Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 258.

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Bloody Battle Continues For Triangle Hill South Koreans Halt Effort To Recapture CrestfOf Bloody HHI \ SEOUL, Korea UP — South Ko. rean infantrymen called off their attempt to recapture the bloody crest of Triangle Hill late today in ■ the face of fanatic last-ditch re*' sistanfce by Communists battling from deep bunkers and trenches. i i The* weary Republic of Korea 1 soldiers backed slowly down th" steep slopes of the central front I'height-after fighting Tor nearly W hours with stand-or-die Coinmu--1 nists entrenched'on the peak.j I United , Press correspondent Vic-. tor Kendrick said today’s fighting Was “probably the toughest” Allied soldiers have faced in 18 days of hat tie for Triangle Hill and nearby Snipef*Ridge. As the ROK’s withdrew, they took with them large party” of survivors from three chopped-up i Units overrun in the first 3,000-mun . Red attack early today. ' About 175 of the wounded, bloody South Koreans were found among the bodies of their comrades; who fpught against overwhelming odds to blunt) a Red attack that threaten-, ed to break the main Allied defense’ line. 'The Reds captured the peak at’ J 2 a.h). 11 a.fu. c.s.t/ Thursday, lost it at 9:15 ami. to, a ROK< counterattack. recaptured it at lbaju. and: then repulsed the second South Koreap counter-attack. ; Maj. Robert ~S. Giiler, an “American advisor ?to the ROK’s'. told Kendripk that of three ROK units engaged in tt|e initial Red assault. » two were "completely goije” and a. third was reduced to 18 men. “But those whp Remained came back for more,” Kendrick said., < Kendrick sai<l that South Koreans who made the second counterattack at midmorning were ordered during the afternoon to get off the hill. _ VThey refused to go," Kendrick J There was no immediate word from the front on whether the attacked found any of the 100 dr more U. N. soldiers who had been cut off in the earlier fighting and were believed to be still on the hilt Both the Reds and the Allies reinforced their fighters this afternpofe, sending fresh troops scram-, bhng up the steep, slippery slopes of the pyramid-shaped peak to join the battle. ”'' \ The Communists showered down ’ (Tura To Pa«e Seven.) Briq. Gen. Gignilliat • Is Taken By Death MAtwOOD, 111. I tip — Brig. Gen, Leigh R. Gignilliat, 77, who was associated with the Culver Military Academy at. Culver, Ind., for 44 yfears, died 'Thursday .in Hines Veterans hospital. Gignilliat as superinten- , dent of the academy in 1939. As an engineer, he helped determine ' original boundaries of the Yeilowstone national park in 1895'. - i I 4 ft ; ■ 1 INDIANA WEATHER” Partly cloudy Friday Jnlght u • and ’ Saturday. Low Friday night 45-50 north and 50-55 south. High Saturday mid 70’*.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

May Challenge Sejme Absentee Ballots ' ■■■:! I Democrats Meeting Problems Several Adams county Democratic leaders.and candidates fo| county Office met today t.o plan 'jaction to prevent'the of fcnumMr of absent sal-lots already filed with county clerk. Ed jaberg for next Tuesday’s general eftction. The ballots ip question sere of -persons who formerly here and at that time! were as Republicans. One former resident and hltfwife, who giVei an dhdress Decatur, R.F.D., state; in the|r affidavit tfeat\ they; reside jn &dams codnty and will be fe.wby oa business oij election day. They have resided in another northern l|idianh eouhty for several yeturs a|d the residence which thsy !orme<ly occupied has long been, another family. V “g Another former Deca' ur business plan and his Wife ndw residing in Mississippi give a Decatur address, in their.'swprn affidavit, ahd another ' Decatur family resides in their former ' g ,Another couple. ; formerly of UnSon township, feolditteir property several months ago and at t|e timeannounced they would reside in Missouri and Florida. Tpe man jokingly stated befbfe he l|ft that he ?wafe leaving a ha:t iwitlt hi# neighbor so \he could vote herejb They toofh swore they were abse|t from their precinct tepipora ily busi- ’ i | A man reSiding ini township states in his sfefofn statement that lie is a retired feiinls|er and therefore is voting ’by thee absent Voter method. His wife states she is the? wife of a rfetifed ffeinister and therefore is voting by-Mtoe absfent Voter method: Thefc are numerous others.’;) H The group of Derboprats')fplan to mefct again this afterr oon hnd decide oh some action: Either- tci' challenge th| votes when they are called to beg cast at (Tura To FW UClsht) " ' f Over 215 Absentee Voter Ballots Cast ■ t . ? ~ , nr l Heavy Voting || ? Foreseen Tuesday in office oi: county Ed Jaberk reviehl tha| to date idore than 215 absent voters’ pallets h a ve been cast in Adams county for the general lijpxt Tuesday. Os thfese, mfere than 100 from young men jaild women in the armed services, g I. The record further rteveals that a)>out 25 students at colleges and ; universities also have voted by the absent voter method. It i| one of the largest pre-elecppn votings recorded in Adams dounty. ' If the absent voters’ baffoting is any; indication of whether there ♦ill |e a record Votej, this would indicate that thfc total vp& in the copfety go well ove| the 9,(M)G mark. There are more than 12,500 registered voters and; a turnout of 8,000 is corisiderefa hbove avetage. ; | Both Democratic and Republican central committees are planning Election day- organizations and each party will have Numerous automobiles on Mandi td; convey voters to the prddncti. There has been a drive among many national grfeups tofget out a record vote t^ Is year and early indications are tttat they will succeed. >■ ■ H | * '■ M I ' •

