Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1953 — Page 2

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Crushing Problems Arising From Truce Chinese Reds Seek Admission To U. N. WASHINGTON UP —The United States and its allies today tackled the crushing problems arising from the Korean truce and Red China's admission to the United Nations appeared to be one of the toughest they faced. _ " A \Chinese Communist bid for U.N. membership was expected to tower above all the other explo ! sive issues due to come up at the political conference scheduled to convene in 90 days. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles, it was revealed told South Korea’s president Syngman Rhee Friday that the United States will walk out of the meeting if it doesn’t produce results in at least three months. *: ' Administration officials ■ were hard at work in the White House, state and defense departments forging the strategy the United States will follow at the conference. They believed the solution to such problems as the policy toward Red China and Rhee’s demand for all-out action to unify his country will determine whether the truce succeeds or fails. What makes the China problem difficult is that it is almost certain to expose a sharp split among the Allies. At the political conference, the Chinese Communists are expected to demand admission to the U.N. > and. as'of now. it looks as if they might pick up > a lot of support From jSome nations of the free - \ world. Here is the situation as adminisi tration officials see it: 1. Korean Unification —The Unit- 1 ed States has promised to press ‘ for unification of Korea by peaceful means. If this is not achieved. South Korea has indicated it ' might make trouble. The question 1 for the Aliies, is what to do if 1 South Korea does make trouble. I 2. Indo-China —Officials fear the i Chinese Communists might use the respite in Korea to step up the I , military pressure in Indo-China. t 3. Rehabilitation — The United 1 States must undertake a mammoth « rehabilitation program in an effort to reestablish the economic and po- t litical stability in South Korea. The - President already has said he is 1 prepared to start the program with 5 a $200,000,000 installment. 1 ■ 1 Temperatures Soar Into 90's Sunday ’ f I Repeat Performance ' Today In Indiana I I ' *■’ t INDIANAPOLIS UP — Temperatures mounted to the!-90’s Sunday t afternoon in Indiana as the weath- . erman predicted a near repeat tor , today. $ Evansville, Fort Wayne and ; , South Bend all recorded 94’s while , Terre Haute had 92 and Indianap- ] • Olis 91. Overnight dipped to the 60’s apd 70’s. The mercury edged toward the 90 mark again today long before * noon. It was 86 in Evansville and I .Indianapolis, 85 ini Kokomo, and, 84 in Lafayette, Goshen, and Rich- ' mond. , A ,forecast said it would be most- ■ ly fiair in the soup and central portions today, and Tues- ■ day. a|id partly cloudy in the extreme north. 'I , t " • i RRWRIRWWWMW TEEP LE MOVING & TRUCKING it ' f Local and ? Long Distance PHONE 3-2607

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Millian, Half Americans In Korea Warfare America's Armed Might Doubled In Period Os Fighting WASHINGTON, (UP) — Some I, American troops Served in the Far East during the threeyear Korean wfcr, either in the fighting lines or in support areas stretching back to JapanAbout 750,000 served 1 in Korea with the eighth army which was rebuilt three times as veterans were rotated | home and replaced with new recruits. Meanwhile, America’s armed might, shrunk dangerously low after World War 11, was more than doubled In the period of the Korean fighting. ‘ Within the eighth army, 10 army units and one marine unit bore the brunt of fighting throughout the Korean war, Fighting alongside the U. S. uniti however, were forces of 22 countries serving under the United Nation’s flag. The first U. S. unit to enter the fight against the Communists was the 24th U. S.; infantry division, which was rushed to Korea from Japan withih a week a,fter the North Koreans struck across the 38th parallel. - . The 24th, commanded by Maj. Gen. William F, Dean until his capture, was followed' in the first months of the war by the 25th infantry division, the Ist cavalry the 2nd division, the