Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1952 — Page 1

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Savage Battle Continues At Sniper Ridge 1 South Koreans Stall Chinese Assault On Central Whrfront _ SEOUL. Korea UP — Two hundred Chinese Communists smashed .to within hand grenade range of 'South Korean infantrymen on Sniper Ridge today, bit the KOK defenders stalled the Red assault with machinegun, rifle and ,artlllery fire.: \ The savage battle for the central front height wMs continuing at last reports, with the Reds facing stubborn resistance:trom the South. Koreans. 4 r The Red attack was not .directed x against main South Korean defenses atop Pinpoint 411)1, but was aimed at an outpost, knob on the northeast corner of the height. Elsewhere on the 155-mile front. South Koreans ’ captured the crestof iron Horse Mountain northwest of Chorwon, At the same time. Allied warplanes unleashed a .largescale attack on Communist, targets deep in North Korea; Allied F-86 shot -down one Communist MIG-15. jet fighter and probably destroyed another. The Red jets were dying to stop F-84 {Thunderjets from attacking Communist railways, mining Ureas and troops concentrations. V. South Korean 9th division sol- \ \diers won complete coptrol of the hotly-contested Iron Horse Mountain nortlrwest of Chorwon tin a hand-to-hand fight with Chinese Communists fighting desperately from deep bunkers. ’ " Republic of Korea commanders reported the hill wad “secured,’ , although the victorious ROK’s were - receiving Communist artillery and mortar fire an hour aiid 40 minutes later. ' ji ■ The heaviest attack of the day was launched against, a transformer and, mining area near Kuna in north west Korea. Pilots reported the destruction of 16 buildings . and said flames sent “dense clouds of stroke spiraling a mile idto the air *? Thunder jets also Ibombed a vital Communist rail route leading to the southeast from i Sunchon near the west coast. Marine fighterbombers struck a Red troop concentration south of,Sari won,, levelling 25 buildings. A radar station .south of Kumchong; was destroyed and F-51L Mustangs bombed l'() warehouses at Kangdqng. i f < r juu J: l. ■ - Mrs. Etta Mi ler Dies At Convoy { Funeral services l for Mrs.- Etta Miller, widow of Willford Milder, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. * TEST) at the Lutheran church in . Convoy, Qhlo. Mrs. Miller was found dead at her home in Convoy Wednesday morning.‘Surviving-are seveh children, Roy of Fort; Waynej Orvis of Bellmore, Ohio; Theron of Florida, Ohio; Lloy.d and Van of Convoy; -Mrs. ’Ethel Erexson, Fort "Wayne and Mrs. Mabie Fortney; pixOn, Ohio. | Funeral Held Today For Ermah Mentzer \ ■.i■'■ ; T ' ' „ Funeral services' were held this afternoon ah 2 o’clock for Erman Mentzer, 7K native of Adams county, who d'fed Tuesday in a Fort Wayne hospital Where he had been confined-for a week. Mentzer had resided in Hicksville, 0., for the last 25 gear's where he Operated a five and ten cent store with his son, Walter Mentzer, a former Indiana state policeman, as a partU ner., " . _'J-. v “ Surviving are the wife, Eva; a daughter, Mrs.' Francis Armstrong. ; > Bourbon, and the sOn,. Walter. Two brothers and two sisters also survive. Deceased was a member of the Masonic, Moose, Eagles' and Elks lodges. Burial was in the Lehman cemetery lat Layne, 0.,° funeral services at Hicksville Evangelical United Brethren church. ' T . .. ' > | ■ k .. Burning Leaves Bring L Out Fire Department Firemen answered a 1 call at 6:30 o'clock last evening to find leaves burning in a sewer at Niqthand Jefferson streets. Fire chief Gedric Fisher said ho damage was Caused. ■ 1 J x T - “ S’— ' I \ INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday. Not quite >o cool extreme south tonight Low tonight 30-40. High -Friday 64-70. . .I •' •■ ■ ■

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Polishing Up For Eastern Trip A ADLAI .STEVENSQN rubs his “Adlai Stevenson Special’* train sigh to a' high gloss as he leaves Springfield, 111., to whistle stop eastward to woo New York i 45 electoral votes. Spectators are his aunt. Miss Letitia Stevenson, and his? sister. Mrs. Ernest Ives.

