Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1950 — Page 1

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U. S. REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED TO KOREA

Building Up A-Bomb Arsenal

Speed Output Os Atom Bomb v At Fast Clip Atom Commission Reports Hydrogen Project Underway Washington July 11-ts’Pl Tta atomic energy commtailoe an ntmaced toady that II t» itulldiiur ' up the country's already Mg A j i*omb arsenal at the fiaieat . lip "Mn history It also reportal that 1 The hydrogen super Iximli project ■•‘ls now under way " It .still get a gW.owtOttu shot in the arm when congress acts on a suretol>eappro»e.i request for money to build additional 11 Ih>Mil> ‘ facilities1. In. speeding production at i ' the A luxn'l* had development id j the hydropen weapon the com ml .slow asnugse* that Russia 'al 1 ready his the one and I* “undertaking" to' make the other * t The ABC aad tta' military are pushing research la use of radio-active atoms as agent* of radiological warfare." * Development id atomic en gin e»; for airplanes Is lielnic “arceleraled" and "progress baa been made". Thia was not amplified 5. There has been "a general z apeed up" in procurement at / atomic raw material* from both foreign and domestic sources Promising hew sources are being developed.,!" this country 6 From January through June produciton of atomic explosives "proceeded at the highest rate In the history of tbe project" and "at the lowest unit costs yet attained " , . The/ project has buna »i> it "proud" record In *proto lion I against the haxunl* of atomic ■ -radiation that should .be invalul-1 aide ill civil defense against d torn I. attack. I These and other facts alxml . the country's It.iHtV.Uoo <><><) atomic project were disclosed In the AEf's semiannual! report to von-i . ■ grass. It was the fifth consecutive report in which the commission 4 an noum-ed the shattering of all previous records In production of the atomic, explosives plutonium and uranium 236 Although President Truman has v . said he is not planning to use A -bombs In Koren, the commission's disclosures added point ■to ' a statement niude last spring by i defense secretary lamia Johnson | if an aggressor should start a , major war at 4 p m Johnson said, this country would be able to strike crushing retaliatory blows by 5 p m Johnson was thinking of atomic war.. The AEC report makes ,H plain that we are ready for It In addition to progress in atomic weapons, the commission reported advances In its program tor building atomic engines for submarines and other purposes Construction will start In August at the Arco. Ida., reactor station on one of two atomic submarine engines now being designed ■ —— The bulk of the report was devo/ed to detailing the project's success In protecting atomic comiTsra To Fea* MwOti Organize Adult First Aid Unit Here Wednesday An kdult first' aid organisation meeting pftl be heta Wrdnendsv at 7 30 p.tii. at city hall It «« an nounced today by Mrs. Robert V. Railing, chairman named by the Red Cross chapter, to form this needed nnlt in civilian defense Instructions in first aid will be given to volunteer members. Mrs. Railing stated. The chairman also stated that plans are being made for other classes, in anticipation of the Red,Cross blood program which will be launched next fait first aid organisation also can serve in any civilian defense program that Is set up hero in the event of war It was explained Individuals Interested in first aid end in serving in she organltatloa, are invited to the meeting

