Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 183.

Plane Crashes Info Atlantic Off Irish Coast One Survivor, One Dead Man Os Crew Picked Up By Ship BULLETIN •• LONDON UP—A British ship picked up tnree survivors and three bodies from the Atlantic \ where an American RB-36 bomber crashed with 23 men aboard, it was reported tonight. LONDON UP — The Manchester Shipper today pjcked up one survivor and one 6- dead man of 23 aboard an American RB-36 bomber which crashed in, the stormy Atlantic when two of its engines caught fire 500 mites off the Irish coast. , • A Danish ship reported she. was standing by another lifeboat possibly carrying five other survivors. The men tossed in smashing ! seas that piled up 15-foot-high waves for nearly 14 hours before ’ rescue vessels began picking them up. • >■ , . - Earlier efforts of flying boats from the U. S., air base at Shannon, Ireland, to land at the rescue scene were frustrated by the waves and the planes were forced to turn back to their base. The British frigate Tenacious was racing to a second spot, 285 miles away from the scene of the rescue operations, to check on reports a search plane had sighted wreckage and parachute silk. Officers of the 7th division rescue headquarters at South Ruislip, near London, denied reports from Shannon air base in Ireland that one of the rescue planes that went to the scene was in trouble and reported 'it would have to ditch. ' Shannon reported an SOS has been received from the plane. An American SB-29 search plane which first reached the scene reported that four of the five men sighted were in good condition but tha “the condition of the fifth is uncertain.” The survivors were sighted at a position about 420 miles west of Prestwick, Scotland. The men had been down approximately eight hours when sighted. Five hours later the air ministry reported that the 1.805-ton British freighter had reached the scene. American search headquarters said it had not been advised of the ship’s arrival up to that time. (Reports from the scene were fragmentary. ,■ South Ruislip search headquarters said the SB-29 which first sighted the survivors had dropped a boat, containing first aid equipi <Twr» To Pas* Six)

Reject Red Claims On Downed Bomber Soviet Claims Are Rejected By U. S. .WASHINGTON UP —The United States today rejected Soviet claims that a U. S. air force B-50 bomber shot down last week by Russian MdG fighters was over Soviet territory. *i The government demanded compensation from the Soviets for the plane and any crewmen | billedThere were 17 aboard the plane. Only one was known to have survived, but others may have been picked up at sea by -Russian vessels. ( The United States asked the Soviet government for the second time to make an investigation and to communicate any information on survivors to the U. S. government. Spokesmen here have said thp Russians are presumed to have custody of some of the 16 missing men. , ’ The B-50 was shot down Jifly 29 over the Sea of Japan. Russia charged the plane violated Soviet territory. The U. S. protested last Friday that the plane was about 40 miles from Russian territory. Today’s note said the Soviet charges are “in complete contradiction of the facts of the case as established by a thorough, in'vestigation by United States authorities.” . 0 0 16 PAGES

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And Now For A Vacation Mr. JS 1 ADJOURNMENT SMILES are worn by Senator William F. Knowljtnd (R), California, and Vice President Richard Nixon (right), after finale of the 83rd Congress as they clear up details in Nixon’s office in the Capitol, Washington. V .

