Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 196.

Mossadegh Reported Fleeing £ »*<’.'■ ■KT’ ■ P a t ttPO -*3 i | ; - ? I';/0 ;/ HIS SHORT-LIVED, red-backed regime-wrecked in a bloody coup; Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossadegh/; shown here in his latest Photo as he chatted with Russian ambassador A. Lavrentiev, is reported to have fled the country even a- tfee Shah prepared to return trom Rome. Royalists overthrew the ancient Mosspdgh’s regime after vicious street fighting and a determined’ stand at his residence by his adherents. I 4 ’* I /

Medal Winner jGels Release From Red Camp Communists Say U. N. Has Failed I To Keep Promise PANMUNJCM. Korea UP — The Communists released a Cohgreisional Medal of Hopor winner and 58 other Americans' today and accused the United Nations of breaking Its promhie oh ! prisoners. Shortly after “Operation Bift Fwltch" passed the halfway mark, the Communists ca'led a ' secret meeting of the joint military armistice commission. The United Nations received 15J. Allied captives, including a citizen of Mexico, in the 16th day of the exchange. Ninety Britons and 300 South Koreans also returned t-» freedom. ’ _■ i The Communists promised to. return 150 Americans Friday, the most liberated in one day sinco “Big Switch” started. Peiping Radio, voice of Red China, accused the U. N. of not living up to its promise to repat triate 2.400 Communist daily.“The other side repatriated 6<iJ captured’ personnel of the Korean People's Army,” ti#e broadcast said. “This figure, is about liSOtl less than that agreed upon earlier between both sides,” X • The U. N. was able to repatriate only 602 captives Wednesday beda use ships bringing prisoners from Koje to Korea Had to turn back because of the recent, typhoon. For this reason) the U.N. couldn't return any prisoners today. The normal schedule* will bet resumed Friday or Saturday. One of the men who" walked through Freedom Gate was Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura. k Gkilup. N.M'., Japanese-American awarded the 'Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism and intrepidity above #nd beyond the call of duty. . The shy young war hero did not know he had received the award: until he reached neat by Freedom! Village. "What?, What” he stammered' when Brig. Gen. Ralph N. Osbourne gave him the news. The Army had kept the information secret. . ’

Strike-Bound Plant Will Reopen Soon CAIRO, 111. L’P — Construction at the strike-closed Joppa, 111.,1 atomic project probably will be resumed next week, officials said today. ( ■ ’ r| I The announcement followed the; signing of a ‘ no-stfike” * pledge 1 Wednesday between labor and management. A delegation of top Federation of Labor officials, headed by Joseph 1 Keenan, building grades secretary-treasurer, helped work out the agreement. Fifteen unions wre represented. — Berne Factory Will Build An Addition - , Ain addition 25 by 64 feet is be‘ing completed at the Smith Bros., furniture factory in Bertie. Erected east of the company‘B office, the addition will house a shipping room and a loading platform. The plant is running top speed. t .i -

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Bcvival Continues In Tented Church 'Wonders Os Hell' Wednesday Topic Attendance interest in the Decatur Community Tent meeting has been increasing every night. The congregation joins whole heartedly in the suing service, which Don Gerig directs each evening. Rev. Arthur Nenensch wander, pastor of the ‘Nuttman Avenue United Brethren cpnrch read the scripture lesson and offered the evening prayer. John Paijl iMoAljiifen sang “My Soul Is Not for Sal*. I’ve Given It to the Lord." A young mans quartette, j represeoing Adams Central School, presented the number “Ttiere’s A New Name in Glory”. The choir, representing the various churches, also presented -a song: The , evangelist, i Rev. -Patrick Henry, of Memphis. Tenn., chose for the subject of his message, “The SAven Wonders of Hell’’, based bn Luke 16:19-31. He stated "if we Relieve Christ said there is a heaven, we must also believe he said there is a hell, because i,f he lied about hell he might, have lied about heaven. ; God created hell for the devil and his' angels, not for man, but because we refuse to accept h in he -is compelled nj send us tp hell. Morality is not an answer to godliness. A man may be the best moral perso,i possible and still miss heaven. Why? Because he has failed *o accept Christ as his personal Savior. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation.”’/ At 9:30 ci’c/ock epch morning, prayer services are held in behalf of the neoting. Any one who is able to attend is invited to tjM« uervie*. (An Saturday evening Evangelist Henry will) bring a message on "What Does God Look Like" and the Sunday afternoon mesage will be “The Signs iof the Time”. I Rev. Lewis. Strong, pastor at th? Ossian Evangelical United Brethren church, will present the scripture lesson tonight. Services begin each night at 7:45, and -tfe public is invited to attend. Indiana Casualties Include One Dead Several Reported Missing In Action \ WASHINGTON UP — The Defense Department Wednesday announced an additional Indiana serviceriian \k'as killed in the late stages of the Korean conflict. Casualties were reported from its List 880. < Killed In Action Army: Pvt. Donald W. Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sharp, Winslow. J Wounded Army: Pfci. Frank J. Tate, son of Mrs. Lillian Key Tate, Indianapolis. Marine Cpl. Richard A. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse IM. Harris, Cloverdale; Pvt. Richard L. Harvey, husband of Mrs. Richard L. Harvey, Indianapolis; Pfc. Raymond C. Imus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Imus, 908 Meadowview Ave.. South Bend. Missing In Action Army: Pfc. Charles F. Binge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Binge, Thayer; Pfc. Frank Wilson, Jr., <Twr» T« Paca rtaej

