Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 102.

Gen.'Harrison Warns Reds To Quit Stalling Informed Sources See Possibility Of_ Agreement Friday PANMUNJOM. Korea UP —lnformed sources indicated there is a good possibility that agreement can be reached Friday on a neutral nation to take charge of Communist war prisoners who refuse to go home if the Red negotiators "vi ill just quit wtalling. The Reds were put on notice at Thursday’s, session to come backFriday prepared to buckle dowiu tp a serious effort to remove, that » stumbling block to an armistice. United Nations chief delegate Lt. Geh. William K. Harrison also told me Communists 'Thursday that the U. N. is not favorable: to naming an Asian natiqp as the supervising neutral. But it was ) generally .believed India might be accepted if named by the Reds. What Harrison and his team want when they sit down with • North -Korean Gen, Nam II and other Communist negotiators at 11 . a.m.. 10 p.m. Thursday, c.s.t. is some Specific proposals rather th£n more lectures from the Red negotiators. That would at least open the way tor some serious horse trad- , ing: Harrison has indicated the U. N. is willing to go along w-ith some concessions on the length of time reluctant Red prisoners would be held in Korea while. Communist salesmen attempt ,to convince them they should go back to their Red homelands. Hut he also tjiade it clear to the Reds that he' is prepared to suspend the current series of negotiations unless the dConrmunists come up with some constructive proposals. ; \ Harrison did give the Reds one \ other alternative. He suggested- sarcastically that the United could handle its North Korean war prisoners in the same manner the Communists handled 50,000 South Koreans they had captured. The Reds, he recalled, “released” the South ' Koreans and promptly impressed them into the North Korean army.j Harrison told Nam 11 iUiat a similar “release” of North was one possible solution to the BOW problem. 1 “They didfl’t seem overjoyed at the suggestion,” Harrison grinned. told the Communists that the selection pf a neutral custodian for anti-Red prisoners, must fori “the next order of business.” . \ The -U. N. truce chief jolted the Reds by spying ' that an Asian country selected as neutral, custodian might be subjected to Com-(Tnr-a To Pace tctifht) Ten Men Killed As Superfort Crashes One Hoosier Victim Os Crash Wednesday •SAN ANTONIO. Tex. UP - The (Air Force today identified\ 10 men killed wfoen a burning B-20 Super- • (fortresst crashed and exploded •three miles north of Randolph air. (force base. Wednesday. Five of the-15 men aboard bailed - out. The others had bpen ordered -out by the aircraft commander but /apparently did not have time. The big bomber was- trying to get - frock to Randolph after two radio -advisories that its No. 3 fengine Iwas bad and its No. 4 engine was •on fire. Lit. Frances L. Kafka, public information officer, sajd the dead lr Maj. Junior F. - Klein, 32, airteraft commander; Mrs. J. F. Klein of 42'1 Melrose Avp., Roxana, Hl., next of kin. “ , 2nd Lt. Chester '.E. Brown, 21, navigator, son of Mrs. Chester (Brown of 212 Pritchard, Marion, .(Mich. 2nd Lt. Byron I. Silverman, 23, radar observer; Mrs. Ceil Silver.man, Chicago, next of kin. Airman Ira R. Hufofoartt, 20, •radip . operator; Mrs. Wiknp Cain 'of Waiter St., Sullivan, J 111., next •of kin. Airman 2-C Alan L. Stuckel,\ 20, right gunner; Steve S. Stuckel of <312 S. Olive, Maquoketa, la., next of kin. Airman 1-C John W. Nienaber, 126. flight engineer; Anthony Nienaber of 124 Hendricks, Greensburg, Ind., next of kin. * O—- —o ■■l 12 PAGES ■ f

DECATUR DAH.Y DEMOCRAT

At Long Last — Home! SB ■ - BHIgI # ■*-. ■F "4 w iQlEßrwwJk ■i' a- - <** —IRI VI ■MEr jf jNBv -w — ’ Wr mBSMUak IL .. JBb THE FIRST repatriated POW to set foot on American soil. Sgt. Edward G. Anderson of Alabama Oity. Ala., alights from the plhne which carried him and 34 other ex-prisoners of war on the last leg of their long flight home from Korea. A medical corpsman assists the returnee. ‘ s

