Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1950 — Page 1

VoI.XLVIII.No. 147.

Strike Threat k Voted Br~ Auto Workers Briggs and Hudson Threatened; Roil 7 Strike Due Sunday By United Pre*i Twin sirUe moves by the CIO Auto Worker* threatened to taterrept the motor Industry's r-cort pruducUM today and tire western railroads prepared for an API, rwHehmen*# strike on Bunday. The only bright spot In the nation » labor pkt are was at Pittsburgh where a 14-day strike by AFL milk truck drivers appeared n<ar settlement The strike had 1 but off milk deliveries Io 3.000.<HH> person*. . * At Morristown. Tenn:, rainforest highway ptdke patrolled the strikebound American Ehka Ray on mill where litre, nonstrlfter* and ff Hirmler rd the striking CIO textile workers were wounded in I’onflh la yesterday The New York City Publishers' Association, meanwhile, railed on I the heads of rev< h printers' on j tons to order their members 10l r-ross picket lines of the striking J Citi Newspaper Guild at the New j York World Telegram and Sun ' Members of < raft unfons-hnre -re-f fused to cross the Guild's -picket ■ lines, preventing the paper from puldishing The auto workers ordered 39.090 ntrittler. to strike Monday.UMCSinsl the Briggs hianilfiu-turlng com-" pany The strike, would halt de liierr <if a do bodies to Chrysler »t>d Packard plant »■ have broken down between the unton'and llnggs ; '■ The UAW executive Iw.wrd.alsoapproved plans, tor a strike saalnst Hudson Motors due to ' ' uisuffk I-tit progress rhi con tract negotiations r 's The AFL .switchmen's union was making last minute plans for a strike Sunday againd the lien ».-r and Hlo Grande Western, the Cbicaffo Great Western, the Great Northern, the Hock Island ißlff lhe Woof ern Pacific railr.Msdv The Work ’lsland und tile HARGW were preparing to ans p. nd' all Operations In the event I of a stilke and the Western! I’a-' cifit issu'd an embargo. wffevtlr. n midnight tonights on -lUaaUxdfcf and |'<-Vr»hl«!>les lloWCVer the Great Northern MW .It jaould try t.. crjtitiuue wrvlte diiriior the str the The switchmen are seeking re) dm lion of dheir work w.-ek from t.» io"i“ hours with no lo»- In pay The brotherhood of railroad train men nod order of railway conduc torn have issued warnings 1116’ ib. v may call '.’■.o iiuO no mbef« z out <m strike July 15 or. r the same -issue Fourth Degree Knights Reelect All Officers tiff leers of the Herat ur Assr'm ;dy of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus were reelected at the annual meeting-of members held lanT'eveninp-at the K of C hall Xr ate: Leo Ehlnger, faithful tor Severin Schurger. cap lain. Ralph J Roop, admiral, Het man J. Knapke. comptroller: la><> nard Meyer, pilot; Herman Gelmer. outer seiitinel; John A Miller, in n.r sentinel and the Very Rev Mear J J Seimeti. Fafthfut Friar The Fourth Degree unit has about *0 members. Mr Knapke stated -I

Sheriff Herman Bowman To Have Leg Amputated

After almost 10 trying year*. >ix major operation*, plus many weary weeks of observation, ami spending {several thousand dollars? *h«riff Herman Bowman learn* d Thursday that hi* left leg is to bg amputated The sheriff '4* philosophical atniuT if hut only after he ha*i tried every means of saving the leg ‘ Th’re** no use kidding my self he fudd,'thH leg will never gel any better now ” Two of the six operations were performed hy Fort Wayne -doctors within th* past year, and the *h» riff thought that'these would be the end of the whole affair •I tried everything I could.’ be remarked a' couple of weeks ago l»efore his most recent examination "am! I’m satisfied now that nothing further can hr done" iHators have agreed that the amputation *4ll not h- performed much before the latter part of A<Wt !» the meantime the •heriff Ik going t<> regalW some of the weight and vitality lost as the re-ult of hli* last oprr ation a «ou|de. of months ago The sheriffs left leg was badly: broken almost 10 years ago when