U. S. Official Confirms Red . : x‘ fl . r H-Bomb Blast Step-up Urged In U. S. Defense By Congressman WASHINGTON, UP — Official confirmation that Russia has exploded an H-bomb today swept the world into a deadly new lap of the atomic arins race and brought congressional demands for step-, ped up U. S. defenses. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission announced shortly after midnight that the United States detected an atomic explosion in Russia on Aug. 12. He said “subsequent information” indicated th* had tested an H-bomb. His statement followed by less than two hours a Moscow communique which said that “orte of the types of the hydrogen bomb was exploded” in the Soviet Union “a few days ago . . . for experimental purposes.” Strauss made it clear that the United States was! far ahead of 'Russia in developing the awesome H-bomb. He disclosed that this country conducted H-bomb tests at Eniwetok Island in the Pacific in 1951a full year earlier than had previously been? known. Until now, it was thought that this country’s first H-bomb was set off at Eniwetok on Nov. 1, 1952. j President Eisenhower, who apparently received a briefing on the Soviet test at a secret meeting with Strauss ■ in New York Wednesday, declined to comment on the new development. * The State Department was likewise silent, although a spokesman indicated a statement! might be made later today. Rj‘ i Chairman W. Sterling Cole (RN. Y.) of the! congressional Atomic Energy committee, promtply called for a speed-up in ddfenae preparations “to protect us against an attack by this most devastating weapon.” i I

Morse To Ask Probe Os Defense Sef-Up Says G. M. Gets (Big Defense Contracts WASHINGTON, UP — Sen. Wayne Morse plans to. demand a congressional investigation of his charge that General Motors Corp, “is receiving favored treatment by the Defense Department." The Oregon Independent said Secretary of Defense pharles E.‘ Wilson' “is discriminating ir favor” of the huge corporation which he formerly headed in the awarding of defense contract i. / He said on a radio program Wednesday night (ABCts CrossFire) that he has been conducting his own inquiry and will ask| the Senate Armed Services Committee to make a f’full and complete investigation” after congress in January. Morse said some companies manufacturing aircraft jet enj ines have been barred from participating in future contract bidding; He said he had “talked to som» of these people in my office;” Several' months ago, Wilsor, announced defense production wlould be concentrated as much as possible among \the big producerjs in the interests of economy and efficiency. Since- that time he has cancelled several big defense contrats and scaled down others. The Defense Department said Wilson left Wednesday for a week vacation in Traverse City, Mich., and would be unavailable for comment on Morse’s changes. However a spokesman said many of the decisions to cut back tank and truck production to a single producer were made by the Democratic administration ■ and were announced in December Boy Scout Troop Will Meet Tonight Niland Ochsenrider. scout i raster of Boy Scout Troop 63. t sks that members be at the mee ing this evening at the regular meeting splace at 7 p.m. Election of officers will be hCld and it is important every boy be present. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and continued cool tonight Friday fair and pleatant. Low tonight 48-55. High ■' Friday 78-83. 0 o 12 PAGES 0 i 0

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50,000 Southwest Bell Phone Workers Strike After Contract Dispute

