Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1952 — Page 1

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Says Reds Are Capable Os Gas, [erm Warfare Says Attempts To Figure Intentions Os Reds Dangerous II "May 23 — (UP) — U sn. Matthew B. Ridgway said tpdiy that Communist forces in Koare able to wage germ and gas ■fare, but that it; is anybody.’® ss .-whether the Reds would set to such weapons. • ■he former Far East command; told a luncheon meeting of 30-0 shlngton reporters his stateit that' the Confmunists are able of waging germ and gas fare is 'based on the best mtlir Intelligence the United Nas command could gather, idgway said he did not think t the capability of the Reds ndulge in such warfare is great pijough that “our magnificent medical and public health services fiuld not be able to control it iji a very short time.” tAs lor Communist igway said trying to figure tp sm out is a very “dangerous’ 1 «aue. He said the military have tp make plans based on the best . fpi is that they could gain of the ernemy. ‘ln his prepared Speech to the irdrs and radio I ijlgway said the Communists, I are been forced on the defensive the "growing strength and delamination of the free world.” J i He said that Communist propagpjida has hit “a new pitch ofHysteria \and vulgarity” because free worl.d is frustrating their dfeiigns. . pjUdgway addressed a luncheon meeting of the Nationalist Press Club. the Women's National Press Club, and thd Overseas Writer's ’ C f - ' life said that even before his ar? riV|l at his new headquarters* Eji|opean Communfists were Vili? fyjrjg him “as a war criminal, a m|<robe-killer, and fascist ad jiaiipeam.” • ‘ foe attributed this ipipart to the, fa|:t|that the United Nations forces his command blocked the the Far East. Now that hel has been .assigned to the Suprenie command of Atlantic pact fortes in Europe the “knolr, I hope, that I will giv4 this vital mission everything that I h<4e got.” Ridgway said. Ridgway said it been fret I queptly stated “that the Communists lai*© always acting and we arp alwij®' reacting, that the Con)munists are always on the offenI siveUid we are alwaysion the de- ’ fensiv ; “If you will carefully re-exam* | f ine 11 * current situation,” he said, “1 b< 1 eve you will cdnclude that § it is i»w the Communists Who are f react ng — reacting desperately — furioi ly—to ’the growing strength ft and of the free J world ’ .* J K Rid 5 ray said he understands H that Jlje Communists of Western: Europe are “planning quite a *rej , cepticq for me,y He recalled that || they planned the same ihing a fc year tgo for Gen. Dwight D. EisenIl hower, whom he Succeeds June 1., fi The liberal said be is confident fe that t peoples of western Europe “will bpt be beguiled by the ups|de fqjwn world of (he Communal Ist pr liagandist.” X I’ Ridgway said the Communists in t Korea also are “reacting to the / highly Embarrassing situation in which tpfey find themselves.” He ■ said tlqy had hoped to take Korea ? “as e4s|ly as tone plucks, a ripe plum” but found they couldn’t. The |ruce talks, he said, have furthei' embarrassed them by disclosing |to the world that most of the soldiers captured by the \ 1 Untied forces would violently lieslst repatriation. . RidgWay predicted that the (Turn To I’axe Kl*ht) .

