Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 206.

_ |Corea Jet Aces Meet At Air Force Convention Kb 1 Mi i mni -V - '. wSrvk ▼ 1 H ®IK IW” 1 V< . «iroF ■P«7v i zA~ x - ■ F , ! /Aj Tv TBmSeHW ■P \ / jv ' W'Vw ■■ >x Bbt 1 A %. :p*s a JjMß' w*> SSfv /^ li Vm BhdLjiM ; \. \-Z _L\r~JMTi il W LT__ .": ?, ■ . s. ■ NINE “OLD MEN' 1 of the I' S Vi.r Force, all Korea jet aces, get together as guests of the Air Force convention io Detroit. From 1< ;’t,. front : Maj. VVinjon Marshall,-Beverly, Hills, Calif.; Capt. Ralph Gib* son, Moiini ('annel, Ill.; Maj. James Jabara, Muskogee, ; Okla.; Capt. Richard Becker, Fleet wood. Pa.; (’Apt. Robert Latshaw., Los Xp£e?*' s - Rear row: Lt. Janies Easier, Indianapolis, Ind.;. Capt- Iven Kin-cheloe.-Cassopolis, .Mich.; (’apt. Robert Moore, Houston, Tex.; Maj. William Whisner, Shreveport, La. They -havf» a minimum of ,fiyernjkills" apiece. \' ■ ■ ’

j Sergeant Reaches || I Stricken Family ■ Sgt. Chas. Buggy "Reaches lowa Home SIOUX CITY, lowa.. UP 1| t 1 Tia-d been too much for the .Sep- ! ,-geant and he broke down todav; > i T-Sgt. Charles R. Buggy, 28, had / come a loiig way to- learn tha| polio killed his sdu and had strickg en one of bis two daughters. J ; His crippled wife needed an operation. 5 He himself had, transferred from a ship to a plane in the Atlantic* ■j, Ocean and he Arrived showing the; !• strain in his red eyes and his ! chain-smoking. , , v “He went all to pieces when he J got here," a relative who sheltered , hinv and his wife said. v D “He’s not in condition to talk ti| anybne," his wife’s foster aunt _ said. “He’s too broken .up to think of anything." , J Buggy is a handsome, strong ; jnan. But the air force took special! Friday night in breaking the ; news of his son’s death to hiifi. <• Later, he met his wife at a reh ! ative’s home and embraced heii f tenderly. She wears a brace oni her back as $ result of automobile. ! injuries 1 ’ years ago. Then, as combat soldiers say of ! a shell-shocked buddy, “He had it.’’s ' Mrs. Lois Rebres. took' care of him and his. Wife and put? 'th«m|L to bed early. ’ E > ( His four-year-old soh; ' Charlesdied ,of polio four ydays ago. His daughter, Kathleen, 6, is a polio patient at St. Joseph’s hospital, She was reported out of danger. JBuggy and his wife planned to visit Kathleen. Then the tired parI ents wanted to go to their home , at Wi.nnebago, Neb., to see their? ' youngest child, 1 l-montjis-bld Charj lyce. Grandparents'. Mr; and Mrs’. Paul Beit, were taking, care of heit* The army, air force, and coast guard cooperated in the mercy mission of getting Buggy home. -■> j A B-25 was assigned for the fins I al leg of the mission on the personal order of Gen. Hoyt S. Vam denberg. ajr force chief of staff; I When he Airrived. 001. John Carey who commands the air base here; ' took Buggy aside. ' . ■ The colonel told Buggy his sori? . had died. ’ ; An air force car tbok him toL Mrs. RPbfes’ house. Hfe met his| ; wife in the living room. - | "They were speechless for- a» moment," Mrs. Rebres said. “Then . they fell into each other’s arms." j The wif,e; Hannah. 2(>, lirokte down and cried for the first time since her son /ied. ' ! Mrs. Buggy said she will need her husband's help in deciding whether to undergo) an operation for her back. . “She's not even supposed to lift : a child now," 1 Mfs. Rebres said/ Buggy 1 started out for home aboard an army transport ship; The air force sent an amphibian; [ plane to take Buggy off the ship, but the plane smashed a prppeller? on a life boat in rou&lv seas. S’ - The coast guard dispatched another ajmphibian and the transfer Friday fc&h miles at. sea. He Was transferred to the ; B-25/at Salem, Mass., and flown | Sioux cit y a » r force base. Noon Edition

