Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 82.

E g g JR o 1 ling 1 A gain _____. _ \ H Mm BFZ * F j&d I M l.<* Jb RRbIl ljU99 jk m W.. jp> : M?r J *>&•; - I "''-WF --I IhL - '".i? IN THE FIRST White House egg-rolling event since the beginning of World War? 11. President Eisenhower holds Migrant! daughter, Barbara, in his arms as of children and their parents swarm the lawh. \ ■ A ft !’ . ’ ; ,\ '.• . '

jj I.'t -y ' . ' ;, ’ ' - ' 10 Communist Planes Hit By U.S. Sabrejets •»' ‘ \ ‘ A i v Ground War Erupts In New Fighting In Eastern Sector SEOUL, Korea.UP — American Sahrejets destroyed or damaged Kt MiG’s today and on the ground \ Chinese and South Korean troops fought bitterly for control of a Strategic eastern front outpost. < “ Flights of Sabres streaked across MIG Alley in northwestern Korea to block off Red attempts to interrupt if N. fighter-bomber attacks on road and rail links in the Communist supply systenl. , The F-86’s shot down two Rus\ sian built MIG-Is’s ' 'probably de- . stroked one and damaged sevnn others. I It was the first time since Saturday the Sabres «have found MiG's willing to fight, It .was their biggest toll of enemy jets in C|o veeks. The ground was erupted in new fighting in the eastern sector. South Korean and Chinese troops traded control of an important outpost east of the Pujchan River four times today. The. Chinese Won the latest round in the battle for the position, which first began Sunday when the Reds - captured it from its ROK defenders. V A flurry oj minor fights flared since then. Early today, the ROK’s j recaptured it but aPnidst immediately the Chinese ? won it back. Late today, the South Koreans stormed the hill, using rifles, grenades and machineguns. They forced the Chinese to retreat in a one Hour battle, i The Chinese drove back up th* slopes at 6 pan. in what the Eighth •Army called a “very intense” fight. ; ■ It was the bitterest ground fighting along the front. Elsewhere, American Marines battled four time's near Panmunjom with Red patrols, lost two small outposts' but regained them later. At the far eastern tip of the front, South Korean infantrynVeri hurled back 150 Korth Koreans at* tacking Anchor Hill before dawn, Wh/le- the" Sabres were Winning new battles with the Reds along the Yalu River, U. N. figfiterbomb- 1 ers followed up night bomber atf tacks with more raids on enemy bridges, rail lines 1 and other targets. F-84 Thunderjets flew to within 12 miles o£- I Manctftiria to attack ' a key rail line, destroying 20 box- ■ cars and ripping up rails on the Sinuiju - Namsidpng route. Other s|ruck“at a transformer station and eight rail bridges near Chinnampc in western Korea. r L .— — ' Winners Os Essay Contest Announced Winners in the annual essay contest sponsored by the ladies auxiliary of the Veterans of For* eign Wars post of this city, were announced today. - Rita Heimann won first place honors,, Joyce Loshe second and Marcella Gillig third. All are students of Decatur Catholic higlh school. These winning essays have been; entered in the district contest. 4 Theme of this year’s contest is is what we make it."

