Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 47.

CHANGE IS OFFERED IN TRUCE SUPERVISION

Agree On Pad To Halt Goods To Communists 11 Nations Agreed To Pact; To Dry Up Flow Os Materials Washington, Feb. American officials predicted today that a new 11-natioh agreement Will dry up the last trickle of strategic materials reaching Russia and other Communist nations from the west. After months of negotiations, the United States and 10 western Euro pean countries reached agreement on a joint export control plan which is expected' to close the “trans-ship-ment” loophole through which iron <ywtain countries have been able to obtain .U.S. niade machinery and ’ other items of potential value to the Red military buildup. /■ Tne ten European countries agreed to certify that any strategic materials which- they import’ will be used within their own borders, or will not be re-exported without official authorisation. I In announcing the new arrangements yesterday, secretary of commerce Charles Sawyer said they provide “additional assurance that goods exported by the United States and the nations cooperating with us will go where they are supposed to go, and stay there.” The United States has long had export controls forbidding direct sale of strategic materials to iron curtain countries. | H&t there previously has been no way to guarantee that goods shipped to Europe’s free ports would not be re-routed to Iron curtain countries. The European governments concerned have taken the position In th! past that they could not be responsible for the end use of products shipped into their Tree'ports on orders of importers. Sen. Herbert R. O’Conor (I>Md.),\ who conducted a lengthy senate investigation into trade with Communist countries, reported last month that “substantial amounts” of strategic materials from the west were ending up in Communist countries. He pointed to the trans-shipment loophole as one of the main causes of the situation. / In an effort to meet the problem, the United States adopted a unilateral plan six months ago under which American exporters \ were required to submit “consignee statements” in order to ship strategic materials to a western European free port. The statements showed who was importing the materials, and for what purpose. The hitch was that there was no way - this country could punish a European importer if he lied and re-routed the materials to Russia. Under the new plan, which will become mandatory in 45 days, U.S. shippers will be required to obtain government • endorsed certificates from European importers, who will then become liable to punishment by their own country if they re-ship the material to an unauthorized (Communist) destination. The cooperating European countries are France, Italy, Britain, Western Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark. Norway and Portugal. ...Xi.fi— . . , GOP State Party A Secretary Dies Plainfield, Ind., Feb. 25— (UP)— eGorge J. Edick, weekly newspaper publisher and secretary of the Indiana Republican state committee, died today of a heart seizure. Edick, a native' of Marshalltown, la., published the Plainfield Messenger. He was a former member of the house of the Indiana legislature and had served as GOP secretary since March, 1947. Rhine Valley Rocked By Strong Earthquake Stuttgart', Germany, Feb. 25. — (UP) —Southern Germany’s strongest earthquake in 41 years rocked the entire Rhine valley last night, but caused neither damage nor loss of life. Seismological stations as far away as Frankfurt and Strasbourg, France, recorded the one-minute tremor. Its epicenter was; at Wurms. t ■ ■ 9 ■ I -i -' E ‘ -

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— — - Candidate [ j John C. Augsburger — ~r-—: John C. Augsburger Seeks Renomination Commissioner Wilf Seek Renomination John C. Augsburger, Adams county commissioner and well known farmer, today announced his intention of seeking reelection as commissioer of the thirds district, subject to the decision of voters in the Democrat primary election May 6. The candidate is well known throughout the county and during his tenure of office he has been instrumental in the improvement. Os the county highway system Active in Democrat politics for many years, the candidate also has served as precinct committeeman and has taken an active interest fn agricultural and civic affair* of? the county. ' **“ Augsburger said he planned to make an active campaign for the post and that if successful ifaj would continue to serve the people of the county to the best .of his ability. He has served a* bo(h! president and vice-president of the board of cOfamissioners. u if U.S. Halts Import t Os Canadian Meats I Outbraek Os Disease Reported In Canada Washington, Feb. 25—(UP)— The U,S. government closed the border today to all Imports from Canada to fresh meht and live megt animals of all kinds became of a; hoof and rhouth disease outbreak in Saskatchewan province. .i'll Only canned and cured Canadian meat will be allowed to enter this country. * 1■ 1 i Dr. B. T. Simms, . chief of the agriculture bureau of animal husbandry,, said diseased animals had been found on; 22 different farms in the area around Regina. He said winter conditions Have slowed up investigation and the full extent'of the outbreak is not known. Simms said Dr. M. S. Shahan, the department’s ’top . expert onj hoof and mouth defense, confirmed the Canadian diagnosis this morning. * Report Outbreak Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 25.—(UP)— The agriculture department announced today that hoof and mouth disease had broken tfat tie and hogs in the Sask., area - '■ ■' ! JI si i'i I I The department said the disease Was first reported from Regina under the name “vesicular stomatitic.” It was “conclusive evidence that the disease had broken; outj was reported by the animal pathology laboratory at Hull, Que., Stinday.” ! . 1! r ( .r IJ 1 Charles Kern Rites Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services for Charles D Kern, former Adams county resit rent, who died Saturday morning at his boipe in Elkhart, will be' held at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday after* noon at the Black funeral home in this city, the Rev. F. H. Willard officiating, Burial will be i in the Decatur cemetery. Services will be held earlier at Elkhart, with the funeral oortege arriving in Decatur shortly before the hour of cervices here. ■I ; I : " J I'l I' I

