Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 80,

' " rl "V! ' '«'!■" I ■'■■■ I ' ' Back To Work For Peace At Panmunjom • ■ f i J ’ 1 r . R” — wJRI - SHHOd , < ■ ' f 1> ts ~ oH : JBMB <s -* .■• f UlKt g mH ....... r . WIXb THE DOVE OF PEACE fluttering in the offing. representatives parade into the conference headquarters for Conferences ,\with United Nations representatives. Nearby, a “Mercy City” of medical facilities was being erected in anticipation of release of wounded and seriously ill U. N. troons npw POWs of the Reds. •

Stage Set For Talks Monday On Exchange Allied Team Named j**To Seek Exchange Os War Prisoners TOKYO UP —The stage was set today for the start Monday of crucial Panmurfjom negotiations for the return o*f sick and wounded prisoners of the Korean war. Rear Adm. John C. Daniel, head of the Allied team for the talks* on the repatriation of sick and wounded, pamed the four officers he will take with him to Panmunjom. Tljje new Allied ’team will try i to make satisfactory arrangements for the return to thei»* homelands of t!he ailing POW’s and possibly the resumption of full armistice talks to end the Korean fighting. At Munsan preparations Were rushed to receive the sick and wounded —possibly within the next two weeks. _ / Named to serve Daniel were: Col. wlliard B. Carlock. Galveston, Tex. senior: U. N. liaison officer; South Korean Col Lee So Yohng, Col. H. M. Orden, Dunn Center, N.D., and U.S. Navy Cmdr. James E. Shew, Gojdendale, Wash. American matine engineers hurried construction of “Freedom Village"—the first home of the Allied prisoners from the Red POW-camps in North Korea. The Communists were \believed constructing similar forward hospitals. ‘An Allied officer said he had heard reports the Riads had cleared an area Olose to Kaesong for construction of a processing center. "V ' / There was definite hope here as the time approached for the historic talks that American and other Allied prisoners conceivably could f>e heading for home in two weeks if the V.N. and Communist pegotiators agreed/ on . the exchange. i . Close observers believed that U.N. delegates did not expect the prisoner exchange talks to bog down in lengthy debate on minor details as have truce talks in the past. \ Allied officers were represented as cautiously feeling the talks Would\ proceed swiftly and efficiently unless the Communists were acting in bad faith with their peace overtures. . \ ■ V Little argument was expected on the numbers of sick and wounded prisoners to be exchanged. Each side, it was believed, would merely" exchange lists of the ailing POW’s in accordance with the Geneva convention. It was believed possible lists of s prisoners held by each side could (Tors Ta Pom* Six) j County Review Board Is Named By Judge Appointed to the Adams county board of review by Judge Myles F. Parrish are Miss Florence Holthouse, Democrat, and Dick Republican, it was announced today. The board of review will meet this year during June for the purpose of receiving any complaints against assessments levied during' the current; period of assessment, due to run until May 15. Allowance for the board of review la |8 a day. The board convenes each morning at 8 o’clock for 30 days;

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T~ ■.... jv ■ . ' ' - Working On State Roads In County Improvement Work Started By State' An intensive state road resurfacing and improving program on roads 101',' 118, 124 and \llfr in Adams county was started this a week, True Andrews, sub-district state highway, superintendent, has announced. / Work of resurfacing uJ.S. highway 33 frqm the south corporation line of Decatur to the Ohio, state line also has/started under'private contract, it was announced- Meshberger Co. of Linn drove has the V-S. 33 contract. A mat surface will be constructed on state road 101 from state road 124 to U.S.' highway 224. east of Decatuis and a’seal wilfbe placed on the black top on state road 101 frrim U.S. 224 on north to the Allen county line, Andrews announced. State road 124 : west from the town of Monroe also will be sealed early this spring and at Geneva, state Toad 1116 will be sealed from the Ohio line west to the Wells county line. „ At Bernd state road 118 west to U.S. highway number 1 in Wells county will be sealed. The work has started and will continue until the improvements have been made on all the roAds, the new superintendent said. Other .patching ; and resurfacing work also will be continued ahd similar work is being done on the state roads in Wells.and Huntington counties under supervision of Andrews, who has charge of state roads in the. three coun'tieS. \ . Andrews said that all sub-district and district superintendents would join other state highway officials, county commissioners, surveyors and county road superintendents at the annual road school at Piir.due [Starting next Monday. *• Addresses are scheduled on road construction and maintenance and numerous manufacturers will have displays; at the school. * . For the last several years Adams county's portion of state roads has been neglected and Andrews has started a “catching up” so the secondary roads will be in good condition before the hea#y summer traffic. ~ The part of state road 101 which is to be matted, which is the placing of a tar and gravel top on the road, is a gravel road at present. After the mat has been completed and worn down, then a seal will be placed on top. The sealing process is to protect the improved highway and it also removes the irregularities and bumps. !> Andrews’ first job after he took charge of the tri-county road district was to patch Second street in Decatur, where winter weather had played \ its usual havoc with the (Tarn Tn F««e Six) August Counterman Dies This Morning \ August R. Counterman, 85, former Decatur resident, died at 7 a.m. today at the K. of P. home in Lafayette following a heart attack. His wife, the former Mary Arnold, preceded him in death. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Gerwig of Ossian; two soils, Curtis of Wheatom 111., and Berlin of Lafayette, and seven grandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted at a.m. Monday at the Jahn funeral horn* in Bluff ton, the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 Sunday.

