Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 282.

Russian Says U. S. Atrocity Charges False Vishinsky Declares American Charges ■ Flagrant Concoction BULLETIN j UNITED NATIONS, N, Y. > United States challenged Russia today' to permit an irhpartial commission to go fjto Korea and China and investigate charges of Communist atrocities against United Nations troops and civilians. UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP — Russia declared today that American of Communist atrocities in Korea' were "a flagrantly concocted falsification’ ’designed to "cover up the most grievous crimes against peace and rfaumanity” by United Nations forces. Soviet delegate Andfei Y. Vishihsky told the general assembly that the American charge that more - than j 35,000 persons—including 10,000 G Is—were killed in cold blood or tortured to death was "an un- *■ x precedentedly cynical and coWard- | ' ly maneuver” on the part of the United States. < The wily Russian purge trials Prosecutor took an unprecenented s'ep when he demanded a quorum — C JII of the assembly at the start,of his debate. A, roll-call showed a quorum of 46 of the 60 member countries. Vishinsky said the 162 pages of evidence of brutal Communist atrocities presented to the assembly by U. S. ambassador Henry Cabot Ljodge Jr., were in the same category as an earlier report by Col. James W. Hanley, chief of the war crimes division in Korea, which the Russians havd repeatedly ly denounced. ? "It is redolent of slander and mendacious data concerning facta that never took place,’? he said. < "It .is a repetition of attempts made as early as whose main aim i was to wreck the Pannftdn jom talks then in progress. There was a need for a propaganda campaign among the armed forces ip Korea in ordei 1 to paralyze the widespread desire for peace among the servicemen at the front,” Vishinsky charged that Hanlev “is the power behind the whole — dirty concoction” and said Hanley war crimes evidence aS "dynamite to blow up the peace talks in Korea.” "The whole story of alleged atrocities ascribed to North Korea and Communist China,” he said, “is an unprecedentedly cynical s and cowardly maneuver to cover dp the most grievous crimes against peace and hUmanity.” / An indication of the tack Vishinsky would take was laid, down 7 Monday by Polish deputy foreign minister Marian Naszkowski. He said the United States sir force killed many prisoners in Communist hands through indiscriminate napalm bombing. ,>■ U. S. ambassador Henry Cabot <T«ra Tn Faw Eight) . , ~7 , , rs- ——rAIke Still Hoping To Balance Budget Treasury Secretary SpeaksvFo Bankers HOLLYWOOD, Fla. UP —Secretary of the treasury George M, Humphrey said today the Eisenhower administration has “nqt y ; abandoned effort to hope for an early balanced budget,” but this goal canpot We Reached as “rapidly - as we all might wish.” He told the annual meeting of i the investment bankers association that any big spending cuts will have to be made in the defense budget, because that is “such '*■ a large percentage of our total expense A’ , " J He cautioned, however, that “we ■ cannot swing a broad ax in cutting these expenses, if by so doing it affects the security of our cotin--7 tty.” He told the bankers’ group rapid defense spending cuts jean be made only in two ways: “By eliminating extravagance and by getting mor? defense for less money.” Both take time and careful planning, he said. Humphrey said the administration will make a "modest start” on tax reduction next year, with emphasis on removing obstacles to business growth. He did not mention possible tax increases. that the Jan. 1 tax cuts, although provided for -by a Democratic congress, “would not have been possible except for -1 the reductions in spending which this administration has been able to achieve since last January.”

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THE NATION'S youngest Eagle scout, Kenny Grant, 12 years, 7 months old. is congratulated by his father. Scoutmaster W. E. Grant, on being awarded Eagle rank in Los Angeles. Scoutmaster Grant also holds Eagle rank. Kenny actually passed tests Oct. 13. He has 34 merit badges.

