Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 281.

ARTILLERY ENDS INFORMAL CEASE-FIRE

Caudle Admits Commission On Airplane Sale Took Commission Os $5,000; Approved By' Attorney General • t ■- 1 i WashingtoU, Nov. 29 -+ (UP) -fl T. Lamar Caudle testified today that while still serving as the government’s tap tax prosecutor he accepted a $5,000 commission in the sale of au airplane to a map representing two under indictment for tax fraud, ■ The ousted assistant attorney general told a house ways aftp, means subcommittee that he ae-i cepted the commission s with the, express permission of 'attorney* general J. Howard McGrath. | “I dent see any reason why yotf shouldn’t accept.’’ he quoted Mc» Grath as saying. - ■ « Caudle said the transaction took place in the fall of 1950. He sai<|. the plsne was sold to a tax inves» tigator for two persons 1 who had been indicted for tax fraud. The subcommittee, which is investigating steadily-widening scandals in the bureau of internal revenue, earlier had heard .tjiat Caudle favored in office with cut pricemink. bargain automobiles, com-? missions on oil (deals, and a free? television set. _ Caudle said the plane, a Lockheed Lodestar? was sold by W. A? Slonnell, to a man named Larry. Knohl. He said he knew Knohl] slightly and referred him to Stonnell after Knohl telephoned to ask if he knew where a plane was' available. He knew Knohl was ’’very interested’’ in a New York tex fraud case against Samuel Aaron and Jacob Friedus, but did not know hi? exact connection with the / case at the time. Caudle said. .. Subcommittee; counsel Adrian \V. Dewind said Knohl was an in-1 vestigator for the two taxpayers. L He also introduced into the record a memorandum from justice de-; - partment files identifying him as. •rich. u . : Caudle pointed out that the air plane transaction came after Aaron and friends had been indicted end it had been determined to Fdhd their case to trial. —- ? Dewind told the subcommittee - the two men subsequently, were z *t7ied, convicted, and sentenced to prison terms. . > Caudle testlfi?d that he asked’ McGrath if he thought it wouldbe Improper to accept the commis-j sion. ‘ ... .'■ He then quoted McGrath as saying: , “Lamar. 1 don’t see any reason why you shouldn’t accept it... . V you need the money, you £ave a large family, and the government ds not Involved." :i It was Caudle’s fourth appearance before the subcommittee, which is checking into the scan- ; dais that have rocked the internal revenue bureau. ' ’ A \ ■ \j Holiday Shopping Season Opens In ' Decatur Saturday - The Christmas shopping will be formally opened in Deca-j tur Saturday. ;l Santa Claus will arrive by plane; at- 2 P m. and will bei escorted to the court house, where free? 1 candy treats will be distributed to the children. / Decatur merchants offer bar-: gains galore ,in_ today’s if-page? issue of the Daily Democrat. Read ? the ads carefully before - doing, jour Christmas shopping. Decatur School Board Members To Meeting Members of the Decatur school board, Dr. Harry Hebble. George Helm and Gerald Cote, .and school ( .superintendent W. Gdy Brown! motored to Indianapolis today | where they will attend the annual, meeting of the Indiana school board association. Meetings will be held at the, Claypool hotel and the sessions will be closed tonight with the! annual dinner. . I

