Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1951 — Page 1

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Vol. XLIX. No. 304.

FOUR U. S. FLIERS STILL HELD BY HUNGARY

■ f"’ ~ 30-Day Time " V‘ Limit Expires For Armistice . ' . I 14 >.■' * Talks To Continue; Gen. Ridgway Says 1 i > . Reds Responsible Panmunjom. Korea. Friday, Dec. 28.—‘(UP)—The 30-day time limit for signing a Korean armistice expired at midnight Thursday and Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway put the responsibility squarely on the Communists. ? A broadcast by the voice of.the United Nations command, the supreme commander’s radio, said the Reds deliberately delayed the truce talks here and that they seemed to be using blackmail to try to ggt concessions, especially by dangling before the aloes the possibility of an exchange of sick and w.ounded war prisoners. • Officially, the Korean war became wide open again at midnight Thursday (9 a.m. Thursday CST). Actually, no outbreak of heavy fighting is expected. 3 ’ The truce talks will continue, in subcommittees, on the- means of enforcing and supervising an armistice and on the exchange of prisoners of war. ' j; ' ! Both deadlocked truce subcomt mittees will meet at 11 a.m. (8 j>.m. Thursday \ The 30-day driVe for a truce ended last midnight (9 a.m. Thursday CST). Failure to reach an.agree'ment wiped out the tentative ceasefire line and buffer zone based op the Nov. 27 battleline. Henceforth, the opposing armies ..can keep any territory thejvcapture in battle. But there was no sign ’ either side planned any immediate large-scale attack. No new cease-fire line and buffer zone will be drawn across Korea until the rest of the armistice terms have been settled. The new line will be based on the battleline existing at that time. No extension of the 30-day ceasefire Itfie agreement was mentioned in Thursday’s sub-committee meetings. But each side blamed the other . for faiiure of the 30-day effort In the prisoner subcommittee, the U.N.' offered to give "worthy con* sideration- to tlte Communist demand for an all-fbnall exchange of war prisoners if the Reds account for 50,000 missing jilted" captives. Under the Red plan-, the Communists would release all allied prisoners they lipid f° r a H Communist prisoners held by the U.NS lists submitted last week showed the allied hold 132,474 Communist prisoners, while the Reds hold only 11,559 U.N. and South Korean captives. The allies previously have held out for a mamfor-man exchange of prisoners. This would have left 120.000 Chinese and South Korean prisoners in allied hands after all allied prisoners had been released. Rear Admjiral R.E. Libby of the U.N., delegation said the Reds rais- - ed a "rather ominous note”' in the negotiations by that many Americans previously reported as prisoners but missing from the latest Red list had died becaufee. of the rigors of Korea’s climate. The record of the debate showed . North Korean Lee Sang Cho said: "If you consider the resisting ' powers against climate and illness,, we can sufficiently explain the case of The missing U.N. prisoners. According to reports, the British, the French and the Turks voluntarily took light exercise in their daily life, but the Americans were entirely helpless.” 1 • ' - Bedford Contractor To Succeed Heller Indianapolis, Deer 78. — (UP)— Governor Schricker ; filled two •vacancies on Indiana boards today by naming Ralph Carmichael, Bedford ’ contractor, /and Luther S. Furguson, Bloomington publisher’s representative, to succeed men who resigned. / . _ Carmichael replaces John H. Heller, Decatur newspaper publisher, as a member of the board of trustees of the two state teachers' colleges at Terre Haute and Muncie. Ferguson replaces Noland ‘C. Wright of Anderson on the board the Indiana reformatory at' Pendleton. >

