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South Koreans Stopped Short Os Hill Crest Stalled In Attempt To Retake Triangle Hill Bloody Battle SEOt% Korea UP — Weary South Korean infantrymen battling to drive Chinese Communists from the crest of Triangle Hill on the Central Front were stopped 25 yards short at their goal today'by, a hall of. Red hand grenade and rifle ; fire. .At pearby Jane Russell Hill, however, other ROK soldiers' regained uncontested control of the peak and at nightfall battered back an attack by about 200 Chinese Reds; ; ■ la a third major action, tanksupported Allied infantrymen killed or Wounded j 500 Chinese Communists in a driving daylight raid on the western front. Republic of Ko£ea troops, stalled for the second straight day in . attempts to recapture Triangle Hill., Withdrew from the slopes at nightfall to stronger defense positions. ROK riflemen got to within 25 yards of the Triangle crest before they were halted by Red troops fighting desperately from a tangle of artillery-shattered bunkers on top. ; - i ,\ , A force of bone-tired South Korean infantrymen earlier had assaulted the Reds dug in on shellblasted Triangle while other ROK’s. battled fanatic enemy troops for possession of Jape Russell In-the air U. N. Sabrejets met . Communist MIG-Is’s in battle for the first time in six days, * and knocked down two of the Russian- . built fighters and damaged four more. Credited With the ‘‘kills*! were j Col. Royal N. Baker, McKinney, Tex,, group commander of. the fourth wing, and Capt. Robert A. W&deffer, Fort Wayne, Ind. v The action on the western front wsai' one of the sharpest battles of (the day. Tapk-sttptiorted Allied 1 infantry on the. western front caught the Reds completely .off guard just before noon with a sudden raid on a • - hill overlooking the Sachon hover south of the truce conference, village of Panmunjom. For two hours, the U.N. task force blasted the Reds with rifle, machinegun, artillery and tank fire. The Communists, confused arid dazed, fled froin the hUI, abandoning an estimated 500 casualties. the Allied raiding party then returned to its own lines. In the same area, two battalions of Chinese, attacking in waves .behind* bursts of their own mortar and artillery, hit four U. N. outposts Friday night. The Allied de- ' fenders repulsed the Chinese in hand-to-handfighting. Ground and air activity also in- ' creased elsewhere along anti behind the 155-milfe Korean battlefront. Dr. M. F. Parrish ' • ' | ', " Dies In Michigan Farmer Physician At Monroe Is Dead Services for Dr. M. F. Parrish, 79, prominent Sturgis, Mich., physician, formerly of Monroe, Will be held Sunday in the Methodist chur-i ch in Sturgis. Burial will be in jthe Oaklawn cemetery In that city.; Dr. Parrish’s death occurred Friday in the Deila Post hospital. . Jattle Creek, Jjjficb. . - ' i Born in Monroe, Dr. Parrish moved to Sturgis 30 years ago. He had ' practiced medicine for more' than 'so years. He served in the medical corps during World War 1. He was a member of the St. Joseph county- medical society and of the 50-year club of the (Michigan state medical society. He had been cited by the Sturgis Exchange club , for receiving its highest honor — his’name in the Book of Golden _ < Deeds. . \ Surviving are the wife, Minnie; a daughter, Mrs. Earnest Hendricks. Strirgis; a sister, Mrs. Florence (Miller, Chicago; two half* sisters, Miss Ruth Parrish and Mrs,: Ruby Longshore. Hollywood, CaliL, and a half-brother, Ralirigh C. Parrish, Fort Wayne. 1 ■ . .. A. ———| —-n —. - —«—-—— Neon Edition x ■■ t i

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-'• ... . ■ .i. - ' I . ; >■„ s- ; , > . Adlai Arrives — Riot Ends i ' k - ; State Police Captriin Herman W. Nofs escorts Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson through an entrance at Menard State Prison at Chester, Hl., where, through aides, the Democratic presidential candidate .Issued an ultimatum to more than 300 mutinous convicts who fdr almost five days have held seven guards hostage. Within a half hour after the issuance of Gov. Stevenson’s ultimatum, the guards were released and the insurgent convicts returned to their cells.

