Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1949 — Page 1

IxIVII. No. 236.

f ANKEES WIN THIRD GAME OF WORLD SERIES

.Ipwnily njjk Drive ■;#ns Monday • I R v Kalver Named Of Annual 'B&rive For Funds will !"• launched Monday ki.koff dinner tie > ET’) •"•'•' BL V : Ih.-at.-r manager. Eg ~.,. HF .- v Bfitr"'' Hlil ' ■g-'f . ' ar.- in. or p”ratand budget* f"i approv»h<- fund director* M-- r« <»>-lbi-rg and Ko Btgh.. d."I-- d. 'hi" dine should 'noni . op ilimi for park* ■ HE ViL-r.l an . ■ .-.ioiti a. \iniv and n * a - M KSn- I'" ,h ' - " PU 'lining and hall on Illg lot the Boy th»- Fund a? K..- ■* ’ . . o-; -tr l< tlotl ol jy ■ n. 1.-r a 11't.-ri approx. IF ss)"iw of the cost. B The Budget Items •:•:■-■■ f<» lowing amount* have B Mr allocat'd to the local youth QM r-. reatiotial agen.de* and the ' ,|K Smut) $1,700 S.our* fl o ’ lll ’ . h-ty | ■radon At my I.oiiii JKfl s ° F Expense II T °' i ‘ l $12,317 of th.- Salvation Arlan.er *<>defy and I' S O |^V'- tia*'- -'parat.- drive* in t >.- Mr Oelberg stated . oiuniittee - - ■Py'' i "S' in, »! h the r-.ppt■.;>• .- available next year Among availui. e next y.-ar Among larrer item* to be installed s l' r,| )K are four merry-go- : rounding out equip--ornmi’t.-e was IBB I ' to complete thia year IB B 7 '* kilo. |.,t, M t (1 t|„. (Joy a , |( j * ■ B rl Ih-out, and the Teen Canteen I B" Poetically the name a* exthi. year The Girl Scout* IB' - . r "' l ‘ rlv member* The IF -'' , " | i’« have th’-ee troop* in ‘* ,Jr r k.tirm. 1 n Kalver I* one of the I E.a* a " h> bu *ine«* and civic ■ fidd* He i* chairman of the Ad BB’”' " ,u ’rty earn er society and i* | ■ member of the advi ory commit Bjt J* 'h* Decatur Community |K W * t ’ l “ n ‘ ha,rm * n ami captail* I Ko. o. va,,ou » district, tn the IK ’** name, l *>y Mr Kalver W ’be next f ew ( | a y ;< IK?""’* '**• all mH drive for the If"" rom, "unity Center wl I IW'ln.hed aimut November 1. Mr. Ik . have ,h * fun, i ■ Lt I* ,i " p l , aign completed by 22 ■Kh.‘r“ ~ *’ distinct from <lrlV * an '* should be J” day ' lr al > ‘h- * ,h * ir so iclting i.t ■ ***■ 'tnph.elxed. I B c 9 ,on Membership I Roundup On Sunday Th * snnual membership roundBKl,\ A<,am * p, ‘“ «. American fK a ’ wU * *•* held Sunday, it lEhi..‘ u n,, K‘' U,UM b > IKt th. * r m * mb * r »l»iP chairman I KJ 1 ? *' , ’ rk * r « »ho are to .onduct lEatw UP W ‘ n m **' I* I Kmch .T at 10 30 a m ®“**y tu ir ,h * '"•mberxhip drive I ft. w *ather I I nJ?*™'* ,tir a " d ‘O- - ta ‘“ r <«y Low toI »ium u *° Ml,h • a ‘“ r ’ ,a y

