Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 41.

WEST GERMANY DEM AMDS VOICE IN DEFENSE

Korean Truce Is Threatened By New Snags Demand Acceptance ’ Os Soviet Russia As Neutral Country Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 19. —(UP) —The Communists indicated today that they will insist that issues not strictly connected with Korea be discussed at a post-armistice peace conference. , Such insistance could cause a new deadlock in the truce negotiations. )] The truce, talks were threatened with another snag when the Communists, in yesterday’s talks, indicated that they were ready to held out -stubbornly for -acceptance of Russia as a “neutral” country on a six-nation armistice supervision team. • - The Chinese Communist Peiping radio quoted a dispatch by Communist correspondent Alan Winnington which said the allies wanted to discuss strictly Korean matters —nothing else. ' *“lt is certain that other questions which directly relate to Korean peade would be touched on,” Peiping quoted Winnington. Wtanington’s pronouncements are frequently quoted by Peiping and often have foretold the next move by the Reds in the talks here. In a second broadcast the Peiping :■ radio, quoting another report from Winnington, said that United Nations artillery fired on hills near Panmunjom Sunday and that night planes violated Kaesong’s neutrality. '• The. Communists may give their views on the post-armistice talks at a plenary meeting of truce delegations at 10 a.m. today (7 p.m. Monday CST). V v . In yesterday’s talks the Red negotiators challenged the right of t the United Nations command to j veto Russia as one of six neutral! nations to police a Korean armistice. 'The Reds indicated they are prepared to delay a truce indefinitely the issue. They insisted that neither side had the right to veto Any of the three neutral nations nominated to the supervision group by the other side. “If the Soviet Union could not be nominated as a neutral nation,” North Korean staff officen Cerf. Chang Chun San told -U.N. staff officers. “there would be no neutral nation at all ' existing in the world . 7. “In the interest of the Korean armistice, our side requests your side to reconsider seriously your stand and withdraw its unreasonable objection.” U.N. staff officer Col. Don Ck Darrow indicated he would reply to . the Communist statement Tuesday. , Another group of U.N. and Communist staff officers agreed on a number of minor changes in a Com-munist-prepared’draft agreement on an exchange of war prisoners. These included provisions to permit the Red Cross to bring in supplies for war prisoners, and to allow Red Cross teams to accompany prisoners from prison camps to their own lines. The deadlocked - question of forced verbs voluntary repatriation of prisoners did not come up. Hit At Communists Sth Arm Headquarters, Korea, Feb. 18. —(UP) — United Nations forces hit the Communists with bayonets, tanks and planes today to keep them off balance. Nineteen American Sabrejets screening "operation strangle” (Tom T» P«r» Rl*ht> ■ ' < ' ? Ben Davis Methodist Church Is Destroyed Indianapolis, Feb. 18. —(UP) — Suburban Ben Davis is without a Methodist church today for the third time in its history as fire destroyed the two-story frame building between services Sunday. More than 150 worshipers fled the Mt. Olive Methodist church as the fire, believed caused by defective wiring, swept the recently remodeled 41-year-old structure. 1 The Rev. Henry M. Braun, church pastor, estimated damage at upwards of $75,000. Volunteer fire fighters and at least two city fire companies answered the alarm but could not save the church.

