Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 282.

Where 36 Died In*Tacoma Crash .'> ' ■ '•s I | l ■!■ ' m££J|S| \wy- »MIWR - X G »k^ AL V,EW ®* the wreckage of a military air raasport 054, inbound from ' Pairbanks, Alaska with 39 persons aboard, which, hit a tree, crashed a d burned in a fog-bound vacant area near an Tacoma, Washington housing project- Thirty-six perso ». military personnel, wives and children, died in the crash .and fire. Two servicemen and an 8-year-fed !>oh of one of the victims, all seriously injured, ' \ -mbH rvi V\OU. '”• ~• ;;>' ’ '' ' ' ■’' I ' i 8 T~ —in -r -I —— ——— ■.

Eisenhower And Dulles Confer On Policies ■i J . . President-Elect J And His Secretary i Os State Confer NEW YORK, VP — Presidentelect Eisenhower’s headquarters f promised an “important” an? nouncement today at the conclusion of a conference between the former geenral and John Foster Dulles, who will be secretary of state in the new cabinet. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr., named to be secretary to the President, will sit u£| on the meeting at Eisenhower'S Morningside) Heights residence At its concluj sion, Dulles will tnake an “important” announcement, an Eisenhowi er aide said. Eisenhower also will confer today with Emmet Hughes arid Q. D. Jackson, two of his speech-writ-ers, but otherwise will [have a comparatively light day, dictating a few I letters and watching the i televised Army-Navy game at\ Philadelphia. ° Another announcement was promised for Sunday< after a meeting of the President-elect, Vandenberg. Nelson A. Rockefeller, former assistant secretary of state for Datin-American affairs \ Dr. Robert L,. Johnson. Temple University president; Flem- . ing, Ohio Wesleyan University president, and Dr. Milton Eisenhower, the President-elect’s brother and president of State’College., Jokhson is chairman of the citi < tens committee for the reorganization of the gpvernment and: Fleming is a committee member. They also will meet at Elsenhow- ; / er’s home. \ The Prpsident-elect’s schedule? beyond Sunday was not announc- — ed. He is expected to leave soon foi* his’ Korean trip, but his departure time and his arrival in Korea will be .kept secret tor security There was a possibility that the weekend also might bring announcement of Eisenhower's choices for secretaries of labor and commerce, the two posts re- - maining unfilled in* the new cabv ihet, and his selections for other top jobs in the new administration. It was learned Friday that Sen, Robert A. Taft, R-O , had recommended that either Clarence E. Manion, dean of the University of Notre Dafhe lad school, or fori 1 mer Sen. John A. Danaher. R.Conn., be given the labor port- ‘ folio. Taft’s recommendations were among several for various cabinet posts which he submitted to Elsenhower at the Presidentelect’s request. v However, there was no indication Eisenhower would follow Taft’s recommendations for the labor post.. He has done so in only one- instance, naming Baftrecommended Ezra Taft Bendon as secretary of agriculture. t Two appointments announced by Eisenhower headquarters Fr|- < day wera 'Dr. Gabriel Hauge, as administrative assistant in charge of domestic and foreign economic affairs, and Thomas E. ■Stephens, [ as Special counsel tp the President. ,J . . ■

