Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1950 — Page 1

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AMERICAN PLANES CARRY FIGHT TO ENEMY 1 < - .7-1, - - - - . ... . — ————•

Sen. McCarthy Charges Are Termed False Throe Os Frobors Term McCarthy's Charges Falsehood Washington. July IS.—(UPI-; The senate foreign relations rommlttee tent to the senate today al aubcommittee'* mtjority report brandingait a ''fraud and "a hoax" Hen Joseph R McCarthy's charges of communism in the state department It also s»nt to the senate a disrenting view hy Sen: Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr.. R. Mass . a member iff the investigating subcommittee, v The full committee voted after a stormy session to end the fourmonth inquiry It also ordered deleted from the majority report, signed by three Democrat*. criticism of Lodge and .Sen llourke B Hickenlooper. R . la. for absences from subcommittee meetings The majority report denounced McCarthy's -charges as "falsehood f rom" beginning to end” and greased the Wisconsin senator Pruning the tot*Ut*tl*(i Wthnique of the -.‘bfg lie" ' op, a sustained basis " ytrOarth. -hss reptled. rhat (hut the three Democratic subcommittee! nu-inbers chairman- -Millard E.j Tydings. Md. Ilri> n -McMahon. | t'oiin, and Theodore Francis Green »re rulin' of an "evil fraud Committee chairman -Tom Con■tally ll'. Tex . and Tydings fold reporters it will be up to the senate to "deal with" the charges that McCarthy had perpetrated ..«* a ' fraud on the senate and the (ouatry 1-odg* '« dissenting views, had • aid the entire Inquiry was-‘-tnupee-f ictal sml lnc<mch«»ive." ' The ill page. Silo Otrn word majority report tame a* the climax of McCarthy's six-montha battle e ..with lit. . state.' departiHclit t(V r_. In*'etiargc thin It “lx-thfesinF with . ommunlsls. fellow travellers' and |bs<r security rink*. Il was signed hy all three Democratic memliers chairman Millard K Tydings Md , and Sens Itrten .Ml Mahon Conn , ami Theodore F Green. 11 I In an almost' unprecedented attack upon a fellow senator, the, three accused McCarthy of waging a sinister campaign " They sahl his charges were based on "gossip, distortion, hear say and deliberate untruth" and represent "the most nefarious campaign of half-truths and" untruth In the history of the republic." Ills campaign, they said, was "a fraud and a hoax perpetrated oh the. senate of the United State* and the American people.” "Senator McCarthy and McCarthyism have been exposed for what they are and the sight Is not a pretty one Their report gave a clean bill of health to Owen I-attiinore. Ambassador Philip C Jessup and others McCarthy has accused of procommunist activities It also cleared the government In its 'handling of the 1345 Amerasia stolen documents case Th* subcommittee proposed that congress set up a joint com mission- of private citizens and government officials to study the administration's entire loyalty program. It also r commended creation of a congressional committee to study th* question of congressional immunity from libel and slander suits In Democratic circle*, there was some talk of a formal senate tTwew Te Fbm Fleet Miller Funeral Is Held This Afternoon Funeral services were held thia afternoon for Mrs Sepbus Miller, (k. who died suddenly Saturday at hrr home in Geneva Burial was in the SIX Mile cemetery Surviving in addition to her husband »Ae a daughter. Mrs Mary Hafllch of Kenosha. Wto.; a sister. Mr* Elmer Stout of pear Geneva, and a granddaughter WEATHER Fair and lea* humid north the* afternoon. Shower* eatrwm* south tonight and devetoplng In moot other (action* of the state Wednesday. Mor* humid north portion Wednesday Low tonight (0 to M north. 70 south. High Wednesday M north., to *0 south.

