Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 162.

/ Big Three ; Ministers Powwow IF jjy jiM french FOREIGN MINISTER Georges Bidanlt (left), Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and EngFore *Kn Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury 'get together for the opening session of the ‘‘Little Big Threp Conference” in "Washington. : i I

Beria To Face Early Trial On Russian Charge Belief Increasing Beria Under Arrest For Several Weeks 'MOSOOWUP — Ttc case against purged secret police chief Lavrenti. P, Beria is nearing completion and he may go on trial soon for his life in the supreme court, diplomatic sources said today. There is increasing belief that Beria has been under arrest for _ several weeks—probably before he failed to show up for a gala opera premiere at the Bolshoi TheateF June 26. It ig also that for several weeks th e newspapers have been saying no leader can stand above the Communist party, and have stressed repeatedly the collective character of the party and the government. ‘Foreign observers believe Soviet foreign and domestic policies, ?s outlined since premier Georgi M Malenkov assumed office, will remain unchanged by Beria’s arrest. A United Press London dispatch said it was reported that Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik, who returned there unexpectedly Friday from Moscow, has instructions to tell the British government that the Kremlin’s recent “peace offensive” policy remains unaltered. Foreign observers, in expressing belief that there will'be no foreseeable policy change, argued that Beria’s activities as outlined by the leading Communist party newspaper Pravda consisted precisely of sabotaging these policies. "He hatched plans to grab the leadership of the party and the country iwith the aim of actually destroying the C’omiriunist party to change the policy elaborated by the party to a capitulatory policy which would have brought about ultimately the restoration of capitalism,” the newspaper said. - Pravda also’accused Beria of opposing efforts of the new Soviet government to introduce universal respect for law and order by insisting on the use of arbitrary police power. He was charged also with encouraging bourgeois nationalism and sabotaging the collective farm policy. 'A leading editorir.t in ’today’s 'Pravda said the whole Soviet pro pie and the Communist party, condemn Beria’s "criminal actions” with one voice. Pravda devoted an entire page to reports of mass meetings held throughout the Soviet Union to approve the actions taken by the government and to denounce Beria as “a base, contemptible traitor, provocateur, hireling of foreign imperialists and hardened enemy of the people.” ; An editorial similar to that in Pravda also was carried by the official government newspaper Izvestia. Izvestia, in addition, carried a sharp attack on the western Big Three foreign ministers conference now underway in Washington The newspaper asserted the Un’ted States was forced to call the meeting-because of the “bankruptcy of the policy of toughness.” ! The conference was called in view of the aborted Bermuda meeting of the chiefs of state of the: U. S., Great Britain and France designed, it said, to work out an. anti-Soviet deal.

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Lift Martial Law In East Berlin Tonight Order Is Issued By Soviet Authorities BERLIN, (UP) —Soviet Russian authorities announced today that martial law on East Berlin since the Jiinej 17 German workers revolt will be lifted at midnight The ordpr was issued amid reports that East German Communist leaders had be*n thrown into “panicky confusion* by the purge of Soviet secret police chief Lavrenti P. Beria in Moscow and that workers in three big East Berlin factories threatened a new strike. | j ■ There were unconfirmed reports also that anti-Communists had blown up a Russian, military supply train in the Easl 'German area occupied by Poland] and that a bridge had been bldwn up also. Maj. Gen. P. T. Idbrova, Soviet military commander 1 in East Berlin. announced the lifting of martial law, which he imposed that fateful afternoon ; when German workers rose in rebellion against their Red piasters. The action meaps the return of practically normal conditions to East Berlin. Lj The Berl'in newspaper Telegraf reported I tjh’p reaction of German Communist; leaders to the purge .of Soviet , Russia’s No. 2 man. ~ ’ j “The of Beria has thrown the East German (Communist party into panicky cionfusioji.” the Telegraf said. It added that in East German government circles the fall of Beria Was considered “extraordinarily -unfavorable for the position of thei Soviet Union in the present polidiral situation.” The Telegraf reported that partisans blew up a Russian military supply train between Thorn and Posen/ ' j j j “Many” Russian ■ soldiers were killed, the Telegraf said. The newspaper “pDer Tag” said partisans blew up a bridge between East Germany and Poland at Goerlitzi I ■ „ „ U. S. Impart al In Iran Oil Dispute Letter Published By White House WASHINGTON, UP — The White House disclosed today that President Eisenhower assured Iranian prime 'minister Mohammed Mossadegh before his inauguration that he had not compromised U. S. “impartiality” in the BritishIranian oil dispute. The White House made public at the prime minister’s request the text of a letter the President sent Mossadegh on Jan. 10 in reply to Iran’s request for his view on the oil’ dispute. White House aides said the prime minister apparently felt the letter should be published in view of Mr. Eisenhower’s subsequent rejection of his request for economic aid. After that time, Mr. Eisenhower said no U. S. aid would be forthcoming until the oil dispute was settled or submitted 'to an international arbitration. In the Pearlier exchange, Mossadegh said the United States on occasion had displayed friendship for Iran but otherwise “unfortunately . . . has pursued what appears to the Iranian people to be a (Tun Te Pace Six)

