Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No, 253.

South Koreans / " ~ I ■ ' '•' 7 S ■ Recapture Peak On Sniper Ridge Recapture Highest Peak On Ridge In Bitter Bottling SEOUL, Korea UP — South Ko* rean Infantrymen recaptured the highest peak on Sniper Ridge today but Communist artillery and mortar fire forced the ROK’s to quit trying to rid the key central front height of all remaining Reds. ’ i The ROK’s lejst the peak, dominating crest on the r>dge north pt Knmhwa, to a' 1,000-man Red assault at 7 a.m, But they powerhd back and regaibed it in five hours of bitter fighting. Then the scrappy South Korean* counterattacked dowh the slopes v to,ward tlye northwest end of Sniper Ridge, determined, to batter 'tile Chinese from • their last toehold. .However, the Communists threw in intense; barUges of, mortar and artillery and the ROK’s were fore-, ed to return to the.'.top of the peak at 5 p.m. y i • latest front line reports said fighting on Sniper Ridge had dropped off sharply. // Allied officers reported that the running battle for the ridge from Oct. 14, to today cost the Reds 1,418 troops counted killed. 1,275 estimated killed and 1.051 wounded. In the air, Allied Sabrejets shot down two Communist MIG-15 j#ts , 45,000 feet over North Korea near *the Yalu River. >* Y Col. Royal 29. Baker, McKinney.' Tex., commander of the 4th wing group, got credit for one , Mlti.'. Credit for the eler was shared by British exchange pilot Flight Lt, T-iOraham F. Nuine, Hanley, .England. and Ist Lt Joseph E. Fields Jr., Montgomery, Ala. ’ The Chinese Reds had seized Pinpoint Peak or| Sniper Ridge in a two-way I.OOOMnan aswault early j' this morning, k blistering artillery bombardment Supported the attack and ripped up key South Korean* bunkers. ... The South Koreans regrouped on - the slopes ofj the peak, however, and surged nick to the top with demolition bombs, which they lifted' to rout the Reds from |their caves and bunkers. The speed with which the South -'’Koreans rallied fr,oin their temporary defeat Surprised’ the Reds. I / • Y One mile and a half to the west,, U. S. 7th division troops tried in vain to'throw Chinese troops offPike's Peak in the Triangle Iliil sector. Red artillery stalled the assault soon after it began.— 1 -’ J Red troops ‘threw a light prpbe aL Little Gibraltar on the western front, where a 1,000-man Chinese force Thursday night overran a British Commonwealth position but lost it to an 41fle<d counterattack a few hours later. ‘ ; The navy reported carrier-based — United Nations, planes laden with high explosives bombed Hyesanjin. Red industrial and rail center on the Manchurian border Twelve U. s. Superforts bomlied ar ammunition center at Hungnam and a troop edneentrhtion south of Wonsan on the Korean east coast. Another B-29 ranged along the* battlefront; giving night air support to .Allied- troops. ‘ i Far-'East air forces announced that American Sabrejets shot down .hree Russian-ibuilt MiG’s, prphpb ly destroyed ; two and damaged three in th® week ended Frith#. Four U. S. planes were lost during the same period, bin only one Jp aerial combat.; / | »- How Does Decatur Rate? How do yob rate Decatur in civic life and public improvements? What do you think about the c|vic Spirit existing here and the facilities available in our community? These and other questions are asked in a feature appearing on page four of this newspaper. All you need do is check your answer. “Yes” or “No”. If sufficient lists are 7 returned to this newspaper office,, compilation of; the answers will be made and the regiven readers. The list is not all inclusive; but -the questions einbrace many’ of lhe components offered in a well-man-aged, progressive town, you’ll enjoy reading the list. Y'~ 7 ; ~~ . INDIANA WEATHER ? Mostly fair tonight and Sunday. Somewhat warmer \north Sunday. Low tonlghi 35-40* high Sunday 70-78.! Noon Edition

