Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1952 — Page 1

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U. S. Soldiers Drive Reds Off Contested Peak Chinese Reds Lose Over 2,500 Men In Savage Fighting SEOUL, Korea' UP—American infantrymen captured “Jane Russell" hill on towering Triangle mountain today, completing a cbnquest that cost the Chinese Communists more thafr 2.500 casualties in three days of savage fighting. \ A hard-hitting assault by fighting rpen of the 7th division’s 31st regi-. ment battered the Chinese Reds from the hotly-coritested peak andj gave the U. N. poops all three heights on the central front hill mass —Jane Russel), Sandy Hill and Triahgle itself. — ’<• However, the Heds clung des-; perately to their hast toehold on Pike's Peak, a knob on the northeast corner of the mountain. U. S. soldiers <<?ok the knob ar 2:15 p.m. 11:15 p.m. c.s.t. Wednesday against little; resistance, but the Reds counterattacked and forced the Allied 'troops back 30ft to 400 yards. Seventh division officers estimated that in three days of\fighting for Triangle, 2,535 Communist soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Only 57 were counted' killed in action,; but another 566 were estimated ‘killed and 1.192 wounded. 'I ' v - Warplanes from six sth air force fighterbomber units flew more than 100 sorties in support of Allied ground soldiers ■ in the Kumhwa' area. In addition to hits on bunkers, gun emplacements, shelters and Oaves, pilots reported exploding stored Red ammunition. South Korean | troops at nearby. -Sniper Ridge said they had “pretty well cleaned up'j stray Chinese by dropping TNT charges into the mouths of caves; where it was bus*? pected the Reds were hiding.. Soutb Korean officers estimated they killed or wounded 671 Chinese Communists in the battle for Sniper, besides capturing 50.000 rounds of small arms amunition. 850 hand grenades and a handful of rifles and burp guns. S eve nt h division dnfantrymfth wpre “mopping up" on Jane Rusnell hill, scouring out surviving Red soldiers. United Press -wary correspondent Frfed Painton reported from the scene, however, that the Reds were “constantly" building up Itlieir ’ forces on a northern finger leadingto Triangle. He Said reinforcements: were believed cbming from a regi-, ment of about 3,000 men hidden in ' nearby foothills! . ? dome 700 bugle-bloWlng. screamin gßeds from the hidden regiment assaulted the Americans on Triangle during th* night, but got no-: . (Tun* To Page Stx) [ Barkley In One-Da j Wisconsin Campaign .MILWAUKEE) UP- Vice-Presi-dept W. Barkley today conducted a whirlwind Wiscon sincampaign for the Demo-; critic ticket, carrying a Democratic promise of k ‘full dinner pail,’’; He was scheduled! to arrive at; Mitchell Field at 1 p.m., after; spending Wednesday stumping MJn< nesota for the Stevenson^Sparkin an ticket. \ Warning Is Issued . J s, On Burning Leaves v Members of the city board of? works, police department and.; street department have issued the; 'annual warning concerning the| burning of, leaves in Decatur. Alt residents are asked not to burn: ■leaves on any streets which havf( ‘f-.a black top or bituminous coveringj ? A city ordinance forbids burning *' .leaves on this tj/pe of pavement, • was pointed out. I Heat from’ the burning destroy?; the body of the Afreet surface ah< causes much damage. It is per? missible, however t o burn ths leaves on brick streets and Jtfr stone and graver a Ileys. The street department’s trucking crew alsb will start collection and hauling of the leaves from streets around homes where they ire not burned. v INDIANA WEATHER t Partly cloudy, not quite so cold weat and north portions r i tonight. Frldajk partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer with oc-. casional light rain extreme north. High Friday 45 extreme r" north to hear, 65 extreme south, T O- -« - 12 PAGES

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THE ARMY’S LATEST piece of ordnance, the 85-ton atomic cannon, 4gdtsJg looking over at, Aberdeen proving grounds, Md., by army secretary Frank t Pace while chief of staff Gen. J. Lawton Collins the sighting mechanism. Pace said the army is preparing to fire the first “live” atomic shell from the weapon and <a defense Official in Washington has indicated that the U. S. is seeking suitcable atomic targets in 'Korea.

