Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1950 — Page 1

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FIRST CAVALRY JOINING BATTLE OF KOREA

Fair To Open Monday Night - i ■

Annual Street FakToOpen ■ “ [ , Midway Downtown; Agriculture Show At Honno-Nuttmon The hM«ln«« sectton of Decatur will be converted Into a tented city over the week-end and Monday afternoon- iW-Hoff edition of the tree street fair and agricultural show will yet underway Something new has been ad<)ed thia year The livestock swine, tabbit and otheFdisplays will be at Hsnna-Nutnnan park, where larger crowds can he accommodated The fra> toriHillina contest* also will be held btt. the park ", HSBSBSS --•■iFWe Abvoe *. atilt the carnival prop, t with Its accompdnylna con<e»»a»n«? ride* and shows wifi be in the business section Free attraction* also wilj lie shown in the uptown area • The free act platform has been 1 moved to the vacant lot between Zwl< k‘a furniture store and Knapp's service station on North Second Street The-Mtth act wiH be shown .each afternoon and night, starting Munday night, at the eppt end of Madison street “ An information booth has been set up at the northeast corner of the court house square and loud ■ speakers will tie htsiked up along .. ../Ux- way ~...,~, ~ .«—...— The official program will start Monday night at S o'etock A n/w will be started this year The first a< : will atari al S o'clock each ritght' and at 2 o'cloc k each afternoon, and the entire set of acts will be shown : consecutively, with the escepilon I of the feature high art The aids I will last about 45 minutes, and! th<n the midway a ill open immediately afterwards It is believed that this method will give the fairgoers more time to visit the midway and also allow them an op portunity to see all of the day's acts. There will be free attraction changes each two days during the . .week and the feature attraction will chaaf at midweek Clift Kirkpatrick. Seyfert potato-chip max gl< lan w ill remain all week. gtijrig two performance* each day, All of the acts with the exception of Kirkpatrick are bookrd here by the Gu* Sun Fairbooklpk agency kROOQ ing rvf s The F. E Gooding-Amusement Co will return/dgarn this year to the midway wph five major ride* and Ihrye or four kiddie, ride* There ajxd will be several shows scattered through the midway Almost all space has been sold' / and ft W Pruden.-secretary of the, falr.stated that he expected several concessioners to arrive over < the weekend who had hot yet contraded lor space. 'Roy> Price, general chairman of the • Wnt and Glen HUI. president of the Chamber of Commerce, which organisation sponsor* the fair, issued a joint statement thank--s»g all superintendent*, committee j rtiembers and others who have help ed with the'preliminary work. Both riten predicted a record attendance next week -The l»sh ,f*ir will be the last 'one to bp-held on-the streets and after this year the entire affair will be moved to Hati’na-N'uttman fiark where permanent buildings will be erected The Dally democrat will publish the complete Unity program of the fair. , - - EmMAfflWff -WdMße A I 41W tils I ’ at uir ansa vv r will be kiddies' day on the midway and all children under 12 year* of age will be admitted to the rides ,*• for * cents until 6 o'clock Wednesday night Chairman Price .was still hopeful that a parade of hands could be held Tuesday night, but it will not be known definitely until Monday j afternoon The new Deca'ur city band will furnish the music- all week tor the tree act* and atoo for the mHway Many of the exhiblta will be ready for the crowds Monday. night ■ , bu>. the official opening will not be 'until Tnevday Judging also will . start Tuesday and extend through the balance of the week