21 Os First Rdurnees Are Enroute Home Remaining 14 Are Sent To Hospitals For Medical Care TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., UP — American soldiers and marines liberated from Communist tprison camps scattered tri their homes and military hospitals over the country today on the last leg of first “Freedom Airlift.” The 35 ex-prisoners, nine of them litter cases, arrived \at this base 50 miles northeast of f(an Francisco] Wednesday. After Piedical checkups, 21 of them were pronounced fit to go home on 30day’ leavers. , \ The rest had to go to hospitals for immediate medical treatment. Seven wiere to go to hospitals near their homes where their families could visits them, but seven others had to go to hospitals possibly not near their homes for specialized treatment. The first returnee to leave for his home was Marine Pvt. Louis A. Pumphrey, Cottondale, Ala. He left San Francisco Airport Wednesday mght frir Los Angeles and Birmingham. \ A number of ‘Other returnees also took night • flights from San Francisco for various parts of the country. Two elected to see some Os the city’s famed night life. The. men= requiring hospital treatment were to leave tjiis morning by < military air transport planes jfor various hospitals, throughout the country. Meanwhile, it was announced in Tokyo that two planeloads' of ’American ey-prisoners will leave for home late today and Friday. Sixty-three men will, be onlthp flights. The first plane'will leave at 7 p.m. (6 a.m.Ye.d.t.) and the second at 1:30 a m. Friday (12:30 p.m. e.d.t.) In Honolulu, Jei-makers were busy weaving another floral welcome for th,e second group. Mrs. Lena Guerrero, whose hula troupe went virtually Wednesday whein thri first planeload came through,l planned to have her hipswinging girls-on hand again. A spokesman at Tripier army hospital said ithe second . .contingent would be given the same treatment as tjhe first—hot meals, baths, warm beds and medichl examinations. / The first freedom airlift flight took 3Q hours from Tokyo on the double-decked C-97. The men fdr the most part were grim-faced as they climbed down the gangplank. They had had little rest in the 6,-OW-mile flight. Pvt. Juan Osorio Melendez, of Puerto Rico expressed their mood: “All I want to do and sll the rest of us want is just ’to go homq.” * ' > For their \flrst stateside meal, 'Tnni To Pace Blckt)

Plan Entertainment For Spring Festival Entertainment Each Night May 18 To 23 Plans tor the Chamber ot Commerce spring festival have begun to move into high gear. The amateur competition planned for each of the nights from May 18 to 23 is taking most of the time of the men on the committees'' and so promises to be the attrac-' tion of the week. mot to mention the Gooding rides that will give forth throughout the entire week. For an opener bn Monday night, a parade of bands is being planned and kt is hoped will include music talent from Decatur high school, Pleasant Mills, Convoy, 0., and other small towns in this area. For the winners of this special compefirst three 'to lead the pack—prizes will be awarded. Following they bands will come the regular amatuer contest which will be repeated each night and on Saturday, May 23, each of the winners Off the previous five nights will compete in one “grand com•petHiofT to determine the champion. A small committee this morn-1 ing began working out the multitude of details in getting* 1 ; the proigraans whipped into shape; John (Haiteroian, Leo Kirsch, >Holbert Zwick and in an advisory capacity, ■county agricultural agent L. E. t Archbold. H , Invited to take part in the many [free acts planned will be virtually ■ every youth group in "the county; (•from church"organizations, the 4-H icluibs, school groups, rural youth, land independent youth groups, i Thfe Decatur Chamber Com..merce has had carnival weeks in (past years but A ext month will mark the first time in CC history (that. a fully scheduled festival •week Will be presented. I Also, so that the merchants in (town will have. a chancy to enI ooy themselves during the full (week, the amateur competition [each night will begin at 9:30 pjm., (right after the] closing of the stores. \ Blasis of judgment for the congests are taken from those set /down by iL.' F. Mcßeynolds, state director of' recreation for the Pur-ktue-’University extension service. iThey consist of three classes with isuibdivisions, and follow: iA. (1) Is the act representative of good taste in entertainment? (2) Does it show good cradtknanship in structure? Is built around a theme? Does it" Work up to a climax? (3) Is it conducjVe to the development of good talent? (4) Does the audience enjoy the actl? Is sustained interest shown? <B. Vl) Does the act run smoothly (without slip-ups, dead spots, or deflays in picking up cues? (2) Do the performers project (their voices sufficiently and articu3ate clearly? 1 (3) Are the performers trueto (character? Do they have anima- ' (Tmt* Ta P»se Kl*kt)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

♦ndiono, Thursday, April 30, 1953.

