Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1956 — Page 2

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Writer Describes New Defense Warning Line

(Editor's Not*: A new detenu* warning line, stretching 300 miles across Canada's desolate subarctic, is being built by Canada 400 miles north of the U. S. border. Thia is th* second lino any attacker would have to breach to launch an attack on the United States and southern Canada. The othjpr is the so-called DRW line. Charles Corddry, United Press military affairs writer in Washington, • has Just completed a 4.200-mile tour of the new line. Corddry has written a series of three dispatches describing the new line, and the obstacles that had to be conquered in building it. The first dispatch follows.) ’ By CHARLES CORDDRY CRANBERRY PORTAGE, Manitoba (UP) — Jet Interceptors and guided missiles, may be moved into the Canadian subarctic in a few years to form a new forward defense line against Russian jet bombers and missiles. Authorities seem confident that defenses can be mounted in this bleak, sparsely populated territory even against the dread intercontinental ballistic missile — the city wrecker that will streak 5.000 miles in a half hour or less. These prospects became Jcnown today following a tour by Canadi-

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an. British and American newsmen of the 170-milhon-dollar electronic "burglar alarm” or warulng Hue Canada is rushing toward completion by uext Jap. 1. The Mid-Cangdu lino, latest addition to the continental air raid warning system, stretches some 3,000 miles from Labrador's rocky coast to thef Pacific generally along the 55 th parallel 400 miles north of the U. S. border. It is l.opo miles south of the 400-milUopdoHar distant early warning (DEW) Hue at the top of the continent on the Arctic shore. The MC line is distinguished by a continent-wide string of steel towers rising as high as 350 feet, with sensitive dish-shaped antennas on top. It will start operating at least sig months or possibly a year ahead*of the American-built DEW Hue which was started later. The Mtd-Canada line is 500 to 700 miles north of key industrial targets and strategic air command bases in the northern United States. Authorities say it give at least one hour’s warning of attack by Russia's Bison heavy jet imiabers. Because of Russian weapons advances, serious study is being given to the possibility of converting the ''line,” five or six years hence, from a simple warning system to a full-fiedged defense line with planes

egg ml*»i|es. Red Bison boi&ors, pilotless gircraft and ballistic ftisailss drastic ally narrsw the interval between warning and actual attack. Canada whose air defense* are iutarwovsn with America’s, now believes for exptnplt that the PEW ling may afford only about two hours warning of jet bomber attack. When the liny was conceived in 1953. Russia was flying piston-engine bombers like the U S. B-29 and a four-to-six hour warning was forecast. Construction of the Mid-£anadu Hue represents a mighty obOquest Os th* North. The 3.500 men on the job. including 294 Cree Ipdiuu# and 50 Eskimos, have ovgreome obstacles of terrain apd climate that prigiuolly looked insurmountable, -except the Russian threat. The transportation job required not oyly such conventional means Everything argued against the job as rail, ship and air, but canoes, long traetpr trains moving over snow, and “swamp buggies.” A six-day tour — with all dispatches read by Royal Canadian air force officers before publication to prevent security leaks—cah not result in a complete appraisal of the warning line. But some facts can be given: I.' The Mid-Canada line, unlike the J)EW line, is not a radar system that can track and pinpoint an invader’s position. Il is an electronic "fence,” designed at McGill University, Montreal, to “confirm" an attack after the DEW line has given first warning and alerted de-

