Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 227.

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Britain Calls For Elections Uniting Korea O’ Fcoposes Eloaßiow Under Supervision Os UN Commission IULL r T I N Flush mg N. V-, Sept. 21.— (UF)—Nerth Korea has eapreeaed its rsadioea* to end the Kort an war on term* providing for United Nations election* ~ throughout the country, withdrawal of communist troops behind the 38th parailol. and con finomont of United States forces to the Pusan bridgehead, highly reliable sources said today. _ Flushing. N- T-. Sept W-(VF) — Britain clrcalatvd a reeoiutiou t» day among delegations to the Unit rd Nations general atmembig, callins tor elections supervised by a UN commission to unite not th and ' sooth Korea Th* measure, expected to go before the assembly's main political committee not iatrr than Friday, probably will find several countries <-<>sponsoring it with Britain The United Hutes, with it* armed force* the most beavHy committed in Kors*. probably will take no overt lull hi the presentation of the re solution. whkb is expected to Include these main point* 1. A reaffirmation of the UN de<i< e that a unified Korea- which would eliminafe the lit th imraJM line mast be ewtab- • A declaration that a democratic government for all" of Korea inn«t he set up by free and democratic elections under UN super vision. Establishment of a stronger UN commission for Korea than now exists- -probably including a larger propoHiop of Asians- to - plunge into Korea's problems of reconstruction 4 Approval by the genera) as srmbly of the provisions «es the se- < urity. council resolution calling on all UN members to furnish assistam e io restore peace and security in Korea -Provision tor the maintenance of UN forces in Korea north or south <■( rhe -IHih parallel probably will not be specified - only long enough to restore peace and stab! lies the domestic situation so that the commission can (froceed with elections throughout Korea 28 Take Physical Examinations Today Twentyeight more Adam* county young men journeyed to Indi anapolis today to undergo their physical examination* prior to Induction in the army Should any or all of them pans their physical, they will lie subject to call by the draft hoard for Induction The names of the men could not be divulged by the local draft board, nor was there any indication of future call* to he made from the • county Mr*. F.lmer Uhase, secretary of the board, stated that at present there are > 'tin calls tor men from this county, but shat I* a tenuous thing, depending off the daily mail. ~ High Court To Hear # Click's Plea Oct. 11 Indianapolis. Sept. 27—(UP) — The Indiana supreme court today ordered ofal argument* Oct. 11 on a plea hy Frariklln Click, sentenced to die Oct. 17. tor a new trial. Click was convicted last year of raping and killing Phyllis Conine. 17-year-old Fort Wayne high echo >1 girl, in 1844. Click undoubtedly will be granted a stay of execution, court attaches said, since the court's ruling and legal formalities could not he completed Iri- six days. After Click's conviction. Ralph laihaugh confessed killing Miss Conine Lobaugh is scheduled to die Nov. 2* tor the murders of Wilhelm* Haaga. Mr*. Dorothea Howard and Anna Kuzeff He confessed those rape-murders | three years ago

