Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1953 — Page 1

Vol. tl. No. 210.

JJEAN: Arriving in Red Jeep, and Passing ‘Freedom Gate’ AjLTO IMM Tj rkwl ■ * > w- ' jli£L>Lq f ,-▼ &; Em'> l -Ji ■ t»l* 4*t ,<i. w I 111 MUM W >; s ilP^EßHHfo m^T^wm^mmWe MW ■■ IV Ofl Jn -*l BE ’* < x <l w •.a.: HE BL ■ ■ ■RBw ’ wlw MMR 4H JMr xWI ■ ■ --■ y TiFir/BiMMMßMWrTrurji MM MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM F. DEAN, the Korean war’s highest ranking prisoner, rides Into Panmunjom (left) in a Commubtet Jeep, and - \ ri *" t> ,* nn * * 8 he lo °Ws about him after passing through the ’’Gate to Freedom." He wears a Communist-issued blue POW uniform ’ L DeaD • missing *at the# fall of Taejon in July. 1950, wandered around enemy-held territory 34 days before the Reds caught up with him

Ike Summons Secy. Dulles / a. •■ 1 ' ' ? 4 - \I; i i To Conference - * L J ■ Secretary Os State Is Summoned For Important Parley DENVER, UP — President Eisenhower today called Secretary of State John Foster Dnlles to an. important conference at the summer White House. the White House staff! took a highly guarded attitude toward the reason for Dulles' appearance here to say whether any particular combination of In* ternattonel events was behind: the secretary’! visit. Prior to Dules* arrival, tlije President will confer this morning With James ,C. Dufcn, U. S. ambassador to Spain. Later next week, the chief executive. also will have a meeting here with Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Dulles will see the President either! at the temporary | White House offices at Lowry air force base or at the home of the President’s mother-in-law, Mrs. iJohn S. Doud. J ; ■ Dulles talked with the President here. Aug. 11 when the secretary of state was en route from the Far East to Washington, Dulles said at that time he and J the President were deeply concerned about the prospect of the] Chinese Communists holding back American. prisoners in the Korean posttruce negotiations. i ( » Dulles has since said ip Washington."and in 4 speech before the American Legion convention in St. Louis, that new Soviet ventures in Southeast Asia m|ight produce “grave consequences.” The weekend stteam of White House visitors indicated the chief executive would remain hpre with his wife over Labor Day. 'tils next fishing date, on a da| unannounced, was at Pine, Cold]., oq the ranch of Bal F. Swan. v Official circles said there J was no emergency or particulajr stgniE icance involved in Dulles’ trip Mr. Eisenhower prefers to remain in tfull control of his foreign policy, and this involves frequent talks with the secretary of state. ■ \ Community Tent Services To End On Sunday Night 'Plans have been completed for the last three meetings at the community tent, corrier Dayton and Tenth streets, where seven local churches have played host; to the 'Rev. Patrick Henry, guest evange'list, for the last three weeks. X There were 271 in attendance at ythe Friday night session and Rev. Henry based his address on Hosea 9:17. Don Gehrig, song leader sang “Pown From His Glory.’* The Rev. John Detweiler, Missionary church, fead the scripture and the Rev. Pritchard Amstutz played a melody of hymns on the violin. will be a public service at 7:145 o’clock tonight and two sessions will yrlnd up the three weeks Sunday. The afternoon service will start at 2:30 o’clock and the Sunday night farwell service will start at 7:45 o’clock The public is invited to both Sun-1 day services. Noon Edition — *

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Gen. Dean In Tokyo For Physical Exam Released General Is Flown To Japan TOKYO UP — Maj. Gen. William F. Dean arrived today for a thorough medical examination to determine whether three years’ imprisonment by the had harmed his rugged physical system. 'The “fightlngest” general of the Korean war had a big smile on his wrinkled face when he emerged from fifth air force commander Lt. Gen. Samuel Anderson's personal plane. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Barnes, acting comptroller, and ColCharles L.* Kirkpatrick, commanding officer of Tokyo army hosto Tokyo international Airport to welcome Dean. Kirkpatrick said he did not know how long Dean would remain at the hospital. Dean, who has refused to use the privileges of his rank, insisted on having two enlisted men accompany him on the short flight from Seoul to Tokyo. They were Master Sgts. Allan Cook of Honaker, Va., and Joseph Stupa of Anahola, Hawaii, were freed with Dean Friday,. Dean was choked with emotion as he stepped down from the plane. “I haven’t seen any Americans for three years and I just don’t know what to say,” Dean said. “I am hardly able to talk.” Dean already had told newsmen <Titra T« Pare Three)