NATOToSeek British Envoy As Secretary; Ask Oliver Franks To Become Original Secretary General Lisbon, PorTugal, Feb. 25.-f(UP) —The North Atlantic treaty council today asked Sir (Oliver Franks, British ambassador (to the United States, to become its first tary general when the organization sets up permanent headquarters to Paris. [ i. 1-j J The N.A.T.O. council’s :!irst choice was Canadian external affairs minister Lesterh B. Pearson. But Pearson replied that he was not available. 1 ■. . ' U After Pearson declined the job. Frank! was contacted by telephone in Washington as the council met to complete its session here. ; After approving a master plan to give Gen. Dwight b. Eisenhower about 50 divisions and 4.<M»() warplanes by the end of 195&, the N.A.T.O. coifacil faced the problem of raising funds to build west European airfields and communications. 1 ' The United States has offered to put up 38 percent of the $500,000,000 total cost but the other N|A T.O. members are reluctant to p|»y the balance. ' A high American jsource siid the U.S. would make available • seven divisions —sifarmy ,and one marine —for west European defense.; However, the marine division Wai expected to refaain in the U.S. unless an emergency After the council adjourns, big three :representative* will here in special eeesion Tuesday to give (hiir final approval to west contribution to western defense and perhips to review the Austrian treaty problem. Under the master military plan announced by n;a.T.O.’s council of ministers last nigHt, France»would make the largest contributiojn to Eisenhower’s forces —12 divisions, including twp in reserve, !’ Italy would raise 11 divisions, Belgium and Luxembourg together fiveJßritain sous, and Canada one. The rest would come from Nbiway, Denmark and the Netherlands. \ However, authoritative sources a good part of the “about 50” divisions would not be up to full strength or fully armed or trained. They estimated that Eisenhower would have in full combajt readiness in western Europe by the ehd of the year no more than 30 divisions —an increase of! 10 to 12 ovbr his present forces. ; J The marine division allocated Elsenhower actually will continue as part of Admiral Lyhde D. Mc(Tnra To Page; Finar) ] I J J ;■ jJ ? ■ • Ticket Sales Good : ' - I ' ~L ■ - For Annual Banquet Farm Achievement Banquet March 4 Martin Habegger, ticket : chairman -for the March 4, 30th annual achievement t banquet at Berne, states the ticket sale is iftoving briskly and he looks for a sell out by i Tickets were placed in the hands of the following men: Harry Raudehbush, Leland Ripley, Alonzo ' Smith, Loren Heller, Sam KCaehr, 1 Ofval Alt, Ralph Myers, Holman ' Egly, Henry Rumple, Horner Ar- 1 nold, Glen Griffiths, Rolandes 1 Liechty, Harry Lehman, Edison Lehman, Ben Mazelin, Vern Linker, Edwin Reifsteck, August Silking, Winfred Gerke, Cjarl Frey> |Noble ! Raudenbush, Viptor Bleeke, Herman Geimer, Hhrve Ineichen, Wei- . don Neuenschwander, Russell Stump, Russell Mitchel, and Ralph ’ Bluhm.- ] An unusual feature of thi! ban- | quet will be barbecued chicken. ( The chicken will be barbecued in a , lafge tent adjacent Jo the ;Bern© < auditorium. Operations will be under the direction of Waynb Detwilef, poultry specialist of Purdue, and Gordon Liechty. They Will be assisted by other hatchery Then hf the county and members jot the Berne Jaycees, who will also assist in serving the banquet. Banquet guests are invited to view the barbecue tent and see the unusual sight of 30 or more white clad men, broiling chicken over; charcoal fire. ■ ■ J . |