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GHfordb Choke To Succeed Doogias Nomad Ambassador To Groot Britain Washington. top' W-ICFI — A'sltej M. Gifford. retired preal'lent of -the American Telephone and Telegraph Ce., has heed '-hewen by President Truman to ho the new V. 8. amhaasador to Great Britain. the White House • ihnnum ed today. (liftord will succeed Lewis W Douglas who resigned yaa'-erday. •dftnilye Nov. 1, because ut poor health. White House pre-s secretary Charts* n Kos* said he assumed Preaident Truman would give the 43-year-old Gifford a recess appointment before cenxres; reftfrna on Nov. I’. Although the Douglas resignation was announced yesterday the Gifford announcement waa held up uatll word was rereived from t lamdon that the British govern- > meat found the new envoy accept- -! ahi*. Gifford. who retired last Dec St 4 la* tlte MW.«Xh‘ a yewr president of ! 'he world's biggest corporation, had no c ccrnmmt on the reports ' Douglas, ambassador to the' j eodrt of Hr. James ft»r three and « i half years, resigned a* of No* Ii | ■ Iwcause of ‘•personal considers-; > tion* Including those of health " ,1 > He quit with a plea for contln-S . ued Anglo-American cooperation - t ' one of the solid cornerstones of the civilised world " Disclosure that he will be re-; placed hy Glffonl came a* a stir- . prise io capital "in.-lder-T' who; 1 had Iteen ticking-off a lona list j»( I clifdgmatl. ■ eligible* Hut it . squared wltb the statement by an - snlhoritstlv* source that the ap-I pointer would bring ''an entirely . new fate” to the diplomatic scene. The job |»ays 825.000 annually, plus some expenses But Gifford ; may need' all of hl* gsu.OoO-a.-year r 1 pension to keep his head above ( water in the London diplomatic j whirl where the -emhassy's , Fourth-ot-July celebration alone I can cost *14.000. Horn In Salem. Mass. Gifford became a telephone company em-j ploye in 1904 when his- mts:ad- , dressed job applii-htion wound up at A. T ft T He beaded the rom- ■ paqy tor 23 years Haring World War I he was secretary <>f the Intel allied mtini-L hlons count II in Paris and served ' on an Industrial preparedness ' committee He direeted the president'* organisation on unemphcy , ment relief in I*3l-112 t Democrats To Plan Campaign Strategy Committee Meets Thursday Evening A campaign strategy meeting or . the Adams County Democratic een- ■ tral committee will be held Thur* day evening at 7:30 o'clock at head ( <tw*iecs tn the K of P building, i Dr Harry Hebbie. county chairman, announced today ■» '! Judge Homer Byrd of the Well* ] ’ circuit court. Bluffton, will speak ' to the committeemen and rice-com- ( • mitteemen. County candidates who ' will attend will serve refreshments after Judge Byrd's talk. An executive, senslon of the coun ( ty central committee will be held following the speaking program 1 and social gathering Chairman ( Hehhle urged every committeeman J and vlce-committevman to attend Temporary plans for the kick-off < nt the election campaign on Thursday. October 5 and the program will be announced a* soon as acceptance is received from the speaker invit- ( cd to address the public meeting. Chairman Hebbie stated that the ' election of a treasurer of the coun- , . ty central committee "war sched- 1 uled as a mailer of business during ( the executive session. Mrs. Catherine Lose, vice-chafr man of the committee, has also . been serving as treasurer and has < tendered her resignation for this : post. Hebhle stated. i < WEATHtR Cloudy with occasional show- I erg thio afternoon, tonight and Thuroday. Little change la 1 temperature. Low tonight I near *O, high Thursday <9 to ■ M.

—. . ... II - ■ , Amtrac. Foal to ’ FIRST OIVIbION Marine Amtracs come out of the Haa river al the Hgggtfi croMiag onroute to the historic lluk up which ieoUteri Red troop* by the thousands below IlberaMd Moul J