—-rs- — Secretary Lie ' ’ fr * Suspends 12 UN Employes Action Taken After Refusal To Tell Os , Communist Ties united nations, n. y. up — United Nations ; secretary generallTrygve Lie called on worldwide legal talent itoday to help clear the stat its of 12! American U.. N. employes whq were fired or suspended Wednesday night tor refusing to tell whether they had Communist ties, | Lie > said He was recruiting a panel of eminent jurists froth several nations, including the United States, to help hirfi formulate a permanent U. N. policy in such cases. • ; \ Tbe.\ question resolves around how a\ U. N. staff njember’s political relations with his native government affect hip standing as an international civil servant. r Lid, fired one official, suspended another and placed JO on coiwpulsoJy leave w-itlj pAy. All 12 were Witnesses before the internal security subcommittee’ at a reeeht hearing on! possible Communist activity amprig U. S. em-> ployed in the United Nations. Lidacted after studying a transctipt the conducted by Sen. O’Cbrio?, D-Md., acting an chairman of the subcommittee in the absence Os Sen. Pat McGauran, D-Npv. 1 O’Conor praised \ Lie for his “fortliyight action.”! lie said “no doubt these individuals who had professed to be loyal Americans but refused to testify t ... as to whether or not they are or have been fhenibers of the Conimunist party thereby proved the fact they pre hbt entitled to retain their positions." ; □'Conor was scheduled to readme shearings today in New York into the activities !of U. S. citizens Ain the worldj organization. Hd said the subcommittee would continue to make public any of its findings. i McCarran said pk Reno, Nev., that hp “could not expect any less than that.” but he! believed the th N..i “Should take! more drastid action.’' He would not elaborate. Lie Announced ■ that Stanley Graze, a year executive secretary of the Railway Operations Section in the technical assistance office,, had been fired outright. He -refused to answer whether he was | “presently 'engaged in espionage activities against ■ the United ' Statefei!” ' ■' P- • j. Tickets At Door For Tonight's Fish Fry * Whiter Ford, secretary of the Decatur' Chamber of Commerce, this morning that tickets will be on sale Pt the Decatur high school thip evening for the merchant-farmer fish fry, scheduled for 6:30 o’clock tonight. \ / Ford reportsj thdre has been some misunderstanding and emphasized that the public is invited to attend tonight’s affair. The Decatur Rotary club >'lll forego its regular meeting torfight in order that members may Attend the fish trf ’ ■ 0 0 12 PAGES h : —h «' a ®

Communists Fight Deportation Order Seek Injunction ATo Prevent Action NEW YORK. (VP) — Federal Judge John W. Clancy reserved decision today on application of eight Communists to prevent their surrender on deportation proceedings Friday. : • ■ • Attorneys for the eight, all- Os whom have been free on bail for the last two years, asked a temporary injunction to prevent the immigration commissioner from taking them into custody Friday They were admitted to bail Allowing a habeas corpus proceeding in November, 195 ft. The dejpartnieat of justice haid sought the immediate surrender of the eight hut Wednesday night they obtained a courtorder staying the surrender. Attorney general James\ P. MbGranery announced that she Justice department had started or was considering deportation pr denaturalization proceedings against 10 other Communist leaders. 