Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1952 — Page 1

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War Ends For Two Saipan Japanese *

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Allied Terms On Truce Are : Final - Joy Joy Informs Reds Os Positive Stand On War Prisoners | Panmunjo/n ? Korea, Way 17 — j (UP) *- The United Nations told I the communists today there can b£ | no arinlstice. in Korea until and f unless they accept allied terms | an exchange of war prisoners.' “We have made our final neI gotiatory effort in the interest of an early armistice,’ chief U.N. dele--5 gate vice Admiral C. Turner Joy said. “We will not consider any I further concessions or counter- ? proposals." Joy never had been more positive in his refusal to budge on the sole remaining issue to refuse repatriation. Some observer beslieved hii. remarks might foreshadI ow sojpe decisive new allied move. However, North Korean Lt. Gen, Nam II appeared equally stubborn. He shid the communists never would accept the allied off,er to texchange nearly 100,000 communist prisoners for all 12,000 allied prisoners held by the Reds. The U.Nj; contends that only 70,000 of ! the 160,000 communist war prisoners and civilian internees held by th© allies would not forcibly reh sist repatriation. Despite the deadlock, Nam II insisted on another truce session ! Sundajr, and Joy agreed. | ' . Joy told the Reds that their [ propaganda answers to U.N. offers had “led all the world to ; suspect L that you havje never genuinely desired an armistice.” > | He urged plam II to reconsider * the communist position “in the light of the tragic situation' you i are creating.” I “In the interests of achieving I peace, we have met you more than half-way," Joy said. “The treaty' . concessions .we made to your views were( made, for the purpose of bringing the Negotiations to a | rapid conclusion. | . | “No amount of propaganda, en--4 gendered by your side and no pro--g longed delay can . . . change the, | finality of our April 28 proposal J* S' ' —; r —— \ Bluffton Girl Dies I As Auto Hits Pole I Bluffton, Ind., May 17—(UP)—* I Mary Ann Bowmanp, 20. Blufftori, was killed and three teen-agers iriIjured when their car hit utility pole near here last night. Taken to the Wells county hospital at Bluffton were Joy Thompson, 17, Bluffton; Norma Bevins, 17, PonetoJ and James Thomas, 17, English. | Police said the car, driven by 1 Miss Bowmann, apparently went 1 out of control just after crossing f I railroad tracks three miles south--11 we§t of the city. ft I"- . ; Noon Edition

Finds Woman Able To Conduct Affairs Denies Complaint To Name Guardian Emma Bibersteir, a ,/78-year-old mother of 11 children, who lives In Berne, can now arj-ange her own business affairs, and spend her own money as she sees fit. She' was brought into circuit court, this week by one of her sons, Wilmer WTberstein, :37, of Wells county, who filed a complaint that she was infirm and incapable of managing her business affairs and that a guardian should he appointed. The proposed guardian was the First Bank of Berne. "* Testimony given during the trial revealed that when her husband died 13 years ago, he left her about $9,000. Since |hat time she bought two houses and sold one for a profit. The other, where she now lives by herself, is now worth $3,500 —approximately SI,OOO more than when she bought it. Furthermore, she has spent $378 a year' for the past 13 years toyvard* her support, including all the necessities of life; taxes, which she paid promptly this spring, food, clothing. repairs and her miscellaneous needs, ft ’ ' ■ |\' . t • lift! The 78-year-old lady does her pwn gardening and takes; no assistance from any of her children. At this'time she still has'left in the Berne bank about if 1,600. In disallowing the claim of the plaintiff. Judge Myles F. Parrish referred; to Mrs. Biberstein as “the acme of motherhood.” and that he . epuld see that in no Way at all was she infirm ’or incapable of taking care of herself, and whs, dn the contrary/ sharp and alert. He pointed out that he conducted tests to see whether her memory was impaired by ■purposely giving her misinformation. She immediately corrected him when he did this. The dispute started some tponths ago when she attempted tp pay the hospital bills of. a son who had become ill. After she had Issued the check, two of her sons went £o the bank and stopped the Check. She did however, have an agreement with her sons that entitled them to pass on any checks Which she issued. They apparent- -ft ly did not want the bill paid. The judge permitted Mrs. ''Biberstein \ full use of her funds and that her affair should not be interfered .with by her children. ft ft ;■ ■! F- ' 1 Custard And Amish Leaders In Parley | Another meeting in the long draw’n-out Amish dispute was held yesterday in the of Glen Custard, county commissioner of schools. During the two-hour session, the 10 Amish present wteije questioned by Custard tb the effect that the situritipn might be clarified one way or another. Custard reported, however, that, as before, very little satisfaction came out of the meeting and that subsequent ones will have to be planned. The argument involves an Amish school which doesn’t haye ihe approval or sanction of state or county school authorities.