City Will Receive Diesel Engine. Bids Engine For Proposed New Plant In City The city Is quickly entering the tlnnl stage* of Implementing It* light and power facilities when a : notice wa< Issued today tor bids t for a diesel engine to be used a* an - auxiliary station by the city's light 1 and power department The action culminate* many month* of discussion by member* of the common council, as well a* aa extenalve Inipectioo of plant* <lml ' lur to the one proposed for Decatur. Sealed bids for the engine will be : received In city clerirtreasurer H. Vernon Aurand * office until 10 a m. November 2. at which time the bids will be opened, then read. Th* bids will call for an engine g< neraling 3500 kw's plus acceie soiles. to be housed In the proposed site north of Monroe.street on. Seventh, where the city's coal- pile| <ande __ The contract entered into by the! Idly for the purchase of the engine l will Include thaf whoever receives lhe bid must furnish all labor, nt*, terials, apparatus and expendable tool* and equipment and all other services required tor the engine The notice provide* for those submit ling bld* that they must post the appropriate hid bond or certified cheek equal to 10 percent of the bid. and that wage rates shall not be les* than the prescribed statutory minimum Copies of the Nd. including general specifications, may be obtained from either the city clerk or from the offices of Kmery. Marker and Emery, of Toledo, 0.. consultant engineers for the city Motion For Directed Verdict Is Overruled More witnesses were filing to the stand in a fairly steady stream today in th* case of Hubert McClvnahsn. a* executor of the Paul Schulte estate v* Calvin Yost and others, being heard by special judge Burr Glenn. In the Adams circuit court room. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, through McClennfian and attorntyr James Moran, the de tense tiled motion tor a directed verdict, to which the plaintiff filed written motion to join*' These motions were overruled by Judge Glenn indicating that he wanted to hear more evidence before passing lodgment on the case. 1- ~I * 8-17 Crashes, 10 On Board Rescued Tokyo. Sept. tl. —(UP)— An American B-17 flying fortreos crashed Into Tokyo Ray today and 111 of the 11 persona aboard were rescued by Japanese fishermen. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced. One person was listed a* missing. All name* were withheld. Th* Hying fortreos plunged into the water I<l mile* northwest' of Kisaraiu air baa* while on' an admtnlofratlve flight from Haned* air base in Tokyo to Okinawa 1

Decatur. Indiana. Wednesdey, September 27, 1950

• U L L K 7*l N Waehingtee, •opt *7.—(UP) ■ -"-PreelAenl T runsan XoMay aigm *• th* d«f*n** ’ -C — — -V —r w'dil -«-» KXH MR* ~ iwVev W w*w* h*m* Th* bill ale* carries o*ngreo . ■l*Ml rootricliwt* Mt Marohall ptan aW 1* Muntriaa ekigging wor malarlais to iron curtain aauhtriafc Crime Probers Put ■"••w • iSfwSfSw ■ wae Hnl On Underworld Subpeno More Thon Dozen Os Bigwigs Chicago. Sept 27. —(UP)—' Senate Investigator* put the heat on bigwigs In the nationwide crime syndicate today and. placed the attorney of slain detective William Drury under federal protection against gangland vengeance. Chi«> investigator George Robin-; «qn of the senate crime fayestigat-l i Ing committee asked U. _S tnar I slial* to serve subpeaaa on more •han a doren underworld bigshots. > Including several old associate* of Al Capone / Deputy Marshals sought out fhie hoodlum* in their favorite liaunj* and swank homes to order thei\i to appear before the committee st' hearings scheduled Io start here' Oct. S. The elusive characters sought in elude Jack Guxik. the "outfit's” Chicago business manager and slot machine boss: Murray (the Camel> Humphrey*, one of the chief policy maker* of the mob; and Anthony .1. (Tony( Accardo. alias Jo* Rat ter*, reputed director of the gang Also on the sqbpena list were Hymle (loud month) Levin. Eddie Vogel, and Charles Rocco and Joe Fischettl. cousin* of Capone. Ixiuis Kutner. Drury's lawyer, was Instructed to appear at the U. 8. courtbouoo today aßd aerept a subpena Sen. Estes Kefauvir. D. Tenn., chairman of the crime investigating committee, told Kutner by telephone yesterday that the move was designated- to- put him under federal protection from tangland bullet*. Kefauver apparently acted on the theory that Kntner knew as much about the underworld as hl* former cliant. Drury himself sought protection from the senate group a few hours liefore he was ambushed and shot *o death In a dark garage behind bls home Mondny night. He called Robinson and said hr needed protection because -of a recent article In a Miami newspaper disclosing that he would be a (ommittee witneas. It was said. Robinson was reported to have contacted committee counsel Ru<*otoh Halley at Kansas City and to have called Drury's home shortly before jhe detective was slain io tell him that protection would lie srrsnred The 15-yesr-old former police llenutenint. who had waged a personal war agalhst crime had given the committee Information, and nolice believed be waa slain to stop l.im from tailing all be knew Police hellovad there wgo no connection between tVrttry's slhv (Ware to Page JH«>

