Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1953 — Page 8
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Highlights tfn Career • Os Dwight Eisenhower
% — ' .s’i By UNITED * Highl ghts in the mfeer !of Dwight I). Eisenhower: ; 1890*-Born -Oct. 14 at? Denison, Tex - - r‘l3 - J ' ■ I 1892 -Family rnovffil to Abilene, Kans. Jk ' 19v9—Finished hjMt in Ahilene after atj^Hingpublic schools there. ' 1911-1915—AttendeWv. p. Military Academy; comijwssioqed second lieutenant. r ji ’• < 1916—4 Married {Geneva Doud, daughter of a prominent Denver family; promoted to first lieutenant. ■■ ' ? | ■ 1916-26—[Assigned to various military posts in Texas, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 1917 —Promoted to captair?. 1918 - Promoted to temporary ■'■ank .of lieutenant colonel; receivW ed distinguished service medal for I ’ "unuspaL zeal, foresight, and marked administrative ability" in! train ’ ing of tapk corps at (’amp Cu ; lt, Pa. 192'» —Promoted to - permanent rank of riihjor. I !i\ 1926 -Finished first* In his class at command and general staff school, Fjort Leavenworth. Kahs. 1928—Graduated from Army War College, Washington, DC. 1933-354-Served on sftafi of Grtj. . Douglas MacArthur, army chief bf 7 staff. F 1935-40—Assistant (o MacArthur, ‘who was military adviser to (tire Philippine islands government. 1936— Promoted, to permanent rank of | lieutenant colonel. ' 1941 — Chief ?of staff of .IX army i corps, Fort Lewis, Wash.; chief of staff of third army, San Antonio, Tex; promoted to temporary, tank of colonel and temporary tanji of brigadier general. \ , 1942 — Chief of war plans division, war department ,gjer|eral staff ; commanding . general) \of ’American tropes. European Theater; commanded American trpops landing |h North Africa: najned of Allied forces in North Africa; promoted to temporary rank of major general and "I. lieutenant general. / . . i * 1943i e to tbmpoiiary jrank of full- general and permanent ranks of brigadier general htld |najor general; named commanding general of Allied forces in European theater; received oak leaf cluster to distinguished service medal for destroying axis. resistance In North Africa, direcring Allied operations in Sicily, and.reducing Italy to “a state of impotence;’’ awarded legion, of merit and French grand c/oix of the legion honor. 1944—[Promoted to temporary" ' rank of (general of the arniy: named suprenie commander of , Allied ’expeditionary force; directed the i June 6 Norpnandy landings.! — .1 I /. f !■! I 111 .
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- PUBLIC HOG SALE - —7S HEAD SOWS & GILTS — | | DOUBLE IMMUiHED y ■ ' j'! j . 1 V ' ■ A I will sell.gt public auc-ripn my bred sows and gilts on my -farm located 3 miles north of Bluffton. Indiana on Stale Road No. 1. then 4 miles east; or Vi mile north jof Craigvilje, Indiana, on Wednesday, January 21st, 1953 ' I Sale Starting at 12:00 O'clock Noon • J x K “■ ; -.K'.'Z ■’!* ’ > ■ '\ 14 head Hampshire sows \ithd gilts, to farrow Feb. Ist flo March Ist. ! - 17 iead Chester White. Spotted and; Duroc' sows arid gilts, due • '|. !; ’ -to farrow Feb. Ist to'March Ist. , ! . 30 head mostly Hampshire'gilts, open. > 17 head of These sows tsrifiowed 172 pigs last AUgusf.. Weaned an r average of 9 -plus. These and gilts; are bred to Yorkshire god Hampshire boars, L < , 1 Yorkshire boar. 3 years bld. ’ -r ,1 registered Hampshire bOftr., 1 year bld. 100 BAL<IB WHEAT STRAW 14 new A hog houses complete with peps. ' CONSIGNED TO, THIS SALg BY GLEN GRIFFITHS: 5 registered jHaippshire sows to Harrow Feb. Ist. 10 Purebred Hampshire-gilts, - - open. All double immuned. : Y TERMS—-CASH. Not responsible in case of accidents. - bunch on grounds; Sale under tent. E. (BILL) AESCHLIMAN, Owner . Ellenherger Bros. & Herman Strahm, Auctioneers Farmers & "Merchants Bank—Clerk , vjg