Edward H. Kruse Named Alley Judge . '■ Former Congressman Ed warn H. Kruse, Jr., has been appointed judge of the Allen county superior edurt No. 2, t<r fill the vacancy caused hy _ the death of, Judge George H. Leonard. ' f Endorsed by the Allen county pemocratic central committee, the appointment was made by Gov. •jlenry. F. last - night, judge Kfuse will seyve until December 31, 1952. He is 33 years old •and served one term in congress, ,being elected in 1948. Judge Leonard’s death occurred Sunday nighty On-Scene Probe Os Mine Blast Is Completed : Refuse Comment On . » Cause Os Illinois Blast Fatal To )19 ; West Frankfort, 111., Dec. ?7> — (UP)—State and federal ipvestigatdrs today i completed their on-the-scene investigation of the New Orient mine disaster, but refused to comment on what caused the explosion that killed 119 men. A Meanwhile, some of the men at other mines who staged a voluntary work stoppage to honqr the dead yesterday returned to the pits today, but others stayed out Eadie, jbtate director of mines and minerals, said after a tour of the mine today that the on-the-spot phase of the investigation had been completed. He said, however. that hearings “might have to be held.” , .-“Our investigators will stay 'here until we are satisfied we knpw the cause of the blast,” he said. Eddie was accompanied by John U? Forbes, director of the federal bureau of mines, and John L. Lewis, president of the A United Mine Workers. X ■Vorbes said federal investigators would stay on the scene and report to him in Washington Within: 10 days. He sa(tf*Hhat whether hearings are to be held is up to the state, because the federal agpncy has no enforcement pbwer to back up its recommendations. Lewis declined to comment on today’s inspection. After a tour of the mine yesterday he said he (Tar» To Six); Jury Commissioners \ Reappointed Today Judg6 Myles F. Parrish today named Democrat Ed Berling and Republican Fradk RQwley as jury commissioners to ; serve during the coming year. Both ; are reappointed to the posts, and each will be administered the oath of office January 2 by the judge. Daisy Hendricks Is Taken By Death funeral Services 1 Monday Afternoon ’ s Mrs. Daisy Myrtle Hendricks, 73, of Berne, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 9:30 o’clock this moriiihg at the Adams county memorial following a long illness of complications. ! \ ■ A Toster daughter of John hnd Mattie Reffee, she was bom in Adams county Feb. 12, 1878, and, was . married to William Archie Hendricks. The family moved to Berne two years ago from qast of Monroe. She, was a'member of the Monroe Methodist church. Surviving are her husbahd; two sons. Gerald, of Burr Oak, Mich., and Virgil bf Berne; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Peabody of Monroeville; a foster brother, Vernon Reffee and a foster sister. Mrs. Hattie Michel, both of Mt. Glemens, Mich. One aister, Allie Dhily, is deceased. Funeral services will be held at I, p.m. Monday at the Lobenstein funeral home and at 1:30 o’clock at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. W. L. Haji officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. ‘Friends may call at the funj eral -home after 7 o’clock Friday evening.

Decatur, Indiana, December 27, 1951.