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Lebanon Youth It Drowning Victim Maetanlcstarg. Ind.. July 31. — (UPJ- James Edwin Cook, 38. Lebanon.. waa found dead in a gravel pit on the Arthur Ohl farm yoeWiUiy and gwthorltles said ho Yad drowned. * Decafur Back To Normalcy As Fair Ends Record Crowd Here At Saturday Night . i Closing Os Event ..Decatur returned to' normalcy tiMlav. and the l>q,lne»s aectlod. which last seek *hrm»edythe mid way for lite lie, alar free, street ’ fair and agricultural show' had ■ received a Week end scrubbing A record crowd attended the Teaming of the' 1350 event Haturda.y afierilmtu apd night and hundreds siaytd un.flj after midnight: Work j men started Immediately to take down the rides tents and other concessions and early ftupdav morning a' crew of city employes started the task of sweeping and ■ leaning the streets By Bunday afternoon all evl-.dence-of. Ihe fair had .disappeared, pith the exception of the tree act phHfornt which will be removed today The Information b<*>th on the Court house square Also re J n.sirred. . Roy Price. general chairman. I and It W Pruden secretary, re-1 ported that the fair was a success, and both said they were sure a ! profit would be shown when all; figures were- available fair profits will lie placed In |fund with which to c>.r«'trri< f per ' ; nmnent build in us at Harina Nutt ! 4 man park future home of the /atirf fair It i* likely that the will mark the end of Mree fair* and that in the future th«y will !‘h» held at Itanna.Nuttmari park l.ikeMnck exhibit* wereJi»T! Ip.t the park thia year. TTio fair board hope* to event iially have a half-mile track at tlm park. The board has* a contract of joint ounyrnhlp uith the city. Attendance, last week wa«! higher than predicted and weather , with the of two after i noon shower's, was idea! -, . <’6ncej*Fionerß reported tha* fiom a financial standpoint. Wed I and Saturday were the bet»t I days..<4 the fair Most conceaßionJ era reported a profit for the»r t week's work Ixual stand*, operated by aororftiea and church < la**e*. also were reported to have made profit*. k Adams County 4-H Camp August 13-16 Four Days' Outing At Camp Kosciusko Adsms county's 4-H esmp wHI meet st Camp Kosciusko. Sitw r cuuMy agent, said today Th-> »ourday camp at Lake McClure is Open to any 4-H member whose project Is completed or work and recotd’ b<M>k is up to date . The camp program will start at S 16 a tn. with first call and a morning dip for the early risers. At second call. *:WI a m . everyone rises Iqr breakfast and morning classes' The morning Will'be divided In to tbtee class periods' nature stuly and swimming: handicrafts snd recreation:, and songs, dramatics, safety, and camp-newspaper. In the afternoon sports >and games will start at 3 o'clock, with swimming for the different groups until late afternoon TJaps will sound at 10:3p o'clock The cabtp will accomodate only 120 boys and girls A 4-H office will be set up in the Monroe school building during the 4H club fair. August 7-S. where campers may turn in their applications Applications are found In the back of the exhibit program for. tlte 4 11 fair, or may be obtalned’at the county agent's office

King Leopold Refuses To Quit Throne Fear Decision May Plunge His Nation i Into A Civil War - | . 7“. Brus*«*t*. Belgium, July 31. — (UP) ' King 111, defying ihouMind* of siH-iallM rioters. funed IS*!e today U> abdhale a decUion whk‘h may plunge this little kingdom into civil war. A mob of w.(MMij<g:lsli«t-r«»d Mrliii<t** was reported nriffrhlng on Bru** juris ax Ixwpold conferred with polk ! tical 'lender* Reeking to aolve the j criai’k Strong force*.of troop* and . [M>li« «• were masjeed to meet any mob attack on Leopold** 'palace in MUburbarilaArkcfl. Th»‘. king offered to |M»wej temporarily to hi* eldeat son. but it *reme.d.-certain that the offer >.<ul<l be refused by aoejaHat lead»ls who ar» (temandihg'either ufo- : ci-inMfii‘ir'll übdicaiton. or 'a <ig4il. .to sht finish _ Max, Bu*et. leader'of the *oriali*t l minority whhh' «».p|wriw»* the king, spid lu»t nl<ht that a civil war would result if the king stays on ? I . *oiirre« said ffi.OOO j striker* from. Maine Sr Pierre, i 25. mm from La laiuxiere and 30,000 from Uharb roi were inarching ' toward HruxseU to demand that I the king alep down \ I l>eopold. who returned uab nla* i day* ago after five years In exile, j wax report*d ready to give up bin . throne under a vompro’miae plan which would make 1> yranofd lemwp prince Baudouin virtual re- , g» nt of the realm I - Buset: and' premier Jean Duvieu- • part went to the puLiee today io J th* .-oMnprnniUetspropfpH*’;-. t I>uvleu*art said in a formal an--1 nouheement that talk* were In 1 progress, but indi<aftd that m> definite iniicluMioh had been reach- , i d (old n« wuniyn that he hoped s Lire royal crisis could be ft led Idlyr today. Multiple-Fatality Accidents In Stale Deaths Mark Heavy Traffic In State By I’nitcd Prcxs Three niultiple-tulality traffic ac t ' cidentx pouted xlx new name* tot tjje ISSP death list a. Indiana rounded out another week end of heavy highway .travel today I At leant two other penions were] killed In single-fatality accidents tot set the week-end toll at eight . A New York Central railroad train struc k an Automobile at Elnora yesterday, killing James Herman Hayes. 36. Linton, and Hoyt St ropes. 28. Coatesville. Four other persons including St ropes' wife. ' Frances: Mra. Elva Heeler. 4*. Kokomo: William Jones. 25. Linton, and Guy Gibson. 34. Were injured seriously 1 Earlier crashes killed Ronald Sult. Jr.. 3. and hl*'mother. Mrs. ■ Jo Ellen Sult. 3*. La Porte, and ' -Mrs. Ophelia Clardy. 65. and her 1 daughter. Robb'le. 2*. of Indianapolis. T 1 The Sults were killed on Ind 4 south ot La Porte Saturday night 1 when their auto collided with a ' truck The child suffocated beneath the body of his unconscious '• sister. Trudy. In the wreckage. His mother was tflten gravely Injured ' to a hospital, where surgeons per formed a Caesarean section In an effort to save Mrs. Sult's baby But both died The Clardys were killed Saturday 1 when a truck hit them as they ' pushed their stalled automobile ' alojig a highway. 1 Leo Morgan. 42. Hartford City, was killed on Ind 3 near that city ' last night in a collision of two 1 automobiles driven by Bert Kelso. ■ 2<>. Tulsa. Okla., and Clyde Shatto. • 48. LaFontaine Six other persons ' were injured joy A Carpenter. 20. New Haven. ‘ was Injured fatally when his autor mobile and un ambulance -coll Med ' In Fort Wayne Saturday . Four,Tww Te FRae Mu***

