Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 147.

' Crew Survives Collision—Skipper Lost ilk \£J T 8 * T — i \ WMMrT * ' . '. ' ■' & *■"' y^-—--—-r \ i /- *'’ jr • SURVIVORS OF A SEA TRAGEDY that took the life of their captain, line the rail of the vessel which sank their ship and brought thepi safely to South Bostorf, Mass. Crewmen of the Gloucester fisHingiboat Albatross, their vessel was sunk in a collision with the tanker Esso Chattanooga, three miles off Cape Cod. Their skipper, the only casualty, is missing.

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WASHINGTON. UP—Gov. Adljii E. Stevenson of Illinois \has decided to make himself available for t lie Democratic presidential nomination, party sources said These sources —a high administration official and a senator in close touch with behind-the-scenes maneuvering in the Democratic camp—said j they had “heard” from White House quarters thtjl Stevenson had solved “personal problems” that have kept him frqtp announcing his availability. . • The administration official said he understood Stevenson would an-\ nounce KTs decision Monday, r i i? Stevenson 'has insisted that, is running tanly for reelection as governor, although he is reported to rate high with President Trani an and is favored by many Northern Democratic leaders. The governor has , said repeatedly that, hie could not accept the presidential nomination. ' t William I. Flanagan. StevensonU press secretary, said in Springfield, Jlk, Saturday that “the governor has made no plans for h further statement tan Monday.” j Stevenson has scheduled a news conference next week, but said |t will concern matters of interest only to Illinois.' i! | The senate sourpe said he haft conferred with < Democratic leaders who met recently with Stevens Oft. New York state Democratic chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick as one of this group. I The senator said he thought Stevensoh would announce his availability soon; but did not know if the announcement would come Monday. The administration source said it was reported that Stevenson's reluctance to rpn for president wajfc based on 5 purely personal reasons which now haVe bfeen cleared up. t This official said thjit according to his information, Stevenson’s decision to make himpelf available fpr the nomination had no connection with the eventual Republic-, an presidential nominee. v It h«lp been reported that Stevenson might run if Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio is nominated on the GOP ticket. ’■ Meantime, Gen. Dwight D. ®id-, enhower’s supporters braced* foj* j another defeat in their battle with the Tad- camp for Republican national convention delegates.. The Louisiana state GOP committee was scheduled to meet at Shreveport to decide seven contests over district, delegates. ThV committee is dominated by Taft followers, ' The Eisenhower forces held little hope that the committee would rule in their "favor. They lost two other contests Thursday whets the Virginia state committee approved two Taft delegates from a confuted district. The Louisiana district delegate disputes were among contests referred by the Republican National Committee this' week to sstate committees. The national commit! tee took jurisdiction over 72 other contests involving delegates elected at large from the states.r ■■I" 11 r, 1 .. 1 Noon Edition

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Summer Officially Makes Bow Today Great Lakes, East Enjoy Cao! Weather By UNITED PRESS The first day ,of summer baked piuch of the country Saturday but the Atlantic seaboard rind. Great Lakes states enjoyed cool, spring-' like weather. '• Summer arrived at o:13 a. m. CST when the sun reached .its solstice —or climlied as ; far north of the equator as it can go. i, Americans could lefok forward, to 15 hours and 13 initiates of daylight to work or play inj the longest day of the year. , , | For the area south o$ the Ohio Valley and east of the (Rocky Mountains the weatherman predicted high temperatures and steaming humidity. Thp‘ south and southwest suffered ?in 90 to \ heat Friday and a meteorologist in Chicago warned, “they could do it again." 3?| | The South-Central /plairy statps broiled in thht/oftdn climbed over the 100 degree level. A end steam bath df humidity was in store for the Gulf states and the lower valjey of the /Mississippi river. „ But for other portions of the nation the first day of , summer spelled relief from a sprihg ifoat wave. . - , 4 A canopy of cold air hovered over the Great Lakes and New England and sent cooling breezes, into the Middle Atlantic area and .North Central states. \ There was little likelihood that the mass of cool aii? would bring any relief to the warmer portions of the country. ( i - ? ' :—v' British Worker To Stand Trial As Spy i Charge Betrayal Os / Secrets To Russia ' LONDON, (UP) The state i charged Saturday that a British j foreign office radio operator be- ; trayed government? secrets to the Russians over a period of three ftionths and had been with a ’'highly dangerous secret” document. , J.' A Four new charges of (Obtaining secret information arid giying it to the Russians were lodged against William M. Marshall, the 24 - year -old defendant, at his second hearing in the Southwest .London magistrate’s court. The court denied Marshall’s appeal for hail and ordered him held i for t*rial next Thursday under I Britain’s anti-espionage law, the official secrets act. 1 No indication was given of the type of information involved, other than that it (Tam To Paco Blx)

