Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 195.

Meets Son, 18, After 16 Years jH IB J' a ■ Wk wßßfea X a IBS jS mMF ' ' ; ' :< b MRS. VIRGINIA ROCKWOOD is hardly able to believe her eyes as she is reunited with her son Frederick. 18. after 16 years' separation. She hadn t seen Frederick since she placed him- in an orphanage. They are sbownJn a New York hotel as a result of efforts of a radio commentator. Archdale Jones of WBAL, Baltimore. Jones was approached 18 months before by Frederick, who asked help in finding his mother.

Mass Protest Is Threatened By CIO Groups 70,000 Workers > Would Be Out If Plans Develop, TXDIAXAPOLIS. UP — Two CIO leaders threatened today to call ■ out 70,000 union in/ a” mass protest over police •discrimination” against Indianapolis pickets in the Indiana Bpll Telephone Company strike. Wayne Folck, president ot a United Auto Workers local and chairman of a delegation which called on Mayor Alex Clark in the 29th day of the strike, and another spokesman said all the CIO members in Indianapolis . "might turn up” at the Indianapolis exchange "if police don’t stop discrimination against pickets.” Meanwhile; state police troopers remained on duty at the Clinton exchange but were withdrawn from observation posts near exchanges in five other Hoosier cities as the walkout of CIO com- . munications workers continued without any indication ot settlement of wage issues. , Folck and William Tucker, vice'Tnni To P««re Klckt) ' : r - . .. i City Employes To Paint New Engine Plan Offered By Pettibone Councilman last night accepted a suggestion made by L. C. Pettibone that the city amend the original contract with diesel engine manufacturers Lima - Hamilton Corp. — builders of the city's giant diesel engine. Dayton and Seventh — and paint the engine, using city employes rather than Lima-Hamil-ton workers. Pettibone explained that Hamilton’s charge for the job was. to be $2,000 and he (Pettibone) thought the city could save money by doing the task Mli^em selves. ’ Jail Bird? Pettibone made a rather shocking — and amusing — statement, to the councilmen to pfove he knew what he was talking about. The light chief Said prqudly that he had served two years ... as an apprentice painter. To those who didn’t hear the last part of Pettibone’s remark; Pettibone repeated again: “as an apprentice painter, see, an apprentice painter.” Councilmen roared ... gleefully over the slip and Pet-, tibone bad a bad moment explaining be wasn't a jail bird. A favorable hearing was given to the suggestion that the second floor of I City Hall be provided with a water cooler similar to the one downstairs in the light and water department '| - aomeoody remarked with a chuckle that the Coca Cola Company might not like the idea. But it was dismissed sipce it is doubted that Coke might consider itself in competition with water, although no one cared to hazard a guess as to which was more popular.

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Mental Health Fund Drive Is Underway Chairman Seeks Donations By Mail > An appeal went xmt today from Leo Kirsch. Adams county chairman of the mental health drive for funds, for small contributions. These gifts may be mailed to Mental Health, Post Office box number 1. Decatur, stated. The solicitation for small funds will last several w’eeks and if sufficient money is received, there ■will be no house to house canvas, the chairman said. The money will be used in the Indiana campaign to provide better facilities for the mentally ill and also in the research to prevent mental ailments among Hoosiers. Adams' county’s quota is <1,80(7 for this year, Kirsch said, and an effort will :be made after this year to have the drive for funds placed in the annual community fund drive. The need for money this year however, is urgent and Adams county's contribution will be part of the $300,000 goal set for the entire state., The money derived frpm the counties, is used in public andprivate' institutions to provide needed care for the mentally ill. Some of the money ajlso is earmarked for prevention, research. AH money raised tin Adams county will be turned over to Theodore F.- Graliker, county treasurer and later sent to the state organization. Kirsch, in his appeal for voluntary contributions, stated that contributions from 10 cents upwards would be appreciated. "it is an important cause and <Tun» Tn Pasn *tx» Indiana Records Fall Temperatures Low 49 Degrees At South Bend INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indiana experienced more autumn - like weather today after another night of cool temperatures. Weathermen promised readings in the high 7o’s'Or tow 80's with continued fair skies. The mercury dipped tp 49 at South Bend and touched 52 at Indianapolis, only two degrees off the recoid low for the date, set in 1896. Elsewhere, temperatures also were in the low 50’s, Fort'Wayne reporting 51 and Terre Haute 50. Readings Tuesday included a high of 77 at Indianapolis, 83 at Evansville and 76 at South Bend. Other points recorded top temperatures between those figures. Farmers May Meet Soon On Problem It’s been reported that farmers involved in the matter of the Citizen’s Telephone Co. bHI — to pay. or not to. pay — will meet soon td decide the stand they will take. j.; I; > Their names are: Sylvan Sprunger, Joel Sprunger, Silas Sprunger. Jacob Wickey\ John Schwartz and WHbert NuSsbaum, all of Monroe township. There wag a special hearing of the cdunty commissioners Monday to air the utility’s grievance. The farmers left without giving an answer.

