Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 68.

Truman Says Eisenhower Is .A ■ ' ' ' Free To Return

Key West, Fla., Mar. 20 —(UP)— President Truman said today that Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower is at to return from Europe any time he deems it safe and proper. Thus the president left .squarely up to the general when he leaves his post as European defense commander to enter Republican politic s actively. Mr. Truman at his first meeting with reporters in three weeks bluntly corrected the impression left by Democratic chairman Frank E. McKinney that the president would not seek re-election if there is peace in Korea. Korea does not enter into the politics of this country at all, the president said when asked about McKinney's statement of yesterday. • Mr. Truman also said Korea has no bearing whatever on wha( he himself, may decide to do. ' Mr. Truman said he had told Eisenhower personally that \ he could use his own judgment about returning to this country; that the general could come }>ack whenever it was proper and safe in his own judgment. * Mr. Truihan praised the job Eisenhower is doing in Europe, but said he was not interested in the political fortunes of Eisenhower, who showed imposing strength in Hampshire and Minnesota Republican presdientail preference primaries. jQhe president's apparent com- ' piete rejection of McKinney’s thesis that peace in Korea and Mr. Truman’s plans for reelection v^ere.,.hooked together came as a surprise to newsmen, ■> Yesterday, as he wound up three days of talks with the president, the chairman told in detail, how he got the impression from lhe president that the chief executive would hot run again if a jieace settlement is achieved fairly soon. ? Asked whether McKinney accurately- reflected his views, the president without mentioning the chairman’s name said twipe that Korea did not enter into the politics of the nation and was without s C any bearing en his own plans. Eisenhower came into the press — conference discussion when a Reporter . observed that columnist Walter Lippmann had said that it , was; not the president’s duty to bring Eisenhower home in view of the general’s showing at the polls in Minnesota and New Hampshire. The president safd ws were trying to attain an objective in Eurcne and Eisenhower is the key ran in attaining that objective. The general, according to the president, understands situation better than Changes Position Paris, Mar. £0 — (UP) — Gen. Dwight D. .Eisenhower said today that hiA showing in the Minnesota primary forces him “to re-examine my personal position and past decisions" on his candidacy for the (Tarti To Paa* Six) Egg Tree NowOn Display, Library Welcomes Visitors The egg tree, Decatur’s annual Easter display, sponsored by the Decatur public library and Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, has been erected and is ready for visits from the hundreds of Adams county children and adults who come each year to inspect the tree. The tree this year has more than 400 colored eggs arid little story i book character^, 1 made out of egg shells. First visitors will be 65 pppils from Pleasant school, who will visit the library Friday afternoon. This is the third year for the tree, which was used many years ago as pre-Easter decorations in many . countries. The tree attracts hundreds of visitors each year.\ Contributions to the tree are made by ’ people in the county and each year numerous new eggs are added. The tree will be on display during regular library hours and the public is invited to visit the display. INDIANA WEATHER Fair to partly pioudy tonight., Friday increasing cloudiness and a-little colder,! followed by rain at night, possibly beginning southwest portion in afternoon. Low tonight 30-35 north, 34-38 south. High Friday 45-50 \ . north, 5060 south. .

