Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1953 — Page 1

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Army, Navy, Air Force Chiefs Get O. K. ■j , k '' ?< ‘ ’ll <£l?* $ ®S / B a V . J % * 1 . JB ■ ILfiiiliiMßfe' Mb WMB > mow w ' Vt 1 : \ *Olfe v - ■■ ' ■ ? ■ ; ■j/ PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S candidates for Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces are greeted by armed services committee chairman Sen. Leverett Saltonst'ali (R), Mass., (right) as they appear-j ed for confirmation. Each, promised to divest Himself of holdings in firms having defense-connected contracts. Army secretary Robert T. Stevens, Air Force secretary Harold E. Talbott and NaVy secretary Robert B. Anderson >ere confirmed. ' — v— ii . . /'

General Smith Defends Attack On T-Bone Hill Expresses Surprise Over Congressional Uproar Over Raids BULLETIN /:• ! Washington UP — ?Gen. James A. Van Fleer, retiring commander of the e|gn|th army, advised congress today 'j > that Sunday’s ilbfated. United Nations attack on T-Bope HHf in Korea was ordered for tactical reasons and not “as a • demonstration for spectator benefit.” » WITH THE U. S. 7th DIVISION, Korea, UP — Maj. Gen. (. Smith today defended his so-called “scenario script” attack Sunday on T-bohe Hill as a “success” and of “tremendous value”;to his front- ■ line forces. ’ ' - ■' •/ He expressed surprise ’-at the congressional uproar oyer then-aid against a knob on. T-Bone Jan; 15 in which three men wer.e. killed- “ The conduct of the individual men was spendid,” the 7th division commander said, “the unft is a highly spirited and comes ‘from a battalion Which originally helped in conquering Triangle , Hill.” ' f Smith said the mission was “to secure prisoners, destroy the' df- ; fensive works of .the enenYy and ■ to secure all information ♦possible about the objective area.” g ' \ Furor 'over "Operation sjna<k" 'first led today to the disniifea.l by Smith of the division’s public-in-' ■■ formation officer, Capt.l Clair Wolfe, but Wolfe was given his job i back a few hours later, however, j Asked if the exceptional ijir sup* \ port was the reason for thy number of visitors correspondents, ' / Smith said; I . ’ ,‘k . \ “That’s right.”. -.ft • ' & He said results might hav*£ been : better “had thebe been more, mass x bombing.” , ■ I Concerning press description of the elaborate and showy pfepara* tion, he said, “A number oftpeople who are unfamilar with theiarmed Services wonder about the amount T of small detail included jn the ; - brief notes. 7 j “This type of briefing an< prep* j 7 •' aration of notes is customary. It was no different materially- than that used in any combined /opera: tion. ■•■'?// '■ < No official reason.was given at first for Wolfe's dismissal, but-- it . was believed he first lost |ls job over the public stir resulting frjom ] the muclj-publicized operation. > A division spokesman said later. “Jt was a misunderstanding,” '\ The criticism over the T-Bone j Hill assault came from dohgressmen who\ said it might have been staged for several high-ranking generals apd newsinen who ; Were j given .in advance a three-color, cardboard-enclosed “time-thbje” ’of what was to happen. The timetable was dubbed a “scenario” in One report published . in the United States, War. ; tiorres- - | pendents here said they had seen ; scores of other time-tables drawn up for officers for various krhds of Operations. ■ i l|n Washington, house military’ : leaders urged congressional col--H leagues to go slow in blasting-the ’. T-Bone. Hill attack as a “staged;. ‘ 1 show” without military objective. The house leaders said [.when • « the full story ia told this weekend : it, probably will show the. rhid was justified by military necessity and (Tm Ta Page Five) f/ \ \ - - ‘ / ■ ■ r . ...-a*:.:

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BULL£ T, I N NtW YORK, UP — The federal court of appeals today denied a new trial for Alger Hiss, former state department official now serving a five-year sentence for perjury for denyingl he was a member of a /Communist spy ring. '/ ■ • ' — L—-—b ■\ ; Ikes Defense Appointees Are Finally Set Formal Approval By Entire Senate Likcily Next Monday Washington up - President Eisenhower's defense appointees were finally assured of senate, confirmation today and administration supporters hopefully predicted that the 15-day row over their industrial stocks soon will be forgotten.? ? It probably will be Monday before the seriate goes through the I formality of tohfirnring Roger M. i Kyes as deputy 'secretary of deI f'ehse, Robert T. *ll. Stevens as Secretary ‘of tlie, army. Harold E. Talbott as secretary of the air force, and Robert B? Anaerscjfl as secretary of tire navy. ; But the nbrii inees' were- already dver the real hurdle-clearance by the senate arrnted services! pommittee. To get it. they had to part With stock totalling more than $2,00'1,000 in def<ns£ — contracting firms. \ ' \ Sen. Harry F- Byrd, a pro-Eis-enmbwer ViFgitia Democrat who ■setroff the whole controversy, called; fori peace.: J < He told a reporter that Mr. Eisenhower’s nominees "have now satisfied the law” which forbids a federal official to transact business with any firm in which he has a private financial stake. “We took the Charles E. Wil : son caste as a\ standard aiifl hewed to the line.” Byrd; said: “Now the appointees can do a good job; these are good iriien and their initial troubles with congress soon will be forgotten.” Senate Republican leader Robert. A. Taft O. agreed. He said he does not foresee political repercussions ficin the squabble. Some De-mocr'ate thought otherwise but they are holding their fire for the present.! ■ ' Sen. Francis Case R-S.D.. an armed services comn)it|eeman. said it was not- up to the appointees them' selves. . '| : “A lot will depend on the way •they perform.” lie said. “As of now I would, regard the fight they have bden' through as damaging, but the net result may be a highly meticulous attitude and a better quality of performance, and one which offsets all that has,happened." Stevens, who pleaded with the committee at a long, emotional heating Thursday not to make him (Turn To P«t?e Four) Money Order Window Open Here Saturday

Leo Kirsch, Decatur pos\master. announced today that the money order window at the post office will remain open until 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon in oNier to accqmodate persons wishing to pay their state gross income tax. Saturday is the deadline for payment of the state tax and the money order window will be kept open as a convenience to taxpayers. Other wijpdoWs at the office will close at noon as usual tomorrow.

Four Men Die | As Air Force Plane Crashes ■ ! ■■ ■J J Search Continues For Three Downed Military Plaries SAVANNAH, Ga. (UP)—An air force B-50 crashed into a wooded area just beyond the runway ■ at Hunter Air Force Base near here: today, killing four of the seven crew members aboardOne of the three survivors was critically injured. Extent of in-; juries to the other two Was rfot Immediately determined. . The plane was on a routine traiinng flight. Normally a B-50 carries a training crew pf 10 men, but the air force said only seven were aboard this particular flight. Col. Henry Amen, bake commander, said the plane reached an altitude of about 50 feet on the takeoff, then crashed into thp woods just off the end of the rjinway, exploded and burned. | The wreckage still was smoking three hours after the crash; The air force said no cause for the crash could bd determined im riediately but that B-50 experts were being flown in from the west coast to examine the wreckagte and determine what caused the accident. ~ ! ' Continue Search By UNITED PRESS Search planes criss-crossed southwestern Canada and the U.S* Pacific Northwest again Friday for three downed military planes with. 22 persons aboard. Six civilians were still unac-| counted for after a fourth plane, a commercial airliner, crashed into the sea off the remote, lonely coast of northern British Columbia Tuesday. • The pilot, J. J. Siddje. was in a at Butedale. B. j C, but debris found after the wreckage led authorities to believe the six passengers were dead. The latest among a rash of mishaps which has struck 'down foui planes in the past four days was a Royal Canadian Air Force twinengined Mitchell bobber which vanished Thursday en route from Saskatoon, Sask., to Vancouver, B. C. ' ' The RCAF said five men were aboard the bomber which was plowing through a pelting rainstorm at the .time of last radio contact Thursday afternoon. It was the second Canadian. Air Uorce pine to vanish over southern British Columbia in two days. Wednesday, a twin-enginel'd Dakota transport with seven crewmen abpard disappeared pn; a routine traiinng flight from Vancouver, B. C. to Puntzi Lake in the mountainous Cariboo region. ' Meanwhile, search went 1 on for a V. S, Navy Privateer with 10 To pa«e Rlcht) ■ . - ;-1 1. Funeral Saturday 4\ For Corporal Myers Funeral services for Cpl. Max L. Myers, Decatur soldier killed in Kqrea September, will be conducted at 2 o’cldck Saturday afternoon at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Johp E. Chamber's officiating. Burial wfll be in the Decatur cemetery, with the American LCgion and Veterans of Foreign Wars conducting full military rites J Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 3Q Z 1953.

