Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1950 — Page 1

Vol XLVIII. No. 223.

SUWON IS CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES

House Passes Bill Boosting income I axes AAoosuro Mokos 12-20 Act. Income Tax Boost Washington, ■ Kept 22-—XUPI— Th* house today approved bigger taxes on personal Income and eor potations— the first emergwncy step io pay tor th* nation's increased star and defense efforts The senate will approve the measure late today or tomorrow, ft then will go to President Truman. who will sign It quickly. Th* approved blit will boost per xonal Income taxes 11 to Ml per cent beginning Oct. I. That's when the bigger bite will come In wage earners withholding taxes Corporation rate* will Jump from 32 to 45 percent retroactive to Joly 1. The war-spawned bill will raise an estimated >4,500.000,000 to »4, 7oo.ouO.tHte The higher rates will produce an additional W2.74G.000.000 aannalty la Individual income taxes and Hl. 5'*000.000 additional in corporation taxes. Mr Trumaahaa said th» measure is Just the first Installment in a drive to meet defense costs on a pay-aewe-go basia. The bill carries an agreement to begin work this year on an eicosa profits tax on corporations. Rep Jere Cooper. D.. Tenn., said the house ways and means committee wilt meet tomorrow to begin mapping plana for such a bill. House Republican leader Joseph ' W Martin. Jr., demanded that an vice** profits bill be MM through •» •“» •* congress resume* In November after the ***** tion recess Corporations also tare the prospect of aa excess profits tax being tacked on later. The bill commits congress to pass such a tax when it reconvenes after the November elections This levy wltt be retroactive to cover the last half or the last quarter of I*so The ••quickie" bill carries a new 10 percent manufacturers excise tax on television sets and deep freeaers. Blt*e the tax will be passed along in the form of higher prices, persons purchasing these items after the bill becomes law actually will foot the bill. Other provisions are designed to close ‘loopholes’ - In the present -* tax laws. For example. Ute Insurance companies are required to pay taxes on tbeir business earnings for . the years 1»4» and I*so. and charitable and educational Institutions will have to pay taxes on the profits they make in competitive business enterprises. Uke the life Insurance com!T>H Tu roue *aU«> Blood Center Plan Discussed At Meet Preparations for participation In •be Red Cross regional blood center program were discussed this week In a meeting with Miss Rebecca Glenn of Fort Wayne, and the local chairman. Mrs. 8. W. McMillen. chairman of the Adams County blood center department. Mrs. Ed Bauer, chairman of volunteer services and Mrs. Roy Price, nurses aides chairman, met with the regional supervisor. Arrangements were made tor a later meeting with all chairmen In the volunteer services. Contracts, have been let tor remodeling the regional center in Fort Wayne and the project is expected to be launched In this area late this year. A mobile blood unit will visit Decatur every month, according to preliminary plans outlined by the Red Cross. Draft Delinquents Probed In Indiana Indianapolis, Sept. 22. —(UP)— Forty Indiana draft delinquents were being Investigated today, and assistant if.-8. attorney Marshal! Hanley Mid some "undoubtedly* wqpld be prosecuted. Hanley Mid FBI Monts were checking men who tailed to report for physical examinations and Induction and conscientious objectors. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of’five years imprisonment and 110,000 fine. ‘‘Criminal prosecution will be made In cases bearing evidence of willful violation." be said

