Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 14.

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New Bombing Accusation Is Made By Reds Charge Outskirts Os Neutral Kaesong ,■ Bombed By Hanes Panmunjom, Korea, Jan. 17.— (UP) —The Communists accused the United Nations today of bombing the outskirts of neutral Kaesong, headquarters -of ther Red armistice team. / A U.N. investigation team sped /at once to the scene—a hill outside the towh but within the three-mile zone whose immunity had been guaranteed by the Allies. The l investigators found.a bomb crater about 25 feet wide on the hillside, near the hamlet of Yurang, and Questioned -Koreans living in the vicinity. took away with them a piece of twisted metal, presumably part of a bomb casing. The investigators, headed by U.S. marine Col. James C. Murray, returned to Panmunjom late this afternoon and went into, confer- \ ence with Red staff officers. Murray did not disclose r his findings immediately. U Communist liaison; officers said an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the hill this morning. They\did < not say whether it caused any damage. It Was on just such a charge last Aug. 22 that the Communists broke ' off the then stalemated armistice talks. The truce negotiations finally were resumed Oct. 25, but they again are deadlocked. The Reds charged inAugust that a U.N. plane had bombed and strafed Kaesong in an attempt to -* murder North Korean Gen. Nam 11, head of the Communist negotiating team. ' > The Allies denied any U.N. plane had attacked the'town and countercharged that the incident had been manufactured to give the Communists a pretext to inter- ■ rapt the armistice talks. , r i There was no immediate indieai* tion whether the Reds might \try 'to use the new* incident as an excuse to break off the talks again. Two subcommittees assigned the task of finding compromise solutions again reported “no progress’’ at the end of the day. ‘7. The prisoner subcommittee devoted most of its time to the Communist allegation that an Allied / plane bombed the hospital at a Communist prison camp at Kangdohg, last Monday. In the Other subcommittee, Maj. Gen. Ferenbaugh of the U.N. agreed that Allied demand * for a ban on military’ airfield construction. did not restrict North Korea’s sovereignty. . Destroy Three Mijjs Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Jan. 17.—(UP1 —American i Sabrejet pilots destroyed three Russianh made Mig-15 jet fighters today—two of them without firing a shot. A fourth Mig was damaged. Maj. —William F. Shaeffer, of Boone, lowa/ and Ist Lt. Frank P. .Robinson, Jr., of Shreveport, La. scored unique victories during a dog fight between 23 Sabejets and 60 Migs north of Sinanju in northwest Korea. The two Americans maneuvered the less skillful Red pilots into high-speed power stalls. The Migs struck the jet wash of the Sabres. They were snapped over and sent (Turn T® Page Elahti 4 LATE BULLETINS Washington, Jan. 17.—(UP) —Sen. Brien McMahen (DConn.) announced today that President Truman had deckled to seek ah expansion of the . atomic energy program. ’McMahon is chairman of the Joint congressional atomic energy committee. He declined to give any details of the ex- \ pension. The President, he explained, Is not yet ready to make a public announcement about it. Ban- Francisco, ’ Jan. 17. —, (UP) — Globe wireless here •aid It had received a report from its Manila station of two BOS messages from the SS Taikinahan saying the ship was aground and the captain was readying “an order to leave the ship.” j

