Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 43.

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Allies Reject Russia Again As 'Neutral' Reject Attempt To Moke Russia Truce Observer In Korea Pantnunjoin, Korea, Thursday, Feb. 21— (UPh Nations negotiators rejected for the fifth day Wednesday a “booby, trapped” Red attempt to name Russia a “neutral” in the Korean war. Os the three remaining major ’ issues blocking quick peace in Korea, Red insistence on naming Russia as one ot six neutral super--5 isors to enforce the peace was the only one which brooked no compromise. ■ Both the question of repat riat*on of war prisoners and construction of Red airfields tan be compromised, tiN negotiators believed. T ' ir’ i ' “ The allies rejected Russia on the grounds that, although not fighting in Korea, Russia is a “.sponsor” of both Red China and North Korea. U. N. sources are convinced that the Reds are Insisting on <- Russia as a “neutral” in a deliberate attempt t 0! pave the way for a propaganda campaign painting the Soviet Union as a “peace" - leader. The U. N. niade another compromise at the Wednesday meeting, offering to hut troop rotation during a truce from 40,000 |o 35,000 men a month. But the Reds rejected it. g It was believecf the Reds might be holding out on troop rotation issue in an (attempt to blackmail the U. N. into accepting Russia as a neutral; armistice supervisor. i . The Communists presented a revised plan for < prisoner of war exchange in another meeting of staff officers. However, U. N. Col. George Hickman! said it contained “nothing new qr startling” and still demanded forced repatriation of prisoners. * s There was no j-word oh When a third group of staff officers will meet to settle mechanical details of the fifth and? final item on the armistice agenda — recommendations to belligerent governments. The full tehee delegations agreed Tuesday ! that the recom-y I mendations would be for a peabe conference within 90 days' of a cease-fire to consider withdrawing foreign troops from Korea and mother Korean political questions. The U. N. offered to reduce the number of troops to ’’be replaced during a truce from 40,000 to 35.000 in line With its proposal last week to “split the difference” between the allied and Communist fglures. However, the J Reds still maintained that troop rotation should be held to 30.00C[ a month. Each side accused the other of breaking a prior agreement on nominations to the commission of neutral nations which will super- . vise the truce. North Korean Col. Chang Chun (Tun To Pure Six) Attendant Dies In Dormitory Fire Media. Pa.. Feb. 20—(UP)r-A woman attendant was burned to death in a spectacular fire which swept a dormitory of a school for the mentally-retarded near here today. Other; attendants led 144 boys and men to safety a few minutes before the flames engulfed the tour-story building at the Elwyn traiinng school. There was no panic. Three Are Killed In Auto-Truck Collision Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 20 — tVP)—A Michigan City tavern owner, his wife, and a passenger were killed early today when their car skidded'on Icy U. S. 421 into the path of a truck -about seven miles south of here. Listed as dead are William Pittsford, 38, his wife, June, -85, end George Clifford, Jr., 37, Long Beach, Ind. Driver of the tractor-truck, Harold Hybles, 34, Kalamazoo, Mich., was not Injured.

