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Vd. XLVIII. No. 155.

SOUTH KOREAN FORCES CLING TOSUWON

--V- —r -se-."- _... Holiday Death KoIC IXCcCuS - BUB* W ■MBWWWWmr Forecast Toll Traffic Accidents Killing American Every 14 Minutes By United Preh* Traffic accidents kllluK American* st tA» rate of me every 14 minute* today a* the nation Swung Into It* Fourth of July celebration The death rate was equal to thaKof last year* when a new high to holiday slaughter waa recorded • > Safety experts feared It would <• area Maher beeaaae' traffic will be henry tonight and tomorrow •right an most highways ■ ■■■>■■ .XcaOk.tePUtemlliM.lM son. betwtr* • **» f *”"* Friday «U |BrBB d-te- today. Vnll od Preu* tabaUttoaa showed. Three death* boosted the holiday toll to 450 with more than 34 hour* remaining in the lUhhour "hmg ore bend Drowntag* claimed »i Urea, airplane crashes 11 and mlocellaaeowa accident* 72. No doMho weeo report *d fry k either Hrvworks or heat prtejra' Hon The national safety council had predicted that IM person* would dfe In highway eraahe* In the lufr I , hour period from « pm Friday to — midnight Tuesdsy That- would hare been a death rate <>t 117 per! hour. Actually, the death, rate w»« running more than Tour an hour A major highway tragedy 'waai avoided at New Rochester. *O where a Itetroit.bound bus skidded .and overturned No one was killed although two person* were Injured severely quick action by rescue worker* saved 34 men who were dumped into New York hat bor when their barge collided, yesterday with a cargo ship in darkness and fog At Helena. Mont . a lightning bolt struck a baseball field, killing a player and severely shocking four other'youths and two umpire* A 52-year-old spectator was Injured fatally at Anderson. Ind.. when a wheel fleew off a midget race car and struck him Seven yearold Katherine Hotel Ireland was killed when her horse bolted an she returned from a ride with her father, a former Wyoming cowpuncher. Despite Ute hatard* of crowded highway*. Americana tnfned out by the millions, grimly determined to enjoy the holiday as a respite from the gloomy international news of the past week —- Ouiet Holiday Is rianned In Decatur No public celebration la planned , 1 In Decatur Tuesday as the city marks the Fourth of July holiday. Most buaines* will be suspended, and Industrie* and public offices will be closed for the day. The Dally Democrat will not publish an edition tomorrow. Only entertainment for local tesidenta in addition to the regular place* of amusement will be a Federation league game at 2 pm. Tuesday at Worthman field, with Klenk'a of this city meeting Lain . College of Fort Wayne. Senate Committee Studying Tax Cut Washington. July 3 —(UFI—- — Walter F. George. D.. Ga. predicted today that hie senate finance committee will follow the house In approving a balanced excise tai reduction bill " George made the forecast after ths committee started on the house-approved Mil to cut excise taxes by Slj»l».aM.<MM and offset the revenue loss by plugging tax • loophole*- and raising corporattea rales. 1