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[[Question Suspect In Hospital Fire Hospital Attendant Under Questioning ’ HUNTINGTON, W. Va., UP — A suspected arsonist was questioned today in connection with a mysterious outbreak of fires at the Huntington state mental hospital, where 14 inmates died in a i Thanksgiving''Eve blaze.J A 45-year old “disgruntled” hospital attendant, who was unidentified, was questioned most of the night by authorities- They Bald he had tried to “[stir up trouble and unrest” at the institution, but he denied setting the f|res. Two more fires broke!out at the hospital late Friday even as officials were still probing for the pcause of the Thanksgiving Eve j blaze. v The first fire started in a basement celling of an unoccupied hos--pital ward but was hrotjtght under control within a half hour. An 'hour later, a Second bMize, discovs jjbred by a nurse, brought back four companies of firemen, who extinguished the . flaiines in 35 ■ minutes. , Fire chief Floyd Crouse said the ( fire fire was caused’ by,a rat nest 'in the cellar ceiling i which had been ignited by a nearby furnace, i However, Grouse said there wede' definite signa Ofl arson in \ the second blaze which drove 250 [ patients from Building ! No. 2. it began in a recreation \ room and chapel behind the building. The ; patients were returned) to their quarters shortly afterward. ' “We believe the' saipe person may have also set the Wednesday ’night fire.” Crouse said.. \ I Crouse said the \suspect appar- ■ ently had some grievance against the hospital and had bem stirring •up dissension at the hospital for some time. HoWever, the suspect has refused to admit betting the fires. Six of the estimatedloo patients who suffered shock or smoke in(Tura To P«*e Six> — " J ' ■ Cold Spell Easing In Midwest Area H Temperatures Below Seasonal Noririals By UNITED PRE SS i I 1 ■; A cold spell Which has shilled the country since Tuesday Ipif. some Os its vigor today, but- temperatures generally were below seasonal normals. I'The cold snap was centered in the midwest, and sno'W \ ranging from a half inch to threp quarters of an inch was likely to fall in Ibwa, Wisconsin and other midwest areas. ' 'J'•• j: ■ [ _ ■■ Freezing rain hit the Texas pan -handle, Oklahoma and Central Kansas Friday night. > • West Yellowstone, .Mont., was the Coldest spot in the pation Friday with a high of 10 degrees, Lander, Wyo.,. and Akron. Colo., each reported readings of 12, Scottsbluff, b|eb. f had 15 and Chicago 24. i New Yorkers were promised cool, shnny weather with an expected high in the low 40s. , ’ The Oklahoma highway patrol Warned motorists that the freezing rain made highways hazardous, but about 30,000 football fans will probably ignore the Warning to motor to Stillwater for the OklahomaQkinhoma A. & iM. game. The sunny weather aloag the Atlantic seaboard was stopped short (Tur* To P«e si*) <! i ■

Find Wreckage Os Plane, 52 Aboard Killed College President Makes Daring Flight To Wreckage Scene > ANCHORAGE, Alaska tip —A college president who made a\ daring wilderness landing in a light plane\ planned to fly back (o civilization today after reporting that all 52 persons aboard a trashed transport plane were dead. Dr. Terris Moore, president of the University Alaska brought a light, ski-equipped' planedown eta the slopes of Mt. Gannett Friday to identify the wreckage of the 0124 Globemaster missing since last Saturday. ' The crash was spotted by search planes Monday, but weather made close observation impossible. The landing was made at the 8,000-foot level of the mountain,6o miles from here, Moore said there were no signs of life in or near the shattered plane. Moore was accompanied by a friend. Helicopters were standing by but were ,not pressed into service after Moore's report. Trial creWs will possibly go to the ferash scene on foot. Moore made the landing without any trouble but high winds prevented a takqoff, until today. Ah air force C-54 and dropped ’ood, shelter and clothing to the two men on the peak.. The Globemaster vanished Saturday night on a flight from McChord air force base, Tacoma, Wash., to Elmendorf air force base near hete. It was last reported over Middleton Island, miles southeast of here late Saturday night \'j Aboard the’ craft were 41 pas sengers and 11 'crewmen, including ope doctor.\ Most of them were returning here from furlough in the United States. All have\ been identified by the army and air force. The C-124 was the third plane to go down in Alaska within a month. Meanwhile, the air feirce announced in Washington Friday night that it has set up a special “survey team” to investigate flight communications in Alaska because of a rash of recent plane crashes in that area. \ « The air force-said it wail taking the action beckuse of “recent aircraft accidents in Alaska and the fact that the air force has increased its flight operations in that area,” The air force survey team was ordered into action after a C-54 transport crashed near Tacoma, Wash., Friday, killing 36 of the 39 persons board. The mishap snuffed out the lives of five wives of servicemen and eight children. A C-119 Flying Boxcar crashed into 13,000 foot Mt. Silverthrone Nov. killing all 19 persons aboard. \ ; Another C-119 with 20 me n bboard is still missing on a flight from Elmendorf air force base to Kodiak Nov. 15. The air force, is still looking for that plane,: but authorities fear all the men have perished. 1 INDIANA WEATHER Llpht snow tonight possibly mixed with some sleet or freez- ' Ing drizzle near the Ohio river, so cold north and central portions. Sunday mostly cloudy, .sndw south and east ending by afternoon and snow flurries nprthwest. Low tonight 24-28. High Sunday 26-32.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 29, 1952.

