Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1950 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vd. XLVIII. Na. 11.

COUNTY CHAMPION TO BE NAMED TONIGHT ■- ~ J : * 11 " —rr-

Reports Mort Donations To ; Youth Center roil no a iron owv> Mm* Friday Night Te Dwcks Rom Vhn Pnad Gmsea ’ late R«i*rt AOUraeUUl •••jr* Tntol te OH. Al n —itM « ttn tt*Han of th* Darntar Manorial Foundation, lor.. gad attended by anveral cam palea chairman Cart C. Pumphrey general chairman, reported that lha Ooralar CammpnHy Center Fund had Meraaaod *4.«M foe a total of ataee the last re EMhaaiama greeted the aaaoaaeamoat WHh a coal of lite, aoa lha fond la now within 43&.8M at reaching that aawant Mere MLnfIMH hoa been merited alnca tha directed drive ended teat November S. Mr Pumphrey also annoenced that tha ceneraao otter of Central Moya company to donate |7s»<ie If tha local community raised |IM. ana lor a yoeth and community canter would be eatended ftele W M.Mlttew Hr.chairman; of tha hoard ts Central Koya Com. I pany. fa a roweeraatlon wt'h Mr j Pumphrey, gave assurance that the company a e*er "••«« be *’ i tended until the k«-rt artnnlca hm nMoptotad Ma campaign Mo <iefi allo date waa filed but Rte kfc Iteved that the catenated H tag > to to Am* dotted **•* lime the direru.ro and camprian chairmen •* make HMt l» reach goal ~ Approximately HO demon eon trihated to the fond dureut the te l.aelve campaign test tuft Mr Putephrey mM The tperiel gifts committee reported 477 •*' and the all-Decatur committee waa neat bicheat with more than 111.**' la rontrihutfona and pledges The : :-trtoer»M..tata*»nte'.4dM prjptasaion al committees made op the hal anew. It waa explained by Mr Turn phrey that funds are held In trust by Theodore F Graliker, president of the Flrat State Rank Matty nors paid Ihelr subscription tn full and a number made one-third or one-half payment a before the .loan, of IM* to the Foundation. All money received la held Intact. Mr Pumphrey aald Another meeting will hw held in the near future when plana will hr discussed for carrying through the campaign toward the goal. Favorable action by Indnatry and a tow organlsatfona that are atilt considering making donation! to the fund, la anticipated by the Foundation director! If these contributions are received. it la planned to put on an over-, tbo-top campaign, directed Joward the Ilte.OtKl goal Then the Foun datlon will receive the |7.te»oo gift which will give th* teal orc saltation 1225.00 fl to build the| youth and community center. Hospital Increases Daily Rental Rates tn a move which officiate believe will erase any deftell. the board of traateoa of the Adama county hospital rained the dally rental rates for all rooms in the hospital The move became effective January 1. Cal Peterson, recently reappoint ed by the county commissioners to serve a fouryear term as a member of the board of trustees, said that the increase was made to make the rates correspond with other surrounding hospitals. "We hope." he said, "the new rate wilt make up the deficit In about 18 months, even without Increased business Peterson also noted that as a result of a recent state Inspection of the hospital, the building and its facilities were said to be In “ex cellent condition” WRATHCR Partly etewdy and much colder today wMh anew flurries near Lake Michigan. Gonerany fair and eelder tonipht Tomer , row IncreaaiM etewdlneee and warmer teMewod by rata south < -aaC rain er anew north by . night. High today M te W north. M te 44 oovth. Low tonight Ute 10 north. 20 te 28 t

