Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1953 — Page 1

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V . A-Blast Lights San Francisco Sky From 600 Miles K. : g&i BMiku>u x ’■'" • -.■'*••■• :JS<-«; '• ■'■•>: '*’ -. yr ~ • > ' ' % THE AEC’S "bonus blast,” believed to he (he most powerful atomic detonation so far in the United States, lights the sky over San Francisco from 600 miles away in Nevada at 4:15 a. m. Outline of the San Francisco-Oakland bridge can be seen. The blast was the 11th and last of the current series. Originally only 10 explosions were scheduled.

South Korean Voices Violent Truce Protests \ Says Concessions . Made By Allies Are L Total Appeasement WASHINGTON, (UP) — South Ko ea voiced violent new objections to the United Nations truce plan today as Allied officials, optl-I raistic over chances of ending the three-year war, prepared new instructions for U. N. negotiators at Panmunjom. 1 South Korean Ambassador Dr. ! You Chan Yang said in an inter- ' view that the "concessions” made by the Allies to the Communists 1 "are nothing but total appease- 1 ment,” He said the Allied offer was "shortsighted.” endangered f the United States to an atomic at- ‘ tack and at the same time “sells 1 Korea down the river?’ ‘ The renewed and bitter South 1 Korea objections to,a truce emphasized the grave problem facing the United States in its campaign to-end the Korean war. Officials said an effort was being made to calm the South Koreans but satisfactory results were not regarded as certain by any means. There were strong hints in official quarters that the United States—politely- but firmly—would tell the South Koreans that their objections would not be allowed to block a truce. The United States regards the truce plan as honorable. It has made it clear this government is ready to help South Korea economically and militarily after a truce and to guard its security against new attack through the United Nations. But the South Korean ambassador told the United Press a truce under present plans amounts to "peace at any price.” "I am sorry to say that it will not be peace at. all. It will result in a total and disastrous war in the near future.” he said. "The Communists are being encouraged to fight on and put some other nations behind the Iron Curtain. When the Communists have an adequate stockpile of atomic bombs and bombers fully prepared to deliver them, they will strike the United States, particularly the >' industrial centers, to cripple your ability to supply others who would fight Communism. 1 "That’s going to come just as sure as I’m sitting here,” the ambassador said at his desk in the Korean embassy. “Do not be short-sighted in selling Korea down the river, because if you do Asia wHI go behind the Iron Curtain. They will have a pitiful, tragic lesson before them. The free world is not standing up against Communism. Korea has been subjected to terrible devastation. Thousands and thousands have been killed. What have we gained. Nothing. “This is a glaring example to others of what will happen if they stand up against Communism. They’ll say, ‘What is use.’ They'll give up.” Yang said he had been told by state department officials that ‘lnterminable talks’ with the Communists would follow an armistice. (Tara Te Fivei INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with occasional thundershowers over most of state tonight, turning cooler north and central. Saturday partly cloudy and cooler with chance of a few scattered thundershowers. Low tonight 55-62 north, 62-70 south. High Saturday 70-75 north, 75-80 south.

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Rosenbergs Denied Sfay Os Execution X Three-Man Court Os Appeals Denies Stay NEW YORK UP —A three-man court of appeals denied a stay of executiop today for atom spies Julius and Ethelfßosenberg, whose death in the electric chair has been set for June 18. The i court had rejected three previous appeals brought by Emanual Bloch, attorney for the convicted couple. Bloch asked for the stay of execution so he could appeal to the Supreme Court an earlier decision by the Appeals Court refusing to direct Federal Judge Irving Kaufman to reduce the Rosenberg’s death sentence. • Judge Thomas W. Swan told Bloch he could make a motion to the Supreme Court for a stay. The court reserved decision on another motion filed by Bloch asking a review of Judge Kaufman's refusal to reduce the sentence, and for a stay of execution pending the review. Perl Sentenced. NEW YORK. UP -f-' William Perl, former Columbia Unfversity physics instructor, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for denying that he knew atom spies Julius Rosenberg and Morton Sobell. The tall, grim-faced jet propulsion expert, 34, showed no emotion as Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan handed down the sentence. Ryan sentenced him to five years on each of two counts, the sentences to run concurrently. Ryan said he could not accept the jury’s recommendation for leniency because Perl had “will/Tam To P«jro Klxht) Hosey Ray Is Found Dead This Morning Former Trucker Is Taken By Death Hosey Ray, 75. well known citizen and a formbr truck operator, was found dead in bed at 5 a. m. today at the home of his nephew, Oscar Ray, one and one-half miles southwest of Monroe. Mr. Ray accompanied his nephew home last evening. For several years he had an apartment in the Haugk building op Madison street. '■ ’ ’ 1 V Funeral arrangements will not be made until the son. Vernon Ray of* Flint, Mich., arrives this, afternoon. j The body was taken to the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. Schedule Bus Stops For Girl Scout Camp The following is the schedule for Gay’s bus which will transport girls to and from’ the Girl Scout day camp: the first trip starts at 9:15 a.m. and will make three stops: north pnd at Miller’s grocery, south end of Master - Drive. Methodist church, corner of Monroe and Fifth street: the second trip starts at 9:30 a.m. and will make five stops: court house, corner of Russell and Winchester, Homestead, north entrance on High street, Sanitary Market and Stratton Place. 'The bus will leave camp in the afternoon at approximately 3:30 and 4 o’clock and the girls will be dropped off at the same stops listed above. Girls are reminded again to get their registrations turned in immediately to their leaders or to Mrs. Vincent Bormann, registrar. \ i

