Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1953 — Page 1

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Boy Are Held In St. Louis Report Feeting In Kansas City Vicious Against Kidnapers ST. LOUIfJ, Mo, UP — Federal authorities said today they will keep jtbe heartless kidnapers of slain Bobby Greenlease in St, Louis until next Jveek rather than fly them across Missouri to Kansas City -f H ’. v > The announcement followed a night of mystery concerning the whereabouts of kidnapers ; Carl Hall, 37, and Mrs. Bonnie Heady. .41. Kansas City authorities at first I said unofficially that the confessed kidnapers were being spirited there under heavy secrecy. Crowds gathered at Kansas City’s skyscraper jail. | ‘ Then, hours later, acting Kansas' City Ui. S. marshal William Tatum

said the pair was still in the St. Louis Jail, add would remain there until at least “the middle of next week." Authorities hesitated to give a reason for the apparently sudden switch in plans. The only official explanation was that the U.S. i marshall in St. Louis was busy 'with other affairs. Harry Richards. U. S. attorney here, explained Tatum has ordered t the transfer, but the time of the move was left to the discretion of St. Louis marshall Omar Schnatz meier. “The marshall here is choosing a convenient and proper time” for the ticklish transfer, Richards said, r However, Jackson county (Kansas City) sheriff Arvid Owsley ad< | mitted reports that feeling in Kansas City against HaH and. Mrs. Heady is "vicious." _ < !. Owsley said Hall will be locked into a solitary confinement cell once he arrives because "We can’t put Mm in wtth the other prisoners —they've already said they would kill him if thdy did." J ! X Officials in ist. Louis said the delay in transfer was not prompted by feat of mob violence, although crowds of more ti(an; a| hundred have gathered for the past two days at the brick, .six-story city JillActing police chief Capt. Leonard Murphy' said "I have noticed no unfavorable public reaction in the kidnaping cake." " When the transfer comes, it Will be under terms of a federal extortion charge filed bi the U. S. district attorney in Kansas City. The 1 extortion charge carries a maximum 20-year sentence. ’However, Hall and Mrs. Heady would also be confronted in Kansas City with a kidnap charge that coiild send them tc l the gas chamber. Murder charges have also been filed against Hall, Mrs. Heady, and an alleged Accomplice named by ; (Torn Ta Paa* dlx>

Defer Increase To Highway Employes Indiana's Budget Committee Meets INDIANAPOLIS, UP—Th* Indiana state budget compiittee Friday raised the salary of Dr. Diomede Guert|n. superintendent of the village I for from >9.040 to >111540 a year. The committee deferred . action on salary hikes for Dr. L. E. Bur-, ney, state health commissioner, and Dr. Bertram Groesbeck, state health director, pending an attorney general's ruling on a technical matter. ■ ■ . About 2,600 state highway workers had anticipated a wage increase from j the committee. But the committee withheld expected action on a request for a five-cent wage boost asked'by the state highway commission, for its employes, a sum which if' approved at the Oct. 30 budget meeting might total >160,000 to >IBO,OOO annually. Largest single amounts approved were >1,400,000 for completion of one section of a new life science building at Purdue University and an additional >33*4,' 000 for preliminary construction of another. Ball State Teachers {College received >500,000 for partial construction of a library and remodelling of, two buildings. Other funds appropriated by the 1963 legislature and allocated Frida? by the committee included: Fort Wayne State School, >158,• 836 for personnel building and >7,000 for grain storage building; Logansport state hospital, >125,000 for staff residences; Indiana state prison. >loo,ooo' for Summit Farm dormitory. I ■

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‘ ra Each Other’s Children I SHp. • 'MI ■pj X ' ■ lllr l- - WB| ’4» il ■WMPW s x w—- ■ «B ■■l . JB B “IT’S ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY,” said Judge Edmund Jarecki. shown holding Richard O’Connell, 2, and Christine Erickson, 6. in Chicago after an adoption hearing, r The multiple adoption results from marriage last March of Henry O’Connell, 46, father of four, and Mrs. Louise Erickson. mother of three, who were “back fence’’ neigh- , bors.in Skokie, ill. So they went one step further and adopted each other’s children. Other children in the photo with the parents are tfrom left) John, O’Connell. 6; 'Dennis Erickson, 11; Sara O’Connell, 11; Henry O’Connell, 13; James Erickson, 12.

