mines on the island. . ~ I In its new note to the Norweg- ! inns, the Soviet government said: “The Soviet government draws the attention of the Norwegian government to the fact- that utilization of Spitzbergen and Bear islands for military purposes by the command of the N. A. T. O. would constitute a violation of the status of these islands . . . and" would damage the special interests of the Soviet Union and its security, to which fact the Soviet government cannot remain indifferent.” ; i . The! note also charged: 1.- Trips of U. S. and British military and political personages to the Norwegian-Soviet border “hive lately become more frequent.” i -j! [ o.—Norway has permitted -U. S. and British military planes and training groups to fly over Norwegian “territory and land at Norwegian airdromes. 1 : J dh ' Two Persons Killed - As Auto Overturns Columbus, Ind., Oct. *Two persons were killed others injured when their car ran off ilnd. 46 three miles „ west of here, struc a tree and overturned last night, t*" Dead were Kenneth Lee David, 19. and Nina May Smith, Lk7,,both of Nashville. Dale McGee, 21, was injured critically and Oma jean Bond, 19, was hurt seriously. Theywere from Nashville also. State police said David was on jyeave from Nellis air force base, Nev.

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Congressman Mack Efnroute To Holland Madrid Spain, Oct. 16.—(UP)— Rep.- Peter Mack, b.. 111., depahedi in his 5. private plane today for Amsterdam on his solo "friends ship” Bight around ...the world. Mgci|, who hopes to carry his peace! mission behind the iron spent several days in Spain.-; Pakislan's Leader Slain By Assassin Prime Minister Os Pakistan Victim Os Assassin's Bullets London. Oct. 16—(UP) —Prime Minister Liaquat All Khan of Pakistan was assassinated today at ißawalpindi, Pekistap.. pie,; announcement was made here by thO office of the Pakistan high commissioner.' I) said the premier died in a hospital soon, after he was ehot twice in the; chest while addressing a meeting. An official spokesman said’ the assassin was shot dead on the spot. ’ v ■ The premier, western-educated leader of Pakistan's Moslem league who has ruled Pakistan since 1948, was 56 years old. The spokesman said the asssassin fired two shots at'the premier us .he addressed 'the trieetlng. Both struck Liaquat in the chest. He wag rushed immediately to a hospital and died as syrgeous pre-pared-to operate. . . Liaquat. a lawyer who entered politics’ when he was 30, Was the second son of the Moslem Nawab of Karnal. He became . premier after the death of Mohamnied Ali Jinnah in 1948. He has conducted the delicate negotiations with India over Kashmir which had threatened to tpiich off an Indo-Pakistan war. Rawalpindi is the headquarters of-the Pakistan ministry for Kashmiri affairs. The city has been a hot-bed of’ agitation in the dispute with India. , • Liaquat and his wife made a stgte visit to the United §ta*tes in May, 1950, and were overnight guests of President Trumah in Washington. Liaquat was educated at Oxford where he first became 'interested in the independence movement for the Indian subcontinent. ' •( —» f Report Rioting Is > Underway In Egypt Report Says British Troops Into Action Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 16—(UP)— British troops went into action in the'Suez Canal zone today -against Egyptian rioters and unofficial reports eaid eight persons were killed.- , • In Alexandria, Egyptian police fired on rioters who hurled stones and bottles and overturned and burned two private cars. Police reported "several casualties.” Jhe {unofficial reports said six Egyptians and two British nationals were killed at Ismailia, just south of Port Said. \ British troops ware reported earlier by a military spokesman to have gone,, into action there io quell disorders. Reports said Egyptian troops were being rushed' to the area. The British spokesman said British troops sought to quiet riots which began when a mob set fire to a British services post exchange. The Spokesman said earlier when announcing the troops’ action he had “no idea of the number of casualties if any.” Egyptian police were standing by , passively during the disorders h'e t said. ■' ._ , > Travelers from Istnailia said the situation was under control. (In London a British wair office spokesman saida British soldier had been stabbed !in daylight yesterday in Ismalia. It was not known 1 if the stabbing was fatal. The war 1 office said it had no reports yet ■ on British troops being! in "action” there.). '• A 1 The spokesman said the) British troops were members; of the Ist (Tara Ta Page Two) ■ J