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Chairman of Fair Roy -Price, prominent Adams county farmer, is general chairman of the I*3o Decatur free slnei fair and agricultural show which will, open Here. Monday night -Mr. Price’s office during J.UIS? . wt*k .the t>ortli.<-.i-t o-tiiVi «>t : .court house square Two Million In Uniform By Year End Plan No Let up In Future Calls To Armed Forces - ; Washington July 22 11 P' ;j Present mobilization plans indhat-; ml today that tht*Ee_Will Jic. at. j i I- ast ,2.04)0.00** men in uniform by .the year's end More will be.call led to active duty soon after that , When the" Korean war broke | out. fewer than 1.500.000 men were in th- army, navy-i marine corp* amt air force Sim e then, the services have issued a series of calls for res<»rve Xnd national guard j units needed to bolster hardpr- ssed Yank forces in the far I east Hofonse officials have made It j clydir there would be plk.let-up in | /uture callups until the armed ' forces reach their b gal limit of 2.nnr>.oPo men And both the house and senate already are considering proposal* to abolish even this, manpower ceiling In another move to strengthen - the karvicea. tha aenata yesterday ! passed • Mil to keep in uniform I for an extra 12 months some , IPI mu) servicemen whose enlist-' merits were scheduled to expire this year The house is scheduled to, vote on this bill and the ran- ' pan ion manpower celling measure . Tuesday. / Tire late-t deteniwf department ; ntnve to suppleroprit regular fight tng men when the , gr my_ called- selected units of the [ organised reserves'-bad the nation-! al guard A high army spokesman said some may go overseas." ' In line With p-ntagon policy of keeping the enemy guessing, the army did not disclose how many men were involved.. The marine corp* has ordered its entire organised ground reserve —47,000 men., to active duty and the navy called up nearly 4.000 jiersons in its organiied air reserve unit*. At the same time orders Were going out by the thousands-to,en-listed ami officer reserve* of the army. navy, and air ’ force on an | Individual ha«i« Selective service official* *i*o were, rounding up 20000 men to fill the first draft call since the out break of hostilities - ' The defense - department was drafting a unifi-d policy for the armed services to follow in deferring” men in the reserve* and off! ciala said i’t would be made public I soon In the meantime, each seryls— is granting deferments acWording to It* own staiidads ' 1 r r ■■ 't ’ WCATHCR ‘ Partly ctowdy taeifht and Sunday Net much change In temweratuee Lew tonight M '•? nerth. •»« aawth HiM« Sunday IM*.

General Dean Is Officially _ Listed Missing MacArthur Notifies Defense Department Gen. Dean Missing - Washington. July 22—(VP)—Maj Gen William F. Dean, commander of the U. 8. 24th infantry division tn Korea, was listed officially today a* missing In action. Grn Douglas MacArthur notified the defense department “with deep regret " that Dean apparently was lost in his division’* a loslilg battle tor Taejon on Thursday. A military spokesman said MacArthui’s message was received from Tokyo at 4 am. (EDTI todiy l The message said Dean was be-lieved-to have been wiiunded in ? .aetluusly.- . . • . . "it is still hoped that this gallant officer. If alive, has not , fallen into enemy hands," MacArthur said A spokesman here, personally'acquainted with' Dean, said his' eon<tum In fighting and staying w r itb, tils men Is .could be expect- • d of him " ■v ' ,- He vailed Dean "a man of great personal courage ” alongside hie trmips inside Taejon on Thursday, shortly before- the . Korean communist* surrounded and captured the city. A front dist patch said the sandy haired, six ■ - etredertnlfiv .. 4j4_.cilmnl.lnd |H«t with',a H* rook a, I team and announced with a grin: I I '.ti'f c<<r no- g tank " Hundreds of <H.« fought their 1 wav -out of the Tarjon trap., but ■ I>< an has not been heard from I ' slin-e Army spokesmen ‘here and ‘ ! a! the front had been’hopeful that < he would make his way back to the American lines, but they refused to .put him on the official missing list until today . A native of Carlyle. Illinois. Dean wa*' a veteran of two World Wars. He commanded the 41th infantry 4 division in the European theater | during World War 11, where he | won a distinguished service crosa i for heroism and a reputation a* a frmit llne fighting general He became commander of V. S. occupation troop* In southern Ko rea after the Japanese surrender arid MdcAfthur named him chief <»f staff oftthe I’ g Bth army In Japan when the Korean occupation ended Before he led hl* division into iwi liem in Korea. Dr an had been I living in Tokyo with his wife, the former Mildred Dem. a neice'of 'the late George 11. Dem. former secretary of war. Dean's family home was at Berkeley. Cal . where his mother. Mrs. Elisabeth {lean and hi* daughter. Mrs. Robert <l.Williams, live . : But an army spokesman said i general'* mother might be im- Jai pan now. / J. loan’s son, William f Jf.tatss led West-lNunt on July 5? z ' Dutch Naval Unit Goes Into Action Korean East Coast < Heavily Bombarded Washington. July 22.—(VP| — A naval spokesman disclosed today that a Dutch navy unit ha* gone ; into action with American and British warship* oft the Korean coast The spokesman would not id* at Hy” the Dutch unit or say where it was operating. But he said naval bombardment* of the Korean east coast in the past week have caused “yerriflc damage" and have been credited with halting the North Korean communist* on that sector. Deal ruction of North Korean troops by naval gunfire, be said, ■effectively reduced enemy caps bllitie* to retaliate again«l American -and South Korean forces." Cooperation between the navy and army in Korea has been of the "highest order." he told newsmen at '* ’briefing Another defense department spokesman was asked about front dopatebes describing the loss of . tv-wee t* raw* naa» . : .