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•' if 1 . - I"I * li : J : |B( ■<' ■ " Two Red Fighters { Reported Downed Damage Five Others During Air| Battles ! V ’ A/f ; i j: ; I ; ’ ■ Bth Army Headquarter#. Korea. Feb. 20 —(UPJ—American! sabrelets, overcoming odds of nearly three to one, shot down two Communist MIG-15 jet fighters and damaged five others today just south of the Manchurian border.; j The two “kills" were scored duruig a furious 15-mjhute air' battle between 25 sabrejets and .70 of the Russian-built ene&y jets near. Sinuiju, on the Yalu river frontier between North Korea and Manchuria. Two of the sth? air force;s leading pilots shared credit tor downing one of the MiG’s, boosting each to within one-half point of the five “kills" they need to quality as jet aces. { 4 They are Col. Fdancis 8. Gabreski of Oil City, Pa|, who shot down 2fi enemy planes ! dqrigg ( World Wa; 11, and Maj. William T. Whisner of Shreveport, La. | - The battles raised' the sth air force’s bag of MIGs in the psat two days to five destroyed and r ive damaged. * 44- 1 Fifth air force fighter-bombers destroyed or damaged li eneimy railway cars, 11 trucks, two field pieces, 10 supply buildings and an anti-aircraft gun. Rails werb cut in 68 places. Marine dive bombers silenced one troublesome enemy gun position on the Eastern front and joined •{ artillery and tanks in hammering at others. The frlst U. S. marine draftees to enter a combat zone since World War II landed today in the biggest batch of marine replacements yet sent to Korea. The 900 leathernecks —■ nearly half of them conscripts—marched off the transport Genl William Wiegel at an east Korean port in stlb-freeling weather as the sun shone brilliantly on the snow-cov-ered ground. 4 4 | The marines had sailed from the U. S. Feb. 1 under the command of Lt. Col. William S- McLaughlin of Gloucester, Mass. || ;( Maj. Gen. John T. Selden, commander of the" Ist marine division, said no distinction would be made between the conscripts 'and regular marines. 44 • 7 They arrived at'a time when Korean ground fighting had dwindied to minor probes and: patrolling action. Front dispatches said opposing patrols | traded only •patty-cake” punches. ’’ ' j District Democrat Committee To Meet j A meeting of the fourth district Democratic committee will be held Thursday night at 6:15 o’clock at the Elks home in Decatur, it was learned today. J ' Chairmen and vice-chairmen of the counties in the district will gather to discuss the future of the party in the fourth district. James Koons, district chairman, of Avilla, will preside. " ' iij ■ ‘ Mark Washington Birthday Friday Public Buildings, Others Will Close Washington’s birthday, Friday, February 22. will be marked in Decatur with the closing of public buildings, ' the First State Bank and appropriate recognition by the children of all schools. I There will be nd mail deliveries and the windows of the; \ post office will be closed. The court house, city hall and public library also wiH close th,' observance of the day. The First State' Bank, which usually closes atl boon on Thursday. will remain open Until 2:30 p. m. on that day and! will close all day Friday. The Dpcatur fire department personnel will supervise thd! erecting of flags throughout the ,business district, chlisf Cedric Fisher said. The fireman have that job on all holidays. | Most of the lojpal factdries will continue regular schedules, and all business establishments will be open. Local schools will observe the day with appropriate chapel exercises, i . . t,' ■ I • f 5? I V

18 More Men Reach Safely From Tankers - 13 Shipmates Stay Aboard One Ship In i Hopes Os Salvage Boston, Mass., Feb. 20.—(UP) — Eighteen more seamen from one of two,stom>shattered tankers reached safety ashore today after leaving 13 “stay put” shipmates to battle the sea off Cape Cod in hope of salvaging one of the hulks. The 18 were from the io.OOO-ton Fori Mercer wh|cb, with its twin tanker Pendletqp. split in half under poundipg by mountainous seas during a weekend noHeaster. Os the combined crews of 84 men on the two vessels,: 14 were lost. p -*i d ,T:\ Two of the 18; who; arrived here today aboard the coajst gpard cutter Acushnet were suffering from minor injuries And were whisked from Constitution wharf a hotel Ip be put\to bedJ Teling of howj their ship broke up in the stornh,j seanikn Luis Gilces, Njew York, said; “it felt somethingi like a crash —we thought we’d been; rammed.” He said he was at breakfast in the mess jit 8:10 a,m. Monday with about 12 (other crewmen who had just come* off watch. 