ONLY OAM.V U3WWAH3 IM ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur. Indiana. Monday, July 31, 1950

Seized For Obatructing Justice t 'a! 11 SEIZED frtf obstructing jwsth e in the cMf of. i«»rifes*Rl npy Hurry Hold, former government girl Marian Moucpwiti. 34, is broughl intn custody at New \ court by Fin agents .She In business partner of Now York chemical engineer Abraham Brolhin>ii wiutcalle.l hi* < ohvrt in spying for Russia in IMI.. ■- ~ f

Auction School Is Opened Here Today ■ / 142 Are Enrolled In Opening Class RupertUo»4 - Xoupd : ed here 29 years ago by rhe late <’<>L Fred Repperl.-opened its'Spth semi unnual seasioh this nu»rriing. , Miss* Kleanor Repp< rt. director and business manager of- the xchiHif. today. J More tiffin X 0 student* enrolled, over the weekend, ami by me»n today 112 students from 3d states of the Union had started in the auctfon classes More students are expected later this week. Miss i Reppert Stated. When the students this morning, each recorded his voice to compare with a, recording that will be made after the three weeks session. I More than a dozen future auc- | tioneer* have already cheeken inI to th* hotel, and many homes are 1 opened each sesuitin to the aucI tiogeers have-already checked infor those Who prefer to room at lthe Hrhool | The .list of the schools staff members, is not yet complete. Miss Reppert explainetl. but It will l>e approximately the same as in past years.

Advice From Fox Holes Os Korea To Home Front

By HARRY FERGUSON United Free* Foreign New* Editor The soldier* In the blood and mud of Korea don't have time to make speecbe* They leave that to cabinet member*, diplomat* and senator*. But some of them hare their own Idea* about how to save the I'nlted State* of America, and this might be a good day to listen to them.® *- Hei*- i»- »ome .adarice to the home faint from the foxhole* of South Korea, spoken between the rumble of the big guns apd the clatter of smatfarms fire: "1. Every man. woman and child in the l-’trtted State* bad better get ready to defend hlm»e|f. It's Korea today and some other part of the globe, tomorrow, and I don't thinkthe communists have any intention' of letting up on us until they'Whip u« Let'* make all -the atomic bomb* we can and not have any prissy ideas about using them " The speaker t* an. American L He spoke those words to , Ralph Teatsorth. t’nlted Pres* war correspondent. who added tbt* Ms' .A•-- . - - '

