Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1952 — Page 1

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FEAR FOR SAFETY OF 46 MEN IN PACIFIC

1 j J -! Falmouth Gives Capt. Carlsen Hero Welcome ' ' i I ■ > ’ vT * Valiant Skipper Os Flying Enterprise Royally Welcomed Falmouth, England, Jan. 11 — (UP) —Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise was given > a welcome today that left him and Falmouth limp.? For hours the cheers of half the population of this seafaring town rang In lais,ears. From the moment he stepped ashore from the.tug Turmoil which picked h|m and his companion mate Kenneth R. Dancy? from the stormy Atlantic yesterday bntil he headed for bed tonight after issuing ’Mo not disturb” orders. Carlsen was acclaimed as a hero. At timers near tears, he" was haggard and weak-voiced at the end. He was cheered, hailed in speeches as beta, slapped.on the back, mobbed by shrieking children and kissed by pretty girls until he blushed. | , Carlsen; stepped ashore tq apologize to the thousands who cheered him tor uot bringing his doomed ship. safe into port. 4 ‘TH keep on going to sea#’’ he promptly Announced. Again and again during the day of acclamation ho put in the spotlight witii his mate Dancy, who joined him on the foundering Enterprise and stayed to jump from Its smokestack with him as it sank. < ; The 37-year-old New Jersey skipper said the Worst moment of his 13-day ordeal came yesterday when the Enterprise sank, as he watched from the rescue tub Turmoil. < I Seven thousand persons — half the population of Falmouth — swarmed through driving sleet, rain ahd hail to give a hero’s wel-. come to the man whose valiant but futile battle to save his cracked and leaking freighter jyon the admiration of the world. V Only 16 s hours after they had leaped into the English Channel from the sinking Enterprise, Carlsen ahd his one-man crew—Lon-don-born tugboat mate Kenneth Dancy—stepped ashore at Prince of Wales pier at 10:05 a. m. (4:05 a. m. CST.) Carlsen’s elderly parents, flown Especially from Denmark for the welcome, pressed forward with official representatives of the U.S., Denmark and Britain to greet them. Three thousand persons at ,tno pierside cheered. His voice choking with.emotion, Carlsan said: I "I deeply regret that it was not possible to bring the' Enterprise safely io port.” . ~ Bouquets of red and white flowers—the Danish national colors—were handed Carlsen, Dancy and the other' principal characters in the drama of the sea. * % Capt. (Dapper) Dan Parker of the tugboat Turmoil, which pulled Carlsen and Dancy from the channel minutes after they had leaped from the then horizontal smokestack Os the Enterprise, and .Cmdr. Leslie J. ©’Brien, Jr., of tfie~American destroyer Willard Keith, which remained alongside during the final stages of- the drama of the sea. - Carlsen and his comrades of the Ordeal Wer.e led through cheering crowds? tdr the public library for a civic reception, then to the town hall for a press conference. • . • Local Man's Brother Is Taken By Death Earl Franklin, Strouse, 40, of Columbia ; City, brother of Floyd Strouse of Decatur, died Thursday at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne after a short illness. Survivors include his wife; one son; ’ one daughter; his father, Vernon Strouse of Columbia City; four brothers''and hree sisters. Funeral services will be held at i: 30 p.m I .' Sunday at the DeMoneyHollingsworth funeral home in Columbia, City; with burial in the Christian Chapel cemetery at Mer- - 11. » , I - ■> -