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Five Enemy Planes Downed By Sabrejets New, Foster Model Os Jet Being Made J Seoul. KoreA, Mar. 20—(UP)— American F-8G sabrejets shotelbwn five Communist MIG-15 jets and damaged five others today in twjq|' \fierce air battles oVer northwestern Korea. s ■ ; There was no mention ! off the pew type eneipy jet in rejporfo of today’s action: One of the new nlanes was hjit yesterday 1 bin \mericgn pilot. < Twenty-eight sabres of pl the fourth fighter-interceptor -Wlnpi destroyed three enemy jets arid damaged two in a half-hour light against 40 "very aggressive” MGS east of the Yalu Rier near jSini liju. Two other MIGs were destroyed end three damaged in a fight between 26 sabres of the 51st ’ring and 65 MIGs in a 20-mini)te buttle north of Sinanjp. Col. Walker Mahurin. 927 Wildwood. Fort Wayne. Ind., was credited With a damaged MIG. On the ground, there were only! two light enemy probes rind scattered minor patrol clashes today. The probes were both south of Kosong and east of the Nam rivß I ear the east coast. Bpth ivejre repulsed. I Snow hampered aerial |' and ground action alike. but surface naval eraft continued their! pejuriding of. Communist shore installations. The battleship Wisconsin fired all night, choosing 17 separate east coast targets. New Model Washington. Maj-. 20 — (U?J), R- , Undersecretary of air R. L’ Gilpatric said today d new and faster model of the F-86 sabre jet ex-peci-ed to be better thin the RuUign MIG-15. will start] rolling off! tjie production lines riext month, j; Gilpatric said thp new mod|el wjill bAve a more powerful jet engine —the General Electric i—to increase its speed and enable it to climb to higher altitudes. ‘ The sabre jet fighter in Korea, is rated Aljout equal ti> the MIG-15. each excelling at different altitudes and in certain .performance characteristics. Btit the sAbre jet has held a superiority of about 7 to 1 ip shooting MIGs in aerial dombat. Part of this superiority hjasl been attributed to better American pilots, Gilpatric also fold a news con(Tnvu To Page Six) ' t |\ ,j / Lady Bank Worker Held As Embezzler Confession Is Made By Kokomo Woman Kokomo, Ind., March 20—(jpP;) — An attractive 27-year-old vljoman bank eriiploye, described by her as an “ideal worker,” was accused by tie federal bureau of investigation ’today of embezzling more than 68,000. ;| .[ | Mrs. Blanche I. Clark, a Sypisw clerk at the Unio i “Bank And Trust Co. in Kokomo, will be arraigned before U.S. commissioner Lavßejnce Turner today in Indianapolis. FBI agents said she taking the money, but furnished no motive for the They said Mrs. Clark claims she doesn’t know what happened so the money J It just slipped through her fingers, she told them. , i 0 i r Her husband, Hilbert, is an auto .mechanic. £ FT ‘ : Bank officials said they. . were “shotted" when An audit in hler department last Friday revefqed a falsification of records. They! paid she was an ideal employe. Bank authorities said the rhoney was taken over a two-yearl period from government E bond accounts under her supervision; They said she withheld money paid for the bonds, and balanced herj books at the end of the month by applying collections foR later sales ito the accounts. The reported U the federal reserve bank, complaint charging her with ertbefr lement in violation of the Jfpderal reserve act was filed with 'Turneryesterday. ■ H ' lft| ■ h • ■’ ■■■ i V-.

