Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 301.

Experts Probe Plane Crash Killing 86 Deatht Toll Worst In Air History; Only 30 Survive A MOSES LAKE. Wash. UP — High-ranking air force investigators were to examine Jthe grisly wreckage of a C-124 Globemaster today. to determine what causerTthe big plane to crash Saturday and take 86 of its-ftassengers to fheir deaths. ' -i j {The investigating team, which includes four generals, ordered a styict blanket of secrecy thrown over their investigation of the crash. 1 ' ’ AH survivors, excluding the most serious cases, are being, thoroughly questioned. Many are wondering they will be released in time to go home for Christmas. Authorities saidht leas., six of the thirty survivors are in serious condition. The air force his released the tjames of 41 victims and said the remainder will be released as quickly as possible. The griefstficken wife of Ist Lt. Robert J. Maple, co-pilot of the plane, managed a weak smile and said the. tragedy would not mar the Christmas of her two children. She took the youngsters to a Christmas party at Larson* air force base Sunday. " , “Regardless Os what has happened. I thought the children ought to gd,” she said. “We had promised to take them.’ 1 The four generals investigating the disaster Maj. Gen. Robert w Douglas commander of the 18th air force at Donaldson air force base, Greenville. S. C.; Maj. Gen. Homer L. Sanders, deputy chief of staff for operations at tactical air command headquarters. Langley air force base, Va.t Maj. Gen. L. A. Bertrandias, of the hit force safety division at Los Angelas, and Brig. Gen. Richard B. O’Keefe, director of flight safety research for the alp force at San Bernardino. Calif. All information was being thoroughly screened in an effort to determine w’hy the plane slammed to jthe ground early Saturday morning.' Investigators declined tc comment on the length of time needed to complete the survey, but emphasized they will remain on the job as long as necessary. The huge plane crashed into the sagebruihAiotted desert of central Washington hioments after taking off in a snowstorm' from Larson, air force base for Kelly air force base. San Antonio. Tex. It wasj carrying 116 Servicemen home for the holidays. A , The plane faltered as it reached the end of the runway, labored about 100 .feet into the air, then shuddered to earth witn a tearing crash. Gasoline from its huge wing tanks spilled onto the frozen (ground and burst into flames. k ' Most* of: the 30 survivors were sitting in the tail section, which was torn* 1 loose from the rest of the plane. S-Sgt. F. Nt- Wehrle, Barnesville, Ga., said his life was saved because he\ had his safety belt fastened. “Anyone who didn’t have his belt fastened, had it,” Wehrle said. The' six most injured men w’ere flown to Madigan General Hospital. Ft. Lewis, near 1 Tacoma# Wash,, for special treatment. The death toll of 86 topped by six the worst previous disaster in ITwra To Pave Nine Christmas Masses At St. Mary's Church Nine masses will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic church Christmas morning. A solemn high mass will be said at 5 o’clock, followed by.'eight masses. f l The last mass of the morning will be at 10 followed by benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. • There will not .be. an afternoon service. Confessions will be heard every afternoon and evening up to and including Wednesday. Holy Communion will be received- by the faithful on Christmas morning. ,?

Newton M. Maddox Dies In Michigan 7 Harry Maddox of this city and Roy Maddox, of Lafayette, were called to Flint. Mich., Sunday by the death of their brother, Newton M. Maddox, 63, who died after a year’s illness of carcinoma. Also surviving are his wife and six children. Mr. Maddox was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Maddox, former residents of east of Decatur.

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Mother Saves Baby From Flames

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BURNED AND BRUISED, Mrs. Delores Phillips holds her 15-month-old daughter. Janie Lou, while her other children gather about het. At a fire that destroyed their Detroit home, Mrs. Phillips, an infan? tile paralysis victim. foUnd herself and the baby trapped ’when a blazing roof fell. Holding Janie Lou's dress in her teeth and crawling on hands and knees, she managed to drag the child to safety.