Auto Hit* Highway Truck, Man Killed Peru. Jan 14-<UP>— Karl B. Yount. 32. Plymouth, was kilted yesterday when hia car ran into • the rear of a state highway truck ed tad. >1 north of North drove. The truck was driven by Robert Amboy Dissension Is Mourning in Coalfields Alert State Police In Pennsylvania In Non-Union Mine Pittsburgh. Jan 14 — <VP> — Mate police were alerted today I after eout pickets dynamited a steam shovel at a western Penn aylvaata noa-unfoa mine In retail* tfon tor the arrest of four of their number The blast came on the heels of growing dissension In the coal fields as sentiment to Ignore John L Ipiwta’ "suggestion" to return to work Monday spread among the Bl,«en soft c<wl miners Picketwere out in force again this mvfnlng and state police pa I trwls were ordered to be on the j lookcul for further trawMp "* Mate police said no one was In j j» red In the Meal which destroyed < U»pu«i shovel at the strip mine i sHwrated by Lorain Knight in Iteuth Kersey Pa The dynamiting was reported abodi an hgmr alter the arrest of Pug yrng- Penfield fa . on char motor vehteie code Kariver three rnher pickata arrested on Similar charges growing out of an pita- k on a four truck convoy s enn IM lc>® the- mine The pickets stoned the trucks aiut several drivers were rut -by flying -gtesr The attackers were when Knight leaped . from his automobile brandishing ajMstcd \ ■ -If -;c.i;'<‘i-!irr to get roes n again one state ffbopar reported "We’re in for another siege of trouble apparent !> , , Mean while" Trifled Mine Work er locate throughout the soft coal fields announced meet Ings today and tomorrow to decide whether lo follow lewis’ suggestion to return to work or to go on with a "noday work week" until the deadlocked contract dispute with (Twen -re ••ear »*V»» Fair Deal Program Up Against Old Foe House Committee Seeks Old Power Washington. Jan IT'-(VP| Prealdenl Truman's fair deal pro | gram today ran up against-an old conservative foe the house rules eothmillee A powerful coalition of the group's Republican and soufhern Democratic members have approved a move to restore the committee's power to say which bills should go to the house floor for debate and which ones should not The move must be approved Ky the house to be effective. The new proposal, advanced by Rep E E Cox. D.. Ga . would eliml nate the present rule which allows chairmen of regular committees to by-pass the rules committee after a H-day delay The present rule was enacted last year to curb the committee's power The committee has been under the control of conservatives who oppose mack of Mr. Truman's "fair deal" program The rebellious coalition claimed a survey showed the house would endorse Ito move to regain the lifeanddesth power over legislation If so- the first bill endangered would be the measure to create a fair employment practices commit sion Chairman John Lesinski, It.. Mich of the bout* , * bor commit tee-planned lo bring the FEPC bill up on tha floor under the present rule on Ju*. M - .Elsewhere In congress' Uguor ada—A member of the senate taferenrte rommeree n# mittee said he -doubts that the <Tmm Te IWbe Ftvvi

„mmg.s,t.in u-j'-jju M..'2 1 *? I llinoiu Flood waters 1 H RAMPAGING flood walers of the W< Muddy -river ran be ueen in thia photo h they approach a highway bridge on route 11 In NMthem llHnoia The width of the flood-wMened rHer ran he noted from the Ideation of the bridge and the trees along this road. | “

! New Investigation I . - In Vincennes Blast - Natural Gas Blamed la Two Other Probes Vincennes.. Ind Jan 14 (ItPlj k new investigation Into a “housf j , | ini. Project unit explosion here i ! which kilted five persons Thursday! was underway today after two, , other pndvea blamed natural gas r Kfate fire marshal Alex Hoag land and Knox county coroner Paul Kttale agreed that tAc blast .f-wwv eaWMW by **M eeeowiolatioa . of natural gas' under the floor of , the two family house. ' I r Vincennes fire chief Dewey Shep | herd disgreevl. however, saying thgf it never will lie known wheth ,'per it was natural-gas or backed up , sewer gas. .No .one. was able to . explain how the gas was ignlte.l I titrate said his official . today will be "death from ah ex , ploaldff bf naiurart gas av< nmuteted J Federal housing authority off! r rials from Washington started their own investigation today Hubert Wel-b- t'Mcsgo j I off'lvdal dp thle wene. said WTriuld I i make no statement until the i ,- Washington Investigators conclud r ed their probe. Apparently in fear of other ex-1 ( plosions in the 42-Unit Major Bow > man terrace housing project, sev ' i era! families already had moved! out and others kept police firemen and project officials busy answer log calls to investigate "gas smells" The explosion, which shattered the unit and killed two mothers and their three children , apparent ly--occurred, because four ventilators were closed,-cutting off air circulation beneath the floor and allowing the gas to accumulate Wabash River Still ». ; Rising Al Vincennes Crests Delayed By Friday's Rainfall r , - ■ - • ’ \ By United Press t Clear, cold weather spread across Indiana today as flood-plugged r areas along the lower Wabash river waited for crests delayed by • yesterday’s rain The stream still was rising alow t ly al Vincennes, two days beyond > the original date set for Its crest » there. But experts said a flood . wall, holding the back from f a big area covering one-fourth of ’ the city, no longer was in danger • of breaking More than 1.000 soldiers and naI t tonal guardsmen reinforced- the I wall and .stayed on duty more than - "a week patrolling the levee. The sfream stood at 17 • feet to- ■ day. far above flood stage and only i 1 4 feet fr6m the top of the waH - Forecasters predicted a crest no, ■ higher than 27* feet today or early ■ tomorrow. I Heavy rain over a »hour period I ending teat Bight produced only minor additional crests in the upper Wabash and upper west fork of the: ’ White rtver • The lower Wabash, below Vln-, t Cennee. crested at 17 M feet at Mt' (TweW Te PWWV rtvej