Taft Proposes Military Pad With Britain - u j, L ■ -u : , Issues Statement Denying He Favors Go It Alone Policy WASHINGTON, UP — Senate Republican Header Robert A. Taft today proposed a military alliance with Great Britain in the Fay East in a statement denying he favored a “go it alone” policy. The Ohio senator issued his statement in reply to the criticism of the foreign policy statement 1 which he sent to a Cincinnati meeting May 26. His critics included President Eisenhower, who told a news conference two days later this, nation needs AlHes and cannot go It atone. In his statement today. Taft said he had received a .number of questions about, his views expressed at Cincinnati and that there was only one matter which he felt called for further explanation. “At no timei did I use the words that the United States should ‘go it alone’ in th® Far East or anywhere else.” hie said. “I pointed out that our whole present policy yas a policy of military alliance building up the nations willing to use their arms to fight the Communists if they are attacked. “Wflat I said Was that we should forget the United Nations as far as the further conduct of the Korean war is concerned. I pointed opt that we had already done exactly this in Europe, relying entirely upon the NATO. North Atlantic treaty organization alliance, a military treaty between definite nations to prevent Soviet aggression.” Taft said he also pointed out that the U. N. has proved “a complete failure” in preventing aggression because the big power veto in the security council can block action. He said the U. N. general assembly never had any power except to make recommendations. The Korean war, he said, is presumably being fought under direction of a U. N. assembly committee. "But on ithe committee concerned with the war are India and many other countries which say they are not on the side of the United Nations at all but are neutral in the fight.” Taft said. | “How ridiculous that our course should be guided by nations claiming with one breath to be part of the United Nations and with the other to be opposed to the principles declared by the assembly of the United Nations, -namely, the driving of the Chinese from Korea and its unification.” Taft said if .the United States is able to ’ “disentangle” itself from the U. N., it already has treaties with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the Philippines and “a very definite understanding” with the French in Indochina. *Tara To Pair* <lx) I . . ■ '. ''■ ■ Amateur Winners Entertain Rotary Mariann Sei king and Ozzie Buitemeier, musicians who won. first place in one of the amateur contests in the May festival, entertained the Rotarians with hill-billy and mountain music last evening. The local musicians are members of the Moonlight Ramblers. They broadcast every Saturday morning over WANE. George Litchfield was chairman of last evening’s Rotary program.