Gov. Craig Opposed To Sales Tax; “Townsend” Plan Bill Submitted

Pay For Plan , By Doubling Income Taxes \ I * -.•:.! Proposes Payment Os SIOO Mohthlyi 3 To All Over 65 W UP — ThMhdiana house got a bill today jftj .establish a ‘Townsend for \tpousands of 'Hoosiers and pay for it by more than doubling the*»ross income tax levy. ~Rep. Floyd F. Oursler R-C&ith}-aha. a weekly newspaper editor, proposed to pay SIOO a month to ajl persons 65 or over., all blind persons regardless of age, and all persons who are the sole support ot children under 18. The only exceptions would be people who have income : jrom wages. Those- with profits from investments, however, could collect thie SIOO. \ / • The money would have be spent in Indiana within 30 days of receipt. *1 busier’s bill, which he frpm a representative of the Plan” organisation, would set up a retirement fund financed from an l increase of the gross income tax by ,one and pun half per cent. The average tax-1 payer now pays one “per cent op his Income and would pay two and onehalf per cent, pot including <a sur tat of one-fourth of one per cent so?; the soldier bonus. The house also accepted a comVnittee report recommending passage of a pill to repeal the railroad /‘full crew.” act. The bill was op„ posed by hundreds of railrpadmen whip thronged the statehouse for a recent hearing, claiming passage'of the: bill would hamper rail safety. The bill came out of committee with a divided report. The minoritv reibmptended indefinite postpone- ' meht. By roll call vote of 66 to 27. the house voted down the minority report and accepted the majprity by ‘Voice vote. Rep. Walter M. Acker R-Evans-villfe led the opponents of the bill by saying “It would destroy, the very essepce of railroad safety/’ r Rep. Bernard Swanson Jr, RiPorl Wayne said this was the first “ticklish of legislature we’ve had.,. . . Let’s don’t decide this or iny other issue strictly on -thei merits of political, expediency.” The bill would reduce the numUerjiof crewmen necessary on a train. The railroads are for it. They say !i?afety IS not involved and the extra crewmen unnecessary. ! American Soldier .Is Beaten To Death’ Jhrfee North Korean Prisoners Beat Gl PUSAN, Korea. Saturday, UP.Thr<e North Korean Communist prisoners beat ah American soldier to death Wednesday.\ths Prisoner of War Command-, ans rounced today. ' ; soldier’s name was with’ held pending notification of next 'ofc'kin. He was fatally attacked while -clearing a compound >ar-; racks of before taking a hedd count; the, POW command said.; Hd had gone into .the compound Wednesday afternodn wlth’ A - a '■South Korean sergeant. The two split hup to clear the , barracks. Thp ROK sergeant left the barracks first and when he got out, ' noticed that the American Gt had--1 not, (|bme out of the Thft soldier, beaten but not yet was found by an interpreter who was sent into, the building, to lobk for him. ; Prison damp officials immedia rifle platoon to the compound, but the prisoners un|artly brought the injured sol>dier to the compound gate., He;died later in a camp hospitilil the POW command said. . '

