Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 88.

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52 Persons Die When Airliner Crashes At Sea

San Juan. P.R., April 12.—(UP)— The Insular government today placed a police guard over Capt. John C. Burn, .hero-husband of singer lane Froman and pilot of the Pan American airliner which crashed at sea off San Juan yedterduy killing 52 of the 69 persons on board. For nearly four hours, police refused toi allow Miss Froman to efiter Burn’s hospital .room. They finaly admitted her at 9:45 a.m. (7:45 a.m. GST). in addition to Burn, there were 16 survivors from the four-engined DC-4. Thirteen bodies have be.en recovered.< It was feared that the 39 Jodies were entombed in the plahe wreckage 3,00<» feet' under the sea. District attorney Zojlo Dueno, directing the Puerto Rican investigation of the crash, ordered the police guard on Burn. Miss’ Frojrian arrived from New York at 3:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. CRT) and rushed to the hospital but police barred her from Burn’s room. While Jan American lawyers argued with police and tried to contact Dueno. Miss Froman fought back angry tears and shouted: “You had betterl call somebody or I am going to raise hell. »You could put me in but 1 am going to see my husband, I have been very nice but I’m going to see my husband or. else raise hell."" Dueno finajy amended his order and permittetL Miss Froman to see Burn, who rescued the beautiful singer from a similar plane crash in the Tagus river near Lisbon, Portugal, nine years ago. Max Jenessky, of Dayton Ohio, who lost his wife and two daughr >ters in tlie crash, arrived chi the plane with the singer. Mrs. Jenessky, June, 5. and Jackie Lynn. IS months’ were three of The five mainland Americans killed in the-, crash. The others were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vap Daahn, "St. Paul, Minn., whose bqdies were identified this morning.'. were trapped in the sinking | after they pushed their two-year-qid son Mark to the safety of a survivors arms. The other victims were' Puerto Ricans or Cubans. The bodies recovered were in tw'o funeral homes in downtown San Juan. The eoast guard cutter Bramble continued its search of area for other bodies, but reported early today it had sighted none. 1 The plane plunged into the sharkinfested Atlantic Ocean five miles (Turn To I*a*e Four)

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Steel Dispute Negotiations Are Recessed Mediators Settle Down To Long Fight Over Wages, Prices ■ ■ I Washington. Apr. 12 — (UP) — Government mediators settled down today far a long battle over steel wages and prices. With :li-\ steel dispute ‘apparently still hopelessly deadlocked, noting defense jnbbillzjer John R. Steelman sent negotiators for the industry and the CIO. United S eelworkers home for the Easter weekend and arranged a series >t nf’ivate conferences with chairman Nathan P. Feinsingef of bhe wage stabilization board. * Steelman refused to discuss the -'(.‘nation. But Feinsinger sail he Would meet again with union and management representatives on Monday unless j “developments” warranted a special session before then. I ' ■ ’ ■ Feinsinger denied that ‘he government, which seized the ■deel industry early Wednesday to avert a fiatrqnwide strike, would ‘ry to blackjack the companies into, a settlement by putting into fffeet immediately, the 2'3-qent bpurly wage increase recoriimrinded by the wage board. Government moL-es to settle the 'sipute on that pay raise 'have bogged down completely. The industry claims the hoard’s recommendations would require a rise of sl2 a ton in the price of steel. s The union’s 170-man wage policy cbmmittee hinted, however. thd< it ijiight try to negotiate a Settlement with the government—as manager df the industry—on that; wage (Recommendation. ; The committee adopted j a resolution yesterday stating that its patience is “not inexhaustible" ripd that it believes a settlement based on the board’s recommendations is “overdue/’ ■ / Industry officials, however, made (Turn To Page Four)