117 Pints Os Blood Are Donated Friday Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Friday A total of 117 pints of blood was taken from donors Friday In the periodic American Red Cross visit to the American Legion home for the people of Adams county. 'Mrs. Max Schafer, secretary of the local chapter, said the entire group of volunteer workers was “thrilled” to have received that comparative large amount. Thd* quota here is 125 pints. Following is the completed list’ of volunteer helpers to the program: Drs. Harold F. Zwick, John B. Terveer, James M. Burk and Robert L. Boze, Berne, volunteered their services along with the medics mentioned Friday. Additional registered nurses lending aid were: Miss Marie Felber, Mrs. Edna Meyers, and Miss Mary Meyers. . Dicki Kiser also helped haul equipment. •

Four Persons Killed ! In Head-on Collision , ■- .i> ,j iJy . ’ •MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., UP — Two cars smashed head-on on treacherous U. S. 12 east of here Friday, killing four persons, three of them members of a Michigan family. Police identified the dead as Michael J. Kupiec, 35, Van Dytel Mich.; his two-year-old bon; his father-in-law, Toefil Kowalski, 68, Detroit, and Earl Hartaburg, 20, Michigan Utty. INDIANA WEATHER \ Pair end ceoi tonight Petr end pleasant Sunday. Low tonight 48-52 north, 52-56 south. High Sunday 70.

West Germany Ends Campaign For Election Important German Parliament Votes Scheduled Sunday BONN, Germany UF - The West German election campaign wound up today with the Socialists and the Soviet press concentrating their fire on charges of “malicious United States interference.” The endorsement of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s pro-Western government by U. S. secretary of state John Foster Dulleq overshadowed oil other campaign issues as West German* prepared to vote in the important parliamentary elections Sunday. Dulles said in Washington Thursday the defeat of the Adenauer government would endanger chances of German unification. The Socialists, main opposition to Adenauer’s Christian Democrats, quickly seized on the statement to switch their generally defensive campaign into a last-min-ute offensive. They unleashed a torrent of abuse against “American interventionist policy” and Dulles in. par ticular. They labeled Adenauer “an American tool."

Soviet newspapers, which have been calling for defeat of Adenauet as the only way of achieving German unification, stepped up 4heir campaign in a last-minute burst of charges. 4 . ; J Pravda, the Communist party newspaper in ’Moscow, said the U. S. organized “bribes, provocations and crude pressure in order to influence the outcome of the elections.” Referring to the Dulles statement Pravda said: \ “Fopowing in the footsteps of its masters, the Donb clique in the past few days has been intensively intimidating the electors with the ‘dangerous 11 consequences” which Adenauer’s defeat would entail.” t . Soviet newspapers also accused the Bonn government' of “unrestrained terror” qn the pretext it was cracking down on Communist agitators crossing the border from East Germany to sabotage the balloting. Most political observers in West Germany felt the Dulles statement came too late to make much difference in the outcome of the Noting Sunday tn the federal republic’s second postwar parliamentary election. 'But Adenauer himself said Friday night in a speech at Essen, winding up his campaign, "Such declarations can cause serious, foreign political damage.” He added the Socialists ought not to talk about the foreign minister of a friendly state the way they d«L At stake in the election ere 484 seats in the West Grman. Bundestag. the lower house, which will name the new chancellor. City Swimming Pool Season Ends Monday Decatur’s municipal swimming pool will close for the season Monday, Labor Day. according to an announcement today by Hubert Zerkel, Jr., pool supervisor. The pool will be open to rwimmert from 1 to 4 p.m. today, from > to B p.m. Sunday, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, the closing day. There will be no evening'hours any of the three days.

