Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 152.

SOUTH KOREANS ON COUNTER OFFENSIVE

House Passes Bill Slashing Excise Taxes / Moke Up Uwim/' Um With Higher Corporation Taxes euM-Jk- (UP) Tb* bouse helming I y approved • MH to sjunh federal e»- <•!•» taxes tl.MO.toftm ayear and make up the rev Awe lo** by hijkW'ol*Sf'’U l k**'- 3 The roil call' rate was Wf. tfp4. / The ntuin bow gopa to the / «enate where early consideration ha* been/assured Hut w with which the senate ac/s may be determined by the trend' to.event* In Korea. If the . thrXfct of war increases. congressjbnal leader* probably will die"/tard the Idea of cutting excise / take instead. fhey may find them- / selves confronted with the neces- / slty \ Imposing new and higher. ... laxee "all along the line ' D> ftte.neheflaewi FX ** 4 Climes <4 *hu l id’lll i>•■Tw . Jvrenw*M teew - mv’ crate In support of the exci»e cute, lint they opposed the Democrats' plan for making up the toss by boosting rerporetioo taxes and ‘ cloning mane of the metalled “loop holes' - in present law • • Just before, the final vote, the house defeatvd-33» tq 14?a Hepub hern pregapai t he. bill Itou. two parM -oae providing for the exetoe tax «Mr. and the other for lorporattoa and other |a« Inereaae* The lieaMH rat lc-sponsored “balanced" hill waa the product of Tire months’ work by the tax framing way« and meant committee It met the teqtorsmento laid down to President Truman, who had wurtr ed that he would veto any iax-evt-fiag meaettt. which Mid not provide the mean* for offsetting tM revtw too*. The meaaare doe* not affect personal income tax tale* Tere are the principal provisions of Ihe legislation 1 Reductions totaling j>t«>oot) a year in excite, or antes, taxes on movie ticket* cosmetic*, fur- luggage, jewelry railroad and t>u« ticket*, ttlephone bill*, tele- \ gram* and tnany other item* * An increase In taxes on cor--porallons which earn mote than a year and a reduction for most. of the remainder The In-<-iease i» designed to yield about irri.iMinyM'ti a year (Toting of “loopholes" to brine in an estimated »445.to<>.«'<‘0 a year in new -revenue Among other thing*? the bill for taxing the business ’ eatntog*\of educational and <h.irl!*t>le tn*tih(lion*. a new jt» percent withholding qua on divld.nd-‘ and a new tax formula f»r life insurance r-ojmpanle* Rev. Schmidt Named X On Concordia Board . ■ J The Rev Edgar -P Schmidt, vaster of the Zion Lutheran char eh. in thia city, wa* elected a member of the board of control <>f Concordia College. Fort Wayne I at the national conventloh of the Lutheran church-Missouri Synod ■' In Miluaukde Other member* of the board are: Robert Berning. Clarence Benner .nd Robert Moellering of Fort Wayne Board* of control were also elected for Lutheran vol lege* in Bronxville. N V . and Austin. .-'Texas. Circus Coming To City For Ono-Day Stand On July 17 Hark! A circa* I* coming to town! Advance representatUr. Art Mil './Ur of the Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. - .iron*, announced today that he bad completed the preliminary arrankemWk Wt thto cfrcWwTo Ttary an afternoon and night engage ment near Decatur on Monday. July ifThe big clrcu* tent will he pitencd on the field aero** from Mom and Pop* drivein .two mile* east of Decatur on V. S highway 124. This will mark the first ap pearance of a big circus in Decatur in 27 year* The clrcu* to complete with actors, downs and a menagerie of animals. Including . Olraffee! blppoppotsmu* and rhinoceros The clrcu* is billed a* the sec ond largest on the road It carries more than 400 people

