Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 198.

Af r z ’j| t I I I A HARO LOOK i« liven smilM l*.‘ 8. delegate Warren uatin^l right» by RumMs'm Jsrob Malik (lefti oulnide the private meeting room of the Security ('ouwil in I4ike -Sucres*., N V. The glare followed a meeting where no agreement was reached on l««ue of invititiß the North Korean* Io the councils sesHions Rail Strike Idles 60,000 In Nation

Man Soys He Stole Vial Os Plutonium For Souvenir ' — Denver. (’oki.'Aug 23 tl’PI - Sanford L Blrnons Inslagqd Mk-4 ility that he stole a vial of pluton Jairn the explosive rowponwi of one type.of atomic bomb. only be < an*, he wanted a souvenir The 2H year od Denver I'niver ally research worker ttenietl that ’ he wan trying to assemble a luiinb of his own or that he intended to turn the stuff over to-a foreign power when he hurled it in his cel hit here li was the first known case In which plutonium was stolen front a I'. S' laboratory Simons faced a preliminary lieat ing today on a -charge of uhauthorlgediy possesing fissionable materials, a crime under the f S j atomic energy act. and fates possible sentence of The years in prison and 15.000 fine The FBI said it doubted Simops' < laim that he snitched the vial from the lais Alamos. N. M . bomb laboratory as a souvenir" with no intention of turning it over to} Soviet Russia. However, there were no plans to charge 111 — ar!”’ I atomic espionage, punishable by. death. Not Here Cool Weather Is State-Wide Indianapolis. Ant 83—41’1’) Temperatures dipped into the oil's all over Indiana again today and f ambridge City's deputation as "the coolest spot in Indiana" added new prestige Readings early this morning ranged from 50 at Indianapolis airport- fn 57 at Indianapolis' downtown weather station Other read Ings at cities scattered over th* state were in the lbw 50’s - ; But Cambridge City had the low est mark, a chilly 42 UsM-degree high Tuesday was the lowest maxi mum'. Weather observers explained that j Cambridge City h,is a high eleva Hon and a "natural air drain."! which would account fpr low tern- * petal u res when- there was little, 'wind. - ■ -. l-oweat temperature recorded thus tat in the August ■ cool wave ; was .Wat Iji Porte Monday Ob! server H. J Unk of I.a Porte’s | weather station said there appear- j ed to he patches of light frost. | WEATHER Indiana: partly cloudy tonight and Thursday: widely scattered showers north and central portions tonight; cooler north portion. Low tonight 52-M north. 58-M south; high Thursday 70-77 north, 80-36 south.

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> ——— ; By UNITED PRESS The number of workers idled by crippling rail and auto strikes ' climbed do tl«,POO acros the nation today, but railroad trainmen andT" conductors said they would noi extend, their piecemeal" walkouts into a nationwide. work stoppage “tor the tttue- being." Approximately IX.tHHi workers were oh strike against five railroads

ami in six Detroit automobile plants The disputes indirectly idled more than. 12'«*' oilier work “i er« In addition I2s.t>»<> Canadian; railroad employes were staging i Jhai nation’s first nationwide rail strike, and their walkout had Idled ' ; lull .388 non-strikers „ } 4- Fresideht Truncate ace laltor I runite-shoot er. Dr. John R. Steel i man. called upon railroad and union officiate to stand by for furth •■r talks today after separate meet | Ing. with Itwsjwo groups, failed to ' Set||e their longstanding' dispute tlfflclals of the striking Broth i erbias) of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Cdndu-tors announced that nut of considers lion for the president' they would not- extend, their walkouts at tjfte lime The decision will have no t- 'fe. f on five-day walkouts now in "oft.-H on important short liru- railroads at Chicago ami Pittsburgh and ter minal railroads at Cleveland,' „ Louisville and St Paul » The walkouts toned the Caine tfle-Illinois Steel shut flown two huge plants it. the Chi !<ago industrial area arid crippled ' ore . jnovement into Pittsburgh's ; mighty steel plants ; The Canadian rail strike baited almost every train in the Dornin ion. silenced railroad-operated ! telegraph service, virtually isolated a number of communities ami threatened the nation'« economy Parliament prepared to go Into special Seston to cope with the emergency Wildcat strikes halted production at five 'Chrysler corporation plants'!” Detroit About . to** workerlKw.ilked out at two plant-