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feuseg pn the U. B.4pansdiag border. 2. It pan detect plahfs at height* above the ability of any preheat manned bombfr to fly," lh» RCA? says. It can tell whether they are going north or south- H caa uot give precise altitude or course. 3. When the line is breached, the electronic towers send signals to machines in Mihicb automatic pen recorders trace data on paper tapes. Tapes from thf machines, which are located in the few “main" stations on the line, are studied by air officers. Appropriate warnings are flashed to interceptor headquarters and other forces controlled from the Pinetree line along the Cauadian-U. S. border. 4. The number of stations on the line is secret. But one may guess there are 85 to 100. Most are “intermediate" stations, consisting only of a tower and a steel-frame, concrete - floored building which houses diesel power units and offers living facilities for two civilian technicians. The plan is to have the intermediate stations operating automatically after (he first year, with helicopter visits every two weeks or as necessary for maintenance. 5. Main stations — small settlements comprising operations and administration buildings, barracks, mess hall and aircraft hangar — receive information, evaluate and disseminate it throughout the continental air defense system. Since national defense minister Ralph Campney has said a main station will have about a 100-man complement and the whole line will be manned by 800. there obviously are not many main stations. Personnel will be chiefly civilian, with a tew air officers handling military operations. 6. Jamming of both DEW and Mid-Canada stations can be done to some unknown extent, because both use electronic waves for aircraft detection. But authorities say they have built in the best antijamming techniques known. Any large-scale jamming effort would itself be an attack warning. 7. In order that identification of aircraft will work, controls will have to be imposed on friendly planes flying in the Mid-Canada area. But inconvenience will be offset by improved navigation aids and traffic control. (Next: Operation Helicopter.) Charge Emergency Cail Off Search For Survivors Os Ship OSLO, Norway (UP)—A U. S. embassy official flew to Harstad in northern Norway today to investigate charges that a lack of emergency equipment was responsible for the loss of 32 lives in the sinking of' the American freighter Pelagia last Saturday. Vice Consul Michael Newllif planned an official U. S. inquiry into circumstances of the sinking of the iron o?e carrier. An embassy spokesman here refused to comment on charges made by Lawrence T. Rediess, Central City. Colo., that rescue equipment was insufficient to save the lives of 32 crewmen. Rediess was one of only five men who survived. He said be planned to sue the owners of the ship. Rediess charge was Supported by another rescued crewman, i Demetrius Had jo Costas, Balti-, more, Md. > T The search for other possible j survivors was called oft Monday f night. Ships in the Vestfjorden where the Pelagis went down will still keep watch for survivors, but ■ officials here said all hope was' gone. DAV Day At Marion Is Well Attended The D. A. V. day held at the Marion Veteran's home recently, was well attended. Representatives were there from Indianapolis, Sfuth Bend 6 and 96. Fort Wayne Terre Haute. Logansport, Muncie. 1 and 40, Portland, Hartford City. Anderson. Hammond. Lafayette and Decatur 9L s ’ Those attending from the Decatur group were state commander Gerald Smitley and family, Martha Sommers. Alice Eyansqn, and Catherine Stalter. October 7 will be Decatur day at the Veteraps hospital at Lafayette hospital. 7 " 7 Mrs. Kpblick Dies At Home In Geneva . Mrs. Dorothy Beatrice JCoblick. 44. wife of Anthony Koblick. died, unexpectedly at 5 p.tn. Monday at her home in Geneva. She had been HI for several years. Surviving in addition to the himband are a laughter. Betty, at 'home, and a brother. Walter Mesel of Chicago. Fjmeral services will be held at tO a.uu Thursday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home at Geneva. Dr. A. B. McKain officiating. Burial wilt, be in liiverside cemetory at] leneva. Friends way cal} as th<‘ <ka k tinr | evening. 1

