Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. Na. 210.

AMERICANS AGAIN FORCED BACK AT TAEGU

■ "' ■— f 11 Council Makes Reduction In Proposed Rate

$7,000 Reduction By County Council Effects Slosh In Proposed Tax Rote The county council lopped *pproxitnataiy $7,000 from th* county'* advertised budget of $215,2*3. effecting ■ twoeent cut in the proposted 1951 tai' rute. Thurman I. brew, county auditor announced today -With a cut of one and one-half ceutM in the county welfare department'* rat* from ISA* cent* to I? rente, total reduction* tn the levtea amount to three and onehalf cent*. However, the rat# payable ia 1951 will be six eeats higher than the current county levy, which includes the levies for the general fund, the county hospital and the welfare department. The rate will be 80 cent* on each lb»o of taxable*, compared to 74 cent* - thia year The Adam* county memorial hoa- ~ pltais badger of 9195.579. was up proved by the council Operating Income from the hospital i, eati mated at S3O 600. leaving a balance of m;«en to be made up by taxes. This will i«quire an eight-cent levy, one cent under the current rate Compaeiaan Os Rate* The county general fund rale will be four cents higher next year, unless a reducttea tat mad* by I*o- - adjuster* next week, when Ute official body convenes co review th*, levies The three levies which comprise the county'* rat* for 1951. compared to those paid' this year, on each sl«* of'taxable*, follow: Fund 1950 Rate 1951 Rat* County general file 55c Hospital • 09c Me Welfare *■ 14c 17c Total 74c ' . *fo<? . The recreation fund rale of two cents applies only to the townships and Is nut levied on taxable property lit Decatur. Berne, and Geneva Tlie establishing of a revolving ditch fund of s2s.mm and appropriating tlX.Stm for 1951 repairs of ]p bridges In the county were two factors for the Increase in the county’s general fund rate. Mr brew explained. Thia year the bridge repair appropriation is $lO, 000. The ditch fund will eventually revert back to the county treasury. Th* welfare department's budget ' totals $233,437. a boost of $17,000 i_. 4>xrtflhis year When it was comidled the conntVs 1943 property valuation was used. The next year s valuation Is $36.192.060 and the 17 cent rate will produce approximately $«0.oo0. figured a* the county's share for old age benefits and aid to orphaned children The highway department'* bud get was cut SIO,OOO. Th* salary of the superintendent was fixed at $2,700. The request was for $3,090, No tax is levied for road*, a* the county receive* It* funds for this department from th* stat* gasoline tax Local Lady's Brother Dies At Mancie Home Henry Stricken,. 45. brother of Mr*. Joe Kelley, of thte city. died unexpectedly' Wednesday of coronary occlusion at his home. 917 East Sixth street ■ M uncle, where lie was night foreman at th* Wart.»r Gear plant. Surviving ar* his wife; thre* ' sons. Eugene and Richard, both of Muncie, and James, at horn*: one daughter. Janet, at home, hi* parent*. Mr and Mrs Hubert Smekcn» of Bluffton: one brother. CleBien Smeken* of Bluffton; and • lire* sister*. Mrs. Kelley of this . <ity. Mrs Kay Bayles* of Bluffton and Mis* Victoria ftmekena of Antwerp. Belgium Funeral *ervIce* will he held at 19 a m. Friday •* cl the Meek* funeral home In Mun cle. WEATHER Generally fgfr north portion through Friday. Not quite •* eool tonight. Low tonight SO--55 north, 55-90 aouth.’ High Friday 7500.