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Huge Forgery Ring Reported Smashed Ring Operated In 13 States In U.S. fr 1 ' ■' J : 4_4 -4 Si. ii [■■4 f' Wianapolis, Jan. 11.—(Uph— A forgery ring which operated In 13 states and netted SIOO,OOO over a two-year period and had its headquarters for four months in a tuberculosis sautorium While the alleged ringleader was ja. patient has been broken, Indiana state police reported today. Capt. John J. Barton announced that -eight members of the gang have been arrested and five others, including the man accused as ringleader, are sought. ’* Barton said the alleged ringleader, Clyde Isenhour, .31, Indianapolis, ran the ring from the Sunnyside sanitarium at the Indianapolis outskirts four months last summer concealing his check-nak-ing activities wh|le editing the institution’s newspaper. ’j ( | The ring operated in 22 Indiana towns and 20 principal cities lit 13 other states, Barton said. included Hamilton and Doytonj 0., Flint and Detroit, Mich., Owensboro and Lexington, Ky., St Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., Rapids, Des Moines and Sioux City. Ta., Lincoln and Omaha, Nebo Oklahoma City and Tulsg, O cla.; Nashville, Tenn., Springfield, 111., Milwaukee, Wis., Wichita, Kan., and Salt Lake City, Utah. The Indiana cities . knovrrt to have been Visited by the forgers included Indianapolis, Huntington, Marion, Elwood, Frankfort, Lebanon, Westfield, Nobelsville, Anderson, Speedway, Danville, Plainfield, Greenfield, Knightstown. New Castle, Cbnnerssvlile, Rushville, Grenwood, Columbus, Bloominvton, Martinsville and Shelbyville. 4 l j- J The use cd the T-B hospital In the scheme was fantastic, Barton said. When Isenhour was Strick* en, he arranged for colleagues to smuggle a small printing pfess complete with* type and safety check paper stock to him while posing as visitors. The gang also used the Indianapolis public library in their plhns. They obtained detailed data concerning batiks and in cities where they planned forays, according to Barton, by checking the library’s city directories j Using this, information they printed (Turn To Page Eight) 1 ——; — Rotary Club Hears Dr. Clyde q. Spiritual Emphasis Pastor Is Speaker I "H .H \Xi * 4 ■■ |I f Dr. Clyde ■ W./ the evangelist who is conducting the spiritual emphasis week services th' (his city, was guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting last efening. ' 1 Pastor of King’s Street United Brethren church and a former pr esident of the Rotary club in Chambersburg, Pa., Dr. Meadpws sild, “There is a higher level of and spiritual life in Dbcatur than I have found in most Mties.” ' . ■ I ■* V]| An inspirational speaker, jbr. Meadows urged laymen to became more active workers (i in their church and as disciples of Jesus Christ. Speaking on the fourth object of Rotary, that of good-will toward men. Dr. Meadows related a war-' 4me incident between a Chambersburg family and the Lord Mayor of Southhampton, England, which brought about understanding knd good-will amojgg the people of lithe two cities. ’ I The Rev. Feller, paitor of the Zion Evangelical Reformed church, host church for the series of spiritual meetings, introduced ♦he speaker." John F. Welch, club president, presided. Decatur Cemetery Association Elects ji \ '! ' I J I • ' 44- I ' |44 The Decatur cemetery association, at a recent j meeting, elected Edwin Bauer as president, Ed Ashbaucher treasurer and Earl B. Adams, secretary. Trustees, in addition to the officers, are Ben Shroyer, Virgil Krick, Clarence Smith | and Avon Burk. . r ♦ ’ . 'h;

Await Word Os Foundered Ship MMHMMMHHII—- *4' gy F ~ ' 4 " WITH THE ENDING of the Flying Enterprise saga in the Atlantic in rescue of courageous Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen, halfway around the, world the family (right) of Capt. George. P. Plover of the S. S. Pennsylvania (left) await word of his fate. He had ordered abandonment of Ms badly leaking craft 750 miles northwest of Seattle, Wash. Ships and aircraft are -searching the arec for the Pennsylvania’s lifeboats. With the 42-year-old skipper’s wife fn their Portland, Ore., home are jhl» children, Pat, 14 (left) and Timothy, 10. !

