Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 59.

Testify On Korea Ammo Shortage \ I■L a ■ 1 ■ml JB ■Lx . Ik JI flv .. --x r \£sK’ JrH :*> — ■f*X\ -i» wfe*. j| □ "Bn—Ml for a closed session-pf the Senate armed; services committee in Washington. Gen. James A. van Fleet (left) chats with (L to r.) defense secretary Charles Wilson, army secretary Robert Stevens and: afirny chief of staff J. Lawton Collins. Van Fleet. touched off a furore last week when he reported that during his 22 months as. commander of th*. Eighth .Army in Korea there was a "serious” shortage of ammunition. 1- ■'•.•-

American Jet Shot Down By Czech Planes

WIESBADE.V. Germany UP — -Two U. S. air force pilots, charged today Russian-built MIG jVt fighters attacked'] them and sh|ot doWn one plane without warning Thurs- i day well inside the U. S. Zone- of , Western Germany. ' - ; \ The Czech government admitted j the MiG's were Czech Warplahea, and counter-charged in a note handed the U. Si. x embassy in Prague, (hat the U. S. fighters invaded Czech territory and engaged the MiG’s in “an aerial duel.” 7 . ’ The American pilot of the downed plane pafachuted to safety. The United Stites, through its ambassador in Prague, registered the “strongest possible” protest of the incident which it said occurred : 15 miles inside Western Germany. The Czechs, broadcasting the text of their note Prague i\adio, claimed the encounter \ miles inside Czechoslovakia in the vicinity of Pilson. As broadcast by Prague Radio; ’ the Czech pote said the U. S. : plane? “were intercepted by patrolling Czechoslovak planes and asked to land. “When the plants refused to obey the order, the Czechoslovak planes opened fire. One of the American ' planes immediately disappeared, in the direction of Western/Germany. while the other burst into flames and was last seen disappearing^in a south-westerly direction.” X The American pilots, in a press*! conference alt U. 8.. European air force headquarters here, said the attack came Without warning while they were ; -on patrol duty at least' seven to 1.0 miles inside West ■—-Germany. \ The American pilots said they did not return the Communist fire/ \and an air (force spokesman explained U. S. pilots in West Ger: many are urider orders to fire on attacking planes “only if it is a matter of life or death.” The twopjilots told their story to a press conference called at U. S. European\air force headquarters here]. The. incident was the sixth Ag five years 4(i which Red planes, have I been (accused of shooting down western plane? over Europe., United Stites Am has sadorj George A. Wadsworth, in Prague l told the Uniting Press by telephone in London, that a protest of the incident wag;; handed the Czeclf foreign office between 3 and t a.m. today.' 7 v \ '".l . ■ Wadsworth said the note was "very short, and -to the point.” '■ The State department instructed him Tuesday to register with the Czechoslovak government “The' strongest possible protest." —The pilots J bbih veterans of the Korean wat.J told the press conference: '4 \ I “There not the slightest doubt that «|fe wer| over German «TPwr». : To _P®«® Six) , j' WEATHER Cloudy ijnd mild with occa- | •ional light rain or drizzle |t tonight arid Thursday. Low tonight 40-45 north, 45-50 V south. Hiph Thursday 52-60. /'

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WASHINGTON UP — Diplomatic sources predicted today the jinlted States will i demand ia formal Communist apology and a cash Indemnity fbi the MIG-15 attack on an American plane in Germany. Administration arid congressional leaders jregarded_lhe unprovoked downing of the plane as one jpf the mbsjjt serious incidents the Cold war has produced. It was almost ejertairiiy duie for tot>-level discussion ht President Eisenhower’s weekly meeting with the national security council today. ’'George A. Wadsworth, U. S,, ambassador tp Czechoslovakia, delivered a short, strong protest note to the Czech' foreign office at at 8:20 p.pi. c.s.t. Tuesday American officials here said the first note would be followed by a 'more detailed protest following /completion bf investigations. \ The text of the first note: (' “Under instructions of my government, I : have the horror to protest, in strongest terms, the action ,of Czechoslovak military aircraft in; violating 4h|e -|U. S. zone of Ger/hiany and aittacking U. 8. military .aircraft at JO.OB g.m.t., March 10, 1953, at 12 degrees 25 minutes east longitude, 0 degrees 15 minutes porth latitude.” \ : Some members of . congress saw the attack as a bad omen of what the west may expect\from, the men who took over the leadership of Russia after the death of Josef Stalin. Diplomatic \ officials, however, said it -Is entirely tjoo; early to conclude thgt new Soviet Premier Griorgi Malenkov has embarked op a more aggressive international policy. t A\ . On the basis of preliminary confidential reports JJrom U. S.i air force officials in Germany, they saw no reason to believe that attack was a deliberate'“warlike” gesture: Ordered from or inspired by Moscow. They pointed out that the border between (Czechoslovakia 5 and West Germany, /Where the attack occurred, has been closely controlled .by Red arid Allied fighter planes ’fat a “long time” with chances of a clash “always possible!,” ; Less than two hours receiving the first flash from ' the defense department, the state department instructed the! American (Turn To P»«» KlKkt) \ Red Cross Secretary Lions Club Speaker ’ Lion? of Decatur las| night heard Mrs. Max Schafer, secretary of the county Red Cross chapter, speak on the JRed Cross blood donor program and need for a step-up in volunteering for both civilian and armed forces gse. Mrs. Schafer also showed a 20-minute-lilm on the blood program. Several members signed pledge cards for the next time the Fort Wayne bloodmobile unit visits thb City. In charge of the program for the evening was Lions club third vice president, Dr. Joe Morris. s :■ a •

