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Entire Truce Delegations To Meet Jonight To Ltnlnch Talks On Reds Proposal For Peace In Far East Panmunjom, Korea. Feb. B.— (UP) —The United Nations and the Communists agreed today to begin talks tomorrow on a Red proposal for a high-level conference to seek peace in the far east. \ The full truce delegations will a* senable at 10 n.m. tomorrow (7 p.m. today CST) to take up the Communist proposal under the fifth and final item on the Korean armistice agenda. . The Red plan, submitted two days ago, calls for a U.N.-Commun-tet political conference within 90 days of a Korean armistice to discuss the withdrawal of all foreign troops in Korea and a general far eastern peace settlement. , A The Communists indicated they wish to bring up at the post-armis-tice conference the future of Formosa, Indo-China, Malaya and Burma as wel as of Korea. Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, head of the U.N, armistice delegation sent a message to the Reds accepting the proposal as a basis for di*’ cushion. 'He suggested the talks start Saturday and the Reds promptly agreed. Joy is expected to oppose the Communist suggestion that the conference be confined to five North Korean and Chinese Communist government representatives and five U.N. delegates on grounds this would exclude South Korea, which is. not a member of the U.N. He also may insist that the conference be Confined to the future of Korea. The decision to open talks on the Communist proposal was the only agreement to emerge from the latest series of armistice meetings at Pantnunjom. ’i Staff officers trying to agree on supervision of a truce made no tangible progress. The U.N. spent moat of the time persuading the Communists that there is no connection between allied proposals on troop rotation and on neutral inspection of ports of entry. U.N. staff officers in another meeting accused the Communists of planning to dole out allied war prisoners in small groups until the allies have completed the delivery of ’132,000 Communist prisoners. House-To-House Canvas Here Monday for March Os Dimes A one-night, house-to-house canvas of Decatur will be made Monday night for the March of Dimes, it was announced today by officials of the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Decatur’s Boy and Girl Scouts will conduct the one-night drive, starting promptly at 6 o’clock. The Scouts will meet at the high school gymnasium at 6:30 o’clock, and will be taken by volunteer workers to their assigned areas. Equipped with the regular March of Dimes canisters, the Scouts will stop at every home in the city, accepting donations to the annual campaign for funds to fight the crippling disease. Residents are asked to turn on their porchlights Monday evening to facilitate the task of the Scouts. Business firms, organizations and individuals who are not home when the canvas is \ made, may mail their contributions- tb the March of Dimes, Decatur. Youth Runs Into Sign And Dies Os Injuries Indianapolis, Feb. 8 — (UP) — Richard Whitson, 15, Was hurt fatally last night 4 when he ran -bodily into a non-parking sign at the curb near his home. He died; in Methodist hospital. Authorities said he apparently suffered internal Injuries. I _ = INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and a little colder tonight, preceded by a few snow flurries extreme north this evening. Saturday mostly fair and a little colder. > Low tonight 2025 north, 26*32 south. • High Saturday 32*40 north, 4046 south. -4

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Winnie Ruth Judd Returns To Prison Gives Up Hope Os Gaining Freedom Vtoeenii. Aris., Feb. B—(UP)— Tiger woman Winnie Ruth Judd, insane murderer of two ; Women friends, returned, today to her "sepulchre” in the athte mental hospital from which she escaped five days ago. She told superintendent Dr. M. W. Conway that she ha» “lost all hope” of ever being free again. Meanwhile, a strange story was unfolding ot how friends helped her to escape, moving her from place to place ahead of authorities, in hopes of spiriting her away to Guatemala which has no extradition treaty with pfa U.S. 1 ?.• T The friends arranged her return last night When it appeared that she would be captured anyway and after a county grand jury agreed to hear testimony she claims she haw to give concerning her conviction for murder 20 years ago. 4 j - Gov. Howard Pyle fiajd at his morning newr conference today that he intends to “get to the bottom” of the- apparent plot to free Mrs. Judd, i' : ’ f He said he was calling O. D. Miller, chairman of the hospital’s board of directors, the Maricopa county sheriff, and the county attorney concerning a report that the ■ "Tiger woman’s” surrender was arranged at a secret meeting between Conway, a deputy sheriff, and two unidentified men.