Report Murray Favors Steel Strike Delay * .' \ - I* it Reportedly Urges Executive Board To Call Off Strike , I "Dec. 27 —(UP)— CIO president Philip Murray reportedly urged the executive board of his United Steelworkers union today to recomfmehd that 650,000 workers call off their scheduled New Year’s Day strike in the de-fense-vital basic steel industry; The board! met for two hours this morning in Pittsburgh hotel to hear a message from Murray. It will report its decision to the union’s 170-man ,policy committee this afternoon. L Murray declined to §ay what happened at the executive board meeting. but it was reported he recommended that the workers stay on their jobs until the government can consider their demands *for higher wages. “I expect to have so&ethin£ to tell you at the. end of the wagepolicy committee meeting, probably about 4 o’clock,”'Murray told newsmen when he left the board meeting. The executive board is expected to recommend to the wage-policy committee that it call off the scheduled strike to prevent a stoppage of steel supplies to defense industries. • ‘ A special convention of 2.500 delegates will vote on ratification of the wage ' policy committee’s decision Jan. 3 at Atlantic Citj!. , The union’s reported action was in compliance with President* Truman’s strongly-worded request that steel production be continued ip the-‘‘national interest” until government stabilization boards can hear the union’s demands for an 18-H. cent an hour, wage increase and the companies’ plea for price relief. . Murray hM answered all questions with "no comment, since he issued Monday his re-call of the policy committee. However; he was reported “satisfied” with Mr. Truman’s proposal . for stabilization (Turn To Page Four) Stassen Mastery To r Be Cleared Tonight To State Position In Republican Race Washington, Dec. 27. —(UP)— The Stassen . political mystery, such as it is, will be cleared Alp ' k'ithin the nfext 24 hours. ,\ Tonight, Over a television network from Philadelphia, Harold E. Stassen will say whether he plans to make another pitch for the Republican presidential nomination, as lie did, unsuccessfully, in 1944 an<l94B. 1 2The men who heat the drums for the University of Pennsylvania president and former Minnesota governor say it will be a “significant political address;” that he will “reveal the position he expects to play in the 1952 campaign.” r_ 1 There is a strong suspicion among some politicians that Stassen, a man with considerable ambition,. will declare himself s ln on the race for the GOP nomination. Others think he might announce that lie will throw his support (o Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who isn’t talking about his own presidential aspirations. One thing is fpr sure, Stassen will not bet coming out for sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the fltst Republican tb toss his hat, in the 1952 r|ng. Taft and Stassen arp not political buddies. is just back from Europe where he huddled with General Ike. There is rio reason to believe that Eisenhower told, Stassen any more about his political plans than he has tdld anybody else on the subject. Ike is playing his cards close to the vest. In recent months, Stassen has sajd just enough to create, something of a mystery about his own political intentions. Early in the fall, he told at least threes members of the Republican finance committee individually at Philadelphia that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination; (Tnm To Pa*e Three)

~ Open For Business r . f ___ SI * HP , g JI ,J ’ - y * j|| IBL JI RS RHk 1 “SILENCE GIVES CONSENT,” Senator James H. Duff (R), Pennsyl- ’ vania, tells reporters at the Eisenhofcerlfor-President headquarters at its opening in Washington. 7; ’■

[ » —-—. Truman's Cleanup I Plans Forthcoming 1 F• ■ ; Early Announcement Os Plans Expected ! ! Independence, Mo., Dec. 27 — (UP) — President Truman’s an- • nouncement of his plans /or, clean- ’ ibg the corruption from his administration today was expected at apy moment. Some sources said he might elfen make the disclosures before returning to Washington tomorrow. i There was only cold silence, hpw- ■ ever, from official White'* Hquse ‘ sources on published reports that l two unnamed members have agreed ■ to serve on a three-than “clean-up" commission. t ■ Indications were that the PresF : dent was anxious to reveal his plan s on the program as soon as final de« i tails have been ironed out. Presidential press secretary Joi seph H.lShort declined all comment ii on the published reports. ' Bui signs pointed the fact that the question is among the top-most "must” problems worrying Mr. Truman and that he wants to act on the matter as early as possible. The President did not appear for hi|s morning walk today as the mercury wavered between 5 and 10 above zero. He was whisked to nearby Kansas City by the secret service, leaving here at 8:19 a.m. - CST and arriving at the Hotel , Muehlebach about 25 minutes later. ) He went directly to the temporary White House at the hotel, carrying . an armload bf official-looking envelopes. £ ■ ' t iHe conferred yesterday with . Short and two other top aide?, . personnel adviser Donald D, Daw- , son and presidential secretary Matthew J. Connelly, immediately after r they arrived by air from Washingi t° n; , Less than four hours later, he announced plans to appoint George F. Kennan, veteran career diplotmat and expert qn Russia, as ambassador to Moscow to succeed ambassa,dor Alan G. Kirk: Short said Mr. Truman “reluctantly” agreed jo let Kirk resign. He said the. shift probably would take place - 1 ed Kennan is confirmed by the senate. The announcement was made by Short at the White ’ House headquarters at the Muehlebach hotel in nearby Kansas City. It t-ahie as no surprise. Mr. Truman said at Key West, Fla., last month that he was considering the 47-year-old Kennan as a replacement for Kirk. The chief executive got an early start at his desk yesterday in Kansas City, but he spent \ much of the day greeting a steady stream of callers. I He conferred by telephone to Washington with h|s legal counsel, Charles Murphy, about the steel strijke negotiations and other problems including hi* forthcoming budget; and state of the union messages. , ' . v ‘,> INDIANA WEATHER Fair and colder tonlqht. Partly cloudy and not so cold Frb diy. Low tonight (i-5 below < north, 010 above eouth. High Friday 2025 north, 25-30 south.

