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18, 19 Railroads Pg. 4 Movies Pg. 26 DAILY REYIE DECATUR, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1952. Guard. lostai Freed at A DECATUR WINTER 4to 11? AT RIOT SCENE i 1m i) Menard state penitentiary to seek to end disturbances by convicts.

Following Dixon's conference w.iW'' Korean War Casualties Hit New High for Year 32 PACES-PRICE 5 CENTS. 7 StUl Held; Dixon Talks With Convicts ByTomMaddox Of the Associated Press Chester, Oct. 29 Three of the 10 guards held host age in a series of uprisings at Men ard State Prison were released to day after a conference between Act- ing Governor Sherwood Dixon and rebellious convicts in the psychiatric division. None of the three guards had been harmed but all were tired and unshaven. They were released after Dixon agreed to permit newsmen to listen to complaints by the psychiatric con victs.

Still holding out with seven hos tages in another section of the prison, the east cell block, were 332 prisoners who launched the rebellion at the prison late Monday. Ihese ir mates tried today to set fire to a tower manned by guards and state police. As this was hap pening, another guard rushed up to Warden Jerome E. Munie and shouted: "What will we do shoot? We need more help." Munie ordered no shooting but sent more guards to the area. The disorder followed a new outbreak of rebellion Tuesday afternoon in the prison's psychiatric division.

Most of 300 psychopathic inmates were herded 'back to" cells after storming the kitchen-dining room. But 38 armed themselves with kitchen cutlery, seized three tin armed officers as hostages and barricaded themselves in the mess hall. Dixon planned to meet with a committee representing the psycho paths. He visited both groups of unruly convicts today. The anery prisoners in the five- story east cell house have been with out water since Monday afternoon and have had little food.

I heir hos tages have had no food or water. Dixon first talked to two inmates in the psychiatric division. He agreed to hear their complaints but later the psychopaths sent word they wanted to see him again because the others wanted to talk to him also. Convicts in the east cell house at tempted to smoke three armed guards off a tower by setting fire to a heav ily oiled ventilator which feeds air into tower rooms. The flames flared momentarily when the convicts tossed blazing newspapers into the motor oil through barred windows.

The oil failed to ignite and tension eased. Several newspaper photographers were with the warden in the yard at the time of the disorder. It was the first time they had been permitted in the prison yard since the up rising began. Earlier, the psychiatrics had called for the governor. No demands have been made by the 332 rebellious prisoners.

In the uprising five weeks ago in the same cell block, the rioting prisoners had demanded better food and beat and complained against harsh discipline. A legislative investigating commit tee held hearings after the uprising but as yet has not made public its report. Goy. Adlai Stevenson was carrying his Democratic presidential cam ptign into the East. Michael F.

Sey. frit, director of the state Public Safety Department, told a news conference Dixon's planned talk would "set a bad precedent." He explained. "Every time in the next 20 years that there's a prison outbreak the inmates will call for the governor. The next thing they will be asking for the Clarence Razor, assistant superin tendent of state prisons, told of a brief interview with one hostage, Ll Loren Stewart, 55, of Chester. Razor said he was passing when an inmate called to him to come nearer.

He said Stewart told him: "I wish you would see if you Turn to page 4 "Prison Riot-" VOL. 73 NO, 236. 3 Maryland U. Players Tell Of Bribe Offer College Park, Oct. 29 (AP) Three University of Maryland football players, including its All- America quarterback candidate, Jack Scarbath, have sworn that another student offered them bribes to hold down the score in Maryland's game la Saturday with Louisiana State University.

The players who rejected the of fers, and reported them to authorities, are: -Tom center, 21, from Philadelphia, who said he was of fered 1,000. Frank Navarro, a guard, 22, from White Plains, N. who said be was offered $400. Scarbath, 21, from Baltimore and considered by many to be the best college quarterback in the nation who said he was offered $100. They said the student who made the often is from Washington.

Cosgrove and Navarro said they were approached 1 hursday. Scarbath said he was approached Friday, which possibly explains the smaller offer to him since it would be too late to get many bets made. AH three players said they were asked to hold down the score so that Maryland would beat Louisiana State by less than 21 points. Maryland beat LSU, 34-6, with Scarbath, Cosgrove and Navarro playing prominent roles. The Washington Evening Star tnd the Baltimore Evening Sun have known about the reported bribe attempts for several days.

They agreed to bold up the story while police tried to trap the fixer in the act of offering a bribe. When an attempt to trap him failed today, they decided to release the story. The case now is in the hands of Carlyle J. Lancaster, state's attor ney for Prince Georges County in which the university is located. unbeaten team is ranked second best in the country in The Associated Press poll, It hasn't lost in 20 games.