Ike Carries His Campaign Info Illinois -A Eisenhower Drives Hard As Election j | Day Drawing Near EN ROUTE WITH EISENHOWER UP —A tired but increasingly confident Dwight D. Eisenhower made an early-hour plane trip to Illinois totjay in a move to take 27 home-stato electoral votes from Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, his pemdcratlc opponent. ” The Republican presidential candidate seemed to be driving harder than at any' time Since his ijom-, ination and hfe appeared more robust than many of the younger aides in his campaign party. | y - ./‘This is the toughest thing I’ve ever . been in,”. Eisenhower said. He will make four speeches in the Chicago; area, including a major address iat Chicago Stadium at 10 p.m., e.d.t., tonight. Eisenhower smiled often but he was bitter Thursday nigfet when he told a rally at Madisop Square Garden that he had been I shocked •by th|e “mud-slinging” Campaign against him. 1 i 1 Ip pis prepared text, Eisenhower called it “the most scurrilous campaign' in American political history.” The paragraph in which ithat description appeared, with a! numbet of others, was dropped as he delivered the speech, apparently to fit it to broadcast time limitations. . d i 1 - He said President Truman and other opponents had turned against him whien they realized the\ Republican party had not been split by his nomination. He said Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and Nazi Jewbaiter Julius Streicher “had dope qqite a job on; me for a number of years” and Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg and “the poisen pen artists on Pravda have been working on me for quite a spell. "I have been worked over by experts,” Eisenhower said. until our-success in this campaign drove our opponents to desperation, no one had ever engaged in such unrestrained slander as to charge I would trim my principlesto run for office.” i 1 \ Eisenhower said the attacks on him had not weakened his faith in America. He said he would work eVen more intensely to get rid of “boodling, bribery and influence peddlers’’ 1 and drive wrongdoers out of office'. ' a- ; '[ k" He tolh the crowd, estimated at 23,000 he was prodd he still retained “my own” principles as the campaign entered its tense closing days. ■ “F have made no deals in this campaign,” Eisenhower said; “No one has a claim an me. .No one has a promise from me JNo one has cafetured me. I am my own man.” \, On the other hand, he said, the Democrats had wanted him to become “their man” in 1948. “They thought * I might be the man to defend governmental corruption, excuse their coddling of Communists and apologise for the vacillating policies which have caught us in an inflation at home , and a war abroad,” he said. “How could they dare think I was thdir man?” Eisenhower said, “Because they could not exploit me they. are determined to destroy me; to de(Tura To Pace Eight)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 31, 1952.

