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WHILE THEIR CELEBRATED GRANDFATHER, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower tours famous Augusta. Ga„ golf course before his top-level discussions with President Truman, his grandchildren and their mother. Mrs. John Eisenhower enjoy themselv es in the bright Georgia sunshine. Dwight D., Barbara Ann and Susan (I. to r.) are the children of M ajor John Eisenhower, now on doty in Korea.

Eight Men Die In Crash 01 flying Boxcar Eight Others Escape I Death As Transport Crashes In Montana BILLINGS, Mont.) UP —Eight of 16 men aboard a C-119 transport were killed when ode engine dropped off'the big, stumpy Flying Boxcar, air force investigators iw ( ported today, i •’ J' The other eight were carried'or crawled out. of the Crumpled air-, craft alive after it slammed into a creek bank 10 miles northeast of here Monday and- burned. The official investigation disclosed one of the plane’s propellers fell off and then one of the ttro engines plummeted to the ground shortly afterward. The transport, which carried five crewmen and 11 passengers, was en route from maneuvers in Alaska to Greenville, S.C. It’had landed briefly at Great Falls, Mont., early in the day. ' O. E. on whose farm the* plane crashed'; said he Was \ eating lunch wheA he heard the transport roar overhead. “It was coming straight at the house and then, thank God, veered' to the left and passed between the house and barn,” Hawthorne, said, j The farmer said he rushed to .the flaming wreckage at the creek. Both wings were ripped off and debris and bodies were scattered ; over a large area. The plane was ' in flames. ' ./ Hawthorne said he “wrapped myself in an air force sleeping bag L found at | the scene to ward off the flames.” “I believe I helped pull six survivors and five dead men, from the wreck,” he said. Hawthorne- said he cut burning clothing and parachutes from the survivors with his pocket knife, “I lost my knife when I ,pf the survivors moving blindly toward the fire. s*‘l went after him.” The farmer said his neighbors were at the scene “witliin seconds.” One of the Survivors, Maj. Joseph Severance, 33, said the left engine dropped off while the plkpe was nearing Billings. He said the pilot tried to land in a pasture near the creek. The C-119 was the fourth plane of. its type to crash or disappear within 11 days. The air force in Washington said its £-119’8 would be grounded if investigations disclosed a “pattern of mechanical failure” - among those which cracked up. recently. ! . i ' The transport was on its way back to South Carolina after participating in “Operation Warm Wihd,” air force cold weather maneuvers in Alaska. Names of the dead were being withheld pending notification of next of king. The air force said the other survtvorf were: Severance, of Louisville," Ky.; TSgt. t>. P. Ruch and S-Sgt. J. P. Snow, 215 Col. William E. Shuttles, 45, Dallas, Tex.; Capt. W. L. Richards, 29, Dallas; S. Sgt. Houston G/Dillon, 35. Dallas. The air force said most of the survivors received only slight injuries, but Ruch and Snow afe reported in serious condition.

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South Korea Seeks Conquest Os Reds (Only Solution For t Problems In Kprea I|USAN, Korea UP — The South Korean government plans to tell President-elect Dwight Eisenhower tha& the only Korean “solution” it will accept is complete United Nations conquest of the Communist Nofth, it was learned today. 4-hfghly : reliable source said the text of a seven-point statement of South Korea’s views had been pre* parhd by the government for submission to Eisenhowdr on his arrival. President Syngman Rhee has not signed the stateiheitt. \but the source said he' “undoubtedly” Will. Ih effect, it calls for 1 reaklng off thej armistice talks' and launching a jn£w IJ. N. drive to the Manchurian? Russian border. ’ Jijeanwhile, Peiping Radio threatened Eisenhower with an sounder thrashing” than Douglas* MacArthur if fie attempts a grand offensive. ! rfelplng quoted American press dispatches on a reported plan for an Offensive to win the Korean War and se t t ilp a buffer state alpng the Yaßi River between northeast and Korea. cisely the aim revealed by the Americans'in the winter of 1950 whpn MacArthhr’s aggressive troops were pushing toward northeast} China. Behind these aims was MacArthur's scheme for occupying the whole of Korea and attacking northeast China. \ ' : “While Eisenhower was making hife vote-getting promise to end the ,-in Korea on the eve of the election, he was. in fact, consider-, /Tim To f»»<e Ri*bt> Ask President To End Costly Strike Atom Commission ] Appeals To Truman WASHINGTON , UR —President Truman today weighed the alternative of a Taft-Hartley injunction or outright end a defense crippling strike at the American Locomotive Co.'s. Dunkirk, N. Y., plant, • The atomic energy commission appealed to the President to t&ike quick action t<> restore production of nickel pipe, urgently needed for expansion of the nation’s atorhic apd hydrogen bomb program. -The CIO United Steelworkers shut down the Dunkirk plant lin August in a wage dispute. Federal mediators told Mr. Truman Monday they had reached a deadlock in around-the-clock bargaining. The AEC told the President (he strike is having a "tremendous” effect on the atomic program. The plant, with T.OOO workers, is the sole source of special nickel pipe, vital to the construction program at the Paducah, Ky., and Savannah River, S. C., projects. / INDIANA WEATHER Occasional rain and colder tonight, ending northwest early tonight. Wednesday cloudy and with .rain continuing south and east central. Low tonight 38»44 north; 44-50 south. High Wednesday 44-50 north; 4058 south.