1 “At ninfc o'clock we were alerted that it w#s an emergency and we went top ; side wilth out" jife belts on and tobk the covers off the lifeboats," he said. “The ship kept shuduering in the heavy seas until 12:10 p.m. when the bow turned suddenly to starboard and wrenched off. The ship buckle# m the bow came qff and the bulkhead plunged into the waves.” Watertender Teodoro Echeverria Brooklyn, N.Y. said “the weather was so bad any styip could have broken up.” He said he has been at sea 25 years and it was the worst storm he ever had seen since he weathered a Caribbean hurricane in 1933. The 13 men left on the stern of the Fort Merper, in charge*of chief engineer Jesse T. Bushnell of Pasa<Turn To Pace SIX) County Oratorical Contest Thursday Determine County Entrant In District Plqns have been completed for <he Adams county-oratorical contest to be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Decatur high school auditorium, Robert Anderson, county chairman, today. Entrants from the high schools in Adams county will compete for the honor of representing Adams county in the district meet, Iwhich will be held in Decatur: March 4 ,undet the supervision of Hugh Andrews, principal of ; Decatur high school and dsitrlct chairman of the contest. ! i The district winner will go to th,e regional contest and! the regional winner will compete for state honors later in the spring at Peru. The contests are sponsored annually by the American Legion and the county contest always is promoted by Adams post, number 43 of the Legion. Judges for the county contest will be Howard Baumgartner, and Dick Heller, Dbcatiir. CqnBerne; Ronald Parrisii, Decatur, testants will receive numbers, Anderson said, and as soon as the program is completed-, tile judges will retire to determine the county winner. ; I —4" j ! Mining Operations Shown Lions Club j I ; 1. * J Members of the Decdtur Lions dub saw movies of strip-mine operations in southern Indiana at the regular meeting of the dub last night at the K. of P. home. A representative of the Enos Coal Co., near presented the filip and answered questions pertaining to the operation. The Indiana concern has the rhost modern equipment and has a shovel capable of lifting 3Otons of ehrth at one time. ; > The movie showed tho proee&s from the stripping of the coal unol the time it was ready for delivery. ■ • i

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Decatur, Indiana/WedneMjay, February 20,1952

T ’ —n —.■ i r ■?'"T> New Weapons Shown To Public J I ~ y: !' I ■ . w '• i I IWnvvcitLK. . ,n|; ' I Jfx ;. Wv MRSMK J w i * f 1 * ““jl ' . i. • Lt. Bart P. Benedetti shows petition of soldier In firing. NEW WEAPONS currently oh a tour ot 35’midwest cities include the giant bazooka, nr 3.5-inch rocket* MM richer used in Korea hgainet enemy tanks. Also being shown ire the 81-mm. mortar, 30 pounds lighter than other modeils, and recoilless rifle.

One Bid Submitted On New Police Car F ■ i ■' r Public Hearing To_£ Be Held On sewer**“| Only ante bid was presented to the Decatur board of works Mt night on the city’s advertisement for the purchase of a new police car. The Phil L. Macklin Co. submitted a bid on two sizes of:"k 1952 Plymouth automobile. Thi lighter car was offered $2,093.69 less tat and less allotrance for old car which brought bid price flown to 1960. \ The heavier Plymouth was offered by the same company for $2,133.17 legs tax and less allofe ance for oild car’for'sl,o44. The bid also included the removal of the radio equipment from tM old car and replacement in the new car. Neither bid was accepted as final by the; board and both bids were taken tinder Meshberger Stone Co., Ohly bid der on material for street repaws and improvements, received a contract to furnish all necessary material for the 1952' street improvement program. The board will meet ■ soon so take final action on the purchase of a police car, it was understood Hearing March A resolution to approve the preliminary assessment roll for the George W. Ans paugh seiner in south partj of Decatur and authorization for the clerk-treasurer, H, .Vernon Aurand, td advertise for A public hearing to be held Tuesday, March 4, Was adopted by j the city, council ip its negulaf session Tuesday night. The sewer, being constructed by the Charles Bower and Sons do; is situated west of RusAell street. »between Bollman and