Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 8.

CAPT. CARLSEN, MATE REMOVED FROM SHIP

Find No Sign 0145 Men Or " ! X V 1 Sinking Ship Plane Reaches Last _ ; Reported Position In Pacific Ocean \ Seattle. Wash., Jan. 10. —(UP) — A coast guard search plane reached the last reported position of -the sinking' American freighter Pennsylvania today and reported “no sign’* of the vessel or the 45 men abandoned it in lifeboats. The plane, a PBM mariner flying boat, radioed that it had reached the last known position of the storm-stricken, 7-800-ton victory ship 695 mile's off the Washington coast, but found “no sign of stir- , vivors or the vessel?’ The PBM said- it would fly-a “search pattern” Flares were dropped before dawn in the hope that any Survivors might see 1 them and give answering signals. I Meanwhile, six ships plowed full speed through the high seas toward I the area. ~ The Pennsylvania reported a 14- b foot crack in her hull yesterday. 1 The vessel’s hull cracked several 1 months ago, but officials of the < States Line Steamship Co. said < repairs had been made. The list reported position of the i ship was 450 miles due 1 ■ west of the northern tip of Van- i couver Island, 8.C., 320 miles i southwest of the Queen Charlotte 1 Islands and 750 miles west-north- ( west'of Seattle. \ The toaster of the ship was Capt. < George Plover/ who brought her i safely, isjoport the first time the , hull cracked. ;;. , The Japanese freighter Kima- « k&war Mani radioed she Would be ( ■> in the vicinity at 10 a.m. CST. The ( Canadian weather frigate Stone- < town said she would be there at noon (CST). The Stonetown was equipped with radar which would aid ih locating the drifting seamen. . Meanwhile two navy planes, two air force B-17s and a coast guard B-17 were readied to, join the search. The B-17s carried droppable lifesaving gear. One missel, the freighter Shooting Star, was outbound from the area and no longer was part of the operation, the coast guard said. Two Canadian planes originally scheduled to assist were diverted to northern/ | -Vancouver Island where two fishing boats reported a “burning plunged- into the sea. . 7; ■ Icing and poor visibility condi- • tions hampered the PBM’s search, Cmdr. R. Dudley aboard the boat Said he would not attempt to set his plane down in the sea but' would direct..other rescue craft to the strickened ship and men in lifeboats.. i The fate of the men who left the disabled freighter was not known. I The last messiage from" the ship was sent at 4:4b p.m. (PST) yesterday. Nor was it known whether Capt. George P. Plover, master of the vessel, went over the-side with his men when he gave the order to abandon ship or whether he chbse to stay aboaYd such as Capt. Kurt Carlusen of the Flying Enterprise elected to do. The 43-year-old captain, whose ' home is in Portland, Ore., is a seagoing veteran of many years in the merchant service. He brought the * Pennsylvania safely into port when her hull cracked in the Pacific several months ago. „ The coiast guard at Seattle said the vessfl radioed shortly before the order to abandon ship was issued that “winds were gale force wUh mountainous seas.” The life<Tur» To Pan* Hiatt) * ' I Motorist Killed As Car Derails Boxcars Mishawaka. Ind., Jan. 10—(UP) —Five boxcars on a New York Central freight (rain were derailed , last night whkn an automobile rammed jnto thp train, fatally injuring the driver. Luther Miller, 49, South Bend, died today in St. Joseph’s hospital at Mishawaka, shortly after his car crashed through lowered gates at a crossing in Mishawaka and hit the 39th ca.’ of an 80-car westbound train. j ■ ' // • ' The boxcar and four following it Jumped the rails and rumbled acroae the ties, ripping up the tracks. The auto was demolished.