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Heal Wave Broken ! ‘ at. 1 By Cool Air Front I Atlantic Hurricane Heads For Bermuda i By UNi*pED PRESS ] The east coast still sweltered in the grip of a dying heat vwdi today, but most of the rest of the nation enjoyed perfect holiday weather. . U A cool air front had broken the back of an 11-day heat wave i far east aq western New Yerki Bdt forecasters said It probably] wouldn’t reach the coast until Sun 4 day. . j. - Ninety-degree temperatures stils hung on east of the cold air front and five heat, deaths Friday a Washington, DC., set a record so ; a Single day. Meanwhile, a giant carrying winds ol 150 miles Ja hour, raced towards the BejwmdlM and fresh rains swelled floodinir creeks in south Texas. The Atlantic hurricane was ex-, pected to strike the Bermudas late today. About 40,000 residents and vacationers were boarding uj) stores and homes and moving small boats into sheltered harborsIn Texas the bloated Rio Grande| bone-dry only three weeks ago* posed a new flood threat to thel twin elties of Brownsville and* Matamoros, Mexico, which He at the mighty river's mouth. j Rain was common along the edge of the cool front, but it was fair and sunny over the western half of the country. Temperatures slightly in the wake of the cool ali* in the northwe?tertk plains, but/’ forecasters said no new heat wave was In sight, -- , . Ideal In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indiana was promised ideal 'Labor pay weekend weather today after iFri-, day’s widespread /lowers chilled temperatures to the 40's and ended the worst heat wave in years. Friday afternoon downpouri measured as much as Winchester’s .6? inches and were followed by overnight temperatures as low as 48 at Lafayette. V The weather bureau promised “fair and pleasant” weather today (Tara Ta Pace Three) '-— ' 7 1

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A widely-traveled woman in filh in« several responsible positions in foreign service for the United States government is Miss Monica Schmitt, daughter of Mr. and Mr si F. J. Schmitt. 31d W. Jefferson street. Wise Schmitt has crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in her five years of service as a civil service employe with the U. S. army. Currently she is located in Casablanca (Morocco) French,Africa. She is employed in the comptroller's office of the army < engineers* corps. In this mysterious land of the < sultans and diplomatic intrigue, which figured so prominently id the early years of World War Miss Schmitt arrived last January and plans to remain there until 1955.' I A graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, Miss Schmitt took her first government positiod about 11 years ago as a civil serv» ice worker in Indianapolis. Wtth an enviable record for efficiency. Miss Schmitt was highly recommended for her work and was encouraged to apply for forsign service. During Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s command of the

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National Air Races 1$ WSrway Today Greatest Show Os • Aviation Opened DAYTON. O.’ UP —The national air races— aviation's greatest show opened here today highlighted by a- 1,900-miie dash from California by 10 Sabrejets in the Be n di x Trophy race. The Bendix trophy fliers were Scheduled to reach here from Edwards air force base at Muroc, Calif , about noon e.s.t. More than 50,000 persons spent the morning here marveling at the I exhibits of aviation’s progress sfnee two of Dayton’s most famous Cltiaena, Orville and Wilbur Wright farjounded the world by flying 50 years ago. There*>ere more than 700 planes and other exhibits for the crowds to see. •■ ; Attracting considerable interest Wps a display of Russian-made mans captured by marines in ’ Hugh B-3C bombers with a wingspread of 230 feet-more than twice th* length of the plane the W’right brothers took aloft—were hig hllghts of the ground exhibit. The B 4« was expected to demonstrate! one of aviation’s most rectaitly anptMipced triumphs—the lynching 1 and retrieving of tighter! escort planes in the air. The air force predicted that •very record in the air show books will be broken during the threeday show. The Bendix pilots were attempting to shatter the record of almost 554 miles an hour set by Col. Keith Compton in 1951. The air force will attempt to (set records again Sunday. A Babre jet will try to break world records for the 15 and 25 kilometer distance in the General Electric trophy race being held for the first time. Ah hour later, four Republic Thunderjets will sty from Indianapolis in what the air force hopes will be the fastest dash for (Tuva To Paste Three) Charles H. Martin Dies Friday Night . SPRINGFIELD. Mass. UIP — Charles H, Martin, 85, builder ot the first automobile with the motor in front under a hood, died at his home here Friday night. 'Martin, a native of Findlay Ohio, never became wealthy but kept his family living comfortable on some three dozen patents, including such devices as a paj-kin? meter 1937; radio switches and the so-called Martin fifth wheel, b hitch which made possible the use of modem tractor trailers. < ■ — ——————*

