Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1952 — Page 1

i V#. L. No. 125.

Ridgway Says New Offensive To Cost Allies II; ‘ ’5 'I - il : i I i I . 'I

|| * ’■ Wellington, May Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway |as told sebatbss a new United Nations of* fensiue| in Korea would result in tremendous allied casualties,'a reliable source said today. '-’V •- The! former eighth army and far , east icpmmander cautioned the senators against a big new Otten* sive in Secret testimony last week to the j senate armed services committee! ? Ridgway said UN farces would Ssffer big casualties because I the Communists are well dug-ln, 1 their troops have been reinforced, and the* now have great concen«of artillery, a committee source |s|id. i The spokesman asked not to be He said Ridgway told ithe committee he did have a mill* f" 4 ry plan|-~to be used if necessary for mii|ary victory in Kofea and en theeyentual withdrawal of UN >ops. Rut Ridgway did not repeal it to the committee, the spokesman said, The general indicated, however, he eould > riot drive to military vicflpry with present forces in Korea,the source said. He advocated holding fast to present lines. lyhere he said UN troops, like the Communists, are in good defensive positionsand could Inflict punishing casualties on any new Red offensive. 11, was on this basis, the spokesman said, that Ridgwaj" declared the end of the-Korean war depended on “political” decisions to be made in Washington and Europe, not on the peace talks at Panmunjom > The spokesman quoted 'Ridgwaj' as saying a new\UN drive toward Manchuria would not only entail severe casualties, but would prove, progressively more difficult as UN troops lengthened their supply lines and drove closer to Communist airbases in Manchuria. \ ' Ridgway agreed With Bradley's testimony in last year’s MacArthur hearings that bombing Manchurian bas.es would involve the UN in the wroqg war, at the wrong place," and at the wrong time, the committee source said. Ridgway indicated, such action would be' likely to start World War 111, A nival blockade of the China coast also would present serious difficulties, Ridgway was quoted as saying. It would require drawing U.S. naval forces from other ble shots around the world where they / are now needed, and would also the cooperation of the British, who are not now inclined to gcj along with such a measure, he said. I , Thjefj committee made public SaturdaVl a -heavily-censored 34-page transcript of Ridgway’s testimony. It showed that the former far east comihsnder was questioned Closely by sen. Leverett Saltonstall (RMasd.j| on .whether he had “A mili|lan to end the fighting in Korea*’ in" case the truce talks shouM be broken off. “I &ad a very definite plan,” Ridgway replied. The rest of his statement was deleted from ’ the transcript “for security reasons.” From other questions and answejnM, however, it appeared that RidgWhy felt —as did Gen. Douglas hh ousted predecessor —thaitt bombihg of the Communist in Manchuria would be necessary t$ achieve a clear-cut victory, in Korea. ' But| Ridgway also said,, later in the hearing, that he, believes the bombing of Manchurian bases “wpuld| greatly increase the danger of bringing Russian air forces into the Ajs atic war.” Thdt was precisely the argument jjdvanlc d by the joint chiefs of staff last yL r to explain their opposition tp, thet Rejected MacArthur strategy. Two Persons Killed By I ire In Chicago Chicago, Way 26.—(UP)— Fire swept through a three-story rooming hsuse today, killing two persons and injuring five others. The fire set off a panic among (he bullring’s 35 residents and several leaded from upper story win* 1 dows before firemen could raise ladders. ' The ipjured included a mother and da lighter who suffered broken bones ij leaps from windows. INDIANA WEATHER' Fa rtonight, becoming partly ' cloudy- Tuesday. Scattered show its northwest quarters by late afternoon or evening. Not much change In temperature. Low tonight 43-66. High TuesI day 72-78. # I • •1. I -

