Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 228.

Brownell And Warren Confer In California > Attorney General On Secret Flight Sunday For Parley WASHINGTON UP — Attorney general Herbert Brownell „Jr. made, a secret, hurry-up flight io California Sunday for a conference with Gov. Earl Warren. > There was immediate speculation that Browhell and Warren discussed the vacancy as chief justice of the United States, a position for which the Californian has been mentioned as a possible choice. ~ : | • A spokesman for Brownill discloset the secret Sunday flight today. J j \ Newton Stearns, Warren’S press secretary, declined comment. . “If anything comes out on that (supreme court) it will come from Washington, not from Sacramento,” he said. “If anything is to be done it will be done by President |Bisenh hower in Washington. We wlßhave ? no word until then.” j : White House press secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen “I understand the attorney general did call on the governor of California, Put any other comment will have to come from the attorney general?* g • Brownell, himself, it was known, had not decided as late as the weekend on his recommendation \ for e successor to Chief justice Fred M. Vinson, who died Sept. 8. So secret were the arranetnents for the flight that Brownell’s, gides in the justice department did not know', until he had already returned, that he was ont of town. A department spokesman refused comment on questions about whether, President t Eisenhower went Brownell en the mission it was taken to be a certainty, however, that the President approved Brownell’s trip. | Sources here considered It unlikely that Mr. Eisenhower would make any appointment to the hUb court without obtaining Brownell's recommendation. There has been speculation that If Warren goes to the high court, it may be as an associate justice rather # than as chief justice. Recently, ’informed sources said that some of Mr. Eisenhower’s advisers recommended that Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson be elevated to chief justice and that Warren be made associate justice. The court opens its 19*53—54 sea ; slon next Monday. The BrdwnellWarren meeting made it appear likely that the administration may act before then to restore the court to full strength.

$1,950 In Cash | Stolen From Bank Money Bag Stolen At Franklin Bank FRANKUN. Ind., UP — A bag containing 31,950 in cash and a stack, of checks was stolen from a desk in the Farmers Trust Co. today. ; ' Police sought a Negro riding in a car with a small boy. Police said a man who spent about 10 minutes in the bank posing as a customer disappeared at the sarhe time a clerk; Frances Devore, missed Jpe bag from her desk. .Other persons reported seeing a Negro dessed in a slouch hat and overalls drive away in an old model car with Kansas license plate*. The car and two occupants were seen an hour later at a highway junction in Columbus, 20 miles south of here. The bag wasa depository'sack from th* Morris Co., a retail store Bank employes said it was deposited in a sidewalk slot Saturday night and was placed on the desk this morning while a store employe returned to the stojre to get the keys to the bag. 3 Police believed the man'may have planned to hold up the bank apd changed his! mind when he saw the bag. The bag contained 31.800 in currency, |l5O in silver and 3180 in checks. . . v. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight Tuesday fair, warmer south and central portions. Low tonight 4»54 worth, .52-60 south. High Tuesday 76-62 north, SOBS south. '

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Hurricane Aftermath v ,L HURRICANE FLORENCE, its highest winds scaled down to 90 miles an hour, caused extensive minor damage as it roared across a 50mile stretch of the northwest Florida coast. Here a resident of Panama City. Fla., where a five-foot tidal wave which preceded the storm flooded parts of the town, stands ankle deep in water as he attempts to dry out his car's motor. I