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Bureaus Vary In Report On Food Prices Farmers Paid Less For Food; Retail Prices Hit High WASHINGTON, UP — Which government price report do you reyd? The bureau of labor statistics reported \ Thursday that retail food prices during the month ended Aug. 15 shot up to an all-time high. . ‘ ■ The agriculture department re?-' ported Friday that notj only did /prices farmers received" for their crops, stay put dur|rig- the shine period, but that , prices' farmers paid for food went down. , The American Farm Bureau Federation immediately issued a statement saying (yhe agriculture report’, gives ’“conclusive proof that the' I.timer is in no way responsible foY the most recent increase in food prices." Government experts explained that the apparent disparity is due to different statistical methods,! price spreads between the farm and retail level and “economic supply- tendencies." While the two indexes differ, the two reports agree pn some individual items. The BLS said its retail rise was due chiefly to higher prices on pork, chicken, meat, eggs and dairy products. The agriculture department noted tb.at gains during the month in farmers’ returns on poultry, dairy products, hogs, grains, hay and potatoes were offset by decreases in others. It would be most extraordinary to find "complete agreement,” between the indexes, .one agriculture department spokesman said. He said “big swings” in farm prices usually cause a corresponding shift at retail levels. But he said small percentage changes sometimes get lost. \ . He also pointed out that the farm report includes such items as cotton which never end up in they grocery store —• and wheat, corn and other items which are reflected much later /at,. the retail level, if at- all., , c f c The big discrepancy that stands out between the tWo. reports is the. drop in prices the nation’s farm(Turn To Page Flve> G. £. Choir To Aid In Dedication Os New War Memorial The Decatur General Electric Aeolian choir of 60 voices will be featured in the dedipation of the new $3,000,600 Allen county war memorial coliseum Sunday afternoon, Sept. ‘ \ Announcement of the selection of this nationally known choir of Decatur people, directed by David Embler, was made by Hugh L. Neely, chairman of the dedicatory program. , The choir wdll present several of its most popular concert numbers ’• during the afternoon program. Dedication of the coliseum located in the northeast section of Fort Wayne, will be a state event. National and' state leaders will participate in the ceremonies.

Stevenson Prepares Labor Day Speeches Will Make Addresses In Michigan Monday Springfield; iii., up —gov. Adlai Stevenson, warmed liy the "vibrant enthusiasm” generated in hip first invasion of the east, turned today to the task of drafting his Labor Day speeches. The Democratic, presidential nominee flew back to his headquar-. ters here from New York Friday to spend an intensive weekend in preparamofl for a Labor Day excursion through the vital industrial areas of, Michigan. He will speak at Grand \ Detroit and Flint. ■ V - Stevenson in his Labor -Speeches was expected to use the , same technique he employed in 'New York where he spoke Wednesday to the national Apierican Legion convention. The governor, told the Legionnaires that if elected, he would not bow to pressures by veterans if they conflicted with the. national interest. He was expected to have a similar admonition for labbr in his Michigan tour. Stevenson and his aides were en-. thusiastically happ.v about the results of the candidate’s two days in New York. Stevenson said upon returning here that he was "very much pleased with the,,vibrant*eri-\ thusiasm of the people . . .” He professed-surprise that his speech to the American Legion had attracted so much national attentiqn, pointing out that he had said much the same thing on previous occasions to the Illinois department of the veterans organizaiioh. Wilson Wyatt, Stevenson’s Campaign manager, was Ifess restrained "in his enthusiast). “The New York Trip created more confidence that we ffpl is good for us at this early stage of the campaign.” Wyatt said. V Stevenson ‘blandly denied any deliberate intention to pick an open fight with Eisenhower d.uring his eastern trip. • ’ ’ Rather than picking a quarrel with the Republicans, Stevenson said his eastern trip was eimply “to make some set speeches that L had previously been committed for.” Bu in another breath, he talked of the pleasure he derived from the cheering reception he received from the members of .the New York Democratic organ(Uontinurd On Paxe Six) ft „ \ . Circuit Court Term • Will Open Tuesday The September term of the A> dams circuit opens Tuesday after its regular summer vacation term. The docket will be read, reportedly Tuesday and Wednesday. Following are the last entries to be made in vacation term. N. Ward vs. Charley P. Ward complaint for divorce; on costs assessed against Mrs__. Ward. The case has been in court since June. Bernice Me Kean vs. Ward complaint for divorce;* on the motion of the plaintiff the action is dismissed and the court since June. Bernice McKean vs. Ray McKean,, complaint for divorce; both sides agree to a hearing on the citation September 6. at 10 a.m. Louise J. Olalde vs Edward Olalde, complaint to annul mafriage; court orders defendents citation returnable November 1. '

