Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 199.

Commmiofi In Favor Os Jurisdiction On Two-Mile Limit Area Will Not Become Port Os City The Decatur plan eommlMion toted unanimously Wednesday i.i«ht to send to the eity < <>UMdl the proitosad amendment t to the inning ordlnanc* which would in elude the two-mile area around the . orporation limits in the jurisdicDon of the ordinance with a reeom■mendatlon that the amendment lie .adopted. The action was taken after two public hearings were held. Little Interest was shown at either hearing A few property owners, when as burred that the proposed amendmen did not mean that the area would become part of th* city nor would It change their present tar or school set-up stated to *'-•* ,ommission that they had no oh ou t ions It wa s pointed out hv hoe rd meml orn that the proposal merely protects the fringe of th* city from undeslreahle property and hitlldlW" < (instruction. It is bellered likely that rammission members will present the matter at the next meeting and that the council then will continue, M lion on the matter in the regular! . routine method Os studying an oidinanee or an amendment The rural districts would he de- . sirnated as suburban, residential.: neighborhood shopping and Indus trial, if the amendment passes A rone map for the area Is on file with city engineer Ralph Roop and •f the proposal la finally adopted it will become part of the nrti* nance.. ...... , Persons favoring opposing the proposal still may he heard at any of the next three council meetings. It was pointed out Edward Bonifas, Bryant Resident, Dies Wednesday Fidward Bonitas 73 of Bryant, died at the Adams county memorial hospital at 6 30 pm Wednesday aft, r an extended Illness He irf.d- been hospitalized for the past two weeks Death was attributed to cancer. He owned the Bonifas Hardware Store In Bryant, where he had been a resident his entire life He is survived by a son Eugene, of Hrvant. two brothers. Gtis. of near Portland, and John, former Port land postmaster: three sisters Mrs I.udvina Haffner.’Ft Recov cry O Mrs Clara Knoth. Dayton. <> and Mrs I'rsala Borns. Gary —His wife Anna': died last Friday He was a member of the Holy * Trinity Catholic church near Brv ant The bodv Is at the Baird Funeral home in Portland pending funeral arrangements They Soy August Cool Wave Slays Indianapolis. Aug 24 (UPITemperatutes dipped into the 40's again today in Indiana as the August cool wav* continued laowesl point wg< Cambridge City, whyre it was 44 In bigger "Hoosier cities, the lows ranged from 54 at Marion t<r SI at South Bend and Indianapolis Forecasts indicated Indiana would have partly cloudy and lather warm weather today, tonight and tomorrow State Polio Cases Indianapolis. Aug 24 —(UPI— Today's polio totals in Indiana since Jan. 1. compared with the same date fast ydar: “■ Caaea Draths No. of Counties ISSO 131 !«'" 51 IS4K 547 63 S« e New cases reported today:- 5 In Lake county and 1 In Switzerland county. First ease this year .reported in Switzerland county.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

< lHl|g AFTER A YEARLONG fight for life and 35 akilKgrafts, plucky Mike Hector. 5. ctlmhs * IM-foot ladder with Washington. It C fire Ueut. Herherfxp. Wheeler. He has been adopted as an honorary fire- , mall following very from burns in lifts when hie towltoy suit went up in flames

S7O To $125 GI Family Allowance Bill Passacre Likelv

Washington. Aug 24 (TP» — The (JI family allo warn •* hili ••am* up for a houne void* today with p»ji«ag? MK<ur«*i I mlrr the nwuiunr*. the govern | merit would provide monthly • bei h of from >45 to >». In moat rajtw* the .serviceman himaelt would have to put up an extra |4« Tt»u«. each family ruam n monthly income Washington, Aug. 24 —(UR> —TH house today approved overwhelmingly a bill to give famiNee of enhated servicemen monthly living allowances of from >7O to >125. In most caaea part of this would come out of th< enliated man's pay. The senate already has passed a family allowance bill put in wlirhtly different form A Kenai** house conference committee probably will have to com promise dIL fererti e« in the two version;* .Elsewhere in rung reus Taxe* ' The * wrote prepared tn open debate on its ff» billion war tax bill which includes stiffer in come taxes for individuals and corporations. Controls Hoi|«e ami senate conferee girded for a battle 3> ver selw tive' wage-price controls for President Tinman Hep Uh-hard M Nixon. K . Calif. said house a«t---m mist ration leaders haw agreed ta bring communiat control legis lation up for a vote early next week A -.-—•■■■ CN President Truman plans Io appoint Sens Henry Cabot Ixalge Jr. K, Mass, and John .1 Spark man. I>. Ala., as C S delegates to the forthcoming meet I in; of’the