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*!■■■ ■ s» - — BULLETIN Washington, Nov. 29 — '(IIP) — Senate Republican deader Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska died today. *4 The senator hdied at 11:45 a. m. CST., Jat George Washington University hospital. b Wherry’s death was announced by his office shortly after it reported he had been taken to;the hospital in 'Very critical condition from “respira\jlory complications.” followling an operation last month. I Demands Immunity Given Informants ■ ’ if i . | Sen. Nixon Demands | Protection Granted /’Washington, Nov. 29.—(UP)— Seri. Richard M. Nixon demanded today that President Truman and internal revenue commissioner John B. Dunlap “guarantee immunity from reprisal" to any employe “who is willing to expose corruption” in the tax-collecting agency. fThe California Republican told a reporter that he knows “personally of current employes of the revenue department who have information concerning irregularities and who are afraid to testisy 1 ; for fear oil reprisal.” ■ ?’We must have assurance that then who talk will not be discriminated against,” Nixon said. ;He declined to name these employes. but said he was giving the to Sen. John J. Williams (R-Del.), who has helped lead tile fight against corruption in the Internal revenue bureau. /.Nixon made the demand as informed sources predicted further firings, including pew names and possibly involving additional cities, in, the scandal-ridden bureau. ’Thirty-one bureau employes in 16 cities across the nation were tfred or forced to quit yesterday in tlfe biggest “purge” in recent government history. The actions brought to at least 51 the total of internal revenue resignations, suspensions or firings during the past yfar, including six of the nation's 64 top collectors. /However, Rep. Errett P. Scrivner brushed off. the firings as affecting little fellows scattered around tile country.” ” j” ( They). are not going to convfoce the American people that corruption in Washington 'is being cleaned up,” the Kansas Republican said in a statement. for a “real clean-up—one that would reach the higheuups," . including secretary of treasury John W. Snyder and attorney general J. Howard McGrath. \ i // |The highest tax official caught (Tarn To Five) $ .. ' i» ■ $ . Monmouth Parking Problems Mounting (Sheriff Warns On | Improper Parking \i the possibility of a motorist coining away from a Monmouth bl|h school in the future anil finding his car gone became a Strong reality today following a statement issued by sheriff Bob f.hraluka. The official said that all improperly parked cars stand the chance JptJbjeing ticketed for fl court appejkrariea bjrthe owner, or the vehicles will be) impounded at the owner's expense. The move was motivated by the numerous complaints of residents in ‘the Monmouth high school area w'iose lawns usually become ruttedlon the night of a gairie. The next home appea rance of »he Eagles is next Wednesday, and warning indicated tiraf official r.cfton will lie taken at that While police and school officials ■adjiit to the cramped parking fpdee available to pattens of the .gatie. it is conceded that no sineffort is made by patrons to cars in such a manner as to "aHow room for the man.”, " ft is.Jtoped that poncing the area will alleviate \\tli<| parking problem during activities at- the h.gh school; if not, some motorist a are going to spend some posttime looking for |heir cars, i This could be doubly;bitter for Ithdse whose team lost rhe game. =/ 1 !’{**'■ s t

Eisenhower In * Plea For Speed To Help Europ? ' ■ ■ /.' 1 » . • Says Atlantic Army Will Fight Back If Attacked By Russicr Rome, Nov. 29 — (UP) — Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower has ’told leaders of the western powers tnht if Russia.attacks his tiny Atlantic army today it will fight. But if the Atlantic pact army is to do aqything more than defend western Europe, and make a military stalemate of the situation, it must have German troops. Elsenhower said. The allied supreme commander made his statement here Monday t.o the North Atlantic treaty council of foreign, defense and finance ministers. The statement was released today. Eisenhower said: ”... if the balloon goes up today what we are going to do is fight, make.no mistake about it." The statement by the supremecommander was about 3,500 words long. It contained military sectets which were censored from the part of it released for publication. Eisenhower appealed for speed end for a supreme effort to build up military strength for defense. He promised to give any attackete a fight. Esienhower appealed to Eurolean countries to forget their prejudices and fears and rearh agreement with Germany for the inclusion of its troops in his army. • ”... I assure you that under even the programs now ift hand we can. in western Europe, erect, a .defense that can at least.- although expensively and uneasily, produce a stalemate,".Eisenhower said. ~ “But that is not good enough. “As my chief of staff (Lt. Gen. Alfred M. ’Gruenther) pointed out to you, we need depth to our defensive position: we need German assistance, both in \Germany ami in military strength, if these can he obtained with justice and respect to them and to ourselves.” An authoritative source said today that each month which passed without agreement with the Germans’ on rearmament, meant that a final agreement would be less (Tom To Pa*e Five) /-- \ I Berne Annexation Trial Completed Second. Action In Cause Is Delayed Concluding arguments by counsel were delivered late Wednesday in the Virgil Haines vs the city of Berne annexation case before Judge Homer J. Byrd took the (Cause under advisement. It is believed he will render a decision soon in the case that lasted three full days in the Adams circuit court room, and was marked by the testimony of more than two-score witnesses. Judge Byrd was also to hear the cause of action of The Adams Central Consolidated school corporation vs the City, of Berne, but because of the sudden death of his brother late Wednesday, this case has been temporarily postponed. It is understood that counsel in the Adams Central vs Berne case will agree to stipulate the evidence in the new case, for it will be substantially the same as that entered in the just concluded Haines ease. Attorneys for Adams Central upon the resumption of activities will be Custer and’ Smith, and Robert S. Anderson, of Decatur, and Howard Baumgartner, will represent Berne, the same men as appeared In court before. \-Although both counsel indicate they will offer further evidence in the new case, largely because it encompasses a greater area, much of it that will be supplied will be taxation and personal and real estate property figures of the townships. Both cases are concerned instrumentally in the annexation of certain contiguous territory to the city of Berne. The Haines case, naturally, was to determine an Individual status; the forthcoming case will be to determine bow the annexation would affect the school corporation.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday; November 29, 1951

Signing New Korea Dividing Line .. ..... . ww Ife&« HF* NPV- : 5 r a"" - ' 1 • ' r A--. .** / U. S. MARINE COL. JAMES C. MURRAY (left) and North Korean Col. Chang Chuu San initial map on i4|kh they drew the line of demarcation between opposing sides-in Kbrea. They moved down the long map and initialed points along thchine. Photo by International News Photos staff photographer Dave itfcero.