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Two Loora Today For Induction Into Army Two Adams county young tuna left today by bus for the army thdneUqn center at IndlaMpaUa, the local draft board aaneusesd. The inductees are Walter Herman Nleison and Edwin Fred Fraas. Their assignments will not be made kaofta until after they are passed through the Induction can ter at Indianapolis. Nielson and Finns are the first two Adams |mW yaaag men to be inducted slnoq the outbreak of the Korean Steel Workers Ask Voluntary Wage Increase Ask Stool Industry For Reopening Os Wage Negotiation By United Press CIO steelworkers asked the steel industry today for voluntary wage boosts and railroad trainmen demanded aa across-the-board inCIO president Philip Murray announced after a meeting with the ÜBW-CK) executive board that the union would uk 1.400 companies to reopen wage negotiation* nekt month even though existing contracts are due to run until New Tear's. •He Mid the board would meet again Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh to decide how much of an Increase to demand for Its 000.000 members. .-The steelworkers apparently are Inthnt on achieving the same sort pt o«tof-contract pay boosts m were won by the CIO Auto Workers during the past month W. P. Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. said his Md.ooo mental were prepared to strike “regardless of the Korean or any other situation" unless granted an immediate pay boost and a 26 per-, cent Increase In pensions. The union Is already on strike, technically. for reduction In the work week from 48 to 40 hours with no loss In pay but mem Iters ITure to Pa* St* I FBI, Police Seek Pvt. Charles Ray Linked To Shooting In Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. Sept 23-—(UP)— An army deserter wanted for the hold-up-slaying of a salesman In KansM three weeks mo was linked today to.the shooting of a gasoline station operator here last week The FBI and police of a dosen states are looktag for Pvt. Charles E. Ray. of Decatur. Ind., who was stationed at Ft. Riley. Kan. Ray In suspected of seriously wounding Robert Wilson. 28. The gasoline station operator was shot la the abdomen after* he bad pumped IS gallons of gas Into a sedan bearing Nebraska license plates. Pennsylvania Mate police found a car of tbe Identical make bearing Nebraska plates near Lancaster. Pa. In tbe car were several .25 cartridges and an army belt. From tbe serial number of tbe belt, police . traced ownership to Ray and learned he- te wanted for murder. • Sheriff Red Ball. Salina. Kansaid Ray and another soldier. Cpl Charles Potts, killed the salesman However. Potts said Ray was the triggerman. Officers believe Ray stole a ear tn Nebraska and abandoned It In Indiana. Then be stole another car but transferred tbe Nebraska plates. Bryce Thomas Speaks At Rotary Meeting Bryce ThomM. principal of the Lincoln grade school in this city, and a lieutenant-colonel In the active reserve of the army, present ed an Interesting dlscuMlon on the recent reorganisation of the army and the defense department at the weekly meeting of tbe Rotary club Thursday cvenlag ThomM explained changes In the army setup throughout the nation, and also the reorgaalxation of the armed servlcaa under tbe secretary of defense. Simon Heemslra was chairman of the program

Wo Os Red ' Confrolßtll Stated Today Conarass Expected To &er Me Veto Os Pros. Truman Washington. Kept. 22 — (UP)— President Truman was to veto the catch-all communist control bill today—to no avail Cbagross was determined to write It Into law over his objections and probably would do so before nightfall. The politlcally-exploslve bill placing drastic curbs on subversive activities 1s one of the most stringent written hy congress since the 17P8 alien and sedition laws. It requires all communist and communist frttnt organisations to register with the Justice department. tighteps up naturalteation and espionage lawn end provides for the detention of all commnnlets In case of war. Invasion or Insurrection. Some of Mr. Truman's leaders In congress sought to persuade him to sign the bill. They Mid privately that a veto /would be an added burden (or party candidates at the polls. But the president was said to be standing firm and would veto the measure as uncoastUntionsl and a threat to civil liberties. Both houses approved tbe bill Wednesday by far more than tbe two-third margin* needed to override. Democrats and Republicans agreed that a veto would have no appreciable effect on tbe six* of the veto*. Os the lagie-j lation were taking no ctaaroa. Telegrams wont out summoning enough absent members back to tbeir desks to be cartels of a aats i victory margin. The final version sent to the White House wm s combination ' of the original Mundt-Nixon bill [the house. passed.last year and a long list of senate-approved pro-' posals Its core was a requirement that ail communiat and Red "front" organiMtions must register with the justice department within 10 i days. They also must list their , members Jail sentences of five years- and fines of 110.008 were provided for violators. . < It would be unlawful “knowingly" to help satahlteb a ''totalitarian dictatorship" under the control of any foreign government, group of individual. Communtets and ‘front" members would be barred from government jobs and could not seek I'. 8. passports to travel abroad Communists would be barred from defense plant jobs. "Front" members could be hired If' they disclosed their connections. I————— 1 ————— Tickets Going Fast For Fish Fry Here * I Town-Country Fish Fry Hora Oct. 12 There's only one thing about It—- , the logical place to be the night of , October 12 te in the Decatur high , school gym enjoying the town and , country fish try. And the chances of being there are growing slimmer each day. according to tbe latest ticket sales report. There are but 212 tickets left. . according to M. P. Csss, ticket chairman for tbe Chamber of Com- . fish fry. and those , are expected to be exhausted before Saturday, September 30. the cloe- , Ing Mie date. With less than three weeks remaining before the event, Lyle Mai lonee, serving chairman. Is completing the rooter of those men who will serve the banquet One hundred aad fifteen men wltt , be needed, be Mid. to serve the fish i to tbe anticipated 1,000 persons who will gather In tbe gym. At least, - all plans are being made for a sellout by all committee chairman, and i Indications are that the place wilt > be full. Jest about every other phase of t the fish fry hM Men attended to, . according to Chamber officials, i with tba fish aad, accompanying, food already contracted for. with i delivery scheduled shortly before! tbe night of the banquet