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City-Wide Clearance | Sale Next Wednesday Decatur’s retail stores will cooperate in a city-wide clearance sale of all types of ; jperchandise next Wednesday, Jah. 18. Many bargains will be offered to shoppers oTD&atur and area. The event was originally scheduled fok Tuesday, but the date was changed to Wednesday by the retail ifotamlttee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Truman Not To I Stand In Way Os Eisenhower Will Not Relieve Ike Os Command Unless Requested Washington. Jan. 10 — (UP) — president Truman said today that he wi 11 J not relieve Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Europe unless the general requests it. The ! president, in a long news conference discussion of Eisenhower’s prospects as a Republican presidential candidate, said he did no think this country/would do wel under any Republican. But he was Itigh in his wlise tor El enhower,; saying that uhtll very r scently he had thought the genera was a democrat. He said the ge leral at ! the age of 18 had been a Democratic precinct worker in e Kansas! state election. 1 !■ The president said he would definitr ly make known hla own 1952 p ditijcal plans before" a Republics 1, candidate is chosen. Under questioning the president <waid, hei equid run easily against a man re held ip such high regart! as Eismhfewef.; But he fIM not say he wopldkdo so. 1 [i Mr. Truman said he assumed Eisenh<)wejr wpiiid have to ask to be reli< veil if he received the Re'publlcap. pomiriation. He promised ■nc t to stand in-thei geh&ral’s way if tie |s nominated. I- ‘ ! But, pir.tTruman said, he had it In writings from Eisenhower that the ger era) would stay on the job as sup blnfe commander ;of allied forces i n Europe as Jtong as necessary iOl as long as he, the dent, tl inks it is necessary. The >resic|ent said quite firmly that h« would not ever relieve Clsenhtwer except at Eiseinhower’s request. Reminded that he \ had tsaid earlier thajt he thought the situation in Europe wuold not interfere wilJh Eieehhc|wer'3 ambitions, Mr. Truman Said he still hoped the situation would be easier by nex’t July. That i% when the national political conventions meet. , The president scorned thp sug(pirn To Pare Kight) Ehinger Addresses Business Women t I ' ■/ f I . • ’ ; ! i! V Phe ne Head Speaks To Business Women Charles D. Ehinger,' president and general manager of the Citizens Te ephone company, address*ed the business and Professional Women, Wednesday evening at the Moose home. His topic was, “NatloitWid? Toll Dialing.” Ehingt r outlined the various accomplishments already made in thib field and mentioned that an experiment is now being conducted by the Bell system in Englewood,, Netfr t Jersey. These subscribers are able to dial several Cities directly by mean's cf a special code- system and will out the assistance of an operator. , < He further stated that the lockl telephone i company’s equipment was all j et for toll-dialing when it should become a reality. Also, the numbers assigned at the cub-oveir to diajl h September 1950 are the standard five-digit variety necessary for the new operation. ! Immediately after the address, the attending group adjourned to the Citisend company offices, where they were conducted on a tour pf the building: Thp equipment’s operation was explained and tcll-dialing was demonstrated in th« operating department. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer and Mrs. Otto Beqhley program and hostess chairmen,’ respectively, for Uxe evening.

— -U—- f"" *; / • “Winnie” Hears HST Address SB : MSB . k . Iml ißhHi B" Bry P w I ' .... e AS PRESIDENT TRUMAN delivered his annual State ot me union meoaage to a joint oenate-rtouae meeting in Washington, he had as an official guest Britain’s most famous orator. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (center-right).' Mr. Churchill and his foreign secretary. Anthony Eden (right) escorted Mrs. Truman to the joljit session. ’ Vice-president Barkley sits behind* the President as the latter delivers his message to the Congress. ’ - - - -