Adlai Scores J Double Talk Os '• • . f ! GOP Opponents Stevenson Making o Second Swing For California Votes EN ROUTE WITH STEVENSON UP ~ Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson Accused ’Dwight D. ■ Eisenhower today of making political expediency s ‘too much of a habit." i And he said the Republicans .wfere talking out of both sides of their mouths in campaign speeches: . The Democratic presidential nom.fttee, said the GOP kne\w it could dot win the election on the Republican record so “it has to be swept under the carpet for a .while,” Stevenson turned to Sen. Richard M. Nixon, Republican vice presidential candidate long enough to accuse the California senator of misrepresenting hiq congress- ■ ional voting record to convince Western voters the Republicans i were power and conservation conscious. In a bid for California’s 32 im- ; portant electoral votes, Stevenson retraced the path, taken a week ago by Dwight :D. Eisenhower, his Republican rival. , f | The schedule included a motorcade from San Francisco through the Bay area to Sacramento- rejoin his plane and fly to Los An- ; geles for three major talks. Taking note of the fact that it was his second campaign swing in the state dn five weejks. soh- said in a speech prepared for delivery from the state capitol steps at Sacramento that he hasn’t changed in that period but his opponent certainly has. . \ ; j “He seems to have felt it necessary to be a Taft Republican \in Ohio, a Dirksen Republicdjn- ; in Illinois, a Jenner Republican ■ in # Indiana, a McCarthy Republi- : can in Wisconsin—and here in California he has tried , the delicate job of being both a Warren Republican and a Nixon Republcan." he said. ' "As a result, by now it Js hard -to know just kind of Republican the general really is. { He may believe that news does not cross state' litres — that his and pictures of his handshaking are stopped at the state line and confiscated.” - Stevenson said Eisenhower could except “no sdch luck" and that one of the reasons for his I belief that so inany “independent voters and liberal Republicans” . have changed their minds lately about whom to* vote for in the November election. . , He said the American people “know what is gbing on in the world and they have watched with mounting dismay gs the general steadily-lowered the qualification for command in his crusade. •“They have seeh this change for" convenience’ become too much of a habit,” Stevenson said, i r 'ln a major speech Wednesday night in Ban Francisco’s cow palace. Stevenson lashed out at what f (Turn Six>

Foil Communists' y Plot On Ambassador Plot On IL S. Envoy Foiled By Vietnam SAIGON, Indo-China. UP—Vietnam security agents reported io day they foiled a Communist assassination plot against U. S; Ambassador Donald R. Heath. Agents of the Vietnam Surete National, IndoChinese equivalent Os the FBI. raided three underground hideouts in a , suburb of Saigon and uncovered documents giving a detailed plan,of th* plot against the 58-year-old Heath, officials said. • The raiders, acting on tip from an unidentified source, also seized two Sten guns, nine homemade’grenades and a revolver. At least two men were arrested. One Was described by security agents as political commissar of the Communist-led Viet Minh rebels and ringleader of the plot. Previous attempts have been made on Heath’s life since his assignment to this uneasy capital as minister to the associated sitates of Indo-China on June 29, 1,950. He also has received death threats in letters. \ For many months Heath, who Iwas promoted tp the rank of ambassador this year, has been protected by a guard of Viet Nam soldiers in addition to the usual small complement of U. S. marines. \ Before coming to Indo-China, the career diplomat served as minister to Communist Bulgaria. He left there when diplomatic relations were broken in lft49. Heath said recently that Saigon had been relatively iquiet since the-United States stepped up military aid and the late French Marshal Jean deJJattre de Tassigny (Tura TW ParejSlx) City Appropriation Hearing On Monday | The\city’s request far emergency appropriatipns to cover contractual services in the police and stfeet and sewer departments will be hftard by the state: board of tax commissioners in the office of the county auditor next Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. This also is the date for hearing by the state board on the proposed 19’53 tax rates s,et by the various taxing units of the City and county. I ' Remove 70 Names From Voting List City and county health authorities today authorized county clerk Ed J a berg to remove the names of 70 Adams county voters from the official registration of Adams county. ,\ The names are of those persons, who Were registered to vote, who have died since the primary election last May. There are 36 names on the county list submited by Dr. Harold Zwick and 34 on the Decatur list submitted by Mrs. Robert Lane. • \ Each election year, the county and city health board officials Are required to furnish such a list to the county clerk, whose office prepares the official lists of persons eligible to vote in an election.