United Slates Warns Against Over-Optimism 1 I I ■ Warning On Dangers Involved In Reds' t v Campaign Os Peace 'WASHINGTON UP — The United States stepped up its campaign today to warn free world against Jetting down its defenses in the face of. the cascading “peace” moves of world Communism. High administration officials expressed deep concert that opti-’ niism over for an eariy end to east-west tension? was running far ahead of events. They emphtsized the Soviet goal of eventual world domination had not changed. Their warning of the dangers involved in the Red campaign were coupled with a willingness to encourage the Communists to make good on their peace moves — if they really are that. President secretary of state John Foster Dulles and other headers held their optimism to check pending tests of Red intentions in Korea and other trouble zones. Sen. Alexander Wiley R-Wis. reflected the general mood of congress in commenting on another Communist surprise — the acquittal and release of the nine Kremlin doctors accused recently of plotting the deaths of Soviet leaders, ‘\These new acts cannot chuse uc to forget the Kremlin’s past actions and conduct,’ he said. .. We must have more realistic demonstrations of peaceful intentions by the Kremlin . . . before we shall fee]l a change of heart has taken place." Dulles and Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, chief of staff to European commander Gen. Matthew B, Ridgway, opened the campaign to question openly the soft-sohndinig talk coming from Moscow and ' other Red capitals. J 1 Dulles , told a pews conference Friday “nothing that has happened, or which seems to me likely to happen, has changed the baste situation of grave danger in which we stand.” H,p said it must lie remembered Soviet Union leaders are/‘deeply hostile” to the free world and they do not recognize any “moral inhibitions against the use of violence. “That, however, does not prevent accommodations from t|me to time which may be useful if, but only if, |hey do not blind us to the persistence of the danger,” Dulles said. i The secretary challenged the Reds to exchange and wounded war in Korea, write a final armistice to the war and permit an Austrian treaty. But evert then he stressed that danger would not be ended sb that the United States would require “neier armament nor our allies.” Gruenther said Moscow was making “a major effort to isolate the United States from its allies.” He said the current Soviet move may be “legitimate or it may not.” This was a reflection of the official attitude that the Reds may be trying to trick the west into dropping its guard. ' i jj uV . % \ Noon Edition —iip/

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Decatur, Indiana, Satun by,. April 4, 1953.

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Rail, Rubber * Strikes End Early Today Crippling Strikes Ended But 10,000 GE Workers Out I 'i'wo crippling strikes affectins some 85,000 workers jn the steel railroad hnd rubber industries emi| ed early i today. ' I - , ' '■» But another strike, got underwaj when about 10,000 CIO elecfrica workers were called off their job! at the electronics plant of the Gen* eral 'Electric Co. in Syracuse, N. Yj Representatives of the U nidd Railroad Company, a U. S. Steel subsidiary,fand the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reached agree! ment aL 2:140 a.tn. e.s.t. after near*! ly 62 hours of almost continuous! negotiation with federal mediators I ■Employes of five ma joy U. sjj Steel Corp, ts began returnin’.! to work on the morning shift. Thcj plants had closed when the rail! strike dried up their supplies. j Nearly 50,000 workers had been; idled, byithe strike Os 1.500 BRT members in protest to the suspension of taro conductors for leading! an alleged “slowdown.? • * Under the agreement the union took 'ull blame for the strike. Ift was agreed the \two conductors! were at fault, but SIBB which had been deducted from their pay was returned. They will return to work under a 30-day trial period to 'fully demonstrate |heir slipport of the* agreement.” Representatives of 35,000 CIO; rubber workers and the United States Rubber Co. agreed on a new contract, ending a two-day strike at 19 company plants across IM P»K» Six) ■ - Annual Elks Easter Party On Sunday F The public Is invited to attend, the annual Easter egg party at the Decatur Elks hOme on. North v Second street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The annual hunt, for children up to 12 years of age, will probably be fprced indoors because of heavy rains this wdek. Two giant live rtfbbits will entertain the children, and myriads of gifts will be presented. There will be 60 dozen colored eggs for distribution. George LaUreut is chairman of the program. '