Truman Scores Donations To Senator Nixon Says Nixon Proved Good Investment To Millionaires' Club z •■ . • EN ROUTE WITH TRUMAN XTP 4- Pffesident Truman charged today that Seri. Richard M. Nixon has “proved himself a good investment?’ for the men who contributed t© his |18,235 expense fund.' Mrj, Truman said he would leave it tojthei voters to decide whether it was ethical for the Republican, vice candidate as a' senator to accept almost S9OO a month from a “millionaires’ club.” “Bpt I do want to call to yOur attention the fact that Sen. Nixon has proved himself a good investment. for these fund contributors,’’ Mr. Truman said in a speech prepared for delivery at Terro Haute, Ind. He,, called ; the Republican vice presidential Candidate “one of the most thorough-going reactionaries in bdr pifblic Jlife today.’’ j Thb president also scheduled rear-platform , talks for five j Illi-, noiis\ towns ! -i- Danville, Decatur, Taylorville, Litchfield and City — on‘the last day of stumping for the Democratic, ticket. Mr. Truman will deliver his final major campaign speech of his “Give ’em hell” tour in. St. Louis tonight. But he will have a IfiveA’ m/mitd spot on a one-hour Democratic broadcast next Monday night.! He will be. at IndependOncb, Mo., *, then, waiting to vote on the following day. , | Mr, Truman said it is a “dismal prospect’’ that Nixon “might well become” president if the Republicans win this' election'. He said that only three presidents were older than Eisenhower 'wfien they were inaugurated.’ Eisenhower will be 63 next Jan. 20. The -chief executive said ■ that seven, of the nation’s presidents had died in office and been succeeded by vice presidents. Friday night it was Eisenhower himself who was the target of Mr. Truman’s barbs. In a spech at Cincinnati, 0.. the President said the former general’s explanation pf his recommendation for withdrawal of U. S. troops from Korea was untrue -and “gobbledeygook.” ' .Mt. Truman has made only a few,: brief references to Nixon in the 200 campaign speeches he had made’.-before today. The Terre Haute speech Was the first devoted almost entirely to an attack on Nixon. The President said contributors , to Mixon’s controversial fund "included men whose business interests were oil, real estate, big manufacturing, bankink and insurance, ” i J "I urge you to compare these ‘(Tara T* Page Ei<ht)

BULLETIN Mrs. drills Riesen, 84, of Berne, died at 10 o’clock thia morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. The body was removed to the funeral i home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Ike Lashes At f ■■ * ' ■■ I - . Pussyfooting Foreign Policy Eisenhower Winds Up Campaign With Monday Night Talk \ CHICAGO UP — Dwight D. Eisenhower flew today to New York t for another nationwide radio-television appearance after accusing his opponents of a “puSsy-footing” stand on foreign policy*. ( ■■■ill Eisenhower .and his top aides decided against \ any more side trips or whistle-stopping in the east, except for an election eve appearance in Boston. ' [ All plans for additional campaign travel were abandoned in favor of a nationwide radlo-TV appeal to the voters from New York tqnight. program was scheduled to start at 9 pjn. c.s.t \ over the National Broadcasting Co. networks and the armed forces radio network. Friday night the Republican presidential nominee drew cheers from a Chicago Stadium audience i when he lashed out at administrat tiori “blindness” in Korea; “brazenness” on the issue of corruption and “bungling” on the great problem of the day. \ ■ The Republican presidential nominee, despite his fatigue* seemed to be in good spirits. He showed his election optimis.m in his Speech before a monster rally In the Chicago Stadium Friday night. Eisnhower called Democratic presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson an exponent pf “pussyfooting” foreign policy and predicted that election day would see the end of “seven years of Fair Deal misrule.” "The extraordinary tiling is that . the opposition thought that the American people would be so b*lind, so beaten down by seven years of Fair Deal misrule, that they would not rise up and demand a change from the bungling of these issues—a change tb a government of honesty,: vision and courage. ‘ | < ' “But that demand will be satisfied—four days from now,” Eisenhower said. d ■■. » •He lashed out at President Truman and the Illinois governor, calling them “my Siamese-twin opponents,” and accused them of assailing him with "the greatest collection of slim-slamming accusatiohs made in any campaign.” He called Stevenson Mr. Tru(Tant To Pete El»kt)

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18 Elderly Persons Die As Nursing Home In Missouri Is Burned —— I . _ _ _ „ • _