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Permit Increase In Long Distance Rates State Commission Issues Order Today Indianapolis,-. Feb. 18—(UP)— The Indiana public service Com-’ mission today issued an order ?al«’' lowing about 300 Hoosier telephone companies to raise thelir intrastate toll rates. ■ The commission mailed to the utilities an order allowing connecting and concurring companies to raise rates on the basis of, a rate increase granted Indiana Bell' Telephone Co. eaily this month by a Marion county court U Actually, It he new order modified an order issued Feb. 8 which froze the rates of all connecting companies at the Jan. 1. 1952 lever. The new order made the effective for the rate rollback to the New Year’s day level AprjU 15. That means all companies can charge higher toll rajtes in line with Bell’s average six percent increase granted by judge Lloyd'D. Claycombe.' . i ■ Hugh Abbett, chairman of the PSC, said the action was taken to prevent i discrimination against smaller independent corppanies. He said the revised order was nedCs* sary> because 10 tiled suit last w|ek in Marion superior court seeking an injunction to prevent the commission Hom enforcing its Feb.;B order. •) ' ♦) Bi 1 Abbett said it was his understanding the 1» companies which filed the sujt Were allowed by law to charge the higher rates automatically updiufiling the suit, even before the court acted on the injunction request. T Ilf . He said if those companies liv volved in the suit could raise the|r rates immediately, then (he smaller companies which did not participate in the shit should be allowed to raise their rates, too. The modification of the order means higher phone rates immediately between J points within-' !$- diana. However, if the court rules ) against the 10 utilities ih their injunction suit; the connecting companies might have to refund to subscribers the increases charged since Indiana’s Bell’s rate hike was granted. , J Public counselor Lloyd Wampler said the commission in modifying its order was “repudiating its own order.’- _ ' ' |. “How can they say they are .discriminating when they are sijpply denying a windfall to which these companies never were entitled?’’ Wampler said. “If they permit the companies to collect this windfall, is it not discriminatory against the rate payers?” ' I “It is difficult to understand the effect of an order extending or postponing the effective of an (Turn To Pare Kight) Heart Attack Fatal j] To Floyd L. Andrews ■ i i ' ■l n ]| Funeral Services Wednesday Morning Floyd L. Andrews, 87, ‘ a lifelong resident of Adams bounty, dipd suddenly of a heart attack at 11:30 o’clock Sunday! morning at hie borne, 611 West Jefferson street, He. had not bpen ill. had attended church Sunday morning, add was preparing a trip to .vis|t, Relatives in Bluffton when stricken by the fatal attack; Born in Adams county April 16,' 1894, he was a ton of Edward and Caroline Brown-Andrews, and was married to Frances Leimenstoll June 30. 1928, He was employed at the International Harvester in Fort Wayne. z Mr. Andrews was a member of the Ziop Evangelical and Reformed churfch. He enlisted in. the army in 1915 and served for 22 months on the Mexican border. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Sgt. . Max F. Andrews,. Indiantown Gap; Pa,; a daughter. Miss Eloise Andrews, in ftjichiran; two brothers, Harold ;• Andrews of Blufftota and Dwight Andrews of Decatur, and one 'sister, Mrs. Manfred Lamont of New Haven. One brother preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Black funergl home, the Rev. William C. Felleir. officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home ugtil time of the services.

I ■ Crack Down On KKK - . . . -j.. • •JbU i f H 11l I - H 3 i I 1 I tJ. ’1 ImMU FBI AGENTS moving against the Ku Klux Klan-in North Carolina hive Arrested ten alleged members of 7 the Klan on charges of kidnaping And flogging Ben Grainger and Dprothy Martin, both of Fair Bluff, N. C., Isat October during a Klan uprising. Those arrested are: Lto R. (front roW) James R. Hayes. Early Brooks; Steve Edmond; Pittman Strickland, and Sherwood Miller. (Back rpW) Horace Strickland; George Miller; T. C. Worley,; Bobby Brooks, and Ross Exnor.

Americanism Essay Contest Is Planned Legion Auxiliary j [Sponsors Contest \ Plans for the annual Americanism essay contest for junior and high school pupils were announced today by the Americanism pomnritteie of Adams Post 43, America# Legion auxiliary. Mrs, C. W. Chew, Jr. is chairman of Jjfae committee. The subject of all essays ’thia year will be: “America — Land Os Opportunity.” \ , The essays will be limited to nqt more than 500 words. All junior and high school pupils are eligibly’ to submit entries, There will be a separate class i for junior high school entrants, Local entries must be in the hands of by March 1, and district will be-for-warded to tne district committee not later than March. 20. Local awards are divided into best high school essay by a ’boy and best essay by a gifl; the juhior division awards also will be similarly divided. In the local class, the winner will receive <5; second place will be awarded $3 and third place wiM get 12. In the district high school class, each winner, boy and girl, will receive $7:50 and a $5 first, place award will go to each boy and girl winner in the junior division. In the state contest the best high school essay writer will get $25 and the winner of the junior division will get sls. : • Contestant’s name and name* of school are to be written on a separate sheets of paper , to be attached to the essay, so it may be removed before the I committee judges the work. ■ 4 ■ ! ! Nationwide Campaign A nationwide campaign by the Americanism committed of America# Legion auxiliary organizations is being planned and jthe Adams post auxiliary Americanism committee will join in the effort, according to an announcement today by Mrsl Chew. Mrs. Chew said thait the cdnimittees named throughout the bation have as their goal increasing the total number of presidential votes cast this year above the previous 51 percent mark. “Indifference toward duties ;of citizenship is one of the greatest perils; tQ democracy in Amerieai In our Americanism work this year, the American Legion auxiliary is emphasizing the importance of intelligent voting to nearly a million memblep and their families,” MH. said. “We s are urging all members not only to vote, but to study the issues and candidates in order that they may be informed voters,” she concluded. 5 '* I ’ -— INDIANA WEATHER 1 Cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday, with rain south and rain or snow north Tuesday. Low tonight near 28 northeast to 35 southwest. High Tuesday 30-35 extreme' north to 50-55 extreme south. i fl h i . i