Brother Os Local Laßy Dies Today D. Handle, 62, brother of jSlmer Darwachter of beca fur, Idled this morning at the Meth' hospital in Fort Wayne. The was removed to the C. M. Slow & Sons funeral home. Arranjkments have not been complet|d( but services probably will be ifeld Saturday. ■ I | Good Fellows Club Expresses Thanks Iter SI,OOO Donated Jjr Christmas Cheer II , ; ' • ■■ > |ulg Os the Delta Theta Tau sordflty, sponsors of the Good Fellowsfcfob, today tendered their “hea|Uwt” gratitude to the “many pershhs, businesses and organizathat made the 19&1 campaign success. Th®- year’s report shows that a total Mbf $1,084.12 la cash donations was from the people and organizations of the city, exceeding the Anticipated SI,OOO goal. AltUtether, says the. report, 72 Decatur famtyas were served during the Christmas season by the Good® FeEows, maintaining a steady* Pace with past years. Whlje members of the sorority, experienced in the manner of distributj|>n, handled all investigations -And apportionments, officials of thlf Delta Theta Tau organization admitted their campaign succeeded’ only because of the “wonderful pboperation afforded their annual project.” In f public move to point up those fwhp materially assisted the Good fellows over and abovei.the call for cash donations, the sSrprity’s annual report lists and businesses on their honor roll. There were, first, the members of the Decatur volunteer fire deers apdi turned their station into who assisted the worka Good 5 Fellows headquarters. Therafwere the Jaycees, headed by Joe Kaehr, whose “Toys for Joy” campaign included collecting and repairing toys and of helpirig with all deliveries made to the 72 homed? last Saturday. Ziner’s Appliancfi: sitore truck was also donated for'delivery use. The? report then lists in specific categories others who contributed: food: 'restaurant, Wall’s and Stewart’s bakeries, Junior Women, Emblem club, Cub Scouts, Veterfia of Foreign Wars, Lions club, J’s Harman’s Market, Girl Scouts? and the schools, SL-Joe, Lincolp; Decatur iftgh school. Toyy:, Habegger Hardware, Lee Hardwire. Schafers, Goodyear, Gamb|es, Western Auto, Holthouse Drug, | Firestone, Uhrick Bros., Newbury Five and Ten cent store. Clothes: Kiddie Shop, Begun, Halteifoan. Economy Store, L and O Shop, Style Shop, Ehlngers, Peterson , and Heller Clothing store, Gass Store and Niblicks |(whlch also contributed toys.) > Shoes: Kave’s, Hafllch and Mortrees: Gay and Hamapid; turkeys, Bob Morra. -fU ' • &•' . . .