Roundup Practice Football Game Leads List. Os Little Things That Make News

Game Tonight There will be jin Imra-squad foothull game tonight. S o'clock, iiuub Bob Worth man reported. There will be no admission charge ■■ " i Reports Damage Dr. John Carroll, of route 4 , reported MS damage done to his. rar by a hit-and-run truck late, Wednesday. Dr. Carroll's car was| larked on the east side of First street north of Madison street at the time of the accident. The ■ accident is Ireing investigated by the city police, who have i descrip ■lnn of tha-truek. . ..! Nome Successor Indianapolis, Any 24--(VP4— (lovernor Schrlcker received today | the resignation of Mas C. Peterson.! Blackford circuit Judge, which will 1 be effective Alta. 31. Schrlcker will', appoint a temper-| ary successor to Peterson. Who quit to take over the taw practice of! his late father. Thomas Peterson j The office will be on the ballot j at the November 2 election, when. a judge will be chosen to serve' until Peterson's term expires Jan . 1. 1953

Cniled Nations general ussembly\; ■ Spain Sen Pat McCarran !».. | Nev . said the proponed |l<Hi million loan to Spain is an opening step toward making Spain a de m<M ra« y Pearl Harbor The senate has approved a bill designed to prevent a Pearl Hai’bor sneak attack an miJilary. - installation!! -or de feiL»‘ proth!»ti<»n tenters Ten, Now aWIWMIggUMMMMMimMM Someday * Maae Will Be An Engine Fort Worth. Tex . Aug 24 (CP) A new model B-36 the first mililaiy plane in the world | with lb engines, rolled down Con soiidated Vultee'g assembly line to- ' day The new version 'of the mon • strous A bomb carrier has horsepowei equalling 42<i average auto-- , , mobile engines; and a service ceil I tog of ov« 4.'.,min feet, making ; them invisible from the ground Known as the H-36P. the plant , resemble* the earlier six-engine’ models with <|ne exception Slung beneath* sh» (inter panels of its i foot wings .are two "pods.*- each l-containing a pair of jet engines. The ship develops almost 42.00 b | horsepower From each of the six ; engines comes a 3.500 horespower “ push and each jet is rated at 5,200 pounds of static thrust The »ir force disclosed the maxi mum speed of the R30I) to be "more than 435 miles per hour.’’ The first Ik:d>'s. driven only by pro pellets, were rated at "more than I 3(M» nob s an hour "

Dog Daze Bloomington Ind.. Aug 24. — ll'Pi— city police were lobklng for a wily dog today? They wer--told the animal-stack his head through a fence and hit passing i pedestrians And to top it off. the ! dog jumped the fence, bit the municipal dog catcher, and then I leaped hack over the fence Irefore he could i-stch It. ! Rally Set The Victory prayer band will hold a union rally at Pleasan’ Mills Methodist church Sunday i afternoon August 27 at 2 o'clock. |lt was announced today Rev. j James H Meadows of Decatur, toundrf'oi the prayer bard will be the principal speaker. Rev. R W Parsley-of Pleasant Mills Methodist church will be song leader for the event and Mrs. Sherman , N'yffeler will lie the pianist. The , public is invited to attend. ■ ;. „ i Congregation r~* Bloomington-, Aug 24—(tiPl—'About l.oon Boy Scouts from all I parrs of America will hold a three i day conclave starting Aug. 29 on ' the Indiana University campus, observing the 3f>th anniversary of the ' order of the arrow The group is a I brotherhood of experienced campers.

