Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 200.

Group Celebrates Its 50th Class Reunion HHI ' |ll I -Vw | K • ' J »’’Wp* 1 r ’ ' J. 1W **•*• .|g * i v-F lw - .■■ Lm - 2a- ' : 4#l' £ Y < *-» - -'%y_ _ ~ ? r -L< -*”' *y» s — - "~ ~ | Hj^^ET. Front ro* extreme left. Mtee Hulda Bleeke. Union township: extreme right, Mr* Topt Harker, of Elkhan . S*i urnl row H to, r » Andrew Thieme. Fort Waym-, lb*t <> 0 Jhihse. pgstotr of St Paul* Lutheran rhiirrh Preble. Bernard Schults, tent her at Immanuel Lutheran nt hool. Mrs. Edwin Steele. Ohio- CitjL Third row (I t> r I Chari** Bittner. Hoot township: Adolph S< harnei lob I >••• itur, John Blakey. I nion township; join Ffolle. Fort Wayne . ix*wl* Koldewey. !»e» atur ' ' * An event unique j? not unparalleled in the history of the i bnrt h look place* Sunday. August'ti. at tin- Inuhanm I Lutheran church in Union township when a (Johieii Jubilee aerrice honored the confirmation < of IMH> The Rev 4). C Buhsp. pallor of the St. Paul s Lutheran church at Preble who conducted t b « morning service honoring the < onfirmand* tatod that in hi« knowledge there has never been an entire class i|v Hi-g t.i celeb*ate a golden anniversary To make affair even more (intiHiial the wives and husbands of the members are also living In his message Rev Busse used the theme of Rc-f’onsocratlon anff Paid tribute to the ifiombera who have remained at Immanuel for their ■l-nhr to the churc h through the years The class of ten wan confirmed on April N. IMO by the Rev WilHam S« hmift who was pastor of Immanuel church.at-that time Mrs Steele wk the former Bertha Krueckeberg of Union township, and Mr- Harker was tin former Kiana Resell, who lived north of Mon- ’ Toevrite .. .... L— - - Memb. r of the < lass and their wives and Ittisbamls attended a dinner aerved in s< h«nd adjoining /he church at! noon. In tfie afteriwmhi bast families and menkliera of the rohgregal ion joined them in an afternoon get together of remtaiaring Adolph Srhamei ioh ami John Pdakey were chairmen. for the event When plans were being made to h« Id the celebration Mr. Schnmerloh began a search for Mrs Harker, who had moved away and loaf tom h with the « lass soon after her confirmation Following a lead that a family named . Harker had moved ta_Jtprthrrn Indiana. Mr* "Sehamwrloh and family made a trip north -and after several contact* with various person*.he eventually found Mrs Harker living near Elkhart Lawrence Ehrman of Fort ‘Mayne, the one member of the class not shown was unable to be present when the idcture was taken-

Morines Adams County Reservists Leave For Duty Today

Eighteen Marine Reservist* from ■ Adams county left at noon today I for Ft. Wayne to report for active duty: they will leave tonight 'tit s o’clock for (’amp -Pendleton.Ocean-' side. Calif , near San Diego. for advanced training This evening the group will parade with a large band front the Naval armory to the Nickle Plate station Martina '-at 5:3» o'clock Six of the hoys started working full time at the armory August 14 to help load their hug gave op trains' to camp They were Clair "Pete" ' Reynolds. William Callow, .lames Bassett. Tom Troutner. Larry Jennings, and John Doan. Jr The reservists will leave with Comoan y 11. Dilh Inf batalUon. I' 8 Marine Reserves. Company II was organized in Fort Wayne In 194 H High school boys, recent : graduates, and veteran's are mem . hers of the outfit The unit will not ro through basic, since It has completed two summer training periods, hut Will '-taft immediately i

