Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1953 — Page 1

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General Hull Appointed New 'far East Chief Big Name Generals I Are Bypassed By 1 Pres. EisenhoWer ' • 5 ’ ■- J] "■ I' !\ i ’ SjJ, WASHINGTON UP -• Gen. John Edwin Hull, one of the army’s top strategic planners and r tomic warfare experts, has been given the most difficult Job of his military career— attempting to negotiate a Korean peace with the CpinmuPresident .Eisenhower bypassed big name generals Friday to pick the virtually Unknown I ull to succeed Gen. Mark W. Clark as supreme Allied command er ip the •Far-. East. HUH, now army vicechief of staff,! Will report in Tokyo about Oft. 1 for a perioi of briefing in his new job before Clark retires Oct. 31. j, .■ - , |As supreme commander also of United Natioiib forces ir Korfea, it ■will, be the jSB-year-old general’s task to mastermind the nbgotiations with the Communists at the forthcoming Korean political conference. 7 •' The soft-spoken general hold a reporter he “appreciates the • responsibilities and dtffi:ult lems ahead.” But he with a typical gesture of firmness, “i will give it all I’ve goi tib give.” Hull, who was nearing the end of his military career after Hycars \ of behind-the-scenes jobs, skid he waft “highly honored” 1 o be desigriated Far Eastern commander and “to follow ip the fcotsteps of sudh great as Generals McArthur, Clark and Ridgway.” unknown to he public generally, the burly, bdd-headel Hull is one of the most loved and respected generals in 41 e army. It. was "Edf’ Hull who handled the army’s far-flung operations from the Pentagon command post furling World War II as assistant chief of staff of operations.;.? After World War II,! Hull became one of the army's top experts on weapon:. in the • spring of 15MS he commanded the joint task force conducting atomic teats at Eniwetok. He then served for two years as director of rhe weapons systems evaluaiion group in the office of the sec retary of defense. i Hull’s last big field command was from 1946 to 1847 when he served as commanding general of army forces in the Middle Pacific jr and commander of the Hawaiian department with headqi artej-s at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Hull started his military career as a fighting infantrymtn flowing his graduation from Miami Unversity at Oxford, Ohio, jwhere he starred as a football payer. He fought in sevetal of the hlig offensives during World War I, and was fr- awarded a silver star to- his gali lantry in capturing a vital bridge during the Aiune-Marne offensive. 4 [■' ■ -r—'-— ii . £ -T • Decatur Ministers | Will Meet Monday T The Decatur ministerial association will meet I’or the firs: meeting of the new year Monday mjornlngat ; , 10 o’clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, ill ministers of Decatur are inyitjed to attend. I 1 Ji' ' Noon Edition* ■i ■ -• H \

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Democrats Gather For Chicago Rally Former President Truman Will Speak CHICAGO UP —Former presfe dent Harry S. Truman and Democratic leaders from all but two states gathered today for the party’s biggest conference since its landslide November defeat. The main purpose *of the two-day get-together starting Monday was believed to be the healing of party wounds suffered during the 1852 election battle. However, party spokesmen said Mr. Truman might well tpke the occasion to get in some licks at the Eisenhower administration. It was also ]<>ssible, spokesmen said, that he would make some political capital out of the resignation of Martin P. Durkin from the President’s cabinet. k Mr. Truman, scheduled to ar- , rive today, will take the main , share of the spotlight with a 12- | minute speech at a UOO-a-plate fund-raising dinner Monday night. ( The former president’s speech will be televised nationally, along , with addresses by Alabama Sen. John Sparkman,. the Democrats’ -1952 vice - presidential candidate, and other patty leaders. Adlai F. Stevenson, the Democrats’ champion in the last election, was expected to offer only a brief speech at the dinner, even though \he was s one of the most dominating figures at the conference. - ' , Tuesday night, however, Stevenson will make a non-partisan report on ■ his recently-completed world tour. The speech will be televised nationally and the com-’ mittee sponsoring! the address said there has been a “tremendous” demand for tickets from, all over the nation. The Democratic national committee said the conference would include representatives from every state except the Republican strongholds of Maine and Vermont. . “And we may hear from them yet.” Durkin was included among the prominent Democrats who won’t put in an appearance. He was invited to attend after his resignation as secretary of labor. But Durkin, who voted for Stevenson in the last election, said a previous engagement would keep him away. Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas and Gov. James ByrneT of South Carolina, both party bolters in the last election, have also sent word they won’t attend the conference. The Democrats’ north-south rift, which cracked open during last fall’s campaign, was expected to be the top problem on the agenda of the party’s national committee. The committee meets in conjunction with the party conference. • iL' ■ Columbia City Boy Is Dragged To Death COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. UP — A 9-year-old boy dragged by a runaway cow died of asphyxiation, authorities said today. Michael John Foster, son of John W. Foster, dipd in Memorial hospital late Friday. County deputy corner Jules Heritier said the child died when a rope tied around his waist forced stomach fluid into his lungs. I The youngster was leading the animal from one shed to another, Heritier said, and tied the cow’s halter rope about his waist. The cow bolted and ran across a field. INDIANA WEATHER ; Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 52-58. .High Sunday 72-82. \ \ < i ■ ■ I-1 ■ ■ : I ' ’