Ducatur, twdioM r Sotiuduy, July 22,1950.

Confer On Fnyrtmriit Extension ■ I f SENATE ARMED SERVICE* coMmiltee merabira confer in Washington on hili to extend ttresefet enlistments for IT month* beyond daVof left! c. rfuui' tD’i; 1 Wyoming: Lyndon Johnson <Dlt Tjexa*: Chairman Millard Tydlrig* <Di. Maryland, sponsor of'tbe Mil' *

| tit- , , —■— Slate's Manpower i Pool Near 75,000 Local Draft Boards Preparing For Calls Indianapolis. July 22- — Indiana bad around 75.000 men in 1-A draft classlf leal ions aud na tlbnal guard and active reserve unUs-rwtey. .a»wth«- nattan-IMibiliged. In the face of the Korean war situation The *t.-ite« ntanj-.cs -r p.:*>l n likt tv io be i,ailed earliest for active duty tht-fnded: 1 About Sit.OiW men l» to 26 in ’ the top classification under Selec: ; tive service. 2 A total of 12.141 army active reservists, including 4.SHI officers and 7.550 enlisted men * 3 A total of 7.J73 national gpardsmen in the ’Hth division and two small non-divisional unit* 4 An undetermined number of reservists-In other branches.of the serrh-c Including the navy, marines and air force - The first rail for guardsmen and army reserve* was made yesterday. Subject to call, but not alerted! igthe first moblligation order*, the m. r >th medical ambulanceAbtmpany of Indianapolis and thy/ISI-Mh ordnance maintenance company of Camp Atterbury A Topti oj lIS officer* and men anr in the two companies ———_ There were organised army reserve unitsAn Indiana Meanwhile M local draft board* tvlsra T* Faae Five!

Decatur Officials Enjoy .j Plane Trip To West Coast i

/ BY ROGtR DORAN ' (Daily Demetffat Staff Writer) • ' Los Angele*. July 22 —Everyone I arrived -safely Ip this, the fourth largest city in the country, and for aome it was old home week, forother* the first experience at Gy- ■ Ing For city attorney Robert 8. Anderson. councilman Dorphu* Drum and city light and power superintendent L. C. Pettibone it was a new experience to be aloft, and all them enjoyed it: to the rest il was nothing more'than a routine night.J to hear it told. In the first group which left De- ( catur and journeyed to the far west An* ’ / Jal Tv* Huvi MIR. f Drum and Pettibone, councllmen; Adrian Burke. Al Beaver*, and JoeKrickEugene Schum and George' Lynn, representative* of the Lima-; Hamilton company, sponsor of this trip. *"d also (be city engineer of Grand Haven. Mich . whose mission is much the same a* the council's. J and who joined the group to CMcw go The trip west wa* pleasant, and from 3 ,Chicago to Lo* Angele* it lasted tor 6 hour* and 1* minute* Practically all of It was smooth, though some rough spots were contacted over the mountain*, but am enough to unnerve any of the mem-' her* of the party ■' We left the good, flat peoaperow* j