Big Three's I Leaders Meet Again Today J Seek To Iron Out Differences Over Talks With Russia WASHINGTON, UP — The Big Three foreign ministers sought today to iron out their reported differences on whether to propose tqp level talks with the Russians during the current wave of Krem-lin-satellite unrest. Joint strategy to exploit the crisis facing the Russian leaders in Eastern Germany also was ticketed for study at the second round of three-power meetings. r Predictions were that die Big Three would move soon to step up the diplomatic offensive against the Soviets by proposing plans for getting free elections throughout. Germany. . \ President Eisenhower struck a blow Friday night by offering $15,000,000 worth of American food to Eastern Germany if Moscow will open the Iron Curtain enough to let it through. The Allied diplomats agreed at their first meeting Friday that it was to early to assess accurately the dramatic downfall of Soviet police chief Lavrenti P. Beria from the No. 2 post in the Kremlin. But they faced up to the possibility that his ouster might mean an end to the honey-toned peaceoffensive that has developed since the death of Stalin. This could plunge the Allies into a new round of rearmament. On the question of Big Four talks in the near future, Britain’s acting foreign secretary Lord Salisbury was understood to have admitted that the firing of Beria had, injected a new factor into Brttaip’s oft-voiced hopes for face to face talks with the Russians. But he held to the position that a four-power parley should be held at 1 the proper time. Secretary;: of state 'John Foster Dulles and his advisers feel their position against' jumping into Al-lied-Soviet talks at the heads of state level has been strengthened' by the Kremlin friction. This government was understood to be in favor of letting the Soviet leaders fight among themselves for the foreseeable future. France’s position was not spelled out for the moment. ' ' The ministers planned to thrash out every aspect of a Big Four parley today and at later sessions —whether it is advisable, at whkt (Tara Paar* Six) State Highway 101 To Be Blacktopped Monday morning, blacktopping will begin from U. S. highway 224 on state road 101, south through Pleasant Mills, ending at state road 124, it was disclosed today by True Andrews, state highway sub-post superintendent at Bluffton- r - Andrews said the road will be closed off for about two weeks, a distance of about seven miletL Ahdrews stated the state would supply the trucks and rhen while paving equipment was to be rented from Baker & Co., St. Joe. INDIANA WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Gradually warming trend. High today 79-83 north, 80-86 south. Low tonight 6066.