Two Persons Hurt hArioAcdM Five Arrests Mode By Authorities City and county police offklal* during the first half of the long Fourth off July weekend made Ove arrest* and Investigated three arcidenta. one of Which sent two person* to the Adam* county memortal hospital. — ' Neither jameq Evefeft. Os rout* 1. nor Merle Black. of Willshire, 0.. was seriously Injured when Kverett drove his car Into a parkmi car owned by David Banman. es fMs city, and a sturdy tree, owned by the state The accident occurred on 11. 8. M la Pleasant Mill* .Bunday eveslag, and waa -invedtiguted by 'deputy sheriff Hob «hr*4*k*. wbo Ml.. an', arrmst jKMice for reckless drriing agaUM Everett at ffie bo* -.Musa-' emergency ! Ireslmwnt at th. hospital, then relensed Wyereti. however! will not be reteaaW until Tuesday -He ■udered hriui Injurt-* and severe 9 laceratb>n« A* the result of the at ildent Dar-ihae to the Everett gar- at 1358. ‘ Aa the resultXof another accl dent, which .... uX>~i 'shunt aeve* i , i Mire th****- of' thdj-Xy. and was iaveatigwtad by Ayffi Herman j Howman Saturday. Eugene Mar- i ley. of Bev.-rley, Mass, paid a total fine of ItijS In tlty court) j for passing tn a no passing son.' i The arrest resulted because ' Marley in passing car* on a hill uti I St jl forced the approaching I car Os LaVerne Volfr. of Omro.! Wfsc.. off the road and down an I embankment Damato- -»as e»Urn *ated If TtITS to the Votp r-*r. sod ■ lltnt to'the Marley <ar City potjir Investigated ano'fher, .accident when a semi-trailer truck!’ driven by Ralph Baker, of Annan- 1 dale N. J. skirted onto Thirteenth ft.mi I B highway 224. and waa: hit by a ear driven northward on! Thirteenth’ street by James, Kolme. I«S3 Winchester *treet Damage to the truck wa* estimat ed al *so. to the Kohne car at *l5O -- -- ' ~~~ ; Mrs Kohne and daughter suffered minor injuries, »-<e taken to. the hospital where they wire, given emergency treatment, then released Hherlff Bowman also made two other arrest* over the weekend, i stopping Vyilllam Sadler, of Mon | roe. route 1. Saturday for disre ! yarding a »top sign at V- S. *7. and William Black, of Fort Wayne. (Tur* T* Faws TSuil Rible School Opens Wednesday Morning Community School At Church Os God - The annual community dally vacation Bible achool. sponsored by the Church of God. on Clave-' land street, two block* northwest of Adams county mamorial hospital. will open Wednesday morning, and will continue until July 14 with the closing exercise* Bunday 1 evening July I*. Classes will be held Wednesday to Friday, the first week and from Monday to Friday, the second week. Time will be from »to 11 a. m . and an the children of the city are. invited to attend. The Rev. Dwight R McCurdy, pastor of the church, announced that 125 children were enrolled In the school last year. Mrs. Dwight R. MeCurdy will be the dean of the school, and classes will be provided for children from four to 12 years of age. " The list of teachers Is as follows: Mias Caroline Strickler. Mr* Herbert Hawkins. Ml** Norma Agler. Mr*. Holman Egley. Mrs. Herman Patterson. Mrs. Jack tr--1 vin. Mie* Pat Cortney. Mias Wa- ' n*ta Weldy, Mrs Richard King. Miss Virginia Taylor. Mrs Floyd Morrison Mrs Paul Strickler. I - Mrs C W Strickler, and Rev. and, 'Mrs McCurdy . ‘ •

a 4 ARMY radlo-transmMted pbottwreph st a reilrort *”“> WKorFun prfri<><Mir» Hr oa thr grorend f(are*roMi4>. gnaMin. by a aokUgf a* Republic* troops (raan «k through the. >tatk>a to bmnl trains for the fighting fnmt near Seoal.

mrouftii «w. jHßut'u i” Fail 01 Settlement Os Railroad Strike I Refusing To Budge , Despite Pressure Chicago. Joly S l.lTl— Oppos Ing side* in the eighttfay old switchmen's strike against five railroad* refused. nr hedge today de»pltS' government pressure for !settlement in -view of,the Korean {situation.. At Washington! two members of the senate labor committee—- ' chairman Elbert Thoma*. D.. irtah. and Sen. Wayne Morse. R . ! tire, urged Iw.th side* to 'settle their differt nee* quickly to avoid i "impulsive" legiklaUun. In reply, president Arthur Glover of the striking AFL switch mens union, said he I* ready to meet with the railroad* or federal mediator* "at any time.” But he said he had not been called Into ’ conference with the mediators ; since last Friday "It takes two to sign a conItrget." he aald. "The railroads Fe- ; fuse to make an offer,"Spokesmen for the five struck road* said their offer to settle on term* recommended by a presidential fact-finding board *tlll stand*. The fact finders recommended reduction of v the work week to 40 hours, with a pay cut of one-sixth, to be compensated tor by an IS cent hourly raise. The xwftehmeU demanded a 40hour week With no pay cut. Earlier, the switchman rejected an appeal by the national railway mediation hoard to end the strike, hut offered to send enough men ITtsrw Te Few* Three! John Yost Dies At Home Near Monroe Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon John To*t, 78. prominent retired farmer, died at 4:45 o'clock Sunday morning ar hts home one and one-half miles northwest of Monroe. Death followed an illness of two year*. He waa a member of the St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras. Surviving are hl* wife Emma, and one son. Jay Yost, of rural route 4.'Decatur. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St Luke's church the Rev. H. H. Meckstroth ofHelenas Burial will be la the Vera Crux cemetery The body ha* been removed from the Jahn funeral home to the residence. wWre friends may call until time of twa Fservlcea. v