Sioux City Is Preparing For Major Floods Fight To Sandbag City Abandoned As Flood Waters Near Sioux City, la.. April 12.—(UP) — The fight to sandbag Sioux City against the worst Missouri river flood (treat in 71 years was abandoned today and the city prepared for a major I disaster. Philip Scherigenberg, area director for the Red' Cross, said he was informed the army had given up hope of stopping the giant Missouri river flood crest with sandbagging operations. Already, 1,496 families were evacuated to Red Cross shelters or took refuge with friends and relatives. And the) “Big Muddy” wasn’t expected to strike until late Sunday or early Monday. As the Missouri barrelled south; ward, leaving behind the dazed cities of Pierre' and Port Pierre, S.D., th,e Mississippi rolled on toward near record flood crests in Minnesota. Mississippi poured over the entire village of Lilydale, near St. Paul, routing 400-- residents from their homes. , . The Mississippi was at the 19.5foot level and was expected to, go to 21.5 by Monday. Flood stage is 14 feet. Army engineers at Sioux City were reluctant to \jpredict where the Missouri would strike its hardest blow when it rolled down from the north. •IJ.’s taken a different course every time.” said Schenkenberg. “It’s a sit and watch proposition now.” Some flooding already has occurred in the riverside and railroad areas) near Sioux City. The Red Cross shelters were set up to handle about 300 of the lowlands residents. Eleven other shelters were being prepared today for emergency use when the big crest hits. The city’s (big packinghouses were expected to suspend operations today. The stdckyards already was deserted. A state of emergency was declared for the area and four additional companies of the lowa national guard were moved into the area. In South Sioux City. Neb., where the Big Sioux river has flooded lowlands, mayor E. W. Allen closed a bridge spanning the Missouri into lowa. It was believed to be the first time the bridge was ever closed. The mo\ve severed all direct overland communications between northeast Nebraska and Sioux City. April Court Term Will Open Monday The April term of Adams circuit court will open Monday morning at 9 o’clock. Judge Myles F. Pan rish will call the criminal docket on Monday and the civil dockpt will be set on Tuesday and Wednesday. Judge Parrish has not indicated whether the grand jury would be called during the April 'term. From unofficial sources it was learned that a 1 call is not likely unless something unforeseen happens. r Set Adams Centra! i Hearing April 25 t Hearing Is Set For Proposed Building Another chapter in the long bat-tle-of, a group of remonstrators vyill he written in the Adams County Central consolidated school corporation effort to build a new building Friday. April-25, at 10 a.m. at the gymnasium in Kirkland township. I\ The school board recently passed a resolution for an additional appropriation. This appropriation i? to spend the money which will be derived from the bond issue. The bond issue was approved some time ago after a remonstrance had been* turned down. ' The remonstrators filed another petition with the school board at the time of the meeting when the appropriation was voted, and the state board of tax commissioners has set the date for the hearing of this remonstrance. Notices of the meeting were sent to the school board, county superintendent of schools Glen Custard, and county auditor Thurman Drew. A field representative of the state board will bear the remonstrators aud will present\ the matter to the full board for an official disposition. \

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Eisenhower Will Not Campaign Actively For Republican Nomination t 1 Li 1 ' \ ■d ■ •• \ \

Taft Backers Protest Stand By Eisenhower Score Decision To Refuse To Discuss Political Issues Washington, Apr. 12 — (UP) — Republicans backing; Gen. DwightD. Eisenhower for the GOP presi-f dentlal h braced today tor a torrent of protests from the TafCcainp against the geherals decision not to campaign until and unless he is nominated. Supporters of Sen. Robert A: Taft demanded for weeks that Eipenbower declare his position on; all cniapaign issues. ' Eisenhower followers greeted with enthusiasm the White House announcement yesterday that Eisrnhowe|- had asked to be relieved of his European defense command, e elective June 1. But the Ohioan’s partisans reacted by asking: "Where does Eisenhower stand?” They; were expected to react scornfully to Eisenhower's announcement today. Taft himself, who claims a lead over Eieenhower la the number of GOP convention delegates supporting him. withheld comment on the White |House announcement and was n<|t immediately available' for reaction to the general's statement today. But Rep. B. Carroll Reece (RTenn.),| Taft's southern campaign manager, greeted the White'House announcement by saying: . ; “Qne, wonder if he will continue to campaign from behind his uniform uhitil June 1 so he will be unavailable to the public to 'express ijimself on the issues.” i Another Taft supporter, Rpps Georgei Bender (R-O.), said the annouiwement of Eisenhower'd resignation was no surprise;” it would he news if we tinders ood where he stood bn the Issues of the day,” Bender said. * By resigning his European post June 1 Eisenhower cna return to the Urited States five weeks before thie Republican national conventiort opens in Chicago July 6. His supporters long have been planning a political program for him afjter he returns, but Eisenhower' i statement today apparently scotched these hopes. i ' J The general emphasized to newsm »n in Paris that he had not resigned frrao the army arid therefore d>d not feel free to discuss nolitic«.l issue#*now. However, in a letter to a Moiristown, N. J., freind, Eisenhower (Tun To Pmxe Six) Wild Dogs Killed In Union Township Hunt Is Underway For Third Animal Two wild dogs have been killed in Union township this week; six pups have been destroyed and residents of the community of the Tleasant Grove church, three miles north of U. S. highway 224 on the Root-Union township line, are -still searching for the third full grown dog. The |iogs have roamed the neighborhood, according to residejits for some time. They have attacked livestock and there are * reports that they have attacked several people. ? After the pups were found unde*ncath the entrance ‘porch o>f the church, a posse was organized. The two male dogs, both large gray andnals. were . killed this week. The female is still at large. Residents first thought the animals Were wolves. Origin Os the animals hsa not been discovered and tljey have been in the Adams county locality for several weeks.

