Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1953 — Page 6

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Postal Business v Reported Better Postage Sales At Local Office Higher “Business is fine and parcel post, mailings are way\ up,” says LeoJKliach, Decatur postmaster. \ Compared with a period, last year from. January 1 to March 17, this year is almost identical, eaid> Kirsch. It was; $15,802/08 then: and is $16,392.44 now, a hike ini postage purchased at the' office of ’ $590.36. The 30 employes now at the . post office, including subs, com- ; \ i pares almost identically 1 with last year at the same time, he said. Money order purchases, in general — regulations forbid Kirsch from giving the amount — are greater-than those sold last year., The postmaster said’ it indicated \ to him. that people prefer using j money orders to pay their bills than checks. ’ \ “Parcel post mailings are up.” k he observed, “even though a bill was passed in congress last year " limiting the dimensions of packages and their weight to certain specified amounts- I —no more, thaii 72 inches in length or girth nor weighing more than 49 pounds if the parcel is to be Trailed; 150 miles or less. If it’s to be mailed v more than 150 miles ; then the package\may the stales at

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more than 20 pounds.” Kirsch said this was legislation successfully pushed by commercial express an«|l lobbies and has, in ih|s estimation, backfired. To wit, the increase |4n post office mailing of packages. . Kirfich says !he attributes the rise to thb facjt that even though packages "are limited it still is cheaper; to mail via Unclb Sam than to express; items. He pointed out a'survey taken by a Wisconsin postmaster that explains the situation. \i; It showed that a package mailed from that Wisconsin postoffice costs 49 cents to Chicago as compared to the $1.57 bji express and s'2 by truck. If the package went to Seattle, Wash., the post office charges $1,29 where the express will do Jt fbr $2.45 and trucks for $8.66. I '■ Beginning April 1, advised Kirsch, the surcharge ,on secondclass mail going put ot the coffnty will go up to 29 percent from the present 10 percent being charged. He said that even with the increase the charge is so low almost tc the point of being funny. He pointed out that 1 less than $3 is' charged, including the surcharge, on a 4,009-piece trailing, which is one of the reasons, he siid, the post office department has to operate in the red. / , ' Half Million Dollar Robbery Reported Jewelry Store In Florida Is Robbed MIAMI BEACH, Ela., (UP) — Two masked bandits held up an exclusive jewelry Ahop. fired warning pistol shots and fled Tuesday night with three of diamonds possibly worth $500,000, police reported. i Detectives said the men were carefully disguised and left few clues but were; believed to have escaped; in an autoniobile with one or two confederates. Abe Taylor, owner of A. Taylor and Sons, told police the men smashed through a rear door while he, h|s wife Lillian, and their son Dona|d Were transferring the trtiys of costly brooches, rings and watches, he said, but dropped one tray as they fled. He said they drove 1 away through a rear alley. Capt, Charles W. Pierce, superintendent of detectives, said Taylor did not yet know the value of the jewelry taken but believed it would exceed $500,906. Ta,ylor held most of it on consignment, he said.j Taylor told newsmen it “will run $500,000 or better.” Pierce said his men were looking for “three or four white men” fitting Taylor’s “meager description” and their method was to “round up all known criminals of

Agreement Is Sought On New UN Secretary Russia Reported To Favor Asian To Succeed Lie UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. UP —Russia was understood ready tolay to recommend!an Asian — Mme. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit or Sir Senegal flap, both of India—'or secretary general of the United Nations. « The Soviet attitude wa? reported by reliable United Nations Sources as the Big Five powers met secretly to s9ek agreement on a nominee to succeed Trygve Lie. Russian delegate Valerian AZorin refused to comment on reports the Soviet Union was ready to recommend Pandit or Rau to succeed Lie. who resigned without date last November. "It will become clear in the meeting,” Zorin said as he enter-, ed the session in the private office set aside for the president of the security council. ! U. N' observers generally considered the new Russian tack as a 'maneuver to embarrass 1 the West and provide the propaganda material., Russian support of an Asian for secretary general was taken gs a Soviet move to establish itself as a true friend of the ol Asia. The expected Russian action would put'Western nations in the position of declining to accept a nominee from Asia or dropping choices of their own. ' Top delegates of the five Vetoholding Security Council members —the United States, Russia, Britain. France, and Nationalist China —met behind guarded doors. At a secret council session last Friday, Russia vetoed Lester B. Pearson of Canada—who is backed by Britain and France. Pearson polled nine votes against .the liane abstention. Russia's firs( recommendation. Polish Foreign Minister Stanislaw Skrzeszewski, received only the Soviet vote. Three countries opposed him and seven did not' vote, that category.” j Aside from a smashed rear door, four pistol slugs in the f|bor, a scattering of jewelry from the dropped tray and Taylor’s description of the men, Pierce said, investigators found little to go qn. . \ - —- — . J; If you have something to sell or rooms for rent> try | a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