Tax Bill May Be Passed By Congress Today Congressmen Hope For Adjournment By This BULLETIN Washington, Oct. 15.—(UP) —Republicans and new deal Democrats formed an unusual coalition in the house today and unexpectedly defeated the $5,732,000,000 tax increase. On a roll! call vote, the compromise bill was beaten 203 to 157. ' V • 4 The bill now will go back to a senate-house conference committee for further study. !' f ! !' . Washington. Oct. 16 —i (UP) — Congress expected to give itself a big nudge today toward adjournment this weekend by sending the $5,732,000,000 tax Isoost bill to thW White House. The house took up the hill first and the senate was slated to follow suit later in the day. The measure calls for an approximate 11% percent ‘income tax hike for most taxpayers as of Nov. 1. It also carries increases in excise or sales levies on such , things as cigarets, gasoline, liquor and beer. > Speaker Sam Rayhurn and senate Democratic leader Ernest W. McFarland halted on the president today and told him their house hopes to I wind up all work this weak.' McFarland said the senate has been, in session for a year \ and members afe eager to get <mt of town. He said “it’s hard to kbep them here.” One of the biggest hurdles remaining after the tax bill is the $7 482,527,790 appropriation for military and economic aid to America’s anti-Communist allies. The house has approved the bill but debate in the senate might be dragged out. Other congressional * developments:' , Internal revenue —Maxwell Shapiro, Boston businessman, told house investigators he paid 810,000 in fees to get a reduction of tax liabilities totaling about >142,000. He said he never got the (Tura To Page Six) Democrats To Open Headquarters Here' y Informal Opening Planned Tonight . “Optimism but not overconfidence," was- ttye way Frank Behnke, Democratic city chairman, termed the progress of the Democrat municipal campaign to a large group of voters and members of thfe city committee at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hutker Monday night. A round-table discussion led by mayoralty candidate 1 John B. Stults and the candidates, , wa§ the' feature of the third in-the-precinct meeting held by the Democrat city committee. \ Final plans were made for the ; opening of Democrat headquarters on the second floor of the K. of P. home on Third street. Headquarters will be informally opened tonight and arrangements will be made by the Women’s organizal- - to have workers each afternoon, and night until election day._Morning hours for the last several days will be announced later. Guests at the Monday meeting included Judge Myles F. Parrish, ! who warned the workers of overconfidence and stressed the importance of electing a Democrat council to Support candidate Stults. t The committee members will meet at the newly opened headquarters tonight at 8 o’clock and all voters are welcome! at thp meeting. Plans for other public meetings will be discussed. ! Chairman Bohnke named Stults, Leo Ehlnger and Dick Heller as members of a publicity and advertising committee to work with the regular city committee. Plans also will be started tonight for an election day organization, Bohnke said.

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— - T "*■' — ■ Grieve Over Kidnaped Baby ■test W ' * 1 Is. w If - - 'wl > HM Bn w. ■«■ 'V- ** f W F' fc - If W ;• -r*' I EcSK. - GRIEVING OVER mysterious kidnaping of their 5-day-old baby from hospital in Michigan City. Ind,, Janies Lyons. 42, comforts his wife Frances. 37 At left is Lyons’ daughter hy a previous marriage, Dorothy, 19. Lyons, wtihout wealth or known enemies, is mystified at reason for the baby’s kidnaping. The kidnaper asked to see tne Lyons baby at the hospital, and evidently removed it while the nurse wasn’t watching. A wide search is underlay. | V !