Sen. Taft Pulls Out Os Primary B In New Jersey I Declares Governor Broke His Word By M Backing Eisenhower Washington, Mar. 2o — (UP) — Sen. Robert A. Taft today pulled out the New Jersey'presidential primary contest because, he said. Gov. Alfred Driscoll has “broken his word” and endorsed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Thp New Jersey contest on April 15 offered the only remaining primary; contest between two of the chief rivals for the GOP president fail nomination after last week’s - Hampshire vote in which Eiseiihbwer defeated Taft. The Ohio Republican announced his decision ot pull out of New Jersey just two days after Eisenhower's astonishing write-in vbte in, \ the Minnesota primary, where Taft was-not entered. Although Taft said he would close his state | organization in New Jersey, it was uncertain wnether Taft’s name could be reL moved from the ballot. The Taft organization planned to try. The office of the New Jersey secretary of state promptly announced at Trenton that Taft cannot withdraw his nariie. It said that; under state law, the deadline for withdrawal was March 12 apd that only court action can remove Taft's name: "Because Gov. Driscoll has broken his word and has obviously taken steps to corrupt the intent of the present primary of New Jersey, 1 have decided not to contend for the preference vote in the New Jersey primary on April 15.’’ Taft said in a statement issued through his headquarters here. ' “Reversing his previous position, Gov, Driscoll announced his phen support of Gen. Eisenhower on March 17 and one of his leading political associates. Lloyd Bu ?darsh, secretary of state, said at the same time that the state Republican organization will actively campaign for Gen. Esienhower.” Taft said tttfese statements could mean only that New' Jersey GOP workers would fee! "the pressure and power” of both the governor and the state organization. "It is an atmosphere in which tlie?e cannot be a: fair contest in the New Jersey preference primary,” he said. Taft said Driscoll had “maintained his show of neutrality” until after the March 12 deadline for withdrawing from the preference (Turn To Pa K e Ei«ht) Rosemary Hetrick Dies This Morning High School Junior Is Taken By Death t■' ! ■ Miss Rosemary Hetrick, 16, popular Decatur high school junior, died at 7:30 o’clock this morning at the St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne. Miss Hetrick had been a patient at the hospital for more than three weeks. She underwent delicate brain surgery Wednesday,*hn operation which required more than five hours, and her condition had been critical since the operation. A ruptured blood vessel in the brain led to her illness. The high school girl was born in Berne'April 26, 1935, a daughter of Maynard and - Mary Thomas-Het-rick. The family has resided in Decatur for the past seven years. Mr. Hetrick Is commercial instructor in the Decatur high school. Very prominent in high school affairs, Miss Hetrick was particularly active in the school band, the school chorus aind the Pep Champs, an organization of the girl students in boosting school athletics. , She was a member of the First Methodist church. \ Surviving in addition' to her parents are a sister, Miss Janbt Hetrick, at home, and her (grandmothers, Mrs. Ralph Thomas \of Bluffton and Mrs. Rosa Hetrick of Craigville. ' Funeral services will be conducted at 2 Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist church, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial wjll. be in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the residence, 126 South Sixth street, where friends may call after 7 o’clock Friday evening until time of the services.

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FOLLOWING TWO DAVS of-talks with President Truman, Democratic National Committee Chairman Frank E. McKinney holds a shirtsleeve press conference at Key U'elsj. His personal view was that Mr. Truman’s decision on a re-eledtibn try is predicated on result of the peace move in Korea. He at a possible "open convention” in July which might insist thi| the president run again.

pt Eisenhower Backers To Ask Delegates Ask Delegates From I Minnesota Primary ■i : 1 Minneapolis, Minn., Mar; 20 — f UP) —Supporters of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said today they would seek to obtain national convention delegates for the general afterfhis amazing write-in showing in the Minneapolis primary. |At the same time! Elisenhower backers in at least three o<her states debated whether they should launch campaigns for write-in votes in view of the success of: the Gopher state’s campaign. The outcome of the Minnesota move to get delegates for Eisenhower was in doubt. His supporters said they planned to ask the April 26 conventions of the third and fifth districts to remove two StaAsen delegates from each of the districts and substitute two pro-Eisenhower delegates. - . p They also said they might ask the May 24 state convention to approve a slate of 10 delegates-at-large for Eisenhower.: Officially, all 28 Minnesota GOP. delegates are pledged to Harold E. Stassen, the winner in Tuesday’s primary. Twenty-five delegates were chosen at the primary and three more will be selected at the state convention. Some observers felt that a court fight might develop if the Eisenhower group pressed its demands for delegates. But the Eisenhower backers said they felt they were justified in view of the tremendous wave of! popular support for the shape eomrpander evidenced by his showing against Stassen, former governor of jMninesota and th£ favorite (Turn To Pase Ei<bt)