- i j Winnie Ruth rapped meekly on the door of Conway’s home just outside the hospital *■ grounds last night. She suffered severe bruises on her right foot, and back when she fell 10 to 12 feet while sliding dqwn a cloth rope from a third-floor room to escape, Conway said. “it was supposed to h&ve been prearranged that she : would be met," Conway said. "A patient told us that a couple of nights before she got out. she had flashed a tower light four times for Ruth as a signal to someone on the outside that she wasn't ready for the break. “As I understand it, ahe was supposed to flash the light twice if. the break was set, and four times if not.” , ". j F j When Mfs. Judd returned last night, Conway said she told hipi she was ■ coming back to her "sepulchre.” “She called* it that because she thinks she has lost al! hope,” ConWay said. -. H j Masonic Rites At Harding Funeral Members of the Decatur Masonic ledge will meet at the lodge hall Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock to participate in the funeral -services for George Harding, who was a member of the Decatur lodge. < The group will attend the services in a body and will hold grave side ritualistic services. ;J Very Little Action On Korean War Front Only Light Patrol f Action Reported Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Feb. 8 —(UP)— The Korean s war went through one of its quietest days today on the Sts of resumption of talks at Panmunjopi between the full trice delegations. Only light patrol action marked battle activity fa- all sectors. The Communist radio reported that in a Korean army day message. North Korean defense minister Choi Yong Kott declared that “all necessary conditions have been completed to give a greater shame and greater defeat io the American invaders if they dp not abandon their policy of aggression.” The Red radio claimed an allied transport vessel was Wuhk oft the west coast of Korea near , Sok Island Wednesday. American Sabrejat pilots sighted only 10 Connnunfat Mlg fighter planes in morning and afternoon sweeps over North Korea. It was the fourth straight day in which enemy jet fighters appeared to bet avoiding any major aerial. battles with American Jet*. . Since Jan. 25, only one Mig-15 has been shot down and. 11 have been damaged. However, fighter-bomber pilots zoomed fate the JYBth day of "operation strangle” to hit Communist supply lines fa nearly 90 places. : 1 P . v •Jl ■ i , I -C

Taft Prefers Pres. Truman As Opponent Puts In Plug For Gen. MacArthur As . Convention Keynoter Washington, Feb. 8 -* (UP) — Sen. Robert A. Taft hopes that President Truman reelection because “I’d rather have him for an opponent than anyone else.” That makes it mutual. Mr. Truman has often said that Taft is hsi “favorite” candidate for the GOP nomination. q The Ohio senator “returned the compliment” last night in a radio interview on the Mutual Broadcasting system’s “reporters’ roundup” program in which he also: Put in a plug for Gen. Douglas MacArthur as keynote speaker at the Republican nominating convention. ‘ Indicated that he will claim a “moral victory” in the March 11 New Hampshire primary if he picks up as many as four or five ot the 14 delegates from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who la backed by the state GOP organisation. Promised to cut ‘ the military budget “rapidly” if elected president Taft said he favors Mr. Truman tor the Democratic nomination because no other candidate would bring the Issues so sharply into focus. He defined those issues as "Corruption in government, socialism. big spending and hanjkrupt foreign policy.” The Ohioan voided “confidence that he will win the GOP nomination, but declined to predict whether Mr. Truman will actually be his opponent. The president himself had previously made his weekly contribution to the prevailing confusion about his intentions, by telling his news Conference that he will just let the river take its course. In other political developments: 1. Harold E. Stassen, a , third, candidate for the GOP nomination, announced plans <6 enter the New Jersey and West Virginia ptimar(Turw To Pa<» Mve)' !- > Anderson Plant Is Destroyed By Fire Fire In Midst Os I Utilities* Strike Anderson, Ind., Feb. B—(UP)— Fire destroyed an Anderson dry cleaning plant last night in the ( midst of a two>-day strike of municipal light and water plant workers. American Cleaners was destroyed as a SIOO,OOO fire burned clothes l and equipment. I But firemen said the utility strike did not handicap them in fighting the fire. They had enough water and pressure was normal. But a lack of heat still, sent shivers through occupants of more than 100 downtown buildings which depend on the city's heating supply. Republican mayor Noland Wright •aid utility workers who remained on standby duty at the power plant let pressure in the boilers drop from 125 pounds to 25 Wright said he had hot decided what action to take in the situation but laid the blame for the reduction in steam pressure on Ralph W. Myers, operator of one of the boilers. Myers is a Democratic member of the Indiana legislature and a member of the negotiating committee for the utility workers union. The workers at the municipal water and power plants went on strike Wednesday in protest of the firing ot two fellow employes. Water and electrical serviqe were interrupted temporarily when the strike began. But the city cut in ’ standby lines of the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company. 6 Water service also has been normal. Some workers stayed on duty at the water plant to keep the pumps and valves running. Union officials planned a public meeting tonight at Anderson high school auditorium to dfacuss the problem. Competition was aasured from the nearby high school gym(Turn To Pace F|V*> ■ • 4’4

