Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI.No. 87.

i ,m —r?"' ll 'lA I — —• —: — Sign Prisoner Exchange Agreement jg ;. > jEt j Ar m i jh !• B * jH - x a, rWK MSB! 'wi lib y/ La r p** •'"■?• J k al L ir w THE FORMAL AGREEMENT \hat will send sijek and wounded POW’s to their homes becomes a fact a + with signing by R*ar Admii’a!' John C. paniel (left I for the U. N.. and Major General Lee Sang Cho (right! folr North Korea, at Panmunjom. r The piiison er exchange will begin on April 20th.

.-4—f L....u-,. ■ • .4.., Portland Man Is Killed in Two-Car Crash -,■■’ I 6 A , \ ■'' • ■ i John C. Bennett Is Fatally Injured; Tliree \Vomen Hurt .Authorities today were continuing their investigation of the two-auto crash at Coppess Cornent; west of Monroe, shortly before midnight Saturday night,\ in . which John C. Bennett, 49, of Portland, was fatally injured. Bennett, owner of Gamble stores at Portland and Winchester, died at 2:20 o’clock Sunday-, morning at the Adams bounty memorial hospital of a fractured skull sui stained when he -was thrown from his car. Injured were: Miss Nellie Haviland, 35, of near Portland, a passenger in the Bennett car; - r Miss Gladys Hanni. 22. of route 1, . Markle, driver of the secohd car, and ' Mrs. Beulah Fegley, 27. of 3RO North Fourth street, ruling with Miss Hanni, her sister. The fatal accident occurred at the intersection of V. S. Highway 27 and state highway six miles south of Decatur. Bennett was enroute south on 27 when the collision occurred. ' Authorities were Uncertain today of the direction in Which Miss Hanni was driving, as the women could not be questioned intensivelyl—because of their condition. \ The attending physician said the condition of the three women today was ‘‘satisfactory.” Miss HaviJ land suffered a severe, head laceration, Miss Hanni a Severe scalp laceration, and Mrs. Fegley a fractured collarbone, broken rib. cuts and bruises. Both autos were * heavily damaged. and a fruit sh£d at the Coppess Corner store was damaged to the extent of approximately S3OO as the Hanni automobile rammed into it following the crash. Investigating the accident are sheriff Bob Shraluka, coropey Harmon Gillig and state police trooper Walter Schindler. Bennett, a resident of Portland since 1934-. is survived by the Edith, .and his mother. Mrs. Frank S. ; Anderson, both iof Minneapolis, Minn. \ ! His body was removed to the Baird funeral home at Portland, where friends may call until 10 o’clock tonight. The body will then be taken to Minneapolis for timeral services and burial Wednesday. * Substantial Boost To Red Cross fund Tlie Red Cross fund received a substantial boost today with con- |\ tributioni reported from Central Soya company and employes of that industry. The company donated SSOO and the employes pitched in an additional $513.56, equal to $1.16 for each employe. Wilbur .'Ptetrie, fund chairman and Rtopooe Glendening, chapter chairmari?.expressed hope of meetring the county's «dota a of $11,152, when the fund reached $8,491.72 today with the additional donations. Chairman Petrie urged all workers to complete their canvass this week and to strive to put;the fund over the top. \ ■■ -A -v t 3 . i > , •