■U! I ■ 1 i ■ \•' \ ' s : I !l 1■ . < (Rev. John D. Mishler, Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren) THE FINE ART OF PATIENCE 1 ' ' bl S “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about •with so great a cloud »of witnesses, let us lay] aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily bCsdt us, arid let us run with patience the race that is set befqre us.” 1 \ Hebrews 12:1. 5 ■ =' !j! :c ■ ( Patience is to be learned practiced. It is conceived in commitment and prayer.; It is born in love and understanding from God. Even as Jesus transmitted the righteousness of God through His life, also do we. Jesus learned obedience through His suffering. (Heb. 5:8), { • ’ , , How patiently Qod has wrought with His impatient children. How patiently Jesus worked with His erring disciples. How patiently a good mother teaches her active child. This requires endurance. How patient will a Christian be in life? Will he endure? Patience has a synonomous meaning to endurance and selfcontrol. ' ' ' ! Thb author of Hebrews lived in a <me oil great persecution to the Christians. Some were Sotne had given up the faith. In Hebrews 12:1 he likens the gqod life to a race. The supreme goal is ahead. All along the track are thofse who are cheering to victory. They are the ones he rids spoken of in chapter 11. (They are those who have had endurance. In this race you and I are not alonfe However it will demand patience and endurance. Don’t give upj ever. Now is the time to cast aside all excess baggage. Prepare? yourself for the long stretch ahead. To become entangled with a besetting sin soon disqualifies the runner. Jesus patiently bore our sins. "Wbo for the jby that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.” Heb. 12:2. Patience is to be desired arid cultivated in the Christian life. “For ye have of patience, tlwt after ye have'done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” 'Heb. 10:36. The Christian life must be an Imitatio Christi.

,p; ; : : •; J--J £ J Special Days Planned Here April 8 and 9 A farmers implement and grain dealerfei day is being planned for this <‘jtY April 8 and 9. The retail cbm.m|i‘|4e of the Decatur Chamber of Corii|nerce. in planning for these days. Hnnaunces that farm imple-. ments hnd farm’ feeds will be on display! ground the pourt house square.; | The has also suggested thaj < retail stores of the city remainjdpen thesp two nights to accomodate the rural visitors to the city, an entertainment feature, band concerts will be presented each afternoon And nighty |||| , Gives Information On Henry Grunewald House Committee Voices Suspicion Waslipgton. March 20. —(UP)— Accoui|Hint Joseph Stearns testified t<i<iay that only $36,580 of man" Henry W. Grunewald’s >declared income of $269,580 for 194:1 and 1950 was from identified agrees. ' \ Stearns told the house ways and 'means i subcommittee investigating tax scandals that Grunewald told him only that the unidentified portion came from gambling winnings. "He Maid it could be horse racing, poker finnings, and other gambling,” Stearns said. Grunewald was not present. His pliysicjAn, Dr. John James Curry, said has suffered a heart ijittack and will be out of circulafipn for about four months. Rep.f]Robert W. Kean (R-N.J.) told Curry that, the committee is "suspietous” of his patient. The group ||as been trying to question Grunewald since last December. Ivean said Grunewald has become (Toni To Pace Six I