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[- ——L.——Tornadoes, HailStorms Do Damage * Three States Hit \ By Storm Series 'P ' ■ ■J By United ■ A tornado snapped adross the Lawton, > Okla., area today, less than 12 hours after a series of torhadoes and hail storms disrupted Communications, damaged buildings and injured at least 12 persons in Northeastern Kansas and | western Missouri. • 1 1 \ ' t The twister smashed buildings' in five square blocks-at the eastern edge of the downtown Lqwtdn business district, destroyed numerous farm buildings and caused some Wind damage at nearby Fortt Sill, bkla. I ' f "1 The -Oklahoma highway patrol s|aid unofficial estimates placed in the Lawton area at 3150,000 to 3200,000. s It said the twister destroyed four sjingle-story warehouses containing Valuable machine tools at the Fort Sill artillery center. The damaged buildings were located just one bjlock from a heavily-populated'area. There were apparently no injuries at Lawton or Eort Sill. i The twfiter struck just one hour after the time limit had expired on a; weather bureau tornado forecast. The weather bureati said Hhere a possibility of tornadoes beIween 11 p.m. yesterday and 4 a.m. oday in that part of Oklahoma east ts a line from Wichita Falls, Tex., to Miami, Okla. i I A dehydrating plant at Lawrence, Kan., was wrecked in the first of the storms last night and two workmen, identified as J. ,1L Linn and ; Clifford Zinn, were injured. . A pilot flying near Laurence said he' saw the funnel form east of town and whip over the plant. A county school across tiie road from the plant wasn’t touched, 1 From the wisfer movJ ed east last night;, staking in the Elm Grove, Loring and Bonner Springs areas. Two b ersoris were treated tor injuries at Bonner Springs. : In Kansas City, during a thunderstorm, lightning hit a tree in the Swope Park area injuring seven persons, none seriously. One six-year-old boy was hospitalized with shock. *. ’ r ’ Communications to Bonner -Springs were reported knocked out and highway Nd. 32 in the vicinity ,of Lawrence was blpcked by trees and debris,.. ; J ——xU ~. ■ George L. Brayton Dies This Morning 1. Funeral Services Saturday Evening . George Lee Brayton.l 60, of 122 East Rugg street, died L at 2:20 o’clock this morning j[at the Veteran’s hospital in Fort /Wayne. He had been ill for five weeks and in -Critical condition since Wednesday. He was born July 33, 1888, in Blue Island, 111., ti sOn Os J. K. and Kitty Hart-Brayton, ati4 was married to Alma Johnston May 6, 'l9lß. i Mr.-Brayton was elecjtrical maintenance foreman on the Cincinnati division of the Pennsylvania railroad and had‘ resided Decatur .since 1942. He was a member of the First Methodist church in this city and The American Legion at; Byron, 111. He was teacher of tie- seventh grade class in the Methodist Sunday school. ; Surviving in addition to his wife are two brothers, JHart Brayton of Chicago and Lyle Braytcii of Savannah, 111. One brother preceded him in death. t Funeral serviced will be conduct- ■ ed at 7 p.m. Saturday a: the Zwicfc funeral home, the Rev. Samuel iDmerick officiating. The body will pe taken to Byron, Il|| for burial. ! Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday.

■-r| |--- 1 War Prisoners On Koje Island Given Warning C ark Orders Army j To Hold Complete Control Over Reds . Koj£ Island, Korea, May *23 — (UP)-AGen. Mark W. Clark ordered! tho Sth army to get “uncontested; control” over defiant Commtmisjt prisoners of war and his commander here warned the Reds today ihe is rCady and aide to’ carry out his orders. Clarijc, supreme United Nations coinminder in the Far East, said that ithe prisoners’ flagrant disregard of our instructions -will not be * tolerated any longer.” A headquarters spokesman in Tokyo said the order was passed. down Ihitough Bth army channels to Koje and Pjusan. scenes of prison’ripL ing. ; The; spokesman said Clark dethe Situation on Koje. wheret prisoners have been running the compounds to suit themselves,; as “intolerable.” Brigj Gen. Haydon L. Boatner put; his Amerclan guards here through riot drills with bayonets and gas masks. He Informed the prisoners "you can see for yourself h 0 (Boatner) has the power to enforce his command.” Boatner, commander of camps training 80,000 prisoners, distributed ;a riew information bulletin to prisoners who still retained tight control inside the compounds and flew illegal flags and propaganda banners. i The said, “just so long’ as his ; (Boatner’s) commands are obeyed; conditions will improve.” -I Boather replaced his deputy camp commander, Col. Maurice J. Fitigeijald, who twice has commanded the Koje camps. It was Boatne ’’s first major staff change. (Turn To Pa«a Six) Official Report On Gen. Dodd Awaited ; Senate Committee j Waits Full Report Washington, May 28.—(UP)— Sen. Hlarry Fl Byrd said an -official atmy report should clear up today Whether Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson violated orders in obtaining the release of Brig. Gen. Francis T- Dodd, who was captured by Communist prisoners of war. Thb Virginia Democrat said Gen. MattNevir B. Ridgway, former United Nations commander in the far east, hod ordered Colson noU tp bargain; with the Communists at the Kojie island prison camp for Dodd’b Release, and to use force if neVesjsary. I’ A full; report on the capture and release 0f Dodd was due to be submitted to the senate armed services Committee this afternoon by army ■ secretary Frank Pace, Jr., and army chief of staff Gen. J. Lawtdn ißyrd’, acting chairman of the committee, said the report should clarify whether Colson and Dodd followed; the orders from Ridgway. “If they didn't, both generals should be busted completely,” Byrd said. ■ . i - . • , Byrd pointed out that Colson had obtained: Dodd’s release after promising the Comfrmnist prisoners they would be; treated humanely, that'the ‘would be “no more forcible screening,” and that there would be no ihore “rearining of prisoners.” ! I ' • He said Colson made the concessions in 'writing to the Communists after conferring with Dodd, whom he had succeeded as commander of the prison camp. The official army report, Byrd said, siould k establish whether Colson and Dodd continued the negotiT« Page Ei«kt) '' ' IL .. : i ;