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No Action Taken On 1 Store Hour Problem A. i ’ 1 L rIJ ' A 4 ‘v- I 5 Monthly Meeting Is < Hel(| By C. Os C. I ■ ■!. 1 '■ •' Th? monthly meeting of the Chamber; of Commence last night at th? Mies Bawling Alleys saw a turnout bf 65 members, all interestediina|,nly in the talk c|n Second street alioui changing stdre hours for one nightVof the week. In |ieu,;t>f/the absence of Ralph Habegger, president of the CC, away: at another meeting, CC board second vice-presidept \ Ron Parrikh took the' position of |>arliamehtas'iy head and guided the The: fa<|t that the chamber was tn financial straits was yuny down once ihore, ds in the last meklng, but this! dime backed up with figures by William Lose, Jri, treasurer. Who informed the group that during the last fiscal year the chamber spent $350 more than it had taken in-—that not counting the cashing in of a $788.55 bond. Lose Jtold them the chamber expended $7,449 in that time. Paryish named delinquent membership dues as the major fault of the headaches and warned) that ’ only members in good standing, only t*h)ose jpaid up to date, would have any ih major policy makihg of the chamber in the future. \ Dale Morrissey. . hairman Os the retail committee of i th? board/ of directory, gijd would have )?to be cqordin;ftion in the board <>f directors and general meinber- ; ship in (solving many of the prob;Jems —he| na ped store hours as being No), 1 that beset .ber, andi lauded open; discussion as way of accomplishing that end. : After in hour and a, halt of fragmentary discussion including a possible amateur contest during the strem* festival' to be held in iMay. a talk by Lane Brel'lbnstein«£ it representative ,bf the Fort Wdyne Better Business bureau. telling the. businessman h<|>w miieh mtjhey they waste each yeAr by: layi ig themselves piiey •■ju> i phony! rtioney-ralsing schemes by racketeering so-called Charity groups—-a voice finally threw okit the’ reason most of the persons present nhowed up—the discussibn of store hours. . w J Partish asked for a vote by a show of hands jiist who thought things *wbre alright the way they are. Sik persons of the 65 showed themselves but the vote was later denounced as strictly unofficial \ ’ ’ ) Jack Gordon of the Western Auto' Store took the floor, he said| ih behalf of the retailers on Second street who had bqen ghinkipg of a schedule change-, and 1 told the group that the point to keep in mind was to please the. customers who come into the stbres and not the shopkeepers themselves. He suggested the retailers slay open one extra, evening of the week, besides Saturday, and particularly if a holiday fills during the week. He averred that Van Wert, 0., adopted this policy as a matter of icoume and carried on no discussion on speculation in the matter. [ ! Kenneth Shannon, of the MillerJohes shoe store leaped to the defense •of Gordon’s pronouncements and added a yarning -that Deqatur wouid be on its way downhill if she did not adopt a different policy in her jjuisiness. that of pleasing customers arid\ staying open for the ,bon|venience\of them rathtTuri Te p»«e El««t) h / ! ~ V ■ '.l'''

Urge’Spending By Government Be Reduced. Committee Sees Sufficient Cuts . Jo Reduce Taxes WASHINGTON UP 4fhe committee for economic development said today government spending “Can and Should be cut enough” sb that excess profits and indivual income taxes reduced on schedule. , Under present Jaw/Jh? excess profits tax is to expire June 30, income taxes Woyld djtop about .16 pex* cent beginning/' next Jan. 1, and corporate levies would be reduced 10 per cent next April 1; President ElsenhoWer has said tax revenues not be reduced until! the budget is balanced. GED is a private nbn # profit economic research organization. In a statement on “tax and expenditure policy for 1953,” the committee said a cut of anything more than $4,4d0,000,000i in former President Truman’s $78,600,000,000. federal spending program for fiscal 1954 wbuld l be sufficient to allow some'cuts ih current tax rates. A spending ctit of $6,600,000,000 would be enough to permit the elimination and reductions over the next 12 months, id said. . x ; ;CED based its spending reduction figure on the $6,600,000,000 “dash” budget deficit estimated by Mr. d Truman for fiscal 1954* not on the more familial 1 $9,900,000,000 “administrative” budget deficit he outlined. The “cash” budget involves only adtual cash payments td and from the government wh(ich CED said “gives abetted indication* of the inflationary or deflationary effect of federal finahces.”\ The administrative budget lists payments tc and from the government and thope within it—such as money put into the social security tryst fund, arid not to be paid fbr many years. Congress -usually has used the “administrative” budget as a guide in balancing federal income and outgo. 1 \ it present takes, were continued, the cash budget could bfe balanced with a $4,400,000,000 cut in the Trupian spending program, CED Said.. . ... .: But the CED said taxes should (Turn To Pave 36 Beginners Are Registered By Noon Thirty-six' children registered this mprning at St. Joseph’s Catholic school for the fall; semester, Sister M. Rosemary, principal, stated at noon. Registration of beginners will continue to 3:30 o’clock this afternoon and it is expected that the number will bb greatly increased. The pre-school registration will be an index to next September’s enrollment and determine if an extra class room will be necessary fpr the pupils. Last fall's class numbered about 50. . n INDIANA WEATHER \ Mostly fair tonight. Wednesday increasing cloudiness. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight 28-33 north, 33-39 south. High Wednesday 52-56 north, 56-62 souths

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 7, 1953.

