Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1950 — Page 1

Yd. XLVIILNo. 220.

REDS IN RETREAT ON ALL KOREAN FRONTS

Big Three To Back Germany If Attacked Pledge To Consider Any Attack As Move Against Big Throe Now York, Sept. l»-(UPl—Th* United State*. Britain and France pledged today that they will roa*Mer any attack oa West Germany or Berlin “from any qusrter" aa aa attack upon themaeive*. The aniMMißcMnene was made by the big three foreign ministers at th* end of a week of conference* IkmaMh '■/ a OKHRU* 1 ' ' • / ' <v Tlio4r wmilm mmm that tlM> united stand against aggression adopted previously ta the Atlantic _ pact and the Rio De Janeiro agre* ment baa bow been extended to all of Germany which remain* tree of Russian control. The communique announced that, in order to strengthen the three nations* “pencefnl and friendly relationships" with Went Germany, the technical state of war with Germany will be ended a* aoon aa possible. The foreign mlaister* annpenc rd that they also have: 1. Approved a mobile police force for West Germany. Io be organised on a siate-byotate heal* bet subject to control of the Ger man federal government In emergends*. 2. Promised to "Increase and reinforce" their own force* In Mermany to strengthen West Ger'many** external and Internal s* C *r <y ße)ecied the Maa til ■*— Gon of a German national army Hot they noted Mailmen* '•*' cently express*! In Germany and elsewhere In favor of German participation In an Integrated force for the defense of European freedom" 4. Approved authority for the Writ German government to ere- '- at* a ministry of foreign affairs a field forbidden to th* German* until now 5 Approved major extension* of the authority of the West German government through amendment of the occupation »taltrte. * Agreed to make "tor-reach-ing redm lions" In other control*, especially over the German economy 7. Agreed to review restriction* on German industry, many of which date back to the Potsdam agreement. \ g. IJfled all limits on th* si**, number and speed of cargo vessels built tor esport. "This will facilitate the defense effort of th* wost,” th* communique added, without elaborating. ». IJfted th* present steel production limit of 11.100.000 tons a year. Catholic Classes Dismissed Today Class** at D*catu r Catholic school were dismissed today in observance of the consecration of auxiliary Bishop Leo A. Pursley In Fort Wayne. Th* Rev. Ignatius Vlchura*. assistant pastor of Bt. Marys church, was among th* clergy who attended th* religion* i lies In the Cathedral of th* Immaculate Conception. Fort Waya*. A Local Lady's Mother Dies In Fort Wayne Mr*. Wilhelmina Greiner. 88, died Monday at her home In Fort Wayae after a long Illness. Surv Iving ar* five abas and five daughters, Including Mrs. Marlow Bchteferatein of Decatar. Alao surviving are 24 grandchildren and 28 greatgrandchildren. Funeral service* will be held at j.:3ff pm Wednesday at th* Klaehn funeral home and at 3 o’clock at St. John'* Lutheran church, the Rev. Wm. D. Streng officiating. Durlal will be In th* church cemetery. WRATHKR Partly cleudy. cosier north a*w**aa kooinhl taiad*****-. rtffungffOffy partly cloudy. Lew tonight <0 to M north, near *5 south. High Wednesday near .70 north to 70 south.