GOP 'Truth' l Squads Start : Campaign Tour Eisenhower Speaks At Kickoff Breakfast Meeting At Capital WASHINGTON (UP) — Presi- . dent Eisenhower today urged Re publican leaders to go to the people with the “truth” during the , 1956 campaign and let the Demo- ( crats ”do the yelling.” Mr. Eisenhower spoke at a breakfast at National Airport nt a kickoff for the campaign tour of Vice President Richard M. 1 Nixon. About 250 Republican leaders were present for the ham-and-eggs breakfast which also marked the departure of five other Re- : publican campaign teams. Mr. Eisenhower spoke after 1 GOP national chairman Leonard W. Hall had introduced members of a Republican “truth squad," which will tour the country. 1 “I see no reason for going to ■ the public with anything but the truth," Mr. Eisenhower said. I He said the GOP does not need to claim perfection for the admin--1 istration. 1 Where there have been failures. 1 .Mr. Eisenhower said, they were "because of circumstances often beyond our control.” For example, he said, while > world peace may nos yet be secure, thousands of American ■ mothers are thankful that their sons are not fighting. The President said the econom , ic situation is ogod although , there may be trouble spots. As for th.e farmers, he said, they have been taken out of a system which . failed to work and have been . given hope of getting their fair [ share of the national income. Speaking after Mr. Eisenhower, , Nixon said GOP campaigners should “look at the record." "We don't have to whitewash it with clever quips pr fancy ' pharses." Nixon said. “Plain talk will do the job. "The American people under the Eisenhower administration have had the best four years of their lives.” Nixon acknowledged that the campaign slogan, "let's look at the record." originated with a Demo4pratic presidential candidate, for- „ men Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York. But he said it was proper to quote a Democrat since the GOP hopes to get “millions of Democrats” to vote for the administration this fall. Turning to Mr. Eisenhower. Nixon said: . “We are proud of the leadership , you have given us. We will see you on Nov. 6 with the results . . and they are going to be good.” After the breakfast, Mr. Eisen--1 hower accompanied Nixon out to the airport Tamp to board his ' chartered plane. The President then left the airport to return to the White House. Nixon and his wife. Pat. took off at 7 k. m. for their 16-day tour of 32 states. Hall described the 15.-900-mile swing as "the most ex- , tensive 'prop stop’ tour in American political history." -.. ' Senate GOP leader William F. Knowland. house GOP leader Jo- ■ seph W. Martin Jr., secreiary of interior Fred A. Seaton. Rep. i Charles A, Halleck (Ind.), and the 1 four members of the Republican ‘ "truth squad” took off in rapid j succession in other chartered I planes. Nixon's first stop was Indianapolis. i Six Second-String Reds Are Sentenced Violation Os Smith Act Brings Terms N’EW YORK (UP)—Six secondstring Communist leaders received 'prison- sentences Monday for violating the Smith act. Attorneys for the six announced ythat they would appeal their sentences. ranging from one to five years, for conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of government' I Alexander Trachtenberg, 72. for liner national Communist party eonfinittee man. received the lightest sentence —one year, because of his age. William Norman. 55. executive secretary of the New York State Communist party, received the heaviest, five years. ■ Others sentenced were George Blake Charney, 52. acting state party chairman, two years; Fred M- Fine, 42. public affairs secretary of the party, four years; Sidney Stein. <2, BHrtstant national labor secretary, three years and James F. Jackson. 41, southern regional director, two years. The six were convicted July 31 after a three month trial before Federal Judge Alexander B'icks, who 'imjwsed the 1 Tiatle iu a uood Town — Dtcalur.

