Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1953 — Page 1

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Tn the above photo. - the Rev. j William C. Feller, vice-president of the Adams county" society for crippled children and adults., is shown prmenttag a check to Mrs. Blanche, Krick, business manager of the Adams county memorial hospital, as Dr. Harold F. Zwick. secretary of the Adams county medical society, looks on. The check is in payment for the oxygen-air pressure lock, also shown in th* picture, presented by Ifhe society to add to the hospital’s Equipment. , The new equipment \is designed to save infant life and establish strong, natural breathing. The oxygen-air pressure lock, purehas- , ed at a cost of $1,045. \ was developed by Dr. Allen Bloxsom, Houston. Tex.,' physician. The new principle on which thelock operates is termed as “diffusion oxygenation," and is describ-

Deadlock Over UN Secretary Finally Broken Dag Hammarskjoeld ; Os Sweden Chosen (As Lie Successor .UNITED NATIONS, N. ¥., UP— The ' surprise east-west agreement on the nomination of Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden as the second? secretary general of the Uniti. ed Nations was hailed today as a move toward new harmony and ’ effectiveness in the world organization.'' | 7 Western nations and Communist countries apparently wsre in full accqrd on the .selection * of Hammarskjoeld to replace Trygve Lie Tor the $55,0(70 a year position. The attitude of the security council toward Hammarskjoeld ended a long deadlock on the ipt- • portant secertary general issufe and indicated an end to the general tension which arose when Life was boycotted by the Russians in 1950. Lie gave the boycott as a major reason for his resignation. The security council voted 10-0, with lone abstention, to—recommend gammarskjoeld, an economics specialist and \an expert at ory ganlzatlon, to the general asseni--1 toly. His confirmation was a fore- | gone conclusion. Top U. N. diplomats said agreement on a, general secretary was -a strdng indication that east-west r '-' accord might be forthcoming now . on such standing deadlocks as admission of new members and disarmament. -* The security council urged in a ■ cable to the Swede that "in view ' of the immense importance of this. post, more especially at the present time," he agree tp accept immediately the appointment. Lie said he would turn Ithe office ova to Hammarskjoeld as ( soon as the general assembly has approved the selection. The vote, a routine matter, will t be held early next week following I - an Easter recess which starts to- [ night. | Accepts Post STOCKHOLM. Sweden. (UP)— |. • Dag Hammarskjoeld, 4 7-ye ar-old I minister without portfolio in thfe I Swedish cabinet, announced today | (he will accept the post of sec re-' ■ *ary general of the United Na- ■ tions. ,'7 \ ■ Hammarskjoeld's only qualification was that his acceptance is I conditional on his confirmation by B the U. N. general assembly to sucB ceed retiring secretary general B (Turx Te page r J

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/d as “the idea beihg that oxygen mnder positive pressure, cycled ■ between pne and three pounds at jone-minute intervals. diffuses /through the epithelium of the /smaller bronchioles and other epithelial ’ surfaces to reach the .capillary blood. The theory is that .-oxygenation thus produced, even in the presence of complete apjiea, will sustain life for sufficient periods- of time to allow the spontaneous development of respiratory activity, if it is ever going to develop.’’ A number of In this area havej the oxygen-air pressure lock in operation. They /include three Fort Wayne hospitals, the |ay county hospital at Portland, the Ball memorial hospital at Muncie and the Reid memorial b°spital a| Richmond. | Funds for purchase of this equipment; were raised by the lo-