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

i ’ i , J; U1 / ■ ' . < . __ Western Union Walkout Ended Alter 54 Days Striking Employes Return To Work As Agreement Ratified New York, May 26 — (Ulf) —, Striking Western Union employes went hack to work throughout the nation today, ending a wage! disl pute that The walkout ended officially. at 12:01 a. m. (local time) afteit the Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFL) announced last night its rank-and-|ilo members had yoted 8,685 to 5,418 to return to'their' teletype machines and more Heys. Company officials predicted : normal service would be restored shortly after the majority of work•jers report, -far their 8 a. m. (local time) shifts. In the larger cities, employes on the overnight shift went to work promptly except at Ix>s Angeles where union / njemfoers waited eight minutes to permit temporary employe's -to leave the premises; Adolph Brings, president of-the CPU’s Western Union division, ■ advised his locals of the final Vote by telephone to permit the oyernight men tb return tp their jobs Without dblay. 1)0100 and company i officials reached ah last week which was sent out to the locals ■ for ratification. It granted miembers a 10-cent hourly increase for those working 40 hours a week, a .20 percent pay increase for those with longer hours and a flat $22- . a-month raise for 35-hour week employes. ; ; ■i’ " : |r Under the’ new agreement, employes returned to work at their old wage settle while’ the federal communications commission studies the 1 corhpany’s request for .an increase in telegraph rates. Western Union ;said it would apply for the increase within a week or 10 days. Rites Tuesday For Frank J. Wemhoff / Native OF Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral services for Frank jJ. Wemhoff. Sr..; 68, a native of’ Decatur,, will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist chur|h, Fort Wayne. Burial will be in the Catholic certietepy in that city. ■ ’ Mr. Wemhoffs death , occurred Saturday noon at the Lutheran hospital, where he had been a patidnt for six weeks. He had been ill ;of virps pneumonia sor 1 the past nine weeks. About two years ago he Underwent major surgery. His death was attributed to a rupturfed heart valve.. thorn in this city, Mr. Wemhoff was a member |of a pioneer Eiepatur family: His father established the Vk’emhoff Monumental Works, now . operated by George Wemhoff and the latter’s son, AdHan. ■ , ■ 1 p t Mr. Wemhbff Was employed hete in a local bank in his eaHy business career. Following his marriage |o Frances C. WebCr of Indianapolih. he moved to Fort Wayne ahd for $3 years was credit manager for th|e Wayne Pump company, rietiririg three years ago, he became property records clerk for t ; he Fott Wayne utilities: The family resided at 4305 Arlington avenueJ 1 [ He was a mepiber of the Decatur Knights of Columbus and of St. John the Baptist church and its Holy Name society. Surviving besides his wife, are one son, Frank Jr., Os Indianapolis: one daughter, Mrs. Dan Holthouse of Dayton. Ohio; one grandchild: three brothers, George of,' this city: Otto, and John ot Font] Wayhe: three sisters, IWrs.: Theodore Graliker of this idty; Misfc Estelle Wemhoff of Fort Waynfe .and Mrs. Edith Pilllod of Cindnu»t|. The body is at the Mungovan A Sons mortuary,: Fort Wayne, A shqrt funeral service will be held there at 9 a.m. Tuesday. , ' : '> n i i s

Ends Panmunjom Talks .— r _ j Uli K iSIbL: r * ffl kt ‘J .Wj KMS

VICE ADM. C. TURNER JOY (left), chlef u N - delegate to the Korean peace talks, is met 'by\his successor, Maj. Gen. William K. | son, after delivering a bitter farewell address at the cease-fire; talkk at Panmunjom, Korea. Harrison is shown bidding the Admiral good-bye. i