Voluntary Repatriation Os Ailing Prisoners Os War Agreed To By Reds

Ike Warns Ho ■ Early Return Os UN Troops Fdrced STo Remain i For Some Time If : Peace is Obtained

WASHINGTON UP — Presldeil Eisenhower said today that Unite® Nations troops will have to remaid* in the area ”for\ quite a even if peace comes to Korea. The president spoke prayerfullß and hopefully of Korean peace prospects in an informal talk besom a national conference of the Unite! j defense fund, the successor to thp united service organizations <>■ World War 11. \ Earlier, the "White House ha® said the President Viewed the dj;' greement on exchange o( ill an® wounded prisoners betweeh the Al£ lies and the Communists in Kots: ea as “encouraging.” An army spokesman said, riiearft while, that the first group of a\id wounded American prisoners; can be expected home within ® week to 10 days following actual beginning ot the exchange. . 1 Then Mr. Eisenhower aceupted the honorary chairmanship of thd -united defense ftind with a ttj minder that “We still ha.ve a going on.” j ’ J Even it peace comes to Koreag “our men and those bf our Allies! will have to. stay in that region quite th while,” he said in speech to the UDF at the Hotel. ; ■ -J J “Every right thinking individual, utters a • prayer to his God' everyi night for peace,” he said. “If that; peace does come—for which we soj devoutly hope—don’t let anyone! tell you that the need fpr yous! services will be any less.” Declaring that th? period following a Korean truce would he "try* ing.”JMr. said: • | “Once inaction sets"in and the impatience of the American begins' ,to manifest itself, it is really tough to keep before him just the cons ception of stern duties and expebt him to forget his grosses and his gripes anti his disappointment in> being- so tar from home,” | He frequently use<J qualifying! phrases, like “if this armistice cam come” “if that peace does come."; “x x x in such a complicated; procedure as developing armistices| (Turn Tn Pane El«ti<) German Chancellor | Arrives For Talks

Adenauer Declares West Germans Loyal j WASHINGTON, UJ»I —Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared ter day) that West Germans are *‘loyal and' epger partners” ip the' quest for “peace and freedom” on which* the United States “is leading all nations’.” Trie 77-year-old Adenauer, .first German chief of state ever to visit; this country, arrived at National Airport at 10:17 a.m! He cam? here for talks with President Eisenhpwer and other members of the ! new administration. , ;■ After a brief but warm welcomd' from Vice President ! Richard M* Nixon, secretary of ! state John Foster Dulles, and others, the! bareheaded statesman made his; solemn declaration: j “The German people are on the? side of freedom. The German peoare on the Side of right and, justice for all nations , . . “We shall be your loyal and eager partners on the road to peace arid freedom on which the' United States is leading all national” ' | Alluding to help the United States gave Germany after the war, Adenauer Said “we deeply! appreciate the spirit o)f true human sympathy which inspired your eWorts.” Adenauer was accompanied by his daughter, Lotte.

Ohio State Fires Professor Darling l' Refused To Testify | On Red Party > COLUMBUS, O. UP —Byron T. iparling, Ohio State University wrofessor suspended for refusing {<> tell the, house un-American acjfcvities committee whether he was '«■ Communist, was fired today, iiubject to trustee approval. " O9U President Howard L. Bewho conducted a hearing last week, recommended Darling's dismissal to the university’s board of trustees. ’The board usually follows the president’s recommendations in personnel matters. Bevis said each of seven observers present at the hearing, which ’.began Thursday and was continJued Saturday to, allow Darting Time to gpt legal counsel, “individ- ‘ ually expressed with >the president’s decision to dismiss Professor Darling.” \ s Bevis added that Darling's refusal |o answer , the un-American activities committee‘s questions ’Which might Jiave linked him to the Coinmpnist party or movement -“did grave injury to the ulniverShity and its facuhy.” Darlirig reffusbd to answer on grounds of ’possible self-incrimination. > Mevis (had suspended Darling jitter he refused to answer questions before the house com hi ft tee ’March 13. y “By refusing to \ say whether certain of his colleagues -were feommunists," Bevis saick*4h his letter to the trustees, "he cast an Unwarranted aspersion upon '-’them individually. , . "These considerations lead only to the conclusion that Doctor Dairying has shown his unfitness for jthe position he holds. They show | lack of candor and moral integrity in matters vital to his professorial status.. They show gross insubordination to" university policy. They show conduct clearly fiiimical .to the \best interests of |be university." ' ■g; Bevis paid that thq fifth amerc!S ’ • ' fTnrwTo P»K» KlKkt) J !'•