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■ 111 - ■ larau—W ihhhwuw Dedicate Chtbrch Os God Addition Half Sunday ■■ -lb."'. tml iMRw .'.£ ; B Hl' • I?■.'••• V-’,-'-; II H Or. John A. Morrison Rew. Dwight ft. McCurdy

Formal dedication of the new, addition to the Church of (tod. Cleveland street, will be held Sunday. the Rev. Dwight R. McCurdy. I pastor, announced today. Dr. John A. Morrison, for the past >7 years president of AfttoM son College and Theological Box>-4 inary at Anderson, will -be tbe speaker al the special dedication service at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evealM The Rev. W. W; Brewster, pastor of tba Church of (tod al Fort Wayne, will be the apodal spookor at the morning service. In addition to dedicatiM the new church addition, the Hammond organ and new pewa wiil also be dedicated Sunday rrvsM Aa extenaivs enlarging program hM been carried out at the chnreh in the last few years. Tbe entire basement under the church has b«ni Bud The entire church has been fHted with new plumbtag and the basement with new wiring aad lighting fixtures. A new heating system hM been Installed and new storage space provided. Tho new addition, to the south side of the Vhurch. will seat aprproximatoly too people Now pews have been Installed to cor respond'with those in the sanctuary. A Modernfold door has been installed and when closed

Further Clues Found To Man's Identity Body Os One Fire Victim Cremated Each day the evidence bwotnn more conclusive. and It i»m< apparent that the remains of the second man found In Sunday s wreckage Is Lafayette A. Austin, formerly of Atlanta. Oa. A call to the Gilllg and Doan funeral home, the second such, from Mrs. Little Robinson, from Corinth. Mine., further established the tact that Austin must be the man. She described through Red Cross facilities to coroner Harman (lilliac a bullet wound above the heart, a scar" on the forehead, and that the man had recently had two operations. one for hernia, the other an appendectomy. „ The body was burned too badly to diatlngalsh the forehead scar, and the bullet wound might have healed; but a local physician did definitely establish that there had been two operations performed, those described, on the man. Through the Red Cross. Harmon forwarded the belt buckle and ring found oa the man to the man's sister; should these be properly identified. it is likely the body will be shipped to her In Mississippi. The other body, that of the driver of the IH-tated truck. Clyde Barnette. was cremated today in Fort Wayne prior to being shipped to Orlando. Fla Gilllg stated that he was In receipt of a telegram from Mrs. Barnette. who is. Incidentally, an English war bride and the mother of two daughters, reqnesting the cremation and the shipment of the ashes to an Orlando undertaker. WUATHIR Fair. A little coaler south portion tonight. Saturday fair, somewhat warmer central and south Low tonight 50 te *5. High Saturday near 70 extreme north, 77 south.