Rd# streets.; It will serve 16. property owners and each assessment will amount; to $90.20. The city of Decatur also will be assessed; for the imporvement. . . „ Estimated costs will be $1,468 for the actual 'construction aid $64 for advertising, totalling $1,532. The preliminary roll was prepared by Ralph E, Roop, city engineer. The ptiblic hearing will be held at the city hall March 4. The public hearing is for adjustment of assessments and not. for construction of the sewer which already has been authorized by ordinance and Property owners affected |>y resolution may examine the as(Tara Ta Pwe BiM) ’ j | Local Mali's Uncle Is Taken By Death p William E. Frey, 62, untie of Dr. H. R. Frey of this city, died Monday at the Cedars hospital;in Gulfport, Fla. Mr. Frey, a retired federal narcotics agent, had lived at St. Petersburg, Fla.,! for the oast t*° years. b ft Surviving are 8 brother,l Russell Frey of Fort Wayne, two nephews and a nieqp. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the L. E. Berhalter A Son funeral home in Kendallville. ■ i LJhr■ . ■ t ;

i ? ———— Gov. Long's Forces Whipped In Louisiana New Orleans, Feb. ; X>.-4*-(UPi—-Country judge Robert F.p Kennon ■lron a landslide victory over (he once.powerful political forces pt Gov; Earl K. Long in a runoff election Tuesday against; Long's personal choice for the fovefnorshtp, ' Carlos G. Spaht. ' As late returns tabulated (his r nflorning spread the margin b'P- ‘ (.ween the two ■ bf whom got a majority in the fjftt 1 'primary last month —Spaht Usued a »statement conceding that his fo- •«*»>«» h. 4 wool : : jList Lenten Speakers For Catholic Church r Lenten Season Opens Wednesday, Feb. 27! ; 1 It 'l' yli The series of sermons that *4ll he given during the Lenten season at St. Mary’s Catholic church announced today by the Very R|v. Msgr. J.- J. Seimetz, pastor. w Opening with Ashi Wednesday. ‘ Feb. 27, Msgr. Seimetz will give . the first sermon in the series. Isis ; subject will be, “Sinful Wedlock” Msgr. Seimeti will preach in Fort Wayne exchanging , pulpits with pastors who will deOliver the sermons in this city. . With the exception of Ash Wednesday, the Lenten Sermons will • be given each Tuesday, beginning at 7:30 p. m., followed by benediction, \ • h Tlie dates, speakers and tWr subjects for the series are: March 4 —Msgr. John Nadolny of 3t, Paul’s church, “Other Immoral Practices.” | r, • ’ March 11 —Rev. M. Keever, -.St- | Andrews, “Dishonesty.” 1 March 18—Rev. J. Larson, ;St. Joseph’s,. “The Moral Lajw.” j March 25—Rev. M. Demjihan.Bt. Judes, "The Moral Law Unchangeable.” F* April I—Rev.1 —Rev. Leo Armbruster, St. Peters, “Society is What the Individual Makes It.” | Beginning next week the Way of the Cross will be made every Friday evening, followed by bbned lotion. These services also will be held at 7j:3d p. m. Easter SUnday is April 13 this year. In 2052, Lent opens March .6 and Easter will be April 2L In 2100, Easter will be March 28. Ir ‘ I Broadcasts Feb. 28 j Open Red Cross Drive ' - I ’ ■ ' ! . L V j Radio} and television chains will, carry programs the night of February 28, opening the annual 4 Red Cross campaign. Leading st airs of stage and screen will apnear oh the programs and a five-minlite < talk will by President i The broadcasts becin at; 10. will be given at 10:30‘p.m. The TV shows start at 7 p.nu and 'other showings are listed at 10:3$. The U.S. Steel hour Sunday’evening over NBC network at 7:30 p m. will be dedicated to the Red Cross drive. ’W ■ ■ J J

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Valuation Schedules Set For Assessors District Meeting Is Held Tuesday Grain and seeds, stock cattle and hogs will be assessed at 70 percent of the March 1 market price at the county level, Albert county assessor stated today, following the adoption of valuation schedules at a district meeting in Fort Wayne yesterday; Work horses will be assessed at S4O and up: mpleg at S4O: registered cows and bulls&rlll tye appraised at 1300; registered, milk cows $300; good mil)c cows, S2OO. i Registered, brood sows and pigs will be listed at $80; registered brood sows, $55, and gilts at $35; conjmon sows with i>igß,s6o; common brood sows, S4O. " ( Assessor Harlot emphasized that township assessors should itemize' household goods. He also called attention to-th'e separate! listings of new refrigerators, deep freezers, television sets, electric; dryers and diamond rings. The schedule adopted by the county assessors lists a one-carat diamond at SBOO. Registered sheep will be appraisi ed at S4O each; common sjieep, $25 and goats, $lO. Chickens will be assessed at $6 and $8 a dozen, ducks 46 and turkeys at $3 each. Rabbets will take a $6 per dozen price. 