Ridgway, Joy Hold Urgent Conference Confer On Deadlock Over Truce Parleys Tokyo, Oct. 16—- -(UP) —Vice .Admiral C. Turner Joy. head of the United Nations armlstTce team, flew here today for an urgent conference with Gen. Matthew Ridgway on the deadlock presenting resumption of Korean truce talks. \ i The Communists came up with a new proposal at today’s liaison meeting in Panmujypn, Korea, but it left the armistice talks as far from resumption as before. The Reds rejected a UN demand for a reduction in the conference neutral zone and proposed instead its “substantial enlargement,” a UN command announcement said. The proposal would increase to inwhich incidents could occur. \ The liaison officers nevertheless will try again at 19 a. m. tomorrow (7 p. m. today CST) to "reconcile the divergent views,” the UN announcement said. Joy and Maj. Gen. Laurence C. Craigie, another member of the truce delegation, gave up waiting for the armistice talks to begin and flew to Tokyo immediately after the liaison session ended. Only a few hours earlier, Ridgway had told a press conference in TOkyo that: 1 — Once the' truce talks are resumed, the UN negotiators will insist upon the; battleline as the basic cease-fire line in Korea no matter how far north the Bth army has driven In the meantime. 2 — The UN command never will yield to the Communist demand that the cease-fire line be along the 38th parallel, now far south of the battleline. 3 — The UN plans to install searchlight and radio beacons at Panmunjom. site chosen for resumption of the cease-fire talks, and take other steps to prevent further violations of its neutral status. 4— The B-26 light bomber pilot who accidentally strafed the Kaesong neutral aone Sept. 10 has been given a reprimand. ' • ■' John Shady Funeral Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lancaster EUB church for John D. Shady. 76, of tancaster township, Wells county. who died Sunday night of a heart ailment. He was born in Adams county May 25. 18751, a son of Isaac and Sowards-Shady. Surviving are his wife. Bertha; two sons, Brooks and Dwight Shady, both of near Bluffton: a daughter, Mrs. John Whicker of near Portland; a brother, Reece Styady of Warren, 0., and seven grandchildren. Friends may call at the Thoma funeral home until time of the services.

Highway Department Receives $36,453.68 Adams county will receive $36.453.68, in state motor vehicle highway funds for the quarter ending Sept. 30, the state audt* tor’s office announced today. Share to cities has not made available. Diatributiouio to other ; counties MNMde: Allen $110,39X69; Blackford, $18,614.90; Huntington. 838,141.65; Jay, >36.336.20; Wells. >35, ' \ Senate Republicans Delay Final Action Senator Needed For Vote Hospitalized Indipnapoßs, Oct. 16 — (UP) — Senate Rppnblicans put off final ! action today on the backbone bill of their “home-rule” public welfare program while one jof their number whose vote was needed for passage rested in a 'Minnesota clinic. Sen. Roy Conrad. R., Monticello, erstwhile "rebel” Republican who holds the key to passage of the welfare appropriation bill, didn’t show up for yesterday’s session. He was located today in the Mayo clinic at Minn. i The house-approved appropriation bill was scheduled to come'up tor third reading and a final test today In the senate. But only 25 of the 26. members of the GOP majority were present.' Twenty- 1 six votbs were needed to pass the bill with a hare constitutional majority. ; / There were rumors a few Democratic minority nfembers might swing over. If only to break the deadlock and pave the way for quick adjournment of the special session' in its fourth week. But these were unsubstantiated (Turw T® Pace g|x) LATe BULLETINS Westover Air Force Base, Mass., Oct. 16^—(UP)— A Ca. nadian bombor picked up an 808 today which officials here believed came from survivors of a U.S. air force stratocruiobr misting In the Atlantic Ocean whh 11 crew members aboard. J • The 80S was believed to have been transmitted from a point some 115 moles southeast of Nova >S©otia. It wae picked up-by a Lancaster bomber from the Royal Canadian air force base at Mallfax, N. 8., at 10:20 a.m. CBT. Washington, Oct. 16.—(UP) —Sidney Salomon, Jr., St. Louis friend of William M. Boyle, Jfr,, quit today at treasurer of the Democratic national committee. Salomon was named committee treasurer In August, 1950, on the recommendation of t Boyle, who announced last Saturday that he Is resigning for reasons of health. ' (