Eisenhower Hopes For Eight Billion Cut In Fiscal Year’s Budget

House Group Turns Ax On 3 Agencies State, Commferte, , Justice ,Agencies Feel Economy Ax WASHINGTON, UP—The house appropriations committed turned its economy ax on the state, justice, and commerce departments today, slashing their Truman money requests for fiscal 1954 by more than 22 percent. The committee voted to give the three departments in the,l2 months starting. July 1, This was $326,347,803 below the Xruman. administration estimates of $1,469,494,515, and. about $130.000,000 ’below the revised -budget estimates prepared bw the Elsenhower administration. The ’state-justice-commerce appropriations bill was the " third 19’54 money bill to be passed on by -the Appropriations committee at this session. /It brought to a total of $1,238,977,607 the cuts made so far by President \ Eisenhower, the appropriations committee, and the house In the Truman estimates for these three agrncie*' and for the so-called “independent offices" andi the interior department. The overall cuts in. the three bills average out. at about 37 per cent. ' economy-style bill was drafted by a subcommittee beaded by Rep. Cliff Clevenger, R-O. It fit into Republican drive to chop about $10,000,000,000 in all from the Truman estimates tor 1954. GOP leaders hope this will enable! them to cut personal income taxes soon, perhaps as early as July 1. The following table shows the amount approved by the committee for the state, justice, and commerce departments for fiscal 1954, together, with the Truman administration estimates: Committee Truxnan approved' request State $102,7W4,787 (Tarn To Pn«re six) * . ' Sign Agreement To Retain Store Hours Petition Signed By 38 Local Merchants . Thirty-eight Deeatur merchants have signed a petition, by which •they agree to retain the present ntore closing hours whidh have existed in the city for several (years. A -spokesman for these merichants said this morning that the ipction was taken in an effort to ihalt the seemingly endless discussions cropping up from time to (time on a change in store hours. Decatur stores have for several (years closed at noon on Thursdays for the -balance of the day, with standard hours observed, during the other business days of the week. (Merchants signing the petition hre as follows: (Peterson Clothing Store; Gerber’s Market; Gambles.; Schafer’s: Subton Jewelry; Goodin's E. F. Gass Store; Kohne Drug Store; Schmitt Locker Sepvicp; Baber’s Jewelry Store; Goodyear Service; Smith Drug Co.; The Why Store; Hqlthouse-SchuKe & Co.; Holthouse Drug Co.; Morris Store; Ehinger’s; Niblick & Co. ; W. H. Zwick & Son; Decatur Music House; Bower Jewelry Store; Haibegger Hardware; L. & 10. ;S(hap; Uhrick Bros,; Decatur Hatchery;' Lee Hardware <30.; (Myers Home & Auto Supply; J. J. (Nerwlberry Co.; Lords Dress Shop; Haflich & Morrissey Shoe Store; Eager Maytag Sales; Wylie Furniture Co.; Betgun’s'Clothing Store: iKlenk’e; Bangka; Halter man's; Fortney -, Shoe Repair; Culligan Sofrt Wgter Service.

$l5O Annual Salary Boost For Teachers Pay Increase Voted All School Employes All teachers, clerical employes and the maintenance force of Decalm* public schools will receive a flat pay increase of $l5O a year starting next September. The increase, highly comparable with the 37 other cities in Decatur’s, school classification in Indiana, was voted at a special meeting of the school board and announced today by W. Guy Brown, fiiperintendent of Decatur s public Schools. Salary ranges also were set at: Teamjersv with no experience and an Al? degree. $3,125 per Teachers with an AB' degree reach maximum salary of $4,133 per . year with 16 years of experience. Teachers with a master’s degree reajch maximum salary of $4,925 ppr year with 25 years experience. The, flat increase of $l5O per year has no reference to experience. The increase is the samb for old and new teachers. ■ The office employes also will receive the same increase. All maintenance men. also will'comp under the higher salary scale, superintendent Brown announced. H AH pay increases are effective with the start of the fall semester at .the 1953-54 school term and will be reflected in the 1953-54 budget. increase is higher than manyi of the 37 cities classified with Decatut in the public school system and a little above average for all cities, figures released by the various school cities show. , The increase is in line wit*h the recently passed state law which permits a salary raise. All schools in the state are announcing pay raises from SSO a year to SSOO a year, in proportion to the size and classification of the school system. \ ■ ■ ~ T_ . Prisoner Names In Little Black Book Most Os Famities Knew Os Prisoners ( By UNITED Most families 4 of mbn whose naimes were included in a little black 'book brought out by a returning POW said today they knew their oohs were prisoners, but didn’t know if they were still alive. '. The news that her son was alive the figst hopeful word that Mrs. Edwin : R. Meyers. Rt.' 4. Baraboo, Wist, had received. •She sobbed .brokenly when she that her son, Cpl. Edwin |R. Meyers, i$ alive in Camp No. 5 at Pyoktoiig\ “Thank Gold,” cried as she was informed’ of the news'by United Press. “I’ll never stop giving thanks.’’ . Meyers’ najme was in a little black book listing 78 American prisoners wh|ch Pfc. Everett Ritenour of Wopdstock, Va„ gave to authorities When he was exchanged. ■ ' \ Mrs. Meyers, said it was the first news she had- received that her son was alive. '■ . ■ , “I heard a rumor from a friend that he was killed,” she .said- “I kept praying and never gave up hope.” The name of Pfc. Dale LloyA Reeder, Waukon, la., was Included on the list and his uncle, Joe Reeder, said |t was the first news of his nephew in more than, a year. The boy is the son of George Reeder of Waukon. The uncle said the flamily knew the boy was V prisoner, but did not know if he w'as still alive. “They were awfully worried that he might be dead,” he saidy “Ttiey’11 be awfully glad to hear this. I’ip going right over to tell them now.” Jt 4 was the first news that Mrs. Walter G. Dahms of South Portland, Me., mother of Pvt. Lawrence T. Dahms, had received /Twa T. Pace Kl*St)

