Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI No. 153.

East Germans' Revolt Flares Into 3rd Week German Housewives Join Demonstrators Against Reds' Rule BERLIN UP — The East German revolt against Red rule jftamed into its third week today. German housewives Joined the demonstrators, milling about governntont buildings in Erfurt, Dessau. Halle. Frankfurt on Oder and other large—cities and shouting, j “We want bread for our jchildren.” Miners, defying Red- bayonets *nd skeptical of Red promfrest were said to have set fire to a large portion of the coil fields in Saxony-Anhalt. Other reports said ~the rebellion had spread to Poland. From the Elbe to the Oder more workers went on strike, sabotaging factory equipment. Only in East Berlin had order been completely restored. An almost death-like quiet prevailed in' fthe Potsdsimerplatz. scene of bloody brawls and' shootings on June 17. Only a half dozen peoples police and West Berlin police stood on bored guard duty on either side of the huge square. The Communist dragnet hauled in thousands of Germans!, increasing total arrests in the two-week ■ revolt to more than 50,000, and the Reds promised “speedy trial” and severe punishment of their cap- / tives. ‘ A large part of Saxony-Anhalt province's coal fields was reported in flames, while workers through* out Soviet (Germany were walking oft the job and wrecking industrial machinery. In the big cities of the Soviet zone, mobs of housewives were gathering outside government breakdown in the Red supply system, screaming: ? “We want bread for our children!” The food situation in Red Germany has grown critical during the two weeks since revolt flared in Soviet Berlin and spread across the zone. z Last week, an East Berliner’s ration card entitled him to only a quarter-pound of meat, an approximately equal of bread, and —if he was. lucky—two pounds of fish. Many grocers could offer only about two ounces of jam in place of the fish ration. is- 4 Vegetables and fruit were almost unobtainable. Hunger riots were reported today in Erfurt, Dessa, Halle, Frankfurta on-Oder, and other key cities. Tens of thousands of other workers risked mass arrest and summary execution by striking in a wave of protests that extended (Tnn To Pace Bight)

No Heat Relief In Sight For Hoosiers Five-Day Outlook Is Continued Hot INDHANAPOUS UP — One of Indiana's hottest Junes In history Ibbws out today m a mugigy heat iwave that showsvno sign of abating ' State temperatures soared to a high of 96 Monday, threatened to hit 98 today, and may flirt with 100 or more before the week ends. The five-day outlook for Wednesday through Sunday was gloomy for hot-humid weather-haters: "Temperatures will average five to 10 degrees above normal, continued hot and humid.” Scattered thundershowers Thursday or Friday will dump skimpy rainifall onto the parched countryside. ~ ’ Indianapolis weather records show June’s average mean temperature is 77-plus, about three and one-hakf degrees aibove normal. But "June last year was hotter. St also was one of the hottest Junes* in history with an average temperature of 78.?. \ It the inercury hits 90 today, and only a miracle will keep it from doing so, this month will be recorded with 13 days of 90-degree-or-higher readings. Last June the number was. 15. Should the summer of 1953 follow the pattern of 1952. July will be roughly as hot as June; .but August will be about five degrees cooler. For the second day in a row, northern Indiana sweltered in temperatures as high as or higher than The top was 96 at Lafayette Monday, while Fort Wayne, Evansville; and Indianapolis each broiled in 94-degree heat. The Sunday mark was recorded at Fort Wayne.