U. S. Willing To Accept Big Four Meet Bid Willing To Accept If Soviet Proposal Revealed As Good WASHINGTON UP -* Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said today the United States would accept Russia's plan for a Big Four foreign ministers 'meeting if a study shows th*t the proposal is a gpod one. ' Dußes also told a news conference that Russia's willingness to join in such a meeting represents a diplomatic victory for the west. He said it is a victory In the sense that in the past Russia had imposed conditions that were unacceptable. Now, he said, the Soviet appears to be reversing Itself. But Dulles emphasized that the United States still wants to study all the fine print of the Russian proposal before accepting it. Dulles also said he wants the views of the West G erma b government. He said he expects the Soviet proposal to be considered at the forthcopiing Bermuda conference of President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill and French Premier Laniel. _ A He said it now remains to be seen whether Russia is willing to peimit a breath of freedom to touch behind tbe Iron Curtain. If not, he said, he sees little chance of success for a Big Four foreign ministers conference’ Dulels wil laccompany Mr. Eisenhower to Bermuda. If Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles can get Allie dagreement on the ground rules for a meeting with the Soviets, they will agree, to a foreign ministers.’ parley with the Russians. But informants said the administration believes it is essential that the Soviet proposals be reduced to “some manageable form for a meeting.” American officials studying the Soviet note feel that the Russians want to start a four-power meeting with a discussion of world tensions, including talk on Red China; then take up general questions otEuropean security and talk about Germany if any time, is left. This raises the prospect of a meeting i.of many weeks with no firm results, It would be better. Officials said, to make certain in advance that Germany and Austria will be the first order of business. The state department has had a hard time warming up at all to the Soviet note. It labelled it right off as “disappointing.” The note was regarded as a deceptive shift in procedure by the S oviets who dropped their previous demands that a five-power meeting with Red China precede a fourpower parley. y The first inkling of a shift in the American position was given Monday by Dulles in a formal statement before a house committee investigating Russia’s 1940 seizure of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. “We approach a possible meting with the representatives of the Soviet Union,” Dulles said, adding that this government welcomes a chance to settle specific disputes. “But let me also assure you of this. We do not look on tbe conference table as a place where we (Ten Te Pace Fiver

AWOL Soldier Held - '' I ; IFor Check Forgery Willshire Youth Is Token In Custody An anonymous tip to Sheriff Bob Shraluka Saturday evening resulted in the capture of an A.W.O.L. soldier from Willshire, 0., and his admission of forging four checks in Decatur since October. _ An affidavit charging forgery has been filed in the Adams circuit court against Rex Rankins, 18, absent without leave from Fort Knox, Ky., since Friday night. Rankins was arraigned on forgery charges In Adams circuit court this afternoon and was not permitted to enter a plea unless represented by counsel. Judge Myles F. Parrish appointed D. Burdette Custer, local attorney, pauper attorney for the; youth. soldier, Laneul Stanscomb, 17, Bedford, was picked up with Rankins but was absolved from any part in the check schemes and was taken in tow by military police at the county jail this morning. in a statement at the county jail, Rankins admitted beginning forging checks, using the name Fred Ldutzenheiser, Blue Cre?k township, in late October. Deputy sheriff Merle As folder said he has been checking on rubber checks made out to James L. Martin, a friend of Rankins, since the checks first started bouncing two months ago. Rankins admitted passing spur ious checks at Hoosier Pete’s gas station, Decatur, for $45; at the M & C Truck Stop, Decatur, SSO (of which no trace has been found as yet); Decatur Newsstand, SSO; and Myers Home & Auto Supply. SSO. x Sheriff Bob Shraluka. in a statement to a reporter, said Rankin was arrested on Madison street about 20 minutes after he cashed the last check at the auto store Saturday night. Shraluka said he called for the aid of officers Dale Death and Ed P. Miller, who picked up Rankin’s companion, also A.W.0.L., about a half hour after Rankin’s arrest. In three check passes the draws were on the First State Bank of JJecatur, the one passed at Hoosier Pete’s to a Rockford, 0., bank. With the exception of the check passed at Hoosier Pete’s, which was made out to James L. Martin, the three others were made out to himself. Rankins would buy something from each of his victims,' ask if he could use a check, the payee on which be would represent as himself, and endorse it on the back. The maker, however, was always the same, Fred Lautzenheiser. J Deputy Affolder said he had been following down slim clues since the checks first started showing. The deputy said he went to Rockford, 0., and Willshire, learning that Lautzenheiser had been friendly with Rankins prior to Rankins entry in the service. State detective Truman Bierie has been called into the case because the handwriting facilities of tbe state police are to be used In setting up a case against Rankins, Affolder said. * A conviction on a charge of forgery is punishable by from 2-14 years in prison.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December, 1, 1953.