Good fellows ' Previous total -*J $841.03 A Friend _ „_J 5.00 L. EACloce 12.00 James Kocher. Jf. __2_ 10.00 A Good FelloW ; 10.00 The Gang U‘66 “ The Arnolds I.J 10.00 A Friend 5.00 A Friend - 2.00 j 1 v Total $886.69 , L. and O. Shop. —f Clothing. Lions club—Treats. r Church Mothecs-rTreats. Helm’s Grocery—iss in trade. Junior Women—--Canned goods and toys. . : b _ j 1 -v . . , 4 - j Commissioners Laud Retiring Auditor Final Meeting Os Year Held Today Although today’s meeting of the Adams county board of commissioners was routine in every respect, differing only 'from the usual in that it marks the final meeting of the yeajr, it took on a special significance,.because it is the last meeting of the commissioners that auditor Thurman I. Drew'—-for the last lf> years serving Adams county in that capacity —will take pajrt in. -In view of. rounding out a degrade of service, a resolution was passed by the board commending Drew for his loyalty to the people of Adams county and for the car pable way he hhis gone about his score of duties. “Drew is an unusual publiie servant. He has. been able bine a tremendous ability in his work, dealing diiMctly with the public day, after -day? with the quality to make people like him. None of jfiis confreres have ever spoken ill of him; to his fa£e or behind his back, an amazing phenomena, ¥ruly. . “Above all others his office is the most taken for granted.. Drew is the secretary of the pounty council, the board of review and the boand of finance. He calls meetings of the county commissioners and has acted as a guide in its phodeedings. He pays all the biHs of the county; Writes checks for those receiving old age assistance and for dependent children. Drew keeps .the appropriation ledgbr for all the departments of the county\ and .unites tax duplicates, ’figures all taxes, makes assessor's book? and make? distribution pf tax money, | this last being a herculean task thai heAdoes with speed and efficiency. “Luckily, Drew is blessed i with two deputies whb are the pinhacle of devotion to Mrs. Drew, Mary, and MArjoj-ie Gilliom, Drew’s daughter, aid the auditor ip the countliess small' 'tasks eachj day that spell pepce of mind to the taxpayer. \ “Whtn .the time comes for Thurman I. to leave; his officejust two we£ks away—he will have left. v all his workers and the people with whom he his come in contact with a very fine; warm feeling for having known! him, this man who always carries a.'smile on his face and always has a' word for everyone.” ' — Christmas Party At Eagles Tuesday Night The Decatur Eagles lodge will have their annual Christmas party for all members and their children at the Eagles hall Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. *

Poll C. C. Members On Tax Proposals Withholding State Gross Tax Proposed The state legislature will have a very important matter that could effect the pocketbook of every working man in the state before it imthe next session. It involves of whether or riot to withhold state gross income tax at the. .source, this to be done approximately in the same manner as federal withholding. The local Chamber of Commerce realizes the iiqportance of the matter and has distributed ballots to each of its members, the final tabulation being not too far off. An excerpt from a statement prepared by the Chamber on thia important issue reads as follows: “The gross income tax in Indiana, since its inception in 1933, has assumed a progressively more important place in the over-alf tax structure-—with the state government obtaining $94 million of its general fund revenues from this source ... a figure representing 71 percent qf all tables . . . the significance of this tax cannbt he overemphasized.” The Chamber presents the following points, pro and con, for the consideration of the taxpayipg public; t . j The agruments to support* a <vitl|hold proposal are, in brief: It would catch the “drifter” -Athe qnej .who moves from job td job - as is prevalent in the construction industry; or the itinerant who ihoves on to another state without paying a tax. . It would reduce the volume of work in the tax office in checking information returns and permit more concentration upon field work. The state would benefit from greater tax collections, frofti persons now avoiding payment — no one knows how much, but’ estimated variously from s2*£ to $8 million. Withholding is, in part, \an answer to increasing revenue needs occasioned by greater state expenditures and additional state aid. Withholding of gros? income taxes:.may prevent additional or new state taxes. J-- ■, J ' \ The Objections may be* summarized, aS follows: A reduced “take-home” pay would reflect against the employer in wage or negotiations. It would lessen \ “tax-cons'cious-ness” on the part of rnanyWithholding would not plug .all loopholes. Unaffected still would be potential evaders among, professional people, sOlf - employed, etc. The employer should not be? come a tax collector simply to close Moopholes, when administrative procedures can be improved under the present system. Private accounting procedures would be subjected to another burden by state government, requiring -in some instances completely new installations. i > Tax study groups seem to be giving more emphasis to finding increased revenues, and not enough to holding down r state spending. If the state would refuse to yield to demands of pressure groups for more state aid, no increased revenues would be needed. INDIANA WEATHER Rain or drizzle tonight Tuesday cloudy, occasional rain or drizzle north and east and probably becoming mixed with snow flurries extreme north. No important temperature changes. Low tonignt 35-42. High Tuesday 4G45.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 22, 1952.

