Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 97.

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RaMWrikout IS rosiponefl For Two Weeksh rCQCiQI MVQNinn Wiw Agroofnoat To Postpone Walkout Chicago. April (tlPl— The goverameat struggled today to head on a nationwide telephone strike after winning an agreement from locomotive firemen to postpone a strike against seven railroads for two weeks. The telephone strike was ached uled for midnight tonight The railroad walkont had been set for 3 a m tomorrow Chairman Francis A. O'Neill of the national railway mediation hoard wen a promise- last "MUM from the brotherhood of firemen and enginemen to hold off its* strike I until 3 am on May TO I Meanwhile. O'Neill will meet with the union and the railroads in' Chicago in an attempt to reach a permanent settlement on the union's longstanding demand foran additional firemen on multiple unit diesel engines. in Ibaliremen'sdispute with the railroad. brotherhood president David B Robertson said he "hoped" but was not "hopeful" that a permanent settlement would b * reached on the onion demand for a second fireman op big diesel engines ' . z Shortly after the. brotherhood called off Ils’ scheduled strike sgplnst the New York Central. Sama Fe. Southern. Ohlb Centfsl, Michigan Central, and Big Fopr ranroada the lines tseued odRW" rescinding embargoes on freigiw and passenger service that had been set up tn anth'lpalion of the walkout At New York, meanwhile, mayor William. O’lrwyer met with an of "flcial of the AFL building service employes union Io work out emerge ency measures for an imminent strike by 18. W building employes Th* workers are .juej-jLtng a 82.7'> weekly Increase and a ttshour -Week The' strike Would interrupt an It or and elevator service to 70, mm families An independent union, the national" association of broadcast • ngineera and technicians, staged a surprise two-hour strike last night against the American and National Broadcasting companies The quirky' walkout interrupted television and radio programs momentarily It apparently was de signed to show the union's strength! in negotiations for Increase di jMtL_ __ _ ...At Chicago »t»e guards who.(fa. trol the Argonne National laboratory. vital atomic research eenter, will take a strike vote tomorrow to I support demands for increased pay , and vacation time. The guards are] members of the international! guards union (Ind I. College President Critically Injured Wabash. Ind.. April 15--TUP)— I Or I Lynd Esch. 44. president of I Indiana Central College at Indiana-1 polls, was Injured seriously today when twiij automobiles collided head-on In 8 15 nor,h of W1 bash. Each wan takf’n to Wabash-coun-ty hospital tn condition described as critical. Bar Association In Meeting Here Today A special-meeting of the Adams county bar association was called today by the president. Ferd Utterer. At the request of Dr. H. F. Zwick county health officer, former judge Earl B. Adams was named as a member of the association to serve on the Adams county health committee Members of the bar association attended the meeting in the court library room. Members discussed further concerning the rec-ent advertisements of the Indiana state baV association's publicity committee" vWh rtresses the duties and obligations of lawyers to thrtr clients. WEATHER Partly cloudy, windy and cooler tsalpht with eeottered light showers north portion: Wednesday partly cloudy and cool. Low tonight 3»32 north, 42-4* couth; high Wednesday near 43 north. 4M4 south.

