Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 91T

28 Persons Die After Crash Os Plane Today

All On Board Die In Crash In California Airliner Crashes Into Hill Slopes Near Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif.. Apt. 18 — (UP) —A Transcontinental Airliner Avliich vanished over £he fog 5 riiroud.ed San Gabriel valley crash- < ed into the’slopes of grassy Puente Hills today, killing all person's—believed to total 28 — who were aboard, sheriffe deputies said. The first Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies to reach the scene, just 1 ' above the .dead end of La Belle street in North Whittier Heights, 1 -14 miles east .of here, reported “all aboard dead.” J A North Continental Airlines official aj .nearby Lockheed air 1 'ternffnal. reported there ' were ' “three crew members and about 25 ' passengers” aboard the twinengine non-scheduled airliner. ' The sheriff's message said, the 1 wreckage was spotted in the 1 Puente Hills at the “east end of 1 Laßelle street" in North Whittier * Heights, 14 miles east .of here. The country is heavily populated with orange and avocado l grove*. A sheriff's call for three ambulances was radioed 15 minutes after the first report was received, i. w . The plane, a non-scheduled North Continent airliner en route made its last radio contact at 3:33 irom New York to Los Angeles, a. in. PST. Pilot Lou Powell, Long Beach, reported at the time he was over Downey, Calif., 17 miles east of here and less .than five miles from where the twinengine C-46 crashed. When 'he plane failed to land, at its estimated time of arrival. 3:45 a*, m.. (the Los Angeles Tnternation--4 al airport tower listed it as “overdue.” * „ • An immediate three-pranged ground-air search was ordered with the, sheriff's aero squadron and, the March air force base air rescue team taking over the land and air check oflhe Puente Hilts area. Three coast guard planes, two amphibs and a . helicopter, worked the coastline until the- plane was “I spotted on the possibility the plane had overshot Ixjs rnational airport and crashed into the ocean. f . \ The representative for the .company, which has its headquarters in Kansas City, said the flight originated at New York’s La Guardia fiel|di ’’early yesterday or late Wednesday night.” "■'„>* ’ , “There should haVe been about (Tnrm To Pav» Slx» Morrison Infant Dies Os Pneumonia, Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon . Lyle Aaron Morriispn. two-morith-old son of Charles W. and Olive Ridenour-Morrison', died,at 5 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. " The infant had been ill sjnce Tuesday with pneumonia and was brought to the hospital Thursday when his condition became critical. < The boy was born in Decatur Feb. 16. Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, Wilfred,- at home: the paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Morrison of . Pleasant Mills, and ‘'the paternal great-grandfather, Charles Morrison of Blue Creek township. .. I Funeral services’ will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pleasant Mills < Methodist church, the Revi Harley T. Shady officiating. Bprial Will he in the Tricjcer cemdtery near Salem. | The> s body will be moved . from the. Zwick funeral home to the residence, one-half mile south of Pleasant Mills, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday.. .» . 1 . ’ ... - -j..-' .. ■;