United Nations Votes \•'.. -J ■ ' ■ Down Russian Demand At All-Night Session

Ike Is Deeply Interested In World Problems Business Heads And Eisenhower Confer On World Problems NEW YORK, UP — Presidentelect Eisenhower is ‘‘deeply interested” in international economic problems, George A. Sloan, chairman of the U. S. of the International Commerce, today. \ president-elect is a great believer in world trade,” Sloan a conference,; with Eisen,'hower. ! \ ; ' Sloan and Warren Lee I pierson, who will succeed him as| council chairman, conferred briefly with the President-elect in his Commodore Hotel headquarters. , “-s discussed economic problems in general.” Sloan said. “The President-elect \is deeply interested and has greai knowledge of these international problems. I Relieve Jio oine in our country has a deeper grasp of the international economic aitimtlon.” ' A’! '* Sloan said the primary purpose of the meeting was to introduce the new chairman to Eisenhcxwer. He said they did hot discuss tariffs or trade agreements. A “Xye discussed the great importance of world trade in this period,”, he said, i Asked whether they had discussed an ( increase in world trade as a means of cutting down on U. S. foreign aid. Sloan replied; “You’d better ask the general about that.” Eisenhower was to meet today with the coihmittee on the present danger, apt organization devoted td fighting woifld-wide Communism. The comniittee, headed by Dr: ; James B. Conant, of Harvard University, was scheduled to 'have lunch With Eisenhower at his JheadquarteH in the Commodore hotel. . The President-elect invited four' of the top men designated for , bos-’ lt|.ons in hisj administration td attend the luncheon. They are secretary of state-designate John Foster Dulles; attorney general-desig-nate Herbert Brownell, Jr.; Roger M. Kyes. designated to be deputy secretary of defense, and Harpld> Stassen, director of thejnutnal Security agency in Eisenhower’s ad(Turn To

Christmas Program At School Well Received

Over 700 of Adams cbunty citizenry devoutly viewed the Christmas program at Decatur high school Sunday afternoon—unanimously agreeing it was an intensely inspiring presentation assured of lasting memory. Especially beautiful, as| was everything, was the candle-lit pro-' cession that entered from the rear —both sides to center—Comprised of 70 students of the choir. A hashed, darkened auditorium watched the tiny lights splash about the shirts and blouses of the students as they made their way slowly to the head of the hall, taking places on the stand. The caroling that followed flowed sweetly and uplifted the entire assembly, drawing murmurs of Approval and admiration while Miss Mellen Haubold, Decatur’s musical; director, had the satisfaction of seeing a perfect outcome to the many past weeks of rehearsing and planning, the choir acquitting itself most impressively. The selections included the processional, “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” followed by Gloria,” —Davis; “Dove Came Down at Christmas,” — Smith; ‘‘Carol of theßells,”—Leontovlch; and “Gesu Bambino,” —Yon.\ Then fallowed the much awaited play, “Good Tidings," a dfa-