Allies Repulse Biggest Red Drive Os Year Desperate Battle To Control Three Strategic Hills SEOUL, Korea, UP — Fresh Ahierican and Filipino infantry replacements beat back the biggest Communist attack of the year west of Chorwon Saturday ih a desperate battle for control of three strategic hills. More than 40(1 Chinese killed or wounded in the tierce six hour 4>attle. The 179th regiment of the U.S, 45th division and | men of the Philippine 19th battalion combat team absorbed the initial shock of the 3;500-man red attack. Jn the air, American Sabre jets shot down one Communist Mig-15 jet fighter pver the North Korean capital of Pyongyang Tn a dog fight I with five of the Russian-built planes. IX. Gen. John W. Irop Make O’Daniel, commander of the U.S. Ist Army Corps, said the comparatively green newcomers on the westerp front met the mass Chinese attacks with the “cold steel” of bayonets. \He said they wbre capable of repelling “any Chinese offensive.” The American and Filipino foot soldiers repulsed the hordes of Chinese in the bloody battle which marked the Reds’ 21st futile attempt to recapture the strategic heights wrested from, them by the 45th division 10 days ago. The Reds moved in behind a heavy artillery barrage which poured 60 shells a minute on defending United Nations forces. Scrappy U. S. soldiers climbed out of their foxlioles /and took on the raiding Reds in hand-to-hand combat with grenades and bayonets. B*-26 bombers came in low over the battle area to bqmb Communist concentrations. , This main enemy attack, a pincer movement desigtfod to cut off the hill positions, lasted four hours, but the Re<Js jabbed back in lighter probes, for two more hours. Garage Destroyed By Fire This Morning A raging fire early this morning completely demolished the George Wemhoff garage at Eighth and Jackson streets. Fire chief Fisher, whose men were at the scene in response to the call of an unidentified person, the blaze went out of control when a Ford truck in the garage caught fire and exploded, soaking the garage with gas. ' [ \ ■ - George Wemhoff, of 309 North Eighth street, the owner, estimated the damage at about, $4,000. He said he was insured. According to. chief Fisher the cause of the blaze is unknown, the owner, however. that pparks of some kind flew onto the roof, smouldered and finally erupted into the full-fledged fire. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. High ranging from 68-73 to 90-96 extreme south. Low 5564 north and central, 68-72 extreme south.

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Schricker Announces Willingness To Take Senator Nomination