stb and ?187 th regimental combat teams! the 7thl infantry division, and the! , Ist provisional marine brigade, later- absorbed' into the Ist marine division. The 3rd infantry division was rushed to Korea in November, 1950. and in the winter of 195*1-52 the 45|.h and 40th divsions arrived in the combat area. The first U. N. unit to join the V. S. and South, Korean troops in the fighting was the 27th British Brigade from Hongkong, which entered Korea ih In the next 12 months, combat units arrived from the Philippines, Australia, The Netherlands, France, Greece. Canada, NewZealand, Belgium • Luxembourg, Ethiopia, and -Columbia. There also ware medical supporting elements from Norway. Swedepi, Denmark, India, and, Italy. In the first two and one half years of the war. almost 1.125,000 tons of American artillery and mortar ammunition w-ere fired by U. N. troops. That is about th£ same amount as, was fired during all of World War II in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters. American soldiers fired more than 2.000,00(1,OOft rounds of small arms ammunition against the Communists and hurlpd more than 8,000 tons of hand grenades. - —The air force, navy and marines lost some 1.600 planes of all kinds, about 1,000 of them to enemy action. American pilots destroyed some 900 Communist planes, including more than 700 ■MIG-15’s. and probobably destroyed 164 others. American plane , losses were heavier than the Communists beI cause the U. N; planes were sub- ' jected to continual enemy antiaircraft fire, whereas the Red airmen seldom ventured south of their own lines. In attack missions'across Korea. U; S. air force pilots destroyed about 1,140 tanks; 71.700 vehicles, and 9.109 railroad cars. The period of the Korean vyar saw America’s, armed powers, strapped after World War 11, more than doubled to mcOt the threat, of any further Communist aggres-

Man Arrested For Disorderly Conduct Decatur Man Held On Wife's Charge Leroy Riffle, 50, 194 Eas’t Grant street, was being held at the county jail today for -further investigation in connection with a disorderly conduct charge places against him by his wife. Riffle is alleged to have threatened his wife with a knife at their home early Sunday morning. On duty was patrolman Maurice Teeple who went to Investigate. Teeple said he saw R|ffl<l*‘ sitting on a davenport with a knife in his hand. Witnesses saw Teeple walk quickly to Riffle and disarm him. Mrs. Riffle complained that her husband had threatened to “cut her up” and she went over to a neighbor, Ellis Call, because she was afraid some harm would come to their young son. Call said when he walked into the house he saw Riffle sitting on a davenport "and, said Call, Riffle said he was going to “cut hell out of someCall said he walked into the child’s bedroom and found the boy asleep, unharmed. When officer Teeple put Riffle in the police car for transportation to the county jail, the policeman said. Riffle told him it was too bad Temple took the knife away from him so fast or else he would have “cut him up.” In mayor’s court this morning Riffle did not enter a plea to the charge and testified that he was merely cutting his nails with the knife. He told Mayor John Doan he had only “four beers between Saturday noon and midnight that day.” Mayor Doan remanded' the prisoner to jail pending a further investigation of the matter, no plea having been made*

Allied Pilot Downs Red Transport Plane Plane Downed After Armistice Signed SEOUL, UP — Capt. Ralph S. Parr, one of the “hottest” Sabrejet pilots in Korea, shot down a Russian - built transport plane south of the Yalu River today less than three hours? after the armistice had been signed. ’ \ Parr, of Apple Valley, Calif., shot down the mysterious plane, known as an Ilyushin 12, while on a fighter sweep 10 to 12 miles south of the river which separates Ching and Korea. i Speculation immediately arose (that the IL-12 might have been carrying Communist officers who witnessed the truce signing at Panmunjom, or perhaps even the truce documents themselves. Air force officers said their records revealed this was the first IL-12 shot down in the history of the war. i The kill was Parr's 10th. The propeller-driven, two-engine transport—similar to the U. S. C-47, caught