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Heritage Caravan Here August 15-16 Th*/lfoo«ler' Heritage caravan will Appear in Adams county Aug. 15 /nd 14. according to the Ulner ate announced today The caravan 14 a historical exhibit marking Indiana's territorial sesquleeatennial. The caravan will open Its stand at Vincennes July 1-4. h will hb in Allen county Aug. 17 and I*, la Jay county Sept. M> and In Well* county Sep: 11. 26 Paratroopers i Bail To Safely Before Crash Four Crewmen Die After Transport Plane Is Crashed t ■ Nashville. Tenn. June 2*» *- (UP)-- Twenty-six paratroopers pg "Hi - hightjump“tuiatloh" safely ’tolled out of * transport plane last night « few minute* before It crashed »t»d burned, killing four crewmen . . Jhe.l>.>dl»* of the creyjmember*. who apparently'tried to bring the jejtgtne afire., weie found in the wreckage about I« miles front where the trooper* landed / The lllh airborne division atj Fort Campbell Ky ’ where the paratrooper* were stationed, sent' I trucks te-bring them back to the, I air field where they had been scheduled to jump The twlneaglned Fairchild packet was one of .11 pianos of the 17th jrao(| carrier squadron 3Bth troop cirrtbr wing, taking part In a night maneuver They had Moan from their base at Reward air force bat - Smyrna. Tenn, so—Fort Campbell to pe k, lup the paratroop* ami were < »'l,l ■lng the area waiting for nightfall j The Fort Campbell air*!rip I* not equipped for night landings | nnd the planes had to take off liefore dark , . • Lt. Paul L Briahd, Seward public information officer, said the pilot of the ill-fated transport! radioed that he was dropping out .of the~ formation with the rght .engine on fire and would, return [to-the bake i The paratrooper* some o! whom were making their first [ i night jump made an emergent r : iJttmp and landed about two miles I north of (ifeenbrler Tenn The ! transport , began losing altitude [and crashed on the ♦IW-at-re farm Ibf II N[ CurH* between Old flicklory and Hendersonville. Tenn. I ebout 15 •mile* east of here. One man w-a* thrown clear of the wreckage bitt died while being /ken to a hospital The other three bodies were recovered by Nashville trash crew* who poured foamite lon the burning plane for about ’'our hour* -Names of the victim* were not released by the air force Rotarians To Hear Famous Musician The Rotarians will Ite entertain ed this evening by a nationally famous niukician Dr. J Menxle* van Zandt, soloist and pianist, who ha* appeared In concerts in this country and Europe. the> Rev, William Feller, program chairman, announced tbi* morning \ Unexpectedly. Dr- Zandt arrived here this morning and contacted Rev Fuller, who changed the scheduled program so that Rotarians could hear the noted artist. Guest* are invited ..to ..Xear the recital by Dr. Zandt, whieh will Wight W Mhowt 7 w'rlwrk. Dr Zandt to a son of the late Joshua van Zandt who wa* am hassador to Italy ’under President Hayes He studied under famous musicians, including Paderewski. He has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras .and concert stars, including Lily Pons, firsce Moore. Richard Crooks and others. WKATHCR Fair and a llttte eweler tonight. Friday genorally fair and somewhat warmer. Law tonight 4* to 42 north. 52 to 54 south. High Friday near •0- ,1 ’

Downs First Red*Korean Planes LT. ROBERT WAYNE (right) of Garden City. L. 1. Dying a F-M Shooting Star Dghter. to reccwßod as one of the first to acorn against North Korea aircraft. He knocked down two Russian-built Yak 111 fighters (left) over Kimpo airport near the fallen South Korea capital eHg of Seoul.

Holds Four Men Al Boy With Shotgun Men Questioned On Reported Robbery -'Tlie psychology of a sawed-off shotgun." chief police James Border* wa* •ayjpjt.-'ttelx. npwnlng. U a ~.w.»ndertu» tiring When one to pohMwl ey.*'. man 4k. tuualiy.makes -hlm vtop apfl think. •especially stop." . ’ ■Thl* wa* attested to at about 1 1-.. W o'clock this morning when pojlce officer Roy t'hHcote held four ftien at the point of the shot1 gun before aid arrived. City police had a call from the ! Mercer county, (thio, police for four young men heading thl* way and who were wanted there for ' armed hi—it; «m*to Motor Inn at the-junction of highway* 12? and .33 In Mercer county, reported lo Ohio officers that he I had ht t n a victim '<»( arnw <1 lob ' hcry t 'Notinx the Ik-chsa pla»a number. ■ Decatur |m»ll<-c were on th* look- | oiit for the car containing the men. Off we i (hili ole stopped tham at Thirteenth and Monroe streets.' at Mhc 'll and T Service station, and made the men disembark and rejnai» then until deputy sheriff Bub ’ Shraluka at rived Broußht txx Hte city police atar ♦ lon. Ohio police officials were notified. and they came and questioned the men 1 No arrests were made the men [ were released There had been no; I armed robbery; bhere had simply! been a chnerence of opinion' between the foor younjt men and the proprietor of\the Mercer county restaurant overMhr# payment for puriehhoard play \The four men thought the idea fmdish. and refused to pay the man \ They didn't refuse to stand at at tention at the point nf a sawed-off shotgun, though, an Item that is atandArd eQuipincnt *pow —for city, county and state police.