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Dean Acheson's Talk On Korea Highly Praised ' X I Secretary Os State Presents American Position On Korea ■ UNITED N. Y. UP — Secretary of State Dfan Acheson’s “maximum peace bid!’ to the Communists brought unstinted praise from. non-Snviei delegates to the United Nations todaji. A United Stated spokesman said Acheson’s two-hour ind 39-mfnute presentation ,pf the American;position on the Kprearj war to the U.N.’s \ main political committee Friday rep|-&sented 'a maximum peace bid.” Reaction among U, N. diplomats generally agrpfed with that of Mohammed Zafiullah Khan, for eign miriistef of Pakistan, who said: 1 ’ “I never realized how strong our ease was.” ; Acheson spoke fro ri notes, and, took tie general as- - sembl/v's Go-nation political committee step-by-step 1 through Korean history— from the 1943 Cairo decisionith'at the cjiintry should be free and unified 1 o the Oct. S, 1952 refusal of ths Cjmmdnists to accept tike ÜBified cc|mmand’s last armistice offer. , His bekt littplressioi u?it appeared from talking de egates, came from his ddcurpentai y proof that Russia —f Whose tgd satellites now oppose it—had endorsed the principle of non-forc iblp repatriation of prisoners in lot less than 17 treaties tp| Kirenil n has signed. Acheson t-old the committee the U. S. — as the unified command for tile U. N.--would never agree to the; Cbmmi.nist demand •that all'prisoners n ust be repa- ' triated, regardless o£ their debires, he made the following points: 1. If the do not ihpw “an honest desi|re’ ( for a Korean armistice, ‘‘we must examine our positions' and oir ability to. oarry the ‘ resistant b forward.” This was taken hs in indication that if the newest U. N. peace-of-fer is rejected 1)y the Communists the U. S. will demand (a more stringent military pdlicy 4- with more help , from * more countries— from the U. N. I 2. The U. ,N. has! limited the conflict to Korea itself, “and it is the of 'thel U. N. command to thi| limitation.” 3. The Lj.j’S., as expressed in a resolution bearing thfe co-sponsor-ship of'2o other cduitries, favors an appeal to the to settle the Korean war| on the 5 basis of the PanmunjOm ta|ks with provision for tpe noti-fdrcible repatriation of prisoners, 4. “The U* *N. has jdone all. that is possible, to try ;bring about peace! and tbel and those who support hhn have done nothing to brihg aboitt ,peaao and everything to it” 5. Russia; ibegan preparing the North Koreans for war as eayiy as 1945 and carried tjeir prepara-' tions doWnAhrough the providing pt equipment; the transfdr of units from the Chineee army k n 4 the. attachment of njilltary advisers. 6. The U. la ready to resume the Panmuntfoin talks whenevet (Tur* To Fade Six)

Plan Big Stevenson Caravan November 1 ' Ad lai Stevenson At Fort Wayne Nov. 1 / Several hundred Adams county people are planning on joining the auto baravan tp attend the appear 4 ance of Gov. Adlai Stevenson t Democratic presidential candidate at Fort Wayne Saturday afterqpon, November 1, ht 2:30 o’clock. Charles Knapp J Democratic candidate for county treasurer and chairman of arrangements for. the Adams county delegation reported today. Mrs. Mabel Striker. Democratic candidate for county recorded and vice-chairman of the Adams county delegation' to the> Stevenson meeting, also ftnnqpneed that a Special convoy of women would join the i-aravan. Peter Lehman, Adams ebunty* daffy farmer and district chairman of the Morrison for congress club, also reported that a large delegation of Worrison supporters would join the motofcade from this and all other counties-of the district. Mr. and Mrs. Dan of Berne are corchairmen 6f the Berne delegation: Ray Umpleby and Mrs. Walter Fenktermaker will have charge of the Geneva group. • The entire caravan; Wilf be headed by Dr. Harry Hebjble, Adams epunfy Democratic chairman, as the group leaves \ Democrat headquarters here for Kort Wayne. G. Remy Blerly, Democratic candidate sos as joint state representative, and Gerald yizard are co-chairmen of issuing invitations and organi:;ing 0 groups from western Ohio to attend the, meeting. The presidential car didate will speak from a specially constructed platform at »the Pensy|lvania railroad station next Saturday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. The Fort yvay\ne Central Catholic high school band will furnish the music--A JO V Nd lynch Or Spiear Is Planned By Lie Orderly Measures On Disloyal Men NEW YORK UP —JUnited Nations secretary General iTrygve Lie says he will not “resort to lynch law and smear” in dealing with disloyal American employes of the U.N. secretariat.. Lie, in a statement issued Friday night iA answer to Sen. James O. Eastland O-Miss,, said “1 am taking such orderly ' and legal measures as are available to me to deal with the situatioin effectively and judiciously, without resort to lynch law and smear.”®'; J a Eastland, acting chairman of a senate subcommittee investigating Communist infiltration pf the tJ.N. Secretariat, said Lie’s! actiop of giving 10 American United Nations employes leaves of t absence with pay was “beyond my comprehension." ' Last Wedifesdity Lie. fired one U.N. official, -suspended another and placed 10 others on cppipul* sory leave refused to dell the senate grdup holding hearings here whether they had any Communist ties. ■ “It is my conviction that most of the people who have appeared before this committee are not fit (Tur* To Pace Six)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 25, 1952.

