Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1950 — Page 1

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Vol. XLVIII. No. 121

TRYGVE LIE HOPEFUL OF END TO COLD WAR

xiennsris Arrested As Ms'Aide - Fint American To r » Owm**!**, race veum renany ■ wv PWJUIHta. May — A mild appearing raeearch ehemtot. arrested for helping British actoaUat Dr Klaus K J. Fuchs give A-bomb aecrata to Haida, hecaaae the tint American today to taca tba death penalty fob atomic spying FBI nganta. who arraaled Swiss born Harry Gold. ». Monday. Mid be admitted helping pass tbr vital A-bo«ib tatiarmattoa to the eammunlsta to help "a nation whose final alma 1 approved along the road to Industrial atranctb." Congreevlonal sources believed this waa only th< first In a aerie, of arrest, of American associate* of the British scientist who was sentenced to 14 year, in prison In London last March 1 for being a Russian atomic spy _Two_J!®L agent, now are questinning Fuchs In bls London prison cell Gold was arraigned last nlgbt before federal judge Jamc P MrGranary who aet ball at *!Oe.MO The judge. Mt a further hearing lor. Jane If The chemist, a flabby swarthy ‘ stnajk. banal* more than five feet tall, made no effort to raise the ball money and wa a taken to Moyatuenslng prison here under guard of eli FBI agents. Gold made no statement at Stow arraignment except to aak court permission to call a lawyer — He will remain in Movamenslnr prison until the hearing nest month unless ball Is raised or he cypresses willingness to return to New York where the justice department charge was filed The arrest came as a shock to Gold's brother. Joseph. 81 a - civilian navy employe with whom .he. made bis home and to his 70 year-old Hu..lan-horn father “To my knowledge my brother was never a communist " said Joseph Gold ’My father Was i.-v ... era communist. And 1 myself hate communism " ■ 7'7" But the arrested man. according to FBI director -I Edgar Hoover, "admitted his contacts with Fetchand has given a detailed account of hi. activities " Gold was arrested on the basis of any Information -filed In Brooklyn. N. Y The warrant with which he was arrested accused him of conspiring with an u imam ed “John Doe" to obtain atomic Information from Fuch. while he was In thl. country tn 1»44 and IMS. That wa. before the world knew the United Stale, was per fectlng the deadly weapon In Washington. FBI director _ Hoover gave no Indication wbeth er the "John Doe” go-between In the Fuchs leak of atomic Information was known by FBI agents and within their reach Gold, the Grat American arrested for atomic spying, was accused of violating the espionage act In _ wartime It makes him subject to a maximum penalty of death “I was only helping the Soviet Union attain certain Information that I thought It was entitled to." Hoover quoted Gold Albany Youth Killed , In Traffic Accident Fort Wayne. Ind . May 24 - tl'Pt Kenneth Roy. 21. Albany. Ind died In a Hicksville O. hospital after being Injured fatally in r traffic accident early today. Three other persons suffered i minor Injuries In the crash north- i east of here. They were James Linton,. 20. and Martha Nyce. 21. both of. Van Duren and Marian i Teahue 17. Marion - State police Mid Roy was thrown 1 from the antomobilewhen It ov«- 1 tnYnecis'nii »ttriHr a ufffflV' tsde ” beside Ind. 37 near the junction with Ind IM 1 WEATHER Partly aleudy and cewtlnised j warm this afternoon through Thursday except becoming colder north and west central i portions Thursday. A few Iw cal thundershowers north portion tonight, and in, east snd south portions Thursday. Low i tonight 00 to OS north. Mto 70 | south. High Thursday 7S to M north, >0 to M south.