Reds Partially Lift Ban On Berlin Travel 4 Hungry Residents \ Os East Germany Pour Into Berlin /. BERLIN .UP —The Red \yulers of East Germany, by widespread protest riot s, demonstrations and strikes, partially lifted their ban on travel to Berlin today. t Thousands Os hungry residents of the Soviet zone immediately swarmed to Berlin’s west sectors to. obtain “Eisenhower parcels’’ of free American food. The ban on travel to Berlin to Obtain the urgently needed food Sad touched oft riots so serious that Soviet tanks and troops were reported* today to have been ordered into all the larger cities of East Germany. Western officials said that with the partial lifting of the ban approximately 150,0dd East Germans, including 50,000 from outside the Soviet sector of Berlin, streamed into the west sectors to collect “Eisenhower food 1 parcels.” The total of Germans who have taken advantage oft the free food distribution now has reached a 10-days total of ihore than 1,500,000 they said. ( While the han son travel was eased, reports reaching here indicated the Reds were continuing to confiscate food 4nd check the names and identities of persons returning from the west sectors. Other reports reaching here said Communist courts are trying Soviet zone inhabitants caught carrying identity cards of friends and relatives for whom they had collected food parcels. The official U. S. Gern\an-lan-guage newspaper reported the movement of Soviet tanks and troops into areas swept by riots, strikes and other disorders in protest of Communist efforts to- halt the “hunger march’’ of East Germans to West‘Berlin. . “ ' I T ; I ■ A . *i 'i J, i ■ Temperatures Are Lowest In 10 Days \ Welcome Relief Is General In State INDIANAPOLIS UP —Temperatures dropped today in Indiana to their lowest points in 10 days. It was 68 at Indianapolis at 10:30 a.m.. chilliest reading since July 26. Since then, a heat wave with high humidity and temperatures steadily in 4 the 90’s has gripped the state except for relief in the extreme north portion. . Other Hoosier cities reported corresponding drops as a thick layer of clouds replaced a broiling sun which featured last week’s weather. Forecasts called foj cooler readings tonight, warmer Thursday. Rain pelted much of the state Tuesday but in varying amounts. IT»r» I’* pas* Ktskt) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers over most of state by Thursday night Cooler south and central tonight. A little warmer Thursday. Low tonight 80-65 north, 64-58 south. High Thursday 82-86 north, 85-90 south.

Annual 4-H Fair Is Opened Last Night Big Crowd Attends Opening Os Show It seemed that half the county turned out Tuesday night to witness the grand parade at Monroe, officially opening the annual 4-H fair. i > Crowds spread out over four and five square blocks in the town to see floats representing almost every 4-H club in the county, the 4-H band holding forth at the head of the serpentine mob. It was roughly estimated that at least 7,000 persons witnessed the parade, and an untold number of these scattering far and wide over the grounds to enjoy the multitude of farm attractions in the only fair to be held in Adams county In 1853. Four-H clubs represented in the parade were: Berne, Blue Creek Up and At It, 21 members; Blue Creek Sodbusters, ’ 35 members; French Happy Hoosiers, 22 members; Hartford Happy-Go-Lucky, 20 members; Hartford Sluggers, 29 members; Jefferson Work and Win. 19 Jefferson GoGetters, 14 members; Kirkland Kut-Ups, 28 members; Kirkland Future Farmers, 34 members; Monroe Hardy Workers, 29, members; Monroe Boosters, 74 members. < \ Preble Peppy Pals, 13 members; Preble Green-Leaf, 13 members; Preble Jolly Juniors, 20 members; Preble Happy Warriors, 29 members; Root Merry Maids, 38 members; Root Roving Rangers, 62 members; St. Mary’s Kekiongas, 37 members; St. Mary’s Sodbusters, 40 members; Union Pals, 34 members; Union Workers, 36 members; Wabash Cloverleaf, 24 members;, Wabash Cloverblossom, 20 members; Wa'basfi Workers, 28 members. Washington Happy Hustlers, 26 members; Washington Variety Farmers, 27 members; I Decatur Boys, 11 members; Decatur Girls, 56 members. Livestock had been at the grounds since early morning and exhibits of clothing, electrical projects, entymology, wood varieties, sdil demonstrations were in place for the big. colorful opening nigfit. Immediately, the food tent became a roaring, happily hectic and maddening success. o sooner did the kettles get hot than virtually hundreds took their places in line for the good chow "right off the farm." Prices jbf the food indicated the stand—operated by the farm ladies from every .township in the county—wculd remain a big attraction for the duration of the event. Pigs were brought to the tent Tuesday morning and were settled, marked and for exhibit at about 8 p. m. Sheep were in place by 1:30 p. m. Tuesday and judging was already underway a half-hour later. Judging of rabbits will start at 6 p. m. today. Under the direction of the county Holstein breeder’s association, a trial was held bf full feeding of that breed and 4-H’ers will show records of development since were dropped. Judging bf beef calves will take place Thursday at 3 p. m. First to be sold will be the grand champion, followed by the first placing steer in the remaining classes. Judging of poultry began Tuesday at 1 p. m. Gardening exhibits are housed near the Monroe school and were put in place today at 10 a. m„ judging storting immediately. Exhibits of wildlife, insecta, soil (Tara Ta Pas* Stx)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 5,1953