Asks Early Mailing Os Christmas Mail Request Is Made By Postmaster Kirsch Postmaster Leo W. Kirsch opened the Yuletide season officially today. He issued his annual appeal for early mailing of Christmas greeting cards and gift packages. “It’s later than you think!” tbgt postmaster waited. "Most people wait until December rolls aioulfd before they give the increasingly heavy Christmas mails a second thought." The postmaster expects the greatest flood of Yuletide mail in local history. He predicted it would exceed “by a considerable margin’’ the record-breaking 1950 holiday season. “This year’s deluge of Christmas mail will strain post office facilities severely,'* he stated. “But we’ll get everything delivered by Christmas, if the public cooperates whole-heartedly.” Christmas packages for distant states should be mailed by December 8, he decfared. All Yultetide parcel post should be on its i way by December 15. < j ■ 5 Christmas cards to friends and loved ones in other states should be deposited by December I 15. Greetings for local delivery should be mailed at least a week before Christmas. Preparations to handle this Yuletide rush have already brigun. The post Office will tteln extrd mail clerks and carriers, and is setting up new sqfting tables, hauling up reserve mail sacks, and the delivery truck has been timed up. To keep Christmas mail on schedule, the postmaster asks that you—1. Stop at the post office next week to purchase the extra stamps you’re going to need, thus avoiding las\t-minute crowds. When buying stamps for Christmas cardia, bear in the desirability of sending the carols by first-rilass mail. The rate MjF unsealed cards is 2 cents and cards mailed in this way do not rate forwarding oi! return services. I\ 2. Check and revise your Christmas card address list this weekend. Purchase your Christinas cards early and address and stamp them al once. Then put them In a convenient place for mailing at the proper time. / 3. Lay in adequate supplies of heavy cardboard, sturdy oUter paper, strong cord, and*prteted fourth class labels for wrapping parcel post, packages are limited to 70 pounds in weight, and must not measure more than 100 indhes in length arid girth combined. Repeat the address inside the opter wrappings, in case they are damaged in transit. "Above all,” the postmaster said, "please address plainly and completely. Give the full name, house number, street, name of city, zone, (T«rs race Five) I 14 PAGES 1

Auction Students To Conduct Sale Saturday £ dents of Reppert auction I will hold their first public auction sale Saturday night at 8 oCcteck, school officials announced tod|y. The sale will be held at Dic|t Manasfield Motors on Third kflscellaneous articles and baked gooAs will be auctioned to the public At the opening sale, it was anii ■ , S(ir. Capehart Will Speaks Here Dec. 1 C. Os C. Executive > plub To Meet Here Senator' ..Homer E. Capehart, senior United States senator from Indiana, will be the principal speaker at the meeting Friday nig|t, December 3, at 6_ o’clock of the /executive club of the Decatur Chasnber of Commerce. ■* The meeting and dinner will be hel4 at the Elks home in this city an4l Georgia Laurent of the Decatur »General Electric Co. will presided as chairman. S|*cutive club members have beep; asked to send in questions whfeb they woulS like to discuss wit)V the senior senator to Walter For<|, executive manager of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and -also secretary of the executive! club. Questions also may be asked front the floor the night of the meeting it was pointed out. TU« exetetive club ’ is composed of Chamber members who are executivet| in the various manufacturing conterns of the city. Reservations for the dinner and meeting can be made by calling secretary Ford at the Chamber of Comjnerce offices. All reservations mud be made prior to the meetln<’l I Seh. Capehart, regarded as one, of Indiana's outstanding platform speakers, will talk on national issues and the meeting will be non-political in its nature. It is likely that one of*the chief topics of questioning will be the recently enacted Capehart amendment to the National price control law. .&•. —— - • li • Font Wayne Man Is Kil|ed In Accident Btezil, Ind., Nov. 29—(UP)—Robert (Howard f Forsythe, 27, Fori was killed last night when his car hit a ctflverf on U.S. 40 wes£ ; of here. His fyife, Patricia, and iheir two sons, Ricky, two, and threc-monihs, were taken to Clas county hospital here. i' W ; Fa||s Off Fender Os Cay/ Youth Is Killed WasbUuiton. Ind,, Nov. 29—(UP) —Hgrold W Butler, V* *<• killed yeeterday when he fell from the fender ot a ear driven by Louis Gtet| 17, OX) US. 50 here. Police saidljUie car apparently ran over the youth.

