Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 101

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Stage IsSet For Election Here Tuesday Polls To Operate From 7 To 7 On Daylight Time Csmttdate* were wearily preparing tor Tuesday's primary election today a* last minute plane to get out a heavy vote were being conRuminated. Poll* in all Adame county elec- / tion precincte will be open from 7 o'eock Tuesday morning until 7 o'clock Tuesday night, central daylight savings time. The Dally Democrat will gather the information on the various conical a in both political - parties as quickly as votes are counted. First reports will not be forthcoming until later In the evening | Election supplies are in the hands of the inspectors and after the polls are closed tomorrow night and the votes are counted, the inspector of each precinct mast deliver the total outcome of each contest to the canvassing board, which will be set up in the court room. ’ , Veteran politicians predict a vote of about 3 ,*m> to 4.000 Democrats and about ,,„M|Jf that many Republican voters For the first’ lime’ ih several years there Is a Republican county contest There are four . Republicans seeking the nomlna- •’ tkyn for sheriff ThifrdU addition lo qeveral true lee.scraps. It will bring out a large number of Republicans. In the Democratic voting the con ' teste for sheriff commlsstoaer of the first and second districts. *adfff state senator, joint Mate representative and a few'contests for tni» tee hold the principal Interest. In Washington township there Is a . three-cornered contest for the Democratic nomination for trustee and a t woman scrap for assessor Political observers In Adams coun-" ly state that the contests this year have been "hardfought but clean " Ail 10 of the Democratic aspirants for -sheriff have made thorough canvasses of.the voters and all five of the candidates for commissioner have likewise:, made < ompiete solicitations. I Local issues concerning schools I nnd taxation problems have been j the highlight of several races for| township trustee Threats of whole-] „ sale switches of political affiliations to help a favorite, in the primary were discounted..jky many observers. Two telephones at the Dailyi Democrat. 14WH1 and 1001. will be available until 2 o'clock Wednesday morning and interested persons are Invited to call Tuesday night for information ... '" Over Half Os City Bond Issue Is Sold More than half of the fTO.OOO of Decatur revenue bonds, purchased Friday by City Securities Corporation of Indianapoltg. already have been sold, according to a Saturday afternoon statement issued by J. Dwight Peterson presioent of City Securities and Tormerly of this city Sale of the complete Issue, made In connection with the proposed water softener plant to be constructed here, la expected in a few days. The quick sale of the bonds Is evidence of the high esteem held by other Hoosiers for Decatur. Rev. John Stewart Is Taken By Death Funeral services for the Rev. John M Stewart. 77. of Fort Wayne. will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist church In Fort Wayne. Burial will he In Riverview cemetery. Rev. Stewart'S death occurred Saturday at bis home In Fort Wayne Native of Wren. Ohio Rev. — - -Stewart moved to Fori Wayne in 1909. where he served as pastor In five outlaying Methodist church* ■e*. WtATHIR Partly cloudy north through Tuesday. Not so cold tonight — warmer Tuesday. Low tonight near 36 north, 46 south. High Tuesday 55 to 60 north. 60 to 65 south.