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&ULL■ T 1 3T dlethhohn. Ewodoti. Apr ll EE — />f>x - am, -t—< wtemal wikit gvßußi Bib Sd® let antes In the tiro wae Hd iwivy hM b*9fi tinea April B. President Os College Slain By Professor Embittered Teacher Murders Two, Then g Commits Suicide Peru, Neb.. April <|TP»— A psychology professor, apparently embittered over losing bls job, shot ,and killed the president of Peru Ulate College and the head of the school's education department toI day. then committed suicide The victims were Dr William Nicholas college president, and Dr Paul Maxwell, of the education department County authorities raid they were shot at their desks by Dr., ■Bantry Baker, head nf the schools psychology department, Baker shot and killed himself at bis home A hastily-organised posse found his body a short time later A secretary witnessed the slayings of Nicholas and Maxwell, police said "They were killed In their offices at the administration birtlil ,n » ' ... .. • . County attorney Fred C, Kiexchel said Baker left a note which said AhaO-RVUlle trhd to fire theyrroagl penuMj.” ’“'TTlKirhal Raid Broker wro« “to be relieved of hi* duties at the acbool at the end of the trtni." “There’s ho doubt about it." >aid i ‘ a double murder' anti-c'iHiicide-Kiehchel said Mrs: Mary Smith. MaxwrH’N secretary, told him that j Baker walked In his office abinti ' 11 am and fired point blank at Maxwell Baker then returned to Ms home and shot Cancer Society To Hold Annual Meet The annual meeting of the di :actor* of the Adams county cancer society will be held Friday night at X o’clock at the Hoy Kalve.< l home. 508 North Second street. It • was announced today by Mrs. (’. J Finlayson, secretary of the or£am*aUW' ~ President Kalver will rubmtt his annual report and other officers. ! also J w4l| submit annual reports. .Election of officers for 1954-51 also | will Im* held Outgoing officers lull lude Kalver, president; Dr. H. F. • Zwick. first vice president; Mrs. James M Burk second vice presi dent; Mrs. Finlayson, secretary, and T F. Graliker. treasurer. I Churchmen Banquet In Decatur May 15 Dr. Frank Ruf Is Principal Speaker The Dvcxtur ministerial aanciw thm thH morning complvtrd an rangvmrnt< for the banqu't for leading churchmen ol the city, to be held at the Maaoaic hall Mon qgf . May U at 4: 3<» p m Dr. Frank Ruf. executive aecre tary of the Fort Wayne awux-iated churche*. will be the principal apeaker. with J Ward Cal land ot thia city aa toaatmaater. Members of the official boards, and their wives, from the associated churches pf tend, and othera on the working committees of the church associa tlon will also be Invited. Ticket* for the banquet may be obtained Ttom- pastor* of churches If> the association. Churches Included In the assort* tb>u are: Trinity Evangelical I'nlt ed Brethren, First Methodist. Zion Evangelical and Reformed. First Baptist, Bethany Evangelical United Brethren. First Missionary church. Church of the ,Naxarene. Church of God. Nuttman Avenue United Brethren. First Presbyterian. Union Chapel. Evangelical United Brethren

- • Iman Terms 60PCharge$ As Politics President Defends Loyalty Program In Speech Lost Night Washington. Apr 25 -fUPI — President Truman came up today with a one-word answer to Republican charges that his sdmlnlstration la a haven for communists: “polities'” Mr. Truman defended hi* loyalty program In a speech last night before the 30th annual meeting of the federal bar asaoclatton. aw organization of government lawyers.' ■ "Nola single person who has been adjudged to be a communist or otherwise disloyal remalna on the government payroll today," he said. At no point did the presitiMt speeif Icslly mention ftgn. Jqnnjth R. McCarthy R.. Win., or othar Republicans who have accused the administration of being soft with communists. But he told thn lawyers: ~ " I have been surprised to mu ;aseb .. tgnorahce and misuhderstandlng there la about the loyalty program even on the part 1 of people who should know better. It has occured to me that perhaps they do know Itetter-Hhat perhaps there I* eome element of politics in their accusations" Mr Truman belittled the Influence ot communist* In this coan- ! try. . • - 1 "‘The greatest threat to u» ‘ comes net from the communlet* In this country where they aM a * noisy, but small and universally I despised group.” be said "The greatest threat comes from comI I mimlst imperialism nitro*<l where ’] the center of Its military might " anil economic strength lies. | "The real danger I* that com- ■ munism might overrun other free : nations and thus strengthen itself for an ultimate attack againat us." Emphaaixlng that his admlnistratinn fights communism "with action and not just with words." the president revealed that the government la Investigating oyer l.Oini citizens for poralble denaturalization proenadlngs op subversive grounds • He noleil that 13S persons "are under orders of deportation on grounds involving communism" Mr. Truman paid tribute to the "able and distinguished people" of the FBI. the loyalty, review board and the civil service commission for their efforts against communists ———— —•— : . 2_ ' Congress Urged To Extend Rent Control Illinois Governor Favors Extension Washington. Apr 2S—(US’) — A score ot state and local officials federal rent controls for another urged congress today to extend year. The pro-extension parade was led off by Gov. Adlal E Stevenson of Illinois. He objected to turning controls over to states and localities after June 30 when the federal law is scheduled to .. die _2. Btovmnoa said any state anti local control setup would be an r improvisation leading to "diaord- ’ er" aad “coutualon." The Illinois governor and other witnesses favoring extension said loweost rental housing la still 1 scarce, particularly In large clt--1 lea. They voiced fear that rents * will soar if federal controls are allowed to lapse. Stevenson quoted the chief jus- * lice of the Chicago municipal xo«rt aa saying that If controls 1 end "there will be mass proteats and perhaps some violence" Other congressional develop ’ menta: * “ New subs--Tim navy hM nigruas for authority to build, four new kinds of submarines. Including one to be driven by atomic power. * Civil dsfense Sea Brien Me- '* Mahon. D.. Conn., unveiled a plaa r to create a new rongroealnaal '■ committee to study civil detente F against atomic attack. ' Point four—Sen. Tom Connally. 1 D . Tex., denounced n Republican tTeen.Ts Pune Ftvel

