Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 255.

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Airliner Down ■ . —I • I ■ 'i m 'r ' ■ I In California With 19 Aboard

HALF MOON HAY. cklif., UPA Trans-Pacific airliner, just three minutes from its destination . after an 8,60Q-nule trip, crashed early today on thb heavily-wooded slopes of a mountain range separating the ocean and ah airport. The burning viTeckage 9 of the giant DC6B was sighted by an 4 Air Force helicopter pilot. Rescuers were dropped by parachute to the scene, half a mile west of scenic Skyline Boulevard and about five miles; Southeast of this historic town. There was no immediate report on survivors. [ ' -- ’■ An air-sea rescue helicopter, with on medical attendant aboard.' landed one-quarter of a mile from the scene. A C-47 from Hamilton air force base arrived over the scene soon after and parachuted men. ■ The four-engined British Commonwealth Paclfih Airlines plane,, with a crew, of nine and 10 passengers aboard, was en route to San Franciscb from Sydney, Australia. It was dud to land at B:4© a.m. PST. I " . Last contact with the plane whs at 8:39 a.m. when it radioed it - • was readying for a normal letdown U and landing, it gave its position at the time as “over Half Moon Bay.’’ There was fog along the coast, but visibility at. the airport was nine miles, with a ceiling of 1200 feet. .. t p s : ’ Inspection Os School Buses Next Tuesday The schedule for school bus inspection, slated in Adams county next Tuesday, is as follows: - " iAt Decatur city parking lot: 8 a;m.. Root, and Preble townships-; 8:45 a.m., St. Mary’s Union "” townships; 9:30 a.m., Adams Central. At Geneva high school: 8 a.ffl., Wabash township; 8:45 a.m., Jefferson and Hartford townships: 9:30 a.m., Berne-French township and Blue Creek towns tip. Two Persons Killed When Auto Hits Post ■ ' ■ ! ' la ELWOOD, Ind. UP — . Two Michigan? persons -were killed today when their auto left Ind. 37. and hit a cement post, apparently, because the driver ielt asleep. I The dead were identifid as Frank J. Crumb. 68, Dafborn, apd v hls alstr-in-la-w, Mrs. Louise Crumb, 48, Detroit. Indianapolis Woman Is Killed By Auto ■IND®AN(A|POIUBB 4P — Mrs. . Carrie Taylor, 65, indianapolls, was injured .fatally Wednesday night whep struck at a pity street, intersection by a car driven by Danny—Belorw:, 17, Indianapolis, police reported. j p -

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South Korean Escapes From Pro-Red Camp Escapes From Camp ifo Ask Return To South Korean Home PANMUNJOM. Korea UP — A South Korean prisoner crawled out of a barbed wire compound under cover of darkness to denounce Communism, the neutral nations repatriation commission said today, raising fears that Red agents may be terrorizing Allied POWs who want to return home. Bombarded with Red charges agents are operating in "anti-Conimunist” compounds, the commission earlier prepared for a politically explosive murder investigation. But the commission’s latest disclosure strongly indicated that fahatical Communists are preventing some unrepatriated Allied prisoners, including 22 Americans, from returning home. The commission announced that a ROK prisoner escaped Wednesday night from the “pro-Cpmmu-nist” camp and ran to Indian guards asking that he be returned \to democracy. Another South Korean escaped at ttye same time from the same camp, but he has not tfeen located. The only American to return from the “pro Communist" camp, Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson, told newsmen that fanatic Reds in tlie camp made it dangerous to talk about returning home. Dickenson had to feign illness to get out of the camp and contact Indian guards. The commission, meanwhile, set the stage for investigating the murder of four anti-Communist Koreans apd Chinese. The five-nation commission said it would have North Korean and ; Chinese Communist prisoners returned from North Korea as witnesses in its investigation of Red charges of murder, and torture in the neutral zone camps. Thi commission, which is deadlocked over procedures to restart the stalled . “explanation” talks to ‘ unrepatriated prisoners ot war, annoiihced Wednesday that four prisoners had been murdered by fellow inmates in the anti-Commu-nist compounds. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight with frost moat aections. Friday partly cloudy and turning cooler north, fair and warmer south. Low tonight 32-38. High Friday 52-60 north, 60-65 aouth. .•\