Legion Busse Named State Chaplain

The Rev Otto r Bmw. chaplain; of Adams post 43. was elected De- J partment i-haplain of the stale] American legion without opposl • ] I tioti yesterday at the convention. In Indianapolis Rev Busse, serving ! his sv-r-ond year aa post chaplain. | is the first Adam* county lepton naira to be elected to a state office He had been unanimously endorsed by the’ .local post. The Rev. Busse Is pastor of St. Paul’s Imtberan church at Preble. During World War I he served as chaplain at Camp Shermah. <l. and In World War II was chaplain al Camp Lee. Vs . and served as senior chaplain of port terminals In New York. Rev. Busse is a graduate of Concordia College; Fort Wayne, and Coneordia Seminary.--St. Louis-Mo, Prior to accepting a call to the Preble church he held pastorates at' San Antonio. Tex Rochester and I

in a dispute over one titan's job ■ lus-ifif attoii. and 7<W struck at a third plant In a separate dupuis*"' Mon- than «.2.tm nonstrlkers 1 were’ sent home when the walkouts halttsniie flow of parts to ' iwo other plants. CIO United Auto Workers officials raid the strike* were unauthorised and ordered the | men back to work. j ---■ Meanwnitc; negtHiationa to end. • the strike of Sinm Packard worki hrs continued, with the bargainers reported 'very near" a settlement lleneral Motors announced n five ' cent hourly cost-of-living wage boost tor 411.000 workers under its contract, with the CAW t'AW president Walter Reuther said the ri»e in the' cost -of living was “deeply disturbing news " and culled for .immediate enactment of ’toverall prune control's." lieere ami Co offered unions representing Its employes a newlive real lalmi contract patterned Utter -the tlAi-I'AW officials in Moline. 111., rejected the otter on hehalt of 15,0011 members in sey-"t-n Deere plants Intel national ifarvester Co reached agreement with the Vnlt-I ed Farm Ec|uipment Workers on a new contract, providing a sevencent hourly pay boost ' * < ent hourly pay Imost the membership would approve the settlement ami end a walkout of 13,mw workers at Louisville.. Chicago and Rock Falls, 111. However, she big manufacturing firm faced pressure from the CIO I'nited Auto Workers, which represents 22.WM1 workers in Harvester t-lants at Fort Wayne. Evansv„ • and lndlana|Hdls Ind. Springfield. <\ Memphis. Tenn.

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DKOtuTy IndioM, WwMoygAwHst 23,1950

YAWS DIG IN TO DEFEND TAEGU; EXPECT RED PUSH ■ ihlif l" -I - . —— ' " . ' — ■

Brace Selves Against mpeated Red Attacks Tokyo, Thursday. Aug. »f. -Aq’Pl - Grimy American troops battled the Communists to a atAdntill before the gates of Taegu to- ; day To the south they d#g I* behind barbed wire for an all-out | I enemy push toward Puvcau. expeeted within 24 hours t The V. 8. 27th regiment JftUt off repeated attacks on the northern approac he- to Taegu, tfce Awrest chy in the allied beachhead. The lines generally were holdiM firm. I’nited Frees correspondent ' Robert Vermillion reported front that sector late last night. The Amerir-an 25th division guarding the south coast roads to- j ward the vital supply port of Pusan was alerted for a showdown as- j