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New York Democrats ■ ' I 'j ■ ’ To Back Harriman Back Harriman In f Presidential Race New York; kpril IS.— York state Deipoqrdtic party leaders chose W, A* er ell Harrjrqan today'as the unanbhey’U back for the party’s presidential nominatioh. j li a joint press conference following a meeting of county I)emocratiC chairman, Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-N.Y.) and state Democratic chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick said they would urge Harriman’s canpidaey “throughout the country. !’ ' j■ j • v Lehman, who turned\ “favorite son” designation at today’s meeting, said: "1 want to make this clear |n presenting the name of Mr. Hardiman. We jare not doing it as a gesture or as a holding operatidh . . ,/we are very hopeful that stipporb Will be sufficiently strong throughout the country to gain him the nomination and' the election.” ‘ Ajnd reports from Washington indicated that such a choice would havp the approval of President Trumaij. Mr. Truman's remarks at a press conference yesterday indicated he might support Harri'man now that Giv. Adlai Stevenson of IHinbis bus said he does not Want the nomination. ; Last night’s SIOO-a-plate dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, biggest. Democratic get-together po far this, year, attracted 1,500 guesjs whet put $150.0041. into the party’s Campaign kitty. 1 ‘ I - Harriman, former ambaSsddor to MSscow and now mutual security administrator,, received the praises of feuch after-dinner speakers as Seni Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and: Robert S. Kerr of Oklaihoma, botji avowed candidates' for the party nomination, and Stevenson, whq removed himself as possible standard bearer Wednesday.' Stevenson, who smilingly apologized for coming to dintiet* as a "candidate for governor 1 '! instead of “candidate for. president,’’ waijned that complex problems beset 'the nation. "No living Americans knows more about such problems than Hirrij man,” .Stevenson said. . The Illinois governor said the Republican party is “bereft of commoti purposes, policy, principles or program" and told guests that "oniens are good" for a Democratic victory in November. “The Republican party reminds me of the mule who starved to (Turn l uge Two) Northern Indiana ! Bankers Meet Here First State Bank 4 post To Meeting The Fits! State Bgnk of Decatur wai host- Thursday afternoon and evening to the Northern 'lndiana conference of bank auditors and controllers. ■ ■ f H More than 50 bankers arid employes of northern Indiana banks attended the afternoon and night sessions held at the American Legion home. Vyron B, Detamore. president of tlief organization, k and assistant cashier and auditor of the! First National Bank oT Marion conducted the afternoon round-table session. IR. P. Allen, president o^'the National Bank of Milace, Minn., was the principal speaker at the evening mejeting. which was preceded by a dinner served at the Legion home. The visitor also |is immediate past president of the national bank auditors and controllers association. Herman H. Krueckeberg, Cashier of First State Bank, Decatpr, was chairman of the araangement's committee. I ■■■• j ; I! • . M Qther officers of the Northern Indiana group include Ctiaides D. Coen, auditor of the National Rank and Trust Co. Routh Bend, vicepresident, and L. Louis Leland, auditor of First National bank of Wabash, secretary-treasurer.! ! > E * I I **l 'J i ' ’I ' i

14 . Berne Man 1$ KiMAs Cycle And Auto Crash Clyde Cook Killed Thursday Evening » In Traffic Crash Clyde Cook, 351 of Berne, employe of file Dunbar Manufacturing Co. of that city, was instantly killed about 7 o’clock Thursday \evening when the motorcycle he wak riding crashed headon with a southbound auto on U.S.; highway 27, approximately one'mile north\of Geneva. The cycle'apparently was thrown into the path of the auto, driven by Mrs. Virgie Myers, 23, of Berne, after the motorcycle glanced off ithe left 1 rear of another car which Cook was attempting to pass. Robert Shraluka, Adams county sheriff, in reconstructing the accident, said Cook was following an auto driven by Rfchard Renberger, 19. of Bryant, a member of the marine corps; Renberger Stopped to pick up two hitchhikers and Cook attempted to swing arounc) the Renberger vehicle. The motorcycle, however, struck the left rear of the car a s . glancing blow, throwing the cycto into Ifie'path of Mrs. Myers’ auto. Cook’s goggles and helmet were imbedded 1 in the grillwork of the auto, the pidtorcycle being dragged about 100 feet. Cook was thrown an additional 64 feet. The Berne man suffered a slijiT! ifracture, broken neck, frav”>> / f both legs, fractured left arn. : his right arm was torn off. Mrs. Myers, who was accompanied by a seven-month-old daughter, suffered an arm injury and was takep to the Jay county hospital at Portland forh treatment. The child escaped injury. This was Adams county’s second . traffic fatality of t,he year and the second within five days. Sheriff Shraluka was assisted in bii“. investigation by state patrOlrrian Waiter Schindler and Earl . Warnock and Harmon Gillig, . Adams county coroner,. Funeral Sunday The Berne workman, a veteran of . World War 11, was born in Adams • county d an - 28, 1917, a son of Joseph and Magdalenea Hirschy- • Cook. His mother still lives at Ceylon, and it is believed Cook Was ; enroute home after visiting his > mother at the time of the accident. Surviving in addition to his ! mother are his wife, the former ‘ Orpha Ellenberger; a brother, Herman Cook of Berne, and two sisters, Mrs. Harold Langham of Ceylon and Mrs. Elmer Bailey of near Geneva. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Yager funeral home, the Rev. J. Pritchard Amstutz officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2t30 o’clock Saturday aftdrnoon. I I. i \ r 1 1 -Y ■■ • Acquit Newsmen On < Defamation Charge 1 f Five Are Acquittedj t In Louisiana Today t 4 j Lake Charles, La., April 18 — " (UP)—Five Lake Charles newspa- , permen charged with “defaming” j three admitted gamblers and 15 r parish officials were acquitted to--1 day by special judge J. Bernard Cocke of New Orleans. \ t The five werg Kenneth Dixon, - managing editor of the Lake Charles American Press; Thomas B. r Shearman and William Hugh s Shearman,,co-publishers of the pa- - per; city editor James W. Norton, and -court and police reporter Car- - ter George. '• The American Society of News--1 paper Editors whose committee‘on • freedom of information had re- • ported earlier that a decision in f the case was ’’very slow in com(Tura To Pa*c Klaht)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 18, 1952.

■ , ‘Giant’ Brothers lieave Army I A i AW I ’■ ! a J,'4'l J’.— - '—- I Ip--. jMA- ■ / 1 i IWIrW - ttl KI Lu - v ? V_MMi , \ U I ■ 1 n' Hit ■ -L' » Il 'Tn • * THREg “GIANTS,” the Fra,me brqtbers, gre released together from Armorejd Combat Training ebnfer. Cartfp Irwin,, near Barstow, Cal., after 19 months of their two-year hihr-hds. From left: Pfc. Grant. 18, six-feet-jthree; Cpl. Douglas, 23. six-fdebipeven: Cpl. Boyd. 21. six-feet-five. They were released after.l9 months due to change in regulations. Asked what they planned tri i|o. -they replied, “Why, we’ll just continue to trucks, of course.fi

Truman Holds I His Biggest News Parley Sortie Os Newspaper r Editors Shocked At Seizure Suggestion Washington, Apr. 18 —- (UP) — Preeideiit Tnrman shocked worn* of the nation's top newspaper edi > tors yesterday. by suggesting that he might claim constitutional pow- ; er to seize the- press and radio if he thought it necessary in an emergency., f f ' The Question came up at the biggest hews conference Mr.Tru-j -ar. has| ever held. More thgn 350 ...cmiienj of the American Society of Newspaper Editors joined 150 • regular Waslfthgton correspond--1 ents fori the session, held in the ; hig auditorium of hte Smithsonian 1 Institution. , ] ,The sliocker, to some of the edi- | I T ' ' ••! i 1 tors, was his cryptic reply to this ■ » ■ . F • i 11 question: ‘"lf it [is proper under your M-n-1 herent powers to seize the steel ’ mills, cgn you tell us whether ;in your Opinion it is proper to seize the newspapers and radio stations?” ■ ! I d , Mr. Ttfumah 'replied sternly tliht . under s|inilar ' tne ; j president has to dp whatever he . believes jis best for the country. There; was considerable dis- . agreement among tlje editors aS to j lust what Ml Truman meant by that repjy. 