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Pilot Killed When . Army Plane Crashes | Plane Crashes In | Southern Indiana * B CORYDON. Ind.,'UP —An invqßjation was ordered today into the cause of an air force, plabe dfash which killed the pilot apd fire to a woods on the Lawijence Brown farm in southern Harrison County. \ , I Authorities identified the pilot OT the F-47 training plane as 2nd l|tj Henry Clay Stephens, Jr., Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield, 3,0? They said he was in his- “eat- > l;f 20s” and unmarried. State police said the craft Slged to ttje ground late Tues*’ north of the Ohio river ’ hern New Boston and Laconia, y said the ‘ plane exploded, wing the pilot out and scatteYthe fusilage over a wide area? Bice and volunteer firemen ;ht the woodland blazb for e than 99 minutes before they it sufficiently under control pproach the wreckage. J 4 llitary authorities said : the lie was on a routine training from Godman air force" base Kentucky. They said the plane emshed about l\ooff. yards from thsi? Brown farm house. Cause Os. thp? crash was not determined. >: :• Stephens was a mepiber of the' 40fcth fighter bomber Wing at Godmari.' Lands Safely KVICHITA, Kan., UP A B-47 jel bomber, minus an engine that fell on a fahn near Valmeyek, 111.,, reglitned to its base Ijere and laifdeif Safely Tuesday night, base au-, thprities said today. - |“l'hree persons, two of them stucients, wore aboard the plane and none was injured,” the public information officer said. He did not name them. The plane was a B-47 n B” sixengine jet bomber, , the “second put out by Boeing Aircraft Corporation,” the information .officei Baid. ' . ifthe No. 1 engine\ tore loose fyerri its moorinjjs and fell whileth( plane was cruising at an Altltu« e of about 35,090 feet,” a base oft ;oial said. “As far as we know, thd; plane continued at that, alti-' tiiJb hnd flew here to land safely,. An*; investigation is being conductetl‘F 1 ' . ’l’he plane was on a routine “rduhd-robin” training mission. MOproe county sheriff Emil Golddel said in Valmeyer, the fallen engine was found almost coiipletely buried in a plowed fiem.!* on the German Hoffman farm three miles south of ValmeHr. sheriff said several persons in Ihe area heard a loud noise—' likj an explosion—when the pnginp hit the I ground. • “Enough was left of the engine to >ee that something hafl gone wrqhg before it fell,” Goeddel sai® I ! POSTPONE \ ; ftCoatlnard From Page Oae> < ; committee in conjunction with thd ci™ engineer and water superitb tenement. Ajl petition was filed by the McMilfbp Home Builders Corp, for twoi'street lights in the Mix addition!; specifically, at the intersectionaof North Second street and a point 590 feet south of the intersection. It was referred to' the lighjj .committee in conjunction wit mt he superintendent. The council accepted a report off Hie city planning commission approving the proposed plat of'the Straition Place addition by JohiF R, yyprthman. They also approved Ordinance annexing the land involved in this plat, an area inlimiti] of the city. unanimously approved a contract between, the citjr vllnd' the > Meshberger Bros. Stbiie! Corp., Linn Grove, to supply, and equipment Cor city *rbad work for the next year. Wilbur Petrie and Earl Caston, first! members of the industrial division of the Chamber of Commerce to attend a civic meeting to the new poMcy of the division to take active part fti city and county matters, expressed theii over the way the city council conducts itself. Tlpy jointly stated: “We approval very much of the way thq council goes about its business and gdmfre their spirited partlcß patidn in city matters that camd up a|t the meeting." ' f GHALLENGEREDS tinned From Page One) greßsion by anybody against ariybody,.for it will remove the armed strength which makes aggression' possible.” Gross remarked that “it inky seem foolish” to talk about disarmatpent while the world is rearming, but he declared that it*i« “the highest part of responsibility” to continue efforls to disarm. . .j, In Romblom, Philippines, fish mysteriously become poisonous in April apd May.. During other months, the same fish Is perfectly edible; So far no scientific explana- 1 tlon has been found.