sault I'nited Press correspondent Hobert'c. Miller raid the Tanks were entrenching themselves hy Che light of a bright mooß for whatever the. enemy might throw at them. MacArthur announced in a com- ; munlque at 4:5® 112:5® a. m. CSTt : that the Americana were attacking i to remove an enemy roadblock in } their rear near Tial|i-Dong. 1* I miles north of Taegu <7ol. John Michaelis, cotnmand- ! er of the 27th regiment told Vermillion that the next 48 hours may - determine the fate of Taegu. MacArthur's spokesman said that the worst is yet to eome. He said a general Communist attack against Taegu by four io five S'orth Korean divisions ‘'must be expected with the enemy pressing torwartl regard leer of losses as long as he is capable.’’ Taegu also Is Imperilled by the Communist bridgehead on the east bank of the Naktong river near Hyonpung. 14 miles southwest of the city, ho said. illbough ogly patrol action by, ‘ the V S. 24th division Was reported from the bridgehead today, the spokesman said the North Koreans have pushed two regiments — up to S.OfHt troops — across the river into the bridgehead They are supported by three tted~Brtlllery batteries on the west bank, he; said. In the southwest corner of the I'niletl Nations bridgehead. MacArthur's communhiue said. I'. S. 25th division units have regained all ground lost to the enemy during the past three days, west of t lie supply port" of Pusan The 'V. S 27th (Wolfhound)

Roundup Sheriff Bbwmm Has Leg Am(Mtete4 h Feri Wane Nesaital Teiay

Sheriff Herman Bowman, who en tered the Lutheran Hospital in Fort- Wayne Monday evening, had hie left leg amputated' Just above the knee. It was reported here this noon The sheriff was suffering Intense pain, and was given a sedative thi- afternoon. it .was learned I from his wife at the hospital. Also with him at the hospital Is his daughter. Mrs Jerry Stucky, of Bloomington When the sheriff may leave the hospital depends upon his condition later. His wife will remain there with him Sheriff Bowman Injured his leg ten Tears ago as a volunteer fireman In Berne The larger broken bone betweyn his knee and ankte never properly healed. Several times he has had sections of the bone removed in hopes that it would heal Reports Today Pfc. Louis E. Smltlef of M« Walnut street, reported today for hip pro-induction physical examl- ' nation in Indianapolis. Pfc. Bmltley. an inactive reservist, formerly spent 37 months in the service He is married and has one child. Lewis Smith, attorney, and Jamee J. Strickler, of 117 -Porter Vista, will also take their pre-induction physicals today. Improved E W. Busche. “Purdue Master fanner” and hoard chairman of the First 'State bank of this ctty. la 111 gt bis homo east of Monroe He Is suffering from an acute attack of arthritis He was stricken at Charleston W. Va.. enroute cn a vacation trip with his family. He was hospitalised a few days

regiment drove off five Commun-' pu attacks last night in fierce fighting which may determine fhej fate of Taegu, Artillerymen and cooks got out - their rifles and "Joined the infantry’’ to throw back the Reds swarming down from the hills, undeterred by merciless air and artillery bombardment of their positions , A spokesman tor uen. Douglas . MacArthur estimated that the j Communists are massing up to; sn.o<Hi men on the 15-mlle' front : northwest of Taegu held by the 27th regiment- and South Korean t troops The spokesman ’sam the Reds .- : have ferried 6.mW troops, across th- ■ i Naiktong river Into a new bridge-, head southwest of Taegu, posing a t second threat to the South Korean emergency capital Col. John Michhelis. commander f of the embattled 27th regiment, said he believed "the next two (.aright* will determine whether w* ■ tese Taegu or break their back* ■ completely." i On the southern front. 2ath divii slon forces defending the western approaches to the key supply port i f<> Pusan won hack today the ground they lost in local actions ' during the past three days. Ma< Arthur'* spokesman said • At sea. South Korean marines took Sojiak Island. 25 rfliles south-, west of the captured west coast ; port of Inchon It was the third island off Inchon occupied since Saturday in amphibious assault* apparently intended to tighten the I blockade of the port.