j ,1945 —Accepted unconditional sur l i\ende.r of Germany; appointed mill- ■ -tary governor (if U. S. zone in Germany;! succeeded Gen. George J C. Marshall as army chief of staff. 1946 Appointed to permanent , rank of general of the 1948-- Became "iiresidfeht of Coi liimbia University. r \ 1950- Took leave of absence from Columbia to head North Atlantic ■ treaty organisation forces in Eu- • ' rope. ,-■!’■! , ' !'!> 1952 -Nominated by the Repubiil can party for President, Jd-yill; ■ resigned his commission in the : army; elected President 4. West Coast Floods j Kill At Least Six T . . ■ q, .■, p p I Additional Rain Is Forecast In West By UNITED PRESS A forecast of more rain threatened th ’send flooding, swollen ; rivers still farther out of J their 'banks in California and Oregon ;oda y. High •wate rs an d 1 mud a va- • lataches claimed at least six lives: in the two states and left hundreds homeless. '[ The Pacific Northwest was well on its way to setting,a new precipitation record for the month qf January. and a storm front 900 miles off the coast of Crescent City. Calif., whs expected to hit Tqdsday; Generally mild temperatures were predicted for most of the rest of! the nation after a weekend of treacherous conditions. \ Several communities in northern California and southern Oregon were cjpmjpletely isolated < after cloudbursts up to four inches fed tour major rivers and their tributaries. ' . . - ; Waters from the Klamath and Eel Riv,ers\ irt California and thb Umpqua and Williametfe in Oregon surged over banks, covering hundreds of square miles of land. About 300 persons “took to the hilUr near Klamath. Calif., and coastal cities of Arcata. Calif., and Blockings and Murtle Point, Ore.i we.re in danger. ' . Included’in- the dead were three trainmendrowned in the Eel Rivet* when 'an ava.lam lie of mud- and. rock blasted their N’orthwt sbpn PacUjc, typomotfve into the stream! Tapieniund J. t Dickerson, 27. Salem.! Michi, drowned When he broke through the ice on Whiting miles west of Pontiac, Mich. Jaimes W. Huson, SO, was killed when hik car skidded on an icy i]oad and crashed near Palmyra, Ill.| Ten {children and a Catholic nun| >oni St Joseph’s orphanage at I Milwaukee. AVis., Were hurt when' a ear skidded into a bus carrying them hoine Itom a Chicago outing. The ’ one-room Jericho school! housp I near Belmont, Wis., burned after! an oil stove overheated, but its 14 pu tils weye not there* PRISON RIOTERS (Cont nued From Page One)_ a guarani ee of no punishment for any of the rioters .to a request ifor a monthly ihspeciion visit by the! Allegheny ebunty jury. Claudy, a’ Presbyterian minister, said tire rioters also demanded a complete new parole board and “newl and better laws." \f Re, said they wanted a regular nurse on! duty in the cell block at all times, a wider 'variety of merchandise ih the prison com- , nrissary, hnd sentences by the judges looked into.” The lis , upder “item 3," noted the fobd was “just bad.” BULGARIAN " , (Contiinurd From P»ge Onr) _. in Bi lgat ian . capital' of U. S. Minister Don aid R. Heath ahd his • staff? - - I- - -I n . . . ■ ■
Allied jPjanes Hit Redtupply Lines, Troops Importaiitltargets M , In North Hforea Are Blasted SEOUL. Korja WP)— Superfortresses* a'O; figh'ter-hothb-ers blasted Reo ffflraply* lines bnd troop today as {Allied' tanks on ath^| r central frijit'shelled Commjfani® fortifications' for the fourth ißtrfe'ht day. j! . American Suj|erffi|ps spilled ijil'Jpound bombs bn Swo im.porvknl targets in Nort|i Iwi'ya as the pir force use.l every liable weapon :n round-fhe-cloifk -|t ! rikeai. Thirteen B-2l’s®rom r Okinawa using elf-r:tronic-«|bing' devices smashed a ‘jpr4M-|fe|ig trobp- aljid supply area at Hloiaßivon which reconnaisance in;|ic:ii||l’ was a kieyi storage point\ lor-.Klrpnt-lino sqp-’ plies. ■ The tar|;etß»inl>raced 2»&l {buildings spread o||,{r 200 a They also droppgi; bomlis from four piiles htg| <U{ a rail yalfdr; at Hainhung. prevented of results.' U. S. tanks lu|nbm{d into action' across a sizeable, sfffl :>r of the central frorit. •! {ffi 9 slammedj kS"ils into Re I: trenches, bunkers sftld cavesi. The Attacks, fbuiffl. in ,as manydays by Wor. weke d^- ! - signed to shatter positions. deeply dug 'ato the battlescarred hills. fro|n Wih h the Redts might be able t|> l!®neh assaults on Allied rrtain defdnse in the arda. !| -{Si I? A' The raids devastating attacks alii day 1 S ffiday by air force and 1 marine I ||fighteT-bomb*