World Tour Is Now Completed By Stevenson 1952 Democrat Candidate Back In United States NEW YORK. (UP) —. Adlai E? Stevenson Haiti today after a fixmouth world tour that the prestige and the moral influence of the United States abroad has declined. But he addCd that he doubted anything had been lost that cannob be regained. At a press conference a few hours after the 1952 Democratic presidential! candidate arrived here by plane from Europe, Stevenson said the most important task facing the Eisenhower administration Is “holding together the grand of the free.” ?; if He said he found an impression abroad that U. S. faith: in cooperation is being replaced by “a readiness to go it alone.” “Unilateralism is just the n*W face of isolationism, and it spells disaster,” he said. "Just now, unhappily, our prestige and moral influence have declined, together with faith in our judgment. aih*r our leadership.” Early in the conference. th»' former Illinois governor said hewished to dispose of the question which had been "haunting" him' ever since he set out on his global tour to assess the international political situation last March. He said with a smile: . "I don’t know w-hether I'm going to run for President in 1956.', and if I did know, I wouldn’t tell you." Stevenson said he did not wish to be interpreted as pessimistic about the position of the United States as leader of the free world alliance. “In its broad outlines, the image of a magnanimous America still stands out. blear and radiant,' he said. “But in detail the reflection is blurred and distorted.’ He said that following Premier Stalins deajth. Russia has «Tdr» T« Pace Five) j : 'i-: ■ Berber Tribesmen Surround Capital Demand That Sultan Abdicate His Throne . . BULLETIN RABAT, Morocco, UP — An official statement said today that the sultan of Morocco has been deposed. RABAT, French Morocco UP-»-Thousands of rebellious Berber tribesmen marched on Rabat today and sourrounded the'capital amid heightened tension civ er de niands for dethroning the sultan. Police and troops were mobilized with orders to keep the fierce Berbers from the city proper; ■Road blocks were set up kt key entry points and scout planes radioed details of the tribesments movements to government headquarters. 14' X : \ ’Tr , The tribesmen were marching in support of pro-Frfench native chiefs who sought to depose the anti-French sultan. « Police made mass arrests in big Moroccan cities as a precaution against another outbreak of violence like that which cost at least 48 lives last week end. Reliable sources said between 500 and 600 . persons were arrest ed in Casablanca alone, and that 245 had been jailed in connection with the week-end riots. Three hundred pro-French native chiefs warned the sultan today that his resistance to their attempt to oust him threatened the very existence of the Moroccan monarchy. The pashas and caids voted to replace Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef as religious leader of French Morocco last week.

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One Os Quints Will i M Soon Enter Convent J? . * 4 r Marie Dionne Plans To Become A Stster NORTH BAY, Ont. UF -Atarie .Dionne, one of the quinjpplets whose birth startled the 'W<VHd 19 years ago, will enter a? convent this fall to become a nuik Marie, the smallest and< of the five girls born -Mky 28, to a Canadian wuple, will enter the order of the «|ters of the Holy Sac.rjament at (Jiebec City. It is one of the mdst|strict and secluded orders in the |Catholic church. , |» A family spokesman ®ist> announced Wednesday that’Yilohne, the “artistic one of the fa|iily,” will begin art studies soop <£t Notre vDame Congregation an I Montreal\ The three other quints—decile, Annette and Emilie—will in September to the Instituty'amilal at Nicolet, to roi|tinue courses in languages. nu|sl<l elocution. decorative art and fiome economics. I * The quintuplets are the closely supervised life norther which began immediately Rafter Dr. Allan Rojl- DaFoe delivered I them and fought to ke4p them alive at Callander/ Ont.. 1|)34. Marie’s father, Oliva Dlqnne. adtfrifted he was “surnrlsed’ as her deMsion but gave his : consent readily. f August 25 Deadlibel For Exemption Clqini WASHINGTON UP — Service officials warned to|ay|that Aug. 25 is the deadline fsr draft registrants to prove they entitled to exemption beckus© of fatherhood. The registrants must hiwe /inbtified their local boards by that .date that they are, or are tn be. fathers. ' I —' S Canning Factories Will Start Friday Decatur And Preble To Hire 70 Each* Two of the three tomatoe; canneries in Adams county will' ok a full head of steam Friday |uorning and hope to run steady for at leust a month. This year’s tomaioe sea son is expected to be onk of the in recent years due toith© tiptop growing conditions th|t w>re -experienced. ; / Scheduled to begin, according, to their respective spokesmen, were the Decatur Canning, Co,, gtnd the Preble Canning Co. They >. told, a Daily Democrat reporter this morning, in seperate statements that they plan to employ about ‘fo each. Superintendent of the Decajur bon cern is C. L. Throne, while Charles H. Cooper runs the Preble business. The Geneva Canning Col by !an employe. Bernice Neal, said teday they plan to go into mass operation in about a week. But Miss Neal said her company has already operated sporadically, earlier :in f the month. Owner of the Geneva ckn- 1 nery is the Naas Corp. Miss Neal said about 50 employes cah work in the plant during full-scale activity. ' p All three companies said Urey-ex-pected a good tomatoe season. Throne, however, of Decatiir, said the weather should warm up a bit if the vegetable is to ripen proper-! iy. . ■ The canning season usually rens from ripening time until the first j frost, expected around thanksgiving time, if the operators have tl>eir *“>'■ I I Ohio Motorist Pays Fine In J .P. Courts James elites, 29, Akron, 0., arrested by state trooper Ted Biberstine last Sunday for speeding' in Preble township, pleaded: guilty in justice of the peace couft and was fined $18.75 with costs. . > *