Two Men Killed In Crash North 01 City Monday Alfred H. Zelt And Herman C. Mailand Killed Last Night Two Allen county men, neighbors residing along U. S. highway 2y, north" of Decatur, were killed at 7 o'clock Monday evening when the auto in whic(i they, were riding was struck from the roar by another car, driven by Clyde O. Troutner, 42, 1066 Shore Drive, Fort Wayne. Victims of the crash were Alfred H. Zelt, 41, and Herman C. Mailand, 59, killed instantly in the crash. . \ Troutner,\ former clerk of the Adams circuit court, and a former Adams county school teacher, is reported in “fair” condition at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where he was taken following the accident. Three other occupants of the z car driven by Mailand were injured. They were Edwin Kline, 50, of near Hoagland, Who suffered a cut on the forehead, body bruises and severe shock; Kline’s wife, Martha, 43, who escaped with bruises and shock, and Kline’s son, Melvin, 15, -who sustained a cut over the left eye and .shock, and a basal skull fracture. State police and the Allen county sheriff’s department were continuing their investigation of the fatal accident today. According to the officers, both vehicles were Continue Probe Allen county and state police authorities were continuing their investigation today.. The sheriff’s office in Allen jaunty questioned Troutner today and quoted him as saying the tail light on Mailand’s car was not burning, that he did not see the driver of the other car give any hand signal, in fact, did not see the other car until the accident. However, the sheriff’s office said, Mrs. Kline told them that the tail light on Mailand’s car was burning when she entered the vehicle a short time before the accident, and she also stated that Mailand said, shortly before the crash, that he was going to signal at once that he whs going to make a left turn.' She was uncertain, however, whether Mailand actually gave the signal. traveling north a mile south of the Poe intersection on U. S. 27. Mailand was preparing to make a left turn on a county road when his car was struck in the rear by Troutner’s auto. Both machines landed in a ditch on the east side of the highway after the impact, and Mailand was thrown from behind the wheel to the ditch. Zelt’s crumpled body was pinned in the wreckage which had been the rear seat. Both men were badly cut by. flying glass, officials said. . Mailand and his companions starting on a coon-hunting expedition, it -was stated. Zelt Funeral Thursday Alfred H. Zelt, 41, was born in Adams township, Allen county, and had lived in Marion township (Turn To Page Six) !