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IULLITIN Miao Mary Lowten, 46, stater of county treasurer Richard D. Lewton. died suddenly today In bar homo In Fort Wayne, It was teamed hare. The body ’taMl returned te Zurich funsflii Nome thia evening, when .the family will complete fun- . oral taeqongpmanto. Mtea Man Bon is ttra of Amos Lewton. of route 1. Union Leader Denies Chrysler Strike Settled Company Official Announces Verbal Agreement Reached Detroit. May I.—4UPIt- A high company official said today that verbal agreement has been reached on all points to settle the Chrysler strike, but the CIO united auto workers declared btsut < still were In dispute. Herman t* Weckler. Chrysler Vice president and general manager, said only contract "language" wks preventing a return to work of the 36.000 strikers. UAW president Waller P Reuther promptly denied this "There sttH are unresolved .issues.:.' the tired union , leader declared “The union prefers to work tor a sum lon of these issues rather than engage in a war with Mr Weckler" ’ * WecfleP* . .stqtsinem that the long arid costly strike was Bearing an end eame after more than 46 hoancot grueling "do or die".bar- > "natality to end the 97-day strike The agreement, when In final ’ Wm. will Include |HMI a month pensions for the «».6tm striking workers and a hospital medical insurance program believed the best in the automotive industry. Although haggard and bleary- j ’ eyed, bargainers gave no Indication of quitting until a contract is borii In the littered, smoky conference rooms The strike, second longest in automotive history, lias idled more than 144.000 persons? iricTuilirix the strikers, across fhe-natlon it has I cost prodic lion of more than 45<>. - 000 ears and trucks 1 In his terse statement. Weckler said; . . ] "Assuming that the UAW stands by its verbal qgtgemenis on Issues that have been discu «ed oven and over again during the months of the strike, apparently the thing I that Is taking time now -is lang- > uage "Going over the language does . lake time for dtiicuastrin That appears to be thv UAW's reason for the current delay In ending the strike." Hope alternately rose and fell j during the marathon talks being [conducted by federal and state 'mediators Last issues holding up i settlement were funding pensions for aged workers, length of the con tract, and union grievance proceduurea. These hurdles were cleared In .(Tara Te rase Sts I 3,600 Names Added To Directory Here Increase Total To Near 11,000 Names An addition or 3.600 names has been added to the recently published real estate directory and plat book of Adam* county. Indiana, according to Fred Kotter. who released the original book for sale more than a month ago The new names Which rati be ttfserted to augment the list of real estate property owners will Increase the book's total to approximately 11.000 names and addresses. KoltersalA The additional names will be of all personal property owners taken trim tax receipt records. All 12 townships, plus the city of Decatur arid towns of Berne.’ Geneva and Monroe will be included Kolter said that the new addition will be available by the first of Inext week. The book has proven its worth to diverse groups in the county already, according to sales reports, which indicate that there Is a need for such a book. It has proven invaluable to candidates for finding their way around the county. according to one of the more frank statements.

■' ■ r, —■— Seven Die In Oklahoma Tornado AdSl rar a H PI A POffTMAN dellvqg, nwteas tehal at a demolished Holdtevilte OWrtma home by a tornado that swept through Oklahoma killing seven persons The twister also killed five persons In Texas. . r

CommisskNiersTo Receive Bids Todiy Commissione* In Monthly Session The board us county cowuiitaateaeni, In the afternoon sesaton of thetr regular monthly- meeting, were to receive bids for painting of the exterior of the court house had the interior and exterior of tha jail, and also for construction of a bridge abutment In Hlue Creek township. During the morning session. -commissioners allowed claims, -Also, an Insurance adjustor is scheduled to appear before the: board to attempt to reach a compromise The adjuster had appeared before to make an offer minimising the amount due the county, which the „b<iaid rejected The : bridge, located on the French-Mon i roe. township line, had been damaged shortly after the first of the year by a construction truck con- i trying drudging machinery The county highway department had repaired the bridge, and then forwarded a bill to Uie Insurance com . puny i Thejre was also to be a petition" filed by Fred Ulman for the clean-i Ing and repairing of the Barney | Hackman ditch in Union township i wofkirtit be completed t<«day. members not ed. because the court house will be closed Tuesday The auditor's office and the clerk's office will remain open, however, the clerk's of , fice to disseminate information concerning the election, and the auditor's office to be used as a pollimp place. Pleads Guilty Ta Murdering Child Lm.<riia. S’ IT Way 1 (ITI Mrs. lama Lloyd. 30. of Manchester pleaded guilty' in municipal court today to a murder charge in the abandoning and death of her Infant son near her boarding house the day it was born Lacking jurisdiction, judge Harry Trapp ordered her held without bail for the October term of gup erior court. The child's body was discovered Saturday In w<Md« 2)H' feet from the home of Mr. and Mrs Leon! Griffin, with whom the mother had been boarding Police charged the child was alinndoned March ' while still alive Nqom Delegates K. Os C. Convention Herman Knapke. grand knight and »*UUam Lose.. Jr., are tha briegates to the state convention of the Knights of Columbus coaven tion which will be held ta Terre Haute, May 27 to 2s. John Kinta and Herman Oeimer are alternates. This evening at the regular meeting -of the lodge a nominating com ' mlttee will be named to_ select candidates for the annual election at the first meeting th June. Knapke (aid.