Four Persons Killed As Two Planes Collide Planes Believed To Be Air Force Jet , Bombers In Crash Franklin, Va., May 26. —(UP)— Two planes, believed to be Mir force jet bombers, collided in the air over a busy highway two miles east of here today and police said kt least four bodies were found in the burning wreckage. \ Reports from the scene said wreckage was scattered) ovar a Wide area along the highway— p.S. route 58. ' Fire trucks and ambulances raced to the scene. Air force medics from Langley air force base, Vq., 40 miles away, were flown in four helicopters to the scene. A Langley spokesman confirmed one of its B-45’s is missing. The spokesman said the plane was not in a' flight with other planes. Police here said air forte officials requested that no further information be released immediately, pending an investigation. Officers were requested to rope off the crash area where a crowd of several hundred persons gathered. POlite said reports from the scene indicated that the four bodies recovered were badly burned. TB Association To Meet On Wednesday The Adams county tuberculosis association will meet for its annual election of officers Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in room 206 at Decatur high school. —\ Former Decatur Boy Flew With Mahurin Lt. James F. Cairns Is Now In Nevadai Lt. James F. Cairns, U.S. air force, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Cairns of Wabash, formerly of this city, flew his last mission as a combat jet-fighter pilot with Col'. Walker (Bud) Mahurin, of Fort Wayne, American ace, reported missing in action over op May 14. While the Cairns family lived here, Lt. Cairns attended the public school. He was graduated from Wabash high school and attended Wabash college before enlisting in the air force in September, 1949. Lt. Cairns is now an instructor at Nellis air force base, Las Vegas, Nev. He believes that it is not too late to hear that Col. MahuH» may pave parachuted to safety. Mahurin’s plane was hit, by ground Hire while strafipg railroad ' yards and an airport ip NorHi Korea. Li, Cairnsjs credited with being the first pilot to Spot the new Russian Mig-15. It was while flying a combat mission that he tangled with a new type plane and was able to draw an accurate description of the Mig. His father said, “Col. Mahurin is Jimmy’s idol, who really was my son’s incentive to become a flier. We hope he has survived.” Mr. Cairns is vice-president and treasurey of the AmeHcan Rock Wool Corp., jn Wabash. His son Is married to the former Corinne Beitman of Wabash. j , \ ( i ' i- / ■ I

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 26, 1952.

Tax Distribution . { Made By Auditor j May Tax Payments j Distributed Here County auditor Thurman I Dr|-Jw has completed the distribution |bf the May tax melon to the varieties taxing units, including the government. Tax collections for the period ending May 5, totaled $615,701.11, including $9,828.79. The distribution follows: V 1 State of Indiana, $34,866.32. Adams county, $95,116.66; cobSity welfare department, $25,364.45: county hospital, $12,918.35. H Township poor relief ‘funds, sll,918.35; special judges, $266.25: treasurer’s six percent fees, $365.59. Townships: Bh»e Creek, $.12,041. 43; French, $1,065.11; Hartford.. $16,166.22; Jefferson, $10,684.72; Kirkland, $761.14; Monroe, $1,926| ; , r >«; Preble, $7,539.28; Root, sl3;440.88; St. Marys, $16,837.99; Uni ion, $11,232.57; Wabash, $23,139.4 72: Washington, $1,207.85. Bej;ne-French school, $46,430.25: Berne library, $4,052.65; Bernp city, $25,137.53\ Adams Central school, $86,108.06; Geneva, $3,401; Geneva library; . $999.53. Monroe town, $1,055.89. Decatur school board. $88,656.84;| Decatur library. $8,384.14; Deca-; tOr city $53,865.82i> Decatur school recreation fund, $1,061.76. | Adams County Boy Is Drowned Sunday ? , >' - ' v'.. T .1 Jerry Reinhard Is Drawning Victim 1 * > Sixteen-year-old Jerry Reinhard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam M. Reinhard of route 1, Berne, drowned accidentally kt about 2 p. m. Sunday in, what was said to be one inch of water. _ The accident happened at the edge of the Wabash river otte and a half miles north of Linn Grove an-d one mile off route 116. Reinhard evidently must have had a fainting spell, as\ it was revealed by the parents that he had been subject to them, far some years past. The boy was on a risking trip with Alphie Bertsch, 53, of Berne, with whom he often went fishing. Bertsch told sheriff Robert Shraluka and Ted Biberstlne, state policeman, that during these trip’s they often became separated and would call to each other do that they would not drift too fair apart. At approximately 2 p. n). he said, he called to the boy, but received no answer, He went after him. discovering the boy face down in an inch of water. The Berne fire department was summoned and applide a pulmotor but could not revive the youth. Surviving in addition to the parents are a ‘brother, Eddie Wayne, and four sisters, Ann, Sharoh Kay, Katherine Arlene, and Carol Jean, ah at home. The body was taken to the Yager funeral home and will be returned to the home where friends may call after 6:30 p. m. today. Funeral services will $e conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church, with the Rev. C. A. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. ? 4 - 'kl 'J' •' ''' r' -I i