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Program Friday By School Musicians 11-Year-Old Girl Is Guest Pianist (Picture on page 3) The Decatur .high school band and orphest <a will present a variety show iat the high school gym Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Featured as guest artist on the show will be Robin Lee Howard, 11-year-old pianist of Nyona Lak?, \ Macy. v ' (Miss Lee Is regard as outstanding in the music field for her age. |She has appeared with the Horace Heidt show, was the yoitngest ever to appear with that show, and also won tljie House of David amateur show scholarship to the Chicago mupie school, ishe has also appeared op radio and television programs yiln Chicago, and after playing a Beethoven concerto recently with thd Fort Wayne philharmonic Orchestra, “was termed as optstanpipg by Igor BuketOff, the direistoii. . * . - The schbol band and orchestra will a varied program, under the ■ pupefvisjbn of Clint Reed, band director of the Decatur publib schools. - , The public is invited, to attend the Friday [evening show. No admission will; be charged but a free will pfferir g will he taken. Charles K. Foughty Dies Early Sunday F|uieral Services Tuesday Morning I 3 i ’-ji i . ' Charles s!.' Foughty, 80, of 231 Norths Sixth street, died at 5 o’clock morning at the Adams county [memorial hospital after Jan illpefes of [several years. Hy was bbtn in Ossian May 28. 1873, ?on|!Qf John J. and Adelina! Hoovejr-FoiKghty, but lived in Fort Wayiit in'dst pf his life, moving to Decatur in 1951. He w.as a retired employe’of the Indiana & Michigan ; Electric Co. j Mr. -Foughty was a Of the Methodist church in Fpr.t Surviving are his wife, Lydia: two sons. Ralph Foughty of Churu- I i busco Jack Foughty of Long I : Beachy’ fi'alif,; two daughters, Mrs.! ] Marvej. Cox: lof Fort Wayne ghd Adelineiof Irnng Beach, Calif.; and [three Mrs; Dell Lake an,d Mrs. W. E. iMoon, both of ’Decatur, and Charles Sipe of Lake Charles, La., One brother is deceased, : Funeral services will -be conducted ,ht 10?: 30 ami. Tuesday at i’ the Z>wlck funeral home, the Rev. William ;C. Feller officiating. Burial will be ih the Decatur cemetery. Friends [ inay call at‘ the funeral hotpe until time of the services. \ Work Is Begun On Installing Lights - ‘ ’•{ . p : ’ > City street department workers today began ripping into. the street at the intersection of Monroe and Thirteenth streets to plant conduits for. the installation of four signals announced foil that drossing. - ! —L ... —; A INDIANA WEATHER Partly Qloudy with scattered . frost tonight. Tuesday mostly fajlr and a little warmer. Low \ tonight 28J-34. High-Tuesday 52-56 north, 56-60 south.

No Decision By Supreme Court On Rosenbergs Brief Session Held By Supreme Court, \ | Meet Again April 27 WASHINGTON, (UP)—The supreme court met briefly today and then recessed until April 27 without announcing ri decision on segregation in public schools or on the third appeal of doomed atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg:. The tribunal\ usually schedules a light day on thevdpening day of the major league baseball season. A half hour before court convened today, the opening game between the <New' York Yankees find the Washington Senators’ —at which Chief Fred M.’ Vint son was to have been a guest of Vice President Richard M. Nixon —was, rained out. A, Before recessing for two weeksp court: Cleared thie -way for cuts in wholesale power rates to four Wisconsin pities and certain other customers. Sent back to the fifth U. S. circuit court of appeals, which originally had been by-passed, a test of the federal government’s power to ptinish state penal officers for brutal treatment of |jrispners\ The case .deals with brutality charges against L. P. Jonles, former \road camp .captain of Pinellas county, Fla. The supreme court ruled the case should go through the circuit court first. Allowed the justice department to become a party to a test\case dealing with racial segregation in Washington, D. C., restaurants. The Rosenbergs, who were sentenced two years ago to die in the Sing Sing electric chair for pass j ing atomic secrets to Russia i have appealed to the tribunal for a third' time. The high court rei jected their two previous appeals. President Eisenhower also has reI jected their appbaj for executive clemency. If the supreme court rejects their new their lawyer plans to risk the President again clemenl-y. f . ,- ; A Rioting Prisoners Warned By Warden Addresses Inmates Over PA System STILLWATER, Minn. UP — Warden\ Edwin T. Swenson warned Stillwater prison inmates today it is now “high time to bring a halt to yodr display of violence and destruction and do; some logical and sensible thinking”. The warden addressed the prisoners over \a public Address system and outlined what they must do to stop an uprising that began Saturday when maximum security measures were clamped on. J Many of the prisoners applauded the warden’s talk but there were a few curses and defamatdry re> - marks. Breakfast, consisting of three sandwiches, cake, fruit and coffee Were served th& inmates—the first time they’ve eaten since Saturday breakfast. Swenson, who made no mention bf the rioting prisoners gqing back <Turn T» Pea* Six) \

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 13, 1953.