Making Soil Taste At Site Os Church BoH t rerehs ere teteteids subthre At sAmi Bt. Mary's Catholic church site, corner of Fourth and Madtoon streets. Ths depth of the reek bod Also I* ImrA*C MMfftftlMMl. x Workmen from the Toot Coast ruction company and the city were making the tests The Infor Mttetf wfft be furnished the architact for the proposed new church Ftndi apecificaGoaa are being prepndbd for the building and bid t may bo received peat fall. It wa. stated. Berne Native Is Killed In Plane Crash Harry D. Habeager, Missionary Student, Killed Near Chicago Harry Itale IHbFKKFr. 2>, native <if B?rnt» and a resident nt that tnwß until two yecta ago. was kill- & o’ekwic Trotday f tn an airplane cranh naar Klmhurat airport In naburban Chicago Habeggrr. a student I al <ha Moody Hibly Inwlilutr. i <•«♦* <>f thrw» killed in the rr<3>h of the operated by the la i stitute tu ntudent mtasiimfcri?* The crash occurred an Holj etein. 23. of Hensenville. BL, the schools flight instructor, started to lake the plane from the Klin Jlakl to Mitchell field, five mnSs west A school official uaid »nd Ivan Fowler, 23. of beep River, la., went alone with the instructor Just for the ride.” At! three were kilted Habeßffer and Fowler were ntwdying main ! tenanre work at the field < Habegger wan born at Herne i March fi. 1921. a non of Clarence’ and _..Naomi Idechty Hah* as* r. who; I ntill reside in that town Jle way ; married to Marjorie Lltweil!er“ IX l‘Hl -TXV-.i The crauh victim nerved in the, army- for IX tnoittbe during World War H-. —one year of which was.? 1 spent In the South Parifk Fallow- . lux the war, he farmed near Heine - until two years ano, when he mov id to Whiaton. 111. and began bis | • tiii‘--iuiiai \ w <>i k Surviving In addition to -hi< .pur tnts and hl* wife are two children.' Mary Jane. 7, and l-arry "Wayne. 3. i two brothers Arvin C Habcgrer! of Crowti Point and, Oti* Allen i Habeggti of Berne, and a sister. Miss Sherry Fay HaWgger. of Bern? Brief funeral services will be j held at the Wheaton Bible church Thursday, after which the body ’ will be removed to the Yager fun , eral home at Berne Services will l>e conducted at 2 • p m Saturday al the KvanaeHcalr "Mennonite church, west of Herne,; of which h» was a member, with the Rev N J Schmucker official' ! ing Burial will t»e in the < burch cemetery British Physkian Speaks Last Night Notes Shortcoming | Os British System "The Brlltoh health aurvice M'hemr cam*- Into operation a« the. reuult of one of the moat elegant piece* of economic blackmail that it will ever be my misfortune to suffer." Ho apoke Dr Ratpft GampCH; British expatriate, to an audience of approximately 300 people last night |n the .Lipcoin elementary sch<M>l auditorium The British medic, who Is currently aetving his internship In . a ■ San Francisco boapit al -by touring the country, offered a case history , Qt himself and the soctatixed medl-■aw4ri*««»»dwrv>4w-4bHrtHtd to-date, He said that coerchin got the British doctors into the service by . admitting that the system previous- | ly used by the doctors there was . completely illogical and susceptible to "economic blackmail " ] Doctors In Eligland. he explain ed. purchased their practice and the good will of some doctor who was retiring The coat was based 1 on the practice, and the doctors ’ were allowed to borrow money, then over a long period of time pay 1 It off The Labor government, however. ITM Ta Fa«a ata>