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on advanced training • One high school boy. Clair ' Pete" Reynolds, is included tn the group from Decgtur. Another. Vic Strickler. obtained a -deferment, to finish school He will finish his senior .year in January All reservists called to duty must be given their old jobs, when they 1 ret urn=feom service This Is also guarantied by the goverhment for mlisltes and-draftees. Tiecatrtr boys who-wHi reporf are Cpi Jim Roop. Pfc's "Pete" Reynolds. Jim Bassett. Kenny and Larry Jennings, Kenny' Roop. Richard Braun, privates John Doan. Bill Cyllow. Tom Trimmer. Bob McGill. Delane Bowman. Rii hard Peterson, and George Gilbert. Other county young nun called are Lt. Claren Neuenschwander. Jefferson high school coach. Pfc. Floyd Ehlerdlne of Monmouth, prl rate Rd of Pleasant Mills, and Sgt Dwight Roth, ofj route *. ' -

Expect Iranian To Take Over Rail System ’IUI u T I N Washing***. *«» M-—(UP) President Truman today order rd federal Miaurw ad the railread* In order to prevent an» tlonwide strike. Hjr Vnited Press The V S. expectantly awaited presidential action to avert a nationwide railroad strike while the Canadian rail walkout struck deep Into that nation'* economy today. Management, union and government sources generally agreed that President. Truman will seise the railroad*, appeal for new toplevel negotiation* or take some other action to avert the walkout of 300.000 trainmen and conductor* net for •> a. m. local atandard time .Monday. They said White House Intervention was Inevitable. The president remained silent about hi* plan*, but promised a statement later. Th.- senate labor comlttee met today to consider’ legislation to han railroad walkout*, bat moat committee member* appeared lukewarm toward the proposal now. 5 In Canada, reliable sources said the cabinet planned to consider legislation, to outlaw nationwide strike* In puhjlc utilities. Hut leaden of I2t.»m» striking Canadian rail,workers said the striker* would not be coerced into ending the sirijte started Tuesday. Frank 11. Hall, a union spokesman. said the 15 International unlotta involved in the dispute would re-open negotlatioa* "if the- rail- , way* make the first move.” Meanwhile, the numlter of worker* Idled by the Canadian strike climbed swiftly toward the 2<0.ihhi mark, and warship construction in eight shipyard* wa* "seriously affected.’* A mercy train wa* loaded to rush seriously needed food supplies to isolated Atikokan. tint., and plane* ferried milk to several communities. More than 100.000 rail, auto, oil. rubber and farm equipment workers were' Idled in the I’. S More than 35.000 of the total were off the job liecause of five-day strike* called by the trainmen's and conductors’ unions against five short-line and terminal roads. Other strikes Idled nearly 37.000 International Harvester company worker*, a simitar ' number at Packard Chrysler and Jtuhl Rons in Iletrolt. 4.500 at the fietrolt plant of V. S. Hubber company, and .1.700 at the Shell oil company refinery, at Roxana, 111. However, about SoO worker* returned to their Jolts at the Harvester plant In Richmond, Ind., when the International Farm Equipment. Worker* union reached n new wage agreement with the firm

Roundup Royal Bolliager Reported Wonted h Korea Actioe

Pfc. Royal D. Bollinger, son us, Mr and Mrs Artie Bollinger, all MH Dierkes street, was reported] today as slightly wounded In action August 13 In Korea. Pfc. Bollinger Is 20 years old. Before enlisting two years ago he srorßed tor McConnell tt Son. wholesalers. Bollinger was went oversea* to Japan Just four months after he joined the army. He serves with the Ist Cavalry division. Ills parents first knew he was In Korea when they received a letter dated July Swap Stories Highllgi ts of the trip and exlierlences at the international Jamboree of the Hoy Scouts at Valley Forge last July, were related by Dan Thomae and Rognle Secaur before the Rotary club last evening The two scouts were sponsored by the Decatur duh. youthful fashion, the scout* told how- the boys swapped articles ■ among themselves and reported that it was a lot of fun. Robert Ashbaucher was chairman of the program. Improved Sheriff Herman Howman Is reported ■•feeling better" this morning after his leg amputation at the Lutheran hospital. Ft. Wayne. Wednesday. The doctors examined the leg fop the first time this morning since the amputation He hopes to lie home within a week’s i lime

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, T "I. i mi is—Mssmuw.—i. mi i an ■ n „ , Allies Attack On All Fronts; 2nd Infantry Division Is In Action As Unit For First Time