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-t- - Chat By President _ • On Saturday To Outline Plans r By Government On Economy Controls " Washington. Sept. T — (UP)— President Traman will tell Americans Saturday night how much belt- ' tightening they will have to do in the critical days ahead . In a fireside chat to be broadcast J from the While House, the Freni- . dent will outline government’s plans for controlling the economy. ’ Exact time of the speech has not ' been determined Mr. Truman told a news confer ■ rnce today he expects to sign In a ’ few days the economic controls bill. 1 Presumably that will be before the Saturday, night broadcast Th* bill-gives Mr. Truman authority to control prices and wages. ' to institute rationing, allocate scarce materials and curb installment buying At present. Mr. Truman said, he ’ ia not considering creating an * economic stabilisation agency to ‘ control prices and wages. Ail ' along, the President has said be doesn't Intend to use this power, He also spiked a published report ( that W Stuart Symington, chair- • 1 man of the national security resources board, has been deslgnat ' I ed as boss of defense moblllxatidh. | Despite the President's remark. Symington is expected (outlay a big part In the economic drive to gear . the country for any emergency , which might spread beyond (he ■ Korean crisis. . Chapman Lashes At ' Senator’s Charges Dares Schoeppel To Give Up Immunity ] Washington. Sept 7 II’PI — I Interior secretary Oscar L. Chap- , man with tears of anger ,in his . eyes today dared Sen Andrew F. , Schoeppel to give up his congres- , elonal Immunity front libel action . and repeat charges reflecting on . Chapman's loyalty. i Addressing the Kansas RepubI lican at a senate interior committee hearing. Chapman accused him . of using, the Soviet technique of f “the ’big lie'” to “smear" the I secretary's reputation with "naked , untruths." . » '"I dare you." Chapman said in . an emotion choked voice, "to re- . more your cloak of congressional Immunity and sit in this chair ami read your statement." Schoeppel had accused Chapman of striking out the loyalty affidavit In taking an oalh of office andjpfjnakine a 'deal" with a forher lobbyist for communist Poland J. H. Randolph Feltus to plug statehood for Alaska. He charged , that Chapman had belonged to ' some t-ommunlst front orgxnlxaHons. Chapman demanded and got today's chan, c to reply. He denied ‘ the chargee, offered documentary 1 proof that he had signed loyalty * affidavits. and gave the Kansan one of the bitterest verbal lash- * Ings ever aimed by a cabinet mem- - I>er -at a senator. I Staring at Schoeppel. Chapman > said that "propagandist* for Bov- ■ let Russia are not the only ones ' who are skilled In the use of the ■ 'hlg He'." At -the outset he said ' that after 17 years In public service all he has to leave his family "Is mx.Mbputation." “Am] %y the grace of God," he said. ‘*no man In the senate or anvwhere else Is going to attack it if 1 can help It and defend myself." Chapman attributed Schoeppel'* attack on him to a “malicious and <Tum T* Faws Five)

Truman Makes Appearance To Marine League Truman Apologizes For His Chaka Os Language In Remark Washington. Sept I,— (UP) — President Truman called unexpectedly today on marine* In convert Hon here and told them in person he hope* there never will be any "misunderstanding" between them again Mr. Truman yesterday apologised to the marines fur hi* "unfortunate choice of language" In describing them as the “navy'* police force " . as. k~ **u* $ •»!>■ y Big* luRMw aa unmjiiEuuit ■ visit to the convention of the marine corp* league here. Delegates who only yesterday were shouting criticism of the President for Ms statement* turned in o applauding supporters today The chief executive barged in unexpectedly, accompanied by Gen. Clifton B. Cates, commandant of jhe-jnarjnc corps. "-ikfe' in the marine corps admire courage, especially personal courage." said Cate* a* he Introduced the President ip the cheering delegates Mr Truman, grinning and waving his hands, charmed the onceangry league members with his opening remarks: "yon succeeded In salicin* me over here*" The President went on In a homey way that there are Incident* sometimes that appear to be "ah most the end of the world when they happen, but they turn out In the end to be good for all concerned." Then turning to the more serious side, he said that the thing he wanted most was "a unified effort' for peace." " ; The President said this effort seemed approaching consummation 'uiftil June "IS when thi borth Koreans invaded the south Korean republic. Speaking slowly. Mr. Truman said he then faced the decision of supporting the United Nations or "backing out and surrendering" "You know what the decision was because I don't think atty other way.' he said. "I hope this organisation will support the Piesident of the United States In his effort to get peace In the world The applause this time was deaf<trtng "The President then added he wanted the members of the marine I corps league to be aware that there are many unjustified attacks being made today on men in public office and that most of these attack* tTeew Te Pau* Klabo Man's Memory Is jarred By Draft Union, S. C„ Sept. 7—(UPI — The local draft board received this note front a registrant: "This is to let you know that I am married and have one child. Would have notified you sooner hut hadn't noticed It until they started to drafting. jDdrcn vonitiiucs For Local Soldier Murder Warrant Is Issued For C. E. Roy Salina. Kan.. Sept. 2— (UPi — Saline .county sheriff Fred Bell said today that warrants charging first degree murder have been issued tor Charles E. Ray. Decatur. Ind., and Cpl Charles Potts, 22. . St. Francisville, in.. .. Bel) Mid .Pott* was held In the Saline county jail. The sheriff Mid Pott* signed a statement In which he admitted that he and Ray robbed James Glenn Raftery. 49. Salina restaurant supply salesman, of S2OO and then shot him. Ray has not yet been apprehended He I* AWOL from Fort Riley, Kan., where he and Potts were stationed Bell said Investigation revealed that a third soldier had no part in the slaying. The sheriff Mid the third man had been told of the crime. He said the soldier had been released to Fort Riley authorities, to be held as a material witness