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Hog Brice* Mount To $24 At IndwMiFol'S Indtanupolla. July 2. — trffi— Hog price* at the Indianapolis livestock market reerhed *24 today for lightweight barrows and gilts, th* flghest price paid her* since Noy. SS, IS4M when the top was *24.25 I Indiana's Violent F“ T 7 Death Toll Growing Traffic Accidents Leading State Toll I By United Pres* Indiana's long Fourth "of July holiday violent death toll mounted rapidly today as traffic, air, ’ drowning, and other miscellaneous accidents contrlbuietl to the ’ list. ’ After dawn, today, the toll since | * S p m. Friday stood at eight traffic, two plane, one drrfwnlng and two miscellaneous accidents for a ’ total of 13. George J. Steis*. Jr., 24, Chi- ( cago. drowned in the Kankakee 1 river near Wheatfield when he ’ fell from * boat while fishing 1 yesterday. Terril W Ham. 52, Anderson. 1 died yesterday of Injuries suffered * Saturday night when a wheel ‘ came off a midget racer speeding around a track at Anderson and * struck Mm. Hi* wife waa Mt but Injured only slightly 1 Katherine Hasel Ireland. 7. r was dragged to her death when a '■ horse ran away aa she rode It at 1 Indianapolis. It threw her off but her toot caught In a stirrup. Plane crash victim* near Elkhart Saturday were Donald L. Mil ler. 25. and William Lawrence. 18. , both of Elkhart. Traffic victim* were: Henry Garriaon. 7«. Argo, lit . killed Saturday when Mt by a car nrar Columbus. An unidentified man about 5« killed when hit by a car near Elkhart Saturday. - Tommy Kennedy, 2. killed when k Mt by a car in front of a Hamn mond trailer court Saturday f Lloyd G. Toner. 22. Walkerton. ( killed in Sullivan county Saturday when a car kit a tree. Dumont H. Clark. 18. New Caa- > tie. injured fatally Sunday whaa an automobile hit hi* motor bike Mrs. AIU Lawson. 8«. AnderI son. killed Sunday aoutb of Frahk- '* Ila on U. 8. 31 when a tire blew out on an automobile and It over- * turned Three other persons were '' injured, one seriously. r ' Charios E. Dewnc, 17, Gosport. * killed Sunday near Goeport when ■ aa automobile overrented i- XJoba Duffy 2t. IndiasspoH* e killed when hit by ! New York w jCodtral pusaenger train at a cro«slag Sunday -

HoosiN Soldier Is Casually In Korea Greensboro Native Reported Missing \ New Castle. Ind.. July 3 tl’Pi The mother or Indiana* first known casualty of' the Korean wa* said today *he "knew somethin* wa* e«>in« to happen to hini." \ M(«.' Frtd I’ope received word that her *ob x C’pl Richard E Willi*. waa one of, 11 men missing in i the crash cl a’ j'. S plane on a flight from Japan to Korea,— "I knew something wa* going to happen." she said. \ “l've felt It ever tijnee t bi* ,thing started.” Mini*, a natiye of G'reenatoro. Ind. where his-mother, still live*, served 21 months tn World War 11. moal of the time in the PtHlippine* He waa discharged In 1944, Joined the reserve and reenlisted i In September. l»4* He waa sent to Japan with the I signal corpa. Minis' brother. Charles, said he was optimistic that Milli* wa* alive. "He's lucky." Charles said "I know he'll get home all right." Millls. whose father is dead, wa*. a baseltall star at Kennard. Ind., high school. Hamy Child Dies At Hospital Today Four-Year-Old Boy Is Taken By Death - Eric Allen Harvey, four-yearold <on of Mr. and Mr* Bryce Harvey. Eleventh and Monroe streets, died at 8:30 o'clock this morning »t the St. Joseph's ho*plt*l in Fort Wayne. Exact cause of the cblM's death ha* not been determined He had been ill since April 1. Th* boy waa bora in Deeatar Dec. 14. IMS. a xm of Bryce and Mary Pickford-Harvey, and wa* aa - only child ;; He waa a member of the Xtoa Evangelical aad Reformed church Bui tiring in addition to the par eat* are the grandparent*. Mr aad Mr*. Fred Pickford of Decatur aad Mr. aad Mrs. Cecil Hprvey of De catar route >. The body waa removed to the Zwlck funeral home Funeral arrangament* have not been eom pleted ° Anti-Communist Is ■ President Os Fern Lima. Peru July «. -tUPiGen Maauel A. Odria. a bM*M ant bfommuaist. wa* electret pe**i deat of Pera yesterday wlthoet ep poattkm.