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— . a— — w|wr><B^Mlre>l>,CrM>> ■ WRECKAM at the Ah’ Force tfnMRMt ffinne in which 35 persons - died In a crash on the night ot April 11. The plane crashed on Mt. Hlragatake, aonthwoM of Tokyo. Among the vtettana were members ot a trade mission rot urn lag to Gen McArthur's headquarters Iff Tokyo

Kidiuipsd Infant Is FomdAlm,Wd kept In Impromod Incubator In Hotel New York. April (UP>— A 32-day-old baby kidnaped from It* hospital Incubator when ft. was only nine days old was found today. alive and well in an improvised Incubator !r. a hotel linen closet Mrs. Evelyn Jane Jordan. 18. a negro chambermaid, confessed she stole the baby because she had not been - able to' adopt a child after losing twins In a miscarriage Held on kidnaping obarges. Mrs. Jordan told police she sneaked Into a Bronx hospital on March 30 uhd snatched twopound. il-ounce Chaneta Holden from its incubator where It had lived since Its birth Police said Mr* Jordan had taken "good care" of the baffy which was returned to Lincoln hospital where It was Identified by ft* parents. a young negro couple. Mr and Mrs Cllford Holden. Hospital authorities said the infant now weighed seven pounds. Convinced the child was theirs, the Holdens said the baby "looked a* though It had grown'' although It still was undersiaed. Police said three witnesses had identified the short chunky w<r man as the child's kidnaper. Her iTwes Te rawe Wat / I ' ■■'.22.1 Legion Memorial Services May 21 Post Chaplain To Speak At Service Announcement was made by officials of the local American legion post and Us auxiliary that the annual memorial services will be held at 10 a.m Bunday. May M. in the St Pahl s Lutheran church, near Preble, with the Rev. 0. C Busse, paator M the church, and chaplain of port 43. in charge Bob Ashbaucber. membership chairman i>T the post, also noted that the grand finale to the year's membership drive for the state will be held when an aerial roumbup will begin Randay morning and last all day. Planes from all over the state will converge on Stout Field. In dlanapoll*. with a concerted effort made to gala new members Tor individual posts throughout the state. Smith field. Tort Wayne, about W a.m. Sm.lay Ashbaucher said ComateMer Chart Darwaebter also noted that • fourth dtotrict ■eetiM wUI bo buM la Columbia City. May 4. aad urged all members of the Decatar poet to he preeent There'll be a ffood. oMfashkmed chop suey eupper thrown la." be •aM. "ae aa added lare tor haagry Lesft(Mßroirroro.“