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-T- j -- . , —— Horsemeat Scandal Probe Is Continued ! Chicago, Feb. 18.—(UP)—A Cook county grand, jury today opens the third week of its investigation of the Illinois horsemeat scandal. • Assistant state’s attorney Martin Brodkin said today's witnesses might include Charles W. Wray who was fired aS chief of the state division of foods and dairies. Wray has admitted taking bribes for ignoring illegal sales of horsemeat for human consumption. — Lambert Is Arrested On Jury Indictment Pleads Innocent To Failure To Provide Noble Lambert, 23, native of Arkansas, who now resides in Michigan, and was indicted by the November Adams grand Jury oh a charge of failure to protide, was arrested Saturday night on a sheriff's warrant by Geneva marshal Preston Pyle., Lambert was orougnt to the Adims county jail by state police officer Ted Biberstine and sheriff t Robert Shraluka. This morning he pleaded not guilty to the churge And Judge Myles F. Parrish set bond at SSOO. Lambert was remanded to the Adams county jail because of inability to furnish bond. ! He is charged ih the indictment with having left his wife and infant child at Geneva without any means of support. Mrs. Lambert also was pregnant at the time Lambert left her. Judge Parrish offered to appoint an attorney for Lambert under |he statute which authorizes the coprt to name an attorney if the defendant is unable to provide means for a defense, but Lambert refused. > The indictment was returned November 30 by the grand jury, biit such indictments are not made public until arrests are made, , ■ 1 . ■ —-4-4- I J | ' !A: I I . ■ ' I ;;l . Myers Infant Dies At Hospital Suhday Charlotte Mdrlene Myers, 14- j month-old daughter of Elmer and : Margaret Miller-Myers, died at 9:37 p.m.' Sunday at St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne after an illness of only a few days. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother, Richard; two sisters, Doris and Marilyn; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Miller of tlecatur. One sister is deceased. . ■ , r ■'i Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home, three miles east and one mile south of Monroe, and at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Hope Nazarene church, the Rev. Dwight McCurdy and the Rev. Doyle Hofferbert offici- ■ atlng. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 2 p.m- Tuesday. | ■

District Adult 4-H Conference At Berne Decatur And Berne : Rotary To Sponsor Adams county 4-H club leaders have been invited to attend the district adult 4-H leaders conference tb be held al Berne, March 10, tn the community auditorium, reports L. E. Archbold, coupty agriagent, and Anna K. Williams, home demonstration agent. Similar training conferences have been scheduled ,in 25 centers throughout the state. The conference program will.feature, “Getting the job done in 1952.” The theme is “Serving as loyal' citizens through 4-H.” . | j • » The discussion topics include. “There’s a job to do in 52. H “Planning.” “The key to a successful 4-H program,” I’Seduring parent co-operation,” and “Methods of teaching for the local leader." There will he divided ( sessions for men leaders and women leadera. .> ' Arrangements have been made for club leaders and Rotarians to lunch together at noon. The speaker will be Russell Handy of Angola. Club delegates will register at the day’s program. Instructors 9 a. m. In the auditorium to begin from , Purdue will be Eric Holm and Majry F. Smith. . The Rotary clubs of Berne and are co-operating with extension agents by inviting the county 4-H leaders to be their guests att he noon luncheon. Rotary clubs throughout the state are co-operating in the project hy providing facilities for the meetings and inviting leaders to attend. Leonard Kingsley, president of the Berne Rotary club, has named C. H. Jpuselman and Chris Lehman of i the Berne club and John Welch, of the Decatur club to be in charge of registration. jj Ellis Lehman, J. Jerome Yager, and Fred VonGunten are on a comblttee for general arrangements. -; : . Decatur Chapter Marks National FFA Week The Decatur chapter of the Fusturi Farmers of America is celebrating national FFA week, which opened\ Saturday and continues to next Saturday. The local chapter was formed in 1949, with Les Sauti bine as president. Russell Plumley. .now i heads the organization, assistedl by John Frank, vice-presi-dent; Jim Moses, treasurer; . Eugene Fuelling, secretary; Lisle Kriittle, reporter; Stanley Allison, sentinel, jind Allen Grote, recreation leader. Vaughn' E. Miller, vocational Agriculture teacher, is supervisor of tbg chapter. Celebrating the week, the jehapter will appear on radio station WKJG, Foirt Wayne, at 12:15 p. m. Tuesday, Add also plans to publish a chapter pews letter, prepare news stories for newspapers, and later in the school year invite eighth grade farm boys to an FFA Treating-, and hold a father-eon banquet. 'I > 4 1 ; '