Assures House Members Vote On Tax Slash Reed Sets April 15 Absolute Deadline For Floor Action / WASHINGTON UP — House members were assured today of a chance to vote \ for, income tgx reduction by the prjddle of nett inpnthA" Rep. Daniel A. Reed R-N. 1., a man of jut-jawed detcrminatfon, fixed April 15 as the “absolute deadline” for floor action on his bill to cut personal income taxes about 10 per x cerit.' \ GOP leaders, who had hoped to stall off a tax vote until at least May, conceded. they are powerless to stop , Reed if he wants tb force an earlier showdown on -h|s measure. At the moment, Reed’s bill is resting in a rules committee pigeonhole. It was placed there at the request of speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. Mass, and Rep. Charles A. Halleck Ind., GOP floqr leader. Martin and Halleck taken their cu© from President Eisenhower and insisted that a balanced budget must be in sight before taxes are cut. Reed told newsmen that unless Martin and Halleck relent on or, before April 15, he will reluctantly exercise hi ß authority a> chairman; of the ways and means committee to call up the bill for consideration on the house floor. Under the proposed legislation individual income taxes would be cut about 10 per ce,nt effective July 1, or about five per cent for the Tull year 1953. The bill would advance by six months an income tax reduction now scheduled to /Tarn KtKtoO Jacob Earl Scott Dies This Morning Funeral; Services Friday Afternoon Jacob Earl Bcott, 65-year-old farmer, died at 4 o’clock this morning at his home on Decatur route 3. following an illness of two weeks of Complications. He was born in Ohio Dec. 31. 18®7, a son of Winfield Martha Prophet-Scott. and was married to Eva Pancake Feb. 26, 1914. He had resided in Adams county sin£e 1930. ' \| J. Mr. Scptt 'wa ( s a member of the Bethlehem Evangelical Reformed church of Convoy, 0., and Loyal Order of Moose. ; \ Surviving in addition to his wife are the following children: Mrs. Margaret Kauffman of route 6. Owen Scott of Decktiir, Elizabeth, Avon and Carroll, all at hoi»e4 three grandchildren; three brothers and four sisters. One sitter and a grandson are deceased, i Funeral services will be Conducted at 2 <p. m. Friday at *be Black funeral home, the Rek. James Hertel of Columbus officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the fuhenal Htiome after 7 o’clock this evening.

* Decatur, Indiana, Wedn esdqy, March 11, 1953.