z U.S. Paratroops On Koje Island To Control Reds Retsore Control Over Rebellious War Prisoners Pusan, Korea, May 17 —(UP)— Battle-toughened U.S. paratroops arrived on Koje island to help restore control over rebellious Communist war prisoners. Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme. United Nations commander, sent the 187th airborne infantry regiment to Koje in his strongest move yet to regain the upper hand over Red prisoners who kidnaped the camp commandant last weekend still largely run the prison to suit themselves. Shifting of the regiment to the prison island was disclosed only after trie last of the paratroops had arrived on Koje at 6 p.m. (j a.m. CST). ■ ' ’ -ft' I Clark said at his headquarters in Tokyo that he had sent the Regiment to Koje afthe request of Geri. James A. Van Fleet, commander of the Bth army, “to insure complete control” of the prison camp holding 79,200 diehard Kbrean and Chinese Reds. “Communist prisoners of war and civilian internee's on Koje have not only resorted on repeated occasions to unlawful violence, but jpbviously acting under instructions outside agents of the international Communist power conspiracy, have threatened mass outbreaks which would result in additional violence and bloodshed,” Clark said. “I do not propose to countenance for one moment unlawful acts on the part of these prisoners of war and civilian internees. “The authority will continue to observte the -provisions of the Geneva convention i'fi \the administration of the U.N. \P.O.W. camp No. 1 (on Koje) and at all other camps under their control.” I “At the same time they will require that all prisoners of war and civilian internees observe the responsibilities placed on them by the provisions l of the same convention. Good order and discipline will be required of them at all times. |“The presence of the famous 187th airborne infantry regiment will enable Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, comiriandipg general, U.N. POW camp No. 1. To insure that my directives in this matter are fully implemented.” Troopers of the 187th are veterans of combat jumps against the Communists in Korea. Clark said the paratroops would reinforde U.S. and South Korean troops already on guard duty at Koje. " , Some 6.(M10 Red prisoners in compound 76 on Koje kidnaped Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd, then camp commander, May 7 and held him hostage for four "days until Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson, his successor; granted them a series of embarrassing concessions. Clark immediately relieved Colson of the command and a board of ’ (Turn To Poce Six)

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Decatur, Saturday, May 17, 1952. „„ I I. .... X— ———

Multi-Million Dollar Refinery Fire In Texas Brought Under Control

Eisenhower^. ; ''i ■ T KefauverWin Oregon Voles 'MB I ’ ' * ' ' ' '■'•l' Sweeping Victories Scored In Oregon's ft f Primary Elections | i ■|» 1 ft . iiftr Washington. May 17 — (UP) -r-j,. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Estes Kefauver came through' as expected today, winning sweep£ ing victories in the Oregon prim» aries. 1 ■j ‘ ■ Eisenhower swamped tour major cotitenders in the Republican contest. getting moße than twice their total votes. Gov. Earl 'Warren of California, his closest conceded to Eisenhower shortly after the polls closed. Kefauver had an easy time winning oyer Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson > of Illinois and supreme jus c tice William O. Douglas, both of whom were entered without their’ consent. The Tennessean pocketed Oregon’s 12 Democratic delegates. all of whom were pledged to supply the winner of the popularity contest. Both parties chose delegates today in tour conventions. In Vermont, Republicans picked 1* defe»‘ gates, with supporters of Seri. Robert A. Taft of Ohio conceding, a sweep for Eisenhower. Delaware Republicans chose six delegates. On the Democratic side. , 22 delegates were elected in Washington and eight in Hawaii. Taft did not enter the Oregorr , primary, but got some write-in’ . votes. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 1 . Sen. W’ayne Morse of Oregon, and fromer Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota trailed Warren in tliht order. ' . i Taft conceded Oregon’s 18 GOP delegates to Eisenhower even before the voting began, but on the basis of incomplete returns, the' general was not certain to I get them all. Eight, Taft supporters entered the contest under a lawpermitting them to go to the con-' vention unpledged. However. Ore|;an delegates generally pledge hemselves to support the popu-, arity contest winner. Other political developments: 1. Kefauver, in a speech pre--»ared for delivery at the fifth annual convention of Americans for Democratic Action in Washington, said “we must not merely preserve but carry forward the liberal policies inaugurated 20 years ago under one of our greatest I <Tum To Pare Six) Road 33 Resurfacing Approved By State State Commission Recommends Work. Residents on U.S. road 33 from Decatur to the Ohio state line, through Pleasant Mills, today received good news. The state highway commission has advised the Adams county commissioners that' it has recommended resurfacing of road 33 from the south corporation limits to the Ohio line, a distance of about seven miles. The recommendation was forwarded to the U.S. bureau of public roads and the U.S. department or commerce and will become part of the program of federal aid. State commission recommendation is regarded as tantamount to approval. The letter from the state body, signed by Ray Bower, chief engineer, did not indicate how soon work would start, but it is believed that the resurfacing work will be done some time this summer or early fall. • U.S. road 33 joins U.S. road here in Decatur and becomes the same road to Fort Wayne. Road 33 then goes west to Chicago. It is a highly travelled ro t ad from Ohio into Indiana. •