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Recommends Seven Urea ror Lonicnipi FivaUE Officers Included In List Washington, July IS—(UPi— The httuot unAmerican activities committee recommended contempt of congress citation* today against seven mor* witnoose* for refusing to say whether they are or ever were communist* Five of the seven are national ori local officer* of the left wing unified electrical workers (IND.) They are: James J Matias, UE organlxa- , tlonal secretary Julius Ernspal. UE secretarytreasurer Thomas J Fltapatrlck. former UF. president of the Pittsburgh. Ja . i UE president of the Pittsburgh Pa . burgh local Wl. Thomas Quinn, former UK field organiser In the Pittsburgh area and chairman of the west Pennsylvania civil right* congress which is on the attorney * general's list of subversive organisation* Talmadge Raley, business representative of the united electrical workers union local In Cincinnati. O He was named in testimony by. Victor' Decavltch,. former . president of the" UE district of Ohio and Kentucky, as a member of the UtntiintHii-t-patti ' ' The other two recommended by (the k i-ummft'tee for contempt Citation* are; . Frank- Hashmall of Cincinnati. 0.. identified In committee test! 7 mony a* ijne.-tlme executive secretary of rhe Communist party In Franklin county. O . . , David II Levinon. identified at committee 1 bearing* as one-time acting secretary of the Communist . pally In Clnclnuait. O Th* »*ven testified during the committee'* Investigation of com munlsm in -Ohio JJ|d in the -VE. They refused to answer question* about < omiiiunls.m on grouitd* Jbey might Incriminate themselves Today's action bring* to 57 the num her of pitnesses the committee «'.4-V t'tU liai'r cited for contempt of cong res* . - Only the boils., can vol.- actual contempt action After it does; the cases are turned over hrthe Justice department for prosecution ' I Former Commander Os Salvation Army Dead ■: Hartsdale. N V. July Jh -<VP) -Gen Evangeline Booth. .84," former international commander of the Salvation Army died at her home yesterday of hardening of the , arteries The social welfare leader, who oni ji commanded nearly f.mm.otm persons in the worlrbwide organisation founded hy her father in 18(5. had been ill for two years and unconscious for several day*. Since her retirement in 1838 after more than 50 years of serving the homeles*. Jobless and! friendless, she had lived at her home here with two Salvation | Army officers. U. S. District Judge 1 Shaw Dies Suddenly Heart Attack Fatal To Federal Judge Cedarville. 111. July IS tl’l't I'. 8 District judge Elwyn R. Shaw died of a heart attack today Shaw died at his home here while getting ready to go to Chicago to hold court. He was appointed to the federal bench in IM4. Shaw had suffered from a heart condition In recent years and had been forced- u> take--'occasional' rest*. " • Federal Judge Michael L Igoe said he talked with Shaw by telephone Friday, and Shaw told him he was "feeling fine" Shaw was to havg heard a case here today In which Joseph Yarber, a negro he had sentenced to 15 years on a counterfeiting charge., had asked tor a reduction of sent-1 race ; Shaw's associate* said he always maintained that a nan who pleaded guilty was guilty He wa* known tor his sbillti to clear away irrelevaecle* and legal chaff to get at the basis of a case A prominent Democrat. for merly served as juette* of the llllhoi* supreme court