Baby Sitter's Search Turned To Texas Today Wisconsin Police Admit Probe Has Hit 'Stone Wall' LA CROSSE, Wis., UP — The search for 15-year-old Evelyn Hartley, feared kidnaped by a sex maniac, turned to Texas today as police here admitted their investigation had reached a "stone wall.” A carhop wditress told officers at San Antdnio, Tex., that she served a couple in a car Wednesday night and that the girl looked like Evelyn, who disappeared Saturday from a home where she was working as a baby sitter. The San Antonio carhop, Mrs. Jackie Clark, said she driver of the car was a soldier who asked directions to Fort Sam Houston. Mrs. Clark said the car bore Louisiana license but authorities at New Orleans said Louisiana numbers didn’t go that high. Police were especially interested in the report because Evelyn’s father, Richard Hartley, once taught'at LaMar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Tex., near the Louisiana border. He transferred from there to Eastern Illinois State College in Charleston, 111., before taking an instructorship at La Crosse State Teachers. At a news conference here today, Police Chief George Long said the investigation had hit a “stone wall.” He announced that authorities had printed 20,000 stickers emblazoned “my car is okay” for distribution to garages and filling stations in the La Crosse vicinity. Service attendants will ask permission of motorists to inspect their automobiles and.. affix the stickers to windshields. If a motorist refuses, or if an inspection shows something suspicious such as bloodstains, the attendant will note down the license number tor further investigation by police. Long refused to say whether police now believe Evelyn is dead. “I can’t say,” he told newsmen. “We haven’t much to indicate one way or the other.” \He said prospects of clues were “pretty slim” in connection with a\ box, reportedly containing two blood-stained shirts, found in a railroad station at Milwaukee. The shirts were rushed to the state crime laboratory at Madison, Wis., which is already analyzing: other blood-stained clothing found during the search for the attractive college professors (Ten T» Pb«» Flvei

Ask For Volunteer Census Takers Here Assist In School Survey Census Here A second appeal for one-day volunteer census takers to assist in the school survey census was sent to Decatur public school parents and other interested persons by Mrs. D. Burdette Cueter, chairman of the survey committee for P. T. A. and W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the city school system. = Mrs. Custer stated that it was the hope of the committee to have 100 volunteers Cor Thursday, November 5, and with that number, she continued, “the census can be completed in one day.” Arrangements have been made to permit older students to act as baby sitters for parents with smaller children on census taking day. Principals Bryce Thomas of Lincoln school and Hugh Andrews of Decatur high school both have agreed to cooperate and permit the older students, at written request of parents, to remain at home with the younger children during the time the parents are assisting in the project. The survey committee also has arranged to provide transportation for workers if their own automobiles \ are unavailable for the day, Mrs. Custer announced. Letters have been mailed to all school parents with a volunteer slip enclosed to be returned st once to the survey committee. This part of the survey being conducted by Indiana University school survey division is done locally with all volunteer assistance, it was stated.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday/ October 29, 1953.

Thousands Os Allied '7 a Troops Murdered; Red Atrocities Revealed

■ . 1 Ike Reverses Stand To Sit Out Campaign ' To Aid Republicans In Congressional Campaign In 1954 WASHINGTON, UP—The White House let It be known today that President Eisenhower is for “Republican candidates everywhere”— regardless of the office at stake. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower’s news conference remarks Wednesday about “the necessity of electing Republican members of Congress on the record of the adr ministration” is a sentiment that should not lie limited to candidates for congress. “Just so there is no misunderstanding.” Hagerty said, “that applies likewise to other candidates who are running for the Republican ticket any place.” Specifically, - Hagerty said ItMM applies to the gubernatorial rices In New Jersey and Virginia next week, and the congressional contests in New Jersey and California. With Hagerty’s clarification today, Mr. Eisenhower now seems to have made a 180-degree turn from the position he took last week when he said he didn’t intend to\ make the presidency an agency for use in partisan electionsHagerty emphasized that the’ President’s endorsement of GOP candidates would not involve issuing statements for every contest that “comes along.” Nonetheless his statement that Mr. Eisenhower is “for Republican candidates everywhere” seems to constitute a blanket endorsement of all GOP candidates. In that sense it is a compleet about-face from the President’s week-old resolution to keep the presidency aloof from partisan politics. He chilled some Republican politicians a week ago Wednesday at his news conference by respond ing like this to a question whether he would take part in the 1954 battle to save congress tor the GOP.