600 Clergymen Are Accused As 'Secret Reds Former Red Party Members In Charge Before House Group WASHINGTON, UP — Former Communist party officials have told the house un-American activities committee that Communists infiltrated American churches with "great success.” \ One witness, in sworn testimony released Friday night, said GOO American clergymen are “secret” Communists and between 3,000 and 4,000 are in the “fellow-trav-eling category.” The testimony was taken in closed-door hearings in New York last July from four former party members. Joseph Zack Konfedder, who quit the party in 1934, t told the committee that Dr. Harry F. Ward professor emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York, was the “architect’.’ of Communist infiltration of the ' churches. Ward replied from his home In Cliffside, N. J„ that the charge was •“completely false” and accused the committee jot a “gtoss violation” of its rules by failing to inform him of the testimony. Benjamin Gitlow, who was ousted as general secretary of the Communist party tn 1929, said the Reds had been “highly successful” in 1 penetrating the Methodist church. “The principal individuals jtnvolved in the Communist conspiracy to subvert the Methodist church for Communist purposes are: Dr. Harry F. Ward, Rev. Jack iR. McMichael, Rev. Charles Webber, Rev. Mlson J. Smith, Dr.. Willard Uphaus, Margaret Forsyth. I|ev. Lee H. Ball and Prof. Rauthenstauch,” he said. Uphaus said at Conway, N. H., that “there is just no thrth” in allegations he was involved in an attempt to “subvert” the Methodist church. He said “1 am positively not a Communist.” At Irvington, N. Y., Ball said the testimony was “ridiculous.” "I am not! a member of the Communist party nor do .1 follow T® V*a«* Btx) Communists Hold v American Jet Ace Ace Held As Pawn In Diplomatic Deal iPANMUNJOM, Korea (UP) — The’Communists today held Capt. Harold Fischer, a double jet ace shot down last spring, as a pawn for a possible diplomatic deal with the United States. , Communist correspondent Wilfrid Burchett said the Reds downed the Swea City, lowa, flier in the- forbidden Manchurian sanctuary and he was not to be considered a prisoner of war. Fischer was shot down last April while trying to bag bis 11th Russian-made MIG-15. "Fischer was shot down over the mainland of Manchuria, and therefore is not a prisoner of war,” Burchett said. “Fischer is not a prisoner of war under the armistice agreement. In order to get him back, the United States will have to negotiate through diplomatic channels.” Burchett, often 'an unofficial mouthpiece for the Communists, did not say whether the Chinese would attempt to u»e Fischer to bargain tor admission of Red China to the United Nations. “If a Chinese airman bombed Mexico and crash-landed or was shot down in the United States, he would not be classified as a prisoner of war.” Burchett said. Communist China, Burchett emphasized, technically was not at war with the United States in Korea? even though Chinese land and air forces entered the conflict as “volunteers.” | The United Skates has demanded the return of 9H4 prisoners, including Fischer, whose was annonneed by Peiping radio shortly after he was reported missing in action. In another development today, the Communists accused the United States of kidnaping a -Polish member of a neutral nations Inspection team add demanded his return. • Major Gen. M. Wagrowskl, senior Polish delegate to the neutral nations supervisory commission, said American army officers in South Korea abducted interpreter Jan Hajdukiewicz on the pretext that he asked for political asylum. r ■■ "

Decatur, Indiana/ Saturday, September 12, 1953.