1 The annual assessing of personal property wil Ibegin March 1, Hanlow said. ■'[ -4 Farm implement, tractors and other machinery should be assessed at blue book prices, tlje assessors were informed. I j • ; . \ Councilmen Study On Local Problems Problems Discussed At Tuesday Meeting Members of the city council showed Interest in twq local problems introduced at [Tu esday night’s regular council meeting at city hall. Councilmman Don Gage suggested that an ordinance be adopted soon, instructing any firm Or person who dug into any of the city’s streets to follow; certain specifications in *makihg the fill.’ Gage suggested that crushed stone, Instead of the original dirt, be placed in the fill;' then a cement slab and the top covered with the same surface material that was taken off the; street. Most councilmen agreed with Gage that recent fills, have been unsatisfactory, and in a few weeks ruts develop where fills are made. The suggestion was referred to the Streep an< l sewer committee which is studying the revamping of the present ordinance governing excavation of streets. Traffic was the other problem brought up by the cotincilmen for ' discussion. It was reported that state highway engineers would be here soon to make a: survey of traffic conditions. Chief among the problems are thej bottlenecks on, Monroe street from First to Fifth streets, especially with reference to north and south traffic. All department heads including chief of police Jameis Borders; , jfire chief Cedric Fisher; city engineer Ralph Roop; power and light superintendent Lester Pettibone and comptroller Ed Kauff- ’ man attended the session. ( After regular bills ; were read and allowed, the council adjourned. ' ■ [ 4! : —r ■ \ INDIANA WEATHER Occasional rain with freszlnp rate north and becoming partly cloudy this evening. Colder to night. Thursday partly cloudy \ with a few enow flurrfez north. Colder south and central; portions. Low tonight 2028 north, 25-35 south. ■4- ' ; t

Senate Group Investigating Huge Profits Call Two Indicted Washington Lawyers To Give Testimony i ■ : * '/ . Washington, Feb. 20 —(Uo— — investigators said today they probably will call two Washington attorneys, now under grand jury indictment, for questioning about the fabulous 450-for-l profits reaped on the surplus tanker 'deals Os former Rep. E. Casey r (D-Mass.). The lawyers are H. Rosenbaum, a kelr figure In the senate \ RFC investigation last year, and Robert W. Dudley, Casey’s brother-in-law and a former member of Rosenbaum*# profitable law firm. | Both wefb indicted for perjury Recently by a federal grand jury looking into findings of the senate RFC inquiry. ■ , \ ; Meantime, the senate’s perma- . nent investigating committee recall- ; ed Case yhimself for further questioning (at 1 p.m. CBT) on the deal - In which he and his associates got . $450,000 for stock Interests inv a f firm which they founded by putting up Ohly SI,OOO. ‘ ; I '! I Chief counsel Francis D. Flana- . gan of the investigating group said Rosenbaum and Dudley “very likeI ly” will testify beforg the hearings close. Casey testified late yester- . (lay that Dudley got SIO,OOO and some stock for his help in putting over a big tanker deal and that Rosenbaum got $27,000 but gave $9,000 of it to Casey. The disclosure came at the end of a full day of complicated iestimony in which committee investigator William A. Leece outlined the pattern of Casey's operations.\ They consisted mainly of two deals: • ; 4 \ - 1. An operation in which Casey and others put up SIOO,OOO, formed an American corporation, borrowed $9,705,000, got tankers from ( the government, and leased them, to a Panamanian corporation Which they also formed. It in turn leased ’ them profitably but paid no income , taxes. Neither did the American Corporation, which showed a “loss.” ’ Stock in these corporations eventually was bought by two corpora--1 tions controlled by al Greek citizen, Stavros Nlarchos.' Casey and his group got back $2,800,000. 2. Another Casey grohp formed ' a corporation. National Ttanker Corp., which got an option to buy ‘ three tankers. Case/ and two others put up SI,OOO. After a series of involved transactions, they sold 1 the firm’s holdings for $450,000. 