Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 221

MARINES OPEN DRIVE TO CAPTURE SEOUL . A ' — •

Price Control Being Studied By Government President Tfuoran Reveals Selective Controls Studied WMhbxtoa. «•*- »1 — <VFII'resldent Truman said today that selective price control* are b*lng considered by the government, (tut. ha said, no dedstoa has been ranched yat on whan to Impeae them. Mr. Truman told a news confer anca that eater I Ire control* ataoa with all phase* of the emorfoMy economic program are being co*siderad. A reporter observed that price* ware going ap very faat and far out of proportion with relatively >tabla wage*. The preaident said he and hla adrleer* ware w orbing on plana all the time to meet'that situation, hut thus far had not reached a decistem. Bill SaUsfaetory Washington. Hept 21 — tUP)— President Truman I* well planned with th* compromise I4.saa.hde<hio tai MIL congrestooeal leader* reported today. They said Mr. Truman telephoned chairman Robert L (tough ton. n. N <*. of th* tax-framing him** way* and mean* committee to eipre** hi* approval of th* Members of the hows* and annate expected Urn MU to recetoe speedy and overwhelming HF* .1 when It tdee before both Inures. tentatively scheduled for tomorrow. The compromlae waa agreed to by a senate-house conference committee late yesterday after a week of painstaking work. In th* final hors*-tradlng to resolve dlf fereneee In the senate and houae version*. both aide*, gave up pro visions close to tbeir heart*. There waa never any disagreement on the two principal provision*. however One would boost Individual Income taxes by 12 to 2" percentor a total of 32.745.iKW.000 a year effective Oct 1. The tlrai pay < heck* issued after that date will reflect the increase The other would increase Income tale* on corporation* earning more than 550.000 a year from the present 8» percent maximum rate to 45 percent. This hike is eipected to yield additional revenue M 51.500.000.000 « ye* r - Predict Vat* Washington. Sept. Il — (UP)— President Truman will veto the catch-all communiat-control Mil with a "strong message” of disapproval. informed administration source* predicted today. Overwhelming houae and senate vote* that sent the politlcally-ei-plosive measure to the White Houae made It almost certain, however, that congress will write the Mil Into law over hla proteats. The aenate paaead the MU by a thumping 51 to 7 margin last night after five hours of debate The house bad whipped It through earlier In the day. 111 to 20.

Most Indiana Cities Wdl_ Change Time This Week

Indianapolis. Sept. 11—(UP)—| Indiana's time confusion, which be | gen last April when moat Hoosier cities and town* adopted daylight savings time, come* to an end this mouth. Municipal Official*, however, now do not agree on when they Should return to standard time. Most communities wilt turn bock their clock* this weekend —some Saturday night and some Sunday •tixht. Several returned to standard time Sept. 10. But other* will not make the jump back to standard time until Saturday night. Sept. 30. Fort Wayne aad cities In the Lake county area set midnight. Saturday. Sept. 13. as the time to return to standard time. Indianapoll*. Bluffton. Braail. Connsravlll*. Logansport. Lebanon. Richmond. Marlon. Anderson. N*w Castl* and Goshen make the return two hour* later at 2 am. Sunday Pera and Alexandria picked mid

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nwHimyvvii jwvivi Freed By Russians Tension Still Runs High In Cold War nerllt). Sept. tj—(UP)— feat Berlin communist police today released Pte Kenneth 1. Christman of Huntington. Ind., and a companion but tension still ran high in the hoftlnt new east west cold war in Berlin. Christian Corp Peter J. McSwseney at N*wqA. N. J. both American military policemen. said th* Russian* did not mistreat them. They were veiled yesterday along with a German policeman who waa riding in their Jeep. The Russians returned the soldiers' guk their jeep and radio. Rut they held the German policeman Christman and McSweeney had mistakenly crossed from the American sector of Berlin Into the Soviet scute of Germany Some western authorities wondered whether th* communism were building up to a new attempt to fore* the United States. Britain and Frapce out of Berlin.At on* pofnt, armed British and RddUifiT "ildtrr- grimly faced each other acres, the British Soviet sectoy barrier in a dispute over the tonal border. West- German police today arrested seven more east Berlin police who reside in th* western sec tore of the eity in reprisal f«r the alleged kMaaping of 1* west Berlin police from subway train* passing through the feviet sector Tues day That upped to 57 th* number of east Berlin polk * being held m went Berlin jail*. Soviet troop* touched off the Anglo-Soviet dispute yesterday by trying to setae a 150-yard slice of the British sector to get full con- . Ahri of a street divided by th* British rrinforeoanent* rushed to the seen* and moved the border barrier back to it* original position More British and Soviet troops with armored ears, machine-guns and Other weajtona took up guard duty on either side of the barrier during the night School Transport Meeting Monday Citltens and parents Interested in providing transportation for school children will meet at the Decatur high school Monday evening at 7:80 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the group with what Information has Iteen secured on the subject, and to formulate a plan of action to solve the various problems facing the group In the effort to obtain adequate transportation for the school children. All those Interested In the matter ar* urged to attend. I . Chamber Os Commerce Golf Meet Postponed Jupiter Plnvlus won the annual , Chamber of Commerce golf tourney scheduled for the Decatur golf course today and because of the rain the event was postponed until . next Thursday. Sept. I*. The sup- : per, which always is held following the tourney at the club-house, also was rescheduled for next Thursday.