Former Soviet Officer Assails Army Document Senate Committee Is Told Document Untrue On Russia WASHINGTON, UP —A former Russian foreign officer who deserted the Soviet in World War 11 said today a U. S. army intelligence document gave a false and “dangerously” rosy picture of life in Russia. The Russian refugee, Igor Rogeiepov, told the investigating subcommittee that “the word ‘unftue’ is too mild" to describe tba information ip an arxhy document on the ctflture and psychology of Russian* in Siberia. The document was the same one Chairman Joseph R. McCarthy (ftWis.) made public earlier this month. It was classified as “restricted" and army spokesmen said McCarthy violated law by divulging the material. The ariny spokesmen denied it was Red propaganda. Bogelepqv agreed with McCarthy tfhat much of the document was “practically word for word" taken from the "Soviet Bible” — the late Josef Stalin’s book on “The Problems of Lenin." Bogelepov said that the authors of the intelligence document had .fallen, for Communist propaganda. Corliss Lamont, left-wing NewYork author, was listed as the source for some of the material. After a private session with Lamont last week McCarthy said he would ask the full subcommittee to cite him for contempt for refusing to answer his questions. Lamont denied hte was a Communist but challenged the subcommittee's right to question him. A group -of army officers — headed by Maj. Gen.. Richard Partridge, assistant chief of staff for intelligence — attended the hearing. When McCarthy first made public the Siberia document he denounced it as “95 percent Communist propaganda.” McCarthy sat today as a oneman subcommittee. He said he had invited Lamont to appear and “purge" himself of contempt by testifying. Lamont was not present. After a oause. McCarthy said justice department attorneys are “in com<T«m Te Pa*e Four) Aeolian Choir To Sing At Fish Fry Here October 22 The 60-voice Aeolian General Electric choir, under the directorship of David C. Embler, will start the program at the annual Chamber of Commerce fish fry Thursday evening, October 22, at Decatur high school gymnasium, Lyle Mallonee; chairman of the program committee, announced today. A The choir will open its fall activities tonight at 8 o’clock at the Portland country club under the sponsoring of the Portland Music club. Other fall dates for the local musical organization to date are: Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, Quimby auditorium, November 5; Columbus Grove, 0., November 19. Tentative arrangements have been ma<Je fpr the choir to appear prior to the start of one of the early Zollner Piston basketball games at th* coliseum, Choir ment bars ar* asked to meet tonight at 6:30 o'clock at Decatur high, school to make the trip by automobiles to Portland. v j

Heavy Traffic Toll On State Highways • First Fall Weekend Claims Heavy Toll By UNITED PRESS A Camp Atterbury soldier and a 2-months-old girl were killed in separate accidents on the same highway as the first, fall weekend in Indiana brought a toll .of at p least 14 traffic fatalities. \ ’ Pvt., IzellJ Bradley, 244th Ordnance Co., was- killed Sunday on ( U. S. 31 near Atterbury when a ( Oar went out of control, struck two trees and caught fire. Bradley was pinned in the flaming wreckage. Injured were Pvts. Bennie Black. 22, driver, Ethelbert Jennings, and ( Alfred * \ A few hours earlier on tbe same . highway. Beverly Boles, daughter of the Homer Boleses of Tailors- ( ville, was killed in a two-car collision near Columbus. s The latest victim was Mrs.’ Myrtle Jackson, 31,. Three Oaks, Mich. t who died Sunday night in a South r Bend hospital from injuries sustained in an accident an hour . earlier on a La Porte county gravel road. Eight other persons . were hurt as two cars collided on ■ the crest of a hill. > Another Sunday crash killed . Clarence Tankersley, 32, Lifiton, , who was pinned in his auto in a collision ndrth of. Brooklyn, Morj gan county. on Indiana 67. 1 Spurgeon Cantreß, 49, Living- . ston, Itenn., Was killed late Saturday when a' car went out of control j on Indiana 9 and overturned south . of Shelbyville. Fred Dishman, An- - derson, driver of the car, told poj lice he swerved tb avoid another j car. i A double fatality Saturday oc- - curred in a head-on collision on L Indiana 63 near Charlestown, i Killed were Larkin A. Hogg, 24, Charlestown, and Lavene Fields, - 18, Kings Creek, Ky. Albert Meshkin, 20, Grand June- ' tion, Mich., was killed and three • persons injured Saturday when their left Indiana 33 south of - Ligonier and struck a tree. Ted Sheeks, 50, Indianapolis, was killed when he fell asleep at the wheel and 1 his car hit a utility ■ pole Saturday. Alma McDaniel, 5 Indianapolis, Mas killed and five I persons injured when their car ’ failed to make a curve on Indiana 57 north of Elnora. Eight-year-old David M. Baker - was killed in a bicycle accident ' in front of the home of his parents, the Thomas Bakers, near Bourbon. A two-car collision on U. S. 30 east of Pierceton claimed the life of Milford M. Adkins, 18, Allegan. Mich. Five persons were hurt, two ‘ of them, Daniel Dunbar and James Alexander, 29, Fort Wayne, critic--1 ally. The death ; count began at 6 'p.m» 1 Friday. Early victims were Hugh r Leisure, 49, Knightstown, killed " when his car went out of control 1 on Indiana 3 near Spiceland, and < Leon Henry, 30, Indianapolis, in- • jured fatally in a car-motorcycle accident. ■ - Fort Wayne Workers " Vote To Join Strike FORT WAYNE, Ind., UP — A * union official today Mid office • workers at the International H*r--9 vester Go., here have voted to go ■ on strike if present contract he- ® gotiations fail. Lt. Fred Noel, president of Local * 305, GIO United Auto Worker*, t said more than % of the plant's I IJOO office workers voted to join ) about 3,80 ff production employes in the event of a walkout.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 28, 1953.