Ziner Is Reelected Boy Scout Chairman Scout Activities In County Planned ' 1 -• • ’ 7- ' Clarence Ziner, of this city, was reelected Adams district Boy Seoul chairman at the regular monthly meeting of Scout officials held in Geneva Wednesday. • *«-■ \ At the same time, officials announced tentative plans for forthcoming Scout activities in the county, commemorating Boy Scout week which will extend from Feb- . ruary 6 through 12. During that week, Scouts from f the county will fill various county anc| city governmental offices on February 9. An intensive poster . campaign lias been projected for i display in business houses in De- . oatur, Berne and Geneva during . that week. Mayor Doan and county auditor Thurman I. Drew have notified • Scout officials of their full cooperi ation in placing Scouts in honor- . ary positions. Scouts will fee chosen from within the different ■ troops. „ .. Approximately a month Ifater Ziner said, the annual Boy £|cout • banquet will be held—'March 12 — ■ in Masonic Hall. i Other officers —all of them re- ; elected — who will head Aciams county scouting for the coming - year are Steve Everhart, commissioner; E. W. Lankenau, V A. Cowans. Carl Pumphrey and Rob- ' Helm, all of whom were reelected n to the executive board ofc the’Anthony Wayne council. Ziner then appointed committee Chairmen to serve during the next Scouting year, including Richard Harkless to head the organizational extension committee; Low- | eli Smith, leadership: W. Guy Brown, advancement; George Bair, t camping activities; T. C. Smith, . health and safety. h Institutional, sponsors of Boy 1 troop? in Decatur also had j representatives appointed to head - committees in conjunction with regular chairmen. These repre- - sentatives Included Glen Mauller, i chairman of the Lions club, to • serve as co-chalrma|n along with • Harkless of the organization exr tension committee; Bob Ashbauch- » er. Legion commander, as cor chairman of leadership training i along with Lowell Smith, and John i Welch, president of Rotary, to serve as co-chairman with Bair tor 1 the camping and activities comt raittee. v 1 ! v S >• '. . - ; r ■ i Local Lady's" Mother Dies In Alabama ’ Mrs. Odle Ketcham. >72, mother . of Mrs. Francis Shell of this city, 1 died at 9:15 o’clock Wednesday B night at her home in Ozark, Ala. . Also surviving are two other daugh- . ters, Mrs. Roy Stubbs and Mrs. . Pete Dawson, and three sons, . Richard, Robert and Clifford 1 Ketcham, all of Ozark. Funeral arr rangements have not been com- ] pleted.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 10, 1952.

| — Juty Trial Now In Third Day Today Defendant’s witnesses were tbeihg called to the stand today iri the third day of the!jury trial of the damage suit of Hazel Follis vs. Lester Dimmick,, id which the plaintiff seeks $15,000 ] damages. The action, venued here from Alien county, is being conducted before Judge Myles F. Parrish. Truman Expected To Ask New Tax Boost Ignores Warnings Os Congressional Aides Washington, Jan. 10. —fUP)A source close to the administration reported today that President Truman will ignore the warnings of his congressional lieutenants and ask for another tax increase. The informant sajd a recommendation for higher taxes was included it) an early draft of the state ! pf the union message which Mr. Truinan presented to a joint session of the house and senate yesterday. ~ J" But! the specific proposal was omitted from the final message in favor of a general statement that high taxes will be needed for several more years. * Mrs Truman will send his tax recommendations to congress later this month, the informant said. No final j decision has been made on whether they will be included in the president’s economic message Jan. is, or in his budget message Jan. 31. Speaker Sam Rayburn and other congressional leaders already have made clear Mjat congress, while lukewarm to some parts of the legislaiive program -outlined by Mr. Truman yesterday, positively is coid to any sorjl of general tax increase. \ Preliminary budget estimates indicate! the federal deficit for fiscal 1953 under present tax rates will exceed $10,900,000,000. Taxes have been raised twice Since the Korean war began, but the rearmament program has pushed spending up even faster. Many members speculated that the president would hesitate to recommend an all-brackets tax increase in this election year. They thought he might call for correcting “inequities” in present, law, and say little or nothing about a generap tax increase. Republicans charged that in his state of the union address, devoted] largely to a restatement of many measures he previously has ' .1 . (Tun T® Paste Six* ’ Schricker Will Speak At Berne Centnennial Menno I. Lehman, general chairman of Berne’s centennial organization, announces that Gov. Henry Schricker has accepted an invitation to give the opening address at Berne’s celebration on August 18. A week’s celebration will mark Berne’s -observance of its 100th Anniversary. .

