Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. Ha. 154.

REPORT NORTH KOREANS CAPTURE SUWON

— CAffkfIAAMgAM Li servicemen Killed In Korea Transport Crash Four Mm Missing When I*so Bomber Foils In Tempo Boy An American Air Baar. Japan. Joly I-<!*»»#—A tour-engined CM transport plane ferrying Atarican troop* to Korea trashed into a 2,<M>4-foo4 hill on the Koraan southeast OMM early today. ,Killing ail 23 servicemen aboard. The plane hit 40 mile* northwest of the Port of FUsan. No further details' were available. The plane was one of a giant armada that flew Infratry. Jeep*, mortars and other battle equip meat into Korea in a continuous shuttle operation. So many planes were waiting to land in South Korea at one time that they were stacked up like Asriricart airllaers over New York or Washington. F : s».Jet shootinc star and' F-il mustang fighters bussed protec--1 lively around the transports and put up a continuous air umbrella over tne route from southern Japan io Tokyo Heavy clouds spread over large -ar'-as «4 Japan and South Korea .this afternoon, however, and the aerial ferry service was curtailed. CJght Reeeeed Tampa, "Fla . July I—(UP) — Eight crewmen who hailed out of a (laming B-M bomber before it crashed last night were rescued from Tamps Bay today but tour others were missing Mar-Dill air force base officials said one of the four was beUgVJd to have parachuted also. H was not determined whether the other* three got out of the plane which crashed and exploded on a runway vhortly after taking off trash boats which plflted up the survivors searched th* hay in hopes that other* might be found -artve. • Col Thayer S Olds, chief of staff of the 307th bombardment squadron, said the plane appar enib tried to make a forced landing He said th* cause of th* fire in the plane was not known Seek Light Plane Vann- Arbor Mich , July l"‘ — • IT*i Planes and boats searched today for a light plane missing over I Jike .Michigan with four persons., including the presidents of the New York sud Pennsylvania Flying Farmers’ organisations The plane, a Piper Cub. was missing In almost rhe same area where a DC-4 Northwest airliner r rushed into the lake. killing 58 persons just a week ago The aear< h was concentrated at a point Id miles north of Gary. Ind where motorists reported that they had seen a plank crash ,nto rhe lake The pilot of a Capitol Airlines plape flylug from Chicago to Detroit also reported sighting a plane floating In the lake in the same area near Chicago's southern city limits. The missing plane 1 was owned by a man named Tyler who is president of the- Flying Farmers of Pennsylvania lie and his wife were flying in the plane with Mr and Mrs Reed Adams Adams is president of the New York Flying Farmers • 7 Borg-Warner Plant Struck At Muncie \ Muncie. Ind. July I—(UP)-~ Picket lines were formed today before four plants.of the gear division of Horg-Warner Corp., manufacturer of automobile transmissions and overdrives. More than 4,000 employes were affected by the strike. Issued by leaders of local 287 of the united auto workerv(ClO) when .contract negotiations were broken off last night as their contract expired. t'nioa spokesmen said they had come within five cents an hour of agreement on wages, pensions and Insurance. | WtATHEB Partly cloudy and warmer weight with showers north portion. Sunday partly cloudy with occasional showers north and scattered thundershowers _ south Low tonight Mto M north. Ht» U south High . Sunday 10 north, *5 south.