Menard Prison Riot Is Broken, Guards Freed On Stevenson’s Orders

Charges Ike Reckless On 1/ I Korea Issue Truman Accuses Ike Cynical In Effort To Pick Up Votes EN ROUTE WITH TRUMAN UP —President Truman today accused Dwight D. Elsenhbwelr of being “reckless and cynical”; on the Korean issue in an effort to “pick up votes.” , ' j Whistle-stopping through Republican Sen. Robert Taft’S home state of Ohio, Mr. Truman said at Toledo that “the Republican candidate thought that if he could divide the country and turn people agfeinst the fight for freedom in Korea, he might pick up votes.” “It was a reckless and cynical act that could only weaken the world —but.he tried to pull it.” Mr. Truman said. [ The President also changed at Toledo (hat “the cost of Jiving is higher than it ought to be, because the Republicans in congress knifed controls.” ' '> \ But, Mr. Truman said, “mhst people are better off than they efeer were before” because of prosperity. He again credited the prosperity mainly to ' Democratic domestic policies. The President bore down on Republican congressional opposition! to price controls! in the hojne town of Michael V. DiSalle, former price stabilizer and Democratic candV date for the spnate seat of Republican John W. Bribker.- f K \ ; ’ Mt. Truman said that EjisenhpwL er "even went so far, in hi|S Detroit speech, as to deliberately, mh<iuote and falsify the record” on who Was responsible for withdraw’ai of U.S. troops from Korea before Red troops invaded. was a cheap trick: that he must have learned from his new gutter playmhte and political ally, Joe McCarthy,” Mr. Truman said. \ police estimated the Toledo crowd at 2,000 as Mr. Truman opened a day bf intensive campaigning for Ohio’s 25 electoral votes. He will make a major speech in Cincinnati tonight. Mr. Truman finished a ohe-day wliistle stop; tour of Michigan With a speech Thursday night to a prpwd estimated at Detroit’s State Fair Coliseum? He pointed to the three “great achievements” of his administration;—progress in stopping Red aggression without another world war, progress in civil rights and pros(Tura To Pa*e Six) ,\ ; r . Democrats To Meet On Saturday Night Headquarters To Be Site Os Rally Adams county Democrats will go 1 all out in a last minute election spurt at 8:30 Saturday evening at Democratic headquarters, at which time autographed pictures of Gov. Henry F. Schricker will be awarded to certain faithful Democrats, it was announced today by Harry Hebble, chairman of the Democratic central committee of Adams county. The autographed shots will be given to past county chalrfeien, the oldest precinct committeeman present, ahd precinfet workers who have served Adams county Democrats longest. i ) Chairman of the program is Fred Kolter, candidate for county) auditor; co-chairman is ;Mrs. Mabel Striker, candidate for recorder. Guest speaker of thb evening is Adams county Democrat Slax Schafer. Party head Hebble said all local candidates will be and urges large contingents of Adams cpunty Democrats to show up to meet their candidates. a’

' - "I 1 i i 1 Stevenson Caravan Plans Completed Big Delegation To Fort Wayne Saturday Chapes Knapp, Democratic candidate for • county treasurer and S eneral' chairman of the Adams ounty delegation to attend the tevenson meeting kt Fort Wayne aturday, announced today that plans for the caravan from |Adams ; county are' complete. Automobile groups will form at . Geneva, Berne ahd Monroe and > tjiey will join the Decatur delega- 1 t ®on, corner of Firsft and Adams fetfeets, ip this city at 1 o’clock Sat- .: urday afternoon.- . The caravan will’ bfe; headed by i sheriff Robert Shraluka and sevJ eral special deputies?: The Adams . bounty caravan will join thoite from ; all other .northern Indiana counties , to heir the Democratic presidential candidate. , | \ I Mrs. Mabel Striker, Deifeocratic > candidate for recorder aud chairman of the womlen’s division of the caravan, stated that her group from : every township in Adams: county i would join with the caravan and . proceed to t|ie meeting. I G. Remy Bierly, Democratic candidate for reelection as joint state representative and |Vizard, <p-cfeairmen of the outiof-stfeteicara-yabfe, said that hundreds of people - from the bordering Ohio bounties ! Were organizing into a huge Ohio caravan and would attend the pro- . gram. ' , i All laical people who do riot nave i transportation to the meeting are > asked to call Democratic headqbar- . ter# here prior to noon on Saturday . and a ride would be provided. . ? > ?■: J'r. ' : I , ■ i J New Administrator Takes Over Duties Statement Is Made By Hospital Board \ 1 Mrs; Blanche Krick, the newly appointed hospital administrator and efficiency head has taken over the new post and is ithus far doing an admirable jdb, according to a statement from Cal E. Peterson,, president of the Adams county memorial hospital board. Peterspn said MtS. Krick is now busied taking inventories of the stocks at the hospital, presently taking account of the drug department. “The hospital board is in complete . accord over the way Mrs. Krifek has taken bver her duties,” said The board head said he predicted the new administrator would eventually save’ the county a goodly amount in texes. Sbon. he reported, purchases pf hospital commodities, as well as .food, will be put on strictly a bid basis, the contract being awarded to the best bidder. Pdterson glso ; reported “good cooperation” with Mrs. Krick and other hospital personnel. Mrs. • Krick- was formbrly a nurse at > the hospital and was appointed to thd new job onj the basjs of her background of study on. the intricate, subject. Recently, Krick returned from an observation tour of a Bluffton hospital, where she had been adquaintipg herself with ’methods used tpere. :