Another Futile ' Attempt Made j To End Strike ; P -' ?I ' Nation's Defense, Civilian Output Grinding To Halt NEW YORK, UP — Union and ■ industry officials made another up- • successful attempt Friday to reopen negotiations aimed at settling ; the 20-day steel strike, it was learned Saturday, With the nation’s defense arid civilian production slowly grinding to a halt, representatives of Philip 1 Murray’s 660,000 CIO steelworkers , and top leaders in the industry Piet here' secretly in an effort so get the negotiations' going againi':* But, after several talks during the cday the situation was “riglft ‘ back where it started” and tnp meetings ended abruptly- Friday | night, a reliable union source skid. ? Industry officials said after tlfo break up of White House spon- ; sored negotiations earlier this month that only the union shop issue was holding up a settlement. However, the unidri contended ! then that th wage pattern still wait not satisfactory. !< i Neither union nor industry lead- " ers would indicate over what issuo the talks collapsed. Murray, president of the ClClj, , was in New York and participated in the abortive talks. He refused to comment and was Reported to have returned to Pittsburgh. The steel union leader will deliver ati “important” speech to a mass meeting in Gary, Ind-, on Sunday, and union sources said he would discuss the meetings then. Industry leaders who were here included ,Adfn. Ben Morell, board chairman of Jonep & Laughlin Steel Corp.; BenjAmin FairlefeSi president of U. S. steel; Charles White, head of Republic steel, and Joseph Larkin, representing Bethlehem steel. r The latest failure of union and industry to get collective bargain; ing machinery in operation gave weight to reports President Truman soon would use the Taft-Hart-ley law to halt the crippling strike. Murray To Speak GARY. Ind. UP — CIO President Philip Murray will deliver an “im‘ port” speech dealing with the issues in the steel strike at a mass meeting here Sunday. ■!; District United Steelworkers Di? (Tur" To Page FJve) j ——— ■ Criminals Escape Brazilian Prison Battle Police And Troops On Mainland || SAG PAULO, Brazil, (UP) -4 Up to 300 desperate criminals escaped to the Brazilian mainland/ after seizing control of Anchieta’ Island penal colony and have parted battling police and it? was announced Saturday. . * Between 300 and 500 mutinied Friday on the island offji the coast. They seized prison weapons and overpowered the guards in a fight in which official re-? ports st)id some persons. weroj ; killed, and wounded. Up to 30h convicts left the by motorboat. Official reports said: most of them reached the main-J land between Übatuba and Cara-/ quatattiba. ' ' 1 1 They headed for Übatuba, where?, they were met by police and who had been dispatched to the! area and by armed civilians, offH cial reports said. A battle was fought about twoj miles oiitside Übatuba and the con--vifets were defeated. Police that 21 coin victs had been captured in thje| immediate vicinity of Übatuba. ftiost of the convicts were en-jj (Tbh To Pose Six)

Nationwide Search For Robert Knetzer FBI Asks Citizens To Aid In Search Springfield, hi., (up) — Pictures of Robert L. Knetzer, confidence man and . armed robber. flooded the nation Saturday sand the FBI asked citizens to help catch the fugitive. i FBi Director J. Edgar Hoover Friday that “wanted” posters picturing Knetzer and giving his ilescription’ were being to postoffiyes and 'police stations coast-to-coastr-The posters say Knetzer- “may be armed and should be considered dangerous.” The one-tinne /Edwardsville auto tycoon was sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing prison in 1931 for armed robbery and also has been convicted for -passing worthless checks. He allegedly mulcted about •§5,600,000 from eager post-war auto buyers and still owed about $3,000,'600 of it when his syktem of selling /cars for less than he paid for Ihem flopped in 1948. A nationwide ■manhunt was ordered aff.er he escaped from jail here Tuesday, g' The FBI posters say Knetzer’s Aliases include Bobbie Calio, John /Hughes, Robdrt Hughes, Roy L. /Kline, Leon Robert Knetzer. Robert Ktause, i Victor Miller, W. L. 'Olinghous. Robert L. Roberts “and others.” They gave this description of the ' / “Age, 40. Bdrn Nov. 22. 1911 at 195. Build heavy. Hair brown and iravy and parted on left side. Eyes brown. Complexion dark. Race White. Nationality American. Occupation used car dealer. - “Scar on bridge df nose; appendectomy scar. Deep voice,, ryominent ears, erect pbstui/e and walks With a slight limp.” Knetzer was indicted in May for jtpncealing assets, perjury and for fleecing three businessmen of more than $75,000 while he was serving if contempt of court sentence, fs He escaped from the federal section of the city prison at 3:30 a. m. Tuesday when a stocky, middleaged man posed as a U. S. marshal and got the jailer to put' Knetzer in his custody. , The jailer, Melvin Palmer, and iTurt To Fa«e Six) 16-Year-Old Boy Is Safely Winner First Safety Award \ | To Donald Shaffer ■ ' ■' I .. ’ For his ( courtesy to other drivers On,'the road and his observance of ,|i'l the safety signals and general ability, Donald Shaffer was chosen t’his morning by Mayor John (o be the winner of the first check for $5, courtesy of the safe driving campaign df the Chicago Motor Club-i Donald is 16 years old and works for his father. Jake, who runs a produce market on Kekionga street. \ Donald was spotted by the mayoi* going sputh on Mercer avenue/ The mayor said he looked like a safe driver “right from the start.” The boy was delviering chickens for his father. During the - “shadowing” the foayor noticed the boy neveb exceeded a safe speed, always made his right' and left signals and generally showed the signs of a good driver. Down Mercer, to Rugg. oyer the Erie and Nickel Plate railroads they yrent until finally Donald parked to make a delivery, lie went in the house as the mayor polled up behind the delivery car. , .The mayor said young Shaffer looked surprised when he saw him amd\ asked, “any trouble?” ‘‘Jyst the opposite,” said Mayor Doan. . The mayor checked his license and discovered it was only a year old. The mayor then cut the suspense short and notified the boy of his good fortune—ss, to_be picked Up whenever he wished at the Daily Democrat office.

