Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 58.

.. “Big Four” At Stalin Rites ;\i . , , . 1. ; ... . -. j HL K 1 ’■ O- 'f By a . IBHHHHHHHk' < GRIMLY AT ATTENTION as Dussia buried the dea d Premier Joseph .Stalin in Moscow’s Red Square, the new. Big Four” of the U. S; R. R.. await the interment of their late leader. New Premier Malen*®v illftnt’ intFrior minister Beria (second from right) and foreign minister Molotov (left), addressed the 100, JOO mourning’ Soviets at>thte funeral. With them stands Marshal Nicolai Bulganin, war minister.

Wilson Denies Ammunition Is Short In Korea Wilson Statement Partial Denial Os ; . Von Fleet Charges WASHINGTON UP — Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told congress today United Nations forces in Korea have enough ammunition tor “present scale” operations and soon will have enough for “al more active type, of oper-’ *tions.”n : ' \ -• f■ J Wilson made that assertion at h face-io-fice meeting with Gen.' James A’TVan Fleet who last week told congressional committees there were serious and even critical.ammunition shortages in Korea. The senate armed services Committee heard Wilson and others oi> the subject today in a closed fneet- ■ ing< Wilson's brief prepared statemeat was a partial denial of Van I Fleet’s charges. It also deemed to hint that a more active phase in I the Korean war is being considered ; by top military leaders. ■ \- \ Gen. J> Lawton Collins, arm? ’ chief of staff, said the army ia : concerned about lack of enough “reserve stocks* of ammunition/ not only in the Far East but. elsewhere. He added: “On the other hand, there haS never been a shortage of ammunition 'in the hands of our trdops unless some isolated instance , because of local difficulties of distribution either to repeal an attack that actually developed or to conduct our own operations.” In apparent reference to the corp flict between Van Fleet’s testimony and his own, Collins said authorities in Washington must consider the global situation when allocating ammunition: the Korean situa'tiop cannot be divorced from the , “ammunition supplies worldwide." “As \of now, we have the ammunition necessary for operations on the present scale; soon, it is fair to state, we shall have the amounts: necessary to give the-field com-’ 'mander considerable latitude in » determining upon and supporting a more active , type of Operations,” ■Wilson said. Ariny secretary Robert T. Ste vens told the committee, hnd mem* bers .of the senate military appropriations subcommittee who sat- in on the session, that he had advised his staff he wants “no stone left, unturned” to increase ammunition pr&duction, “especially! in the heavier -calibers." Stevens said he has: 1. Requested reconsideration of, “inadequate" provisions for Korea ammunition in the new Uscal 155 f . budget so that money will be pro-. I vided to Supply "not only U. ? S; forces in Rorea but also in support of th6 currently- authorized ROK South Korean divisions.” 2. Borrowed from the'navy 685, ■■ 000 rounds of 105 mm ammunition which can be renovated to “Improve our reserve-position." 3. Asked \ President Eisenhower to appoint John Slezak, Sycamore, /Turn T® Paare Kiaht) ' > ' ■Il INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer, occasional light \ rain over southwest tonight. Wednesday cloudy and mild with occasional light rain. t Low tonight 36-42 north, 40-45 south. High Wednesday, 45-50 northeast to 55-60 southwest

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Lightning Raids By Allies In Korea At Least 61 Are Dead In Raids SEOUL, Korea (UP) — United Nations soldiers killed at Ifeast 61 Reds today in two lightning raids on the ceptral fronf. bringing to nearly 500 the number of Commu■nists killed or wohnded Ini battle actions since 'Monday night. Today’s attacks were aimed at Chinese Cppimunists holding hill positions Did Baldy and White Horse -Mouintain. The raiders cut their : way through Red ranks with bayonets, su>b-machine guns and hand grfenades. then retired as suddenly as they struck. Tljte Reds lost most of their 500 man in 10 unsuccessful attacks along the 1i55-ipile bathe line daring the night, j Then, shortly after dawn, the *U. N. -went on tfle offensive. * i - \ ; 1 Aiming at a hill of Old Baldy, the Allied raiders charged ! up the slope 20 minutes after opening their attack. The Reds two platoons of reinforcements into the close-quarter battle. The U, N. soldiers retired suddenly afteU 35 minutes of heavy fighting. 1 ' Front line reports from the area said enemy casualties were "very heavy.” _ '. \ ; ' The Reds showered down more than-i-1.000 rounds of artillery and mortar fire In a vait\ attempt to beat batik the attackersJThe casualties inflicted on the Beds in the two raids added to the 424 killed or wounded the Communists suffered , in making their 1(> unsuccessful night attacks, h In the air, 12 Japan-based B-29 Supepforts struck th-ree Communist supply .and troop centers shortly before midnight, dropping 120 ions of bombs. , Pilots reported no opposition from Communist antiaircraft batteries or night fighters. ! ' Sophie Gallmeyer Is Taken By Death Funeral Services ■ \ Thursday Afternoon i Mrs. Sophie Gallmeyer, 90, died at 4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at the home of a daughter. Mrs’/ Henry Droege, five and one-half miles east and one-half mile north of Ossian op the Adams-Wells couhty line. She hpd been in failing health since last August. She was born in Wells county Aug. 26, 1862, a daughter of Johp and Katherine Groesch-Fuhrman, and was married to Ernst Gallmeyer April 20, 1884. Her husband died Feb. 16, 1908. Mrs. Galmeyer, a rebident of Preble township for the past 68 years, was a lifelong member of the ?ion Lutheran church at Friedheim. Surviving are two, daughters, ? Sirs. Droege and Mrs, Martin C. Byuck of Marlon township, Allen county; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Two brothers and < two state preceded her in death. ‘ < Funeral services will be conducted at 2, b.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral! home and at 2:30 p.m. at the Zion Luthef-an church at Friedhelm, the- Rev. A. A. Fenner officiating. Burial w|ll be in the chprch cembtery, Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