DECATUR DAILS' DEMOCRAT . ■ / ONLY UMtV NSWUMMW fit MAM MUNTV . / \

G. E. Employes Invite Friends To View Flant openy|nß .... The*b»w* phoUi rx th. first aerial picture taken of both plants of the Decatur General tlectric works. The plant is located just west of the Ptrms.vlvania railroad, between Nutt man and Dayton avenues. | * • • ' - -• ■ * - ""a- 11 -." Jl ' • - *2**" —. * -

6.E. Official Talks To Local Rotarians I Lisle Hodell Speaks On Motor Industry Kvww though Hit* indti uy H’urn I ««U All ■Mluw n y*ir, it will taU ftZ >»4M. to nupplv mH bh« tiMTius tn with an hwimlf* of «iw- ' 1.1 -l< H “!• H HIAh C* I • ? iUGt'll! it ’ . nirine of fractional ) tnrtior of th*; <J*n» »u! : tri* 1 c<iiti|»ai v Miat.ri In a v*ik !»• Jilt* th*-In < atni Hu a’ ' ‘ lu’’ ' ♦ vtnjnt J ; *M r ihuh ll ♦ ittph t-iz>4—TUai h* IIMIOI ’fuui** ami • o ’ itn.i’f s from, tlu*-’ ♦■ntiir* motor, I -which hub*yconsist*of 1«1 difftitMT; ii»;snufn< r !ur»-r* ; Elwirlv rvfrip* tutor*, vacuum; elfruruifr and wa*hihx machin* fake ‘the Unrest jkiii of motor* pro > l<h»< *<i Sim ** the war. a h* w fl* hl! for ni- for- -♦ n found in di»h wa«hinir air ronditlutiinfr ant! ear- ( . hag* units ■•- ■ . Th*- home of today has jib<»u( !•’» irto’or* Mr fiode)l <aid . Th* average oyer the United States is six motors to the home I There are several million homes in the country that do not have elecitrhity The yearly replacement of io percent of the 220 million motors u*» ns u*»-. ml.no xvyuo.s moi» p?•> duet ion Mr ll<»de!l outlined in his Jalk He used chart* whhh eave a vivid picture of the 'Trmnonal. industry. E W ii.oi of fhr hwatur-G E plant- rhalrmun j of the' pnutrfm

he s’t‘ppe.l nfl th. li* it: fir*truck and "was struck by. Ihe car! of a .passing motorist. --t= Then l»rgah a long series of operations. some of th m offerin': relief but none of them being I completely effective. I b Before the last two operations .sheriff Bowman Wflfk aJbrace und j carried a cane which served no? ■ ■»niy as-- a' support l»ut. also as a de.'cnnive measure for recalcitrant »ff*-nders. More than once the sheriff has >«.<»! | • .'.nt w-\- ?h»- < ato’ menacingly to oldbin the desired re«ulta Up never actually used it as a bludgeon, but always maim' *ainv«i it was a serviceable ad ; iuiH-1 to a sheriff* need* b*M*aa-«* >f its quirting effects . There are *ome men. ev*n ”tn this enlith’ ewril ag . who understand 3 only force, or the slightest intimation of such a thing The < sne some how over* ame the handicap of a ! .crippled left leg ?<tn fp being on rmrrbrv rhnngtr the sheriff has been, confined to less, a* rive dutv? tyhen |H*-*tble. iM<’3*i**nally working ' traffic on the county's highways 11 wo Tw Faw* PSa>