hut was able to make the trip i home, arriving last Thursday His i condition Is not serious I — —’. ■ . , Toko Noto Farmers whose crops are sold I in other states, or made into pro- , ducts that are ’sold In other states. , can’t hire school children under f IC years of age during school [ hours, Thomas O'Malley, regional . director, said today. This will not > effect farmers employing his own t children, he emphasised. This rei suits from amendment to the Fedi eral Fair Labor Standards Act l made last January 25: This new r low trill not prevent the children i from working after school hours. - or during school vacations. Ritas Friday Funeral services will he held triday tor Mrs. C H. Clyde, the . former Rogp Fleming, of this city. ’ who died recently tn a Tampa. Fls.. hospital. The services will be held in the Swick funeral home at 2 p.m with the Rev. O C Busse officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery The body, will ■ arrive here Thursday morning and, ’ Mends may call at the home after ■ 2p m that day > To Name Queen * Bluffton. Ind . Aug. 23. —(UP.) Indiana’s 1950 Torpato Queen an- honor now held by Mist r Carolyn Rudy of Bluffton, who also f is Junior Mies America, will he . picked at the Bluffton street fair neat month Fair officials said - the Tomato Queen also would he - Junior Mina Indiana and eligible > to enter the notional Junior beauty contest after being crowned by Governor ■Arricket Sept 22

i - ’ ROUTH KOREAN. FORCES, only defensive fighters in early stages I of the war. are winning acclaim of officers and men of the I'N com j murid under Gen. Dougla* MacArthur

To Pour Concrete At Soya Thursday Sl.p-.«rm poiirin. of .for Ihe first set of ten storage ailox . ;at Central Soya company will lie-1 > gtn at S o'clock- Thursday morn-} ( ing company management announced today. The entire construction project j consists of 20 huge silos for soy-; bean storage. The schedule calls' for completion of the reinforced I > concrete atructuraa ta time fur fall | bean storage - i The Indiana Coartruclk.n Company of Fort Wayne has the general j rontract for the.silos, which will! l-e located west of Ae weigh sta- 1 tion I i Railroad switch tracks on the. industrial site were revamped by : railroad crews, several weeks ago Pouring of concrete will be i < ontlnuou* operation, day and night j until the first battery is completed jln case of rain workmen will be i shielded with a canopy of tarpaulins. The puhlic is invited to watch i the engineering -feat. -Caution shonld be used In parking or walking around the railroad yards, management said

Applesauce Austin Blasts Reds’ Tactics

Lake Success. N V . Aug 23 till?) Observers today credited the west with a double-barreled via tory over Russia's propaganda tac , tics in the United Nations security . coum 11 •' ' Ambassador Warren R. Austin, chief of the U S. delegation, told; the council late Tuesday that the 1 charge by chief Soviet delegate - Jacob A. Malik that the American forces in Korea are aggressors Is. applesauce’ ’’ - He charged the stolid Russian. ! who had Just acted as mouthpiece , for another lengthy Kremlin attack on the V S and Its Western part-’ ’ ners. with using three propaganda i tricks: the "false label’' rose; the [ device of "concealing guilt by ac- „ eusatlon" and Hitler's tactic of the ' "big lie" I Britain’s Sir Bladwyn Jebb Joined I the attack on Malik's efforts, de-1 r daring that Russia's peace props- 1 ganda is. tn fact, part of Us prepara-, Hon for aggression. Malik, whose-speech had occupied two-thirds of the council's rogu-i ' lar afternoon session, sought to get] in a reply so Austin Jebb. but [ • was choked off by the B’rlton. who 1 moved adjournment. Malik agreed.: - with this parting shot: -of course a proposal for adI Journment takes precedence, eapecj ‘ ally if one of the member* I* • afraid to bear's clarification " Malik then adjourned the council ■ until Friday at 1 am CRT That meeting is expected to be r-onsum-