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Prohibit Raise In i Long-Distance Rafe Order To Prohibit Raise Temporarily ;• Indianapolis, Feb. 8) —(UP)The Indiana public service eomnii* «A>n will issue an orjder today temporarily prohibiting more than 220 Hoosier telephone utilities from raising their long-distance toll* rates. Chairman Hugh W. Abbett said the three - member commission agreed to freeze all phone rates except those of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. at their Jan. 1, 1952, levels. Some companies. Abbett said, raised their rates in line with a practice of automatic increases whenever Bell got a tolls hike. Beil was granted an increase effective four days ago by Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe in )Marion circuit court. Abbett said the commission had. reached a “meeting) of minds” and would issue an order ■ this afternoon. It will direct any; companies which Increased their rates when Bell did to cease charging higher rates than were charged Jan. 1, and Will prevent such action by any companies which have hot increased their , rates yet. A hearing will be held on the* matter later, Abbett said. No date was set. ' >: Abbett said the. commission did not rule on whether a regulation of a past commission, which seems to 9 allow the connecting and concurring utilities to follow the leader when Bell gets an increase, should be rescinded. He said the decision was based on the fact the Bell matter “is in a state of flux,” with an appeal by the PSC from Claycombe’s ruling scheduled to be taken to higher (Turn To P*«o Five) Homer Andrews Dies Thursday Morning , Funerd Services Saturday Afternoon Homer Andrews, 86, a native of Decatur, died Thursday morning at a Richmond hospital following a long illness of complications. He was born in Decatur Oct. 15, 1885, a son of Mr. add Mrs. C. M. Andrews, He was married to Bess Steele, who ) died several years agp. Mr. Andrews was a member of the First Methodist church of this city.. ; i • * Survivors include a daughter. Miss Wilma Andrews of this city, six sisters and five brothers, in eluding Hugh and True Andrews of Decatur and Fred Andrews of Hoagland. Private funeral services, will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Lobenstein funeral home, in Monroe, the Rev. W. L. Hall off!-’ elating. Burial will be* in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Friends are request--ed to omit flowers. I ' 1 il

: - n —p Vandals Break Into School At Monroe Vandals broke through a windowMonroe school building Thursday night, ransacked all the rooms and got about |6 in cash. Entrance was gained by going up the . fire escape and breaking open a window. The theft occurred about 9:30 Thursday night, i Sheriff Robert Shraluka was called and Is investigating several cl4es. Every room in the school building was completely ransacked *nd;tl»mMUjy was stolen from the oiyice of the school? ? Report Mulemeat Sold h Illinois '■ t ■■ ! -i Used To Adulterate Beef, Other Meats Chicago, Feb. B—(UP)—A took, county prosecutor investigating a million dollar horsemeat scandal said today that mules have been illegally slaughtered and processed for the dinner table in Illinois. * Assistant state’s attorney Walter ■ Mauroyich said “several” food in* spectors have told him that mule--meat has been used along with c horsemeat at some Illinois packing plants to adulterate beef and other meats for human consumption. Maurovich is assisting state’s attorney John S. Boyle in an investigation of the Illinois traffic in disguised horsemeat. They are presenting their case before a grand jury this week to Seek indictment* in the scandal which already has led to thq firing of Charles Wray, chief of the. Illinois division of food and dairy inspections and nine state meat inspectors. ? Maurovich said one of the inspectors who told him of the mule Operations was Arthur Nelson, 67, Chicago, who appeared before the, «rkad jury yesterday. g- Maurovich said Nelson wap not binder suspicion in the scandal. Meanwhile U. S. attorney ’ state's attorney Robert ft ern er, Jr., Lake county, 111., Boyle yestreday discussed tactics for prosecuting persons indicted -the case. % Kerner said the federal grand Jury meeting here would look In-’ to?the horsemeat case, particular* B (Turn To I . Research Expert Jsßotary Speaker William Bridges, technical research expert for the Culligan Zeolite company of Northbrook; I1L; was the speaker at the weekly, meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening- TW .speaker discussed the vital part water plays in everyday life and Ibf .the greater uses of soft water, ilaiaes El berson was chairman of the progrgm. g The Rotary club will join with «;the Lioag dub and Adams Post 43. American Legion, for the annual Boy Scout banquet, which will be held at 1:18 p. m. Tuesday at the Masorlc hail. This will replace the usual Thursday meeting.