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Six Killed In B-25 Bomber * *" Crash Sunday Bomber Hits Tree And Sets Fire To Homes In Illinois . ) Lebanon. 111.. May I—(UPI— Six persons were killed and two Injured when a B-25 bomber crashed In a heavily populated residential section, setilhk two ' houses on fire and showering aevi en others with flaming debris The plane, on a training misI sion from Perrin air base at Sher-' ■ man, Tex., hit a tree and exploded as it apparently attempted,* forced landing on a field near i here yesterday afternoon. All the dead were altoard the plane Two residents of the neiglilMir- ‘ hood were Injured when flaming wreckage and gasoline spewed | over a wide area. A wing crashed Into the home I of Frank Wolf and started a fire ■ which destroyed it. Wolf, his j wife and three yhildren were ' away on a fishing trip. The home of Walter Bridges was set afire, but firemen from OTriBon?” HL arid hterby“Scotf Field put out the hlaxe. Bridges Buffered shock and singed hair, and Mrs. HenryChrist. who was standing in her yard, was cut by flying debris. Wilbert Beck told authorities he "heard an awful noise and'saw I the plane bit a tree." “There was a- blue streak of flame and then, an explosion," he said. “I could see bodies and wreckage Hying through the air." Ileck dpek-d liehind a building as flying debris showered on his lot. The victims' bodies were strewn for 4w yards around the I wreckage. Capt. W. W Coleman of Scott Field said the plane was on a training mission from Perrin field and had stopped overnight at Scbtt. ft took off at 12:20 p. m CRT yesterday and crashed about 20 minutes later. The air force Identified the dead as Col. Richmond A. Livingstone. Pawtucket. R 1., the pilot; Maj Donald H. Bruner. Coral Cables. Fla.: 2nd Id Richard L. Watson, i Little Rock. Ark.: Staff Sgt Ralph H. Wallace. Greenville. Tex; Staff Sgt James A. Strum. Nashville. N C, and Tech. Sgt William I. Hall. Oxan. Ark. fmptoyes' Dinner - Hera This Evening Cletna MlHer. cbairman,' stated today that everything is ready for the first annual employes' dinner at <:3O o'clock this evening gt the Moose home. Dick Mills, humorist of Indianapolis. will deliver his famous talk on "Apple Pie" Matt Drennan of ■Fort Wayne will provide entertain ment during the dinner. The program is sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber of Com merce.

Ekntor Wofkea. Walkout b Ended New York Strike To * Fact Finding Board New York. May 1 -lUP>Apartment house elevator workers returned- te their jobs’ today, ending the “big climb" for thousands of New Yorkers With their wage dispute handed to a three-man fact-finding board, the 12. MM nidnbers of local 3»B of the building service employes union (AFLi returned to man the elevators snd clear out a fourday accumulation of garbage Arthur 8 Meyer, chairman of the stale mediation board, atriiounced the end of the strike last night, apd- , the union promised thst "normal t service" would be restored before the day is-out.’ The four-day strike had left sonte buildings without hot water, nillk deliveries, rnall and telephone service But la'ck of elevator service was the biggest complaint in the apartment .bruises Some tenante had been force.d.te climb up. to 29 flights. Meyer said the fact flndisg board, which, he will 'head start public bearings in the dlspitfe in about two weeks. He said its decisions will not be binding, but in the form of recommendations The union, in calling off the strike, said it had not retreated < Tw i-sve «ls» ...... • i Firemen Called To Central Soya Co. ... City firemen were called to the Central Soya Co. about noon today to assist company firemen te squelch the fire created by “hot beans" in the expeller. There was no loss, company spokesmen stated, and the city firemen returned to their posts about 20 minutes after being called to the - scene where the—soybeans —had. become overheated. Legion Membership Details of the aerial round-up for membership to the American Leeton were related today by 'sl- - Darwachter. .commander of post 43. who flew to Indianapolis as part of the windup of the campaign- Darwachter stated that though the alate membership campaign la now officially ended post W 2 win continue for the next 96 days a concerted drive to enlist new members. Currently the membership rests at 656, the commander said and 4 Post, the . tire membership campaign has been to boost Its membership to 1,006 Especially-important though, commander Darwachter added, is the fact' that: with but one more member-MI In all-the poet -will b* able te send an additional dele rate to the state convention with one more rote —which will be held in Indianapolis In August JriJh officials and members of diligently campaigning for ffle Dev : O. C. Rusae. post chaplain to ’-e rotntnated for state chaplain. It: was voted with emphasis that | “from now on every vote counts."