Thursday Afternoon Closing Is Opposed ' ? ■ I < ■ r'' '■ \ ♦ ! To Discuss Matter J At C. Os C. Meeting }•< • -N ' ' £ A groups of 12 members of the Decatur Chamber qf CommCrpe, is requesting approval for retailers on the city’s iftain street to stay open for business Thursday afternoon , ( This „ will be a major point of discussion at the next meeting of the board of directors and the general ipembership of the 0C Monday night ip the rooms beneath the Mies bowling alleys, 266 North Second strefet. '7 | A spokesman in the group, who did. not wish to he quoted, said the future Competitive pow- of the city Ringed on whether the QC adopted this measure. He saw open on Thursday * afternoons as being of prime import-, ant if the City w-as to meet the Challenge of the Fort Wayne businessmen Who stay open on Wednesday nights, thus taking business away from Decatur that plight ordinarily shop in town If regular business were carried on on Thursday afterpoon. 'He said:, j | “The trend is toward greater competition in business again, unlike the wbr years when commodities were scarce and businessmen could move any merchandise they had on hand at anytime ” \ ; The Second street merchant 4aid Fort Wayne stays open on Wednesday nights to get the business from the people who get paid on Wednesdays, both in Fort Wayne and Decatur, He that Decatur businessmen, in remaining closed on Thursday afternoons, were virtually driving business away frbm town and into the shopping centers of Fort Wayne. « • Decatur is’ pot in a dictatorial position as a ‘suburli’ of Fort Wayne arid must behave as such” He also cited the fact ! that Decatur is the feounty seat of this counJ ty and is a ; favorite of farmers who could; do business here on' Thursday afternoons. He averred that Fort Wayne iherchants do not like to work amy harder or maintain any more ! Stringent Hours of business than merchants in Decatur but stay open on Wednesday nights to receive business from thd many factory workers who are paid on Wednesdays. J I $ O- | 7 INDIANA WEATHER Cloddy tonight. Cooler aoutn, : a little cooler nortn. Thu reday partly cloudy, a little warmer north. Low tonight 32,38 north, 35-42 south! High Thursday 4854 north, 52-58 south.' 17 ' I' . j ( .

cal society through the sale of Easter seals over the past several years. Any persons who hasve overlooked payment, for their seals are asked to make payment now, as the campaign officially closes Sunday. 1i ; J.. I'i Among* other activities’’ bf the Adams county society, since its organization in 19-L9, me included : furnishing' of an artificial leg, hearing aid batteries, duracillin, a wheel chair,/tuition fees and lunches for a boy at the Hanna Homestead in Fdrt Wayne, camp fees, transportation and lunches for a number of brippled children attending camps sponsored by the Indiana society. At the present time, a deaf bby is being given speech training at Ball State Teachers College at Muncie, and the society also plans to send children to camps again this summer.

Russia Backs Red Plans Io 1 End Warfare Soviet Government Supports Chinese, North Korean Plan, .n' r . MOSCOW, UP— The: government of Soviet Russia announced today it supports the proposals of the Chinese and North Korean Communists to end the Korean war ■and it prepared to cooperate fully in attaining peace. Foreign! Minister VyacheslaV Molotov said in a statementbroadcast to the world by Moscow , Radio—that he was authorized to announce his' government’s support of the Communist proposals. They are for an immediate exchange of sifk and wounded war prisoners, resumption of armistice negotiations, and the turning over to a neutral state of remaining prisoners who do not want to be repatriated. : 7 ‘The Soviet government . . . expresses confidence that' this proposal will be correctly understood by the government of the United States of America,” said. ■ He said the issue of Chinese Communist and North Korean rep- - resentation jn the L T . ht, in connection with peace moves, is a “burning question.” / L 1 ' The U. N., he said, cpuld do a great deal more if the "legal’’ Chinese representatives—the Communists —were included.! Molotov/ in his lengthy state- ' ment that an exchange of sick and wounded “must lead to they uh-i i hindered settlement of)the entire prisoner of war question and thereby, to the achievement of an ar- 1 mistice in Korea." Molotov then referred to the pffer of Chinese Communist Premier (Tarw Tw Pace six) G. E. Office Workers Vote Against Unton Office employes, at the Decatur) General Electric plant voted against union membership In the special NLRB election held yesterday* . With 25 persons eligible to vote, the result against joining a union! was “almost unanimous;” it was) learned. As a result of the election, , the office workers wilgnot be reb- , resented by any unip4 Plant workers are represented by the UE. The election was conducted by NLRB representatives and Cottrel of the Chicago national labor relations board office. i ■.7 ' .1! <'■