Tokyo. Saturday, Au*. M—<Vf| —The allies counterattacks* Mjß around the rim ntl the Korfib beachhead today. They cut <PV* communist pepetrutkMM aortl it Taegu, staggered an enemy rv ment in the last Nekton* hridj*head and slightly bent back MP end* of the north Korean lina. K, The C. 8. 2nd infantry dlvMif* went into action for the first flaw a* a unit. It stormed the comma*Ist bridgehead on the east hank «t the Naktong id mile* southwual Ut Taegu, cut the main enemy supplr line, and all but enveloped tfe* pockut. •They ran from a*." said Capl. John L. Blackwell of Abilene, Teg.. who led the Gl charge. “Tbay would not fight " Gea. noagla* MacArthur, tn M» first midnight communique in several day*, reported early today that the allies "coutiatted to eliml nate enemy Infiltration north at Taegu." It wa* in thgt sector, that allM tanka, plane* and troop* hammMv rd at two to three communist division* which bad wedged into the line at lam places. The north Korean* seised Mt. Pugye, 15 Utile* northeast of Taegu, and la a nearby sector 24 mile* northwest of Taetni dented the Korean republic deMat Arthur reported that about 150 communists, the sole anrrtsorn of a big force which had speared within 10 mile* of Taegu, had been herded into a walled cMy about nine mile* north of Taegu. Farther east. Korean republican* opened a broad attadk aboUg Ah hang, aimed at elimlnatlhg. tie threat to the east coast port and It* nearby airfield, the best in the allied beachhead The right and center of the two south Korean division* pressed forward, while the left flank ran Into a counter attack which shoved it back At th* other end of the beachhead line, troop* of the U 8 25th division advanced under cover of an artillery barrage and shoved 300 , communists off a strategic hill. MacArthur's corampektue reported that air scout* spotted tour mnle-bauled artillery piece* near the junction of the Naktong and Nam river* west at Pn*an Such activity might indicate that th* communist* were running out of ga». \ The attack on the so-called Ifyoapung bridgehead southwest of Taegu by Maj. Gen. Laurence B Keiser'* 2nd division appeared to be the liveliest action of the day Allied plane* swarmed out at 1

School Daza ' With the long summer almost I over, the first inclination of fall was revealed today by W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, who announced regie tratioa dates. School opens next Monday when the senior* register; ' Tuesday la reserved for the juniors, sophomore*. Thursday and fresh--1 men Friday. Hours will be from 1 » am to I p.m. Eighth grade | students will report Saturday. Sep ' (ember 2. • am., and seventh grader* the same day at Hl o'clock. Accounting The trustees of the Decatur MeI mortal Foundation. Inc., will meet Monday at 7 3(1 at the First State Bank. C. C. Pumphrey, president. , announced today Quarterly reports will be given by the committee* and a total compiled of the paid-in Mr. Pumphrey said: The , last report showed cash receipt* 1 exceeding 1C2.2U0 Dress Right Oklahoma City. Okla., Aug. 25— (IIPI-Some member* of the 45tb division ar* wearing sports shirt* and civilian trousers on active duty, but military police don't care. Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, division commander, explained that heavjr enlistment* have caused a shortage of regulation uniforms "The men do not hav* to wear - uniform* until the army* tsetse* | them." Styron said "Tbav will not he required to buy their own.*'

■Bawa from Japanese and south Koruaa base* and Joined arUllery In a me retie** bombardment of the enemy. Counter attacking infantry were reported ndvaaclng up the mq|mni or mi. I'mrya*. . The communist* • witched their main effort to the northee*! of Ta* ga after battering in vain tor a groek at the American 27th regiment holding the northern gateway to the dty. —,B*t the rod* kept enough troopa aad gaa* north of Taegu to throw back an attempted Joint Americansouth Korean counterattack today on the mala "bowling alley” highway 15 mile* above the etty. The south Korean* launched an offensive of their own on the east Mast north of Pohaag with their 3rd and cepltol division* today, bet the left flask ran smack Into a simultaneous tank-led red attack that slammed it back 2.000 to 3.MP yards. A spokesman at *th army headquarter* In- Korea announced the south Korean 17th regiment's withdrawal north of Kigye. eight miles northwest of Mtang. He bad no detail*. Carrier plaaes and the gun* of American warship* were supporting ike south Korean offensive closer to th* coast six mile* above Pohang Fifth air -torro! pilot • who! flew over the area said both enemy had allied forces seemed to be * I tacking. The south Korean offensive was! designed to eliminate once and for all the threat to the big Americanheld Pobang airfield, til miles south of the port, and get it back late operation aa a fighter base It i* used now only for the landing es supplies. Only local skirmishes were reported from the southern front some 35 miles west of the key pupply port of Pusan today, hut intelligence reports indicated element* of two to four communist divisions. 20.000 to 4d,MM) men. Thursday Demo Women Pledge Aid In Campaign