I Fair Program Monday Night (Free act platform on North'' 1 Second Street I ... x o'clock Cliff Kirkpatrick. I Seyfert Magk lan The Sllverlake* Co, come- | dlans and trained dog*. (Tw<> - act* r Iff o'clock The Sensational Kay*, high wire ■ specialist* (East end of; Madikon. street I ■MBUDteteWMMjNMMMi TItIUAX (Morning) S Wctock J.udglng. swine ! open Show. Hanna - Nutt man | park, " ♦ eb'lock « ■ Entries accepted • alt day for canning baking ex- / hibit*. Decatur high school auditorium Slliitg rark Hing yark. - I rick. Hour " midfay*, hlgn wire act at east end of Madison street (Night) . I 7 o'clock—Parade of Band* S o'clock-Oiff Kirkpatrick. Seyfert Magician and the Silverlakes, one hour entertaits — mental free act platform - ._. id o'clock Sensational Kays. . high wire act at east end of Madison street •• « i J

, plain* of the midwest and headed' : west into the sun. riding high over ' the Piedmont section of Coiorade. ■nd dipping politely to the moantain*.! The> plane trip revealed'the vast- ' near of the country, and from Ig.'OOO feet it wa* »pe<-1 acular especially when nature cooperated at the Grand Canyon and touched it up beautifully and wonderously for the touring official* of Decatur It must have been a command perfotjmance for the Condition* were ideal But mayor John Doan and Ed : Kaaffman/of the light department | missed all of that, foe they came by a later plane, at night, and ar j rtved 4a tht* city -early this murii i ing | It waa old home week though ' for Al Beavers Hi* niece Mies I Virginia Meyer, and MH* Betty ; Graliker. daughter < Mr and Mr* I T F Graliker. met at the airport Both are from Decatur affd , both have been to lx»- Angele* '‘ti>r j a couple of year* Th. y jotaed u* tbl* evening when the group retired to the towage and the request waa made M toe band to play Da The Bank* Os The Wabato ' <w ««■• Mtellar number, bat they faUed ro Had ' the band done so ev.rvime prob ’ abty would have cried jw*t • tittle IMt. I For that t* the way at H w*wr*