Many Problems Still Confront President Took Office Just Seven Years Ago ■ J ' i ■ \ - Washington, April 12 —(UP) — President Truman found himself confronted today with almost as many problems as he faced seven years ago when he suddenly was catapulted into the White House. A war in Korea, critical nationwide strikes, a running fight - against inflation and the stresses of j an .election year blended into a trouble picture for the president as he" started his last nine months in ; office. ' \ Harry S. Truman was thrown abruptly into the presidency on the afternoon of April 12, 1945. when Franklin D. Roosevelt died suddenly at Warm Springs, Ga.iJ The grave-faced former senator (from Missouri rushed to the White House where was sworn in by chief justice HaHan F. Stone. Mr. Truman, who will be 68' on Ma| 8, has gone through seven difficult years in the White House amazingly well, according to his physician, Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham. ( , • “He’s in good shape,” Graham said today. Mr. Truman’s current weight is 174 j pounds which delights both physician and president. The chief %xelcutivc must watch his diet, however, lest rich banquet food expand his waistline. The president, following his Maffch 29 announcement that he woi|ld not accept renomination, appeared to his friends to be more relaxed and carefree than he had for inapy months. ’ During the two weeks since his historic announcement, however, new lines of worry have creased his nopnaly placid face. Ffe had to ifick an old friend and string pojitical supporter, attorney general J. Howard McGrath, out of the cabinet. , He lost his defense mbbilizer. Charles E. Wilson. , He seized, the steel industry to (T«r» To Pave Six) Deadlock On Truce Up To Communists UN Delegate Says Reds Must Retreat F*anmunjom. Korea,, Ajtril 12 — (UP) —A United Nations spokesman said after the shortest "negotiating” session of the marathon truce talks today that only the Communists could break the tight deadlock over Russian “neutrality” and military airfield construction. '■They’ve got to give,” said Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, ■ chief U.N., sub-delegate on the armistice supervision negotiating team. Harrison told the Reds in a oneminute session that he had “nothing td say” in answer to a 39-word statement by Chinese Maj. Gen. Fang. ’ . After the meeting, however, he reaffirmed the U.N.’s firm stand against the Reds’ nomination of Russia as a “neutrpl” inspector of an armistjce and against Communist airfield construction in North Korea during a truce. ? f \i “We are down to basic Issues,” Harrison said." They’ve gqf to give; it’s not frivolous. It’& very serious business.” The Chinese general opened the abbreviated bargaining session 'ith this statement: “Since the restffnption of the Subcommittees, we ijave clearly stated our position regarding the question of nomination of neutral nati<T|ps and the so-called questions of restriction on »airfield facilities. Hds your side anything to say?Y fNothing to say,”' Harrison ; tePlfed. , ! , - ? Tlf ydur side has nothing to sity, suggest Ito recess until the usljal titne tomorrow.” yWe agree,” the allied negotiator replied, and the two sides arose arid left the teat. p.N. spokesmen have indicated (Turn To Paco Four) 11 • <' ■■ .