The Star reported that the players told Maryland Coach Jim Ta-tum of the bribe attempts at a meeting of the team last Friday. The Star gave this account of subsequent developments: Tatum had every player sign an affidavit as to whether or not he had been approached with an offer. Cosgrove, Navarro and Scarbath swore they had. The other pLyers on the squad swore they had not. Tatum reported the matter to Dr.

H. C. Byrd, Maryland president, ho wanted the accused attempted fixer arrested immediately. Tatum and Dan Wiseman, chief of the Maryland campus police, thought it would be better to try to trap him and learn whether he bad accomplices. The players reporting the bribe 'attempts are all key men in Maryland's offense.

Cosgrove hands the ball back usually to Scarbath to start each play. Any mix-up there could be disastrous. Presumably the thought was that Navarro could throw the team off- stride by pulling out of the line too soon. Scarbath, under the split formation used by Maryland, handles the ball on almost every play. The Star said that on Friday night Tatum told T.

P. Heard, athletic director of Louisiana State, what had happened. Heard thanked Tatum for informing him, and suggested the game be played as if no offer ever were made. The student named by the three football players as the attempted briber came out for football three time on his own accord. Tatum said he wasn't varsity material.

Since Maryland beat LSU 34-6, officials said, the student must have lost a lot of money on his 20-point bet. SIX KILLED, 50 HURT IN HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE Port Au Prince, Haiti Oct.29(AP) Authorities today counted six persons dead, 50 injured and estimated property damage at $50,000 in a series of four earthquakes that hit Haiti beginning Monday and lasting through Tuesday. Police said more than 1 ,000 homeless persons, fearful of additional tremors, spent the past two nights in the open. There was no damage in Port Au Prince. 'Ike' Charges Secret Paper Used by Foes By Relman Morin Of The Associated Press New York, Oct.

29 Gen. D. Eisenhower. pointing a powerhouse drive at the big voting centers around New York City, savs a "top secret docu ment" on Korea is being used against him by his political enemies. He did not identify the document, other than to describe it as "a top secret document of the American De fense Department." In a program broadcast national ly Tuesday night by radio and television he said: "This morning, there was a very significant item in the paper.

It was this: There was quoted a top secret document of the American Defense Department. How it got there, we will never know, probably." "There was a' military estimate made in September, 1947, and it had 'this conclusion the military oc cupation of South Korea is not es sential to the security of the United States. He asked his studio audience: "And how was top secret document released? Wouldn't you like to know? Many Americans would." In Minneapolis Monday, Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon a Republican who has bolted his party and said he could not support Eisenhowerread a government memo randum to an audience at the Uni versitv of Minnesota. It was signed by the fate James Forrestal, former secretary of defense and was dated Sept.

26, 1947. The significant paragraph read: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff con sider that from a standpoint of military security, the U. S. has little strategic interest in maintaining the present troops and bases in Korea." Eisenhower, as Army chief of staff at that time, was a member of the joint chiefs. President Truman and other Democrats claim Eisenhower, as Army chief of staff, bears part of the responsibility for decisions af fecting American policy in the rar East.

Eisenhower, in reply, says the joint chiefs made purely miliary estimates at the request of the administration. He has accused Secretary of State Dean Acheson of making a major blunder in announcing, later, that the "defense perimeter" of the United States in the Far East did not embrace either Korea or Formosa. Eisenhower will, appear tonight at 9 p. on a TV radio program. ROKs Retake Sniper Ridge Seoul, Oct.

29 (AP) South Korean infantrymen in savage close quarter fighting today forced a battalion of Chinese Reds off the crest of bloody Sniper Ridge for the seventh time in 16 days. The ROKs, driven off its highest peak Pinpoint Hill late Tuesday night, began their counterattack at dawn. Slowly they clawed back up the slopes. AP Correspondent John Ran dolph said the Central Front crest was secured at 10 a. m.

iben the ROki began a tortuous advance northward alone the narrow, shell- scarred ridge, scene of the longest continuous battle since Heartbreak Ridge last November. Roaring artillery barrages pounded the retreating Reds. The Reds pounded U. S. 7th Division troops on nearby Triangle Hill with artillery and mortar fire during the night.

There was no con tact by ground forces. Measured by Red casualties, the fighting this month is the heaviest since last November. The U. S. Eighth Army said 27,096 Reds were killed, wounded or captured in the first three weeks of October.

Last' November the toll was 44,729. EISENHOWER WILL VOTE NEAR COLUMBIA HOME New York, Oct. 29 (AP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has decided to vote in New York Chyj on election day instead of using an absentee ballot.

The Republican presidential candidate, it was disclosed Tuesday, will vote near his official residence at Columbia University. He will get the election returns that night at his Commodore Hotel campaign WONDERLAND Ate te: Green left a sprinkler on last night, and the portion of the yard it sprayed was covered with ice this morning. The temperature hit a low of 20 degrees here last night. (Herald and Review Photo) 'Millionaires' Battle Demos, Truman Says By Ernest B. Vaccaro Of The Associated Press Aboard Truman Train, Oct.