5 ASNE| president Alexander F. r Jones skid he thought that “the - president meant that he has the , power tb take over steel . . . it i would lie putting words in his r mouth say anything else.” Jack Lockhart ot she Scyipps- • Howard; newspapers said Mr J Trur man “didn’t really answer the 1 quesitonl He say xyhether - he has the power.” 5 r But waiter M.. HarrlsofL \dkla- ? homa; Ci[ty, former president of the soceiiy.Hsaid, 'I think he meant he; cuold ta[ke over the papers, radio; and everything else. If that isn’t; on the edge of totalitarianism, ij don't kijow what is.” Robert N. Hitt, Jr., editor of the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post,! brushed aside Mr. Truman's statement as “just absurd.” “If he> got that much power,”! (Turn To Pave «lx> ■ Dt. Myron Habegger ■ Is Rotary Speaker 5 Dr. Myron Habegger, Berne phyI sician, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary t club Thursday evening. The doctor, pointing out that can- ( cer is the nation’s second killer, Sl ' following only heart disease, stressed; the need for early diag- [ nosis and treatment of the killing disease.;; Following his discussion, Dr. Habegger presented a film bn cancer j and answered a number of questions onj the disease. Roy Kalver, chairman of the Adaimh county r cancer [society, was chairman of the program. ! 1

XT — v" " —- Allied Planes Down : V Six Enemy Fighters U. N. Troops Force Reds To Withdraw ’I i ‘ | Sqpul, Korea, April 18. —(UP) — Sabre jets fought six duelk with Russian-built Mig-15’s deep in-North Korea today, shooting dowp one enemy fighter and damaging three others. | Meanwhile, counter - attacking troops dislodged Communist soldug tn cjlose fb allied lines on the western , T|ie fifth kir force planes destroyed one Mw and damaged two thia 1 morning and ripped another this [afternoon in a dogfight involving |lO allied planes and more than 60 dommunist jets. : ■ Credit for the-day's lone kill went to Cbl. Harrison R. Thyng of BarnSteadJN.Y., who also damaged anJbthO Mig in a fight whidh ensued las tihe Reds tried to jump U.N. planes striking at rail lines in the Kwajksan area. T | Ipfthe same action. Isf Lt. Horace J. Mitchell of St. Paul, Minn.', damaged a Mig, his first of the-Korean ?war,[ ' , ? ls| Lt. Coy M. Austin of Millsap, Tex 4 was credited with the Comimunist plane-damaged, this afternooii[. ' •!* ' | On the ground, U.N. troops cOun-. iieratjtacked early_to force Red soljdiers to withdraw from the vicinity ’of ah allied position west of the jPuklian river. The Reds had as.[saujjjed the allied position Wednesday,’.night, but failed to get inside 'the defense lines. Instead, they dug in and threw sporadic small arms fire at the [allies all day yesterday and into jthisT morning. ■ ' - 1 ' . . J INDIAN.* WEATHER Mostly cloudy and continued mild tonight and Saturday. Scattered showers southwest apd west central toj night, south portions Saturday. Lsw tonight 44-52. High "Saturday 63-70. ' I —- ' ■ I’. fl" < Employment Shows Slight Boost Here JO More Employed Here During March H Workers in six Decatur industribi numbered 1,237 in March, an iacijek.se of 10 over February, the ! Chainlief of Commerce reported in ! its business barometer today. Tfie March gayroll was $373,415, jan linerease of $27,000 over the previous month. , 4 Cgrloadings in-and-out of Decatur to 1,291 in March, i compared to in February and ;i.79 5 4 for the same month a year TjvbntyAhree building permits. ; were issued here in March, representing $63,174 in construction. In' ?Feg|uary only three permits for were issued and in March, HOHi permits were 11 totaling < $34,255. March births reported were 29 ’ an#' .tilths were reproted and a year ■ago-50. I lip ■: . '■ L !:.l .