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August, 30, 1952.

Truman And Churchill \ ' ■ . ’ . . '. ■ . * In Personal Attempt To End Iran Dispute

17 Red Planes Are Battered In Air Battle Five Are Reported , Destroyed, Others \ Claimed Damaged J; SEOUL, Korea, UP — American, Sabrejets destroyed or damaged 17 Communist MIG-Lss today, in a series of high altitude battles over North Korea. > Sabrejet pills claimed five of the Communist jet fighters destroyed, one destroyed and 11 damaged. ! Fifth air force headquarters said *9 Sabres tangled with about 100 of the Russian-built jets in the area aroupdjthe Suihio reservoir near the ?Yalu river, and around Sinuiju in Northwest Korea. * *\ ,• ' ’ ? ■ The\ 17 MIG claims constituted the best day of hunting the Sabres jjavtevhad in August and brought the monthly toll to 82 MIGs destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged. - \ ■ 'lt was the second straight day the MIGs put in\ an appearance afteri staying safely in the’ Req China \ sanctuary ot Atung, Man churia,' just across the Yalu river ThA MIGs caipe out to seek revenge' for their orie-siiTed defeat Friday when, they tried vainly to crack through ja ring of F-86 Sabres protecting fighter-bombers, in, a massive strike oh Pyongyang. American Super forts al s o stepped’ up pressure on the Communists again by blasting an< important Red power plant in Northwest Korea. The raid came a few hours after, Allied fighter-bombers hit the North Korean ca'pital of Pyongyang with one .of, the heaviest assaults of the war. The Superforfs werfe over the target for nearly three hours., They used electronic aiming devices to shower down bombs on. some undamaged areas and on installations ' the Communists, had been trying to repair. '• Returning pilots said’ they made “excellent bomb / runs”' a\nd that Rod anti-aircraft fire was. “mea(Turn To Paxe Four)’ Labor Day Holiday Begins Taking Toll At Least 12 Dead % Result Os Traffic By UNITED PRfcSS. The Labor Day holiday traffic jam began claiming its victims Saturday. . At least 12 persons died in traffic accident's over the nation. Georgia led the list with six dead. New Mexico.’New’ Ybrk, Uli, hois, Kansas, New Jersey and Cali fornia each reported one traffic death. , , The national safety council at Chicago feared that 480 persons would die as traffic fatalities over the long weekend. Th&. toll last 'year was 461. But the safety campaigns for this La bor Day had been extensive and authorities hoped the appeals fdr safe driving would take effect. The weather, was generally good But a hurricane hovered off the Southeastern Atlantic coast. Its course ' was reported to have changed away from shore, A plane from Jacksonville naval air station being sent put of the possible hurricane zonk clashed' near Olathe. Kan. The three man crew w’as injured. . J The fading opportunity for a summer holiday was accented by a forecast for the season's first snow in the Colorado- Wyoming Rocky Mountains. Three railroad unions, he|d off a strike threat in the New York City area until after, the holiday. The dispute is with the New York Cen(Coatlnard On P»K« Six)

