Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVttl. No. 234.

YANKEES WIN ON DIMAGGIO'S HOME RUN

Final Batlie For Korea Is X RaceOfTne Communists Seek To Set Up Line > ’ , North Os Parallel Tokyo. Friday. Oct. 6—(UP)— The final battle for Korea became a race agattat time today, with 7 the lommudlsts attempting to Set ■' up a line on the weal <oa*t Just north of the 3*th parallel under constant air attack, and the alite* ma«sin* 150.01,0 men tor a gigantic uffehslve. The etart of the allied drive to < rush communist furi es through out Korea wa* believed but a . matter of a tew days (The Chineat* communist’ radio said today that the Korean war “In its real sense has Juet begun ' It forecast a “drawn onl war ot attribution perilous for foreign aggressor*." Ilritiah and Australian troops wheeled Into the line hatay. along aide Americana and Houth Koreans preparing for the offensive Aa the alliea massed below the parallel, tire South Korean third division renamed its northward advance" adong *the North Korean east coast, plunging forward another Id mile* before meeting strong enemy resistance at ChangJon The third had advanced Su miles beytmd the SMh parallel and was only SO miles from Wonsan, expeeled to be a communist rallying poigt ■ ; However, it appeared that the ’ heaviest fighting would takeiptoea in the area facing the American infantrymen and marines on the. route from Smml to Pyongyang Maj flea Karie K Partridges fifth airforce summary disclosed that the communists were altempting to regroup In pre-war positions Just north of the 35th parallel from Haeju on the west coast inland sot"* * ,n miles to llwachon Available to Gen Dougla* MacArthur for his all-out offensive were some 156,00<> slliq|- troop*. ' but they included divisions still engaged in mopping up operation, ■' Io the south Lt Gen Walton II Walker, Ttffhrii army - rommendet in Koreasent a message of congratulations to his United Nations force* today for their heroic delaying action and the subsequent offensive which defeated the,communist* in South Korea The South Korean campaign, he said brought the communists to‘tt- '■■‘a condition of collapse and diintegration from which there could be no recovery ■’ The enemy radio jtt Pyongyang I broadcast to the North Korean, today an admission that Communist troops were In retreat Il tohl of continuing American attacks iu the Seoul area and said (Tm To rwg* Seveur Aoelian Choir To Make Recordings At Radio Station The Decatur General Electric ctHupany’s voice Aeolian choir will assemble at radio station WGL. Fort Wayne, at 73" o’clock this evening to make recording* I rax Id C Kmbler. director of the choir, says cowtrart* have been signed with Hondo Records. Inc . Chicago, to vovatUe four numbers this month and four In Nov.mber The selection* are compositions by Erie Geweben. an employe ot the Fort Wayne G E. who has copy - tight* for more than 50 compo-i tion« Numbers to be recorded tonight are •'Santa's Coming." by the all girl choir: “Merry Xmas." "The National Basketball Song." and 'The Boy Scouts of America March " New month, the choir will record “The Indiana Bong," Ing fan Keep Hack the Dawn. Th. Cookml Song." and "You're liver ta My Heart." All numbers have been especially arranged for the .choir by Evangeline Embler." Mys. Embler will ac. company the choir al the Hammond organ and Mia* Eileen Blebetlt h at the piano WEATHER Fair and not quite ao eoot tonight. Friday partly cloudy and warmer. Low .tonight '.35 48. High Friday M 72.