: i d . ; ' \ : 1 i Annual C. C. Dinner Held Last Evening ? '3 !'1 : \ I Program Presented By Civic Theater Members Os the Chamber of Comjnerde laid aside business worries knd promotion dreams for the “best city in the world” last eveinjjng and with wives and sweethearts were guests at dinner and of “Mr. Belvedere” at the high school auditorium. More than 300 attended the annual meeting. Which got underway with Community singing, led by Lowell Smith. Clarence was chairman pnd Louis Jacobs w«is the toastmaster. Speeches were. taltoo, infroduc|ions were few and thh crowd was during the three act, site scene doinedy stage play, presented l)y Civic Theater actors from Foit Wayne. ' An award for “meritc|rious service” Was presented to John Welch, retiring president of the ,<j. p Ralph Habegger, new stem-windir fpr Decatur’s civic and business organization, was introduced ,to| tl]e headaches of his job with a gift oif/5,600 aspirin tablets from local druggists. \ : The dinner was served by the Wonien of the Moose, at long tables, arranged on the gym floor. The taldes were decorated in Valenttrr,style. Presenting the homey hilarious play, of stage and movie fame, the Civic Theater, cast gave excellent presentation of this highly amusing episode in .Mr. Belvedere’s life. Leading roles were played by former Decatur residents. Mr. and Mrs. Karl | Krudop and Mrs. and Mrs. Gepe Runnels took leading parts in the play. Leonard Krtt■dpp supported his mother ghd father in the successful presentation of the play. • ■ -Hal Hawkes of Fort Wayne ably substituted for Clifton Webb in the role of Mr. Beleveclere and Barbary Johnson, charmingly took the role of ipother in the home where Belevedere took up his residence; The entire action of the humorous play takes place in a living room in a cottage on Hum mingbird Hill. The, retiring and newly elected: directors of fire Chamber were presented by the toastmaAer. '' ' i : RT -J House Committee Favors Tax Slash Poll Os Committee \ Shows Cut Favored WASHINGTON, UP Dan-iel-A. Reed’s plan to cut personal income taxes July 1 has the support of a large majority of the tax-framing house ways and means committee, a membership poll disclosed today; . Only two of the 25 committee members —■ both Democrats—said flatly they would vote against Reed’s bill if it is brought up as scheduled Feb. 16. Seven , other members— all Republicans—said they had some reservations abopt the proposal, particularly the timing of it. But none of the GOP members said thej r would vote against it. i (Reed, New York Republican who is chairman of the committee, wants to reduce personal income taxes/ about 11 percent for the last half of p)53, or the equivalent Os about 5% percent' for the full calendar year. , . Federal income tax payers will get an 11 percent cut effective next January 1 under present law. Reed proposes to advance this relief by six months. Speaker Joseph W.[ Martin, Jr., (Mass.) and house Republican leader Charles A; Halleck (Ind.) have made clear their displeasure with Reed for proceeding. without a- green light from them- They feel that the new Republican congress must make a record on cutting federal spending before it sets> /Tuna To PMte Elckt)