two Os Most Wanted Criminals Captured Martin, Bent Are Taken Into Custody ST. LOUIS, UP —"Pillow case” burglar William Merle Martin, one of the nation’s ‘TO most wanted inen,” surrendered meekly today only, a few hours after another Criminal on .the list was seized\ in Texas City, Tek. Martin, object of a big manhunt |n the midwest for the past week, gave up without a' struggle when patrolmen Walter Eisenman and Milburn Stein forced his , automobile to a curb.on a quiet St. Louis istreet. '• ! Joseph Franklin Bent, Jr., anoth|er "ihost wanted" criminal, was ■pot captuted so easil.V. The FBI ’said he "fought like a crazy man" when agenfs ami Texas City police surprised 1 him Friday night, y Bent broke away from the officers and ran toward the edge of the Texas City, business district. ■Rut a bullet fore into the fleshy part of his right leg; and l>e fell bleeding into the street, giving the lie to his boast .he would never be taken alive. j ■ Eisenman Stein spotted the grey automobile which. Martin had stolen shortly after he ehtered the city After farcing Martin, so the ,'irb. the St. I.ouis patrb’men ’swarmed on him With drawn guns. Martin, wanted for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Willard. Garver near Olathd, Kan.. June 23> was’ and there was no weapon •in the stolen automobile. He appeared haggard and worn ifrmo his ordeal of eluding pur&uers as the ihitrolmen took , him To downtown headquarters .for questioning.. \ ( '\ The'" FBI in, said Martin wot(ld be returned to Kansas' City, Kan.. toTace changes of slaying ■ Garver when' the deputy sheriff caught him attempting to' (Tnra To Pan* Sixt Youthful Gangster Admits Killing Cop Patrolman Killed In Des Plaines, 111. .CHICAGO,*' UP A tough-.talk-Mng member of a youthful gang admitted -today that he killed a policeman during a sla7 hdldup that unraveled detective’ story fiction. " . I Richard Smoky Green, 26, told Chicago, Cook county highway and state’s attorney's police that he killed patrolman Harry Bending Jr,. 32, in suburban Des Plaines, ■ ’ ■ b ' / Thisee other 6f the gang, who participated with Green in the holdup of the Time Finance Co., were in custody.’ One more ivas sought. Two girl friends Were' held. ' A "One of the other guys cased the place." Green told the officers, ’but I killed the copper.” : Tlie four members of the gang were handcuffed and taken to the suburb, famed for }t s quiet vpride iir^growing "roses, to reenact fthe crime. ‘ f More than 2.oQo,persons gathered around the. gang and hissed and booed. The gunmen cringed. Policemen were forced to protect their prisoners against the threats from the angry erod’d. "Send thenj to the electric chair," the crowd cried. "(’Hang ,’ein! Lynch 'em!” ? The, other gang members are Dennis Gessner. 22, (Jerald Wiott, 24. and Jack McCann. 21. all of Minneapolis. They had been initiates together at a St. Cloud, Minn., reformatory. ; Police sought Elton Meyer. 22. ; They also held as witnesses parolyn Provqr 21, Chicago, an(l Verna Myrnah, 19. Minneapolis. The case was broken by fast, detailed detective work. ;■ The abandoned getaway car was found. In the trunk was a can of garbage. In’the garbage w-ere the ; <Tnr« Te Pace Five)