New Directive Is Given On Objectors Reclassification Is Made For Objectors The Adams county draft board, following issuance of a new directive, has completed reclassifying conscientious objectors, formerly in class 4-E. The new classification is 1-0 and makes the objectors available for civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safety and interest. Another new classification is 1-W, which included objectors performing civilian work contributing to maintenance of national health, safety or interest. To date there ha* been oo call from the county board for use of conscientious objectors, it was learned. A young, objector, Freddie Ematfuel Granden. of Idaho, who reported for induction recently but refused to take the oath, was sentenced by federal Judge Chase E. Clark to two years and six months in prison. . ' Judge Clark pointed out that “if our present government yielded to the Communists, objectors would not have the churches which forbid them serving in the army. “Objectors are not asked togo to war; not asked to go into battle, but they ane merely asked to serve in a non-combatant post.” There has been some criticism locally concerning the non-com-batants, but ft w*s pointed cmt by a board member that the local board member that the local board has riot yet received a single call for non Combatants from Adams county. I ’ , - Special Meetings To Be Held On Sunday Dr. Meadows Will \ Conduct Services Dr. Clyde W. Meadows will speak t to a meeting of- Sunday school workers of Decatur at 2:30 o’clock at J the Zion Reformed church Sunday afternoon. This meeting is arranged especially for teachers, officers, and anyone who has any responsibility for the church school of any church. Anyone else who is interested is welcome to attend. Church school Workers outside pf Decatur are Invited. \ Dr. Meadows will relate the successful Sunday school experience of his church which has had an average attendance of dearly 1,000 in recent months. His Sunday school now supports seven full-time missionaries. Beyond the work of his own Church, Dr. Meadows serves as vice-president of the Pennsylvania council of Christian education and national vice-president of the Christian .Endeavor Union. ’• All who hear this story Sunday afternoon will not only receive inspiration but a bit of "know how" for the program of Christian Education in local churches. [ Union youth Rally The young people of the associated churches of Decatur will Unite in a special union youth rally at First Baptist church Sunday evening, at 6:00 o’clock, according to announcement by the committee (Tur* To Page Eight)

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Attach License Tags* To Bottom Os Plates Many Decatur 'motorists have placed their 1962 automobile license tags on the top of the 1961 * plates and under a regulation issued by the state auto license bureau, the 1962 plates must be attached at the bottom of the 1951 plates, Mrs. Dale Death cautioned today. Motorists who have disregarded the state bureau’s order and placed the new plates in the wrong position will be subject to warnings by state police, it was* said. 23 Persons Killed In Crash In Wales Two Americans Are Believed Victims ' ii ■' A■ ■ ! I •. ' ! Carnarvon, Wales, Jan, 11 — (UP) —Rescue workers began the grim task today of recovering the of all 23 persons, possibly -including two Americans, killed last night in the crash of an Irish airliner in a .mountain bog near here.. -J ’ Bodies of the passengers and crew of the Aer Lingua DC-3 were scattered amid the burned wreckage. The plane, the first to crakh in the Irish lineb’ 15-year history, . | was en route from London to Dublin when it hit a mountainside during a storm last night. The victims were believed to include two Americans, W. A. Lynch and Thomas J. Carroll, both of New York City. However, there was no official confirmation of , their nationality, London airport reported the men were on the passenger list. Carroll'had given his address as 621 Lexington Ave., New York City on a London hotel register. Eyewitnesses said the plane a* crater in the bog and was burned out. "It was a terrible mess,” one witness said. "Bits of bodies and charred pieces Os aircraft were strewn all about the bog.” Aer Lingus said the ship—named