First Group Os Allied Prisoners Start Home; Many Suffer With TB

Urges Ike Tell Os Vulnerability To Atom Attack Sen. Wiley Asserts Nation Unaware Os Ugly Atom Truths WASHINGTON' JJPV-Ctiairman, Alexander Wiley of the senate foreign relations committee today urged President Eisienhower to tell Americans the ugly truth about the nation’s ’’terrific vulnerability to enemy atomic attack.” “The Truman administration never took the American people into its confidence on this atomic danger. I trust the Eisenhower administration will not be guilty of the' same dreadful mistake,’! the Wisconsin Republican said. He said the new adminlstr|ation can be excused for not meeting the problem at the bu»y congressional session just ended. But he said there will be “no such excuse if, in the next regular session; the question of reducing our atomic vulnerability Is avoided or underestimated.’’ I ’ ’ . He referred to various studies by the defense department and the atomic energy commission on atomic dangers. He said it is one of the "ABG facts” that Russia could probably kill 15.000,000 Americans overnight with its present atomic stockpile. While security has kept the American people “almost completely uninformed” on those studies, he said, “the Soviets probably know’ most of these facts about our weakness.” [ “Until, therefore; the American people get more facts to the extent that intelligent security regulations will permit- neither the congress nor the people can adequately evaluate out military defense problem,” Wiley said. He said he has seen no "evidence” to show that there has been any “basic new approach” to that problem or anything to show what would happen if Washington w-ere to be “vaporized” by an (Tir» T* Paa* Five) I j Isaac Mills Dies At Home Ijr Ohio (Fred V. Mills of this city received word today of the death of a nephew, Isaac Newton Mills. 58, Bladensburg, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo C (Mills. The Decatur man left today for Bladensburg and will attend the funeral services to bp held Thursday afternoon. He will remain at Bladensburg for several days.

Freed Prisoner Tells Os Reds' Death March

FREEDOM J VILLAGE, Korea UP —One of the first American prisoners freed today told of a Communist death march that claimed 1,250 American lives in February, 1951. “O| the 1,400 who began the march, ” CpL Richard M. Davis, Booneville, Ark., “only 150 survived.” Davis was a member of the U.S. 2nd division when he was captured at Wonjn, South Korea. ' He said the Americans died of gtorvation or froce to death before completing the march from Wonju to the Manchurian border more than 200 miles across the 38th Parallel. “There weren’t many of us left,” Davis said as he was put into a helicopter and token to the 11th evacuation hospital. “Lots of them” starved to death, Davis said. Other prisoners said many of

U.S. Casualties In Worea How 141,705 Casualty Report Still Incomplete WASHINGTON UP — With reports still incomplete, American battle casualties in Korea now total 141.705, the defense department announced today. The report covered all casualties whose next of kin were notified through last Friday and showed an increase of 1,159 over last week’s report. jv U ; The increase was comparable to those of the previous two weeks and reflected the heavy fighting in the closing phase in the war. The official coqnt is due to'rise still higher although the fighting has ceased. This results from the time lag caused be the necessity of crosschecking casualties before official Notification is made.’ Defense officials predicted it will be at least another week before a "preliminary” casualty total can he determined. Then there will probably be months, perhaps even years, of extensive checking before the official final total is determined.-, The new total includes 25.434 deaths, 103.038 wounded, 8,705 missing, 3,001 captured, and 1,527 'previously missing but since returned to military contrOL ’ ’ The Increase slntee last week’s report was 317 deathb. 749 wounded. 40 captured, 51 ; missing, and two previously mis Sing but since returned to military control. Zehr Funeral Rites On Friday Morning Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10 o’clock ini the First Missionary church in Berne for Mrs. Rena Zehr, Berne postmaster, who died suddenly Monday evening in Wis., while vacationing with her busband. Burial will be in the •M. R. ( 'Eu cemetery. , Friends may call at the Yagefuneral home after 6 o’clock this evening. f* ! — 20 Trooper Recruits To Gain Appointments iBLOGIMIIiNGITOIN, Ind. UP — Appointments as » permanent troopers will go to about 20 of 50 state police recruits who will Conclude a ' seven-week training school at Indiana University Friday. Appointees will spend an additional week in firearms training at the state police range at Putnamtille. They will report for duty Sept. 1. '