'fftedctatcoti _) ■ . ' Hr i (By the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt Zion Lutheran Church) COMPLETE |n JESUS ' / : V • ■ \ ' . ' “Ye are complete in Hfipi.” Coloesians 2. 10 ',• ■ , Today. Quiet Saturday, we to the close of these "Lenten Meditations. Roir the past six wegkjs we daily have reached into . various parts of the 'Word bf> Godsfor instruction and guidance. Now, ae we lock back to gain a perspective of the truths we have 1 considered, it is apparent that Jehus Christ is the answer to \ every need of Jhe immortal soul, t&feVery cry of the human heart. “Ye are complete in Him,” In Him, Whose love divine, all love excelling compelled Him to go to (lie Cross for our redemption, in | Him wqi are complete. All that Ms required for our salvatioji i I has beett accomplished by our God-man Savior, , In Him we have a complete fprgiveness, complete reconcilia- i tion with God. “The blood of JesSi’Christ, His Sori, cleanseth us \ from all sin." 1 John 1,7. We heed not supplement it with a righteousness of our own. |h; |, in Him we have power to ri®|from sin and to walk in the newness of life. “The life’ I now live-in the Geeh I live by the faith of the Son of God Who loved me lihd gave Himself for me.” Gal. 2, 10. M; || > In Him we have peace with GM and peace within our hearts. j "The God of hppe fill yon with all? joy and peace in believing.” 1 Rom. 15, 13. ' -S|| y ■ I V In Him we. have strqpgth thatgii adequate for ehery task and ' experience in life. “My grace is sdjsciSnt for thee." 2 Cor. 12, 9. In Him we have the more abundant life here, and the blessed assurance of eternal life with HlJxflS heaven. 1 It te the living, death-conquering, all-glorious Savior, the God- 1 man Jesus Christ Who promises: am the Resurrection and the 1 Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he > live. And whosoever liveth and teblievth in Me shall never die." 1 John 11, 25-26. ( Jesus, my Shepherd, Guardian, Friend, I My Prophet, Priest, and king, , j ' My Lord, my Life, my Way, my Fnd. i ! Accept the praise I brigg. ‘ I ' 1?

srW [ ——————— (Rare Art Treasures Recovered By G-Men p** . ' V X Treasures Stolen At i Kentucky Cathedral \ CHICAGO UP — Renaissance ]«\t treasures, stolen from a Ken- : tjiicky cathedral and recqvered in | a raid here by G-men, included may be “one of the rarest pointings in the world," an art exI said today. U.? The nine religious oil paintings I tedpvered by °the FBI Friday are irobably worth more than $675,000, aid Daniel Catton Rich, director f the Chicago Art Institute. I'-. .The canvases included the “De- ; ftcent of the Holy Ghosf ’ by the Flemish master Jan van Eyck, who served as court painter to Philip we duke of burgundy, in the |sth Century. Rich, who was not allowed to examine the paintings, , staid it might be worth $500,000 ii'lone and was certainly “one of |the rarest paintings in the world."' I The paintings, were stolen Nov. |j2, 1952 from St. Joseph’s CatheMral at Bardstown,. Ky. Arrested in with the thefts were ■ J. 'Krestske, 47," a former j Assistant U. S. attorney, and Gus Manotelli, 52, A ship steward. j * They were seized in a downtown parking lot. Four of the paintings kfere found rolled up; in the truiik i - their auto. Five other masterpieces were recovered in an uni disclosed Chicago location with inI formation from a New York art ’ FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, who a|i announcement of the arhats *trpM Washington, would not identify the New York dealer. pThe Rt. Rev. James H, Willett, pastor of the St. Joseph’s Cathe- ! jral said both he and his parish- ; oners Were overwhelmed by-the Icovery. He said the rectory tele-. ; 'Sone jangled all night with Calls fiom excited persons w>ho .had ®jfard the good news. ' Iy’*Thank God we have the paintIgs back—it is a most w’onderful gift." the priest said, tTlfe stolen art treasures included 'the Flaying of St: Bartholomew" . !®y the 17thjCentury master Peter ! *|u.l RubCns. “Coronation” by i pointer Esteban' Murillo pd “In maculate Conception" by djeob Hast. The other five works f>Cre~lerser artists and were not dentifie*! by the FBIL. JuKline Weatherford, > agent in liarge cf the FBI Chicago office, that one other man and two ramen were' being questioned ni ae case but #ere not arrested.’* .<• OCretske w-as assistant U.S. attbr'M (Torn To P«»e Utx,