First Band Os 111 POW Start Ride To Freedom In Bomb-Riddled Korea U X..,..1L .U..J a.L, ; • j • ■ .

Grunewaid In Testimony To House Probers Testifies Senator Bridges Aided In Obtaining Position k i WASHINGTON. t’P — Henry W. Washington wirepuller and one-time friend of the ■ mighty, testified today Sen. Styles Bridges (IR-N. H.) helped him get an as an investigator for John L. the mine union chief. But Grunewaid declined to say what service he performed .tor Lewis. He said he got the job with Lewis’ United i Mine Workers union after Bridges recommended his investigative ability to Lowell .Mayberry, whom he identified as an attorney for Lewis. Grunewaid testified In a public session of a house investigating tsix scandals. He hadl told I the same subcommittee in closed session earlier his job was to Investigate a fedterhl district judge who had fined Lewis\ union $3,500,000 in 1047 for defying a back-to-work order in coal mines under federal seizure. Rep. Hale Boggs (D-La.), a -sub committee member, said Grunewald’s closed door testimony:showed he got SIO,OOO for his work for the UMW. Today Grunewiald hot only refused to testify about his duties for Lewis, “but he also said he couldn't remember What he was paid i He said what he did wasn't pertinent to the subcommittee's work and, on advice Os counsel, ne declined to answer. His operations as an “investigator and public relations map” paid • Turn To Faare Geneva Graduation Exercises May 14 22 To Graduate At Geneva High School Geneva high school will gijaaudte 22 seniors at their comineniejmeht ceremonies May 14 at the school, according to William J. Lee, 'principal. ' ; They are: Ray Affolcjer,: Carol ‘■&msjtutz, Richard Amstutz, leen, Augsbhrg'er, Mary B<j>lletiRaymond Bill Blowers, Rolland Koons. Richard Dugeon,’ Roger Haines, Anna Hlrshey; Ruth Blaine .Meyers, Alirgie Neuenschwander. Ilene' Nevll. Jerry Face, Robert Psenrod, Chiirifes Plummer. 1 Lois Ann Rains, Juanita Rhodes, William Smith, pave Stuojiy, and Vencil Teeier. ■ i iSpfeaker at the commeKdeihent will be the , Rev. Paul Stephans, minister of the .Methodist Chiirp’i of Winchester. Thh baccalaureate ceremonies will, be held the Sunday before graduation, May lO.jand will have as its speaker the Rev. Garth Shepard, of the Evangelical t’nited Brethren church, Geneva.! '' | ■ L Hartford High > Eleven seniors of Hartford high' school will graduate commencement night, May 7, at the school, it was announced by Burney son, principal. l Thby are: Teddy Phyllis Jane SchadtK Thomas Wagiey, Merlin Bah*' Alt, Dale Augsburgepj' Gary Brewster, Edward Fox Margaret Hirschy, Rebecca Helen Lehman, Patricia Jine McCune, and Maxine Katherine' Monee. -"The baccalaureate ceremonies will be held May 3 w|th, thp Rev. John Sprunger of the Mennonite church of Berne as the speaker.’ - At the commencement exercises the speaker will be Dr. Reuben Mueller, the executive secretary of the board of Christian,'education of the Evangelical United Brethren church of Ohio. L ' A