I wop nHiuniyun mep fa la Ait Crash t Aubara. IM-. April M—(UP)A private airplane mtniag enroute from Jaekeon. Mich, to Fort Wdyae. Ttod. man touaß la a woods oa a farm near here last night. Ito pilot aad paeeeager dead. jkathoririea aaM the. slngle-en-glned aircoape was completely wrecked They aaM it clipped tree top* for some 350 feet before crashing Into a tree and plunging to the ground oa the Joe Lyons farm one mile northwest of here. '’ The victims were Identified as Leonard Godlove. 43, pilot and owner of the cruft, and Reginald Reed. 4». both of Jsckson

Governor Appoints Arbitration Board I Three Appointed In Phone Wage Dispute Indianapolis. April 35—(UP) — Governor Schricker appointed a thred-man arbitration board today, under the Indiana utilities antistrike law to help Iron out a wage dispute between the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. and 3.000 CIO em ployes. The board was appointed a few hours before the traffic and plant employes, members of divisions 1 ; snd 50 of the CIO communications 1 workers union, planned to stay off the job. They were scheduled to observe picket lines to be setup at midnight tonight by Western Electric installers who are members of division 3 ot the CWA. The governor named to the board Robert Proctor of Elkhart. Robert Pilkington of Elwood and Henry S. Murray, former mayor of _Bedford. Meanwhile, the big question remained whether the operators and maintenance men would be in violatlon of the 1347 state public . utilities uompuisory arbitration law if they refused to cross the Inatall- > ers' pickel lines State officiate seemed to be uni certain, but union spokesmen apparently acting on advice ot their r attoraeya believed they would not violate the law by refusing to cross > the lines. The 1947 tew saved Indiana tram the effects of a nation wMe phone strike, but that time ' there were bo picket lines At Indianapolis, vice-president F. : F. Marston of Indiana Bell Mid the rnmpaay "believes that our people will come to Work regard- ! Icm of- tbe dlspute between lb* > Western Electric company and It* equipment inaullero " Indiana Bell employee are fully : aware that the public depends on i them Mr uninterrupted telephone i •rrvie*.* Marston said 'Th* law prov Moe that wage rates trill bo I detirmtasd te aa orderly way wlth- > out torn at pay to employes and ’ Mthoet toes of aervlcs to the pub lie."

Mediator Work Against Clock In Hopes To Avert Tie-up Set For Wednesday

Approve Yost BM For Softener Plant Tacit Approval ls_ Given By Council Come eome nice, sunny Septem- j ber mom, Decatur hoasewives will be able to tarn oa that tap in the basement, any. to do the family waah. and. of all things, soft water will rush forth. For officiate believe that It will be about next fall when the new water softener plant te ready for operation Completing month* of inspection of Fiber sites, poking orer detailed and Aehsting the comparative merits of this or thst type of machinery and construction, the city council climaxed Ita search in a special meeting Monday when they gave tacit approval to ■ bid recently received from the Cal Yost Construction Co. for ths complete erection of the building. The Yost bid was for 1105.000, but with some poring down of • three Item*, councllmen agreed to the eons inaction of the plant for 5103.950. which te approximately { what they Intended in the first place. . With Noss Zurbsch. of Zurboch. e Jne., Fort Wayne, and Ralph t Roop, city engineer, counselling a them along every step of the way. o' council memtiers agreed that, for Instance, wood piling should be used Instead of steel, at a 1400 y savings; a smooth gunite exterior e finish, they decided would be as , appropriate as rough concrete. , and 3450 cheaper; and they elime inated the garage and 81.200 from the cost.