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■ , ....., Danville Youth Dies As Train Hits Auto Indianapolis. Jan. 14 —(<JF>— ‘ Robert Wayne Bray. >3. Daavllte. waa Hlted taM night when his automobile was struck by a Monon railroad paasfWger train nt a city Street crossing Bray waa the first traffic fatality in Indianapolis and Marion county tn IWo. I Two Brothers Are Entombed In Mine Cevovie Traps Two In Anthracite Mine Mahanoy. City. Pa? Jan 14— IUP I Grimy rescue workers dug through toils 07 rock, coal and dirt today in an ettort to reach twobrothers entombed by a mine cave in 'One ot the men. Edward Burda. ' ». r . was trapped !&•-feet deep. to' lan Independent anthracite working! at the old New Boston colliery al IVte'brm*s», A-wrt*.-:-:lf*. was caught So teet underground by the-rts k fall Another brother. Charles. 53.1 working near ..lln; surfa< e. » < , bogged hipltigh by the tlrsTswirl 'of debris But he eased himself ■ out rd, his boot* and escaped wit II ; leg cuts. No on. »n the scene could say whether the trapped men were ' alive Faint tappings on rail lines running through the mine w *f*j heard shortly after the men were entombed at 2pm yesterday After 5 p tit however, they ceased The rappings might have stop ped. rescuers said, because hew falls had covered the tracks and muffled them The rescuers attempted to push ah air pip* down into the mine but were stymied by rock at 8# .teet The rescue crews, -under . personal command of state mine In spector J « Relaoehl. hoped that the men had reached gangways tn the mine, where they perhaps could obtain air that would sustain them for hour* ; ' The task of reaching the men was painstaking After clearing off the surface area of the slope la which the cave-in occurred, the voiun teers concentrated on opening a narrow escape hatch through the fall The volunteers, many <W them friends of the trapped miners worked individually in relays to dig a sloping teith toward the men The job waa being done at the risk of their own Ilves Subsequent rock falls remained a threat to <Twn> Te Pune Ftvei William F. Beineke Dies Friday Night William F Betneke. 71. a native of Adama county, died at < o'cloek Friday night at the Lutheran hosp Hal to Fort Wayne. Ha waa born near Manley March 24. l»7». a aoa of Frederick and Sophia Fru<Ate-Beineke. For the past I few years he had resided on a farm la Caaa county, near Logansport. Hto wife died 10 years ago Surviving are two daughter. Mrs Milton Green of near Loganspotl and Mrs Mark Ahehlre, es La Croaaa: - four grandchildren, and Chartea. both of Decatur Funeral i two brothers. John JBetneke and laervlcea and burial wlll be held’j Monday aftereoon in Caaa county.