Hold fooineer As Member Os Atom Spying > New Yorker Seized By FBI; Fourth To Face Death Penalty ! New York. July 1«— tITPI— A 37-year-old New York engineer wa* jailed In lieu of ZlOA.Ooe ball-today a* the fourth American, to fare the death penalty a* a member of a communist atomic spy ring The FBI believed Julius Rosenberg, a father of two young son*, wa* the paymaster for American* recruited by Soviet officials to Heal A bomb plans during World War 11. Rosenberg, described by FBI director J Edgar Hoover aa a communist sympathiser who wanted to “do somethin* to directly help Russia." was arrested last night in hi* ■ llth floor lower East Side Manhattan apartment He and hi* wife Ethel. 34. had just finished supper and were preparing to pul their sons. Michael. 7. and Robert. I. to bed'. The FBI Said fbe accused spywu» still aciiyif In-the ring a* rcently as May >3 On* of his last avts., wa* to warn former army stre'eanr David tlrerngias*. an accused fellow spy. to gel out of the country and to give him a stack of bill* rhe FBI said - “ Blit the warning was trio late ' Greenglass ws* arrested In New York on June hl before he could get away. FBI director ' Hoover described - Koseuberg a* "another Important link" In the atomic spy ring which began crumbling last January when the British arrested and convicted Dr Kfau* E J Fuch* on a spy charge It wa* Indicated still more arrest* will be made From Fitch*, the trail of pilfered' atomic secrets ran to Philadelphia I bhxhemist Harry Gold, former! .army sergeant David Gremglas* ofi New Yofk. and iliemmf Itean Clack of Syracuse: -N. Y. All J were arrested within the last two month* All face the death penalty. Rosenberg, fired a* a civilian army signal corp* inspector In Ims because It was believed he was a j card-ca rryitiK communist, wmb ar-| l FttiKhed within P* hours after his I ari«M on eharx** of conspiracy to ifjnnnit espionage | v Federal judge J<»hn, F X Mr-» Gobey set the high bail and «rhcd* ul«d a hearing for July .T! Immanuel II Bloch, an attorney hired by Rosenberg's wife, said the aciTwhi T*» F»<e •!«» Says Rationing May ; Betome Necessary Price Boosts And i Hoarding Reported By I’nlted Pres* A flurry of price boosts and scat-1 ‘ tered report* of hoarding today | raised the poasibility of govern . inent rationing and price control* | <'hairman Burnet R Mayltank of J the aenate hanking committee said rationing-and price controls may lie necessary If hoarding and prof iteerlng continue The South Carolina Democrat I prepared to call hl* committee in to session Thursday to consider ' the price situation and said the group would fully Investigate any "outrageous" price increase*. The committee will roaskJer any control proposal* asked by Preaioent Truman in hl* Korean war message to congress tomorrow Price l>do*t« were reported In the sugar, tire, clothing chemical and metal industries, and some of the boosts were blamed on the . Korean, war.-. Hoard buying of sugar was reported In the New York City area. One broker said, some dealers ran through the usual month's quota In the first wee's -of July. Sugar refiners said there was sufficient sugar to meet all need* but that spot shortage* had de- ' veloped because of Isolated “run* " I Other merchant* reported fni creased demand for canned soup* soap*, bedsheeta pillow caaea. auto tire*, oliva oil, and big aluctrtcal appliances. A A P stores in New York boosted coffee price* four to five cent* * pound The chsin firm expluined shat * subnormal crop in Bruill had raised the cost of green tTnew Tw PWaa Mu

Ducatur, ludioiia, Tu-day, July 18, 1950

Labor Unity Conference To Open i —

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■ i T\'-lr .1 John L. Lewis, Mina Warkera.

LABOR UNITY talks are scheduled to. open .July 25 In Washington with delegation* headed by CIO President Philip Murray, aFL Presi dent William Green, and "independent" delegations headc4LJ>y. Ms chlaieta President Al Hayes. Mine Worker* President John L. Lewis •nd Railroad Telegrapher* President George Leighty.

Conunissioncfs Mnl To Prepare Budget Commissioners In Special Session • The board of county commissioners met In special session today In the court house to prepare the budget for the operation of the court house for the coming year In addition they prepared bud I get* tor the county jail, county | home and their own budget This' j loiter include* such Remains salary I | tit hufti ‘WMMBMtMwI*' add. iowneil-1 j men. of the board of review, travel , Ing expense*, and like Item* i At the same time'other govern - mental units are preparing their; own budget* prior to adverti*lng and submission to the county council al their regular annual meeting- ' September 5 and 5 During this meeting the council I receives budgets submitted by yte ■auditor* office, treasurer, clerk.recorder, assessor, surveyor, sheriff. county school superintendent: welfare board, recreation board, health nurse and agriculture de- ] partment i These, then, are considered, and the council ha* the power to adju*t any budget downward should they deem such a move necessary; they can not revise the budget upward These budgets, a* well a* those of the township*, towns, schools and libraries, are submitted *>n. Sept II to the county board of tax adjustment. This I* a sevenman board composed of one of the county-, councilmen. the mayor of I Decatur or his representative; four members appointed hy the court, and one trustee appointed by the board of education Thl« board meet* dally until ttoaj fTaew Tw Faae Fleet