| night. Sunday. Sept. 24. to turn b*c|t lheir otftctal clocks Columbia City and Decatur are waiting until the end of the month, midnight. Saturday. Sept. 30. Lafayette and vicinity made the lime chang* Sept- W. ,or °P* n ' Ing of the tall semester at Purdue University. Delphi returned to standard Um* on the same week end In Muncie, a city ordinance set* midl ight. Sunday. Sept. 24. a* the time to turn back the clocks, but mayor Lester E. Holloway aaked cltteena to do It 22 hour* earlier, at 2 a.m. <A number of southern and southwestern Indiana cltle*. Including Evansville and Vlnclnnes. were on central standard time all summer. They r*tn*ed to adopt daylight time when the ctmfwioh began lest spring Aarora and Lawrencebqrg. to the r.m l.matl area, operate on eqstern etendard time throughout the year.

Break Through Reds In South ?■’MS-* L' '’ Greiff « (i ALLIBD U. N. force* (topi break out of th* old Pusas-arss bridgehead as tanks (below) clear th* road of communist strong point* in a general advance. Thee* photo* are from a New* of the Day newsreel from the defense department

Second Fife Victim Deneveo laennnea Sister Is Located In Corinth, Miss. The lent lead uncovered by city police seem* to he tb* best to date in the Meailtlcattoo of th* second man burned to death here last Sunday A telephone call to the Glllig and Doan funeral home here disclosed that It was likely that the ”L. A. Austin." whom police are tracing, might be the party A Mr* Idxiie Robinson called from Corinth. Ml**., and her description of th* man tallies. The only clue police have had is the ring on the finger and the belt buckle with the Austin name etcht-d Into It. There were no paper* to identify the men remaining after the tire; the bodies were burned »o badly that fingerprint* were Impossible to obtain; the only thing that could be-" ascertained were approximate heights and weights. It was through navy identifies, tlon bureaus that they learned of the whereabout* of Austin, giving hl* add tv*, as Augusta. Ga. But police In that city stated that Austin had not lived there for five years. But the sister of the man had been located in Missisrippl. and It give* police the best lead In an attempt to identify the Indistinguishable charred remains. The only paper* the police had to work with were those that were in the glove of the truck, and these were scorched. There were no social security card*, no llcenae*. nor any other item for quick Identification The body of Clyde Barnette, of Orlando, Fla., the driver of th* truck waa Identified through the trucking concern; hl* body remain* at the local funeral home awaiting final disposition by relatives District Scouters Hold Foil Meeting Adams county district - Scouters held their first fall meeting Wednesday night at Boy Scout cabin at Hanna-Nuttman park. Seoutera from all part* of th* county attended and enjoyed the sausage -nd pancake supper. The next meeting of the ScouU ers will be held October 15’at Big Island camp. Sylvan lake, and the Scouters will be accompanied by their wive*. Plan* for other fall and winter .meeting* will be announced at the Big Island party. Clarence Zlner county chairman. Mated. WKATWBR Claudiw cnatfr. rate nertt »nd central p*ril*ne Friday. Low tonight H te *0 north. W to to south. High Friday near to north to 70 south.