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Ridgway Addresses Congress ■k'/; m j. I t " - SI 'I I ORM I ' WT’;' ■ •’ jmMR - ■Hr wfl BSkmß Jr w Sv — w x i v * i 1 bk’ X J-' X wl I ( V ‘ K 1 s. B ML !*Tjlin ■ w ' ■ f ' wf -T • ■ LI \ ■ ■ ’ ' 1 SPEAKING BEFORE a joint session;jot Congressmen. Matthew B. Ridgway tells the legislators that Oomjmunist lies about U. N. use of germ and gas warfare in Korea areM*’ warning” of theii own intentions and urged no fuytlHsriiU; N. concessions in the Far East. In his new jlob in Europe, he i&id, he will “insist” that European members of the Atlantic their full part” in defense.

Korean Truce Talks Recessed For Three Days Recess Proposed By U.N. For Reds To Study Proposals Panmupjom. KoXa, Mhy 23.— (UP) —Deadlocked Korean armts-i tlce negotiators decided at a heated; session today to take a threc-auy recess. ‘ 1 , The United Nations proposed the recess to give the Communists aj ohqnce to “consider our position.” v The Reds angrily agreed to the break. Despite the recess, vice admiral; C. Turner JojH, retiring head of; the U.N. delegation, predicted the; talks eventualy would result in an! “equitable and honorable arntis- ; tice.” , ? Joy’s ) successor, Maj. Gen. Williain K. Harrison, Set a firm “ho Nonsense” tone in his hrst full; day as'senior delegate; ! He suggested the recess after the' Reds accuNled the allies of mistreating prisoners of war, qL “massacres” in the prison camps, and of using force during their screening to determine which prisoners want to return to Communism. - j North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II demanded that Harrisdn reply at ohce to the Red charges. “Unless you want to talk some more, I suggest that w© recess,” Harrison retorted. [ Nam: “You mean you refuse to give an answer to my statement?” Harrison: “Your statement is liot worthy of a reply.” Nam: "Your attitude is no attitude for neogtiations. Do you* (Turn To P«e JEClcht) 4 ■

High School Graduates Entertained All Night

For the first time in Decatur’s graduation history, outside groups and individuals took! over to show the graduates on their traditional "bight out” a time tliat they would always remember, j From the sleepy comments this morning that’s just what was done. Immediately after the echo of the solemnity of' the commencement floated out of the auditorium, the chairs were cleared away in record time th make way for the lighter joys of a dance. To the accompaniment of the music of Don Smith and his band, grads and slid gracefully across the/fence floor till the last strains of goodnight dance opened the'next chapter in a special night of wholesome fun. Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Custer and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hite took the next bows ih the all-night toast to the graduating class with a buffet dinner featuring hors’d’oe’vres, ham and hot rolls, punch and various other delicacies. At least 100 grads and their dates enjoyed themselves so much that they had to be reminded that Roy

M Bible School i Will Open Monday ;Decatur Churches iSponsor of School ■1 ■ ■ The faculty for the associated churches daily vacation Bible; school, whidq opens Monday morn-i ing,; was announced today. The Rev. jVilliam C. Feller, paa-i '•ton of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, is the chairman; of the Bible program.' Mrs. Russall Ovltnn is the dean of the school. Classes will be conducted fqr chfldren foqif years of age through the freshman year in high ©chool, and will be' held at the Lincoln school building on Adams street. , The schedule of classes starts ats 8:30 and fends at 11 a.m., Mrs. announced. pThe staff if teachers and chairtn|en of the various departments ar©:- _ | Rev. Fellef, chairman of education, associated churches; Mrs. Ofc’ens, dean; Mrs. J. E. Thacker, assistant deap; Mrs. F. H. Willard, director of and programs!; Miss Carol E|zey,pianist; the Rev. Jonas Berkejt, recreation director, with David Uhrick and Kenneth Vanhorn assistants; the Rev. Samuel Emerick, devotional director and schedules; Mrs. S. E. Leonard son, worship centers and daily decorations. i Beginners Department Mrs. Jllen V. Custer, superintendent. siursery and kindergarten — Mrs. Brice Elaniels, teacher, with Josrce Franklin, Louann Davidson and Khren Slnyder, helpers; Mrs. Rqbert Boat, teacher, with Shirley Sudduth. Louann Lehman and Sunyak Stuckey, helpers. Grade I — Mrs. J. W. McNerne| r , teacher, with Janet Hetrick . arid’ Marilyn Kirchenbauer, help4 (Tarn To Page KUtht) -4 ..j.’;

