Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 22.

REOPEN COAL NEGOTIATIONS ON FEB. 1

AskForU. S. Production Os Hydrogen Bomo Vinson And Baruch Urge Production, Lilienthal Silent Washington. Jan. 27.>’-(UPt-» Chairman Carl Vinson ot the hou*e armed services committee and elder statesman Bernard M Baruch today called tor V. 8. production of the hydrogen "super bomb". But the man who probably knows more than anybody else about all the isaues involved, ehairthan I>avld E Lilienthal of the atomic energy ronimlaaion. flatly refused to make hl* view* known LlHentm conferred with Preaident Truman after attending a sec ret hearing of the house senate atomic energy committee al which key congressmen sought the llbumh jltrtM.oLAlK' officials He told White Hous* reporters that all news stories which have purported to stale his opinion about the new weapon ard "toHßty lilac curate." Some of them have said he opposes the H-bomb On moral grounds unleas - ”*” hew atietftpt t-i made to win a world atomic control agreement from Russia Earlier. Baruch and Vinson had | told the United Press In separate interviews that they favor mana factureof the new bomb Scientists hare figured, out the nuclear rear : . tl-.n- involved but President Tin man has not" ye* ordered the II bomb into production.. la proposing that this country make H bombs. Vinson said pro duct last should start at once The Georgia Democrat said; . "The United States must, of course, hand every wapoh of which she I# capable, as long B these wea|H.ns also are In the grasp of potential enemies" Baruch voiced H similar view to the t'nited Press The author of the world atomic control plan re jeeted by Russia in the ITiltid Na . lions said this country should make | th»~hydrogen bomb if It can — } The vin«dn and Hunch stirt* t nit nt s’came while key cimgre*sm* n a,1... eJpliiUlig Un II Mak i-m - With ICoiiib • ■ml’inl- in' ! «•'>« .Jtesrtltg at- thy capital Chairman David E. I .iilenthal-ot ■ the atomic' • to rgv c crmmissloit ty fused to comment on Bsrurli’* Views He left the .hi-od louring Os tlty congressional atomic energy committee to go to the While House lor a conference with- President Truman Mr Truman is now study ing with .his advisers the problem of whethc* this country .should commit millions-of dollars , to the new weapon venture. World Series Movies Shown To Rotarians Moving picture i of the 1949 world series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodger* were shown at the weejtly meeting of the Iterator Rotary c-lUh Thursday evening Robert Ashbaucher was chairman of the program. -.v_ Urnlrc Jacob*. club president: - vannounced that Mrs Fred Patterson. whose husband was a char-j ter member and . one of the most active club workers since Its inception. had presented to the club nr. Pptterwm’s history of the Rotary club and a targe number of issues of the Rotary Spokes, the _ c tub's official bulletin. Sheriff Reported As ■ Resting Comfortably Sheriff Herman Bow-fttan la reported by Lutheran .hospital attendants as "resting comfortably following his more than three hours in surgery Thursday. Doctors have placed pegs through his teg in two places, and have wired th* pegs. thus, hoping to draw the bone in the leg to gether. The operation eliminates. ■ 'for the meantime at least amputation ot the leg. which had broil strongly considered even to the moment when the sheriff entered , the operating room. WEATHER Generally fair and not quite So told northwest portion tonight; Saturday slowly Increasing Cloudiness and warmer. Rain In extreme south by Low tonight 15 to 20 north and 20 to 25 south: high Saturday 30 to 35 north and 40'to 45 south.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT

Bid For Permanent 4-H Home Rejected City Bid Rejected By Extension Group The (Adam* eoanty exlenstan committee], governing group of all agricu|tui4l activities In the county. <t (Jj p:led an invitation of the city of Decatur to build permanent ill exhibit buildings ..at HaanaNuttman park and use 20 acres of that “part for Its exhibits and iivro Much shows. The v»te was 20 against the proposal and 14 for the proposal. The city council had previously offered the ground tn the group for Ils buildings and also priority at dales for all other agricultural meetings Stanley .Arnold. Kirkland township. was rlevted ehairmuM of the committee for I*so sttroeeding Angus! Belking. who has served as ! chairman for the last two yhars. Mr Kelklng d< clinrd to permit his| name to be placed in nomination Etiwin Rclfateck. township. was elebred vice-chairman; Mrs Herman Blroke. I'nion town ship waa.electad secretary and Muri Kuhn. Kirkland township, was named treasurer Menno Augxburger wa* reelected director and Delmon* Wachter was named 4-H council representative. Al a meeting in December of ISIS the committer had voted to accept the tentative offer of Deca- ■ lur for the permanent site and had instructed Us executive committee Ip make a proposal to the city gounill This was done this Week and the council accepted the pro- ■ posal. X -The reverse .rote.-, eauw* rtter.ylwr ixirutlve committee had reported at Thursday's meeting. There was no representative present from either the Decatur or Berne Cham bvrdf Commerce and as far as is known no Invitation has been 1.-ottrii to the committee for the htrMing'of the 19. W show There was. however, a proposal from the town of Monroe which was presented at the December.meeting for a temporal) site fur (he show- 7~. A carry-in lunch was served to, all those attending the all-day «rr- ■ -ion at Decatur high school and the [gfternoon meeting started followring the meal Mayor John Doan attended the and supplement!d the writ t.tt "Urcttarton to wr_ nian part with a veibal invitation M't r.lhc reversal the mayor thank- • d those prr-ent for their consideration ami staled’ that If thryl rAiiind their Wads at any Hme j h<- was o'* Decatur’s proposal would still b»- valid" After new officers were elected, plans were started for tin- overall program for Utah . Considerable tinir was given to the discussion of a comity planning csmitnisMon and oilier problems.. Monroe Is Selected For 1950 4-H Show Chosen After Local Invitation Rejected Monroe was chosen as the site fot-.The !•♦'.«! Adams county 4 II club show'.at the r-hislne Session of the county extension committee meeting lull’ a! lheatur high echool Thursday Tile selectSh was made after the game group rejected an offer of a "SSacre site al Hanna Nnttman park for permanent 4ft buildings The TRy of- liecatur had agreed to pro vide and water and also maintain any buildings which the group built. Township reprr srtvgtives on the committee—were asrfgned the job -of ratsing funds in rural arena for the l»sii show The executive group received the Job of urban solicitations Township representatives on the committed for 1950 include: Vnion. Mr and Mrs. Herman file, ke; Monroe. Mr and Mr*. C. \V R Sehwarti; Jefferson. Mr and Mrs. Henry Rumple: French. Mr. and Mrs Menno Augsburger: Root. Mrs V. n«on-Heist and August SelkiTwea Ta race Twer Kelly Is Appointed As TB Secretary Indianapolis. Jan. 27— ft'PF— Chester D Kelly. Indianapolis, was appointed today to- euccewd the late Murray A. Auerbach as executive secretary of the Indiana tuberculosis association W Guy Brown. Decatur, first vice president of the organtxatiou's executive committee, announced the appointment.

Inaugurate Indian Republic B 8. SEN. t center I charge d'aftUrea for India in Waahßigtou reada the ufflcia) proclamation of Inauguration of the Republic of India In ceremonies before the new Republic’* Embassy