United Stales Steps Up Cold War Qffensive Broadcasts Suggest Bloody Fight For j Power In Russia ; WASHINGTON, UP—The United States intensified its cold war psychological offensive today with broadcasts suggesting that “a bloody and vicious fight Vor power” could develop in Russia as a result of Josef Stalin’s .Meath. The 'broadcasts, beamed behind the Iron Cutrain by tint Vqfce of Artiertca. eniphßsieed these Maatl 1. Rivalries and « jealousies among the new 'Soviet bosses could lead to "a fatal crisis in the Soviet system." jK. With Stalin’s death, the Russian people and those in satellite countries now have a greater opportunity ythan ever before to throw off the chains of their Kremlin masters and "once again absert their power over their \own destinies." The broadcasts also played on the theme that Stalin’s death' contains a hope that his system of rule “may be entering upon a period of decay and breakup” and raised doubts “whether the Communist tyranny without Stalin will be ablb to hold the outer areas of the Communist empire.” Another broadcast noted that Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov, in his oration at Stalin’s funeral Monday, called for vigilance against internal enemies and repeatedly referred to internal dangers. It said this indicated the nest Soviet rulers may have a hard time keeping the power they hastily assumed. This was in *Jine with views expressed by diplomatic officials that Malenkov’s oration betrkyed concern over the possibility of inte rnal unrest, despite the apparently smooth transition of power from Stalin to the new Kremlin hierarchy. The Voice broadcasts said Stalin’s technique of building himeelf up as g demi-god and eliminating any possible challenge may prove the down fall of the new Soviet regime. "While the cult technique was (Tara To P«»» Six) J .\“ Contingent Leaves For Army Service Twelve Adams county youths left for active induction into the armed forces this morning under the selective'service act. The list ot those who left for 'lndianapolis was released from local draft board No. 1, and is as follows: Guilberto S. Rodriguez, Robert Nicodemus. Robert Liechty, Jr.< Norman Lewis Sheets, William Eldrich Lehman, Robert Edward Harvey, Carl Franklyn Thieme, Lloyd Junior Kiess, Charles Leroy Circle, Jr., Raymond Eugene Velez, Elmer! Joseph Smith and Manuel Mendez. ) New Serial Story “The Reluctant Cinderella” is the name ’of the new serial story <by Jennifer Adams, which will start in Wednesday’s Dally Democrat. It Is the story of an Engilah girl caught in the romantic .whirl* pools x>f an ocean voyage, New Vork city and Florida’s fabulous Palm Beach.

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Indiana Legislature In Overtime Session; Pay Os Teachers Big Issue