63 Additional Prisoners On < Way To States More Os Liberated American Prisoners. Enroute To States r; - ■ • TOKYO UP — Sixty-threfe more liberated American prisoners of wgr left for the U. S. Thursday night and early FHday aboard two" planes the “Freedom Ajfjift.’’ If they the ‘schedule of the fflit plane which arrive|d in California Wednesday, they will arrive at Travis air force base near San Francisco Friday afternoop. The first plane carried 35 of the 149 former captives, leaving 51 still in Japan, after Friday’s departure. < The second plane took off at 7:41 р. 4:41 a.m. c.s.t. and was expected to reach Honolulu in about 14 hours. It may stop at Midway Island for refueling. It carried 41 farmer prisoners released under -the exchange of sick and wounded, plus medical attendants and flight crew. ' The third plane departed at .1:40 a.m. с. with 2£ former prisoners and a number of routine medical evacuees. Both planes were double-decked C-97 Stratocruisers. The men departed in virtual secrecy. The military air transport service did not disclose until some three hours after the ’ first departure that the plane was on its way. -I. , Friday’s flight will bring to 98 the number of former prisoners returned to the U. S. Others are expected to be on their way within a few days. , The first freedom .flight arrived at Travis Wednesday. Its 35 passengers, nine of them litter cases, were wearied by the 36-hour trip from Tokyo but happj to be once again in the United States. Meanwhile, Hawaii planned another festive welcome for the next contingent of returnees. A troup of hula girls was ready to dance (Tarn Ta Pace Four) u- ■■■ ' • Clara,A. Rumschlag Dies This Morning \ Funeral Services Monday Morning Mrs. Clara A. Rumschlag, "L a lifelong resident bf Decatur, died at 6 o’clock this morning at thd home of her son, Robert Rumschlag. with whom she made her home at &p Madison street. She had been in failing health from complications 'for the past year and seriously ill for the last 90 days. ’ 1 , Born in Decatur Sept. 21, 1881, she was a daughter of Herman and Mary Hgckman - Kortenber, and was married to Charles Rumschlag May' 7, |907. husband died’ Jah. 26, 1913. Mrs. Rumschlag was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, ■ the Rosary society and the Third, Order of jßt, Francis. Surviving in addition to the son are three grandchildren, Donald, Carol Ann and James (Rumschlag; twp brothers, Clem Kortenber of Decatur and Dr. W. C. Kortenber of New Haven, and three sisteu, Mrs. William Parent and Mrs. Andrew Wolbert, both of Decatur, and Mrs. F. M. Miller of Fort Wayne. Three brothers preceded her in death. < Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be ih the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed <o the Gillig & Doan funeral home, ■where friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday until-time of the services. The Rosary society will meet at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday. ,