l their buddies died of starvation in l Communist prison camps. i “It was rough,” Sgt. James I Davis; Mullins, S. C., said as he i was lifted from another helicopter that whirled into Freedom Village > from nearby Munsan. “I’m starving to death,” Davis t said. Other prisoners appeared afraid to talk, and some of the newly j liberated Americans were so they spoke only of their freedom. Pfc.\ Albert Chicckine, Bloomfield, jN. J., lowered his head and ! murmured, “I would rather not 1 talk about it,” when asked if he ! had been mistreated. 1 Chicckine acted frightened whdn newsmen pressed him tor comment. He smiled weakly when they i asked him about Communiat mess ( programs. ”1 was fed,” he saM. * “That’s . about all. Everything they did was for propaganda. A few swallowed I the Communist line.” '

United Stales To Reject Red Bid To Parley Proposal Branded Scheme To Divide U.S. And Allies WASHINGTON UP — American officials indicated today that the United States will flatly reject Russia’s’ bid for a full-dress Big Five peace' conference that includes Red China. . They privately branded the proposal as a scheme to divide this: country and its allies and to -take the spotlight off its own unwillingness to give Germany and Austria their freedom. V . ? ’ A spokesman said the state department would have to study the 1.500-word Russian note before making any statements. , Officials made it clear, however, that this country •would oppose, any general conference on east-wdst tensions before Russia proves it Is ready to settle by clearing the way for Germany's unification and Austria’s tadeitendence. In their note, the Russians proposed that the foreign ministers meeting.be expanded to consider a “central lessening” of easftwest tensions. Red China’s participation is such a discussion, they said, would be “essehtial.” Injection of the Red China issue Into the exchange of notes on Gertiiany and Austria, was viewed here as a cunning maneuver to not only to divide the Allies but to fcet the United States blamed if the foreign ministers meeting is not held. J Propose Expansion MOSCOW UP — The Soviet Union said today Red China should be allowed to participate hi any discussion it t holds with the Big Three western powers. The Russians proposed that any meeting it holds •with, western foreign ministers be expanded to copsider “a general lessening of tension in internatiohUl relations” as well as the problems of Germany and Austria as the Western powers proposed. “In the discussion of questions concerning measures for ing tension in international relations the participation of the Chinese People's 'Republic is essential,” the Soviet note said. However, the Russians did not. refuse to meet without the participation of Red China. The Soviet note said western proposals would only delay I German peace- and unification with T* six)

Brief Session Held By City Councilmen Council Approves Aviation Members The city council held a 20minute meeting at city hall Tuesday night. By unaniomus action the tappOintment of a board of aviation commissioners was approved by the council. Mayor .Doan appointed the following members to serve on the board two weeks ago: Robert Smith, attorney, Louis Jacobs, Andy Appelman, and Bob Cole. Councilmen accepted the oaths of office tiled by the members this week to uphold the laws of the state and carry but their duties faithfully. A petition for a rural line extension was approved by the council and referred to the electric light committee and tha light superintendent. ' A “report of ths water works committee last night gave approval to a water line extension to the Giles V. Porter addition run along North Tenth street

Clamp Secrecy On Stories Os Horrors Halt Questioning Os Released Men FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea, UP—United Nations fighting men returning from Communist prison camps are not permitted to tell the full story of the horrors they left behind them. Security officers prevented the repatriated men from replying tp some questions about life in prison camps. There was -no explanation from the United Nations command as to why it did not want the free world to know about iyhat the captured soldiers had endured. Military plans made long before the prisoners’ release provided that each, man would be interrogated by intelligence personnel for information of possible valiUei. Apparently. G-2 officers would question each prisoner and caution him about safeguarding military information before permitting him to talk to newsmen. Maj. John Daujat, Richmond. Calif., told reporters when he first was returned that some high ranking fellow Americas prisoners were sentenced to prison by the Communists for “instigating against peace” two days before they were scheduled to leave Red camps for freedom. . ( 'He mentioned specifically the case of one lieutenant, a pilot whom he did not identify, as having been given a year in solitary confinement. I Later in the day, however, at a normal press conference, an American security officer would not Jet Daujat tell reporters more about the cases. •’! ’ It was obvious that Daujat had been "briefed” by officials and cautioned not'to reveal any more information to the press. J■ I k —i , Revise Demands In Bell Phone Strike Strikers Demand Rate Reductions