1 ,■i ' I In a sweeping move to crippfe the Communist party in this country, MeGranery also ordered U. $. attorney Myles J. Lane of New York to determine whether ailing Communist party chairman William Z. Foster was physically able to face trial on subversive cha|,ges. ; | ! -1 ! ' 1 MeGranery noted that Fostejr has been writing consistently fdr the New York Daily Worker anil has been active in other party activities. ' \ ' LI -b '-n Foster was.among the 12 Con - (Torn To l*a*e Seven) ' Methodist Church Nearing Fund Goal Total To Date Is Near $63 000 Mark Meeting at an achievement dinner at - the First Methodist church Wednesday evening, workers ip the qhurch bijilding fund brought their total to date to $62,93 h- J ; f \'J. Ward Calland, general chairman of Rhe canvass, that results thus far are most encour aging and that the canvass* woulc continue uritil all member-families have been Reached. It was reported that 210 pledgee have been made by Methodists during the past six weeks. With many members to! be seen it is expected that the final figure will go well over the publicized goal of 475,000. Previous calls have resulted in an additional $42,000 in cash arid pledges. ■ ■ y dp. The dinner was prepared and served by parents and friends of the youth fellowship under the supervision of Mrs. Alva The young women of the youth group waited on the tables. \ Nine Die As French f Transport Crashes L PARIS Up — A French fourengined Languedoc military transport plane Crashed today as it took off from Le Bourget yield, killing all persons aboard. ji A spokesman for the air ministry said 11 persons w’ere booked aboard the plane, but sources at the military air field at Le Bourget said only nine persons actually were in it. including four crewmen land five passengers.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 23, 1952.

Acheson To Open Book On Korean War Before United Nations Today

GrunewaldTo Face Charges Os Contempt Congress Contempt < Charge Leading To I Jury Indictment WASHINGTON UP — Henry W. The Dutchman Grunewald. Washington mystery man, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of contempt of congress. The indictment, returned here. Cited 22 counts in which Grunewald refused to answer questions . of a House ways and means sub- _ committee investigating tax scan- • dais. Ths indictment cited three difr ferent occasions on which Grune- . Wald appeared before the subcommittee —on Dec. 12, 1951, on Dele:. 20, 19511 and on Jan. 29, 1952 ' —during which he was .allegedly contemptuous. The indictment charged that ftinoijg other questions he refused to answer was< whether he had ( ever vascussed any tax cases with an official or employe of the bureau ot internal reyejiue or wbether he knew Charles Oliphant, foriper chief counsel of the bureau. Grunewafd has been appearing before a Brooklyn federal grand . jury, al|so investigating tax scan- . dais. That case, top, involves U , contempt citation, i ’ in that inquiry, Grunewald has asked that the grand jury ceake h jtd question him about his political connections with three Republican senators, including GOP vice presidential nominee Richard M. Nix- . Federal Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo has set next Tuesday for , hearing arguments oft Grunewald’s request. \ 1 The other two >enators are . en Brewster of'Maind. who was de(Turn To I‘ave Five) Indianapolis Times Supports Watkins Says Craig Unfit As Chief Executive INDIANAPOLIS ujp — Lt. <GoV. John A. Watkins, a Democrat, was endorsed by the Indianapolis Times tpday for governor <bf Indiana. The Times, a Scripps-Howard newspaper which is supporting Dwight fD. Eisenhower for President. said Watkins is “a man ot sound judgment, of demonstrated ability in government, and of real experience in administering Indiana affairs.” The editorial said Watkins’ Republican opponent,v George N. Craig, is “able and likeable — without one day of experience in any public post.” i ; \ \ \\>* The inexperience makes him “inadequate for the highest, and most difficult, office in this state,” the editorial said, { \ . , “He is a. calm and quiet man, not given to flag-waving or rabblerousing,’’ the editorial said. “He has been an important part of the government of this ptate.' He has helped to develop and to carry out the good program that has, steadily been advanced by that government — and which he is pledged to continue. We have seen him at work. We know what he can do.” “Mr. Watkins brings to the electorate proved ability to cqpe with the problems of the ptate, actual experience in public dftice, genuine familiarity with the job to be done. , ?