■i: .L.'. J army of occupation, Miss Schmitt was sent to Tokyo, Japan in 1948 and remained in that historic and romantic city two years, later going to Nagoya. She served one year op Okinawa and then returned home, taking a temporary assignment at O’Hara Airport, Oak ' (Tws To Pane Three)

Early Holiday DeatH Tollis Reported Light National Council Repeats Forecast Os 440 Death Toll By UNITED PRESS The Labor Day traffic toll was off to a slow start today, but safety experts warped 449 persons may die on the highways before the long weekend Only five 1 persons had died in traffic accidents since 6 p.m. Friday. Drownings took one life and plane crashe| two for a total of 12. A spokesman for the national safety council warned that the low traffic fatalities figure does not mean the original estimate of 440 highway deaths by midnight Monday will be over the mark. ‘‘lt’s been that way several time* before,** the spokesman said, "it's too early yet to hope that we’ll be proved wrong. We hope we are.” The council estimated that a record 40,000.000 persons would take Ho. the highways in the three-day wedkentf***—<■ Railroads, 'gtrhnea «n<P buses braced for a passenger jam and many planned to use extra equipment to handle the vacationers. The Labor Day weekend offered many of the travelers their last chance at sumer-time fishing, picknicking, swimming or just driving along the highway. Other Americans looked forward to traditional*parades, outings of labor groups and baseball doubleheaders. .Iy .i. )»■ : A •For once, the weatherman cooperated with their plans. After 11 straight drys of blazingheat, a cool air mass from Canada cooled off the eastern two-thirds (Tara Ta P»f» Three) Suspend Licenses Os 9,226 Hoosiers INDIANAPOLIS, UP — The drivers licenses of 9.226 Hoosier motorists were suspended during the first eight months of 1953, the Indiana bureau of motor vehicles reported today. The majority of the suspensions grew out of charges of driving under the influence of liquor, the bureau said. Last month, 764 of 1,154 suspensions were of the “driving Under influence** type. r ' L - 5 «f' Lower Requirement For Gamma Globulin Slight Decline In New Polio Cases WASHINGTON. UP M*he public health service today nftde it a little easier for communities to get gamma globulin for mass immunization of children against polio. The service lowered the number of predicted cases required for a community to be eligible for a mass innoculation supply. It took the action after reviewing overall gamma globulin stocks and the polio case trend. * There was a .Slight decline in new polio cases ilast week. It Was the first time since May that the number of “new cases was lower than in the preceding week. Only one request for an emergency shipment of GG for mass Inoculations was received this week, a PHS .spokesman said. The service shipped 231,000 cubic centimeters of gamma globulin to Minnesota Friday night tor immunization qf ehijdren in Stearns and Benton counties. Thq service also soot additional gamma globulin to several state health • during the ■week for regular use tn inoculating families or contacts of polio victims. u. * , ,

23,000-Man Draft Is LL i ' ' '*' ’' .'-1 j Slated In November Defense Department Rules Against Cut WASHINGTON UP — The defense department has ordered 000 Jmen drafted in November tokeep the army at full combat strength in the Far East until there is a firm peace in Korea. T|e order, issued late Friday, marked a shift in strategy. The plan had been to cut draft calls to about 19,000 a month on the i theory that troop strength in Korea could be trimmed in view of the truc£. A; high Pentagon Official revealed. however, that U was later decided it would > be foolhardy to weaken* the U. S. military position in tl|ft Far East until a solid agreement'has been reached with the Cominunists in the forthcoming i Korean peace conference. This official did not elaborate, VBut jit was believed the defense [ department figured the planned cut might weaken the Allied bargaining position at the conference j table, possibly encourage some ndw Red adventure In Indochina, and' . leave the United States with its , guard down in case of new trouble \ hi Korea. , its announcement Friday, the B depxrtmegt. svid ‘theI men to be drafted in November was, “'based on maintaining approved strength after allowances ! have been made for- enlistments and Teenlistments.’* The November call will bring to' ’ 1.480,000 the number drafted since ■ the start of'the Korean war. The marine corps and air force , will not draft any men in November. ; A ' : I - ■ Earthquake Topples Buildings In Chile SANTIAGO, Chile UP — An earthquake toppled buildings Friday in Valparaiso and three other towne in central Chile. At: least 10 persons were hurt When terrorized residents *ren out into the streets in Valparaiso ,La.| Ligua, Chincolco and Petorca. The shock hit Valparaiso hardest. . The quake was followed by heaver rain. Preble Firemen On Fund-Raising Crowds Attending Two-Day Events If Crowds are the measure of a goodjoutdoor affair, then the Preble Volunteer firemen’s combination tractor pulling contest and auction is going over in a big way. A trough estimate of those attending the two-day effort to raise monty to operate the Preble volunteri fire association is about 400. a large number when the area the affair takes in is considered. Friday the rain -wet down the enthusiasm a bU. but not before first class tractor pulling got in the books, with the following officially provided results: First prize, Ferris Doughtery, Ford, >ll.OB percent. - Second prize, Paul Bauermeister, Farmall, 199.96 percent. Third prize, Glen Reinhard, Oliver, 199.83 percent A damp track voided results in other: tractor contests Friday and were | being staged agate this morning. At about 10 a.m. there still was the second class pulling to do and the women’s: division tractor pulling on the crowded agenda. TI Naturally, one of the most popular features of this affair, or any other* is the food tent where the ladies auxiliary of the volunteers Is selling delicious food at the moat reasonable prices. They also have for sale cakes, pastries, cookies and breads, all home-made. A watermelon stend is nearby. ( The auction due to get started about 1 p.m. ‘ and m*ny w ® r ® expecting it pot to come to a close at least* uatil sundown.