ONLY BAILV M«W**A*W » ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, IndioM, Thursday, August 24,1950

Dr. Hebble: Plans Made For Active Demo r\ " I\ , * Fall Campaign All Candidates to Meet In Berne Plank for an active politick! campaign were announced today by Dr Harry Hubble. Democrat county c hairman, with a meeting . of all committeemen, vic e-commit-teemen. camtldalM and UanwcyaJ oKica holder, to lie held at the Berne town hail next Thursday night. Augu.t -11. at H o'cloc k II The meeting at Berne will Ice the first of a xerieic and will he I held to make plans for the caini paign Dr Hebble ha. i.sjied an ‘ Invitation to all memlters of the : county committee; candidates and also holdover officials. He stated : that there would be a short speak ing program participated in by I candidate, and office holders. Mr. Albert Stghley and E. J Jscliug will have charge of Hie refreshment, and the Herne memliers of the county committee will act a. hosts and hostesses A big turnout ,is expected. Dr. ' Hebble announced and Berne wac selected for the kickoff by a decision of the committee Meetings ' also will Ice held later In Geneva. Monroe and Decatur. Candidate, will be asked for suggestions to be used during the campaign which will terminate November 7 with the general elec tion New poll book, will be distributed and an early poll wilt Ice. taken In every precinct in the county Eel Jaberg. county clerk, will explain the registration law to those present and l egist ration supplies will Tie distributed to the committeemen A general county-wide chec-k-up of voter, will be made so all wlio are not registered can become eligible to vote before the -deadline. The committee al.o will fill several township advisory board vacancies during the evening Youth Admits Leading 'Gang' A 15-year-old boy waa taken in custody Wednesday afternoon as the leader of the gang of eigh boys caught Tuesday night after robbing the Geneva Ball park stand. The IK year-old eonfewced . to bullying the others Into steal' ing around 1200. Os the money taken. I*s waa t eturned, and also a scooter bike. The boy was placed in the custody of the county probation officer, C. H. Muselman. who presided with prosecuting attorney Severin Rchurger at the meeting with the hoya and their parents. All the hoyg were het wren seven and 13 years of age. except the leader. WCATMM Fartly eluudy and eurvtlnued warm tonight and Friday. Law toalgM mg earth. t44d south. High Friday 84-M

Routed In North

Reds Peril Pusan From West In Give And Take Battle For South Korea

By United Press ; Gammuni.t troop* pulled back: wust and northwest of Taegu today. leaving hundred, of dead and the wreckage of tanks, truc ks and guns on the hitterly-dl.puied battlefield. The U. 8. 27th regiment and is! cavalry division and South Korean unit, northwest of Taegu all reported communist withdrawal, in ! their sectors The reds were reported regroup-1 Ing. however, on the front north of Taegu. Col. John (MH>e) Michaelis of (lie 27th said the battle tor the rity i* neither won nor lost. A communist division was reported moving soiith to reinforce the lied spearhead 35 iiiile. west ! erf the U S supply port of Pusan, i Troop, irf the U. 8. 25th division attacked the North Korean salient on Sohuk San ridge today, hoping i<o drive the Beds off the com ■ending ridge before'fresh troops arrive. On the east coast. South Korean troop, advanced against ‘'decreasing’' resistance to, a point 13 miles northwest of liberated Pohang. The masking North Korean divisions jabbed a spearhead down' the TcwcgyiMig*. ppnißgalii,, jc,,apr(nj.; ( hoard to the Mt Ulami of K’ih- ; which lies t> scant 20 miles south- ; west of Pusan, the vital supply port of the allied armies The communist push on a broad ’ arc 30-od<l miles west of Pusan j appeared td indie ate a possible . Hanking drive south of the United i Nations lieachhead byway of Hie Island stepping stone — To the north, other enemy di- ! visions were limping line k from the gates of Taegu after losing hundred, of men in a day-long battle to break through the northwest corner of the beachhead and i overrun the former provisional: capital The enemy also was giving ground on the east coast Korean republican and some American troops were beating the communists farther haclc from the Pohang area ami the best allied airfield in Korea r j I hited Press correspondent . Gene Symonds reported from the southern front that the conimun- ( Ist. were on the move, and the , indicated offensive to crack the U. 8. 25th division defenses ap-1 pea red Imminent at midnight. Symonds reported communist concentrations and movements, at I’iryong. IS miles northwest of Masan. and around Pongam-Nl. 12 miles southwest of N'asan I Throughout the day Thursday ami I Into the night, reports rd enemy movements poured in. It is reported by United Press that Routh Korean troops trained on the scene are being used Inter j changeably with American sol ! diers to reinforce U. 8. units holding the line In Korea, it was announced tonight. _ <On the Naktong river front west of Taegu, the sth U. S. cavalry regiment has been Incorporating Korean replacements on a temporary basis of 15 Koreans 4o each company of SMI-odd Gl'».