fire and crashed two hours and 25 minutes afte’r the signing at Panmunjom. j “I made two identification passes for positive identification of him,” Parr said; "1 came up from behind and gave hip one burst at about 1,000 feet hnd raked his fuselage. “The plane caught fire, flew ori for a minute and then flipped on its back and burned." he said. Old Settlers Day At Columbia City Columbia City will observe its golden anniversary of Old Settlers day Thursday, Apg. 6. In connection with the anniversary, the American Legion festival will be held Aug. 5,6, 7 and 8. ' Many entertainment features ace planned during the celebration, including free acts, concession stands and Gooding rides. The midway will be located around the court house square. Norma Jean Bailey Gains Honor Group Nonna Jean Bailey placed in the honor group in the district 4-H judging contest. The event was heftl at Wabash last week lot the 1;2 coupties of the northeastern district. Miss Bailey's rank was third ill a of 20 which will make her the 'first alternate for competition in the state fait event. She is the daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Rober Bailey of.Decatur, route 6; and is a member bf the Kckiongas 4-H Club of St. Many's township. Swas in the home impelvemeut project activities. 1 slorr ~ ~p The number of men and women in uniform increased I from fewer than 1.500.000 to about 3.500.000. The army expanded from 10 to .20 divisions, the navy’s fleet more than doubled to 1.100 ships, including more than M'O warships, and the air forpe increased to more than 900.0P0 men Willi its number of wings doubled.

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Armistice Ho Assurance 01 Lasting Peace Reaction Os U. S., World Leaders To Korean Armistice By UNITED PRESS Following is the comment of national and world figures on the signing of a truce in Korea: President Eisenhowelr: “We have won an armistice on a single battleground—not peace in the world. We may pot now relax our guard nor cease four quest. Throughout the coming months . . . we and our United Nations allies imust be vigilant against the possibility of untoward developments?’ [Secretary of state John Foster Dulles: . The recent armistice is by no means the equivalent of assured peace. So, we shall not relax our vigilance nor shall we reduce our strength in until future events shlow that this is prudent." Former President Harry S. Truman: “I am certainly glad that the truce is signed. I sincerely hope —and 1 want to underline the word ‘hope’ — that it means pdack.y President Syngman Rhee of South Korea: “I have opposed the signing of, the truce because of m.y conviction that it will prove to be the prelude to more war. We shall not disturb the armistice while a political Conference undertakes within a limited time to solve peacefully the problem of the liberation and unification of Korea." Gen. Mark W. Clark: j‘. . . The conflict will not be over until the governments concerned have reached a firm political settlement '■ . . we must face the fact- that this is not peace, but a suspension of hostilities.” Defense secretary Charles E Wilson: “Korea has been only one small part of the threat that free world faces from Communist imperialism. The'end of the fighting in Korea does not mean the end of that threat . . . we must’ no,t be misled into the same I demobilization which followed World Wars I and II.” United Nations general assetn-' bly president Lestern B. Pearson: “The armistice will end the fighting in Korea, hut it is only the. first step toward a peaceful settlement in that area.” . \ Acting senate Republican leader William F. Knowland: “I am sure that the people of this country ' will hope and pray that the truck will lead to a satisfactory ■peace and ultimately to a united free Korea." c Senate DeniocraUc leader Lyn-’ don B Johnson: The nation must "temper our enthusiasm with sober reflection." And armistice “that merely releases aggressive armiesto attack elsewhere would be a fraud.” ' ‘ Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. Sth anny commander: “The Sth army’ recognizes that the armistice' is not a definite end of the war . . . we must be constantly! dlert and ready for a resumption of hostili-, ties in case the political discussions break down or the enemy breaches the terms of the armfe* tice.” Lewis G. Gough, national commander of the American Legion: “I'm extremely pessimistic about the political discussions which will start in 90 days. I hope we can negotiate, an honorable peape but if the enemy continues to deal in double talk, deceit and treachery, then we must through military strength and aggressive ac ' tion tjompel a satisfactory decision.” Maj. James J. Jabafa, the