21,000 Phone Installers Return To Work, Threat Os Tie-up Is Averted

Plaß CoHHnissioii To Meet Taesday NigM Study Proposal For New Home Addition The Decatur plan commission. will hold a special meeting Tues day night at 7 o'clock at the city hall, it was aanounced today. The purpose of the meeting Is to study ths proposal of the Intercity Con atrnction Corporation of Fort Wayne to build tt homos in a aubdlvtatan '» ■» known as Orant Park Mddltloa The proposed area is'dbcated on Grant thd Clevetamd gtreets In the south part of Decatur and lakes in several acres of land owned by Peter D Rchwartx and optioned to the Fort Wayne concern. Hesirk-lions in the proposal re quire that all lots la the new subdivision shall be seM strictly for real.lent lai purpoeae sad Mi dwal Ung can be built ythdeh l oste less than 35.666. ' The Fort Wayne rarperatloa te headed by Ratoh dchiHM*er. *e|| known northern Indiana home builder The new homes will be largely of the one-story twd aad three bedroom type of prefabricated material, ■aehi house la erected in sections in two or three days Ums. 1 - Under the present eity ordinance It is necesaary for the plan commission to approve the plans fbr a 'hew subdivision and then rifake fta- recommendations to the board of public works This board has final approval. The proposal shows a new street circling through area and *ll bat eight homes '* would V Utoro Te tome Five) Mrs. Grace Witten I Dies Here Sunday >,■»' HUT, Prominent Decatur LadjpDies Suddenly Aire 'Grace E Walters. 76. widow of former Judge Clement L. Walters, and long prominent In church and social circles in thia city, died at 10:15 o'clock Sunday morning at the Adams county mei mortal-hospital of a heart attack. ' The attending physician pronounced the cause of death as angina pectoris. Srised with the attack, at her home. 104 South Fifth street. Mrs. Walters was taken to the hospital at 9 o'clock. Apparently In good health, she had returned from Florida last Monday and was up town during the past week A former Decatur school teacher. Mrs. Walters also was tor mafiy ’years teacher of tha Ever - Ready Sunday school class of the First Methodist church A lay leader in her church, she was a member of the choir and the W S. C. S. She was a member of the Eastern Start he Pythian Sisters and was a past president of the W. C T. VA daughter of John and Elisa J. Humes. Mrs. Walters was born In this city on June 30. 1173. She was graduated from Decatur high school snd furthered her oducation with training for the teac h er's profession Mrs. Writers was married to Clement L. Wallers, former attorney and jurist of this city, on January 5. 1896. His death occurred Oct. 25. 1*39. shortly after he retire I from the clrcait court bench Surviving are three children. ■Robert Keuyon. WuHera ad .San OabrM. Cel. Mrs. Helen Donovan Of' Fort ’ Wayne and Mrs Dorothy Leigh of Pty mouth Oss daughter W deceased Owe grandchild. Jack Leigh, also survives Funersi a- rvlces will be held Wednesday at I *, as. at the First Met|u<dhU chsrcb. with Dr. Gerald H Jones, pastor officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cstea tery The body will be moved from ! the Zwick sane al home to the Walters residence, where friends ( may call at 2 o'cloch Tuesday afternoon.

Report Hareup During Berlin Demonstration Anti-Communists In Berlin Throw Stones At Folice Berlin. May I—(UP)— Aatleommunist west Berliners pelted Soviet sector police with stones today in a flareup In the heart of Bep lln after two huge May day demonstrations by more than 750,606 person* TLe most threatening of several flurries of roughness occurred In the Potsdamerplat*. where the American. British aad Soviet sectors meet. Hundreds of Germans msseed in the square taunted the Soviet c-ont rolled police as "swine " Bast and west sector police joined forces to put down the stone throwing before It got well under ' teay; . The dewHiatratm fled aa »<«>n 'as a s6m>* '< jtaHce tore* was ' organised The rival demoiiat rations te the ' east and west sectors of Herlto highlighted May day demofistrar tines .. throughout Europe The western powers sleeted 13taM wont Berlin police and 6.606 allied 1 troops here against the threat of a 1 test of strength ' Another great May day eelebra. ' tion was oa in Moscow Premier Josef Stalin made one of his rare appearances in Red fiqaare. where Russians massed to wltnees a, display of Soviet might Hie eon. Lt Gen. Vassili Stalin.' led an aerial parade over the Russian capital TJie Berlin atone thrower* were 1 stragglers from a crowd of half a million which overflowed the Ttergarten in the British sector. The meeting over, a few hundred wan- | dervd along the east-west border to the Potsdamer Plats. They snatched stones from heaps of rubble and hurled them at the east sector police across tjie street A few wsst sector priJce were bit. but adfie seemed -to-be badly injury ed. '• At the Brandenburg gate just off the Tiergarten. where the west Ber-lin-rally was beta, other groups ot antl-conununists jeered communi Jst. youth acrons the txjrder But east sector police and civilians, ordered by the Soviet and .German communist leaders to keep <Twvw Te Fees SM» I Fuhrman Funeral Services Tuesday Mrs. Lara Fuhrman Is Total By Death Funeral Services will be beta Tuesday for Mrs Lara Fuhrman. 62.\wlfe <rf C-harle* A. Fuhrmaa. of Preble, who died -at I; 45 p m Saturday al the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been Ml two weeks of coronary occlusion but death was unexpected A native of Whitley county, she was born April U. I*U. a daughter of James and Ella JxmgTumbleooa. and was married -to Charles A Fuhrmaa May U. I*o, She was a member of the Beulah Chapel Methodist church aad the W 8 C. S. of the church Surviving in addition to her hue band are a son. Thurman, of Fort . -Wayne; two daughters. Mrs Leosari -Kikendall of- Portland anH Mra Herman Dorr of- Tocsin; five grandchildren; - three teothars. Ernest Tombleson of Decatur. Deb : ben >H Tombleson of Fort Wayne and Harley Twmbleeun Ot Geneva and three sisters Mrs Hsael Kor tenber and Mrs 'Ethel Essex..both of Decatsr. and Mra Pearl Markey of Fort Wayne Servieea will be held tt 1 p.* Tuesday at the Beulah Chapel Methodist church the Rev Welter Johnson officiating Burial will be I ta the Decatur cemetery Friends may call, tt the Zwick funeral borne until time ot the servieea.