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48,000 Mine Workers T 1 J A X T> J TA 11k Irked At Board Delay, Refuse To Work Today

Sweden Lashes Al Russia In Plane Dispute Denounces Russia 4 During Session Os General Assembly UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. UP —Sweden denounced Russia today for refusing to arbitrate the dispute over shooting down Swedish planes over the Baltic Sea. Swedish foreign minister Oesjen Unden told\ the United Nations general assembly that the Kremlin flatly refused submit to a hearing before the international court of justice on the downing of two' Swedish planes which Stockholm contends were fired on by Soviet aircraft. . “Such refusal,” he said, “is in fact tantamount to a recognition that the statements of the party, in question cannot gain \credence with others than those who, have no access to the facts and evidence presented by the other power.” Reviewing the facts, as presented in a “blue book” which the Swedish government asked to have circulated, to all U. N. delegates, Unden made a strong appeal for universal acceptance of the principle of arbitration. He asked no specific action by the U. N., but he roundly criticized the “imperialistic . great power mentality” of ti)e Soviet bloc countries. Unden spoke after Cuban minister of state Miguel Angel Campa opened the general debate with an appeal for solution of the U. N. ipembership deadlock, less abuse of the veto, "Pacific emancipation" of colonies and broadening of the technical assistance program. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the: day’s main speaker, was expected to take the platform late today .with what American sources termed a "moderate” speech on the Korean War. Acheson’s opening shot in the Korean debate, which is expected to dominate the assembly’s seventh annual session, was described as a general review of the U. S. conduct of the Korean war and peace efforts, lacking any specific proposals or demands for settlement of the conflict. The American statesman ‘ was scheduled to speak late this afternoon. He was the first foreign minister of a major power scheduled to appear in the assembles general - — or policy — debate. (Tnr» To P»»e Si*) C-46 Missing With 25 Veterans Aboard Missing On Short Flight Ovet Korea \ ■j ■* TOKYO, (UP)—An Air Force C-46 With 25 servicemen aboard disappeared today on a short 150mile flight over mountainous South Korea. The air force in Tokyo said more than 20 planes from the sth air force searched the rugged iarea where the twin-engined plane have crashed, but found no wreckage or other clue to the fate of the missing aircraft. Aboard the C-46 courier plane from the SlSth air division were .21 passengers and. four crewmen. All were service personnel. The plane has not been heard from since it left a base on the coast a short distance below the 38<h parallel at 1 a. m. 10 a. m. Wednesday CST. Its destination was another air base bn the coast 150 miles south. The flight normally would taken 40 minutes. \ , I | The air force said the weather at both bases was good with visibility about 3,500 feet. However, there are numerous mountain peaks in eastern Korea which tower more than 3,500 feet.

One Killed, 17 Hurt Bj Communist Shell Explodes Above USS Destroyer 1 Perkins \ With ' task force 77 off KOREA JLJP —A dommunist shell exploding'above the destroyer USS Petkins on Tuesday killed one man and injured 17, thepavy announced, today. | The casualties |jießumab)y\ were in addition to. seven previously reported . aboard an unnamed destroyer Monday. The Perkins Was dne of the screening destroyers' in the task force? making \a mock ‘'invasion” of the Korean east coast, i The Red shell exploded, above her the day before troops from attack transports; feinted toward the beach south of Wonsan, f; Communist shore batteries tired air-bursting at the Perkins and twP other destroyers. Seriously wounded personnel were transferred; to a cruiser sot hospitalization. J \' Warren Franklin, United Press staff correspondent with the “Invasion" armada, said there were unconfirmed reports that tW'o United States carrier-baited planes were downed, one in the sea and one on the beach, bftt that both pilots were rescued. \ The Coihmunilt North Korean radid at Pyongyang saicj Red shore guns, damaged a United Nations destroyer and Sank "two landing vessels Wednesd&y. apparently during the landing exercise. v . The broadcast;, heard in Tokyo, made no reference to dny mass landing attempt; although it was expected that fcommunidt propagandists would biaim a great Victory in .“repelling" the invasion. ; '■ ~£ — .' v State Police Post . Is Dedicated Today . Fort Wayne Post Is Formally Dedicated The Fort Wayne post of the Indiana state police, serving Adams, Wells and Allen* counties, rhally dedicated [today with an appropriate program and? inspection visit by ( city and county officials and newspaper and radio reporters of the three counties. ‘ Sheriff Robert Shraluka, prosecutor Severin\Schurger, prbsecutorftlect Lewis L. Smith, Mayor John Doan and Floyd; Hunter, Washington township justice of the peace, were among the -Decatur people! attending the formal dpening. Mayor Doan, iepresentlng Decatur, was on the program as One of the speakers. Others included representatives of ftther cities and (owns in the district and several police board members and state police' officers. The post has been operating for several weeks, and officials of the three counties wpre high in’their praise of the new service rendered. Formerly Adams and Wells counties were under jurisdiction of the Pendleton post ond Allep coun\ty was served by the Ligonier post. More than 20 poltcebnen are now available to Assist in the three counties and all work directly from the Baer field headquarters and can be made availably in a matter of minuses to any | location in . the district. , Sheryl Kay Tickle Funeral Saturday i Funeral servibdij will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian church for Sheryl Kay Tickle, who died Tuesday night at John Hopkins hospital, i The Rev. Travers Chandler will. Officiate and burial Will be in th* Decatur cemetery. ' I ' . The body will larrjye by plane late tonight and will b* removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call? after 2 o’clock Friday ftfternoon hnti’ time of the services.