Indiana’s Legislature Finally Adjourns After Compromising Pay Issue

Congressmen For Offensive Move In Korea Generate Pressure To! End Korea War; Ammo Crisis Over WASHINGTON /UP — Official assurances that the ammunition crisis is over generated new congressional pressure today for offensive, action to end the sit-down war in ’Korea. With much of the evidence in, Chaiityan Leverett Saltonstalf* RMas». said his senate armed services committee found Korean amsupplies "adequate” and' “rapidly getting better.” The nation's defense chiefs testified „tp! this Tuesday in the climax of the committee's investigation of Gen. James A. Van Fleet's charges' of critical shortages. In of improved shell \ deliveries; sonje senators believed there : lib longer was any reason for ihei United States to delay positive steps to break the scalemate.; \| !.; Sen. Ralph E. Flanders R-Vt., an armed services conpnittee member. said aggressive action over a period of months y probably would cost fewer lives than a static war of fotir 4>r five year’s. Sen.John' L.- McClellan li-Ark.. who sal in at the hearing as an appropriations committee member, objected to continuing >to fry “to fight thfe war without winning a victory.” ; Defence secretary Charles E. Wilson hinted something more positive hiight\be in the wind in Korea wheiti'fcie said. in a special state-, ment thht ammunition supplies are sufficient for “present scale" fighting but soon would be increased to let field commanders think ;pf “moti active" moves. \ | ( j Wilson, army secretary Robert T. Stevpnson, Gen. J. Lawton Collins,* ariny chief of staff, and Van Fleet appeared at the ammunition hearing; Saltoiistall indicated, the difference of opinion between Collins and Van Fleet stemmed from the fact that Collins, with global responsibilities, couldn’t’give the fbrmer eighth army commander all the apimuhition and tools he wanted tbpiirsue a more spirited campaign strategy. Saltohstall said the committee will meet Thursday to decide how to proceed in the ammunition inV CTwn» T» P"«- WxMl Contingent Ordered For, Physical Exams Officials of the Adams county selective service board announced today thjat orders have been issued for .% Then to' report for physical examinations under selective service next Monday. In addition, one special registrant has also been ordered‘to report with the contingent! 1

Utedttatiwt (■ ’ ■ . / : (By Rev. Ralph R. Johnson, Monroe Methodist Church) |l| REDEMPTIVE STRENGTH In illi ’ • t - ■ ' , ’ , ’ ' A “'For all have sinned —redemption—in Christ Jesus." » ; — Rom. 3:23, 24 In this text the Apostle Paul indicates the need of redemption by all mankind. He indicates that every man needs to have bis sins forgiven "for all have sinned.” ’Sin is classified properly in two main groups—not big and ator black arid white, but rather sins of omission and sins of ccmimission. ■ AU men everywhere should l>e efefnally grateful unto God for the provision which He has made tor oaf redemption in that every man C4n have nis sins forgiven. “Who can iforgive sins but God only?" *Tf we confiees our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” . ’ • I \ • It is the privilege of every redeemed soul to know that his sins have been forgiven. He can then say yrith Paul, *'l know in whom I have believed.” As a result of hie repentence and faith there comes an inner witness —"the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God." i ' , Thanks be unto God for His redehiptive strength which is available all men thru Jesus Chfistlthe Lord!

Farm Achievement , Bi •’ *' -N- • * * a,. Banquet Is Held > ! __ \ . Annual Banquet Is ’ Held Tuesday Night ■l' * ’ *i' CTWo hundred and fifty strong of Agams county's grain farmers and cattle raisers attended the 31st annigti farmer achievement banquet Tuesday night at Geneva high school- ' ;\- i \ . ®T.he yearly event caps with awards and of fellow farmall the has been done ihi; the 'previous farming year: cattip raising, pig raising, grain growing nearly eiery activity of pro- - d<e(ive farm life. Music throughout the evening whs provided by the Geneva high school band, with Walter Dailey as- . the chore of’ song leader. Toastmaster for the night was the president of tho Bank of Berne, E. W. Baumgardner. Guest speaker fol the evening was W. O. Osborn fromi the Exchange bank of Culver. The awards to those who rosei to the rank of membership in the' gold niedal beef club, Henry Rumpie and William Kohne & Sons, were given by county agricultural agent L. E. Airchbold, who also gave the award to the green pasture teat winner, Edison Lehman, of MbnVoe township. ‘ ♦ Ralph S.. Meyers presented the ton litter, awards 'to Benjamin Masejin arid Sylvan Habegger for their work with pigs, and gavb the swinq< testing certificates to Paul Yodeh who achieved the highest mirk; in that field. Carl Amstutz, president 6f the dairy; herd improvement associritifih. jmade all the> cattle awards. Niihied for gold medal dairy herds were Rolandes Leichty. Martin Habegger, Paul Liechty & Sons, Benjamin Gerke, Elza Lynch, and Evlr<tt Rice. This group raised teri coWs or more that yielded not less than 400 pounds of butterfat. Amstutz\gave the bronze medal dairy- awa|rd tb - Adrian\ Lorte. Eli Schwaritz, Ben and Noah Mazelin; an 4 Albert Ewel, for raising ten ooU’s or more that yielded not less than HOG pounds of butterfat. I . This silver medal dairy awards wete ;named for Chris Stahly, Den Striker. Eugene Caffee, and the Bros, for raising ten cows nr more that yielded not less than ?}SO pounds of butterfat. dairy efficiency award, was presented to\ Benjamin Gerke and| the/ certificate of production was given to David I). Habegger. i Another event held by the: farmer’s- achievement group during the year is the five-acre corn club. Each entrant in this activity chooses five acres and plants it with- corn;- at the harvest time he takes an accurate measure of the busliel-per-acre yield and registers it. This year Ilarve for growing 155,8 bushels on his plot, received the senior medal, the Only entrant in the “red gold” class of judging. Ineichen grew more than twice the average yield in the state. The green gold award for fiveacrerwork went to Hugo Bulprahn for liis 140.6 yield. Ralph Berning ti'T* To KlKht)