$1.90 Pay Hike Won For Hard Coal Miners Lewis Wins Boost i At Same Figure As 1 Soft Coal Minersi WASHINGTON UP — John L. Lewis today won a pay raise of $1.90 per day for 68 000 hard coal miners. This is the same size raise he negotiated for the soft coal miners. The soft coal increase was rejected by the wage stabilization board as too high and is now being considered by Economic Stabilizer Rober L. Putnam. In announcing the signing of the hard coal agreement, Edward G. Fox, spokesman for the anthracite operators, said his group will sub- , mit an application ‘‘immediately’* to the WSB for approval of hard coal wage hike. The wage agreement is effective Nov. 16 and runs until Sept. 30, 1953. , Signing of the agreement prevents a walkout by the hard coal miners on Monday. If Putnam turns down the soft coal wage Increase,however, that could mean a walkout of the entire United Mine Workers membership in both the soft and hard coal mines. Thomas Kennedy, vice president of the UMW, said there had been no change in the halrd coal miners’ fringe benefits. Kennedy said that part of the i increase was in lieu of fringe mat- • ters. This Statement is similar to the argument used by the soft coal . operators in their petition to Puti nam to grant the full $1.90 per day ' increase instead of the $1.50 ap--1 proved by the WSB. \ : ' i The hard coal miners have been working under an interim agreement providing for a boost in wel- ‘ fare fund payments from 30 cents J per ton to 50 cents per ton. The welfare fund increase, already approved by the WSB, will continue. The hard coal operators have \ said they intend to ask for a price increase to cover the wage hike. There have been Reports that they will ask a prifce hike of 90 cents fTam To Pace Ei*kt)

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The list of board members assigned to election precincts on election day November 4, has been announced by the clerk’s office for both Democratic and Republican members. \ Inspectors at each precinct are Democrats, while the judge, clerk and sheriff of each precinct are duplicated in both parties. * The order of members is judge, clerk and sheriff, numbered 1, 2 and 3, respectively. R is Republican, Dis Democrat. A I t . East Union: R—l, Edward Bischt off; 2, Richard 'Miller; 3, Henry Swygart. D—. Ivan Roth; 2, Arthur Bischoff; 3, Simon Bleeke. Inspector is Francis Geimer. West Union: R—l» Marie Barkley; 2, Warren Harden; 3, Wendel Abbott. D —'l, John Blakey; 2, Adele Bleeke; 3, Floyd Schnepp. Inspector is Herman Steele. > East Root; R —l, George W. ' Cramer; 2, Mabel E. .Fritsinger; *3. Frank Harkless. D —l, Otto Fueli ling; 2, Pearl Johnson; 3, Otto Weidlhr. Inspector is Harold Tie- ’ man. r West Root: tR —1, Vesta Brokaw; 2, Florence Susdorf; Ethel King 3, Gustav Scheuler. D—l, Joe Geels;

; . ■ r~ Halloween Parade Seen By Thousands uQowd Attracted t By Annual Parade Police and city officials estimate 6.500? people watched the Callithumplan parade last night on the Streets of Decatur. Prior to the procession the yard of tW4- county jail, where the parade ’was formed, was a bedlam of small edition angels, devils, robots, old meh and women, and rill manner of what-not. An 'jendless line of masked kids and iioud bands beautifully uniformed and at their marching best, marched past crowds that stood four *deSp along the streets pnd by the hundreds at the intersections; Said one bystander, "goodness, haven’t seen this parade attract such a crowd in years.” It stretched from five points near the county ja|j all the way up to the Elks home, six blocks away. i An- especially worthy spectacle • the parade was a king-size version jrt the American personification. Uncle Sam, impersonated by Chester Adams. Adams stalked dowh the street taking six-foot stHdes; alongside him, and about seven" feet down, 1 marched his little sbn dressed in a peewee Uncle Sam’! costume. A ;metalic robot lumbered laboriously down Second street presenting the appearance, of a fearful bonecrusher from another planet. lights flickered on and off at tO front and rdar of the armor and thb crowd oh’ed and ah’ed Its approval. A balky young dohkey provided many a laugh as it sat down and refused to haul its master ;another foot; whereupon the tiny driver in the cart behind berated the donkey for ith lack of cooperation. Nine bands pounded out their soul-fknibling rythms and marched fitfully in the 35th annual Calliparade. Thfe bands came from, besides the Dbcatur high school and Decatur Catholic high school, Woodbum,{Lafayette Central, Rockford, 0.. Willshire. 0., Convoy, 0., Ohio City, JO., and Wren, O. Following are individual and band ‘prizes which were awarded at thb Democrat office after the judges made their difficult, decisions; First band prize of $75 was awarded Rockford, O.; second : (T»r» To P»re Eiaht)