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275 Americans Freed Friday Night By Reds Communists Claim Their Exchange To Be Ended Tonight PAJOIUNJOM, Korea. UP — Russian trucks rumbled into Panmunjom today with a record 275 Americans and the Communists said they will end their part of the exchange Sunday by freeing 110 “bonus” captives. The United Nations earlier had agreed to complete “Operation Big Switch** Sunday. But it appeared possible the last prisoner will not be returned to the Reds until Monday. Reports from the south coast city of Pusan said the final shipment of Communist prisoners did not leave until today because of bad weather. , It was believed hey could not reach the, port of. Inchon and -the repatriation center at Panmunjom • until late Sunday at the earliest. The Communists have charged , repeatedly that the U. N. has been forcibly detaining prisoners who ( wish to be repatriated, j, -Whether the Communists will . break theft* promise end hold back ' the remaining Americans and etn- / er captives until the U. N. completes its part of the exchange was imt known. The number of Americans repatriated today -was the largest in one day since “Big Switch*’ started 32 days ago. With the return of 110 Americans, Sunday, the Communists will have freed 3.596 captured U. S. servicemen. 283 above the 3J13 they had promised to repatriate. The Communists also have freed more Britons than expected. Twenty-five went through freedom gate today and eight more will be released Sunday, bringing the total to 946 instead Os 922. The last of the South Koreans marked for repatriation by the Communists were released today. Two of the final 13 were women wearing pigtails. United Nations officials believed the Reds would hold up final delivery uhtil they receive from the Allies at least 14 hard-core Reds who stirred up the riots on Koje Island last year. However, the U. N. already has assured the Communists that all prisoners desiring repatriation will be returned. A reported 14.000 Chinese and some 6.000 North Koreans have refused to go home and will be turned over the neutral nations custodial commission. The most famous prisoner returned by the Reds. Major Gen. William F. Dean, who was freed Friday, flew to Tokyo for a mediL cal examination before returning to the United States. Highest ranking prisoners returned today were Lt. Cols. Donald J. McClellan of 8410 Tyrone Ave.» Van Nuys, Calif., and William G. Thrash of 511 Echota Dr., Atlanta, Gg. Capt. R. C. White. Jr., of Monroe, La., one of the officers re-' turned to freedom <on the next to the last day of “Big Switch,” was believed to be the only American in the exchange who also had been (Tent To Pace Three) —— r ■ Mrs. C. J. Roberts Is Taken By Death! x Word was received this morning by the Rev. John E. Chambers, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical United •* Brethren church, of the death of Mrs. C. J. Roberts at the Otterbein, home at Lebanon. O. Her husband, Dr. Charles j J. Rob- r, erts, <wae pastor of the Trinity church from 1932 to 1934. Dr, and Mrs. Roberts moved to 1 the 'Qtterbein home, which is maintained by the church, test fall, after Dr. Roberts retired from the ministry. Funeral services will be held at l:>0 pun. Tuesday at the First Evangelical J United Brethren church at FortlatfJ, with kdW in the Penn villi cemetery.