Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1953 — Page 1

Vol LI. No, 12.

Two Americans Held As Spies For Russians 1 Two Americans Are Seized In Austria! As Russian Spies | WASHINGTON UP —Art*4 in- . telligence officers in Austria Save , arrested two Americans on charges of spying for Soviet Russia! the .justice department announce® to-, day. | The two are Otto Verber£and Kurt L.jPonger, both of New a’ork -City. \ They Were charged" with ‘conspiring with Yuri V. Novikov,| second secretary of the Soviet Sissy here, to channel defensfc information to Soviet Russia. The United States declared Xovi-’ kov unacceptable to this goyernt't ment and demanded that | the Soviet Union recall’ him immediately \from Ms post here. , The' two Americans —naturalized citizeris—were- indicted on espionage charges by a federal stand ? jury here on Tuesday. The inHictment was kept sealed pending arrest in Vienna. | The justice department said they * were being flown-, to this country • for arraignment. The demand for Novikov’s recall was sent to the Soviet embassy by the slate department. The'< de* mand said Novikov had engaged in , “activities incompatible with 'his status as an accredited diplomatic official.” i The justiqb ' department said Verber, 31, born in Vienna, was naturalized in 1943, and coinmissioned a 2nd lieutenant in (he ’-U. S. army in 1944. . * .1 ’I It said he served on a mill Ay intelligence team in Europe uqtil ■February, (1945, and subsequently was employed as an interrogate for the war crimes commission an Nuernberg. & 1 The justice department said tiikt before his arrest he lived in t&e American zone of Vienna find is enrolled in the University of,Vienna under~the G. I. bill of rights? g The department sdid that the &9-y.ear-old Ponger also was born gin Vienna, first entered this countryfin 1940. and was naturalized in February. 1943. " < ’ The department said that Ponder Is “reportedly a brother-in-law”|df Verber. It said that he also v|as i once employed by the war crimes ;edinmission in Europe, but said fintil his arrest he lived in the Soviet zonC of Vienna. f 1 ■' The indictment charged that beginning in 1949 Verber and Pon&er conspired here, in Vienna, and gin , 'Salzburg. Austria, with Novikov >o violate U. S. espionage statutes.! The indictment said the t|ro Americans planned . to deliver wo Soviet Russia “documents, votings, sketches, plans, maps, ndt|s, linstrjsments and information relating tb the national defense of tie United States.” | | The grand jury charged that tie Americans tried to obtain inte|isgtnee and counter-intelligence m ¥ .formation about the U. S. army aid ‘ air force. t T the indictment also charged that the defendants arranged to receife messages and instructions frojn f Russia: apd;to employ other people as contact men in this country at|d 'in Austria. ' ' ' | Prairie Blizzard 'll Jn Midwest States Balmy Weather To j Drop 45 Degrees By UNITED PRESS j A prairie blizzard howled Nebraska and Kansas today no' /forecasters said Chicago's balm* weather in the mid 50’s plunge 45 degrees. | !'?. A thick fog descended on New *Y’ork City and a commuter-lades A ! ferry collided with a freighter off jtlie tip of Manhattan Island, |ng 11 persons. ‘ * T The ferry, Gold Star Motheit was en route from Staten Island Manhattan with 1,900 when it collided with the 8,000-1 on freighter American Veteran. Ferry, passengers were thrown to 'the automobiles on the lowerj deck were smashed i and the collision ripped a 10-foot gash in the. freighter’s bow. \ • The midwestern blizzard piled; spoW into deep drtfts and coated highways with a treacherous!, com<§ k bination of ice and snow. The storm moved into South Dakota, cutting off electricity to the little town, of Plankington and *'J <Twr» Pno (10 PAGES) |J . 11 ; |