29 President Truman sought to con vince the Midwest today that if the "millionaires" he said were supporting Dwight D. Eisenhower had their way on policy the country 1 wuuiu cuu up jii uuu mm a depression." And he argued that the hopes for continued prosperity for the farmer, laborer and small business-man de pend on the election of Adlai Stevenson and a Democratic Congress. Truman outlined his theory Tues day night to cheering, thousands at Hibbing, in the iron range. And he sought to develop it in speeches today in Iowa and Illinois enroute to a major talk in Chicago tonight. His special train headed from Northern Minnesota into Iowa and Ulinois.

His speeches today include ones at Davenport, and Rock Island and Moline, 111. His speech tonight before a dinner meeting of the AFL Cook County (Chicago) League for Political Education will be telecast and broadcast at 9:30 p. m. In his speech at Hibbing Tues day night, Truman emphasized th.it the Democratic party isn really mad at millionaires," but feels their policies would "bring about too great a concentration of wealth and income." He declared that "prosperity is a chafn reaction" and that the Demo cratic party "has learned how to use the powers of government to keep this chain reaction going. "We believe in prosperity for all the people," he said, "and know At one point, he asked: "Why are the steel executives so bitter in their swanky club? Why are the millionaires so vindictive against the party that keeps their business good? Why have they hated and abused Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman? Why are they willing to spend millions of dollars to defeat Adlai Stevenson and.

the Democratic party in this campaign?" While he said that "With all their money, they're not going to -beat Adlai Stevenson," he added: "Make no mistake as to what they are after when they shout, 'It's time for a change. They want to rule the country again and get back those special privileges." These he identified as the privilege cf exploiting the farmer and the working man. COLD OUTLOOK Winchester, N. Oct. 29 (AP) Hot or cold, rain or shine, it'll be either frost or snow on.

Nov. 4. Forest Frost (R) and Stanley Snow (D) are candidates for town moderator. ACTING GOV. DIXON Acting Gov.

Sherwood Dixon of Illinois is given a routine search by guard Claude Lemke today when Dixon arrived at Nixon Denies Demo Report On Holdings Los Angeles, Oct. 29. AP) Sen. Richard Nixon today angrily branded as "a lie" a statement by the Democratic National Committee that he and his relatives own real estate, valued at a quarter of a mil lion dollars. "The extent of the desperation of the Stevenson candidacy is shown by this last minute desperate move," the Republican vice presidential nominee said in a statement follow ing the Democrats' charge Tuesday in ashington.

"After Mr. (Stephen) Mitchell and Mr. (Adlai) Stevenson failed in their attempt to besmirch my honor and integrity, they are now attempting, through the Democratic National Committee, to attack the honor and integrity of my 75-year-old father, my mother, and my brother. Nixon arrived in Los Angeles early this morning. The Republican candidate will give a major, nationally televised and radio broadcast speech tonight at 7:30 p.

m. In his statement this morning, the senator did not issue any fur ther itemization of his income. His cress secretary, lames Bassett. jr. said Nixon "has made a full dis closure of his and his wife's income in his broadcast last month.

The press secretary said he doubted whether the senator would issue any further breakdown. Second Kidnap Bandit Seized Jacksonville, Oct-29 (AP) The second of three men charged with kidnaping 20 persons in a three-day escapade through Georgia and Tennessee is in custody. An alert FBI agent recognized 21- year-old Charles Edward Hopkins as he walked out of the post office here Tuesday and arrested him with out a struggle. Virgil LeMay, 15, was arrested at Nashville, Saturday and is being held in 12,000 bond. The inan they both called the ringleader, James Francis Hill, 31, was still at large.

All 20 victims of last week's es capade were freed unhurt- Some of them said Hill described himself as a "threegun maniac" Four cars i with convicts three hostages were released. At left is Warden Jerome Munie. (AP Wirephoto) comparatively high since early Sep tember, reflecting the bitter fighting has taken place during the tlbcalized but" intensive battles for hill positions all along the line in Korea. The Defense Department's week ly summary based on notifications to families through last Friday re ported: Increase New Total Killed in action 83 19,267 Wounded 1,146 91,260 Missing 49 12,868 Total 1,278 123,395 Republican Charges Democrats Plan $5 Farm Tractor Tax Springfield, Oct. 29 (AP) Morton H.

Hollingsworth, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, said today that Illinois Democrats plan to raise state taxes if they win in the Nov. 4 election. Hollingsworth said he had been informed that the State Revenue Department is collecting data to determine how much revenue could be raised by taxing farm tractors $5 each, on an annual The Republican leader said "I am told" the department's survey is 80 per cent complete. His information came from a "well informed source," he said in a statement. Fair, Warmer Decatur and Vi le i 1 1 Fair and not quite so cold today and tonight.