Two Indiana Banks Are Robbed This Morning; $53,000 Cash Obtained

John F. Dulles Lashes Out At Sen. McCarthy Lashes Criticism Os Administration Foreign Policies WASHINGTON UP —Secretary, of state John Foster Dulles, with' President Eisenhower’s blessing, today lashed out vigorously at Senr Joseph R. McCarthy's criticism of the administration's foreign policies. 1 Dulles opened his weekly news conference with a prepared statement clearly designed as an answer to the attack McCarthy made last week in a nationwide televisionradio broadcast. “Sihce I met with you last week,” Dulles told reporters, "there has been a widely-publicized criticism of this administration's foreign policy. “The burden of that criticism was that we spoke too kindly to our allies and sent them ‘perfumed’ notes, instead of using threats-and Intimidation to compel them to do our bidding. “I welcome constructive criticism. But the criticism I refer to attacks the very heart of JL foreign policy.” ..] Dulles specified that he had conferred wjth President Eisenhower on the statement. He said the administration firmly believes in treating allies as friends rather than “satellites,:'' and added: “These fundamentals of our foreign policy were agreed on by Presidept Eisenhower and me be-’ fore 1, took, my present office. These principles still stand.” It was at this point that Dulles said Mr. Eisenhower was aware of his statement and that he had com ferred on it with the President. The statement was the first answer from any top administration leader to McCarthy’s criticism. McCarthy told his nationwide audience last Monday night the Eisenhower a d m i n i s t r a ti o n had “stuck out” on the security case of career diplomat John Paton Davies Jr. He also criticized its (Turn Ta Pace Ftve> Community Center Plans January 10 Directors Confer Here With Architect Plans and specifications for Decatur's Youth and Community center will be ready about January 10, L. L. Rado, New York architect, who is designing the building, informed the directors of Decatur Memorial Foundation, yesterday. The architect conferred with the directors and members of the ad-| visory building committee in a meeting Monday afternoon at the Citizens Telephone company office. The facade of the proposed building will be 225 feet in length facing U. S. highway 224. Alternate^bids on reducing the east wing, designated as the auditorium, will be asked from the contractors. This space might be reduced, if construction coast exceed the amount of money available. There will be no reduction in the youth center quarters, Separate contracts will be negotiated for kitchen equipment, furniture and other equipment .required in the building. The directors hope to receive bids from contractors early in February, so that cdnstructlon can start 'with the first break of spring ■weather. INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. Wednesday and warmer with occaoional rain Wednesday or 'Wednesday night. Low tonight 32-36 north, 36-42 south; high Wednesday near 50 north, 55-60 south.

Charge Violation Os International Law . Failure To Account For War Prisoners UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. UP — Th? United States accused Russia today of "serious violations” of international law in her failure to account for World War II prisoners of war and told the Malenkov administration it could lessen world tension by clearing up the eight-year-old mystery. The U. S. indictment of Russia was delivered to the U. N. social, humanitarian and cultural committee by South Carolina Governor James F. Byrnes of the U. S. delegation, former secretary of state. The committee is considering peaceful means of solving the prisoner problem. I » “The failure of the Soviet government to act in the past was the failure of another administration," he said. “Now we have a new administration of the Soviet government. “The Soviet delegation at this session of the general assembly has spoken many times of tbe need to alleviate world tension. If the present leaders of the Soviet Union are sincere in their desire to allevlape world tension, this ' problem of World War-H prisoner* of war offers them one excellent opportunity to prove th?ir slncerjity. Byrnes backed up charges made to the U. N. Monday by representatives of Japan. West Germany and Italy that some 400,000 of their nationals who were taken prisoner have never been account- . ed for by the Soviets and their Red satellite*. Phil Sauer Injured In Crash In Illinois Decatur Man Hurt In Auto Accident Phil Sauer, Gl, 1104 Nuttman avenue, was reported in good con dition at the Hinsdale sanitarium. Hinsdale, lIL, following a headon collision Monday seven miles south of Hinsdale on route S 3, In which one man was killed. A spokesman ai the sanitarium said Sauer, who was on a selling trip for the Burk Elevator, Co., of this city was suffering a compound fracture of his left leg, brok en in three places, and some facial lacerations. Word received here revealed that Sauer also has a broken hip: It was also suspected that he might be suffering fn ternal injuries but the nurse indicated it was too early to, tell His front teeth were knocked out. Dead as a result of the collision was the driver bf the other car, John P. McGinnis, 44, Chicago. Avon Burk, employer of Sauer at the local grain elevator, said the victim was on his way to Mapleton,(,Minu , on a regular sail- ■ ipg trip, having , started out from Decatur Monday morning at about 8 o’clock. None of Sauer’s family Could be reached this morning and it is presumed they are in Hinsdale. Christmas Shopping Hours For Decatur For the convenience of Christmas shoppers, Decatur stores will be open Wednesday night of this week and all day Thursday, a practice which will continue here until Christmas. < Stores will be open each Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon of Dec. 24. Beginning Wednesday, Dec. 16, stores will be open each night up to and including Dec. 23, with the establishments closing at the usual 5 or 5:30 o’clock closing times Dec. 24, Christmas Eve.