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Ike Uncertain j Os Exact Date ijT ■ ’ Os Korea Trip * Says Korean Plans Uncertain As Vacation Ends AUGUSTA. Ga. UP —Presidentelect Dwight D. Eisenhower said, today] :as he concluded a postelection vacation that he does not know when he will make his promised trip to Korea. Eisenhower talked briefly at the Augusta airport before leaving for Washington and the first of a long series of conferences leading up to his inauguration as President of the United States. “The question about whiCh I have asked to talk is Korea,” Eisenhower said. “About that I cannot say anything until I return from out there. I still don’t even knokr i for certain when that trip will tske place.” \ The president-to-be said with a broad smile that his stay here has been “only a partial vacation” because of thd heavy correspondence that swept down on him like a tidal wave after his Nov. 4 election victory. He also has had several important conferences here and has made some policy decisions. I The president-elect said he looks forward to his administration receiving ‘‘critical and intelligent support, rather thari blind support Jor the next four years.” A crowd of about 1,000 saw Eisenhower take off. i ' Eisenhower's first conference will be late today with President Truman. Then he goes on to New York tonight with consultations with Republican leaders, including Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. \ Eisenhower's arrival today in Washington, his home for the next four years, will be his first since the election. The nation’s capital prepared a thunderous reception and President Truman ordered government departments to give employes time offg to greet the president-to-be on triumphal drive down historic Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues to the White! House. . Elsenhower, after two weeks 0f ( golf on ond of the nation's finest courses, seemed Ito have thrown off every trace of campaign fatigue. Traveling with him were his wife, Mamie, and her mother, Mrs. Elvira Doud of Denver;, Mrs. John Eisenhower, wife of thi general’s son, and hes three small children, Dwight David, 4j Barbara Ann, 3, (Tura To Pace Kight) Woman Recovering From Tularemia * Woman Is Stricken \ Cleaning Rabbits Mrs. Mary Girod, 39, of Blue Creek township, is in the Adams county memorial hospital under treatment for tularemia (rabbit fever). , According to competent reports, Mrs. Girod was dressing a batch of rabbits November 10. Friday she noticed that a eut on her hand was becoming inflamed and raw. Soon she felt a pain in bar arm and a doctor was called. The symptoms were correctly diagnosed as tularemia and Mrs. Girod was whisked to the hospital; where she is now in “good” condition. \ As tar as is known Mrs. Girod’s case is the first one in the county this season of rabbit fever. The fact that the illness was diagnosed quickly is seen to be a great favor in swift and complete recovery, otherwise,, the disease may lingef on and cause great discomfort. The warning of the state board of health again echoes back: “If the rabbit doesn't run, of has spots on its Innards when cut open, throw it awaiy or don’t shoot lathe first place.”

Seeks Rollback On Retail Beef Prices Stabilizer Woods Gives Staff Order WASHINGTON, UP Price stabilizer Tighe E. Woods has given\ his Htaff uiMil next Monday to ! pmpare an order rolling back retail beef prices. He t#ld his national consumer advisory committee Monday that if his staff claims such a rollback is not 'possible, he will demand a “f<ll e planation of why it can’t be doner,” \ Goverjpinent price expert® have been locking into the possibilities of yollihg back retail beef ceilings because of lower soling prices; for caititle j f /or the past Tnonth, I , The- investigation t stemmed from a complaint by a cattle raiser that retail ceilings should be rolled hack, to reflect lower selling prices * for; cattle. The? ? Western | Meat Packers Assoc iai ton. inc., meanwhile attacked JWoods for asserting in Minneh|k>lLs last Saturday i that meat packers and retailers ! are getting! exorbitant margins | and holding-up meat prices, i , i E. Fj Forbes, president and general ; manager of the association, accused Woods of making “politically inspired . , . irresponsible and inaccurate statements" designed' to stir up resentment among consumers. He beef at wholesale is selling ><up to 3-5 percent below ceHlngs;iand retail beef prices' are almost sell well below, ceilings. He telegraphed' senate' controls leaders ;■ asking them to force Woods sto ”comply with the law by suspending controls on livestock and meat.” ’ Officials said retail prices have dropped in some (rases to reflect lower i rattle prices. But they said it Us difficult to determine whether; retail ceilings legally can be rolled back. -z I 1 , One provision of the controls act bani rollbacks on agricultural prices beyond 90 ‘percent of May 19, 19(51; price®. Beef retail ceilings are at about. that level. Another provision of the act provides that ceiling prices of wholesalers and retailers must allow normal pre-Korean .percentage ma|k-ups but no more. This provision was designed to prevent for wholesales and retailers if and -when producer prices fell below ceilings. '4 ! - Miss Marcia Martin Dies Monday Night . •• Funeral Service? \ Thursday Morning ■Miss Marcia Martin, 41; of 221 Rugg Street, well known Decatur lady anti a lifelong resident of. this city, died at 11 o’clock (Monday night ati tMe Adams county memorial hospital, following a long illness of complications. x Miss; 'Martin was an employe of the Decatur General Electric plant until iljihess forced her retirement last; January. \ She whs a charter membeK of the Business and Professional Wohjen’s club, the Rebekah lodge. Women cf the Moose, a charter member of the ’Elks Emblem club, and a member of the Decode club. MlaeilMartin was born in Decatur Feb. 12, 1911, a daughter of William* and Ada and had? never married. 1 She was a member of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church.) Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Chester.; Mclntosh of Decatur and Mrs. Robert Bumgerdner of Marion, 0., and one brother. Gier. Martin of Alaska. Funeral services will be conducted at Jo o’clock Thursday morning httjie Zwiek funeral home, the Rev. F.IH. Willard officiating. JBurial will, be |n the Decatur cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. : . P |.<