~ Hungary To Give Answer To United States Offer To Pay Fine O£ $120,000 1' I 1

Predict Relief For Battered Midwest Weather Relief Is Latest Prediction k By United Press Weather forecasters predicted relief by Saturday for the snow-and-cold battered midwest. The forecast was the best news in two weeks for midwesterners who have oepn forced to 'shovel and mush their way through mountainous drifts to reach their wprk. Whether experts said, temperatures would begin a rising trend toAoffpw and would dim!) td 32’ de-grees—the-freezlng mark—at Chicago by Saturday,, “And the mercury might even go- a degree 0r two above freezing,” they said. The forecasters threw aside an earlier prediction of two to 10 inches of snow tomorrow for wide sections of midwest. Instead, they said, the snow would be “Very light,” adding little to the accumulation that has blanketed the area in the last two WeSks. The mercury dipped to 15 bejow in Bismarck, N.Et, and 20 below ip Minn. Chicago temperatures hovered at the zero level. Chilly weather moved into central and soutl? Florida but little damage to vegetables or citrus crops was reported. Tennessee temperatures ranged from 20 to 25 above. In Chicago, mayor Martin Kennelly caNed an Emergency meeting of civic leaders and urged all citizens to help meet the snow challenge. He asked car owners to get tbeir autos off streets and into garages and parking lots. Many (Turn To P«ko Six) Dr. Stewart Niblick i Dies Suddenly Today Heart Attack Fatal :• To Decatur Native? Dr. J. Stewart Niblick, 56, prominent surgeon of Indiana ' Harbor who also managed the Indiana bor (Jlinic, and a former resident of this city, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home early this morning. Word of tine death of?the widely known county physician, business and' civic-leader, was ( received here by G. J. Niblick, a cousin. Dr„ Niblick’s death occurrro at his home, 4122 Parish avenue, Indiana Harbor. \ , Dr. Niblick was born July 7, 1895, ill Decatur, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Niblick. His father was president of thetOld Adams CountyBank at the time of his deaths He attended St. Joseph Catholic school in this city and then entered St. Joseph College, Rensselaer. He furthered his medical education at Valparasio University and received his M.D. degree from Loyola University, He took his internship in South Chicago hospital and began the practice of medicine'in 1918. Dr. Niblick was senior member Os the Indiana Harbor clinic, one of the largest medical centers in Lake county. Eleven physicians, dentists and specialists were associated with him in the operation pf thje clinic. A leader in medical circles Ln what is known as the Calumet district, Dr. Niblick was president of the board bf trustees of SL Catherine’s hospital and served as secretary of the board of health of East Chicago. He was.physician for Inland Steel company, Youngstown Sheet and Tube company and many other leading Industries in the area. He was physician for North township, in Lake county. He is survived by his wife, one son, Dr. Charles Niblick, a dentist, and two daughters, Mrs. Annabelle Kolady and Mrs. Barbara Karr, all of Indiana Harbor. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Gandy, Mrs. Charlotte Henry and Miss Margaret Niblick, all of Chicago. • Funeral arrarigements have not been completed. .. \

u_ Two Communist Jet Fighters Are Shot Down . Ground Fighting / Lull Continues On Korean Front Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Dec. 27. —(UR) — American Sabrejets shot down two Communist Mig--15 jet fighters and bat’ y damaged a third in an 82-plane dogfight over northwest Korea today. , On the ground front, United Nations infantrymen fought through knee-deep snow qn the eastern front in an attempt to reli V® a Communist-encircled outpos.. . However, \there was no sign either side intended to mark Cue end of a 30-day trial cease-fire line agreement with a large-scale attack. The general lull in the ground fighting continued; Not a single American soldier was killed In action yesterday. 1 » Sunny skies for the first time ins three days brought out both U.N. ahd Communist - planes in force over northwest Korea. One bf >’ the largest fights of American Sabrejets of the war ranged “Mig .alley” .during the morning. They exchanged fire with about 100 Russian-built Migs, but neither side scored anji hits. The Americans said the Reds were “Very non,-aggressive.” , During the afternoon, however, 32 Sabrejets tangled with 50 Migs in a blazing air battle that ended with two enemy jets destroyed and a third damaged. All Sabres returned safely to their bases from the half-hour dogfight, which ranged, up to 30,000 feet. The two Migs destroyed were the first claimed. by the sth air force since Dec. 15. One was credited to Ist Lt. Clifford F.r Brossart of' Oaklawn, 111., who was flying his iOOth and ihst mission of the Korean His total bag was raised to ofie plane (Tnrn To Pare Three) \ ! .. ■ ; ' • ■ ' Woman Stabbed To Death By Husband Authorities State \ Husband Confesses Clinton, 111., Dec. 27— (UP)—A waitress was found stabbed to death along a country road near here last night, and authorities said her 35-year-old confessed thq slaying. A farmer found the body of Mrs. Thelma Shuder, 3?, lying beside ’ the Weldon Springs road three miles southeast of here. Sheriff Kenneth Westray said she had been stabbed seve? times, in the chest and back. Deputies who visited the Shuder home said they found bloodstains on the floor. The woman’s husband, Charlfes Shuder, was not at home and state police broadcast an alarmLogan county sheriff’s ' deputies arrested Shiider in a hotel where he had registered in Lincoln, 111. They said Shuder admitted killing his, wife. He was retv ned to the Dewitt county jail here. Sheriff Westray said Shuder told this story: His wife left him six weeks ago and he visited her yesterday to try to “make up.” While thev were talking in the bedrek m, he stabbed her with a Ills wife ran out of the house and got into t~,e auto while he was trying to phone for a doctor. Shuder said he drove around for “sometime” before he realized'•his' wife was dead, then drove out into the country and pushed her out of the car. Westrav said Shuder could give! no reason why he slabbed his wife. | The sheriff said “he seemed to be i blacked out most of the time.” - ' ■ ; '