Tour Os G. E. Plant To ®e Made Next Thursday

Famili* * .»n»k tiieudi of (Dfieral t: . i: »i >,> . >♦- tar* loVn invU-- • .Mo a\Fa >cD> Hay tour of tha local | i plant v*\t Thursday* and to view h fh-‘ hand; ihe-lndividualu par tiruiar job in the. streamline manu furture of frac tionai horsepower f ntQt€*r« that n»H from iWMnr 1 Salta 1 Vlthoyivh n »f *1 iced ;or a public ; <■» I*-f»ration of th*\ op* iiing of the * IH-t Ji H buildito? in lid* city in VptP- .I’*-"* h» Fd.’nliy j»n< pus giam . m.' id« uoil th*. .nmt V.■•fiary’ = V»■hT'iiTlF Wft* rat ' • . ■ ■ {■ •I f '‘ . ti; of flit toui * ill h* 1 • ),.’in.io \ • rururt <d k'ln-' ihTTFfihjtr~riJs»' pfnnt Tl** worker wRH . •!«• »it plain., to hi* or her guests’ ;>Ke ib :;iil wf 4he op* ration pet form: •ti d*i \ tlo inapura* Mirejipd as jstn/bh t> Tours * will be ' m f i(h conihuiously from in am. tol Ijn pm ■ • Aw» icoine js also, f xtelided to o i < itiz« ns who w< iild like to tour the { two.modern iMdu-AtriaV buildings, tn ihe first plant-wideinspectiim of - itp. i *' i. ikv shoe ’he war . ? F \V Lank»nau. plant manager.' Ain* d employ * * in inviting guests !jo th* tour fie said. 'We are hap ;py for tiiis opp*»rtunity t*> show > our plant In op* ration to the families and fl i* nds of our fellow employes” ' 7 Mtmbrrw of the will assist in greeting gursts and will . J2fcx.v£.-jaLlrt>lMutJiDL >t_The_end __ef the tour route. I setter* with tifdtet* have been mailed (o all employes. Who are

Convict Woman Os Murdering Husband Indiana Woman To Face Life Sentence Covington Ind June ’l-dTi Mrs Mary Osborn 3W. has been found guilty of murdering her husband to cl ar the way for romance , .with a farmhand she wooed away from her daughter. I She* will be sentenced to life imprisonment Saturday | A Jury of eight men and four women tKtrned a guilty verdict) last night after deliberating seven i Al‘»iirs They recommended the- 1 life teiTn, making the sentence -. j The- verviict upheld 'the state** contention that- Mrs Osborn Fed her husband a Christmas dinner . seasoned with arsenic last peceni- ■ ; l>er in order to inherit their farm, collect his insurance and continue h»-i affair with her daughter’s one . time boyfriend. Wh n the verdict was announc-. M Mrs- Ostwvrn stood erect.- her I taco* set. and showed no sign of [emotion She was led immediately from the courtroom to jail. The, lif *» sentence was among 4 five alternative* given the jury by Judge Roy Fenters. / Fowlers told th*' jury they rftuid death In the electric-, «Twrw T« Feus atai

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 23, 1950

asked to sign their names and mark ■ the number, of fcueats they have i> viled for Family Ihty Raw Material To Motora A suggested route will be marked and w|l! follow the manufacturing ’ line from the raw material* in 1 ply one_ ll* H»l li **?d motora jre4j tor shipment in plant two ! There -will be a display of product* and each visitor will receive a souvenir Second ..and third shift employes are asked to bring their guest* fn*hi in a m lb -2 pm First shift employes are asked to escort gu«st> during m i <»nd shift operation* beginning at 4pm Dedication April 10, 1920 It was 30 years ago last April PTi when Ute first (J. E. building was dedi< ated On»July 21. 1920. the first motor from the Deratur plant was shipped ajid since that time, up to June 10. this year, excluding ?the 194044 war years. 12.34M.359inotbrs have been shipped from the local plant The millionth motor was built Sept 12. 1925. Etrp’cyta Total 821 For the week ending June 3. the number of employes at the local plant was *2l. The 1949 payroll figured on fewer employes, soared j to In the 3<» historic years; there have be*n three additions to the original plant and in 1942, the new building at the corner of Ninth -MrerLAttd !>syj*»n avenue wa> buih , by the Defense Plant Corporation ! aniF later pur thawed by the General; Electric company.

Clark G. Abbott Wins Thursday's Courtesy Award - » 1 Clark G. Abbott, of route 5. i» I the winner of the Thursday 15: chi.aru Motor (lull award for tourteoua driving. The fourth award of the week war presented j by liecatur police chief James i ■; Porders. who said he followed Ab--i tott across town. Chief Bordera’ report further states that Abbott obeyed all the ; traffic signals. but what im preMed the chief more than any othei tiling la that Abbott stayed “well , within the speed. limit at all times' | while observing ail traffic signals and using precaution; in hia driv ~ n* ' -i Abbott, who la 4« has been "driving about !b yearn.* - He Is married, the father of four child ren. two of whom also drive. Bo* Advertising On Actors' Misconduct New York. June S 3. —(VPi — The motion picture association of f i America today banned movie ad--i vertlaing which exploits the mis - conduct of screen personalities, as the result of criticism of advertisements for the Ingrid Bergman Roberto Rossellini picture "Strom'boll." . ' ' 4