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Drive Chairman ’ k OSZ fl H| . I 1 I r I IMH .J Roy Kalver Soldier Dies Os Injuries In Accident New Jersey Soldier Fatally Injured In Wreck Near Decatur S Sgt. Kenneth Brown. 21. of J North Arlington, N .1 . died in 1 Adam* county hospital at 12:24; i p.ui. today from injuries suatained, I in an accident Thursday evening' i when the car he was driving over- ■ turned into a ditch one and onehalf miles ea<t of Becatur on I’ S. highway 224 Pvt Donald Brown 19. of Kear-j n«y. N J . a passenger In the car. escaped with only minor injuries I The two soldiers were enroute from the east coast to Seattle. ' Wash. on ord. rs of the army Sheriff Herman Bowman, who in vestigated the accident, said tha' 1 I Sgt. Brown lost control of the car | after it struck the soft shoulder Sgt Brown di'd of internal in ; juries and severe head injuries He had also fractured hi* light leg in the accident, and hospital authorities said tee «M also »uffering/rom severe shock Relatives of the accident victim have been notified by local authorities. and they are on their way toj Decatur. * Sgt. Brown's death 1* the sixth: traffic fatality in Adam* county to J date this year.

School Advisory Committee Named Nine-Man Board On Agriculture Work Prln-ipal Hale Decker. of th* Adams Central high school. and J. E Thacker. vocational agriculture instructor in that school. have chot.cn their advisory committee for agi(cultural education Meeting with L A Williams, state chairman of veterans agricultural training, the principal and instructor chore nine men from the three townships comprising the Adams Central area. It had first been suggested that two separate committees be chosen, one to advise the interested veterans on asrlcuitvral training, and the other to advise the high school students However, after discussion, it was thought advisable to select a nineman group with overall advisory duties The men choren are: From Washington township. Art Lengerich. Harry Beavers and Vic Balt sell: from Monroe. Ervin Stuckv. Everett Rice and Harold Schwarts; from Kirkland. Sam Henschen. Lester Adler and Eara Ksehr. The advisory committee's work will be principally to stir interest in vocational agricultural work. aligning th* needr of the agricultural communities wi.h pertinent courses in the school, surveying the agricultural employment needs, and especially working with the young farmers of the community solely to Improve relations with them, and the status of their farms •The committee will hold its first meeting at 7:3d o'clock tonight to discuss policies of vocational agricultural work ia this area It has also been announced there will be about two such meetings . every three months for the members.

Lewis, Mine Owners Meet In Mediation Federol Mediators Meet Lewis, Owners On Coal Dispute By t’nlted Pre** l-'ederul mediator* met with John L. Lewi* and the coal mine opera tors in their first attempt to settle the coal walkout today, while the nationwide steel strike thr.atened to spread to the aluminum industry. in a third big labor dispute, top officer* of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen and enginemen met In Chicago to decide whether to take a nationwide strike vote. In the steel strike, the CIO united *te» 1 worker* told aluminum company of America that it* 2b.000 worker* will walk out Oct. 17 unless the company grants the 10-cent p< nsion and insurance package over which the stetl strike was called. In the coal walkout, mediator* led by director Cyrus Ching hoped for a quick settlement of the 19day old strike before a severe coal shortage develops But union official* and mine operator* were pessimistic In the rail dispute, the firemen's union met to decide what to do about it* demand for employment of an extra man in the cab* of big. multipl. unit die*. I locomotive* A presidential factfinding board had found the demand without basis, but the union has stuck to its strike threat. Meanwhile. CIO president Philip Murray's steelworkers were beginning to act as though they expected their strike to be a long one. They turned back two official* trying to enter an Inland Steel plant yesterday and began picketing the unorganized Mesta Machine Co., near Pittsburgh with signs reading "Metta workers unfair to organized labor." In Honolulu. CIO longshoremen ratified an agreement for setting their ICO-day dock strike The agreement will give them a 21-cent hourly wage increase by March 1. The strike coat the territory of Hawaii an estimated 1100.000.000. Only fringe issues remained to be settled before the 2.900 men return to work. The mediator* working to »olve the coal dispute hoped that a quick settlement there would ease the way to agreement in the steel walkout But it was the coal strike that was causing the most concern In Indiana. Gov Schricker appointed an emergency committee to sea what could be done about dwindling coalpile* at 22 state Institutions. |Tur« Too