ers. Marine whirled, bombs, riapalm atl 2,Ot)Q Red troops dropped ii» the' open north of on the central front in midjihiy. b Tire Red troops caught in the vicinity of ;■ bljibdy Sniper Ridge, ; where officers thought it \)ostei|He |®he Cominun Ms had planned; a niiew assault' against Allied p&sitiipAs. Other raked the coast in (dose missions. A road bridge soothfast of Yaiigdok was wredkbdOby;!!' SO Shooting Stars, which jalsdi sclAid four hits cm a rail bridge Huidhon. Heavy smoke observation of results. >' ' \ American outnumbered!'eight to five, two brief i battles with Red Mlf|-15s late today but made no|cl:iji|ns. • I Reconnaissance ilplaßis reported last week’s raids <|n a bridge complex has forced the Comniunffis to use laborers to carry; sitmlies across the river. The jHtrifflges are a tangled, scattered of wreckage the pilots repiortekl. —l|| Past German! Jews ; ‘'j Restricted To Home i. 7j Face Arrest ganger From Commtmists • I i ■ ffl 1 BERLIN UP!|Coonunist -Germany’s ,2.800 Jewish i'mirvivors of Nazi terrpr were restn|| ted to their homo districts faced danger of arrest jat iffipy moment. A Reports reaching iwest Berlin paid Communist ,jpo|BU kwoopcd down on Jewish Hbmejffiand throughout the SiovUli. zone and East Berlin Sunday’ji'phey Were said to be looking ®r material linking Jews to Western and Zionist “espipnajMi agencies.’’ The surprise raids iroyered nearly every Jewish soms|and offices of “Jewish organizations in which \ banded together after the; was«To prevent them rom fleein..” to the West, the repffims- said the Jews were, ordered jmf to leave their home districts, W|, ice confiscated identity c|rd«jof many, seized files and'coi’fespondence and questioned Jews btv their ties wfth the West. pjAt the same Jendretzky- East Betlin'&Vommunist leader and Central 17 Committee member, issued a iMHail demand for the exclusion of a Jews from public life as enemies hf. the State. The Communist pSjnti-Semitic campaign w&h preparations to try Foreigri Mister Georg Dertinger as “We|tera| spy.’’ He will -be tried\ with jiv-®bf his top aides, three of theinljews, and other officials arresftectp'n a growing purge. j Mrs. Glen Slenk&r Dies At MONTICELLO, Ind. ifp — Mrs. Glen R. Slenker. ss. wfe of the dean of the Indiana greglslature. died Saturday in a .Labette hospital after 19 days’ j|lnsfs. Her husband has beeh|a member of the legislature sjnc|f;i929 and in the house of representatives the last 18 years. 1 i Jmi ' < I I ; ■. A j 'i ll ■
—■■l , I I ! 1 11 11 ' ,■ • 'J'T HI . j ~ T V C -}?■ j "I? GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER waves to students and faculty feom the steps of Low Memorial LiUirary at Columbia University, New York, as he bids farewell to the institution that he headed for four years. He urged a strong stand against “traitors” in education and a vigorous defense of academic freedom based on inteeritv. ' tlnternational
Jurori Deliberate Communists' Fall Jury In Fifth Day| ■ Os Deliberations! NEW YORK ! U’F — A |u six, men and six! women into its fifth day of deli Orations today trying to decide tlje guiltS or? innocence of 13 “juirtpr” offiwialk; of the Communist party char gal with violating the Shijith {act. 1 j The jurors rriejt for an t&pr4ice>dented Sunday kes|iep , and went to be<| M 10 p. i. still without reaching! a ;verdict® They were scheduled ltd { reeoikfine lat 10 a.m. elsj today, i The jury.X whii h receive the conspiracy. casV ait 2:j23 p.m.irhursday, ended 30 hours; of actlal iielibeyation Sunda'y hiiht. Th|y had sent 13 Edward ,L DimOi k, gsking git :jexhibits aiid excerpts pf tbsKmqny from the trial, which laste> nine ahd a half months. ; 1 ? The, 13 second-sitrihg. Comgiu'UM
Ire caught in p{dy Sniper ffjd officers |r ! e Commun nlew assault ms.