Nani Board Probes 0 Submarine Tragedy : Survivors Colled To Give Testimony 1 Chatham. England. Jan *l4. (TFI Eight of 15 survivors ot 'he Mbmartoe Truculent. were called, before a five man naval board of Inquiry today to testify on the collision which cost, the lives of >5 naw on the sulmarln* After the aorvlvors . have told their atortee the Iroanl will ques ’ lion eve* members of tpe Swedish j tealter Dlvlna which ranlmed au<l I sank the Truculent in clear weath- ' er In the Thames Estuary Thursday | nights The first hsnrteg today was c; pected to last about two hours. The report of the inquiry l«>ard will b • snbmMted to the commander tn chief of the .Nore naval station i,here, who will direct further in- ! vestlgation on the haul* ~f the<«, j teiard's recominendatlons. 1-ussions and findings of the hoard ' would not tie made public i The inquiry will determine a mong other things »liy it was that, one hour and 20 minutes elaps cd before th* Admiralty was notified of the collision In the, Tham' s Estuary salvage activities began. Tty- Tru< I ulent rested In aH feet of water o" the mnddy bottom of the pstuar. . I washed by the IS loot tides thab run in and out twice a day. Au admiralty apokesnian-said las' night that many might have ttvrs T" rivet ? Two Boys Confess To Blocking Tracks /■ Refuse Reason For Attempt On Trains Chicago Jan 14 — tl'P — Two cocky schoolboys refused to tell police today why they stacked| heavy steel bars on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad htacjc ‘ nearly derailing two fast passen ger trains The boys, identified by officers as Thomas Bryl. 12. and John , Grayman. -11. admitted blocking ttte tracks but refused to say why they had done it They were held overnight In the juvenile home.- > Police described them as “toughtalktag kids" who apparently felt little remorse over the fact that they endangered 500 persons When a reporter sought to ques tlon them, they said: "Mum'a the word-we don't talk to newspapermen " They wore soiled last night hy| a railroad detective who found 1 them near the awlteh shack from j which they had taken ewttch harsj and other equipment they -admitted piling on the tracks. Railroad men said it was "mirac afoul" that neither of the speeding trains, carrying hundreds of passengers Waa derailed Thursday night. , After watching the trains smash' Into their handiwork, the boys said] they broke open several switchI locks, aceordtag to police The--1 unlocked switches were- discover j tTwse Ts mapi newt

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13 Mm Killed hi Freak Glider Crash 11 Os Victims Are Paratroop Students Columbus, Ga., Jan 14. —(l’Ft— An air force investigation board hoped to find the cause today of a freak Friday the 13th glider crash that killed 1.1 men. 11 of them para troop students scheduled to "graduate" today Ten of the students died instantTywhen their glider, sloping tn for a landing at Lawson field on the huge Port Benning reservation, tipped sideways and crashpd with a tremendous rqar Another student, an InWructor and an air force pilot died within hours Four more students lay Injured as a result of the splintering smash that < ame without a second's warning The Fort Benning public Infor mat ion office would not disclose ( lhetr names or conditions First reports' Said a sudden? strong wind <;urrent caused a wingto rip into the rround But oftteers later-said they did ’ not kuo* the cause The wreckage ' was spread over 7o<> teet of the runway A control tester observer said it all happened so quickly that when Ike took his eyes from the apparently normal glider ter a Uplit Second ht- missed the smash' “Two glider* were-' corning In' [for a normal landing pjfjiroa<-h.“[ I said Cj>l. Jatnes P Harr of Itefrojt : "Everything appyateiLJta&naL turned to look at lhyt'-S2.that had' released them Th/n I turned back ■ t<> look at the glitters and saw al pile <>f debris out there ~~~~“7-j "What I thoiight was debtis turn < d oil! to be bodies " .?. Till; four survivors all serious , Tv iururid Included Pvt - Ytmor E ' E tifat'e Kt I Ft Wayne Ind - 2 - | St. Mary’s River Rises Again Today Reported Last Night Little Wind Damage The St Mary's rivi-r was again, higher from the previous; day's i reading', hitting-the second highest mark of Hi* season when it r- u. Ii- d 11K.56 feet a rise of more than a teet from Friday morning's reading of 17.53 feet "Hi” Meyer, who made the reading also stated that lit of an Inch of rain fell during the 24-hour period ending at ,3 o'clock this morn Ing The wind caused some minor damage in the county, according to oftlciaTs re|K,rte John Rogers, at the Decatur airport, stated that he I did not have a true Indication of the velocity »f the wind in Decatur but did remark thjM surrounding cities had nosed wltfil velocity read tngs up to miles an hour at times -s One toll Rne between Decatur and Fort Wayne, was placed out of commission when a tree fell on the lines However, repairs were made early today, ahd the lines gre again in operation superintendent of the light and power department said that several power poles along the AdamwAlten county line and ■ also In Union township, were brok | en off by the wind and atew trans- : former fuse* prere blown out. but. he added "There has been nothj Ing too serious yet " I No add!Dima! roads were cov Jered with waler, according, tp state land county reports- However, th* same roads In the southern part of the county remain inundated that have been underwater nil week Fart Wayut WiuAiiuir Is Fatally Injured Fort Wayne. Ind . Jan 14—fl’Pl —Robert Bachman. 53. was injured , ‘ fatally yesterday when he Tell from in 25f®ot-hteh scsflote where he 1 bad been cut ting stevl beams.