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,■INII 1 | — Senate Group i Questions New Defense Head j Wilson Questioned • j By Committee On Bi<| Stock Holdings WASHINGTON,, UP -4 Defense secretary - designee: Charles E. Wilson underwent ? lengthy and “very detailed*’ questioning by the senate armed services committee today Uibodt his j'pretty 1 [sizeable’” stock t oldings ini Genera Motors Corp. • i , I Wilson was One of eiglu pointeels of the Eitenhbwer administration who t|est»fied informally before senate committees about; their f nances, affliliatipgs and fit-: ness for high public <jrftise. The senate interior and insular: affairs coinmittee informally approved Gov. .Douglas McKay of Oregonj to be secretary of interior: after questioning hink\ petiind Closed doors. The approval was un . animoits. The post office commit! tee earlier 'this week approved Arthur E. Sunimerlfield toI be postmaster general\shHs Wilson still testifying bo’ore the arnijCMil committee Sen. Styles fridges. R.-N. H., emerged from the hearing room and reported ‘that the former General Motors president whs being “very frank" in hip testimony. L "He hasn’t concealed a thing about his financial holding!*,” Bridges said. | Byiiges said Wilson told the committee he has ‘ divested himself of everything . stock holdings?” I j ~l John Foster Dull ss was to have appeared this morning before the senate foreign relations committee 'considering his appointment as secretary of state, bju't he was delayed in leaving New YorkEzra Taft Benson, Os fftajh, agriculture secretpry-designate, was called to testify in public session at 2 p. m. EST the agri; culture committee. \ The Eisenhower actually are being considered* informally because the president; elect cannot officially submit: their hames to the senate for tion ; und.il he is inaugurated next Tuesday. The rush action is being taken pt Eisenhower’s request. Hej wants liis cabinet swprn in oni inauguration day and the agnate will vote tin them! then. Thete werej advance reports that; Dillles! would’ be questioned aboiU testimony recently given to gh House committee that he first suggested Alger Hiss, .convicted as president pf the Carregie Endowment for International Peade. pulles was a trustee of the endowment at the time Hiss was hired. ; IN DIANA WEATH E R Rain tonight and Friday, changing to snow or sleet in extreme northwest late tonight '«ndu over most of the northwest half of tihej state ' Friday, turning considerably colder Friday and northwest* ern half tonight. Low tonight ranging from 22-281 in extreme northwest to around ! 55 in southeast. t '. . :

! f Hdrry Johnson Rises Saturday Afternoon Funeral services will conducted Saturday for Harry! Johnson, teacher ip the Sabkett sqlfool south of Monroe, jvho died suddenly of a heart attack WednesdAylmoniing. Servicejs will be hellh at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Yugay funeral homq in Berne, the Rei/R. Paul Miller and the Rev. J. jSKlopfenstein officiating. Burial be in the MRE| cemetery. Eriepds may call at funeral after 6 o’clock this evening. ’ tl Supply Center Is Blasted By Allied Pla< ;' M■ !■ 1 ' ■ Jet Bombers Ti|rn j \ Bridge Complex To Red Bottleneck! SEOUL, Korea UP -4 More than [2OO United Nations Jetiilfighter- ’ bombers blasted a complex north of Sinanju todayiturning it ihto a bottleneck in theßed supply lines. , Protecting Sabrejets slink down two .MIG-ilg fighters. S|i&re jet billots reported another Russianbuilt MlG‘was probably and two others damaged. One of enemy was knocked down and one iminaged fn morning fights while 4e rest Os the claims came the afternoon, bringing the ‘ipabres’ two-day MIG total to 10 destroyed, two probably destroyed a||d five damaged. F Communist radar-controU|djd antil aircraft gups sent up an .intense certain of fire as the UiJn. jet bombers zoomed down i&l! the bridges. 1 ! “Those gup positions were, shooting at me oke they were trending to get real personal,” saidilpt Lt. Donald ft. Hayes, Little Rfxif, Ark.’ The first reported MIG Instruction went ito Ist Lt. Letter A. idrickson of| Dearborn, Mie® Pilots repbried the Sinanju? bridges were “pretty well beatep up.” i “There w|li he a slight in riilroad transportation betw ( |pn Antung .Manchuria and Pyongyang,” Said Ist: Lt. Thomas‘L. of Marshall, Mo. The fighter bombers the bridges with rackets and as contended the most Q/mcentrated attack of the war thia year. In another; raid todaj B-23‘«uper-J forts bombed a railway yari| near Wonsan .on the north east leoast, through which Red pass for eastern and central jiorea. Thunderjets, Shooting Stm and marine Panther jets braved fire from Cimmunist anti-ißcraft guns\ as they struck foiiy, rail bridges and one road niiig the Chdngchon and Tae|yong’ rlyers. . i ■!» ' ; |l \ [lt was the fifth day that bombers hit tha Since the Attacks started Wlday night, B-29 Sluperforta frpmwapan and Okinawa have dropped tons of bombs on the bridge and neighboring rail facilities, il i More than 1,230 jet fighterrijomber attacks were leveled at the x bridge systdtn in the jets’ fivirdays (Tara Ta Pace Fiv«> T li