McCarthy Threatens To Expose Other Material Os Army As Communist

Willshire Lad Is Killed In Auto Accident Clarence Brodbeck Killed Early Today At Rockford, Ohio > Clarence J. Brodbeck, 19, | ; q| Willshire, 0., was killed instantly about 2 o’clock this morning o| a fractured suffered in an autg accident on federal highway 33,- at the east outskirts of Rockford. Ohioz state police, who inveißtik gated, said Brodbeck’s car striick a bridge abutment, and his death’ was believed practically instantaneous. . I The youth had been employed for the past two months as -a \ truck driver for Stewart’s Bakers in this city. . He had spent his entire life 'a* a resident of Willshire. ? He was born in Mercer county, 0., May 31, 1934, a son of Roy aiid Rosie Garwood-Brodbeck, and attended the Willshire schools. J Surviving in addition to his Patents are two brothers. Earl ap4 Darrell Brodbeck. both at honto;, twe sisters, Helen and Dorothy Brodbeck, also at home, and paternal grandparents, Mr. Mrs. Clarence Brodbeck of negr Willshire. One brother is deceased. % Funeral services for the accident victim will be conducted at 2 p.&. Monday at the home of the •parents, and at 2:30 o’clock at tile Willslfire United Brethren church, the Rev. Earl Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence where friends may call after 2 p. Sunday. " ’ — • I - r Hunt Lake Michigan ? For Air Force Pilot ) Pilot Missing In Jet Plane Crash CHICAGO UP — Coast guardsmen searched Lake Michigan, today for an air force pilot missing in a double jet plane crash. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Henry L. Beerman of St. Louis, was believed to have bailed out of hik falling F-86 jet plane during a violent storm Friday night. Another jet crashed near Joliet 111., the pilot, 2nd Lt. Kock of Cincinnati, Ohio, bailed out over Ctjicago’s outskirts. The plane apparently traveled at least 25 miles after Koch abandoned it| The two jets were part of flight of four flying from Victorville, Calif., to O'Hare Field at Chicago. They ran into ndavy weather -A* they Approached Chicago. Koch said his fuel suply fell aps he buffeted the storm. He informed his , flight commander that he didn’t have enough fuel to fly the 30 remaining miles to O’Hare. S The commander, Ist Lt. Jacltf Bowman of Payette, Idaho, ordered" Koch to fly his plane away from the,' thickly-populated Chicago area. | Koch abandoned his jet over113th Street on Chicago’s outskirts, and drifted In his parachute into neighboring Will county. He landi ed near the small town of spraining his ankle in the soft* farm ground, and hitoh-hiked to where he could telephone aif force authorities. | I Koch said five cars passed hint' by on the highway before a young lady stopped to give him a ride, f Hit plane crashed near the Wiltcounty town of Wilton Center, near' Joliet. Meanwhile, Beerman’s jet was also reported missing. O’Hare authorities said it was separated' from the rest of the flight during the storm and was believed to be; <T«n T» atK>

Study Successor To Secretary Durkin Driscoll, Mannion Are Given Mention . WASHINGTON UP — White House officials are considering . Gov, ’ Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey and Dean Clarence Mannion of the Notre Dame law school ; as possible successors to Martin P. Durkin as secretary of labor, int’ -formed sources reported today, r The sources emphasized, hows ever, that many other persons | be considered before a final I is made. > DHscoll is not seeking re-election k this year and Mannion is a wellt known expert in labor law. ■ Durkin’s sudden resignation left t bitter feelings among union leaders even though Durkin himself apI peared to take it calmly. The 59t year-old mild - mannered Irishman r was due In Chicago today to dis- . cuss union business as head of the t plumbers—a job he returned to Friday morning. < , The CIO auto workers union lexI ecutive board passed a resolution > charging Durkin’s resignation showed the nation that “There is - no place in the big businessI dominated Washington scene today , 4er the voice of the working man , | jftid the. policies of Organized » labor.” ; . . ■ - 1 ; ■Meanwhile Americans for Dem- ' ocratic Action charged that the ■ resignation “demonstrates very clearly the obedience of the Eisenhower administration to the antilabor bias of those big business interests who would like to shackle the American trade union movement.” The ADA, a liberal • political group, said the administration . "welshed” on agreements reached with Durkin “under pressure from anti-labor spokesmen.” 'Durkin said he resigned because White House aides had reneged on a promise to support his proposed 19 changes in the Taft4lartley act One top labor official said “this Is a complete break.” He asserted that labor would speak out "in double doses’ at the national AFL convention opening in St. Louis Sept. 21. ' \ J Bermuda By-Passed By Hurricane Dolly Hurricane's Fury Spent, Out To Sea HAMILTON, Bermuda, (UP)— Hurricane Dolly, her fury spent, by-passed Bermuda f early today and headed for the open Atlantic. The season’s fourth hurricane, which for a time generated winds well above 100 miles an hour, was huffing weakly with winds reaching only 50 miles an hour when its center, or eye, passed ovkr this holiday island at about 2 a. m. Aside from minor damage to electrical and telephone lines, the hurricane caused only momentary inconvenience to the residents of Bermuda who were ready and waiting for a big blow.* \K j The sun broke through at dawn today to dry up the drenched island left in the stokm’s wake. i Dr. Wallace Mac Kay, Bhief me- '• teorologlst in Bermuda, said that by the time the hurricane reached here its winds had diminished to only gale force, or about 50 niiles < an hour. As the hurricane headed in a- ■ northeasterly direction toward the open sea With nothing in its path, It began gaining speed. f The Bermuda weather station said there were no immediate reports of Bermudans feared the worst Friday night ag. the approaching storm sent 20 foot waves crashing against the reefs -of the south •bore. ./■ At midnight the velocity of the winds increased from about 20 to 50 miles.an hour and then aiowed down. . . ’ i 'i |