War Prisoners To Start Home Next Sunday First Shipload Is Scheduled To Arrive Sunday SAN FRlANC’fsdo UP — The Army hopes to have the first shiPf load of former American prisoners of war on their way home •within three to six hours after the transport General Nelson If. Walker docks here Sunday.. % The Walker is due to pass through the Golden Gate about a a.m. 9 a.m. c.s.t. with 325 exprisoners from Korea aboard. The first man will step down the gangplank at Fort Mason one hou’later. There will be no ceremonies, the Army said. "The Army's prime objective will be to speed these boys on their way," said a spokesman for the port of embarkation. In Washington, the Defense Department said it is telegraphing families of released prisoners of war the dates on which they are expected to arrive by ship at San Franqisco. Relatives and friends may greet the returnees in a large fenced-in enclosure at the port of embarkation. Other former prisoners will go to a Red Gross canteen opposite the family 'area to have refreshments while awaiting processing. The processing will be brief. The soldiers will be mustered: given airline tickets and expense money. Those who are met by families may travel as they please, at government expense. By 4 p.m. c.s.t. the Army expects to have the last of the exprisoners “on his own." A second transport, the General Geo. F. Hase, is expected to return with another load of former prisoners about the end of the month. City Council Gets Two New Petitions Stoplight Will Be Installed 'Councilmen received and approved two petitions last night at their regular and made note of near action on some old, old business. .1 Simeon Hain petitioned the eouneilmeh for ah alley light Dorth of Monroe Street between Sixth and Seventh; streets. The petition was accorded standard action and referred to the light committee in conjunction with the ligl|t and poweir superintendent. ' A petition was received from Leland L. Frank, Monroe street extended, fox a six-ihch water line extension to his property which lies just outside the west corporation limits of the city. There was favorable reaction (to the water line but a paragraph in the petition was the stumper because it called for the installation of a fire hydrant, forthwith apd without delay. Councilmen said Frank would be receiving all protection of the city services, watery' fire, without paying the assessments paid by city dwellers. There was the suggestion that Frank, in the event that a fire hydrant would be installed, pay the city a rental fee. Iti was the general inclination of tpe council, howeyer, not to have a hydrant installed In any case. The matter was turned over to the water department and its superintendent. A measure voted in by the council and approved byt the state in January of this year—the placing of a signal light at the intersection of Fifth and Monroe —will finally be acted on by the state this week. A letter from the state highway department stated the delay Was caused due to the “misplacdpg” of records regarding the signal. The city is to pay for the material and instaßatioh of the light, the specifications to be under the control of the state. The highway department engineers said in January that they would not pay for a light since the traffic at that spot didn’t warrant it. But the city, anxious over the schoolchurch corner-loaded with children during the mid-day hours — said they would pay for the light themselves and approval was given by the state. Mayor John Doan said there might be a six-months wait. He was two months off. i - ■ a j J INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonignt. Thur»day fair and pleasant. Low to- * night 47-52 north, 5055 south. High Thursday 7085.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 19, 1053.