Romance Os Motors Is Disclosed To Reporter On Tour Os General Electric Plant—Family Day Tours AreOn Today

By ROGER DORAN (Daily Democrat Reporter) To tome men a motor i* a rotiiantic thing, something that ha* a soul wliii-h stir* with power; to other* a motor i* merely a necessity which answer* \to the pressing of a switch; but to all men a motor is so much a pdrt of life in this machine age that U is an indispensable thing A motor is a thing that requires ingenuity to devise, ability to blend component parts, and the skill to produce. —-—:—-X The end product is the result of much labor. aH of lt puteosWUl ~ And it I* to display much of thil labor and Ingenuity that goes Into a motor that the Decatur General Electric company amployes. through E. W Lankenau. plant manager, invited friends and families to visit the plant today for its anniversary celebration. Hundreds of these people poured through the plant, taking a tour of the different buildings, watching the many processes that result in a motor, several hundred notors. For th* Decatur General Electric plant- Is a past master at the busl nee* of producing - motor*; More than II- 1 * million of them have

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Dacatur, ladtana, Thursday, Jane », 1950

Blast At Ordnance Depot Kills Two Men Pushto, Colo,, Jum IS. ■—<UF) A bomb explosion at tile Pueblo army ordnance depot killed two civilian employe* yesterday and Injured eight othora. two seriously. Army authorities saM the blast incurred as small aircraft bomba were being transported to a ''washout” plant where they were to be madg harmless. . 'r-w-' Predict 385 Dedhs In Holiday Traffic Warning Is Issued By Safety Council (Chicago. June 2#—(UP!— The ndiional safety, council predicted luday that 385 persona will die la ' traffic during the’-' four-day Fourth of-July weekend' but fewer person* will be ffurt by fireworks than to previous year*. :/-■ The council warned that during the lofrhour period from 4 p.nt. Friday to midnight Tuesday. M.OOd.oOn vehicle* would be on the road*, traveling i.gOO.OOft.dOO miles and using HO.OOO.tkH) gallons of gasoline "It'll be the worst traffic Jam In history," council president Ned H. Dearborn said ■— But “re hope It will not mean the blfcgeft death toll " He aald most drivers use extra caution while driving in hollday traffle hut that “a certain reckless minority" would create a dangerous I situation I To curb this minority, enforce ment vJiil be stricter than ever before." Dearborn said. "We have been Informed that some state patrol* are cancelling all leave* and will be at full strength continuously at danger points." He offered these rule* for drivers : 1 Keep your speed down 2 Be patient and courteous 3. Stay alert every minute La*t year'* Independence hoti■Twra T» to*, Sts*

rolled off production lines since[ the factory first began operational 3<> yearn ago All tbl* exclusive of: the war year* A* vach person entered he wa* given a program; when leaving refreshments were served by tbe| Gecode club Between leaving and entering these are some of the | things seen -while we were In the ! company of George Laurent, personnel director. John Welch, assistant plant manager, had outlined the purpose of the program be forehand, that each person was to be bis own guide on the tour with' members of- the-company there- to assist at any time. You know how a straining locomotive sound*, oae that has a long line to care behind it A slow, de termiMd chugging that denote* mare than anything else a lot of pent-ap power That Is the first notoe one hear* when catering the building But unlike - the locomo- , tiva. ths chugging never increase* ;in tempo, it retain* teat alow.. . methodical rhythm, x. ; Thia Is building ow The two building*, one and two. at the plant, may be dtotiagutohed by stating that to building one the»bjayy; ma- ; chines do tba work, auttiag out the