Margaret Harris Is •* Oratorical Wimer Represents Decatur In County Contest Miss Margaret Harris was chosen hy the judges today to represent 1 tel’atur high school In. the' county American Legion oratoricsd contest; which will be held February Thia was tke first elimination L round tor the Leglon’a contest , which now proceed* to Mate. . regional, then national content*. > Mine Harris, who lw a luntar In . the school, was chosen in a special run-off today after she and Miss Phyltla Kohler had tied in a slmilac contest Tuesday. J At that time nine students com--j peti-d in the elimination, all of them | concentrating their speeches on: some phase of the constitution. 1 Ln today.elimination. In addl . lion to their regular s|>eeche». flieT Contestants weft* required to speak fixe minutes 'extempmanvously on ..m-\.| I.mt am.lidments to the cote ■dilution, the topic "drawn by lot ludges then voted Miss Hanis the | winner. - * I Those competing In the contest Tuesday, in addilion to Miss Harris and Miss' Kohler, were: Barbara j Beehler. Dun Mills, Don Smith.' Matviii Stucky. l»ia White. Frances'Morris and Dianne Linn To date, this ls the first such elimination contest in the county, according to Ed Jaberg. who is chairman ot the contest which lai being sponsored locally by Adams Post n. However. Jaberg slated that he expects several other finalists to be ready to compete in the county eliminations before the February 3 date. Ingrid Bergman To File For Divorce Suit To Is Filed In Mexican Court Hollywood. Jan. .37.—(UPI - Ingrid Bergman will file suit tor a Mexican, divorce, probably tndty. to sweep away the last obstacle to f qqwrrylng dynamic Italian director Roberto Rossellini. The beautiful ytar was In such a rush to get out of her marriage , that “he didn't stop for .an agree ment on her property or custody of her daughter. She said she'd settle that later Her attorneys said the suit was being tiled immediately, possibly when the courts opened today. It It hadn't -been filed alreajy Neither Miss Bergman nor her husband. Dr Peter Lindstrom will have to appear for the decree, and as far as Mexican courta are concerned she can tie the knot witk Rossellini as soon as the judge bangs his gavel. . The long-awaited divorce climaxed nearly six months of international wt angling over ternts of the decree- Finally, the star told at tomey Gregson Bautxer to get the ami negotiate later "No agreement was reached on the custody of Mias Bergman's child." Banner said "I waa aatk orlxed to file the divorce tnde pendent of any pftgterty settlement or custody agreement. The negotta<Twra Te Page May

OHLY DAILY MEWWARER IM AOAMff COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Jmaary 27,1950

C-54‘ Transport Plant Is Reported Missing Edmonton. Alta.. Jan 27-~(UP) An American air force C-54 transport plane, carrying 34 passengers and an eight-man crew, la missing In the Canadian north. RCAF official* said today. The air force said the plane was en. route from Anchorage. Alaska, to Great Falla. Montana ■ir— ■; ’ Beme Man Jailed » 'Peeping Tom' 30-Day Jail Term Handed Offender Police Thursday night apprei hended a "|»eeping Tom" whom they caught In the act of looking Into a window of a house on Master Drive, and brought "him before j Mayor John Doan, who fined the l man and sentenced him to the county jail today Calvin Sprnngrr. .'*<. of Berne, j and the father of three children, wax picked up by deputy sheriff Hoti Shraluka and clfy" jUtfOlmnn Dale Degth after Sprunger started ‘ to run from them Death fired acouple of shots into 1 the air. and when Shraluka caught i the man in his flashlight, he gave up the chase. Neighbors had reported that a main was peeping into the Master Drive residence, and patrolman Death and deputy-Sliraluka sped to the seine They parted, one of them going along the front of the houses, the other behind them, and both spotted Sprunger at his work The officers closed in on Sprunger. who was little box which he carried with him. He was so engrossed In his "work” he. didn’t notice the officers approach until Death told him not to move. It was then that Sprunger began running, the shots were fired, and he was grabbed hy the officers and taken, to the county In court today, he. told the court that he "didn’t know what made him (Io this.” after hearing the affidavit read by prosecuting toraey Severin Schurger. which accused Sprunger of peeping Into a home "In a prying and surreptitious manner." ~ After Sprunger ’ had pleaded guilty, and had told the court that this wart his first brush with the Igw. the mayor stated that he didn't know what’ was going to happen when people "encroach upon the privacy of a home." Mayor IVoan then slapped the record book bn the bench before him and un hesitatingly said. “ISO and costs. sTwvw Wnui Mat Adams Central Grode Teacher Appointed Kenneth Watkins has been made an addition to the teaching staff ot the Adams Central schools. It waa announced today hy Hansel Foley, county snperintendent of schools Watkins, married, and a recent graduate ot Anderson College, will replace Ellwyn Hartxler. recently retired because of Hlneas>An. will teach tn the fifth grade Mr and Mrs Watkins have already moved to Adams county and will make their home Tn Decatur.

