Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 226.

Deadlock On Interviewing Os Prisoners '■ , I Five Nation Group On War Prisoners In First Dispute PANMUNJOM, Korea, Saturday (VP) —The five-nation neutral repatriation commission is deadlocked over the issue of interviewing prisoners who refuse to go home, it was disclosed today. As the result, the s>:art of the attempt by United Nations and Ccmmunist indoctrination officers to persuade “stay behind” men to change their minds has been postponed “for not more than five days.” j An Indian spokesman for the commission said the delay may be indefinite. f The dispute, the' first serious one io the commission, concerns the issue whether the anti-repatriate prisoners including 23 Americans should be interviewed singly or in i groups. L-J ; The “explanations,” or discusi. sions on why the men should return to thejr homeland, originally had been scheduled to start today, % but (he Comtn uniats called for a r-4-hour delayj Then the Reds began clamoring' for the right to interview each anti Communist prisoner > turned over to neutral Indian guards by ♦he Allies. The Communists made no move to accept the proposal for starting the questioning not later than five days from now. [ Nor did they reply officially to j ‘ Gen. Mark W. Clark's charge that J they lied in denying knowledge of the Tate of 3,431 missing Allied war prisoners, including 958 Amer- ' leans. Clark dispatched a new note to the Rode, demanding in the, straightforward language of a , tough soldier the * return -of the missing mon or a satisfactory ex- , Ij! planation of what happened to them. The United Nations Far Eastern . commander called the Red “know* j nothing” reply to his first demand as “wholly unacceptable.” Communist spokesmen had ad* mltted the Reds were holding American fliers charged with being shot down over “neutral’ Manchuria, -but tried to dismiss the list of missing men produced by the U. N. as “crudely l manufacture ed propaganda.” ! Clark’S new note emphasized the I { list had, been documented, from letters written by prisoners, broadcasts made by the mireing men, names broadcast by the Reds and eyewitness reports by captives returning to freedom in f “Operation Big Switch.’’ Clark made It clear that the’ United Nations insits upon the return of the fliers alleged to have been shot down over Manchuria, the attack-proof “sanctuary’ of Communist pilots. J ? ' Wilfrid Burchett, Communist correspondent for the Paris newspaper, L’Humanfte, gave Allied newsmen an unofficial reply to the new note before the Red command Each Prisoner Os War Case Distinct n No Explanation Os N Refusal To Return ■’,•; 5 * JjfA -i 1 r £ TOPEKA, Kan. UP —Two leading psychiatrists agreed today they cannot explain why 23 American men refused repatriation from Red PpW camps until each individual case is fully studied. They hoped there would not now follow a shower of “expert” opinions on the subject. The two authorities were Dr. Will Menninger and Dr. Karl Men- < ninger, heads of the international-ly-famous Menninger foundation and clinic. “I just don’t presume to know as a psychiatrist what happened. I don’t think anyone does,” said Dt, Will Menninger, the World War H chief consultant in neuropsychiatry to the U.S. surgeon general. Dr. Karl Menningen* warned that “We shouldn't draw any conclusions without actually examining the man.” J i- | He refused to call the men mentally ill. I?; J“It isn’t scientific to make a J prior judgement that these men are mentally ill because they do things wo don’t understand . . .1 can’t understand it; I’m sure the ■ £ poor parents of these men don’t understand it.”

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IN AN ATMOSPHERE entirely different from the cool .reception which greeted Vice President Nixon’s appearance. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles speaks befor the national AFL convntion in St. Louts. Dulles received a standing ovation. \