Secretary Os State Dulles On Europe Mission * I ' ■ ■ ■J. ' Dulles And Stassen Enroute To (Europe On Unity Mission * WASHINGTON UP .—Secretary of state Johjn Foster Dulles flew to. Europe tojjay to deal with the problems facing the ; /ree world’s efforti to achieve “peace, security and econom|c health.” I Dulles and foreign laid chief Harold E. Staskenl took oft from National Aitpprt on a unity mission in President Eisenhower’s personal plane alfter breakfasting with Mr; Eisenhower at the White House. I Dulles said that Mh Eisenhower ‘'gave us suggestions, guidance” to help them on : their nineday tour of seven European nations. “Mr. Eisejihower wished us speed’ after breakfast;” Dulles said. “We reviewed together the matters likely to come up in the various countries are going to visit.” iln a formal statement which he issued shortly before taking off, DullefS reiterated that he was not going to snake rnew commitments.” Dulles said: “President lEsenhaower has asked Mr. Stassen land me to make this trip to Europe in order to gather information problems which we and o(hen nations of the Atlantic communiti}- must deal with in' our common \|f tort to attain peace, security, and economic health.” Attending tjie take-off of the two officials were high foreign diplomats, i including British Ambassador Si|r Rbger Makins; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, and Italian Ambassador Alb'ett Tarchiani. Stassen said hd was "confident” (hat the mission to Europe “will be a constructive operiing move in President Eisenhower’s new .ad-, ministration.” I Dulles and Stassen left the White House for National Airport with these parting words from Mr. Eisenhower: \J> “Good luck and have a nice trip. Think of me when I’m out there sweating Monday.” \ On Monday. Mr. will deliver his state of the union message in person to a joint session JTurn To PUf Kight} 1 February Term Os Court Opens Monday Circuity Court To Reopen On Monday The Adams circuit court will open its February term of court Monday. The first business the court will consider will be the reading of the docket for the 48-day period the court will be in term time. This Judge Myles Parrish will do ton the first three; days, Monday, Tuesday and XVedpesday. ■ A run down of the docket scheduled for the February term shows 13 cases to be heard, at present, in the. 48 days that, will follow the opening. Os these one wifi be a jury trial, Mitchell vs MOra; complaint for damages. The trial will take place February 16. . ■ ; On , February 13 Judge Parrish will sit at a hearing for a new trial in the controversial issue of the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Decatur vs the city board of zoning appeals. During the November term of court, Judge ruled against the city in their decision not to let the religious sect build, a church in Monroe and Ninth streets on the ground that it violated an ordinance. Judge Parrish held that the ordinance in question was not applicable to churches and further held the city's decision to be . . . “capricious.” has told city officials that he will City attorney Robert S. Anderson file for an appeal to appellate court if a new trial is denied.

Tommy Mann Fund To Close Monday Donations Mount To Nearly s\ooo It’s' difficult to. express adequately feeling over the tremenresponse to the call for money to help out Tommy Mann his family in this ordeal. Tk> day’s list is still incomplete. More than half again as many contribu-.-tors as appears on today’s list still remain to be posted and deposited to the fund. . * It’s kind of like opening ,an oyster expecting only the oyster, but finding a pearl nestled inside, too. The fund, and this does not include money collected by some fiVe other parties interested in the plight ofythe Manns, contains in excess of | $920. By tomorrow we are sure there will be SI,OOO. Without having any way of telling accurately how much the other parties accepting contributions have ip their treasuries, we would estimate that if they were to be put together there “would be $2,000. ■Strictly a guess, but not out of the way. Therefore, the Daily Democrat wil| definitely, discontinue accepting donations Monday, the check for the full amount then at the bank to be given to the Manns the following evening. H- Ehgls A 3. Mailand $2.00 Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Rowley 5.00 Friend of St. Joe >_ .50 Mr. s & Mrs. Henry Schlagenhauf, Bluffton 1.00 Mrs. Fred Moser, Blurffbn__.. 1,00 T. H. Perl, Fort Wayne ____ 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Manley Foreman 2.00 Mr. \& Mrs. James K‘. Staley 2.p0 Mr. & Mrs. Glen Workjnger, Monroe __L 5.1f10 Mr. & Mrs. Otto Peck 5.00 Cindy, Stevie & Claudia Haggerty 2.00 Lowell Noll 2.00 Pap Jlabegger 1.00 " (Turn To Parr Right) Legion Oratorical Contests Planned Hugh J. Andrews County Chairman Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur high school principal; has been reappointed Adams county and fourth district chairman of the 16th annual American Legion oratorical contest. *\ The county contest will a£ain be sponsored by Adams Post 43, American Legion, which is offering prizes of . sls, $lO and $5 for'' the three top places. Definite date and site of the county contest will be announced later. The contest in Indiana is sponsored by the American Legion with the cooperation of the Indiana state bar association and thd Indiana department of- public ipstruc-1 tion. s County contest winners compete in district meets, then to the zone, state and national contests. State winners compete in the national contest for a total of SB,OOO in scholarships,, with a grand prize of $4,000 scholarship to any school the national winner designates. Last year, there were approximately 735 high school students competing in Indiana, representing 119 high schools, with John W. Spalding, of Mishawaka, the state winner. Any bonaflde high school student is eligible to participate. The theme of the orations is based upon any phase of the United States constitution. The Legion program has the sanction and approval of the national and state association of secondary school principals. Indiana weather InGreasing cloudiness tonight followed by rain Saturday mixed with snow iki extreme north. Not so cold north and east tonight Low tonight 25-30 north, 3Q-40 ; south. High Saturday 35-40 extreme north to 50-60 south.