Young Is Sentenced On Perjury Charge Mink Coat Figure w Given Prison Term . WASHINGTON UP —E. Merl Young, key figure in mink coat scandals in the Reconstruction finance Coi(p. investigation, was sentenced today to serve a prison term of four months to twb years for lying to-senate investigators. Federal Judge Matthew F. Maquire turned down young’s plea for probation and ordered him committed to jail immediately. Young was convicted last month on four counts of. perjury before a» federal grand jury and a senate banking subcommittee , which investigated the RFC, the government’s huge lending agency. Young was found guilty of lying when he said he. had nothing to do with the granting of $10,000,04)0 loan to Lustron .Corp., a now-defundt prefabricated housing manufacturer. Maquire said he believed the interest pf justice would be. served if Young serves his minimum sentence of four months. The same sentence was Imposed on all flour counts, to run Concurrently. Young could have received sentences of two to 10 years on each count, * Young thanked Maguire for the way hta trial was conducted and said “It was fair.” A jury convicted Young last March. One coupt charged he lied when he said he had nothing to do with the granting of a $10,000,000 RFC loan to the Lustron Corp, even though he signed its application as a “servicing examiner.” Young resigned from the government to become an executive of the now-extinct prefabricated housing firm the day the lc|an was approved. . ‘ Young’s wife Lauretta, a former White House stenographer, figured prominently in the senate investigation as the owner of a “royal blue pastel” mink coat. The senate investigation brought out that the <Tara Ta Paar Klatt) - Annual Fellowship Service On Friday Council Os Church Women Is Sponsor , The annual May fellowship day, whibh will 'bs observed Friday evening at the First Christian church, is sponsored by council of united church women. The! following program will be presented around the 1953 theme, "Citizenship—Our Christian Concern." Prelude. Mrs.. William Bauman; call I to worship, Mrs. George Helm; hymn, "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life”; meditation, Mrs. Dwight McCurdy; anthem, “I Hear His Voice,” Herforth, choir, First Christian church. 1 . . Panel discussion, “Citizenship —Our Christian Concern h attorney, Robert Smith; church womhn Mrs. Ray J. Walther; high school students, Miss Pat Treon and Joe Ditto; minister, the Rev. Traverse Chandler, Business and installation of officers. Offertory, Mrs. Willitffh Bauman; benediction, the Rev. Dwight McCurdy. r ” immediately following the program, a fellowship hour vill be enjoyed with the First Christian church. Trinity Evangelical and United Brethren church, Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, /md First Missionary church l as co-chairmen. The Decatur council of church women extends an invitation to all men, women and Young people of Decatur arid surrounding community. t j , —.—i—.. . ■ INDIANA WEATHER ; Party cloudy with some local I ahowera toulghp Mhd Fri May. I Not much change in temper* ture. Low tonight 50-58; high Friday 55-78.

Price Five Cents

Tells Congress leaders Plans Io Cut Budget Five Billion Cut Is Anticipated In Budget For Defense WASHINGTON UP — President Eisenhower told congressional leadtoday he hopes to cut $8,406,000,000 from the Truman budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. I ‘ That was the report brought back by several congressional leaders who attended a lengthy White House conference on the entire government financial picture. These leaders asked not to be identified. Those who were identified, such as senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft, would say only the administration sees “substantial savings in sighj.” Thp President, 'sources said, emphasized at the White House meeting that his overall figures are “tentative,” and in the natUr* of a “goal.” It was said that no “hard” figures of trimming the huge defense • budget But it was indicated that Ihe administration hopes for a cut of about $5,000,000,000 here. On foreign aid, it was said that Mr. Eisenhower win itsk congress for $5,800,000,000 In additional funds next week. The Truman budget earmarked $7,600,000,000 for foreign aid. Former President Truman's overall budget called for $72,900,006,000 in new appropriations. Mr. Truman’s spending, figure was $78,600,000.000. * Mr. Eisenhower was scheduled to outline at his 1 p.m. c.s.t. news conference his new national security program. Mr. Eisenhower’s proposed SB,400,000,000 ctit was said ,to be on a basis of appropriation figures. It does not necessarily mean a commensurate cut in actual spending figures. If an $8,400,000,000 cut made in spending/ it would meah a deficit of $1,500,000,000 compared with the $9,900,000,000 in |fr. Truman’s budget. It was said that the tentative figures call for trimming appropriations for purely domestic purposes by about $1,250,000,000 and cutting the atomic energy program by $250,000,000. The White House discussion was described as “preliminary” in nature and the President said he would call, legislators back shortly forks more specific briefing. .; Mr. Eisenhower told the leadership that he would advocate no cuts in military spending that would jeopardize national security. But he Said the program would be geared to elimination of any idea of fighting tomorrow’s battles with yesterday's weapons. The President himself threw out a broad hint of sharp spending cuts when he told the annual banquet of the U.IS. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night that he is determined to give the country security “at the lowest possible cost” to clear the way for tax relief. But he emphasized that defense spending would “never” be cut below the safety point. ; Informants said the GOP administration had slashed more than $4,000,000,000 from the defense department budget and about $1,800,000,000 from the foreign aid budget proposed to congress by former President Truman for the year beginning July 1. Two Hoosier POW's Are Enroute Home Two Hoosiers are am6ng the 62 sick and wounded American\prisoners who left Tokyo by plane today for the United States. They are Cpl. David W. Ludlumr 2326 Gay street, Fort Wayne, and Pfc. Paul E. Clements, Indianapolis. x