lutheran Facilities Available To School Three Classrooms Available If Needed A The three new modern classroom. facilities of the Zion Lutheran parish hall were made hvailjible to the Ddcatur public schools ©n a rental tjasis should more room be needjed bj> schools fall. The resolution was unanimously approved hy the Zion voters’ assembly at its quarterly Sunday afternoon at the church'. Details of the plan are to be worked out- later, depending on school enrollment next fall. It is not known definitely whether any bf the classrooms will be # needed or. whether one, ■two, op three rooms might lie necessairy. The congregation decided at its annual meeting last December to'postpone opening a parochial schbol for at least two .years. School' authorities had inquired\ concerning availability since the Lincoln school is becoming crowded especially in the dower grades and kihdergarten. Since it will some time to .build additional classroom space, the congregation felt it would be ’helpful |to offer their facilities ((during the interim. $ The voters' assembly also again pledged ( its cooperation to th<» local drive against indecent literature on the newsstands* and members signed a petition endorsing Jthe program. . Special evening services are to (be held May 17 commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication of the original church building on the present site at Eleventh and jdonroe. The Rev. Walter Klausing of Fort Wayne, eon of the pastor who had served Zion at that time, will speak. A fellowship program will follow the service. ' ; A specfial collection was, approved for Mother’s day, May 10, to favor the\army and navy Icommission. which is synod’s agency for Service to men and women in the krmed forces. \ 1 A plalje collection at the door June 7. is to be given to Camp Lutherhaven, a new site being developed for use as a children’s pamp, and also fdr adult seminars, on -Munci'e Lake; abdqt 30 miles from Fort\Wayne. ‘ , The congregation will hold its annual vacatidp Bible school from May 25 to June 5 in the Farish Bah. Earl Castoii, v » congregational (Turw In Pfurr Five) Mrs. Lois J. DeVor Dies Early Siipday Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon 1 I j Mrs Lois J. DeVor. j 38,• wife of Dr. Harold V. DeVor, Decatur dentist, died at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morping at her home. 506 Studebaker street. She had been ill of complications for the past i month?. ! was born in Ohio Dec. 10. 1814. a daughter of Henry and Amy Borsch, and. wras married to Dr. 1 DeVor ;MrSrdDeVor was a member of the Ffrst Methodist church,.the American Legion auxiliary, the Veterans ■ot Foreign Wars auxiliary and the Decatur Home Demonstration club. Surviving in addition to her husband are her mother, Mrs. Amy Borsch of Antwerp. O.; two brothers. Robert and Jay Borsch of Antwerp, and three\ Miss Helen Borsch of Antwerp, Mrs. Lou Lhndis of Richmond^ 1 Va., and Mrs. Doris Fair of Jeffersonville. Funeral services will be Conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gillig'* & Doan funeral home, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will be at Antwerp, O. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. The DAV auxiliary will hold memorial services at the funeral home -at 7:30 o’clock this evening. : 1 i; ■ -\ .