Lift Rent Control For Adams County Order Issued Late •Today By Director Adams county In Inc luded In 1« rent decontrol order* issued today by Tighe K Wood*. federal housing espedlter. according to a late I'nlted Press dispatch this afternoon. John E Williams. Fort Wayne-Decatur area rent director. will not return to hie office until Monday, hl i secretary reported. In Fort Wayne, and there was no one tn the Fort Wayne office to confirm the action. The decontrol order Is effective only in Adams county and rent con'rol will continue In Fort Wayne However, according to the order, all of Adams county. Including Decatur. Herne and Geneva. Is now free of federal regulation*. Control was placed In Adams county during the war and Mr. William* has served as director of both areas for the last several years The Adams county board, including Herman Krueckeberg. C. H Muselman. Kenneth Hlrscby. Leo Kirsch and Dick Heller, has not been officially notified of the director's action, but It has been eipected for some time There was no effective date In the dispatch received at the Daily Democrat but the orders issued by director Woods are usually-effec-tive Immediately it ia beieved likely that board members will receive official notice of their discharge in a day or two.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 7, 1949.

First tTown-Country Fish Fry Here Great Success

BY THE EDITOR The first town and country fish fry held here la*t night was so successfully staged that the Chamber of Commerce will give a similar event next year, officer* of the chamber announced at tbe conclusion of the big three-hour program. .Six hundred places had been arranged on the gymnasium floor of the Decatur high school and nearly every one was occupied Ticket* 1 sold for the fish fry. which was prepared by expert chef* of the ' Jonah club from Akron. Ind.. “ totaled W 2. More than 50u-pound* I Os choice b’ue pike fillet* were pre- ' ' pared tor the guest*. Generou* por Hons were sent to the county home 1 for the Inmate* Approxlmaiely Co bu-lness »and 1 professional men were waiters 1 Veterans like Cal E. Peterson. Carl <.’. Pumphrey, Arthur D Suttles »and A R Ashbaucher. Who served at a community dinner wb.n the ? old sugar factory wa* opened in 1912. waited table in regulation 1 apron and chef* hat It wa« report- 1 <d that several were unable to 1 pass the tog“t at their morning breakfast table. Robert Helm wa* ‘ general chairman and R C. "Dick" Ehinger, retail merchant'* chair- ’ man. sponsor* of the event, assisted in details. , L. E. ‘ Bud" Anspaugh. a* toast-; master, kept the program rolling , in high gear and introduced dis- ( tinguished guest* and those who . were called on for _ comments. There wa* no after-dinner speech, except for word* of welcome ex- i I tended by Glenn Hill, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a response from L. E. Archbold, i

Riley Exhibit On Display At Library Riley Centennial • Is Observed Here A birthday anniversary tribute 1 to James Whitcomb Riley wa* plac- ' *d on exhibition today by mem *1 her* of the staff of the local 11-' t| brary. The exhibit will continue - through next week. Miss Bertha I Heller, librarian, said, in honor of I centennial week celebrating the ' ( poet. I I The library staff has assembled , much of the pertinent Riley me ' morabilia. some of it the poet'* : own work*, the rest newspaper *i clipping*, biographer's work*, and pamphlet* conceived by other* pay ' lug homage to the creator of "Little ' Orphan Annie." | On one of the doors to the ll'ibrary is a poster dedicated to the * centennial showing a framed picture of a seated Riley In the corner of the poster ara a shock of coin and pumpkin*, symbolic of the poet's frost on the pum'kln measure*. On the other door is a feature *tory f lipped for a new* I paper telling of Delphi's Elizabeth 1 Fisher Murphy. "... the girl who I inspired the Hoo*ier poet." Immediately inside the door there is arianged on a table the six (Torn To >*■■* Twa)