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United States Offers food Io East Germany , Drive To. Exploit Unrest In Europe Is Well Underway WASHINGTON, UP —The campaign to {exploit the unrest behind the Iron Curtain got rolling today with a Uhited States offer to send $15,(k)0,00io in food to Russia’s riottorn zone of Germany. Officials said the gesture was sincere. (But it put Russia on the spot just: as R was being shaken by the struggle for power in the Kremlin. , If it turns down the offer, Russia wouli| be branded as a villain unwilling; to provide food for hungry people. If it accepts, it would be conceding its own failure and its dependence on the capitalist West. Either way, the free world would stand to gain. In addition to proving a good propaganda weapon.. U. S. officials felt the offer of food would give the Russians a chance to show If they are sincere in their so-called peace offensive. The president has *a!rt repeatedly that Actions, not words, arte needer to demonstrate Moscow’s real intent. Permission to feed the East Germans presum; ably would constitute one such type of setion. \ President Eisenhowey addressed his offer directly to Russia in reply to a request from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The Whitje House* said it was being delivered by the U. S. charge d’affaires in Moscow in the form of a diplomatic note. He said in a statement that he has indicated to Russia “my confidence that practical ways for immediate distribution can be developed so ithat the food shortages afflicting | the East German population may be alleviated quickly.” In his note to the Soviet government. Mr. Eisenhower said this 1 country is ready to arrange at’ once for distribution in East Germany of about $15,000,000 worth of grain, sugar, lard, soy bean oil and some other commodities. He said he has directed secretary of state John Foster Dulles and foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen to “see that this food is made available in Germany without delay.” “The United, States has tradi(Tnr» To »»«-— Bomber Is Missing With 10 Men Aboard Feared Crashed In Georgia Wilderness SAVANNAH, Ga. UP—The air force searched today for a missing B-29 bomber believed to have crashed in a swampy wilderness near here with 10 men aboard. Ground search parties and navy blimps scoured an almost inaccessible marshland from which the sound of an explosion was reported heard late Friday night. Hunter air force base- said the > huge bomber had been overdue I since 10 J>. m. EST, on a training ‘ flight from the 1 base field. s The state highway patrol said it r received feports that “a noise was ' heard” at about that time in the ■ marsh arid brush land about 10 miles southwest of the base. i t Residents of Savannah suburban i areas said the explosion rattled . windows jof their homes. 1 Crew members included: J s Maj. Robert W. Stoddard. Thun- • derbolt trailer park. Thunderbolt, Ga., home town. Decatur, 111. Capt. Leonard E. Fiser, Box 47, White Bluff Road, Savannah, home 'town, Marento, la. j Airman 1-C Courtney O. Furnberg, Fargo, N. D. Airman 2-C Howard K. Ahlgrim, Vermillion, S. D. , I >

I,7oo'Chinese Killed In Savage Fighting <. Fail In Assault OO Three Allied Posts|* SEOUL, Korea UP -t-AniJjrican artillery and South Korean tyoops killed 1,700 Chinese in a batjle of the bulge today while other Jwnericlaitis in the west waged a ’’blind ni%n’s buff” fight against the jCommunists in pitch-black caves*and tcnnels. • f. Bodies of almost half of a p,OOO- - Chinese regiment the valleys and gullies in frors of three butposts in the Kumsong ajea dgfended by the ROK 2n| and Bth divisions. y Major Gen. Sam P. Wiliams, special ROK adviser, said 51,700 Chinese died in the savage fighting that started when the Chinese tried to take Finger Ridge, ifiKean Ridge and another outpost. .1- ■ “We whipped a hell of a |Bt of Chinese.” Williams said. jl*We whipped them, but they wSI be back." Williams ( said 813 bodies ?’were counted in front of Outpost and almost 400 more Reds* near Finger Ridge and the third outpost, lie estimated 500 more had j.been killed near Finger. ■ “It was a very bloody flight," YJJlUams said. “bur mortars and artillery did terrific havoc. The battle fisted for six hours with the enemy jjiever gaining a solid foothold on thte outpost." i Americans groped through?' caverns and tunnels on. the pocked crest at Porkchop Hili and engaged the Chinese in feierce hand-to-hand fighting for control of ' the outpost position defending the porthern invasion \to Seoul." In the air American Bupeshorfa iflew through intense anti-aircraft fire and gIaI in g searchlights to attack three bgdges near Sinanju on Korea’s wAtprn coast. — West Germans Hail U. S. Offer Os Food Seen Master Stroke By U. S. In Cold War BONN, Germany. UP : — West German and Allied officials ipday halted President offer of food to hungry Germans under Soviet domination as a i’hias-ter-stroke in the cold war amidst Communism. .| * . These authorities said the -offer tp send >15,000,000 worth of American food to East Germany tame at a strategic moment. Tim Soviets now have been maneuvered into a position where any.dpgibion they make may well lead to < serions loss of prestige, these s>ser J vers said. If the offer is rejected. Ik will fan the smoldering unrest which has stalked the Communist B’orld since the bloody East Gepnan uprisings. If the offer is accepted, it will deliver a damaging blow tc? the Soviet “hate America” campaign which has been the cornerstone of Communist policy. ■I; i West Berlin’s Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter enthusiastically { endorsed Mr. Eisenhower’s actions, ffl ; “It is just the right step at the right moment,” he said. “Thei people in East Germany must Ije informed that free people throughout the world want to help them.” Other German officials expressed strong approval. W; , One said the people in occupied Germany need any additional food the J* can get. For this reason the jpresident’s action is a great humanitarian gesture.” * , i|> “But it is also a wise poetical step, because it will show th*) people Os East Germany who .their real friends are. whether or not the generous offer is acc&ked?’ the official said. T