‘We have had good government in {lndiana. We have had four years of clean, progressive administration by its chief executive. We consider a man who has helped to do this good job best fitted to carry it on. We bejieve Indiana should elect John Watkins governor.” The Tlmbß said Cfraig’e war Irecord was “excellent” but his national commandersbip of the Ameri(Tara Te Pa*e Seven) ' r r I ■ ■ 4■' ni • i t '

■' ■~ ri — ——r Qrders Records Be Turned In To Court Zpne Appeals Board Records Ordered V In: the cause of Der atur Company of; Jehovah's Witnesses vs Decatur board of zoning .appeals, in which, Judge Myles F* Parrish several weeks i ago issued an order for the defendant to gi,ve him their record of proceedings for review and set October 15 and later October 22 as the deadline for defendant to produce them, the court Wednesday afternoon issued a final order that the records must be turned over for review by October 2S- 4 . ThO delay of a week was originally asked for by Robers Andjerso'n/attorney for the defendant. This was granted to- October 22. and at boon defendant filed a motion to strike out certain alleged misrepresentations in the, original Writ of certiorari plaintiff averred was “surplusage, irfelvant. scandalous. and a sham and false in J ' \ The motion cited certain statements: in ' the orig nai petition which .it alleged were untrue and misleading. Judge Farrish permltthe motion to bje filed an<| it will lie ruled on Friday. However, the original order for defendant to produce the proceedings in’ which the board turned down' an’application of variance to permit the plaintiff from erecting a building on a lot in West MOproe street still xtqnds and the court ; s set, October 28 as deadline for suicfi presentation I Judge Parrish will review the proceedings and then determine if the board acted: arbitrarily or in an>{ why unlawfully. The court tljien has the power to affirm, reverse 'or qjodify the findings of the board. ’ I The cause ih Adams circuit court is the aftermath of a refusal of "the zoning board to permit construction of la “kingdom hall” oh a ’.Weqt Monroq street lot qh the grounds that the plan as presented to the board did not‘ comply with the zoning ordinance. line in the original- plait did not conform with J <Turn To I’afcr > .ve> ■ - -V Lulu Schlagenhauf Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon • ” ■' ■ Mrsi Lulu Schlagenhauf, 71, well known Wells county lady, died at 5:20 o’clock this morning at the 1 Wells county hospital in Bluffton. She had been seriously ill five weeks of a heart condition. She was born in Linn Grove Dec. 2X. 1880, a daughter of Joel and .Atlanta Hill-Liddy, and was married to Edward Schlagenhauf Feb. 9. 190 i: Mrs. Schlagenhauf was a member of the Old Salem : Evangelical United Brethren church, its woman’s missionary society, and was a teacher in the Sunday school for many years. Surviving in addition to heV husband are her stepmother, Mrs. Mary E. Liddy of Berne; one son, Harold of Geneva; six daughters, i Mrs. Frang Sprunger and Mrs’. Hobart Myers of Berne; Mrs. Kenneth Snyder of Ohurubusfco, Mrs. Richard E. Mauley of Battle Creek, Mich., .Miss Leia 'Schlagenhauf {and •Mrs. Herman G. Reiff of Bluffton; 11 grandchildren; five great-grand-children; and four sisters; Mrs. Albert Hußer^/Mrs. Leo Baumgartner and Mrs. Archie Parr of Berne and Mrs. Henry Sprunger of Saginaw, Mich,; -y'i Funeral, services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at tho Yager funeral home in Berne, the Rev. Robert L. Cox officiating. Burial will bq in the MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after nobn Friday. ' r ' j J . . . .