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' Legion Commander Assails Communists Eldorado, 111. July American Legion national commander George N. Craig. Hraall. Ind., says thia country Is not big enough tor both the Legion and the Communist party Speaking at the dedication of a new I Affton home yesterday. Craig said. We of the American lAgion are not going to move out.” House Starts Brief Recess Over Holiday Decide Against Any Effort At Busking Arms Aid Frogram Washington. July 1 — H'Pi- , Democratic leaders today derided againkt trying to rush the *1.222.- , 550,5*0 foreign arms aid program' through the house despite the war scare. The senate, alarmed by the hos- ■ tllitle* in Korea, voted M so O. yew terday for sinother year's continua- , ttoo of the arms assistanee program surfed a.year ago Horn* iw.m.ww nt, th* money 1 is specifically earmarked tor- soUtbi wrw Korean.-and this ram <ee--ke. 1 hiked to Ifoii.aod.wui upon orders by: President Truman A « ’ Some members of the house urged a quick follow-up of the senate ' action But speaker Sam Rayburn and Democratic leaders John W. McCormack went ahead with plana for an Informal recess of the house next week. I Both Democrats and Republicans ' wave advised that no Important t legislation will be called up in the a .house before the week starting ( July id. The arms aid program: . probably will be put on the eaten dar for consideration that week While the arms aid bill his not, , been approved formally by the: house toreigu affairs committee, ■ the committee is prepared to eon-; • sidar It on a moment'* notice, it 1 is expected to approve the senate-j . bill with few. if any. changes, i The arms aid'bill is not likely to] . win the unanimous support In the| house that it did In the senate Rep Vito Marcantonlo, AVI* | N Y. who has been a consistent' critic of American foreign policy where It clashes with that of Rus--1 sia. has opposed the program from the outset and still opposes It 1 Rep Robert B Chiperfield, It, ill second-ranking GOP member; Jof the foreign affairs committee. I also has opposed the program lb ' the past, fun he said he may support It this time In view of developments in Korea While there are a tew other members'of the house still against the prugrant. their numbers are limit ' ed The legislation Is certain to. win overwhelming approval when. It Is brought to a vote Adams County Man Dies At Age Os 94 \ Jacob Henschen Dies Friday Afternoon Jacob Henschen. 84. a retired I farmer and believed to be the oldest resident of Kirkland township. I died at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home, one-half mile west of the Adams Central high school. Death followed an illness of five Weeks of infirmities He was born In Germany June 5. ■ 1856. and came to Adton* county I when 17 years’ of age His wife. ■ Mary, died July 17; 1540 I He was a member of the Vnited Brethren church , • Surviving are three sons. Charles r of Craigville. Samuel of Decatur I and Noah of Bedford: four dsughI tera. Mrs. Fred Bracht of Fort t Wayne. Mrs. Ida Yaney of Ossian. Mrs. Lewis Kreigh of Orwell. 0., I and Mrs. Charles Wolfe of BluffI tow; 32 grandchildren. 80 greatI grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren One son, three bro' there and three sistbrs preceded l him in death. 1 Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, the Rev Russell Weller officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery The body will be removed frrim the Jahn funeral home to the residence. ■ where frlfntb may jb*ll after 5 o'clock this evening

' 11 NF Mae’s Fiaest To Koreat J raw, 1 to Asl E*-'*' < r ■ ■Ws i WITH President Truman s order so Oen MacArthur to use .ertalh «»rttaff ground units" ia Korea, rumor was that his crack First Cavalry Division, {above) hockboan occupation troops would soon see service In resisting Invasion of South Koras. —— .erawme—i t aeurameraraaramra