Western Allies And Western Germany watt* «■■■■• a , In Historic Pact J *■. I- 1 , a i ! ' !

• \ — - F Frank McHale Quits As Committee Head Quits Democratic Convention Post > Indian’aplois, May 26 — (UP) — j Frank 'McHrffe resigned today as chairman of the credentials committee for the Democratic national convention, a week after he was Rousted by the Indiana party organization as a member of the : national committee. | McHale, who headed the same scoidmittee for the 1948 presidential nominating convention when |it denied representation for right Democrats, announced hjs resignation in a news con-\ ference in his Indianapolis law |pjffice. | He resigned as a member aof the credentials committee. I He, he mailed a resignation letter Saturday to his Indianapolis friend, Frank McKinney, the .party’s national chairman, in ■-Washington. McHale said he decided to quit |>ecause the Hoosier committee Tired him May 17 at a party reorganization meeting, ending 15 of service as national committeeman. McHale lost a factional fifeht to Paul M. Butler, Bend, Ind., by a 14-8 Vote. | “My participation either as . chairman or as a member of the Credentials committee . . might 0© questioned in light of the refcent action . . . replacing me as Rational committeeman. on the &ssumption\that my opinions could |ot be said to reflect the opinions dr even the policies of the current |)emocratic organization in Indiana, ’’ McHale wrote McKinney. I He said the committee might be Sailed on to make decisions of par-reaching significance’’ on ‘hlelegate controversial issues respecting the rights of certain int<jividuals and even of entire delegations.td sit either as members df the national committee or as legates to the national convenm.“ ouster is not effective after the national convention. Thds, it did not make his | <Twni if. Pace Six) 10 Feared Dead In Collision Os Ships Two Tankers Collide In Delaware River . May 26.—(UP) unidentified bodies were refrom the lower Delaware today ahd eight other men ‘still were missing after two tankers in a driving rainstorm and burned furiously. ert-route from the Persian Gulf with k ®o a d of crude oil, was steaming and the 240-foot coastwise tanker A. C. Dodge, Varying 630,gallons of gasoline, was headedgjtoward the Atlantic when the accident occurred last night off Augustine Beach, 22 miles south of hefee. - ; 4 I’he Dodge exploded and burned furiously for several .hours as she slowly, stern first. Then the the only part still above water, .ekj|loded, spreading flaming gasol(ni over the water. Th*- Michael, its fore section drifted aground op the Newshore. Its 37-man grew reon board to fight the fire despite the danger of an explosion. Cp|st guard boats and “every other vessel capable of throwing water” swarmed around the \ Michael to help fight the fire. ■The coast guard at Philadelphia reported some headway in fighting aboard the Michael. The were confined to the forePOaM decks and the fire not visible outride. Nine coast guard vessels, Including the 18(Kfoot cuttef Gentian, and numerous other ships poured w*ater and foam into the Ranker while the crew brought the tanker’s steam pressure unit into the fißTit. 1 r ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .

H 5 Prisoners tented By Fellow Reds Kangaroo Courts Os Communists On Koje Execute Prisoners Koje Island, Korea, May 26.-— (UP) —Kangaroo courts run by .prisoners of war have sentenced denfb and executed at least 115 of their fellow captives, it was disclosed today. The disclosure coincided with an American officer’s statement that Koje prisoners, practically all violently pro-Communist, are arming themselves for battle with a deadly collection of home-made weapons. The toll of dead from kangaroo court executions since last July 2 was higher than the number of prisoners known killed by United Nations guards. These totaled 103 jn three riots on Koje and one near Pusan. One American soldier and four South Koreans guards also ’ were killed. 4 Kangaroo courts operated inside the compounds*, usually at night. I while U.N. guards were helpless to 1 victims were* anti-Communlsts, many of whom had surrendered voluntarily to the allies. Dr. Stephen Gelenger, commander of the Koje prison hospital, said at least 115 bodies had gone through the morgue of his hospital. This is the hospital where pri-soner-workers staged an abortive sit-down strike on May 16. v Gelenger said that for ihe first six months of the camp’s existence the hospital was not open, and that the total of dead undoubtedly was higher than 115. *' | j, ’ The total included 16 men killed in compound 78 on Sept. 18 ahd buried inside the compound in a common grave. . - I i Gelenger said they were later dug up and buried properly. Evidence of the bodies, he said, showed indisputably |hat they had been outed. Gejlenger said that 122 prisoners had been killed by bullets in various incidents, including those made public in February, March and April of thia year. , The official figure of dead prisoners in such incidents indicated that at least 14 other prisoners had been shot by United Nations guards in scattered incidents. Gellenger’s figures, made public today for the first time, indicated that the underground kangaroo courts really got a grip on the prison compound about September 16 of last year. Ah army spokesman told the United Press, tonight that there were heavy executions inside the compound on September 16, 17 and 18. j / The same spokesman said he had no doubt there were executions going on by kangaroo courts almost (Tara Ta Fasa Six) Over Inch Os Rain In Decatur Sunday Corn Planting Is | Further Delayed Sunday’! rain totaled 1.16 inches, Herman **Hi” Meyer, stated today, The afternoon downpour flooded sewers and delayed planting, corn. j In two days, Decatur received font inches of rain. report ending at 8 a. m. recorded 2.90 inches and with Sunday’s heavy precipitation, the gauge shot up to four inches. Farm fields are inundated and in many places farmers will not be able to plow and start planting oom until the end of the week. The St. Mary’s river may reach flood stage (onlght or Tuesday morning. The stream measured 11.65 feet at 8 a. m. today: '■ | I ’ i T ■ ‘ , * ‘ ' i ' ’

Pastor Returns

Rev. Samuel Emerick

Rev. Samuel Emerick Relumed To Decatur Methodist Pastor, Returns To Charge L ' : The Rev. Samuel Emerick, pastor of the First Methodist church in Decatur since November of 1956, was returned to the Decatur Charge with the reading of appointments closing the annual North Indiana Methodist church conference at Elkhart Sunday. ■’ /lev. Emerick came to Decatur ’in to succeed Dr. Gerald H .Jones when the latter was appointed pastor of ! the Wayne Street church in Fort Wayne. Rev. Emetick is a graduate of Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky., received his master’s degree at; Butler University in 1940 and graduated from the Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, N. J.,: in 19412. He held pastprates at Kendallville and Wabash prior to coming to Decatur. I I Following the conference service of ordination Sundayafternoon, Bishop Richard C. Raines announced the appointment of Rev. Emerick to a four-year term!of office on the conference board bf ministerial training. This is one of the most important conference bodies, and is headed by Dr. E. R. Garrison, assistant to Bishop Raines. Several changes were made in assignments in nearby charges. * j The Rev. Ralph R. Johnson, former pastor at Pleasant Mills, was assigned to the Monroe church, succeeding the Rev. SV. L. Hall, who recently announced his retirement. Rev. Johnson was pastor at Ashley last year. The. Rev. Harley T. Shady, of the Pleasant Mills church, was assigned to Willow Branch in the Richmond district, and will he replaced at Plaesant Mills by the Rev. John Krieg, who was at Willow Branch. Changes were made in both the Geneva church and the Geneva circuit. The Rev. Paul Irwin of the Geneva church has been appointed \to the chaplaincy and will be succeeded by the Rev. Roger Lautzenheiser, the .latter’s first appointment after completing schooling at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111. The Rev. Earl Hartman. a new appointment to the conference, was assigned to the Geneva circuit, succeeding the Rov. W. P. Thorn, assigned to Poneto. The Rev. Herold Jenson, from McNatts-Asbury, wias assigned to Monroeville, replacing the Rev, E. L. Jaycox,-j appointed td Butler. ! L ! The Rev. Harold Basehore was returned to the Mt. Tabor charge, with the Maples church added to his pastorate. The Rev. Frank H. Kiae was returned to the Preble circuit. 4 ' * 1 j Dr. Jones was returned to the Fort Wayne Wayne Street church. The Rev. Dale Stackhouse, of Forest Park, Fort Wayne, was named superintendent ot the Warsaw district. • The Rev. B. H. Franklin, farmer DeCatur pastor, was returned to (want we ■ ■ "■■ ' k .' i