Joseph Ryan Indicted For Grand Larceny Longshoremen Union Head Indicted For Union Fund Thefts NEW YORK UP — Joseph PJ Ryan, president of the Intefnationr al Association AFL wajib arrestqd today on a 30-count (indictment ’Charging him with -grapd larceny of $11,390 in. union '' 1 District attorney Frank S. Hogan said the indictment edvers i the period from April 14, 1948,, to April ,16, 1951. Financial records of the ILA showed that irf the calendar years 1948-1951 Ryan received from the union $81,626 in excess o-f his $20,000-a-year salary.” i ( ; Hogan said the indictment was •based on testimony .given by Ryan before the New York state eftme commission. The Indictment returned Friday by a New York county grand jury charges the 68-yea.r-old union leader with three counts of grand lar •ceny in the first degree and 21 counts of grand larceny In the second degree. Hogan described the indictment as “preliminary” and said it was returned at this time because the statute of limitations is ’ about to run‘out on three of the counts, thefts on April 14, 15 and 16, 1948. H • Ryan said when he arrived at Hoga-n’s \pffice today he'i did . not know whether he had been in dieted. The state crime' commission had made public in January unt&n books which showed withdraWls by Ryan for Cadillacs, fancy shifts, a i family funeral, a cruise to Guatemala and a Stork Club luncheon among other things. Ryan told reporters he used it all “to fight Coinpiunists on the waterfront.” A Ryan testified before the cbm-' mission that he obtained $241,097 from the Longshoremen's union during the past five years while his salary for the period came .to $115.0001 He said the additional funds were for “expenses?’ April Court Term Is Opened Today The 54-day term of the Adams circuit court opened todOy with approximately 13 carry-over cases from the February term scheduled to be heard. \ 1 Judge Myjes F. Parrish will, customarily, take the first three days of this week to read the docket will begin hearing cases on Thursday. V Contingent Leaves For Army Service 4 Adams County Group \ Leaves This Morning Thirteen Adams county young men left this morning for the Indianapolis induction w center to become members of the United States armed forces. Those who left by bus included: i ■ Frederick, William Kukelhan: Byrion Wayne Liechty; Louis Robert ’Rumschlag; Robert Jpseph Fuhrmaii: William Don Wofkinger;. Ralph Allen Bollinger; Earl Wayne Gerber; John Howard Parr; Normair Lee Edwards; Marvin Dean Brown; Gordon Allen Watta; Willmott Doyle Bohnke; Roger Dale Fruchte. Wendell Howard Sowards Was transferred "from the local selec* tive service board to local board number 29, Hope Arkansas. Representatives of the Gideon camp were at the bus station this morning and presented each inductee with a Bible. The'Gideons have made this presentation to all contingents leaving Adams county for induction in the armed services.

Eisenhower Warns Against Isolation ( First Major Speech Since Inauguration WASHINGTON UP —President Eisenhower warned in his first major address since his inauguration thst the Western Hemisphere capnot achieve security in splendid isolation.'” Speaking before the Pan' Ameri- | can Union Sunday, he said ''the widest oceans offer no sure ae1 sense” against “the forces .I.raat1 e ,:ng this confident.” 1 Diplomatic*' observers were in1 terested to note that Mr. Eisenhower did not identity the hostile 1 “forces.” He did not once! refer ’ to Communism or to &ussia v [ This gave rise to qome specula- * tion that he may haye deliberately toned down the addrefes because of 1 current Russian “peace” over- ’ tures. Mr! Eisenhowed has said he believes the Soviet approaches * should be taken at face value un--1 less or until they are;proved false. 3 His address was antiisolationist. emphasizing repeated- >* ly the need fbr unity among tree y nations both in this hemisphere I- and in the world (at ihrge. His remark about the impossibility of " achieving security through nemise pheric isolation wap regarded ss a direct repudiation, of the propot 'sal advanced by former Republi- « can President Herbert Hoover for e resting U. S. defenses the coni cept of a Western Hemisphere Gib- . raltar. 1 He said the “mutual trust” of good neighbors and 'lself reliance t that summons each nation to work t to the full for Its own welfare” is the key to a better world tor nations of the West. I ' “’our defense, our only defense, i is in! our own spirit our own ; will.” ’ . > , , Declaring, that he is “profound- • ly dedicated doiijß all that I i can to perfect the (understanding and trust upon which this PanAmerican community must rest,” . he announced plans .for a broad survey of economic and social eoh- .■ ditions and U. S. technical aid activities in Latin-Ameriria. Mr, Eisenhower said he will send , his brother, Dr. Neilton Eisen- , hower, to Latin • Apierica for ai [ “personal understanding of the 1 factsi* aimed at bringing back re commendations for “(strengthening (Tara To Page Three) Mrs. Bert Irelan Is taken By Death • I Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services will be held .Tuesday for Mps. Elizabeth Irelan. 79, of 325 North Third street, who died at 7:15 p. m. Saturday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient since Tuesday. She wks born in Blue Creeks township Jan. 27. 1874, a daughter of John and Volora Frank-Sipe, and was married to Bert Irelan Sept. 22, 1908, They lived neai Willshire. 0., until November bf 1929, when they moved to Deca tur. Mrs. Irelan was a member of the Bethel Brethren church, east of Berne. Surviving are her husbapd; two daughters, Mrs. Roy Frank o Willshire and Mrs. Richard Hill of Decatur; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; twa broth ets, Harry Sipe of Berne ■ J and Jesse Sipe of Willshire, and two eisters, Mrs. Homer Buchanan of Willshire and Mrs. Harvey Lawson of Berne. Four brothers pre- 1 ceded her in death. Services will be conducted at 1:16 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 o’clock at Mt. Hope Nazarene church, the Rev. H. J. Welty officiating. Bur- • tai will be in the slt. Hope cem®- . tery. Friends mgy call at the ( funeral home until time of the . services.