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L. Sawyer Meets With Heads Os Steel, Union Recommendation ?y Secretary Expected On Steel Wage Hike Washington, April 18 — (UP)— Commerce secretary Charles Sawyer today he probably will make a this afternoon concerning a steel >hge hike. That was Sawyer's only comment after an 80-minute- meeting with steel industry executives. Sawyer scheduled a conference with CIO president Philip Murray and Arthur Goldberg, general counsel for the CIO United Steelworkers, for 10:45’a. m. (CST). The commerce secretary is nominally iri charge of the steel mills as a result of their seizure last week by president Trtiman. He told reporters he “probably” will make a statement some time after the meeting with Murray. Sawyer said he niay confer aga’n with thb industry executives. The 'big question in the bitter stefcl dispute was the size of the pay increase to be recommended by Sawyer nominal “boss” of the industry, since the government seizure last week. I An aide to Sawyer said the secretary would send his recommendation to president Truman today. Sawyer was scheduled to meet with CIO president Philip Murray after conferring with the management representatives. Mr. Truman emphasized at his nevys conference yesterday that a decision had not been made, and that he himself would decide the hotly-contested issue, 'y; ; 7 The industry claims Mr. Truman not -only did not have the right td seize, the steel mills, but cannot legally order a wage boost. Informed sources said the gov> ernment-imposed increase—which industry attorneys are prepared to challenge immediately in the courts—will match management’s ‘ best offer” before direct negotiations collapsed. This was a 12 - cent hourly pay hike plus 5% cents (Turn To P»zeElt*t) Conference Is Held On Dredging Ditch t Officials Meet With Ohio Authorities Adams county conimtesioners, Otto C. Hoffnian, Lewis Worthman. and John C. Augsburger, and auditor Thurman I. Drew met at Celina, 6.J this afternoon with the coinmlssibners and surveyors of Mercer county. The meeiting was scheduled to reach an agreement oh the dredging of the Burger ditch in Jefferson township. The Burger ditch receives the sewage from the Jefferson township schoolHigh water this spririg revealed the dire necessity of cleaning-the ditch, because sewage backed up in the school basement and on one or two occasions forced the closing of the school. Indiana health authorities have ordered the ditch dredged. Because the ditch runs a few miles through Mercer county, it is necesgafy that the project be made an inter-state project and the meeting today is for the purpose of seeking Cooperation of Mercer county authorities. If thfe Ohi(j> group agrees to the dredging program, it is probable ! a,> jbint committe will be set up to super Vise tire work and divide the cost. The meeting was still in session at press time this afternoon, but it was understood that the two board's are near agreement on the project. '' I I J

Convicts Revolt In New Jersey Prison j Newest Revolt In Troubled System Rahway. N. J„ Apr. 18—(UP)-U-Some 232 rioting convicts seized nine guards as hostages and barricaded themselves in a New Jersey prisoi farm dormitory in the newest revolt in the state's troubled prison system. Superintendent R. W. Lagay said one of the captured guards assured him by telephone that the hostages had not been harmed. Lagay recalled, lioo prison guards from other shifts for duty and cancelled all days off. in addition, more than 20 state troopers and 65 armed correction officers responded to Lagay’s call for help. F. Lovell Bixby, deputy commissioner of Institutions, said the riot apparently had 'been staged in syn\pa<hy with J>B convicts in rebellion at the prison Un Trenton. ( j “The only explanation I ejap give is that it is a Sympathy mpye with the demonstrators in Trenton.” Bixby said after conferring with Lagay. "They're raising tjell rnd that's about all,” X , Bixby said the Rahway rioters had made no demands- Their felk*w rebels at Trenton, now in the feurth day of a revolt, want warden William Carty, a former guard, fired. From midnight to dawn, the rioters set fires on the second floor of the dormitory, where they had barricaded (hemselves with metal tables, mattresses and other movable equipment. La,gay said Xhe dormitory was a fireproof building and that ;the blazes were "nuisance fires.” ; “4 “The situation is under control in the sense that thpy are not going to go anywhere,” Bixby said. . “We’ll sit it out as we are doing at Trenton.” ; ‘ The demonstration started at 9 o’clock last night when the rebels began shouting, chanting and beating on cell