Beat Off Communists’ Encircling Attempts As Americans Awaited

Drawid Shikt49 h Counter-Spy SysteM Foiled Badly Over Trouble In Korea Washfngjon. July 3 — |UP>— The (urprite red attack In' Korea followed by (hocking «ev*r*ea toj expected to bring coagreaaioaal de mauds far * »hakeup in oar eoua-tvr-spv •ystem . . ' The surprbe followed by a few day*- »• Tokyo among Gen Douglas MacArthur, secretary ,of defense Louis' A. Johnson and home of hl* high brass. Something slipped badly when such men could sit down so near trouble and not . know It. The known facts indicate our intelllgenre failed in the field where the information wa* to be had and here al home where It should have been studied aad judged tor what It wa* worth. Our counter-»py organization termfnates kt the top In a central ' intelligence agancy. The surprise •In Korea revealed the fact that 1 I there i» no Drm understandinK I j about conclusion* to be drawn from 1 : espionage reports oner they are '! assembled by CIA * . *4- • H--fe MMimed- tbat *ume evidence J Os the Impending attark sre* »vait 1 able in the great accumulation of ‘CIA Information. But It appear* 1 t no one wa* responsible for amem- ' bling the bit* of information IMo A teff tale story which would ha Of' ’ warranted IBud and instant ringing ! of the national alarm bell.. I The nonpartisan commission I Tara Te Paste Twa! Believe Russia To ' Stay Out Os Korea Optimism Is Shown By U. S. Diplomats 1 Washington, July 3. —(t T P>— C. 8 diplomats showed more optimism today than at any other time vine* Communist* invaded South Korea. \ / They believed the I'nlted State* still faces severe military testa, but ha* overcome the greatest diplomat> dangers. Despite reports that four plane* marked with the red star of Hu*«ia were operating with the North Korean air force, there waa a growing belief here that Moscow will keep bands off—even If the Com- * munlsl* lose. Officials would not comment on I dispatches from the Korean front r that ILI4 reconnaissance planes f with Russian markings took part in a raid oa the Suwog airstrip II But V. « officers have dtacom t- ( ed or denied previous reports that , Russian pilot* have joined the batr tie. Slues, all North .Korean planes 4 are Russisn bullt It was considered n possible that the four bearing Russia''* rod star may bsvf beea pat ■ into use without bothering la paint I 6a the North Korean insignia. H The optimism here Sprang ia 4 part from 4 : 1. Overwhelming world sapport " for r. 8. Intervention In Koras. t A hope that the strong west- * era stand will discourage Russia from ad ven tores likely, to touch off *• a general wsr._ The optimism was tempsred somewhat by thane dteeooragtsg rteetnro' I. Tbs United Staton te about «« Rpwr out its blow* gad traararo nubthur Korea** la a fhe-awav tend I I that baa Utile but propaganda vx 'line TM* dlhrt'lWa of American ' I strength moat be rnuatig as a fTwew Vw *■■•* vans

Herbert Croyle Dies In Crash Os Airplane t Former Resident Os Decatur Killed | In Dominican Crash : ' Final funeral' ' arrsng-ments • ' were awaiting the arlival ot the • ’ liedy ot Herbert « Croyle. former lily ot Decatur, who was killed 11 Katurrtay afternoon In Ciudad Trut jlllo. Dominican Republic Croyle and John Satterfield l- were both killed when the private, e single-engined plane piloted by d ttatterfield. t rashed 14 mitew -Dtan I e the Imtuinicsn capital it No further report* of the areident had been received by retail live* here who also stated that It ' illwa* nol certain when the body e would arrive In the city. Croyle'* it family I* expected her- Tu>*duy g The 38-year-old Croyle was the ml son of Mr. and Mr* Albert Brush e -wilier, of this city He wa* bora ■ I March 15. 1912 In Fort Wayne, and .'-c-i March t.'ISIO wa* parried to gJHre -taraiur"" "Maxtae’ 'MepouaMCT < daughter of Mr* Miriam Mellon M aid. of 355 South Third »treet i, Croyle wa* employed a* the o chief estimating engineer for the f Lockjoint Pipe Co., nf New York £■ and had made hl* home In the Dominican Republic for the. pa*t , -i three years j ,ln addition to the wife and parent*. Croyle 1* also survived by two \daughter*. Karen Jane and Chrisi\tia Lynn, of Ciudad Trujillo \ The btaly will be returned to Black's taneral home, and " the Rev. W. C Feller, of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church.' will officiate at the service* and burial will l>e in the Deeatur cemetery. - v ; Rollo Houck Itemed < AtteadMce Officer w Kirkland Township a Mon Is Appointed Rollo M. Houck, Kirkland town--11 xshlp. who has taught achool tn h i Adams county for 41 years, wa* I elected ■ Adams county attendance D officer Saturday, succeeding Mel |t vin Mallonnee. The term is for , one year aad will start September t 1. Mr Houck has taught for see- j t . era! year* in the Preble township t elementary school and during all t . of his 41 years of teaching has * B ' never missed a day of school, ac : d ’ cording to records diacloaed ' by I I county superintendent Hansel ,1 ■ - j The office as the gttsedawce of- ' fleer is located in the same suited with the county superintendewt tn i the court house Mr Houck wa* named by the Adams county board ot educatioa. which is ceaffUSoM |at tbs township trustees aad ‘"school sapertatendent*. * The trustee* also voted Ratwr- ’ day te hold their anneal pot luck picnic Saturday. August *. g . WKAYMBR -' J' *Ue«sora sate tauatoseMerwas be- " Lsat *e*H«M 04-M, Mqp Tusw «itef BMB aarik BMB eauUh.