Jacobs To Head Public Information Committee

Louis Jacobs, well known druggist, has been selected as chair man of the public information com mittee of the Community Center fund campaign The announcement was made today from fund head quarters In the library building by Carl C. Pumphrey, general chairn>an. Mr Jacobs was born In Fort Wayne and came to Decatur immediately after graduating with honors from Valparaiso I'niversity in I*4o. He was Immediately employed as a registered pharma cist at the Hol (house Drug Co. and became a partner in the business In 194< He Is an active member of the Zion Lutheran church, and a member of the Lutheran layman's league In this area He served as publicity chairman for the Lutheran hour rally held In Decatur last fall. Mr Jacobs also represents 'business- on the Decatur Community fund board of director* and is a member of the Adams county polio committee: retail committee Decatur Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Amer lea a pharmaceutical assoc I* tioa. national association of retail druggist* and the Indiana pharma

county agricultural agent, in behalf of the rural guests. Anspaugh bandied the program with the professionalism of a Jim Ameche and sparked it with witlcisrnt and remarks Joe W. S< abold of Napoleon, Ohio. "Master Mixer ot Music," pul the crowd in jovial mood with bls leading of community singing A former actor. ‘•Joe," a* he i* familiarly known also put on a one tnan show. The Rev. Edgar P Schmidt, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, gave the invocation. Aside from the fish fry and gathering ot town and rural neighbors. the highlight ot the evening was music. Walter Zueicher’s accordion band of Berne furnished music during the dinner hour, and wa* warmly applaud-d To top off the evening. Jack . Kurkowskl and hi* xylophone band, from Richmond, gave the crowd | one of the most stimulating and enjoyable musical piogram* ever brought to the city. For more than an hour, the musicians, directed by Mr. Kur kowski. provided musical and dance number* that captivated the crowd The majority of musician* were youth*. and a double-sister team brought chi er* and spontaneous applause. The piano and has* viol player* and young drummer were artist* equal to the profe*sional stage. The band will play at the international dairy exposition in Indianapolis next week Messrs Hill. Helm. Ehinger and Dl<k Btuden, executive secretary of the f*. ot (’.. joined in thanking the waiters, assistant* and everybody who helped make the night a great sucee**. C-47 Wreckage Is Found, No Survivors Mt .Mitchell. N. C.. Oct 7 — (UPf — The wreckage of a C-47 plane, missing since Wednesday with nine men glioard, wa* found today near the summit of G,6*4-foot Mt. Mitchell There were no sutvlvors. Fred H. Grote Dies Suddenly Thursday Fred H. Grote. 76. retired carpenter contractor, and a native of Adam* county, died at 4 pin. Thursday of a heart attack at hi* home in Fort Wayne Survivors include a brother, Charles Grote, of Adams county. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.rn. Sunday at the Scheumann funeral home, the Rev Fred Wambsgan** officiating Burial will be In Concordia cemetery. Adams Central Board In Monthly Meeting The Adam* Central school board met Thursday in a regular month ly meeting. All members but Gordon Llecbty. who was detained on business, were present at the meeting. The board approved all bills. | discussed mean* of providing mon , ey to purchase the laud for the Adam* Central school building, and several other busine** matter*

f g- * * V - F Wvy JkxX Louis Jaeobs ceutical association He is pres! dent of the Decatur Rotary cluh Mr Jacob* was nominated by a recruiting committee of the C m tuuaity Cea.tr advitory coun.il composed of Richard W Pruden. (Tara Ta Pa S r Vaari