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— — -tStevenson To Continue With FDR Policies V Pledges Democrat Party To Continue With FDR Policies EN ROUTE WITH STEVENSON, UP —Adlai E. Stevenson pledged today the nation; will stick with the policies of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt no matter when or where it is challenged. The Democratic presidential candidate made the promise in a speech prepared for delivery at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., after a visit to the Roosevelt memorial at Hyde Park, N. Y., and breakfast - with the ex-president’s widow. “At home and abroad. President Roosevelt understood the moral and historical imperatives of our age,” Stevenson said. ' \ “Under his leadership America came to terms with the needs of our ,own industrial society and with the needs of the emerging world community. ’ We shall continue his struggle for sanity and responsibility at home and for the Collective strength of freedom abroad. “We shall never go back to the pre-Roosevelt period—to the reign of the Republican Old Guard—no matter how much the old enemies of Ropsevelt inveigh against us, nor how successfud these men are. in recapturing the Republican party.” In other words, Stevenson contended thaj. “Old Guard" control of t\he Republican party would rievet be accepted by the American people. On the strength of his charge ; that the “Old Guard” now has control of the party, despite the nomination of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican candidate, he anticipated a petnocratic victory in the-November 4 election. Stevenson said some of the "Old .(Tur* To Pace Sl») Youthful Halloween Prankster Is Slain 16-Year-Old Boy Is Killed Friday Night OTWELL, Ind. UP — Kenneth death Friday night while he and some schoolmates tick-talked windows in a Halloween prank. Alvin Phillips, upon whose , property the youth fell with a revolver shoot in the back, waa jailed at' Petersburg on open charges pending a coroner’s iriquest Monday morning. Coroner OWen D. Harris of Petersburg said authorities whisked Phillips away to jail beqausfe “the townspeople were pretty mad.”* “If somebody had said the word they would have grabbed him before we got there.” Harris said. He said Phillips orally admitted firing the shot but said it was an accident. .' v Harris said he learned Hilgeman and two companions were ticktacking windows in this small town around 9 p.m. using a long twine. ■He said they were'standing back, of an empty house owned by Phillips, adjoining the house in which he lives, and tick-tabking a house with a long string stretched across a street. Harris said Phillips told authorities he was hidden in\a passage way behind the house. He said the boys ( Started toward his auto which was parked nearby and he started after them but tripped over a lard can and the gun he was bolding discharged. ... The bullet struck the boy in the back. Harris said, and be fell dead. The other two boys, not (Tur* To Face Six) \

— ,# ”—— predict New Climb In Cost Os Living - Slow Upward Climb ; Seen In November WASHINGTON. UP — Govern-1 tnent. economists predicted today that |the cost of living, now hoverins at record' high levels, probably Will start; a slow upward climb again ih ; November. '■ The bureau of labor statistics announced Friday that between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15 the consumer coSt -pi-living index fell two-tenths i>fone vpercent f|;om the record |Hsh'set in August ’ Although tlds reversed. the pteady upward climb of the cost-of-Hvihg barometer since February. government economists 4 didn’t view it as a ‘'‘reversal ” They called it a “dip” which will probably through mid-Octo-'fcer. ■ But they claimed inflationary preaaures are still present in the economy which probably will ihow up again in November. v . Fqr