Bolivia Rebels Build Up Hold Over Country Right-Wing Rebels Consolidate Hold After Revolution La Paz, Bolivia, Apr. 12—(UP) —Victorious right-wing rebels con- ■( solidated their hold on Bolivia today, foreswore reprisals against ousted government ryid promised national elections within months. The bloodiest revolution in La I az’s 404-year-old history ended yesterday in victory for the extreme rgiht-wing national revolu- , tionary movement\(MNß) after three days of bitter see-saw fighting. The capital’s morgues and hospitals were overflowing with dead , opd wounded. Estimates of dead . ranged from 200 to l.OftO and of\ wounded from 800 to 3,000. Property damage? was placed at more t titan with entire- districts in ruins. s ‘Nearly 1,000 persons rei ported taken into custody by the [ rebels, but most were expected to , ba: released. The whereabouts of ■ the ousted president. Gen. Hugo Ballivan, were not known, but he i was believed in hiding or to have ■ taken refuge in a foreign embassy • in' l La Paz. Ballivian headed a 10-man military junta which itself seized powfr .in a coup only 11 months a/go. The junta voided an election held May 6. in which the MNR candidate. Victor Paz Estenssoro, won a plurality but not the required majority v<j>tes. Congress was to have decided the final result. Paz Estenssoro was expected to fly back to La Paz from exile in Ttuenos Aires sometime today. (A dispatch from Arica, Chile, said Bolivian radio stations were esking for foreign medical aid for wounded and*-.dying. Amateur radio operators said the wounded occupied all the beds and all available floor space in crowded La Paz hospitals. Bodies of the dead were said to be piled in the streets. (Unconfirmed reports reaching Arica place the death toll in the revolution as high as 3.000 and the wounded at up to 6,000. \ In Washington, the sfate department said the U. S. embassy in La Paz reported that all American nationItiir, To Pare Six) William H. Myers Dies This Morning Heart Attack Fatal To Local Resident William H. Myers, 78,1 ©f 903 Winchester street, and\ a resident of Decatqir for most of his life, , died suddenly of a heart attack at ( 5:20 o’clock this morning at Van Wert, O. Mr. Myers, had gone to , Van Wert Friday for a visit with ; .Mr. and Mrs. Carey Myers, cousins, and becariie ill ' during the 1 right, dying shortly after suffering I the seizure. He was born in Van Wert coup- 1 ty Noy. 21, 1873. He, was employed for many year® rit the 1 Moltz Produce Co. and later work- ' ed for McConnell Wholesale. His ' wife, Arminta. died April 3, 1951. Mr. Myers was a member of the Bethany Kvangeßcal . United Brethren church and the Maccabees at Wren. O. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Dora Homer of Jackson, Mich., and a 1 umber of nieces nephews. One son preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2r p. ip. Monday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. F. H. Willard officiating. Burial yvill be in the Decautr cemetery. ,> Frfends •nay pall at the funeral home after 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

Six Air Officers In Refusal To Fly Charge Refusal To Obey Direct Order San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 12 — (UP) — A 35-year-old air force pilot, father of five childrne, was identified today as one of six officers Randolph air force base who have refused to go aloft since April 1. The pilot said he was “aftaid to fly.” | v | ' 1 ■ The military said he was lit Lt. James G. Bristol, a veteran of the Berlin airlift. He has beep formally charged with refusing to obey direct orders to fly. \ He said that it was his wife s "flying nerves” rather thap his own fear of flying that led to his lefusal. Bristol added that his wife's first husband was killed in an air force flying. Occident, and f’.e became more nervous ajiout his flights as their family grew; ( “She got where she was nearly prostrate with nerves when I was overdue on a flight,” Brhtpl said. "I just couldn’t fly under; those conditions. For the sake of my family I had to do this.” Bristol is the only one of six Eh-down pilots who has i been charged, although -the air ■ force is considering court-martialing all of the group. One of the World War II veterans in Hhe group went after he was overheard trying ; tp telephone President Truinan and two well-known newspaper colutmrists from a San Antonio hotel room. It was learned he got throtiga to one columnist’s secretary wild a tip on a "hot story,? but its nature was not learned. Except for his name, ther s 'was po further identification of Bristol immediately. And on orders from Washington, air force officials at San Antonio refused to disclose th enames of the other five men. The toilers are bombardiers or navigators. All six of the men. officials at <Tbi-m To Pace Six) Consider Strike Os Bell Employes Meeting Is Called i , By Union President Washington, April J - (UP)— Le'aders of the CIO communications workers met today to 'consider a strike of Bell System employes in 43 states and the District of Columbia. ? ' Union'president Joseph A. Beirne ! called the meeting after bis negotiators were rebuffed in thqir efforts to win other agreements in the system, based ori, a pact Signed yesterday with the Michigari Bell Telephone Co. It was reported rejjably union would signal first nation!wide telephone walkout since 1947 to back up its demands tor t; 12.7- 1 cent Jiourly wage and fringe increase., r ‘ \ h Coupled with the Western Union strike by the AFL commercial tele- 1 graphers, a telephone walkout < would cripple the country’s com- ’ munications system as never be- 1 fore. ■ - j The CIO uniori, which claims to ■< represent 300,000 Bel System work- < ers, would be subject to court ( action by companies whose con- ; tracts with the union have not yet > expired, However, such suitv frequently ared ropped pfter final j agreement is reached on new con- , tracts. Most of the union’s contracts with other Bell System companies ( (Tara T« Paca Six) 'T j IJi INDIANA WEATHER Rain tonight and most of < Sunday. Not much change in ( temperature. Rather windy , north portion tonight and en- ( tire state Sunday. Low c 36 extreme north to- 55 extreme south. > High Sunday 40-45 northwest, 55-60 southeast. . L 1 L . - r