Three Miners Killed In Michigan Blast ; iftERRON, Vi oh. UP — Two miners were missing sad three others known dead today after exploding natural gas ripped up a 270foot mine shaft with such force thgt the blast sent frightened residents ‘streaming from their homes at Alpena, 12 miles away. The miners, parching for uranium in the Abandoned. gold mine, were 'taking out their last samples before closing down for the winter w-heh the blast shook the diggings shortly before midnight Thursday, - -4 er L H

Deny Van Fleet To Be Relieved As Commander * ' ' South Korean Army To Be Increased; Reports Are Denied WASHINGTON. UP — The defense department today countered mounnng criticism by announcing that the South Korean army will be iiicrejased substantial-: ly “in the near future.” The defense department denied published reports that Gen. A. Vari Fleet would be relieved as cotnmander of the U. S. eighth army in Korea as a result of his apparent support Os Dwight D. Eisenhower’s criticism of the South Korean training program. President Truipan also issued an official denial from his campaign train that yan Fleet would' be removed as a result of a letter by Van Fleet made public Wednesday night by Eisenhower. The Republican presidential candidate read excerpts from Van Fleet’aAetter in a television progrim to back up his repeated claims that South Korean troops could be trained! more rapidly tri replace American troops in front line ’ fighting in Kolea. In his letter addressed to Maj. Gen. Orlando C. , Mood, former chief of staff of Jtne eighth army. Van Fleet Said; there Were a “goodly number” of South’ Korean troops “in the pipeline.” But he added, ‘‘l have done this on my own responsibility with very little, enqourigement and never any approval for increases.” i While denying J that Van Fleet would be disciplined lor his implied critieisip of the administration’s program .in Korea, the defense department answered the eighth army commander’s complaints by issuifag a statement claiming it has “pushed vigorous;ly the expanded training prbgram” of Korean troops. The 1,000-wordl statement, issued at a special Pentagon news conference Thursday night, also disclosed that the defense department has approfeid recommendations by Gen. Mirk W. .Clark, U. S. commander in [the Far East and United Nations commander in Korea, for an increase in the South Korean army “inj the near future by a certain nuriiber of divisions > (Turn To Page Elf ht) 1 '■ Scouts Vote Drive In Nation Saturday Boy Scours Canvass Every Home In City Boy Scouts throughout the nation will join hands in a concertr ed get-out-the-vote drive Saturday morning \ beginning at 9 o’clock, and not in the evfening as previously announced. The Scouts will distribute until 11:30 a.m. \ Tiny liberty bells with vote reminders imprinted will be hung on each and every door in the ; city, say Boy Scout officials here. The three Scout troops in the city will cooperate with detachments of the Explorer Scouts, and Cub Scouts in the urgent appeal to make this general election one of the biggest in history. Scouts are directed to meet promptly at 8:30 a.m. at the Chamber Os Commerce officp, 153 South Second street, at which time the materials will be distributed! and final instructions given. Clearing house for results of the vote appeal is the Anthony Wayne council of the Boy Scouts in Fort Wayne. Radio amateurs in this area have pledged cooperation in helping speed information to the center. The local effort will be duplicated in Scout areas over the entire country and gratifying results T expected. iHv I ■ ' ’