Expect House Vote To Kill Wage Controls House Has Already Voted For Death To Price Control h WASHINGTON, UP —Democratic whip J. Percy Priest predicted Saturday that a rebellious which already has Woted to kill price controls, will move next to strfo the administration of its authority to control w-ages. / The. amendment-riddled controls bill, which presently would detfohtrol virtually everything but wages and rents, will come, up for another round of voting in the House next Wednesday. *j Priest told a reporter he thought the house would be consistent and vote to kill wage controls, too — unless'it reverses itself on price controls. Despite the\ numerous rebuffs handed the adrhinistration by a Republican-Southern Democratic coalition, the Tennessee Democrat thought the latter was still a possibility. \ “If the house keeps wage controls in the bill, I don’t think it will vote to kill price controls on the final roll call vote,” Priest said. As it stands house bill would kill all credit controls. In a surprise 146 to 88 vote Friday the house tentatively knocked out practically all price controls. The previous day it voted to give the administration a choice between dropping material controls over civilian goods or raising tariff barriers. It hasn’t got around to voting on rent controls yet. With the house firmly set on a decontrol rampage, administration hopes of salvaging some economic controls turned to the senatehouse conference committee, which will draft the final compromise controls legislation. The senate last week passed legislation extending price-wage-rent controls for eight months and credit and material Controls for one year. The defense production act, thb basic controls legislation, is-scheduled to expire a week from With many Northern Democrats absent. Republicans, - aided by varying numbers of Southern Dem-t ocrats, rolled up lop-sided votes Friday in pushing through decontrol amendments. The biggest blow to the administration was approval of a ban against price ceilings on —farm /Turn To Pax* Six) Rev. Martin Fuelling Dies Last Evening Native Os County Dies In Chicago The Rev. Martin Fuelling, 90, a native of Adam& county and retired Lutheran minister, died at 5:15 o'clock Friday evening at a Chicago hospital. He had been ill since last Thanksgiving. He was born in Root township May 31, 1862. Rev. Fuelling graduated from Concordia College in Fort Wayne in 1883 and from Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Loi|is, Mo., in 1886. \ I - He had served as pastor of the Emmaus Lutheran church in Chicago for many years prior to retirement in 1940. \ Survfl’drs include six daughters, Mrs. Oscar Kollman and Mrs. R. Bekemeier of Yorkville, 111., Mrs. Charles Nestel of Chicago, Mrs. Rudolph Koenemann of ville, and Miss Ruth .and Jean Fuelling,- at home; one son, the Rev. Jotin Fuelling of Chicago; 11 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. “T— Funeral services will be * conducted at the Bethany Lutheran church in Chicago Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock.