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Telephone Walkout Continues In State ■■■'■ i , M Little Progress In : Indiana Bell Strike INDIANAPOLIS, t’P — Little progress toward settlement !of a Widespread strike against the Indiana Bell Telephone Company was expected today. Both company and» union spokesmen said it was "doubtful” whether there Would be a 'jbint bargaining session today because Joseph A. Relrne, national president of the CIO Communications Workers* had called all union- negotiators to Chicago. At least 6.900 Bell workers In 82 Indiana exchanges were affected by the walkout. It began ah a series of “quickie” strikes Wednesday and was almost complete by Sunday. The union sepks a wagb increase and fringe-bene-fits. [ - r.. ' A company executive claimed that 700 workers refused to join id the strike. They were assisting management ifi maintaining' service, he said. However, the union denied that workers had crossed picket lines. Though picketing was peaceful. Mrs. Mae Mann, state CWA db rector, threatened to “get rough” if the company “continues to use scab labor." , ■ ■ -J 'j ?’ j Urges Improvement Ift Brakes On Trains Illinois Trainman Suggests Device WASHINGTON UP — A man in Gaidsihprg, ,J 31.. has an idea which he thinks would prevent a lot of 1 train wrecks. •David P. Lindberg Was thinking about wrecks such as one :here not loqg ago. Nobody was killed, but a lot of people were hurt. ■ il!.iiidberg has written to -Sen. Paul lit Douglas D-111. and the interstate commerce commission, describing a device which he believes prevent such accidents. Lindberg has been a trainman for the, Burlington railroad since 1932, and a freight conductor, for the last decade. ? “Otir fast passenger and freight schedules,' he wrote, “should’ l be given the utmost safety measures" He uggested what he call«|t an "air bleed valve” to be attached to the rear car of every train; This valve, he said, would gradually set the brakes from the rear end to the front end of the train.. Ih other words, brakes on all (Sirs would yvork so the the rear Cars could nqt come piling up on tliose in front, like they have in m|my accidents.* That's what happened in the Union Station accident.; \ ■ "The valve.” Lindberg sMid, “also would be useful, if the train is stopped on a grade and abe motor is detached from the train without the air being set bes-ore cutting off. Air bleed valvesf;cn the near car would cause tlve air to be set and prevent the train from starting ■ grade on'Rs own.” / , 1 ' i The Galesburg man said trellis are using the same braking Systems that were used 30 years safety’s- sake,” the - .|oid trainman said, "it’s about thite tor •’i world’s first jet ace: “I just httpje this thing ends.” j j Cpl. Charles M. Smith, 25. lotesville, Va.. one of the sick anil wounded American prisoners ’repatriated last spring: "It’s beep tough on men at the front. Koreik is a hard tp fight a wdr I’in glad it's over." | >■ ' < ■ ~ J Want Ad. It, brings result®. :

Jolly Kelly Fund Will Close Friday Bank President To Make Presentation Theodore F. Graliker, president of the First State Bank of Decatur, has accepted an invitation by the group in charge of the Jolly Kelly fund to present the check to the Kelly family early ,lij\ August. piaps call for the presentation to! be made to Joe Kelly, husband of the heart ailment victim and he in turn will give the money from the campaign to Mrs. Kelly. Two contributions over the weekend, one by members of the First Methodist church of Decatur for s4l and one by the Decatur Emblem club for sls, raised the grand total to $1,109.00. The drive for funds will close July 31 and a final report will be, made early next week, those in charge announced. No money has been used from the fdnd to collect the money and those sponsoring the drive also