| - T Decatur, Indiana, Thursdfy/January 15, 1953.

Measure Introduced In State Assembly To Put State, On Eastern Time b l l\w■.\.'; , ■ ' i ■ \ 1.;. z

Signs Bi I To J Pay $lO Daily i ■ '■ To Legisators Bill Gives Indiana | Legislator Extra Money For Expenses! INDIANAPOLIS UP -j■Craig signed into law tbday a hi|l giving Indiana expanse money, We said in his first news cofeference the sales tix he mentioned earlier would no , i be levied ok cpst-oMiving commodities.' . Craig signed the bill to give ea< b lawmaker $6lO a »ve his $2,40?< salary for the twoiyear period of 1953 and'l9s4 on grounds legisK tors “have the rlgjht to serve th#' state in their position of grea? responsibility without undue pei| sonal hardship." | The expenses will total |9l,s<h( for the present session. ’ Craig said reports he ignortM h)» pledge of no tax increases by eug. getting a sales tax were wrong. said his campaign pledge “has been forgotten.” he said he did no| propose enacts ment of a sales tax in his inessagd to, the legislature Tuesday bh? merely suggested a study, to deter; mine if a sales tax; could be stituted for an existing tax on p#t-. sonal property. ’•‘lt may be bad. may be feasible,” Craig said. ■He said he had ip mind the pds|. sihility of eliminating the “costly’l method of annually assessing and/ collecting taxes pn household goods, autos, jewelry and simitar] merchandise ahd substituting a taxi? which would be levied on kales oh, new* merchandise. But. such a tax jwould not be levied op food-, clpthipg and other, petishables, he Craig said if the |ax were “sea-; sihle” it would be “jast a little tdx 1 . . . so low it would bring in about, what a personal property tax js‘supposed to bring in.” Craig said thp personal property tax law sare “closely enforced/’ : He also told newsmen: ' t ; His administration reorganization' bills »have h een prepared and shquld qll bd in thie hopper by. next Thursday. Craig referred io the* reorganization program as “a realignment or responsibility.” ' He favors establishing a central mailing office in the statehouse” and keeping names of commission members off official letterheads toavoid, waste when there\are personnel changes. He favors a department of corrections to investigate such reports as one 'he received Tuesdhy df (Turn To Paae Fiyey ■ It. | '

Ohio Couple Wins Back Kidnaped Lad's Custody

SOUTH BEND, Jnd. UP — A man and wife who fought and won a 10-month custody p battle tor a nine-year-old boy they were; convinced was their kidnaped son were confident todiji they can win\the boy’s love. i Years of grief and frustration for .Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C, Thompson of Dayton, jj., came to a spdden end Wednesday when an elderly judge, his voice husky and his eyes filled’ With tears, ruled that "Charley Joe Tipp’* Was ■ actually Ronnie Thompson, who was snatched from the couple’s Ohio home in 194':. . The bewildered child could oifly say “I guess so" whejn asked U he Was happy to be returned to his real parents. As tye was led from the courtroom he turned to Robert Tipp. the man who had raised him from a baby and said:’ "So long, Dad.” I } There were tears in his eyes. “Naturally, Ronnie was sorry,” Mrs. Thompson said as she made preparations to take the; boy back to Dayton today'. “But ; that’s only natural. Those people! were good to him.” ; i; ' '' ■ H ' M j-4 J ■■ 1 ; • ■ 4 ; i -J 1 ; ; 1\ I , i