Actually, the Yost bid offered 10 alternate cost prices' for different items, nine of them reduction*. one an increase. Councilmen agreed to the three abovenamed changes but decided, that for efficiency of operation they ' njtnuld not Mcrifice any other iri-nts. They retained the specifications. -which were drawn by Zurliach. for the lighting system, partitions, and construction joints. Members felt that these savings irwrw Te Faae Sial Veteran Policeman Killed In Chicago Four Drug-Crazed Bandits Slay Cop Chicago. April 35 — (UP) — A veteran patrolman, the father of five children, was killed early today in a gunbattle with tour drugerased bandits but the single shot he fired critically wounded one of his murderersPatrolman William B. Murphy. 52, who had been with the force tor 29 years, engaged the holdup men singlehandedly while off duty. The bandits shot him six times in what Murphy's brother officer* Mid wm "one ot the moot brutal killing* in Chicago's history." Murphy Interrupted the bandits, all asgruas.M tbay "ItoK'Syu combination liquor store and tavern acroM the street from his home oa the south aide. The officer tired only one shot before the gunmen tolled him with three slugs in his body. Then the gunmen beat, kicked aad jumped on his proetrat' body, Before fleeing the tavern, they also pumped three more bullets Into htm Doctors said Murphy'* M* *M broken In four place*, fate aooe wm broken. Ma chin kicked "sride open." aad- that he had been, kicked In the bead Hours afterwards a negro who ■ identified himself ae EsaU Washington. 37. stumbled terte- Providence hospital and asked doctors to treat Mm for a gunshot wound Chief of uniformed police Ray Craao. who responded to the bos pftal's call. Mid doctors determined that Washington was dying of the wound. The bullet had struck him in the back. Informed that he wm dying. t <«Wra.Ts Fame Mai

Sen. McCarthy Excluded From Probe Session Senator Angered At Action from Senate Probe Committee Washington. Apr. 35—(UP) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R.. Wte. angrily charged that senate investigators today "excluded" him from a cloaod session al which Ma own witaoM gave secret evidence oa charges that Owen Lattimore is a communist spy. McCarthy's witness te Louis F. Budent. former communist editorMcCarthy. who han mad? the charges agaiaat Lattimore, said a senate foreign relations subcommittee ateo excluded" Lattimore. Both McCarthy and Lattimore originally had been Invited to the I closed sesaioa. ' After stalking out of the hear- . lag room. McCarthy promised a ■ statement "In 30 mlnntes " But 1 at the appointed time, McCarthy I MM reporters W W SORTW • ttato because I eaaast thiak as ths r proper swear words." h " The closed <*<Mm on it igg session i * was railed to hear Radeas elaborate oa hl* previous public testl mony that his onetime fellow communist* considered Lattimore under their discipline. ■* McCarthy said he and Latti- ‘ more were excluded from the hearing before Budenz began hl* testimony ' Shortly before 1 p. m . McCarthey appeared outside the committee room, rapped on the door and haridpd Sen. Bourke B. HickI enlooper. R.. la., an envelope with the explanation that it's damned important." He refused to tell reporters shat It contained. Asked why h" had cancelled his statement, McCarthy Mid he was too busy but might have one later this afternoon, depending on whst came out of the committee. McCarthy said Lattimore was to receive a transcript of the , Budens testimony Asked wheth er he was to lie accorded the same privilege, he replied. “I- didn't ask them that." - Lattimore requested postponetTwro T» r>r» rtvei Mrs. Ed Ellsworth Dies This Homing Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs Anna Elisabeth Ellsworth. <3, wife of Edward Ellsworth, died at 3:55 o'clock this morning at her home in Washington township three miles southeast of Decatur Death, attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage, followed aa Illness ot r ouu yunr. - -. . , Bora la Blue Creek township Stay IT, 1883. she was a daughter of James aad Catheriae Stall* Gage She was married to Edward Riteworth June 15. 1903 She was a mumber of the Uatoa Chapel church, although ah* had attended the Bt. Paul'e church for the past 47 years She wae ateo a member of the St. Faal's ladiee aid aad the Rebekah lodge. Surviving la addltloa to her hua . band are two sow*. Homer Kite worth of Orland. Calif., aad Fraaeie ! Kiteworth of Deeatur; four grandchildren. two brothers. Dr*Wesley Gage at ladiaaapolte aad John Gag* of Monroe, and a half brother. Albert Ctege of Decator Owe half Vm-ssh* | WIxHUT* IB Funeral service* will be held at 1 >a ' Friday at the' St Paal'a church, the Rev Dale Oebora aad the Rev U A. Middaagh offletattag , Burial will be la the family mauao I leant at the Decatur tents ter y The body will remete at the Xwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 pm. Wedaeeday