Mbml Red Cross Nwlfag Ndxt Week Blood Center Flan - Will Be Discussed County Red Cross officials snd chairmen ot the various peace-time aad emergency committee* are IgUMtna to attend a regional meet 1 lag la Porttaad west Monday when I®* ** **• WWaned blood conI tig. jWMtram will be asplalaad by Viroaa sum cutlve*. Heading the county delegation will be Judge Earl H Adami, chapter chairman. Mrs. Max Schafer, executive secretary of the local home seivicc office, and Mrs. Stewart W McMillen, chaitman of th* blood center program. Other chairmen are Mr* Ed Bauer, chairman of home service; Mrs Joseph Oelberg. canteen chairman; Mrs Robert Freeby. motor corps chairman; Mrs Roy Price. ; chairman of nurses aides: Mrs | Harold Engle, staff aid chairman. Phil Sauer, chairman of the disasier committee Attorney Robert Smith Is chairman of the Red Cross recruiting committee and Arthur R Holthouse Is the director ot public information The meeting will be held In the Jay county circuit court room, convening at 1« o'clock and continuing to 4 p.m. Attending the institute will be William Hocknian. general field representative; Mrs. Rebecca Glenn, blood program field representative; Mrs. Kenneth Spurgeon and Mr*. Spatk* Foster, volunteer service*;.MU* PM* Priced assistant director of eastern area public Information division Navy To Call Up Reserve Officers 15,000 Reservists Foce Call To Duty Washington. Sept. 27— fl'P) — About 15.000 naval reserve officers were facing a return to active duty today, but some will not get "utKaclual call fov some I like Navy spokaotnen said reserve officers are required over a considerable period to staff the ship* and bases which are luring put into service. Only nlioiit 5.000 of them will be needed in the near i future, they aatd | It was undersfbod that most of the reserve* to be called will lie "line” officers qualified for genoral duty aboard ship. Huhstsn tial numbers of medical, elec tronlc* 'and other speclaH*ts also are expected to be called for active service. Reer Adm. Ralph 8 Rigg* seld la New Orleans last night that the navy already has taken shout 10.000 reserve officer* up to the grade of commander from lhe reserves. He said more will lie required tn meet expansion need* Riggs, in charge of the naval re. servo program, aaid the aavy altoady ha* caUad up about IM.OOO reserve* with patty officer ratlag*. He Idded'thab no further call* tor a . ;v <Twsw»to Faw* M*>