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Rescue Train Tikes Stranded To Oakland ■ / 1 All Removed From Snow-Bound Train Qttjf&nd, Calif.. Jan. 17.—(UP)-— A reng, cold journey ended today! a» a rescue train; carrying 232 passenger* crbiwmen removed, from the snow-bound City of San Francisco rolled into Oakland.* The 17-car traip stopped at 5:40 . a.m. (CST), bringing to an endj the I greatest rescue operation in the history of the towering hl(gh Sierra mountains. */ / .11. ( A Mardi Gras Opirjt filled the air as the survivors of three days locked in the grip of a mountain bliz- ‘ zgrd poured off the train. /1 Four passengers, gome suffering minor injuries and one with a 1 respiratory ailment, left the relief train when if f stopped .■ at Sacra- ’ men«>, Calif. The remaining 219 1 passengers and 13 crewrpen rode on into Oakland amidst al carnival 1 spirit. ! ; • | iLj Dignified executives, their collars 1 opened, joined their fellow passengers in a scene something like New Year’s eve on wheels. ’ The comradeship kindled by near- , ly 72 hours spent trapped aboard i the sqowbound streamliner in the • high Sierras overflowed in laugh- ■ ter, singing, drinking And general i good fellowship. L It seemed th Ay had forgottpn the I long days spent waiting for the, i greatest rescue Operation in f the' history of thte mountains to reach . them. , Almost to a man. the passengers picked qut the humorous incidents of theft* long cold W’ait and , tended to brush aside the misery. They seemed content to sDak up the warmth of the rescue train—a marked contrast to heatless City of San Francisdo still motionless on the western side of Dqpner Summit where it was caught Sunday by two snowslides.;; ; m Three 64-year-old women, Mrfe John PenjingtOn of Charleston, 111., Mrs. Katherine: kerr, Lodi, Calif., and Mrs. M. Matthews, Duluth, Minq., /agreed that the worst of the long wait occurred 1 Tuesday when they thought they would be rescued. ;i j , “They told us we would be ‘ rescued then,*’ Mrs. Matthews said, “and we sat wrapped upland wear- • ing our mittens from 8 a.m. until ■ 3 o’clock in the afternoon. There > was-no heat and no; water. • “When tjiey told u$ we would not ’ be rescued that day. dur moi*ale was (Turn To Pair* Eiicht) ; ‘ County Homo Shows ; Profit During Year 1 Reports Filed For 1 Adams County Home i' ' ' ! /:. • ■] ! ■ ' ! ■ / The year-dhd balance at the > Adams county' home showed a - profit of $5,689.17 | for 1951, ac- - cording to reports filed with coun- - ty auditor Thurman.; I; ’Drew. The • annual 5 inventory ajso showed a dollar and cents ga.tr) of more than f $2,000. ! George FosnaughL superintendent at the home, the three memi bers of the \p<jprd Qf county com--1 misstoners and Drj?w completed - the inventory on Npw Years day. The 1951 inventory showed 1 $29,911.80, while thje 1952 inveh- > tory showed 5 Total receipts at Uhe home fbr • 1951 were The receipts t included board and room payments of -residents, in most instances paid by the townsh|p trustees, at . the rate of $7:50 a week, qnd miscellaneous sales. Total expenditures amounted to $20,391.7®: This left a profit for I the year of $5,689:17. The $7:50 a wee)< charged tp each resident, individually if tl)e resident is able to -pjay, and'if net to the? trustee of jthe township where'the person formerly resided, includes rooni, board and clothipg, ' it was pointed put.*, The profit actually is slight|y higher than the $5,689.17 figuie because of a loss sustained on th|e building during thd? year by air electrical storm. Repair costs were paid by the county and, then part of the cost was collected from an insurance agency, lipwever, about $250 was spent ,in' uncollectable repairs. The-present census at the homie r-shows 25 male residents and 10 female residents, Fosnaugh reported.