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UN Switches Its Attention To Palestine Korean Debate Is \ Delayed At Least I Until Next Monday UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.; Up — 1 The United Nations switched its attention today from the stalemated' Korean question to the equally deadlocked problems or Palestine. The general assembly’s main political committee was in adjournment until Monday, waitins for V. K. Krishna Menon, author of the Indian compromise Korean peace proposal, to get instructions from New Delhi fbr his final speech in the Korean debate. V , The assembly’s special political. - committee meanwhile prepared to ■ hear Abba 3. Eban, ambassador . of Israel, unveil formally a : print for peace* in Palestine. His I plan was expected to provide a basis for direct negotiations be- ’ tween the infant Jewish stjte and J its Arab neighbors to end'the four i year oid near eastern feud. Eban's proposals, scheduled to f be presented 'this morning, will not be incorporated in the form of a resolution, Israeli quarters said. I but will consist of a series of sugt gestions on how to solve the feajor problems that have blocked a i final Palestine seitlement since 1 1948 —the questions of refugees, • Jerusalem and territorial adjust- ' ments. i The Israeli proposals will be submitted in connection with a resolu- ■ tioh calling merely for direct ArabIstraeli negotiations which was introduced earlier in the week by 1 Canada. Norway, The Netherlands, U Uruguay, Ecuador and Denmark. Meanwhile, the Korean debate was stalled until Monday, at the J earliest, when voting will begin on India’s compromise peace formula 1 and a horde of amendments Submitted to it. Indian sources said Menon was delayed in speaking solely by the ’ time-lag and communications difficulties between here and N ew Delhi, when he had submitted at least two amendments which had a major bearing on India’s Compromise plan. ■ ' ' *! Road To Monmouth School Is Opened East-West Road Is \ Opened To Traffic The new east and west county road, from old U. S. highway 27 = through Monmouth, directly to r Monmouth high school, is now open for traffic. The road, which is i about 300 yards in length, goes directly from, the Mohmouth road east to the school parking lot Recently, the township gave the county sufficient land to start con- ( Struction of the roadway and the i commissioners purchased the t balance of the right of way. The road is of macadam construction, j ' The completion of this road gives access to the school from' two roads, from the west and one from the east. The school buses, coming in from the west,, now use the new road and it also is an aid in handling traffic more safely after athletic contests and other activities at the echoed. ) The old road, which runs east and west, past the *front of > the school property, has a dangerous curve just before i.t reaches the school parking lot. It also becomes extremely dangerous in the winter when covered" with ice and snpw. The new road'way Is perfectly straight and is regarded as a safety measure for school pupils and patrons. Noon Edition

* ‘Seoul Alerted For & Eisenhower Arrival 24-Hour Alert For Capital Os Korea 9.EQUU Korea UP — Seqhl went on a' 24-h.our alert today for thp: expected arrival of Presidentelect Dwight D. Elsenhower, bijit there still was no information here on tiipe or place of hid appeiranqe. ‘ ' . ■ i Police, !now holding 400 eiws persons’’ whose \free-moye-mqpt; around Seoul might endanger the President-elect’s security, declined comment on rumors tfhat mor| arrests made, •ij The rqtnors included a reported rounddp Os 28,000 civilians held on suspicion; during the early days ot the war. ’ ■ . H ? American advisers to the national police, paid the tota| number of persons npw held “incommunicado”’ in Korean jails was a ‘’security matter.’’ “We are taking no chances on harm doming to Eisenhower,” one police official said. I Meanwhile, workmen went abopt touching up the Eisdnand arches whicirhkd become shabby after five days’ expost!re to; winter weather. Children still were being held In until after 5 p.m„ rehearsing ovtr 'an'l over their “welcofne Ike” cheers and songs. officials included, in thHi? plans f°r the general a tea pa>ty in; the lavish tlhangiduk Palace of Korea’s last queen. Ttie palace, which sprawls over five acreb of land, was the honje of-Dowager Queen Yun, who now llVes under the republic in a small residence at Rusan. \ Korean newspapers said President Slyngman Rhee planned to prie Elsenhower with a. full Korean costume is a memento of his trip It| includes pantaloons—tight at the ankles and baggy up to the waist— a jacket, bdth trimmed with gold butCpns. Completing the custime Is a horsehair “stovepipe” top bat; ' L s'r f ■ ' ■' Berne Police Chief May Be On Way Out Report Dissension On Chief Bowman liehnan “Punk” Bowman may be! seeing his last days as chief ot ‘the police department. SV>r some months now Bowman has- been: under fire from private citizens of Berne and Berne councilmen alike on the methods he uses in parrying but his duties. The. latent furor was started upon liis arrest of Manfred Rumple, the feted • sexual psychopathic charged with molesting a young girU-jftn the streets of Berne not long Itowman confirmed the rumors chai werq thick in Berne, by saying, “I giiese I’m too go<jd a cop for : them;” Bowman many citliens |argued with bim over tickets apd worried him to the state whprex he can’t do his duty as a Tolfeeman. 3 , , “I treat them all alike, whether they’re or poor,” said the fiery polite official. “Ever since I arrested Rumple things seemed to change: Float a friend despite the fact that I probably saved someone yfrom being killed that ; night.” I has been police chief of Berne Tor 16 months. He estimated he gave out sogie 200 tickets in all that time, about five a week, He thinks. . . FotTest; Balsiger, mayor of Bertie, stated he would like, to' see Bowman stay on as a police official add thought he was a good polfebmai|' and would stand behind him."Two meetings took place in Berne FWay but no results one way or tfe other have been forthcoming. ■ i| Statements from Berne councilmen Leslie Sprunger, Sylvan Ha-, beggftr apd Tilman Kirch of er indip MTsra To Pa*e .Six) ■■'" ' . ' ■ ' '.. .