X., Six Former Ruling Nazis Are Arrested ' Accused Os Plotting At Power Seizure BONN, Germany UP — British , security officers arrested sik former high-ranking Nazis and accused them today of plotting to seize power in West Germany. Two of the six "ringleaders” jailed in the first major Nazi plot Is Uncovered since the war were named by Adolf Hitler himself for : places In his hierarchy. A British high commission ; spokesman said the six men seized i‘j in the plot to establish a new Nazi Reich probably will be brought to trial soon for threatening the security of Allied forces in Germany, r Only one German — Chancellor jKonrad Adenauer, himself V— was sßinformed of the arrests before they tlwere announced early todky by the 'British high commission here and foreign office in London. / Loading the list of the ex-Nazis | w>s Dr. Werner Naumann, who : escaped from the Berlin bunker s where Hitler is presumed Ito have J died in May, 1945/ I v Naumann was formier undersec- • retary in Joseph Goebbels’ notorl ious pjppaganda ministry and named to succeed Goebbels in Hitler’s f will. \ ’ *The* British said Naumann en- / 3oyed “very close relations” with | Goebbels’ beautiful wife. £ . The other arrested German who / iwaß named in Hitler’s will as min- | ister of culture was Dr. Gustaf js Scheel, formerly Nazi student lead- | er and onetime Gauleiter of Salzs 'burg. ij ? The six wepe seized in raidsr£t|r- ' <tng the night at their homes in and ] near the port of Hamburg and the £ tßuhrxindustriial city of DueSseldorf. j British officials described Duesseldoyf as the center of the ring y which had contacts both inside and outside Germany. British officials said they took a > “veryHseriotts” view of the plot. The disclosed that "the arrests were made with the full authority (Turn Tn Pure Five) I — Much Colder Weather j Forecast For State | INDIANAPOLIS UP — It was J June in January in Ihdiana Wednesday but “niuch colder”, weather with rain and snow is or the way tonight and Friday. , i The weather bureau said temperrahires Will drop abruptly late tonight. and Friday may be “about as cold as anything we've had so far.” ' .' . |f' J‘ The forcast also called for shifting winds tonight with showers changing to snow flurries. Snow Hurtles are, expected |n the extreme north Friday.

i “It takes a lot of patience and understanding,” the plump, moth.erly iMrs. Thompson said, “but I ’ Ithipk everything will work fine.” E The court decision Wednesday .was the dramatic ehd of one of the most complex and baffling .Wstody cases in Indiana history. \ “We knew all the -time that Ronnie was our son and that we iwdre right in claiming him,” the said after Special Judge Louis W Hammond. 78, made his ruling, i * l ’We’re f very grateful, very happy, and overwhelmed.” Tipp, who had insisted that his t insane former wife, Lois; gave birth to the child, said after the trial that he too was “happy the way things turned out.” He podded in agreement when the Thompsons promised they would bring Ronnie to Tipp’s Mishawaka, Ind., home often for visit?. f Hammond’s ruling in effect upheld the Thompson’s argument that Ronnie Was kidnaped Oct 7, by Tipp’s former wife 1 The Thompsons testified that pictures of Mrs. Tipp resembled ' (Tern Tn Face’mire)