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leaders were charged ‘With conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government, a violation of the! Smith Act df 1940. One reason the length of the deliberations was believed to be .the instruction from the judge that each defendant be judged on an individual basis. ~ Eisenhower Fourth Oldest President WASHINGTON UP — Dwight D. Eisenhower, 62, is the fourth oldest man to be inaugurated President and Richard M. Nixon, 40. is the second youngest vice-president, a . The only men older than Eisenhower at time of taking office wete William Henry Harrison, 68, who djed In office a month after hia inauguration; James Buchanan, 65; and Zachary Taylor, 64. who died 16 months after inauguration. The only vice-president younger than Nixon was John C. Breckinridge, 36, who served under Buchanan. i'i ’* ■' ■■.**■* lu-L.,1 i' Trade In • Good Town—Decatur
Recommends Kossa As Draft Director Jeffersonville Man Appointed By Craig 1 INDIAN.U’.OLIS UP -4 LtzCol. Frank R. itossa qt Jeffersonville today* was recommended by Governor Craig for appointment as Indiana seifec|i,ve service director. Kossa’s appointment is effective upon approval by Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director of selective service, and confirmation by President Eisenhower Cjraig broke with tradition When he named Kossa. In recent years, the Indiana ladjutant - general has been state draft director. However, Craig separated the two responsibilities. He previously had appointed an Kossa will succeed* Brig. Gen. Robinson Hitchcock, who served in both the administrations of Governor Schricker. 1 Kossa, 54, has been procurement officer of the state selective service system vMince August,. 1948. He is a yeteran of both World Wars and a past commander of the Indiana department of the American Legion. | i : —— V Hopes To Streamline Defense Department Wilsort Planning To Employ Able Aides NEW YOttk UP — Defense secretary-designate Charles E. Wilson said today he hoped to streamline his department by removing all bottlenecks .apd filling each post with an able man. f’ Wilson, former president of General spelled out his first aims as defense secretary at the GM “MOtoraina” 4at the WaldorfAstoria hotel. 1 i His prepared text made no reference to his bifficulty in receiving congressional confirmation as a cabinet member because qe holds $2,500,000 in GM stocks. General Motors is the defense department’s biggest supplier. “I expect to give consideration to all worthwhile suggestions and make any constructive administrative changes that within the authority of the secretary of defense.” Wilson said. “Should |my{ analysts indicate that legislative'changes will increase the of the Defense Depart-
* iHBk -J| io W 8 ■ ! ; ' ' A IBEFORE A HUGE CROWD gathered outside the State Department in Washington, outgoing Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right, foreground), acknowledges the cheers of the thousands of workers who { I served under him. The group presented Acheson with the chair he used at White House Cabinet meetings as a parting gift. (International)
ment through avoiding duplication of effdrt and clarifying, responsibility, 1{ will rec o m rii eh d such changes.” Wilson said he had made preliminary studies which showed the of a quick reexamination of our| present position on materiel and procurement and a new appraisal of the effects of the Korean War, NATO commitments and basicplanning for security. Dr. Grayson Kick Columbia President NEW YORK UP —Dr. Grayson Kirk becomes president ahd\ a trustee of Columbia University, to;, morrow succeeding Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Eisenhower submitted his resignation Nov. 15 to become effective today, the hve of his inauguration as President as the United States. In the future, Eisenhower will b|e president emeritus and trustee emeritus o/ the university. *. ' - g 4»—— ■ Clothespins that have been boiled in strong salt water will not. freeze to the clothes in wintry weather. ; j
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Two Ferries Crash One Person Injured NEW- YORK, UP —A New York,Staten island ferry crashed into an Rllis Island ferry today when it apparently mistook the, fog shrouded Ellis Island ferry slip at the baterry! for its own bferth. Pqlicf said one person was 4njureq. The Staten Island ferry, the Pvt,[Joseph F. Merrill, was jammed with rush hour passengers lieading for their jobs in Manhattan. Damage to the vessels was ..slight, it was reported. ; Cardinal Mclntyre Returns From Rome NhSw YORK UP —James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre, archbishop bf Los Angles, was Scheduled to arrive at Idlewild International Airport today from Rome. The newest American cardinal Was en route home from the consistory at Vatican City last week at which he received his red hat from Pope Pius XII. He flew, by airline via Geneva, Paris and Shannon, Ireland.