i llll^l ,,* l . Ml ,L Two Dead In CalifQmia Floods I ''WMBT - - - FIVE DAYS of torrential downpours in Southern California have recorded two deaths in flood waters from rain-swollen rivers. Above, the automobile of film'costume d«4igner Giles Steele, 44, stands in swirling water in West Los Angeles. Police saved i)i» compaidpu b« Steele was dead when removed from the car. ’ ■■ I ' J 1

Hospital, Highway Reports Compiled Cosh Balances In Funds Are Higher Adams county memorial hospital had an operating balance of $15,221. 20 on January 1, according to reports compiled by Thurman Drew, auditor. Jhis shows a large increase of funds on; hand compared to January .1, 1951, when , the balance was $<L218.70. % The annual report shows that the hospital board received from taxes a total of $29,513.49 during the year and 41*0,4*1.32 from patients. Expenditures during the year were a little more than $175, 000. The amount of taxes collected included the June and December draws from all sources and the receipts from patients included all monies collected during the year. Highway Report . The January *1 balance in the\ county highway department’s fund was $22,559.24, according to repdrts compiled today by the • auditor. This is' in contrast with a 1951 balance of $7,693.63.' . Total receipts from gas tax, license fees. etc. from the state were $193,882.00. .Miscellaneous receipts for the year totalled t r $1,070.21, making a total of $202,645.84, including the carry-ovei* balance. Annual expenditures were SIBO, 086.60, leaving a working balance before any 1952 draws of $22,559.24. 'U- : . , ;;.f- /j ■ INDIANA WEATHER clc-udy and turning cooler Thursday night with chance of scattered showers south portions. Friday considerable cloudiness and cooler. Low tonight 30 to 35 north to near 50 extreme south. High Friday mid-40’s north, 55 to 60 south. ( Two Suits Filed To Collect Gross Tax Decatur Residents *. Are Sued For Tax The first .suits? for. collection of—delinquent gross income taxes were filed today in Adams circuit court by the gross Jpcome tax department. state of Indiana, against two local citizens. Complaints were filed by Robert F. Wallace, deputy attorney general for Indiana, against Raymond L. Shackley, 330 N. Ninth street, and Randolph 'Brandyberry, 129 N. Eighth street. The state alleges that Shackley and Brandyberry owe gross income taxes for 1948. The amotihts set out in the complaipt include tax, interest and penalty, Wallace stated. i ; * The statb seeks to collect $53.89 from Shagkley and $50.80 from Bramjyberty. i Wallace personally tiled the complaints and said he was going to Richmond ito docket a number of complaints! against taxpayers in that glty. These are the first suits filed iby the gross income tax department, It was explained.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 17, 1952.

Four Persons Die As Two Autos Collide Effingham, lIL, Jan. 17.—(UP)— Four persons were killed yesterday when two cars collided on state route 33 three miles southeast of here. ' State police identified dead as Howard McVicker, 24, and Edward W. Sapp. 33, of Altamont, Ill.; Mrs. Dorothy BVanham, 33, of St. Elmo, 111., and Ronald C. James, 20, of Wapello, la. Officers said Mirs. Branham and Sapp were in McVicker’s « westbound car when it sideswiped a semi-trailer tnick driving east. They said the McVicker car bounoed off the truck and slid sideways into the car driven by James. 1 New York Welcomes Caps. Kurt Carlsen Great Tribute Paid Courageous Skipper New York, Jan. 17 ; — (UP) — The skipper who fought alone against the sea came home to the welcome that New York’s uiHllons give to men of heart and. valor. * Captain Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise —a reluctant hero but a true one—/trudgqd up the storied “canyon of heroes” that is lower Broadway and took over a new command. For today; he was skipper of the >good ship Manhattan. \ And never did a master command such a hilariously celebrating crew. From the time he started up New York harbor in a coast guard cutter to the moment he walked Onto a replica of the prow of his own ill-starred Flying Enterprise built on the steps of pity ball, the welcome by sea ang by land was close to riotous. The 3J-year-old Danish-Ameri-can, who won the admiration of the -world by staying aboard his cracked and listing vessel until she sank from under him in the' si ormy North Atlantic, flew home early today to the Arms of his wide and two small daughters. And, immediately he smiled his way into; the hearts of hero-loving New Yorkes. Tears coursing down his cheeks, he stood on a platform at the airport and said: “Fellow citizens, I want to thank you . . . please forgive me because I can’t express myself, but I’m very happy to be here . . . I only did my duty.” The mat who kept the vigil for 13 days’ on his stricken ship added: “Today I.feel a little older.” . Carlsen, who has crossed the Atlantic by ship many times, cqnie home in a plane this time. The modest skipper who the world’s admiration for staying aboard his doomed ship for 13 days until it sank landed at New York’s (international airport at 12:62 a.m. CST on a flight from Shannon, Eire, which had been delayed by mechanical trouble. His attractive blond wife, Agnes, and their tivo children —Sonja/ 11 and Karan, 7 —boarded the fourengine Pan-American airliner hnd almost smothered Carlsen hugs and kisses. The captain vyas visibly moved by the tearful reunion with the wife and children he had not seen in six weeks. He appeared pale\ and haggard when he left the plane with them 10 minutes later.