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Strike Called OH Four Hours Before Scheduled Start Os Picket Lines Naw Tork. May 1- tUPi—Some 11,0*0 telephone equipment instoners returned to work today after week-long strike, ending the threat of a nationwide telephone tie-up. ’’ Divistou 6 of the communkn- ~ tloaa Workers of America (CIO), representing Installation workera of Western Electric the telephone company '• manufacturing ußUiate. called off their strike at 2 a- soar hours before thwy' WWW Ucbeduled to set up their first picket lines At the earn- time, the irafw announced that it had reached agreement with the company on the “South Bead incident" which had complicated contract negotiatioM. The 106 installers who walked off their jobs tn sympathy wtfh fellow union members who refused to cross a muddy field to work on a tele vision tower were restored to 'theta- 'jobs under Ute' ’"” agreement ~ ' --.nm-wnton-had- ateo--..-asked..-6 kmma mm * Vive * SateMA TWS mW uMMWy ffWiiFiuffni It waa reported this was denied . in the compromisa settlement , . Contract negotiations were £ scheduled to bo resumed late to- > , day with both sides meeting sepi araiaiy wMh U. 8. modittor I Th Brass R. IMeutal. Weaver aaM aaastiaUoae with Western IPectnc. manafaetunng subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph company, would be resumed "as Boon as poasible" on the orer-all contract issue Settlement efforts between .24 other CWA units and the Bell system, meanwhile, were being pressed across the country At 2 a. m yrhen an all-out strike seemed certain. Weaver emerged from a joint meeting with management and announced "We are requesting our merfibers to return to work to give us an opportunity to resolve these difficulties without loss to them " He aadd the negotiations had been Complicated by things b--yofld the control df the union tehieff will require time to thrash out." j ; ■ n The Western Electric workers also were seeking what amounts to a package increase of about i cents sn hour -—- . -. . . Telegraphers Strike New York. May 1-(UP> United Press dispatches flowed around the world on schedule today despite a telegraphers' strike called ] for. the purpose of paralysing U P s far-flung communb-attuas system The company had refused to grant wage Increases which an arbitrator bad held to be uajualified Supervisory employes from other departments manned telegraph instruments and sent news across the 'ratted States and to. clients abroad when tnemlwrs of the Commercial Telegraphers Union <AFL> walked off their jobs at ’ midnight Bunday. This morning seven short-wave transralttars were coablned ao .: - lhai alto speratnr was able to send copy simultaneously to South America, Europe, the Far - East. India and the mid-east Several regional wires ta the t'atted States were also combined to enable the service to operate wtth fewer rasa tt tbs keyboards. The regular cross-country trunk wires carried thetr usual quotas of news without interruption Hoose Studies Bill For Doylight Time Waahiagtoa. May I. — tl’P>— .. House members had "time" on their hands today-gad housewtres. . farmers and businessmen oa their necks It's a battle over whether the nation's capital shall Join other major cities se Daylight Saving I Time ■ The house set aside the m.- ► 606 668.16* appropriation* MU* to t taka up th* crattroverstal “fast ► ttaaa" Mil It already has poaaed the senate.