Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1953 — Page 1

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United Slates >.' , ' J : ' .'ll ■ ;'/ i'• And Spain Sign Historic Pact i t j ■ . ! -1 -J Far-Reaching Pact To Aid In Defense Os Western World MADRID, Spajh, (CP) — Spain end the United States today signed a far-reaching military and Economic agreement that allied the two nations in. defense of the ■western world. U. 8. ambassador to Madrid James ,C. Dunn and Spanish foreign minister Alberto Martig Arta-. - "jo signed Spanish and English ver* cions of each of three accords defining: terms of the alliance. .Formal signing of the padt took place less than 48 hours after ..Ralph Forte. United Press man x ager for Spain, revealed exclusively that the ceremony would take place in Madrid today. - The agreement, negotiated after 37 months* planning and preparation, called for strengthening of. Spanish naval and air bases and making them available to heavy American atomic ’bombers and jet . aircraft. Signing of the agreement automatfcally released 226 million dollars American aid for x Spanish military and economic rehabilitation. Tn accepting the terms, Spain gave up the status of neutral nation that the enjoyed in World I War I and 11. Spain signed the agreement with •the knowledge that the enemy in any future war would strike at bases which she has permitted the United States to. use, as well ns her cities, towns and harbors. Officials said, however, that Generalissimo , Francisco Franco believes the agreement was well worth the potential risks. f i The first air bases to be reconuitioned are in the Madrid, Barcelona and Seville areas. 5 Naval bases scheduled to be constructed and used primarily by ’ the 6th Mediterranean fleet are at Cadiz and Cartageha. \. ; American and Spanish military and civilian officials and newsmen witnessed the historic signing ceremony in the palace of Santa Cruz. The agreement does not fix limit on the number Os American servicemen and civilian [ technicians to be admitted to Spain, and thousands of officers and construction experts are expected to arrive shortly to implement the pact. ,< The agreement with the United States was made possible largely through the efforts of a great friend of Spain, the late American Admiral Forrest Sherman | | General Dean Makes Plea For Betrayers Asks Clemency By Korean President BERKELEY, Calif. UP —-Maj. Gen. William F. Dean has sent a telegram to South Korean President Syngman Rhee pleading fcky clemency for two Koreans accused of betraying him to the Communists. The two South i Koreans were indicted Wednesday by Seoul District Court on Charges that for $5 each they told the Reds where Dean could be captured. Dean said he sent a telegram to Rhee, asking clemency for the men. He said he wasn’t even sure they were the guilty persons. “If they are, I hope they will be released anyway, as a personal fator to me," Dean said. The former 14th infantry div|- . sion commander was settled down today for a quiet rest with his wife and family here after an humble, simple tribute from citizens of his boyhood town. VFW Officer Will Speak At Fort Wayne Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and those interested in this organization are invited to -a joint meeting of the fourth and fifth districts to hear Fred Twyman, -national post activities director, October I at 8 p.m. at the Jim Eby post, Fort Wayne. Twyman will speak to V. F. W. members on what a post should do for its community; how to help the hospitalised veteran: service work to the disabled veteran, his widow and orphans as well as bringing information on how to organize posts and their future functions. ’ Noon Edition . ' I

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This, Is New York? • 1 Ifllf BMQUUUK M a B Wnfr 4ft n .. J V: ■ SHA liiii 1 Bl ■ Jlli ■ flAI# 11 bi H H 1 " '' ’"fl Kbim NEW YORK went almost completely underground in what was called the biggest peacetime air raid test, leaving only Air Raid WardenMilton Luhs blowing furiously on his whistle at the usually bustling corner of 42nd 1 and Fifth Avenue. The 15-minute “raid'* which simulated the dropping of two atomic bombs on lower Manhattan theoretically "killed” 1,000,000, “injured” 600.000 and left two million - “homeless.” J