the \"Saint Kevin” —crashed into 2,860-foot Moel Siabod in a storm shortly after it had checked with the Niven contact station at 7 p. m. (1 p. m. OST) and reported everything normal. The scene of the crash Is on the mist < covered mountainside near Bangor, northern Wales, approximately 50 miles west of Liverpool, England. i Four bodies were thrown clear of the plane and recovered last night. A fireman working in the rescue crews said “we were up to out knees in the bog getting to the wreckage.” I ! - ■ ■ ' ■ .. , ■ .. '! ■ .v < Advanced Typing Is Planned For Adults Maynard Hetrick, commercial instructor in the Decatur high school, is planning an advanced adult typing class, | A beginners class has been completed, and several of the class members have a desire to continue their studies. The advanced class will open Monday night, running from 6:30 to 8 o’clock, and some openings are available for students. However, no beginners will be accepted tor this class. j

"f "" Vote On Four-Year ’ Terms In November L * - i '< j : ' ' . - Would Extend Terms • Os Three Officials \ X Is/'. . < ■ *' ■ y i.M ■. ■ J J ( Indiana voter* will vote next ’ November on the offices pf prosecuting attorney, treasurer • and surveyor will be four year 1 terms instead of the present two ye<rs« according to a Ijetter receivr ed from the office of the state election commission by Edward Jaberg, county clerk, The proper steps have been taken by t,wp genera! assemblies and the amendments will be voted bn in the November general election. If th? amendments carry, all three of the surveyors and treasurers would be effective on a four-year basis in the 1954 elections, with a special provision for treasurers re-elected in ■ 1952. These officers would con- • tinue in office until January 1, i However, a new candidate for treasurer this November,, would I be elected only for \twb years and i would be qualified to fun again in twp yfars for a term. if the amendment gets a favor- [ able vote from the people, it will have the same provision as other . county offices that a person is eligible to only eight years out of any 12 years in the Same office. ’ to the case of prosecuting attor- . neys, it was pointed out that those electef next November will serve only two years and will be eligible to run in 1954 for a four-year term. ; There! are no restrictions and a prosecutor can serve as many terms , as the people want him. ■, I j ? I-’;' $5,000 Damages Are Awarded Plaintiff Case Venued Here From Allen County bandages to tpe extent ot |5,000 were by a jury in Adams circuit court Thursday night to Hazel j Foils, Fort Wayne, in .her suit against Lester Dimmick. Fort Wayne. The suit, venued here from Alien I superior court 2, Was the aftermath,of an automobile mishap to Fort Wayne in July,, 1950. Theplaintiff alleged injuries and askfed .for $15,000 damages. After a a day of giving evidence, the cause went to the jury late Thursday after fudge Myles F. Parrish read the instructions. Judge Parrish accepted 16 of 18 iastructlons submitted by attorneys for the plaintiff and 25 of 25 submitted bf defendant attorneys, to which he added 11 of hia own choosing. The Jury retired fallowing the reading of instructions; Shortly after the supper hour, the jury reported that a Verdict had been reached and it was lead in open court: ?, W$ the Jury find for the plaintiff abd award her damages in the sum of $5,000.” Theiverdict was signed by Martin Huger Monroe township, jury foreman. pther members included: Howard Bluhm, French township; Baxter, St. Mary’s township; Fred Brough. Wabash township; Carl Neuman, Preble township; Orval Arnold, ‘Wabash township; Jfcbn Arnold, Washington township; Elmer Chase, Decatur; Vbyle HUI, Kirkland township; (Tm T» PW Eteht)