Demands Equality In Defense For Donation Os Funds And Soldiers —— —_-

34 Persons Die In Lilian Air Crash Three Children, 14 \ Women Are Victims s i *■.-i. ■-7 - ' *’ -' ■ .’'77' . ■!■ ■■ i i Palermo, Sicily, Feb. 18—-(UP) —Rescuers reached the wreckage of a twin-engine British Viking jHrliner today and found '34 per-. Eons dead, including 14 women and children. The plane, en ioute from Boviflfrton. Eng., 'to Nairobi, Kenya Colony in Africa, crashed into Sierra Del Blondo Saturday night at a height of 3.900 feet. It had made a stop at Nice, France, hnd was due at Valletta, Malta at 8 p, m. Saturday when it plowed into the peak. i Rescue teama composed of federal police and shepherds were the first to reach the crash site after battling a snowstorm for 14 hours. They reported finding the bodies of 17 men, 14 women and three children.\ A previous repoift had said there were 31 persons aboard the plane and 31 bodies had been found, but it was believed th|B three children were not counted in those. More than 300 Italian soldiers, foliar and a >smgU gronp of American airmen from the U. S. base at Tripoli labored through the mountainous drifts over unmarked* trails slbce noon yesterday in a desperate attempt to/reach the reene in time to aid possible survivors. escaers said the plane must have hit the peak “with a tremendous crash.” If anyone survived the initial impact, they said, he would have frozen ]to death on the stark slopes. They said ilthe plane did not hum. The plane was chartered by tlie Hunting Air Transport company. Mpst of those aboard were British mbmbers of the staff of a new airfield being built at Entebbe, Uganda; A company spokesman said there were no Americans aboard. ' "j: I ; '' j Grover Moser, Sr. J Dies This Morning ' Prominent Resident Os Berne Dies Today Grover C. Moser, 5r.,'59, prominent Berne insurance agent an<| lonjr active in civic affairs of that city, died at 3:40 o’clock this morn* Ing; at his homp in that city. He had been critically ill the past 10 days with a heart ailment. i He was born in French township Feb. 5, 1893, a son df David J. and Mary Baumgartner-Moser, and was married to Auleta Stengel Aug. 2, 1914 - 77 ; Mj*. Moser was a former chairman of the Berne town board, a former member of the volunteer fire department, and one of the leading promoters of the Berne, band shell. He was a member of tge Cross Evangelical and Reformed church at Berne and the Masonic lodge at Geneva. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Grover C. Moser, Jr., of Berne; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Forma# of Dixon, III.; four grandt children; and two sisters, Mrs. A. W. Liechty and Mrs. Osia Von Gunten, both of near . Berne. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. v Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church, the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. Burial will be in ihe MRE cemetery, The body was removed to the Yager funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until noon Wednesday, after which it will lie in state at r the church until time of the services. h • . . iT \ I! ; ’ : I I