October, they said the gost-of-livlng index may show no change from Sept. 15—190. S perbenti ;of 1935-9 ;priceq. If there is any. Change, they Said, it probably would be no mdreVthan the slight chai|ge last month. The drop between August and September requited from a one it fc, .aien< ■tttop in food qricos Prices of alj other major items inci-eased in the 3(May period. Tfite bureau of labor statistics expressed spine surprise at the drop in fpod prices, pointing out that;-September is the time when fooif prices normally start up agaßi. ‘But other government ecoifomists viewed thq decline as front a belated summer crop and abolishment of ceilings on fresh fruity arid vegetables by congress. I Tit we economists said they (Turn To Pare Six) . I : . One Os Marauding Gang Under Arrest ’ f s Teen-Age Youth Is Taken Into Custody ATLANTA t T P - Federal and state officers In Nashville, Tenn., today arrested one member of a three-man gang of marauders who robbed and kidnapped persons and police in all southern states maintained a close watch for the other two. : ; FBI Agent Alfred Means announced . that Virgil E. Lemay, teenaged; Nashville youth, was picked up at Ithe home of a friend in East Nasrivjlle shortly^after dawn today. Means Said was unarmed and'claimed he was forced into the robbeihes and kidnappings. He was attested by: FBI agents and James pill,;'itate highway patrol inspector., ■' The, youth wtps quoted as saying he was given an empty giin and forced' to take part in the crimes. He , was to be turned over to federal juvenile court in Nashville. James Francis Hill, leader of the bandit; trio, and another teen-ager, Charles Hopkins, were still at atge after apparently splitting up 4t the end of a 9CO-mile marauding trail. The, fast-riding trio eluded roadin the Atlanta area, apparently : going separate ways after freeing the latest victim of escapades that had ranged across three states? > \ In less than a week" the selfstylbd’ “fhree-gun and two cronies had bobbed up from Miami, Fla., to middle Tennessee, taking motorists captive briefly and stealing. their autos and valuables. Authorities spread an alarm for James, Francis Hill, 29. of Farmington, Mass., described as the /‘heavjly armed and very dangerous” leader of the hit-and-run bandit trio. Vlctlps said the young 6-foot-2-indh gunman ‘‘laughed hyaterically” and boasted of having two killings on his record. His benchmen were identified as teen-aged Charles Hopkins, and Virgil, Lemay, alias Ralph Taylor, '.v *' ! /■■■-.' ••• .. f:

————— ’ .— Hurricane Is Heading For Bahama Isles > Immense Damage Reported In Cuba - From Hurricane MIAMI. Fla. UP • A hurricane with winds of more than 100 miles pey\hour roared through the Florida Straits toward the Bahama Islands east of Miami today after cutting a- destructive path across Cuba. Cuban plantations suffered ‘‘immense” destruction and unconfirmed reports said 79 persons were hurt. The tempest had mauled small islands to the south* of Cuba and battered at least two ships. The Miami weather "bureau said the hurricane was moving moro, slowly and; reforming its full circular after losipg some of its strength in crossing the hills of Central Cuba, well east of Havana.' p| L ' It located the center qf the storm at 5 a.nt. e.s\t. about 155 miles south-southeast of Miami moving no|-th-northeast at about seven mileq per tour in the general direction of Bimini Island in the Wester® Bahamas.' “We have had no measurement of the highest winds; since the storiri crossed Cuba but' they are estimated at- over 100 riiiles per hour,” the i weather bureau said. “Gales extend outward about 30 miles from/the center.” The weather bureau, predicted Floridas southeast coast will /escape “dangerously high wind” as the hurricane passes east of Bimini today and said tides “will not be dangerously high.” The sixth hurricane of the year hit Cuba’s i southern coast with winds of 165| miles per hour, knocking out coihhiunications within Ha- . vana.; : . ■< The Cubjin government's council of met in extraordinary session Friday night to plan aid to victims and to survey the damage to rich sugar plantations fTii.r* To Pane Six) Democrats To Meet ,-v . r . . ' ‘ v. At Monroe Tuesday / Utterback To Speak At Meeting Tuesday Plans are complete for the Democratic political meeting at Monroe school Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock, Geqe Hike, ,toWn chairman and