Says Chinese: Russian Reds Closely Bound (.coder Os Chinese Cbihmunists Says Front Invincible *ia sh I - . 1 ' , i MOSCOW VP — Chinese Communist' leader Mao Tse-Tung said today the Chinese-Soviet Communist front was "invincibiie.” Mao, in a statement published by the Soviet Communist party newspaper Pravda, said Chines? and SoViet Communists were bound together in *a "front of friendship and He ahid this friendship was “indestructable’’ and generated forces that "are unlimited, inexhaustible and genuinely invincible.’’ \ foreign observers said 'Mao’s* ■ statement appeared to ne Red China’s recognition of new Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov as Head of the international Communist movement. The statement was published in Monday’s! Peiping Peoples Daily and printed today ip Pravda. 1 r \(MosooW newspaper also pub. dished a front Hd Ch> Minh, leader of the Indo-Chinese Comniunlft rebels .saying "we solemnly Vow* to follow the path of Marx andi-Engeta, Lenin and Stalin,, and to stjruggle decisively for the unity and independence of our country and for peace, democracy and soclallism.” Ho expressed regret that l "due to the great distance" ihej could- not attend Stalin's funeral, i ; , ' < The Chinese leader warned that because I 6f their friendship the Soviet and Chinese Communists were “not afraid of any imperial-; tat aggression.’’ ’ "Any Imperialist aggression will be crusiied by us; all base provocations UIJI end in collapse," Mao said in a ‘statement in the Communist tyayty newspaper Pravda, Mao’s statement coincided with the Russian appointment of .a new ambassafi<|ir to Communist China. American-Educated deputy foreign inihtater Vasili Vassilyevich Kuznetsov was named to replace Alexander* Semenovich Panyushkin. TII4 fattier, once Soviet ambassador 1 to the- United States will be transferred to “other work," an announcement said. « ■Mao’i ireaffirmation of Chinese-' Soviet and solidarity (Tain To Pa*e Bi*kt> ' ! !.Jk ii ■ • ■ . L. I \ »

-— 4 .. —— " _ —; -£ettte» IKeditatiott ■ ■ I • .< M J- j ■ (By Revi G. R. Shaw, Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church) THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CROSS •11* I .. ■ j Text- —Ephesians 3:17-19. "That Christ may dwell in your . hearts by faith; that ye. 'being rooted and grounded in love. Maybe able to comprehend with f all saints, what is the breadth. and length, and depth, and height; And to know ! the> love of Christ; which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulneds of God.” ■ J'. ;i! ■. ■"■ ' ? I 11 , The text is a portion pf Paul’s praypr for the Church at Ephesus. in which he clearly states his .desire for them. v . First; that they may have such fiiith in Christ, as shall keep them in constant possession of his* loVe and presence. iSfecohd, that they be rooted and grounded in loved Here is a Rouble Metaphor; one taken from agriculture, the other from architecture. As trees, they are to, life routed in love—this is the boil froni which their souls will derive the nourishment essential for full growth. As a building, their is to be laid on this love; a foundation that cannot be shaken. Third, that they may be able to comprehend with all saints, the breadth, length, depth, and height of the love of Christ. God Is Love; all dimensions are lost in its immensity. It comprehends all that Is al>ove. all that is! below, all that is past, and all that hto come. In reference..to human beings, the love of God, in |ts breadth, is a girdle that encompasses the globe; its length reaches from the eternal i purpose of the mi&sion of Christ, to the eternity of blessedness which is to be spent in his ineffable glories; it depth reaches to the lowest fallen of the sons of Adam, and to. the deepest depravity of the human heart; and its height to the infinite dignities of the throne of Christ. \ Fourth, that they would publicly acknowledge and approve of • the love bf Christ. And be filled with all the fulness ofi God. The soul emptied of sin, ihat sin shall neither have dominion over it, nor being in it. But the whole soul be,filled -with meekness, gentleness. goodness, love. Justice, holiness, mercy, and truth. Thartk God. it is our glorious privilege to ask, and receive, and our )oy shall be full. ;

.— rTA Survey Groups. Will Hold Meetings : Preliminary Talks i Before Final Report • The Lincoln P. T. A. will hold Approximately three meetings beginning March 10 at the personnel £lfice of the Central Soya Co., for Slev|enth hour discussions before The final reports of all the survey ] .ctanmittees are given in April, it ■ v»s announced today by Mrs. C. I. Finlayson, chairman of the survey activity. Present at the meetings will bp (be standing committee of the civic organization, composed of: I. Finlayson, Mrs. C. I. Finlays son and Mrs. Lowell Smith, also tile survey committee members arid their respective chairmen. | | The chairman said the meeting Mould be a closed one, not open to.the general public, and will be for. the purpose -of ironing out any salient problems pripr \to issuing reports of the survey committees next month. ;i|n all there are seven committees assigned to ferret out an-, to questions regarding l : equipment, school achievement and teacher improvement, school lunch transportation, fi.nance and budget, school board.l ghd the building situation. Cihie questidna bn the survey sere taken from diverse bi biographies on the educational scene, including: ‘‘American School Buildinks;’’ "National Council on Schoolhouse Construction;" "The Challenge of School B6ard Membership;” "Encyclopedia! of Educational research," and several others. u It has beep stated by leaders of jthe P. T.j A.\ project that, in spirit, it is being made 'for the purpose of furthering civic interest iri the problems of Decatur’s city schools; to foster an interest in the public whereby they will part in seeing that the city “h(is the best schools that can be gotten, and the best system for running them." < Coincidentally, last month, it was announced, praetciaily synonymous with the announcement that a survey was being taken in the P. T. A., that, the Decatur school board had retained, with a for |SOO, a service of Indiana z University whereby teams of trained workers are sent into the particular town and a highly detailed evaluation is made of the potentialities of the city — all with a view’ to building, if that is fbuful to be necessary, in cases j «Tar« To Fore Six)