Heavy Traffic Toll Reported In State 16 Traffic Deaths Recorded In State ! By UNITED piIESS Hoosier motorists chalked up one df their deadliest week ends of the year as the Indiana traffic toll rose tb 16. In addition, a Hoosier service--man was killed in an, Illinois crash and an Indianapolis painter died- in a fall from a scaffold. Worst mishap of the week end was h bus-auto collision at U. S. 30 . and Ind. 3 east of La Grange Saturday night which claimed the lives of four persons, including a father and his Dead were L. Morris, 31, Kalamazoo, Mich.j his Gary. 5, and Charles, 8, and Maxine Woodell, 13, also of- Kalama--«do.. , | . • Bui driver Carl Evanson, 49.i Fayette, 0., suffered ■ a' fractured' leg when Morris’ car ['hit the bus. None of the passengers was hurt seriously. . ‘ J' Max R. Vaught, 27, Waveland, died- Sundeyl night in Crawfordsville of injuries suffered when he fell asleep ana his cat hit a culvert on Ind 234 in ifontgomety ( county. , Twb pedestrians were among the victims: James Dunn, 43. Henryville, ijvas struck by an unknown car as he walked near the junction of U. S.- 3IE and 31W Sunday." He died 12 hours later in Clark Memorial hospital. Cornelius Burris, 52, was killed 1 Sunday when struck -by a car on In. 1 south pf Bluffton. A headi oh ttuck*<Ur near Rockport was fatal to Victor Knpir, 42. and Olvin Thomas, 25, Owensboro. Ky. Kneir was burned Ito death |in his truck ahd Thomas was killed in his car. Simon S:e|ler,\3s, was killed ih Spencercounty when a car crashed into sa concrete abutment. i \ \ Doyie Edward Marshall Jr., 24. Evansville, was killed J is u n.-d\a y when the cat he was driving went out of contrcjl and overturned west of Evansville. His brothers, Jp.pie!s and Robert, were injured. A fwo-car crash, on U. S. 33 at Oseeola killpd Dewey Bllswprth, 51. Osceola, father of 14 children. Sheriff’s d-eputies said Ellsworth’s, car made a left turn in the path of another auto. James Fremont 'Searfoss, 69, died Saturday of chest injuries suffered When his ear went <Tarn To Pace Six)

matic offering of deep connotation. The prime character, around which the play revolved was Time, who held forth in his somber robes telling all comers how their shortcomings must undergo metamorphosis if they are ever to see Him In the manger. The play strove to show’ how even the immutable forces, personified, — youtlh, age, hope, love, poverty—are minute and weak before Christ the 'Savior, and how each in the, end turned alter they were shown the way, after which all paths led in the same direction. It was a powerful theme, the ptudepts much to be admired for the ambitions undertaking. To speech instructor Deane Dorwin must go a goodly amount of credit for the great success of the afternoon. Dorwin staged and. directed, his efforts showing through at every turn. Art director Miss Kathryn Kauffmab, and her department, are handed herewith an for the\ outstanding colorations and backdrops, especially in the last scene, where the manger scene was, portrayed with breathtaking The special lighting was handled witli taste by Lowell Smith, to whom also falls the credit, for doing much of the “ordinary” tasks that mean \ so much after all is done. '