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General Lemay Opposes Cuss In Air Force Seen Unacceptable Risk For Security A , Os U. S. And Allies WASHINGTON UP — Senator? Were told today that Gen. CurM E. Lemay believes proposed reductions in his big bomber strategic air command may involye an unacceptable risk for »the United States and its Allies. . Gen. Hoyt s. Vandenberg, outgoink force chief of staff, gave the information to a senate, appropriations subcommittee. He read a portion of a “top secret” message sent, him on May 22 by the cigar-smoking SAC commander. Reporting as a “field commander/’ Vandenberg said, Lemay stated that “reduction below 57 wings represents an extension of the calculated risk to a point where it may no longer be acceptable to the security of the United States and its Allies.” Previous testimony has indicated the 120-wiug air force planned by the . present administration, tor De> camber, 1955, will reduce the strategic air command to 52 wings from the 57 included Ln the 143-wing program. Vandenberg began his third day of testimony as senate Democrats talked hopefully of a compromise in the controversy over President Eisenhower’s cutback defense budget. Informed sources said a revised budget probably would call for a 33,500,000,000 to 34,000,000.000 boost in the new appropriations request Mr. Eisenhower submitted for the year beginning July 1. This would fall somewhat short, of former President Truman’s request. Sen. Burnet R. Maybank I>S; C. said he is ready to introduce an amendment to the defense department money bill to restore funds to finance the new air force program. He predicted most Democrats and “some” Republicans will support it. Cooler Temperatures Forecast In State , INDIANAPOLIS UP — Cooler temperatures and one to two inches' of rain were predicted todays ifoi? Indiana during the next five days. The weathermen said temperatures will be two to four degrees below normal maximums of 81 north and 86 south. The extended forecast called for cooler weather Saturday, warmer Sunday and Monday and cooler again Tuesday and Wednesday. Three Persons Die , In Two-Car Crash Coatesville Family Wiped Out By Crash 1 Greencastle, Ind., (UP) —'.A Coatesville family—John Kestner, 43, his wife. Mary. 39, and their four-month-old son Robert — were killed and two others injured critically in a two-car crash near here Thursday night. Injured were (Mrs. Mary Rooker, 49, Brooklyn, Ind., and her 12-year-\ old daughter, Linda. They were taken to Putnanj county hospital. Authorities said a car carrying the Kestners and driven by Mrs. Rooker turned off Ind. 75 into the path of a car driven by Wayne Hutcheson, 23, Fortville, On U.. S. 40. An auto 'behind the Hutcheson car, driven by Burney Novins, 26, Cleveland, 0., swerved to avoid the crash and struck a truck. Novins was injured slightly. Hutcheson and truck driver Charles R. Phillips, 46, Mooresville, escaped, unhurt.

Alert Italy Police To Avoid Violence Gasperi Supporter ; . Is Fatally Injured ' (ftOMF. Italy UP — A supporter T>f'Premier.Alclde de Gasperi died today from Injuries inflicted by .1 leftist and police were alerted to f>rervent new violence in final ralies for Sunday’s parliamentary flections, j v, 1 With the five-week political campaign scheduled to end by it ■midnight tonight, the vveathermen came up with a forecast discouraging for Italy’s democratic parties who hoped for a heavy election day turnout. The weekend forecast was fori unsettled weather. De Gasperi and his pro-NATO allies tbeiieved a large vote would help them in their life-and-death battle for power against the Communists and rightists. The first death of the campaign •was reported from Sicily where iMario Consentino, member of De Gasperl’s Christian Democratic; party, died of injuries suffered in u flight with a leftist four days <lh another outbreak pf violence in Sicily, a group of -unldentiCied men fired a series of pistol shots sfrCjA monachist candidate for parliament Thursday night. 'But he was unhurt, * The casualties for the campalgii were one dead and abput TO fseripusly injure,d. There w-ere 14 dead and 84 seriously injured in clashes preceding the 1-948 election, -’ijf. Some 30,000,000 Italians are eligi ble to vote tn dhe crucial balloting for\ a new 590-seat chamber of deputies and ai 237-seat senate. The vote will give the first clearcut indication of how much —If any —'ltaly’s Communist vote has decreased after seven years and some 33,000,000.000 of American aid. , • • H:■ More Given Warning To Flee From Floods Missouri River Is I|l Rising Steadily GREAT FALLS, Mont., UP rAuthorities warned 3,000 more persons to be ready to flee their homes here today as the muddy Missouri River, fed by flood-swol-len tributaries, rose steadily. 8 About 2,200 persons had already been evacuated here ants in nearby communities. Some smaller towTs and farms were reported almogt completely under water. Meanwhile, normally tame tributaries of the Big Muddy ran wild after days of heavy rain. * Airman Lowell Jones, from Kansas City, who flew over the almost < completely inundated town of Belt Mont., and the community of Monarch. Mont., Thursday reported: .“Cabins located between Be|t and Monarch are going down Belt Creek. The steel trestle pf Great Northern Railroad between Belt and Monarch was almost twisted into a semi-circle.” The U. S. weather bureau predicted the Big Mo would rise from four to six inches today between Cascade and Great Falls, howjpiidergoing the worst floods in* Its history. Three hundred men. including personnel from a nearby air force base, worked in four-hour shifts to help shorp up the dikes holding the Missouri and its tributary, the Sun. Both rivers join here. An air force C-119 flew to Glasgow to pick up sandbags from army engineers at Fort Peck. Already the fort has contributed 000 sandbags. Gov. J. Hugo Aronson called for federal aid in a proclamation Issued at Helena after a visit, to the flood areas. 1 v ' There was some encouraging news. • Three tributary rivers were falling slightly, and Missouri river water was abut off upstream at Canyon Ferry Dam near Helena.