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aULL E T I N Naw York. RapL lA—(UP) “"Two® AwhW'Bmhi Jak FigpNß®cg Fcoww nmd NDttBONDDgDBoNA now**** trans-Atlantic flight today after high wind* upset thair inwir refueling system ever Praatwick. Scotland. ▼ls a aadsMfeited* IftdMilmsm* 0 v* W ******* lU4Ww*t ** * Wlfww v foaling* in flight will be at, tomptad again in the near ft* A-— -* aMroas* oald •Ur* I ■1 r T*Fw w wf > I wff r ■ Sw I w has*. French Claim Communists Are Armed In China Outpost Town On Indo-China Border Captured By Bods Saigon, Indo-China, Sept. IS — (UP> — French legionnaire* and paratrooper* counter-attacked to day against black-uniformed communist Viet Minh troop* who captured the outpost town of Dongkhe on the CMaeoe communist , border. A French communique said Gaily that Uta Viet Minh force* were armed In Rad China *W* cm* nay that for th* Grat time (Viet Minh forces I have used unit* recently armed In China.” th* communlqu* «ald. It alao said the communist* captured the Doagkhe tort after bloody haad-io-hand fighting with gallant French troops who fought against great odd*. A French observation plane that rew»*il It** • <H>ht over I jtaujowa reported that th* mud walled fart and th* lawn itself Jgggg occupied by Viet Minh treaps Who launched an attack against It Baturday with the aid of field gun* believed to hare been sent across th* border from communist Chin*. French army headquarter* confirmed that the town had fallen and that the Red Viet Minh flag floated over the Dongkhe fort Meantime, a second communist force was reported to have surrounded Laokey, I*7 miles west ot Dongkh*. and other commutdst concentrations were sighted near Moncay. easternmost French frontie* post near th* China Bea. Altogether some 4.000 or 5.000 communists are believed Involved In lb* operation*. I It was not cleat yet whether the I communist attack* were the prelude to a long-predicted general communist offensive In Indo-China | or merely localised operations In ] protest against the return of , French control to Indo-China. Saturday is the fifth anniversary of the return of that control. The fata of Dongkhe'e French garrison, believed to number about 5M men, was not known. The garrison radioed Sunday 1 (twee T» Pae* Twe* — l I Employment Near JI 1,500 b August IscrMM Os 314 Over Previous Year < Employment In six Industrial ( plant* In the city skyrocketed near , the 1.5*0 mark during August. , showing an increaae of 314 over a year ago, th* business barometer of , th* Chamber of Commerce report- , ed today. ( The August employment figure , was 1.4*3. la July it was 1,4*4 and ( 1.17* tor August, I*4*. Seventeen building permit* rep- | resenting *143.131 In new construe- | tlon Were issued during August.' < compared with .14 for *113.030 In * ( July and five for *15.500 last year. Car loading ln-a*d-out of Decatar ( took the biggest eHmb daring Aug- ' nst. totaling 3.312. compared to 2.t*3 in July and 3,003 for August, i I*4*. < The Industrial payroll followrd the Increase In employment amounting to *457.55.3 for the month, compared with *414.150 In July and *300.11* last year. This I* ‘ equal to *5.500.000 for the year. Births reported during August t ware 53 and death* 11. A year ago August birth* were 44 and death* 1 T. ' 1 Direct poor relief was extended to 32 person* amounting to *2l* I for tbe month, a decrease of *32* < over the same month In I*4*. I