Begin Bombarding Red Forces In Preparation For Counter-Offensive

C. D. Ehinger rreSMtmUi Phone Company Leo Yoger Retires . As President, Now .. Chairman Os Board/' . ’ t Direrton of the Citiaeus Tele- r pbiuie company, in meeting last night, elected-I-eo Yager chairman of th’e board; »l’h*rle**T> Ehinger. - president and 'Arthur E Voglewede. secretory of,rhe company. The office of board chairman wa» newly created and Mr Yager, who Served -Sji.yeam »» president was pt. i... s.to: that, .position'- 'in retiring as'preaUent Mr Yager recalled that last Sunday' he observed Mb SMli birthday anniversary He has been a director since 1217. Serving -as secretary and. manager.of the <-omi»any since I*3B. Mr ' Ehinger assumed the presidency today' The will - filled by Mr Voglewede. wh./haw, ’.been a director for more than 15 yogrs An attorney, he le/klao gen- • era! counsel for-the company Other I ofneffni. and director* are. R. E ITHlfe." vrcopfesldenr and C. E Bell, 1 treasurer ’. / ' The. dir.er tor* -adopted, a 4-eeolu-Ition of appmiation In recognition mji:.e.t<> the company . I Thjr shift of officer* Is an ad Lveut to ijie -impillion of the, mil. llrOH-d.ol.lar dial system nxAlerniia Ition" program throughou’ the company's five ext hanger Thl« extensive revamping of the lines and | exchanges was Inaugurated In 1*46 The conversion will be completed 1 Sept .lit The company serve* more than .’.’on patron* here, and at Pleasant Mills. Unri A'.rtive, Monroe. Berne, and Bryant" It is on.- of the largest independently owned and locally operated telephone i jtchanges in the midwest - . The director* also voted to recall mm of debentures and "to issue *l9 shares of preferred Mock : in - the company, which complete* itsfinancing program. .Mr Ehinger I said ‘ " Succeeding hi* father, the late Herman F Ehinger. a* secretary, the newly elected president i* one of'the. youngest men ever to head i TuiSf rnpttJiy X’' rw '“F atllttw in *»»?• early thirties, he is the chief execu tive in one of the city"* largest and oldest corporations Receiving ’a degree in electrical ! • ngineering from Purdue t'nivers- | ity in June. 1M». Mr Ehinger ac ieepted his first position with CenI tral JR’ya company. Following the| j death of hi* father in August of ' that year, he was elected to the <Tw*w Ta Face Tbeaai I ‘ Four Sddien Die In Wreck Al Huntington Auto, Truck Crash f At Road Crossing Huntington July 22—(VP) — Four soldier* were killed and two were injured yesterday when their car collided with a truck at an* later* .<■ t lon .near here A cher k of their personal effect* revealed that they were from Ft Knox Ky. under order* to proceed to Atlanta. Ga.,, ffheriff Harry E Divebiss identiftod the dead a* Pvt Deni* I. Smith 1«. Detroit Pvt Russell D. Haeney. 17. Pitot lac-. Mich. Pvt. Robert 1. Evan* 17. • Lapeer Mk-h and Pvt Bernard Stanley. I*. Watirvtiet. Mich ' Pvt tttchard Hoilenback. t«. Ptnilia* Mich . suffered * crushed rbeet. and Pvt James Frank I*. ftetrolt also wa* injured Parke K Pearaok 26. North Man<-he«ier. lad a route man for the Islay Co. Fort Wayne, alao wa- bnwpttaliaod An ey-witn*** said Pearson drive, far , the Islay Co. Fort Waywe. slewed befer* . entering - tTuen «w W P*ve»

Board Chairman u B JLB HLmH <4 ' - L 4» Yneer * y- . ■ • "'■ -— ■ - Champions Named For 4-H Judging Contests Are Held In Decotur Friday Six gryipf < hamplun 4-H Judging ami demonstration winners were 'chosen yesterday In, a day-long Only Decatur jJSTgfeg wTiW was Ann Smith, who scored 545" point* pat of a possible •;.*,! to win the home improvement jutlg Ing <-<inte»t This Tcdßtegr included picking: the best' liednoom arrabgem»j|®x>ut of four shown, and judging order four pillow cases H<-«erv» en*mpion in 'hi* group was Murityn Durr, of the Washington township Happy Hustlers Alternate wlnntr wa* Virginia Mitchell, also of the Wisihngton Happy Hustler* More than 2<Ui girls participated in the Show, Miss Anna K Wiliiams home demonstration agent, said The ’ grand and reserve o hampions jffitl go to Auburn next Thursday for the district judging conDjt The two winners in each -division there will go to the state judging contest at the Indiana state fair. Mis* William* has had at least one district winner every year hut has had only one state winner. . ■ Clothing In the senior division of clothing judging Maxine Monts, of the Hartford Happy Go Lucky club, was named grand champion Re- ■ serve champion wa* Margaret Hlr*chy.‘'from the same club, and alternate* were Patsy Rumple and I Floreine Lugtnblll, both of the Jefferson township Work and Win club Junior division winners in the clothing division were Delore* Bleeke from Vnion township, champion, and Diane Sprunger. of the Geneva Cioverbloseom*. and Virginia Steffen, from the French township Peppy Peppers, placed in the honor group. These girl* judged washable school cootogaea which were mod-, eled by four of the girls, and ready-made blouse*. matching them with a skirt. All the girls in the six divisions were allowed Id minutes for judging, and two minutes to give their raesons for minutes to give their reasons for Tberi they "were allowed 20 min ute* for a written te*t over their ■object. tuklwg In baking. Mary Ellen Rchnepp. of the Washington township Happy Hustler*, placed first, and Salty Roa*, from the Kirkland club wa* named reserve champion Al ternate* were Sally McCullough from the St Mary - * club and Edith Sleury. from the Monroe Booster* - The jhnlor champion to this di viaiow wa* Sheila Ahr. of Decatur, and Anita Lehman, of Berne and Barbara Car of the Preble Peppy Pula, placed" to the bower group ■ These girl* judged yeui roll* and oatmeal drop cookie* At least eue jOf the two practical judging event* in each group I* tTWew *W Pur* Fuwe)

