Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1952 — Page 1

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Senate Group Urges Buildup Os Air Force d[ Subcommittee Says Truman Decision Bid To Disaster WASHINGTON, \ UP — The Senate preparedness subcommittee said Tuesday that President Truman’s decision to “stretch out” airplane'production- is “an invitation to disaster.” * Calling for the "quickest pos- i siblje” build-up of the nation's dir i strength to the 143 groups recoin- ; mended by the joint chiefs of staff, the subcommittee, said: “The ■ alternative is the possible extinct' tion of our way of lite.” In an ominously worded report on its investigation of the nation’s; aircraft procurement program, the/ subcommittee underscored recentj warnings of air force officials that* Russia'would .have two to three' times as many military planes \as(, the United States by 1954 and probably gaip worid-wide air superiority. “The ‘ question of an adequate air defense for the United States; ■ is a question of life or death fori ourselves and our institutions,” trie subcommittee said. Defense leaders, it said, “do not* believe we have the strength we need; they do not believe we will have the strength We need unless we raise our sights at once and? raise them drastically.” Ttfe group said it is “deeply dis-!; turbed” about the present airpower situation. It "reported that the best estimates on Soviet plane production and plant capacity are “shockingly high-” , I The subcommittee conceded that : it has not made a detailed study of the fiscal reasons behind Mr. Truman’s decision to defer until’; 1955 the 143-wing air force which j the joint chiefs of staff recom- 0 mended for 1954. p "However, we are convinced thfct / the threat which faces our security | is so grave that an overriding pit- < ority should be placed upon bulled- ■’ ing our defenses,” the report said. The subcommittee declared that ’ the decision to “stretch-out!’ plane procurement “Will, in the long run, save no money.” but will instead increase the unit cost per plahe by to three per cent. i The air force association, comprised of air force veterans, re- , serves and national guard members, also joined in the attack on the administration’s "stretch oiijt’V decision and urged congress ioappropriate money to build the wing air force by mid-1954. ■ ' — J Fort Wayne Shake \ ?Is Reported Seen ; ; By Three Persons] FORT WAYNE, Ind. UP — An-: 18rfoot snike, the object of an excit-’ , ed four-day came out pt’ hiding Tuesday to startle three? persons on the north edge of the: city, Sheriff Harold Zeis reported. Eugene M. Lefavour and two; sisters, Violet and Marguerite Schnieder, were, driving about four miles from the spot where the; reptile first was seen Friday., They spotted something strange. “From a distance it looked like a two-by-four .lying across the' road," Lefavour told approached, they ' noticed it was moving, and when’they passed they* saw the tail disappear in underbrush.;- . ■ ' J Lefavour turned his car to shine his headlights on the area and got out. He said he saw the anake slither through the grass toward a . creek, and he sent the girls to\call . the sheriff. . , The« girls, who refused to get Out of the; car, called,tile snake “beige in color.” They said it was abbut, the size of a fire hose. , Zeis said he made a preliminary cneck, and when he heard something moving around a tree, he > sent back for floodlights and reinforcements. He said the snake left a visible trjlil. , ‘ ; “Beagle dogs ,on a nearby fa>nr were howling with -fear, and a lot of coons and muskrats wqre treedin the vicinity,” Zeis said. • P J The posse beat the bushes till': morning. The hunt was called off when the trial led to. underbrushto dense to penetrate. Zeis assign-: ed four men to watch the area. i The snake hunt began Friday’ when a family of four said they; saw it cross a road.. \ • ? ' ■ * INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight; Wednesday fair. Low tonight 55-60 north, 60-65 south. High ; Wednesday in the 80's. | <- i