Eighth Army Sticks To New Policy Os Fighting Only When Under Attack

\ .41-' A.V i I ' ! . I '/- Communists Open Way For Possible Compromise; Truce Parleys Continued Panmunjoin, Korea, Nov. 29.— (UP) —The Communists backed down slightly todgy in their demand for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea and opened the way for a possible compromise. North Korean Gen. Nam fl, chief Communist truce negotiator, suggested informally that the Reds might be wQHng to settle for a gradual reduction in foreign contingents—presumably Chinese as well as UN—after an armistice.' Officials in Washington said the UN and Reds might work oiit a tacit, if not formal, plan for gradually reducing their forces. Eventually, they said. South .Korea’s army could be built up to deal with any new North Korean threat. Nervous, chain-smoking Nam II made his proposal in the form of a question that took even his Korean interpreter by surprise at a *95minute armistice! meeting in a tent at Panmunjorn. I Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, the ch(ef UN delegate, replied merely: “1 have noted <your question." Joy was expected to press Nam 11 for more details of his informal proposal at the next armistice committee meeting at 11 a.m. tomorrow (8 p.m. today CST). The Uk has Contended that the armistice delegatee cannot discuss any iriimediate withdrawal erf foreign troops front Korea because it ie a question for a peace conference However, it was believed Joy might agree to a loose timetable for a withdrawal if the Reds iu turn accept some sort of bin on reinforcement of the armed forces during an armistice and the right of joint ta*P«ction teams to roam the length and breadth of Korea. A compromise settlement would enable the truce delegates to go on to the fourth Item on their agenda fo r an exchange of war prisoners. The fifth and last item is recommendations to governments cerned ior a final peace settlemerit. All five items must be agreed upon by Dec/ 27 ’if the tentative cease-fire line along the present battleline is to become permanent. Champ Steer Brings $6.75 A Pound Today Lowest Price Paid In Last Seven Years ■ L Chicago, Nov. 29—(UP)— Toby, the Aberdeen Angus steer which won the grand championship of the 52nd annual International livestock exposition, was sold at auction today for 18.75 a pound/ the lowest prfee paid for the “world chainpion” in sevdn years. Triangle l Packing company of Chicago bought the steer. Bidding, despite the persuasion 'of auctioneer Roy Johnston. Belton, Mo., eras slow. Finally, an official of lowa State - College, Toby’s exhibitor, agreed to sell the animal at 1,200 pounds, although it was a few pounds heavier, making thd total price SB,IOO. I Toby was led around the auction ring by George Edwards, the Scotland'born herdman who brought him to the international, world’s biggest livestock show for another try for the title. , Toby finished second last year. Edwards had something of a sentimental attitude toward Toby, he said. | . • “He is my favorite \of all the steers I’ve ever handled?* Edwards said. “I only hope he gpes to good hands." Reminded that Toby likely will end up on some restaurant menu, Edwards smiled and chuckled, “well, maybe they'll keep Mm around for a tew months—maybe they'll like him so much he’ll die of old age.” _ ( Edwards thought Toby would (TWra To Page 'Sts)