American Flags Flutter In Seoul; Stubborn Reds Holding Up Allied Links

WVfW IWvWHI* VWW | Up Is Tw»«f j A*d | WK* Uh* U. ff. 7th Mvtekag I*l •uwm. Korea. Mpt. M—(UF)—| fftabbora North KtMtui «rom«mf bonm m ■ railway caMMi aas tlrif • ridge today Md datayM the Haktait o< mrtlurs add eoeMera tb ®BBaBk .■ effOh** making a laet-dttch attBIBRt to prevent the troop* «ff th* 7th to fantry division from the nertk and vhw Ist eavaivy aiTiaimi vwa taa south from cmnpletlag the giant alHed 'nutcracker " The piece the North Kareen* held to make their stand was near the flrot American be'tleground* of the Korean war. Fighting raged throughout the are* The lot cavalry divioton broke through last night after a u>e-miie deeh to il hear* and made the first contact with the Infantry from the north Fighting raged throughout the area today aa American ground troops squeesed the communist P<Kket nt resistance. The heaviest battle was in and around the tunnel Lt. Robert W. Raker, of Spokane. Wash., a tank platoon leader. told ot the opectacttlar breakthrough of the >« cevatoy division yesterday.™ “We started out at 11:30 Tueoday morning with orders to break through and link up with the 7th division." Haker said "We took off al about 30 mile* an hour, barreling down the road and kicking up dust that stayed on the road like a smokescreen. That dust may have saved us' "By ( o'clock we were running out of gas and stopped just outside Chonan to wait tor the gas truck to catch up Some Reds tTarw Tw F*«e toveel Board Dismisses ' I Zone Appeal Case Work Opened Before Zoning Ordinance i The appeal case of Mr. and Mrs. J H Morgan f<ir a variance in the zoning ordinance to permit them to-riMtild a garage on their property at the corner of Adams and Eleventh streets was dismissed last night by the lioard of toning appeals because it was found the laiard did not have jurisdiction. The foundation of the garage had Iteen built in 1*49 and under the ordinance. If work waa started on a structure prior to the enactment of the ordinance th* hoard would have no jurisdiction. Secretary Robert Anderson was authorised to write the finding* to Ralph E. Roop, city engineer and enforcing officer, requesting him to issue a building permit. In the appeal of Mr* Arthur Miller for a temporary permit to place a trailer house at the roar of a residence on Mercer avenue, the matter was continued and the secretary was authorised to write a letter requesting Mr*. Miller to complete the paper* necessary for the making ot an appeal i Several reported violations were made a matter of record and the ! secretary was requested to for--1 ward these findings to Roop for immediate action. The board ad-. jourtWHl subject to th* call ot the president. Clarence. Zlner. Bollinger Writes' Os Second Wound Mr and Mr*. Arley M Bollinger yesterday received a letter from their son. Royal, dated September 1», two day* after he was wounded for a second time in Korea The letter, wrftten from a hospital bed in Japan, said that the wound was a piece at meta! lodging two inches above th* base Bollinger stated that a mortar shell, exploded, killing tour and wound Ing 15 of htoyqwedron 1 ■l• ■ f .

"••A ' ■'.-m—sto 7 tort C. K. IWww tritl dWtf** !• Kwwb. TMte INMBtStiVG AfIMFrtCMI JNOUCjr wm roymtei by ficteh totfay m to Kw«M war Mrtcrvdl .Its ahowtlwwa RbKSa* KryartM oaM aactwtary as abut Daah aBMB tag U. >. official* ar* aowtotaff out other United! Nations member* with tores* nghtiac to Korea foe their reaction to the ptom. The final decision oo potttaff K into effect would have to he mad* hy President Truman after review by the national security council Authorillea said present American Intentions are to eenff law) can forces egress the' aM'~noethartth Korea Jtofrrtr pg» J the commualeto want to caOHM* the war. Once the ronfliet end*, no Amer I can trcop* would be stationed there But Acheson was understood to he willing to permit other UN tia'ioos to provide occupejlon forces ’ The decision against the use of Americans i< designed to avoid inci: Ing Russia or the Chinese communiifs. offtctala said The plan also may be aimed at encouraging the Rusalnns and lhe I north Koreafrt to sesk a peaceful end to the conflict I High diplomatic- sources believe I Russia soon may try .to find some formula to end the fighting in view of the allied military successes and Moscow’s apparent failure tp get the Chinese communists to aid the north Koreans , Stofe Engineer Is j 1 Lions Club Speaker I Mayor John Doan wan in charge i of the program for the Lions club meeting Tuesday, introducing Frank Wmight, from thia city, and in the sanitary engineering division of the state department of health. In addition to Wralght's talk. Don Smith, one of the local Boy Scouts Who attended the Jamboree at Gettysburg this past summer.'"described the trip east and noted the points of interest enjoyed by the Adams county contingent. -„••• - . - Marvin D. 6nb« Dies This Morning Berne Youth Dies After Long Illness Marvin Duane Graber. 13-year old Berne youth, died at 0:10 o'clock this morning at hie home. The lad had been ill more than a >ear with cancer, aad bedfast tor ' th* past two month* ! Hl* father. Mena* Graber, was ■ fatally hurn«l Heptember 15 in an explosion at the Graber Produce Co. In Berne, where he waa employed. The youth was born in Berne Feh. I 1037. a son of Mena* and Lena Hsbegger-Graber - Surviving In addition to hl* mother are a brother. Walter, of Berne, and a grandmother. Mr*. Elisabeth Graber, alao of Berne. Funeral services will be held at Id an Friday at the First Menaonlte church, tbu Rev Olin A. Krehbtel officiating Burial will be jn th* MltX cemetery Friend* mar tall at the Yager funeral bom* after 7 M o'clock thi* evening