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Allied Planes I Destroy Four Jet Fighters UN Negotiators In Determination To Break Up Deadlock Bth Army Headquarters, Korea Jan. 11. —(UP) —United Nations pilots, outnumbered three to one. shot dovea. four Russian-made Mig--15 jet fighter planes today in air t battles that ranged to within 33 miles of the 38th parallel. One of the Migs was shot down over Sarwon, 35 miles of the frontier, the farthest-south kill of the war. Usually the Migs stick closer to their Manchurian sanctuary, where the Allies cannot follow them, On- , ly once before had they challenged Allied jet fleets at a point closer to the border. That was last' Friday when there was ah indecisive clash between four Migs and three Allied Thunderjets less than 10 : miles north of the parallel. Five times, in the clearing skies, the Allied fighters clashed with » the Communist jet fleets. A day of biasing aerial battles opened when Allied pilots spotted about 100 Migs over North Korea. Pilots of the 4th interceptor command took oh an undisclosed number of the enemy fighters in a furious, 30-minute battle between Sinanju and Slnuiju in “Mig Alley.” ’ One Mig was destroyed. Thirty-two U.N. F-86 Sabrejets were in this fight, and it was estimated that 40 or more Migs were actively engaged. in wild dogfights thia afternoon, three more of the awept-wing enemy planes went down, and one was damaged for a aay sS total of (Tnra To Pace Kl*ht) .. .. ; q r ! ' '- . I ■ ? Final Union Service Al School Building Spiritual Emphasis Services To Close Because of the consistently large attendance at the community spirit- I ual emphasis week services being < held this week at Zion Reformed churqh, the ministers of the city 1 have planned to hold the final 1 service Sunday evening in the high 1 school auditorium. The Friday and : Saturday evening services will be < held at Zion Reformed. • Ih the service tonight, Dr. Clyde W. Meadows will again lead the audience in a great hymnrsing, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Harold Murphy, with Mrs. Meadows St the piano. Dr. Meadows will preach the sermon from the theme, ‘The Christ At Our Door,” using as his text, “Behold I stand at the door and knock.” Rev. Robert Hammond will preside in the service tonight and Rev. Gillander and Rev- Berkey will be devotional leaders. There will be ( ushers from the Baptist church, and ( the Trinity church choir will sing. ] The. public is reminded of the ( two special features planned for Sunday At 2:30 in the ( afternoon Dr. Meadows will address , a gathering of Sunday school work- , era of Adams county at Zion Re ( fbrmed church. Anyone is invited , to attend, but officers and teachers apd others who work with , church schools Are particularly ( Urged to attend. Dr. Meadows will { report on the successful .experience c his church has bad in its religious t education program. ( At 6 p.m., Dr. Meadows will address a union youth rally, at the First Baptist church, South Fourth t street. s Since there are so few services remaining in this community-wide ; series, the committee in charge „ urges the public to attend the re- ( main Ing meetings. '

: T fl —* t—'Candidate ..am-' IWMjr • ahi 1 MBH i i ' A Lewis LJSmlth L j k j Lewis L Smith In Prosecutor's Race r Decatur Lawyer Is Democrat Candidate .’4 -I • •• ' \Lewis L. Smithy Decatur attorney, recently returned from a e|ecqnd hitch In the srnt|y t today announced his candidacy for prosecuting attorney of the 26th judicial circuit, subject to |he decision of Democrat voters ip' the May primary election. 4 The candidate served briefly as prosecutor by appointment of the governor ip 1942, Out relinquished the post ajfter a iew months to enter the service ih World War 11. Smith is>a graddate of Decatur high school; he took his pre-law work at Ipdiana |University and graduated from Indiana law school in 1942. HO has s|rved as Democrat precinpt con&nitfeeman and county election He is married Mr. And Mrs. Smith and son, Steve, reside on South Winchester j street, < , The candidate is the first make public his intentions in K the approaching campaign. He stated 1 hat be would mak£ an active cam]>aign for the Candidate: Smith Served in miili- ; I ary intelligence during the afar and also when he was recalled two years ago to service. He has had wide experience in duties similar to those whlich he jteeks. as prosecutor. t ■ I' Smith is a member of the First Presbyterian church; Masonic lodge, Loyal Order! of Moose, Elks, American : Legion' and Lions club. He also] is a member ;of the Adams couity, Indiana and American bar associations, : , GE M Goes On h Five-Day Schedule | | Increase In Orders ] Steps Up Schedule - An increase in orders will place the General Electric plant on a five-day