Lattimore Barred from Leaving U.S. State Department Will Probe Report Washington, up —The state department has barred Owen Lattimore from leaving the country until it nails down a report that he had planned a trip to Russia. The department said late Friday it took the “unusual” step as a “precaution” against the possibility of Lattimore deliberately violating tiie strict ban against travel behind the iron Curtain. It said the action was based on an “official allegation” that the Controversial' Far Eastern expert was making arrangements to visit Russia even though he did not have a passport. Lattimore said Friday night at his home in Baltimore: “I suggest they, the state department, slfotild investigate the evidence, whereupon they will find out there isnj’t any evidence since I have no plans to go to Russia or any other country now or in the foreseeable future. I haven’t booked' passage anywhere.” Lattimore, a Johns Hopkine University professor, has been, under neavy congressional fire for his connections with the much-criti-cized Institute of Pacific Relations. Seri. Joseph R. McCarthy RWis. has charged him with being Russia’s “top agent” in the United Stated. Lattimore repeatedly has denied being a party member or Red sympathizer. “An allegation was recently made to the department that Mr. Owen Lattimore vyas making arrangements for a possible visit to the USSR and or its satellites,” the -State department said. “The department immediately began an investigation of this allegation. Pendihg the results of this investigation, the customs bureau was notified that Mr. Lattinfore . . . should not be perriiitted tp leave the United States.” The order was sent to the cuS(Turn To Page Five) ■/'■ , . I Community Center Area Being Filled Crew Os Volunteers Starts Work Today A crew of volujifeer workers from local business firms and industries started to level off and fill in the area just east of the Monroe street bridge, site of the proposed Community Center. Ten trucks, two large shovels and more than a dozen men were on hand early this morning to start the project. .-City trucks and trucks from Burk Elevator, Central Soya and Decatur Casting are being used for the work. Two shovels, one loaned by Baker and Schultz and manned by Carl Baker, and one loaned by Yost Construction Co. and manned by Shorty Sforack, are being used to load the fill dirt into the trucks. The ehtire area from the river, to the waterworks building will be filled in level with U.S. highway 224. The fill will extend, several hundred feet notth and when completed the Urea will contain several acres. The work is being supervised by C. I. Finlayson and E. W. Lankenau, members of a committee nainel recently by the community building officers. i i i Truck drivers donating their services today included: George R. Thomas,- Paul Longsworth, Jake Shaffer, Alan Fleming,/ Gerald L. Ross, Chester Howard, Joe Azbell, Don Jeffries, Paul Hilyard and John Mey er - Don Miller is operating a buTT dozer. Highway signalmen and truck spotters are: Dovfo Bedwell, Frank Garcia and Dewey Harmon. All of the work is being done on a'volunteer basis. The fill dirt is being taken from city property north of the area. Work of beautifying the area will start as soon as the fill is completed.

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Reluctantly Accepts Draft By Democrats Announcement Made This Morning Prior To State Convention INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Gov. Henry F, Schricker made himself available for the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator from Indiana Saturday. He announced he will accept a “draft” with “reluctance” at Tuesday’s state nominating conversion. Schricker will have no convention opposition for the right to run against Republican Sen. William E. Jenner next November. Jenner was renominated two sveeks ago. —Schricker’s decision to try for the senate may be coupled with Illinois Goy. Adlai - Stevenson’s plans in the presidential nomination picture, observers believed. They speculated Schricker may have Stevenson’s assurance*he will be available for president, or the Indiana governor may feel reasonably certain Stevenson will change his mind about not being a candidate. i Asked if he had the Illinois governor’s assurance, Schricker said only that he “sure” Stevenson will become available. Schricker knd Stevenson visited at the Illinois governor's,home one week end in May. Before he left, Schricker said he hoped to change Stevenson’s mind. He reportedly told party associates he would like to tie in a senatorial campaign with a Stevens<!>n presidential campaign. Stevenson's decision to run would have considerable effect on Schricker’s plansj Schricker’s decision reportedly is based on his feeling the party has been good to him and he still owes it a' debt. , In 1940, Schricker was the lone Democrat to survive a Republican sweep of statehouse offices for election to his first term as governor. Prohibited by the constitution from running for reelection, Schricker was nominated for the senate in 1944 and lost a close race to Sen. Homer E. Then, in 1948, he becarrie the first man in Hoosier hisfwy=etected to a second term as governor. Earlier that year, he accepted the nomination reluctantly, , saying there w'ould be ho tears shed at his house if he didn’t get it. He defeated Republican Hobert Creighton - with ease, although Indiana gave its presidential electoral votes to Thomas E. Dewey. ' ; Schricker is said to feel now as he did in 1948 when Democrats begged him to run for governor as the party’s Only chance to elect its state Wicket. . ! High party officials are said to have told Schricker politely but firmly he would be nominated' whether he agreed to it or not. They suggested it would be better if he made a statement in advance. -- . His decision to accept may a national implication. • Several weeks ago, it was reported Schricker w’as willing to run for the' senate on condition his good friend, Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, would be available for the presidential nomination. Schricker spent a Week-end in Stetensop’s honje last month. JContinue Probe Os Monroe Burglaries The sheriff’s department launched a full investigation today to uncover the burglars’who committed the six robberies Thursday night at Monroe. All that was taken was a little under $60 —all in . small change. Sheriff Robert Shraluka believes the gang—he doubts that it is a lone person—is composed of juveniles and live in the vicinity of the victims, and probably will show themselves soon.