Virtual Hall In Ground War On Korea Front Three Red Fighter Planes Blasted By American Sabre jets SEOUL, Korea UP — American Sabrejets blasted threp Communist MTG-H jet tighter* out* of the sky in three vicious dog-fights over North Korea today. The sth ait force said the fights involved a total of 10 MIGs and eight Sabrejets, which were screening fighter - bombers attacking ground targets. Today’s kills brought the number of MHjS shot down, probably shot down or damaged this month to 38. Navy Pantherjets hit a supply concentration north of Singye, the sth air force said. ; Gen. Mark Clark’s headquarters said the Korean War came to a “virtual halt”' on the ground. The rest of the brief 60-word communique dealt with air attacks against Red supply concentrations and naval attacks against targets near North Korea’s two coasts. Eleven B-29 bombers based in Japan showered 110 tons of bombs on t#o newly-developed supply centers on the West coast of Korea. Striking at the targets for the fjrst time, the Superforts hit Namsanggye, eight miles southeast of Sinanju, anti'at Yongyong. 11 miles southwest of Sukchon. \ U. N. fighterrbombers bombed and strafed Red ground targets north of the battiefront while convoying U. S. Sabrejets roved MIG Alley in search of Communist MIG15’8. ’ "H . ' 4 A Pbor weather night flying B-26 light bombers. Even so, they destroyed 30 Red trucks, attacked a supply area east of Yangdok, hit transportation lines ip the Wonsan area of the east coast and joined marine planes in close support missions on the,eastern and west-central fronts. There was no official explanation from Clark’s headquarters why the trench warfare subsided. Patrol clashes took place at Rocky Point and Pinpoint Hill, both peaks on Sniper Hill. ' The Reds halted their bombardment of U. N. troops with propaganda leaflets and broadcasts at (Tarn To. Page Four) , —

Mrs. Elsie Stanley Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mns. Elsie K. Stanley, 59, of 225 North Tenth street, well known resident, died at 12:05 o'clock Saturday afternoon as the Adams county memorial hospital after Jan extended illness of complications. She had been seriously ill. forthe 1- past three months. She was born in Fort Wayne Oct. 7, a daughter of George/and Sophia Hockemeyer-Schafer, and was riiarried in 1917 to Ralph Stanley. -. ’ ■ ' Mr 4. Stanley was a member of the fjirst Presbyterian church, the Decdtur home demonstration club and a founder of the past presipatley of the club, a member of the Federated club, the Pythian Sisters, the'civlc section of the Woman’s club and the Order of Eastern Star. f f , Surviving in addition to her husband jarj» two children, Rose Marie and Russell Stanley, both of tur; jtwo grandchildren and one brother, Hugo Schafer of Fort Waynje. One son is deceased. / Funeral services will be ed at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home and at. 2 o’clock at thia First Presbyterian, church, the Rev. Ray J. Walther officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral hiome until time of the services.

Frank Jessup Named State Police Head Detective Sergeant Superintendent i INDIANAPOLIS, UP — jGover-nor-elect George N- Craig today appointed Frank A. Jessup, a s£ate police detective sergeant,-as superintendent of the force under Craig’s incoming Republican administration. ' The \appointment means i the present superintendent, Robert A. O’Neal,' will step down ’from the command he assumed About six months ago. Craig’s emphasized Jessup is a state police “career man.” Governor Schricker made O’Neal the first I “career man” to become superintendent when he was elevated from the ranks last, suipmer. ' O’Neal did' not announce his plans immediately. There was speculation he might return to his former job as state pcdice executive officer or that he might re* sign or be reduced to. detective. Jessup, 40, lives at Union City and now is attached to the Pendleton post. He has served with the state police 17 years and was district commander of the American Lhgion when Craig was national commander. Jessup activated Indiana’s department of civil defense in November, 1949, and was awarded a state police gold star for bravery *in 1938. He has received FBI and office of natal intelligence training and has taken eburses iif cial phases of police work. | He is married, the father of a daughter, and a marine veteran of World War 11. Four Persons Hurt ' A '" ""■ ■' “A- ■ ■’’i*' . ‘ In Auto Accident r Detroit Women In County Hospital < Three Detroit, Mich, women are in the Adams couhty memorial hospital suffering njuries they sustained in a bridge sinashup one 1 mile north of Berne on U. S. highway 27‘.Sunday morning at 7:45 o’clock. Carl Jones, 30 the driver of thg ill-fated car, was taken ‘o the hospital but was released and returned to Jletrbit; he suffered a sprained ankle. ' ■ t A Still at the hospital are his wife, Odie, 37, With a deep cut on the forehead and a pelvic fracture; Miss Alma Washington, 30, a sister Os Mrs: Jones, a Sprained right knee add a dislocated right clavicle; Miss Oqie Washington, 35, another sister of -Mrs. Jones, a fracture of the pelvic region. Jones told investigating officers an oncoming car, which failed to stop, crossed. the bridge in the center of the road, forcing him to slow down as he approached the bridge. Authorities said the wheels of Jones’ car slipped off jhe edge of the highway, veered out of control, skidded slideways> crashing into a guard rail post and (overturning on its left ?ide, r-. State policemen Walter Schindlef and Ted Biberstine, and sheriff Bob Shraluka made- the investigation. The condition of the three victims now remaining at the hospital is called “good,” by a hospital spokesman. i