L Ike Planning Early Slate Os Union Message To Deliver Lengthy Message To Congress Soon After Inaugural NEW YO§K liP, — Presidentelect Elsenhower disclosed ; today through his staff that he plkns to deliver a lengthy, detailed of the union message in person to the new Republican shortly after he takes- ouiep. Actual date of EisenhoweKk first formal appearance I before congress will be established! after the President-elect reaches Washington and cbnsults With i GOP house and senate Meantime, Eisenhower headquarters at the Commodore jHotei here made these other announcements: 1. The President-elect . wilL leave \ New York for Washington by train Sunday afternoon. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty could not confirm it, but Eisetihower was egpect«M to spend Monday in oonfer- , encej with leaders of his adknlbistratibn. -i 2w Ac.tiug fcn recommendation of Herbert Brownell Jr., attorney gen-eral-designate, Eisenhower anaounc- , ed the appointment Os H. Brian Holland of Boston, Maus., as assistant \ attorney general in charge of the ' tax division of the justice, department. This was tjhe post held by T. Lamar Caudle,*who Was involved in the congressional corruption Investigation. The Presidentelect completed his morning list of engagements at midday and d rove t x his Morningside Heights residence to spend the afternoon polishing his inaugural address and working on a pearly final draft of the of the union message. ' : ' * Rep. Samuel K. McConnell of Pennsylvania today after nearly an hour’s with the President-elect that (revisions of the Taft-Hartley Act will; be one the first subjects , ccnsjc|ered by congress after the inauguration. The Pennsylvania Republican was careful not to disclose (Turn To pa«vi Four) ■: ’ Rt Final Truman Press Conference Today Farewell Fireside Chat This Evening WASHINGTON'. (UP)—A large turnout of yeportpre wa« expected at President Truman’s 334th and last official news; conference at 3 i p. m., OST, today. Tonight, at 9:30 f GST he will \deliver a farewell ‘‘fireside chat” tb the nation. It will be carried nationwide over all radio qpd television networks. Except when _nd was out of town campaigning or vacationing, Mr. Truman has held weekly news conferences ever since he entered the White Hpuse nearly eight years He even met reporters occasionally : when vacationing at Key West, Fla. Accustomed to regular question and answer sessions j with Mr. Truman and the late President Roosevelt, Capital: reporters have been waiting anxiously for Presi-dent-elect Eisenhower to announce his policy on newk conferences. Eisenhower recently toltf Hugh Baillie, president of United Preu, that he would ho|d news conferences after he got in the White House. 'But he hgs not yet said whether the news conferences will be held\ regularly or whether he will submit to free-for-all questioning. An aide said President Truman has enjoyed the “grive and take” of the weekly meetings with reporters. He always has prided himself on getting with often criticized publishers, editors (Tun Tu Page Five) ■ T ; ./ i I I1 I;

— Decatur Water Rate Boost Is Outlined Commission Order Received By City December 31, 1952, the Indiana public service commission granted (be city a minimum water rate hike bringing the consumer cost Os /water up to a <3.39 minimum for three months. This, says the S. C., will bring in $n additional <19,000 revenue to the city coffers. j • • ’ Today, Robert Anderson, city attorney, received official notification of the hike order signed by A. Alwood, secretary of the Indiana P. S; C. It became effective January 1. Included in the report of the commission to the city are the various reasons the city deemed a rise necessary and with which, evidently, the P. S. C. concurs. (1) The water (department's present pumping facilities and distribution system are inadequate; and that such constitutes a fire, safety and health hazard. (The city, thopgh lying for the - most part on the west side of the ■ St.‘ Mary’s river, gets most of its - water from the east aide of the river. /This because the grain hard f ness of the west side water is 50 * reportedly almost impossible tc * soften. The other side of the river * has water of a grain jiardness of 30, E comparatively easy to soften. Since the city has grown so much another pipeline is needed to carry water over th© river into the city proper. Additional funds derived from the rate rise are to ibe used for this installation.) i (2) The proposed improvement is In the public interest. (3) I (It was found that) The water department's present schedule of rates and charges is insufficient to provide adequate revenue for the maintenance and op-, eration of the present system .ani' provide the funds necessary’hifpr the construction of the proper |lrn- s provements. (4) Costs of operating the abater treatment plant installed in, 1195 Q have risen along (With th© cost of materials and labor. Following are the projected rate© handed down; by the commission, including those for the different size water pieters/ in use: First 1.000 cubic feetp of water 46 cents. 100 cubic feet. Next 2,600 • eubic feet, 41 cents 100 cubic feet. Next 3,000. cubic feet, 36 cents 100 cubic (feet. . Next 6,000 cubic feet, 31 cents 100 cubic feet. I \ Next 50,000 cubic feet, 26 cents 100 cubic feet, Next 60,000 cubic feet, 22 cents 100 cubic feet. ( \ Over 122,500 cubic feet, 20 cents 100 cubic feet'. ’ For 5/8 inch metei-s, <3.39 a quarter. j t 3/4 inch nfeters, <4.05 a quarter -One-inch meters, <4.73 a quarter. One and 1/4 inch meters, >6.75 a quarter. : J One and 1/2 inch meters, <9.45 a quarter. ,i I '' ’ Tworinch meters, <12.151 a quarter. ( Three-inch meters, <16.20 a quarter | x Four-Inch meters. <20.25 a quarter- V-. " Ji- | ■< 4,—. , ' - - ■ ' Sister M. Theodora Is Taken By Death Word was received last evening of the death of Sister M. Theodora, C. S. A., at Beloit, Wis., a teacher in the Catholic schools in that city. Sister Theodora was a sister of Leo Lengerich of Decatur route four, and was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lengerich. Presumably her death occurred from a heart ailment. She taught school during the day and died at the Beloit convent last evening. Funeral services Will be held Saturday at 9 a.m.. and burial will be in the Motherhouse* cemetery at Pon du Lac, Wis,