Plan* for a serie* of meeting* and a pledge to the Adam* county Democratic central committee of cooperation were the highlight* of the first tall meeting of Adatg* county Democratic women's club at Decatur high school Thursday night. Mr* Charles I»«e president of the group, IHahked the women for their cooperation and urged all of them to get a* many new member* as possible for the fall campaign. The women pledged their cooperation to the bounty committee'and went on record a* willing to assist in registration, poll taking and other work in connection, with the activities prior to the November general election Mis* Rose Nesswald stated that her committee would have a slate of officer* to place before the group st the September meeting Election of officers will be the first order of business at the September confab, the time and place of which will be announced later. Mrs Ruby Ware, state vice chairman. told Mr*. Lose In a letter that her department would be glad to help tbe local club tn planning activities and also would send prominent speaker* to the tali meeting*. Work will start at once in securing new members with a goal of 25 women from each township In Adam* county Waterways Project Pictures Inside tmplement dealer*. L. E Archbold. county extension agent- G PWalker, soil expert from Purdue University, and about l.dW> interested farmer* were instructors and spectator* at the Luther Yager farm Thursday for the waterway projeet Picture* of the event will be found on page 1 along with other rural new*

Army Reports Draft Calls To Increase

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Export Os Sugar Io Be Restricted - Washington, Aug 25—(VP)— The export of sugar from rhe United State* will be restricted beginning Sept. 1. the commerce department announced today. A'denartment statement said that on Sept. 1 sugar will be placed on the export control "positive" list and validated licenses will be re- • quired for its export to all destina i lions, except Canada "This action i* being taken go! that recent sugar purchases by thei department of agriculture tn ,meert U. S. requirements will pot be dis- j siptfled." the statement read.*’ • The agriculture department re cemly announced it had contracted, for eitu.nrui tons of current., crop; sugar from Cuba. The commerce department reported that world prices of sugar, currently above the V S. • Twrw Tw t*a«e at*l

Defense Department Asks ‘Draft Medic’ Okay

Washington. Aug 25. —(UP!-— The defense department asked congress today for authority-Io draft doctor* and dentists up to age 45 First to go would be men who were trained at government expense hut | who never served Defense secretary I-oui* Johnson "said that unless congress give* him this authority before adjourning he will be forced to recall to duty in the next several months "substantial numbers" of reserve doctor* who he saRT served long and loyally in World War IL ('hairman Carl Vinson of the house armed service* committee said he would introduce immediately a doctor-draft bill submitted by Johnson He set opr n hearings on it to start Monday Tbe defense request came on the

Stote Po/io Cases Indianapolis. Aug. 25. —(UPi — Today's polio total* in Indiana since Jan. 1 compared with tbe same date last year: ■ •-. No. of Cases Deaths Counties 1950 131 _1 S 61 1949 553 53 *« New cgse* reported today: None WKATHCR Partly cloudy tonight, ecottered thundershower* central and south. Slightly cooler extreme north. Saturday partly elwody and eealer north, wido-ly-ocatterod thundershowers. Moderately warm. and humid south. Lew tonight M-M north. *2 0* south High bat urday 70-75 north.

