Cumberland Evening Times (Newspaper) - April 7, 1953, Cumberland, Maryland The Weather Clearing cooler tonight Low 35 40 cloudy mild rain likely High 57 low 46 noon 57 River feet inch Relative per cent FINAL VOL 96 CUMBERLAND MARYLAND TUESDAY APRIL 7 1953 International 20 Pages 6 CENTS Kremlin Fires Party Official In Death Plot Soviet Purge Hinted After Accused Doctors Released Soviets have fired a key Com munist party official for failing to detect the falsity of the doctors plot charges Pravda announced today He is Semyon D Ignatiev a member of the partys Secretariat the partys Secretariat The official party newspaper saic that Ignatiev who was given the Secretariat post only a month ago had been released from his du ties Pravda disclosed yesterday that he had headed the Security Ministry during the time when the charges against the 15 doctors were being prepared Western observers speculated that the attack on such a ranking leader as Ignatiev might indicate a coming purge within the Krem lin itself Doctors Released The government announced last Friday that the doctors had been f released after an investigation I jA proved charges against them were false They had been accused of killing two Soviet leaders and plotting to murder several others by faulty treatment Several of the doctors are Jew Iii Rescue Woman Editor Visits Moscow Swift Settlement Due In Prisoner Exchange Rebecca F Gross editor and of the Lock Haven Pa Express is one of ten American newspaper and radio editors who left Moscow today after a brief visit In a dispatch written for the Asso Press she described a visit to Pravda the official newspaper of the Soviet Com munist party in the Russian capital Rev Robert chaplain who aided in the rescue of a wounded Marine early to day in Korea belongs to the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown O He saw duty during World War II in the South Pacific Story at bottom of page Judge Imposes Death Penalty For Grammer Appeal Is Scheduled In Almost Perfect Baltimore Slaying BALTIMORE CB George Ed ward Grammer today was sen to hang for the almost per fect slaying of his wife last sum mer so he could marry a pretty UN stenographer in New York Judge Herman M Moser who convicted Grammer of first degree murder after a sensational trial last October said Grammer not only proceeded by a cunning scheme to murder his wife but also developed a dastardly plan to make her death look tal Mrs Grammer former Balti more nurse who had come here from New York to help care for her dying father was found dead in her sedan after it had careened down a hill at the northeast edge of Baltimore last Aug 20 ish In the governments original announcement of their arrest last January they were accused of working with Zionist organizations to do the bidding of American and British intelligence Pravda stressed today that any preaching of race hatred in the Soviet Union is punishable by law It declared Citn Constitution The Socialist state stands on guard of the interest of all people of the Soviet Union The Consti of the USSR the equality of all citizens independent of their nationality and race in all fields of economics government cultural and life of direct limitation on the rights or on the other hand establishment of direct or indirect McCarthy Says Biddles Blast Criminal Libel ADA Leader Seeks Probe Of Funds In Solons Red Sabres Blast Ten Red Jets In MIG Alley ROK Troops Driven Off Strategic Hill Af ler Battle By FORREST EDWARDS SEOUL South Korean infantrymen twice won and twice lost a strategic Central Front hill today while in the air U S Sabre jets destroyed or damaged 10 Com munist MIGs The Eighth Army said Third ROK Division troops were driven off the hill in a bitter battle this evening two hours after the South Koreans had won the hill for the second time since dawn Sabre pilots shot down two MIGs probably destroyed another and damaged seven in dogfights high over North Korea the Fifth Air Force said ROKs Batter Reds Other Soutli Korean troops all but wiped out a Communist force which hit Anchor Hill in Eastern Korean before dawn Tuesday The Red attack on Anchor Hill was the bitterest of more than 20 sharp jabs at Allied lines Monday night and early Tuesday Communist artillery and mortars Witness Puts On Accused Killer Mrs Sophia Bork right and Mrs Sylvia Simon second from right appear before coroners jury yesterday in Chicago to point out Robert Baldi standing center as slayer of Mrs Simons father during holdup a week ago They witnessed the shooting Baldi and two companions obtained only in the robbery police said WASHINGTON Atty Gen Francis Biddles demand for a Justice Department investigation of Sen McCarthy brought this retort from McCarthy Crim inal libel Biddle a Democrat who served in the Franklin D Roosevelt ad ministration yesterday called on Atty Gen Brownell to investigate whether McCarthy committed em or mail fraud in han dling funds donated to him to fight preferences of citizens independent and whether the sen of their racial or national tion as also any preaching of ra cial or national or hate and punished by law committed other crimes Senator Slaps Taf ts Charges Against Press WASHINGTON W Democratic Sen Humphrey challenged today an assertion by Majority Leader Taft of Ohio that the majority of Washington