Fries Foot Coots

Mseesl rrara rrcssca jvuvn Koreans Holding Off ▲ w -rev -re-*u*w ra BI Ok iviotc vp Tokyo, Tuesday. July 4 — fffiFj-j Hard pressed South Korean force* clung stubboraly to - outflanked Suwon today, bvating off eoasakan,tot attempt* to encircle them before onrushing Amerfc-an troops could come to th»ir tesevo. Gem Dongle* MbeArtbuFa headquarters anaoahevj that the Korean Republican* Mill were boMiag 41 Hn- north .< Bawoa. V •oath at B*o*l aad- also beta -the tows of Incbun. Ute port tor Seotil •» mile* anribwest of Suwon Three North K6ce*u columns, •acb reported to contain some - tank* and artillery, were slashing southward In .the region earn of Suwoa. The hradquarters com t navaique said they appeared to ‘ have reached town* to the UMtbeaM es Suwoa. The South Korean* fell back on Suwoa after abandoning their crumpled Han river defense line at the outskirts of Seoul under re- ' lent leas Communist pressure. Field dispatches reported 4’ S. ground forces, including armored aatea.*- were rushing north from -the.. provisional capital city of Taejon. 70 mile* south of Suwon. All available trucks *adtrain* were speed"lWthe American* northward for' ' a head-on collision with the Comrnunist* •' Official* predicted that the Americans and North Korean* would clash today. I' S Indepi ndence Day. But MacArthur'* communique. reporting the southward push by the Communist* east of -Suwon, said outyr -'x, "The enemy utlllaed every available mean* of transportation to expedite the movement of the poluin*< Apparently this was an attempt to outflank and encircle the South Koreas forces prior to the arrival trf United State* reinforcement*.’’ ‘ The communique also said South Korean reinforcement* were moving north la an attempt to contain the Communist threat east of Su- ■ won. The North Korean* forced the ! Hau river just «aat of Seoul tn the I vicinity of Kwaagjang and advanced south aad southwest toward Suwon in two *maU parallel column* eight and 12 miles eaat of tßattfoa. -/ The North Kart*** Juat soath I of the Han sporadically bombarded the South Koreas troops defending Suwon, the communique said but "no allout offensive is reported " I' 8. Htperfort* flew -K. sorties against the Yonpo air field, with undisclosed results American fighters supported by Australian* downed oae LA-7 and owe Yak *. ■ destroyed 22 trucks, aad damaged 2» Seven tanks were, destroyed aad five more damaged: Loewe* Inj eluded the ditching of rme B-3< and light damage' to three F *•'• j from ground fire. wwOvoifiissiOviwaw i_a Monthly Session More than a score of person* appeared te the court hoes* te dtecua* two petitions with the j beard of county cemmteelnaers. I meeting ia their regular seraioa today. both of the petitioes pertain tag to reed improvement However, by a tale boar thia sfteraooa no action had been takes by either the petitioner* or the *uattemiiairi etbef thaa dtoceaetag the patMtedg. < | The hoard was also to receive Mda this sfteraooa for roewtner i ttaa at two bridges over roewty , reads aad tar groceries for three | IM*tMB fol* tlß* CffiNMtF iMOMb