1 ' Central Soya To Increase Silo Storage Double Bowk Os 10 Siloi To B« Butte At Qnnpoo/s Site Kxcavatiou for a double baak at 10 allot at the Cawtral Soya company will begin early in June oa a nchedule Io have huge storage tanka.of 1.300.000 bushel capacity ready for next fall's aoybenn era*. C. 1. "Scotty” Finlayson, plant manager, aaaoanced today. Tbe string of 20 alios will be erected at the south end of wkat is presently called the "new sloe m"--in diameter t*o feet larger than the diameter of the older onesand 120 feel high They will be 10 feet higher than the prewnt battery of towering tanks that grace the skyline at tbs north approach to Decatur. With.the space made available last year In the old sugar factory building, the 20 ailtM will Increase storage capacity at the plant te 0.250.000 bushels of beans With slipform construction, the work will he done by the Indiana Const notion company Plana tor the alios were developed by Jos cph Thompson, of this city, c hies engineer tar. the company, the management stated “Kven though the nation's Yar-’ 1 mers have Increased the soybean acreage, the total bean crop to still not large enough to meet the ' - demands of the Industry. CauseI quentiy, it has become more of a f problem fur the company to bey i enough beans to keep all of the plants supplied the year around • i The most practical solution to the prbldeni Iles in additional storage capacity. We will be able to buy more beans during the abundanev of the harvest season.'' Finlayson explained in announcing the conajruction project. Finlayson. in picturing the' need.for more storage space, stat I ed ; "Expansion is a sign, of Indus trial progress, but it has ar even greater, slgniflcanc e to us. for thrc.iigh .ejpapslon. thb company establishes more securely its position In the fields of soya processing and feed manufacturing: and upon the security of— the com pany's leadership in these fields rests the security cd all our jobs f The addition of the new silos j will lie important to the soybean growers In this and surrounding communities, for tt, will facilitate the handling of beans during the iTvm T» rwee FJeMt Elizabeth Peterson Retires As Teacher Veteran Teacher To Retire This Week Miss Elisabeth Peterson, wellknown Decatur public school primary teacher who has devoted many years to the teaching profession in the pecatur schools, will retire this Week frwm Wrtlve service as a teacher. It was announced today. With the exception of a year. Mias Peterson has been affiliated with the Decatur school system since her completion of teachers training at Indiana University. Her first assignment was a oneyear stay at Ceylon in Wabash township Teaching in the primary grades alt during her career, Mtoa Peter son started at the old South Ward school and then was transferred to West Ward. Central. Library and North Ward. Several years ' ago when the Ward schools were all consolidated ut Lincoln school Miss Peterson, came to Lincoln, remaining ta th*! primary division of the school ■ Miss Peterson, during summer vacations "of her leaching service, has taken courses at Indianapolis Teachers college. Winona College and Ypsilanti College the latter nt Ypsttantt, Mick Residing in her own home with her sister Mrs W A Ixtwer. at <l7 North Second street, a home which has been In the Peterson family for many years. Miss Peterson will continue tn live In Decatur and she stated that ehe planned to contiane her flower and vege table gardening m • heMy

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Decatur, Indiana, Wlikjteln), May 24,1950

- ■ li II Sil II I ■ ■■ ■■ ill .11— 150.000TH DP (frfrs Find DP -<|T ■ '•» JH y . ; ‘-*qDkg r -S’-. ISC.OOOTH DISPLACED PCRSON te enter the U Decs Kpermanls (leftl. 12 year-old Lstviaa girl, warmly huge H-yearoid Lydia Fedtal of Poland. Oral DP to enter the U. 8 nnder tbe DP act, al Washington's obeervance of "I Am an American Dey." Uioking oa to Immigration and Naturalisation Commissioner W. B Miller.,