Decatur, ladiaiia* Thurodoy, September 21,1950

Bullet Wounds Fatal To Fort Wayne Man Kendallville. Ind.. Sept. tl. — (UP) — Robert D. Carter, 15, Fort Wayne, died yesterday of bullet, wound* ho received during an attempted robbery of a supermarket wt Ligonier. Carter was shot Sept. 5 by state trooper Howard Ughttool, who said he fired after telling Carter and two other men to halt. Dal* Bryarly to. CoiumMa City, waa arrested Sept. • and chanted with attempted burglary but the third man has not been totaled.Gen. Marshall Takes Oath As Secretary Sworn To Post As Defense Secretary Washington. Sept. 21 — (UP) Gen. George C. Marshsll was sworn in quietly as secretary, of defense at 7:45 a m. (CST) today and immediately conferred with the joint chief* of staff. Tlie 6S-year-old soldier-stateman. confirmed yesterday by the settate, wasted no time In taking over the helm of the nation's steppedup defense program The oath was administered l>y Felix Larkin, defense department general counsel, and was held privately in the pentagon "in accordance with den. Marshall* wishes.” a defense department spokesman said. The only other person present w’aa deputy defense secretary Stephen T. Early, who Is retiring at the end of the month. This also was In accordance with Marshall's wishes. The senate confirmed President Truman's choice of Marshall to replace Louis Johnson yesterday by a 57 to 11 vote. Republicans cast all the negative vote*. Both houae* previously had waived tor Marshall a legal ban on military men In the top defense job. He returns to the military establishment at a time when the nation's armed force* ar* fighting again on the other ride of the Pacific Johnson wa* forced out of office by the president on Hept. 12. Th* only reaaon given *o far wa* Johnson's own—that he had made more enemie* than friends. Graber's Condition* t -v Is Reported Fair Clyde Butler talked wUh relative* of Amo* J. Graber of Huntington lari avenlng and wa* Informed that Mr. Graber'* condition wa* aa “good a* could be expected." The former Decatur maa. now sale* manager of Cloverleaf Creameries at Huntington. wa* operated on Tuesday at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Minn His condition I* serious, but hop* I* extended for hl* recovery. He msy be able to travel home within th* next 10 day*. Butler said.

by Cornerstone Os ; : Lutheran Building l. 9 • Special Ceremony Sunday Afternoon , The Rev. W. H. Moeller, pastor of - fhamaauel Lutheraa church at Van ( Wert. 0.. will be th* gueri speaker ' at special cornerstone laying ceremonte* of the-Zlon Lutheran church l parish education building Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. Services will begin in the church auditorium The choir, under the direction of David Ernbler. Zion choirmaeter, will ring "Landamua | Tt” by Gounod After the sermon, the services will be concluded out- i side at the new building site The box to be sealed Into the corneratone will Include a 1150 church membership list, brochures i and pledge card used in the recent fund campaign, copies of the Bfbie. Luther's Catechism, and "The Luth . eran Hymnal” plus several other I items of hiriorical interest, includ- 1 ing f copy of the June Issue of the Decatur Daily Democrat which announced the building plans. Leßoy Bradley, Fort Wayne architect in charge of construction, and Clarence Bultemeier. general | coairactor, will be present to take | part in the affair. David Weikel, < tTwrw t* ••■*» i - I I 1 Democrats To Ope* l■ ‘ I Headquarters Here Official Opening .On Saturday Night > r Democratic headquarters, locatt *d la th* K. ot P. building on Third *tre*4. will he opened off!I daily Baturday night with an Ini formal snoker and meeting. Dr , Harry Hobble. Adams county chairman, announced today. . Th* headquarters, the same , suite of rooms uaed la the 1»45 t campaign, have iteen readied for . the opening There is a large reception room, also a room for pub- > Be meetings and a private room , for conferences. , Dr. Hehbl* said there would be > ao set program tor Saturday night and there will be no speaking. All Democrat* of Adam* county are Ipvltad to come to the headquart L er* any time'from ? o’clock until midnight. Campaign literature and bad*** - will b* given to. worker*. Mr*. - Chari** Lore, county vice-chair- - man. also will attend the opening < - and will have charge of dlriribut- •' ing the badge* aad literature to r the women vlritor*. f Candidate*, committeemen, vice- ■ committeemen and Democrat 3 county official* also will be on - hand to aaalst to opening tb* head- - quarter* Plana also will be an- 1 r nounced for a number of political t meeting* between Oct 1 and ge» erat election day. Nov. 7.