Democrats On McCarthy Group Resign Posts Quit Investigating Group As Protest >, To Added Power By I’NITIED PRESS The Democrats showed no immediate signs tjoday of lining up replacements for their colleagues who quit Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s permanent investigating subcommittee in protest. i McCarthy R-Wis. said the subcommittee will carry on as befor? whether or not Democrats are represented on ! t. Sens. John L. McClellan D-Ark. Henry M. Jackson D-Wash. and Stuart Symingtpn D-Mo. resigned Friday after the subcommittee’s Republican majority vpted to give McCarthy ironclad authority to hire and fire staff members. iM<-Clellan. ranking Democrat ou th e parent government operations committee, could appoint successors. But he said he knew of nobody who wanted to sterve. (McCarthy said he would formally accept the resignations and if the Democrats want to name replacements. “I’ll accept their appointees.” Therje were no offers immediately. Other congressional news: Taxes: The administration request to extend the excess profits tax for six .months headed today for easy senate passage. The house voted 325 to 77 Friday to approve the bill. Senate leaders expected the measure to win overwhelming senate approval within a few days. Drought: The house and senats were expected today to take speedy, action on a $1€,000,000 aid program for the drought-hit southwest. The bill was adopted Friday by a house and senate conference com-', mittee which ironed out differences in versions passed by bottt houses. Wheat: The senate today took MP an acreage allotment bill which permits 61,000.000 acres of wheat to be planted in 1954. The meas- i use, passed by the senate agriculture committee Frjday, was 5.(Twni T« Par* aix) 101 Pints Os Blood Given Here Friday Bloodmobile Unit In Deca tar Friday The American Red Cross bloodmobile unit at the t American Legion home Friday went away with 101 pints of the life-giving fluid, collected from 112 people from all over the co)|nty./Mrs. Max Schafer, Red Cross secretary here, reports. Doctors volunteering their services were: Drs. G. J. Kohne, J. M. Burk, Johp C. Carroll, .Henry R. Lehman, Arthur H. Girod, and R. K. Parrish. \ . \ > Staff aides were: Mrs. Mildred Von Gunten. Mrs. Genevieve Brants Mrs. Mildred Smith, Miss Glennys, Roop, Mrs. Joe Hunter, Mrs. Agnes Wemhoff and Mrs). Frances Engle. Canteen workers were: Mrs. Elizabeth Hersh, Mrs. Opal Myers, Mrs. L. E. Archbold, Mrs. Mildren Nash, Mrs. Hazel Shultz and Mrs. Edgar Reinking. Nurses aides:, Mrs. Helen Sprunger, Mrs. Lauren Sapp and Mrs. Resetta Jackson. , Registered nurses: ‘Margaret BitIng, Agnes Nelson, Rosemary Gauch, Marie Felber and Ruth Fuelling. \ \ '"■] ’■ \J ’ Unloading equipment were: Max Meyers, Dick Kiser and Wayne Brunner. \ Girls of the junior American Legion auxiliary served noon lunch, to volunteer workers. Chairman of the volunteer workers was Mrs. Norman Kruse and blood program chairman was Mrs. Ed Bauer.