School MNMb Filed hi Root Two. ‘ Preble And Root - Trustees To Meet More than M< signatures were ' atlxed to the petition presented ' to Root township trustee George ' HcUeferateln "at about 3 p m. ’ T ?hJa action follows similar ac- ' Hon in Preble township where a like petition presented to ' trustee Charles Fuhrman Both petitions requested that the two northern townships consolidate their schools. Such action would create a five-man ruling board to conduct the affairs of l the school. , Neither Schieferstein nor Fuhrman <-ould be reached for comment today but It Is underntood that they have agreed to meet later, probably next week, and discuss the matter, then act on If ■ at that time Action will involve either the trustees annrovlAg the petitions l>y signing them, which would asI feet tile consolidation providing - there was no remonstrance i agalnat them Should the petitions not be approved, the matter will he decided by township votes — Collapsing Buildings Kill Six In Cuzco Cusco, Peru. May 24. —(UP)—I Six persona have been killed by collapsing buildings in quske shattered Cusco within the past 24 hours, bringing the death toil to. ft officials announced today. i Four of the new victims were i young girls killed when a girls'. school collapsed. T«-o elderly women were klUed by a falling} wall In another part of the' city. | t Field Mental Earl Waved Dies Today ; Distinguished War Leader Os Britain London. May 24— (I’Pl— Field Marshal Karl Wavell, tt. one of Britain's most dtattagstohed commanders in tbe flrst bait of the second World War. died today Warell died at 11 M am <4 05 am CUT* at the nursing bcane where hr underwent an abdominal operation May S. He suffered a : relapse Sunday ■ During tbe war M'avell succee [sfsely took command of areas whvrv- KrHate's-power wee-ar tew ebb and by Ms aMlity retrieved tbe British fonenes His chief mill.ary fame of the war was woe as commander In chief In the middle east As vice soy of Indts in the Isst ha|f of the war. hto efforts contributed, to turn ing India from <a state of near revolt to wholeheartsd backing of the allied war effort Born Archibald Percival Warell.; son of a general he almost Inevlt ably turned to a military career ‘ He was educated at Winchester ' one of the country's leading' iTesw Ba rwas Dtetet

IULL 1 t I N Jacob R. Hoffman, 77, died today at ths hem* of a son. Milton, of Preble, following a low* illnaaa. Survivors Include MA* tenantijf mail earrltr, and a d«w*h*er, Me*. Rehart Buuck of Fried- ... .. « to tho Iwick funeral homu. Funeral arrangements have not I been completed. « > - ; ——• »■ Memorial Day To Be : Observed Quietly Annual Services By Legion, VFW But for the parade and speeches Memorial Day. May 30. promises Io be a quiet one In Dncatur. Busi-j nogs houses will be closbil; some] restaurants will not open tiieir! doors on (he day when the nation pays homage to the dead-in-war _uf_the past. , ..77.; 1 There wlfl lie no mail delivery, either locally or on the rural routes next Tuesday; the hank ■ ; will he closed, as will taverns. • All business houses will ire open 1 .Monday, including the A and I', which normally closes that day The management has announced that that store will be closed Tuesday instead l All other Decatur groceries . will do likewise, be open Monday, i and closed Tuesday. j The court house, city hall, and I all other governmental oEices. ex- ; cept for the county and city police . departments, will also clotfe down ' for the day The Dally Democrat will not publish Tuesday — — Legion and V. F W members of th* two posts are I again reminded try (heir comI manders to be In full dress reI galia at the legion home Tuesday morning. Sa m. when they will vlait the two cemeteries Tor 1 services. t Then at 10 am . the parade will form at the Legion home with the above units and also their auxil- 1 larles. Boy Scouts snd the Deca- 1 tur high school band, j — They will march fleet to the Monroe street bridge where memorial aerrtces will be held for sailors and marines Then to the Peace Monument, where the Rev O. C. Busse, pastor of'"” the St.. Paul's Lutheran church, of near Preble, and also chaplain of post 43. will deliver the Memorial Day address . Warns Americans To Leave Formosa Taipei Formosa, May 24. —IUP» — Tbe U. R consulate warned Atwertoane In Formosa ■ today rto leave because of the danger of a Chinese com man lot in van ion “!■ view of th* now increased possibility that hostilities in this area may result In a disruption of means of egress, ail American* who do not intend to remain on the . island regardless of possible developments are now strongly - advised to withdraw as soon as pos--1 alble " eoasal Robert Strong said 1 la a circular r “There can be ao assurance tba' I the United Rtate* government wilt . be able to provide transportation 1 facilities te any emergency that I may arise "