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Agree On Ports Os Entry In Truce Talks : Partial Blackout Os News May Be Imposed On Talks Panmunjom, Korea, Mar. 20 — (UPj-S-Thp. United Nations welcomeq today a possible Communist hi|tjtol impose a news blackout on at| least one phase of the Korean truce talks in the hope of breaking A deadlock and reaching an arfnistice. t Bri£. Gen. William P. Nuckols, official spokesman tor the U. N., said suih a blackout might have tlie effect of speeding up the staleiria,tejil prisoner of war discussions, think any possibiltiy should jbe overlooked,” he said. Nuckols commented on a news blackout in response to questions ft om,'allied newsmen. Their questions followed persistent hinting by Communist correspondents at l anrijunjorn that such a course might speed the talks. \ \ Th& J Communists have used tneir; correspondents previously to nut put “feelers” to the Allied negotiators. Nnckols did not say whether the illies would suggeat a news biac|oiit themselves at their next i.iceting. But the tenor of his remarks' left no dqubt blit that such a blackout, if proposed by the Commun|sts would be looked on favorably.' j Th® thyee outstanding issues on v hilte both sides are deadlocked (1| Forcible versus voluntary repatriation of prisoners; (2| Naming Russia as a “neutral”! true® inspector; (3J- A ban on construction of uirfiplds during an armistice. Nip kols' comments referred primarily to the discussions on prisinsist that the allies return all Red prisoners while (he allies say Bach prisoner should decide for himself whether he wantps to return. EArlier today, allied truce nego(Tur« To Pan Kight) steel Mills Keep Furnaces Going Gamble Steel Strike |Vill Be Postponed i Pittsburgh, March —(UP) — industry kept its furnates in full production today fti a gamble that’ the CIO United Steelworkers will ’heed the government's, request for postponement of a nation-wide stride !set for Sunday midnight. However, plans for a quick cutin production were ready in etent the USW’s wage policy committee in Washington refused to delay the walkout until the jwage stabilization board can reppH its recommendations in the industry-union wage dispute. U;S. Steel Corp., which produces a th|rd of the nation’s steel, switched tfiree furnaces in the Pittsburgh district from ferro-manganese pro duefion to basic iron. T|ie move did not affect steel pro duefion, but will facilitate rapid banking of the furnaces in event of a shutdown. , - oh her companies also readied for rapid cooling of coke ovens and bla|t furnaces; but maintained full output. I , Jones & Laughlin Steel, fourth largest producers, said it was "readying plans” for Closing. Al-, legijeny Ludluni Steel Corp.) one of the largest producers of alloy steals, scheduled its opCn hearth and’ electric furnaces for full pro duejion until midnight it will start closing them unless the strike is postponed. The! companies retried full crews on hand A*Kh absenteeism below normal. " ' '

Body Os Infant Is Found At Willshire Body Is Found In St. Mary's River No marks of violence were found on the body of the new-born boy baby recovered from St. Mary’s river yesterday, northeast of Willshire, Ohio, Dr. W. C. Trapp, Van Wert county coroner, stated today. Dr. Trapi> conducted an autopsy and said that the infant had been born alive. Apparently a homicide case, the formal verdict may not be given for several days, as investigatitn of the founding of the infant’s body continues under the direction of Roy Shaffer, Van Wert county sheriff. . 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kesler Os Willshire were driving on state road 49. when they saw what- appeared to be a doll clothed in a white wrapper. They: reported the incident to Frank Ketrow of Willshire. who went to tn» scene with, the Keslers and waded into the stream and found the child. The infant was wrapped in a rosecolored sweater, had been placed in a white pillow case with embroidered edges. In support of his finding that; the infant was alive when born. Dr. Trapp stated that the placenta was attached to its umbilical cord, and that there were no marks of i violence on the body. Pathologist Fred Hemstha of Lima Memorial hospital, examined the body, buts did not report his findings. The body could have floated dowm the river a mile or more, authorities However, what might be a clue in the bizarre case, was the finding of tattered shredal of clothing on a tree limb about 75 feet from where the body was found suspended oh brush in the river. Authorities believe the body was in the river several days, being, tossed or dropped in the stream during the high wafer stage. Commissioners To Meet Here Monday Otto Hoffman, president. of the board of county has issued a call for a special meeting of the board to be held next Monday morning at 9 O’clock in the commissioners room of the court house. j Thurman Drew, auditor, has been authorized to notify the members of the meeting. Several problems will be discussed by the’ board prior to. the regular April meeting Monday, April 7, it was said. Students' Art Work On Display Tonight i Grade School Display During PTA Meeting The highlight of the PTA meeting to be held this evening at the Lincoln school is the art exhibit the students from kindergarten to the sixth grades have on display at the school. The work was started last fall and the best pictures from each lesson the children had, were saved. The pictures are of everything imaginable, from autumn scenes to the comedy character, Elmer Fudd. There are a thousand pictures, so ■ one can imagine how many subjects the -young artists covered. “The imagination of these children is terrific and their efforts are shown in their work.’’ an observer remarked. Miss Kathryn _ Kauffman, art teacher is in charge of the entire program, and is inthusiastic : over the results obtained by her pupils and the ability displayed by them. The judges for the affair bad their hands full Wednesday afternoon in trying to select the best pictures and who would win. a blue ribbon. “It seems a shame we must award just one prize to each room,’’ they said. “Indeed it does but of course it has to be this way. there are just too many children and (Tara Ta Face >lx)