Rent Director Asks Authority For Ceilings Asks Congress For Authority For Rent Ceilings As Needed Washington. Sept. 1* — iUF)— Rent director Tighe K. Wooda la asking congress tor new authority to keep or Impose rent celling* where needed, and for the flrat time to pul commercial property under rent control. Woods also ha* asked, it was learned today, tor the right to put price celling* oa real eatate aaloa. At no time in World War II were commercial properties or real estate, other than new homes, under rent or price control. Woods has outlined in a geairal way to congress what new wartime authority be would like He wants authority to recoutrol rent* in area* where ceiling*' were abolished by local npiltm. He baa asked that local option feature* o( th* prMMit Imp Im AbolAslMdL' He is not asking for • blanket frees* ot rent*, but h* want* authority to impose or re-lmpooe controls “where it became necessary and at sueb time a* It became MDCSMHMry/* There seemed little or no prospect that congress would art on Wooda* proposal* la time to Merk tbe end of control* In score* of < onimunltle* on Doc. *l. Under a provision In the present law control* end on that date In all areas except those that set to keep tham. In the areas normally requesting a contlauMton at controls, coiling* will eMtUmse through June 3*. Wood* outlined most of bia war rent program In recent letters to house and senate banking com mltteea, which had aakod for hi* recommendaUonH. He broadened It somewhat In discussion* last Week with rent control official* on the west coast; * Wtssi*' office cmphaslred that hl* proposal*’ had not’ been embraced officially a* administration policy. However, they were understood to have been laid before President Truman, who aald In a recent broadcast that rent control* must he tightened. Pursley Consecrated As Auxiliary Bishop » Colorful Ceremony Hold At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne. Ind.. Sept. I*—(UP) —The most Rev. !•*<> A. Pursley was consecrated auxiliary bishop of th* Fort Wayne Catholic diocese today In a colorful, traditional ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. More than 30« priest* and 150 nun* and a group of laymen, attended the ceremony In which tbe conaecrator was the most Rev. Archbishop Amteto Cicognanl. Washington. D. C., apostolic delegate to the United State*. Bishop Pursley, who I* pastor of St. John th* Baptist chureh her*, celebrated mas* with archbishop Cicognanl after be made a profession of faith and took tbe oath ot office. Assistant conaecrator* were the most Rev. Joseph H Marling, auxiliary bishop of tbe Kansas City diocese, and the moat Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese. Tbe most Rev. John F. O'Hara, bishop of lhe Buffalo diocese and former preaMeut ot the Unlroraity of Notre Dams, preached tbe eon secretion sermon It was the third consecration ceremony for bishop* In the Fort Wayne diocese Itt the last 25 year* After the ceremony, which lasted two hours, bishop Pursley was honored ala luncheon. State Fo/io Cases Indianapolis. Sept. I*—(UP)— Today's polio total* In Indiana alnce Jan. L compared with the same date last year: Caaa* Death* N*. *f Ceuntl** IMO 2<l 14 . 43 I*4* TTI 73 71 N*w case* reported today: 4 in St. Joseph'* county, i In Davies* coaaty, 1 each la Dearborn, Lake. Rush and Randolph count!**

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Marines Move Through Inchon , H T ‘ i H H fl ’ I 11 I■■; fl MtW Ot TWL FiMT BntUHon. Sth Rerlnwnt of the V. 8. Murine movo fOtlMMly tbo ntreeta of Inchon enroute 1 mM—. ■________

Adsins CMdril too Seek Injunction To Prevent Tax Levy t Hwrttagton. Ind_ Rapt 1»-Hear- - MW of evldeaee eg a petitloa tor ’ temporary Injuactlon to prevent i the levying and collection of * 75'cent tax levy on property In Mon- > roe. Kirkland and Washington townships. Adam* county, to provide funds tor erection of a new school building, was started in Huntington circuit court Monday morning by Judge Burr H. Glenn. A goodly number of spectators were la the court room for the hearing. The plaintiffs are residents of the three township* and the defaaffaht* tbe county auditor and treaaurer and the members of the "School Trustee* of the Adam* County Central Consolidated School Corporation." The suit was filed last March and taken first to Wells county on ‘a change of venue and then to Huntington county. The plaintiffs are Bdwln C. Bauman. William J. Kruse, Rawley O. Jones. Edison Lehman. Clint Hart and William Kohne. The defendant* are Thurman I Drew. Adams county auditor, and Richard D. 1 Lewton. Adam* county treasurer, who Monday tiled a disclaimer and were not represented by counsel, ' and Homer Arnold. Glen W. WorkInger. John B. Stoneburner. Howard Glllom. H. H. High. Gordon Uechty and Floyd Mitchell, member* of the board of the school corporation, formed to consolidate the school corporation* of the three townships Into one system. Before the bearing of evidence started the defense presented a ' rtMro to Page l ■ - ■