Iran To Break Off Relations With Britain ’ ■ ' ‘ Iranian Premier Announces Intent To Sever Relations TEHRAN, Iran, UP — Premier Mohammed Mossadegh announced today'that he has decided to sever diplomatic relations with BritairL Mossadegh did not indicate exactly how or when the break would, be made. But authoritative sources said earlier he ' intended to withdraw Iran’s mission from London at once and i giye the British 10 days to their Tehran embassy; Unusually well informed sourcessaid Mossadegh planned to a note to the British embassy possibly tonight “intimating” the severance of relations. It was addled that he cabled the Iranian embassy in London to be prepared to close down. ' \ He made the announcement in al radio broadcast after a parliamentary session which he wks to have addressed was cancelled because a quorum was not present. I “As the British attitude is unfriendly against Iran, there is np use in continuing diplomatic relations," Mossadegh said. • Soon after the broadcast, British charge d’affaires George Middleton conferred lengthily with court minister Hossein Ala, the - Shah's liaison man with the government. The Shah is Understood to have tried tp keep Mossadegh from breaking relations. The aged premier said he had taken the fateful decision because Iran had gained nothing through normal relations with Britain. ■He said he hoped British authorities would decognize their mistakes so that relations could be resumed in a friendly and cooperative spirit. ■ . • ? ' - i ? t Aids Communists WASHINGTON, UF —American officials said today toat an AngloIranian diplomatic break will benefit only the Communists. Officials expressed “great regret” ovet' Iranian premier Mbhammed,,- Mossadegh’s intention to break diplomatic relations with Britain. ■/ \ These officials', however, emphasized that even a break in diplo(Turn To I’ase Six) . DAV Forget-Me-Not Sales Open Friday All Proceeds Aid Disabled Veterans The annual, Disabled . American; Veterans fprget-me-not sale will be held Friday and Saturday and chkirman in charge have been designated for all cities and towns in. the county, it was announced today. v James Halberstadt, junior vicecommander of Adams county chapter 91, will serve as general chairman and he has appointed the following sub-chairmen r ‘ | Commander Rufus Somers fbr Oeneva. Victor Steiner, second junior vice-commander, Berne. ■ Gordon Brodbeck,[chapter trustee, for Monroe. ■ ' . George Daniels for Pleasant Mills. I Decatur Girl Scouts and members of the D. A. V. auxiliary will ; Bell the flowers in Decatur all day Friday arid Saturday. The local chapter has been outstanding in its service to Adams county veterans and since the abolishing of the post of service officer the D. A. y. has been doing that work for veterans. . All monies derived from the sale will be used locally to assist in the rphabliitation of disabled veterans. local officers stated. f