4 IFoundation Plans For Final Campaign Contact Pledgers To Community Center Plains for contacting pledgers to the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., iwere made last evening at a meeting of directors and committeemen held in the Citizens Telephone. companys’ assembly rooms. J. WardiCalland and Charles D. Ehinger Were co-chairmen of the meeting. They outlined plans for I personal contact of the firms and individuals who pledged funds for ; the the construction of the proposed Community Center. Payments to the Foundation are due not later than December 31; and efforts will be made to complete collections before the end of tjie year. Under the agreement with Central Soya-company, which contributes $1 for every 's2 paid locally, settlement is to be made this. year. The original pledges were given in the fall of 1949 and payments could be extended through the next three years. The Foundation had more than >153,000 in receipts last 1 September. . The directors explained that if unpaid , pledges were redeemed during November and December, the amount could be boosted to >200.000 or more. Construction of the building will be started next year if the fund exceeds >200,000, the directors indicated. \ Grain Elevator Is Destroyed By Fire SHELBYVILLE, Ind. UP — Authorities believed today a dust explosion may have caused a fire which destroyed the L. G. Ash grain elevator here causing ‘many thousands of dollars damage.” New Trial Is Sought For Peter Schwartz New Writ Is Filed In Circuit Court A second attempt was started iu Adams circuit court today to get a change of plea and a new trial for Peter D. Schwarts, Adams county man who pleaded guilty to a charge of incest September |2T,\ 1949, and was sentenced by Judge Myles F l . Parrish to a termof from two to 21 years, in the Indiana state prison. A writ of error coram nobis was filed ’by jSchwartz through his attorney, Harold P. Fiely, Portland. Schwartz is at present confined to the state prison, having once been denied a parole. The new effort alleges ignorance of the law on the part of Schwartz and also alleges that he was misinformed concerning his rights by; the sheriff of Adams cpunty following his arrest. The Adams county man, member of the Amish faith, was arrested September 27, 1949, and charged with invest, contributing tp the delinquency of a minor and assault. The two latter charges were dismissed following Schwartz’ plea of guilty to the incest charge. The man was immediately sentenced by dodge Parrish and on October 26 a petition was filed by CL H. MuSelman and Ed A. Bosse, attorneys for Schwartz, for a vacation of judgment and a change of plea. j . Judge Parrish made short order of that petition before a crowded court room and overruled the motion to vacate. Later Schwartz < was a parole by the state prison board, j ’ / \i Today’s new action was filed 1 this morning by the Portland attorney and as yet no |date has I been set for a hearing. The case at- the time drew wide interest i and during the hearing a daughter 1 of Schwartz testified for the state. •<

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Riot Is Ended On Orders By 2 Gov. Stevenson Stevenson Breaks Off Campaign Tour To End Prison Riot MENARD, 111. UP — State police acting on orders of Gov. Adlai Stevenson broke the week-long riot ai Menard state prison today and freed all seven prison guards held as hostages. Between 100 and 200 state troopers, most of them armed with riotguns, invaded the otrlfe-torn east cell block and fired several shots as they in. Order was Reported restored half an hour later with no further violence. The seven guards, held captive by the convicts since the siege began last Monday, were tired and hungry but unharmed. Families of all but two of the hollow-eyed guards greeted them, in the warden’s office. Stevenson, who broke off his presidential campaign and flew here Thursday night, stood outside in the prison yard as the troopers filed into the eell block. The decision to send in the tropers was made after 1 long conferences between Stevenson, Lt. Gov. Sherwood Dixon, warden Jerome M utile.’ state director of public safety Michael F. Seyfrit and other state officials. I Seyfrit told the 300 rebellious convicts over the prison loudspeaker system: “We are going into the cells with state police armed wjith guns and with whatever force necessary to restore order.” I Dr. S. S. Marshall, prison dentist, said no Violence was used in breaking the riot. He said the prisoners released the guards “after a lot of talk.” Immediately after order was restored Stevenson left the premises, apparently unruffled. He permitted newsmen escorted by state police Capt. H. W. Nofs to- enter the cell I block* The prisoners were herded into their cells as the troopers stood by with weapons ready. ( The prisoners were a tired, dirty, dejected lot. The cellhouse floor was littered with accumulated debris, but there was little visible damage to the building. •| Troopers and guards collected plumbing pipe the prisoners apparently had contemplated using for clubs, and began a search of the cells. ' j One cell, in contrast, wag freshly painted white and red by the in- u mates. Others were littered with broken stools, torn blankets and trash. Nofs said some of the prisoners had refused to go along with the rioters, and were separated from the others Thursday night and removed by guards from the cell(Turn To Pace Six) Annual Halloween Parade Tonight, To Start At 7:30 P.M. The Callithumpian parade will form at the county jail yard and be ready to move tonight at 7:30 sharp, according to parade officials of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsoring the annual event. Here is the route the parade is to follow: It will move north of Second street to Marshall street, thence east to First, then, >to [give the greatest number a chance to see the procession without causing congestion, the parade will use the city parking lot and move west on Monroe to Second street for another round past the judges stand, three of which have been set* up in spots along the route. As usual, after prizes have been awarded, they may be collected by the winners at the Daily Democrat office. ' ‘ ■ i r h '' . i ; » 1 ‘