U. S. Officials Charge Vicious Propaganda Is Spread By Commission

• "" r 1 U. N. Assembly To End Debate On Peace Meet Indian Delegate To Seek Compromise On Korean Farley UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UP> —The United Nations general assembly winds up general debate today with a feature speech by an Indian delegate who was expected to plead for a compromise that would get the Korean peace conference started on its target date. Oct. 28. / Indian delegate V. K. Krishna Menon was scheduled to make a policy speech at the afternoon session - Krishna Menon was author of the compromise formula that broke the deadlock in the truce negotiations over repatriation of Qf *»r. While delegates have not lost hope that the peace conference eventually will be held, they see little chance that it will get underway by the Oct. 28 date “recommended” in the Fanmunjom truce agrtf—ent. They patak date, however, #ak “not aacr<»cant’ and the conference may start by the end of the year. -There appeared little chance that either side in the deadlock would yield. The Communists want the general assembly to reverse Its decision for a two-sided conference of f>fa* Russia, and to set up a roundtable meeting including India and other Asian neutrals. The assembly already has voted down a move to re-open debate on the issue. ’’i In messages to Peiping, which the Reds have not yet answered, the United has proposed that the meeting get underway Oct. 15, in San Francisco, Honolulu or Geneva. The United States suggested that the Far East Reds could raise the issue of participation by “neutrals” ortte tbe conference gets started. In addition to India, other countries on today’s speakers’ list were Lebanon, Bolivia, Argentina, tbe Philippines, Uruguay, Hraq, Mexwo and Israel. \ ’ ' * \ - Make Arrangements For School Survey Indiana University | Plans Survey Here ■ for. W. IM. Barr, a member Os thfe division of reasearch of Indiana University school of education, was in the city today making preliminary arrangements for tbe study of the Decatur public school system and community census, which will get underway during the early part of October. The study will include the census, financial and legal aspects of the school system and will be compiled by the university’s school of' education. / Harry, Dailey, a member of the Decatur school faculty, will represent the local school in conferences and plans for the survey to be. made next month, W. Guy Brown, superintendent, announced. Possibly 65 persons will be employed in taking the local school census. Supt. Brown stated that workers for the house-to-house canvass would be provided through the Decatur P.T.A., of which Dy. James Burk is president. The Decatur school board voted" a year ago to have a survey :of present and future School needs conducted by the state school of education, as a means of guidance in plana for expansion of school buildings. Dr. Sarr will confer with local school authorities through Tues day and will return to Bloomington to complete arrangements for the Decatur school survey. C

Outlines Strategy Os UN 'Explainers' Talk To Americans Refusing To Return ■MVNSAN, Korea, UP —A JU. S. officer assigned ’to “eXplaifi” to 23 pnPCommunist Americans why they should go home said today he would seek to change their minds honorably. “We will not get down on our . knees to them, we will not seduce them, we will not trick them,” the “explainer*’ said. i He and other “explainers” will . be available Thursday and for the next 90 days to thqse American prisoners of the Communists who . want to listen. The “explainer” said that although no official plan has been L mapped out for the talks, the proL cedure will be something like this: K l. The Americans will be . brought up to date on news they were denied while in captivity. 2. The prisoners will be told , they have been victims of Communist propaganda. 3. There will be no promises, no threats and no guarantees other than those given all American citizens. 4. No attempt will be made to beg the men to come home, .. k.The “exptahtare” voiced dfsap-1 “ Itov val of the American t Legiorf proposal to send the mother* of prisoners to Korea. That, they agreed, would amount to begging.' One issue the “explainers* Intend to avoid Is attempting an allout attack on Communism because they feel the Americans have been indoctrinated too thoroughly. “These men apparently have made a decision to stay with the Reds," hn “explainer” said. “We want to make sure that they made that decision freely and with the knowledge of all the rights and privileges due them as American citizens. “Then if they still choose Communism, we will say to them, “Goodbye and God bless you." Yugoslavia Rejects Trieste Plebiscite Italian Proposal Is Rejected Today BELGRADE UP — Yugoslavia formally rejected today Italy’s proposal for a plebiscite to settle the controversy over Trieste. The Yugoslav \government handed a note to tho Italian legation, repeating arguments that a plebiscite would be acceptable only if a series of measures were taken in advance to “create full poWer and equality”, for the Slovenian and Creation population. The nbte called for steps to “re pair the results of the denationalization policy at the expense of the Yugoslav population which was undertaken during the period of Italian domination of Trieste. * YugoslkViA said it saw no possibility of the measures being taken on behalf .of the Slovenian and Croatian Inhabitants. ‘Therefore it is obliged to declare that it cannot accept the proposals for a plebiscite made in the Italian government’s note of Sept. 18, |>53,” the note said. The note also rejected Italy’s proposal for a five-power conference restricted only to the plebiscite and said under present conditions it the Yugoslav government was not willing to consider any international conference on the subject. Find Wreckage Os \ Plane, Four Dead PERPIGNAN, France,'UP — A rescue team reported today that it found the "wreckage of a mUsing American air force plane near the top of » ?,100-foot peak in the Pyrenees Mountain* and that all four of it* crewmen were killed. ’■ The plane had been mtasipg since Saturday with its crew of' two officers and two enlisted men.