— — A- « . , —4. Denies Plans Discussed For Church Probe House Committee V Members ,ln Denial . x Os Velde's Views | WASHINGTON UP — Leading members of- t,he un-Ameri-can activities committee today shied away from chairman, Harold H. Velde’s suggestion thje committee investigate \Co.mmunlsm in the nation's churches. "I know of Ho plans which haVe been discussed by the committee for any investigation or inquiry into the field of religion,” said Rep. Donald L. Jackson Calif.; a rahking GOP member of the committee. ♦‘Nor has there been any indication that such an investigation is warranted."! Rep. Bernard W. Pat Kearney llt-N. Y; also deplored the idea which Velde tossed out\ln a rajdlo interview- Monday night. He emphasized that Velde E'as speaking only for himself and siaid “I think it’s about time we comI mittee members had a little talk with the chairman." , Velde himself said it is “dotjibtful" whether the committee can get around to the proposed investigation this year. He noted that it is already tied, up with an inquiry into alleged I Communist infiltration of colleges. Several prominent Washington clergymen, including Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Ognam and Uniminister A. Powell Davies, recently have criticized Velde apd his committee for the school Inquiry,! holding that it threatens academic freedom. ' Velde emphasized that he is not motivated bk any desire to strike back at thp ministers who have criticized him. He said the only purpose .would be, "to determine whether the American Communist party, through its membership, is* attempting to destroy religion in this country—by infiltration and by external means." \ \ "Th? investigation would be in the field of individuals rather than thq Churches themselves,” Velde said. "We would not be Investigating the chtirches, apy more than >We are now engaged In investigating the colleges and universities. “We are engaged at present In investigating the extent of Communists in the colleges—for the benefit of the colleges themselves and' the people—and we would be doing the same thing in relation to churches." ' | Davies, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church,! said it was evident PTwre To Powe Mrs. Henry Liechty Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Thursday Morning 1 Mrs. Salena Liechty, 74, well known resident of Berne and sister of Mrs. Ralph 0. Gentis of this city, died at het* home last evening. Widow of Henry Liechty, she had been bedfast since last August. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m., in the First Mennopite church, the Rev. Olin jA. Krehbtel officiating. The burial will be in the MiRE cemetery. Surviving axe four sons. Milton E., Roman. Carl and Sherman Liechty of Berne; tavo daughters, Mrs. Frank Root.,Albion, and Mrs. Walter Hilty of Berne seven grandchildren and two great-grand-children; one brother Chris Liechty of Linn Grove; four sisters besides Mrs. Gentis, Mrs. John Scheer, Abilene, Kan., Mrs. Charles Moses, Los Angeles; Mrs. Emma Sullivan, Berne, and Minnie Cramef of Santa Monica, Cal. The body is at the Yager funeral home In Berne, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening.