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J Hope Dwindles For Early Release Os Four U. S. Airmen . Held As Prisoners , Washington, Des. 27 — (UP) — The state department, sale . y taat Hungary will give its answer to the U. S. offer to pay the j $120,000 “fine” sos four fliers as soon as it reviews the offer, but the department sa|d it had “no cews” on fliers'will be freed. - t ' The department the announcement after officials here talked by telephone with George Abbott, U. S. charge d-affaires in Budapest at 11:30 a. m., CST.. Abbott advised the department that he had contacted the Hun- t garian foreign office at 5 a. tn * CST, £ but that he had “no news” on when the imprisoned f-lers would be released. He reported that Hungary would give its answer on the U. S. offer ;o pay the ransom as soon as Communist military and judicial authorities complete a-review of he offer. - - ; State department press officer Michael J. McDermUt° said "a foreign official told him (Abbott) that the foreign office had referred our note of Dec< 25 to the appropriate author! ies—military, ju- • •lioial, etc., and that they had not r-ported back to the foreign office." . “The foreign office said it will let Mr. Abbott know as soon as it *ets word from the appropriate iu-.horl.iles,” McDermott said. The Christmas day note said the r ’nited States would pay the ran- j -om if the fliers are 1 released ‘prompt’y.” , ’ 4 McDermott, said Abbott was unable to say whether the fliers would be flreed today pending information the foreign office. But diplomatic officials have not given up hope that the fliers will be freed today. McDermott was asked about the “discrepancy” between \the slow action in Budapest and .an announcement by the Hungarian legation here last night that the fliers would ba freed today. He replied that the Hungarian had. not contacted the state department. “We are trying to get our information from the foreign office in Budapest which it has no information," he.added. - - ■ - As officials waited hopefully for- - airmen’s release, Sen. Wayne Morse demanded a sena|e investigation of their arrests. { The Oregon Republican propos- \ Ed that the fliers be called before the senate armed services committee “at the earliest possible time convenient to them” to testify on their arrest and “No News” t , Vienna, Australia, Dec. 27 — (UP) i — Hungarian foreign office ~ i f . authorities told the United States legation today that they had “no, news” of the expected release of four American air force m ind j adde<F“we will let you know when we have some.” * As a result.' hope dwindled that ‘he fliers would be released before tomorrow. George' M. Abbott, charge d-af-faires of the American legation in . Budapest, was given the ‘no news” ’tatemeht when he visited the Communist foreign office in Budapest at 5:45 p. m. (10:45 a. m. CST). All it had been hoped that V’ (Turn Tn Pa are Three) i ' ■■ . ■ , . Ai •ames Hakes Funeral Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Jame® Z. T -t”kes. who died suddenly We'lpe* day morning at his home in W*en, 0.. will be held at 2:30 n.m. Saturday at the Wren E.U.B. ehnrch, the Rev. N. D. Bevis officiating.. Adams Post 43. American Legion, will conduct military rPes. Friends may call at the Zw’ck funeral home after 6 o’clock this < | evening unHl noon Saturday, when | the body wIU be remove*’ +o thp? church to lie in state until time of the services. ' V T v