- i . — Hurricane Is Wallowing Off Florida Coast ■ ' 1 ■ First Hurricane Os , Season Threatening Atlantic Seacoast JACKSONVILLE,, Fla. UP —An Atlantic hurricane with winds up 85 miles per hour wallowed unoff the , Florida coast .today, flinging fresh winds northward along 3(h) miles of shoreline. The weather bureau warned winds might increase to gale force from the extrenie northeast tip of Florida to the Carolina coasts, and predicted tides would become “abnormally high.”. In an early morning advisory s qhe Miami weather-bureau located the center of the tropical disturbance, the season’s first, at- about 130 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville. The weather bureau said the hurricane had, slowed in for ward motion,, indicating, it might be slowly changing its course. Weathermen considered a more northerly. direction the most likely change. Hurricane hunter planes during the night found the strongest winds ot 85 miles per hour near ; the center, w’ith gales extending 150 miles outward in a northern semicircle. . ‘ -'. 9 Storm warning® were rung up from JaVksonyille t 0 Wilmington, N. Cr, and most coastal residents' along that stretch joined military ! esrabl.ishmknt> in battening detail for a blow. • At least Two j radioed 5 they Vere*. riding unharmed through outer' gales ih the southern half of the storm, qne of them lashed by 32-mirfe-jperhour squalls, ? but no jicean craft was known to be, in danger. Resort towns and military estab.lislilneirts along the Georgia and Nofth and South ‘Carolina coasts .began making hurrleif storm, prep,Tnra tn l’»K« 81X) • ; ./• :— — . City Swimming Pool Closed For Season A Due to’a leak in the feeder line to the city swimming pool it will be closed to the public for the remainder of the season, it was announced today by Mayor John Doan and Hubert Zerkel, supervisor. It will only mean two less days to the swimming season than was planned; the pool was scheduled to close after Labor Teofilo Jauregui Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Monday Morning Teofilo Jauregui, 75, a resident of Decatur for the past 33 year®, died at -7:40 o’clock Friday evening at his home 903 North Thirteenth street after an illness of several months of cancer. He was born in Mexico Jan. 8. 1877, a son of Victor and Airastasia Jauregui. His wife, Felicitas. preceded him in death. Mr. Jauregui was a member of St. 3 Mary’s Catholic chqrch. Surviving are three sons, Manuel and Jessie of Decatur and John of Fort Wayne; two daughters, .Mrs. Delores Vela of Decatur and Mrs. Josephine Guerra ot Fort VVayne; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. and three brothers, Simon, Rufus arid John Jauregui. Two .sisters deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at, 9 a’ m. Monday at St. Marys Catholid church, the .Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan funeral .home to the residence, where friends may call after 7 o’clock fhis' evening.

Additional Repairs Needed At School Further Rebuilding Os High School Wall Further rebuilding of the walls of the Decatur high school will he necessary in the repair of the damgge dope by water, freeze and thaw, the school board was Advised last night in a special meeting held with W. Guy Brown, superintendent. Architect A. M. Strauss of\Fort Wayne, who designed the l>\uilding, met Fred O. Carey of South Xil’tiitley, contractor on the first repair job ordered several weeks: ago, and members board. 0 •P Inspection of the walls from the point where the brick has al eady been torn down, shows that water seeped deeper intowthe"' brick and mortar than first estimated. The walls have been lowered to roof level and the architect and contractor advised that approxianother six feet of wall to the? top of tlie third story window lie removed. The original contract awarded to Fred O.\ Carey provided -for removing the coping stone and brick wall to the roof. Much of this w ork\ has already been done This part ot the contract totals SIB,BOO and the state board of tax (.’ommissipners approved an appropriation of $20,000 to cover the cost. .. Supt, Brown staled thW the board was advised that an additional would bt> needed to complete the wall repair program. In the original construction of the walls,\ the coping stone was flush with the brick. No flash ing was placed under tlie coping This condition will corrected in tlie repair of the wjalls and copper flashing will be placed under the coping, extending a little beyond the wall for drain age purposes. The school board will apply im mediately for \an additional ap propriation of $6,500 to complete the repair work. * J