Royalist Iran Troops Kill Foreign Minister; Overthrow Nationalists

Busy Day Is I Spent In East By President Holds Series Os Conferences On Various Topics NEW YORK. (UP) — President. Eisenhower held high-level pblltr icali. discussions today on topics ranging from the projected Korean peace conference to the New Y’ork mayoralty campaign in a one-day stand In New York. . The chief executive interrupted his vacation schedule of golfing and trout-fishing in Colorado to fly here this morning to confer with government officials and leaders of the state and city .Republican organizations. He aldo will register to vote in the mayoralty election apd dedi cate a housing project ats a igesture of respect to his old ; friend Bernard Baruch. | After breakfast - hour meetings with Louis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy commission. C. D. Jackson, his psychological warfare expert, and United Nations delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., 'Mr. Eisenhower presided at; the first meeting of a hew federal committee to eliminate discrimination. The President was reported to have discussed strategy -for clinching a decisive U. N. vote for a restricted Far Eastern political conference in his unscheduled meeting with Lodge; Strauss and Jackson briefed him on the latest developments in the East-West race for atomic superiority since Soviet premier Malenkov's announcement that Russia has a hydrogen bomb. Vice President Richard M. Nix on, chairman of the anti-bias government contract committee, said the President told the freshly commissioned members that he expected “something cbncrete" from them rather than a “great show" from a publicity standpoint. Thq committee is empowered to root out hiring discrimination in industries working on government con tracts. Before lunch, the President held a series of interviews with New York Republican bigwigs including J. Russell Sprague, national GOF committeeman, William L. Pfeiffer. state Republican chairman, and Harold Riegejman. who has Mr. Eisenhower's blessing as Republican candidate for mayor in the Nov. 3 city-wide elections. ;■/ The President commissioned seven members of his new government contracts committee designed to eliminate discrimination in hieing by companies working on federal contracts. Federal Judge, Sylvester Ryan of the Southern To P»<» Six)

Television Mechanic Suggests Motor Ban

City councilmen were last night obliged to consider an ordinance that would make it an offence to use an electric razor after 8 a.m. Also, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.—each day—citizens might have to desist from vacuuming carpets, running electric fans; and their husbands coming home at night might find the long arm of the law awaiting them should they turn on the old -wood-turning lathe. That’s the crux of an ordinance proposed by television mechanic Oliver Harmon, of 240 Stratton Way, who said folks who biiy tele vision sets in town in the near future should receive protection of their reception: Harmon stated Warsaw had adopted such an ordinance and thought the same should be done here. ■ j . Harmon took a swipe at the amateur radio operators—“ Hams” —as being a cause of some, interference in television and said he would contact the amateur radio

Hoosier Families Plan Home-Comings Five POWs Will Come Home Soon By (UNITED PRE-As • • Families of five more| Indiana .servicemen prepared celebrations today for sons and husbands returned to American hands after in North Korean prison camps. * iFor (Mrs. Rosella Gibson of Delphi, “the best news in three years” was word of the release of Pfc. Paul T. Gibson, her youngest ;son. ’ ' . 'Mrs. Gibson said her son was captured three weeks after he arrived in Korea in April, 1951. /The family waited a year before learning of his capture after he was reported missing in action. Gibson and four other Hoosiers |,were released Tuesday in “operation Big Switch’’ at panmunjom. The others were: ‘ 'Pfc. Stanley Furnish, husband" of Mrs. Bertha ,L. Furnish, ludiana polis; Cpl. Homer L. Wheller, Jr., son of Homer <L. Wheller, Granger; Pfc, James D- Prow, husband of iMrs. Flora Prow, Solsberry, and Sgt. Robert IE. Shepard, son of Mrs. Robert 'L. Shepard, Brazil, •Mrs. Shepard said the, biggest celebration his family can niuster ewaits her son, who enlisted in 1950 when he was 17 years old. ... “I’m the happiest mother in the world,” she said. Unlike Mrs. Gibson, she heard from Shepard regularly while he was a prisoner, and believed his health was fairly good. j IMrs. Shepard sard her son wrote <T»r» Tat Six) 1 ' - r ; Baby Vicki; Gehrig Is- Pronounced Okay Vicki Gehrig, year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gehrig, of 110 Harvester Lane, was discharged from the Adams county hospital Ute Tuesday after she was pronounced okay after accidentally hanging herself in the wash early Monday. K : ■ Vicki tangled herself in |he loop of her father's shop apron a|)out nooh Monday and was swept off the ground. She was found by. her mother a few minutes later,, blue in the face and not breathing. Vicki's life was saved 4 by the quick action of Louis F. Webert, a neighbor, of 109 Harvester Lane, who quickly applied artificial respiration. to the dying tot who soon revived. Webert is to be’ repomnjended for a medal by his neighbors. Webert. an employe of. General Electric, Decatur, was home because of the dumb good luck of a ope-day strike Monday. Probably fqr the' first time in history, everyone loves the . local U. E. union, without which there would have been no strike and Vicki would now lay dead. ’* I ■ , ; j ' ' i 4 1 • •