French Leader Assures Reds On Defense Tells Vishinsky No Revival For German Military UNITED NATIONS, N. UP— France assured Soviet Russia today that the European defense ■ community is aimed at preventing the revival of German militarism. France offered to join in “supplementary guarantees” including i one against the modification by 1 forco of existing boundaries. Maurice Schumann, France’s < deputy foreign minister, gave the assurance directly to Soviet chief 1 delegate Andrei Y. Vishinzky at ’ a meeting of the U. N. general 1 assembly. Schumann also joined the list of U. N. members in holding that the “unification of Korea may be sought only by pacific means” — an assurance to the Communist countries against support of any attack by President Syngman Rhee of North Korea. \ Schumann spoke after Paris dispatches reported that the French government was ready to offer the Kremlin formal guarantees against any revival of German militarism and against any German attempt to restore by force its preWorld War H frontiers. “I should tike, Mri Vishinsky; to avail myself of the opportunity . . .to tell you, in all candor, the feelings of a country which has not forgotten the immense sacrifices by which, only a few years ago, your people contributed to the common victory," Schumann, said. If Russia’s intentions are good, he said, “what have you to fear from policy of European organization initiated by France?’’ France has accepted the saerh fices incident to the formation of the European community “to avoid the possibility that any of the members of this community should be able to exercise its own power at the service of its own ambitions, if not to make sure that no country should be able to turn its industrial resources and manpower toward preparatiohs for a' war of conquest or reconquest against anyone? Yes, Mr. Vishinsky, against anyone,” Schumann continued. He said he was sure the day <Tara Pa«e st*» — Italy's General Strike Is Ended ROME, UP A 24-hour general strike by more than five million workers ended peacefully today. Heavy industry throughout the country was crippled by the strike of Communist and non-Communist unions. . , I - '. It was one of the best organized and most orderly strikes since the war. No arrest or violence was reported. :; ' . Goshen Man Speaker At Rotary Meeting (Robert Cripe, of Goshen, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club. The speaker, a representative of the independent Protection i Co., spoke on the latest improve* : ments in lightning protection for i bombs, barns, and other buildings.. ; A. R. Ashbaucher was chairman of the program.

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Expect Red Assault On Kingdom Os Laos Thailand Expects New Drive By Reds WASHINGTON, UP —Thailand expects the Communists to launch a new attack against the neighboring kingdom of Laos in Indochina when the monsoon rains stop in a few weeks. Thailand Ambassador Pote Sarasin has told American officials intelligence reports from Thailand indicate the Communists now are preparing for the invasion, it was learned. Sarasin said if the (Red offensive materializes his, country intends to lay the issue/before th* .United Native '• securilx epuneg. knfonsed sources reported. -**■ The United States would almost certainly support a move to bring the issue before the U. N. if the attack is made. Thailand has been receiving military aid from this country since the Communists in-,, vaded and then suddenly with-; drew their forces from Laos last spring. Jl Mow Down Hundreds JAKARTA, Indonesia UP — Reports received here today said Indonesian troops were forced to mow down hundreds of men, women and children of the fanatical Darul Islam sect who made a frenzied attempt -to set up a separate Moslem state in 4 North Sumatra. Army spokesmen said the Moslem rebels attacked troops with swords and daggers, screaming battle cries as they advanced. In addition to hundreds killed, tropos were said to have captured more than 500 of the fanatics in breaking the back of the uprising. Government troops were reported today to have uneasy control of the northern third of Sumatra, but scattered acts of violence were said to be continuing. Urge Tougher Stand A On Parley Makeup U. S. Authorities Applying Pressure WASHINGTON UP — Many U.S. authorities were applying pressure behind the scenes today to get the Allies to take a tougher stand in the wrangle with the Communistsy over makeup of the Korean peace conference. Some experts believe the Allies already have made so many conciliatory gestures that the Reds have been getting the best of the pre-conference jockeying. The central issue in the dispute is the Communist demand and the Allied refusal to make the conference a round-table rather than two-sided affair by inviting “neutral” |\ nations to participate. In a shift of tactics this week, the United States announced that the Allies would be willing to discuss the issue “at oqce” in direct talks with the Chinese and North Korean Communists. Purpose of the action was in question because the United States has been arguing that the presence of neutrals not only would be unwise but an nutright violation of the truce agreement which called for a twosided conference. informed sources said today that the Allied position may stiffen when it comes to a showdown. But this prospect didn’t eliminate the . criticism of some authorities that the Allies have given the appearance of softness:

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’ f . , ‘i’T • ■ Asserts Fired U. N. Employe Party Member Jenner Says Woman Employe Member Os \ Communist Party NEW YORK "UP —The chair* man of the senate internal securities subcommittee said today it had evidence an American woman, who won a |27,500 discharge in- • demnity from the United Nations on denial she had been a Communist, is a Moscjow-frained party member. The woman; Jkrs. Julia Older Baser, 48, was discharged last December for suspected disloyalty to the United States. She refused to tell the subcommittee this morning whether she had denied Communist party membership to a United Nations tribunal, on grounds it might tend to Incriminate her. ; However, subcommittee chairman William E. Jenner % R-lnd-read a transcript of the tribunal's indemnity report noting she had the U.N. secretary general last Decembiw she never trad been a Communist. r Jenner said evidence gathered bjr the subcommittee indicated she attended a Communist school in Moscow in the 1930‘s and had been active in party wori in this country, i “This sort of lying has got to stop,” Jennelr said following the hearing. “If the United Nations cannot safeguard itself against such a situation, the congress of the United States must take action to see that the U.N. charter is revised to give United States the protection it peeds against subversive Americans who might be employed the Ye.” Jenner and Sen. Herman Welker R-Idaho also questioned Frank Carter Bancroft, 48. Flushing, N. Y., about evidence which they said the subcommittee had on his activities as the bearer of party card 93158 for the past years. Bancroft, an officer with Mrs. Bazer in the U.N. documents control section, was discharged by the U.N. and awarded a |12,(M)0 indemnity. Tides Spilling Over Seawalls In Europe LONDON — Dangerously high tides spilled over seawalls in scattered areas of northern Europe today, flooding small sections of '• nd - _____ Move Clocks Back To Standard Time Daylight Time Will - End Saturday Night INDIANAPOLfS! UP—lndiana’s “illegail” daylight saving time problems will vanish for seven months -when Hoosier communities synchronize their clocks and watches Sunday. Except for a chunky area In the southwestern section of the state, which stayed on standard time all summer or shifted back from daylight time earlier. Indiana t will change Its tftne echbdule Sept. 37. Clocks which have been on daylight time will be moved ahead 11 hours, or backward one hour, and residents will' gain that hour they lost last April whert Che. annual shift was ihade to DOT. The usual confusion was expected to affect chutoh schedules, with worshiper* who forgot about the time change Whowinig up for services an hour 'late. Many Hoosiers, particuiarty farmers, believe changing the clocks is unlawful. They point to a state law Which makes standard time the official time tor -Indiana, but the statute carries ho penal-, 'ties.

Polish Diplomat Is In Seclusion Dr. Korowicz Plans < To Become Lecturer WASHINGTON UP —Dr. Marek k. korowicz, a Polish diplomat until his dramatic bolt to freedom/ was reported /’in seclusion" today working on plans to become an Snti-Communist lecturer and writer. The 50-year-old former Krakow University law professor who fledhis United Nations post last week has one immediate aim — to “spread the truth about the painful, criminal nature of Communism”. and to warn Americans never to let the Reds take over “their free and happy country.” He told the house un-American activities committee ‘Thursday in concluding a two- hour personal appearance that he plans to embark on a lecture tour and writing career. He appeared before the committee under heavy guard to protect him from possible Communist reprisals. A \ As one who has just achieved freedom, he said, hg, wants to act as Poland’s spokesman in describing the “horror of living behind the Iron Curtain.” Korowicz seemed likely lo have n# troulile in getting permission to remain in this country. Under U! S. immigration policy, no alien is deported to a country where be would face persecution. Drawing on his knowledge of Communist operations both in the U. N. and his homeland, the small, gray-haired, soft-spoken man told the un-American activities committee that Russia plans a new phony “peace , offensive” as the latest step in its drive for world conquest by 1970 or 1980. The witness said the Soviet strategy is based not on a shooting was but on “the progressive destruction of the cultural, economic and political foundations of the free world.". 1 , . "They know in Moscow,” he said, “that under present circumstances war is not the best and safest way to achieve their aims.” First PTA Meeting Slated October 15 To Hold Open House At Opening Meeting Decatur’s parent-teacher association will bold its first meeting of the 1953-54 school year October 15 at the Lincoln school, it was announced today by.Mrs. Paul Rancher, program chairman. Mrs. Hancher said the meeting would be an "open house,” at which parents may meet the teachers of the Lincoln school and consult wjth them. .Jt Will be pre* sided ovet by Dr. lames M. Burk, president of the PTA. Mrs. Handier revealed that the year’s main theme will be on “citizenship,” and the speakers invited to meetings will be urged to talk on the varied aspects of the subject. i The PTA busied itself last year with taking a general survey on school organization and needs, with the hope that the problems faced by the local schools could be solved. W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools, contacted the PTA recently, it is known, io ask their help in making the Ending Indiana University survey that is scheduled for next month. It is expected that this activity will take up a good deal of the organization’s time. Serving on the program committee with Mrs. Hancher are Mrs. Samuel Emerick, Mr®, Louts Jacobs, and Mrs. J. S. Knudson. INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cooler north. Partly cloudy, occasional t showers south tonight. Saturday mostly fair and pleasant * u'■■ except some cloudiness M* / _ treme south, .(aw tonight 50M north, SM2 south. High Saturday 7445.