Two Sailors Killed As Tug Hits Mine L Three Are Missing Off Korean Coast / TOKY6,. UP — A loosse enemy mine flowing off Korea’s east coast sank the 1,589-ton fleet tug USS, Sarsi Friday and two sailors were 1 killed, 'three and four were seriously injured, the navy announced today. Jhe 205-foot Sarsi plunged to the bottohi of the ocean off Hungnam 16 minutes after the explosion but 92 officers and men survived the disaster. £> . Lt, William M. Howard, Norfolk, Va., commander o* the tug, was among those who es aped. The nap- said the detonating mine's explosion damaged the tug’s communications equipment and prevented the sending of distress signals. However, three ships were on the scene within 30 minutes and picked up the crew survivors. Howard, one of the first to be picked up, was commended by seventh fleet commander Vice Adm. Jbseph J. Clark for the “courageous manner” in Which he directed the rescue. The navy ,said those killed were: steward 3-c Hampton Uurtis Carter; Chicago; chief quartermaster Raymond Shifley Parrish, Chicago. Missing was damage control man 1-c Charles H. Kunsch Jr., Omaha, Neb. The injured \iricluded seaman Floyd Whellis, East St. Louis, 111. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers Sunday night north. Warmer extreme north. High 85-92. Low 6570.

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Seek To Settle Long Dispute; Fear Red Coup Send Joint Message To Iranian Premiei To Seek Settlement WASHINGTON, (UP) President Truman and British Primo Minister Winston Churchill made an extraordinary personal attempt, today to settle,.the Anglo-Iranian, oil dispute as tlie danger of a Communist • coiip in Iran mounted rapidly. - They sent a message t<» aging Iranian Premier Mohammed. Mossadegh proposing a new solution, including the grant of in additional U. S. aid. American and British envoys delivered the appeal early today in Iran and immediately began conferring wit|i Mossadegh. The ¥>hah or ,1 ran urged the premi. r to accept. Officials said the F.j S. 'an I British leaders took the unusubl step of intervening personally because of their growing fear that the continuing v oil “crisis , may drive strife-torn Iran into the waiting arms of its Russian neighbor. The Truman-Churchiil message said it ivas hoped the new plan would lead to “an early and equitable solution of the present dispute.” The two statesmen told Mossadegh if he agreed to let the international epurt rule on compen«s sation foF the seized British oil industry in Iran and resume on resumption of oil production, that: 1. The United States ' would immediately grant Iran $10,000.QOO to meet its critical budget problem. 2: Britain would lift its boycott on exports to Iran and Iranian, use of British controlled ster\ing\ Mi/Officials of the British Anglrtrlranian Oil Co. would make arrangements for movemnt of oil already stored in Iran and appropriate payments made as soon as agreements on price arid physical conditions of loading permit. "We have reviewed the mes. * sages Worn our two embassies in Iran regarding recent tglks with you as w'fell as ydur communication of Aug. 7, 1952, ao tlie British government,” the T r u m a n - Churchill njessage said. “It seeing' clear to us that to bring about a satisfactory solution to the oil prpblem will require prompt faction by all three of our governments. We are attaching proposals for action which our two governments are prepared to take and which we sincerely hope will meet with your approval and result in a satisfactory solution. j \ motivated by m. . re and feelings of friendship for the Iranian nation and <Tur» T« P«Kr suf Two Candidates File For Congress ? On Minor Tickets Two niore candidates have filed in the ebuty clerks office-do appear on 'the ballot for representative to congress from the fourth congressional district. Lawrence M. Brayton, of Fort Wayne, secretary of the Socialist party of Indiana, filed a petition of 700 names, draw-n from Fort Wayne arid several streets in Decatur; Shirmeyer street, Homewood, and Spencer street. ' • The other hopeful is Claude Swartz of Cromwell, the r candidate of the Prohibitionist party. In Swartz’s case no petition is necessary as his statement ot candidacy declares a convention was held ar Wawaka on the 19th of this month. Two candidates are already on the ballot, Ross E. Adair the Republican incumbent, and Howard Morrison, a Democrat.