| forms the yoaM people's departl The church Interior hM been toompletely redeeorated. Two new Lositrances to tbe church have been |COMtru<-ted. with s new porch and lernamental iron railings at tbe ♦Front of the church. A pastor's study hM been provided In the ebureh, with new furniture. k Orpeateid In 18MI The Church of God wm organised here in 18M tn a meeUM conducted by the Rev. Willis M. Brown. Charsk of God evaMettst Brom Andornou. After this meeti |m- the, Roe. Lewis Reynolds, who - now resides M Cleveland street. • and the Rev, Etaser. Cosh became pastors i The Wusetit church haUdiug i wm dsUiiated Jan. 11. 1»14- > Rev. Reynolds continued ss pas- • tor «U1 ipu. when ho socI PMdad .br UMk Rev. ponata M. Lxiu wba V ..til JSI4 •MW— * MW, ■ w ' os . mwm w. Rev Reynolds. Rev. Cook and Miss Nellie Hawkins, now Mrs. Floyd Morrison of this city, post ored the church until the Rev E. A. Ball wm called m pastor. The Rev. Marvin Coffman and the Rev E. L. Brags held short pastorates and In August, 1»32. the Rev Glenn E. Marshall was called as PMtor Rev Marshall served until 1*44. when Rev McCurdy wm . installed i erwen te Fea*

Increase Maximum Deposit Guarantee Washington Sept. 22. (VPI President Truman has signed a bill Increasing from IS.ixxi to lift.000 the maximum individual deposit guaranteed by the federal deposit Insurance corporation. The federal insurance covers »s percent of the money Invested by lft4.ooo.odft Americans In 15.000 FDIC member banks and 14.000 Insured Institutions. The two groups hold more than W 00.000.000.000 In deposits. The previous maximum under the bank deposit insurance program was 15.000. Clearing, Wanner Weather Forecast Crops In Need Os Warm, Dry Weather The weatherman closed the faucet today and predicted clearing skies and warmer weather tor Sat-' urday. after giving this section of the country an unusually heavy downpour during the past twodays. Herman “Hl'' Meyer, read the gauge thia morning and stated that Decatur bad nearly an inch of raintall.for the" H-hour period ending at I a m The reading was .12 of an Inch. Meyer said, Thursday's reading was .21 of an inch, which swellfd the total to about 1 * inches. St. Mary's river was rising and at I a.m. was 4.10 feet. A continual rise waa expected during the day. Meyer said While thia community escaped a hall storm as beset the middle western part of the Mate, there has been some damage to the corn and soybeans, farmers say Fields are Inundated and the heavy precipitation has canted the beans to remain green. The same condition eilsts with the com. Farmers are hoping for warm, dry weather to mature tbe crop*