Adams County Clerk Lists Annual Report Annual Report Made - By Edward Jaberg Two ’thousand five hundred and eighty4ix resident hunting and fishing licenses were gold in Adams county during 1951, according to the annual report released by county clerk Edward F. Jaberg. . Os the total, 703 licenses were Issued to women and the balance to men. I Non-resldehtial annual fishing licenses totalled 71 and 14day non-resident licenses sold totalled 16. There were 15 trout stamps Sold to be attached to regular Ashing licenses and 69 Adams county hunters purchased deer hunting licenses. ' ' In the civil court docket of Adams circuit court 147 actions were filed, divided as follows: Complaints for divorce, 60. Complaints for damages and personal injury, 15.' -Complaints on account note, Judgment, mechanic’s liens; etc, 16. Partition suits,, 7/ Separation suits, 5. \ '• Insanity, 10. Quiet title suits, 5. Claims vs. estates, 5. ' ' Ejectment,*!. 5 / , j . 'j Annulment of marriage, 1. Petition for appointment of guardian. 7. Miscellaneous, 15. In the estate docket, 84 cases were opened. > Jaberg also reported 442 marriage licenses issued during the year. Criminal cases, guardianships and juvenile cases hqve not. yet been totalled. /; In the financial pas of the retotal receipts in ti)e clerk’s office amounted to $59,448.50. Cdurt costs collected including tees totalled. $4,718.02; fines collected totalled $lO5 and support money collected and paid out totalled $23,430. Far West Suffers From Severe Storm Fresh Blast Feared At San Francisco ' ; By United Press The worst storm in tfa modern history of the far west today isolated whole cities, wiped out communicatlorie and stopped transportation cold. The San Francisco weather, bureau said a fresh blast Was expected hourly. The entire length of California, from the mountains in the north-' )vest to Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, rocked under the repeated blows dealt by rain, snow and wind. * Portola and Owens Valley, Calif., ware completely isolated by record snowfalls. All communications in and out of Bishop and Independence, Calif., were cut off. . Gov. Earl Warren ordered state police to attempt to radio contact with the blacked-out communities. Damage In ths Los Angeles area, (Tara T« Pace Eight)

Pledges Great Britain To Stand With U. S. In Fight On Red Aggression

Muncie Youth Faces z Three Charges Here - Sheriff Returning Prisoner To City Vernal C. Grubbs, MUncie youth, arrested in Carmi, 111., late Tuesday night, will face three charges in Adams criminal-court late today or Friday, it was learned this morning from prosecutor Severin H. Schurger. Grubbs will be charged with: Commission of a crime while armed with a deadly weapon. .Vehicle taking. W Grand* Jfcfrceny. a All tluee charges are the result of the W>bery of Ed Plasterer, Decatur man, \ who picked up a hitchhiker on U. 8. road 27 north of Decatnr Monday night. The litchhiker robbed Plasterer at the pofiat of a gun and stole his automobile, forcing the Decatur man ont of his automobile at the north euge of Decatur. When Grabbs was apprehended by Illinois state police he was driving Plasterer’s car. Charges were immediately filed before Judge Myles F. Parrish in criminal lourt and sheriff Robert Shraluka vas appointed agent by Judge Parrish to return Grabbs to Deca- , ur to face the charges. Shraluka, before leaving by automobile yeeterday to pick up the alleged bandit, stated that there was a possibility that Grubbs was wanted on robbery charges in other Indiana cities. Grubbs also told Plasterer when he took his Automobile that he already was facing .Serious trouble. * Schurger stated that it was the policy of his: office to surrender 4 prisoner to another county, odly when the change in the other coUpty was greater than the charge filed locally. There also is a pos> sihliity that Grubbs will face a federal charge of auto theft, since jhe was picked Illinois. ! It 1 is Usually the custom ’[to give a prisoner the right of counsel when he is placed in jail and then inquire if he is prepared tor arraignment. This will be done either tonight or Friday morning, the prosecutor indicated. •:./■■ |*l I — J New Directors Os Decatur C. Os C. ' Annual Meeting To " Be Held Tonight