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Crack Troops Join Fighting Southeast Os Taejon; Yongdok Reported Recaptured Tokyo, July 22 - <pCPi — Tre< k’ first eavalry troop* joined the buttle aouthswat/of Taepwi today and began bombarding Red forces 1r apparent pr-paratlon for ah' American Counter-offensive . First wavalry unit* moved toteHMK4Ino position* to reinforce *g bettered 24th division which I fpil bark to a line aome seven /■Me* southeast of fallen T»*>pn under a new communist attack . Roon after jts artillery befan firing the division got Its Itapt.vm of communist fire from a North ' Korean patrol A group of about 1* Red guerrilla* was seen ,by an air observer to croha a river ford fire mites *i*|ti»m nf toe di-vi-eiou’v advance • ummaifto pust ..aM. .i. open Ore with small orae and automatic ’ weapon* Other commuriats tore** '*4taa a wide sweeping movement west and auulh of Taejon apparently tit signed to turn toe -western end of the American line , Gen Deagla* MacArthur reported to' Mt noon .communique tit*’ these Rud force* had captured (Tionju. a big highway sad railway earner »s- unite* south of Tseffi*. and BMW. mttow wrdtth nt Tu' Joa and half-way between Tac Jon and the sooth coast White the first, r-avalry dtviM-c moved Into the battle line «ou* east of Taejon, unit* Aft lie I’ > ’'!7tr'*Ti i joined South Korean'force* on th* irutral and' east coa»f frotcThe Amerfcan* and South K ■ rt-kn* -recaptured ■> Tongtioi mite* up ;the east const front h's" r S li«*e port of Pusan jester day- under cover of a heavy bowt bardment from combined I S land British warship* of the ...«> v enth fleet The thrust may mark the open Ing of an allied push al<>n« the long-dormant eastern front A negro unit of the 25th division at the same time joined other South Korean forces in Itlaa'ing the communists out of rhe high way center of Yechon on -toe central front 60 mile* east nortimpst of Taejon Bad weather grounded the Jap-an-baaed allied air force* today Dim losujre that the first cavalry, division under Maj Gen Hobert Gay had mbireA up to the Taejon front followed by only four day* Its unopposed amphibious landing on The lieach at Pohang-Dong. east coast town 2$ mile* south of Yongdok anti 60 mile* north of Pusan. , Front diapstche* said first cart airy artillery began shelHng Red •poaltpm* or! the. Taejon front at- ■ ter . dawn today to pave the way , for an expected assault by fre«h , AmerU-ari troop* State Polio Cases f Indianapolis. July 22 — I ’ Today * polio total* to Indian* II since Jan. 1 compared with the i same date last year: Case* Deaths N*. of Counties • I*M> 40 2 24 ’ I*4* J4l 12 1 32 1 New cases reported today: I’in t Floyd county 1 in -Owen county. I• : - UTS BULLETINS . . - -.J* Taipei, Fsroma. July 22. (UP>—The new* agency Chun Wen said twAay that a osmtowm Ist attack apparently wa* wdee way an the totonff of K tome*. held by Pte CMneae "* TH# tHe minietry feme Mr«. Ottawa. Jaty ».—(UF>— B-nm-tA lUMirgl ar _x. HMuWhtan WWVW vv ■* * « wm« vte« efciat es ttea aavai »uW t mW May e«*t ceMt aavat ataca *ag| tara tn a t Htaataw eeM ttwrt war* aa - ■ ’ ?