Reuther Gains Strength For CIO Top Spot Auto Workers Head Reported Gaining For CIO flection ATLANTIC CtTY, N. J., UP — A top CIO leader today reported that Walter Reuther, president of the powerful Auto Workers union, “seems to be moving ahead” in a two-man fight for the presidency of the CIO. v The official, who asked not to be ildmed, said appeared to be gaining support for the top job over his rival, executive vjee president, Allan Haywood. Otker sources concurred. However, 10 CIO vice presidents were still deadlocked following a meeting into early morning as they attempted to settle the issue before the 14th annual CIO convention opens here Monday. The union chiefs feared that to let the-' bgttle carry over to the convention floor might lead to a break-up among and open the way to raiding from outside unions. , Jacob POtofsky, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, who is trying to achieve a peace* ful settlement among the unions,'; told reporters after the early morning conference: “I’m hoping for a meeting of the minds for unity’s sake. If it should come to pass there is no unity. then there will be an election r ight” A’ ", . j Pqto'fsky said the! next vice presMehtS’ meeting on the issue was subject to his call. Meanwhile, the arious union chiefs huddled in groups of twos and threes to thrash out the dispute. 'the official order of the business today was a scheduled meeting of the 45-man executive board 1 to go over resolutions up by the vice presidents. Th© agenda did not include discussion of the presidency, but dealt with a “memo■lai” for the late [CIO president ’’hillp Murray, -as well as a financial report and othe[r matters. Othe rsources close to the leadership battle also reported growing support for Reuther, although his iras described as an “uhderqurrpnt" in the meeting. It was learned that at least two important unions, the Rubber ‘ Workers and the Oil Workerjs, have not officially stated their, preference. . However, both unions were said to be leaning to the 45-year-old sßeuther. There wqre indications he also had the support of the Maritime Union, led by Joseph Curran. On the other side; it was learned that the Transport Workers Union may niake public today a list . (Tara To Paxo Six) County Dairymen Tocßeceive Awards State Association t to Present Awards Adams county farmers are among outstanding dairymen in the state I who will receive awards 1 at Purdue University Monday, from the Indiana state dairy association. Those listed from here are: 1 “Gold medal, Browh Swiss class: Bpnj. F. and Lydia Qerke, route 5. Certificates of ‘ hijierlt hkrds by DHIA: \ Gold awards: Rdliandes Liechty, Berne; Paul Liechty A Sons, Bernej; Martin Habqgger, Monroe; Ben Gerke, Elza Lynch and Everett Rice, Monroe. Silver awards for| merit herds | Chris Stahly, Geneva; Dan Strik-' er, Berne; Eugene; daffee, Geneva; Backhaua JBrothers, Decatur. -\ Bronze awards fo< merit herds: Adriah Lorte, Decatur; Ben and Noah Mazelin, Berne; Eli Schwartz, Berne; Albert Ewel, Decatur. Certificate* for herds of less than 10 cows: David Habegger, Decatur. . u ' ■ ■ ■ • 1.. >

