The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

TrTN TrTTViTr TT SEYMOUR DAILY 12 Pages Foday Pages I. to 8 THE WEATHER Fair tonight, and Thursday, If VOLUME WX 24?" SEYMOUJiVtNDIAtfA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1952. PRICE FIVE CENTS Rid oj 8 UUVJ yd 0 qM i Appraise Hearst Estate At Over $10 Million 130 Injured lepiouir Receives New Chamber Of Commerce fivreS Diplomat To English I 'T I I 'r: I I 1 rtU 4 Telcphoto) House Subcommittee Startled Radio actor Ed Max defiantly tosses his war medals to Congressman lyde Doyle, sub-chairman of the House Un-Amencan Activities Committee, after the committee re record. Max startled the meet fused to let Max tell of his service ing in Los Angeles, by telling to President Truman," The subcommittee is investigating Red in fluence in radio, movie and professional circles. Grand Jury-Recesses ntil Monday Morii ing City's Portion This Year Is Slightly Higher Jackson County To Receive $42,102 For Third Quarter Gas Tax Receipts The 1952 third quarterly distribution of state motor vehicle and gasoline tax receipts to Indiana counties was announced today in Indianapolis.

In the announcement by State Auditor Frank T. Millis, it was revealed that Jackson county was to. receive $42,102 as compared. Id $39,338 received here in 1951. The amount to be received by thart the 1951 figure; $7,513 this ycaras to- $7,074.49 la 195I The distribution is the counties' share of a 13 million dollar fund covering receipts from July 1 to September 30.

-p. Up Six Per Cent ine xoiai aisinouuon is o.o per 'cent higher than that of the same period a year ago, Mr. Millis id. The state highway department received $6,990,389 and the cities T.and towns will receive $1,980,676. County Distribution Distribution to counties in- cludes Allen $11,71 Cass Daviess Elkhart Fayette $24.99 1 Floyd Fountain Gibson Grant Turn to page 5, column 4 Methodist Men Jleetiii Gtfe laymen and mmisterj from.

Jack-, son and Bartholomew counties attended a Columbus sub-district Methodist Men's rally in the din-i ing.oohv the Tint MeUiodisl Church here Tuesday night. -James-L. Laupus, preSidefvl-of the First Methodist Men's organ- Los Angeles iP) William Ran dolph Hearst's estate has been ap praised at on the basis of assets listed so far, but attorneys indicated today that still other assets to be listed-will boost the gross value to 56V4 million dollars. The publisher died August 14, 1951, at the age of 88, He left most of his estate to. his widow, Mrs.

Millicent V. Hearst, ther five sons and charitable foundations. Red Jets Fire On Ambulance Plane Eri Route To Berlin To Pick Up Hospital Patients At The Time Berlin flV-Tw Soviet jet fighters fired several machinegun bursts apparently as a warning across the path of a U. S. Air Force ambulance plane enroute to Berlin to pick up hospital pati ents today.

The American plane escaped in a cloud and landed erg -un hit. After interviewing the plane's crew ana tne u. S. Army nurse who dant in Berlin, said an Immedi ate protest would be made to the Soviet high command. On Routine Flight A statement from Mathewson's office said the plane, a C-47 medi cal evacuation aircraft on a rou tine flight through the prescribed air corridor over the Soviet zone of Germany to Berlin, was ap proached by two MIG-15 fighters about 00 miles Southwest of Bex lhv The statement said the Jets made several passes "and one of them fired several bursts of ma chinegun fire, not directed imme diately at the C-47 but apparent ly intended to attract attention or to serve as a warning.

Flies Into Cloud Bank "The American pilot flew his airplane through a cloud bank. completing the remainder of his trip to the state ment said. -JTheSAiil Forcel. identified ihe Peterson, of Madison, -Wis. and the co-pilot as Mai.