2, Phyllis Graiidstaff, Mrs. William Huston; 3, Henry Getting. Inspector is Frederick Auman. j ; Nor£h Preble: R—l. Adolph Bultemeinr; ♦2, Bernieee Caston; 3, Harvy Caston; D —l, Harold Galliheyer; 2, Frieda Bultemeier; 3, Albert Heckman. Inspector is Allied iluuck. South Prnfele: R—>l, Glen Girod; 2 t f Harry Bowers; 3, Elmer Myers. D-—l, Gus Keoneman; 2, Edward Arnold; 3. Albert Werling. Inspector 1%. Hairy Bauer. >Noith Kirkland: R—l, Haryey Mankey; 2, T-homas Griffith; 3, Williim Ehrman. D —l, Harve Bucher; 2, Otto Biberich; 3, Charles Kirchner. Inspector is August Schlickman. •South Kirkland: R—l, Albert Hickp 2. Sam Yager; 3, Gus Yake. I>—l.-JFlossie Anderson; 2, Gelaine Zimmerman; 3, Kenneth Hoffman. Inspector is Nellie M, Schlickman. North Blue Creek: R—<l, Tricksy; 2/ Mildred Kelsey; 3. Frank Hamrick. <D —1, Charles Brunstrup; 2, Ruth, Merriman; 3, Frank Dellinger. Inspector is Ida Riley. South Blue Creek: R —l, Harry 2, Dollie Bauer; 3, • (Tura To Page Six-) ■■ t 1 r'

Stevenson In Major Talk At Chicago Tonight Adlai Makes Strong Attacks On Ike's Korean Statements EN ROUTE WITH STEVENSON UP — Adlai E. Stevenson, . declaring that a continued, “stalemate” in the Korean fighting was { preferable to an atomic war, turned his campaign train toward 4 home today and a final three days of pushing his bid for the White House. ' Rolling toward Chicago for a major address' tonight, the Democratic nominee scheduled eight in Ohio and Indiana, Stevenson, speaking to a roari ing, cheering crowd in Brooklyn Friday night, made one of his ) strongest attacks yet on the for • eign policy statements of Dwight • D. Eisenhower, fits Republican opponent. , The former general, Stevenson : told the partisan gathering, represented _ “resurgent isolationism” when he suggested that any war< in Asia be fought “Asians against. Asians” with America backing the forces of freedom. Stevenson heldl . that such a course “Recklessly gambled” with American allies abroad. 1 Stevenson’s aides, though considerably cheered by' large turnouts in Brooklyn, admittedly were concerned about the candidate’s fate in his home state of Illinois. Although Stevenson carried the state by a 572,000 majority in his Successful 1948 race for governor, various newspapers in the state claim Eisenhower now is running ahead in the battle fori Illinois’ 27 electoral votes. Stevenson, after an 18-hour lapse In his campaigning while he-helped bring an lend to a prison riot \in To P»«e Etsht) j' ' / •: ■ : ■ Free Variety Show Next Friday Hight Tri Kappas Are Sponsors Os Show The annual Tri Kappa free variety show, scheduled for Deca-, tur high school auditorium Friday night, November 7, 'at 8 o’clock will bring new. talent to Decatur, committee in \charge of the event announced today. Well known local entertainers who will appear on the program include Lawrence ‘"Bud” Anspaugh, V master of ceremonies; Carl Sheets and Dick Reidenbach, singing; Ruth Sipe, Patsy Taylor and Janet Dolby, accordion playing. The Moonlight Ramblers, composed of Oswald Bultemeier,, Mariana Selking, Werner Hoffman, Marvin Scheumapn and Norman Scheumann, heard often on radio, also will be oh the program. The opening act of the program will feature the Decatur high school band directed by Clint ; Reed, with special numbers by Karen Striker,; Sharlene Lehman, Ron MurphyTSheila Ahr and Dana Dalzell. Other acts will include baton twirling, tap, toe and acrobatic dancing and the first Decatur appearance of an eight piece musical organization from Fort Wayne called "Tune Agers.” The public is invited to the annual affair and the committee stated that a J free will offering would be taken during evening and the money would go to the local charity fund of the sorority. Therie will be no regular admission charge. i s V