clerk-treasurer announced today. The meeting will feature an address by Earl Utterback Democratic candidate for statp superintendent of public instruction, speaking (part of the program. long time Indiana school; executive, is regarded as one of Indiana's outstanding educators and speakers. He will speak on state and national |ssues. Hike said that a musical program would precede the speaking and all county candidates will be introduced. The general public is ipvited to the meeting. •I School issues have been playing a part in the campaign in, the south part of Adams county especially this year 'and the dandidate’s statements, will be watched bjy many pefsopi. Utterback has given several addresses stressing tpe importance of higher educational standards for all schools. , County chairman Harry Hebble stated today that anyone from the northern part of ttye county who desired transportation to and from the Monroe meeting could obtain it by calling Democratic headquarters. . ' Several automobile loads of local people are planning on atr tending the event. Doughnuts and coffee will be served fallowing the

i Sen. Morse Quits Republican Party Republican Senator Resigns From Party WASHINGTON, UP — Oregon’s storing Sen. Wayne Morse put his political life on thie lihe today and waited for his erstwhile fellow Republicans to try and, end his career. Morse followed up his bolt to Adlai K. Stevenson by announcing his resignation from the Republican party. There is no wrath like a political party (scorned, and action similar to Morse’s often has nifTint political suicide. 1 , . Until sundown Friday, the bristly lawyer-senator had listed himself as a Republican. It looked as though he could keep the party label despite denunciation of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his sharply , needling of many GOP leaders in congress. The final blowup started a couJ pie of days-.ago when Morse slammed on his gray fedora and walked over to a recording studio with this reporter to cut himself a platter which was played Friday night in his hopnei state. His mustache quivered and his hands shook, but when the recording was done Morse turned around and said: “Golly, I feel likp l ye just taken a bath.!’ I “ft may be the beginning of the end of my political career." he added thoughtfully. Morse 'could be. right. It was just sijich a move which finally toppled the late George W. Norris, whose senate seat for decades looked as firm as the handsome state Capitol (building in his h'onie state of Nebraska. It killed off other men too’, most recently Glen H. Taylor, Idaho's “singing cowboy,” who for a few months had visions of bein& Henry A. Wallace’s vice-president under ,a left-, , (Turn T® I’ajje Six) \ " ( ,J , 1 . ( ' 'R; Denies Continuance To Appeals Board Motion By Board's Attorney Overruled The city board of zoning appeals today was handed its third defeat in the battle with the De 4 catur Jehovah’s Witnesses over the matter of a proposed church building at -Monroe and Ninth streets.' Judge Myles F. Parrish overruled a continuance motiop by Robert Anderson, attorney ,for the board, on the ground that the motion is “not in compliance with the continuance statutes of the state of Indiana.” The past two motions ruled out, by the Icourt have hinged upbn the time to file defense pleadings. Anderson claims pleadings could be lawfully file<i after the writ was issued, in its opinions, the court stated generally that it was too late for pleadings by the defense. , V . r . The court further maintained in the record that since two continuances have already been granted the defense, presumably to prepare final records for an ultimate decision, the defense had “ample time to file any pleadings they would desire in this matter.” Anderson, in the latest motioh, claimed the attorney, for the plaintiff, Custer and Smith, said if tne defense wanted to file pleadings —'the court Tiaving asked the defense to get agreement of the plaintiff to file pleadings—there was nothing they (the plaintiffs) could do about it. though they would not enter into any agreements. . ■, f ■ • The next step will be taken Monday when the board of zoning appeals will present all its records to the court after xyhlch a determination may be given, either reversing the board and permitting the Witnesses to build a Kingdom Hall, or upholding tl(e board and ruling that the in question is in order in all its parts.