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15 MIGs Are Shot Down By Allied Pilots New Daily, Monthly Destruction Marks . Set By U. N. Planes SEOUL. Korea, UP — Cocky Allied Sabrejet pilots shot down 15 MIGs today, setting new daily and monthly enemy jet destruction records and dealing Cpmmi|nist air prestige its worst blow in Korea. |- ' - The mass destruction of the faster-than-sound Russian • made MiG’s ran the June total up to 74, 11 more than the previous high of 63 set last September. Two MIGs were damaged in today’s aerial batltes. Five famous Korean jet aces led the Sabres into the most glorious day of their history. From the blazing air duels, another ace, America’s 36th emerged: Ist Lt. Henry Buttelmann of New York, downed his fifth MIG in, 12 days. Cigar - chomping M&jor James Jabara of Wichita, KanL, history’s first jet ace now on his second tour of duty, bagged his 13th and 14th to take the lead aga'in and pull to within two kills of the record set by Capt. Joseph McConnell of Apple Valley, Calif., now in the United States. Jabara knocked his 13th MIG out of the North Korean skies in the morning, when nine of the Red jets were downed, and got the other in the afternoon, when the Sabres destroyed five more. A plucky Canadian, squadron leader John McKay, an RCAF exchange pilot, knocked down a jet to keep the MIG-massacre from becoming an all-American show. The 15th MIG claim went to Ist Lt. Jimmie Pierce of Millbrae, Calif. It * was Pierce’s first kill. The previous record of 13 kills in one day was set on July 4, 1952, and equalled on Sept. 4 and Dec. 12. *■| ]■ | Today’s air battles brought the new’ monthly record to 74 MiG’s destroyed, eight probably destroyed and 3*5 damaged. The air war almost c6mpletely obscured the ground fighting, as South Korean troops fought savagely to regain lost territory on the east-central front. Eighth army announced that 11.200 Reds had been killed or wounded in the week of vicious fighting ending Sunday. It was highest weekly enemy casualty figure since November, 1951, when 7.500 Reds died and 3,700 were wounded. < The Sabres; started the day off without expetting to break the record of 63 when they went up to protect fighter-bomb-ers pounding five rail, bridges at Sariwon. They encb|intered a pack of MIGs in wild dogfights in the Kangdohg area, north of Sariwon, and nhe Red pilots were outclassCTwra T* Face Kight) ’ . L—■- ■ Democrat Meeting At Berne Tonight ' .Young Democrats of Adams county will hold forth tonight at Berne park, Berne, for a session that, it is hoped, will rally the younger element of the Democratic party in time tor the congressional elections next year. The meeting is sponsored by the Adams county Democratic women’s club and sanctioned by the central committee of Adams county ahd-Dr. Harry Hebble, chairman! Scheduled to speak at th* rally is Barbara Suelzer, Fort Wayne, who is affiliated with the national young Democrats organization.

=f UC. Os C. MeetingHeld Monday Night State C. C. Leader Principal Speaker About 60 members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce gathered last night at the Elks home to add a firm boost to the local business group for the future and hear Some ’advice by a dynamic leader of the Indiana Chamber of Commerces. The remarks of Jack Rich, visionary of the' state organization, were prefaced, however, with reminicences of a few past presidents of the Chamber here. More pointed of these came from Glenn Hill, past president, who declared there was more cooperation and money in the local Chamber when the dues were |2.50 a year than what it is now, $25 a year. Hill hit at the fact that little cooperation exists in the group as it is now and there is an attitude of “let John do it.” He pointed to the situation a few years back when farmers throughout the county belonged to the group and managed the agricultural end of fairs and exhibitions.! Said Hill: “When the dues were $2.50 a year (we) had SIO,OOO in bonds; now that it is $25 yearly, there is something like $1,500. “We must try to achieve a better community and a better place to live. All groups must work together,” continued the local insurance man. ‘Mn, every community there are always the knockers, the ones always ready with criticism, free with the advice, Well,” he said, “we don’t listen to them anymore.*’ r * Other past presidents who spoke were John Welch, Bob Holthouse, Clarence Ziner and Roscoe Glendening. Rich then took the floor and gave a definition of what a Chamber of Commerce is: “A Chamber is a civic-minded group who plan and accomplish things that most people think just happen. “The Chambers of many towns are often accused of keeping industry out of towns; and also it is thought that Chambers get industries into towns.!’ On the latter point, he declared that more often than not Chambers of Commerce don’t even know when a new plant is coming into a town. He said the plant's pick out the towns and move in without consulting any Chamber, He asked: “What can a Chamber do to get industry into their cities?” And he answered “They can (1) Create a climate favorable to industry; (2) improve schooling, (3) modernize stores and inventories, £4) enact thorough zoning laws. • “Nobody likes to build a fine house in a nice neighborhood and then find a factory coming up next to his, lowering the value of hi 3 property and forcing him to move,!’ he said. “What factories look for when they consider moving to a town is the people in it.” He pointed out that factories don’t move to places where peoplft expect thtoir legislators to “give them something for nothing.” He asserted that a Chamber of Commerce is not merely for the benefit of the retailers in town. He took the view that to get increased business in the city, the small things must be looked to first, better stores; more retailers; brighter lights; best merchandise. “There jls not enough interest in legislation,” said Rich, “legislation that affects every businessman in this town.” He told , the group that he was “embarassed for Decatur” because he had heard from Sen. Van Eichhorn (D- Uniondale) that in the 16 years he had been in Indianapolis he had had only one meeting with Decatur people. “During legislative sessions,” declared the "‘I; \ t* pa**

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 30, 1953.