Milk Prices Boosted In Indianapolis Area IndianapoHx, July 31. —(VPI-w ImtUhupoitx »rv« bou.vwlve» dug for another penny today toy mflk ian<t»other dairy produrtx | Dairy official* aaid a onecent ' Incrraa*' par quart i>f inHk was seasonal and net, caused by td> Korean war. Plain milk «nt tip to; tS vents and homogcuuwt tullk u 20. ’ - ' j Judging For 4-H | Projects Starts Judging All Week For County Show Glrjs doxcb" of them swarmed I over the |h.catut high svhmtl today.; as jmlglnsLJ r >t 4 : H projeuW got;,under way The twii judge* Wito will visit' all the county's clubs tjtls week awarding red. white ami' blue rib bon* to.those whir have completed their 4-H projects. 1 are Mrs Jack GM, of Pennville, at.' M r< • W O Bates, of Springport ' Today's trip took them to the Decatur 4-H club, where 3ft girls awaited them this morning, carry Ing their aprons, cookies and cakes ■ There are 58 members of . the club 1 now. Miss Joanne Newcomb, club leader, said, although 75 started out i Tara Ta Face Kluht > -

to hl* New York office: "don't use the colonel's name or he will be busted all the way down to a corporal." The colonel hasn't lost faith in an ultimate American victory in Korea, but he doesn't think the I'nited States army has r received tl>e credit that should be coming it* way for the fight it has mad* against superior force*. _“l'm damped tlred.jif. reading and bearing .that were makingFW thkea." he’ *aid. "that we have been frittering away our forces piecemeal We've been fighting the only kind of war we could under the circumstances The circumstances being that we didn't hare enough of anything al tHW .start and barfly ■enough now “We're going to win this Tittle war. But at what a cost tu blo<>d and money' After this, then what*: Are we going to wait for them toj catch us with our pant* down aaadn’’ Ye* *lr. you eaa send this back | to yoUr papers tor me, wi'd better . start training every able bodied man and start io wake 'tfrrj ■ - tween «> Paa*Mu

Lands; Reds Are Within 30 Miles Os Vital Port

Hoosier Draftees Answer First Cnll Marion County Group First To Be Called » ■ i Indianapolis. July 31—U’Pi— j Indiana got orders from Washing 1 ton today to-furnish 1 445 dralteeal In October. r a* the first contingent: of registrants reported for pre-in duction physical exam* to till an earlier quolg ‘ \ Brig Grit Robinson Hitchcock, .state direct ar of selective service, ahtioum ed the October quota and said It; combined-with the first order for 1.450 Hiswiers by Sept 38. meant that 2.895 Houalkn would be drafted in the next three months MeanwiMfe. fifth army headquarters alerted'two Houdler orgalilged reserve corps units for active duty The iiublu- information office at Tt. Ilcnjamin Harrison said thyy w.-u 11,» 375th .<■ he mil al smoke gehyrtt ’ it.e vo. of Terre HlftitV: and 3hy 1616th quartermaster refrigerator ,i o stationed at Bloomington J PhyS&al examinations' were ghr* {en at . Indiana's’single proceratag center on, Massachusetts Arenue. a stone's throw, from Monument t’ircle Called in the first group were 72 I men from Marlon county's local hoard No. 52. in the county's southwe*t auclloo. Other board* in Mar jou county and elsewhere arer th* state will furniait men for exants regularly until the quota Is filled Draft officials believed four men j would be examined for every one accepted That w.mld mean ap, . proximately 18 of 'he 72 examined today 'would h* accepted . Men ar cepiyd as physically’ fit' a-ixpei ted to be Inducted with- ' fit ; three -weeks- friim Tte -date ofthrir examinations ...... The army reserve units alerted I for active duty increased to four'the nqmber of reserve Cbmpanies, i called in lirdiana’ ln the las' few ' <iay£ Two marin« reserve com ' iiaulvs 'at Ind'lanapons and Fort I Wayne were alerted, last week i L - ! County 4-H Show To Open Next Monday Monroe Is Host To Annual 4-H«Show Saturday, tents will begin to spring up on the Adams Central school grounds at Monroe By Monday -the annual 4-H club show wtil get Into full stride The Methodist' church annex will house the 4-H garden exhibits, the school will I house electric, wild life, fopserva-1 lion, clothing, canning and baking projects. 4-H rabbits and poultry' will he housed In a 65-foot tent east of the school , tine hundred and thirty-five da>y culvuu. beef ealves. and I*o pigs will be in tents Seventeen comnierclal exhibits will occupy a tent It* feet long Eight farm machinery firms wU! occupy 300 or more feet of open display space A large eating tent over 100 feet long will be placed on the north side of the school house Women of the home economic* club* and social education department* will prepare and serve the food The Adam* couaty rural youth club will sell soft drinks and ice cream, in a separate tent. The county recreation department will have game qautpment on the” •.-h.irl 'gr.mna* nW Wff ißtpew» vise the softball run off gabies This department will also present the riiraf talent show on the evening* of Aug 7 * . On Wednesday evening at 6 pm the beet calves and barrows will be auctjruied off The girls 4-H ijres, revue will conclude the 4-H 1 dtov — WEATHER Local ebower* and thunder bereming a little cooler north eert es Tueodav Lew towtgM gb-WU worth. « to n Booth High Tuesday KBM north. 1 »3U’ south