■: —— Ohio River On — Rampage Over Long Course Levee Protecting Shawneetown Is At Danger Level Shawneetown, lit. Jan 14,- <l’P> — The Ohio Rhr—threatened to rraMh throtißh the big levee pro teettai thb hintork* river town lo (lay ax flood water* lapped three feet of the danger point The Ohio wan on a ran/page OW 2GO mile* of its courae frpni (’airo. 111., where ILdump* mto the Mitra ijraippi. almoat to The big stream>as being pushed upward by two days of rain* ! throughout lta<valley and by a l»:g | flood creat Sweeping along a73 (mile stretch of the Wattoril River ! which epfptie* Into the Ohio just l north here -■?*• -Ahpht-•Sti’towyur and hamlet* -we/r i affe/-»ed by the rising water* an»t stMte jmlice estimated that About , I persons had been farced front / »helr home* in lowland | At some pointli. the Ohio was H t miles out oLita banhs At the lateit reading here, the ! Ohio atood Mt 51.3 feet r Expert* feared that the Mg levee . 4 pnitm t i ji g the*, taw ii IwmiM‘ vrunibL* ’ i when the river hits 54 feet Monday 1 J or-Tnesd-a-y-TT— -•••-■ -- j Relow here near flosirlare. low pand families fled to. higher ground as the water la;»ped at their door |4*teps . . 7 The ana’« sari • F' : .«<:ir-,».i■ ’mines began shutting down as wat !-vr itirwdfteiiwtf to- poor ! Water virhsitHy eurrounded thrf .towns—of Ooliohda. R.iHidare" end ' Elisabethtown bnt the cjjic* | Selves *»agd <>n rivet - uffs But even th» It ion’s couldn't proTect the cities if I’bjj ri'cr kepL_xis>Uu: offiriats d. 1 i '.tir-tt < •11 » .i’e-llv-t' .11!• • > flooded in history, was’considered safe ttehlnd its tremendous bu’ warks The W4?rst situati<in appeared L» be here at -Shawneetown The levee here. Wilt higher and J higher after rat h . of tbr many ' floods ,that hirs dmwned the village in history, now looms Cl feet above , the rtveris normal level Duroiy the rug flo4»d «>f ih< lT«r« Te Fuse •!»» Two Plead Guilty To Check Kiting Charge * Switch Pleas From Innocent To Guilty Fort Wgvny Ind. Jan 14 — I UP. Federal . judge I.uJher M Swygert today studied the case of y termer used enr dealer and , bank cuahier who switched their pleas from innocent to guilty on , check kiting charges In a 1350,- ( OOP. bank fund shortage Roy U Chaney: Jr . 2fr. Harlan Ind and Clyde G Rectenwall. t 5 former cashier of.the Farmers an.' ■ Merchants hank of Spencerville I j changed their pleas after four ' character witnesses had testified at their trial. Both were betnt tried in a 4134.-: 000 mall fraud case part of the loss in manipulations which totaled tSSO.Offln Rectenwall pleaded guilty to 44 • counts of misapplication of the--1 bank's funds and Chanev to aix 1 chargee of check' kittag The el- : cashier faced a maximum <rf 205 years In prison and 3205.000 fine while Chaney was liable, to 30 i veers te prlsim and a 13.0.000 fjne " Swygert ePt no date tor senten. Ing the two Four other defendants charged I with aiding Rectenwall and pnrt. ’ i cipat Ing In the fraud remained U> i -be. tried. One. Leasll O Jigflislyy.. I goes on trial next Tuesday.- 1