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n 1,. ...ii i 1 I. ■ 1 " t BULLETIN I • WASHINGTON, (UP) — A house administration subcommittee voted Tuesday to put i up $25,000 for an investigation of dirty books and magazines. East Germans • - JJI r, Resist Soviet Police Efforts Three Killed While Resisting Ouster From Border Homes BERLIN. UP ’ — At least three East Germans have been killed and hundreds founded resisting Communist 1 poHcfe efforts s to oust them from theiU homes along the Soviet zone’s border with West Germany, refugees said Tuesday. They said border villagers were fighting the Conununist people’s polipe with axes,Shoes, scythes and clubs in a futile attempt to prevent establishment of a three-mile-wide no-man’s-land along the 600-mile-lon'g frontier. Ih many case|, refugees said, Roman Catholic priests and Protestant clergymen joined in the fighting. But the villagers’ makeshift weapons , were no match for the guns of the piblice. Refugees said the police l were methodically and ruthlessly quelling opposition; ami trucking away Inhabitants who: failed either to escape to the west or go into hiding. An undetermined number have been killed or wounded trying to cross the east-west frontier. Fighting has broken out in at ?3.00-mile stretch ;of the border in (the past week, refugees reported. !• The East Cernianj government readied a- potent new weapon against rebellious^inhabitants of the Soviet zone by ionfirming that it Tians to form Un army on the [Soviet pattern, arid open to former [Nazis and professional German .soldiers. l i r The East German government ordered the ejstpblishmerit of the no-man’s-land pst&nslbly to prevent western "saboledrs” from entering the Soviet zone, but more likely To prevent E|st| Germans from fleeing to West (Germany. More than 535 p additional East German j Berlin in the-pa|t 24 hours alone. : Sympathetic -West Berliners called (in anti-CommunJst mass meeting tor Wednesday night to protest "terror justice 1 ’ ih the Soviet zone. Day Camp For Girl Scouts This Week *• * Parents Invited To Attend Camp Friday ■;’ . , I ! B . , Decatur’s Girl;; Scout troops—lo in all—aremeeting this week at Hanna-Nuttman hark in the second of the two-w|el| camping; periods begun last week; by the‘Brownies, the junior section of the Girl Scouts. , t | ‘ , The program will, in the, be the same; as it was for the Brownies, with ihjbvahced work and more detailed instruction the major differenced ' / The Girl Scpiiis, numbering 114, have the privilege of camping out all night. Th|s |is done ini groups of three troops : each, about 30 girls. \ \ hll As a special feature of the day, in addition to their regular schedule of nature study, hikes, fiirst aid instruction, cooking and the like, Rudy Meyer df the state conservation departments of education was on hand to legtiire on tree histories, studies ahd| identification. He also showed a movie in thej morning on the beautiful .state parks in Indiana.; | ■ This Friday, parents qf the Scouts are ihvjted to witness demonstrations df the many* skills perfected by 1 t|e girjs. Parents may visit aft*- | p. ni. Friday. Saturday niodping, of course, ■he campers tajie over the- city pool as the finaj activity of their week outdoors. ' Hershey Handles His First Registration \iNDIANAPOLIS, UP—Maj. Gen. B. Jferdhey, who as head of the nation’s Selective Service System has officiated over the induction of millions of Americans, handled his first draft, registration Monday. ; Hershey came|here from Indiana University, where he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree, to visit Brig. Gdh. Rpbinslon Hitchcock, state selective service director. Hershey registered Hitchcock’s son, Robert, 18,; an I.U. freshman.

Strike Delays 300,000 In N. Y. ?! Mlw - s teM*- Ml! CORPORAL PETER SABAT of Mattituck, L. 1., was one of 300,006 commuters on the Long Island railroad line whose plans getting to New York were disrupted by the sudden strike of engineers and motormen. While commuters to Gotham Scrambled for means of getting to work, Cpl. Peter wondered what he’d do with a three-day pass, with no visible means of transportation I \ > ’ u b

U.N. Breaks Off Stalled Truce Talks TKree-Day Recess Declared, Tire Os Communist Abuse ' PANMUNJaM, Korea, (UP) — The United Nations delegation abruptly broke off the stalled Korean ■ truce talks Tuesday for the second time in 10 days and walked ou| on guffawing Red negotiators. Fed up with Communist abuse and refusal to compromise, the U. N.’s Maj. Gen. William K. Har|rison unilaterally declared a three day recess and stalked out of the conference tent. He was foliowet by the rest of the Allied delegation. Harrison offered to meet the Reds again next Saturday, “or later if you so desire.” As on June 7, when he declared a similar relcess, he said the three days would give tihe Communists ( time “to think the matter over.” I Harrison acted after North Kojrean Gen. Nam 11 had denounced the U; N. in* the most vitriolic ; terms he has used since the previous recess ended June 11. The Reds apparently had anticipated the Allied walkout. When Harrison proposed a recess, Nam began reading a prepared statement Accusing the U. N. of trying to “dictate an armistice." “You must be aware that in this conference, just as on the battlefield you npt attained the positioh of dictating anything,’’ Nani said. He proposed another meeting Wednesday. Harrfson listened a while longer and I then-interrupted: “We agree to meet on June 21 or late> if you so desire, but not sooner.” “ y | \Nam spoke rapidly in Korean. As Harrison d> aa PP^ are d through the dobr, the Communist interpreter said in English, “We have more to say.” The Communists watched the rest of the U. N. delegation follow Harrison and then broke into; laughter. “It was apparently rehearsed laughter, which \was supposed to have been laughter of derision,” said, It N. spokesman Brig. Gen. Williapi P. Nuekols. _____ Swedes Probe Cause Os Another Crash Divers Standing By To Find Wreckage STOCKHOLM, Sweden, UP — Angry Sweden sought to determine Tuesday whether Soviet fighter planes "shot down a second Swedish air force plane ovfcr the Baltic Sea. , Swedish divers were standihg by on a patrol boat to descend 60 feet to the wreckage of a DC-3 some 75 miles southeast of Stockholm.: The plane, carrying three crewI men fiVe student radio operators, crashed last Friday. Swedish newspapers already were charging that the DC-3, like a PBY Catalina flying bpat s,hot down Monday, was a victim of Soviet fighter planes taking part in Baltic air-sea maneuvers. The twin-engined Catalina had been searching for the wreckage of the DC-3 when two jSoviet MIG--15 jet fighters attacked it seven; times and scored several hits Mon-: ’ day. The seven-man crew, two of (Tara To Page Five) *