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General Clark | Warns Against { Undue Hopes Warns U. N. Not To Be Unduly Hopeful Over Truce Offers :l TOKYO, UP —Gen. Mark Clarki warned today the United must not expect too much or too little from the Communist offer to resume truce negotiations in Korea. (Clark’s warning came shortly.; after a half-hour meeting between U. N. and. Communist liaison of* fleers at Panmunjom. Btfth sides merely discussed the location of Red prisoner of war camps. The liaison officers did not bring up the Communist offer toi! exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war or to resume the negotiations for an armistice.' “I think this is a good time not so be too optimistic or too pesaimlstic/' Clark said at a news conference in Seoul.] || The U. N. far east commander recalled that he has been dealing with the Reds for a long tinte. hS “I never know what their j Uves are. 1 am usually in Utter .amazement.'* Army secretary (Robert T. Stevens, touring Korea with Clark tbinvestigate charges of shortages, said, "Os course we allj hope that a successful negotiation can be carried out.” The secretary urged not to "let down in their efforts! to back the Eighth army.” | Today’s 30-minute meeting was! held to discuss the location of Redi prisoner of war cani'pe, which] ■would have to be known before i an exchange of prisoners pould be; made. \ Rear Adm. John C. Daniels, 53,1 named by Clark to head the U. N.y team negotiating the exchange off the sick and wounded, arrived to-; day at the U. N. base camp at Munsan. He immediately confer-, red with U. N„ liaison officers. At a late hour today, the Com--munlsts still had not advised Unitied Nations when they want to' begih the prisoner talks. Clark, in a note sent to the Communist com-? maders Tuesday, asked them tojii set the time. I; Since the Communists themSelv-] es asked to open the prisoner ne-: gotiatlons, there appeared to be 4 no reason for a delay in starting i the actual taliks on that subjett. >. However, it ’ was believed the ( Reds be preparing a rfeply ] to Clark’s offer .to resume full, i; truce negotiations as a “second -j; order of business” after arrange- ■ • ments have been made for the prisoner exchange. . Clark said he assumed the Communists were ready to accept the U. N. stand on voluntary repatriation of prisoners or else that they ; had a constructive proposal of their own. On Monday night. Chinese premier Chou En-Lai announced over Peiping radio that the Reds were agreeable to a compromise on the. (Tara Ta Pace Flv«>

Ante* (By Rev. Robert Content, assists** pastor St. Mary's Church) EASTERj—I9S3 The message of Easter Is to;™ found in the Resurrection of ( Christ. It is the message of hOfb and faith that conquer* all things, even death Itself. Easteyireininds us that death is not the end, -but rather the beginning of eternal lite. \ There are some who say that>rp should think nothing of eternal life but aim only at well-being. Man is only an animal—there is no life beyond Mfr grave—certainly this is the opposite of the hope of Easter. We should resolve that we ate.going to carry the story of Easter with its lesson of supernatural hope wherever we goi We are going to show by our actionßgthat our hope U not id this world — with its fleeting pleasure® •— but in heaven where our ; reward -will be everlasting. We -.pfn' do this especially by bping , just end charitable to all. Easter; tells us to think beyond’the world in which we live —it reminds us to prepare for our eternal reward in heaven!

'( — j Uen-Age Marine Admits Slayings ♦Five Wanton Deaths Confessed By Youth IntBUQUE, la. UP —; A teenage marine, described afi “cleancut and gentlemanly," calmly admitted five wanton murders in four and th)pn begged police to free his "dirty blopde” girl friehdj ♦ i HuC j the love-struck girl sobbed i"t want the same punishment as he getp." Pvt. Fred E- McManui, 18, of Vallbyi Stream, N, Y., was, captured Tuesday night and signed a confession to the slayings of a Rochester. N. Y„ man Friday,, the double killing of an Illinois ccaiple' Saturday and another douihje murder at Spring Valley, aMihn., early Monday. I I'J best leave the part about sound imind out. of this,” he wrote in f his confession. McManus, one day AWOk was arrested in 'a stolen ear four miles north of Dubuque. With him Hvks Diane Marie Weggeland, the daughter of a Somerville, rtf Y., couple, and a middle-aged hitchhiker. , | f l ani just as guilty as he is,” |lfss Weggeland, who said she has Ifi years old. told police. But insisted she knew notht bf the 81ayings r heriff Rollin Hall of Du Page fetok pf Fillmore., countyj Minnesota;, Were both on their Way here io dry to get custody of the young gnkrine and return, him to their States to face murder changes, f Meanwhile, deputy sheriff* at storhesler, R. Y., were searching J'ural areas for the body of 19William Braverman, miss-, ring ■ since Friday. In his confession MioManus said he shot doWn I>#ouoi' answering Braverman s ‘Scription, buried him in a shaiWj grave 20 miles south of Roj|hos|ter and took his red-ahd-bldck kiiomobile. t M?s. Lawrence Sheffle, Diane’s tsier mother, said' at Somerville at McManus was a "veiry nice ?|ioy—clean cut, gentlemanly and fblHe.” She said she first met the Sparine Thursday night but that he |hd carried on a correspondence With Miss Weggeland for several teeks.. ; |siss Weggeland, wlho described Itself as a\ “dirty blonde,” was blue jeans and a T-shirt when atreSited. McManus first !<e- = bribed her as his I ‘? Ve started off together and K ; (Turn To Pag* six) Methodist Pastor | tions Club Speaker Il Lions last night ? heard a Holy week talk by "the Rev. Samuel pastor of the First Methddtet 5 church,\ on, the different of love and their significance during the Easter season. ® W as reported to have been very weH received by the Lionai|;Also, Ron Parrish, president of tliei service club, gave a report on tad Lions zone division meeting UH attended at Geneva this week. | I j :