Santa Claus Will Arrive In Decatur December 4

Elaborate plana tor the arrival i of Santa Claus In Decatur Mon- I day. Dec. 4, anti the formal open Inc of the holiday shopping seaaqa In Decatur were announced today by L. E. Anspaugh. chairman of the retail committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Santa Claus will lead V parade through the afreets of Decatur, and will be accompanied by a troop of 30 people and a blocklong parade of wild animals, including Hods, bears, monkeys and many other live animals. The parade also will Include several floats and-the floats will be manned by local children, dressed In story book costumes. The costumes will be provided by the Chamhdy of Commerce and loaned to the participants. Mis*, merry Christmas, an Adams county young lady, also will be crowned during the big day Dec. 4. Details of the contest for the selection of Mias Merry Christmas will be aaattunced later.'An-

General Electric Increases Prices Bridgeport. Conn.. Sept. 13. — lUPI/The General Electric company boosted prices on refrigerators home freesers. ranges water beater* . and automatic dishwaahera from six -to 13 percent today. H. L. ARdrewa. vie* pryldant - m charge *f the appliance and . merchandise department said the prices were raised to offset recent wage Increase* and benefit* grant- , <xi to employe* and an 11 percent ' lucre*** in the price of matertate and supplies. Sen. Tydings Easy Winner In Primary Two States Hold Primaries Today By United Press Wisconsin and Massachusetts held primaries today and a count of ballots in Maryland showed that Ben. Millard E Tydings won Democratic renoniination to an unprecedented fifth term in the primary held there yesterday. Tydings. chairman of the powerful armed services committee, had little difficulty In winning hi* party'* candidacy He polled almost three times as many votes as bls closest opponent. Baltimore attorney Hugh J. Monaghan. Gov. William Preston Lane. Jr., also claimed victory for Democratic renomination over his bitter political edemy, George P. Mahoney, whom Lane tired a* state racing commissioner Mahoney, however, refused to concede. He led Lane In popular vote* but the nomination depended tVaew Te Paa* Fleet

I spaugh said, hut It is expected ' there will lie an entry from every high school In Adams county. All local retail stores will lake part in the Mg celebration, and arrangements also will be made to have Sant* Claus return every Saturday until Christmas and also dally the last few days prior to Christmas Anspaugh said that complete plana for the big all-day celebration would be announced soonSeveral committees will lie named immediately Following , the Dec. 4" parade, there will be a reception tor Santa Clans and all Adams county children and while this reception Is being held, the M men and women who accompany Santa, will provide the grown-ups with a series of tree acts. The floats in the parade will be drawn by M ponies. The visiting entourage Will include 30 people, many cages of wild animals, reindeer tor Santa's sleigh and all ot the costumes for the big parade.