writers tend to be antiRepublican Humphrey of Minnesota also Her husband evidence at the said he believes the Republicans including bribery and conspiracy Biddle refrained from making di rect accusations In that he was hke the Senate privileges and elections which had raised questions in an official report last Jan 2 about use of funds donated to help his avowed anti Red drive The Justice Department said the subcommittees questions about trial showed had spent a week earlier in the month at Chicago with Miss Mathilda a UN secretary from Canada and they had talked of marriage Judge Moser who heard the evi dence without a jury at Grammers request said it was one of the most atrocious and despicable kill ings recently perpetrated by a man from that strata of society where resort to this method of solving marital problems is neither com mon nor expected Grammer still may take his fight for life to the Court of Appeals in Annapolis This is almost auto matic under capital punishment if they follow Tafts suggestion to Normally McCarthy filing will be making a political mistake poured more than 1000 shells into South Korean defenses on the key Eastern Front hill before the in fantry struck An Eighth Army briefing officer said the ROKs mowed down the advancing Reds Thirty six bodies were left on the hill and the Army estimated at least 13 other Reds were killed and about 20 wounded 15 Koreans Killed Fifteen North Koreans were killed and two were wounded when a South Korean patrol ran into a Red platoon of 25 to 40 men apparently trying to the Anchor Hill attackers the Eighth Army said A badly wounded Puerto Rico Marine was rescued from land not far from the truce talks village of Panmunjom after Chi nese soldiers called to Americans to come and get him Communists stood quietly near by as four Marines and a Navy chaplain walked into land MC Carthy are still under active con sideration in the Criminal Divi back to U S lines on a stretcher Biddle signed the letter Brownell as nalional chairman of Americans for Democratic Action Robert R Nathan chair man of the ADA Executive Com was cosigner They made public the letter o Labor Merger Talks Started campaign in next years congres election on failures of the Truman administration In a Look magazine article Taft said it was clear to him that a back in a statement I would call Biddles case to the attention of the U S attorney or the attorney general for indictment for criminal WASHINGTON AFL and CIO start new talks today the first in almost three years aimed at merging their forces into a giant federation to represent more than 12 million workers Adenauer Due To Open Talks In Washington Plans For Europe Defense To Be Aired In Parley WASHINGTON Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Ger many opens today three days o talks which will have an importan bearing on Western plans for de fense against Communist an Vice President Nixon Secretary of State Dulles Secretary of De Wilson and Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey head a big American delegation to welcome the Chancellor on ar rival in President personal plane Topping the informal list of prob lems for the meetings starting at noon with the President and top officials is the European Army Treaty and dispute with France over the industrial Snar Basin In advance of ar Cool Snap Due Over fore cast Rain by Wednesday after noon Western Maryland spreading east to the coast by night ending or on Thursday then fair until rain again about Saturday Becom ing with cool snap over the Aeek end Temperatures will aver age near or a few degrees above seasonal normals Normal after noon highs are around 60 and nor mal early morning lows vary from near 32 in Western mountain conn ties to 40 to 45 in Southern anc Eastern counties Spending Cuts Seen By Solon If War Ended Dirksen Says Slash In Defense Must Be Made If Truce Comes The unity talks get under way rival American officials made it plain however the U S has no intention of pressuring Ade nauer to agree to Frances terms for agreement on the Saar This border area rich in conl and iron libel However he and his crowd in an atmosphere hardly Quick Action Forecast For Korea Truce Sick Wounded POW Exchange May Start Within Few Weeks WASHINGTON Eisenhower said today that even if peace comes tn Korea our men and those of our Allies will have to stay in that region quite a By ROBERT B TUCKMAN Korea United Nations and the Communists agreed today to exchange all sick and wounded prisoners of the near ly Korean War Actual mechanics of the ex change still must be worked out But there were only minor dis agreements and Allied officers said they anticipated no trouble reaching swift settlement The Reds said they would report within the next day or so how many disabled prisoners they would deliver to Panmunjom for the exchange which could start within a week after plans are com Civilian war internees will be included Daniel Encouraged The senior Allied liaison officer Rear Adm John C Daniel said he Communist attitude favorable at this point and devel were encouraging Negotiations at Panmunjom went so smoothly Tuesday observers here voiced hope the talks will pave the way to a Korean truce Total talking time was 36 minutes Maj Gen Lee Sang Chp head of the Red liaison team said the