——— — ■ Reveal Ike's Warning Given To South Korea Personally Warned ? Against Releasing 1 Anti-Red Prisoners i WASHINGTON UP —President Eisenhower personally warned South Kotea this week against trying to carry out its threat to frpe 22,500 anti-Communist prisoners in Korea, administration sources revealed today. He expressed his concern over any rash ROK action in a meeting at the White House with South Korean foreign minister Y. T. Pyun. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles alsp outlined the grave consequences of an attempt to free the POWs during separate conferences with Pyun, informants said. Bpth Eisenhower 'fend Dulles told Pyun of the bad effect tsuch an action would have on world opinion and the difficulties it would pose in reaching a Korean peace settlement.

The state department followed up these behind-the-scenes moves with a public statement Friday that U.S. troops would resist any efforts to free the prisoners in violation of armistice terms and would protect India’s custodial troops if they were threatened. The American decision to stand firm in the face of South Korea’s threats was understood to have been communicated to President Syngman Rhee. It also was relayed to the Indian government by U. S. ambassador George V. Allen. , The United States action was designed to bar Rhee from freeing prisoners as he did last June. While an armistice was reached despite Rhee’s earlier action, officials believe the consequences of a new action could bring a clash between 'American and South Korean troops. Moreover, the United States wants to make sure that any delay in the Korean peace conference is clearly the fault of the Communists.—The state department, in its sternly-worded statement, expressed "regret" over the recent disorders in which Indian troops killed at least three anti-commu-nist prisoners. This was coupled with “appreciation" for the difficult task the Indians had undertaken! in guarding the prisoners pending their disposition undbr armistice terms. “We intend to carry out our responsibilities under the armistice agreement, including maintenance of security in the area/’ the state department said. \ . “We have strongly urged moderation and forbearance upon the Republic of Korea. It is essential that all nations involved exercise patience and restraint” - INDIANA WEATHER Fair and pleasant tonight and Sunday- Low tonight 4044. High Sunday 72-80.

—4; i — Local Scouts Aided By Community Fund Girl, Boy Scouts Assisted By Fund Decatur’s youth program receives the biggest share of the 19544 budget from this year’s Decatur Community Fund drive, which will begin Monday morning. Boy and Girl Scouting programs represent more than a third of the campaign goal of >10,228. The Decatur Girl Scout council will receive >1.700 tor its ambitious program. Mrs. Chester Dalzell, council president, reports that over 250 members participated in the program last year and a substantial Increase is anticipated for this fall. “Registration in the organization \is steadily increasing as parents find Girl Scouting to be excellent basic training for home making and tor practical democracy," Mrs. Dalzell stated. “Membership is open to all girls .of scouting age.” , It is notable that, 'Without any monetary recompose, over 100 adult leaders volunteered their time, energy, .ideas, and abilities to promote and direct the Girl Scout program in Decatur. This excellent girl-leader ratio- is better than the national average. Girl Scouting offers a well directed program which endeavors to develop self-reliant, resourceful, intelligent young citizens. Girls have an opportunity for fun and adventure, for learning new skills, and for giving service to others. Decatur can also be proud of its Boy Scout program. It ranks among the very best in the Anthony Wayne council area. A total of 158 boys are ucrrently registered, arid troops are expanding. There were 57 advances in rank earned, £y the .bojs during the past year. , One of this year’s highlights was a trip to the national jamboree at Santa Ana, Calif. Sylvester Everhart, of Decatur, was in charge of the entire Anthony Wayne area contingent of 116 boys. The following boys from Decatur attended: Robert Baker, Don Aurand, David Uhrick, John Dorwin, Jim Sheets. Dan Krueckeberg, William Zwick, Steve Edwards, and Robert Ochsenrider. A total of 93 boys participated in the area camporee at Fort Wayne and Camp Big Island at Rotate City. Troop 61 is s sponsored by the Decatur Rotajy club. Ed Delong is its Scoutmaster, with Robert Nesbit serving as his assistant. Robert Ashbaucher is institutional representative. Its troop committee consists of Gene Rydejl, Joe Kaehr, Mike Pryor, and Louis Jacobs. Troop 62 is sponsored by the Decatur Lions club. Marion Robinson is its scoutmaster, He is assisted by Med Smith, Jim Murtaugh. and. Grant Bean. Paul Rancher is institutional representative. The Lion Scout committee is Glenn Ellis, Vic Porter, Robert Zwick, John Halterman, and Herman Krueckeberg. The Decatur American Lagion Post 43 sponsors troop. 63. Niland Oschenrlder is its scoutmaster. (Tuns Ta Fiaau *tve)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 10, 1953.