—_ four Persons Found Nj . I . ' Slain In Farm Home -A T — J Say Murderer May ; Still Be At Large Marlon, 111., May J 7— Four persons, a well-to.do falrmer, ilia wife, their young daughter and an jiO-year-old boarder, were shot and ’skilled in bed and Authorities said today the murderer might still be |t large. - a • I j The bodies of liryan Cash, 42, bls wijfe, Dimple, 40, their 11-year-. , ibid daughter Genevieve, and George jfripp were found yesterday | on gash’s well-kept 10<Kacre farm near jitre. Coroner Sam Simmons said all had been dead sincp Tuesday. Mrs. Cash's body] clad only in a WHp. was found in] her bed.' Her liusband lay alongside the bed. Both Bad been shot in tfre head with a |hotgUn. It was fodnd nearby. Bln a second bedropm lay the body Genevieve. She ' also had been ot in the- head, but with a .22 tflfie. She apparently died instantly in her "bed. The bedclothes still covered her. - J Tripp’s body was in his bed in a third room. He was fully clothed except for his shofs. A .22 rifle was cradled in his left arm, and he had been shot in the mouth. \"lfs the most awful crime I ever W?w." said deputy sheriff Charles thing like it.” I ||t appeared at first that the slayings might have been murders and ■suicide. \ \ \i ' J Simmons said itw as possible that Tripp had killed all jthree members of the family, then lain down and tsken his own life. ' : tilbwever, the lack of any apparent motive! which Would prompt Tripp to kill the family made officers hesitant to; riile out the possibility that a fifth person had committed the slayings and fled. j’ Wv’re going to go all through the house until we find something,” a, deputy said. ' i . He also said officers would attempt to get fingerprints off both weapons in an effort to determine who fired them. The bodies were discovered by iTurn To Pace Six) School Bus Driver Averts Bad Wreck I ’I | Charges Are Filed J Against Car Driver ; A school bui carrying 11 children Was narrowly; saved; from tragedy a([4:3o p.m. Friday, due to the quick thinking of the driver. Leo WorkJt|ger ? 37, of route 5. Decatur. -Carl Hurst, 17, of route 3,1 attdpipted to pass the bus at the .iiijersection of U.S.! highway 224 and state route 101, about five rijiles east of Decatur, as the bus w|s starting to’make a left turn. Hurst could not stop in time and hb went into the side of the bus and was thrown into a ditch at the ‘side of the road where the car overturned, leaving Hurst, and his ccrmpanion, Robert Gray of Decatur. unhurt. Sheriff Robert Shraluka and state policeman Walter Sohindlef, who investigated the mlshAp, Commended Workinger for swerving his bus quickly back to the right side of the road and thus the probably capsizing 00 the bus. No one in the bus was htirt. , *■_ {Hurst was arrested for reckless driving and will be arraigned in Justice of the peace court at 4 o'clock this afternoop. Baccalaureate Rites Rt 7:30 p.m. Sunday * Baccalaureate services for the *Decatur high school graduates will be'held at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening at the school auditorium, in.stpad of 8 o’clock, as erroneously stated in Friday’s Daily Democrat, j the Rev. William C. Feller, pastor ot the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, will deliver the baccalaureate, sermon. ’ '5 6 \ 1 i '