WASHINGTON Bridges RNH said after a conference with President that federal spending can be cu all along the de impairing or national security Bridges is chairman of the Sen Committee Tfic New Hampshire lawmaker said he President discus sed the whole problem of federal spending Bridges said his own conclusion was that reductions can be made in every phase of the budget in defense without impair ing efficiency or national security Asked whether Eisenhower agreed with him on that Bridges replied he was speaking for himself He that Eisenhower had asked him not to talk about the Presidents feelings regarding Brownell Hits Treaty Power Curb Proposal Attorney General Brownell told the Senate Committee today i would be against the best inter ests of the country to powers at a tim when the world is fraught wit peril Carrying on the administrations I spending fight to keep President Earlier Sen Dirksen RIU said crs present authority in the field that if there is a truce in Korea of foreign affairs the attorney gen era testified On every hand we have need for friends and old who aging majority of the Washington writers Communist defenders may are inclined to view the er administration with a critical eye success Neither George president of the AFL nor I ui ULU llL lj by this p CIO has Predicted merger any time soon I tl JW Ill dealt securely with us in thc past thc new who can rely upon thc example of the past nalional is with work of much greater Most of them supported the tance than to take time out to Meany has snid repeatedly the Avoids odds are about 85 against a mer u U nuns sue oo a New Deal during a period of ll n mdn said as years and it is hard to change the habits of a lifetime he saidi They tend to be antiRepublican ias Taft added in an interview he was talking primarily about colum he s cases If he fails there he and commentators who deal may appeal to the governor for in opinions rather than about re porters who handle news accounts Occasionally you see a slanted executive clemency Marylands present governor Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin has Mechanic Jailed On Attack chances are very good if organizations negotiate on an hon constructive and intelligent basis TVl I I 111 I think is against the best the armed services cnn and must take a substantial reduction Were going to be in a fix if we dont balance the and we cant do it without cutting mili plan submitted by Adm Daniel Monday should be the basis for the swap He said the Commu agree to roughly half of including all of the key points The Communists agreed to the following points of Daniels plan 1 Exchange of all sick and wounded prisoners including those with minor disabilities along with the seriously injured This means direct repatriation to their home lands of all prisoners including those who under the Geneva Con vention of 1949 would otherwise be sent to neutral countries 2 Panmunjom will be the ex change point 3 Both sides will report the number of sick and wounded to be traded and break the figures down by nationality 4 The prisoners to be ex changed will be delivered to Pan in groups 5 Both sides will present rosters giving name rank and nationality when delivering prisoners and sign receipts for those delivered To Submit Changes The Reds said they would sul tary spending Dirksen said in an interview Sen Russell DGa and Sen meanwhile said that whether a interests of the country to bly reduce thc tried and proven means or to dissipate our in Korea or not the arms work is not for mit changes and additions to other points of the plan Adm Daniel said he thought the Reds were not prepared to start the exchange immediately because and authority for meeting the worldwide issues which affect budget should not be slashed so deeply ns to lower this nations are DENTON Md Ernest El Diesels Derailed Sin Wreck On UP them to make the exchange During the discussions the Com made only one reserva tion Lee said We reserve the right to ask for of reopening fire in thc United of Scn Anci Son Duff said accommodation in a neutral Nations on Communist germ n proposed j would be possibly a fatal of prisoners of war tne welfare of thc United States guard against a Soviet regime NATIONS N Y As Secretary of State Dulles did suddenly talking as if it wants Russians gave no sign today yesterday Brownell praised thc peace news story but not very often Denton amendment to fare charges against thc powers States No Soviet bloc delegation if the U S should relax custody of your side who i its efforts death sentence since he took office early in 1951 m LAS VEGAS Ncv w Three not permitted an execution of 4 was held in thc county locomotive units of thc west said in the article the Rej today on a charge of criminally bound Los Angeles Limited were i subject a young pregnant today when the passenger Th WaS Spenk ns debate fin Judge Moser said Grammer would be sufficiently astute to comply with all the rules in order to win early freedom j u h in present Slai In African Colony Lovers t After Wail Truman administration Named Stock Rise WASHINGTON l President NEW YORK Stock nominated ket staged a stout show of rejO Hollyday Baltimore Kenya ast of that po iwill not be directly repatriated This puzzled Allied negotiators since it already had been agreed to bypass Article 110 