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Ellis Amall Named As Price Stabilizer Former Governor Os Georgia Appointed Washington, Feb. 8. —(UP)— Former Georgia governor Ellis Aimali, in taking over from Michael V. DiSalle as price stabilizer, moves into one of the hottest seats on the nation’s mobilization team. The senate must confirm the . nomination, made by President Trtiman, but little opposition is ex-, pected. Chairman Burnet R. Maybank (D-S.C.) said the senate banking commlgbea wilf begin hearings bn mA nomination Tuesday and that Arnali Will be called for questioning. Amall will take over in the ftfee ot two bitter wrangles: The steel industry's wage-price dispute with the CIO United Steelworkers and congressional demands to decontrol some prices. Amall told DiSalle fa a telephone conversation yesterday that he endorsed DiSalle’s politics and programs and would carry them out "as far as possible.” | \ | “I have no extraordinary ability,! am no economist and know of qo magic formula which will solve our price Amall told neweuien in Atlanta. "Someone fagM war be willing to perform, tike difficult, tough, unpopular and thankleag tasks which are necessary to preserve our economic stability and our natlon'SdMw curlty. I have been tagged to do one of these jobs, and if the senate confirms my appointment, I shall gladly respbn dto what I . consider to be a call to duty." Di Sa lie and Amall are as alike (T®r«T» Paur« Flv«> | i ■ ■ .» r • • . % ■ Boy Scouts To Fill j City, County Offices QfOlpe™"’* Os Boy Scout Week Boy Scouts will fill city and county officer Saturday In the annual observance of government day of national Boy Scout week. Seven of the county offices will { be filled by Scouts from Berne. Elections were held yesterday by the respective troops and officers named for the one-day operation Os government. In electing a mayor of .Decatur, Scouts ot the three focal troops participated in the election. Robert Baker, troop 61, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baker, 322 S. Fifth street. waß elected ipayor. The Qualification for mayor was that the “executive" had to be an Eagle scout. joiner ifljty officials and department beads are: Clifford Norman, troop 63, clerk-treasurer; Roger , Cookson, troop 61. superintendent of water plant; Ronnie Murphy, troop 61. superintendent of light and power plant; Philip Krick, troop 61, auditor; John Dorwln, troop 62. fife chief; Tony Kelly, troop 62, street commissioner; , Dwight McCurdy, troop 63, chief of police; Robert McCurdy, troop 63, city patrolman. County Officials David Runyon, troop 63, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Runyon, judge of circuit court; Bud Sheets, troop 61, j prosecuting attorney; Paul Schmdlt, troop 62, surveyor; Harold Sommers, troop 62, county agriculture agent; Harry Hobble, troop 63. director ot Welfare department. | ; Berne Scouts will fUI the following offices: Otto Schug, treaaurer; Donald Lloyd, sheriff; Paul Bixler, superintendent of schools; Thomas Jqnes, superintendent of highways; Ned Bixler; auditor; Arlen Balslger, clerk, and Rodney Lehman, recorder. The boys will report at the court house and city hall at 8 g. m., George Bair, chairman of camping and activities of ths Boy Scouts, rfated. ' »

Study Brakes On Excessive [ Campaign Cost Senate Committee Studies Gift Tax On Campaign Funds Washington, Feb. 8 — (UP) |- The senate elections subcommittee today explored the possibility pf putting a gift tax “brake’j on excessive campaign spending. Members discussed with internal revenue experts whether political contributions are subject to the federal tax on gifts of mate than $3,000. ’ \ < The experts said they thought, the gift tax would apply to coin-' paign contributions but they added that there never has been f a court test on the subject. The subcommittee is looking for means of eliminating electfan campaign abuses. asked all members to present written stggestoins for revising the electton laws. Meanwhile, it ordered Cyrus S. Eaton. Cleveland f inaaefar, jto supply a complete report on his contribution* to i 960 Democratic senatorial campaign in Ohio. IT The subcommittee says he contributed $35,000 to groups cljtmnaigning for Joseph T. Ferguson, who was defeated by Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O.). < The law limits td $5,000 contributions to national election' campaigns. Eaton contends his contributions went only to a local group—labor’s nod-partisan league of Ohio. The subcommittee wants to qgxlx Eaton., but his attorney said lhe financier is too ill to appear nSw. The subcommittee ordered its counsel to get an affidavit or other evidnece as to just how sick Eaton is) 4 Invite Russian View. j Russia got an "open from congressional investigators today to tell its version of the Katyn Forest massacre in “an American hearing." [) * Chairman Ray J. Madden