—f $15,000 Damages Is Sought Os Railroad Damage Suit Filed For Driver's Death A $15,000 damages suit has been filed against the l£rie railroad for the death of George P. Cravens on April 13 of this year. Cravens was killed at the Eleventh street crossing of . the Erie railroad when a train rammed into the side of his car, reportedly throwing him 160 feet in track cinder. Craven . apparently died instantly and was found later to have a fractured broken leg, and broken neck. {Attorneys for the complaint, Barbara J. Thomas of Monroe are, Voglewede and Anderson, Decatur lawyers; The complaint states the train was traveling “70 miles an hour,” and alleges the speed to be against a penal ordinance of the city which sets a speed of four miles an hour for trains passing through the city. Barbara J. Thomas is the administrator of the estate of the deceased. The Adams court ordered the summons for the defendant returnable, on November 17. | Albert Scott Dies At Home In Florida i-• • i • Word was received here .by a sistfer, Mrs. M. E. Hower, of the death Friday night at St. Petersburg, Fla; of h,er brother, Albert E. Scott. 80. Death resulted from a heart attack. Two daughters arid three grandchildren survive In addition to the sister. Mrs. Hower will fly to St.Petersburg for the funeral services which will be held Monday. Louise Lankenau Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Miss Louise Lankepau, 78, retired sphool teacher, died at 4:30 o’clock this looming at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of several months of a heart ailment. She had made her home for the past year with a brother, Oscar L. Lankenau in this city. Miss Lankenau taught in the Adams county schools and at the South Ward school in this city a number of years ago, moving to Fort Wayne 35 years ago, where she taught at the Harrison Hill and Franklin schools until her retirement eight years ago. She was born in Fort Wayhe March 11, 1874, a daughter of Henry and Catherine Lankenau. Miss Lankenau was a member of the Zion Lutheran church Jn this city. Surviving are two brothers. Oscar L. and E. W. Lankenau, both of Ddcatur, and a sister, Mrs. Flora Gerke of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Wellman funeral home in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt of this city officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne. Friends may call at the funeral honpe until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, chancria of few scattered showers south and east central portions late Sunday or Saturday night. Warmer tonight, turning colder north portion Sunday. Low tonight 4248 north, 48-58 south. High Sunday ranging from 60-65 extreme north to the high 70’s In the south. .. ’ . ‘ rr h ;

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80 Others Are Routed By Fire Friday Night i I Trapped In Upper Floors As Flames Sweep Frame Home 'HILLSBORO, MO. UP — Fire whipped through an “old folks” hpme, killing at least 18 elderly persons, injurying several more and routing about 80, authorities said today. 1 The victims, all believed to be more than 60 years old and some older'than 90, were trapped in upper floors of the three-story frame Cedar Grove nursing home. i All were enfeebled or bedridden, and intense heat from the blaze prevented rescuers from reaching ' them, fire chief Dick King said. King said the fire had neariy : a 30-minute start on firemen. It broke out about 5:45 p.m. Friday, - he said, when wiring believed to ■ be faulty apparently shorted I men’s bathroom on the first floor , ’ of an annex. The interior was a mass of flames, King said, when the first fire fighting unit arrived about 6:10. » The oldest victim to be identified was Mrs. Jane Philips, 95, of ■ Desloge. Mo. Two {’bodies had not been identified. Os the known dead, eight were men and 10 were women. ■ There was no estimate of damage. An inqeust was scheduled today. Most of the survivors fled down stairs and out the front dorir of the home. King said. Several elderly persons were trapped on a second floor balcony and were rescued by ladder. The injured were taken to the St. Louis county hospital for examination. Attendants reported none of them were seriously injured. The sprvivors spent the night in the Shamrock nursing home at Kirkwood, Mo., following the, medical checkup. James- Levfsi, operator of the combination old persons home and general nursing home, said workmen had been installing, a new heating system and thought that criossed wires touched off the blaze.. Firemen from Hillsboro, DeSoto, Goldman and Festus fought the blate for three hours before bringing it under control. They said the interior was destroyed. ; The survivors Were diimb-struck as they huddleril before t-he blazing structure and watched the flames \ destroy their few personal possessions. One survivor, Norman Charles, 66, said he was asleep on the first floor when “all of a suddeh I woke (TarWTo Pa*« EiKht) One Precinct Place Omitted From List The voting place for residents of Decatur, Third ward, C precinct is at the J. E. Sheets garage, corner of Walnut and Washington streets. The address is 957 Walnut. The location was unintentionally omitted _ from the official legal list of voting places published in the newspapers of the county. < Max Schafer Speaks At Rally Tonight Max Schafer of this city, a member of the Indiana industrial board will be the speaker at pemocriatic headquarters tonight iat 8:30 o’clock. Pictures of Gov. Schricker taken dqring his many campaigns and years of public service will be shown. The public is invited to the program, which will be in charge of- - Kolter, candidate for county treasurer, and Mrs. Mabel Striker candidate for county recorder. ■ V 'll r 4 i ■■