Taft And Stassen To Fight In Primaries | Names Are Entered , In Three Primaries Washington, Jan. 10—(UP)— Sen. Robert A. Taft and Harold E. Stassen squared off today to fight it out for votes In the presidential Arlmariee of Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio.; ” Those are the owly Mates an far im which primary contests are assured between two or more aspirants for the 1952 presidential noibinatipn. . Neither Taft nor Stassen has indicated yet that he intends to enter the New Hampshire primary, where supporters of Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower have promised to enter their candidate. Backers of Gen. Douglas 'MacArthur are talking of entering his name iif New Hampshire despite his disavowal of political ambitions. TafbStassen contests have been developing in r£pid fire order since Stassen announced plans last week to enter primaries in Taft's home state of Ohio, in Minnesota, where Stasstnjormerly was governor, and in Pennsylvania, where Stassen is now president of the University of Pensylvania. Although Taft has said nothing about entering the Minnesota or Pennsylvania primaries, Stassen said he meeting the Taft challenge in those states. He 'announced Sunday that he would enter the Illinois presidential preference primary, which does not bind delegates,: and revealed yesterday that he would enter the Wisconsin primary. He invited Taft to meet him in both. Taft, who had announced previously that he would enter- a slate of delegates in the Wisconsin primary, responded last night by announcing that he will enter the : e (Turn To Page Eight* Advertising Clinic Planned In Decatur Retail Division Os C. Os C. Sponsors , The retail division of the Decatur ' Chamber of Commerce will sponsor tan advertising clinic in Decatur from May 5 to 23, under supervision of Indiana University and the associated retailers of Indiana, it was announced today . All retailers Vill be invited to take part in the clinic, which is a service offered to communities free. ’ The first three nights will be devoted to meetings of all retailers when methods of advertising will be explained, through the use of motion pictures, slides and Charts. the balance of the two weeks will be consumed by personal consultation wtlh the various cooperating retailers and a staff of trained then will visit each store and .discuss the store’s problems concerning all types of advertising. More detailed information and the'site for-the meetings the first three nlghts’ will be announced later. /

" ■' ( \ ' j 1 ” ‘ ' Flying Enterprise Sinks Soon After Courageous Skipper Taken Off Ship