schedule next week, John F. Welch, p ant manager stated jto day, and added, “We hope it lasts.” For seven! weeks the local plant operated three dayq a week. This week’s production schedule was stepped up to four days and the fiv&day schedule will follow next week. J Apparently orders are increas’ng, Welch iiaid and “we hope this condition oqhtinues/* he commented. The work force will not be increased, tho management stated,/ and the ex .ra work day may be only temporary. | \ Silo* Are Going Up I A Around tie clock; schedules are being carried on at the Central Soya com pa jy site, where the last of four largo concrete construction projects is inderway. Six storage silos are being built at the northeast side of the industrial site and (Tmr» To Paco El«ht) ' -

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| Fears Mount For r 46 Who Abandoned “ Vessel Wednesday; Search Is Widened * Seattle, Wash., J-ass 11—(UP)— Seven long-range patrol planes ock off today to joiii rescue vessels Searching for some trade of the freighter Pennsylvania, and crewmen- who abandoned ship in? he stormy North Pacific. The rescue ships were! crisscrossing the'lajt reported position of the freighter, but reported no jign of her. Fear* mounted that the crewmen, who abandoned the I stricken vessel Wednesday, were lost. The search was concentrated at 51 degrees-nlne minutes north latitude ahd 141 degreos-13 miuutes west longitude, the last reported position of the Pennsylvania. This is more than 750 statute miles northwest of Seattle. At 6 a. m- PST (8 a. m. CST) the Stonetown reported “no sign of the Pennsylvania or its crewmembers in lifeboats.” The Stonetown reported Very v rough seas and a north-nOrtheast wind qf 35 knots. ' Two navy Neptinie :>atrol planes took toss at 3 a. m. FST And two morle took off shortly 6 a. m. PSI . ;]J T Aj Royal Canadian 1 drforce Lan- • caster pat fol plane, a coast guard PBM mariner flying boat and a ' R-17 4 rescue plane, also ’ were ' on thelrl- way to the sedns. 1 \! J ; Three ships already Were o? the scene and two otftiirs, life boast cutter Klamatp 'and the Canadian tug Island Sovereign, were An route. The Klamath was expected to arrive about 3:30 p.m. PST and the coast j(uard reported the Islapd i light probably would nbt arrive until early tomorrow, if it navigates the rough seas. < But the search by ships and planes yesterday covered a 7,000-square-mile area without turning up any evidence Whatever of the four lifeboats'thoughjt to be carrying the men of the Stricken ship. Nor did the; rbscuie craft find any debris which Would indicate that the Pennsylvania hpd sunk. The navy said an arha of 11,000-3qua|*e-miles would be ' searched “by'bye and radar” today as additional forges were thrjoWn in the 1 rescue operation. \ TheTast word from thojse aboard the Pennsylvania wa«j st 4:40 p. m. Vv'edjiestjay when coast guard picked up the terise message: “leaving nowl” ' | 4 ; Eighteen minutes; before, the Pennsylvania radioed, “ibbks like we have to abandon ship,”h Winds up to 40 miles; an hour were reported and wavffs have made search operations diff cult. ■ - I .m ■ The ships ro’led !ahd pitched heavily in the rough pea, which reduced the effectiveness of radar \ as an? aid in search operations. The Canadian weather ship Stonetown arrived in the area at about 8 p. rn- EST yesterday and reported that the weather had moderated slightly. Capt. J. W. McMttnagle of the * StonetoWn messaged that ife had "hopes boats will; be able to ride out gale if they managed to clear from the vessel.” The ‘Japahese freighter Kamikawa Maru reported from the afea that it had seen no sign of the ship or survivors. / Coast guard, navy, air force and Royal Canadian air force planes took part In the search in relays. Coast guard officers said they were trying to maintain a constant search, with planes relieving each other as they wiere forced to return to their bases for refueling. T*he Pennsylvania, commanded by Capt. George P. Plover, Portland, Ore., was abandoned after a 14-foot crack split her huti. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy Friday qlght and Saturday, warmer Friday night and In sbuth portion Saturday. Low Friday night 25-30. High Saturday 35-40 north, 40 50 south. 4 -:4 \ 4' 'i'4 '1 ■* '