of the Geneva Convention which assigns a neu tral country to prisoners with MORRISON minor wounds who might be able scople stay mad a long time fight again within a year Sixtythree years ago a young At Tuesdays liaison meeting at late yesterday at an a freight on a scheduled to Take up where it c farm home near the state line at Moore Calif GO miles off more than a week ago in reporter 11 Md and of here near the California cussing an American demand killed 22 of some 30 Man Man minister and his sweetheart broke Panmunjom Adm Daniel told the ly Dcl line Reds permit an impartial who butchered five heir romance after a the U N accepted thc sick Pollard was picked up five hours Thc Union Pacific Railroad in investigations of and children in a on Easter Sunday and wounded repatriation plan after the attack at the home Angeles said there was no recharges That U S airmen dropped tempt on a village of Yesterday the Rev The Reds immediately asked for a friend in sport yet on deaths or injuries germ bombs on North Korea md natives of The tribes SH rnd Isabel Jacobs a recess of 20 minutes and ex Police quoted the victim as say First reports said the Diesel units in China This was thc first item Police said they were finally patched p their spat tended it for another 20 minutes sistance to selling today and as head of the Federal a man tn hcr at tnc nf tnc were thc delegates as They tracking the rest of the terrorist and got married in the First Lee announced that the Reds aged to turn upward in Administration door carried her into thc living railed There was no information returned from a caster gang through thc forests of the tist Church would agree to the exchange room and attacked hcr about the passenger cans holiday Kiambu reserve Balanced Budget Tax Slash O Declared Possible By C E D Benson Blasts Eisenhower Critics Wounded Marine Left i Near Allied Lines By Chinese Declares Political Foes Blame Farm Price Drop On Him WASHINGTON The Commit the economy and government eco tee for Economic Development policies and to make rcc day expressed belief government spending can be brought into balj Todays report on tax policy was ance with income in thc public by Frazar B Wilde Benson today accused are not our fiscal year without giving up of Research making a got to take care of them uled tax reductions Policy Committee who is attempt to unload inherited them along with other This would mean trimming aof Connecticut General Life for a farm price decline onto items in our I little over billion dollars out of jance Company of Hartford Eisenhower administration i Denson in a speech prepared spending for the 12 months starting and J Cameron Thomson chair Fear of another depression for the National Farm and Ranch DENVER tft Secretary of are coming home to roost chickens but July 1 as projected President Truman by of tax subcommittee which smolders in the thinking of is president of Northwest farmer who experienced that The CED said taxes should not corporation Minneapolis catastrophe was awakened and be cut until economies to balance The report discussed a balanced regret to say deliberately fed thc budget have been devised only in terms of some who sought to embarrass The CED is a national nations Cash budget administration he said of businessmen and economists measures only actual income The truth of the matter thc GOP farm chief said is this The ui actual formed after World War II to of government funds Congress of the Denver of Commerce said he had earlier resolved not to reply to false charges But in the Washington scene Christian forbearance seemingly is interpreted as guilt We have an no admission choice but make The record clear years 4 high rigid farm pro named no names in costs which those who prepared text A Rood many Demo thc eft 5 crats and a few Republicans jcc that are putting have been critical in Congress of what they termed his failure to Products into storage rather anything about falling farm prices stomachs and arc up Benson listed these items ns bo setting foreign trade and draw ing among the Eisenhower foreign products to us like a 1 A dollar fallen oO per cent1 Benson said farm prices had in value in 10 years 2 a only I per cent since he debt of 265 billion dollars took office He predicted steady 113 a Ifi per cent decline during the spring and sum prices in the previous Korea W A badly wounded Puerto Rican Ma rine was rescued from no mans land early today after Chinese soldiers carried him part way to U N linos and called for Amer ican Marines to come get him Pour Marines and a Navy chap lain walked into no mans land and picked up thc wounded Puerto Rican while a squad of Communist soldiers stood nearby i The Chinese left him on a stretcher lying in a Korean ceme tery He was clad only in long winter and a sweater Then a Communist loudspeaker cut Attention all officers and men We have one of your wounded Send two men as soon as pos sible forward of your left flank position Everything was done for him that was possible We will allow you to come as far ss the defilade area without firing on you The wounded Marine although in the back and stomach waved and started toward the Allied lines He collapsed twice on the way to where the Marines had paused along the wire line Father Robert of Lakewood O called to the man pray