1 These tankers wound up under con<TWra To Pavo Six) ' \;i * • I . \ 4 Reef Is Candidate' ' 4 \ For Commissioner \ Jefferson Township \ Farmer Announces , I Harley (Jake) Reef, Jefferson township farmer for the last 51 years, today announced his candidacy for commissioner of the third district, subject to the decision of Democrat voters of Adams county. The candidate has served as precinct commlttee'man in Jefferson township for 34 years. Reef has been a farmer all of his life, except a few years ago irhen he served as a deputy surveyor on some road work in the south part of Adams The candidate'is; a member of the Lutheran church, is married and the father of two daughters. He has been active many yebrs In the Democrat party but has never held an elective office. Reef said' he planned to mgke an active campaign for the post lie seeks and if elected he stated he would serve the people to the best of his ability. I

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Acheson Addresses Ninth Conference Os North Atlantic Pact Organization /. • I. ; Lisbon, Portugal, Feh. 20. —(UP) —U.S. secretary of state Dean Acheson appealed to the North Atlantic powete today th finish the job J of bullying « defense force powerful enpugh to halt Russian aggression.; Acheson addressed the ninth conference of the North Atlantic treaty organization council, 1 which convened to knit a strong western defense coalition through rearmament of Wh«t and formation of a t|400,000-man European . army. ; \ In a grave mood, Acheson warned that th,# most difficult talks remain ahead. 4 ’-\ “We must |ake decisions that will not be easy-4o make and we must take action# that will (strain all of us to the uti|ost,” he said. Despite the gravity of his tonk tlje prospect f<> r success of the meeting wfgM/ considered bright, \ and made plans to leave Sunday—-a w£ ek ahead of schedule. The 14 h®k.T.OL powers opened their crucial?; meeting shortly after 3 p.m- (8 a.jp- CST). Acheson, aware of the a®xiety of 1 some European governments that ; U.S. pressuk * or arn, a ment might k lead to war, added that “we do not t seek to create greater strength than we ne|d” for defense. “We do n« desire military forces ; I great enough to launch a preven- . tlve war.” » said. ( But he said N.A.T.Q.’S job is to build niilitary strength as rapidly as possible that Gem Dwight D. Eisenhower ifean augment! the 18 divisions noi under his command to a point Where thgy\«an face confidently Vlliat Acheion called “a rigid military autocraby ruled by police power.” Acheson Mailed th# entry of Greece and turkey intb the organization. . ! The most jlmportant (work of the conference actually already had been dona in London, where the big three foreign ministers worked out a compromise formula with West German .chancellor Konrad Adenauer to bring West Germany into the projected European army. Rearmed berman units would tight in thb suprarnational European army alongside contingents from Belgium, Holland, and Italy, The European army ha turn would join U.S.j, Canadian, Turkish, Greek. Portuguese,Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic tdtc.es under the supreme N A.T.6. command of Gen. Dwight 1). Eisenhower. N. A. T.|p. is expected to give quick approval to this big thrbe compromise formula for (Western German participation in Europe’s defense. K; , 1. —Joint Messions of the N.A.T.O. and European army councils whenever there |is an emergency—a threat of attack to anjf member or whenever §he of either organization is Thus Germany, Which is n<k a member of N.A.T.Oj; would have a say in any grave; defense question concerning it. At the same time, France vEtVuld have an indirect pledge of U.S. and British interest in attempt to destroy the integrity <if the European army. 2. Indirect control# over German .war production instead of the present direct ones. Once the European (army come# into being and the tilled occupation of Germany en<s#< production of atomic weapons, guided missiles, 155-milli-meter and? larger- gun barrels, and other heavy armaments would be prohibited in exposed areas—an indirect to western Germany, whjch borders the iron curtain. Moreover, a new European army cental authority would maintain controls through allocation of materials 2 and funds for,, irar production. The compromise, hailed by Acheson as a tribute to the high statesmanship m Adenauer and French . foreign minister Robert Schuman, clears political hurdles which had stalled the European army treaty. t? \ <’4 ! I'uJ. ' 1 •< \