Indian General Prevents Riot Os Prisoners Calms Thousands Os ] Anti-Red Chinese Prisoners Os War PANMUNJOM, Korea UP — An unarmed . Indian general calmed thousands of rioting anticommunist Chinese war prisoners by telling them they |iad bad manners, it was revealed today. Bearded Major Gen. S. P. P. Thorat decided to use psychology on the angry captives Friday after they seized two of his men as hostages for a Chinese sergeant who chose to return to Communism. Thor Mt’s strategy worked- He gained the release of the two men and won the respect of the prisoners. ' t • ,! Shortly after the sergeant had been taken from-the enclosure, the Chinese rioted and threatened to attack Indian guards who stood with rifles nearby.; Thorat, commander of Indian troops guarding prisoners of both sides who have refused repatriation, ignored warnings of his aides and walked the midst of the milling Chinese Ito hear their case. ■ / After 20 minutes’ discussion, the Chinese still demanded return of the sergeant, and, as Thorat walked awfty, grabbed Indian Major H. S. Grewal and Lt. Daljit Singh. The lieutenant broke away but Grawal was held as a hostage. Lance Corp. Hhakur Singh tried to rescue the lieutenant, only to be taken prisoner himself. Thorat immediately returned to the stockade, ignoring their ening gestures. j “What sort of Chinese are you?’’ he shouted at the prisoners. “Where is your hospitality?’’ — The sing-song shouts of the Chinese faded to a low mumbling. “You have offered my\ men neither tea nor cigarets,’* he comdian general’s reprimand, dropped plained. L The Chinese, shamed by the Intheir sticks and stones. They brought out? cigarets and cups of hot tea for Thorat and the 12 Indians who followed the general into the enclosure. The Chinese not only released the hostages but formed an honor guard to escort Thorat and his men from the compound. Meanwhile, the neutral nations repatriation commission was deadlocked over procedure to be used in talks to prisoner* refusing to go home. The repatriation commission announced a disagreement over procedure may delay the talks for “a period of not more than five, days.” < 5 . ■’ . .... J. J -■ INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, with scattered shower* Sunday and in northwest late tonight Low tonight 52-60.

Treasury Revises | Interest On Notes I Denies Retreat On Financial Policies WASHINGTON UP — Treasury officials insisted today that their decision to cut the interest 1 rates on some government borrowing is part and parcel of the administration’s sound money policy and nothing else. . y 1 The decision, announced Friday night, looked like a retreat since the government has been offering higher interest rates since the Republicans took over in January. But the treasury said this isn’t so. Spokesmen said the, lower interest rate —the precise size of the cut was not revealed—will affect only U. S. savings notes which are bought mostly by corporations and others who pay high faxes. They said ]the “sound, honest money” program calls for borrowing at whatever rate of interest is necessary to meet competition from other borrowers such as states and cities. When the competition. eases up, as in the case of savings notes, they said it is perfectly logical to cut the interfct rate. The planned cut, said the treasury, “shows we have a flexible interest rate policy” rather than the so-called “hard” money policy that critics say makes it difficult and more expensive to borrow needed cash. Rep. John D. Dingell D-Mich. called the action “manipulation—the most dangerous thing I ever heard of, and it’s going to raise cain with investors and with industry.” ■ ' But chairman Eugene D. Milliken R-Colo of the senate finance committee said the change is “nothing but a realistic adjustment to the market facts” —the fact It is not necessary to pay as much now for Certain types bf borrowing as it was a few months ago. The treasury halted sales Os savings notes at their old rates of Interest and announced a new series will be placed on sale next Thursday, at reduced rakes which were not disclosed. The rate since the \ increase on May 15 has been 2.47 per cent if the notes are held for their, full life span of three years. They may be turned in anytime after four months, however, for a lower interest payment. Jet Pilot Unhurt '*» As Plane Crashes PICKFORD, Mich., UP — Maj. Richard C. Garrett, Toledo, lowa, escaped injury when he crashlanded his F-86 Sabre jet in a field. \ " The plane ran low on fuel during* flight from Wright-Patterson Air Base, Ohio, to Sault Ste. Marie Mich., Friday. The air force said Garrett was on a routine flight when he encountered unexpected weather conditions which sapped his fuel supply.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 26, 1951

Thousands Os Persons Flee To Shelter From ' I'” ■ Hurricane In Florida

431 Are Dead Or Missing In japan Typhoon Japanese Typhoon Described As Worst In Past 19 Years TOKYO UP —Japanese national police ' reported today 431 persons dead or missing in the severe typhoon that ripped across Japan Friday and left large areas flooded. v One American serviceman was killed at Camp Maizuru, 50 miles north of Osaka. The latest casualty report by police listed 134* dead, 297 missing and 311 injured. Heavily-populat-ed Kyoto' Prefecture wae hardest hit with 45 dead arid 31 missing. In Indochina, at the same time, Viet Nam Premier Nguyen Van Tam announced that at least HOC persons had been killed at Hue alone in a four-day. tropical storm. Japan's typhoon was the worst in 39 years. An estimated 32,000 persons were reported homeless at Kyoto alone when the Yodo River overflowed and Hooded 5,000 home*, some up to the second floor. The center of typhoon “Tess," with winds of 100 miles an hour, ripped through the heart of Japan’s main island of Honshu Friday but missed Tokyo. It was the worst storm since a 1934 typhoon that took 1,000 lives. The U. S. army established a disaster control center at Camp Otsu in the disaster area and started issuing relief goods and equipment in answer tb urgent requests for help from Japanese officials. One-third of the sprawling manufacturing city .of Nagoya was flooded, police said. The port city of Yokkaichi was completely under water. * Aichl, Mie, Kyoto gnd Osaka rTwiw p»«* atxi