City Officials To Water Rate Hearing A detachment of Decatur officials left the oity this afternoon for Indianapolis for a hearing tomorrow with the Indiana public service commission on the matter of raiding the city’s\ water rates. Thbse who will attend are_Mayor John Doan,, city engineer Ralph Roop, city coupcilmen Engle, Gage and Beavers, the latter being the chairman of the water committee, water department and utilities auditor Edwin H. Kaufman, and city attorney Robert Anderson.

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Soviet Demand Is Voted Down By UN Assembly Last-Minute Move To Condemn U. S. For 'Mass Murder' UNITED NATIONS, ,N. Y„ UP — The United Nations general Assembly voted down early today a last-gap Soviet demand to condemn the United States tor alleged “mass murder’’ ot war prisoners in Korea. - . J The Soviet “midnight maneuver” was thrown, out by a vote of 45, to 5 at the end of a marathon, all night session of the 60-nation assembly."' „ „\ Ten Arab-Asian nations abstained on the Russian resolution, which U. S. delegate Ernest AGross had edScribed as a “clumsy attempt to smear .the United States at the last minute in an effort to cover up the fact that the aggressors and their sponsors have rejected pence in Korea.” A The vote came at 4:41 a.th. e.s.t. at the end of an almost 12-hour session. Four minutes later, the seventh session of the general assembly adjourned until Feb.. 24 when Pres-ident-elect Eisenhower w’ill have taken office 1 as chief executive of the U. S. The Kremlin’s llth-hour melodramatic attack on the U. S. foreshadowed, in the opinion of diplo-_ mats, an increasingly tough Red attitude on the Korean war. In demanding the approval of the doomed proposal, which described recent Pongam Island riots in which 84 Communist prisoners were killed as “inhuman brutalities,” Russian delegate Anirei Gromyko delivered one of the most scathing \harangues against the United States in U. S. annals. After Gross and a large group of- western diplomats lashed out at his charges, terming them “ridiculous,” “shabby propaganda stunts” and “odious accusations,” Gromyko returned to the rostrum to claim that the U. S. was committing daily crimes against Koreans and Chinese. , "The Chinese people have Accumulated a mountain of resentment against the aggressors,” he charged. ' " The onlyi nonjCommunist nations who did not vote against the .Soviet resolution — Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Arabia, \Syria and Yemen — did so because they felt that the charges should be investigated before any U. N. decision is taken; , Gromyko, opening the Korean debate shortly after midnight to- ' day said that the alleged murder “overshadowed, all previous crimes by the American hangmen” in Korea. 'Jhe Kremlin gpokesman demanded the approval of a resolution condeming “criminal acts by U. S. armed forces” and insisting that the U. N. “should take itn med- . iate steps to put an end to the brutalities committeed by the U. S, military authorities.” - British minister of state Selwyn Lloyd supported Gross, asserting that Gromyko’s niove was Russia’s “last, desperate attempt to regain the initiative in the cold war.”

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