rasing Child I Reported With Fortune Teller , Two-Year-Old Boy Missing From Home Since First Os May Detroit. June 23 tCPi—A Detroit policeman said to*lay that he saw a hkmd.".'blue-eyed l»by re . sembJlng missing, little Brian Mar s'l i. . fmrur,,.- teller in LitchfirlH?’ llllast ~ WekkT Putrolman George King. who' { wus on vacation said he saw the boy while attending a carnival at ih.- * enfral HHmjK . iti; Briam two year-old foster son of a wealthy Port Huron garment niaker, disappeared from the back vard of his home May 1. —Police have had several repots *nf a swarthy. woman with a small boy in F’ort Huron at the lime of Brians di “appear a her King said the l»oy wftn the gypsy fortune teller closely resembled pictures of Brian that have been' circulated throughout ’he natimi More than 1.3,00# has been offered for the l»oy's return King said hr attended the carnival with a friend. Eldon Nei i house of New Douglas. 11l While waiting for Neihduse jto hair hit f fnrnme Tntd-snid -a— bhmd boy badly in need, of a haircut, j can u> r to the young gypsy womam - j “The boy acted like,, she was tiikigK. „carr of .him. She • was so dark it was obvious she wasn’t his mother.” King said The police officer said he didn't “give the boy a second thought** i until later. “Then it dawned on j rite it could be the Marshall l*oy He investigated later and found . the carnival had moved on. He sai l the gypsies had told towns ■ men they were going to play . some summer fairs “and be at a. big city on the Fourth of July.” . _ Kini reported the Incident to the federal bureau of invrstiga tion on his return to Detroit Last Wednesday a Port Huron housewife reported that she had seen a dark woman get on a Port Huron bus with a blond boy the’ day Marshall disappeared Mrs Missie T. Reynolds said she did not report it to authorities hn- : mediately because her husband •*SWVW Tw P-ware.Mvl Chicoqo Lake Front Fair Opens Saturday j CMrtfO. Jkn<> !3 —<UP>— Atom jMn»«h»r« (mattered arm** th, na. lion will flash chain reaction, over JjOflff milea to opMi Chicago'a *19.lake front fair tomorrow The imputaes will atart at the huge crflotron at Stanford Vni--vrratty ia Palo Alto. Calls . awd he relayed to Pittaburgh. hack ww.tt Ho Champaign. 111. and north to Chicago where they will aet off. .a mock atomic bomb exploaion to mark the fylr'y official opening.

Franklin Franz Killed In Auto Accident Near Wooster Thursday Night x * nmi i ,*■■..l—ww '■ ' ' ' " ' ' ' — '' ' .- 1 " T " «■■■■■»