I f — McGrath To Stay As Attorney General Will Direct Needed Corruption Cleanup' Washington, Jan. 10.—(UP)— President Truman said today that attorney general J. Howard McGrath will remain in- the governr ment and will direct any special efforts that are needed to clean up corruption. The President said he has discarded >he idea of a special cleanup commission.! McGrath will handle the job, ' • 5Tr. Truman said he now believes the chief law enforcement officer of the government fe the man to carry out any clean up necessary. He conceded that it Is necessary in some areas. Asked whether 1 there would be ajiy change in .McGrath’s status, the president—who for the last two news conferences had declined to say whether the > attorney general was on the way oiit—said today with some deliberation that there will be no change. I Mr. Truman did not explain Why ho discarded the idea of a special clean-up commission. All he would says was that tho attorney general would carry the job that is necessary. Questioned about a report that Dr. Daniel A. PcHtag of Philadelphia might figure in the Clean-up plans, the President said only that Poling was one of his frequent consultants. Poling was the unsuccessful 1951 Republican candidate for mayor of Philadelphia. f Federal judge Thomas F. Murphy of New York recently accepted appointment to a clean-up commission, then changed his mind and (Tarn Te Pace Kight) — . i r r: Record Attendance i At Union Services i Spiritual Emphasis Services Continue I The ministers of Decatur agreed last night that the evening Attendance was a “record” for Wednesday attendance at, spiritual empnasis wfeek services for all time. Every available seat was occupied an<jl the ushers had to be seated in the vestibules. Still others were in the downstairs nursery. The attendance record showed 614 were present. The ministers are conr sHering a larger meeting place for the Sunday evening service. In, g most inspiring manner Dr. Clyde W. Meadows led the capacity apdience in a great singspiration, and then delivered a challenging sermon on the theme, “Life’s Supreme Choice.” He also led over 30 young people in the act of Christian decision and dedication. The congregation will long remember the personal challenge of the conclusion of the sermon when he said, (1) “If you really want to be a Christian, no one can stop you,” and (2) “to really be a Christian all of you, and a willingness to pay the cost.” Music for the service was provided by the Decatur high school choir which sang the anthems, "The Lord Is A Mighty God,“ and "Bless this House.” Miss Helen Haubold was director. Mrs. Harold Murphy and Mrs. Meadows provided organpiano leadership for congregational singing. P? The Rev. F. H. Willard will preside in the Thursday service, and the choir of Bethany church will sing. Bethany laymen will serve as ushers. Rev. Norris and Rev. Wood will be devotional leaders. Emerick and Rev. ’Hammond will serve as welcoming committee. 1 A nursery will again be arranged in the basement area for pre-school children. r 5 ! )The public is invited to attend these services being held nightly at 7:30 at Zion Reformed church, it is planned that a recorded must cal meditation will begin at 7:15 this evening.

Reds Insist Oil Right To Build Up Airfields | Communist Radio Asserts Demands Definite, Final | : ■ \!\ ' f' . i J Panmunjom, Korea, Jan. 10 — (UP) —Red China warned today that there will be no Korean armistice unless the United Nations agree to let the Communists bplid military airfields in North Korea during the truce. ! - The official Chinese radio at Peiping ushered in the seventh month ot armistice negotiations with a broadcast asserting that the Communist demand was “definiteand final." The broadcast was based on a Panmunjom dispatch from Communist newsman Wilfred Burclieitt. Such dispatches invariably reflect the official Communist viewpoint and its broadcast by the Chinese government radio also lent authenticity to it. A It said the Communists no more will yield on this question than they did on their earlier demands for a cease-fire-line based oh the bettlelins and for the rctewtkw ot , Kaesong. “If the Americans want an agreement, they must realize this," the dispatch said. “Failure to accept this term would signify the Americans do not want an agreement” At the same time, U N. negotlar tors at Panmunjom were accusing the Communists ot preparing for war instead of peace by insisting on the right to build airfields and on unconditional release of all 116,000 Compunist war prisoners. Rear, admiral R. E. Libby charged in the prisoner subcommittee that the Communists were interested in getting 104),000 or more prisoners back Into the Red army,. . \ Stiff Resistance ’ Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Jan. 10-— (UP)— Allied raiding parties lashed out at the Communists under cover of darkness Joday on both ends of the snow-oovered Korean front but ran into stiff resistance. A United Nations patrol fought for 2-% hours with Reds entrenched On a hill position northwest of , Yonchon on the western front. Communist mortars, grenades, automatic weapons and small arms (Tarn To Pack Fire) Mrs. Malinda Krick Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Malinda E. Krick. 56, a lifei long resident of Adams county, died i Wednesday afternoon at her home, > 343 South Eleventh street, following an illness of six months. She was born in Adams county Sept. 10, 1895, a daughter of Homer and Sarah Hendrick»Qause, and was married to George W. KHck Aug. 7, 1911. She was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Bfetli re n churdh. Surviving are her husband; three sons, Doyle, Hubert and Roger Krick, all of Decatur; three"daughters, Mrs. Helen Hawkins,! iMrsj. Ilene Garwood and Mrs. Dorothy Sudduth, all of Decatur; her father, Homer Gause of Decatur; 13 gfandi children; two brothers, Joe Gause of Marshallville, 0., and Elisha Gause of Decatur, and three sisters, Mrs. Rosa Rowland of Rockford, 0., Mrs. Golda Thompson of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Laura Ogg of D& catur. One B °n I® deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.fn. Saturday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. John E. Chambers Officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