Mrs. km Fisher Dies Thursday Mrs. lona E King Fisher. 72. died > at nine o'cteck last night at the home of a daughter. Mr* W F. Cowens of Petroleum She had been an invalid for the past year and a half Death wa* attributed to complications. Mr* Fisher had lived her entire lite In Weli* county and resided iin Bluffton for 25- years She was I a member of the First Methodist I church in Bluffton She was born November 10. 1577. > the, daughter of Marion and Mary ! Jane Stine King On February 23. I ISSS. she was married to Orval L I Fisher, who preceded her in deaths in 1»44 I Surviving in addition to the l daughter with whom she made her f home is another, daughter. Mrs. U1 A. Cowen* of ihl* city. 7 grand | children and 4 great-grandchildren I' (Twrw -SW rmse *S«I

heel* of reports from army sources that future draft call* will be "much larger" than the SO.tWls-a-month quotas of September and - October While they would not predict how high the quotas will go. there , were indications tbe quotas might , go as high a* lito.omsmen-e-month The draft-doctor and higher quo , ta move* followed an official army . call for 47.0 w more enlisted ret serves in the 19 through 35 age . group This would increase to log.SH the number of enlisted reserve* , recalled to active duty thus far. As for the draft doctor request. . Johnson said few doctors or dentist* have volunteers tor service i 'Under the defense department bill, which Johnson said bad White - House approval. President Truman

F—d >tnd Ts Mtaroe 4-H Fair Shorn Over SI,OOO Profit For Hi Throe-Bay Fair

The 4-H fair In Monro* cleared 61.479 05 during Its three day operation. Aug. 7-9.a letter from the extension off he staled this week Most of the money was made by the food stand, operated by’the home economics club sad the S * E leader* of the fsrm bureau, which cleared more than SLIK» The fonts cost 5M5 5u to rent; insurance cost 5155*0 : printing and-mailing the catalogue. 5274; clerical help. 5150; other printing, besides catalogue. 5<A54: parade. 5115 Wr-4-ll stand supplies, 51355.19 Total expense* were 52.922.53: total income was 54.401 SI Township contribution* amounted to 51.05533; the Decatur Chamber <»f Commerce gave SIM. Berne Chamber of Commerce gave fOO: the Geneva Boosters club 525: miscellaneous gift*. 513455; resale nt Pig* 597. M. sale of arts In catalogue. 5*5; sale of display' spa'e 5354 95 food stand. 52.475 4* Ll-ted above are contribution* found in a letter to exten-ion (Conflnned on Page Reveal

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Washington Aug 25—(VP)— Future draft call* will be "much larger " than the M.MAa-moath quota* of September and October, army *ource« reported today They smuM not predict how’ high the qnota* sriil go There were indicatioos. however tAat they will be increased by at least 5» percent and may well reach a* high a* IM.aoo-meu-w month The increase In draft quota* wa* diarkxwd in the wake ed an afficial army call for 47.M0 mare enlisted reserve* In the Stt through 35 age graap This would lacrvase U> IM.OM the number of enlisted renerve* recalled to active duty tbns far. None of those affected by Ike new reserve call are member* of organised unit* All of them win be in training camp* by Nov lit. Moat will report by Oct. >5. It was egpected that the recall of these enlisted would gull immediately ia a rail fiM"' wurfe rwMW’ee uffßaßwr- To -date ■ *.432 reeerve offieer*—want .of them captain* and Ueateaaats—have been ordered te.actlv» detv All these mobtliantkMi’move* ate part of the army'* drive to pat more than l.ane.Mti in unHorm by nest June 3». Here to the sftaMion in the other service* ■ The navy driving io add PM.toto officer* and men to its pre-Korean 375,tt0d total, ir has already called 53,000 reoerve* and will call 35, 000 more Recruitment of an additional 15.500 a month to expected to supply the rest The air force—expanding toward a 5*k.000-man goal, it wa* working on plans io call up three or four air national guard group* The marine corp* —the corp* began sending <wt order* this week to some 50.000 reserve officer* and I meti in an effort to boost marine strength to 174,00# men by year'* , end 1 . Selective service headquarter*, meanwhile revealed thpi *oma draft board* are now flying draftee* ito induction station* for physical-, examination* and subsequent induction Into the service

could order special registration and Induction of men "qualified In need-ed-professional. technical, scientific. specialist and other occupational categories who have not yet reached tbe age of 45 ' This covers a Tort more territory than doctors and dentists- However, Johnson apparently intended it to cover—at least at this time—only these two professions A def- nse department spokesman s •aid the broader language wgs used to take care of possible needs In the future for other scientific or professional men - tn the army's new reserve call none cd those affected member* of organised units. All will be in training camps by Nov 19. Most will report by Oct 25.