George Bee re, of San Antonio, Texas. After interrogation by security officials, the same crew took over JPT.the JlClBjo Frankfurt, in West Germany, with several American patients aboard. Rohhery Reenactment In-B Magazine TcTuresand an artTcIeentitlcd "Reno Brothers Ride featuring the reenactment of the historic train robbery held in Seymour on the Baltimore and" Ohio Railroad June 24 as a feature of Seymour's Centennial celebration, appears in the September issue of the and Magazine which has just been received here. Accompanying the article in the magazine are three pictures, including one of the train crew composed of Seymour employes who manned the 'William locomotive of the Civil War era and three wooden passenger cars which were brought to Seymour from the railroad's museum in Baltimore to take part in the reenactment of America's first train robbery which occurred near Seymour in 1866. TalkToOatis TJ.

S. Official Says Imprisoned Newsman In Same Condition When Seen Before Washington iff) A United States diplomat in Ctechosolvakia saw the imprisoned Associated Press Correspondent, William N. Oatis, at Prague police headquar ters Tuesday and assured him efforts for his "continue unabated. The official, Nat B. King, was auoted bv Secretary of State Acheson -today as saying Oatis seemed to be in about the same physical and mental condition as when he was last seen by Ambas sador Ellis O.

Briggs. Briggs had reported Oatis ap parently free of illness when he saw him last April 30. "Aiwtd-Iir-lS51 The newsman was arrested by the Czech Communist government April a espionage, was later convict sentenced to a 5-to-ld year prison term. The United States has been ne gotiating for Oatis release so far without an assurance of success. Achcson said today that the fact that the Reds permitted King to visit Oatis did not seem to be significant as indicating whether the Reds would eventually grant him his freedom.

King conferred with Oatis in the presence of representatives of the Czech government, Acheson told a news conference in a statement Mrs. Informed Achcson said that as soon as the embassy's telegram on King's meeting with the newsmen had been received, under secretary of State David Bruce telephoned Mrs, Oatis and informed her of the re "Mr. King informed Oatis of a special citation to be awarded him In a ceremony honoring a number Oatis expressed his appre ciation the messages and In formation. He said that he was Turn to page 6, column 6 ins- Class Planned With enrollment in an adult typing class here hitting 35, -the board of education of the Seymour public-schools is considering- form ing a second class in the subject, James A. Campbell, superintendent, said today.

The class which meets from 6 until 8 o'clock each Tuesday and Thursday nights has been com pleted, but there are still openings in the proposed class which will meet from 8 until 10 o'clock each Tuesday and Thursday nights. Enrollment in the first class meeting at the earlier hour is now 25, capacity enrollment, and 10 other persons have signed up for the class meeting at the later hour. All adults interested in the course, which is being taught by Marvin Dyer, Shields High School commercial teacher, are asked to report to the typing room at the school at 8 p'clock Thursday night School officials expressed themselves as well pleased with the unexpectedly large registration for the classes. nd-IvD The Jackson county grand jury, which went into session Monday morning on the opening day of the October term of Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown, recessed at noon today. It is scheduled to resume its session Monday morning.

The recess wastaken, it is believed, in order that the jurors can hear 'an additional witness who was not available at this time. The grand jury, it is understood, Monday heard 19 witnesses in the case of Ernest Eglen, of this city, arrested the Bight of September 20 for the alleged molesting of two girls, agei nine and ten. of Seymour. Tuesday, the grand jury inves- rrobe Uurglai At Crothersville State police from the Seymour post and Sampson. Mitchell, Chief Of police at Crothersville.

are con- TTnuing an jnvestigatiori into the Wreck Commuters Mowed Down When Engine Leaves Tracks And Plows-Into -Wreckage England Teas! 82 persons died today in the collision of three passenger trains here at the height of the morning: commuting rush. The government- operated railways In-announcing the death toll said there were 130 other casualties with "more still to Commuters standing on the Har row platform were mowed If by a giant scythe. when the third train's locomotive left the rails and plowed into two trains already wrecked. The death toll of 82 was an nounced almost eight hours after the three-way collision. At that Iti me three coaches tha main bulk "of the wreckage were still to be reached by rescue work ers.

The crash piled coach on age. Three Trains Involved The collision Involved two ex presses and a commuter train. Many of the victims had waiting at the station of this Middlesex Village, 10 miles northwest of The crash occurred only three miles from headquarters of the S. Eighth Air Force' South Ruislip. Few airmen there 'normally use the trains Involved.