Report Stiff Resistance Offered By Communists; Red Leaders Flee Seoul

Reporhßeds | MassmAlono China Border Mass In Strength In Mountains On Indo-China Border Saigon, Indo-Chia*. Sept. 21 — (UP) — Communiat fore** were reported massing In strength to mountain* along th* Chinese border today aa French legionasirea and Viet Minh rebel* battted to various section* ot northern IndoChina. Legionnaire* and North African Goum* advanced slowly hut surely toward Donghke. near the Chinese border, against stubborn rearguard fighting by Viet Minh "inicide troop*.'' ■ - A French army, communique announced yesterday that Donghke had been recaptured by tb* legionnaire*. but today a French army spokeaman said tb* claim was premature. French force* have been delayed, he said, by am buahaa. knock*d-out bridge* and barricade* within right of th* foreign legion fortre**. , Report* from the front indicated that A* Viet Mtoh cpmmantoia. who took Deocbk* Monday attar fierce fighting. w*re withdrawing from the fortre** toward the nearby China border. Military authorities believed it wa* a question of hour* before the French would reoccupy Donghke * As fighting broke but in various section* of Tonkin province, Viet Minh forces w*r* reported by army sources to be preparing CTwra to l*a«r Slat Search For Soldier Is Shifted To East Decatur Soldier Is Still Being Sought Halina. Kan.. Sept 21—(UP)— Saline county sheriff Fred Bell said today that the search for Pvt. Charles E. Ray. Decatur. Ind., charged with the murder ot a Halina restaurant supply salesman, has shitted to Pennsylvania The sheriff said h* received word yesterday that Ray's belt with his name and serial number wa* found at Wilkinsburg, Pa. following a shooting affray. The man to Pennaylvanta wa* shot with the same caliber of gun that James Glenn Raftery. <*■ slain wUb three weeks ago. B*R said The description of the gunman also tallied with Ray'*, the sheriff ■aid. The aberiff said Cpl. Charles Potts. 22. of St FranctsvlHe. HI., also charged with Brat dear** murder in th* shooting ot Raftery, waa tn the Saline couaty Jail to lieu of 525.000 tend. Pott* will be tried In the December term ot court. Bell •aid. Tb* sheriff aaid Potts *ign*d a statement shortly after the slaying in which be admitted he and Ray robbed Raftery and said that Ray shot him. Both soldiers were atatlonad at Fort Riley. Kan. , The aberiff aaid that after the tilting Ray tied to a atolea car. A 25 caliber pistol wa* need both to Obe Ray slaylag aad to the Pennsylvania ahootlng. Bfll said South Bond Couple Killed In Accident South Bend. Ind.. Hept 21. — (UP)— Waller Tennant and hla wit*. Sara, both about 75. South Bend, were killed on Ind. 25 yahterday wfen their car crashed head-on Into a truck Gal* Murphy. North Liberty, driver of th* truck, wa* not injured.

| Vice-President ■ W ■ ■AH » llmmM W MpMIHm iMIwHI W* Is Vke-Presideirt Elected To Office In Central Soya jCo. The *lectlon ot Harold W. .JfeMllto* aa aaocutlve vUfcMMoM t to -Ommol dMM* Gaaunawknaw wton MMNWBO4MI toABJt Fto4| TV. r Thoma*, company preaidaat Mi-Mlllen has bean a director of the company since Its incorporation her* to October, IM4. A former resident of thte city, be joined Central Sugar company'to U3B aad became president ot Indiana's only beet sugar industry to I*3*. In 1»45. Me Mil lea joined Central Soya company and waa elected vicepresident to charge of oil sales and specialty product*. A year later he was named director of sales tor McMillen Feed MUI* and in this capacity waa In charge ,of company-wide sale* aad distribution for Master Mix feeds. With bi* broad company experience. McMillen, as executive vicepresident. will assist to the overall management of the company. He will continue to be in administrative charge of feed aalee and distribution, with the feed education and research program* coming under bi* jurisdiction. Recognised for his leadership in feed sale*. Mr. McMillen has been an active member of, tAe National Sale* Executive club for a number of years. »