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US MoriaasMove Festo la &5l Tokyo. to»t W-(W)-Ameri-roa flaw flnttoewd to flto ettweu of tonal todfly aa U h. ■■*«*** moved IM htotetane* to cuawtote tbo MbefMM ■» dto gflv. At »tW »w. (U.-W a» CffT) • mgrtßd prtvddo ml*od the *Uge ahd w»*n acet <d>* Mherated C, *■> MMtog M» JUMefcgg fftotory to ** ******* and UM lowered M 3:80 |W M I ftawyoM st 11m* MtoiNWBoBI Rwortsw to Korea's Mg mlghbei oa the BOCtb V. S. wlilm BBt atoBM. toeW Bi * Briv* h&A nW _ W 0* •■ v , MOW aw—t L *“« today "M' marine* wove advancing oa the re amialng third a* tart a* they could «n*. Many maria n wore small hto**l can Hag*, found in a liberated bulM in*, th tart la their belnwt* ar vines . Except for an oceaatonal Harry of street fighting, the city waa quiet. The aaata communtat garrt sen was fleeing north, hotly par- ' sued hy U. fl. fovea*, aad diehard ‘ r rr*ff «Sw*et*JXpeAeM quarter* aeM he thought the back bone of enemy rrafstawr* might bs broken today, although marine Col Lewis B Puller estimated cauti ously that it might be a week before the last trace of communist resistance is overcome I Meanwhile, south of Seoul, allied force* were tanning out of the old Pusan beachhead, closiag the allied "nutcracker" oa thousands of red* sealed off when the U. 8. northern and southern force* linked up yesterday north of Taejon. The U. 8. 2nd division captured hill i ,( O. completely wiping out thw Hyonpung bridge-head 15 miles southwest of Taegu - 'he last communist pocket on the east bank of the Naktong river. After taking the hill, 2nd division troops drove on toward Koryon*. 20 miles southwest of Taegu." behind an air and artillery barrage J raking the fleeing red* ' Other American troop* drive near bypassed Taejon and captured Kochang. 3D mile* southeast of Taeojn; Anal, aeven mile* »outhw*«t of Kochaag. Samga. I* miles *outheast of Kochaag, and Hadong. 20 miles west of the south-coast city of Chlnju ' .. American pitot* ranging over the batfiefront complained that they could Had Utile or nothin* to shoot st. In 14* sortie*, the tactical plane* of the srh atr fares could claim only five tar te. nine track*. Id other vehkles. one ammunition dump and five-troop building* de■troyed and four tank* and four truck* damaged South Korean force* driving north along the east coast reached the 37th parallel, capturing Utrhin. I* mile* north of Yoagdok and Cbanyang. 27 mile* we*t of Utehin Haircuts Up To - 90 Cents, Shoves Jump To 75 Cents That haircut and shave that you put off “for just a couple more day*” will coat you a little mor* now. for effective today Decatur barbers boosted their prices, a* much as M percent tn some tonsorlal line*. At least the price of a share hat jamped from 5* to 75 rent*, a* haa haircut* tor children under 13 Other haircuts have been Increased to •* cent*, a 30 percent increase from the 75 cents formerly charged la practically aU local shop*. The price boost here, in other Item* a* well a* haircut* and ehavee. follow* the pattern of barbers' aaaociatloas <n other ritto* which have raised thetr prices with an taereaaed rest of living explanation.