New Tax Bill Drawing Fire Os Republicans Measure Would Cut Excise Taxes Over Billion Next Year Washington. June 2*,—(UP)— The Domocrats' new Mil to cut taxe, hare and hike them there drew Republican fire today. Home Republican leader Joaeph W Martin, Jr., called it a "phony kind of a tax reduction MU " The measure. •Cu'duled for house debate aext week, would cut exciae taxe« by J1.010.090.1f08, ftl would offset this revenue loss by > various means. Including a booat I in some corporation levie* Martin called hia GOP. policy committee In meeting late today to decide the Republican line toward the measure. / The odd* appear to favomhouae paaalng of the hill But MartiA doesn't like the corporation tax He said "this is a poor time -to Increaae anyone's t‘axe».“;YHd aaM taxeti_ should be cut .to' "ittve business a" -hot jn the arm " • Sen. Robert A f Taft,:.R . O . voie--ed misgivings He saidthe corporation tax boost might discourage Investment and thus hurt employ ment. But h» added. “I .haven't made up my mind" about whether to oppose the bill when It reaches, the senate Other congressional develop ment*: Arm* Aid - Sen. Tom Connally t>.. Tex .. »*W UHFdang er of So v let aggression give* fongress mo choice but -to vote an additional J1.2J2.590.ihhi for zdrming free ns tioii.s. _ _ Europe Itrltish aniba-sador Sir . Olivir Frants I. Id i. ngresa his country will nut pel her Seonomlc ! teruuri r* with western Europe at ’ fire' expense- of other -British rom- ' uiHjiiwealtb .Gat i •!. - sald--a Russian named Simonovich i- kingpin OL a profitable alien I -in ugg ling traffic between Juba, and “Miami Man« of t|o ali>n«i iTwrw l*sse rtaMl ' ■ . Y"" - ■ 1 School Attendance - Law Change Urged State Deportment To Ask Amendment Since the recent supreme court ruling concerning achbpl attendabce jif children in- Indiana only until they reach their I'Jh birth- i . .dayojnany educators over Ike state hare made suggestions that the law be changed to Include pupitr tn the age <rf 16 , \ The ruling affect* many pupil*: mostly of "the Amish sect, in Adam* county In the last two year* there have been numerous arguments be . J ween leader* of the Amish faith school attendance official* aid prosecutor Sv vertn Schurger year. howrver/Tt br anddrstood that most ebHdren attended school until they reached the age of IC. It I* believed likely that the recent ruling will change this procedure and. Amish children will be - withdrawn from school when they attain the age of.IS Deane E Walker, atate superin 1 tendent of public instruction. «tated yesterday that his department! would sponsor an amendment to the school attendance law which Would compel • hiiu/rto' Attend! -school until they become 1< year* t of age " j Several rear* ago a number of Adams county Amish families moved from here io Tennessee. | when It was raled at that Mmej that thefr-children wowld-baxCilXo 1 continue school until their 16th j - Mrthday it I*- believed likely that many other educational groups in Indiana will Join the department of public instruction In sponsoring an amend i ntcM <o ( b* preseal law on which the recenv opltitoa was “based How- ' ever until such a change is made in the law. pro*eontor Scharger has Indicated that he will follow the new ruling a* far as school attend anew is concerned in Adam* county ‘

Dies In Accident I ' -I Bk BBS I -r ... __j Franklin E. Frang 15-Day Extension Os Draft Approved Senate's Standby Bill Is Opposed .Wa»hlngtpu, - jpne •“ The senate'* *tundhy draft bllL undre which the -Rrealdent could crank up -the induction machine only when congress is not In senrion„got a chilly reception In the house today - > "We won't accept ii," said Rep . Dewey Short. R . Mo., ranking Hepublican member of the house arm- ■ ed service* committee "We will Insiat on the house version. Nobody but congress showW order thd f start of iaduettous." > While house and senate wren I gled over a more permanent extension President Truman wa'» expected to sign into law an enter . igeucy resolution to carry the prr- , [ sent - Isw-15 days pest its expira- , lion date a: midnight tonight Both chambers shoved through the stopgap resolution by unairi j mous < on-ent yesterday afwr rt beI . ani'< clear that the senate and ' house could hot compromise their , differences in ■ time to beat the deadline. The house has approved a t wo- | year utension bNI calling for re gisfration and cituutification only | Indut tions of men IH through 25. for a SI month period, could be started only st congry*,. by joint resolution declared an emergency The s< nate. after -two day* of argument, yesterday toned down it* proposed three year extension of - - iTwra Te race Mai Indianapolis Shows Goin In Population Indianapolis. June 23 —(ITI — . Preliminary census: figure* r-elaa*-'ed today showed Marion cOUn’y popufothfo Increased nearly 3d pee i-ent in thr- last decade and In mwwpntiv--rose about IT percent. census -uperviaor, said Mat Ion: s county increased front tSo.SSS In JMo to aW.w47 in l».5«l. Indiana-' poll- roae from 3*dhlt to t’i 653 during the 10-year period Nine Survivors Os Crashed B-29 Found Two Crewmen Reported Missing Guam—June 23 Jt’P) —A rescue 'boat radioed today. It'was picking up nine survivors of the crash of a : V. S air force B » in? the Pacific [.The message said two crewmen ws e missing (The rescue team Mid It found right of the men aboard two life boats floating I«<> mile* southeast of Guam Another survivor, the message Mid. was taken from the j whtdr. The life rafts were located earlier today by search plane* whose reports had held out hope that all 11 crewmen from the ml*»lng super fortress were sate • The attached to the 2»ti> bombardment squadron, ditched to day after sending dtatress signal* It bad been In the air 19 hour<m a round-trip practice bombing run to Okinaw*. 1.<25 miles'northwest nt Guam, and apparently over shot this Island os the return jotfr ,-w. ■