Marines Storm Across Han River; Waegwan Is Captured By Americans

WiKonsm Man k Killed By Tornado Phoenix, Arizona Hard Hit By Storm By United Pres* A tornado killed one man in Wisconsin last night and a severe windstorm Injured 35 person* at Phoenix. Arts., while wreaking U.OOo.MiO damage to property. The tornado struck the Waupaca county asylum farm at Weyauwega. Wla.. kilting an ternate, Herbert flchoeOeid*. 5L as It ripped the roof front the -Mai* building and smash* outb*Ootags . level. Four other person*. Including the asylum superintendent, were Injured The !HSmile-ao-hour storm at Phoenix was the worst to hit the city in 26 years. Weatherman Louis R. Jurwit* said it had tbe ferew of a tornado but lacked'the twisting motion and funnel He described the storm a* “highly unusual" for the RM*. Twenty-two airplanes were destroyed sad 32 other* damaged aa the wind blasted the Phoenix municipal airport, causing 3300,<m0 damage. One big two-engined plane was t|jown almost a mile down the runway. Twenty-five person* were treated at hoepltala and authorities report-ed-that scores of other* were in- > Jured by failing mortar, brick* and other missile* driven through th* air by the wind. The Wisconsin twister tore into the village of Weyauwega after hitting the county farm shortly before the dinner hour. It demolished the Nestle's Milk company plant, blew trees over,* and damaged manyhomes Sheriff. Henry Marten said he more dead or Injured might be found in the wreckage today al-1 though no one had been reported I missing. All electricity into town was cut! off to eliminate the danger of fire.' Telephone service was halted by] knocked-out lines. Police patrolled! road* around th* town to keep* sightseer* away aad twclear traffic for emergency .vehicle*. Still Seek Identify 01 One Crash Victim Bodies Remain A* Funeral Home Hera The suddenness and volume of the fire aad explosion which engulfed then shattered one of the trucks Involved in tbe Bunday tragedy at the Intersection of U. 8. 224 aad 27 was pointed up by tbe fact that Decatur volunteer firemen were almost at once oa the acene, yet most of the damage had been done. Wh* they arrived lhe two men had burned to death, aad shortly thereafter the explosion occurred. It was bat a matter of "only a minute" after arrival, fire chief Cedric Fiaher said, before the cab fire was extinguished. Hut the fire spread to tbe trailer and 430 case* of whiskey had to be removed before the flame* In insulation section of trailer eould be controlled. Volunteer firemen feverishly moved the case* of whiskey from the overturned trailer to another one. with the possibility of "a really big fire." a* the chief put It. imminent Excise men arrived at the scene 18 minutes after being called, and a subsequent check by them revealed that bat nine bottles of whiskey were broken. None was counted missing. City police were convinced today that the driver of the track waa Clyde V. Barnette, of 3OT» King afreet. Orlando. Fla. He was driving the track from Peoria, 111., to Pawtucket. R 1., when the accident occurred. The bodies were taken to Gilllg and Doan funeral home where directors there are awaiting further approval to have Barnette's body cremated and the aahea sent to FioritTww Is Pane Mat

iMMiAr Makftc Jvlnlvl rKIRvj Demand Senate Probe Marshall Renews Attack On I Naming Marshall Defense Secretary Waahlngton. Sept 13 — (UP)— Sen. William E Jenner. ' called today for an "exhgumlve* 1 aenate investigation ot Gen ' George C Marshall's fitness to be the new defense secretary. Jenner made public a letter to the senate armed service committee an hour before that group was to hear Marshall tn public session before acting on -hie nomination. Jenner, who teat week attacked MarshatrhAbe aenate a* “n living lie." cited what he termed “a wave of protest" from all section*, of the country against the appointment. - “The issue at stake is of such vital importance to the aatety ot our country and the welfare ot Its people as to require the moot exhaustive Investigation and careful consideration es the quallftendon* ot tbe nominee.' Jenner 1 ante. Nonetheless, th* committee and then the senate were expected ' to approve the Marshall nomination quickly. * Jenner urged the senate to Inquire into: 1. Marshall's stated reluctance to write his memoirs to find who Marshall was “protecting." 2. Fact* . surrounding . Mart shall'* activities at the time of ■ the Pearl Harbor disaster, where he was the night before the attack I and why he Informed the military ‘ command there of impending at- ■ tack through commercial tele- | graph channels instead of by dlI rect cal). j 2. Marshall's activities in 1345 and 1344 a* presidential amistary In China, and hi* position on tbe war-time supply of lend-laaae aid to Russia. Jenner alao urged tbe committee to inquire into Marshall's physical fitness for the new job. He ashed assurance* thht Marshall would not be "dominated" by secretary of state Dean Acheson. Preaident Truman formally submitted Marshall s nomination ye* terday after signing a hill which CTOs* T* Pane Twsl County Clerk lists Diles On Election Applications Naw - For Absentee BalWt Some Important election dates were underlined today by circuit court clerk Ed Jaberg. notably those dates applicable to those desiring to vote on an absentee ballot Application* for absentee voter's ballot may be obtained in the clerk’s office anytime from today until November 4. Accompanying each application which list* the eligible reason* for obtaining such a 'ballot, are laMroction* on what must be done to make the ballot valid For example, the ballot must be notarlaed and two frowboMera from the roCer s' prectact mast sign* Then on October M the absentee voter may begin caaUag hl* ballot in tbe office of tbe cterk; November 4 is the deadlin* when these ballots wtU be accepted Another important date, accord lag to tbe Rat. la October 3, tbe last day a person may register or transfer registration to qaaUfy for the November t alerttoe The Democrat will run tbe latter part of tbe w*eh a ueriou of question* and nnawe't prepared by J* berg furthvr ex plaining all phase* of the voter's part la the forthcoming election.