Ex-Governor Os Michigan Crash Victim Kim Sigler, Three Componions Die In Plane Crash Monday BATTLE CREEK, Mich., UP — Former Gov. Kim Sigler died a fiery death when his light plane smashed into a television tower late Monday. Three companions died with the 59-year-old former chief executive of Michigan. \ \ Sigler, who learned to fly during his 1947-48 term as governor was returning from an inspection of his Louisiana properties when plane he was piloting hit the tower during a heavy overcast. Killed along with him were his long-time secretary, ißvth Prentice, 44, of Lansing; Harold Schuyler, 37, also of Lansing, and Schuyler’s 28-year-old wife. The two women were sisters. . The ' four-plac«i Beechctaft Bonanza toppled the 550-foot transmitter tower of WBCK-TV when it struck it at 4:40 p.tn. EST, about 20 minutes after it took off from South Bend, Ind., on the final leg of. its trip to Lansing. Civil *Aerornauties Administration officials said there was a ceiling of about 400 feet at the time, allowing some 150 feet of tbe tower to project into the overcast. One of Sigler's business associates said the former Republican governor considered hipiself a “great instrument flyer”' and probably had no qualms about the flight despite bad weather. Royal Herman, a farmer who witnessed the crash, said tbe plane was enveloped in flames shortly after it struck the ground. “It was very foggy,” Herman said. “There was a flash when it hit. The plane spun and came down. I ran over. Just before 1 got there, the fuel tank blew up.’ The four bodies were taken to a Battle Creek funeral home pending funeral arrangements. The governor’s wife, May, was visiting one of their two daughters, Mrs- Betty Slattery, at Car mel, Calif., at the time of tbe crash. jThe other daughter, Mrs. Richard Gossett, lives at Tulsa, Gkla. Leo A. Child Dies Early This Morning Dies In Sleep At Hotel In Columbus Leo A. Child, 68, Findlay. O„ industrialist and president of the Krick-Tyndall Co.. Decatur, died in his sleep at a hotel in Columbus, 0.. early this morning, according to word received here by friends today. Mr. Child, who had been in ill health tor several years, had gone with other associates to Columbus on business. When he failed to arise this morning at his usual time a physician was summoned and he was found dead in his bed. The attending physician stated that he had been dead about three hours. Well known in. Decatur, Mr. Child made frequent trips to De catih* and remained active in his many business enterprises in spite of his failing health. The body was removed from Columbus today to his home in Findlay but funeral arrangements have not been learned. A son, James Child, associated with his father in his business operations, was in Chicago when notified of bis tether’s death. Dan Tyndall, local plant manager was enroute to a meeting in southern Indian*. Tyndall and Mr. Child were long time business associates and the former returned to this eity and will go on immediately to Findlay.