Big Top Sways, Leaks - In Storm Monday Night

Future Adams coanty historian* will probaMy a*ejhe day the circus came to town as the basis for dale references "Why. that happened a few days before the ctreaa.” they might aay. or. "the Decatar free street fair aad agricaltaral exhibit, with Its many acts, and la general bluer and better than ever, started the following Monday" They might say that But they would be mote inclined to relate what happened while the clrcas was la town, especially daring the evening performance when the wind whistled through the tent, and the rain poared down, women apd children screamed, men galped hard, and the people were frightened but all the while telling on.e anoth* to be calm For the wind—which airport of flcials estimated at from 45 to to miles an hoar—whipped the main teat wildly, aa if It were bat a scrap of paper. Daring that frantic hoar. "HI" Meyer reported. 4* of aa inch of rain fell, dampening those who would walk in It. aad many of tboae who remained Inside the "big top" For sheer excitement. aad inG»

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Auta -Driven, Up On Sidewalk, Boy Killed Newburg. Ind . July 1* ll'Pt < Frank McCullen Hanes. 11. Was killed late yesterday when- an automobile -driven by Glenn Car , cell. 25, drove up a sidewalk at a | street interawetioh to avoid hitting' another car. alai. police said ■■- —- | Reconl Recruiting J In Indiana Monday ! #igh Is ; Reported In State Indianapolis, July 1* / tl'l'i Recruiting business Miami to a | new peaertlnte high 'ln Indiana yesterday as army, air force, navy. 1 any marine recrulDrr* accepted 134 men It was a record day for the j army, air force, and navy, and a near-record for the marine corps Artny ami air force recruiter* I worked overtime—until * p in. i.processlng »5 applicants Os that num Iter. 27 were accepted, and the remainder were to complete : the processing procedure today. L. .The S 5 applicants comprised a big jump from the previous record of s*. set by-Mate recruiter* last week. Navy recruiting station* accepted 30 Hoosier* Including five j veteran*, yesterday for their new record The navy’s previous high was IK men. processed Friday. The marines accepted two reenlistment* yesterday, sent two other men for basic training, and t accepted five other* to leave to-1 . day Three men were rejected . Army recruiters expected enlist-1 ment* to continue at- a rapid pace > ; because of yesterday's announce- j • vwvw Tw Few* *•»»

■ cidentally an added attraction not] 4 foand an.-tha. poster* -the -atom t aad the circus combined to cause I more alarm than any other event r held here tor a long time r What prevented a panic, a mad . rush for the exits will never be 1 really known; only a few left the - premises, the others held back r probably by the slashing rain out sitfe. Clrcas workers were deploy I ad to hold down the tent as best r they coaid. bat thyy were not al * ways successful > The clrcas crept out of town be- . fora the amoant of damage resulti Ing from' the "squall line" could I be ascertained, though several minor Injuries were suffered by r some of the spectator*, and some tender* were brushed In the effort ’ to get oat and away from the dr- !’ cu* site, and one lent tell down a There was a full bouse at what » one person rapturously described aa "th* biggest eveat ever staged la Union township" Parking lot* f did a rashing business trying to » cope with the hundred* of car* that ’ traveled to the circus . " The affects of the storm were ► tVhen ** »*wo Mat