Three-new directors of the Chamber of Commejrce became members of the board today. Waller Ford, generhl manager of the organization, stated. They are: William Lose, Jr., assistant cashier of The First State Bank and treasurer of the 'chamber ; Robert Yost of Yost Construction Company, elected to represent manufacturing, and Dale Morrissey, shoe merchant, who was named from the retail division. Headed by John F, Welch, manager of the Decatur General Electric plant, as president, other directors and officers of' the Chamber of Commerce are:. / - D R. Zintsmaster, vice-president; Ralph Habegger, health; L. E. Anspaugh, safety; Earl Fuhrman, governmental affairs; Robert Macklin, civic affairs; Robert Anderson, education; Roger > Kelly, agriculture; Ronald Parrish, industrial development- ' Annual Meeting Tonight The 22nd annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held this evening at the Moose home. Dinner will be served at 6:3(0 p.m. Following a short business installation and introduction of the officers and directors, the audience wlll be entertained by the Fort Wayne Civic theater players. They will present the hilarious comedy, “As Husbands Qo,” *from ( the stage in the Moose auditorium.

Russ Plea For Endorsement By UN Is Beaten New Atom Formula Is Referred To V UN Commission Paris, Jan. nj- (UP) —Russia was defeated today in its fight to obtain immediate United Nations endorsement of its surprise atomic control proposals and other phases* of a world "peace package." The main U. iN. political committee voted 53 to 5,t0 refer the new atomic formula, announced last Saturday by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei‘Y. Vishinsgy, to the new U. I*l. disarmament commission wi}ich is due to meet by Feb. 10: . { Then the committee voted down all non-atomic aspects of the ‘•peace" prdgram, including a proposer that tne U. N. assembly dall for an immediate Korean ceasefire and withdrawal of all foreign troops within three months. It will be up to the commission to decide whether the Soviet atomic proposals are sincere. . The vote followed a two-hour tirade by Vlshltfeky in which he attacked western policy on atomic control, Korea, the Atlantic pact* and all main aspects of the hot and cold war. He said there could be no great hope for success of the Korean truce talks because of unreasonable demands by “the latter-day cannibals” negotiating for the United States. Winding up debate in the United Nations political committee on Russia’s “peace package" which includes new proposals for world atomic control, Vlshinsky also said the North Atlantic treaty is a ' hotbed of aggressive forces.” He described United States delegate Philip Jessup, whose recall has been demanded by 37 U. S. senators, as *a most|a/rant defender of the American tray of life.” Regarding the.’ Korean talks, Vishinsky sald:> | “We know that the unreasonable demands of the American command can give no great hope of the successful ‘conclusion of the Korean negotiations. 4 The Soviet leadter sa d that the United States had refused, to, discuss Korea in the preientj U. N. forum because it thought that Gens. Matthew & Ridgway and (Turn To Pace Ki*ht) Mayor Issues Plea For Safe Driving 16 Auto Mishaps In Decatur This Month Sixteen automobile mishaps reported to Decatur, police since January 1 have involved minors and according to the reports, all 16 of the accidents were caused by care-* lessness. 1 | ThiS record wgs divulged by Mayor John Doan \ today in a plea to all local motorists to cooperate in a drive to cut down the number of accidents in Decatur. The report shodrs that most of the mishaps were Caused by failure to stop at preferential streets: making U turns: making turns without signalling, and stopping in the fine of traffic without signalling. The mayor stated that fortunately there had not been any serious personal injuries but in almost every accident there was a considerable amount of property damage, which reflects directly in automobile insurance rates. Parents of minors with automobiles were specially asked to cooperate with police In enforcing, traffic laws. Fourteen. of the 16 accidents reported occurred between the hours of 4 o’clock in the (Tw» Te Page El<kt) | ■ 1 - ST -■. -; - > . ; a .