Yankees Break Up Tight Pitching Duel In Ninth Inning To Beat Dodgers

Hannegan Dead : | ..... 'fW:''?f'c ■k. , I R li r Robert E Hannegan. former r postmester genera) and Democrat- • iic national chairman under I’resiidents Frtnklin Roosevelt and liarII rv Truman and later president of r the St. latui* Cardinals baseball , club is dead at hi* St. la>ui* home of a heart ailment. He wa*46years old He is survived by hii> widow, Irina, and four children 160-Day Hawaiian Dock Strike Ended Only Minor Issues Yet To Be Settled Honolulu. Oct 7 tl'l’i — CIO ■ longshoremen ratified an agreement today settling the !6<»-day Hawaiian dock strike for a proI grersive wage Increase reaching 21 cents an hour by March 1, Only minor fringe Issue* remal'ied to be agreed upon before 2.'to t striking longshoremen, whose walkout <o*t the territory of Hawaii an estimated $100,090.000. return to wotk Russell Starr, chairman of the employer negotiating committee, ••aid he could see "no reason" why : the minor issue* should be an obstacle to complete agreement A spokesman for the international longshoremen'* and warehousemen's union announced that near ly 1.1(00 union m« mbers. representing most of the striker* at the Port of Honolulu, had unanimously ratified the wage agreement. The proposal was announced yesterday by union president Har I ry Bridge* and representatives of I "even *tru< k stevedoring companI ie*. t The wage agreement provided a 21-cent hourly wage increase. 14 cents of it payable now, with S cents retroactive from March 1 to June 2S. and 7 cents payable March 1 In addition, both side* agreed to extend the longshore lontract to June 15. 1951, when the west coast waterfront agreement expire* Al! j striking long-horemen will be rehired without discrimination Matson Navigation* Company planned to resume full-sca e shipping between Hswail and the mainland. The company. !>igee*t single shipper operating In Hawaii, has eight of its 14 ship* in west coast port* and 100.999 ton* of general cargo on the dock* ready for loading Matson also wired shipper* it . wo dd now accept cargo The company estimated there were alwiut 100000 ton* of pine apple and sugar worth SIOO,OOO. I 00b awaiting shipment* from Ha wail and 25.<Mm ton* ot general cargo Adams County Native Dies At Fort Wayne William Zuercher. 49. a native of Adam* county, died of a heart at* ack today nt hi* home in Fort Wayne Suivivors include hl* wife. 5 tw<> son*: tour brothers and two «l"ters, Mr* Jeff Ranch of near Dueatur and Mrs. Wilbur Beer of Monroe Funeral arrangement* i ha ye not been completed.

Adm. Radford Claims B-36 Bad Gamble Naval Commander Os Pacific Fleet Blasts B-36 Use Washington. Oct 7 (VP) Adm Arthui W Radford told congr< csni'-n today the air force'* B-36 bomlw-r I* a "bad gamble with I national security" and would be "useless defensively and Inadequate offensively" in atomic war Radford. Pacific flee' commander and top spokesman for naval aviation, looned hi* blast against 1 pr> sent defense plan* before a pa- ked hearing of the house armed s< rvi< e* committee He was the leadoff witness tn a public inquiry at which the navy's most famous uniformed figures wore ready to bring out into the open their split with their civilian secretary and Adm Louis Denfeld, chief of naval operation*. The .Tit-year old admiral Walloped the B-36 as a giant unproven machine and asserted that ' American taxpayers cannot afford bil- . Hon dollar blunders." Hi- castigated the "stop and go procurement procedures under i which the air force fir*t ordered other planes, then cut them out to buy B-36'*.’ and he said " the unusual procedure* us d to push the B-36 program to its pre <-nt statu* were Pot justified" Many people clustered outside the committee rooip as Radford read hi* 16 page study of def-no-problem and hi* criticism of the B-36. They hoped to get seat* Os the B-36 procurement pro endures, which were the subject of an investigation by th- house com mH tee and which resulted In an endorsement of the air force. Rad for I said "They undermine all unification they prevent progress toward mu-1 tual trust, understanding and uni fied planning, they short cut the ( vital and proven procedure* de i veloped through experience for safeguarding the security of our country." Radford said hi* view* were hl* own "I am not speaking f< * any s«-gm nt of the armed services I testify a* a citizen and u» a professional student of warfare I uni concerned with the full urn T« I'nge I l»rl Three More Polio Cases Are ReportedAdams County Total Is Increased To 36 Thre • more polio case* were reported today, bringing Adam* county * total for the year to 36. although the three revealed today are all of a mild nature One of the county’s latest victim* is Betsy Smith, two-year-old daughter of Mr and Mr*. H« rman Smith of this city Her case wa* diagnosed as polio at a For' Wayne hospital 1.-ut she has lieen e'utnel to he: home for treatment she ha* some weakness in 'he back. The other victims are both Geneva boys They are Larry Buckingham. 11. son of Mr. and Mr* Vearl Buckingham, and Jimmy Bisel. 3. son of Mr and Mr* Itorsey Bisel The Buckingham lad was taken *o the St. Jo-eph hospital in Fort Wayne Wednesday, and aft r hi* (lines* was diagnosed as polio, he was al«<> returned home for treatment He has partial para'ysis of one foot The Hi el hoy. whote Illness was diagnosed at Rll y hospital. Ind ianap» i«. ha* also been returned to his home for treatment He has no ps ray sis hut weakness in the leg* an! hack State Total 573 Indianapolis. Oct. 7— tl’P) — | <Tarw To Page Flset