relay league, the ARRL, and complain that these amateurs should be monitored more severely. Harmon did not state who the offenders wpre. ;An observer at the eounc.il meeting asked Harmon why «the city should go into partnership with television to protect their investment when ail other businesses, strike out as free agents without subsidy by municipalities. Harmon implied TV needed protection? hy ordinance. His ordinance would impose a <SO fine for offenders; f i, Councilman Don Gage pointed out to Harmon that a multitude of users of motors with brushes—Harmon said that should be outlawed between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.—would b» affected. | Mayor Doan tobk a grave view of the suggestion and said the jarreaching matter,would be committed to detailed ttudy by tbe<coubeil. This was accorded unanimous/ approval by the council i

U. S. War Dead Totals 25,604; 8,529 Missing Casualties Are Reported For Korean Fight WASHINGTON, UP — The Korean war Cost 142:277 American casualties, including 25.604 dead, the defense department reported today in its final weekly casualty report. The report gave this breakdown of American casualties in the three-year war: 25,604 dead. 103,492 wounded. 8.529 missing, 2,219 captured and 2.433 previously reported captured or missing but since returned to military control. A spokesman said it includes all the late casualties ill the Korean war and represents a’ “preliminary total” of all American casualties. 'Because it will be necessary to ’recheck and perhaps revise past casualty reports, today's summary does not represent the final official toll of American casualties. pefense officials expect it will be at least another year before t the finj}l official is pleted; (»ut they skid the final count will not vary substantially from today’s figure. • * The weekly summary actually added 25 deaths to the total. This Increase was more than offset, however, when the services found on rechecking that 19 men previously listed as wounded and 23 listed as missing had not been battle casualties. The result was a net decrease of 17 from the total reported last yeek. Recruiting Officer Visits In Decatur Marine Staff Sgt. Ernest Harris, attached to Marine recruiting service. Fort Wayne, was in town today to meet youths on entering Marine service shortly. Sgt. Harris said he plans to vifcit Decatur once or twice a week in the future.' Leaving for the Marines on August 31 will be Joe Cowans., soq of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cowans. 729 Patterson, and Karl D. Johnson, who lives with his brother. Charles, at 251 Second street, Sgt. Harris revealed. '..H, .. . ; ’ liP ' • !

REMC Will Oppose Ike’s Power Policy Program Is Under Attack WASHINGTON UP — Public power enthusiasts were expected today to launct| a major attack against the administration’s New policy of curtailing federal participation in power development. 1The National Rural Electrical Cooperative Association, representing 4,000,000 consumers, got off a preliminary shot Tuesday only a few hours after the Interior Department announced the new program. I It said the policy may result in higher power rates.. Other public power groups questioned whether the individual electricity user would benefit. The program was made public by Undersecretary of Interior Ralph A. Tudor and endorsed by President Eisenhower. It spelled out some, of the ideas which administration leaders, including the President, have had about private industry and local communities taking over primary responsibility for power development. t An Interior Department official said the administration hoped to end “government invasion of the private power field.”

To Read Scripture i ; Rev. Artihtfr Neuenslchwander, Nuttmdn Avenue United Brethren church, will read the scripture lesson«at the Decatur community tent services tonight. The service will start at 7:50; o’clock and the public is Invited ta attend. ;■ v ; ’ ; ‘ . — "TT",. —— Singing Is Feature Os Tent Meetings •, More Than 200 Attend Tuesday The Decatqr community tent services are continuing to draw’ large attendance, with more than 200 at Tuesday's - program. Don Gerig led the congregation iu singing of familiar .hymns. Mrs. Stanley Luginbill, sang two solos, “All That Thrills My Soul is Jesus" and “The Love of God J' The scripture lesson was presented by Rev. William Ensmingep pastor of the Rivarre Circuit. He also offered the evening prayer. The Evangelist,l Rev. Patrick Henry, gave an interesting sernion. In his opening he said, “the greatest way to do personal work is to bring jsomeoqe to the service to hear the gospel.” '‘Ye must be born again” was the subject of the evening message based on John 3-1-16. He stated that when Christ said “Ye must be born again," fee was not talkirig to a drunkard. 4ie was speaking’to a baptised, learned man of the synagogue. We haye come to the place that the world is so churchy and the church so worldly it is hard, to draw the line between. Man may determine within himself that he is going to clean-up and therefore become morally better, but he still heeds a change of heart, w’hich takes place by simple faith in Jesus Christ.” ' The time of the morning prayer hour was changed to 9:30, An urgent appeal went ou( for choir members. Anyone who enjoys singing is invited to meet at the First Missionary Church at 7':25 ojplock tonight for a short practice session. - - V., The public is invited to attend these meetings, as it is inter-de-nominational. Services start each night at 7:45. The scripture lesson will be read by Rev. Arthur Neuenschwander. pastor of Nuttman Avenue United Brethren, Church. The title of tonight’s hiessage will be “The Seven Wonders of Hell.”