IHfOf IMiMOa ’ Move For Holiday . Weather Is Naarfy J Perfect For Trips ] By Cnited- Frei* -’— ' 3 Half the nation was ""A* l * move today, enjoying a long rourth-of July holiday In nearly perfect I weather. ' _ < City .dwellers hit the open road for picnics, fishing tripe and re- I I luxation at resort areas Farmers ' and rural residents passed them oe | the highways as they headed to' ward big cities to Bee the sights With 3O.oMi.Bdd cars «n -cted on ; j the highwsy during the long week- 1 end. the deslh 101 l from traffic and 'other accidents began rising The' I national safety^rouncil' expected 1385 persons to die in highway | I crashes by Tuesday midnight. The accidental geatb toll started.; ! rising early'today with a total of, j 2<» persons killed across the nation I jOf the-total. IP were killed In traf- ' I tic. three by drowning, four In 1 I plane crashes, and thtee in miscel- , I igneous mishaps. Two couples died when their I light plane crashed on lt« take-off ( at St Paul. Minn The Pennsylvania and New York 1 state presidents of the flying far-, mers ’ organisation were missing ( and feared dead on a flight across , I-ake Michigra with their wives Eight crewmen were saved but four others were dead or missing ' in the crash of a fourPngined MA ' bomber, at Mar-Dill air force base near Tampa. Fla A camp counselor and one of bls charges drowned at Walton Lake. i a canoe carrying to I persons was swamped. I While the majority of Citterns, were enjoying a mid-summer holiday. senators had to stay at their I desks tn the capitol for a special Saturday session. But their colleagues in the house were on vacation. President Truman cruised back to Washington aboard his yacht i after addressing 47j*o. attending a Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa Over most of the nation the I weather was slightly cooler than i' ! normal but skies generally were 'sunny The cdpl temperatures were expected to hold down the number of deaths from heat prostration, which killed 57 persons during last year's three day holiday, and from drowning. wh9 h accounted to 277 deaths last year The 1848 Fourth-of-July weekend l claimed a record total of 804 lives in addition tu deaths by drowning > and from the beat, traffic accidents 1 killed 321, airplane accidents 18.1 and miscellaneous mishaps 131. Strike Averted At Logansport Plant .- t Logansport, luff. July 1. —(VP) V— Production lines at the Logansiport Machine Co. flowed smwothly ' i today as ,a strike by some 240 shop employes was averted with , the signing of a new two-year contract. Local 450 of the international association of machinists voted to accept a company offer of a ninerents per hour wage increase this : yea.r and another three cents effective July 1. I*sl.

Dgcshir, Indiana, Sotitfiay, July L 1950

No Rehearsal Os • City Bond Monday The Decatur City band will hold a r sheered Monday night because < the Jah « holiday. Gerald Zlm■sraisa, director announced today Next reanlgr rehearsal of tke band will be Monday night. July l» '■ State Sign See* Os Over-Baymg Here , Report No Shortage 'Of Commodities ' Though statesmen, generate and ar me be - strategists may minimise the g.'jscts of such a thing as. say. what is happening in Korea, the American housewife goes her own way attempHug to make sure of the future There are no shortages of cone mod It les In Decatilr’s groceries today. according to managers and of ficials of the stores, though there has been a considerable run on such supplies as sugar Some of this heavy buying can be attributed to the beginning of the canning season; In the summer a housewife's fancy-generally lurns to filling the larder with homegrown Items. But the reel of it, possibly, can be assigned directly to the thought of future rationing which Is likely if the country Is caught In a short Supply One official stated that It wasn't a localised thing, that he has ordered sugar from the home officai but there is none available They just can’t get It in fast enough. Is the way he put it I There was but one incident actually believed the result of the war scare : one. woman insisted oUj two cases of a certain soap. Stores' stocks on the shelves today seemed plentiful, though. In both sugar and soap, especially the latter . ■ j Other shortages haye been reported In automobile fires, but there Is no conclusive basis in fact that motorists are buying them for any other purpose than to take a nice, long vacation away from home There is evidence of a shortage cropping up in this field, though rubber factories are producing more than ever before . There is also a remarkable number of people complaining, also of the shortage of money, but they ar* producing this. like tires, as fast as they can ... Monufocturer Jailed For Evading Taxes Indianapolis. July _L — (VP)— A LaPorte manufacturer faced a MFday Jail sentence today despite pleas that be paid more than double 515.83211 evaded In federal Income taxes. Don M Stevenson. 47, accused of concealing incoma from I*4* to 1*44 oa the manufacture of golf elaba. was sentenced la federal court in Indianapolis yesterday. NO FAPCR TUKtOAV tn aceeedanee with annual custom, tn*. Decatur Daily Democrat wvl) net publish an edition Tueoday. July 4, which is Independence Day.