Brice Four Cents

Geneva Cardinals Defeat Spartans In Tourney's Initial Thriller Last Night Adams county's net champion will be crowned tonight The semi final lineup 12 45 p m -Decatur C.mimodores vs Hartford Gorillas 2 pm Monmouth Eagles vs Geneva Cardinals tpm Afternoon winners battle for the county title Geneva's Cardinals joined the select circle .rs foMt. Friday n«ht. rallying In the final period te edge out the Pleasant MHU Spartans 5444, h> the.only real thriller of the tourney ta date IB the consolation game played as Friday night's opener the Adams Central Greyhounds defeat ed the Jefferson Warriors. 55 45. The Decatur Commodoires will be making their Initial toantey appear ance this afternoon, having drawn T the tourney bye Their opponents. Hartford, eliminated Jetfersofr'lh' the tourbey opener Thursday night, while the MonmoiiDi Eaglet; reach ed the semi-final rounu te- deteartag Adam* .Central fp Thursday s sec > : ond game. . Geneva Ratty Wins The Pleasant Mills SpartanS ted j throughou' by far the .greater part . trf Friday 's nightcap, but could not i stave off Geneva's determined drive in the closing minutes I Geneva took an early J t lead but the Spartan* began te click and > rushed itfto a !S» margin as the ; ttie first- quarter- Pteavanl . Mills stillJ>» ld this six-point margin [gt 22 after three nrtnvtes the • second period 'lapsed hut the !'«•— dinals whittled away at thi« margin the floor a: half time trail \ jug by only three pojlit’- 24 21 The Spartan- doggedly h> Id onto 1 this advantage throughout th* third tperfod-; whfyh-t"'- - Ttrfrv liohinsotr- Hehl fo^ : ' Bob Farrar S foul toes pulled C* > n* ra into a >*»<»■?’’’ ti* with itir* *- nsin- ' fbv* ftaal 'Workincr hi' fr'm t'-. tlel.l »nd I’lra-au: Mill-,., st.- bark On top Si vil - field goal knotted the conn ry Ttt '332.30'1 Weaver - twepom’<l, put Geneva 1n trout 34 >2. the I first time Genera held th* lead ■dint the opening-minutes of play Bosr-n hit from Ito- treld fi'r l*’e:r -an- Mills and the game wa- all knotted at. 7-4 34 with less than , a y minute to play Robinson and Weaver “added Tree throws in th* last 3 1 ’ seconds to advance to the ssini final round Robinson was th. came s leading with it points, whi.lt- i'o'k ing'r-r topped Pleasant- Milte with In followed closely by Price With nine vAdams Central Wins Th* Adams Central tlreyhounds. after trailing at the firs! quarter, I vtT assumed the- lead ta the se.- _ ond quarter and went on to de teat the Jefferson Warriors 55-45 in Fridae s opener The Greyhounds held a six point—advantage 29-2 S at the .half, and a seVcn point margin 4‘ L : at the third period - ■ Jefferson fought back ganw-ly and midway through the final period moved within'TUHrTHW* «yf---Adwms.Central -43-41. but field goals by Glenn Rowden and Jim Arnold pulled the Greyhounds on' of danger. The whiners grwdvuVUv increasing their vlctory-'margin to IP points * Rowdon topped the scorers with 1*: points Arnold trailing with rttFor Jefferson. Miller was the wo: Ing leader with 14 points Adama. Central FG FT TP Hoffman f .... — 2 12 « Elirsam. f -. —f F >2' 12 Arnold, e 4 Rowdon g ..... . 8 3-3- 18 Baumgartnet g ...... a <«* Schns-k. f ....il * e 1 Koltyr. g - . a no e ,[ - - TGT.AIJ4 . Y 1» 17-2 P 55 -S 4eHtrass ~ M FG ' FT TP Wan f . 2 33 7 Miller, f - 5 4 5 .14 ! Kahn c S 13 7 ' Wellman g --—4 24 lo 4-Bauwaoa- I 4-5. iTrtr T» >*•«•