Thursday fair and wanner. Low tonight 28- 32. High Thursday 60-68. DECATUR WEATHER Compiled by The Review High Tues. 45 7 a.m.

Wed. 25 7 p.m. Tues. 34 Noon Wed. 49 Low ed.

20 I'recin. Relative humidity Wed. noon, 36 Wind at airport last night and today: 6 p.m. 7 a.m. noon elocity 5 3 7 Gusts Direction nw sv sw 7 p.m.

12 m. 7 a.m. noon Bar. 29.57 29.59 29.65 29.66 Sun rose 6:24, sets 5:01 p. m.

Degree days since Sept. 479; same period year ago, 328; 24 year average for same period, 311.7. Noon lake level at dam 2.0 ft. below; 2.0 ft. (Additional weather on page 28) r- i VTO Frank Stubbs, son of Mr.

and Mrs. A. Stubbs, 2455 N. Water gazes in wonderment at the icy mantle this tree in the yard of R. Green, 2425 N.

Water wore this morning. Eisenhower, Stratton Win in Poll Taken at University of Illinois Champaign, Oct. 29 (AP) Students at the University of Illinois elected Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and William G. Stratton in a mock election Tuesday for the presidency and governorship of Illinois. A total of 6,362 students, 41 per cent of the college enrollment, voted in the election.

A college spokesman said it was' the largest vote ever cast in any campus election. Elsenhower polled 3,391 Votes to Democrat Adlai Stevenson's 2,920. In the vote for governor Stratton's total was 3,117 to 067 for Democrat Sherwood Dixon. Adlai Charges 'Ike' Yielding To Expediency By Ddn Whitehead Of The Associated Press Aboard Stevenson Train, Oct. 29 Adlai E.

carried his ficht for the presidency into Penn sylvania today, after accusing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of a 'sordid triumph of expediency over prin ciple." He loosed this charee during a tumultuous rally Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where he asserted his Republican opponent had capitulated to those who champion a "dear, departed quiet past that is also Stevenson made his big bid for Pennsylvania 32 electoral votes. He moved from New York City toward Scranton. Wilkes-Barre, Al- Ientown, Bethlehem, Philadelphia, where he was due to make a major speech in Convention Hall at 8 p.m.

The Madison Square Garden ral ly 22,000 jammed the place to the rafters was the climax to a day in which Stevenson was given rousing welcomes in Jersey City, Paterson, Garfield and Newark, N. despite cold, disagreeable weather. Thousands were unable to get into the Garden. He said of the Republicans: "They have everything on their side except the people. "They win all of the battles except the last.

one. but the big one is the last as all generals should know. It comes in November, and that is when they discover that the most powerful publishers, the loudest commentators, and the noisiest demagogues are each, by the blessed rules of our democracy, entitled to cast one vote even as you and Big names in the world of entertainment, the arts and politics whooped it up for Stevenson in the preliminaries. Stevenson was introduced by Mrs. Franklin D.

Roosevelt. U. S. Losses 1,278 In Last Week Washington, Oct 29 (AP) The Defense Department today, announced the largest weekly in crease in Korean battle casualties in nearly a year 1,278 killed, missing and wounded. The new total reached 123,395 since the beginning of hostilities.

1 he rise of 1,278 last week com pared with a weekly high of 3,536 announced Oct. 5, 1950 and a low of 123 reported last March 26. The weekly casualty toll has been Says Police Abused GIs Hopkinsville, Oct 29 (AP) Representatives from I Iopkins- ville and Ft. Campbell planned to meet today to study a federal grand jury report which said soldiers trom the fort had been "brutally beaten or killed" by policemen here. In a blistering excoriation of vice and law enforcement in Hopkinsr ville, the jury recommended in a re port issued Tuesday at Paducah that all of the more.

than 25,000 Ft- Campbell personnel be barred from this city until the commissioner of safety and certain policemen are re moved. Mayor A. S. Koon said he doubt ed there was any more vice in Hopkinsville than other towns and added the city would act in case of law violations that come to the oihciaJs attention. The grand jury report said, "It is apparent that the Hopkinsville police department and the commis sioner of safety have accepted bribes and payoffs.

Safety Commissioner Joe Davis denied "everything in the grand jury report" and added that he would not resign. Police Chief James Greenfield last night labeled the report "the biggest lie I've ever heard." He added that his attorneys will take "proper sreps, proDauiy iujuuuuw An swer to the charges. The report charged: "There have been at least four instances here soldiers were without provocation brutally beaten or killed by members of the Hopkins ville police department. The grand jury did not identify any soldiers who had been beaten or killed. RintOBl Grant Washington, Oct.

29 (AP) The Housing and Home Finance Agency announced today a 000 grant Hantoul, UL, tor street improvements. were stolen and one hacked and shot up..