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Warns America Not To Give Up Atomic Bomb Until Other Means To Keep Peace Washington, Jan. 17.—-(UP)— Prime minister'' Winston Churchill pledged Great .Britain t today to stand side by side with the United States against Communist aggression, but warned America never to give up the atomic bomb until some other means of preserving p®ace is in their hands. z Churchill told a cheering joint session* of congress: “I have not coms here to ask you for money . . . money to make Use more comfortable or easier tor us in Britain.” He promised Britain’s maximum efforts—despite near bankruptcy—to build up western military strength, but admitted that to do so she would need militaty aid from the United States. To maintain self-respect, he said, Britons must provide their own comforts themselves. That is why, he said: 1 “I have come here not for gold, but for steel not for favors, but for equipment,” Churchill again hatled the American head start on the atomic bomb as the ‘‘supreme deterrent" against another world war. “Be careful, members of congress,’’ he said, peering over his hornrimmed glasses, “not to let go of the atomic weapon until' you are sure —more than sure—that other meaqs of preserving peace are in your Stands.” \ 1 j Churchill paid a moving tribute to the United States for shouldering nine-tenths of the burden of the war in Korea. He hoped for a truce. But he gave his Word that if a truce is reached and then broken, “our 1 , response will be prompt, reso lute and effective’* , - : j Churchill surveyed the international sitdaUon in realistic terms and concluded with this summation: “We must not lose patience, and we must n<H lose; hope.” J The Russians, he said, might always open another crack in the iron curtain. But he warned: “Vemocracies must be on guard against a false door.” Other highlights of his address: 1. A Korean truce will be useless if it only leads to Communist aggression ip “other fields’’—southeast Asia. j 2. Britain has stripped her own/ islands of military forces for qse elsewhere to an extent Churchill had never seen before. Britan has six three of them z Armored, in fiurojb.- / ' 3. Dangers in the middle east “are no less great than those the United States has stemmed in Korea.” / 4. Always favoring a national home for the Jews, Churchill hopes they now wfll be able to convert deserts into gardens. j / 5. American production and productive /enterprise "may' avprt the danger of a third world wgr.” 6/In addition to Soviet imperialism, another “tremendous danger” faces the west-r-’ ,a nother tyranny” —-China. But Churchill was not qertain that Chinas would remain forever in the grip of Communism. 7. The extent Britain will be able to' rearm will depend upon how much American military aid is available for the . cominon *f au » e“Whether you aid us \much or little,” Churchill said, “Ate shall continue to do our utmost in the common cause " \ ; | Churchill reiterated his long support of a United Europe or a United ITurn To Puate El«ht> H 700 Unclaimed Tax / Refunds In State I, ■ ; V -N/tZ 1 ' f . .J' I- ? Indianapolis, Jan. 17 — (UP) — * tax officials hunted 700 In-' Hana taxpayers today to return unclaimed tax refund checks to tnem. > \ r Internal revenue collector Ralph W. Cripe said his office ha® ou lie checks totaling an estimated '•50,000. \ - The total is a part of $44,000,000 the revenue bureau said is pWed to about 1,500,000 persons throughout the country, p