Annual Halloween Parade Is Planned Over S6OO In Prize Money To Be Given I'he annual Calithumpian will be staged here on Halloween night, Friday, October 31, and an additional prize of $25 for the most attractive Goat entered in the parade will be awarded. Walter Ford, executive secretary of the Chamber) of Commerce, announced today. Already five bands have entered the Halloween parade, including the Decatur public ‘ and Catholic high' school bands. Other school bands are those, from Woodburn, and Rockford and Willshire, Ohio. Ford estimated thht this number would be doubled and that possibly one or two drum corps and military organisation bands would be here for the colorful parade. Lasjt year the Bluffton high school band won first place, and Willshire ranked second. The parade will start promptly at 7= 30 p.m. from the intersection of [First and Adams streets, and then move to Second street and nqrth tp either Jackson or Marshall streets. Winding back to Second street, the paraders will march south past the judge’s stand and receive prizes. More than |6OO in prize money will be posted this year. Ford explained. There will be prizes for children and adults, the most clever costume, the most comical and through the gamut of; masqueraders who enjoy the lark 6‘f parading on Halloween. jParade marshals, judges and other volunteer assistants will be named for the parade, Ford stated. Initial Report On Methodist Campaign '-" ■ ' ■ • Fund Drive Underway To Improve Church Launching a church improvement program to raise $75,000, 42 laymen of the First Methodist church met at dinner last night iu the Church dining hall and reported $30,842.50 pledged by .59 contributors. 1 W. Guy Brown, general chairman of the teams, presided. Brief talks were given by J. Ward Calland, campaign chairman; C. I. Finlayson, vice chairman and the Rev. Samuel Emerick, minister. Clyde Butler and Rev. Emerick, co-chairmen of the big gifts committee, reported $17,830. Team 1, captained by Lowell Smith, led the teams with $4,050 pledged. Captain Harry Dailey of team 2 reported $3,750. Division 2, under Alfred Beavers as colonel, reported $3,862.50. Division 3, with Lynford Braieey as colonel showed $1,200 and the youth team with Luther Schrock as captain reported $l5O. The laymen participating in the campaign are 5 Division 1 — George Helm, colonel Os 1 and 2; Alfred Beavers, colonel of division 2; Lynforcl D. Bracey, colonel of division 3.' Captains are, J. F. Azbell, Fred Busche, Harry Dailey, Malcolm Locke Paul Moose and Lowell Smith. Workers include Wajter Elzey, Milo Habegger, Floyd Krick? Alva Soliday, Charles Chew, Deane Lawson, Noah Schrock, Leonard Dorwln, Sylvester Everhart, Mayhard Hetrick, Willard Mcßride, Hubert Zerkel, \Jr., Gerald pady, Darrell Kreicher, Arthur Suttles, Watson Maddox, Charles Houk, Jay Thacker, Ralph Allison, Richard' Childs, Richard Eichhorn, Joseph Hiles, Robert Ray, John W. Beery, August Kelly, Roger Kelly, Ray Lehman, Lester Sheets, Charles Judt, Luther Schrock, Jack Lawson,. Earl Sprague, Don Thdmas and Dave Uhrick. ' A second meeting of all workers will be held kt the qhurch Friday at 9 p. th.

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Over 48,000 Refuse Work; Board Meets Pickets Reported Cruising Mines In Pennsylvania Today PITTSBURGH, UP-HMore than 48,150 United Mine Workers, disgruntled by the wage stabilization board’s delay in approving a $1.90 a day wage increase, Refused to work today. Pickets were reported cruising the western Pennsylvania fields, where 4,500 already were idle with 14 mines closed. In the southern Appalachian fields about 82.000 failed to report for work in Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Another 5,000 walked- out in Ohio. In Illinois, 1,000 who had walked out earlier returned to work, but 3,050 still were idle. In West Virginia, 8.000 were on strikes. At Uniontown, Pa., one miner. who|had worked on an early shift, said: “I am going to get my pay check tomorrow. I’m going to look at 4t and if my* raise isn’t there, I don’t work.” Meanwhile, the WSB convened in Washington for another session, but no decision was expected today. Reports spread in the cOal fields, that unless the UMW pay increase is approved by Monday, a full-dress strike of the union's 375.000 soft coal miners may occur. Resume Consideration WASHINGTON, (UP) — The sharply-divided wage stabilization board today resumed consideration of a $1.90-a-day wage boost for 375,000 soft coal miners who are ready to strike unless tha full increase is approved. A morning board meeting w*as put off ivhile chairman .Archibald Cox huddled for an hour on the issue with economic stabilizer Roger L. Putnam. The board was due to resume debate at 1 p. m. CST. on whether the raise could be approved under its regulations. The delay was expected to put off a final decision at least another day. i In their first two meetings, labor and industry members of the board clashed sbafply on the desue. Informants said tempers flared in the closed sessions when labor sought quick approval of the increase and industry representatives objected. Should the board seek to lop off part of the increase, it was almost certain John L. Lewis would close down the industry in protest. A full scale walkout might hot come until later this month when the diggers receive their October payi checks. However, wildcat walkouts could be expected to grow' If there is an unfavorable board ruling. Fire Demonstration Attracts Big Crowd More than 1,500 men, women and children attended the fire prevention demonstration given by the fire departments of Central Soya, General 'Electric and the city at Worthman field this afternoon. Local schools were dismissed for the hour-long demonstration and perfect weather brought put a large number of adults. Modern methods of extinguishing various types of blazes werb demonstrated and comedy also was added into the program to hold the interest of the spectators. Adams street and Thirteenth street were lined with spectators and all of the available seats also were occupied at the football field. Volunteer firemen, sheriff Robert Shraluka and city police handled the traffic prior to the i start of the program and also as automobiles were leaving the field parking area.