Russians Tighten Squeeze On Traffic Defy Protest From Western Big Three g i Berlin. J*n 27 fl’Pl- The Has ■ siana tightened their squeeze on traffic between Berlin and . west Germany todgy in defiance of. a protest by the western big three. Police at Helmstedt, where the main Berlin highway crosses the sonal border, said the pileup of trucks there was the worst since the Slowdown began last Satnrday * YNey mild more than Jfta trucks were Dmmed bumper to bumper in a foar-mlle line on the west side of the Soviet checkpoint, and an other 50 were on the east side For the first time, police said. I milk trucks were made to line up ( with the other trucks. They said . the depay would endanger the sur . ply of milk for Berlin children _ . Fur capped Rp ssl a n border . guards were passing from two to six. vehicles an hour compared to J s normal-rate of 15 to 30 an hour. Charles.A. Dix. Berlinss Amerif can transport chief, -aid the aveyI age llerllu-houiid truck was forced I to wait from 30 to 40 hours for j clearance. West hound trucks wait- , cd an average ofT2 hours. Tie said I n . . | : $358,000 In Stolen • Jewelry Recovered Part Os Aga Khan Loot Is Returned Pgrin. Jan. 27. -*(UP>- Some 3350.000 worth of the 1710.000 In jewels stolen (com the Aga Khan on the Riviera last August were 1 returned to Marseille police sur reptitlbusly last night, French national police announced today A mystery man. whom police said probably was one of the gang. , left a package containing the , I jewels on the sidewalk in front of a police station at about R p.m. He then called the police and said: --—— ( "Yon’ll find the jewels outside , the station house." t Two inspectors rushed out and I recovered the package. French nat tionhl police in Paris said experts . examined the gents and said there i was “no doubt"’they were part of , the loot taken from the Aga Khan The package contained clusters i of gems torn from their gold and i platinum settings as well aa brace- ■ -' lets, necklaces and clips which . were intact. The gems which l)*d been pried out 'of their eetthigs were easily recognized, police Mid. The mysterious package con-. talned a note Os, instructions on the outside saying It was to be opened only ta the preaeaan at r Marcelle Racotte Marseille examining .magistrate in charge of inInvestigation of the Khan robbery f Sacotte was called in and the packagg was opened. I- A spokesman- for the national police, who announced that five of 1 the holdup rang were arrested ' last seek aaM he believed police had frightened the mem here of the gang still st targe who had the ! Jewels. . . ’} He said they apparently bad deram* ata>