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Strike Would Have Grove Repercussion On Everyday Life in United Slates New York. Apr e <VFI — Federal asodtattoa chief Cyrra «- Ching seat another of hta top aastetaata into apra'entty dendloched araottattoaa between tatophone maaagt’mer. aad Inker today. hoping to orart a nationxrMe Ue«p of tha.Ttaaa arenai ached - uled for 3 a. m tomorrow Ha rushed Peter Setoa. general counsel of the modiatloa servlee here from Washtagtoe — perhaps urtth a proposal tor ext eartug FFmMsM Tvumea'e M-day Whieh expires at mMnighi. Some sources suggoeted that sppolst meat of a fact-ftading board migb' be the plan Mil joined Clyde M Mills, Ching • special asaistaat and top aMe. In the government's effort to bead off a strike that could have grave reperciuwioa* on the aeiltm's erersdev MfeThe taaae waa aimpte the Communicatiun Workers of America (CIO), representing 303430 workers or t 0.3 percent of the 500.339 employee of the Bell System. wm demanding wage taereeses. The Aaudctoan Tetaphoae- and Telegraph Tompeny and -Ha .ante sMiariee store uayta*. no. The, union Md plana te picket" 1 every* major exchange la *42 1 states, aad etatatod dhal a vast majority of the 1PT.310 telephone workers who belong te Indopend' rat unions not affiliated with the coasmaaicatton workers would respect the lines. Ateo planned la detail wm a nationwide * campUgn of jamming" which the union expected to frustrate the companies plans to maintain a semMacce of long distance service 'Bad to keep automatic dial exchanges running nor tnally with supervisory employes The unltai plan was to so overload both long distance and dial systems with calls that all would break down. Some 11000 Installatbm workers employed by Western Electric “company, manufacturing subsidiary of the A. T. and T. went on strike yesterday, jumping the gun on the expiration ot President Truman's So-dsy strike truce at midnight tonight The key negotiations of many in progress acrons the country were lietween division 10 and .the A T and T totar diaee which resumed here at 10:30 am.’ A general strike would limit long-distance calls to an emergency basis. Local service, hsutdled by automatic dial system, presumably would not be affected immediately Nor would radio, television or press association wires service be disrupted noticeably Such operations continued on a normal basts during the nationwide strike tn 1947 The A. T and T said executives -and supervisory employes would handle maintenance jobs and emergency long distance rails The company c lassi fie* as emergency call* those made ta nmneclion with fires, floods, wrecks, storms, accidents, sirknero and tUWra Te Fasm ÜBU Ticket SofiM OpiMtf For Employes Dinner Ticket* for the retail emplnyes dinner to be held May 1 te the Moose home, were placed «m sale today, according to an announcement by Cletus Miller, chairman for the SV ML which is sponsored by the retail divtatoa of the Chamber of Commorca. who added that approximately MP reservations have been made Matt Drranaa official at ths Haff Brea Bresriag company, of Fort Wayne, and Dick Mills will be the featarod speakers tor the ■eianlhg. Drepataa to..MKtjm ; . Mills te dtacwM Ms. aad a tot ot other people's, favorite subject. Apple pte ' The <;M o'clock dtaumr will bo prepored eed served by the tedtes of the Mooee Tickets may be perrhssed st the Chember of Commerce office or from any member Os UlO CtMßDttteo.