No reports had been, received that any of them were among the dead or injured. It was- Britain's worst train wreck In 37 years. Sub ur baa TraJa Kit A suburban train standing in the station was hit from behind by Turn to page 4, column 8 B. Groups- Ilorior Presidents 80 inemberi and guests la attendances St Loflis; Division No. 12, Veteran Employes Association of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road and its auxiliary honored Roy Collins, of Long Island, N.

ciation, and Mrs. J. J. Hurley, of Cincinnati, grand president of the auxiliary, with a covered dish dinner-served at12 'ciocJtrnoort Tuesday in the Masonic Temple clubrooms. Turn toT page .5, column" Outlook Meeting To Help Farmers Like any other the farmer is planning ahead for next year.

He needs to know what prices he can expect and what his costs are. going to be. The annual Jackson county outlook meeting designed help local farmers answer these questions will be held on Friday night, October 17, at 7:30 o'clock, in the Brownstown High School. Speaker will be John O. Dunbar, agricultural economist at Purdue University.

According to County Agent W. P. Stall, the local meeting is one Turn to page 5, column 3 men recklessly charged through an Al lied artillery barrage and captured the cresU They they hit the tnesouth; slope, but the Republicans held fast. Fighting'wai only- slightly less bitter elsewhere along the front as the- big Red offensive moved into its third day. Allied warplanes rocketed over, head, plastering Red lines direct ly behind the front Earlier today In Seoul, Gen, James Van' Fleet.

U. a ffghtu Army commander, said; Th Eighth Army bs stopp! all attacks without any penetration of its, main battle poelttma. Turn to psge 9, column 1 ptured By Manager Here Homer Winn, Named Tuesday Night, Begins Duties Experienced In of Work Homer V. Winn, experienced in Chamber of Commerce work and also in manufacturing and retail fields, was appointed new manager of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce by the board cf directors Tuesday night, it was announced today by Frank L. Coy le, president.

"iMiv Winnganju today, and was getting acquainted with local businessmen and residents. The new Chamber of Commerce manager, who succeeds Richard Robinson, was, selected from sev: eral applicants considered by the Mr. Robertson resigned to enter business for himself at Bloomington and has been gone since about September 1. Mr. Winn has a long and varied business career Kewas "boriS and reared on a farm in Illinois just iroMER VTWTNN west of Tcrre Haute but considers himself 7UciosteMMZm.

young, he was a retail buyer for a later was engaged in the advertising business. For a time he was engaged with a partner in their own advertising firm, Aldred and Winn, in, Indianapolis. He was with, Genera Motors engaged -inmanufacturing work for 12 years and has had 12 years' experience -in Chamber- of -Commerce work. Mr, Winn started his Chamber of Commerce work in Indiana and- was manager -of-the-Shelby-Turn to page 6, column 4 Gilbert to be On Truman Train Ray Gilbert, Seymour Rl, will be one of 16 Hoosiers who will ride out of Indianapolis Thursday on the special train of President Harry S. Truman, who is making a speaking tour of this area.

The 16 Hoosiers will represent veterans, agriculture, business and labor. Mr. Gilbert, who is Indiana state legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, served as secretary of the Democratic state convention last July. The Indiana men will accompany President Truman to Anderson and Muncie and will leave the train at Muncie. President Truman is to speak at an overpass in a "breakfast" speech at 8:45 o'clock in Indianapolis Thursday.

Coffee and doughnuts are to be served to the crowd attending, according to plans. Weather Records Here art6(HelaT and weather record! for Seymour for the day. The 1 p. m. temperature reading is from a downtown thermometer, and is Unofficial.

AU oth. er readinfi are from the record of Mrs. Ruth Ever-hart. ffoverntnent weather obierver here, an4 art A vm. to laf Hum tarn Official maximum Tuesday 57 Official minimum 29 Reading at 2 p.m.

today 61 Riw at 14 4 Librarians Leave for State Library, Meeting KLatherine Frazce librarian of the Seymour Public Library, Miss Maude McMahan, librarian at "Brownstown and Miss -fBernadotte Robertson, a member of the board of trustees of the Brownstown library, left this aft ernoon for Fort Wayne to attend the annual state library convention." The. convention, which will continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday, is a joint meeting of the Indiana State Library Association and the Indiana Library Trustees Association. Volunteers Sought For Bloodmobile Intensive Training In Seymour MomTay A call for volunteers to assist in the visits of The Red Cross blood- mcblle to this city was issued to day by officials of the county chapter as they announced that Mrs. Antoinette B. Lineville, chief nurse of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Center at Louisville, will be here Monday to contract a school of instruction for volun tcers.