bars. ( Guards on the ground floor o(f the building quickly evacuated about 100 non-rioters and took them Ito their cell blocks. The nine who were, held as hostages were overpowered by prisoners who had gone up a rear stairway to the second floor. Bixby explained that it was orthodox procedure for guards to go on duty without arms. “We don’t believe tjhe guards have met with ahy harsh treatment,” Lagay said. have reason to believe everything is okay. That’s the reason why we have not attempted to use tear gas or any- ’ thing like that.” Safely Patrol Boys Are Given Awards Lapel Pins Awarded To 22 Patrolmen Safety patrol awards in recognition of the Lincoln and St. Joseph schdol student patrols and a year without a child fatality, were made yesterday afternoon by the Chicago Motor Club, through Marion Kirkpatrick of Hunington, as sistant district manager. Lapel pins were awarded to 12 patrolmen at the Lincoln building and 10 at St. Joseph’s school. In addition to the teaching staffs the ceremonies were attended by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of city schools; sheriff Robert Shraluka and state patrolman Walter Schindler. Manager Kirkpatrick announced that the annual picnic for the safety patrolmen at the two schools would be held May 10 at-Worth-man field. The young patrolmen gu&rd the street crossings at tbe schools and escort children across the street: -'.■l' I 1 '

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Sqggy Dikes Standing Firm In Omaha Area „ Top Army Engineers Are Optimistic On Withstanding Flood Omaha, Neb., Apr: 18 —(UP)— The Missouri rjver leveled off at its highest' point, in history today, the soggy dikes guarding this area withstood (he onslaught and top srmf engineers said they were *■ This was the long-awaited day of reckoning for Omaha and Council Bluffs, Im., a virutal'ghost town }on the opposite bank from which 05,000 inhabitants had fled. • . The river itself was passing judgment On (he 'battle by 15,000 and volunteers to sandbag the weakened dikes, and for the time, at least man appeared to be winning out over nature. Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of. army engineers, smiled and said: “I’m optimistic.’’ Bpt he added. "I won’t be satisfied this fight is over ipitij the ■ gauge gets down to 28 fOet.” The riter’s steady rise bad and the gapge that Spelled out the fate of Omaha and Council Bluffs, atood at 30.24 feet. No one could say whether the river had reached its highest point. Weather forecasters s aid it could rise perhaps another inch or two. But for all practical purposes, the creftt appeared tic have been reached. I Upstream at Blair. Nehl., the debris-choked river had held steady more that) 112 hours, indicating X at the long,' flag crest extended for at least 30 m les. But the;“Bjg Muddy” was exert-\ ing terriffe pressure against the sodden dikes as it sqt eeted through the main-made bottleneck/ here, and Brig. Gen. Don Shingler.' I divisoin engineer, warned dike workers that “tomorrow may be rougher.” At Council Bluffs. Col. Jaclt Per- 0 J son of the engineers/said that . i “rhe big jftump is over, but t tiere's still danger.” “m a light like this you don’t win part|pf the battle.” he said ’you wilnj 'hone or all.” Person,'said .the tyyo-cities won’t l>e out or danger for about a week. Shingler said the levee crews ‘ put on the finest exhibition I ever saw/ ..' ‘ I’ , “Opr Worry now 1 is r the feeling of urgency Won’t last,” he .said. “It takes spirit to keep these people at a feverish tension, and that’s a dough, job.” There pre 1)7 miles of soggy, seeping levees, between the sister cities of Council Bluffs and Omaha, ■< ‘ Any one foot of one levy can Mck you in one minute,” Shingler said. “That's why we’Ve got to stick there day and night.” The weather bureau, which ear-' Her had predicted a cnebt Os 31(i ~ feet, said the* peak p now might reach 30ti feet. One of; the thousands > of soldiers. national guardsmen / and volunteers ht work on the dikes was a nine-year-old boy who offered his services yesterday but was at first turned down. But tlie leveel crews let him go a to work when he pleaded. “Um big enough t 0 hold ' sandbags.” ' Creighton University at Omaha closed all its Schools except the junior and senior classes of medical college to free male students for flood duty. ~ Among ithe levee workers were lawyers, bankets, real estate men, • a municipal judge and a school superintendent. j ({The Missouri Pacific railroad discontinued passenger service between Omaha and Kansas City be- ' cause of Che flood. \ Downstream. \ where hundreds had fled their homeg, the ominous (Tm-a Ta Me Six) 'll. ‘’■ . ' ■ ■ ..u ; -