ftxonl Nwnber Os Ramage licenses Juno Banner Month For License? Here ,■> ’June normally-ibe mon tie-■ ofUrides was not disappointing thorn a statistical point of view— A least from thos* statistics of Ae county clerk's office. ’ rFor Juno. 1850. wss the banner' month foe issuance of marriage licenses mors people than ever before having the idea that marriage is the Ideal state. The clerk's office Issued a ractrV'd . 4uiiag the pe<* month. This compares favorafiTy I j' with Junes of other years For, example, last year 1848— . i 28 licensee were issued. 4:i> were -; issued In J 844 and 1848. the two !■ year's when June was almost as ' popular a moqth to get married as . the one just pas), or evr'n 1847. . when 45 Ik-enaes were issued . Surprisingly enough, the early war "years didn't set sny records . in Adams cobnty This might be explained liy the fact that most of the men who gol married did so ' at t amp sites rather than at home In 1841. according to tire records. 33 licenses were issued in June: tn 4842/22; 1843, 23: 1844, 24. and 1845. 25. To date, for the first six months of this year, there have been 138 lk-en*es Issued ■ ■ i A United Press release might ] explain the reason for so many In-1 tended June brides employment in Jun*, the wire story said, hit a 17 month peak of 41,482.1M>». hare <Twrs *» rwue "SSI Mrs. Job* McGough Dies last Evening - Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Amelia McGough. 73. died ar 4:lt' p: m Friday at her home three and one-half mile* southeast • of Willshire. 0.. following a heart i attack. She hail lieen 111 oue week, i She was horn In, Mercer <-ountj. 0.. Aug. 18 1877. a daughter , of Henry-and Mary Menche-Baker. and was married to John McGough March 2*. 1884 They observed . their golden wedding anniversary i four years ago. She was a member of the Zinn i Lutheran church at Chattanooga. 0., and a. charter meml>er nt the ladies' missionary society of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband are a son. Paul of Willshire, two daughters. Mrs. Rush Hoblet of Celina. O . and Mrs Praline DeArmood of Rockford. 1 0.; five grandchildren; two great- ' grandchildren, and five sisters. Mrs B L Baumgardner of Celina I Mrs. 8. L Evans. Mrs. L 8. Egger. Mrs Leo Merkle aßd Mrs I Frank Egger, all of Toledo. O. i Two nona and one brother are ' deceased. I Funeral aorvices will be held al 2 *: *■. Bunday at rhe home and at 2:2* o'clock at the Zion Lutheran church at Chattanooga, the Rev WaNo E. Byers officiating Burial wiH be tn the church cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwirk funeral home to the reaMence this afternoon:

Americcm Headquarters Base South O£ Seoul Is ' Overrun By Communists

Union Election At ftp Co. Mg 27 For Representation AH workers at the Central Soya Co. In Decatur who were on the payroll ending June 24 Will vote op union repreeentatlon July 27. It was announced today. Workers will decide between three unions anti no union The unions involved are th* Brewery Workers ICIOI. the Food. Tobacco. Agricwltgre and AHtod Industrie*, which represented total workers until •bout a mouth ago, and United Auto Workers (AFL) The F.T.A., which' was the union, at Central Boya until a few weeks ago. was one of the unions expelled from CIO several months ago. Many former members of FT.X. are now members of the Brewery Worker*, wjilch Is the only ClO"Tfhi«n Inrlilved Hf the coming election * •" Ttb“ Brewery Wbrintrx the only onp.jctf m tUrqg: ,competing ifnions which have announced their officer*. They Include: Albert Tinkham. pre*ident; Otto Hake. Jr.. vice-pre«ident; Ad* I rian Poling, recording secretary . and Chalmer Steven*, financial ■ secretary . International representatives of the three groups which took part . in preliminary plans for the comi teg election ware John Dlpple. r ! Brews ry Wrwkem; Harold Rot* j k*f. FT A . and Mt Gentry. UAW „I The contract between Central .'Soya and the FT A union expired ,'at midnight viaat night and work- ,• ers will, comtlnue to work It I* , understood. under the same terms, but without a contract, tin tis It te d.etermln*d which organl ■ za.tton will represent them i - The dwte was set by the ualten- , *1 labor relations board anti ap- ' proved by the workmen and the i company and the group receiving the majority will be designated as . the representative union If there Is no-majority In the. first voting, there will l<e it runoff between’ <Twn> T. raws Mai Kirsch Is Confirmed As College Trustee Leo Kirsch Is Named Heidelberg Trustee The general synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church held in Philadelphia, confirmed the , election of Leo Klrach of this city I as a trustee trf Heldelle rg College, i Tiffin. Ohio I Mr. Kirsch was a delegate to| j th* synod meeting which ronclud■ed its sewlotu Thursday Other I I delegate* from this area included > I the Rev. Matthew Wort hman of I | Bluffton.' the Rev John W Heit stand of Fort Wayne and Eart H SielHvte of Fort Wayne The delegates adopted a mis r aions and general lienevolence . budget of 33.000.1KM>. plus a world 1 relief goal of »300.000 per year I for the next three year* r A gain of 10.000 new member* in 1548 brought the denomlnaI tion's present memhenihlp to . 728.000. the Rev William E > of Philadelphia, announe- ■ ed. Rev Lampke retired a* sec rotary of the synod ifter a 50-year. t ministry, which included seven . years as a missionary In Japan i _Actton was taken to establish a minimum pension of lI.MU for . pastors Congregations will be asked to contribute annually the , equivalent of eight percent of 1 their pastor's salary to the pen- - slon fund, instead of the present . five percent The synod auttorteed plan* tog ward launching a drive in 1*53 for 82.500.0*0 to aid the two academ--1 1e«. eight colleffe* and three there ■ logical MMninaries affiliated with ■ ,tb'e church , The synod endorsed the prlacl • pie of federal aid to public edura I tion The delegate* also reeom - mended that welfare service*. I such as school lunch and health - programs, should be administered hy separate government agencies