The training will be offered in the Red Cross rooms on the second door of the Masonic Building and will start at 10, o'clock Monday morning, continuing until about 4 ociock in the afternoon. The training will enable volun teers to work in the bloodmobile donor room, aiding nurses, a serv ice greatly needed here as Jackson county has 1 1 bloodmobile visits a year and volunteers from the local chapter are also asked to staff par tially two visits a month by the bloodmobile unit to Camp Atter- Volunteers with training are atsd as eluding the tuberculosis clinic and the First Aid tent at the Jackson County Fan, The not offered often, due to the kt that it Is difficult cr Mrs. Li 4 tville to lea the comeTtere ve" course of instruction. Turn to page 4, column 8 Registrations Are Being Checked With midnight Monday having been the deadline for voters to register to be eligible to vote in the general election of November 4, Joe W. Goss, Jackson county clerk, and assistants today were continuing to check the registrations.

Although no registration figure is yet available, Mr. Goss said it appears that approximately 1,500 new registrations were filed in the registration period just ending. Mailing out of absent voter's ballots also is keeping the county clerk and his staff busy. Nineteen more ballots were mailed out Tuesday, bringing the number of absent voter's ballots mailed out so far for the November election to 231, which is an unusually large number. Many more probably will be applied for and sent before the deadline.

So has lots of young timber, that we need so badly. "The fall of the year is one of the -dangerous, time, when, hunt-ens "belngf careless witH cigarettes and matches start lots of grass fires Cleaning un trash and leaves start fires when not properly handled. So it all boils down to one fact most fires are caused by carelessness. Of course, some a i re causea Dy oiner means, sucn as trains, lightning, etc. "However, if, you just must burn, please get in touch with me or the Jackson county fire tower located at Brownstown" County Fire Warden White continued.

'Give us your name, location, in-Turn page" 8, column burglary of" a Western AuuTAsscFTnS--- Mr-izationr- presided awl the in voca tion was given by the Rev. Amos S. Bastin. pastor of the host ciate Store Crothersville by H. Melvin Dyck.

of Scottsburg. The police were told the store was-entered during the -week end jg church." Following the dinner, Mr. Doyle to take the medals "back tigated the death of Richard E. Taylor, 35, 809 North Pine street. who died early Sunday morning at Schneck Memorial Hospital of a fractured skull after he was found lying on the pavement of West Bruce street early Saturday night This morning, the grand jury had subpoenaed, it is understood, a former town clerk-treasurer of the town of Medora and former members of the Medora town board of trustees, for questioning relative to shortages reported in a recent announcement of the Indiana state board of accounts and which were later taken care of to the satisfaction of the state board.

Reports -the- findings, rtdwevery and records of restitution in the case were Geor for presentation to the grand jury at'-'-ttrwse? Js not known how long--the grand jury will be in session after it resumes Monday morning. Clarence Williams, of Carr township, is foreman and other mem? bers are Hobert Murphy, Jackson township;" OTto -Hdctt'inan, Wastr Pershing township Elmo Keifer, Owen township and Edward Rieckers, Wa shin gton to wnship. Fred Kysar Brother Fred Kysar, a former resident of Jennings county and a brother of six Seymour residents, died late Tuesday at his home in Elliott, 111., after a lingering illness of five years duration. Mr. Kysar, who formerly lived in Jennings county, was a son of the late Thomas and Alice Barnes Kysar.

He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ruth Smith Kysar, one son and two daughters. Two sons preceded him in death. He also is survived by three brothers, Clarence Virgil and Herbert Kysar. all of Seymour and four sisters.

Mrs. Orva Davis Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Mrs. Myrtle and brother. Dale Kysar, preceded him in death.

services will be conducted at Elliott, IJI, Friday afternoon followed- by burial there; Former Seymour Man Cass County Agent Gustave Thias, 34, a former resident of Seymour, who recently made-his home, in Muncie. where he was the assistant county agent of Delaware county, was appointed Cass county agricultural agent at Logans port Tuesday. He Is succeeding John Connelly who re signed to become county agent at Richmond. Mr. Thias was born in Seymour and attended school here, gradual ing from Shields High School.