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Heart-Breaking End To Great Story Os Carlsen's Battle To Save His Freighter ■ -L ' Falmouth, England/- Jan. 10 —• (UP)...tf The crew of the Flying Enterprise today: climbed to the top of the funnel through jwijd winds and punishing seas then plunged overboard. Within four minutes Capt. Kurt (parlsen and mate Kenneth Dancy were picked up by the British tug Turmoil and promptly were given dry ■, clothing and a drink of rum. It was a heart-breaking end to one of‘the greatest stories of men against the sea, and R was the end ! of the i Flying Enterprise, too. Shortly after Dahcy an|i Carlsen leaped overboard the qea swept over, the funnel of the freighter and ihe ship went down. .'■ . Carlsen and Dabcy fought it out to the bitter end. The skipper had sworn to bring the Enterprise to ■ port or stay with her till she 4 plunged under. It was not until the vessel was 90 percent under water that Carlsen gave Up. Then he and Dancy went up the side of the funnel and clung precariously to the tOp. True to the code 'of the sea, the skipper was the last man off.: Dancy jumped first and for a few heartbeats Carlsen and the Flying] Enterprise were alone again. Then the captain - * The Turmoil moved in for the First it picked up Carlsen and then Dancy? Sailors aboard the U. S. destroyer Wi iard Keith watched aS the Wo men were expertly picked out of the water, Then the commander of the Keith sent an admiring. t\vo-word radio message crackllng to the Turmoil: “Beautiful work/’ ' Then another pat on the back for the Turihoil <?ame from ihh British tug Dextrous, standing by: “Good show, old boy.” < ] Then the air wais cleared -for/ a moment and Capt. Dan Parker of the Turmoil got on the radici phone ‘o report to his owners ashore; “I'm sorry to report she has gone. She got a heavier list. The sea stove in her hatches. When I left her' r ,just the tip of the starboard sidb was abovs water. I am moving’ away at airspeed I have because I had the g»d fortune to pick up Ckptain Carlsen and mate Danpy. “Ifysase .ascertain if Mrs. Dancy is at Penryn and could come to FalmouthH to meet her son. We expelct to lan4 between 8 and 9 o’cldck (between 2 and 3 p. m. CST) “Ij asked the Dextrous to stand by t|he Firing Enterprise and see her go down.” < The Dextrous reported that the Flyipg Enterprise disappeared beneath the waves at 4:11 p. m. (10:11 a. m. CST.) ' Despite the fact that Carlsen had been aboard the listing ship for I a fortnight, he' was reported to be in good physical condition. The Turmqil messaged the destroyer ”s<en are fit and well although t)iey are quite exhausted. They are resting up. We are proceeding at full speed Ito Falmouth. Carlsen wishes to ppy his respects and appreciation to the Keith, her officers and men.” The Keith asked if Carlsen wanted to be transferred to the destroyer. The TurmdU replied: ’ “He does] not wish to be transferred now/’ Everybody who was watching on nearby s|iips knew'that the end of |he Firing Enterprise near whptl she lurched over qn her ’idp. Watqr surged into the fun- / nd and poured through the crack- •' ed .deck. The top of the hull, was 1 the only part of the ship visible and then she plunged for the bottom. ! ■ I ; INDIANA WEATHER \ Dlearinu and colder tonight, preceded- by mow flurries near Lake Michigan this evening. Friday mostly fair and a little warmer. Low tonight 5 to 15 above north, 10 to 15 south,. High Frldby 30 to 35 north, 35 to 40 south* • , \ I' : ~