Big Hurricane Heading For Gulf Coast Warnings Posted From Mabdtfia To St. Marks, Fla. NEW ORLEANS, La., UP — A powerful hurricane with winds up to 120 m.p.h. slammed northward in the Gulf of Mexico toward the coast today, leaving at-least two ships battered in its wake and threatening a number Os others. In an 11 a.m. advisory, the New Orleans weather bureau ordered hurrfcatie warnings posted from Mobile, Ala., to St. Marks, Fla. “This is a severe hurricane,” the weather bureau said. The advisory said tides will be “dangerously high" tonight from Mobile to Cedar Kep, Fla. The storm, sixth hurricane of the season and tagged "Florence” in the new naming system, was centered kt 11 a.m. about 340 miles south of Mobile. It was mo* Ing northward at about 18 m.p.h; “Highest winds are estimated at 120 miles an hour near the center. fore* eMending 200 miles northeast and’ 100 miles south and west of center,” the weather bureau said. “Indications are for northward movement at about the same rate with a tendency to curve northnortheast within the next 6 to 12 hours.” Winds of 25 miles per hour already were kicking up tides along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida. Oil rigs in the rich oil fields off the Louisiana coast were closing down and companies were rushing their men toward shore. The 67-foot shrimp trawler Fair Tide, reported It was running out of fuel in rough seas 275 miles southwest of Tampa, Fla., with one fuel tank and one engine support giving away. The coast guard sent a cutter to aid. The coast guard at New Orleans said the\ tug Margaret, towing a 263-foot barge, the Herman B, was unable to negotiate a turn in the Mississippi River near the gulf and about ,50 men were taken aboard the tug' from the barge. Rescuers were working against time to get others off. The coast guard also said ths (Twm V« Htx* Profit 0f51.664.27 In Annual 4-H Show Financial Report. * On Show Released The annual Adams county 4-H show, held at Monroe in August, showed a net profit of according to the financial report released today by the county extension ofice. Income from the show totaled $8,238.38, with expenditures of ss,574.11, leaving the profit as quoted above. \ , The sources of Income were as follows: Advertising in catalog, 91,099; sale of display space, 1,247.75; income from food tent, 94,952.09; Income from rural youth tent, 9909.34; refund from insurance overpayment, 915; refund from roundup overpayment,>9s.2o. Principal expenditures were as follows: ■Printing of catalog, 9533.40; mailing of catalog, 977.10; supplies for food tent and rural youth teat, 93,600.33; parade prises, 9114.50; entertainment festival prises, 993; services and labor, 9348.40; insurance, 9130; rentals, 91,485; new equipment, 953.17; miscellaneous, 9139.21. Total assets of the 4-H show, acquired from 1950 to 1953, inclusive, ara now $5,534.90. The financial report was submitted by Henry O. Getting, treasurer of the Adams county 4-H clubs and extension exhibits, Inc.