Tito Moves Troops Into Yugoslav Sector, Warns Against Western Plans

Floods Spill Over Acres Os Florida Crops Sandbag Crews Are Alerted As Deluge Threatens Lands •MIAMI tP — U. S. engineer # alerted sandbag crews as floods swollen by a tropical deluge spilled across 10,000 square miles of Florida croplands today and threatened to engulf canals. iForty-man teams equipped with two-way radios patrolled mile* of dikes guarding south Florida truck farms from brimfull drainage canals in the wake of a tempest that already had dealt crops a 17,000,000 blow Friday. Army area engineer A. R. Broadfoot warned that “We’ll have flodds anywhere rains occur.’’ Weathermen predicted more showers over widely scattered parts of the state as storm ‘Hasel” churned northeastward across the Atlantic, its near-hurricah* fofce diminished to 45 to 55 miles her hour. J The whirler was watched thy ships and a plane from Bermuda as it racedat about 28 miles per hour toward cooler water where it was believed likely to break up into milder squalls. Throughout the state floods blocked highways, clogged septic tanks and drove residents from their homes at scattered points as far north as Daytona Beach on the upper east coast. ' Acting Gov. Charley Johns late\ Friday alerted the national gudrd' for possible further evacuation duty. In Washington, Florida 3en. George Smathers asked President Eisenhower to consider possible disaster aid to the state. In Miami suburbs, where the Red Cross evacuated 14 families, moving vans sloshed through water covering streets up to hub cap level.

Seven Persons Hurl In Head-on Crash One Driver Fined On Traffic Count A traffic violation last night at about 9:15 resulted in seven injured people after a headon collision of two cars six miles north of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. Carl Springer, 29, of Dayton, 0.. driver of a car in which four others *ere riding, pleaded guilty to improper passing late last night in justice of the peace court and was fined >lO and costs. Springer told a reporter he attempted to pass a truck as he headed north on the federal route but saw a car coming from the opposite direction. Springer said'he headed for the left side of the road but the collision followed. ; Occupants of the Springer ear were all injured and required treatment at the Adams county memorial hospital, three staying overnight. They follow: (All from Dayton, O.) Springer’s wife, Vernetta Springer, >l, head lacerations; Kula Spears, 29, head and cheek laceraOra Lee Bryant, 40, bruises and cuts about , the legs; Marcus Blair, 22, hurt knee. The southbound car was driven by Mrs. Helen Cope, 83, of Richmond, whose husband was sleeping tn the rear. seat. Mrs. Cope suffered a severely cut lip and a minor chest injury, and was not available for a version of the crash. Her husband, James, 33, said he awoke when he felt the brakes being applied and went rolling off the seat at the Impact, Wrenching his neck and bruising his cheek. Springer’s admission that he passed a track and was off the wrong' side of tha road drew chargee from one of the state police who investigated, and he later (Ter* Te Page Three) ’

Three Kited When Ammo Truck Crashes Exploding Shells • Rake Countryside OMAHA, Neb. UP — Army demolition crews gingerly removed live ianmunitlon today from a half-mile area where an ammunition truckeuto collision killed three women hnd raked the countryside with ex iploding shells. The owner of a nearby restaurant died of a heart attack after a jshell crashed through the building. Shells exploded from (he flaming wreckage near here for more than four hours after theciash late Friday night. . The bodies were not recovered until early today. Deputy Robert Brisby said “They were burned to charcoal.” The blast occurred when ♦he truck, carrying about 500 rounds of 106-milimeter shells from the Nebraska ordnance plant to Omaha ,> apparently crashed into the rear of the car. •One of the exploding shells landed in a cottage at nearby Bova Town, famed home for underprivileged youngsters, but caused only minor damage. „ Another crashed through a plate glass window of the TewMile-lan • restaurant <m Ute Mil ajmve the highway, and emerged through a rear wall. Chet Daggerman, owner of the inn, suffered a fatal heart attack after the' first blasts. The craeh dead were identified as Mrs. Hasel Paige,. Omaha. Miss Theo McClaakey, 72, and Laura McClaskey, 67, both of Geneva, 111. Mrs. Helen McClaskey, 60, Edi monds, Wash, was in “satlsfac- ' tory” condition after treatment for burns and bruises. The truck driver. Larry Davis. ITwrw T» Pe*» Five) V