Sen. Capehart To Campaign In Every County Republicans Name Sfate Os Candidates In State Convention Indianapolis. July I.—(UP> — U. ,8 Sen Homer E Capehart, rebominated without a conteat ra Ute Republican entrant In November's election, promised today he teould conduct a hand-shaking campaign In every county of Indiana as soon as. the senate, adjourned and "maybe before," u "til be back in Indiana within 24 hours after the senate quit* the end of. this month." Capehart said, "rad ix4h«y don't quit by Aug. I-1 may be back before, final adjournment"' > Capehart worn rewomtnatlon by 'acclamation' '.ra did eeeretary of 1 state candidate- Inland L. Smith. Logansport, and tour Judicial candidates. while seven other Republican* won spot* on the ballot In vot Ing by the convention's IJOS delefcates Capehart and Sndth headed the ticket With the fottowiag os their running mates: Frapk » MllH* Campbellsburg, auditor. William L Fortune. Carmel treasurer: Wrtbur Young. Columbia City, superintendent .of public instruction; Frank E mikfson. Washington, “uprvnt* court, first district; Arck N Bobbitt Indianapolis, supreme court.; third district, and; Floyd 8. Draper. Gary supteme court, fifth district , Others chosen yesterday jiere Duftaid E Bttwen. Bloomington, and Wilbur A Royse. Indianapolis, ap peHate court, first district; Harry L Crumpacker. Michigan City, and Harold E Achor.-. Anderson, appq). late court, second district, and Thomas (' Williams. Jeffersonville, clerk of the supreme and appellate court*. _ Draper, now an appellate court judge won his nomination by the slimmest margin of any—only 42 votes over Starke circuit judge Ism N Luirrantore of Knox. Hl* best district, better even than bl* home first, was the 11th. wbere <T«r» T« Tbrret Grover Odle Riles : Monday Afternoon Decatur Resident Is Taken By Death Funeral service* will be held; Monday for Grover Odle. s*. a lifw.j tong resident of Decatur and Adams I county, who died at 2 o'clock Fri j day afternoon at the Adam* county! memorial hospital foltowiag an 1141 ne*s of- five day* of a heart ailment — He had been employed as a. ata. ttonary engineer at the Central Soya Co. for manv years and was engineer of the company • boiler house Born in Adams county May 28. 1881. be was a son of Kr and Mrs Aaron Odle He was a member of the Church of Go* Surviving are hi* wife. Nettie; tour son*. Richard of Fort Wayne. Robert and Max of Decatur and Grover Odle. Jr., at home three daughters. Mrs Isabelle Anderson. Mrs Eileen Miller and Mr* Kathleen Shaffer, all of Fort Wayne, seven grandchildren and two sfat tera. Mrs Myrtle Faller of Feel Wayne and Mr* Agnes Sudduth of Deeatur Funeral service* will be conducted at 1:35- pm Mcnday at the home, 2.W North Seventh street, and .at 2 o'clock at the Church of 6bd. the Rev Dwight R McCurdy offtoiatiug Burial will be tn’ the Decatur cemetery The body will be removed from the Gillig A Doan funeral home Io the residence. wh»re friknd* may call after 7 o'clock this eveaiag — Z - -.l*'' , A •'