New Millions To Be Sought To Aid Spain ■ * * { Predict Millions In Aid Will Be I Asked Os Congress (WASHINGTON UP — The administration will' ask congress for new millions in military and economic aid for Spain to follow up the Spanish bases , agreement signed Saturday, officials predicted today. ' They privately estimated that about half a billion dollars .will b n spent in the few years'to supply America’s new western defense partner with arms and economic help. Sen. Richard B. Russell D-Ga.. an influential member of both the senate armed services and ap propriations committees, sounded a warning, however. $0 BaidJj* wag again*t the ex- | tdnakm of any morw actmomic aid to predicted that a pr* posal calling for this would mUt strong opposition in congress. There is need for continuing military assistance under the foreign aid program, Russell said, but the time has come to end direct, economic aid. _ In the pact signed :n Madrid after 17 months of negotiation, Spain agreed to permit the United States use of certain air and naval bases. In return, this country promised to supply Spain with an indefinite amount of economic and military assistance and to finance the necessary construction and improvements of the bases. Os the 1500.000,000 in aid expected to be earmarked for Spain over the next few years, 6226.000,000 ali ready his been approved by congress in anticipation of the base deal. This will start flowing to' Spain shortly — 1141,000,000 for military equipment and >85,000.000 for industrial, agricultural, transportation and other ecbnomic programs. The millions of dollars needted to modernize the bases — the precise figure hasn’t been determined — still must be approved by congress. A request presumably will be submitted early r-ext year. \ j. George W. Mclntosh Js Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Tuesday for George W. Mclntosh. 83-yesroM retired barber, pf 108 Oak street, who died at 1 p. m. Saturday at tbe Davis nursing home at Bluffton. Death was attributed to complications, following an illness of 18 months. He was born in Allen county Oct. 15. 1969, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mclntosh, but had resided in Decatur for most of his life. His wife, the former Alvirds "Brothers, preceded him in death. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Ed David and Mrs. Herman Stier, both of Fort Wayne, Mr*. Clarence Campbell and Mrs. Esta Hackathorns, both of Toledo, 0., and Mrs, Mary Neary of Pamona, Calif.; three sons, Roy Mclntosh of Toledo, 0., and Chester and Lohna*.Mclntosh, both of Decatur; nine grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren, and a half-brother, Joe Mclntosh of Fort Wayne. Service* will bo conducted at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Black funeral homp, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will "be In the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral homo until time of the service*.