Secretary General Os UN Optimistic; Leaves Europe After Parleys

6M Contract Is Hailed By Labor Leader Annual Wage Boost, Provided In Pact Detroit. May 24 — (UP) — The united auto workers' history making contract with giant General Motors was the "most significant" development in labor relations since the CIO organised mass production industriea. UAW president Walter P. Reuther said today The bllllon-doilar. five-year agreement. which caugbt the automobile industry by surprise yesterday, pro vide* a lucent, economic package and minimum <IOO monthly pension* It also includes guaranteed wnprodut lion improved h<m> phbl medical plan, modified union Mjtop. and retain* the hiateric alid- * ing scale between pay and the-government coat-of living Index. ‘This Is tbe most significant de▼elopmMrt in labor relations sines maas production Industries wert organised Id 1936 37.” Reuther said GM president (' K WjlMB aaid the contract was ’unprecedented ii\ labor management relat ions.” 'lt will have a Mabilhting influence not only <»n our busineaA but on the economy <>f the whole couth (try ' WilM»n said Removing the fear or possibility of a strike for Gve \*ai.- is a tj» !i-4 ndi'U-K ei-n ptriictive achievement* (<*r »»ur « m pb>Xes uhd their families, our bust f nesa. our dealers, our suppliers and I the gam lid pubilt Secretary of labor Maurice J ■ Tobin ' said The contract “indicates j confidence in future prosperity I of this industry and Its ability to produce so ef(i< iently that it can <-ontinue*to pay higher wages” CH) president Philip Murray said it was “an amaxing agreement and a most- wholeibiue development •“ The world’s largest automaker will give its workers four cent hourly wage boosts when the contract goes into effect May 29. and identical annual increases during the life of the agreement j Workers wHI receive the annual ; pay hikes regardless of cost'Of-liv-ing fluctuations They will receive at least a 17-cent increase because the annual boosts total 2»» cents and wages cannot be cut more than tli!«4 c»nt« 'no matter what the (Ost-of-living index The contract, unlike the VAW’s Te (*•«« Slat iTwo Adams Central Instructors Quit Five Vocandes On High School Staff Two Adami Central high school Inatructora have announced their resignation from the staff and will -not return for the-T»sßst y*«r according t o auperintendeat o f school* Hsnarl Foley. Both teacher* wrote in their re*ignatlon* to the superintendent, stating they Would be unable to return the contract* for next yeur. one of them because she fa moving isit of the state, and the other because *he haa* contracted tor an ■atbes teachin*- ■povitiww--—«——■ Harriet Si-hertx. home economics Tnstructor_on the staff, stated that she was moving to Illinois, and would i-onsequentiv be unavailable. Barbara Sprungrr. social studie* and science, will teach la the Bern,-French school next year. Miss Sprunger's home is In Berne j Thr«e two resignations bring to; five the number of Instructor* In the Adams Central schools who will not return next year The; achool board earlier failed to re- ■ new the contracts of principal Dale 11seeker, roach Harvey Rast in and 1 music teacher Belt) Fortner

Heads Convention f ■ ■FlTra . ’ Lea Klracte •i— State Postmasters Convention Thursday “ Leo Kirsch Hoods d State Postmasters £ Postmaster Leo Klruate- Bf—l v dent <if the Indiana chapter, ns tliinal aiuanriailan oi s • • «a i I j will open the 15th annual coevewj ' Hon of the organ last lon in Routh [f j Bend Thuraday morning. The threeday convention will be r I held at the Oliver hotel and Mr , Kins h. who has beaded the Indiana -chapter the past year, will preside ,- at all tbe seasions. Frank C Ketr I tring. of South Bend, pill be host to the convent ion. . '.. . 7.X—__ Among the notable speakers on the program are Walter Myer* of I Indianapolis, assistant* postmasterg>neral, and Clarence E Manion dean <if law 31 the i’ntversity of ( Notre itonie* <lth,r well known speakers in , clud< J P. Nolan, inspector In i charge. Cincinnati. John J Hart of United Air Lines and Louis F I Lyons, regional director of, the sixth civil service region The 'latter will bring the message from Harry B. Mitchell, chairman of the United States civil service commission. who recently issued the of tlcial order placing all postmaster* under civil service Today, a postmaster is a full time representative of the federal government, not limited to term, according to the Mitchell order The convention banquet wit! be held Friday night at the hotel i l’osthias»er Kirsch will be the chairman of the colorful affair. The election of officers will take place Saturday niornipg Tours to places Os Interest in , and around South Bend are sched- ' uled tor the postmasters and their guests Mr*. Kirsch will also at-i tend the convention. I »| New Challenge On Foreign Policies New Attack Paced By Senator Taft . 4 Washington. May 24—(UP)— , Senate Republican* challenged , President Truman's foreign pedtey anew today while the adminiatra- , tiun gut aet to answer with a direct ( appeal from secretary at atate Dean \chesrm _ ... , The new. attack, led by Sen. Robert A Tsft. R; O . wa* aimed at a ttS.lHHl.wci start on Pre*Ment Triiman'e ‘ft d threatened to derail tke huge 33.-11 121.4M.0M foreign aid bill carryiag: third year authority for the Marshall plan. , Chairman Tom Connally. D.. ( Tex .’of the foreign relation* com ( milter said he had tbe vote* to jam i ( iit through but ordered a preciae nose count betors seeking to force ' a showdown Republican leader Kenneth 8 i Wherry Neb said the vote would jbe "mighty close " He added that ’ he wouldn't be surprised if the sen j , ate threw the whole thing back to |' * iTwra Te Few* Seveei