——. Court Order Halts Sale Os. . School Bonds Temporary Okler Is Granted By Parrish On Adams Central ? A temporary restraining order to halt the sale of bonds by the Adams county central consolidated school board for construction of a consoli- \ d<fed school IppMonroe for Washington, Kirklapd and Monroe townships was grarited late Friday afternoon in Adams circuit court by Judge Myles F. Parrish. J Bond sale was set for May 22 and by the order will be temporarily halted. Adanis County Freeholders, inc?, a recently organized group of persons of the three townships, brought the action and any loss suffered by the school corporation by detention of the sale is guaranteed by the new group and individually by Clinton Hart, Ronald L. Yoder, Frank R. Braun and Thompson R. Noll. The guarantee was approved by the court, and made part of . the suit record. The petition for a restraining order, signed by Noll and Yoder, and filed by Vincent Kelley, Anderson lawyer, alleges: “No resolution ha? been adopted by the defendant school board. "The bonds wiere not legally authorized. /\*An issue cannot be sold until plans and specifications for construction are submitted and approved by defendant school board. “The state board of tax commissioners has no authority to approve the proposed issue before the plank and specifications are approved by the defendant board.” , . Judge Parrish granted a temporary injunction and set June 10 at 10 a.m. for the hearing date. Summons are returnable June 7. The action is one of a long series of legal moves by a group of peropposed to the consolidation, to sfop or at least slow down construction of a new building at Monroe which would be large enough to accommodate pupils of all three townships in the merger. At present it is necessary to divide the school attendance between buildings in Monroe and Kirkland townships. Adams County Freeholders, Ipc. came into :he picture several weeks ago whenl incorporation of the group was recorded in the office of Adams coi.nty recorder Rose Nesswald?. Friday’s affidavit, brought by the protesting group, stated in the second paragraph of the complaint that Noll is a Resident of Washington (Tura To Pure Six) Monmouth Rites I K *. ' ’'f ■ Sunday, Wednesday Baccalaureate [And Graduation Rites ■’. V ' Baccalavreate services for the 30 graduates of the Monmouth high school will be held at fit. John’s Lutheran church Sunday night at 8 o’clock. The Rev. O. C. Busse, pastor of St. Paul’si Lutheran church ! at Preble, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The St. John’s senior choir, directed by W. E. Uffelman, will provide special music, and the Rev. W. G. Schwehn, 1 pastor of St. John’s, will assist in the service. The commencement exercises wilj be held in the Monmouth high school isuditorium at 8 p. m. Wednesday. ■■ The comimencement address will be given! ty H. J. Pierson, of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Special awards -will be given by G. M. Grab ill, school principal, and diplomas will be presented to the graduates by Glen Custard, Superintendent of the Adairs county schools. ; I 111

McHale, Haymaker ( In Showdown Today State Democratic Committee Meets Indiahapolis, May 17 — (UP) — National committeeman Frank McHale and state chairman Ira L. Haymaker faced a final showdown today on their fight for two of Indiana’s top Democratic party posts. Twenty-two district chairmen and 'vice-chairmen meet today as the Hoosier state committee to decide whether to keep McHale and Haymaker or throw them out in favor of Paul M. Butler of South Bend and Charles L. Skillen of Winamac. Butler' is the choice of .the antiMcHale faction to succeed the long-time national j committeeman, who for months has been the object of a scrap to unseat him and wipe opt his power in the party. McHale sponsored Frank E. McKinney of Indianapolis for the national chairmanship he now holds. Skillen was the anti-Haymaker ■ faction's pick to take over the reins of the state organization. Haymaker has been chairman ! since 1948, when he ousted Pleas Greenlee of Shelbyville in a close ’ and bitter reorganization battle strikingly similar to the one which 1 shaped up today. Both sides claimed victory as the hour approached for the showdown early this afternoon. McHale said he;had at least 12 of the 22 votes, enough to assure him another tirm. His opponents said they had up to 16 votes for a 2-to--1 triumph. I , \ Haymaker’s position may be even more shaky. A few of those who will vote on the issues today said they are even more anxious to oukt; the Franklin lawyer, a former FBI agent during World War 11, i than they are to defeat McHale. Governor Schricker was credited With leadership of the anti-McHale Haymaker movement The showdown homes shortly after npon when the committee assembles at the Claypool hotel headquarters of the party. It was the first time the state and national committeeman weife scheduled to be chosen the samh day. Always before, the chairmanship was at stake and (Tara To Paco Six) L ——A— , ) Set School Calendar For Rural Schools County School Head Announces Calendar Glen Custard, superintendent of the Adaihs county schools, and the county board of education, today announced the calendar for the rural schools, of the county for the 1952-53 school year. School principals Wi 11 meet August 26. with the annual teachers institute Wednesday, Aug. 27. Students will meet in the various schools for organization of classes Aug. 28, but the schools will not open formally until Wednesday, Sept. 3. i The annual party for teachers and trustees will be held Oct. 16. Schools will be closed Oct. 23 and 24 for the annual Northeastern Indiana teachers institute at Fort Waype. f ] 1 ' The Thanksgiving vacation will be observed Nov. 27 and 28, and the Christmas vacation will begin at noon Wednesday, Dec. 24, with classes resumed Monday, Jan. 5, 1953. The county basketball tourney will be held January 15, 16 and 17, and the junior high,, tourney Feb. 23-27. The annual music festival will be held Friday, March 20, and the schools will be closed for Good Friday, April 3. The schools with eight and onehalf month terms will end classes May 8, and those With nine-montb terms will close May 22. 1 ' I ■