Police Car Damaged Here This Morning * Parked Police Car Hit This Morning Decatur’s lone police car was put out of operation thi? morning at 8 o’clock when it was badly damaged a* it stood parked at Fifth and Monroe streets. ‘ As patrolman lEd P. Miller, of 334 Winchester street, stood at the intersection as school children crossed the street, a car driven by Dr. Roy Archbold, 74, of 604 West Monroe street, going east ot Monroe, made a left turn into Fifth and rammed into the parked police car on the south side the street, about 60 to 75 feet from I the intersection, according to officer (Miller’s story. iDr. Archbold was ’ininjured. The police car was hit on the lef‘ front end with apparently great force; the hood was pushed out of place and the tire next to the curtb was crammed in so far that the wheel itself was (bent The frame, however, appeared to be intact, damage estimated by mechanics at h'bout 6350. The garage mechanic said it might be possible to get the car on the street yet today. 7 i ' Dr. Archbold said he might hav-> gone around the corner “too fait,” although he said he doesn’t seem to know exactly what happened; His car is severely damaged in the front end to the extent of about -1200, estimated Iby the ga--rage.

Witnesses Case To | State High Court Case Transferred I To Supreme Court The Jehovah’s Witnesses churph case has been transferred from the Indiana appellate court *o the state supreme court on the ground thst there is a questio i of constiutionality involved. No date has (been set. This was join - ly announced today by attorneys for the litigants, Robert Ande--son for the city board of zoning /appeals; Custer & Smith forth ••) Jehovah’s Witnesses. In the decision of Judge Myles F. Parrish, agreeing wjth the Witnesses, that denial of a permit for the Witnesses to build a church bn the corner of Monroe and Ninth streets was . . . unconstitutional, the court held that . . . the board's denial was “arbitrary and capricious.” Said Judge Parrish: “The court further**’ la that although the zoning ordinance may be valid and constitutfonal. yet the ordinance |ka applied toi the petitioners, i<Witnesses) refurlng to per-* Tmit . . to erect a church . . . (4s) in violation of the (Witnesses) rights under the federal and state •constitution.” The controversial issue Involves the original ruling of city engineer Ralph Roop, denying a building permit to the religious group, /that the Witnesses had not complied with parts of the ordinance that called t for a setback of the proposed building 18.48 feet from the property .-line, and off-street parking of 050 square feet, it was determined 'by the enginee- 1 that the Witnesses had provided for only 14 feet set-back from the property line and *2j24s .square feet of off-street parking. The court held that even though these paifts of the ordinance were not complied with by the Witness (Turn To Fee* Kleht)

No Change Seen In Food Costs In's 4 Forecast Is Made By Ag Department WASHINGTON UiP — Americans will eat about the same amount of food and pay about the same prices for it next year as they did this year, the agriculture depart-’ ment forecast today. It said retail prices “may shade downward seasonally” this fall as supplies of meat and some other foods increase. But the continued high level of consumer income will “maintain demand sufficiently strong to keep retail feod prices fairly stable.” For 1954 as a whole, retail food prices—including meat prices—are expected to average close to this year’s level. At the same time the department predicted that farmers next year will get about 45 cents out o*‘ every dollar which consumers spend on food next year. That would be slightly better than 'this year’s farm share of 44 cents, the lowest since 1941. The rest goer to middlemen. The forecasts were made/in r<s ports prepared by the bureau of agricultural economics sos the 3Hst annual agricultural outlook conference. The bureau said the "relative stickiness” in food processing ind marketing middlemen’s cost will help maintain retail food prices nett year. \ f ' The economists look for increased' use next year of margarine; shortening; frozen fruits, juices and vegetables; sweet potatoes; and chicken. They said relatively little change from 1963 is indicated in next year’s supply and consumption of most other major foods —dairy <Tan T» Pace nnf