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 17, 1952.

Cold Front Eases ''i ■ : t i r f h f Heat In Midwest i More Than 100 Dead j As Result Os Heat s ! 1 J ''■ J ' By UNITED PRESS 1 . jA mass of hot, stifling air settled over the Atlantic seaboard and south Tuesday as a cold front marched; across the heat-baked midwest and pushed temperatures downward. As the cool air moved eastward across the midlands it brbught general relief from the record-breaking heat wave that had baked crops and totmented citizens. *“Now the East will get what vtd got,” said a U.S. weatherman in Chicago. j The new heat brought sizzling, humid weather as it crept northward along the east coait. Weathermen said it had reached Bostofl and would “keep - going north.” The cjooling breezes and scattered showers of the cold front whJiiV swept opt of Canada and into the central portion of the country, brought the mercury tumbling fninu the 100-idegree level where it had hovered for a week. More than 100 persons were dead as a result of the weekend hot spe 1-inost of them swimmers Or .boaters who died while trying to escape the heat. , At! Rest 79 persons drowned. Illinois reported 21 such deaths, Michigan had 16 and Massachusetts 15. St. Louis reported its eighth heat stroke death before the mercury began to drop from its record-, breaking 101 level. At Presidio, Tex., the temperature sorted to 113. The unofficial temperature in Hell, Mich., was 103. Showers and the cold front smashed the heat wave in Nebraska and drove the temperature down to the 40’s and 50’s in some portions of the state. Kansas and the Dakotas, which had feared a crop-killing drouth, enjoyed pleasant cool spells. House Group Votes High Crop Support ! Approves Bill For Mandatory Support WASHINQTON, (UP) —The house agriculture committee Tuesday approved a bill to make high price supports mandatory for five basic crops. , i , The treasure would require the next administration to keep supports for wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts ?and rice at 90 percent ,pf parity. i j It would suspend for three years the so-called “sliding scale” wlmh allows the secretary of agriculture to drop supports for | these erpps as low as 75 percent of parity when surpluses develop. || | , Agriculture Secretary Charles ;F. Brannan has been keeping jithe supports at 90 percent of parity, the maximum level permitted. H : Parity is a congressionally -- approved formula for measuring a price fair to farmers and consp|ners alike. ■ ' ! ' jj ■ ; The bill also would textend for ttvo years through 1966 the present temporary “dual iiarity.” That would avert a scheduled mandatory drop in price supports for’ wheat, corn, peanuts and possibly cotton in 1954. Members reported that the* mil: was approved without objection! from any of the njembers present. Brannan had endorsed the measure. | It was strongly opposed by the American Farm Bureau federTe P««e Mx) ■ < $ a ■ ■, ■- 1