Van Fleet In Testimony On Ammo Shortage Declares Supplies Below Combat Need , During His Tenure WASHINGTON UP — Gen. James A. Van Fleet said today Ammunition supplies were “below combat ' needs” ““throughout his ‘22 months in > Korea and the picture did not begin to Improve until hbout the time he retired a* eighth army commander last January. He asserted again he dtd not have even enopgh ammunition for the "limited objectives” of his mission, which was to fight a holding operation. 4 Van Fleet, who was retired from active duty in ceremcjnies here Tuesday, testified before a senate armed services subcommittee investigating past\ shortages of ammunition, on the Korean, battle front. I J ; The general said he learned of ammunition shortage shortly taking command of the eighth army In April, 1951. His United Nation* fortes tried, to repaptufe Seoul but were stopped short. The Comifiiirasti ? retfllatM with a drive of thdif own In May and in turn Were stopped by the U. N. ; In both drives, Van frleet said, a lot pf ammunition was shot up and he began making daily reports on the situation to U. N. headquarters in Tokyo. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, now Atlantic pad eommandet In Europe, | was ther| supreme Far Eastern commander. “The fact IS, you made daily reports on ammunition and tbe situation did not begin to Improve until you were about td leave?” Sen. Harry F. Byrd DVa. asked. “Yes, it was below combat needs," Van Fleet- said. “But 1 understand that today it i* very satisfactory.'! ; Sen. Robert 0. Hendrickson RN. J. asked Van Fleet whether his ammunition supplies in Korea were sufficient for the “limited objectives” of his Korean mission. "No sir," Van Fleet said. “That (Tin To six) '■ * X I.V ’ -■ ' Essex Sworn Info Office As Capital Decatur Man Takes Over Highway Post INDIANAIPOUS, UP-HNlne men took the oath of office today and started, in their new state jobs. Attracting the most sthtehouse attention was the swearing in of Dan C. Flanagan, Fort Wayne, as an Indiana supreme court justices. The oath was administered jn the court chambers by former Gov, Ralph F. Gates. Flanagan, a Republican, succeeds Judge Paul Jasper, who resigned to take a public utility job. Jasper was the only Democrat elective official left intthe statehouse after last November’s election. , New members of the State highway commission and 'board of corrections took their oaths in Governor Craig's office. The ceremonies were performed by Appellate Court Judge John K; Kendall. Highway 'Commissioners are Albert Wedeking, Dale, Harry Essex, 'Decatur, and Herschel Wray, Union county. Members of the board of corrections are' Hugh O’Brien, South Ben, Arthur Campbell, Indianapolis, and Ralph Howard, Greencastle. Appellate Court Judge Dewey Kelley administered the oath to M. Elliot Belshaw, Hammond, new state public service commissioner, and supreme cjurt judge James A. Eknnfcsrt A. North. Indianapolis, dOftnan of the employment security division’s review board.

Tragedy Narrowly Averted Here Today Four Occupants Os ♦ Home Are Overcome A near tragedy was averted in Decatur today, at the George Flanders residence qn South Third street, when Mrs, Fred Smith, a neighbor, visited tihe residence and found all four of the occupants in a semi-conscious condition. A physician was summoned and - Mrs. Georgy Flanders, Mr. and Mrs. - Hugh Law/ehce, Peru, and Carlisle > Flanders Were removed from the * home, where gaseous fumes were - detected/ \ ' \ i A thorough inspection of the house was underway this afternoon t to determine the exact cause of the r donditton which caused the illness- - es. ♦ The physician who was summoned stated that the condition of i none of the four affected by the ? fumes was Critical. 1 i Mrs. Flanders and her daughter - and son-ln.-law, Mr. and Mrs. Law- - rence. were taken to* the Fred el Smith home across the street affd Carlisle Flanders was removed to f the Black residence at the comer y ot Adams and Thii/1 streets. four were conscious at noon ■ today but all were still under the care of the physician. d No report as to tbe cause of the fflfWcMent was forthcoming late this y afternoon and Inspectors did not r know whether the fumes were from the furnace or a sewer. No one was I, permitted to enter the Flanders j house following the incident. \