Yaxiks Fighting Within Seoul; Resistance Bitter

•*—* Strap* Os rnsouuf* Eom Soma Tansion BerNn. Sept. 23.—(UP)— West Berlin authorities freed 51 uniform ed Rpeetan sector police today la a Mries of "swaps" with east Berlin authorities that somewhat eased the eoldwar tension The Sovietdomteated eaatera sector Mill held » treat Berlin police. Shortly after the western Mthorittee released the Soviet sector police, a U. 8. high commission court found six east German "peoples poiiee" guilty of carrying illegal weapons in tbe American sector and wearing para-military uniforms The sta were taken Into custody Monday when they drove their track across the border, apparently accidentally. Court wan rscsaesd briefly before sentencing Tbe six pleaded innocent ‘Tor legul reasons" but admitted they were carrying weapons when arrested. Meanwhile, on the southwestern outskirts of Berlin. Russian aad British soldiers faced each other behind machine guns ala contest- ' ed border intersection for the third ' day. •'. - ■■■ Moat Bvittoh trad Russian troops were kept well la the background but at the taterseetton proper four glaring Russian soldiers armed with sub-machine guns and swords stood fsce-to-face with four "Tommies" earned with step guns and fixed bayonets. • Two RuMian lieutenants paced to and fro. scowling across the dusty road at tbe smiling British, who appeared to be enjoying their assignment More than 100 British troops were In foxholes In the background. Negotiations between the Rua stens and the British over right-of-way to the road were reported* in progreM “at a higher level" But two days of talking has failed to tTteew «• Fawe sis» First 1950 Beaas Arrive In Decatur I 50 Carloads Arrive At Central Soya Co. The first 50 carloads of soybeans from the I*so harvest have arrived at the Central Soya company's plant and are being processed. C. I. Finlayson, plant man ager stated today. The majority of. tbe shipment came from southeMtprn Illinois About six carloads came from the Vincennes area, in the southwestern part of Indiana. The extremely wet wMther has given the beana a heavy moisture content. The shipments averaged around 15.5 percent moisture content and some as high as 17 percent. Finlayson explained. These beans must be run through a drier until tbe moisture content is reduced to around 11 ' percent. Construction on the second unit of 10 storage silos at Central Soya company is nearing completion. The walls of the huge tanks : were up to 85 feet this morning.! with an additional 22 feet to he made during the 24-bour work period. Saturday night will see completion of the watts. Construction will then start on the top 'deck I and wglk-way through the storage structures. The silos will be reedy : for the tall storage of beans it was statod. Three shifts of 50 mon aacl. in addition to a erew of about 25 on an eight-hour shift, have been constructing the silos on a 24-hoar around the dock schedule The Indiana Construction company has the contract tor tbe work. The project Includes silos, which will Increase storage capacity at the soybean site by 1.200.000 bushels.

U 5. Aims I® UNsDetateOß RussisiChM|B Float To Forarara - Arf Os Aejssassiaa Flashing. M. Y.. Sopt 33—(UP) —The United States agreed today to a\ United Nations general a» sembly debate on Roseto's charge that sending o( tbe seventh U. 8. fleet to Formosa was aa act trf aggression against China. The aanombiy's steering <mrml'ttee voted 11 to 1 wftb 2 abstentions to piece tbe matter before the assembly after AmbaoMdor Warren R. Austin, chief U. R delegate, declared: “We believe that in fairness every complaint should have its hearing:" An expected Soviet-American clash over a U. 8. proporal to pot the future’of Formosa on the am soushty's agenda tailed to mator- ' ialise when the cooslttee aoeeded ' to nationalist China's request tar f) dstaF* ' gallon had not received tastruc 1 Hons from its gevqnwipejtt. Tbe 14-arember stoedhg eom- ~ •*> jtailAb. * - AbaOMio ttoß*. to rfotter (focistcrti mi toctat* slon of the American-proposed Formosa item "for two or three days" until nationalist delegate Tlngfu F. Tslang ean get Instructions from tbe Chiang Kai-Shek government. Tsiang'a wm the only negative vote as the committee decided to i put Russia's complaint against the IL B. on tbe agenda. “My delegation opposes this item." Tslang said, "tor the simple reason that there te not even the flimsiest prims taele case." But Austin told the committee: - “According to our customary attitude respecting the item before thia general committee, the V, 8. will vote tor the recommendation to admit this Item to tbe agenda of the general asaembly. We believe that in fairness every complaint should have Ita hearing " There was no further deflate. "BULLCTIN Onio. Norway, Sept. 22—(UP) —Dr. Ralph Buncbe wm award ed the I*so nebel peace prise today for Ma eereieoa as Unitsit Nations mediator In the Pulestmc war. He wm the first negro to wta the coveted award. Buncho, 40. urao homrod fee Me orduees week In arrangiwq aeaslstlce the Arab states. Bbfuc Rcoublicans WWi sow vswgvmor e rwwesw Select Caadidiies Menno I. Lehman Named For Mayor w Menno I. Lehman, business manager of the Berne Witness, was nominated for mayor of Berne at a Republican city convention held at : Berne Thursday night. ! The convention wm held to nominate a state of candidate* for tbe city ekettoa In Berne Tuesday. Oct 24 Residents voted peversl months ago to change Berae from i Rs rating m a town to a flfth-clasa , city, necessitating tbe election of < city officiate „ I Glen Neueaachwander. of the ■ Schug-Neuensehwunder Insurance agency, was nominated tor clerktreMurer. Nominees for the atty coanctt are: Northeast ward. Clifton Am stats: northwest ward. Freeman , Burkhalter; southwest ward. Le* i ter E. Lehman: soutbsMt ward, Meurice Smith; councilman at large. Wilbur B Nussbaum The Berne Democrats wltt hold i thrir nominal Ins coemption Sstur i day night