Doctors Freed Os Charges By Soviet Russia Physicians Charged With Plotting To Kill Leaders Freed MOSCOW, UP — The stew- So viet government, indicating confidence in its own strength, announced 'today the exoneration and release ,of a group of doctors “falsely” arrested for {plotting against the lives of top Soviet leaders under Josef Stalin. All persons responsible for the “wrongful" arrest and accusation have themselves been jailed and “are held criminally jresponsible.’T ' Western observers felt the exonerating and freeing of the doctors, six of them Jews, was the boldest the nlew government has taken since premier Georgl M. Malenkov took office one month ago. Observers said they were impressed by the readiness of the new- government to repudiate and publicly admit the errors of government investigating authorities in such an important case. Today’s announcement said that 51 doctors had bee released. The Jan. 13 announcement of the arrest of the doctors nanied only nine, including the six Jews. Howbver, today it was said ail 15 had been exonerated ’ and - released. ; A decree which awarded a woman doctor, Lydia Timashuk, the Order of Lenin for her help in “exposing" the doctors was cancelled, the announcement -by the ministry of internal affairs said. London sources believed' the government action might be the of a purge of members of the former security ministry headed by V. S. Abakumov. Abakumov’s arrest previously has been rumored. ' | The London sources, however, "did nbt' believe it indicated any split between Malenkov and Lavrenti Beria, Soviet No. 2 man who noyt heads the combined interior and security ministries. The British sources suggested the announcement might mean the end of the Soviet’s anti-Semitic (Tarn To Pane Six) Winners Are Listed For Essay Contest ■ J Legion Auxiliary Sponsors Contest Winners in the Americanism essay contest sponsored by \ the American Legion auxiliary have been announced by Miss Margaret Eiting, Americanism chairman. The winning essay has been /submitted to the district. The contest’s chief purpose was to have the children study and discuss what Americanism means. ! This year’s essay title dealt with "The Survival of our Liberties.” Half of the points were given for the originality and content of the essay. No name or school head appeared on the material. The winners are as follows: senior high school, Ist prize. Miss Mary Lehman of Monmouth high school; second, Miss Lois Wood. Decatur high school, and third, Mias Faith Ann Settlage of Monmouth. Honorable mention went to Jeanette Blake and Donna Schieferstein, both of the Monmouth school. ■ Junior high winners are. first prise, Miss Karen Sue Allison, a student from the Luckey school; second. Miss Mary Frances Beck* meyer, and third prize, Miss Rita Mendez, both from the St. Joseph Catholic school. Honorable mention: Lawrence Ehinger and Caro-' lyn Heimann, both of St. Joseph's school. Judges wero .Edward Jaberg, Severin Schurger and Lewis L. Smith.