Price Five Cents

Sen. Eichhorn libmits Time Bill Change Would Put State I On Eastern Time - For Entire Year i INDIANAPOLIS UP —A bill to put Indiana in the eastern tin>© • zone, thus giving the state yearround' “daylight saving” time, was • Introduced today in the Senate. Sens. Von A. Eichhorn IXUniondafe and Robert L. Brokenburr R- . Indianapolis wrnuld remove Hoosiers from the central time zone and set all clocks ahead one hour to correspond with eastern time now used by states from Ohio to the Atlantic. The bill included an emergency’ , clause which would make it effective upon , signature by Governor . Craig. However, the time question is j one of the touchiest existing among , legislators and citizens at large. The bill likely would be Opposed » by the majority of lawmakers from , rural districts. s Farmers don’t like daylight savB . ing time. A 1949 laW made central j. standard time official the yearI round but contained no teeth to J penalize those shifting arbitrarily r to daylight time bytween April and ( September. \ A f Thirty-eight bills and resolutions ' were introduced in house and senr ate in a short forenoon session, Then both adjourned until Friday. ‘ Earlier, legislative committees j ’ revealed they favored cutting the jail terms suggested by Governor Craig for drunk drivers a : nd opposed his 60-mile-an-hour speed \limit. suggestion. Lkw enforcement activities of state police were criticized, on two points—wasted time and excessive politics. But It appeared the bulk of Craig’s safety program would win committee approval. That would mean addition of at > feast 200 men to the state police force, appointment of a state director of public safety, expansion of school driver education, and inspection of all vehicles every two years, \ Members pf a joint house-senate public .safety committee said all except possibly the inspection proposal will be submitted in bill form. House judiciary “A” committee members recommended passage of the drunx driving bill, mandating jail terms upon conviction. They amended it\to reduce the minimum term from five to three days on the theory the longer term would cause defendants to lose jobs and their families would suffer. / Adoption of # 60 mile per hour speed limit appeared to be the only portion of Craig’s safety code facing tough sledding in the house and senate committees. Sen. John W. Van Ness R-Val- x paraiso led opposition to the speed limit. He said it would penalize all motorists because a few were irresponsible. Other committee members questioned the constitutionality of such a law. “I drive from Lafayette to here al 70 miles per hour,” Van Ness said. “I shouldn\ be penalized because some people aren’t responsible." . State troopers were accused by Sen. Roy Conrad R-Monticelld of spending too much time “at courthouses and chasing chicken thieves” when tbey should be patrolling . highways. Conrad said more efficient use of men available would reduce the necessity of boosting the force’s size. Several highway-conscious legislators suggested stripping state police of general police powers and confining tkeir activities to traffic matters. Father Os Six Is Killed In Accident DUNKIRK. Ihd. UP — Paris Swallows, 38, Dunkirk, father of six children, was killed today when a Pennsylvania Railroad freight hit ‘ his auto at a crossing here as ha drove to work at a glass company plant.