Price Five Cents

Join Allies In Pact Against Red Aggression U. 8., Britain And France In Separate * Pact With Germany ; ■ \ ■_ Bonn, Germany, May 26—(UP) — Western Germany joined the western allies today in a historic pact against Russian aggression. The United States, Great Britain and France signed a separate treaty with the Bonn republic. Under it 48.000,000 Western Germans, enemies of the allies in World War 11, get back most of their sovereignty. They pledge in turn to rearm and provide 12 divisions totalling 300,000 men to serve in a six-nation European army. Jk ' It was a sober occasion, there was no rejoicing in Western Germany. The provincial governments in the Bonn republic refused to make 4bday a holiday in celebration of the signing. The powerful West German socialist party 'boycotted the proceedings. Developments in connection with the treaty signing were: J—Western Germany, France, ftaly, Belgium, The Netherlands and. Luxembourg will sign in Paris tomorrow a European defense their arm|es intp one, to servecommunity treaty which will weld under Gen. Matthey B. Ridgway as allied supreme commander. 2— In connection with the army agreement signing, high Paris sources reported that the United States and Britian will promise to keep troops in-Berlin and Western > Germany and to aid France if a rearmed Germany tries to pull out of the European army. 3— In Berlin, tensely awaiting expected Communist outbreaks, the western commandants handed Lord Mayos Ernst. Reuter a charter giving West Berlin sovereign authority similar to that given the Bonn republic. 4— ‘ln Moscow the newspaper organ of the Russian Communist party denouncing the Bonn peace treaty as an open military alliance between the allies and West Germany, arraying one part of Germany against the other. Western observers In Moscow said the signing of the peace contract i would solidify the wall between east and west Germany and make eventual unification more difficult. 5— It was announced that Ridgway will arrive in Paris tomorrow to take over the allied command from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The powerful French Communist party issued orders to Reds to hold mass demonstration in an attempt to block the route of a parade in , Ridgway’s honor. Secretary of state Dean AchtfT son, British foreign secretary Anthony Eden, French foreign minister Robert 'Schuman and West German chancellor 'Konrad Adenauer signed the 400-page German peace treaty In the senate chamber of the closely-guarded West German parliament building. Acheson took Off later in President Truman’s personal plane Independence to attend tomorrow’s army agreement signing in Paris. Acheson hailed the treaty signing as an effort to ensure peace. “The federal republic is attaining the independence In foreign affairs and authority in domestic affairs which befit a free state,” Acheson said after the signing. “The United Kingdom, France and the United States, together with the other free nations, are great effort to establish peace and welcoming a new partner in theist. security in the world.” Adenauer led the three foreign ministers of their seats at a gray felt covered table In the senate chamber at 10:04 a. m. (3:04 a. m; CST> while 170 spectators watched from canvas-covered football (T«m To P«<e Three)