—I ill ~, , Truman Blames U.S. Failure To Join League Much Os World'sA Troubles Traced To Failure To loin Chicago, Feb. 18.—(U 3)—President Truman blames the failure of the United States (o join the League of Nations after the first world war for much of world’s present troubles. In a message to the American Association for the Unitefl Nations last night, Mr. Truman also blasted “men Os little faith” who believe the United States should cut off support of the United Nations. The president said this country should have taken its place as a world leader long ago. Mr. Truman defended the record of the UN, particularly the intervention in Korea, but warned that it may face “neyr dangers” in the years ahead. j “While the forces of aggression have been checked, they may burst forth again,” h< (taid. “In the future, the United Nations may be challenged even more seriously than it has been in the past.” Mr. Truman sent his message to the UN association as it opened its second annual “United States responsibility for world leadership conference.” Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower also sent a message praising the UN. “Another war would be an unthinkable calamity; the loss of liberty would be a greater one,” he said. Sen. Blair Moody (Dlflicb.) told the meeting that isolationism is “dead” and the UN is the onjy instrument for an endfaring peace. Seh. Ralph Flanders (R-Vt(.) also told the group that isolationism is “a road to ruin.” ‘ A He said, however, that another such road “is that of economic, social and political chaos through complete dependence on armed strength and on destrulctiye taxar tloh and inflation to support it.” Flanders offered two p roposals for bringing about f. jpsace in Korea. He said the UN should promise to rebuild both north and south Korea, should both agree, tp be reunited as a single country: < He also suggested the establishment of A strip of demilitarized, land along the Manchurian border of Korea to be administered permanently by Asiatic naiiflnals in the UN. . Little Theater To Be Organized Here Plan Organization Meeting Wednesday A Little Theater group tor Decatur will be organized by the Dramar tic department of the Decatur Woman's club Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. The meeting, to which all local people interested in dramatics are invited, will be hetd flt the city hall. * 1 ? j . Reid B. Riekson, former director of the Fort Wayne Civic'; theater and now a resident of Decatui*, will have charge of the organizing of the Decatur group. For many years there has beefi a demand in Decatur for such an organization, the sponsors state, but this is the first real effort made here for a Little Theater group. It is the present plan of the local group to revive some of the old plays and produce them. People of all ages are invited to the Wednesday meeting. It will give many people a fine opportunity to develop talent, the committea stated.

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German Chancellor) h Big Three Leaders Confer On Policies In Europe's Defense London, Febj 18—(UP)—West Germany demanded an equal, voice in the conduct of Western Europe’s defense today as the price for a contribution of $2,500,000,000 and 12 divisions totalling 305,000 troops. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer rpelled out the Bonn government's demands at a meeting wtih the big • three foreign ministers — Dean ! Acheson of the U. S., Anthony Ed- ' en of Britain and Robert Schunian * of France. j 1 The\three western foreign ministers and thiir 30 advisers reach1 ed full agreement yesterday on A joint policy toward Western Germany and called in Adenauer today to hear his views and explain their decisions. ; /] . Adenauer spoke first at the meeting ni the Brltsih foreign of- ■ feie. He said his government was willing to appropriate $2,500,000,- ‘ 0( 0 for defense and. contribute 12 ' divisions to the pfpposed Euto- * pean army if Western Germany is 1 granted equality in western!? defense discussions. \ 1 A German spokesman said Ader nauer intended to emphasize Ger--1 many’s desire for eventual mem--1 bet-ship in the North Atlanta ’ Treaty organisation and her willingness to l accept some interim plan. , n. • The western foreign ministers were understood to have agreed 1 yesterday to make a compromise ‘ uropqsal that the NA.T.O. council and the projected European army ' council hold joiflt meetings on European defense. ; . Since Germany will be a member of the European army council, she thus would have a direct voice in N.A.T.O. defense affairs affecting Germany while still j not a member of the Atlantic organization. German sources said Adenauer wuold accept the proposal provided it would not prejudice Germany’s chances of entering N.A.T.O. itself later. “ y Adenauer d|so was expected to ask for direct negotiations with France over the future of the disputed Saar. ) France wants the industrial Saar to be an autonomous state linked economically with France, while West Germany contends the area -should be reincorporated within. Its borders. Although no details were disclosed, allied ~ officials seemed confi--dent some solution of the Saar /Toni To Paae New Kroger Store To Open Tuesday Morning Kroger’s new food department store will open Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the newly remodeled Schng building, 141 South Second street. The store's parking lot for customers is located across the alley at the rear of the building, with entrance to the parking area from First street. f; Waldo Bennett, who managed the former store on North Second street, is the manager of the new super-market. Other personnel of the store and details pertaining to the grand opening will be found on pages six and seven Os this / issue. . ——rr •*■■- Craig May Enter In Gubernatorial Race Indianapolis, Feb. 18—(UP)— Former national American Legion commander George N. Craig set out today “to talk to the people of Indiana” before deciding whether he will seek the Republican nomination for governor. A resolution adopted at a “Craigforeovernor - veterans-comanittee” meeting here yesterday endorsed Ms candidacy unanimously, but the former Brasil. Ind., attorney said he wants to find out in the next four weeks “what the peooie of Indiana think about my candidacy.”