Asks&ngress For Addifional Foreign Aid Truman Seeks Four , Billion To Build Up West Defenses Washington. July 31—(VPl— PrrsMeat' Truman aahud congress today for gn additional *4."0i1.80n.\in. foreign arms aM and said be wants "emergency” action! on the request ’ I Mr Truman out lined u> meribera' of the house and' senate foreign re lattons. armed ' •arrUft' ''aM appropriations commtrtee hl* plan to bixllA UP th* west's defease* asalu.t commenfsni thsirmon riareWe •(»' ;W;W' bomle - appropriations ebmmttt«e sal* hl* gfaup trill art on the veqaeet immediately Tire new reqaest would rale* American arms aid spending for this fiscal year lo't6.Z*2.sm>.n* Mr ; Truman already ha* *tgned legislai lion authorising *1.223.50w.w0« la . j arm* aid A large part of the new . | spending would go toward prat id ,' ing Europe .. with American-built , fighter Planes CM h *>' eoagr*aainanl .develop i JuOot*': - Controls—Speaker Ram Rayburn said Mr Truman will accept standby wag,-price and ralhminr com J trol*. If coagrras' insists oh adding ■jtiti h> hl« rcononik . mobilisation program Mr Truman- has. asked ' r»fy fitk fimttsd i-^traia.-bu’- Me*-: sure.for all out control*.advocated by Bernard M Baruch ha* bon | building up tn > ohgrra* ’ Military The bou*e completed < oiig re tonal attion on lesislatnm to suspend- pres* til ceilings on the , strength <if. the farmed f<>i.e» and ’ authorised * tl&«,i'Oo.Bdn start on Jan gt(nlii. age navy The present * limit of 2.bob ihhi offtcers and men ' in the armed fof-ce* would be-sus-pended until July 31. 1*54 Taxes Rep Noah M Mason, R. 111., asked for a pay-aseyou-go tax program for the war emergency , Sen Robert A Taft. R . O. said : he would "rather not have excess j profits" in the current 35.M*.tM.1 008 tax bill He said be thought congress could afford to delay action on the matter of excess profits taxes ' ' Death penaltye-The senate judiciary committee approved a bill to make the wartime death penalty , applicable in espionage cases- for the next, two year* Present law a! I low, a court to hand’down a desth 'sentence in espionage, case* only ' when the nation Is actually -and offk-ially—af war r . ' --4 t Young Girl Cydisf b Bitten By Dog I Animal Tied Up [ For Observation I A Idyear-old girt we* bitten ne • the foot by a dog sad sheriff Herman Bowman ordered - that the dog. be tied up for obser i ration » VIHS <4,l* JtaWu. NndL .M .JOHk > saat Mills, was riding her Mcyele > when bitten oa the tom by a dog i owned by Otto Lambert Miss Noll wa» hurried to cater physician, and treated. I though there is no further’ report I a* to her condition as l/whether I or art the d&g waa rabid was .presumed that the dog may have bittea tbe girl simply becawse she waa peddling by. and not because it was rabid However rhe dog will be watched for any farther developments -acr<wdina/t«> tbe aherlft It aay tangible rabies signs develop, tbe do*', bead will be sent to the stat* for esamlnatioa