Sounded Alarm .— ' Sailors Quake In Fires Wake

By Harman W. Nichols United Press Etaff Correspondent; Leonardtown, Md.. Aug 24 iUPi— It was early last Sunday! morning The volunteer firemen in this . village were 'counting the dimes, quarters and dollars they had gathered at their annual bene fit carnival. They Meje about to lock shop and go home.~ Os a sudden, a couple of sailors busted Into the firehouse and yell*d; “Fire! Fire!” The money-counting etopped and the volunteers rang up at-home > tiremen and soon all went Ko work on the business of dousing k blaze in a department store a tinderbox building beck of the earhWet ground*, tt wes fired up good Nett door to the Are was- another wooden building about 73 feel long It houses a dry goods

1,000 Attend Waterways Being Built r—" — ■■— — - -w- —

i GIN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR greet* Geti. J Lawton Cotltos ilstn thtoU of-army staff jm<l naval opera-.. . lions, a* they arrived in Tokyo

I Notion-Wide Possible That 1 Million ' Will Be Idled By Strikes

By United Press More than Kso.tMHt workers were I thrown off their jobs by strikes ! today as trainmen and conductors I geared for a nationwide walkout that would idle l.ci’U.tHit) railroad employes and countless thousands ot other wotker». ; Strikes spread through the rail, auto, rubber, oil and farm equipment IndustriesThey c|jt deeply into steel pro-. I duction and hampered production 1 ; and transportation ot war materials Industry sources said the sched- ' tiled U. S rail strike, together with' i the three-day old Canadian rgil-, road walkout, threatened to crliv I pie the economy of the entire North ' American continent However, It seemed almost eer-! tain that President Truman would seize the carriers to prevent the : strike set for S a in local standard I lime Monday The brotherhood of railway train men and the order of railway conductors called the walkout yester-' day after White House efforts to: mediate their . 17-month-old wage 1 hour dispute with the railroad* 1 broke down -The strike call involved some 300.000 yard and train worker*. But of the more than I.OOO.IHMi operat their picket lines would Idle all ing and non-operating '■ rail employes. Members of the two brotherhoods alreadv were otl strike against

. store, a notions place and what i v.-e in the sticks call "a country ! store." Not many 'yards away was ia theatre. All of them were in the path of the fire. The Sailors who had turned in the alarm utuck around long •-nough to help put out the fire Then they dueked tor the shadows . and mourned their motorcycle One of them straddled the hind fender piggy-back, a* they made for home base, which was the nearby naval •sir part l !! on the Uatuxettt River By then, it was way after hours By hook or know-how they got i past the guard and cold-sweated it through a sleepless nighi Sunday and church passed and the boys were Nt to he court-J martialed. at least they thought On Monday morning hi* honor Kenneth Duke the pleasant mayor .of t.eonardtown phoned Capt. >' Chari** Lee. a, senior officer a!

