Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1953 — Page 2

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Army Officer Tells Os Smith's Killing Colonel's Widow On Trial In Tokyo TOKYO Up! —An army officer testified tjoday I that Mrs. Dorothy Smith. dad 'only in < ’ panjs and bra.” lookeq at I dyltt| iCOl. Aubrey Smith, | and feaid, (“It’s too bad I didn't £pt I him jri the heart.” I J. I 14.. Col. Joseph .Hardin, Dallas. Textold an army court martial iryiri|f the 40-year old daughter of Geii.jWalter ‘Kneuger for the murder her husband, that she “got into ij>ed aif3 pulled the covers ovpr 1 hersqlf.” I Ueisafd Smith lay on the other twin -bed in the bedroom holding a dampt towel, to'a knife wound'in his side.j ' : • Hardin and two. other-aVmy officers theie was-a strong, smell of dfugs in the room where Mrs. Sniith is Accused of fatally stabbing frer.husband Oct. 3\ with a foot long Okinawa, knife' v On|?: of the officers, niilitary pplice Maj. Walter Burns. Winchester, said he' smelled an un-' pleasant odor in the room and laj-cr : leiarned.it was paraldehyde, a 1 -

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Best Seller Author Proves To Be Fraud Convicted Burglar'!' ’ Copied Whole Book • BOSTON. Mass. UP —A Boston ' publishing firm warned to ttyro'w 'the book today at an i living In the Satpe building Were p. Henry wrote many of his iaityort ktories. But Little,-Brown & Co. did' not know what steps to take to recsiVer the 1600 it paid as an to Robert fe. Preyer Jr., for “Pot ion Unknown." ' jS/ i j.Preyer’B position was unknown i tri the publishing company \time. hiri, manuscript arrived, put book was so we!’, written t the', firm believed it had a fest seller. The novel was set into type, proofs were pulled and copies were sent to reviewers in the trade. Virginia Kirkus of New Y>k. who- .reviews books before tjß'eir publications. received her copyAhe day after Christmas. -'VI read it that night and ;wgs haunted by, the familiarity of&|t." she\ feaid. "The next morning I chei ked\ my files and found ityat 1 could use the same review 'tor r’Positiion Unknown’ that I used!|it>r ’ ‘lsland in the Sky’' eight ys|rs ago, I They were thq same, wotd for world' ’’ • y • Sthe called the publisher ®<d gave 'him the' painful news. ii» Thetbook. “Island.in the Skjl’OTy Et.nest\ K. Gann, was Viking Press in 1944. Little. sent its x apologies to Viking iffid then tried to track down Preyei; Their investigation Revealed tslit Pre.ye| was Serving a. 15-year ’ fj'qihtehce in the Ohio state penitentiary for burglary. !»!' Preyer was so glad to get' S6OO he bought a typewriter a'iSd spent the remainder in the -commissary, [ except for a which he sent tri his mother. “ ift ' Warden Ralph W. Alvis ss|tjl many prisoners consider themselwt potintjal authors but , Preyer v& the Grist jto steal from anofl^jr: f Alvis said he did not know w||»t charges- cotfld be filed 'agaiOi Preyerf to? copying the book .Ocause postal inspectors advised hitm mail fraud charges probably ccara not bej

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Allied Planes Step Up Pace Os Aerial War Over 100 Bombers Plaster South Os Borden SEOUL, Korea UP -!&e than 100 Allied fighter-bomberst farmed within 30 miles of the Yf > River today as U. N. fliers Con jhued to * step up the pace of their devastating aerial war. The mass raid Just som& of the border came less than hours after B-29 Superforts fisted a huge supply depot near Pwigyang. Only a few hours 'earllSg Allied Sabre jets damaged twetSkussianbuilt MIGs, although U. N. planes were outnumbereCSfhree to one. k Today’s mass raid wtthjßigh ex--plosive® touched off huge secondary explosions and flattened many bih - leting and storage buildings In the > target area. Other fighter bombers pounded battleline positions, knocking oqt nine Red gun positions and 40 I troop bunkers across the front. To the east, Mustangs directed naval gunfire against Communist communication lines. j J/ H The supply center raid was rtiade by American B-2» Superforts which hit a sprawling depot at Changjin-ni on the outskirts)' of the North Korean capital, It their firsri raid on that target. \ ' Credit for the damage to the two MIGs went to Ist Lt. Lester A, Erickson of Dearborn. .Mich., and 2nd Lt. John W. Goodwill of Starkwater. N. D. Four bther Sabrejets battled an additional 12 Russian-made jets over MIG Alley without racking up any claims. | On the ground. failed in a bi<T to drive South Koreans from the slopes on Jape Russell Hill in the “Kumhwai area. After a ! two-hour fig»t| Monday night, the ROKs counter 31. dead Chinese, J” ; On the Central FrotOihe Communists ambushed a 1 lOtin Allied patrol that had stabbed|'®iile and' a half into no man s laii»Ob<l pourwithering fire on tifetn. But the U. N. unit was the trap by heavy Allied- and artillery firq. i, Ap Allied position eh|t of the ; River held fcfnsit two probes by 80 Reds) U gs. mortar fire drove the l&ck each time. j gHI ! .f . 1,751 Dogs Among 'Finest Soldiers' Army CaninefCorps Is Ranked A| Tops 'WASHINGTON, UpV Some of the finest in Uncle Sam’s army walk on They comprise a alkali, but select group of 1.751 dogp. Induction standards are high- B®. if the “applicant” Is healthy. wW Informed, 22 to 28 inches highg weighs between 6Q and 90 pounds and fails within the age limit oif one to two-and-one-half years, hje is eligible for consideration, pI h I j Favorable consideration may lie anticipated if. in addition to the J other qualifications,, the “applicant” happens to be a purebred German Shepherd i — preferably male. Only 137 of<Ahe dogs In service ’ are in the United States. Os the remainder; 1,400 are in Europe. 160 in the Far East, 27 in Korea, and 27 in the far north. The army has use for dumb mutts. In entering service, the dpg?\ chosen mainly for their intelligence. i Like the soldiers, {he canities go through a rigid physical examination before they are Accepted. Each dog is a serial' number and this is tatooed on the inside Os the left flanik. Those canine the Army through the quartermaster ' <-orps war dog receiving’ : gnd holding station in Virginia. They remain there for six and are! taught proper manners and 4“community, living.” After that they are] shipped for their special training center at Camp Carson, Colo. Thq basic training varies from fbur to 21 weeks. f ' ' '"I ( They soon take nipre training of actual seputing and pal troling. Then conjesi ttje' battleconditioning. Here thriy taught to disregard all types ofkguto fire. Using dogs in times qar is nothing new. In World U-fe H, the! Canine Corps reached of more than 10,000. DuriQ.the mobilization period. corps dwindled to around 5O& ® > Unlike -the soldier, is no fixed time limit to the«drA’ service, Unless they with some incurable begin to the signs of they remain If you have something' l^ <|ell or rooms for rent, /try at»M»ocra* Want Add. It tyring* re»u^ : ■?

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