Annual Convention Os Lutheran Laymen District Meeting Held At Lafayette The 12th annual convention of the Northern Indiana district of the Lutheran laymen's league was held last weekend at Lafayette. Approximately 65 from the Decatur Zone attended. William Selking, of Preble, president of the Decatur zone represented this area at the resolutions committee meeting held at the Purdue Union Saturday evening. ffutiemeler, of Friedheim. was iwWarge of a bus which picked up passengers at several of the area churches, stopped at Peru for church services. and arrived in Lafayette shortly before the afternoon business sessions. Immanuel, of Union township, was awarded the district runner-up trophy of the dartball tournament which was held in Decatur last spring. Edgar Thieme, team captain, accepted the award. The convention business session was held in St. James Lutheran church. The district will again sponsor the broadcast of the Lutheran Hour over two South American stations. The district Valparaiso University scholarship was continued and a new one at that university was established for the Lutheran deaconess association. Elmer Kraemer, editor of the Lutheran Laymen, reported on national L L. L. projects. D. H. Callow of Decatur discussed Lutheran Hour activities in the district. Adolph Dietrich, of Hoagland, was reelected vice-president. A special resolution of thanks to the Reb. Edgar P. Schmidt of Decatur. who recently retired as district pastoral advisor, was passed. The Decatur zone enrolled 39.8% of its communicant membership in the league, and each of its membership secretaries received an award pin. Arthur Fielder, of Bethlehem. Ossian, won special recognition for having enrolled 79% of his congregation. The Rev. H. F. Gericke. a U. S. army chaplain who had served the high Nazi war criminals at Netirenberg just before their execution, was the principal speaker at the banquet. Herman H. Krueckeberg and Louis A. Jacobs, of Decatur, were awarded past-president pins. Autumn Weather Is • • Prevalent In State 'Warmer Weather Is Forecast Wednesday By UNITED PRESS Crisp autumn weather held sway over Hoosierland today. Temperatures tumbled into the high 30s. " But they. were due to warm up Wednesday. —lt was 39 at South Bend and f Lafayette this morning. 41 at Fort Wayne. 42 at Indianapolis and 45 at Evansville. The cold night came after a relatively cool day Monday with' high temperatures ranging between South Bend’s 65 and EvaaaviUe’s 76. The mercury was scheduled to peak at highs ranging from 70 north to the mid-70s elsewhere this afternoon. Tonight's lows will range from 44 to 50. and Wednesday highs will be generally in the 80s from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River. It may get as warm as 85 at Evansville Wednesday, the weatherman said There was no hint of showers before Thursday at the earliest. The outlook for that day was mostly fair and cop] north, partly cloudy with chance of a few light ! showers south and.turning cooler., At Indianapolis, weather ob-, servers reported seeing. -a "very brilliant" parhelia at 7:15 a. m. CDT. A parhelia is better known j as a "sun dog.” It is caused by reflection of sunlight on ice crystals. One weather observer at the Weir Cook Municipal Airport wbather station in the Hoosier capital said it was the most brilliant he had seen in 26 years of work as a meteorologist. Six From County At International 'Schooling began Monday at International Business College in Fort Wayne, for six local people. James Lee Holt: a graduate of Decatur high school, entered the business administration sehooL and beginning studies in the business administration and finance school, are: Robert Ehrsam. a graduate of Adams Central high school. Clarence Zimmerman, a graduate of Pleasant Mills high school, and Floyd C, Braun, a graduate of Brunnerdale Seminary high school. The professional accounting school has appealed to t.wo local students, and they also began training there Monday. They are Carolyn King, 'a - graduate of Pleasant Mills hig h school, and.. Gerald Vo jjle-wflf-. a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school.

Kefauver Promises Dixon-Yates Fads GOP Public Power Policies Scored LACROSSE, Wls. (UP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Estes Kefauver charged today that the Elsenhower administration has set out to sabotage the rural electrification administration by trying to reduce Its funds and cut off its sources of cheap public power. The lanky Tennessean turned to the public power issues on the fifth day of a 16-day campaign swing by plane and auto through 15 states from Florida to Washington state. He promised to give “the full facts of the Dixon-Yates scandal” tonight in a major speech at a political dinner sponsored by the building trades unions in Minneapolis. He said he would show “how the justice department under the Elsenhower administration misrepresented the public” in the Dixon Yates matter which he called “the worst deal since Teapot Dome.” He labeled the justice department’s part in the case as “unsavory.” The Minneapolis speech was billed as Kefauver's reply to the statement Sunday by Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr., that the Democratic vice presidential candidate had been “rather reckless” in charging that the justice department had tried to cover up wrongdoing in the Dixon-Yates case. Kefauver flew here from Cleveland, Ohio. Monday and put in a long, gruelling day of handshaking and folksy-talk campaigning in a bid to woo Wisconsin voters — especially farmers, small business-

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••FW ■* -V . men and union workers — to support the Democratic presidential ticket. Fort Wayne Antique Show Opens Thursday The eighth annual Fort VVayne antique show will be held at the armory in that city Sept. 20 through 2,3, open from noon to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, aid noon to 6 p m. Sunday. Admission will be 60 cents. Fifty exhibitors from the middle west will take part in the *250,000 shpw. A number of Decatur residents are expected to attend the show, sponsored by the Psi lota Xi sorority of Fort Wayne.

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