Fries Four Coats

Marinos Cross Han For Final Assault On Seoul; Koreans In Port Os Pohang Tokyo. Wednesday. Sept M—-ll'Pl—-U. 8. marine* have stormed acroa* th* Haa river in darkness for their final aaaanlt against Seonl. It was the climax to Gen Douglas MacArthur's surprise landing last Friday at the port ot Inchon. ISA miles behind the enemy's southern battle lines. United Press correspondent Jaek James reported he was waiting at tbe Han to follow the marines •eraos aa qairkly a* possible MacArthur's two-front nutcracker Rperotton was moving fast. On th* Pusan beachhead perimeter. American* of the 24th dl vision captured Waegwan. opening the door northward along lhe main highway from Taegu to Seoul South Koreans stormed Into the rained port of Puhang On all fronts the enemy was' in retreat.■ la tbe Inchon-Seoul area. 150 mile* north at the Pusan beach bead. American and sooth Korean marine* and tbe army UHh corps seventh division were taking their positions along the Han river as methodically aa students preparing for Gre drill. The marines were in the Seoul Industrial subnrb of Yooffdnngpo aad were teaaaißgntlng paaittous along nine nod a half mlies at tbe west bank at Uta Haa river <**“ poslte Scowl Yvungdnaapo is eo the west bonk of the Han Unite of tbe seventh were tanning southward toward Suwon, highway hub. 15 ii|ites south of Seoul A skytrein at giant C-llff "flying boxcare" and C-54 skymaster* roared Into Kimpo airport all Tne* day afternoon, bringing gasoline and ammunition for marine fight er* Carrier t,lanes blasted and almost completely destroy ad a column of tracks pulling out northward from Seoul, only 30 mH** from the 33th parallel dividing south Korea and north Korea. American reconnaissance planes reported the communist* were withdrawing to escape U. S. marines massing in the southwest suburb* for an taimineui, assault on the former south Korean capital. Men of tbe 24tb division, shitted secretly from tbe northeastern end of the Pusan perimeter, took bitterly contested Waegwan. Late In the day. observation pilot* reported a steady stream ot communist vehicles pouring out of tbe Waegwan are* toward Kumchon. 15 mile* farther along tbe mala highway from Taegu to Seoul The 24th division plunged across the Naktong in rubber assault boat* at two potato below Week wan un der murderous communist fjre to set up tbe second and third American bridgehead across the bloody river. United Pres* correspondent Gene Symonds reported "there was evidence that red defense* oa tbta Hue were crumbling “ At tbe southern end of the perimeter the U. 8 25th dtvistnn reported Its opposition had "disappeared " | The fall of Waegwan toppled a <TW*W to r*oe M*> Lions Entertain Ladies, Auction Night Is Planned Tlte Lions are going to hold an aurtton tonight and before the moMing Is ended, auctioneer Ned Johnson might even suction th* shirt right Off some Ltoc's back. . It wifi be ladles' night, the first of the year, and everyone ha* been requested to bring some article to . he auctioned off during the evening. They have arranged a "progressive" awrttou. on* which mounts with ooeh bid and th* bidding is expected to be heavy Ltona president L. E. Anspough will h* tn charge ot tbe meeting and sxprsmd the hope that a large turnout will attend tonight. Ho stated that Ltoa club official* wore elated over teat w**k's stteodaac*. when they trtod to got 100 pervenhof th* membrshlp to bo present . •