Itudy Surveys By / TA Committees Committees And School Heads Meet Officials of the Decatur public hobls and the school survey ►mmittedq of the Lincoln school irent-teachers association ihet onday night for an informal tidy of the city-wide surveys ade by the various committees. These committees will present ®eir form»l reports to the entire RTA membership at its next meetThursday, April 16. »* Surveys conducted by these pups, under the general supersion of Mrs. C. I. Finlayson, inluded equipment; school aehieveent r and teacher improvement; >t lunch program; building situaion; 4arisportatio|i; school Ward, and finances and budget. J These committee members dismissed with W. Guy Brown, school fSiperintendent. and Gerald (feorge Helm and Harry O. Irwin, fbhool board meriibers, the results ftrie various surveys which Will reported at (Jie PTA V meeting. fSupt. Brown also explained the (firious measures passed s by the Pertaining to schools of the state. : fitting in on tte meeting were Ijarold Engle and James Cowan, « representative observers of the of Commerce. 8 Plan I. U. Survey 3?Sup4. Broivn received notificatftm this morning from Indiana Wiiversity that the university’s .formal survey bf all school conditf>ns in Decatur will be launched October 1 and is Scheduled to be cifenpleted by March 1. f Considerably preliminary work the survey, such as maps,; etc., I be done pribr to the; October Inflate.

Justice Dept. Studies Report On McCarthy T 1 Senate Committee Financial Report \ Is Being Studied Washington, up —The justice department said today its criminal division is still studying ' a thrbe-monthi-old senate committee report question iftg the '■►personal finances of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) The report ws.s issued last Jan. 2 hy an electibns subcommittee which investigated a demand by former Sen. Wijliam Benton (D---cbrin.) that McCarthy be expelled from the senate:; The subcommittee raised, but left unanswered.; a series of questions about whether McCarthy diverged to his owjn use, money donated to his anti-Communist campaign. or otherwise “abused” his office for his [private • financial gain. The voluminous record compiled by the senate investigators was turned over to the justice department where, officials said, it has 'been under ; “active consider- . ation” ever since. Fresh attention was focused on the ; report by statements issued Monday 'by fornier attorney general Francis Biddle and McCarthy. Biddle. speaking as head of Americans for Diemocratic Action, disclosed that had written attorney general ilerbert Brownell Jr., urging a “thorough justice department investigation’’ of the questions raised by the senate subcompiittee. He Brownell has “a duty ... to determine whether there has been any violation of law.” » McCarthy promptly countered with, a statement asserting that Biddle has a “long record of defense of Communists and Communist causes.”, “Normally I could call Biddle’s case to theA attention of the U. S. attorney oi* the attorney general for indictment for criminal libel,”. McCarthy said. “However, he and his crowd of Communist defenders may; even be doing me a favor by this dibelous attack.” Biddle, a Democrat, said in his letter to Brownell that while no senatot “should be- harried by criminal process” because he “an : tagonized his pqlitical opponents,” at the same iime no Senator “should be considered above I law, or be permitted to violate the I law with impunity?’’ ’p f __L i___ Otto L Mumma Dies At Fort Wayne Home Native Os Decatur Is Taken By Death Mrs. E. J. Ahr of this hlty; ceived word Monday afternoon of the death of her nephew, Otto L. Mumma. 66. who died at his home. 619 Fifth street. Fort Wayne, at '4:30 p.m. Monday. He was a native of Decatur, but had lived in Fort Wayne the past 27 years. He worked fpr , City ; Utilities for . about three years; reding in 1951 due to ill .health. [ , He was a member of the Most Precious Blood Catholic church and its Name society. Su'ifviving arei the wife, Mary, two sons, Capt. Cesdl Mumma with the army in Germany, Frank, Fort Wayne; two, daughters, Mrs. Rosemary’ Tescula and Miss Edna Miimma, both of Fort Wayne, and nine grandchildren. ■ The body dras taken to the C. M. Sloan and Sons funeral home; ■ where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. \ Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 8:30 o’clock at the funeral home and at 9 a.m. at the Most Precious Blood Catholic church, the Rev. Sebastian Kremer officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. ! T I- ; \ I ' ■ ' ' 1

Party Secretary Is Fired By Russians Fired For Allowing Framing Os Doctors MOSCOW UP Semyon D. Ignatiev was fired as a secretary of the -central committee of the Soviet Communist party for allowing officials of his former, state security ministry to frame a case against 15 Soviet doctors, it was. disclosed today. The central committee’s newspaper'Pravda disclosed in an editorial that Ignatiev had lost his high ifarty post to which h# was named only March <3l. The editorial demanded that the Soviet people maintaih vigilance against subversive groups, but did not mention Zionism, Jewish Bourgeois Nationalism or the American Jewish joint distribution com-1 mittee which were named in previ- [ ous editorials of. this type. In this instance, the editorial laid special emphasis on the equality of race and nationality in the U.S.S.R. Today’s editorial did not specify officially why Ignatiev lost his job, but the Newspaper accused him of “political blindness and gullibility” in the false arrest of ’the doctors in January. \ ' ■ Although he was not accused of framing the doctors himself, he was held responsible. Pravda said Ignatiekv “let himself be .used ,by such criminal adventurers as'former vice-minister of state security Ryumin, who was arrested for fabricating the case against the doctors.” . i Pravda's editorial today reaffirmed the Soviet policy of equality of all nationalities, equal protection of law and strict punishment of anyone advocating racial animosity. The editorial reaffirmed the, friendship and solidarity of all /Tara To Pa*» Eight)