i Kalver had a snappy technicolor i musical. "'Sound Off ! ’ awaiting them at the Adams theater. .And 1 then, in sharp contrast to [ the; darkness of the movie house, > the! happy crowd moved over to ; the American Legion home to withess 55 "bright-eyed” Lions ’ marching, hooting and' scampering ■ about to show* the grads that they , thought they were tops and were i going to get the best the Lions ! ! had “to offer. 1 t Through trip ingenuity of min- ■ ;agdr Bud Anspaugh, the somewhat 1 sleepy people delivered a swiss; kick to old morphius and settled 1 down to enjoy the antics of the fun-loving Liohs. At one point "Professor .1. jQ.” took over and I paid dimes to those who came up! with the right answers. Not to 1 be outdone, Lion Vic Porter swept ravish ingly across the floor with -a lately acquired head of blond haif, (wbichsuspiciously resembled a floor mop.) Piano music was provided by the 1 beloved Albert "Selly” Sellemeyer, who for years endeared himself (Turn To Pace Eight)

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Allied Planes Land Biggest Blow Os War ' , . ' j ! ■ Pound Immense War\ Industrial Suburb Near To Pyongyang Seoul, Korea, May 23.-r-(UP) — Allied fighter-bombers land and sea smashed a huge war industrial suburb southwest of the No.rth Korean of Pyongyang today in the climax qf a two-day\ attack that was the biggest aerial blow of the Korean war. I ' American and Australian war planes, including aircraft carrier dive bombers, fleW night and day from the opening strike at dawn Thursday. They leveled 305 buildings, among them a Jiand grenade factory and power plant, and damaged 151 more. They attacked with hundreds of tons of bombs and thousands of gallons of napalm plus five-inch rockets and 50-caliber machine gun bullets. . The sth air force did not announce the exact number of sorties flown fqr “security reasons,” but the total probably was above 1,000. It was announced that the raid topped in both sorties and destruction. the previous high of “more than 900”” sorties flown against the ancient walled tbwn of Suan on May! 8. The record 48-hour attack was aimed at a manufacturing and ply area that ranifiSd from nine to 15 miles southwest of Pyongyang toward Its Yellow Sea port of Chinnampo. • It was the climax to five months of stealthy reconnaissance during which fighter-bombers deliberately ignored the “rich pickings” to let Communists accumulate a tremendous stockpile of supplies jfor destruction at one blow. \ A sth air force oommuniqi|e said: “The devastated area, like the one hit yesterday, was made! of fac(Tarn To «tx) ■ I . . | ' ‘ •< I' < Graduate Exercises Held Last Evening ’ Public High Schoot Commencement Held With the ending of the commencement exercises in the Decatur high school auditorium last night, 55 more citizens were added td the many thousands whd, upon being handed their diplomas went out to sqek their fortunes, some in higher education, some in local business'—but all wfth the same basic thought. To become successful ' | After the Rev, John E. Chambers delivered the invocation —marking the beginning of the ceremonies, Dr. George E. Davis, the guest speaker, told the new graduates to “have the courage of your Convictions —even if it happens to be against the sentiment of- the crowd.” woa over the over 500 parents, teachers ,and guests, iwith his straight-forward talk, saying: “be honest even if no one it looking, for that is the true test of basic honesty—to bd honest Without tqe expectation of appreciation*' Dr. DaVis handed the assemblage more than one chuckle with his showmanship and light repartee, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the entire audience. The school choir sang beautifully their three renditions under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, the director of music. M As the graduates walked slowly across the stage to receive their diplomas from Gerald Cole, president of the school board, many an eye was moist. With the delivering of the; benediction by the Rev. F. H. Willard, another graduating class of Decatur high school passed into history making 2 way for the countless others which they precede. ;m' \ ! ;