Tail Refuses Statement On Cabinet Posts Recommendations On Eisenhower Cabinet Submitted By Taft WASHINGTON UP—Sen. Rdbent A. Taft said .today he made some recommendations, at PresiEtgenhower’s request, for pie new Republican cabinet. B(it Taft told a news conference he has no idea yet whether Elsenhowfer plans to accept his recommendations. The Ohioan declined to say how' many persons he had suggested or for which cabinet positions. As the top Republican .in the senate. Taft’s cabinet recommendations are expected to carry considerable, weight with the president elect. Taft will have probably the most influential voice in determining the shape of party; backed legislation going through the senate. \ Taft also said he is holding firm to his goal for a budget of about 176,000,000,000 for fiscal 1\954, beginning next July 1, and about $ 80,000,000,000 for ttie following year. The present budget is <79,00(1,006,006. However, Taft said, his suggested 1 cuts may not be possible because of I existing “commit-\ m«nts.” He said studies are being conducted by banker Joseph M. Dodge, Eisenhower’s financial adviier, and others just,what cuts can be made. He said he believed senate Republicans could work out the knotty prob&em of selecting their own leadership without “any necessity for Eisenhower’s intervention.” ' Taft said he is “available” for the senate floor leadership but “I am not running for anything.” Taft did suggest enlargement of the group which traditionally rep resents the congress at White House meetings. He suggested three men from the senate, the floor leader, the chairman of the policy, committee, and the chairman of the conference of all GOP senators, consult with the in-com-ing President at the weekly legislative meetings. Taft, himself, is policy committee chairman and he did not disclose if he would retain this post. President Truman’s policy has been to consult with the so-called “big four” —the vice president and the senate Democratic leader and th|e house majority leader and house whip every Monday during the session of congress. Taft, along with prospective house speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Mass., will consult with EisenhoWer in New York City about the legislative program. He said he\ expected these matters io be considered: \ 1. The budget-—“ The most im(Tnr« To Pare Kight) - —— City Petitions For Water Rate Boost File Petition With State Commission IjnfDIANAPOLIS, (UP) — The city pf Decatur today asked the public service commission to raise Its water rates because the Decatur water department is operating ait a loss. A petition explained that $78,000 in revenue bonds were issued in 1960 to finance a treatment plant to soften water and remove part of the iron content. The petition said the cost of treatment and the general cost of operation had increased and the present rates ere insufficient to make a profit.’ The city did not suggest a specific schedule of higher rates hut asked the PSC to, hold a public hearing and determine what rates are proper. I 1 \