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Petition Is Submitted By Mine Owners Economic Head Is Asked To Overrule y Wage Board Action ''WASHINGTON UP — Economicstabilizer Roger L. Putnam met today with wage stabilization board members On a petition to overrule the board’s 40-cents cut of the $1.90 a day wage hike hegotiated by the United Mirie Workers. Putnam told chairman Archibald Cox and public members of the , board that he has the petition “under consideration,”.; his _aide*> said/■' t | .. ■ The-petition was filed Friday the northern soft Coal operators. |t asked thqt Pbtnam overrule the board and approve the full $1.90 a.day hike Putnam J called the public mem- z bers to the meeting this morning. Oox returned to the capital especially fpr-Jihe conference: aides said hes? told the meeting he \has no idea yet how he will decide on the petition but simply rwrinted them to know he is considering it. Putnauf then took off on a trip to New York City on “personal” business, his aides said. ; The petition to Reverse the wage board was filed Friday night by Harry M. Moses, president of the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association and chief negotiator for the industry. ; Putnam’s action touched oU speculation that, he way ask the public members of the wage board to recons|den c their that only a raise can be allowed the! miners under stabilization regulations. Under t!he tripartite makeup of the wage board, the public inembers hold the - balance of power. They originaliyvsidied with industry members, over (hie opposition labor members, tq chop .40 cehfs from the pay raise negotiated for the.miners by Lejwis. The board’s ruling precipitated the walkout by the miners, who have taken the portion they will upt return tq the’ pits until they get their full pay increase. At the t|ime of the board’s ruling, Putnam praised the board for tak- / ing a courageous stand against inflation. However, with the mines closed down now for six days,., he inky see the issue in a different Lewis, nieanwhile, was pressing ‘ anthracite operators to pay the same si."9j) increase'for 65.000 bard coal minej-s. 1 The union leader left his lieutenants to carry on negotiations over terms of a new contract at a meeting -toddy at 10:30 a.m. Hard coal miners \were remaining on tjje jeb under ah interim agreement made, a month ago. j Levfis will make a political ad : dress in Morgantown. W. Va., tonight supporting she Democratic (Turn To FfcW Six) , Marion County's Traffic Toll 107 INDIANAPOLIS. UP — Halden . R' Baughman, 24, Indiana polis, was killed today when his car collided witll another at a near downtown intersection. The driver of the other car was Jack D. Dugent, 25. of Indianapolis. Baughman’s death raised the Marion county traffic f toll to 107 for the year, ./.'pi ' ’ . '4 — Kathryn Badertscher Dies This Morning Mrs. Kathryn Badertscher, 75. Retired nurse, of Rerne, died at Adams county Memorial hospital at 10:35 i o’clock this morning. Mrs. Badettocher had been in failing health for some time. .The body was removed to thp funeral Home at Berne. Faneral arrangements wit J be announced later.