Price Four Coots

Duchtur Man Killed I When Truck Strikes Auto Lost Evening; Prominent Salesman _ Franklin E. Franx. ST. a top-, I flight salesman for the Central Boya Co and McMlUen Feed Mill* haiace organisation of the Induatry here tn IVM. wna Instantly killed in a traffic accident about 7 •'clock Thursday evening near I Wooeter. O I Fran*, director of field service I In the Mie* department of the I Pead Mill*, was fatally injured I while driving on U. 8 Jo west I of Wooeter. Few detail* were I learned here of the atcident but I Ohio authorities stated a loaded | steel truck swerved Into Franx'* I car after being sideswiped by I another truck Report* indk-ated I that the trib-k which struck the 1 Decatur man', ante tailed to atop after the accident The local resident suffered a crushed cheat Franx, better known to Ms many friend* as "Smotate." was the first salesman employed by the Central Soya C-o. when the firm located here In 1*34. Arter apendlgg many year* traveling throughout the eastern United Suite* and Canada a* a Mlesman. Franx wa« made field Mrvice director, serving .. as instructor ta- the‘, -Mle**-,’lehbMw* Schotiff' »t>eciaii*ing in poultry ■[feeds,.ta whkh field he was rocog-. rifted as, an expert. ■ - . The family lived in Greenfield tor several year*, moving hack to Decatur IV month* ago.' residing at 313 Adam, street ' Native Of' Berne The accident Get Im was a na- ' five, of Berne having been born 1 in that town Jan 3. 19M. a sou 'of Dr KnM>*t Fran* and Laa *’ Neueuschwander-Frati* He was married WtS-Kemryer 1 July 1«. l»l« '• ,He was a member of the First ; ' Prs*l>yterian church the Elk» lodge, the Scottish Rite and the • Shrtnerg Surviving m addition to hl* wife ’are four win*. Franklin E. 1 Frana. Jr Harrisonburg. Va_. Major Robert W. Franx. Arlington. Mas*: John D and Farl* D" I Franx. liolh at home one daughter. Mis* Judith Lm Franx. at ■ home a brother. Gerhart Franx., six sister*. Mia* Ernestine Franx and Mr* F D Whitesell, both of Chicago Mr* W. A. Howe -of Bluffton. O Mr* Werner Geiser . of Dover. 0.. Mr* Clarence McDonald of Detroit and Mr* Wal’er Krehlieil of Reedley. Cal : and three grandchildren The body has been returned to the Zwiek funeral home here Funeral arrangement* have not been completed, pending arrival of the sons Local VFW Members At State Convention - Commander Hwaars Wober led . the local contingent of delegates from 1 -imbertaat post 6236 to Fort Wayne for the atate convention of ths Veteran* of Foreign War* 7 The TWW Tffdtgnr dnMHTnWTrr eni.eampment of the V. F W began i Thursday evening, though official cohventioa business gut underway at the armory this morning T Kt the name lime separate meetI tig* girf uxiderway tor the ladies auxiliary. the Moose hall and the falbsrb, auxiliary at the ; XngiM Un —■ . ' A "highlight p< the convention will be the baMiwet and parade, both scheduled torXihia evening Boy Scout Drum Corps Receives Prize Check , t -I Gerald Zimmerman director of >, rhe drum and bugle corp* c.f Ro tary Boy Scont troop Cl. today rei <cited a check for JIS as the first’ , bril* award JriSk by the corp* hi I the parade last Sunday at the r. Lion* state convention at Fort : Wayne Thi* -check will Inaugurate s ‘ fund for maintaining the dram <orpa and pnrrhaae additional ’ equipment Plan* are also under wav to orgaalxe a another*' rluh .'and to bold a Mke Mie In the near fatnre to obtain additional land* .-' - ' WEATHSR Partly elewdy. eowtiouM MaMmMs —» rt amt svev m»m*u nirwugß *■<* urday. Scattered tbvoder sheeter* nerth portion twoipht km* teMgbt fikTV. high Saturday lower *CT*