8 Communist MiG’s Downed By Sabrejefs Korean Troops Are i Locked In Battles j On Eastern Front | SEOUL, Korea (Upl) — Allied Sabrejets shot down eight Communist M'lG’s today, probably destroyed one and damaged five, more low-N#el air, battles near theTiuiho reservoir. A new jet ace was crowned as the result of today’s Sabre-MIG duels—Maj. Vermont Garrison of Mt. Vernon, Ky. On the ground, South Korean infantrymen remained locked in combat with North Korean Communists on the eastern front, .scene of flaming conflict for j the ninth straight day. ' The fighting was concentrated on Anchpr Hill, eastern and northernmost position on the eighth army’s battleline where South Korean troops sought to dislodge their former countrymen from ’positions they seized on the night of May 27. Elsewhere, an eighth army spokesman^said, there was a sharp drop in enemy contacts. Allied troops looked toward the truce village of Panmunjom where negotiators for both sides will meet again at 8 p. m, CST tonight in a conference that could possibly lead to an early cease-fire. There were reports that a new Communist counterproposal to the Allies’ “final” formula for breaking the prisoner-deadlock agreed on mast major points, leaving fTara T» Pa*» Kl*ht) I ' County Court House To Be Closed Monday . The Adams county court house will be closed all day Monday while the finishing touches are |put on the new kentile floor being laid in the downstairs lobby. The offices were ordered closed Iby the county commissioners, The west door of the court house will remain open for emergency business and court business, it I was announced, but the east ddor will be locked all day and all downstairs offices will be closed. Hearing Dates Set By Board Os Review ] Hearings Slated To Open June 17 Freeholders of Adams county with objections to the valuations fixed to personal property made during the recent assessment, will have an opportunity to be heard on 'the following dates, according to the schedule of the board of re- ” view, which has jurisdiction in the rilatter: > - Wednesday, June 17 —from 8:30 a m. to 11:30 a. m. and from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.: Union, Root, Preble. Kirkland, Washington, and St. Mary’s 'townships. Thursday, June 18—same hours as above: 'Blue Creek, Monroe, French, Hartford, Walbash, and Jefferson townships. Friday, June 19—same hours: towns of Berne,’ Monroe and Geneva. 'Monday, June 22, and Tuesday,' June 23-Hhe city of Decatur. The board pointed out that it is the duty of these taxpayers inadvertently omitted in the last assessment to appear before the board on or before June 30, in which cage penalty will be waived. The information given here was affirmed by the board of review, a legal notice of which appears in today’s Daily Democrat. The board consists ot Albert Harlow, Frank Kitson, Richard D. Lewton, Florence Holthouse, and Richard Burdg.