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. ' ■ " ' J S « .V !•; I: 1 w Seven Indicted In Horsemeat Scandal Illinois Grand Jury j Returns True Bills Waukegan. 111., Feb. 25.—(UP)— Seven persons were indicted by a Lake county grand jury today on charges of coiiwir«?y oi* bribery, in mld^ 1 scandal in which horsemeat was sold as beef or pork. , . • Those indicted included Wray, chief state food inspector who was fired after state officials said he admitted taking $3,500 tn bribes, and Joseph Siciliano. The others were Russell Minnea; Tony Rossi alias Rudy Angellcchio; Achilles Angelicchio; Silvio Rlandi; and Johnny King, alias Johnny Lazar. i ; All were charged with six counts of conspiracy. ■ In addition, Wray was charged on one count of accepted a bribe and Siciliano was charged on nine counts with bribing a public Official. ; \ Lake county state’s attorney Robert C. Nelson asked McHenry county circuit judge William M. Carroll, sitting in Lake county circuit court, to set bond for the defendants at $5,000 on each count against them. Wray, for example, would require $35,000 bond. Pickup orders were issued for the men, most of whom are now free on bond. I I The conspiracy counts accused the defendants of conspiring to (1) do an Illegal act injurious to public trade, (2) work a confidence game, (3) ys’ell misbranded jneat, (4) sell adulterated meat, (5) bribe public, officials, (6) obtain money under false pretenses from restaurant owners; : \ Nelson said the alleged acts of bribery took plsce between Wray and Siciliano and between Wray and Harold P. Evans who was state food inspector for Lake, McHenry and Boone comities in the northeastern corner of Illinois. He said Evans had turned state’s evidence and given the grand jury, a “great deal” of evidence in the case. Nelson did not say whether future action was contemplated against Evans. Mi The state’s attorney said there were seven alleged acts of bribery which took places it various timed in a saloon and at the plant of the Lake County Packing compang. The grand jury Chairman, Glenn W. Reinier, asked the court for more time for thd jury to complete its investigation. He emphasised that the jury considers its work far from finished although it is slated, to disband Sundak ’He promised the court an interim report on Thursday. •rt "W. ■!J’ ?Ji Three Ordered For Active Induction The Adams county selective service board today announced a call for three men to report for active induction into the nation's armed forces Monday, March 10. No calls have been received to date tor pre-induction physical examinations next month.

- . ———— r —— , ——g t BULLETIN * New York, Feb.2s.—(UP)— X The U.S. court of appeals as- .1 firmed unanimously today the K death sentences of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the husband 3 . . and wife spy team which stole I American atomic secrets for ~ the Russians. The Rosenbergs) were con- I 5 victed March 29. They appealed I on grounds that federal judge | | M Irving R. Kaufman had depriv- | j A ed them of a fair jtriaC J ' The husband ana wife, parents of two small children, have been In the death house J of Sing Sing prison Islce Shortly * after they were sentenced In 4 April. : MacArthur Assures Taft Os Support \ Taft Friends Say Support Promised Washington, Feb. 25.—(UP)—■ Gen. Douglas' MacArthur has’ personally assured Sen. Robert A- : Taft that he favors him 'for president, friends of the Ohio senator said today. f i • They said; Taft ! has accepted MacArthur’s assurances at face Value, and, therefore is not concerned about the growing speculation that the general might become a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in hi* Own right. , While Taft has been campaign* ing intensively for the nomination, MacArthur has publicly discouraged moves to make him a candidate. According to reports here,* be has privately endorsed Taft th many callers, although he has fiade nb clear-cut public endorser •pient. I. MJ J A MacArthur candidacy would damage Taft’s prospects because both men have support in the GOP wing opposed to the nominal tion of Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower; •. Among most Republicans here; MacArthur is viewed as a serious possibility for the nominations primarily in cade of a deadlock; between Taft and Eisenhower at the nominating convention next July; Strategists in the Taft campaign headquarters i already have added up delegates to show how the Ohio senator might win the nomination On the first ballot. This analysis is admittedly based oh speculation rather than claimed strength because few delegates have been chosen, yet; "■ j J The appraisal shows Taft with S4O votes—well over the 603 needed to win the nomination. The total includes 40 from among the to delegates from the uncertain state of Pennsylvania. On the other hand, it counts none from th! even v more uncertain state of Michigan. I While Eisenhower is at his military headquarters ih Europe, Silent on campaign issues, his supporter! are trying to show that feis stand on current Issues is no mystery. * In a Rollins College speech at Winter Park. Fla., last night. Sen. (Tw» To Page Twa) 1 H ' • jf