RepuHicM Mate , Cogmtion Friday > • • ’- 1 Copehart Unopposed In Senatorial Race ' Indianapolis. June I» —(UP»-r s Hoosier Republican* milled aroun’ the lobby of the Claypool Hotel to - day and- tobaarco;»»»oke ..began l.i i . fiU tbe rqorws-**- -thnte.-HM Mxtr, , nominating convention -.started. " The nominating session Wilf be! , held tomorrow. Tjjare were 1* candidates voting for 13 spot* on the November ticket, and. last-minute filings were expected to puslL that num- , i ber higher. The filing deadline! waa 1 pm. CDT today! The num-| e l-er of declarations meant »li con-; d teets and that the contention's, ■ lags detegatee would get to vote; »- at least six times. s Ben. Homer E. Capehart wa* un I n oppo«ed to hi* renomination bld end the No. 2 spot on the slate. [ g secretary of state, also had only j f one aapirant-Lelkitd Smith Lo--0 gansport. longtime Cass county “■ GOP chairman and newly-elected J head of the second district liepub licana .» - The platform' advisory commitn te* held ft* final, secret meeting last niglji. reportedly to whip the . two-year party pledge iiup direr’ opposition to the Democratic statea meat of principles adopted two “ date ago R /The tempo of the convention was slated to speed up later touay ‘[when the delegation of Hooaier „ congressmen, held in Washington u because of the urgency of the p Korean situation, arrived by plane ~ The delegates will hold district j caucuses tonight to choose con i. vention committees and endors favorite-son candidates The msjor contests appeared to be Tor treasurer and tor the flft ) district supreme court judgeship. James E. McShane Hammond. longtime Lake county and Bret I- district' GOP chairman who steperwee -re race as*>

I piece*, sending them through an-i-nealing furnace*, pressing the*, together. In building two the assembling of these and other pieces is I completed. i - There are several of these loco motiye-sounding machine* which begin (he process that eventually become* a motor These hvat-hlnes , cut out pieces from flat sheet steel, one of the pieces looking tike a deflated doughaat. Ike other like the hole in the doughnut Each piece goes onto its own conveyor belt to undergo specific treatment The outoMe piece .is called the stator, dbd before M to waited with the other piece, the rotqr. It ha* been cut some more. t.o look like an inverted dolley. a weighed number' of them pressed together, sheila put around teem aad the insidss machined so tliey are smooth and mathematically certain of properly fitting other piece* After inspection they are placed on. a .conveyor belt that transport* these parts of tke motor to building two, or the . assembling pinto. The overhead conveyor system at the Oesers! Electric plant to probably as essential and welbdevj*ed |aa I* possible to make It Boek lYwra Te Fwqi Fwue)