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FmhoSuoul Tokyo. MUnday. Sept n-(UPt -AmosfcMt* bad captured Buwou axrtt* lira MMssgra today, and were fighting witkin two gsttua of tbe center of Seoul, described by refugeoa m a rity as aaarehy SißW’Abßßjgj northwest edge of tbe city under Iwravy firn* Um* meats fro* the portb byway 02 UtJaagba atoog a rail aad highway rawte Mt yet cut by the Tbe cosa*aatota were prepared tar a bitter boose to house fight for Seoul, throngb Hs hHud alleys, aacien t monuments and tiny court ■ yards There also were reports that the city's approaches bad been -- -. The ma ria so' tortuous battle tor Seoul wm In sharp eoatraM to tbe Fmma fi|OWMMBs TWr* • tWhadtoMsTOwa an swtftty (bat they ' Ing artillery to bold up until they Southwest of WaegwM. the' > a n Hkgmr wM* *»wn*— w* wft«* ' sta aftoo of ftuwrbau. aa tbe main PuM»>Taegu-Beoal highway. Grratoet worry of American commanders urea that tbeir troops would advance too swtftty The gap between tbe hammet and the anvil of Oen Douglas Mar Arthur's nutcracker drive to end tbe war had been cut to 100 miles. Gaine up to 10 mile* were reported all around tbe former Pnsaa defense perimeter. United Press war correspondent Jack James reported from the Seoul front st 7 p m (4 a.m. CSTi that the sth marine regiment fought all z morning In rice paddle* and open i fields in tbe extreme western outskirts of the city. He raid besvy enemy lank and mortar tire pinned down the leathernecks and dashed their hopes of taking the former south Korean capital by tonight Red shells plastered tbe American and south Korean positions as far back as regimental headquarter* and supply damp*, he said. On the southern flunk of the week-old Inchon beschhesd. the srmy's 7th division caught the communist* Hotfooted with ita Capture of Suwon and Its airport. Tbe liberation of Suwoa cut the enemy's msin retreat route from hi* crumbling southern defense*. The communist* were is tail retreat all around the southern front —-the aHleo’ Pusan beachhead The reds were falling boek rapidly behind rear guards to eeeape being trapped by a junction of tbe United Nation* force* at Suwon aad those threstlM out at tbe southern benchbend United Nattoes forces advaaced up to 20 *Hoe ia pursuit of tbe fleeing oouthern enmmrotett aad Mr rowed the gap between tbe Pusan beschhesd and Sawoa to 100 miles U 8 24th division force* drove is miles up tbe main Puran-Ruwon--Beoal highway from Waegwnh and the Nsktong river and- entered Kumchon. 100 mile* southeast of SUWtMI. UnMa of th* Ist esvairy division north of Waegwan advanced 20 mile* through tbe shattered enemy line*. Some 30 mil** southwest of Waegwan men Os the V 8 2nd dlvteion captured Uhogye sta mile* west of tbe Naktoag -On tbe south coast, the U. 8. 25th division rolled on to within, eight mites of Chinju and hoped to reach the city tonight Five south Korean division* on tbe northern rim of tbe beachhead < were advaaclng so rapidly along a 40mile front on the northern rim of the beachhead that they lost contact with advance headquarters. They captured both Hunghae. on the tut coral five mite* north of Pohang. and Klgye. 10 miles northI west hf Pohang. and plunged on In pursuit of the enemy