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To Quit Army If Nominated At Convention Resigns Command Because American Politics Interfere Paris, Apr. 12 — (UP) — Gen. Dwight li. Eisenhower said today he would , not campaign actively for the U. S. presidency unless and until nominated by the Repub- ’ lican, national convention July 7. He said he had resigned his North Atlantic supreme command interfering with that vital job, but beciauee American politics were would not resign his five-star generalship in the U. S. army unless chosen the G. O. P. presidential candidate? \ In that case, he said, he would drop his role of citizen soldier, re\ sign from the army and “be free \ to speak and as a citizen with-* \ out any limitation.” Eisenhower 1 clarified his position and his plans at a 10-minute press conference conducted with 1 military efficiency at his Headquarters. He pretnittedi no questions afetr ibis extemporaneous statement. He later made similar statements for radio and television newsmen. ' In clipped, rapid-fire tones, he made these additional points: 1. He has “no plans whatso-'U ever" for the period Immdeiately following his return home, presumably around June 1,1 except that he hoped to attend the dedication of an Eisenhower museum in his home town of Abilene, Kan., June 4, and take a “short vaca/ tion.” ! j 2': He has “no indication at all” ori who would succeed him gg and “no information whatsoever’’ North Atlantic commander." ; 3. He will make a farewell torir to Brussels, the Hague* Oslo, and Copnehagen April 16 through 23. ,4. He hoped he could compi.jte " his military assignment here without further interruptions! by political affairs. Obviously under an emotional strain, he clenched and Unclenched his bjg’ hands as he stood before a microphone and expressed ’he hope that his resignation announcement would permit him “to finish this job.” i He’ said circumstances had. c hanged drastically s'lncii his Jan. 7 declaration that he would not ryk to be relieved frorih-his post to seek political office. At that time, he said; he felt ’he Eisenhower-for-persident movement in the U. S. would not interfere with his duties Ugre. Instead, he said, thd political demands had caused “incessant in- - terriptions . . . compelled me not. to wait any longer,” He 1 said a n\ounting volume of I oljtical requests had turned his headquarters into .a semi-polltical organization which made most Europeans regard him as more a political than a military figure., Eisenhower did not say in so many words that be would not campaign for the Republican nomination. But his reference to defense limitations until ne has resigned from the U. S. army, buttressed by his Jan. 7. declaration that he would not tinder any circumstances engage in a pre-con ven t ion battle, made his meaning clear. • He said later In a radio state- s inpnt that he hoped to take a short vacation with his wife. Mamie, after he return to the U.S. “We are e<agtrly looking forward to a short vacation, if we may be ’liowed to take it, after our return.” he sajid. In regard ;to a successor, he said, any one of a number of men could fill job and if would ba useless to submit questions to him concerning his choice of a new supreme commander. Noon Edition