paid the post office box rental so all money donated could be turned over to Mrs. Kelly. Those .in charge believe that between now and Friday, final day for receiving contributions, sufficient money will arrive to make the fund between $1,300 and $1,500. Qrigirial goal was for SI,OOO. Donors are asked fto send their ■checks to Jolly fund, post office box 4, Decatur. Contributions will be received until Friday night at midnight. Names of all contributors also will be presented to the Kellys along with the money. Martin Wefel Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services and ! burial were held at Fort Waynie this afternoon for Martin Wefel, 77, who died Saturday at the Lutheran hospital, where he had been a patient for four dayA Surviving are his. wife, Doris; a daughter. Mrs. Henry F. Nahrwold of F'ort Wayne; two sisters. .Mrs. Minnie Haugk and Mrs. Gustave Bultemeuer. both of Decatur; two brothers. Otto of Decatur and August of Vort Wayne, and five grandchildren. '! J f _ __ Two Weeks For Final Casualty Figures \ i WASHINGTON. UP — The defense department said today it will take another two weeks to compile tentative final figures on Korean war casualties. There usually is a lag of 10 days to two weeks between the time a man become? a casualty and the time his next of kin receive notification. Harvest Oats Test Plot Wednesday 'al Li Oats variety and fertilizer plots will be harvested at 7 p.m. Wednesday. states county agent |L. E. Archbold. These plots are located ,on the Dale Moses farm in St. I Mary’s township. The farm is three miles sduth of Decatur on the Washington-St. Mary’s township line or two miles west of Pleasant Mills. These plots were planted on April 24 with the Help of Ray Schanding, vocational agriculture instructor. The varieties that were used were Ajax, Benton, Branch, Clinton 59, CJintaCe, Clintland. Columbia, LaSalle, Mo--0205, and Mohawk. The fertilizer plots will show a comparison in usp of nitrogen. 3, 6 and 12 percent nitrogen used on various plots. Promptly at 7 p.m. Wednesday the standing grain will h« inspected. Each plot will, then be harvested, weight tested and yield determinations made. •; XOTICB or RLKtTIOX OF MIT.KVIGORS TO BK HKI.p FOB T«K AIIAMN cdUxTY SOlb niNTKirr To all occupier’s of lands lying within the boundaries of the Adams •Oninty Soil Conservation District, notlcy is horeby given that on the 31st day of Angiust,, 1953, between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and XJiO p.m. DST.. an election will be held for the selection of three supervisors' for the Adams County Soil Conservation District of the State of Indiana. (All firms; persons of voting age. or corporations owning a life estate or larger or being in legal possession under ani express or implied lease of renUnff of any tract or tracts of land exceeding ten a< res in area and lying within the said district, trliall be* entitled to vote; provided that where the title is held by two or more person* jointly, all persons having such joint interest shall be entitled to vote: and pFoviried further that one officer or agent of any corporate landowner, br estate, duly authorised by either general or opccial power. may cast a vote on behalf, of i said corporation, or estate, and when so voting shall sign and haye wittuwsed a regbitration and qtialI'fharton card certifying that he has such authority, pnly such persons. firms hnd corporations are elivible to vote. For the purpose of this election the entire district tyill constitute a voting division' and the polling pla'-ie shall be the County Extension Office, tn DccaFijf. Indiana. Eligible voters who win be unable to visit the polls on the day of the election may applv to Martin Ilraqn (naine) De<atur 111 faddrcss), Indiana. Polling Superiotcndcut, for a voters registration and qualification form an absentee ballot, and instructions for casting an absrntey ballot. STATE SOIL UONSE-RVATION COMMITTEE HARRY S. EBY, C'ltairman !/ a ‘>7 ed VVo u£ July:

Boy Scout Souvenir Edition Received The Decatjur public library has received from Steve Everhart a copj of the Santa Ana, Calif., newspaper ‘The Register,” Sunday. July 19. It was the special Boyj Scout Souvenir edition of the paper. 11. contains many Interesting : articles abou;t Boy Scouts and about the locale wherq the jamborefe has been held. The spread edition i? on thereading table in the adult reading room of the library. Boy Scouts and parents of those boys who are on the trip .will be interested in seeing it. Flowers For Blind Nels $244.59 Here Annual Sale Held Here On Saturday A total of $244.59 was received Saturday from the sale of fli6wif»is for the national brotherhood fpr the blind, Lewis L. Smith, chairman* announced today. Lana won first as eight cash awards by collecting $34,45 in the sale 0f flowers. AU 24 of the fifth and sikth grade pupils who took part in the drive received free tickets to sthe Adams theater. The (Opipliinentary tickets were furnished, without cost, by ’Roy Kai ver, general manager of Kalver theaters. , The other seven winners of cash prizes included: Marie Tricker, Jerl y Mailer, Je*n Smith, Karen Call, Bonnie Hage, Phyllis Byrd and Dolores Schroeder;' ' ( ! -i - The drive is conducted annually to provide funds for the blind aid organization which furnishes blind persons throughout the nation with help when they are unable to provide funds tor their cares. : ", i J ' [■! (Mrs.. Smith stated that the driv* this year was one of ; the most successful financially eve" held in Decatur. Other committee pneinhers included Mrs. John WJ Tyndall, the Very Rev, Msgr. J. J. Seimetai, the Rev. Samuel Emerick and the Rev. Edgard P. Schmidt. \ Two Men Drown As Boat Is Overturned MOLINE. 111. UP — Two men drowned Sunday when a’ speedboat overturned in the Rock River, but their threq young children were saved. One child. ' 23-month-old Jimmy Rockman, floated face down in the water 10 hiinutes until rescuers got to him. He was reported in good: condition in a hospital . The drownings occurred during a picnic held south of here, for employees of the Upited Super Markets chain. r The dead meh, David Rockman and George Phillips. were sons-in-law of Max Geifman, president pf the chain. r ooms for rent, try a Democrat I• 1 ■ _==~==^z^— ———-

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Rehabilitation Os Korea Is Planned Rebuilding To Begin Almost Immediately W-VSHINGTCkN UP — The I’r? halbilitation of |war-wracked South Korea will begin alpiost immedfr ately. ' ‘ President ‘Eisenhower and congressipnal leaders have decided! to use $200,000,000 taken from d®’ sense funds for an emergency sti % until a long-range program caa b 4 worked out. i 1 , The ultimate cost of putting the \ravaged .country back on its fee : may be about $1,700,000,000 and take about; eiglit years, some government officials estimate. 'Much will depend on South Korea’s aibility to absorfb large amounts of. aid. Th first phase of the program will be\ aimed at reeohstnictlng bridges and roads and "stibillzin,’ the nation’s .economy by ending runaway inflation that followed the outbreak of the Ugr. The use! of the $200,000.0"0 taker, from funds already appropriated for the war will make it unnecessary for congress to remain in sessioq after July 31 to approve any larger plan. * f ' : Jloifte Speaker oJseph W. Martin Jr. described the President’s plan as designed to meet the “obligttion we owe to South Korea." * The problem is not Only to repair the damage caused tby he&vy fighting in South Korea, but also to •build enough industry in the lepublic to make that part of the peninsula qs self-sufficient as possible.,; J : In the past*, South Korea has been primarily agricultural and • the north section has housed big industry and power Development of textile mahufX turing and light industries wouli; help make the south more self sustaiping.! However. Smith Korea . Will have to remain primarily ag 1 ricultural and likely will have u 1 export' rice to jbfhtaln needed tor Oign exchange. But U. S. dolaln will help fir:it. I he planners will'have !to rebui’c or replace up to 500.000 home; destroyed and probably more, thar 100.000 damaged in the three yean of fighting. i V Have You Thought Os This? Nothing can add more to i the beauty of your home thaft lovely music played •’ , on a ! ii. •] ; STORY & CLARK oi PACKARD PIANO ; Priced to fit your budget ’ j>Be sure lo see and hear 1 them before you buy any other instrument! Associate Dealer REGINALD L. CLIFTOt* Piano TuOW Technician .WREN, OHIO Phone 32F11