Korean Truce Talks In Double Deadlock; Talk With Rhee Bogs Down

Says Case For Impeaching Os Douglas Fails House Committee Says Wheeler Has Failed To Make Case . ■ ■ i- ■ ; WASHINGTON, UP — Members of a house judiciary subcommittee. toM Rep. W. M. Don Wheefet, DGa., today that he has ’ failed to make a case for impeaching supreme court justice William O. Douglas. Chairman Louis E. Graham, RPa„ told Wheeler, “You have not fully comprehended the depth of these charges in a legal sense which we lawyers know and understand.” Wheeler, 38, is a farmer and former school teacher. Rep. Francis E. Walter, D-Pa., said Wheeler’s impeachment resolution had furnished the Kremlin with a valuable propaganda weapon- * j . ! . The terse comments of subcommittee members indicated they will recommend that the full judiciary committoe kill the resolution. Wheeler was the only witnese at the brief hearing on the reeer Jution introduced Immediately a£ ter Douglas etayed the execution of atom spiea Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Wheeler said he was “completely satisfied” by the bull and free hearing* on his case, and commented, “I ait! not the first witness who has come before your committee and failed to prove his case.” “That'si right,” Walter replied. “Our files are full of them.” At the outset of the hour-long hearings, Graham barred Wheeler from offering “hearsay” newspaper reports which Wheeler said substantiated 1 his charge that Douglas was guilty of “moral turpitude.” | t .- U Wheeler acknowledged h i $ charge Monday that Douglas “■reportedly had been co-respondent in a divorce suit had turned out to be false.” He said the “implies, tion” in «a newspaper account had| turned out to be false. t After 15 minutes of questioning; Walter told Wheeler that he had failed to make “a primaf facie casq for impeachment which I, for (Tara To Page Severn) J ~ ? Reed Is Appointed j Life Guard At Pool Residents Warned To Conserve Water *• Clint Reed, band director of Do-; catur high school, Jias joined Hu-? bert Zerkel, Jr,, supervisor of the,! municipal swimming pool, having' been appointed a life guard at the; pool for the summer. Reed holds: a life saving certificate from the Red Cross. Zerkel reminded city residents today to be mindful of their water habits as the maintenance of the* pool depends on it. He pointed: out that aifter the last big rain, water consumption: dropped off. permitting the city to supply the pool with proper amounts of water to overflow the gutters at night. He unged water users to remember the warning of the mayor last week in which he declared that, waste of water by consumers could result in the closing of the poof.' Zerkel asked that the hours of the pool be published again be-’ cause he has been annoyed at home by persons with questions about hours which should by now toe common knowledge. Here they are: Pool open seven days a week from 1-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday. Open evenings every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7-8:30 o’clock.

No Spy list From I • Canada To Truman McCarthy Suggests Truman To Testify WASHINGTON, UP —ls Canada’s late prime minister ‘Max-Ken-zie King gave former President Truman a list of suspected Comrmnrtst spies at their 1945 conference, the names never reached officials who would normally, investigate such matters. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy* RWis., has suggested that Mr. fTru;|san may he called subcommittee to 4iscuss the matter. McCarthylsa id be has reason to believe King did give Mr. Truman a list’ of Americans involved in the Soviet atomic spy ring which Canada brokf in 1945. He said he is “curioiftk to Tsnow why” it did not lead to'any prosecutions. ** Mr. Truman told reporters was nothing printable he couithsay to McCarthy’s Irkelied charge that he failed to transmit a secret spy roster to the justice department. The justice dto Bailment ducked out of the dispute srith a “no comment.” •But inquiry here and in btjtawa brought these facts to lighto ’ Not one tout two lists of rjatoies weije supplied to U. S. officials Vtor .a lucky break gave Canadian officials basic evidence of Russian espionage in Canada, the lifted States, the United Kingdom ; and generally throughout the Webern hemisphere. > j Neither list was transmitted through Mr. Truman, then President of the United Statesjthe United Press was informed, '•<’ Mr. Truman and King did confer lu 1945 on the Canadian spy iglng and the obvious fact that the same kind of espionage was going oi| in I the United States. Brit persopy in a position to know said the Tru-man-King talk was of the general /Twrw t« F«*e nurht) —’ ■ i Safety Award Give® Truck Driver Here I Final Safety Award Is Made By Sheriff j Winner of the last of $5 saifety awards being given for good driving is part of a group that makes sound road practices a cbmmon thing — the truck dritfrs, Cedric McCullough, of Monroe, in particular. ' Cedric drives a big cement-i<ix-ihg truck for Decatur Ready-d L.. and was spotted by sheriff Bob Shraluka a 8 he headed southward through Decatur, fpnupicuous because he was making all signee, stopping for all signnmd proceeding always at a lawful speed. Cedric was eluted over his good fortune when he came in to pick up hi 8 Chicago Motor Cluib cheek at the Dally Democrat office tjiiy morning. “ . . . I thought for siire he was going to put the pinch on me,” said Cedric of his confusing brush 'with the law. Cedric agreed it was kind of unusual for the sheriff to give- away money when he vras most of the time taking it away. But McCullough didn’t argue the point as he pocketed big fin. Sheriff said McCullough stripped at the intersection of and Mercer, signalled for the strip, then unlade a left turn east du Oak. Before doing so, howeyer,' McCullough pulled his truck to |he center of the road, waited ipr approaching traffic to come no£th over the railroad tracks; and when all traffic had passed, he then proceeded to complete his turn. McCullough is 35, a veteran !Mt>f World War ill ’ and has driien truriks in this community fqr oirer 10 years. r-ji -i| — INDIANA WEATHER Fair, hot and humid tonight* and Wednesday. Low tor>tgh< 73-78. High Wednesday 94-100.