Hbuse Passes Bill To Boost Old Age Benefit Payments

r —F- ; —-— Border Air Watch bn 24-Hour Basis J ! ■ ! • ' | Volunteers In 27 k States On Defense | J, T? WASHINGTON. UP—More than ;<150,0i)0 civilan volunteers in 27 HStates will mount an around-the-•clock watch for enemy bombers next month. g The air force said “operation ( R Skywatch” will be placed on a 24|iour‘ basis, effective July 14, to plug some of the holes in the nation's radar defense screen. :: Emphasizing that the program is ? no( merely a training maneuver, Lasting air force chief of staff Gen. fNathdn F. Twining said that intelligence reports show that Russia now has the capability of sending a large fleet of atomic bomb;ers over the United States at any itime. j ' ” Officials said the prdgram vvill 'be extended to other states as soon ;a» possible. The civilian observation corps now numbers less than ’a third of the 550,000 volunteers ineeded to man the 19,000 lookout ‘posts which are planned for the [■country as a whole. | The ground observers will watch ;for unidentified aircraft flying at Gow levels in arealp not covered by the tadar detection network. Maj.. Gen. Frederick H. Smith, vice commander of air defense command, told repolters the deci- • sion for 24-hour duty was reached at meeting of top defense officials at the Pentagon Monday. Plan Band Concert Thursday Evening The first Jiand concert of the summer season will be presented on the court house lawn Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The initial concert will be played by the joint Decatur high School and grade school band. Clint Reed, director, stated that ; a varied program will be prepent- j ’ed, featuring a flute solo by Dana . Dalzell, a trumpet solo by Ron i Murphy, and Miss Carol Elzey, studenty director, leading the band in several of the numbers. Building Permits On Decrease Here ) t Report Listed For First Five Months j A comparison between building ‘permits and costs declared for the ‘first five months of last year and ‘the first five months of this year |show that spending and building activity in general, in Decatur, has dropped to almost half, according >to reports from the city engineer’s | Until May of last year, hfras spent for construction comfoared to the $277-700.00 expended !for the five month period ending ;ln May of this year. | The reports reveal that the majority of building and money spent swas done in January of last year as to almost nothing spent [in January of this year. This year’s splurge began, in ‘February, and so far takes precedence over building done in\ Jan‘uary, March, April and May. Construction in February cost $113,617. I M,ost of the money spent was not new homes; improvements and [additions taking the lead in that department. A breakdown that addition to apartments and extensive building additions to homes [and businesses already built account for at least 80,percent of all Rhe money ; The outlook for construction in June, with half the month already jpast, seems slight when matched with the prior Abput $26,500 was declared for construction costs thus far in June. [ The city has collected approximately $l4O for building permits and inspection charges this year. V

Sen. Brewster Is Defeated In Maine Primary Strong Supporter ’ Os Taft Is Ousted From Senate Seat PORTLAND, [Maine, (UP)—Sen. Owen Brewster, a supporter of Sen. Robert A. Taft for the Republican presidential nomination, was squeezed out 6|f hits sebate ' seat Monday by dov. Frederick G. Payne in a bitterly-fought primary contest. / top man In the state for Gen. Dwight Di Eisenhower, waslejading the contest for GOP nomination as U. S, senator from Maine, 69.355 to 66,312, with only sxi of 625 preqincts l still to be counted. The Republican nomination is regarded as tantamount to election in this state where no Democrat has been elected to a major office in 18 years. In the Sept. 8 election, first in the nation, Payne will face former State Sen. Roerg P. Dube, who defeated Earl S. Grant, president of a Portland business college, for 1 the Democratic nomination in Monday’s primary.Brewster, veteran of more than 30 years in political office, refused to comment immediately when informed of Payne’p then-apparen\t victory. . -j \ The Republican campaign here started as a fjght between Payne . as a supporter of Eisenhower and Hrey.steA as J mitoant baeUr of I’aft, but a “praft" investigation by the legislature brought the contest down to a rougher level. Payne vigorously denied testimony that he had accepted $15,000 througjh intermediaries from a (Tur» To Pave Five) Communist Leader On Koje Arrested Ruler Os Prisoners i Thought In Custody KOJE ISLAND, Kqriea, UP — Brig. Gen. Hayidon L. Boatner said Tuesday he is convinced he has in custody of the long-sought “Gzar of Koje,” the Communist leader who ruled the 80,000 unruly prisoners of war on the island. Boatner said the “czar” is one of seven Communist leaders believed responsible for murdering 16 non-Communist prisoners in Compound 77. | , The prison camp commander refused to comment further until he is absolutely sure which of the seven is the man whose orders precipitated milch, if not all, of the violence on Koje. Although Bpatner dealt with North Korean Lee Hak Koo as though he jrere the ranking prisoner, Boatner felt air along he was just a “stooge” for the real Communist commisars on the island. Camp officials said all of thp seven probably will, be brought to trial the U. S. Bth army or U. N. officials, , Since the murders — most of them after impromptu kangaroo courts—came under the jurisdiction of the Bth army, they probably will be tried accordingly, officials said. \ However, camp headquarters said all evidence would have to be collected and fevalukted before any action would be taken. \ Boatner, meanwhile, moved to break up two compounds holding POWs in his last big effort to gain “uncontested control” over 80,000 Communists on the island. Boatner announced he will order his soldiers to 12,000 prisoners in compounds 85 and 604 to smaller enclosures where they ■ will be more manageable. When the removals are over, (Turn To Pace Five) Ji• ■ ’