Michigan Senator Plans Korea Probe Legless Veteran To Probe Atrocities DETROIT UP — Sen. Charles E. Potter, Michigan’s junior Re i publican senator Znd a legless World War II veteran, started a “lot of preliminary work” today <for his planned investigation of war atrocities in Korea. iPQtter, Who lost both legs in the battle for Colmar, France, in 1945 was assigned to h’andle the invest! gation for the senate permanent investigating subcommittee by iD* chairman, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis. J - Before he leaves for Korea, sometime around the first of next year. Potter said he planned io consult with defense department and United Nations officials and returned prisoners of war. The 36-year-old former infantry officer'said one of his chief aims in the investigation would be to try to learn what happened to 3,000 Amercan servicemen unaccounted for in the Korean fighting. Many of the Gl’s are believed to be still held by the Communists. Potter conferred with McCarthy before the Wisconsin senator revealed the investigation in a speech Friday at an American Legion gathering at New York. McCarthy said he had decided td let Potter conduct thd probe as be saw fit. It iwfll not be the first war atrocities investigation for the onetime Cheboygah, Mich,, welfare case worker who enlisted as a private during World War II and won a battlefield commission. Patter took part in the Washington, hearings on the Katyn Forest maee sacre, in which thousands of Polish army officers were slaughter (Tent Te Pecs Five)

Youth Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Jury Recommendation Followed By Judge ? CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. (UP) — Fred Eugene McManus, 19-year-old Valley Stream, L. 1., youth who killed five persons on a crime Vpree last spring, today was sent* •need to life imprisonment for the ihurder of his first victim. • Supreme Court Justice H. Douglas* Van Dueer passed sentence in <the Ontario county court. He bowed to the jury’s recommendation for IKe. He could have sent McManus to the electric chair. A jury of 10 men and 2 Women Thursday declared MdManus guilty first degree murder In the slaying of William A. Braverman, 19-year-old Hobart College freshman from Rochester, N. Y. Van Duser passed sentence at 10:11 a. m. “In view of the jury’s careful deliberation, I do not feel that I ean disregard their recommendation.” Van Duser said. MoManus, calm and smiling. Was expected to leave this afternoon for the Elmira reception eenter for classification nd remain there a week to a month and then be sent elsewhere. \ - iMoMenus »hook tbw bMd of hi* rather, Mose MdManue, a New York City brewery executive, and smiled as he left the Courtroom. Mrs. McManus was also in the courtroom. More than 300 persons packed the court to capacity and about 50 more waited in the hall. Since the time of his sentence Thursday, McManus has spent his time qujetly in jail, officials said. There was no apparent reaction to the sentence but it has been known for some time that MdManus was not unhappy in jail. Jailors reported he has made many friends among the prisoners. McManus had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to the murder charge. The handsome marine's crime spree with a teenage sweetheart started when he hitch-hiked a ride in Braverman's new car near Rochester. When the college youth refused McManus his car. McManus shot and killed him with a .45 caliber pistol. McManus then picked up blonde Diane Marie Weggeland of Irondequoit, N. Y. and headed west in a five-day holdup rampage during which a husband dnd wife were <Turw *re Pave Wtw»

Mrs. Dan Tyndall, To Head Campaign Community Fund Drive In October ' -FA woman will direct the forthcoming campaign for the Decatur Community Fund, Carl Gerber, president of the civic organization, announced today. Mrs. Daniel Tyndall, church and civic leader and Welcome Wagon l hostess, will head the city-wide drive to raise $00,228 tor the Community Fund budget* Mrs. Tyndall has accepted the appointment and already has parted to form an organization for the October drive. F The Communky Fund finances all youth. Boy and Girl Scout activities, and incorporates other drive* in the once-a-year campaign to raise funds for these civic, and national objectives. President Gerber was highly pleased with Mrs. Tyndall’s acceptance of the appointment and commented, **We are fortunate in having Mrs. Tyndall a« our chairman. We know her many contact* with homes in Decwtur will be m6st helpful In organising a responsive and effective Organization for ths annual drive.” The date of the drive has not jet been determined, but ths campnignjs ezgeetd to get underway during the first half’of the month,