PSC Reorders Bell Phone To Reduce Rates Thousands Will Get Refunds If Order Prevails INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The state again ordered Indiana Bell Telephone Company to reduce its rates today and refund “excessive” charges to more than 600,000 patrons in' 82 exchange areas. The order was similar, but not identical, with an brder issued ■two weeks ago which called for rates about $1,700,000 a year lower and refunds totalling as $8,000,000.. The order came from the Indiana Public Service • Commission, which hits been dueling with Marion circuit judge Lloyd D. Claycombk for more than two years over what Bell should charge for its services. Early this inon-th. the PSC issued an order with the approval of the Indiana supreme court. ClayIcombe promptly nullified it and told Bell to keep on charging its current rate*. Today, the PSC issued an order setting th© same schedule of rates it had outlined in an order dated July 10. 1952, and calling for refunds—ah estimated $5,000.000— of all “excessive” charged collected since that date. PSC spokesmen indicated they felt that when Ulaycombe nullified the commission’s latest order, he took his list possible step. There was a hint the commission not ohly would stand on its newest order but also wijj take Claycombe'k most recedt action to the Supreme Court on the chance the PSC’s *early-August schedule will be legalized. The rate schedule in the July. 1952, and early August. 1953. orders are virtually identical. But the refund dates are different. Supreme court affirmation of the 1953 order would increase the size of refunds. > 7- . ' I More Auto Vandalism. Is Reported To Police Another incident of vandalism has been reported to add to the growing list of damage done to autos in the past , two weeks. Dick Hott, 312 North Tenth, reported to police last night that sometime between the hours of 9:30-11:30 p.m. vandals painted his brother Don’s car and his father’s mail truck, with a white enamel. Hott's father, Harold, operates his own mail truck out of Fort Wayne. Cool Nights, Warm Days Predominate Shopping Spree Accompanies Change While weather forecasters have been cagey about just what the temperature would do,. Decatur and Adams county have enjoyed much cooler than normal wekthei* the last few days. Morning temperatures have been in the low 50's Ln Decatur and one county report had I the morning thermometer, reading 48 degrees. Local , weather observers relate that cool weather in August is not unusual in Indiana and that it usually is a forerunner of a hot September. The drift to autumn temperatures has caused many shoppers to think of heavier wearing apparel and local clothing stores and ladies ready-to-wear stores have reported a brisk trade this week. Continued cool nights with warm days is forecast fort Decatur and northern Indiana for the next 24 hours.