To Leave Decatur IB K fl .■ - £ iSi Rev. Jonas M. Berkey Rev. Jonas Berkey ■ ' f ' 2 ' -1. '■; - ■ Resigns Pastorale Christian Church Pastor To Tennessee The Rev. Jonas M. Berkey, pastor of the First Christian church in Decatur since Jan.) 9, 1950, has announced his intention to resign the local pastorate, [effective following the services Sunday, July Rev. Berkey has accepted a call to the Central Christian church at Columbia, Tenn., 'and will report tyO that church the week following July 13. Rev. Berkey stated that his new* congregation numhprpd about 200 mpmhe’'B. -’lto- a.tal pa-toP kc received his bachelor .of divinity degree from Butler University and will receive his master’s degree in-religion this fall. Rev. Berkey also ; holds an A.B. degree flom Indiana University in 1 )47 and a bachelor of law-s edgree received in 1947. He has been afctive in both church and civic circles since coming to Decatur. Officials of the local'church have not indicated who will succeed Rev. Berkey in thfe DeCatur church. Rev. Traverse Fort Vk’ayne, will serve as ad interim minister. The Christian church here is located at the corner of Second and Jeffersbn streets. Rev. Berkey and hi? family will go to their new Tennessee home about the middle of July. No Crackdown On Mac As Keynoter Army Finding Given On Gen. MacArthur WASHINGTON, UP—The army announced Tuesday it will not crack down on Gen. [Douglas McArthur for delivering the keynote speech at ijiext month’s Republican national convention. The army said MacArthur is not subject to its regulation 600-10. which prohibits military men from participating in political chm-" palgnsi and conventions. The army’s finding was based o'n the technicality that MacArthluir, a five-star general, is on specific assignment, although be is on active duty and has been drawtog full pay since President Truman relieved him of his Far Eastern Command more than a year ago. t The army’s formal announcement did not mention MacArthur by name, but it was an answer to humerous (fueries received on MacArthur’s Status. A, Pentagon spokesman said, however, the ruling might be applied to the activities of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, also a fivestar general, who is actively campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. I’ Eisenhqwer, however, went on the voluntary retired list and has I given up his army pajk The question of whether Mac(Turw To Pace Six)

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Will Increase Payment About $5 Per Month Vote Is Reversal Os Action Month Ago On Increase WASHINGTON, (UP) — T h o house Tuesday reversed its action of a month agb and passed a bill ,|o increase old age insurance benefits about $5 a By a roll call vote of 360 to 22’, the house sent the measure on to the senate. i The margin was 105 votes more than the two-thirds majority needed under the suspension of the rules procedure under which the house considered the measure.. The house rejected a similar bill a month ago when Republicans raised the issue of socialized medicine. A deluge of pretesting letters from persons who stood to get the increase in benefits under the social security program was in large part responsible for Tuesday’s favorable vote. The bill calls for an increase in benefits for the 4,500,000 persons now on the bid age insurance rolls of $5 a mohth or 12% percent, w’hicheVer is larger. The maximum benefit payable to a family would be increased from the present $l5O to $168.75 a month. Persons who go on the retirement roll? in the future also would get the increases, although in some cases the increases would be somewhat smaller than those scheduled; toigo to persons now on due - ruilb. 1 The bill does not call for any increase in social security taxes. The present fund is large enough to absorb the increase in benefits without any additional social security tax boost, experts said. The bill approved by the house was modified; somewhat to meet the raised by the Republicans on the socialized medicine issue. However, some GOP members contended that the revised bill wak just as “socialistic” as its predecessor of May 19. . The bill was debated Monday but a roll call vote was postponed until Tuesday. Republican and Democratic leaders had agreed' that they would take no roll call votes Tuesday because the Maine primary caused a number of absences. aBULL E T I N Mrs. George W. Stultz, 27, wife of the manager of Wylie's Furniture store Irr this city, died today at University Hos- i j pital, Columbus, O.| , Mrs. Stultz had been seriously IH for some time and recentwas taken from a Fort , Wayne hospital to Columbus. Surviving are the husband and one child. Funeral arrangements have not made. '’ A \ Price Ceilings Go Up Next Monday WASHINGTON, UP — Higher price ceilings will take effect Monday on clothing, furniture, televß sion arid many other consumer goods. But government officials said Tuesday there won’t be much change in actual selling prices. - . Huge Bond Sale Is Over-Subscribed WASHINGTON, UP—The treasury’s largest bond issue since the early days of World War II was. quickly over-subscribed ifi the first day of the sale. The $3,500,006,000 bond issue was placed on sale Monday morning. Secretary of the treasury John W. Snyder | announced Mondaynight that no further bids for the bonds would be accepted beyond those postmarked before midnight Monday night.