FBI Agents And Ex Convid Die In Gun Battle Another FBI Agent Wounded In Battle \ In Movie Theater BALTIMORE, Md. UP — An FBI agent died in a hospital today from shots of a gun battle in a movie theater in which an exconvict from Alcatraz was slain and another FBI agent was wounded. Agent J. Brady Murphy, 35, died. He had been shot in the abdomen by thin, blue-eyed John Elgin Johnson, a murder suspect and bank robber, who opened fire without warning from a telephone booth as G-men closed in on him on the mezzanine of the Town Theater. An unsuspecting audience meanwhile watched the Mickey Spillane mystery thriller, “I, Tpe Jury.” Johnson slumped to the floor of the shattered both—bullets in his chest and head. He was dead before be war carried from the theater. Murphy and Agent Raymond J. were woundag in the gun was hit In the hip but doctors at Mercy hospital said he would recover. There were 8 or 10-shots. Thep Johnson slumped to the floor of the shattered booth —bullets in his chest and head, an 18-year criminal career at an end. The FBI agents were taken to Mercy hospital, Murphy with a bullet in his abdomen and Fox with a wound over his right hip. Murphy failed to recover and died at 4 a.m. e.d.L today. His partner remained in critical condition. Johnson sealed his own fate when he slipped a coin into the telephone and put in a, call to Los Angeles. The FBI had been tipped off by agents in Los Angeles that he would make and moved into action, tracing the call and sending a raiding squad to the theater. Johnson, 34, was wanted for breaking the conditions of his release from Alcatraz and for queetioning in connection with the necktie murder of Richard A. Fagner in Los Angeles Aug. 4. His criminal record, dating back to 1935, includes convictions for burglary, larceny, and bank robbery. In view of Johnson’s background, FBI agents moved cautiously in surrounding the telephone booth. But Johnson apparently sensed what was happening and opened fire without warning. The FBI said the mezzanine fortunately was deserted and separated from the rest of the theater A (Tuni T« Pace Tfcree) Roy Smitley Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Roy Frederick Smitley, 51, Jefferson township died at 12:50 o’clock this morning at the Van Wert, 0., county hospital, following an illness of a few days. He w|s born in Jefferson township Aug. 27, 1902, a son of Charles S. and Katie Baker-Smitley, and .was never married. He made his home with his par-, ents, six and one-half miles east, and one mile south of Berne, and ( operated hto father’s farm. Surviving in* addition to his par-1 ents is a- sister, Miss Nora MJ Smitley. also at home, and an em- 1 ploys of the Decatur General Electric plant Two brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the home and at 1:30 p.m. at the Bethel Brethren church, the Rev. Ord Gehman officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery- The body will be removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence, whore friends may call after 10:30 aan. Sunday.