Sworn Testimony On Rothschild Is Given Former Employe Is Principal Accuser /WASHINGTON. UP — Senate ■Cnvestiigators today made public sworn testimony that a suspended government bookbinder stole a secret iiierchaht marine code book from ,the government printing office. .; > • The ! accusation was made by Cleta Guess, former printing office employe, against Edward M. Rothschild. Miss Guess, now a New Orleans novelty, store operator, swore she saw Rothschild take classified materials i from the printing office. Rothschild was suspended Tuesday after he refused tell the Senate Permanent Investigating committee whether he is a Communist. whether he stole secret government documents or engaged. in espionage. ■ Miss ‘ Guess testified in secret before,' the subcommittee last week, but did not appear at today's. public hearing because of a heart condition. Her testimony was read in a packed committee room by Chief Counsel Roy Cohn. In another statement read at the hearing. Sen. Charles E. Poti — ; / ; Office Os Portland Physician Ransacked Thievps, presumably seeking harcoticp. ransacked the office of Dr. Mark M. Moran in Portland yesterday, but. failed to secure anything, of value. Th© J iburglar< smashed a gallon bottle of medicine In their search for narcotics and ransacked »a Safe, was not locked. ( President In Brief Baer Field Vi<it FORTT WAYNE. Ind. UP *- Eisenhower stopped here Wednesday night on his flight to and picked up a fishing partner. The f presidential plane Columbine landed at Baer Field and was ph the ground 15 minutes w’hile jxevin McCann, president o* Defiance, O. College, boarded. Corner Is Tested For tight Signal! Fifth And Monroe Will Have Light Indiana traffic director Melvin Pohlkottfc conducted a viewing of the inietjsection of Fifth and Monroe Streets Wednesday in preparation fpcj traffic/ signals for that corner, jjfior to the opening of the fall term/of school. Pohlkotte made the instigation with Elmo Stuckey, a state highway department employe. Aiding ' the highway group was Mayor /Jphn Doan and light and power, superintendent Li. C. Pettibone. 'they were told the set-up for the {corner would work best if it were -timed with the Monroe-Sec-ond intersection, both acting to keep traffic moving in platoons or progressions, as Pohlkotte termed it. In ’that way, the highway director explained, .traffic would keep moving “S & steady clip - and act to “dtayr? traffic away from uncontrolled/ streets crossing Monroe. Pohlkotte proposed to connect up the two signal corners electrically rather/ilkpn mechanically with a Btop-watps to minimize changes during; i»jct remeß of weather. He also expressed the possibility that connections would be provided for a pedestrian feature if required;for the future. A big rush is on to get the lights in operation at least a week before the opening of school to give local drivers i chance to become used to making etopa at Monroe and Fifth. The highway department said they were several months late in issuing specifications for the .corner because o(; ‘‘misplaced records.”

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Slate Scene Is Now Quiet After Violence * Twenty Hours Os .1 Conferences Fail Tp Stop Strike ? By UNITED PRESS Moiie than 50,000 ■ employes ' ofthe six-state southwestern Bell Telephone* System went on stVikeearly today as order was restored! In Indiana after new telephone violence there. The{ southwest strike began at - 6 a.mi.ic.s.t. after a fruitless all-; night -attempt by CIO Communications Workers of America officials : and representatives of the utility to write a new contract. A union spokesman said he W'ps ’’sprry’’ the sessions broke down without agreement. A Company spokesman skid ‘it had offered raises that would have cost Southwestern Bell S7.QOO.Ofth a yeas and done its “levelj best” to avert the strike, Wednesday right’s violence in; the Indiana Bell strike forced nonstriking workers at the Elwood. 1 . Ind., Exchange to barricade themselves! in a second-floor room ’ while ta mob burled eggs and fiyecrackdrs Into and against the buildtiagi At Alexandria. Ind., a group of demonstrators broke windows apd yelled' at switchboard operators, and an ’ Indiana Bell spokesman said the union was t apparently “trying to shut us down.” I. Negotiators in the Southwestern Bell dispute had been in session more Hhan 20 hours when the strike began. !. The union said the company : finally) Advanced a wage offer of A’ir cent)?, but »it was rejected; f?WA had demanded 7,’A cents. At Kansas City, Moi., some 3,0(M workers fwere already on strike after they “jumped the gun” Wednesday, Frank P. Loriergrtn, assistant director <|f the CWAIs District 6. called I the strike a “damnable shame’l hnd said t|ie. company forced a strike “over a couple <jt pennies.” ; A company spokesman said “we hatfe negotiated in gqod faith.” ' Picket Aines appeared immediately -at jS|t. Louis, and police said they were orderly. Meanwhjlle. ill will between ) striking {lndiana Bell workers, po- i lice anp| pon-strikers erupted Into , new demonstrations and violence Wednesday night in the Hoosier state, ants the CIO hinted it would Ta «««»«) , Gallivan Is Named State Kiwanis Head Dwight ip. Gallivan, attorney of Bluffton, has been elected governor of th* Indiana Kiwanis chib for He named Fred Bluffton as Indiana Kiwanis district secretary. The state convention was held at French Lick.

1954 Indiana Acts . ■ ■ -/, . • Now Part Os Law Governor Signs « Legalizing Order j INDIAN4POLrS UP — Governor Criifc signfxl an order late Wednesday promulgating the laws passed by Ahe is|s3 Indiana Legislature. t’ ) \ , His ordjer was issued after Secretary of /fi|tite Crawford F. Parker informed / Sim that copies of the new statutes had been distributed to all county clerks. All but 62 of the 284 bills passed by lawmakers went intp effect earlier because they carried emmergency clauses. The newly-ef-fective ouek include laws banning secrecy ifo ; government, cooking of garbage for hog feed,"* changing textbook adoption methods. andi setting up a presidential preference primary. i-