Senate Votes Ike Power To Withhold Aid Withhold Billion In European Help At Ike Discretion WASHINGTON, UP\— The senate today approved a bi-partisan amendment which would let Presi dent Eisenhower at his discretion withhold $1,000,000,000 in .Euro pean arms aid until the unified European army treaty is ratified , The amendment to the $5,318, 000,000 mutual assistance bill was approved toy voice vote less than five minutes after it was proposed by senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Tex., with the support of GOP leader Robert A Taft, Q. Johnson complained that ’ a house amendment, to require with holding the $1,000,000,000 until the European defense community trea ty is a<pproved, would “tie the President’s hands.” Johnson said the senate’s bi-partisan proposal would give Mr. Eisenhower “s much stronger hand ". . . a direc tlve that could, wt the crucial mo ments, be as potent as a hole-cart! ace." Leaders hoped for senate pas sage of the aM bill Wednesday al the latest. Meanwhile Sen. Mike Mansfield D-Mont., heretofore a leading ad vocate of foreign assistance, said the program has about outlived its usefulness. He proposed in a speech prepared for senate delivery that the aid program be extended for one year only and then reviewed. “For the sake of our foreign policy objectives, as well as for reasons of economy, we should begin to wind up foreign aid as quickly as possible,” he told'the senate. He proposed an amendrpent to limit the mutual security program to one additional year, and require congress to make a “thorough examination” next January of the need for any further aid The (TuraTo Pa«e Seven) Meeting Tonight On School Building Fund 75-Cent Cumulative Fund Is Proposed A A public meeting of the Decatur school board will be held tonight on the proposed 45-cent increase of the cumulative building fund voted unanimously at the last meeting of the board. The meeting will take place at the high school (building at 7:30 p.m. Robert Apderson, city attorney, commented on the proposal today and said it was the answer to a building program that might come up in the future. On the basts of $lO million of taxable property, 75 cents on each SIOO would bring in $75,000 a year or 8375,000 in five years. Anderson said a cutmulative building fund—Which literally lets money accumulate—is much to be preferred than a bond issue because there i 8 no payment of interest. He pointed out that in two years, at, say, four percent interest, a.payment of .$5,000 would go out for interest on $150,000. “ ... It has been proved that money permitted to accumulate through the cumulative device would necessitate a smaller bond issue when and if the time comes,” said the city attorney, “and make it more convenient to float an issuei If there are no remonstrators at tonight’s meeting, a certified notice will be forwarded to the state iboard of tax commissioners, following which a hearing will be held und final approval given upon receiving ,no objection.