Allied Air Forces Take Offensive As Ground War At Standstill At Taejon

10 VA Employes Are i Ordered Suspended Irregularities In Tennessee Offices Washington, July I*. — IVPI — The Veteran* Administration today suspended 10 employe* in Tennessee after an InveHigatioo "developed evidence which Ind'cat* irrgularitle* of major propor tion* " The Manager and assistant manager of the Nashville VA office, the officer in charge of the Knoxville office, and seVen other VA employes In Nashville were notified of their suspension by Veterans Administrator Carl R Gray. Jr. by-letter. Grar announced hl* action as ter conferring sos SO minute* with Tennessee congressmen Those suspended Included J. M Nixon. Manager of th* "Nashville office L '•&7 Nhsh ville: anil'harle* E. Donaghy. .ip charge of the Knoxville office , The charge* included "laxity. Irregularities and maladminlaitratlon,”. I It wa* emphasised the action Is I "purely admlnlstrstlve” and does I not at this.time involve any crimI htal action whatsoever I The congresamtn said the char j res involved overpayment* to at I least two training schools in TenI nessee | ftider civil service regulation*. 1 Gray doe* not have to -list the I specific charge* publicly' althoug i 1 eat b suspended Individual must 'charged with The charges will be taken up by the civil service commission in case any of the individual* appeal Gray said the Irregularities wertincovered by "audits conducted .by finance representative*. Invertitration* by .the federal bureau <;f lnvestlgatioh~‘ahd by Investigator* ftoni the VA." Gray met Vlth representative* of- the T»nnes»ee congressional delegation at hi* office this morn UTwrUt IM Five Persons Killed When Aulo Hits Bus Eight Passengers On Bus Hospitalized l Franklin. Ind . July Ik— (UP)r- --| Five person* were killed when ! their car pulled out of line to 1 pass another car and crashed| • head-on into a Greyhound bus. i Eight of the bur passengers were hospitalised The dead, all negroes from Columbus. Ind, were Identified as: Susanne Booker, .about 20; Barbara Jean Crowe, about Ik; Russell Crowe, her one-year-old son. Ida l«abeile Booker, about 41: and Marvelline Sanders, about 50 The accident occurred yesterday on V. S il, five miles south of Franklin After the impact with the car. the'has swerved off the highway, plowed down a 10foot embankment and crashed into a tree - Passengers raid bus driver William L Waskom. 2S. (of 1(20 Sturm Ave..l, Indianapolis, opened the emergency exit after the vehicle stopped rolling and led the passenger* to safety. Police said the tar was "torn to hits." The injured, all taken to Johnson county mejnorial hospital, were: Bessie Jolly. C7. Columba*. Ind Daisy Unson. 7C. Columba* Berth* Frohmsn. 72. Columbus Helen Sparks. 22. Columbus Mrs Leslie Watson <3. Indianapolis - D H Kane. 4< Louisville Ky Mr* Mary Lou Drysdale 23 Columbus Beatrice Benham. 44, Columbus State police said the collision might have beea caa*ed by wet paveawM They said a water haaliac track erase Te rawa naes

Gen. Bradley Cites Military NeedOfFunds More Money Needed For Military For Use In Korea 4 Waahlegton. Jaly Ik—(PPtGen Omar B Bradley told congress today that 4be military will have to have more money. right away to push the Korean war Chairman Carl Vinson. D: Ga . of the house armed services committee indicated congress will respond speedily to the request -as yet unspecified. Bradley, chairman of the join' chief* of staff.-testified at a secret meettng wf Vinson'*- eonynittee ■ Meanwhile, the White Hou»ekaid tomorrow's presidential . mesaage will Include a review of the Korean conflict as well- a* recommendations on how to win it. ■ Other, congressional developments:' Profiteering—Many congresasnen demanded that the government chop down on "war prudteertn*." However, it appeared unlikely that the government will resort to price control and rationing Taxes - Sen. A Willis' Robertson. D. Va.. proposed in a senate speech that congress hike personal and business Income taxes 10 percent to pay for the Korean war leaders said they do not exfiOct President Truman's legislative proposal* for winning the Korean war to prolong this session of congress to any great extent. The law-maker* have been shoot-. Ing for an adjournment--or a recess of some kind around Aug 1. It wa* feared that the Korean war would force them to stay in session much later so that they could con sider the President's recommends tlons Spending— Senate Republicans wanted to restrict provision* fox a 235k.7(t0 agriculture department in formation program on ground* it might be u*ed to propagandize for the controversial Brannan plan Spain—Sen James O. EastHnd. D.. Miss:, said that many American boys (wilii lose their live*" if the United States fails to resume full diplomatic relation* witji Spain | Subversive*--- The house ha* I tTarw Te Feu* Fleet X< ' I New Ladies' Store To Be Opened Hen Lord's. Chain Flans For Decatur Store A branch store of Lord*, a ladte* apparel shop, will occupy part of the Voglewede building. North Second street, it wo di* closed today, with tentative opening dMe set for September 1 This Will be another in a chain of store* operating throughout Ohio and central and southern Indiana The nearest --one to at Greenville. O Advance notice of 1h» openitut states that the More will deal in ladle* wear exclusively, dresses coels suits, lingerie sad sportwear ta the popular priced field It waa added further that official* at the *tor* th» home office of which is in Sew York, plan to employ a local manager and mUfslzdiftWorkmen have started the remodeling of part of the bulldill* formerly occupied by the A 4 P etota, wjri*rv the Morrlaaey aad Haflicb shoe More to ta be located Thl* More will occupy the south Wf of the building the ladies apparel slwvp the north half It la expected that work will begin os the latter shortly la order to have It completed for the September opening