Tough Battle Seen To Cut. ; \ "* ’ I : I Defense Cost Economy-Minded Congressmen See Rough Row Ahead WASHINGTON, UP -Economyminded congressmen' feared today recent Communist attacks on Allied planes may play hob With their drive to balance the federal budget. They said the heightened international tension resulting from the series of incidents will make it harder than ever to cut defense spending, which constitutes the lion’s share of the budget. [\ Rep. James E. Van Zandt (RPa.) suggested Russia’s main .motive for the attacks is to: goad the United States into increased defense spending. “I am now convinced that this psychological warfare is aimed directly at the Republican administration and its efforts to balance Our budget,” Van Zandt declared. “The announced intent of the Russia government is to force the American people into bankruptcy .” ' , - . !; ’ Sen. Richard B. Russell (Ga.), ranking Democrat qn the penate armed services committeei said “developments the past fewdays make it impossible to reduce our arms program.” He said some economies In defense spending may still be possible through increased efficiency and less waste. |\ But we cannot plan to make one less gun, tank or plane,” Russell . said, “and some of those items — especially planes — we probably ought to accelerate.” t I- Lovett Warning I WASHINGTON, UP — Former defense secretary ißobert A< Lovett warned the Eisenhower] administration in his last report (that it would be folly to cut- the military budget recommended by foriher president Trdman. In the face of a continuing Com- ' munist threat, hP said the United , States had nd choice but to “maintain 1 and improve” its military ppwer. There should be no relaxation, he said. Lovett's report, submitted Jan. 19 and made publie Tuesday night, called the Truman military budget of $46t309,990,000 the since the Rorean war. This figure represented the “best judgment” of military experts on what had to be spent toi meet the nation’s defense goals, ' Lovett said. He predicted it would be dangerous to cut it. Lovett, now on adviser on defense reorganization for the new administration, \ said the l a ®t six months of 1952 saw great “progress" in the nation’s military buildup. But Lovett conceded there kere "failures,” including the inability of U. S. allies in Europe to meet their 1952 North Atlantic pact defense goals in Spite of substantial gains. . Two British Pilots Killed In Air Show ■ : Display Staged To Honor Marshal Tito CAMBRIDGE, England UP — Two British jet fighters collided and crashed in flames while President Tito of Yugoslavia watched horrified at an air show in his honor. Both pilots were'killed. An Air Force officer said Tito, sensing that’ British airmen were putting their lives in danger for him, asked twice before the crash that the show be ended. But the flights kept on. j. 1 The royal air force ; staged a spectacular display, including supersonic hircraft, in\ honpr of the anti-Kremlin Yugoslav Communist leader who ip on a state visit here The weatner was extremely bad. The ceiling was only 1,009 feet because of fog. A 24-plane Meteor jet formation flashed over the field at nearby Duxford base. Two of the planes touched wings in the maneuvers. They crashed in flames five miles *way. jd Tito had been smiling at the {aerobatics. He watched intently As flames shot 500 feet in the air from burning wreckage. He sat down in his chair, his face grim. The air force informant said he tiirned to marshal of the jair force ' Lord Tedder and said: “Please do not have any more.** ? t The display was cancelled soon after, just after Tito had -stood up • again to salute the remaining 22 planes as they flew over him. . This was the second: serious plane accident connected with British air demonstrations Tito's five-day visit Three British naval planes crashed last week off Gibraltar during a salute; to the marshal a»\t»a was en route to 1 Britain. ■,J• \, ' Both Meteors crashed today a ' .■ .-.I? -

half-mile apart on a large farm about five miles from the Duxford. control tower. The pilots were killed. Visibility was about 1,990 feet at ‘the time ot the crash. As the Meteors crashed, a i Vickers-Armstrong Super-Marino Swift took off in its first public attempt to crack the sound barrjieir.j Just as the demonstration ended a plane banged through the souhd barrier. Tito was getting into his car to go to the officers’ mess for lutich at the time. 4 Grunewald Pleads 1 Guilty To Contempt Reported Ready To 1 Answer Committee \ i WASHINGTON, UP — Mystery man Henry W. Grunewald repdrteti ready today to answer the questions of a congressional committee he snubbed before. The change of heart apparently came Tuesday after he pleaded gujilty to a contempt of congress charge. Federal Judge, Alexander Holtzoff indicated the sentence would depend on his behavior in a congressional appearance. U. S. attorney William Hitz said he notified the house ways and subcommittee investigating tax scandals that he is under the impression Grunewald now is willing to talk freely. There was no confirmation from Grunewald or his lawyer. Chairman Robert W. Kean (RN. J.) said the' subcommittee sor v its part would be glad to see the “silent Dutchman” providing he realty is ready to say something. Grunewhld’s name crapped up repeatedly during the house tax scandal investigation last ■ year. Among other things, he w'as wanted kor questioning in connection with an alleged $500,099 tax shakedown'attempt. _ grunewald was indicted on 31 counts of contempt of congress for refusing even >to give his name; After failing to delay his trial on grounds of illness, he Entered a surprise guilty , plea on one count. , -q 4 , . , A: \ . ■ i \ 'I ;; . ' PROTEST ATTACK (Ceatl»tied From Page ()■«) Russia has claimed for her territorial waters is 12 miles from her 1 coastline. She made that claim in 'the incident in which she shot down an unarmed navy privateer pa(rol plane over the Baltic Sea in 1959. V -j. ' \

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George Favors Hike In Corporation Tax Fights Extension Os Excess Profits Tax WASHINGTON, UP —Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) said today a boost in regular corporation income tax rates would be better for business than extension of the excess profits tax. He said increasing the regular corporation rate from 52 to 54 percent would just dbout cover revenue lost .-by letting the excess profits levy die? 1 “I would hate ot dp it,” he told reporters, “because the regular corporate income tax rates are already too high, but I think it is the lesser of two evils.” George is the senior*Democratic member and former chairman of the senate finance committee, which handles tax legislation. Some of. his fellow senators have talked about extending the excess profits tax on corporations now due to expire June 30, because they fear the ( revenue will be needed to balance the budget. George emphasized, however.

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