Compromise Is Sought To Set Up Peace Talks New Formula From Allies Tatis To Break Deadlock PANMUNJOM (UP) — t United Nations and Communist negotiators looked to Washington and Peiping Thursday for a compromise in setting up the Korean peace, conference after an Allied “new formula” failed to break -a deadlock over neutral participation. ' United States special ambassador Arthur H. Dean proposed. at the fourth day of preliminary talks that the issue of neutral participation at the peace conference be set asied and the time and place for the main talks be discussed. The North Korean and Chinese Communists ignored the new Alc.lied proposal, apparently because they ieetoed "Authorization to discuss it. They were believed to have applied to Pelpinff for guidance. » Dean said after the 2-hour and 25-minute meeting that he expected the Communists to answer his proposal when preliminary talks are resumed at 11 a. m. Friday (9 p. m. EST Thursday). Meanwhile there were reports from Washington the United States and its 16 Korean war allies might agree to India’s attendance at the peace conference during any discussion bn war prisoner problems. 'Dean was informed of the reports and of a British proposal that India be represented at the main talks as an “observer.” Dean consented at the start of the preliminary talks to “listen tc” Communist proposals on the makeup of the conference, but to discuss only time and place. "As long as your side is completely unreasonable on the matter of determining the official agenda and wishes to proceed to substantive discussion of items;” Dean said, “for the sake of progress our side is willing to proceed, for a time, in the interests of cooperative effort and ultimate success, on this irregular basis.” He asked the Communists to choose between the subjects of the time or the place of the conference ( for discussion Friday. Nortl) Korean delegate Ki Suk Bok said that the . Communists “resolutely hold that the political conference should have the par- , 1 (T«ra To Pace six)

Approves Transfer Os Hospital Funds County Council In Session Here Today The county council in special session this morning approved the transfer of/|20,520 and allowed an additional appropriation of |8,420 i for the Adams county memorial hospital. Os the 320,520 transferred, $6,050 capie from unexpended balances in previously appropriated funds. The. appropriations approved include: salary of business manager, >1,050; salary of bookkeepers, 31,300; Salary of technician, 3600: salary of engineer, 3120; salary of nurses 36.000; salaries -of cooks, maids, laundry help and janitor, 35,400. The hospital receives approximately 312,000 from taxes for operating expenses. Funds appropriated today come from current and future Income of the hospital. These amounts were not appropriated previously and will give the hospital funds to carry through this year.

City Will Observe Halloween Friday Parade, Festival Here Friday Night Decatur’s biggest one-night celebration, the annual Callithumpian, followed by the annual PTA festival at the Decatur high school gym, will be held Friday night. Festivities will start promptly at 7:30 o’clock, with the usual colorful parade, forming in the jail yard on First street. The parade will move to Five Points, thence north on Second to Marshall, east to First, south to Jackson, west to Second, and south on Second, where it will break up near the Five Points intersection. If the weatherman’s prediction is accurate, his forecast of fair and cool weather should bring out another record crowd for the Callithumpian, which has drawn thousands of persons to the city ever since its inception in 1925. Colorful high school bands from the surrounding areas in Indiana and Ohio, led by their high-strutting drum majors and majorettes, will lend their music and color to the parade, along with the scores of individuals and groups gayly costumed in an effort to grab a share of the cash prises awarded each year by the Chamber of Commerce. Top prize of |IOO will be presented to the band adjudged tops by the board of judges'. Many individual cash prizes will also be given. These prizes will again be distributed at the Decatur Daily Democrat office, as for many years. Decatur’s retail stores will 3 be open until parade time, with numerous bargains offered for the early birds while waiting for the parade. ' The celebration will not end with the parade. - The annual PTA festival will be held at the high school immediately following the Callithumpian, with penty of fun for all and lots of select goodies to buy.