Decotur, Indiana, Thursday, September 7, 1950

She's Proud Os Her Husband üBBMBKo ■* TLb? nwsaab ■ VERY PROUO is'Mrs. Marjorie van Roven, 23. as she holds son Jimmy. 1. and a photo of b><r husband, J.t Paul van Boren, in San I Mateo. Cal. IA Van Boven flew a helicopter to reacue an American 1 Mustang pilot forced down liehlnd enemy lines in South Korea In I what Maj Gen. Frank Lowe termed "the finest example of a rescue operalfbn I have ever seen" Saved was ..Lt. Robert Wayne.

i Gnmciliiim Rodvco I ’ v " -ir. , I Rgcmlioii Budget Sharp Stash Mode By County Council After a long, spiritml battle in . which the two sides to the ques- , lion of whether or not lo leptin the recreation department Jntat t i were adequately expressed, the] county council late Wednesday trimmed that unil's budget by slightly more than half 1 Two other budgets were left intact. the hospital ami the county | surveyor, but councilman reduced : the counly highway department's! budget -by ,$19,700. from the I , $163,530 sought. ~ I This-iaiter item, however, will i , not affect the local tax rate as the ‘ amount is supplied by The state ] . gasoline tax and automobile li- { eense fees. The hospital will retain the eight-cent tax rate sought to meet the anticipated deficit for operation of the institution for 1951. approximately $23,900. The surveyor's budget of $25.610, which was approved, included $1(1.900 for new machinery. Next Monday the county tax adjustment board will meet to review all rates and to determine whether they are within the statutory limitations. This will include all departmental rates as pwell as those for the city of Dec»tur, towns of Herne. Geneva and Monroe, libraries and schools. Then will follow a review of all Tates a "representative”of the state lioard of tax commissioner* This hearing date has not a* yet l>een set. The slicing of the recreation budget climaxed action both for and against the department, notale ly filing of petition* and remop t strances with the councilmen Appeals were made to the coun1 cil by Interested partlgs, includinx i • the appearance Tuesday of Dale] 1 W McMillen, chairman of the • board of the Central ■ pany and head of the McMillen foundation e ’ It was the McMillen Foundation 1 which was instrumental in the 1 Instigation of the recreation pro 1 grhm In the county when half the 1 salary and operating costs were 1 paid by that group. However, this appropriation was ' eliminated this year, and the rec ' reatlon department depended, on ' the ctytncll to approve Its rate of tour cent* to restore this lost sum 1 Ostensibly, the foundation's pur--1 pose was to get tba program started. then tor It to be absorbed as ' a county entity. 1 Councilmen reduced practically ' all Item* on the budget, beginning 4T<**w Te raee nisi •

Cotholic School Enrollment 400 Enrollment In the Catholic schools reached an even 400 today. Sr. si. Agnes, principal, aniiounced: Ony wtudent enrolled in the high school, making a total ot 121 in ' ritht department in the grade* ' 4*o pupils enrolled In the second and- two in the fourth. Increasing the enrollment to 279. All classes, were organised yes terday and regular schedules were lielng carried out today. St Akims ] stated. ; ; — Another Auto Firm Grants Wage Boost GE Talks Open In Washington Today By United Press Kajaer-Frazer Corp fell in line today with other automakers granting wage Increases tothelr workers. Meanwhile. General Electric and . the CIO Electrical Workers opened government-sponsored peace talks under the threat of new strike action. Government mediators also sought to settle disputes affecting •he government-operated railroads and the strike-bound farm equipment industry. In an unusual "memorandum of agreement." Kaiser-Fraser and the r'to Untretf Auto Workers agreed on an eight-cent hourly wage isMtst, additional four-rent annual in> rease* and a coet-of-Hvlng pay scale over a five-year period TU agreement will go into effect as soon a* a formal contract is signed A company spokesman said the memorandum was Issued to .halt a wave of wildcat strikes among the company * 16,00(1 em- ] ploye*. The agreement left Studebaker Corp the only firm that ha* not joined the parade of auto producers granting. boosts this summer General Motors. Chrysler.- Ford and Packard previously agreed to hike wages As General Electric talks open ed In Washington at the call of federal mediation tjtief Cyrus S Ching, chairman James B.' Carey of the electrical workers unjon warned that 23.000 GE workers may join 32.000 a|ros>4y on strike ' Negotiations were resumed at Moline. HI.. In an effort to settle a strike of 13.000 UAW member* against Mvan Dear* and Co. plants id Illinois and lowa. U 8 conciliators arranged tor resumptloa of the talk*, whirh broke oft last tTora -ee *ta«e •»>