‘ terminal and belt lines serving >i Pittsburgh. Chicago. Cleveland. > 1 Louisville and Minneapolia. 26,817 Out Sever l-N Plnb AffßEtEd By Striks i Chicago. Aug: 24. -IUPI — The; (TO united auto worker* went on strike today against two more i f’lants of International Harvests’ j Co and the total of strike-idled toee to 26 817 at seven I H factor i lies' About 4.500 UAW-Cto members, struck at Harvester's Fort Wayne. Ind plant and 3.200 went on strike at the Indianapolis plant. In i both cases, the workers did Tiot show up for this morning's shift . and picket lines were established The union and company were i still attempting to reach a new ~ contract in negotiations here The j old one ezpired Tuesday night. • The strike halted work on a ' J ig government contract for armored personnel carriers being pro ! quce<l at the nearby Melrose Park 111., plant where 4.590 employes went on strike last night Work on an 5H.M4i.000 -contract ! for military truck was halted st Ibjrt Wayne.

Catuxent •'Couple of your boy* our town from destruction by reporting i fire early Sunday morning Who were, they?" The captain admitted he hadn't heard of th* incident., but said he would look into the matter He did The moves faaL It waanT. long before he hisff the twn aailere before him Both saluted smartly The captain gave a Harummpb' The official kind The lads quaked, unofficially "Understand you hoys were out of the town Saturday night.” said . the captain, displaying a twinkle :n hia er*. Yes. Sir " "We have." said th* captain prolonging hi* speech. "Heme* who are not now In combat on Kor*a or over It. or oft shore You fel-. \>wr ar< among tham I nnderstand

Price Four Cents

[ Nearly 1000 farmers witnessed in implement dealers with tractors. discs, plows, and seed drills, actually add two acres of pasture land to the Luther Yager fata ■wo miles west of Berne The dealers plowed up gullies on the IW acre farm, then fertilized and seeded the area with grasses. This gras, will bend when water flows on the surface of the field, allowing the water to flow without eroding th* soil One-half mile of the ftrass waterways waa built -this morning and afternoon Extenscon Project The work was directed by Gerald Walker, soil expert Walker had charge of fertilizing and planting the right grass seeds. The whole job was supervised by L. E Archbold, county agent, who planned the demonstration, together with Luther Yager • Already .seyenU. .Mker • farmer*. ..... have shown interest In.making waterways and ponds on ihelr own farms. This demonstratioa showed them bow to do It. and also showed how much farm land could he saved that is now wasted. Need Explsmed Grass waterways are the biggest need forth« county farmers now. Archbold explained This last winter, with its many rains, ruined many farms. Tiles cannot pos- , sibly carry off all the water from ! a fairly heavy rain, he explained., ! This water moves over the surface. causing. gullies and washouts. wherever there is no grass planted At the Yager farm lhe crowds saw the natural waterways, which bad been gullied by rain far years, plowed up. disced, then fertilized and planted Yager furnished the manure and seed fol demonstration, sml' hlred a bulldozer to do the dangerous work in largo gullies The IK itgMA plement dealers contributed machines for the job Work on the project started sliout Kj.3o this morning and continued until 4 txt this.afternoon It time allowed, a farm pond was to be built just south of Berne Food and pop was sold to the hungry crowd hy members ot the Berne Future Farmers of Amer lea. More than a dozen boys showed up to help out Dealers Help Ca>*. which numbered more than 150 by 10: 3n/.’werer -parked ' by the Berne-French veterans at ricuUure class, .The men stere aided by their new instructor L Gordon Adamson, formerly ot Illinois The work was arranged so that the outfHs wreild he busy, and th* crowd moved from gully to iTsm vw raw* atvi

.that If yon had noT sounded an alarm la Leonardtown the other night the whole village might have gone up in flames There was a blinking of eyes Capt. l*e quoted Mayor Duke as saying the city was grateful, indeed So seas the city council, and the Saint Marys county .armed .’.tonne*. committee. As of Monday, the first time th* whole story came, to light -|W had been donated toward a fund to.en- .... fertain the lad* from the Navr I base Seaman apprentice W T. Haves of Mayfield. N V and airman 1 Sam Hinto* of Laurel, Del., hear |ed sigh* j Both thought they had been * hauled np for being AWOL Roth, tocldentally are mem her e of the airt»a*e flr»-f ight Ing unit - ‘ 'iremen on a night off’