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Sees Now Approach In United Nations To Conflict Between East-West Nations London May 84- (UP)—Trygvw Lie. secretary general as, the United Nations, said tonight ho was hopeful that the cold war uitiMtely could ba ended by a aww approach to east-west conflict within the UN. ... Iwel* ew -a^esc^tseto 1 - ■tent as he departed from after ccmJerences with Premier Josef Stalin la Moscow and the Amerk-an. British and French I chiefs of state. "1 am not dissatisfied with my talks in the three European capitals." Lie said "No doors have been closed. ‘ I return to the headquart era of the United Nations with the belief that the possibility of constructive negotiation exists. "I shall continue my efforts in support of a renewed United NaHems approach by the govem-' menl* aimed at reducing the tensions of tbe co4d war and ulit Lie ha* been trying to get the H-ader* of the big four to agree to start a series erf extraoc None of the tour heads of diaary meetings of the security !• ’muiccll which would tie attended r by the foreign ministers of the i. 11 members to seek a colej war i- trues. > None of the four heade2 of atate has said no to Lie's propoe- ■ al Pit It cannot ’be put into effect until the deadlock over the i aclmi-*ioa of Communist China to the UN is settled Lie's statement elosely folkiw.-.l a British foreign anonuncement that tt. was - ready--ami teresume talks with Russia on th* atomic bomb within ibe UN a* soon as the China question is settled "In hisThtatement a-few hour* before boarding a plane for New York Lie said tbe world must he patient and not expect Mpec-racular result* overnight In hi* effort* to bring the east and the west together at the conference table He closed with a tribute to all who have expressed support for hi* effort* He sair he had uecsr received so many letter*, telegram* and personal good wishes "from known and unknown people In all walks of life ” Foreign undersecretary Ernest Davies announced Britain’s position In, commons He alan di* closed that the whole subject of atomic energy wa* among questions discussed by United Nations Secretary-general Tygve Us with British officials In London Davies said tbe governn snt advised Lie liefore the secretarygeneral went to Moscow that Britain was ready to resume atomte energy negotiations in the L ! Indiana Professor Is Appointed By Truman Washington. May 24 —(UP) — President Truman announced today ths appointment of Prof John F Mee of Indiana University as director of a special preaidential appointive committee The committee composed of aastatautw to estanet ■ members, will meet here during the summer to study personnel proteeaaa. Mee I* chairman of the I. U. department of management and director of the school'* bareau of personnel relations He recently served as state commissioner as revaaae. , Regular Democrat Winner In Florida Miami. Fla.. May 24. —(UP)— ' Chester McMallen, a "regular Democrat." wa* elected to congress tn Florida's first district , with an ease victory over states’ righter J Tom Wataoa, returns from th* runoff Democratic- primary showed today. An almoot complete eowat of vesterday's ballot* gave MeMwlteu. Who generally favors admlafstrn Goa polleie* a 17-000 veto lead over Wataoa