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Entire Port Os Corpus Christi Once Threatened Huge Refinery Tank Farm Fire Snuffed Out This Morning Corpus Christi, Tex., May 17 — (UP)—A multimillion dollar refinery tank farm fire whichj had threatened; the entire Port of Cor- - pus Christi was snuffed out shortly before ID a. m.|BDT tdday. Ffank Reneau, assistant superintendent pf the Taylor Refining Co. | at Hokiston and on£ of the men rushed here to help !fight the mammoth fire, said the blaze was “out.” less than an hour after the first of lIdO.OOO of precious 'foam- • its was started pouring into the hea|-t of the blaze. One tank flared up again after Reneau mide his statement, but there was no visible fire a few minutes later. Tjhe meh who had thought-they were winning the battle against the inferno] fell back helplessly as the|r supply of foamite ran out. Seventeen persons were injured in the stirring battle. Three were listed as critical. All but two were burned in the pre-dawn blast. Five big trucks carrying the needed chemical roared with po- - lice escort at 70-mile-an-hour speeds the; 240 miles from Houston. Firefighters directed by Corpus Christi fire chief John Carlisle and Jean Britton, fire chief at the Corjius Christi\ naval air station. wer» pouring the foamite into the biggest tank by 9 a. m. [ EDT. j A big pipe extending 40 feet into the aH was hooked over thp brim of the big burning kerosene * tank by firemen who waded through slush and foam six inches to a foot dejsp to within a few feet Os the fiery; mass of molten metal knd burning fuel. The fire I fighters were being assisted by Augie Saxe, fire chief and tank fire expert for Magnolia Petroleum Co. at Beaumont; and Frank Reneau, assistant superintendent of Taylor Refining Co. of Houston; both flown in. from Houston by their companies last night. [ The Corpus Christi supply of foamite was exhausted about 11 p. m. last pight after more than 100.000 gallons was poured into what one fihe fighter described as that "great! burning mess.” At least (eight firemen were burped and; hospitalized after today’s third blast. At least one was seriously burned. < ’ Corpus Christi police chief Ray Lay refused to “even guess” how t many persons have been exacuated from thhir homes. But there wero at least 100, authorities estimated. Lay said many of the houses of the area are small, but are Occupied by large families. Another 100 blocks of the city was almost {empty, save for heavy patrols by navy auxiliary police from Corpud Christi naval air station, Texas state guardsmen and Corplus Christi police to prevent looting, N Fiye truckloads of foamite to fight the fire were rushed to Corpus Christi barly today from Houston, with a Houston police and state! highway patrol escort screaming in front of the trucks, after the supply here ran out and firefighters had only water with which to baittie the oil flames. A. J. Besselman, general manager of General American, said circumstances of the fire outbreak still aren’t known. ’He refused to estimate damage, saying "it’s still tfPwra To Six) ■ . •- j . ■ - INDIANA WEATHER k Mostly cloudy tonight, Sunday mostly cloudy south* part- * ly oloudy and a little warmer north. Low tonight 42-46 north, 48-54 south. . -"II - - - I