Change To Dial Phone System Here Sept 30

i With the switchover from manual, t to dial telephone just a little more then a week away, official* ot to* i Cittoena Telephone company oetlln- . ed the rather extensive praffram ■ they have arranged to expiate th* > new ayetem. ) C. D. Ehinger. preeideat aad geeI era) manager of the comMUiy. *tob I ed that the work Is “right on schedule." and the change from i tbe manual system to one of dial I will be made a* planned, at 11 p.m. ’ September 30. Khtoger also announced that the new directories will be mailed next week to aubacriber*. with all th* new listing* to be effective one* tb* i changeover is made. Some of them, he said, will be la i the mall Tuesday, others > day let- > er. but all el them complete With the new numbers Aa another feature Commemorattag toe occasion, and one to enlighten people on just what they are getting, the telephone company is sponsoring a model phone exhibition to it* window; tbe disptay » explaining the operation of tbejdtal i phon*. •; With amplifiers broadcasting the I system to those outside, tbe differ . eat anise* and tone* to be found . hi toe phone, once It's picked ap from it* cradle, ar* repeated, wltk

Frica Four Coots

Two-Fronged Drive By To Capture Seoul Jut Advance Slows ttoyo. Friday, sept. 22—(UP)— U. •. marines jumped off to a twopranged drive te copter* Seoul shortly after down Thuredsy. but their ndvtoiee eras stowed by a hall tank fire thrown out by dosperatety netting cemmwista mtttem ewewx*4*4i m older Whoßm* ww roy aim <*>***• I BBRNkIOR jNyTFWFJMBMMif.. FCs fted by antomoMle. leaving only the IffUHtary to rale the city. I Aiatrfcron Briiorotri et war rolao I «atoUM ow* fetoto* .--ma*- | at town to prevent their rescue by the edvaactog marines. [ . Marine commanders believed I eomnumtet retoftareemeat* may have reached Seenl from the aoui b-— era front. A fttoltrii AM from the netting front by United Prees correspondent Rutherford Poet* ante that toe northern prong of tbs marine attack had knocked the reds front MB* aMridn a'ratlread three mile* Ok Ww 4 marine* wore meet tag atMt resistance to to* berate* tedeetriai urobrorb ot Yon*4w*c*o * Poet*' dispatch waa tiled at 12:4« p m Thursday (»:4« pm. CST Wednesday). but wa* delayed nearly IS tine* were driving te cut oft comrente* to th* former from ktote" north and ooetk. There waa no further word of a motorised oommunlst eolema last reported only 35 mile* north of Seoul after entering Korea from Aatung. Manchuria. Forty tank* were reported with the column of 200 vehicle*. On the souther*. Pusan beachhead, the allies now had six beachhead* across th* Nahtong river, bad taken flaming Tabu <m the "bowling alley" road tram Taegu and were taking an increasing number of prisoner*, with thousands ot others trapped behind the line*. Front dispatches made it clear that the marines bad not yet entered Seoul proper, except perhaps tor email, probing patrol*. Cmdr T. H Moore, commander of tactical air control squadron one. raid sth regiment patrol* had ete»=. tered th* aorthern outskirts ot Seoul at Ipm Wednesday But tt wa* evident that their meta mission was to feel out enemy strength rather than to launch an attock against the city Correspond* nt Poet* said that one marine' unit swept acrons a mile-wWe valley of riee paddie*, acroee JMeot high dike* and a small Haa river tributary into th* «Wm* vw'mure •*•

explanations from a peraoe inalde demoaatrattas th* phone. " 1 Harry Oruneil. at Indiaaapoil*. ' wa» in ebarg* ot tb* installation of 1 the rquipmaat which was loaned 1 to the local phone company by the Mil Telephone company la the other window. Ehincer saM. a mon*. “Dial Cameo To Town." will be shown recularly. beSinn lac next Saturday For the most part, the dial equipment ha* been installed. and tele phone* lined ap: from aow until time for the chance much of the work will be confined to teetins the equipment aad eradicatin* any flaw*. x ' For once the flow of ealla be comae the normal thins over the system. It will be an almost aanilary proposition —the element of human head* touchins thins* mill be mlaeing There, within tb* different hen* ins unit*, all local call* will simply came in. automatically attain the disk* on three different panel*, then rias the numbee On the final panel, the one which care* lor tbo i final two number*, the rinc for the party wasted or a busy alsnal la - also civen ■ Tbe thins also banc* up when i you're finished the eall..