Anfi-Red Partisans Operate In Germany Several Thousand Reported Active LONDON UP — Authoritative British sources said today that anti - Communist partisan forces operating in Soviet East Germany number several thousand men, apparently directed by a unified command. , , Some preliminary estimates reaching iLondon place the number of the active partisan forces at between 5,000 and 10,000 men. The British sources said the partisan forces, operating in small groups designed to harass Communist police and communications, include a great-number of East Germans who went into hiding ter the anti-Communist revolt of last June 17. \ ■lnformation reaching London from behind the tlror> Curtain said the partisans are well equipped with small arms and ammunition supplied largely from hidden wartime ammunition dumps. British spokesmen said their tipformation indicates the Russians and the East German Communiat regime are more seriously worried by the appearance of the partisan groups then they are willing to admit publicly. Major counter measures, they said, are reported v in preparation. The partisan forces have been increased, they said, by a number ot anti-<Soviet displaced persons and probably by Poles and Czechs whp are opposed to the Red regimes in those lands. An unknown number of Russiaa deserters also are reported active in the partisan forces. ’ British sources say there are strong indications of “some form To Pace Piro)

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United States Bares Savagery ut lomniuntsts Documented Charges Reveal Atrocities Performed By Reds WASHINGTON UP — The United States went before the bar of world opinion today with documented charges that the Communists in Korea murdered thousands of Allied and American troops in ' atrocities rivaling the savagery of Dachau and Buchenwald. In an 87-page white paper made public Wednesday night, the army told how prisoners were hung up by their hands and set afire, how they were stabbed to death with bamboo spears, how they were dismembered, emasculated, or bludgeoned. « The report, drawn from the testimony of 216 survivors and buttressed by grisly photographs, listed 29,815 persons as probable atrocity victims; y €.113 Americans, 5,309 Allied troops, 17,354 Korean civilians and 839 unidentified. Officials said the total may rise as other reports of Red brutality are other reports of Red brutalUy are investigated. The Voice of America beamed broadcasts around the globe in an effort to burn the atrocity story into the minds of men everywhere. Congressmen urged the administration to lay the charges before the United Nations as it did in the case of Communist germ warfare charges. n . The army report was drawn up y in the form of a legal indictmeot. But the accused Communists will never be brought to trial as war criminals even though 250 of them fell into Allied hands. Thirty-four war crimes cases ready to go to trial last June Were dropped when the defendant prisoners were ordered released in the armistice exchange so that Allied POWs would not be held by the Reds for alleged crimes. Any remaining hope for 7,955 American servicemen listed as missing was wiped oiit by ,the evidence cited in the report If they were not the victims of atrocities, it was presumed they were among thousands of Allied troops who died in death marches ot as a result of disease or starvation. More graphically than anything else perhaps, the report’s cold, almost clinical recital of Communist brutality brought home the ugliness of the “little" war in Korea. It showed the almost unbelievable extent to which one human being is capable of offending another. In the case of the “Chinese torture,” a surviving American lieutenant told how wounded prisoners were hung up by their hands, set afire, and when dead or only unconscious stabbed in the eyes with sticks. The army said the massacre” will be recorded in history “along with the rape of Nanking, the Warsaw Ghetto and other similar mass lexecutions.” Communist executioners slaughtered 5,000 to 7,000 inmates of the local jail in cold blood. 11 In another case, 5 American airmen were found with their bodies perforated with bamboo spear wounds. T#o GI artillerymen were found —one dismembered, the other cruelly bayonetted and with his eyes gouged out. The bodies ot 511 Americans were recovered, the report said. Examples of the way they met their death are shown in 28 photographs. ' In making the report publie, army secretary Robert T. Stevens said it was cold clear evidence of the “cold-blooded program ot torture and murder carried on by the Communist enemy In Korea.” The report covers the period from the start of the war to June 30, 1953. It shows the North Kor(Twa Te Pawe rtvej