Tells Os Reds In New York Schools Infiltrated City And State Systems ’ WASHINGTON, UP —Dr. Bella V. Dodd; admitted ex-Comrnunist and former New York teacher, said today that Communists at one Jime infiltrated both the New York city board of education and the New York state department of ed- • ucatipn. ' • v ! H. jf| The former- Communist n leader • also said the party has had etfec- . tive "hard core" .control of the . American Labor party since 1042. , Dr. Dodd, who said she stopped working in the. party in the 194€- , 47 period and was "expelled” in , 1949, told the senate internal security subcommittee at a nation-ally-televised hearing that at one time there were Communists . in the New York city teachers un- • ion. 1 , . ''<■ i'M She estimated the "peak strength” of all Communist teateh- . ers in the United States at about t LSOO. She did not specify the time, j The witness, a stoutish„ woman with black hair and dark complex- , ion, said that on the board of eduI cation the Communists were al|le to penetrate the curriculum comt mittee and “we also had clerks who gave us advance information.” Dr. Dodd said the Communist party had employes placed at one time in government departments in Washington, congresMbnal committees, congressional offices, and “advisory committees to the executive branch.” I . I ' ■ The witness said thej Commu--1 ntats began moving in on the/American Labor party in 1936. shortly after it was organized. After that. ' she said, "they never remained out of power” in the party and "captured the last county (Brooklyn)” In the New York set up in 1942. Since then, Dr. Dodd said, they have had "undisputed control of the local and state apparatus’* of the ALP. i < Chairman William E7 Jenner (R--(Tara To P«we Six) ' - ' 'L ■ M >m■' I Jerry Laurent Is Oratorical Winner Wins Decatur K. C. Oratorical Contest Jerry Laurent, one of four Decatur Catholic high school seniors who competed in the Knights of Columbus oratorical contest, wbn first place In the local event held at the K. of C. hall last evening. A son of Mr. and Mrs. George Uaurent of North Fifth street, Jerry will represent Decatur in the regional contest; on April 12. This contest will be staged either in Fort Wayne or Huntington, William Lose, Jr., grand knight of the local Knights of Columbus, stated. Each contestant presented his version on the subject, "The Catholic in Peace and War." ’ The winner was awarded $lO and the other thyee contestants each |5. They were John Kintz, Jr.. Joe Costello and Tom Smith. The judges were G.\Remy Bierly, M. J. "Mike” Pryor and Ed Heiman. They complimented the young men subject matter of their ordtions and also for ■ their oratorical ability. Opening his speech with the. oath of membership in the Knights of Columbus, Jerry expanded his talk on American citizenship, its duties and privileges. _< He said, "today than ever before, we as Catholic citizens must unite as one man to combat the evils which threaten the ■ free- { doms granted by’ our constitution as well as the sanctity of pur na- | tion. Catholics in the United States have never hesitated to fight gallantly and to shed their blood in defense of our nation." Concluding, he said, "With God as ruler of all nations, the world 'will some day live ih peace and harmony with all men pnltdd by the bond of charity under one common Father —God.” [ •> Grand night Lose presided at the meeting.

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Legislators, Craig Battle On School Pay Traditional Trick Os Stopping Clock Brought Into Play BULLETIN INDIANAPOLIS, UP—House Republicans backing Gover- i nor Craig on the budget dis-’ pute, which kept the Ipdiana legislature in overtime session, voted today to “hold the line” after the governor appealed to them not to back down frqm their stand supporting tfeacher salary hikes. INDIANAPOLIS, UP—The Indiana legislature met in overtime session today amid conflicting rumors a deadlock on the budget issue of more pay for selpiol teachers had been broken and Governor Craig would make a dramatic appeal to house Republicans to resist senate insta ences - Lawmakers milled about the legislative chambers shortly beI fore noon, waiting for the sound of the gavel tb end a recess that , came in the early morning hours. The session legally ended ls«r. midnight. But the traditional trick of stopping the clock and running overtime in violation of the 61Htay conatitutional. limit kept the legislators on duty. Craig threatened to veto the budget bill unless it provided S2OO annual teacher salary increases. A senate-house conference committee could not agree, the senate members holding out for no statefinanced pay raises. As the lawmakers returned to their desks, there was a rumor Craig' would appear at a GOP house caucus. Presumably, h» would ask the group where the bulk of his legislative strength lies to “hold the line” against efforts by senators to change their attitude on the teacher pay issue h A caucus was called and caucus leader John M. Harlan. R-Rich-mond. said Oraig had agreed to speak "i$ we want him to.” Another rumor said the confer-' ence committee, deadlocked on budget for many hour®, had agreed secretly to hand out the bill -without the teacher pay increase. The rumor said the strategy was to send the measure to the governor and wait —maybe several days —lor him to veto it. Then the house and senate would attempt to override the veto. If successful, they would adjourn sine die -without the necessity for a special session. Senate Democrats — all 10 of them—were missing as the lawmakers returned to the statehouse. There were Democrats, however, back in their seats in the house. Most Democrats, supporting teacher ipay hikes, could be counted on by Governor Craig to back his ideas on the subject. Clocks were stopped 15 minutes before midnight, the hour set by the constitution for the 61-day session to end. j The deadlock came when Craig threatened to veto a bill containing appropriations for financing state government the next two years,' largely because the GOP senators turned thumbs down in his proposal to increase state school aid so 27,000 teachers could get S2OO-a-year salary hikes. The legislators defied Craig to call a special session of the assembly, stopped the clocks in an "illegal” .move to keep the session I going beybntT the constitutional limit, and stalked out to return later this morning. Old timers could remember nothing so drastic or dramatic in Indiana politics. There was no indication how many hours—or days—past the Monday* midnight constitutional deadline the 1953 legislative session would extend. f . - The dispute centered on an in- ' 'Tam Te Paa* Ki«hO ■