Fear Lewis To II ! i ■ I’ i ■ \ ■ ’ ' - ! I : Set Settlement I Price Higher Soft Coal Industry ~ Leaders Fear Lewis May Hike Demands WASHINGTON UP --Soft coal • industry leaders feared today that John L. Lewis’ final price for set- ■ tling the nationwide coal strike may be even higher than the a-day increase which was disap-’ proved by the wage stabilization board. The wage board ruled last week that 1f1.50 a day wai the most thb United Mine Workers could get in straight pay hikes under stabilization rules.; But government officials; ; have hinted broadly that Lewis could get the remaining .40 .een|B “legally” |f it was included in the • contract in the (form of “fringe benefits” such as extra vacation pay. \ ■ , ? | As 350.600 miners remained out i of thb pits for the fourth day to i protest the board’s ruling, opera- - tors were beset by the uncomfortable suspicion that Lewis may take the hint land demand even more ■ than 40 cents a day in fringe bene- . fiis as his terms for signing a new contract. » I Some iridiistry circles felt that a statement, issued late Wednesday by labor members of the wage poard, was a virtual invitation tpi Lewis to ipiisO his asking price. ; ] The labdr members, who ed when industry and public memi bqrs of the board ruled the $1.90 boost out' of line, contended that wage Controls would allow the miners a $2.14-a-day hike if they took some of thle increase ih fringe benefits. V The labor group, make up of AFL and CIO members, said the board majority could have ap>proved the' full $1.90 easily if they had followed past policy. They based theik argument on the min(Tiirn To I’njce Five) N Polio Foundation | To Use Inoculation Backed Field Tests Os Gamma Globulin CLEVELAND UP — The president of the National Polio Foundation said today his £roup for the first time will take steps to prevent polio as ’well as those already afflicted. ' Basil Otoonnor said the foundation will start using the new b|ood fraction gamma globulin next year, First reports of the harmless blood extraction show the material “has scientifically proved tp ! be effective” ih combatting polio. Dr. William Hammon of the University'' ofPitts burgh,, disclosed results of tire tests made the past two years before the 80th annual meeting of the American public, health association here. He reported “marked protection” against polio for at least five weeks in three cities where the blood fraction was used piji 55,O()O children. ; O’Connor warned that supply problems would necessarily restrict use of gamma globulin. He alsoVwarned of the impracticability of mass innoculations because of the high cost of extraction of the material. ' Dr. Hammon’s report said that gamma globulin can cut paralytic polio sharply, and in cases where polio was contracted in\ spite of the innoculhtions. severity of the [disease w[as reduced »o make it almost harmless. Dr. Hammon’s report was based on results in controlled tests on children In Utah in 1961 and in Texas and lowa this year. The field tests, which reportedly cost $1.000,0©0, were paid for by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

South Korean Troops Unable To Man Line ■. i > ’'j |Van Fleet Takes Issue With Ike SEOUL, Korea UP 4- Gen. James A. Van Fleot, taking issue with - Republican presidential candidate Dwight D, Eisenhower, said'today the South Korean army never will be strong en< ugh to man the entire Korean battl J line’. The eighth army popimander whs commenting pt Eisenhower’s proposal in a reieit campaign speech Ehat Republic of Korea forces relace all U. S. and foreign troops n the Allied [front line. Van Fleet asked in an interview . whether South Korea is capably of producing an larmy “strong enough to man the entire front safely, ptovidjng it had the advice, technical assistance and logistical Biipport of] the' United States.” ■I His reply was a terse “no.” He said there jus: weren’t enough Koreans available to take over the job.