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Union Leaders > Delay Decision OnSfkeCaO Bfl President Truman CallsiWilson To Emergency Parley ; oV ~ &r Washington, March 20.—(UP)-+-Presidept fruman today called defense mobfiiker Charles E. Wilson to an emergency conference at Key’ West as umon leaders deferred decisiou on whether to call a national, steel strika-after midnight Sunday. There w« a chance that the wage stabilization board might issbe recommenoktions for settling the critical steal, dispute before Wilson takes off f|>r his meeting with Mt. Truman inlFlorida. Wilson ‘Bad planned to heave some tim| i I around mid-afternoon. But a apt tesman said he might postpone ? ie trip, possibly until tomorrow ‘ r later. CIO pre| dent Philip Murray announced it panwhile that his steel- , workers u don w’ili nos act on a governmei strike postponement request ui til it studies the wage board's sq (hconiing proopsals. Wilsonj 'summons to Key West - had been i escribed as a “hurry up” call. But,: unexpected delay in the wage board’s w’ork apparently made his timetable uncertain. , The way ? board worked all night in the hoj » of hammering out proposals tha would remove tht> threat of a stee strike which officials have said could be “disastrous” t<j the defen; » effort. The mee ing ended abruptly early today win a chairman Nathan P. Feinsipgei fainted from fatigue. Another m etiqg was scheduled for 1 p.m., CS I, at which labor, industry, and pt >li£ members may reach agreement pn a settlement recommendation, ; 4 Public r eikmer John Dunlop reported tha jF*eiijsing:e r has recovered and wil preside at the afternoon meeting. i) .. Murray s»t Informally with the s* executive board and said it wi j* “standing by” to receive the board's proposals. The 35-man bo; rd will study the recommendatiom and then pass them—• and its a< .’lce—-on \to the union’s 170-membe jpoHcy committee. The larger group then will make the strike W no-strike decision. It had been scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. (C .j), but because of the WSB’s de ay, the hour was left indefinite. , S. Murary pid the committee would meet “lat< /today, late tonight, or possibly |n|prrow.” pending on when,. the wage board comes up with its p pposals land the union’k executive board “completes its\ study of t fem. The cht imah’s brief collapse, however, upset the board’s timetable for pining up with recommendation in the deadlocked dispute. ; Philip > Urray, president of the CIO and he Vnited Steel workers union wei t into informal session with hfs teel workers’ executive board aboi t, 9:30 a.m. CST. - He told a reporter he was “Just going to ilk With the boys” but that it wai mot an official meeting, i He saidl Jhe union's wage policy committee jnigfat meet “later in the day, but t |it ipn’t definite yet.” A ■meeting. 1 id been scheduled for 1 p.m. CS" i Murray said he had no further ct nment on the situation at this tirl k Feinsing sudden collapse occurred shi rtly before 6 a.m. CST, about eigl i hours after the board began a < mtinuous session in an effort to c me tip with wage recommendatiori for settling the dispute. Several iteet companies h’ad announced 1 tst week end that they would hav > to start curtailing blast t . furnace o| erations by today. Howevel CK) president Philip Murray’s aibsequent announcement that the up ion’s wage policy committee definitely would make a decision on |the proposed postpone- ; ment at Its Washington meeting apparentljaled the companies to de(Twa Te Pace Ktckt)