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American Infantry Battalion Is Flown Into Korea; Navy Steps Up Attack By United Moua ■ A U. 8. army apokeaUMU reported today that North Korea* ferr et had captured Suwon. American headquarters base 2>t mile* ■eurti of Seoul. Th* spokesman In Washington said word received al 5 a- m (XT reported that the communist (or <e* pushing down from the Broken v Han river Une had overrun Suwon. But a communique from Gen. Douglas.,Mar Arthur's headquarter*-, in Tokyo, issued soon after midnight Tokyo time (8 a. m CBT) Mid Suwon and its airport were being held by South Korean forces. according, to reports there The communique appeared to be based on developmeets earlier thaa those indlcitvd In the Washington report. The communique mentioned activity on the night Otjune M.' now.some >4<hoftr*oWr. Front reports had told of Anwriera scout* returning*-io Suwtm wy men- tturt. had ahandaus'd it A scouting pony returned '•> Hu won. just north of, Seoul r found the town tint airport In South Koteen hands Brig Gen. John Church ordered the U. S. military advisory group hack io its advance beadquarter* there Front diapalches reported that belated advice* established thst the North Koreans had not croosM tne Han river line rimunttg , Seoul ia any great strength Last night the communist* were reported to have thrust an armor ed spearhead 'through the line, shuttered the South Korean defenses, and thrown the SottHi Kre reans into panicky flight , Th-, army flew tn a battalion t I' S infantry during the night. The troops moved uu to the Khtn river just nonb of the jteaatsMH ■ apH al of Taejon and dug in A. C 43 transport crashed imp a hill northwest of Pusan and killed all 23 American* aboard If was the biggest mass casualty figure tor Americans in* the Korean war, as far as is known The U, S aeventh fleet was ord- - ered to step up-’its atta< k on coinmunlsts lieachheads around the t South Korean coast Some quarter* expected carrier planes to go into action, backing up- the naval guns South Korean sources r- ported that the South Korean government executed 5D to 100 top com ; . niunist* before the capital city of Seoul waa abandoned to the North Korean army ' 1 ! The Moscow pres* continued to > denounce the A*neri< aa Inferventtoii 1«-. Korea, one publicaston said the United States and nattonsliit China had reached a serret pact calling for the twwaabm of the Chinese malnlawl by Japanese American and Chinee* aatjotg;*u*t troops. ! Th* vuiguraaksue raUt -rate, bad ' hampered both atr sad ground acItivfty today In. tem»-n> weather 'also was M obetac le to naval arIlion The U S navy Is undere orders to blockade the entire Korean roast and Ms. Arthur * communique sate 'British and Australianu'ifri* had joined the American .tonUnomplovment Skids Lower In Indiana Indianapolis. July 1 iUr Unemployment in Indiana tteidded .tower last week, reacblpg a. MmiG._ about one-fourth the jobless ><d ume of a ysar aao. it was a ,Sggr pareqat.drop j from the previous » eeV' _-. J,' \ John W' Crlse director of the IndtoM employment security dtri•toe said today that di etalon office* received a total of 17.4*4 sn employment claims test weok Moat new claim* were Bled by construction workers idle between Jobs and hy persons temporarily out of work due to seasonal shutdown* The outlook was bright too Criso sate the 25 divistoa offices have about 74 percent more job openings on hand than at this time test year