Northern Coal Operators Spar With Lewis Seeking Court Ruling On Demands

Adm. Sherman Cites \lfahh \amia! llsmu jiivny juvici navy Russia Concentrates On Undersea Warfare Washington. Jan. 37— (t’Pl— Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations, said today that Russia’s navy la "very -powerful" and admirably suited to the type of war Moscow would wage. He Implied that the popular conCeptiop at Russia as a weak naval power stems from the fact that its ses forces are of a vastly different .type from those of the west Russia, he said, bt concentrating on Undersea warfare —the kind of naval operations It would have to use it it hoped to slop a mass concentration of American forces in Europe or Asia where she "is a self-contained military power." "That the other power has a -ub marine force larger than ours is a potent argument for the United .States to possess -not an equal number of submarines -but antisubmarine naval elements of great effectiveness." he said. Sherman expressed his views of future navy policies and missions -In Pe»a*u*. the publication of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Co , The article is regarded an one ot , I his most important policy state ,|ments since becoming chief of i naval’ operations. It is being dlstrihated widely in the navy. r | Sherman said "(rouble In any a part of the globe" would require both airborne and amphibious ope rations. Gens Omar'N Bradley, chairman ‘ of the joint chiefsstaff, and J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, have expressed doubt about future largeseale amphibious operations because of the atomic bomb Sherman argued, however, that while the A-bomb will have a profound influence on -tactics it ■'wtirWf change Th® TtfudtHnenTWl ITwra T» !*•«• Eight! C.C. Adds Over 20 New Members Mon- than 20 new members have been added this week In the drive for new members tSdng staged by the Deeatitr Clumber of com mere*; AIT team, y have not reported and it is believed that there will lie at least 30 or 35 new members when final reports are filed „ Area Scout Council Meets Last Evening Annual Report Made At Leaders Meeting C L. Ziner and L A Cowen* were appointed as district repre sentatives of the Aafhony Wayne area of the Boy Seouta tn the annual meeting of the executive hoard council of Fort Wayne held Thursday. Carl Pumphrey and E W l-ankenau retained their positions on the executive board of tse Conn cB , Following the election ■ and, ,ap pointment of officers, the’ annual report was given Decatur's gain, it was noted, ws# eight for the year, from 269 boys actively engaged in scouting in 1949 to 277 ' in 1949 The entire area, however, has made a substantial gain from 1936. where there Were 2.017 hoys in some phase of scouting to !9<|. ■ when there were 4.35 g boys as scouts, cubs of explorers . Plana were also extended and discussed at the'meeting concerning national Boy Scout week, the Boy Scout jamboree, to be held at Valley Forge. Pa. from June 3» July 6. Boys from all over the world will be In attendance at the jamboree. and local official* note that several from Adams county have indicated a wish to attend , National Boy Scout week will be celebrated in Decatur with the annual banquet Feb 9. this year sponsored by the Rutgry club the American Legtoo. Lions and the P T A - . ■ ’= - ■ ’? “■ ■ '- j' ■■

Cornier South OF NOVeiODIOCK Civil Rights Truman Democrats Line Up To Stall Cotton Bill Action Waahington. Jan. 27 — fT'PI — Pro-Truman Democrats countered the southern blockade of civil right* legislation today by lining up to stall bouse action on a cot- ~ lon bill dear to !s<xfe. Chairman John Lesinski. D, Mich., ’of the house tabor committee started a "filibuster" of his own to repay the southerners for blocking his fair employment practices bill A few minutes after the bouse convened to take up a Dixie-back-ed bill that would add about 1.400.000 acres of cotton production to , the agriculture department s 1950 quota*. Lesinski demanded a quorum call That tied up the proceeding* t for a half-hour and Lesinski’ said . he had more delaying tactics ready f for use later. He said about 40 I. northern Democrats bud praastaed to Joia him tn atalltng the cottoa y bill all day and next weak, too. If e neceasary, “as long aa this souths aimers want to play this kind of game " i Isaelnskrs FEPC bill, keystone of President Truman’s civil rights, program, has been bottled up in ' the southern - dominated house ! rules committee which yesterday cleared the cotton bill for floor action. ----- 1 "We have decided to fight fire with said In other congressional developments: f oal The sepate labor committee pigeonholed a resolution demanding- That“ PfSlldent Truman Invoke Taft-Hartley law to ’restore production in the coal fields. Steel Chairman Joseph C O' Mahoney, D. Wyo., of the Joint congressional economic committee charged ftiat the steel industry leaders who have been testifying before hl* group »re using their grip on the nstion's credit to block •teel expansion Tax Relief Senate Democratic leader Kcbtt -W Lucas of Illinois predicted that congress Will make "real progress" this year in revislng tax taws "for the lienefit . of the American people ” He didn't, say how. With the senate in recess, the* congressional oratory for the day, was confine-l to the house, where' ami the southerners were ; battling over FEPC and cotton (Tees TsSmae MSI . — SI. Mary's River Is On Awfher Rampage Near Crest Reached Here On January 11 Old St Mary's river went on an other rampage yesterday and last night, rising within six hundredths 1 of an inch of the crest which was - reached on January 11. The stream stood at 19.4 feet - at 9 o'clock this morning. Herman 1 "Hi" Meyer, local weather gapger stated. The peak wa* 19720 feet 1 The lowlands are flooded and it wa* reported that a stretch of road on <T. ft highway 33 east of Willshirr Ohio, was closed be- . cause of high water A section in Bellmont park was Inundated, but no particular haz , ard axlsted. Phil Sauer., jruvaty highway superintendent reported , I’ 8 highway 224. near the park. , is flooded, stowing hut‘- not stopping traffic Sauer aaid a couple i bridges were ow the "danger , stage." but that ho further washout* Occurred since Wednesday.