1 1 State Surplus Grew Under Gov. Schricker Two-Thirds Os Fund Under Democrat Rule INDIANAPOLIS UP — About two- thirds at’ Indiana's multimillion dollar surplus was amassed during former Gov. Henry F. Schricker's administration, budget figure* showed today. State treasurer John Peters suggested Friday that a portion of ,t be refunded to taxpayers. He proposed -a 50 million dollar surplus limit and refunds of all over that in the form of. percentage gross income tax reductions. The plan is new for Indiana, although a similar one now is being used in Virginia. The general fund surplus is a warborn fortune and multiplied in the inflationary- period after World War 11. i January figures showing the amount of surplus when new gov? ■ ernors took office are misleading i since they do not reflect gross income tax collections due Jan. ! 31. Here are June 30 fiscal year i closing-figures: .1941—Early in Schricker’s first i team. 19,400,000. 1945— Early in • former Gov. . Ralph F. Gates’ term, >40.700.000. H 1949— Early in Sebrlcker*s sec- » 1953 —Early in Governor Craig's term, 871,400,000. i The surplus, therefore, grew about 854,000,000 during the i Schricker administrations and about $8,000,000 during Gates* administration. Iq reality, Indiana has been wealthier than those figures indicate. Education, highways and ! welfare are the biggest drains on the general fund, and the latter two hake changed IRtle. But aid to schools jumped from $17,700,000 in 1941 to $60,000,000 last year. Fear Syngman Rhee May Renew Warfare Doubtful Conference To Open October 28 UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UP) —United Natins sources fear that South Korean President Syngman Rhee may resume the Korean war if the Far Eastern political conference fails to take place beiore the end* of this year. Although the 17 countries that fought on the U. N. side against the Communists in Korea suggested an Oct. 28 deadline for the conference in the Pajmnnjom truce agreement, there appeared little hope today that the date could be met Many diplomats here have watched Rhee carefully for his reactions to the stalled conference arrangements. The fiery South Korean leader has threatened to 7 walk out of the conference, once It takes place, if it fails to make any progress after 90 days. Observer* now wonder what Rhee will do if the conference does not start on the Oct. 28th date suggested in the Panmunjom agreement Qualified sources fear that if there la no conference t least <by the end of this year the South Korean president might try to resume the War. ' Many diplomats look at the United States to keep Rhee in line but ' it the South Koreans renew hostilI kies they believe several of the ( 1 nations that fought on the U. N. < (side against the Communist* coußl be expected to follow the example of Canada and refuse to support w atxt Emanuel Caywood Is Taken By Death Emanuel Caywood. 75, a blind 1 retired piano turner of Angola, and wall known here, died last night in Elmhurst hospital. . Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m, at the Weicht funaml hann, Angola Burial will ba in Circle Hill cemetery.

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Mighty Storm Slang Inland On Peninsula Northwest Florida Struck By Mighty Storm Early Today. j PANAMA CITY, Fla. (UP) — a mighty hurricane slammed inland from the Gulf of Mexico s today, driving thousands of shore residents to sheltek along the upper Florida peninsula and isolating a city of 3|ooo. More than 7,000 persons clustered in 20 shelters in Panama City. Fifty evacuees, one stretcher borne fled inland from Panacea. Fla. Floods from fierce rain cut off all roads around Apalachicola. Hurricane Florence, sixth of the season, roared * into northwest Florida just before 7 a. m some two hours before weather forecasters expected it. ■’ The wind and rain suddenly halted as the “eye" of the storm apparently passed Panama City. Gusts up to 71 niiles per hour “Writer whipped t along empty streets. Some pow*er and communications lines fell. The downpour sent water swirling over many wtredts? - ' : I The refugees from rainswept Panacea Beach were driven to emergency shelters at Tallahassee. Fla., some -30 miles inland to the north. The 3.000 residents of Apalachicola could not flee. No roads were passable. The wind swept away all communications wires. State trooper* maintaining radio contact with Apalachicalo said the isolated and marooned residents were taking it calmly. Most were huddled into shelters. Damage except to communications was reported slight. 'The buffeted cities are located in a 50>mlle curving sweep of shoreline forming the northwest extent of the Gulf of Mexico. In the Gulf, the hurricane had battered at least six ships. The U. S. coast guard sought unsuccessfully to make further radio contact with the S. S. Eagle, a 4MO-foot liberty ship last reported trying to ride out the storm in the gulf with 35 men aboard. Coast . guardsmen feared for the safety of at least five other email craft in the heavy seas. A five-foot tide pounded a wide stretch of upper Florida ‘ qhore, flooding coastal highways and causing a flurry of auto accidents that injured at least three persons in Panama City. Ships and planes had been, rushed from endangered ports and bases extending from Mississippi to midway down the Florida peninsula coast. Florida authorities ordered the national, civil defense headquarters, and law enforcement agencies on alerts’* to protect life and property. The hurricane — sixth tropical whlrler of the year—had Jn two days mounted from bare hurricane strength to its present ferocity in a swing across the gulf from the ( Yucatan Strait. Several ships had brushes with damaging winds before making port. The coast guard heard nothing from the Eagle since Capt. John Piangos radioed Friday night that the cargoless vessel was “not riding so good” in the middle of the storm. fPSoldier Killed In Crash At Ligonier LIGONIER, Ind. UP —Alb*>n Meshkin, 20, Grand Junction, Mich., was killed today when a car in which he was riding with three other soldiers swerved out of Control on Indiana 3$ south of here and hit a tree. •JMeshkln wa» hurled 'from the car. The other three occupants were not Injured seriously. They were -Ned Pfeiffer, to, Frukcourt, .Mich.. Ross Powell, to, Kalamazpo, Mich, end David McKnlgbt, I>, Muskegon, Mich.