. INDIANAPOLIS UP -i Striking ! employes of Indiana Bell Telephone Company demanded “substantially” reduced rates for patrons today for “sub-standard service" durPng'the 15rday-old walkout. • Meanwhile, negotiations continued amid reports both management and the CIO Communications Workers Union had revised offers and dehiands closer to an agreement. ; At Martinsville phone service which was withdrawn for nearly 20 hours was restored 1 Tuesday night. Mayor Kenneth A- Watson vigorously denied a [company Charge he watched passively while a crowd broke windows in the exchange. The request for reduced rates was made by Mrs. Mae Mann, state CWA director, in a letter mailed today to the Indiana public service commission, the state’s fate-making body which now is busy fixing a permanent rate schedule for the utility. The schedule is expected to be issued Thursday. Mrs. Mann said Bell customers couldn’t patronize other places for service as the public may in other strikes. “Indiana Bell can provide only service of an inferior quality as long as the strike continues and if they waht to be fair to customers they will readily agree to bill all customers at a substantially reduced rate as determined by the commission,” she said. “Customers should not have to subsidize the company during the strike' period,'* Mrs. Mann said. A company spokesman said the outlook in the wage talks brightened when union representatives (Tarn mk»

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Tell Os New Atrocities, Double Cross High Percentage Os ’ Released Prisoners Have Tuberculosis ' . . PANMUNJOM, Korea, UP — The first group of war prisoners released by the Communists started home today but a dangerously high percentage were reported suffering advahce<Ltuberculosls. Seventy Americans and 32 other United Nations troops gained freedom. some for the first time in three yeqrs, in the first, exchange of “Operation Big Switch.” They toltj of new atrocities and a jastminute Red double-cross. 1 ’■ - “More than half” of the 70 Americans returned -during the first day of the prlsdner swap weye suffering from . tuberculosis, American public information Offi- r terp and doctors said. In addition,’ many other prisoners of other U. N. forces also have TB. ' > Newsmen at Panmunjorti could 1 hear the prisoners coughing as rode to in cheap blue Chinese uniforms on Russian trucks!, that bore the trademark of the Molotov Motor Plant. ' Seventy more Americans will be freed Thursday at 9 a.m. (8 p.m. c.s.t. Wednesday) along with more i than 300 other Allied fighting men. The first repatriates were taken to-Freedom* Village an d th® n to the port of Inchon where ships stood bjt'ito return them to their families. Maj. John Daujat, San Pablo, palif.j stuck his head out the Soviet truck bearing his group into Pan-mu-njom and shouted his name to newsmen. .( He told them how the Communists had jailed some Americans, including high-ranking officers, only two days before the first group of prisoners left the Yalu collection point on the journey to freedom. Daujat-Raid the oficers were imprisoned on trumped-up charges of ‘‘instigating against peace.” The United Nations was expected to protest vehemently against the Communists’, treachery and demand immediate release of the prisoners in accordance with agreements in the Korean armistice. ~— Ddujat’s hair was shorn as thoujgh a Communist barber had placed a rice bowl on bis head, but he whs happy to be on his way home, where he coultfr get a good trimming for a buck or more. The Shn Pablo major was' the first of 3,313 returning Americans to Identify himself. Military censors held up the names of other repatriates until they positively had identified them. At Freedom Village one American prisoner described the hdrror of a death march that killed 1,250 Americans and others told of mistreatment inprison camps. Altogether, in addition to the Americans, 26 Britons, 23 Turks, - 12 Filipinos, 250 South oKreans, and one Australian, one Canadian, one Belgian, one South African and one Greek were liberated Wednesday. ! About 400 will be released daily in exchange for 2,400 prisoners held by the Allies until all 12,736 Com-munist-held prisoners and 74,000 captives of the United Nations are released. At Freedom .Village, Corp. Ftichard M. Davis of Booneville, Ark., one of 35 sick and Americans in the first batch of repatriates, told a story of horror. Davis said be was one of the 150 survivors of a “death march” from Wonju in South Korea to the Manchurian border<ito February, 1951—a cruel and merciless trek that took at least 1,250 American livoa. When Davis was asked it any Americans had died of starvation, he replied:. *?Loto of them.” j rru* Ta raw* Bto*t)