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Eight Escape Escape Proof Illinois Jail - j One Os Eight Men Reported Captured By Missouri Police * r Quinpy, 111., Feb. 25—(UP)— Illinois state police reported Missouri highway police had captured one of the eight men, who broke out of the Adorns county Jail at Quincy, 111., eahly today. , Raymond Henshn, 27, of St. Louis, wah picked up at Newburg, Mo., state police division hehdpiiarters at Macomb, 111., said. Henson wks moved to Rollo, Mo., where he is being held for Illinois authorities. > | A four-state alarm to state po- ; lue in Illinois, Wisconsin. lowa and Missouri was out for the other seven. It!was believed they were split up. i 1 \ Two of the escapees, Raymond Yowell, 17, and his brother, 19, both of St. Louis, were known to have been with Henson. They uere last seen near Jefferson City. '-A h Donald Walton. 18, of Clayton. HI. was seen driving a 1 1 cury near Clayton early this moaning. The other four prisoners were reported in the car. Their escape was made from what authorities called “an escape proof Built at a cost of 41,€50,000, it had been open orily since Jan. 15. / \ Jailer* Jim Jenkins sain Keith under), 30, of Savanna, believed to be the ringleader, coniplained of a headache shortly after mid flight. Jenkins said he went into the cell block to gyie Duden an aspirin when “someone hit me from behind.” They locked Jenkins in a cell. Seven other prisoners |n the jail at the time refused to join them. Two cars were reported itblen in Quincy minutes after the escape. Police also linked fouir robberies at jßowen, 111., where Uuden formerly lived, to the escapees. The breakins about dawn today netted |225. -• . ■ ] • j] The men took one machine gun end two bullet proof vests. However, policy said they would only be able to fire the gun one bullet at a time since they didn’t have \ (Tara To Page Five) Will Retain Three Voting Precincts Three Os Precincts Remain Unchanged The Adams county board of commissioners in special session today decided to retain Ceylon, East and West Jefferson voting precincts as ' they are at present. The board had been considering making some consolidations, but ' decided against it for the present ' time. The creation of the new De- 1 catur precinct as First Ward D* precinct, and the changes id Berne ' and Monroe* township, however, arfc 1 in effect. The commissioners also heard an 1 explanation of the proposed five 1 county drainage program which 1 would include Allen, Adams, Noble, DeKalb and Steuben counties. No official action has been taken on the proposed program but there i is considerable talk in the five i counties concerning it, and L. E. Archbold, county agent, stated that he merely desired to keep the ! Adams county men informed. The board adjourned at noon ufa ! til their next/Tegular meeting. . < INDIANA WEATHER < Generally fair tonight and 1 Tuesday, a little colder tonight Low tonight 12-18 north, 18-24 t couth. High Tuesday 32-38 I north, 38-42 couth. <