Defiant Convicts Take Prison Charge Revolt In Oregon State Penitentiary SALEM, Ore. UP — Prison guards and state police lined the .walls of Oregon state penitentiary today, leaving the defiant convicts lin ‘i*|complete charge” inside the walU. Alhprison officers and eight state police were withdrawn from the prison grounds Friday after the prisoners refused to work or return to their cells. The guards and police oh the walls were artped with shotguns, riot guns and gas grenades. Warj den Clarence T. Gladden said the convicts were “out of disciplinary control” but had refrained from violence. More than 1,100 prisoners were involved in the revolt, which started Friday morning with a dema,nd for better food, the removal of a hospital technician and end to certain prison regulations. said that while there was “no basis” for most of their grievances, he wopld make a thorough investigation. But he did say that L. R. Chandler, a hospital technician, would neither be transferred nor removed because of prisoner, complaints. In g meeting a lOrmgp inmate grievance committee, ‘Gladden said: 7 j “No man listed at this time as a member of the inmate committee w’ill suffer reprisals for the presentation of their present demands. “Committee members will be held fully responsible, however, for their future action? if; they are involved in inciting, causing, or provoking riots, disturbance? and assaultive behavior.” ‘fThe next move is up to the prisoners, Gladden said. Eisenhower Pledges Aid For Southwest President Confers With Six Governors AMARILLO, Tex. (UP)—President Eisenhower’s quick trip to the drought-stricken southwest heartened small farmers and ranchers today. ' ; He promised he would sign a $16,000,000 drought aid bill now before congress and added “we are not going td dilly-dally aroijnd until the last cow is dying on the range.” | \ * However, many ranchers attending meetings to deal with the drought crisis indicated dissatisfaction with the lack of government price supports for cattle. 'Governors of the stricken states, gathered here in an emergency meeting, said they would- move quickly to co-operate in a federalstate program. t \ They also recommended a study of the cattle price supports problem. ’ Mr. Eisenhower flew to Amarillo Friday to seek the views of governors and representatives of seven states. .He and the governors of Texas. Oklahoma, Kansas,; Colorado, New Mexico *and Arkansas met in a closed session for two hours. Later, he talked to ranchers and farmers at public meeting in, the Amarillo municipal auditorium. •He said he found in his conference with the that “There is not complete unanimity of opinion as to exactly what should be done, but we are not going to dilly-dally around until the last cow is dying jon the range. “I do assure you,” he told the ranchers, “that we are anxiously and sincerely studying your problems and we do not look upon you as recipients of charity. When the governors get ready to submit their programs, we shall study it and act quickly.” Noon Edition ■’ , J TH

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Rhee Removes Major Threat To Truce Pact Eisenhower Truce Expediter Leaves Seoul Tomorrow I SEOUL, Korea UP President Syngman Rhee announced today he had reached a “friendly understanding” with the United States and President Eisenhower’s trUce* expediter packed his bags tp return home. a ; i ; Rhee, whose unexpected release of 27,000 anti-Communjst war prisoners has delayed the Korean armistice, . thus removed a major threat to peace through reaching the “understanding." Official American sources said, assistant secretary of state Walter S. Robertson, whom Mr. Eisenhower had sent to Korea tiwo weeks ago to try to win Rhee’s support, will leave Seoul Sunday. * They said Robertson will fly to Pusan and stop over briefly iu. Japan before returning to the I’n’ted States. . Rhee emphasized th a t his “friendly understanding” with the United States was not a final agreement to support the’truce. However, Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme commander of United Nations forces in the Far East, considered it strong enough to assure •Commun'-St negotiators at-\l Panmunjom that South Korea would not carry out its threat o .wreck the trute by sudden military action. ‘f i ■■ 1 ' : < , : Rhde and Robertson declined to discuss the but they said joint statement would be issued at" 10 a.m. Sunday 9 pm. e.jd.t. Saturday, probabljr before the diplomat’s departure, U. N and Communist negotiators anxious to end the shootihg in Korea, held two meetings todayone lasting 27 minutes in the rooming and the other a 23 minute afternoon. session. ’ V, Rhee earlier had told newsmen he, presumed Washington knew about'his ‘‘friendly understanding” anti that a “final decision will come from the United States.’' ’> Observers believed Rhe e referred to a mutual security pact with the United States, apparently promised by Robertson but which needs consent of congress. The other half of the Upited States’ truce mission tp Seoql, former ambassador to Japan Robert Murphy, also was scheduled Jo return to the United He planned to leave Tokyo today. Rhee said he and Robertson had “pretty nearly covered all the points” in their almost daily conversations. He indicated the remaining details could be straightened put by other representative Americans, such as ambassador To Korea'Ellis O. Briggs. No Comment WASHINGTON UP — The administration hoped today that a Korean truce can be signed it about jb week now that South Korea apparently has decided to drop it s threat to defy the .United Nations. TheUstate department had no immediate comment on President Syngman Rhee’s announcement that be had reached a ‘friendly understanding” with armistild envoy Ealter S. Robertson. I Officials were optimistic that It would ;end the dangerous spilt in the Allied ranks an<l clear the way for signing of the truce. |i. Informed sources said a report had not yet come in on today’s meeting with the Communists at Panmupjom. But it was learned that one thing that would prevent an immediate signing was a South Korean demand that all Communist prisoners be moved into' the armistfee neutral zone for exchange ; i lit known, however, that President Eisenhower thisweek tor the first time actually authorized Gen Mark W Clark to sign an armistice..; _