First Cavalry Division Falls Back To Within 7 Miles Os Key Korea City

CHy Mas Purchase Trad For Parking Consider Purchase Os Area Near River In a move to aUeviate much of. the downtown congestion and to] facilitate parking, the city council, has authorised city attorney Robert 8. Anderson to draw up a contract ] tor the purchase ot a tract of land), near the river. The property, a little more than an acre bounded on t»s north by Jackson street, on the east by the river, on the south by Monroe street, and west by the alley next to the A and P store, I* owned by Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Kalver and Roy Kalver Mayor Doan and city councilmen have long been aware of the parking problem and have forwarded several plins to correct this situatton especially since the free park- ■; Ing lot on First street wa» reduced in siteThe new property, to be purchaa- • ed by the city tor sl2.s<m should the conlract be consummated, will .allow parking for approximately ] 200 cars, officials estimate. It will be used as a permanent . free parking lot and the city will - grade and improve the property a* well as Install lighting fixtures. Later on It is planned that the area trill be blacktopped. The Mie barn, which currently sits on the property, will be removed by Kalver. a* will the fence alongside the lot. A tentative propoMl suggested ] by Kalver to the council would re- ] quire a down payment ot $3.000 ; and the remainder to be paid In yearly Installments of from SI,OOO to $3,000, at the city’s discretion When onebaif the amount Is, paid the deed to the property will be given to the city a* weg a* a mortgage for? the reniuHlng amount ' , The city will meet the payments for the purchase .of the Monroe street property out of parking I meter funds which official* state, will amply cover the yearly sum* tyal will be due Should the contract be signed, it - will end a long search by officiate to care for parking ot the Increased number of vehicles The last census showed a 1.200 increase in the number of automo- < biles in the county, and officiate ex-| pect a further Increase of 30 percent within the next decade span Jt is with this in mind that the city has tacitly accepted Kalver’s proposal, for as one councilman stated. "It's about the last avail able property In the downtown area." ’ * No Decided Change In Korea-Truman Remaps On Fighting At Press Conference Washington. Sept. 7— (UPi — President Truman Mid today there has been no material change in our main defenee line In Korea In the last 10 day*. Mr. Truman conceded that the North Korean* had broken through at several point*. But he predicted at hl* news conference that they would be pushed hack to their former positions by the end of the week. Mr Truman's remark* about the fl|(hting iti Korea followed a reporter's quest tor some general presidential statement on the. relent Imol news from the Korean front. The president at first declined to say anything. But he added as an afterthought that there ha* been no material change in our main line in 10 day* Told that a lot of people thoucht United Nation* force* had been pushed hack. Mr. Truman said several point* have been crashed But. he Mid. these Red advances ar* being pushed back to former ground* Then he Mid ■r»f* T» row* ata*

- - — — i— ~ t Veto For Red Control Bill IsPromised i McCarron Bill For’ Communist Control Opposed By Truman Washincton. Sept. “.—(UP) — President Truman announced today that he will veto the MeCarran communist control bill if it get* through congress Defiant,- senatorial supporter* of the sweeping cateh-ali measure promptly promteed to tty to override such a veto. Mr. Truman made the veto announcement at his weekly news conference. He opposes the MeCarran bill because he think* it would jeopardise the political rights of everybody, not just communist* . But its proponent* contend it i» essential to the country's internal security Sen Pat McCarrkn. D. Nev . directing debate for the bill ia the senate. Mid “I am going right ahead " Senate Republican lender Keu neth 8. Wherry. Neb., said th* Preaident'a veto threat "i* a reason why we should ph**" the MH Sen. Homer Fercaatm. B-, Mkb, noted that coacreaa haa “the pew er to decide what Mil* we will pas* over hi* veto." And Ben. Karl E. Mnadt. IL. 8. D„ commented that "either congress can override the veto or the communists can override the country." The MeCarran measure contain* provisions draft by Ferguson and , Mundt. I Biker congressional development,:' Meat —■ Representative* of. the Great Atlantic A Pacific Tea company and Safeway Stores. Inc . told senate Investigator* that meat prhe boost* in their stores have ]been ’ They denied a suggestion that chain Mores are keeping meat, prices high, in order to assure high ceilings if price control* are impo*ed. Truman-Taft— Sen Robert A. Taft. R. 0., charged this week that (Tero Te Feu* Five I Allied Ptones Roar Into Korean Attack One Os Largest Air Attacks Os Warfare Tokyo, Bepl. 7—(UPi— Allied light bomber* and fighters attacked an enemy motor convoy and massed Red tanks lietore dawn today, raising their 30-hour total ot tank* destroyed :or damaged to at least 59. Meantime new flight* ot plane* roared toward Korea to jpuah mm at the Mggeet Mr attack*.of the 'war. . “■<. The tar east air force bom tier command also sent its planes into North Korea to drop more than 800 tons ot bomb*.' Target* included an Iron plant, rail yards and bridge*.' Seventy percent of the bomb* were dropped by radar. fjven the South Korean air force, which bad not «een combat action since the second week of the war, wa* sent back into the fight . r The weather was good indicating the Allied air arm might be able to pile np a serie, of sortlee approaching the record 625 compiled" In the 24 hours ending at midnight last night. • Once again the plane* concentrated their Mows against onruetiIng communtet troop* and tanks on the northern end Os thb Allied beachhead. Hut full reports from pilot* on destruction of tanks and trucks were delayed because of poor communications. An enemy convoy of 190 vehicle* wna caught by B-2< light bombers north of Andoag Maj. Gen Earle E Partridge. iTuve Te Faae g(B>