Price Foor Coots

Communists Seek To Drive Yankees ~ From Karoo Before _ Strength Mounts B) L'elted l*re** Reinforcement* from the I sited State* rushed to the Korean bat, tJefnrat today a* t. * spuartirad of the communist sbowdowtruOrasiv* thrust within 5« mile* of tta vital IU. U ba»e port at Ptaaa ' ■— America', 2nd infantry dlrUloa. whp.ll «<>a fame <>B the battlefield* ''<ST’'Ti6a'nc#';'TahWd *r~aa~ wnMtarl fled Kuveaa port and prepared to go into action within 24 hour* . The fresh frtn e Brat to cogue di- - , rert from the V Sited Stale*- came authors as comwMMlet forces *iash. d Ithrawgb the tows of t'blnja' 53 |-tfilee .wem -«(, Furan aM approach V M .uew. R .drfatatvu line, live 'musm east of tta town "ft <vev help,came la tbe atek of time th|, Is R.".oae officer raid ; when he we* loM ifkfe 3ad djvMM - ■■ The dlvisbia ernased.'tbe I‘aaiW I In the pear record time of t<> dav, j to raMeve tta harApteMed .defend er* of Roeth Korea ‘1 Tbe Cbtaju attack war part of a simultaneous rvd drive on three trwnta. deaigasd to force tbe Americana mH as Kotua talur* Wrong * reiatatewnent* could arrive * Fa'rtbpv north, red tasks and tatantry Wove attacking Koehang and II Chirye la • attack on ' the big transport and rail bub << * Taegn. (6- mile* northwest << PuTtaN ta Ita rtad-sad railway vkta > I are America'* ttfvtae in Koran . The American, were fighting Mt . - terly foe every Inch of ground in t pthefr dwindling r beachhead Lt. i Gen Walton H Walter commander . ' I*of tbe V S Sth army, said rta w 4Lt v W Mg hHf - r ! caJ *ta<* but pretaßd hat w i battered Gf's will hold the line A ■spokesman for Gen Bnuglas I Mai irthur estimated today that t' s land tiea and air fore-? bare . killed or wounded som, 37 508 North Korean* so. far jp the war—- , the past two day*. - ~ Fishting ship* of four more rourtrje* Canada the- Nether-' land- New Zealand and Fiance joined the t'nlted .Nation, fleet- ' blockading Korea today In tnk>* ' i of the anl.-comqinui*t force* build- , ing up arodnd the world to ah! ia,j vaded' Routh Korea J Meanwhile MacArthur aad hi* chief sir and naval ■rommaa'lery , were on Formosa, coefervlng wl'b Generalissimo Chiang Kat-RbeL *nd other leaders of nationalist China. • ‘ MacArtkar * visit te tta Chinese fortreaa island—the first he baa made—may mean that the Caked ’ states plan, to take mare vigonm* action to defend antf-rammaaiw r China- — ~ | .—era • i' ■ -- i Fort Wayne Strikers i Decide To Arbitrate Fort Wayne IM., July 31 — pt'Pl- Some ltd CTO asked rttb- / l her worker* were scheduled to re 7turn to work at the V 8 Rubber Co plant here today after de. idiag 'te arbitrate a wage and produHlow , i dispute ■ Th* worker*, member* of the uniow'* local No. 353. -Walked ou> Thursday but union prewMeot Paul Bonnell said the rantroversy would Ise submitted to arbitration a* Plant otncjdl, said the strike d slowed,but .did not halt production r- ‘" X '" * Vote On Contract Routh Rend Ind — ■■ t t'Pl— Negotiation of a local -«qp. ' plooMratal agreement to a masted ... * ■ oetrart for Bendit"'Corp worker* r began today. g The master contract was drawn ap la Detroit Friday for CIO united * auto worker* at. Are Bendix planta Robert Mahoney, president o»d local-» of the CIO CAW said bin .. membership would vote Aug < ow y the master contract He explained e It must first be referred to the C j union'* Bendix council In New •York TSwraday >