Price Four Cents

Single By Johnny Mize Shatters Tie In Ninth; Yankees Take Series Lead Score by innings: New York • 001 000 003—4 5 0 Brooklyn - COO 100 002—3 5 0 Today's Lineups Brooklyn New York Iteesc. ss Rlzzuto, ** Miksis. 3b Henrich, lb Furillo, rs Berra, c Robinson, 2l> DiMaggio, cf Hodge*, lb B. Brown. 3b Oltuo. li Woodline. If Snider, cf Mapes, rs Gumpaii- Ila, c Coleman. 2b Branca, p Byrne, p New York. Oct 7 (Ul*> The Brooklyn Dodger*, back In the familiar confines of Ebbet* field, 'and the New York Yankee* went nt it again today in the third game of the world serie* with two question murk pitchers Ralph Brane i and Tommy Byrne- trying to cany on what ha* bet n the best hurling classh- In history Manager Burt Shotton <>f the Dodger*, who had b»en undecided, announced definitely an hour and a half before the start of the game, that it would be Branca, a fa*t ball righthander who won 13 game* , while losing five thi* year. Rex Bain'y. another problem right* hander, ulso had been ready to go. f’a*« y Stengr-I of the Yankee* nominat'd Byrne, a 15 game winning southpaw, to put the Yankees i out in front iti thi* »erh« which ' wa* tied at < n<' game all when Preacher Roe “hut out the Yankees, 1 to ", yesterday That evened the score for the I to 0 shutout which Tommy Henrich'* ninth inning home tun hung on the Dodger* in th> opining gain)' at Yanko' Stadium Wednesday A play by play description follow* First Inning Yank))* Rlzzuto grounded our. Mik Dto Hodg) - Ihnrlch ground'd on:. Hodge* una»*hted. Berra ; struck out Dodger-: Riese wa* hit on tho I right f > >t by a pitch'd ball Mik«ii fouled to Bera and Reese wa* out, ' Berra to Coleman, trying to mako ! second after the c-atc h Furillo filed to DiMaggio Second Inniny Yanko- DiMaggio stru k out. Brown popp< d to Robinson Woodling popped to Mikeh Dodger* Rohln’on popped to <’<»!• man Hodge* fouled to Bera. Olmo ground'-d out. Brown to Henrich Third Inning Byrne singled tow , Yanko-- Mapt* walked Coleman wa* call'd oil! on strike*. Byrne singled to center, sending Mape* to third Rizzu'o fifed to Furillo. Mape* n-oiing after the Cell. Byrn>- holding first, lienrich walked. Berra popped to Robln-on One tun. on« hit. no error*. two Irf: Dodger* Snider filed to Woodling Blown thtew out Campanella Branca stru k cut. but had to b» thrown <ut when B>tra dropped the bull Fourth Inning Yankees DiMaggio (truck out. Brown fouled to Miksis Woodling lined a double off the right field aeon board Mape* grounded cu'. Robinaon to Branca, who covered first No run*, one hit, no error*, ne left D >dger* Reese hit a home run into the left field stand* Miksis lined to DiMaggio. Furillo singled *o left Robinson walked Hodges *l*o walked, filling the base* Bytne wa* taken out and replaced by Joe Page Heniirh leaned into 'he stand* behind first ba«e to ?atch <»lmo'* foul, th* tunner* holding their bxse* Snider grounded out. Colemau to Henrich One tun. two hit*, tiu error*, three left. Fifth Inning Yankee* —Coleman filed to Snider Page struck out Rlzzuto (tcunded out. Reese to Hodge* Dodger*—Campin*lls grounded out. Coleman to Henrich. Bran-a was called out on strikes. Reesa grounded out. Page to Henrich Siath Inning Yankees—Henrich filed to FurilI 10. Berra grounded ML Hodges eTeeres T« Face Slat