Price Four Cants

1 Communists Attock Heedless Os Heavy Losses; Defensive Lines Shrinking Tokyo. Friday, Sept. -(UPI — The American defender* of Taegu have been forced beak agate, for tee third time In 43 hour. The key city ot Taegu came within enemy artillery range from both west and north a* the U. 8 first cavalry division tetl back to within ttevtik oUIm of cU# ths reds pressed their SMaaive aaaault in the middle and at both end* of the ohronken northern Korean defense line. The red* attacked beedies* at mounting losses in both men and tanks The airforce alone claimed that in record sortie, of the last two day* It had knocked out or damaged 6.1 red tank*. -X But the massive communist assault with at least 76,006 men and. two tank brigade* poaed the moat serious threat yet t« our Korean beachhead which today had shrunk to about- half (be Mae of Connecticut i Tpe United Slate* first cavalry withdrew to a point' about seven miles north ot Taegu Thursday night That meant the abaadoataent of Waegwan. It mile* te the west, to the enemy breakikg battle. Al the eastern end ot th* 45 mile ' northern front. United Pros* COTT*spondent Robert Beunyboff report- ' ed that the communist* bad launch ed a heavy attack abortly before ' midnight Thursday seven to eight 1 mile* north of Kyougju. on the ] main north-south highway leading - to our base at Pumu United Pres* correspondent Jack Burby reported from the U. B second division Naktong river front that the eointnuntet* launched a small attack against* the southera end of the line early Thursday, but that the Yank* were holding theit ground There was no evidence that the rods had been able to build a solid defense line along the 16 mile river front where a week ago an esti mated 25.009 commutAst* pouted through thin American line* The chief worry in the Naktong sector now is enemy mortar and artillery fire which the enemy still te able to throw out in ffuantity Taegu, former provisional capital and a vital communications center, now wa* menaced on at least throe sides Front dispatches said that up to two communist regiments with about 6.090 men had penetrated the United Nation* ■ defense* between Yongcbon and Kyougju. They were stabbing tar behind the defense lines, and were reported in a posi--1 Ifon to envelop Taegu from the rear or encircle the American and Korean republican troop* below Pobang. on th* east coMt. The. vital Taegu-Pttsan highway apparently had b*en cut. U. 8. lat cavalry unit* began their withdrawal Tuesday night and completed it last (Thursday> stete . it was ..a. heart-breaJdng retreat for th* American* after their bloody but unsuccessful fight to capture a height (hill SiSf northeast of Waegwan which dominates the entire sector United Press correspondent Roh ert Vermillion reported from the flaming northern front that the cavalrymen had to fight their way ■ Tuee Tw e*a« Judge Adorns Heads Bar Association . . Former Judge Earl B Adam*. -Decatur attorney, wpa elected president of the Adams county bar association at the annual meeting held Wednesday in the courtroom library Thirteen mem Mrs of the association were present and elected G Remy Bterly secretary, and Robert 8. AnderMm. treasurer, as other officer* 1 In addition to electing officer* •ho** present passed a reeolution that should any member become a member of the armed force* hl, due* commitment, would antematb ally be, dropped