Scales Down Total Os Atrocity Deaths ? Ridgway Cuts Total To Less Than 6,000 Tokyo, Nov. 29 — (UP)— Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway today scaled down the estimated number of American victims of Communist atrocity deaths to less than 6,000. A statement from the supreme commander's headquarters cleared up discrepancies between the 9.000 figure submitted to the United Nations Nov. 12 and the 6,000 total given Nov. 20. Actually, the statement said, the two Ridgway reports were drawn up four months apart. In the interval, it said, new evidence brought a revision in the number of murdered prisoners of war. The statement also pointed out that Ridgway’s 6,000 total applied to all UN troops except South Koreans. An estimated 130 nonAmerican. and non-South Korean military prisoners have been slain ' by the Communists. The 130 total was submitted by\ U. S. Col. James M. Hanley, chief ‘ war crimes' investigator for the _ Bth army, on Nov. 14. Hanley's ’ shocking disclosure that evidence indicated 6,270 U. S. troops had ? Nov. 20 covered the period up to ' Ridgway’s report Nov. 20. Today's statement emphasized , Ridgway’s report to the United ' Nations was dated Aug. 31, 1951, end covered the period of the war , through July 20. Ridgway’s report , Nov. 20 evoered the period up to ( Nov. 1. Ridgway’s two reports and Han- . ley’s announcement are based on - “considerable evidence." although ! Ridgway said the confirmed U. S. total, based on bodies of victims recovered, total only 365., Knox Woman Killed In Auto Accident knox. Ind., Nov. 29 —(UP) —Mrs. Angelina Patterson, 40, Knox, was killed last night when her car was striick in the rear by another car and rammed into a tree. Elmer Patterson, her husband, was injured seriously in the crash ion Ind: 35 two miles north of here. Milk Truck Driver Is Killed fey Train Lebanon, Ind., Nov. 29 —'(UP) — Francis Dickerson, 22, Jamestown, w’as killed yesterday when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck his milk truck at a crossing a mile west of Fayette. Chas. Lobsiger Dies After Long Illness Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Charles Lobsiger, 76, a native of Switzerland, died Wednesday afternoon at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton following an illness of two years of heart trouble. He was born in Bete, Switzerland, June &, 1875, a son of Nicholas and Magdalena Bruno-Lobsiger but bad made his home in Wells county for 60 years. A retired employe of the Red Cross Mfg. Co. at Bluffton, he was a member of the First Evangelical and Reformed church and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Only near survivor is his wife, the former Mamie Ketehner. A number of nieces and nephews reside in Decatur and vicinity. One brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home, 1016 Lancaster street, the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating. The body will be placed in the mausoleum at Fairview cemetery. The body will be removed from the Jahn funeral home to the residence, where friends maj’ call after 5 o'clock this evening.

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Undeclared Truce Os Wednesday Is Laid To Misinterpretation Os Van Fleet's Orders Tokyo, Nov. 29.—(UP)— Artillery fire in the west and battles in the 'east ended an ihformal cease-fire in Korea today, but the Bth array said it would stick to a new policy of fighting only when attacked. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, com-, mander of the Bth army, attributed Wednesday’s undeclared truce and reports of an order to his troopp to cease fire to a misinterpretation of. his directives by lower command officers. * Clarifying instructions are beirfg issued, he'said. [ However, an Bth army spokesman said thdre has been no change in the;basic “no aggression” order Van Fleet gave his corps and division commanders along the entire -" 145-mile.. front. Eighth army officers were ex-« tremely reluctant to answer any questions about the teclt cease-fire j Wednesday on the western front. There was an 1 unconfirmed report that an officer or officers had been relieved of command in the area because of the manner in which, they relayed Van Fleet’s directive orally to -their troops or because <>f • the leak of information to UN correspondents. , A front dispatch reported allied artillery resumed tte "normal operation” bn the western front after atij/ undeclared cease-fire of nearly 48 hours. The resumption presumably followed clarification of Vari Fleet’s “no offensive” directive. / A western front briefing officer | ' said the;; allied guns fired bitnormal targets during the afternoon, but •vould not elaborate. The Communists at the same time fired 275 artillery and ‘ mortar rounds into UN territory. k 1 J, /> Infantrymen forward obsei ration posts said thej* salw an occasional Chinese soldier against the ■ skyline on the western front, but there were no more reporjts of Chinese playing volley ball ot standing around fires. On the eastern front, full-scale ground fighting erupted. Coinmuhist attacks twice drove UN forces from an advance position northwest of Yanggu and each time the allies rallied and recaptured it in heavy fighting. The UN troops fought only to recapture ground lost to Communist attacks, however. k Both the United Nations and , Communist radios broadcast defiant | warnings to each other’s forces. 7 “The Reds Cannot expect the UN command to be foolhardy enough to order a de-facto cease-firo at the present i time,” the “volte of the •UN command” said. The North Korean radio at Pyongyang said Red troops are fighting hard and have no intention of ceasing tire during the Armistice talks. / l ' > The air war continued unabated. American jet pilots reported sighting 320 Communist MigHS Jet fighters during attacks on North Korea. Twenty-two Sabrejets damaged one Mig in a dogfight with nearly 175 of the sweptback wing fighters. American pilots reported the Red airmen aggressive." ‘ INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and Friday, mild daytime temperature*. Low tonight 24 to 29. High Friday 55 to 60 north, 60 to 65 south. x***-Z> IB X "• l * F| H»« .La I ' ■. 4■. ) - , \ I