More Oil Strikers J Returning To Work Ask Restriction On Aviation Gas Lifted Denver, Colo., May 23 —(UP) — A government decision on a retion gasoline be lifted was expectquest by th© nation’s commercial airlines that restrictions on aviaed today as 5,200 employes of the largest gasoline producing refinery In the country voted tq end their strike and go back to work. Civilian aviation, hardest hit by the 24-day-old walkout of, 90,000 CIO, AFL, and; independent union oil workers, received a major boost Thursday when a union-com-pany stetlement. was reached at the Gulf Oil Co. refinery at Port Arthur, Texas. A CIO union spokesman said the huge Gulf refinery had daily gasoline production capacity of 275,000 barrels, k American Airlines, one of the nation’s major air carriers, emphasized the seriousness of the fusl pinch rfay announcing it would cancel 104 daily .flights effective tomorrow morning, in addition to the 42 cancelled Thursday. The airline officials added that it might be necessary to cancel more flights Sunday, bringing the total reduction to 75 percent of its total service. The airlines Thursday asked secretary of the interior Oscar Chapman, head of the petroleum administration for defense, to decontrol aviation gasoline in light of the increasing number of plant-by-plant company-union settlements. Approximately 35,000, or more than one-third of the striking oil workers were\expected to be back on the job today. O. A. Knight, president of the CIO oil workers union, announced earlier this week that he hoped all of the workers would be back on the job by the end of the week. First government action indicating that the nationwide oil strike was nearing an end came Thursday when the PAD lifted restrictions on all petroleum except aviation gasoline effective today. 4 “The Gulf settlement does not necessarily mean that other large refineries in the gulf coast area will follow suit,” a union spokesman cautioned, “but it is a big (Tara Ta Pace Elcht) Rail Management Is Returned To Owners Ends 21 Months Os Army Possession Washington, May 23.—(UP)— The army today turned management of the railroad back to private ownership, 1 effective at 4 p.m.' Thus ended 21 months of nominal army possession, control and operation of the< major rail systems of the United States. The army action relinquishing control followed an agreement of the carriers and three operating unions in their wage dispute that led to President Truman’s seizure order of August, 1950. Seizure of the railroads was the longest government seizure of private industry in history, with the exception of federal operation of the railroads for more than two years during World War I. The army announcement came shortly before the carriers’ negotiating committee signed formal contracts with the three unions involved in the long and bitter dispute—The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and- Order of Railway Conductors. | Formal 1 signing ceremonies were arranged with the three brotherhoods separately later today. Despite the end of the dispute and termination of the seizure, the three unions planned to continue their court fight. » '■ . i

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Agreement Is Reported On New Contract Strikers Ta Return To Jobs Monday If Contract Ratified Washington, May 23 —(UP)— The Western Union Telegraph Co., and striking AFL Commercial Telegraphers union reached agreement today on a new contract to end the Walkout now in its eighth week. The agreement is subject to rati- • fication of the CTU’s 30,000 members in Western Union. The strikers will return to work Monday If the ratification is reached by then. The agreement provides: ' 10 cepts an hour wage increase for all employes on the 40 hour workweek. All 45% hour employes will be placed on a 40-hour work week with . a 20 percent increase in straight time hourly rates of pay. In other words, this is. 48 hours pay for 40 hours of 4yotk. All 35 hour employes will cqntinue on the present work week and will receive an across-the-board increase of $22 per month. There will he nb union shop, one of the union’s original demands. 1 Instead an “agency shop” was agreed to, no device by which employes will pay union dues but will not be required to join the union. The contract will become effective only when the federal communications commission approves rate increases for the company to compensate for the increased labor costs. i J. L. Wilcox, company vice president and chief negotiator, said Western Union will apply to the FCC “within a week or 10 days” for a message rate increase to cover the wage hike. The company could put the wage hike into effect 30 days after the application is filed, but usual FCC procedure is to suspend a rate increase for 90 days and to hold hearings during that time. The company obtained a 10 percent message rate boost last year after giving employes a 17 cents an hour wage increase. The agreement is to run for two years until May 31, 1954. It provides for a cost-of-living wage reopening at the end qf the first year. The agreement also provided for a five cents per hour increase for messengers employed for more than three months. Western Union employes now average $1.63 an hour; messengers are paid 85 cents an hour. The union said that a major concession agreed to by the company was a new schedule of severance pay which begins with two weeks per year after two. years service, reaching four weeks per year after 15 years. The agreement was reached • shortly after 8 a.m. CDT after negotiators had been meeting in continuous session since last night. Federal mediators Marvin Sconyers and James Holden helped hammer out terms of the contract. ; When the 40 hour week becomes effective, Saturday pay no longer will be at the premium rate of time and one-half and Sunday pay will be reduced from double time to time and one-half. BULLETIN Tahlequa, Okla., May 23.— (UP)—The Oklahoma highway I patrbl reported nine children burned to death today after a house caught fire when struck by lightning. 1 The fire between 12:30 and 1 a.m., trooper 8. O. Lowrey said, but It was not reported until 12 hours later. I" f INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with scattered ahowers north, partly cloudy with scattered ahowera and thunderstorms south portion tonight and Saturday. No Important temperature changes. High Saturday 6876 north, 76- - 83 south.