Retail Stores Open Here Friday Night Regular Thursday Afternoon Closing Following several surveys and meetings today ampng retail merchants, *the consensus was that “most of the stores will observe the regular Thursday afternoon closing schedule and; remain opep Friday until 9 p. m.” Ralph Habegger, president of the Chamber of Commerce, conferred with local mechants and stated “a majority of thq stores will remain open Friday evening for the convenience of shoppers.” The extremely hot weather was a factor in-the decision to observe the weekly closing of stores Thursday • afternoon, spokesmen for the retail group stated. “We think the public will be better served if the stores remain open Friday evening. This will give shoppers the' opportunity to visit the stores and fill their weekend needs after sun-down.” j ■ The stores will be closed Saturday in observance of the Fourth of July, a national holiday. The Friday evening store hours will permit individuals and families to do thejr shopping for the holiday weekend and most merchants 'expreesAd agreement with the Voluntary plan worked ou-t by fellow merckants. A N*w of the stores onay remain open Thursday afternoon and there is no objection to this plan If the merchant wishes to arrange his own schedule, a spokesman for the retailers said. Merchants ajlso reminded shoppers that Decatur provided more than the average amount of free parking space for Fridhy nhht buyers. Hol Air Blows Back Info Upper Midwest Part Os Southwest Aided By Rainfall By UNITED PRESS Hot air blew back into the upper Midwest today as rainstorms cooled large portions of the sizzling Southwest, giving crops and cattle a new leese on life. Showers were light, however, in the areas that needed them most' — West Texas and the western portions of Oklahoma. Kansas and southeastern Colorado where a drought was O r^n Sing economic ruin to farmers and cattlemen. There was a general warming in the central plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, South Dakota, Eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming, With some high temperatures over 100 degrees. , At Montevlde<j, Minn., where the Minnesota and Chippewa Rivers join, flood .waters forced several families froijn their homes 4ind about 25 others were threatened. The Minnesota was expected to crest late today* or Wednesday. Two days of heavy to moderate rains in East Texas and Oklahoma dropped temperatures in those areas from 12 to 16 degrees after more than a month of what weathermen called worst early heat wave” in the southwest’s history. Agricultural experts said the East Texas rains—six inches at Beaumont, 2.81 at Houston —were worth millions of dollars to the farmers of the region. In many of 152 drought-stricken (Tura T* Pace Uevea) Vote Os Confidence For French Premier PARIS, UP —- New premier Joseph Laniel won an overwhelming vote of confidence in the national assembly today for his '22-man cabinet. He started to -work kt once on tjfe most urgent of his many problems—the national finances and preparations for a Big ’Three foreign ministers iheeting in Washington. j

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Reds Will Not Accept Clark's Armistice Call Double Deadlock On Korean Armistice; Bid U. S. Pull Out - ! p . I ! SEOUL, Korea Wednesday UB— South Korean leaders'! turned against Presidient, Eisenhower’s special : trouble - shooting envoy .today and them invited the United'States to! pull its troops out of Korea it it wanted to. The truce talks were doubly deadlocked. The Communists indicated clearly they, would not accept Gen. Mark W. Clark’s can for an armistice with 0r the support of South Korean President Syngman Rhee. It was made clear alslo that the talks between Rhee and assistant secretary of state Walter S. Robertson, the, trouble - shooter Mr r Eisenhower sent here to Rhee to accept the armistice, toad bogged down. There were open hints in high Kjorean quarters that Robertson lacked authority! ' h / “Too many things are being referred back to Washington,” pne 1 official said. ‘I 4 South Korean foreign minister Pyun Yung Tae said in an exclusive interview with this correspondent: “Some person* believe the United States perhaps regrets its original decision to come into Korea. If that is so. and if t|ie United States wants to it should say so openly and shoulji not try to cover up its motives by giving other reasons, for its plans.” Radio Pyongyang. Nortfc Korea’s ' mouthpiece, called Clark’s request for a resumption of negotiations insincere? and one of the! Communist news agencies blamed Clark for Rhee’s release of North Korean prisoners. Rhee, unable to win approval from President Eisenhoweh’s emissary bn his demands for mutual security arid a time limit on political conference* after armistice day, found his policies growing increasingly unpopular at hbme. shin Tae'Yung; his deTehse minister, resigned under the pretext th*t he could not serve Rtiee competently in dealing with foreigners in j Korea because he could not understand English. ; lie denied there was a! rift between himself and even though he has bieen lukqlfrarm in , supporting the 78-year-old presideiit’s truce-wrecking policies. 4eroy Hansen, United Press correspondent covering truqe talks at Parimunjom, told Shin some Allied newsmen Were speculating his J resignation was brought on by differences with Rhee. “i suppose some friendly foreigners know thebe must ble some reason.” Shin replied. d,i It was believed Shin, on* of the conscientious South ; Koreaaofficials, decided to quit w’hen he realized he could not continue to extort his full abilities for a government whose polices he opposes. When Hanaen asked him whether tjhose differences in opinion still existed, he replied: “You’d better (Tnr» To Page Two) j i | j" 1 ’- |' Summer Hours On At Public Library Summer hours at the Decatur public library will be effective Wednesday, Miss Bertha Heller, librarian announced today/ The library will close. every night at 6 o’clock, with’ the exception of Monday And Saturday nights. On these nights, Miss Heller siid, the ifbrfcry will remain open throughout; the balance of the summer, until 8:30 o’clock. There will be one exception in the summer schedule, it was announced. The library will be closed nil day Saturday, July 1 4,, and because of that, it will remaiu open Friday night July 3 until 8:30