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Lewis Scheduled For Appearance In Federal Court Day Os New Negotiation Pittsburgh. Jan. 27 — LUPI — Northern coal operator* sparred with John L. Lewi* today seeking a court ruling on the legality of the United Mine Workers chief'* demands before reopening negotiation*. ' , ; _ The operator* wired Lewi* they would meet him Feb 1 at 2 p. m. --tour hour* later than the time Lewis set — and “suggested” he keep hla 10 a m. date with ■ federal judge. Lewis has been cited by the national labor relations board for bargaining in -bad faith and making demands banned by the TaftHartley law. The operators said they felt "the court should immediately rule on the legality of certain of your demands. " The NLRB has charged that Lewis' "able and willing'' to work demand, his union shop proposal and his welfare fund vet up are Hi violation of the labor law. ... Learie' maneuver of offering to “ open negotiation*-at the same time the court action la scheduled, fol ! lowed an invitation by George H. ( Love, spokesman for the operst- } era. to resume bargaining on Urn ■ O s the operators' proposal*. Lewis replied that he would f bargain in good faith "without ( qualification of committee." f The Impending merilng between and the operators, arts f while, curbed a congressional ( drive to have President Truman ’ -declare a national emergency and ■ invoke the injunction provisions of the Taft-Hartley law The senate labor committee pigeonholed, by * 6. to 5 rote, a Republican sponsored resolution asserting it to be the sense of «»ngro**' -Hmm -Mr- Tromao •Ituulcl .= intervene in the eigbt-month ■ oal dispute ;• A threat hy rebel miners.tn <-on- .„ tlnue th«lr wildcat walkouts protesting thesTMW a three-day week, which idled 90.009 this week, also endangered Lewis' strategy. Lewis' offer to resume negotia Hons was regarded by some source* as the signal tor the reliels to return White House aide*, it was reported. have told him that President Truman would maintain hrs "hands-off" policy if the miners go back on the three-day week Monday. However, miner* In the revolt center* of northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania, indicated they may continue their !t wo-Week strike “I've beard a lot of the man , talking about it and according to the way they talked I don't think they will return." said John Ozan teb president ot k»c*l 6321 at U.S. Steel * Bvilwna mine: the largest commercial-pH “Most of them are afraid thi* is <Tv-n “one'kNgSi't County Council Is In Special Session The county council, morning aesalon of an «11-day meet inn. allowed most of the expenditure* ■ought by county offices, but cat several of them, principally those which were to Increase satanevt. Those items approved sere inanranc tor the treasurer'* office *143: salary for school superintendent'a deputy. I3O«. school superintendent mileage, ISW. reassessment of real estate. *4.990 and TB trwts for cattle, ,s#o The council approved *3OO for the court reporter instead of the *499 sought. also *3OO for the bailiff, where more suterr was asked The evHHH-U also nut the paaper Mtorney -fund at *3O-' instead of *SOO A transfer of two, - Items tn the necreattoti department wa* »ise approved, the total amount b< tng *9*o from rmefund to another The htghwav wa* gfrau *1.40* for bridge repair work, but this mon«V is to be reimbursed