Identify 309 U. S. Airmen Held By Reds Believed Captured By Reds But Not Accounted For WL4SHTNCTON UP — The defense department today identified 309 air force pilots and airmen believed captured bat never accounted for by the Communists Included on the list Capt. James A. Van Fleet Jr., sen of the former Sth army commander, and double jet ace Capt. Harold E. Fischer, pf Swea City, lowa. With today’s list, u»e defense department virtually completed the task so notifying the next-ot -kin of 944 Americans. The total names published is still 27 short but a defense department spokesman said the remaining names required further cross-checking before next of kin could be notified. Van Fleet was reported missing in action in April, 1952 after piloting a B-26 bomber over North Korea. Today’s list was the first public announcement that the young son of Den. James A. Van Fleet ihay havfe been captured by the Communists. 'Fischer, who gained fame by shooting down 10 Red MlGs without using his radar guhsight, disappeared on April 7. The Commu nlst radio reported two days later that the 27-year-old airman had been captured after being shot down north of the Yalu River. He was not returned by the Communists, however, desipte the Red \claim that all American prisoners desiring to go home had been repatriated. The large number of air force men on the latest*list, coupled with the Red claim that Pischer was shot down over Manchuria, raised speculation that the Com<T»«* Pace st*) 5 V Rev. John Mishler Is CROP Chairman > ” ! '■ A Appointed Chairman For Adams County The Rev. John D. Mishler of Decatur, route 1, will serve as chair man in Adams county for the 1953 Indiana CROP (Christian rural overseas program) campaign which opens September 27, T. R. Johnston, director of information, Purdue University, and state CROP chairman, announced Friday. U'A “Share Your Harvest” Is the slogan of the campaign which has a goal o f f |60,000. Sponsored by the Indiana council of churches, CROP appeals to farmers throughout the state to give a small portion of their grain commodities. Urban residents may contribute cash. The Indiana Rural Youth will assist in collecting the grain gifts and hauling them to grain elevators in the various communities. Rev. Mishler is pastor of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren in Kirkland township and also served as CROP chairman of Adams county last year. Over |7OO was contributed to the program from the county last year. For the second consecutive year, CROP will support the plows for India project.. The amount of >20,600 will be allocated to Allahabad agricultural institute, northern India, tor the manufacture of simple steel mold board plows designed to replace the primitive wooden plows still used by the small Indian farmer. The remainder of funds raised will be used to send seed grains; and foodstuffs to countries considered in need by the church world service department of the national council of churches. The Rev. F. H. Willard of War bash, is serving as CROP district supervisor for this area which includes, Wells. Blackford. Jay, Grant. Allen and Adams, counties.