Candidate K OW fl dHAJI Lewis H. , Worthman, prominent Preble township farmer serving liis second year of his first term as commissioner from the first Adams county district, today announced that he would seek reelection to that office subject to tbe decision of Democrat voters at the May 6 primary elec j tion. The candidate said that if denominated and reelected he would continue to serve the people of Adhms county to the best of his ability. He has another full year starting next January 1, th serve on his first term, but it is necessary for bitt, to Htaaid for election at the November. 1952, election. Total Sun Eclipse Viewed In Africa Phenomenon Viewed By 60 Scientists > i 1 Khartoum, Feb. 25 — (UP) —<wed natives beat drums and slit the throats of bulls as sacrifices today while scientists from 10 countries photographed a total eclipse of Ufa suit which spread a belt of darkness across Africa, the middle east and Siberia. For three minutes, 9% seconds the moon obscured the flaming sun from this earth in a path 9,000miles long and 35 qiiles wide. j The 60 scientists, including) 39 from the United States, used -their hundreds of dollars worth of the most modern equipment to observe and photograph the phenomenon. Thbir observations will help them to retest the Einstein theory of relativity, improve the accuracy of aerial maps of the earth’! surface, and give new information on conditions in a vast area abound the sun. $ But to the natives* the eclipse was a manifestation of God or devils. ! TU < 1 As the path of the moon started to creep across (the the arums begin their eerie beat —the natives in the area around civillz- ( ed Khartoum were driving away ’ the devils responsible. Donkeys brayed, dogs bowleg, children beat spoons together to frighten the devils or hid their faces in the flowing robes of their mothers. * Jn the l southern Sudan, where the eclipse was only partly visible, tribesmen sacrificed their i hump-backed bulls,, bowing r their ’ heads and then slitting the ani- ’ mals’ throats with their sharp 1 knives. • Tbe eclipse became total at 11:11 a. m. (3:11 a. m. CST). In Rusisa 10 teams of astrono- . mers observed the eclipse in cen- ( tral Asia and Sibeiffa- t In northern India, Where the ( eclipse was ah estimated » 1,000,000 Hindtfa gathered to dip themselves In the sacr,ed tank of f Kurukshetra. In Calcutta, 300,000 T chanting Hindus took a purifying ( dip in the tributary of the Ganges ( river. » It was hoped that the observa- t tions here would contribute ma- i terlally to scientific knowledge f of the mysteries of outer space. c

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Compromise Plan Would Name Four Nations To Group Instead Os Six Panmunjomj Korea. Fek — (UP) —The United Nations offered today to withdraw their nomination of Norway to the truce supervision commission if the Communists withdraw Russia. Under the U; N. compromise plan, the supervision commission would comprise four instead of the previously agreed six neutral nations. I-i ' ! i 1 The two»,oommunlsl nominees would be Poland and Chechoslovakia. The has nominated Sweden and Switzerland. Chinese cA Pu Shan retorted / that the allies had “no justifica- f tion” to object to Russia's inclusion on the commission, but did I not flatly reject the proposal. | g U. N. Col. pon 0. barrow sug- I gested that the Reds reconsider the proposal seriously as a means of breaking a lojday deadlock in staff officers talks on Russia's eligibility to hit bn the "neutral” commission. “It Is obvfous that you intend to delay thesg negotiations If you do. not acbept our proposal,’’ Darraw said. ! “Rejection can be in- ! l~ terpreted only as an indication i that you do not want a solution to the neutral nations problem?’ The staff Officers alsd failed? to settle th® number; of ports tftrough which a maximum of 35, 000 troops a month wilt be rotated during a ♦ truce. The U. N. wanted six ports, but the Communists refused -to go above five. i -*4 A| second group df staff ojificers got nowhere in attempts to resolve f further problems) involve<| fn' an J exchange [of prisoners. The Reps stuck to their insist- \ ence they would hold out forever rather than yield to the 0. N. demand that; prisonprs be given the right to refuse repatriation, \ And the! Communists refused to K discuss any othre items relating to \! the prisoner exchange unless the allies relent fan the repatriation ' •> issue. When U. N. Col. George W. Hickman sought to turn the conference to other problems, the Communists refused to go along. However, the Reds did agree to turn over the six already agreed upon , principles of- a ppispper exchange to interpreters to work out a final agreement. Reds Move Artillery Sth Arfay Headquarters, Korea, Feb. 25—(UP)—Allied scout fliers reported today that the Commun- 1 ists are moving artillery forward 1 on the west-central front. Observation slfawed that the movemen thas been in progress jseveral days, and that the Red cuns now ar® able to fire deeper into allied territory. V\ : An allied spokesman said the movement of [guns probably was accompanied by q shift of troops. He noted (tha||<«vfafi enemy troops had been sighted in the last two days. Snow and rain curtailed both ground and aerial activity along <T«rn To K*aa* ! Five) : Assessors To Meet Thursday Morning County assessor Albert Harlow today called A! meeting of all persons in Adams county who have j been named to assist in the annual assessing of personal property. The instructional meeting will be held Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. The annual job of assessing is in the custody of the township trustee* expept fa Washington and Monrbe! townships. Several deputies also assist in the larger townships, ! The meeting Will tfa chiefly to acquaint the assessors with tbe | new 1952 form, which is changed considerably from that of a year ago. Several 1 personal property items have been added, such as television sets, deep freeze units and other similar itenis. The assessing will etart March 1 throughout tbe pouhty, Harlow said. f