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Dispatch Suggests , Allies Ready For Offensive; Little Action Reported Tokyo. July I»—ft'Fl— ABied . air force* took the offensive today aa th* Korean ira*H »sr came to a atandetill al the gate* . of American-held Taejoa. U. 8 and Australian planes hammered North Koreoa cotusan* bringing up suppllee aad retaforcemeat* tor the showdown baffle. They destroyed four tanks I and 50 trucks and bombed bridge*, tunnel* troop eonceatrathMur aad railways. United . Press eorreapondent Gene Symonds reported from the Taejon front that activity waa limited mostly to patrol clash** and-artillery fire aa the American line Juat north of Taejon held firm But front report* Indicated the U S. army had wrltteA off Taejoa It* main forces had pulled <hii.< a* -had American advance hredquart ,er* The ftty, was tuatly dreerted Symo.nd* reported, a "consider- . ■able'' buildup of communist armor and artillery north of the- Kwm river, apparently because of'trouble hi getting the heavy stuff across the stream The U 8 force* had- blown the bridge* when * they tell back. A upokeaman at eighth army headquarters in Korea asM Houth - Korean unit* in eautrnl Korea v had launched -an attack on communist forces reported massing '• in that area, but the extent had h not become clear. Another Booth Korean unit en--1 countered an advancing column near the American flank, inflicted 1 to il« former poMi’hm* the wimkAL ’ man reporter! r ‘ A dispatch from eirhth army » headquarter* Augarated that the turning pcMnt hi the war nn/M ■- ha*e been reachPrt "Nuw ft may be said that the •Hie* are ready io turn, from the •ivfrnstv. ti»-the offenMivr/' !'fitted Press correspondent Teatworth reported from ht-sd q Barters. Where and when and laow they will strike is. of course, a military secret.** i The North Korean radio broadcast a propaganda claim that the communists killed 2 50d American troops and captured Other* after surrounding a U 8 battalionnorthwest of Taejon The radio said the action took place yesterday in the Taepyong- | Ni area on the south batk of the 1 Kum fiver 13 mile* northwest of j Taejon I No such action was reported • yesterday arid aft eighth army spokesman said I’ 8. casualties were believed light for ’ the last 48 hours *We still hold Taejon and our/ line still is bolding north west of that city.” United Pfe*s i war forrespondent Robert C JJil- [ ler reported from the front at | tTwra Ta rase s*w» » ’ Mrs. Mary H. Bauer Dies As Fort Wayne Funeral Services Thursday Morning Mr* Stary H B*urr 7*. of *' Herman Mreet. Fort Wayne (iel ' at 2:W p m. Monßay ni the Luth 1 eraa hospital tn that city She wa* a member of St. John x Lutheran church Surviving are on* daughter. Mr* ' farl Jerte* of Fort Wayne: one- ! aon. John Bauer of Fort Wayne I three grandchildren nine grea'graachildren two balf-*toter». Mr* E" W lanken** and Mr*, liouto Weber both of Decatur. > and a half-brother Edwin Johneon I <* Fort Wayne Funeral aervice* will be held at i !• a ■ Thunitor at the C M ' Sloan A Son* funeral home In t Fort. Wayne tb» R»’ J<*" I offleiattag Burial, will be in lt« ■ drtiwood rirmeterv Friend* may ■ reR at the funeral home after, 7 o'clock tbto erealud