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9 Communist Jes Fighters Are Shot Down Report Five Others Damaged In Battles \¥ifh U.S. Sabrejets 3th Army Headquarters, Korea, O&. 16— (UP) —U. S. sabrejets sWt down a Vcdord nine Communist jot fighters-and- damaged five more in mass air battles which raged the length and breadth of "Mig Ailey"" in northwest Korea today. Eight of the Soviet-built Mig-15 jots were destroyed in a single., battle lasting only 15 minutes. It was the biggest one-day and onebattle bag of enemy planes in the history of jet air warfare. . The fifth air force announced that one sabrejet was damaged hut returned to base safely. Bad transmission of the air force announcement said earlier the had been lost In the battles. ■ On the ground, bayoqet-wield- , Ing United Nations forces pushed . v ithin six nUtes jttf the big Communist j basej of Kumsdng and hacked out limited gains in a new assault to the west. Maj. Gen. Paik Sun Vuk, comraandero f the Ist South Korean corps and a former member of the UN truce delegation, said the Chinese and North Korean armies have been so badly pattered in recent weeks that they will “have to seek some sort of peace." There were two big air battles in “Mig Alley”, which, runs from Slnuiju on the Yalu river Manchurian frontier to Sinanju, 75 miles to the southeast. Twelve (correct) sabrejets escorting a photo-reconnaisance mission near Sinuiju ripped into an estimated 30 Mig jets in the morning battle. In the a'fiernoon, 33 American sabrejets accepted three-to-one odds and took on more than 100 Communist They sent eight of the Communist sweptback wing jets crashing io earth and damaged five others. < Twin UN ground offensives on the east-central apd west-central fronts touched ofsome of the bit(Tnrn To Pace j Less Than Third Os Fund Budget Raised Preliminary Report On Community Fund J A little less than one-third of the Community Fund budget has been raised, Earl Caston, fund executive secretary, reported today to John Halterman and William Linn, co-chairmstf of the eujrrent' drive. Solicitors have turned in >3,000, Castoni reported. The goal is >9,81545, j tf /• Workers were asked to complete their soliciting and make their report to the chairmen, so that a preliminary total could be tabulated at Thursday night’s meeting of the directors of the Decatur Community Fund. The chairmen urged the area solicitors to make their canvass as rapidly as possible, for it is believed that the work can be completed this week, if cooperation is fully of workers have finished the canVlaßsing of their territories and reports from these areas will swell the fund to a point where a little push will put ib over goal, Louis Jacobs, publicity director, explained. "Everybody should be given $n opportunity to contribute ,to f the fund,” he explained in requesting workers to complete their calls and have their repdfts ready for Thursday’s ■ ' •

—r— — ■ Hat In Ring - If . > V Sen. Robert A. Taft Varied Clues Confusing In Baby Kidnaping Dog Traces Scent Os Kidnaped Baby To Hospital Door Michigan City. Ind., Oct. 16— (UP) —A dog.traced the scent of tiny‘Lawrence Lyons to the north entrance of the hospital from which he was kidnaped today while authorities sought three mystery w’omen for questioning. A German-shepherd sniffed at the baby’s crib blanket and repeatedly led police from tpe nursery in St.' Anthony’s hospital to the curb 6f the Ripley St. entrance. ’ Authorities said that lietit credence to the story of an unidentified inan e who ’ telephoned the hospital last night and said he recalled seeing a “woman in a green coat” leave the hospital with a bundle in her arms and get in a car on Ripley st- ■ ' f ■ But authorities were confused; by other reports of a “woman in white" and a “woman in a blue coat.” \ Machinist Johq Boehnlein told police he saw a womin in white uniform leave the nursery about the time’ the five-day old baby was stolen frdm his crib laqt Saturday. State police 150 miles away at Pendleton. Ind., were investigating a steel truck driver’s story that he was threatened by a man with a shotgun near Summitville, Ind., while a 'woman in a blue coat stood by an automobile holding a baby wrapped in a pink blanket. . ; 1 The dog was.“ Carty,” owned by ( Det. Abe Muckway’s brother. It was trained in tracing scents. Truck driver Robert Perry, 49, East Chicago, told state police he was driving along Ind. 9 near Summitville at 6:45 a m. today with a load of steel when a man jumped in the road brandishing a gun. Perry said he had to stop to keep from hitting the man. Perry Said the man and a redhaired woman carrying a bhby and wearing a “blue cap like a nurse’s” ! (Turt T« Page Six) Adult Bookkeeping Class Is Dropped . Because too few adults showed interest in the formation bf a class in elementary bookkeeping, accounting and tax problems. Decatur high school principal Hugh J. Andrews today announced that “we may try again after the holidays.”. | Originally proposed the class would need at least 10 students to make it function properly, schoolmen agreed; this number failed to materialize in two meetings designed to form the class, though a few d&nahded it.