Putnam Refuses To End All Controls Rejects Proposal \ To End Controls WASHINGTON, UP—Economic stabilizer Roger L- Putnam, facing opposition wlihin his own ranks, fought today to keep wageprice controls intact unlil the new Republican administration takes over. Putnam bluntly rejected a proposal to end nearly all - pried controls wituin #0 days. The proposal had been made by Edward Phelps, assistant ch|ef of the office of price stabilization in charge of price operations. Putnam said in a statement that Phelps* proposal was “premature." although “undoubtedly the time will come when this can be done.” Putnam’s statement apparently foreclosed the possibility that the administration W’ftuld call a prefeature end to the economic controls which have been in effect for two years. The controls legally expire April 30, but several congressmen from both sides o 2 thq political aisle have indicated they will move to end them before then W the new administration fails to act. The -present administration has been under strong pressure to drop the controls from industry, which -claims the inflationary danger has subsided, and from organized labor, which argues that -wage controls should be lifted because of ineffective pricel curbs. The problem is complicated by the coal wage dispute, in, which the approval of the miners’ full |1.90-a-day pay increase might cause the whole cofe trol structure tb topple. [ > In his fight to save economic controls, Putnam,has called in former price boss Michael V. DiSalla to make a survey of the overall question of decontrol. -In I the midst of the PutnamPhelps dispute over decontrol, (Tin Ta Pace Six) Study Is Ordered Os County Planning Committee Named . To Study Zoning The Adams county extension committee has ordered a study by a sub-committee of three members of counties in Indiana which have adopted county planning, it was learned today. The committee, composed of August Selking, Root township trus[tee, and Jay Yost and Mrs. Lloyd Grote, will report its findings to the full committee at the annual meeting of that group in January. There is a growing sentiment among farmers of Adams county to recommend to the county commissioners that a county plan commission be set up with a view to having a county zoning ordinance. The ordinance, if adopted, would in no way affect construction of any type of building or shelters for agricultural purposes, but it would protect the fringe areas where the rural communities join cities and' towns, ;' e It also would prevent the erection of junk yards and one-room shacks so close to the highways that they hinder traffic views at cross-roads and intersections, it wag pointed out. There is a trend of junk yards to move into rural sections, because of the strengthening of city and town ordinances pertaining to them. \ There also are several instances in the county where unsightly and unsafe! shacks have been erected by persons. It -was pointed out that this promiscioud construction of substandard residential and commercial buildings was steadily lessening the value of rurfe properties. The sub-committee will continue to gather the facts, it was learned and report both the benefits and drawbacks of a county wide plan commission. s d’ ' .

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Third Largest Night Raid 01 War In Korea l Blast Doorstep To Communist China > In Heavy Assaults .. ■ ■ v' SEOUL, Korea UP —American , - Superfortresses from every B-29 5 group assigned to the Korean the- - ater blasted the doorstep to Com- - munist China Friday in the third i biggest night raid of the war. Forty-nine’, B-29s pounded the t twin cities of Sinhiju and Uiju on the North Korean side of the Yalu » River. They hit Red airfields at jboth ' \cities; a Compmnist headquarters, s communications center and Red - army training school Uiju, and ' -a military repair base at Sinuiju. i" It was the first time United Na- ~ tions planes had bombed the Uiju - base, a 10?000 square foot area - housing 1,000 single story buildings. 1 Returning pilots said the flak f thrown up by Red radar-controllecl o anti-aircraft guns was “light to intense.’’ s Antiquated Communist night o fighters made only one firing pass r . at the pilots reported. i- Heavy gun fire and strafing at* - tacks by U. N. fighter-bombers » killed ah estimated 108 North Kos reans who were sighted at noon at Kosong on Korea’s eastern coast. ’ On the ground U. N. artillery - concentrations broke up light at- 4 » tacks on the central front Front- . - line reports indicated the Reds ■ might shift the fighting tn the Kumhwa ridges to the sector north- ‘ east of Sniper Ridge. a Three Chinese Communist pla- - toons harrassed Pinpoint Hill on 1 Sniper Ridge three times during the day but were smashed back by accurate Allied artillery. On the western front, Allied patrols harrassed Chinese positions and attempted to provoke a fight with the Red units that have h«cr mysterioqsly quiet in recent Small patrol forces clash r . Heartbreak Ridge and The "tr bowl on the eastern front bu ground changed hands. Fifth air force headquar'e . ■ its weekly air summary, reported the loss of one Allied SabteJe 1* he week ending Nov. 29 " three Communist MIG 15s ‘ ' sd, one probably destroyed cdamaged. Two , other American plans - Shooting Star and a Mustang, wer lost'to Communist ground fire, the air force said. * Twin - engine light bombers wrecked nearly 1,000 Bed trucks during the week. It was the highest seven-day vehicle destruction claim for 1952. • I ... . ; . . • - 1 ; A” Decatur Ministers ' Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial assoclar tion will meet at 10 o’clock Monday morning at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. The Rev. Samuel Emerick, president of the association, urges all members to be present. The committee of ministers charged with the arrangements for Spiritual Emphasis week Jan. 4-11, will meet at 9:30 a.m., prior to the association session. '