Receive Requests To Blacktop Roads Requests Are Made Os Commissioners | County commissioners Monday afternoon received requests for blacktopping or county roads, a request for services and a bid on groceries for the county home, Commissioners were petitioned to blacktop a pprtion of road from state ropd 124 to 118 in Berne said by the petitioners to be the “worst stretch of road in the country.” Petitioners were: Paul Habegger, Willaim Ruppert*, Virgil Gilbert, Carl Schwartz, Mrs. Frieda Habegger, Ida Christner, Harbld Schwartz. Ralph ■ Shoemaker of the Geneva Telephone Co. appeared to as': commissioners to spray their right-of-way. It was decided that Shoemaker’s offer for the telephone company to assume the labor and equipment while the county will take care of the spray material will be accepted. One bid showed tip to supply the county home with groceries for three months, hnd was accepted from Spiegel’s Grocery at Verciel Hoblet, Earl Sipe, Italph Edwards, Leroy Bollenbacher and Leland Ripley asked the commissioners to blacktop county road 26H in Blue Creek township. A request to work on the W. J. Journay ditch in Hartford township from the coujnty line to the Lob ditch was received from Paul Yost and Elie Habegger. Since much' of the ditch is in Jay county com*! missioners decided that a join: meeting would have to be held with the county commissioners of Jay county to pro-rate the charges. \ Commissioners decided to hold a meeting April 20 for the purpose of laying out plans for a new county grader for the highway department, repairs and new installations in the men’s room of the court house, and discussion on a nejv floor for the main corridor for! the court house.

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Exceeds U. N. Demands Made On Exchange Peiping Radio Says An Eaoy Armistice Can Be Achieved PANMUNJOM, Korea, UP—The Co\nmunists agreed today to voluntary repatriation of all ailing war prisoners, even exceeding United Nations demands, and Peiping radio said “an early armistice can be achieved.” The Communists agreed to the voluntary return of even prisoners suffering minor disabilities. brought up the question i the first meeting Monday ! and Clarified it Today,* going beyond the Geneva convention coveripg prisoner return which had been the U.. N. goal in the long itruce talks. : .The peipfing radio broadcast Was a straight forward review of Monday’s talks on exchange of sick • and wounded and predicted an early armistice if the Allies show the same good faith in discussing an armistice as in working out the present exchange. If the are willing to apply the same principle of voluntary repatriation to all prisoners of War, the way will be Heared to resume fulldress armistice talks leading to a possible end of the three-yeir-old war. The ‘United Nations truce' team ‘ announced the Red agreement after morning and afternoon meetings with the Communists in this truce village. It *was the second day of renewed talks. Another meeting will be held at 9 p.m., e.s.t., Tuesday. \ Rear admiral John C. Daniel, chief U. N. negotiator, said the Allies were ready to begin the prisoner siwap within a week, but he did not believe the Communists were set up to move that quickly. Daniel said the Communists showed a “very favorable” attitude today to three major points? They were:

1. Voluntary repatriation of all sick and wounded prisoners, including those less seriously disabled. Under the Geneva convention, the latter could havp been sent’to new imprisonment in a neutral nation. V 12. A “direct” exchange of pris- 'I oners, that is, between the two sides and not through any third nation. 3. No sick or wounded prisoner would be forced to return to his homeland against his will during hostilities. The Communists also agreed to "certain” paragraphs in the ninepoint program submitted by the United Nations Monday. They reserved the right to propose changes’ in other paragraphs. A U. N. briefing offiper said among the points the Reds agreed to today were: That Panmunjom be made the exchange point, - That prisoners would be delivered through Panmunjom in groups of 25 at a time, with each group accompanied by a roster wi|th names, rank and nationality. |The other points, on which the Cqmmunists reserved the right to mike changes, provided for the exchange to begin seven days after; agreement, the number of prisoners to be exchanged daily, and limiting the number of persons (Tara To Face Sevra) ! - i May Receive Bids On Church Addition Earl Fuhrman, a member of the building committee of Bethany * Evangelical United Brethren church, said today that possibly the committee would receive bids Wednesday for the proposed Sunday school addition to the church. The church trustees and building committee members met last but did not take up bids for the church project. The improvement will be a basement addition at the east end of the present church.