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Joint Rotary, Lions Meeting On Thursday C. Emmet Eiler To Speak At Meeting C. Emmet Eiler. assistant superintendent of public instruction, will relate some of his experiences as a school administrator, . including those as superintendent of Ameri-. can schools in Wiesbaden. Germany, at a joint meeting ofi the Rotary and Lions clubs Thursday evening at the K. of P. home. A native of this county. Eiler was born in Kirkland township. He has had an outstanding career as an educator, school executive and as an army communications .security officer overseas in World War 11. He was appointed assistant spite superintendent under Wilbur Young, Indiana superintendent by Gov. George Craig. Highlights of his interesting and successful career as an educator will be given in his talk, "The Hoosier School Master in Germany." Eiler received his bachelor of arts degree from Manchester college and his master’s from the University of Chicago. He served as school principal in Fremont and Avilla, followed by 30 months service overseas with the U. S. army. Following the' war, he became school principal at Plainfield and in 1949 went to Germany where he served as superintendent of the Wiesbaden-American schools, returning to Indiana last 'year to receive his state appointment. He studied in Vienna before the war.’ W. Gtiy Brown, superintendent of city schools. will have charge of the program. He stated that Eiler would visit the local schools during the afternoon. Indicate New Clue To Ransom Money Signed Statements Made By Hall, Heady JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. UP — Authorities indicated today they may have a nw clue to the mi »s---ing $300,000 Greenlease ransb.j money. The possible new clue lay in a detailed signed statement given to officials Monday hy Carl Austin Hall and his accomplice, jtfrs.' Bonnie Brown Heady,, in th'* death row prison cells. Circuit attorney Edward L. Dowd and St. Louis police chief Jeremiah O’Connell took the statement to learn more about a "mystery man" mentioned in Hall’s original confession. They reported | their efforts "well worth the time." j The two officials said the new statement would be taken to St Louis for comparison wih "other statements" including those by Louis Shoulders, resigned police lieutenant, cab driver John Hage~ and patrolman Edward Doland. Hall first mentioned the “mystery man" in his 37-page confession to FBI agents. He said the man was in the vicinity when the .Tarn Te Paste Eiaht

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Jasonville And Walton Banks Robbed Today Cashier And Wife Terrorized Over 11-Hour Period JASONVILLE, Ind.. UP — Two Indiana banks 130 miles apart were held up within three hours today and robbed of an estimate:! $53,000. In one robbery, three ban4tts got |4o.of<D after kidnaping and terrorizing a cashier and his wife for 11 hours. The Jasonville People’s Trust Co. was robbed about 7 a.m. CST by three men who seized and injured cashier John W. Pope and waited for. hours, holding Pope and his wife at gunpoint, to ro’j the bayk at daybreak. Three ’hours later, the Cass County State Bank at Walton, northeast of Jasonville, was robbed of $12,000 to $13,000 by two men who held up president L. H. Babb while three customers and two other bank employes went on about their business not knowing what was happening. It was the second time in less than two years that two banks ..were robbed in Indian? on the I same day. Pop® was knocked unconscious as he entered hW-hotel apartment aC 8 p.m. Monday and whs held at gunpoint all night. His wife, Stella, was seized as she came home from a church meeting. Both were believed taken in separate automobiles and driven around the countryside during the night. * Pope was forced to open the bank and a vault at 7 a.m. The bandits took the money in bills of small denomination and fled after warning Pope not to call police. Shortly before S a.m., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Croft, the proprietors of The hotel where the Popes lived, found Mrs. Pope tied to her bed. They called police chief Oscar Suthard, who found Pope sitting alone and badly frightened in the bank, fearful of leaving because the men had threatened to harm his if he did. ; ' Suthard said the Popes were held in their room for about seven hour*. The n>en Apparently took the couple to separate cars about 3 a.m. One of them drove Mrs. Pope and the other two forced Pope into the second car and blindfolded him. Pope told Suthard the f men walked into his unlocked room while he was in the lobby and hit hi mon the head with a gun when Jie entered the room. He regained consciousness as Mrs. Pope entered a few minutes later. The bank is a branch of the People’s Trust Co. of nearby Linton. . \ . Pope, a cripple described as being lu poor health, said the money the meh took was mostly in $5, $lO and S2O bills. He said they overlooked “a lot of money In the vault.” State police said they notified the federal bureau of investigation at Terre and FBI agents were investigating. The FBI also investigated the Wafton robbery. Babb said two men both six feet tall or taller entered the bank at (Tan Ta Pace Elckt)

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