Former Romanian King Carol Dies Heart Attack' Fatal . For Former Ruler LISBON, Portugal UP —Exiled Kiijg Carol of Romania, 59, died of a heart attack early today while chatting in his seaside villa with j a doctor friend and the woman whb cost him his throne. Death came suddenly as the former monarch was talking to Dr. Mattos Taquenha and Magda Lupescu—Carol’s red-haired wife who was a junk dealer’s daughter. w|ien he met and wooed her in the 1920’5. Servants at the villa in suburban Estoril said Carol had shown no signs of illness Friday night. His last public appearance was on Tuesday when he attended memorial services in LisAran for the“late Dowager Queen Mary of Britaih. is Carol and Magda, who shocked European royalty by living as husband and wife some 20 years before they married, had spent several years here, in quiet but luxurious retirement. Much of Carolls income was said to come from Portuguese oil holdings. They were not wed until 1947 when Magda was believed near death from anemia at a Rio Janeiro hotel. Carol’s survivors include his son, former King Michael. 34. who lives In Switzerland with his Wife, the former Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. \, F u . Cwol would have been 60 next Oct. 16. We was born in 18193, son of Prince Ferdinand, later king of Romania, and Princess Marla of Coburg. From an early age lie loved beautiful women more than royal power, and in 1918 scandalized the Romanian court by eloping with the daughter of an artillery major. The niarriage later was annulled. and in I&ZL Carol, then crown pHnce, married Princess Helen of Greece. Michael, their son, was born seven months after the wedding. < Sortietime between 1822 and <T«r» To Pace Six) Decafur To Observe Easter Sunday Here Church Services To . Feature Observance ,« The glory of the Resurrection of Christ will be hailed' by Decatur churches in special services tomorrow. Easter Sunday. All churches of-the city have ar-, ranged special services during tpe day. A union Easter sunrise service for the youth of the city, sponsored by the Associated Churches, will be held at 6 o’clock at the Church of God. Thg speaker will be William Brentiinger, a student of Adrian College, and special music will be provided by Robert Boat, Alan Lehman, Jim Rowley, Jack Lawspn, Jean Ann Potts, Dorcas Sautblne. and Lois Strahm. All youth of Decatur are invited. The Easter high mass will be said at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with three other masses to follow. A suprise service will be held at the Zion Lutheran church at 6 o’clock in addition to the regular worship services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. On the lighter side, the feature will be the annual Elks egg hunt at the lodge home on North Second street at 2 p.m.' Np rain is, predicted by the weatherman to mar the usual Easter parade qf new finery, with fair to partly cloudy and continued cool weather forecast INDIANA WEATHER ' \ Mostly fair south and central portions and partly cloudy extreme north ton Kjht. Continued coal tonlpht and Sunday. Sunday fair to partly cloudy. Low tonlpht 3036. High Sunday 56 north, 55-60 aauth.

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Turkish Sub ; And Swedish Ship Collide Hope Abandoned For 35 Os Men Caught In Sunken Submarine , A ISTANBUL, Turkey UP — Sev-enty-five men were trapped at the bottom of the Dardanelles Strait today in a Turkish submarine which collided with a Swedish freighter. Hope was abandoned ' for 35 of them. An , American destroyer with divers aboard was racing to the rescue Forty of the submarine crewmei were huddled in a watertight compartment in the back part of the vessel, in telephone contact with surface. Their oxygen supply was fast running out. They said there was no hope tor . 35 of their comrades caught in the forward part of the submarine . which was smashed in the collision. _ t The submarine is the 1,526-too. t ocean-going Dumlupinar, the \ mer American Navy Bumper vfhich ? was turned over to Turkey. It was r returning from maneuvers, on the » surface, when it collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland. s The Dumlupinar sank in 197 feet > of water. , There were 81 men aboard the * f ship. Six of them were thrown overboard in the collision. Five of these were saved,, including tba submarine commander. One died. The remaining 75 were trapped in the ship. The United States destroyer Hawkins was racing toward the scene, at the eastern end of the Dardanelles. Aboard it were divers, submarine rescue exj>erts and surgeons. Vice Adm. Richard E. Cassidy, commanding American naval forces in the area, radioed the comrnander in chief of the Turkish navy: “All forces of the U. S. sixth fleet are at your disposal. Sending the destroyer Hawkins front Istanbul to the scene with Admiral Hughes in command.” , The men trapped in the after compartment of the submarine! managed to get a buoy to tho surface, with a telephone line attached, and thus Were able to maintain communication. ’-U It was reported Capt Oscar Lorenzon, commanding the 4,000ton Swedish freighter Naboland > with which the submarine collided, was put under arrest by Turkish authorities. ~ The Naboland was en route to Greece, the port of Athens with a crew of 40, when it collided with the Dumlupinar. The collision occurred about 2 (Twrw Ta Pace stx> VFW To Install Officers Monday Post, Auxiliaries To Install Officers | Recently elected officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their auxiliaries will be installed ' in a joint meeting at the VFW home on North Third street at 8 o’clock Monday evening. All members are urged to attend the meeting. Eats and refreshments will be provided following the meeting by Clarence Weber, retiring commander. The new VFW officers who will be installed Monday are: Leslie Hunter, commander; Clarence Hook, senior vice-com-mander; Don Burke, junior , vicecommander; Harry Martz, quartermaster; Leoniel Davidson, assistant quartermaster; Larry Jennings. chaplain; Severin Schurger, judge advocate; Dr. Arthur H. Girod, surgeon; Orrin Stulls; Edward Vbglewede and Clarence Weber, trustees; Then. Baker, Don Wolfe and Ronnie Ballard, ,h©use committee.