; . ’1 For Army Five From County Take Induction Physicals Today Five Adam* county young men : left tor Indianapolis this morning I for their pre-lndnction physical ex rmiuatlons under the selective | i service art Omer W Itewraer. II hgirman of the selecUvo service j board. uM today. ■WPrtt'te verv ice regulations forbid th* prißt- . ing of 'draftee'*” names until the* jatep inducted, he said , The five men left this morning 'together by bus They were in the ;24-2S year old group. Reusser said. Draftees are Selected oldest first..; nijt by numbers, he stressed Anycne who will reach the ege of 2* by October Ist will not be called ! After 24 year aide *re taken, the next youngest groups will lie called. Our call, however, has not been . increased Only five were < atied this time. Several aountie* our sixe . have had their quotas increased from five to 25 men it will Im> about a week before the local board knows whether the ; five meh examined today passed for s< rvice in the armed forces

ed with hearing interpretations in- 11 to French of th* three speeches de-11 llvered yesterday by Malik. Jebb'l and Austin To permit the Brito*, and American to speak yesterday, j it. was agreed to postpone the French translation. At Friday * meeting. It also was } expected that the third from ; Gen rtouglas MacArthur's unified ' command might be forthcoming The 70tyear-old t'N field command er was expected to answer Russia's' allegation* that it ha* given no weapons to the north Koreans since the red army evacuated the country

Hitting Hama rr.r D. S. Destroyer Blasts Darth r-, ,S Koren Pert, Dail Getter

' Tokyo, Aug 23 - <VFi —An I American destroyer ha* bombarded a north. Koreaa port and railway. I center only 55 miles from the fcv-’ ] let border. It was announced today , The destroyer hit Srishln t ChongJin >. on the Korean northeast' coast - 145 miles -from the big Russian naval base of Vladivostok. Runday | night It was the closest to Russia. that the V. S navy ha* yet struck A communique reported that the destroyer kindled fire* visible II miles at sea in Selahln'v railway yards, harbor installation*, ware-j houses, Mitsubishi iron works and

Wrice Four Cents

| Uotil Twtdcty Zoning Board Returns Petition Without Action — The b<iard of coning appeals returned. without aeumh a patlltua signed by Adam Kunowleh. in behalf of Marsh brother* of Muncie, tor a variance In the city soning ordinance for construction of a «uper-market grocery at the cvi» nyr of Ninth and Monroe streejg In j a residential area. The petition did not have th* building specifications and It also was found by the board that no application for a building permit had been made by Marsh brothers The petition, signed by Mr. Kano-wk-h. slated that Ermal Marsh of Muncie desired to build a Marsh Foodliner store at the corner diow? ..»ygr, according to the ordtean<« the person <-ont«nplating tlte colt- ' strut ’ton must file, the pettttoa Mr Kuaowlch appeared before the board and said that It (he variance was not granted he wouM J give the two corner lot* to ka-al Mexicans tor the construction «st a i church building and playground ■I have been paying 8W» a year iin tana* tor the property." Mr IKuaowleb stated "And I would he better off it 1 gave the property Tw» adjacent property owners tateo appeared and brought up lb* ; question of loan value for nearby trsidenees if the construction nf a , business building were permitted The board voted to bold a special . meeting next Tuesday night at 7.30 ! o'clock so that there would not he i a long delay In the final decision ' concerning the petition Mr Kunowich said that he would proceed Un- ■ mediately to take the proper step* so Uta: the matter could be returned to the board „ ... Robert Anderson, attorney tor the board was Inst runted to write a letter 'outlining the netes-aty steps to be taktn > s - ■ They will then be notified, and • may be called. days after they are notified. Whet, they are called 1 their names may be printed

in 1945 and that the American air force ha* Indulged I n atrocity bombing - '. "Another declaration boldly labelled as a •fact'." he said, ' is the’Soviet claim here that the north K<* reaus have only the armament* sold to them by the Soviet government when the red army withdrew This so-called 'fact' should be tested against such evidence as a plainly labelled Soviet shell marked T9M-’ which UN forces have uncovered • That shell did not explode on the battlefield It explode* in the •* i curlty council I think we might properly call it a misguided missis"

a raito station • The communique called the bombardment highly successful The same destroyer • bombarded j military targets In Rotigjin If* miles dowa the coast Monday night Towering column*-of smoke ; were still visible over the city 1.2 j hour* after the attack i Both port* also were hit yester- , day by B-29 bomber* They lie on North Korea a n-.sln eaatcoast rai'-. way Through thtm are believed to pas* Russian tanks and other j arms contributed by Ruesia to th* north Korean*