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Agreement On POW Exchange Is Ironed Out Sick And Wounded f Allied Prisoners Qn Freedom Trek i J | PANMUNJOM. Korea. Tuesday (UP — A small band of sick and wounded prisoners of war begins a jolting ride to freedom today down the bomb-torn!roads pf North Korea. The 600 prisoners, including 120 Americans, will pass through “freedom gate” at Panmunjom next Monday, four ''days after their ride comes to an end at Kaesong, the Red base camp. The 600 are being exchanged for 5,800 Communist prisoners under an agreement finally ironed out--1 Monday by Liaison officers representing the U. N. and the Communists. Twenty trucks andv ambulances ■ were to leave the smpll village of • Chomtna. close to the Manchurian ? bordet, at 6 a.im. for the 200 mile- ’ ride to Kaesong. Three other vef hiples will join them op the way. Thd prisoners will have a rouglf ? ride over North Korean roads era- *” tered by the incessant bombing of ' United Nations warplanes. ’’f r An air force officer said today ‘ there was “no chance” Allied planes wil lhalt their operations dur ing the three days it will take ■ the{co|ivoy to reach Kaesong. However; the Reds gave the U.\N. two large-scale maps showing what route the convoy will take dnd where it will stop for the night. This Was so U. N. pilots could guard against accidentally bombing or strafing it. The "freedom vehicles” were plainly marked with red flags and a large; square pf red cloth draped across each engine hood. The convoy will pass through' Taechph, Yongsong and Kaeehon, arriving at Kaesong at 7 p.m. Thursday. The three other vehicles will join the convoy at Yongsong. Although the prisoners will arrive at the Red base camp on Thursday, the Reds will hold them there until Monday. Col. Willard B. Carlock, Galveston, Texyr Allied administrative officer, said the delay might be to give the Communists time to change bandages and feed and rest the prisoners. He said the Reds probably would want them to make a good appearance when they are (turned over. Meanwhile, tw’o Swiss doctors representing the International Red Cross interviewed disabled Chinese prisoners who will be exchanged next week. The prisoners are now at a cainp in Pusan. The doctors will accompany the hospital train taking them to Munsan the U. N. base camp. Red prisoners were Earned not to celebrate their release ahead of time. They were reminded they are U. N. captives until turned over to. the Reds at Panniunjom. Lt. Gen. ( Maxwell ]D. Taylor eighth army . commander, said everything possible is being done to make U. N. repatriates comfortable and to speed their return (home. He flew to Munson today to watch U. N. troops put on a “dress rehearsal” for the exchange. • About 225 United Nations troops acted as prisoners in the dry run. First they played the part of Com- . munists being turned over to the Reds, then of Allied prisoners gaining their freedom. Each of the sick and wounded men. including rso Americans, wilf receive a medical checkup as he arrives at Panmhnjom. Seven medics from the 171st station hospital will give any first aid needed. Then the medics will determine whether the prisoner will travel by ambulance to- the hospital or fly out in a helicopter for swifter treatment. The agreement reached today left open only the question of when, and if the United Nations and the Communists will resume the full armistice negotiations broken by (Tam Ta p«*e Slxj