President To Speak In Drought Country GOP Is Concerned Over Farm Problem WASHINGTON, UP —President Eisenhower will hit the road next week to make a major speech and several personal appearances in the heart of the drought country where he GOP farm program has been under attack. The administration has made no effort to conceal its concern over the farm problem — falling agricultural prices, mounting surpluses, and the drought Republican leaders admit the party’s chances of winning next year’s congressional elections may depend on how well the issue is met. They hope Mr. Eisenhower’s trip will help quiet some of the present discontent. The President will head for the midwest Thursday after quick* trips to Hershey, Pa.—to celebrate his 63rd birthday—and tp Defiance Ohio—to lay a cornerstone. Thursday night he will address the future farmers of America at Kansas City, Mo. In this he is expected to defend hi administration’s farm record. The next day he will confer with the governors of the 13 drought disaster states. In neighboring Kansas, Mr. Eisenhower will put in an appearance at Salina and visit his home town of Abilene and then, on Oct. 17, take off tor New Orleans where he will review a parade celebrating the sesqulcentennial of the Louisiana Purchase and make a speech. The President will move on to Texas the same day to spend a day with Gov. Allan ShiveYs. Texas, like Missouri and Kansas, was hard hit by the drought. On Monday, Oct. 19, Mr. Eisenhower will join Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines In dedicating the new Faloon Dam on the Rio Grande, returning to Washington the next day. The Hershey, Pa., birthday party will be sponsored by the state (Vasa Te Page rive)

Marines Guard Against Any Korean Move Prepared To Halt Any Korean Effort To Free Prisoners PANMUNJOM. Korea (UP) — American marines manned artillery pieces and tanks near the south entrance to the war prisoners’ stoekafies today to repulse any South Korean attempts to free gS.fiCO anti-Red captives. The leathernecks took up positions which. Until Friday, had been occupied by tough South Korean marines, who were in a spot to lead ROK “Liberators” into the troubled compounds. As the marines began their defense of the Indian - controlled prisoner camp, the neutral nations repatriation commission asked the Communists to begin their to anti - Red prisoners Monday. .1. An observer tor the commission Inspected sites for temporary use ot Communist “brain-washers” and found them suitable for use until the United-. Nations command completes construction of permanent structures. A semi-official spokesman for the Reds had indicated' hours earlier that the Communists might be ’ ready Monday to start attempting to lure the reluctant prisoners back to their homelands. Marine cannoneers and tank men moved into their battle stations on the south bank of the Im Jim River and placed their guns in a position for firing bn any troops trying to enter the compounds. North of Freedom Gate bridge, near the spot where prisoners of both sides went home in “Operation\ Big Switch,’’ the marines stretched wire on both sides of the road and constructed road blockades. The marines’ action followed warnings to the South Korean government from President Elsenhower against attempting to carry out threats to free the anti-Communist prisoners by force. South Korean marines had been occupying the area which was (Turn To Pairc SJx)

92-Year-Old Wren Resident Is Dead Benj. Shook Dies ’>** At Van Wert Today 'Benjamin Shook, S2year-old resident of Wren, 0., died at 7:30 o’clock this morning at the Castle convalescent home in Van Wert, O. He had been in failing health since the death of his wife, Sarah, Jan. 8 of this year. He was born in Van Wert county April 10, mi, a son of William and Susanne Bowers-Shook, and was married Dec. 25, 1888. A lifelong resident of Van Wert county, Mr. Shook was a poultry buyer for 50 years. He was a member of the Wren E.U.B. church. Surviving are four sons, Lawrence of Sturgis, Mich, Lewis of Wren, Theodore of 0., and John Shook of Decatur; three daughters, Mrs. Fannie Wittung of Rockford, O:, Mrs. Tula Curtis of Ottawa, 0„ and Mrs. M. S. Welker [Of Decatur; 31 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchUdren Two daughters and one son preceded him ip death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. EST Monday at the Wren EJ7.B. church, the Rev. Dcfaald Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Wren cemetery. The body was brought to the Zwiek funoral homo whore friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday. The body will lie fa state at tho Wren church from 1:30 p.m.IJST Monday until time of the services.

Churchill Seeking Peace Foundation To Persevere In Big Four Meeting MARGATE, England, UP. — Prime minister Winston Churchill announced today that he will per: severe in seeking a conference of the chiefs of state of the four great world powers. In his first big speech since last June, when illness forced him to take a rest, Churfchill told a Conservative party meeting that he and foreign secretary Anthony Eden are concentrating on finding “a secure foundation for world peace.” With the help of the United States, he said, he ‘hopes it will be possible to avoid a third worlo war T The 78-year-old prime minister also said: 1— He intends to remain in office so that he may be able to help in building a sure and lasting peace. 2— He has no intention of calling a parliamentary election this year and so tar as he can see there will be none next year. The present house of was elected in October, 1951, tor a five-year term. 3 — It was better to be iu gocjd time lu sending troop* to British Guiana, to head off the threat* of a Communist coup, than to be too late. “Sufficient forces to preserve peace and order have now been safely landed.” ■ Churchill thought the ‘‘sense of crisis in our world relations” was less now than it was two years, ago. He recalled to the 4.000 cheering delegates to his Conservative party annual meeting that he had previously proposed “friendly, informal, personal talks between the leading figures” of the Big Four Such talks, he said, “might do good and could not easily do much harm, and one good thing might (Turn To P*<e Six)