Judge Orders Stale Curfew Be Enforced 10 P. M. Curfew On Children Under 18 Judge Myles F. Parrish (today Called on all law enforcement officers of Adams county to enforce the 1945 act of the state legislature calling for a 10 p, m. curfew for any boy or girl under the full age of 18 years, who, among other things, ‘‘wanders about the streets of any city between the hours of iIC p. m. and 5 a. m. without being on any lawful business or occupation.” I \ The letter of the judge stems directly from t'he case that appeared recently in -juvenile court, involving the children who ran Off to Texas on Halloween night Said the judge, “As judge of the Adams circuit juvenile court, I have witnessed- an ever increasing number of juvenile delinquents. In the true spirit of the juvenile act of J 945, I know that you (the officers) are interested, as I am. ih eliminating, or at least curbing; the rising tide of juvenile delinquency.” According to the law, any officer may approach a group of juveniles, who appear not to be doing anything in particular,. “just hanging around,” and tell them to go home. Judge Parrish said the act of the legislature set® forth the principle . . . “that children are subject to the discipline end entitled to the protection of the state, which may intervene to safeguard them from neglect or injury, ai\d to enforce the legal obligations due to them and from them.” Judge Parrish has expressed the view many times the ‘parents of a juvenile delinquent are more at fault than the minor himself and this latest move seems to be aimed in the direction of alleviating any such situations as they exist. The above messages enclosed In quotes were mailed to Herman Bowmann. Berne chief of police; sheriff Robert Shraluka of Adams (Turn To P«r Six) BULL E T I N Mrs. Harry Bowen, 49, of Wren, 0., died at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital The body was removed to the . Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. ■ • Additional hinds Paid To Foundation ' '' ! Canvass To Close Here On Thursday Solicitors, in the pledge-payment campaign for the Decatur {Memorial Foundation {turned in $3,731 in cash at the meeting of workers held at the Citizens Telephone company office evening, bast week the workers collected $6,000. ’ These payments by individuals and firms who pledged funds fqr the proposed community and youth center in 1949, shot total receipts above the $175,000 mark, exclusive of the additional payments which will be made by Central Soya company, Directors of the Foundation and the committeemen who made personal contact with pledgers asking that they redeem their pledges before the end of the year, ware more than hopeful that the fund would exceed s2oo,Opd by January 1, 1953. The agreement with Central Soya company to contribute $1 for every $2 given to the Foundation expires December 31. For that reason effort is being made to have the pledges paid in full before expirar tion of the company’s offer. As one director said, “every $lO9 received today grows immediately to $1591 with the, contribution from Central Soya.” Charles D. Ehinger was in charge of last night’s meeting and stated the solicitors would complete their canvass by Thursday. y

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President And Successor In Vital Parley Danger Points Os World Are Up For Discussion Todays WASHINGTON UP — Presidentelect Eisenhower flew here today for a face to face talk with Preside# Truman and a rousing welcome by the city which will be his hometown after Jan. 29. The 1 p.m. White House Conference between the incoming and. retiring leaders wars dedicated to problems, worldwide in their scope, with which Elsenhower will have to grapple for the next four years. High on the Agenda of the conference was a discussion of world danger as Iran, the Near East, Korea, Indo-China. No joint communique is expected at its conclusion. - Before the two arch foes of the late campaign got down to die grim and difficulty business which pulls them together now. the capital city paid its. tumultuous respects to the World War II hero who will become the 34th President of the United States. This was< I-Llke-lke Day for the capital. Among the crowds at the airport and lining the streets to the White House were many who, as residents of the District of Columbia, couldn’t have voted for Eisenhower if they had wished. Washingtonians are voteless. Many others in the turnout — estimated in advance at nearly 1,909,900 ■ — had voted for > and against . (Eisenhower in suburban Maryland or Virginia. The day was cloudy but balmy, the temperature hovering around 58. Showers were headed this way but they put off their arrivq.l, the forecasters said, until Wednesday afternoon. President Truman, who said so many sharp things about Eisenhower in the election campaign, had made certain the crowds would be out for the president-elect. He ordered all federal agencies to give everybody who could be spared an extra-long lunch period. From National Airport to the White House the route of Eisenhower’s 15-(car motorcade extended for away, up the same street of heroes. Constitution venue, along which he rode as a war hero come home in 1945. \ At one point Constitution Avenue was arched over by Joined fire engine ladders supporting a vast banner carrying the words, “welcome Ike.” < Mr. Truman invited him here not only for a personal and private talk about the nation’s bu&lness but also Tor a briefing by the old administration's top policy makers. President Truman assumed the presidency as the world was entering the atomic era. President-elect Eisenhower comes here as the hydrogen era begins. . Before taking off from Augusta, Eisenhower said he does not himself know when he will take off on the flight fulfilling his campaign promise to visit Korea and find out what can be done to end the conflict there. \. ■ | The area of cooperation between the president-elect and the retiring President from now until inauguration Day is limited scarcely* (Turn Tn Rage Eight)

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