Recaptuxe Strategic Air Base At Seoul; General MacArthur Hies To Korea

MacArthur Returns To Tokyo Following Inspection Trip To Korean oamerronr Tokyo. June Gt ’ l ' Douglas MacArthur returned safely to Tokyo ’ tbaTgir 'UW l - fiyfhg trip to Korea where he visited the bsttlefront within one mile of Com-munfet-oceupied Seoul. MacArthur conferred at Suwon.. I'. 8. headquarters town south of Seoul, with President Syngman Rhee on ways and means of saving Korea from Communism. The supreme commander also saw U. 8. ambassador John J. Maccio and other American and Korean officials Muccto reported later from Taejoa. provisional capital of Sogth Korea, that the talks ww» “carried out very sattofactorlly." MacArthur's personal plane, the four-englned Bateau, came down at. Haneda airport outside Tokyo At 10:13 pm. (1:13 am EST i e.<Mao Ate bur.'.s piano, .wa*. .mat- by J «*>!*•« '*• way to Korea! but the fax failed W penetrate’ thd"TMMMMf rtgMet cover , MacArthur watched from a window of bis 054. and reported . “Our fighter I* closing In on him. We will get him cold " 1' The result of the clash wa* not known _ While Mac Arthur wa* In confer--1 «we with Rhee. Muccto and Amere J cwt army advisory group chiefs in ' K4rea. an American fighter engua- • ed.- (( Yak and downed It while the |*u|>ienie commander watched from | a Window. i An American transport taking off [ from Suwon .itot 30 minute*, ahead of the Bataan when MacArthur left for Tokyo wa* hit by a Yak fighter. but 'wa* not downed Rbee and Muccto underwent military snd air attacks just before the plsne which look them to the conferences with MacArthur took off to return them to their base. Vailed Press correspondent Jack James reported from Taejon. Korea. "The couterence with MacArthur: llkee and other top Korean and American-officer* waa carried put, very satisfactorily." Muccio said Ini Taejon _ He said he and Rhee Ypent sev . er«[l uncomfortable minutes in a| convenient irrigation ditch" when ‘ North Korean plane* penetrated! ItVr- Tu Fuse Twuf t Casting Co. Signs New Union Contract Wage Increase And Insurance Program I The signing of a new contract i j with Local IMI United Steel' I Workers of America (ClOt was | announced tost evening qt the I service pin award dinner in oh-«*-rvum e ot The Decatur Casting company's 34 years of operation In this eto. EBectlte* July *. the contract provide* for a five-ceul per hour wage Increase plus g well balanced insurance program, which will be paid entirely -by the company. Henry BromeK local manager, stated. Mr Bromer and Walter Reed internatiphal representative of VSWA. explained that the pro gram consist* u( life Insurance, weekly health and accident benefits nnd the new comprehensive Blue Cross and Blue ghield plans These plan* provide complete hospital and surgical benefit* tor each employe and hi* family - The - Devotee Caetteg company I* the first Industrial unit, in the state to enroll In tbts, insurance plan, whieh provides up to ite days of hospital care for each , hospital admtoston More than 40 person* attended the harmonious family dinner Donald McDaniel', 'president, snd Peter Rentschler, vice-president of the company, from Hamilton. Ohio , were hero Lewis Butcher. prosMaut at Local “IMS USWAT s *® among those who received a 10-year service pin Four received valuable ‘ warche* for 30 rvmtinuou* yepp of service whh the company

Soviet Russia Rejects UN's Korea Request Soviet Government Declares Council Request Invalid Moscow. June H. —(UP)--Russia rcjeoed leday a United Nation* r* que*i that it help South Korea repel invading North Korean Com mupi«t forces. The Soviet government held that the security council revolution calling upon UN member*, for such a» •totance was invalid because lUa*ia and the (CommnaiaO Chinese people'* republic did not attend the meeting bl which It was adopted (Russia sent its reply lo UN sec-relary-general Trygve Ue The text of tee. Soviet note was reles*.StoYM Rtete.niWßer.l>«Wi The note contended tkac'io.be valid, the resolution should' have beeb approved by ail five permanent members of the council - lhe United States. Britain. France Russia and China, a Russia did hot attend the meeting and China was represented by the Nationalist delegate. Tsiang Ttug-Fu. “who baa no lawtal right 1 to represent China." the note *aM. [ Russia contends that the Peiping government to the only vaUd gov--1 ejmment of China "It I* quite plain that the said decision of the security council on the Korean problem has no legal force." the Soviet note said T* ißoare Nets Itoke Success. N Y . June (UPi— The United Nations to< expected to ignore Rttsaia's note con demiting I the security t ouncir* action in authorising military sanction* against North Korea. Informed sources said today The note, broadcast last, night <T«»« Td* fN»«* <•«» j Breakin, Robbery '.Reported At Lodge ! A break in and robbery of the) [Knights of Pythias home wa* rW-[ (ported to police Wednesday Tte| breakin apparently occurred dome-: time during that night A skeleton key waa used to gain] access to the Inside of the building < through the rear door Dick Bur rell, Custodian who reported the | incidbni. snd city police.-who ln-| vtetigutedT stat ed that tea eaady' case was pried opah about six candy bars and 40 cents taken. I probably juveailea | Queries Prisoner , On CtMIY Thefts I Sheriff Questions Michigan Prisoner Sheriff Herman Bowman returned Wednesday from Jackson Mich., and that ateta'a pealteu tiary. where he questioned a prisoner there about thefts committed in Adams county la IM* aad 1M» Oi Ort I, IM7 William Miller, of route 1. had four Guernsey heifers stolen from bls farm: on Sept ». l»4». Clarence Black, of east of Pleasant Mills, had a tractor stole*. The sheriff investigated these teefta. foUossteg aU known imeda. until this past weekend when he queried the prisoner tu Michigan The man is serving a seMeac* for attempted cattle thievery, and ia knowa around Deeeter and Adams county However, kb denied any knowledge of the thefts, stating be wasn’t ia this arda at the time of the first teeft. ia IP4T. and waa completely lanartet of tee 1*44 teaft. With little more to go oa than suepictoa. there were up results of .tele most recent Investigattou "These cases." the sheriff said, “are still wide open "