said his select house committee which has been investigating the atrocity would hear Russian officials , if they want to back up their claims that the Nazis slaughtered I.OJIOO Polish army officers in 1940. i The Indiana Democrat said the (Twra XPfw) Mrs. Malan Hannon Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Monday Morning Mrs. Arnette Harmon, 83, of £l2 South Twelfth •trseL died ad 11 o’clock Thursday night at |he Adams county memorial hospiitel following an illness of 10 dWte of complications. » I She was born in Root township Jan. 20, 1869, a daughter of Maftin and saney Lord, and was a lifetong resident of Adams county. Her |u» band, Malan Harmon, preceded her fa death. Mrs. Harmon was a member of the Decatur Missionary church. Surviving are a son. Edward Kurts of Bellvue, O.; two daughters, Mrs. Maude Johnson of Decatur and Mrs. Jennie of fprt Wayne; 22 grandchildren; 34 greatgrandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Reuben Lord of Fort Wayne. Twodaughters, four brothers and five sisters are deceased. ji i Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.ip. Monday at the G|lllg di'Doan funeral home, the Rev. H. J. Welty officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock Saturday evening wntll time of the funeral.

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. ,J. —. r , Makes Sad Journey Home After Rites Os Accession; To Broadcast Feb. 16 London, Feb. S-4 (UP) —Eliza* be th JI was proclaimed queen of the realm today and then made her sad journey home for her last goodbye to her father. 4 Calling on God’s help to “dis« change worthily this heavy task that has been laid upon me so early in my life,” the. proud and. regal 25-year-old queen, gowned in black, took her oath of accession in historic St. James palace. “My heart is too full to say more to you today than that I shall always work, as my father did, throughout hfa reign, to uphold constitutional government and to advance the happiness and prosperity of my peoples—spread as they are the world over,” Elizabeth said. ; * It was learned tonight that she will probably broadcast to:the nation and commonwealth—-for the first time ak queen l —the night of Saturday; Feb. 16, after the state funeral for King George VI. Tlie queen reached Sandringham as the sun set, and seemed lost in thought as she enteyed the big mansion where her fathers body lay dressed Ip his favorite sailor’s uniform —admiral of the fleet. Her husband.. Philip, was With her. She was reunited with her widowed mother only a few hours after taking her oath before the distinguishfl ; f assemblance \ of lords and statesmen. The ceremony took less than 15 minutes. Then the reading of the proclamation hailing Elizabeth as “queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories” drew massiyp crowds to the same historic landmarks of Loudon' where Shakespearean multitudes cheered the accession of another Queen Elizabeth 394 years ago. More thap 3,000 persons stood below the balcony of St. James palace in friary court for the first reading of the proclamation by Sir George Bellew, garter kfag-oL arms, amid medieval pomp and ceremony, p ' - ; f ' They shivered in the sunshine which wap melting a light layer of snow that had fallen during the night, but cheered lustily when Bellew raised his hat at the end of the proclamation. He wore \ ancient gold and velvet dress. Then a colorful procession of heralds, messengers and. an escort of royal horse guards clattered in turn to Charing Cross, Temple Bf r and the royal exchange in the very center of the mite-square old city of London to read the proclamation thrice more. But none df her subjects saw their new queen. 4 She went from . her residence at Clarence House to nearby-; St. J James palace through am inner passageway and returned the same way. Standing before a gathering ot meh. most of them old enough to be her father or grandfather, she swore that she is “a faithful Protestant and’that I Will, according to the true Intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant succession to the throne ot my realm, uphold and maintain the Mid enactments to the best of my powers," according to law. Turning to the assemblage, the queen said ino a firm, clear voice: “Your royal highnesses, my lords, ladiss and gentlemen: \ “By thy sudden death of my dear father, I a|p called to assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty. \ 4' . t j “At this time of deep sorrow, it is a profound consolation to me to be assured of thy sympathy which you and air my peoples feel towards me, to my mother and my sister, and to other members of my family. ; H “My father was our revered and beloved head, as he was to the wider family of his subjects; the grief which his loss brings ed among us all. . . . “I know that in my reselve to follow his shining example of ssrOtera To P w »U) i '•■4s' u 0 . ,-J