Lodge Lashes . Russians For Peace Failure Lashes At Gromyko For False Charges Oh War Atrocities UNITED N. ¥., UP— Ambassador: Henry Caibot Lodge Jr., told Russia today the American jirmy it claims committed “atrocities” fn Korea is “the sarne army which helped the Soviet army defeat Hitler." "The men In \the United States army are the same\men, or younger brothers of the same men who made up the U. S. army ip the second world wari,” he said to Soviet- delegate Andrei Gromyko in the United Nations general assembly. V "The U. S. army was good enough for you in 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945, It should be good enough for you now and would be if your government's policy > had npt so tragically changed. U Lodge -was interiu-pted ; three times by prolonged applause as he spoke in the assembly’s Korean, debate immediately after Gromyko had charged “atrocities and crimes have been systematically carried out by soldiers of the U. S. against the North and Chinese Communists." The sharp exchange between Lodge and Gromyko overshadowed an appearance by British foreign secretary Anthony Eden. Eden urged the U-. N. not to <“despair that there can ever be a chance of heart in China and North “It has obvious since the foundation of the U. N.," Lodge said, “that it cannot alone create peace so long as one big power is set the other wav . . . ’‘This we have heard the representative »of the Soviet Union attack the U. S.\army and speak of alleged crimes and acts of terror committed by U. S. army. The U. S. army which you sought to smear is the same U. $. 1 army which helped the Sovifet army defeat Hitler." Lodge told Gromyko the Russians “have friends because, of your policy of fear.” “It must be fear of 'your own people stemming from your tyranny. I am convinced thpt fear is at the bottom of all the violent word? and deeds which distinguish the r'Turn To Pa«» Eight) Berne-French Bond Sale Set March 26 Money To Improve School Buildings Bonds in the aggregate amount of $'102,900 will -be sold March 26 at 1:30 p. m. by the Berne-French township school corporation to be known As “school building bonds of 1953/’' it was announced today by trustees of the school corpora at ion. Money derived from the snle of the bonds will be used for '“purchase of additional land, purchase of equipment and addition tp the present high echooand grade school buildings ,in the city of Berne." ; The sale x»f bonds -was stopped several months ago by the filing of an injunction, but the case later was withdrawn and it is believed the -March 26 sale will be made as planned. The bonds will in |I,OOO denominations except one which will be for $906 and Will bear interest at a rate not to exceed three percent. Retirement will start July 1, 1963 and a certain amount will be retired each six months. Bond retirement money will be derived from taxation. Legal notices, prepared by How* ard Baumgartner, Berne, attorney for the school board-, appear in tonight’s issue of the Daily Democrat and also the Berne Witness.