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United States Navy Forces Into Action On Bridgeheads Os * Tokyo, Friday. June »- (Up> — South Korean ferces ' kava launched- a. counter aCaMIM MU:. Seoul which - has recaptured the strategic Kimpo airport, allied beadquarters aaaounced today Korean dispatches reported that thousands of truck* were rallteg Korean republican forces ap to the Haa river Rae jest below Seoul for a ahowdawa with the communist invssloe troops massed oa the north hank. - Amerfcnn tovnl forces went into action against eammuaist bridgeheads along the South Korean coast, adding new weight to jbe erased being arrayed against tee eoatmstoats. Gen Dougin* Mac AD hut's bend quarters reported in a mMnigbt eommutoque that the flghttog line* acres* the narrow waiet to Korjsu were "fairly stabilised" ■ tw < otDnß.uniqwp change ia the.tide, of war stone M/dneedsv wbea te* .North . Ke-. renw' ue4aU'”B*sto" and ■ sum "tee : South Korean* in headlong night southward toward Suwon, site to t 8 headquarters to Korea A few hoars after a fleet to B-S* superforts from Japan smashed at . Kimpo airdrome I? mWati north r west of Seoul the ~republi<-an tor- { CM attacked between th* Ran t river and the west coast They I. took Mas airport aad tee village g of Kimpo Mat Arthur"« communique ante U. S warships attacked at several j points along the Korean coast n where North Korean amphibious l forces had established hunchheads The nsvsl attacks were center- • ed ia "the Mamchoek area, au the east coast a few miles below the 3Mb parallel dividing North and . South Korea. Other warships attacked naval and ground units In ths rtcintty of Inchon, th*- west Ko-_ rean port for Seoul I‘oot vMbility obscured the results of.both strike*.' the com muntque said The communique reported severa!,' strafing missions Thursday by- U S F-82 and F-d* fighters, tn which a number of North KoJ rean trucks and a locomotive were destroyed I The Ongjin peninsula northwe*’ j of Seoul, was reported to be completely in the hands to- the North 1 Korean* —- _... 1 The North Korean* were reported forming their lines along the I north bank of the Han river to I the northweat of Seoul, while • South Korean forces wars dlrrinx in along ’he south beat. Eastward from Seoul the communique said, the liar extended generally to the northeast to rwwea vs! Fu*e (nto»i D; LATE BULLETINS . Washington. Jues It.—(MFI — A U-B army apeke*w**r_ I said today that at least threw—and' prukably ata—Americans have been kiHad and 12 are mtaainq In the Keruae cun- . filet. Tekyu. Friday. Jun* 30— (UFI— TM Communist Nerth Korean radio reported today that ,E7 American bombers Mtacked Fyodqyawn*. capital of -. Naeth Korea. Wednesday TM broadcast from Pyongyang »wte - tM raiders dropped 3M to *OO . Na Pther aawree has report*o any Such raid. Berito, Jwhe'E*.-—(VBl—Ma-yor Erect Router to West Ber ba enssusoed tentgM that tM RaaMane Md served net** that Mgtnntng temartew »My * —MaAaskto N trie power te tM Amervean l *H»*a ond .Fi eneh sector* of tM *«y Wasbtaoten. June tk—(UF) —TM senate naptepeitotOM eommMtea voted a OI.JTMBO. 000 third year MareM)' pte* preaeam today WM.OM OOfl tees tups aeaea by IM adrew