Army Worms Invade More Farm Areas Other Insect Pests , Reported Massing By UNITED PRESS Relentless army worms marched into new areas in at least six states today, felling small grain like it had been mowed and shredding tender’ young corn and clover. Meanwhile, other insect pests' like the flea bettie and the tent caterpillar also were massing in troublesome hordes in some areas. ■ The brownish-green army worms were ruinipg crops in parts of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland, Many farmers had already lost thousands of dollars in anticipated income. Agriculture department experts in Washington said they hoped to kill army Worms with a dust made of the pondered bodies of other army captured and inoculated with a virus deadly to the species. i The experiment will be tried tin Maryland fields near the Beltsville Md„ research center. Dr. S. R. Dutky, pathologist at the center,, said 500 worms had; already been captured and inoculated with “polyhedral” virus They will be ground up and made into dust spray soon. ‘ The agriculture department, sympathetic to the fathers’ plight was conducting thorough' studies to learn if the use of high-powered insecticides like dieldrin on small grain would poison the grain heads and make them dangerous for human consumption. A decision was expected in a “day or so.” Many farmers, especially in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, were harvesting wheat and other grains before they were ripe to save them from the “almost unbelievable” ravages of the army worms. ■ ■ . • Agriculture department experts said they hoped the traditional enemies of the army worm, parasites that kill the hungry hordes, can halt the northward march of fTxra T* Pace Klcht) Bidaulf Will Seek To Form Government Assembly Rejects Mendes-France Bid * 1 PARTS, UP —President Vincent Auriol today called in Catholic Popular Republican (MRP) Leader Georges Bidault to ask him to try to solve the French government crisis. Auriol turned to the former pre-' mier and foreign minister after the national assembly rejected Radical Socialist Pierre MehdesFrancp’s bid for the premiership. The assembly action left France without a government for the’ third straight week as time grew near [for scheduled Big Three talks in Bermuda. Bidault. a veteran French representative at international parleys, was the fifth political leader asked to try to form a new government since the current crisis began May 21-Mendes-France, 46-year-old finance expert failed by 13 votes Thursday night to obtain confirmation as premier of a left-of-center coalition government pledged to bring a quick end to. the Indochinese war. j > He needed a 314-vote absolute majority, but received only 301. Voting against him, were 119 deputies and 207 others abstained or were absent. The Socialists voted solidly for Mendes-France — the first time they supported a candidate for premier in an investiture Vote since they went into permanent opposition two years ago. Opponents of Mendes - France were fearful that his program would throw into reverse most of the foreign and domestic policies of postwar France.

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Asks UN Let South Koreans Drive Out Reds Urges U. N. Permit His Forces Drive Out Red Enemies ' SEOUL, Korea, UP — South Korean President Syngman Rhee ■ urged the United Nations today to let ROK soldiers drive Chinese » soldiers from Korea and then fight North Korean Communists for uni-fication.-of their embattled country aftqr an armistice is signed. The | 78-year-old Korean pleader k made his plea in a written statement replying to a series of questions submitted .by newsmen. One question \ asked. “What is the best way to unify Korea if and when an armistice ih signed?” He answered: “The only way I Can see is to let Jhe Koreans do their fighting, which they want to - do. If they succeed, they will unite under the Republic of Korea gov- . ernment all they want to. It is the . national determination. “If they lose they will unite under the ( Communist regime. i "Why don’t they let them settle f their own business if they want > to? Are they not entitled to the right of self-determination? AH . our fightink men believe they can $ drive the Chinese forces out of , Korea.” I Rheb answered several lists of I questions submitted by corresi pondents. At times he appeared . emotionally overwrought and oh the verge at tears. The answers he gave In off-the-cuff interviews did not always jibe with his written, considered replies. (Rhee told this correspondent that the “Chinese must be made to leave Korea” before his government would accept the U. N. truce proposal. But he told another one verbally that “South Korea will sign the present truce proposal — America is forcing us to.” At one point, he said the South Korean andy would take on both North Korea and the, Chinese Communists. Later,' he said his troops could unify Korea "as soon as the Chinese leave’’L Rhee bitterly criticized India, which under the U. N. truce proposal, , would he the custodian of prisoners in Allied prison camps. He again threatened to use ROK troops' to keep Indian armed guards from entering South Korea. He said that India is “more than half goner to Communist influ-, enee. .' ( • . “We do not regard India as al neutral country,” he said. “We regard India’s prime minister more as a friend of Communism than of • democracy.” The ROK leader reiterated his belief that unless Korea is unified now “by military means,” it will never 'be unified by political means after an armistice is signed. South Korea would be “accepting a death warrant” in agreeing to a cease-fire now, he told this correspondent. Rhee charged that the armistice now being framed at the truce village of Panmunjom would “make Korea another ChfntL” The aged South Korean leader ) expressed his continued opposition to current truce proposals in an exclusive Iquestion-and-answer interview with' United Press only a few hours before he and acting prime minister Pyun Yung Tae held a crucial meeting with Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme United Nations commander in the Far East, and American ambassador Ellis O. Briggs. j] Clark flew to Seoul from Tokyo for the vital discussion and left Rhee’s mansion one hpur and seven minutes later. Clark refused to discuss his important talks with Rhee on the eve of the resumption of truce conferences at Panmunjom on proposal* believed to be acceptable to both the U. N. and the Communist*. “I have no comment,” Clark CTwmTe rage «W*t)