State Reformalory ' Head Is Appointed Mew Mexico Deputy Warden Appointed INDIANAPOLIS UP — Ralph Tahash, deputy warden of the New Mexico state prison, today was named ‘superintendent of the Indiana reformatory. Tahash succeeds Jean S. Long, who resigned less than a month ago in a policy dispute and is the latest of a group of out-of-state penal specialists imported by Governor Craig. He takes over Oct. 15, when Long’s resignation is effective. Tahash served for 20 years Ln federal j>risons including penitentiaries at Lewisburg, Pa., Sandstone, Minn., and Alcatras, Calif., and at Nevf York federal detention headquarters. 'Long, a former New York state prison parole officer, served the state less than five months before his resignation, which observers reported was caused by a policy dispute with Hugh P. O’Brien, state corrections commission chairman. Craig said he hired out-of-state personnel because there was a shortage of experts in the state. (His resignation, termed n “shake-up within a shake-up,” was followed in less than 10 days by that of Mrs. Adelins C. Lehman, who quit as head of the Indian* girls’ school. Earlier, Mrs. Laurel Raub resigned as assistant superintendent of the women’s Tahash is the second penal head with federal experience. J, Ellis Overlade, former warden of the federal prison at Terre Haute, is now suprintendent of the Indiana state prison, where O’Brien announced an elementary education program has bee accredited. ■ ■■■lll I . IM Noon Edition

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Opposes Plan To Hand Zone Over To Italy Virtual Ultimatum Served By Tito On Western Powers BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (VP)— President Tito moved troops and armored reinforcements into the Yugoslav sector of disputed Trieste today and served a virtual ultimatum on the United States and Britain to accept a new proposal for 'control ot the disputed territory. > Tito warned the western powers he never will accept the AngloAmerican plan to hand over Zone A of Trieste to Italy. American and British tanks .and troops drew into position just across -the line dividing the two zones, to guard all roads leading to the Yugoslav-occupied area and as a precaution against dUordqrs. Tito’s troops rolled in as 40.000 Communist - led workers in the * Anglo-American zone of the territory staged a 24-hour protest strike against the partition plan. The demonstrators, predominantly Italian, demanded that all Trieste tienitary, be handed to .Italy. It. was feared riots might develop 1 from the demonstrations. Tito ordered three armored divisions into Trieste to reinforce the 3,000-inan garrison already there. Under the terms ot the previous Yugoslavia is entitled to maintain 5,000 troops in its zone. The opposing Yugoslav and Western forces were only a few miles apart. Tito’s new plan for partition of the territory which has been a bone of contention with Italy since the end of World War 11. would make the city of Trieste itself an autonomous area, under Italian control. The rest of the 285-scmare-mile territory. Tito would make an autonomous area under Yugoslav control. warned that Yugoslavia will accept as “an act of aggression’* any. move by Italian troops to move into the area of Trieste the United States and Britain proposed to hand .over to Italy. Yugoslavia, he said, reserved the right to “use force of arms” to protect the peace. Tito’s new plan for the territory represented a mild concession. Previously he has demanded that the city of Trieste be internationalized and the rest of the area be handed outright to Yugoslavia. In a speech at Leskovac. the Yugoslav president said he would never accept the Anglo-American plan to i give Zone A to Italy and

permit Yugoslavia to remain in control of Zone B. . .‘Yugoslav regular army troops began their march into the Yugoslav zone of the territory immediately after Tito had been informed of the Anglo-American plan. Travellers arriving in Belgrade reported seeing large troop units on the move Thursday afternoon along roads leading to Trieste from Dalmatian and Slovenian garrisons. Tito. In making his new proposal. recommended that Zone B — which already b Yugoslav controlled, and “the entire Slovene hinterland of the city of Trieste" be placed under Yugoslav administration “for 10 or more years?’ Governor Returns To Office Monday INDIANAPOLIS UP — Governor Craig will return to the statehouse Monday morning after a two-week illness and will hold his first news conference in several weeks. Both Craig and his executive secretary, WlUiam Clarkson, were expected to put in appearances after spending time in hospitals Clarkson was to be released to. day from Robert *Long Hospital in Indianapolis where ho wont for a check-up Thursday.