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Confessed killer of five persons in a Nood-spattered trip that ended in lowa. Fred McManus, 19, was found guilty of first degree murder by a Canandaigua. N. Y.. jury in I the slaying of William Allen Braverman, first of Ills victims. The jury rejected a plea by the Valley Stream, L. 1.. ex-Marine's attorneys > <that he be found innocent by rea- • son of insanity.,. i * —rYoung Killer To Be Sentenced Friday > Fred E. McManus To Learn Fate Friday CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. UP — Fred Eugene McManus, 1 old ex-Marine who killed five persons in holdups in three states, •will hear from a judge Friday whether he must die In the electric chair or go to prison for life. Justice H. Douglas Van Duser said,he would pass sentence on the Valley Stream, y.Y., youth who was copvicted in Ontario county court Thursday of first degree murder. A jury of ten men and two women returned its verdict at 2:10 p.m., about 27 hours after it retired to deliberate. The jury recommended that the handsome dark • haired youth be sentenced to life ■ imprisonment. Without such recommendation the death' sentence would be automatic upon conviction. Van Duser is empowered to accept or reject the recommendation, although the latter course is seldom taken by a judge. McManus, who pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, was tried specifically for the slaying last March 27 of William BTaverman, a 19-year-old Hobart College student from Rochester, N. Y. He [ stole Braverman’s red convertible and went on to kill four other per- . sons in a five-day holdup spree . through the midwest. McManus shot Braverman to death with a .45 caliber pistol after I the student .had picked him up as . a hitchhiker. He buried the body I in a shallow grave and picked up a girl friend, Diane Marie Wegs geland, 16, whom he said he intended to marry. Then in a bloody weekend he L killed four more persons in two . holdups which netted a total of . 357. The other victims were George . | Bloomberg , and his wife, Florence . operators of a general store at Kenneyville, 111., and Mrs. Harriet , Horsman, 48, and Mrs. Agnes Beaston, 43, employes in a case at . Spring Valley, Minn. - ’ Democratic Women Will Meet Tuesday r The Adams county Democratic . Women's club will meet at the Geneva high school Tnesday evening, - opening with a pot luck supper in > the cafeteria at 6:30 o’clock, followed by the 7:30 meeting in the - auditorium. r Oliver fit. Eggers, Fort Wayne I attorney, will- be the principal speaker. v ■ -- - • ■ z f • ■ r . »f

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Would Refund Part Os State Surplus Funds Proposes Limit On Surplus; Ending Os Soldier Bonus Tax . INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — State treasurer John Peters today suggested a reduction in gross income taxes by refunding a portion of Indiana’s 78 million dollars surplus to taxpayers. He said it should cut taxes 5 to 10 percent a year. , Peters proposed setting a 50 million dollar limit on the* general i. fund surplus and refunding all . over that to "the rightful owners i . . . the taxpayer." * He also proposed ending the i War II bonus tax Dec. 31, - giving cities and towns up to 10 j million dollars for local tax relief, r and constructing a new state office 3 budding and paying for it in cash. r Peters said he will ask the state legislature to approve the ceiilng *- on Indtana’e surplus, which, piled up throngn World War 11, He r figured il will total 90 million dollars next July. , The treasurer said aSO million | dollar limit “would protect Indiana from financial difficulties and would stop' the eternal clamor to find ways to spend the money." Under his plan, tffb state board of finance would set aside the - 50 million dollars and state budget . 'requirements, then order a per- - eentage reduction Which taxpayers , could subtract from their gross r income tax. Peters said he has not discussed the plan with Governor Craig dr * any other state official. * He suggested It at a ' private » luncheon he staged tor the Indiank ' Republican state commktee. Sen. s Homer E. Capehart, congressmen. and statehouse officials. said he was “concerned” > the future of the Republican - party. 'Which he said should do * something “unexpected . . some- : .thing constructive that the people * can see and realize.” On the bonu* tax —which costs I a fifth as much- as gross income—- - Peters mid there will be a 15 million dollar surplus en Dec. 31; He said the surtax fdiouM be dropped ! immediately. He said ttie legislature should appropriate 97,500.000 to 910,000,J 000 > from the jurplue i as a “tax 1 dividenji” tt> cities and towns and 1 allow them to operate "without * excessive * property tax.’! * “Lba4 aje gaing «ky - high while the state surplus con- ! tinues to mount,” he said. He suggested pafihif from ’ the surplus, ak dots Craig, ‘for a 15 miHion dollar new state office ’ building. Craig may cafl a special • r legislative session in the near fu--5 ture to finance the building. r - If 'he does. Peters Said he will ’ offer his tax reduction plan, at that time. In suggesting the financial relief to cities and town®, Peters sided J with U. Gov. Harold Handley, t on the °D*er hand, wanted ( to limit any special session tp the s office -building question, t though ' the governor conceded that the municipalities need aid. 1. Big Typhoon Hits At Central Honshu TOKYO, UP —The biggest typhoon In 19 years smashed into central Honshu today lifting roots, : toppling giant trees and under- - mining roads, bridges and homes. Even before typhoon Tess began i its main assault, the U. 3. air - force base at Ttarai reported ad- » vaned winds unroofed the gymnasium and a smaller building, » bowled tover trees and tled ap road 1 traffic. Itaml is just north of Os- '■ . -i.' j *'* . • -i.’