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Opposition To Sales Tax Is Voiced By Craig Distribution Os State Insurance Is Defended By Craig INDIANAPOLIS UP — Governor Craig threw his weight against a sales tax bill in the Indiana legislature today and defended the distribution of millions of dollars worth of stkte insurance to Republicans. Senators'* pondered a warning school classes n)ay be halfday sessions unless they find at ineans of financing new buildings, and the solution they propose was attacked as unconstitutional. The house approved a portion ot Craig’s highway safety code. Craig’s\ opposition to a sales tax “gt this time” was (announced at a news 4°oference late Thursday. He said he wants neither a new tax nor an increase in any old . one “during the next four years’* though a study should be made dt„ the advisability of substituting a sales tax for personal property tax. He said his administration will s handle state insurance on autos and buildings as patronage. Men ) who sell it aad reap commissions ( from the $90,000 a year premiums , will be Republicans, he said. “Insuranese is a standard produce you buy from your friends.” he said.\' ’’You; deal with people of your own party.” He previously appointed four pien Who boosted him in his campaign to a committee to allot state insurance. It was reported the'' four—Linn S. Kidd of Brazil, Harry Fitch of Terre Hdute. Glenn J. May of Spencer, and Kevin D. Brosnan of Indianapolis—placed - more than $1,000,000 worth of insurance with their own companies. Craig said he was unaware it had been placed and if all did go to - the four i comtnitteemen, that was “not right.” He said “undoubtedly will redistribute” and he will so order. State Supt: of public instruction Wilbur Young delivered the school warning as a senate committee studied a bill enabling local school corporations to borrow from the common school fund for construction. Craig. Young,, and the Indiana Farm Bureau support it. But Young presented j a letter from an advisory legal firm questioning the bill's constitutionality on two points—it allows creation of excessive debt and the school fund investment must be “safe and profitable.”. k “The legislature dare not go home without relieving this situation.” Young said. “If you dcx,\ we will have half-day school sessions throughout the state.” Young estimated Indiana needs $62,000,600 for new school buildings because ot increased enrollment. Sen. Freeman C. Yeager R-South Bend suggested adding a surtax "to the gross income tax to provide (Tara T« Pa*e Klxht) School Injunction Hearing On Today Arguments were started in Wells circqit court at 2 o’clock this afternoon inr,-the suit of Adams coun- . ty freeholders against Adams County Central School corporation for a permanent injunction to restrain defendants from issuing bonds for construction of part of the h eW Adams Central school at Monroe. Custer and Smith. law firm of Decatur, represented the defendant School corporation and Vincent Kelley, Anderson attorney, represented the freeholders organization. \ It not learned at a late hour today if the court planned to rule immediately or take the matter under advisement. Jf the school corporation gets a favorable ruling it is believed likely that the board will immediately take the legal steps to sell bonds for completion of the consolidated school bu tiding. • I ’