Plan Investigation Os Profits In Meat Middleman Profits To Be Investigated WASHINGTON UP — Agriculture economists today discussed way* of proceeding with an investigation of the middleman’s profits in meat. They met with Dr. Bennett S. White Jr., chief of the marketing, transportation and research division in the department’s bureau of agricultural economics, who indicated that the inquiry will take “at least a month" and probably longer. ’ Secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Benson ordered the investigation Saturday to determine whether the_ price spread between what the" farmer gets for his cattle and what the housewife pays for meas is excessive. ' White, discussing ,the inquiry, said: “First we have to formulate operational then set up a cooperative working relationship with business firms, then collect and analyze .data. To be of any use the study must be pursued with thoroughness." He said that since the depart* meat keeps records only on prices at choice will from packer*. trlbutor* for data on lower grades of beef. Those ar* the grades that come from grass fed cattle—now coming to market from the ranges in seasonally heavy supply and suffering the biggest .current price skids at the farmer level. Benson said Saturday there is “particular interest at this time with respect to markins on the lower grades and qualities of beef." Tax Board Studies Budgets In County • State board of tax commissioners field agent George Gable, and two assistants, were at work this morning studying the intricacies of the Adams county budget prior to making a report to Indianapolis. The last word on the proposed budget will come from Indianapolis, according to custom, in from Iff days to two weeks. Wilson Says Russia Improving Weapons Reports Progress In Latest Developments WASHINGTON, UP- — Defense secretary Charles E. Wilson said today that Russia is making “lots of- progress’* in the development of atomic and hydrogen weapons. “Wp must face the reality that It not at the moment, very shortly they (the Russians) can make bombs of any site, also,” Witaon told reporters after his weekly meeting with President Eisenhower. This, Wilson Mid, confronts the United States with an overriding question of how to spend American funds and use manpower to the best interests of national security. Wilson discussed Soviet progress in atomic and hydrogen weapons when a reporter asked him to sum up the chief problems facing the United States governmenL After mentioning a final political settlement in Korea and the general European situation, particularly the tension between East and West Germany, Wilson said he thinks one of the basic problems confronting this country is “the realization that the Russians, too, are making lots of progress with their atomic and thermonuclear developments." Wilson hailed the new defens* ■base* agreement with Spain a* "an excellent one.” He called the Spanish agreement "n good move for our country, for Spain and the Western world.”

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Say Leaflets Violate Spirit Os Armistice Spokesman Denies Commission Issues _ Any Red Propaganda PANMUNJOM, Korea UP — U. S. officials accused the neutral nations repatriation commission today of circulating vicious Red . propaganda leaflets among 15,000 anti-Conimunist Chinese prisoners. Tbe United Nations command, said tbe leaflets violated the spirit i of tbe armistice agreement by plac- > ing undue emphasis on the desirability of accepting repatriation. However, a spokesman for the i commission denied any letter was distributed to the prisoners. He , said tbe only document distributed was a copy of a broadcast made s to Inform prisoners of their rights • and privileges. i The spokesman said the broadI cast placed upon the prisoners the > full responsibility for making their i choice either for or against repatriation. \ ' . Brig. Gen. A. L. Hamblin, comi rounder of the repatriation 1 group, handed the letter of protest i to LL K. S. TMifaayya, • man of tbe repatriation commisi slon. Thimayya earlier had pat .him- > self on record ‘as favoring Com- ; munist demands on the method of ■ interrogating prisoners and it ap- ; peered the Reds had won their right to force captives to listen to lectures. It was expected that rules on interviews will be announced Monday or Tuesday. An American officer charged that tbe propaganda leaflets, believed to have been distributed Saturday night, so angered the an-ti-Ctommunist Chinese that 'they tore the paper to bits. ' “There is no doubt whatever in . my mind that the letter originated with the Chinese Communist forces,” Col. K. K. Hansen said. “The letter was typed on a Chinese typewriter not known to be tn the netitral nations repatriation commission’s hands," Hansen said. “It was typed on paper of the Chinese Communist forces.” The explanations, 'delayed since last Friday by Communist haggling over procedure, are expected to begin Thursday. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya of India, chairman of the repatriation commission, disclosed that the fivenation group favors two Red proposals for interviewing 22,500 jintiCommunist Chinese and North Koreans and more than 359 Allied non-repatriates, including 23 Americana. said the commission believes the prisoners should be interviewed either singly or as a group—the method ,to be determined by the explainers. The Indian general also said his commission favors compelling prisoner* to attend one session of explanations during the 90 days they will spend in the custody of Indian guards. Communist officials proposed the two plans over the objections of the United Nation* command which suggested interviewing the prisoner* in group* of not less than 25 and only if they wanted to attend. “- t < The U. N. command bitterly opposed th* Red plan for interviewing prisoner* individually on the (Tara Ta Pasre Twa) County Council In Special Session Flrat of the two-day special meeting of the county council was held at the auditor’s office today to appropriate special monies for the various county taxing units < and to transfer funds. Requesting special appropriate* are flv e oouatjr dapartmanto: the Adam* county m©'mortal hospital, French, Kirkland and Monro* townships, and th* .highway departro*nL amount asked Is in-excess of 315,006.