j ■ f : Decatur Residence Hit By Lightning r Norman Treon Home Hit This Morning A bolt of lightning this morning at 1:45 o’clock hit: the Norman Treon house, 357 Stevenson street, and proceeded to k wreck havoc in the electrical wiring of jhe structure in addition to splintering all four corner posts. No tire resulted and the fi’re department was not called. Treon said all the light bulbs in the fixtures were blown right out of their sockets, three large holes were burned in the bathroom and a number of light switches were knocked out of the walls. > The television antenna rotor was also split wide open, said Treon. Treon said he was asleep when the bolt struck and didn’t hear a thing. His daughter awoke him and he found himself splattered with fragments, of glass from the light bulbs and the house was choked with smokq from the burned wiring the lightning used as a He said the antenna wire was struck and the high currents traveled down through the guy wires snpBsrting it and got intol the house, esidqs the other damage he named, the telephone was knocked out the television set put out of commission, how bad he didn't say. No one was injured but Treon said there were some frightened people at the Treon house. His home was the only one reported struck during the storm last night. Public Schools Are Closed For Vacation Decatur public School? were dismissed this afternoon until next Monday morning for the annual Easter vacation. There will be no classes Thursday or Friday at Decatur high school or ai Lincoln grade school, it was announced by superintendent W. Guy Brown. i Retail Stores Close During Three Hours Decatur retail stores will be closed for three hours Good Friday from noon to 3 p.m.. according to Oahmber of Commerce president Ralph Hahegger.

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i v ■ / -’I \ ’ - * - Overwhelming Vote Cast In Favor Os Bill Bill • As Senate Debates Its Own Version WASHINGTON, UP — The house todhy Overwhelmingly passed and sent the senate a bill granting coastal states clear title to offshore lands out to their historic boundaries. The roll call on final passage w’as 285 to 108. | Voting for the bill were 188 Republicans and 97 Democrats. Against it were 18 Republicans, 89 Democrats and Rep. Frazier Reams (Ind-O;) - The bill was passed after the house batted down, in a 283- to. 106 roll call vote, a move to send it back to coqantittee. House passage came as the senate opened debate on its own version of the jso-called "tidelands” legislation, j 5 ► Both bills Would carry out Pres- ’ ident Eisenhower’s campaign promise to Infra t* tbe states submerged lands within their boundaries. Congress twice before passed bill* to do this, but they t were vetoed by. former President Truman.

The present bills would confirm federal jurisdiction over the continental shelf beyond state boundaries. The house bill would provide specific authority for federal development iqf oil resources there but the senate -bill would leave that question for later legislation. ; The senate and house already are agreed on another point—that President Truman's executive order setting aside all the submerged lands as a naval petroleum reserve should be revoked. Both bills would put state limits \in so-called tidelands at three mil£#'from their coasts or to theii- “historic boundaries,” whichever is farther out. It -does not specify whgt those boundaries are. but in the qjase of'Texas and west Florida the boundary is recognized as three leagues, or 10% miles. The continental shelf extends at some points as much as, 150 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico. Most of this area would remain under federal control., Oil leases already granted by states in the federal area would A 'be recognized by the government, but the lessee would be required to pay the government extra, royalties equal to revenue how fcoing to the states. Rotarians T<> Meet Earlier Thursday Thursday’s weekly meeting of ttie Decatur Rotary club will be started earlier in order that members may also attend chutch services. Meeting time will be 6:15 o’clock, and all members are asked to note earlier starting time. Dr. Louis Warren, of the Lincoln Foundation of the Lincoln Life Insurance Co., Fort Wayne, an authority on the life of Abraham Lincoln, will be the guest Speaker. —_—_ . Citizens Telephone Officers Reelected At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Citizen’s Telephone Co. Tuesday night at tho company offices; the same panel of officers was [confirmed for another year. fThey are: Charles Ehfnger, president; Leo Yageh, chairman of the board; S. E. Hite, vice president; C. E. Bell, treasurer; and Arthur E. Voglewede, secretary and general counsel. The board of directors have held their positions since 1950. Present, ‘ in pereon or by proxy, were representatives of 22,359 of the 30,(MW shares of the utility.