Indiana Stale Fair Sk Is Brought To End State Fair Termed One Os Best Ever * INDIANAPOLIS UP —lt was all over but. the motorcycle races at "one of the best ever’glndiana state fairs today. Livestock exhibitors and concessionaries gathered their wares and headed for home. A crowd of about 10,000 was expected to take in today's card of nine cycle races for a 33,000 purse. Sixty-three entries, including five top drivers, were expected to compete for berths in the fivemile national championship feature event. Littfe of the fair atmosphere remained as the midway, concession stands and farm exhibits pulled out and groundkeepers took over to clean up tons of litter accumulated over the 10-day span. Officials called the fair “one of the best” despite an attendance lag of about 55)000' under las* year’s centennial program. They recalled the attendance was only about 6.000 under the 1951 total. Friday's official crowd numbered 31,666. _ This year's exposition out- [ stripped the 1952 fair in at least : one department, however, when > the 4-H youngsters who exhibited (he grand champion steer and barrow collected almost twice as for their animals' as last year’s champions. A 938 lb Hereford steer owned by 14-year-old Ted Hunt of Lafayette sold for $4,924.50, an average of $5.25 a pound. That compared favorably with the 1949 top price of $6.75 per pound and nearly doubled last year’s price of $2.75. Stark and Wetzel, Indianapolis meat packer, bought the- stepr and the 250 lb grand champion barrow owned by Betty Mae s Welsch of Mooresville. The bid of $7 pee pound was within $1.60 of. the record price. The reserve 4-H champion steer, a 931 lb Angus owned by Bob Bennett of Linden, went for 65 cents a pound, and the champion Shorthorn brought Ralph Metcalf of Connersville 66 cents per pound. Wind, Rain, Hail Here Friday Night Thunderstorm Hits Decatur Last Night A thunderstorm which had been developing during the late afternoon northwest of Fort Wayne, etruck here with lightning and winds up to 50 miles an hour at about 11 o’clock Friday night and raised bob with telephone, power and water facilities in and near Decatur. No sooner did the first bolts flash across the sky than a power bank of transformers was hit and the surge current in the lines blew a fuse, leaving the pumps without power and the city without a water supply until 6 o’clock this morning. j , \ ’ Meanwhile, some six utility poles were struck and put abouC 100 subscribers out of service ternporarliy, the power man said. Light crows worked through the night to pat as many back tn service as possible, before morning had were well along before daybreak. < > r Marion Heare, wire -chief of the Citizens Telephone Co., said his department had received about 75 ■calls from Decatur, Pleasant Mills, Bryant and Linn Grpve. Heare said he so far knew of only one telephone pole being hit He said full service would be restored definitely by this evening. The Adams county memorial hospital received no inconvenience from the storm excepting the water being phut off during the night No emergencies were indi* cated, however, from a hospital spokesman. When the winds hit about 11:80, reports have it that only cram Ta riaivwn

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Answers Army Blast In New Expose Threat Issue Threat To Expose Additional Army Documents WASHINGTON UP — Sen. Jo-' seph R. McCarthy today answered the army’s blast at him over a restricted army document on Soviet Siberia with a threat to “expose" other material he said was “put out under Communist discipline.” McCarthy said his senate investigating subcommittee has a “sizeable number” of documents similar to the controversial one he showed reporters in photostat form Wednesday. The .army said Friday the Wisconsin Republican exhibited the pamphlet on the culture and phychology of Russians in Siberia while it was still classified “rsstricted” and thus subject to esj pionage laws. McCarthy announced Thursday that the document had been de- • classified after he had asked the I army for it. The army replied 1 that it was declassified at 10 a.m. 1 Thursday because -McCarthy hwd • made most of it public. • McCarthy told reporters today • the Siberia pamphlet was just a “sample" Os others he bad. He said he would give his full sub- ' committee all his information on army documents and predicted a public airing of his charges that they are “Communist propaganda” would follow. He said he would prefer that the army “cooperate” in “exposing” those responsible -for the documents but added: "If they’re going to try to hide the people responsible. I have no choice but to go ahead and expose it publicly.” McCarthy said he wouldn't let -the aHny "hide any Communist propaganda or any Communists behind a label of “restricted.” The army statement said the last five pages of the 75? page document knocked down McCarthy’s charges that it was "95 per cent Communist propaganda.” The army said the charge “is refuted by a reading of the entire document, particularly the conclusion.” The conclusion, which McCarthy did not show reporters, pointed out among other things that the Soviet citizen is "a helpless prisoner of a slave state.” 1 McCarthy and Sen. Everett M. Dirksen R-111. conducted an open subcommittee hearing Friday shortly before the army’s reply to hischarges. \ At the hearing, Jdhn Lautner. a former Communist leader in New York who now works for the justice department, testified that the United Nations is a “perfect setup” for information trading among Americas Reds and U. N. delegates from Communist countries. Under questioning by McCarthy, Lautner described a Joel Remes as a "high official of the Communist party.” McCarthy said Remes is employed by the Polish delegation to the U. N. Lautner said if this was so, he is there "on a party assignment.” Reider Funeral Is Held In Tennessee Mi*. W. ’P. Robinson of this city and her niece. Miss Carol Ann McCrory, of B t eme, have returned from Clinton. Tenn., where they attended funeral services for J. C. Reider, husband of Lucy MCCrory-Reider. Surviving are his wife; a son, J. C. Reider, Jr., of near Clinton; two brothers. Roy and Dan of California, and a sister. Mrs. Emma Dail ot Arkansas. • Mr. Reider was employed as a v civil engineer In charge of progress gnd control In conjunction with the plants of the atomic energy commission at Oak Ridge, Tenn.