He was graduated from Purdue University in 1942 and spent, seven years, teaching vocational classes at Otterbein, -Eaton nd Muncie, before becoming the assistant County agent at three years Lnw XhtJ3l79 5 Local PeonleDieA- talrmr-from rnrrtctfir- 37tr that two new automatic rifles were taken from the store. A window glass was broken out at the establishment and a door was found standing open when Hayden Zollman, in charge of the store, arrived" at the establishment Monday morning, investigating officers were told. Among those investigating the burglary with Chief Mitchell include Detective Don Winn and Trooper Francis E. Simmons, of the Seymour post. Purdue Classes 0.

111 Thi. Tprhnir.il rvtn-nsi, nivi -Laupus welcomed the jfrour and Turn to page 6, column 4 Purdue ClaSs Is Being Given at BroWotowii Twenty-one public school teach-ers in Jackson county or nearby area are registered in a class studying International Relations, sponsored by Purdue University, The next session of the class will be Thursday night from 6 to o'clock at the Brownstown High School with registration still open This class is open to all adults Interested in gaining a better un derstandihg of the forces that un derlie the world history now tak ing place. It carries a three-hour graduate or undergraduate The Instructor is Professor Les lie M. Sparks, district representa tiVCf Purdue University, Technical Extension Division, Columbus sion of Purdue University if op-Wlnn- a11 of city- and Mrs-crating eight classes in Shields Keith- of Hioh r.n an One sister, Mrs. Geneva Taul- on Tuesday Vital Peak Reca County Fire Warden Cites Fall Fire Danger, Asks Residents' Cooperation South Korea I nfantrv Thursday nights, according a statement by Leslie M.

Sparks, district representative in charge of the Columbus Center. The classes started September 22. The classes include two sections of Technical Drawing taught by Professor Carl Cramer of the department of general engineering: Motion and Time Study, taught by T. I. Sparks, Arvin In dustries.

Inc. Seymour; Job EvaUl uation, taught by" Charles Bluhrt, industrial' engineer tries, Columbus: Mathematics. Algebra and Geometry, taught by Charles Seville, Shields High School; Mathematics, Algebra and Trigonometry, taught by J. Avery Dittmer, Shields High School; Physics, Mechanics and Electricity, taught by Robert Bell, Shields High School number of the students in these classes ere expected to complete two full "year? work, and receive their di-' plomas in Industrial Technology1 next. June.

1 Explosion Damages School Building Here An explosion in the old Lutheran School boiler room resulted in several basement windows being blown out but besides the shattered no damage was The Seymour" fire -department was called at 11:50 this morning and two, of the city's trucks made the run to the school, in the 300 block of West Oak street. 7 On arrival the firemen found there had been a small explosion when a plumber attempted to light the furnace fire, There was considerable, soot throughout the boiler room and the plumber was well blaCkeneJ up. j. Jfo blaze resultecl-f rom the blast and as soon as the firemen were certain no fir was in the building, they returned to the fire station. t.

Calling attention to National Fire Prevention Week, Ralph Jackson county fire war-' den. on today persons in the 'county who are going to start fires, to get In touch with him or. with the Jackson county fire tower at Brownstown. His telephone number is Brownstown 848-4. "Most all of you folks know this is Fire Prevention Week," Mr.

White stated." However, we want to make every week and every day flre prevention and with your help we MJacks6n "county has very good record but just little carelessness -someone's part -and our record Is (one up in smoke. Seoul, Korea iJP) South Korean infantrymen fighting with bay (met tonight -recaptured -a vitaTTshelcratcto looking the ancient invasion route to Seoul in a brutal battle that has raged since Monday night. A front line officer said the Korean troops cut a Chinese battalion of 700 men down to 150 in recapturinghVTcst "'ofv White Horse Mountain on the Western Front. -f-1 The peak main objective of biggest Communist attack in. a year- has changed hands more than-a dozen times a both sides threw tanks, artillery, and men into the raging battle A few hours earlier the Chinese hi 1.