Six Building Permits Are Issued In August Since the first of August the city engineer's office has approved the following six applications for building permits: iLaurenn iM. Wigger, 'Jr.; 1728 estimated contract price, <I,OOO. Harold Durbin, 812 Bush, hew garage, estimated price, <173.65. Russell (Melchi. 1022 Line. new garage, price, <743. Robert J. Zwjck, 237 North Second, addition of building for changing eleyator, price. <3OO. James L. Kocher, 434 John addition to house, price, $1,<200. Vernon F. Hurst, 1420 (Madison, new house, price,

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Mossadegh Is q Arrested As Riots Prevail | Oil Dispute Os Billion May Be Settled Soon TEHRAN, Iran. UP — Iranian army sources loyal to exiled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi seized Radio Tehran today and broadcast that Iran’s nationalistic, dictatorial Premier Mohammed Mossadegh had been overthrown, j The radio announcement said Mossadegh’s foreign minister Hus- . I sein Fatemi had been “cut to pieces” by the infuriated tion; . ’ [i ~ 1 The radio reports were considered official since the army, faithful to the Shah, was in (Control of the city. , | ; Fatemi, with the! premier, hyl engineered the expropriation pf the Anglo-Iranian oil and'jhe opposition to the Shah. , There was no immediate indication what had happened to Mossadegh during a day of wild riot’ J ing which swept the capital. Mossadegh's luxurious residence was burned by ap angry, shouting mob. It was believed unlikely Mossadegh could have; fled the capital since the army seized control of the city iat the Outset of today’s developments and was rigidly inspecting All incopiing and outgoing traffic. i ' ' The Shah and Empress ijpraya received the'news in Rome, where they arrived Tuesday, to take up exile. ■ *'l knew it. I knew it.” the Shah said. "My people love me." His young queen burst into tears: The Spah fled Iran during thß week end when ' Mossadegh’S guards frustrated an earlier attempt by army elements loyal to. the Shah to remove him from power. .’• i •< ; J Today’s pro-Shah uprising Unk- ’ ed pqwerful larmy. polite and tribal It rapidly gathered support ainpng crowds of angry demonstrators whp poured into Ithp; . streets of the city shouting demands for the Shah’s return. Mobte attempted to batter down the iron gates to Mossadegh’s res- i idence and were driven pff by submachine gun fire of his household guards before the army seized control of the city. General Fazlollah Zahedi, 'appointed premier by the Shah prior , to the frustrated week-end coup ; d'etat, /spoke over the national radio early this afternoon. , ( (J He outlined the political program of his regime which he said will “raise the standard of; living of the population and insure so<?» rSTWMi T» Kl«bt) City Seeks Lease For Garbage Dump • Four Acres Os Land Are Sought ’ It seems a virtual certainty that the city will lease four acres of ’ land from Dan Tyndall, of Krick and Tyndall, as a garbage dump. This wa's revealed iby the city council |ast night through a letter sent the city attorney asking the city to make Tyndall an offer, and • asking also to outline certain re* sponsibilities of each of the contracting .parties. j \ Following is the city’s offer: Four acres (located four-tenths of a mile west of U.S. highway 27 on the first road south of (he south corporation limits of the city) to be leased at <IOO for four years, City tp be responsible for- complaints for possible stench from the heap, to be covered immediately by a la nd-mover. Tyndall to pay taxes on the land. To be maintained ini cordance with the requirements of the state board of health. , l- - \ 1 "