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Announces Third Bid As Candidate For Nomination By Republican Party | Washington. Oct. 16.—;(UP|>~— Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R.-O.) formally announced today that he will be a candidate for the 195* Republican ’ presidential nomination. He also announced that he will enter the GOP presidential primary in Wisconsin next April as well as the primary in bis home state of Ohio. ■ | ' Taft’s announcement was made at a news conference attended by - . celling Republican conference room of the senate office building, j It is the same room from which “Mr. Republican” has. directed senate Republicans foryeam as head of their policy committee. . ' “t am going tb run because I believe I can conduct the only kind of campaign that will elect a Republican to office," Taft said. While he will be the candidate of the GOP faction opposing the nomination of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Taft said he would not comment on any other’ possible candidates for the nomination. Eisenhower’s backers actively considering the opening of their own campaign headquarters, ' in Kansas probably in Topeka, and in Washington, even though the general has not, yet publicly declared be is a candidate. His supporters are expected to move quickly, to provide a rallying point for Eisenhower sentiment, while waiting for the general to make his decision. Taft issued three prepared statements in announcing that he will run in 1952 —his third bid for the Republican presidential nomination He was an unsuccessful aspiram fOr the nomination in 1940 and in i 948. [ In asserting that he can conduct the kind of campaign on which the. Republicans finally can capture the White House, Taft referred to his overwhelming election triumph in the Ohio senatorial race last year. He won tfyen by a whopping 430,000 vote margin. Taft announced that he has asked a three-man committee to “recommend to me an organization setup to keep in touch with the developments in various states." ~ The committee is headed by David S. Ingalls of Cleveland, cousin and political adviser to Taft. The otjhers are John D. M. Hamilton, former chairman of the GOP national committee, and Thomas E. Coleman, former z Wisconsin state chairman and leader, of the group which asked Taft to enter the presi- ( dential primary in that state. Taft said he decided to make his third bid for the nomination —because he is convinced that a majority of Republicans throughout the nation “realjy desire me to be the candidate for the party.” Asserting that he would not dis« cuss possible rivals, Taft said his -campaign would be “conducted solely on a presentation of the reasons why we need a Republican president to replace the present administration.” | | \ He said his attention has been called to “smearing tactics of certain irresponsible organizations’* calling themselves Republican but having “no right to such designation.” 1 |' “1 was particularly disgusted,” he said, “with a pamphlet issued hy people calling themselves the ‘partisan Republicans of California’ making wholly unjustified attacks on Gov. fEarl) Warren and Gen, Eisenhower. * Today’s announcement, eight months in advance of the GOP nominating convention, made Taft the first announced candidate in, the field. INDIANA WEATHER Partly jcloudy tonight, showera and Uocler northwest and extreme north portions. Wednesday mostly cloudy and much cooler north, turning cooler south portion. Lew tonight 45-50 northwest, 50-65 southeast. High Wednesday 50-60 north, 70-80 extreme southI