“The.present ROK army totals 300,000 meh uniform, including I 10 undersized fighting divisions, he said, and these hold down a little more than half the 155-mtle battle line., / i U. N. fighting tyoops, as differ- , entiated from support troops, now number about 250,000 men. The South Koreans would have to find some 1.000,00< soldiers in thpir Jess than 20,000,000 population to match inan-for-man :he number of Communist soldiers .on the horth side of the line, tire general said. I Van Fleet t aid he could not, estimate whejn the ROK’s would reach their njaximum military potential under a stepped-up training program. “There kre too many unpredictable demerits which would affect the maxiniun: development,” he said. _] L b • : \iHe declined to elaborate ori any pf his replies. It was not the first time Van Fleet has said the South Korean army would never be able to take over the front. He told United Press war Correspondent Fred Painton last Sept. 14. the ROK griny never will be able completely to replace American troops in k?orea as long as there is an active fronts “Day by |day, the ROK army is assuming morn front line responsibility, but the ROK Soldiers will continue to need American and U. (Turn Page Five) Contracts Awarded On New Power Plant Three Contractors Are Awarded Work Bids were accepted for plumbing, heating arid electrical work for the new light andl, power plant this' Week, the results having been released today. ] The total moneys expended for contracts at present come to $205,14'5’. Three contractors will khare as follows: The Yost Canstruction Co. is awarded the contract to complete subterranean w ork' in connection with electrical installation. They won out on a low bid of $17,800. The Moorehead Electrical Co. of will install electrical requirements for $43,545. The L. <M. Marcum Co. of Marshall, Mo., wak awarded the contract plumbing and heating installation at their low bid ot I iAt present the contractors tentatively named six months from now as the time when work could be expected to be completed. .1 llThe diesel power plant is set for delivery on December 15 of. this year and will be ready for tests the following mqnth. Power and light superintendent L, Ct Pettibone stated work on the new' plant was going along at a fine clip and schedules are being maintained. 4 ‘■ . ' ’’. ■ 5 I- ' : '

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Disclosures On Korea Will Be News lo World i Committee Slated To Open Debate On | Korea Later Today UNITED NATIONS. N. Y., UP— Secretary of Dean Acheson will “open thq book” on the Korean war before the United Nations today and make some disclosures that will be news to the world, a United States spokesman said. The spokesman said Acheson planned to speak “for several hours” in the general assembly's, main political committee, which was scheduled to open the Korean debate at 2 p.m., c.s.t. ■' Acheson will review the entire I of the Korean war and the ]ef forts to negotiate a truce in the war-torn peninsula, in order to help the entire U. N. membership “see the situhtibn as the unified command skes it,” the spokesman announced. I , There whs > a possibility Acheron’s presentation might he considerably delayed by Russian man- | euvers. The Soviet bloc planned to demand that Communjst China and North Korea be Invited to the debate. It also was expected to present a resolution rehashing the ..Korean section of propagandaladen “peace package” Poland presented to the assembly last week. Acheson will present a “moderate” resolution embodying the U.S. views on the stalemated Korean truce situation. It was not yet known whether any other country would co-sponsor the measure. The confirmed, however. that the measure would call for support of the principles the United States has followed in the fruitless Panmunjom talks and / urge an appeal to the Communists from assembly president Lester B. Pearson, to agreed to an armistice on the lines Jaid down at Panmunjom. Adlai Hits At G. 0. P. Block To Progress Says Republicans Seldom Miss Chance To Oppose Progress EN ROUTE WITH STEVENSON, t’P — Adlai E, Stevenson r said today that the Republicans have “hardly ever missed a chance to be against” constructive programs during the last 20 yelrk. In a brief stop at Dunkirk. N. [ Y., en route to a whistle stop tour across northern Ohio and a major address at Cleveland tonight on so-called GOP “smear” tactics, the Democratic presidential candidate said he wanted to talk about the comparative records of the twp major parties. Addressing himself particularly tc the women, in the audience, her suggested thev were down to do some “comparative shopping” and hoped they would also do some “comparison voting” in the Nov. 4 election. He said it is easy to say nicesounding; words but the Democrats had mote to offer —a record of . 20 years* of performance. He said the Republicans also have made a record of opposing constructive administration proposals. In his Cleveland address, Stevenson will reply to Republican charges that he “coddled” Communists and once went to bat for Alger Hiss. Wilson W- Wyatt, “his campaign manager, said the Democra’ic presidential Cleveland (Tore To Pace Seven)