Rescue 28 Crewmen From Burned Tanker Drifted Three Days In AHghti£ Storm NEW YORK. UP — Twentyeight crewmen were rescued today from the stem section of a burned and broken tanker jon they had drifted for three days in a North Atlantic storm, the coast guard here reported. Eight* persons, including the captain and his wife and the three ma|es of the 9,000-ton Libelrian flag tanker Angy, were reported, -missing, presumably on the lost bow section of the ship: The American freighter Claiborne, which rescued the survivors from the broken ship, radioed the, coast guard the Angy had , “caiight fire and exploded three days ago.” There had been no reports of a distress message until the Claiborne happened to* sight the drifting stern some 1,006 miles east of Neiw York Tuesday night. coast guard search plane put out from Argentia, Nfld., to search for the missing bow and three coast guard cutters, one from Argentiai < and two from ocean stations, ! were speeding to the acene. . The Claiborne reported nine to 11 foot seas, high winds and rain squallh in a storm which visibility to two miles. It was proceeding to Cherbourg, France, with the tanker’s survivors. The- Angy, owned by the Monrovia Shipping Co., was under charter to the Gulf Oil company for the voyage , from the Persian Gulf to Philadelphia, where it had been scheduled to dock today. The ship’s agents here said they did not know the nationality of the crew but surmised they might be Greek. - \ The missing included all the Ship's- officers, its radio , operator and three seamen. Other ships were delayed in the stormy Atlantic. The Cunard liner Queen Mary, due Thursday radioed she would be late in arriving because of heavy seas and gale winds. ■ — / Hint Compromise In School Dispute Hint Compromise For Adams Central f’ A strong possibility of a com-< promise between the Adams county freeholders association and the Adams County Central school corporation. so that the motion for a new trial and possibility of an appeal in the Injunction suit against the school corporation lie dropped, loomed today. |j ■ No official Word was forthcoming from either group, but it is known that representatives of both the freeholders organization, which has spearheaded the drive against construction of a consolidated school at Monroe for Washington, Kirkland and Monroe townships, arid those favoring immediate completion of the building, haye held some informal conferences with a view to a conypromise. . Th® freeholders group I has lost in its court fight for an injunction and also in an effort to prevent the start of construction of one wing of the building from the cumulative building fund without the issuance of bonds. \ * Construction I>n the one wing is qnderway and if the bond issue is permitted to go through, the balance of the building can be built Within the next year, it was learned. Spokesmen for both groups, who did no| Want their names divulged, statedktoday that the two groups were not too far apart in their thinking concerning the school merger and building construction. Other informal are scheduled for the balance of this week and it is believed probable that a joint stateinent might be made following a formal agreement. ! ' * \ 1 f '

* v Price Five Cent*

Session Ends After Bitter Party Battle Reach Compromise On Issue Os Pay - Boost To Teachers INDIANAPOLIS, UP—The; Indiana legislature’s 63-day biennial session, which turned into a battle for power between two of the Republican majority, ended today after a compromise was reached on a teacher pay raise issue. \ The house quit at 11:29 a. m., three! minutes after the senate was gaveled into sine die adjournment. The legislature had stayed) in session in violation of a 61-day constitutional limit by stopping clocks and pretending it still Mras Monday night. The session went 35 hours and . 29 minutes -overtime. The chief issue deadlocking the lawmakers and preventing com- # pletion of the session on time was a SIOO a year pay hike for- 27.004 ~ Hoosier school teachers. A compromise put the money in the but left it up to local school \ units whether it is used, for salaries. ' . A bitter struggle for power in the GOP highlighted the session. , s <t was Waged between supportera and opponents of Governor Craig. The Democrats sat on the sidelines and watched almost gaily as the Republican split. Craig wanted to “realign” state government to create an 11-man cabinet-; and shuffle boards and commissions. He got little of what he asked. Senators'' iilocked his program, Craig’s fellow Repul>licans arguing It would give an "inexperienced” governor too much authority and remove too much from the legislature. Craig backers charged the senate block was political, masterminded by a faction lined up with U. S. Sens. Homer E. Capehart and William E. Jenner. , The last round in the fight ended in a draw, a face-saving compromise which gave the teachers Craig supported an extra state dividend which probably will give them a "cost of living” pay boost but denied to cities and towns a multi-million-dollar share of the alcoholic beverage gallonage tax Cratg had asked them. The compromise ended the threat of a special session and veto of the 1953-55 appropriation bills. * 1 Everybody claimed a victory— Craig, Sen. W. Van Ness of the GOP senate bloc, administration leaders in the house, and teacher representatives. ■But to seasoned observers it appeared nobody won. The compromise was merely a “face saying" solution to a deadlock which could have kept the legislators in illegal session many more days and| paved the way for a special session. The end of -the deadlock came late Tuesday night, rather unexpectedly. I Then, in the early morning hours, the legislators worked out the mechanics of the compromise and went to their hotel rooms to sleep after completing all the steps except actual signature of the big budget bill by tbeir leaders. Th|S( compromise represented a setback for Hoosier cities and towns on one issue in Governor Craig’s dispute with - the lawmakers. Craig held out for a $3,200,000 distribution the next two years to cities end towns from. /Tern so pa* e Klxht) BULLETIN UP —Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., DN. introduced a resolution today calling for the ouster of Rep. Harold H. Velde, R-111., as chairman of the house unAmerican activities committee because of his “threatened Investigation” of churches and clergymen.!