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NUWBDAMR « ADAMB COUNTY *

New Pastor r» I _j|| Rev. W. 0. Schwehn Install Pastor At St. John's Church Install Rev. Schwehn Sunday Afternoon The llev. W G Schwehn. formerly of Hannibal. Mo , will be installed as pastor of St John’s (Bingen) Evangelical Lutheran church, north of the city on U S highway 27. at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon The Rev W T Vogel, of Fort Wayne, assisted by lattheran pastors from circuit A. Will rpnduct the installation service* Rev V<s gel and the Rev; H. H .Bachs. of Wayuedale, will deliver the sermons llev. Schwehn and family arrived at- their parsonage yesterday and ’ we* welcomed-by the ehutch emmet! A pot luck tapper wa* served - ta the evening. Ordained M the ministry move than 30 year* ago. Rev Schwehn served aa paator ot 81. John’s Lutheran chnrch ln Hannibal for more than 30 year*. He succeed* the Rev M Drilling. who last June accepted the pastorate of St John’s church In Niles. 11l Member* of the church council are’ Edward Rossman, chairman; Herman Mailand, Julius Scheuman. Marfin Auman, jteinhardt Schroeder. Theo Kleine. Otto Kraus* Edwin Kleine. .Ml lvln Scheuman. Edward Si lking M. Win Scherer and Harold llulmahn. » W E Vffelman and M Mfyer serve the congregation at teacher*. Scout Collection Os Waste Paper Saturday Decatur Boy Scout* will bold Ttretr -monthlv papar. -pick-up drive Saturday morning starting at 5 o’ i-lia-k Sieve Everhart, commissioner in chArge. announced today. I Several truck* will be employed and the entire dtv will be covered ;n the one day All Decatur householder* are asked to have their scrap paper ready for the drive The fund* are used by the Scouts for their summer camping trip* Mrs. Haitian Roop Dies This Morning Decatur Lady Dies At Home Here Today Mr- Harriet Ella Roop. 77. wife of Nathan Roop, dii<l al 11:30 . o’clock this morning at her home, i 4*l Month Fifth street, following a critical Illness cf three week* She was born at Willshire. 0.. Ft b 21. 1*73, a daughter of Sam and Martha Buller She was mar tied May 17. 1300. to Nathan Roop, the j-p.iple celebrating' their 60th weddini: anniversary last May I She was a member of the Church . of God -J.,. ,« I Surviving in addition to the hu*i band are three daughters. Mr*. I I sous Staffer of Deming. N M., Mr* Merlin McGill and Mr*. Isaac ' Wagner of Decatur; four sons. • Arthur ot Columbus. 0.. Julius of Vicksburg. Mich . Clarence of De- ■ catur and Glen of Memphis. Trnn : • 25 grandchildren: 30 great-grand- . children: fhtee great-gteal grand I children, and two stepsister*. Mr* t Dorothy Huss Os Bluffton and Mrs. Reese Bodie of Fort Wayne Four children and one brother are deceased. The body was removed to tha Black funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Naval Vessel Is Sunk, 21 Sailors Last Minesweeper Sinks Off Korea; Throe Hoosiers Missing | Washington, Oct. s—(UPl—The American minesweeper Magpie wa* sunk and 21 I’. K. sailors are missing after the ship struck a flouting mine last Bunday In Korean waters where Russian-made mines have been laid, the navy announced today. Among the missing were Stanley Loul* Calhoun. Jr., fireman, son of .Mr. and Mr*. Hay Lester Jones, rural route 2. Dunkirk. Ind.. Robert Warren Langwell, ensign, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James langwell. 1544 Powell Jit.. Indianspoils. Ind . and Richard D Scott. Imai swain’* mate 1/C. son of Mr. .and Mr*. George M. Scott. sSlj W. 3rd St.. Peru. Ind The Magpie struck the mine on her starhoard side and sank about two mile* off shore The htaapie wa* the first S. naval ship to lie sunk in the Korean war. It wa* a 136-foot wood-en-hulled auaHlary motor minesweeper It struck the mine off the Korean east coast city of Ch’uksandong Twelve survivor* were picked up by a slater ship, the Merganser, anti carried to the piirt' of Pukah, r Korea. The Magpie and Merganser Were engaged in minesweeping I tions when the Magpie struct the I mine about 5:36 p. m„ Korean . time. I The Magpie was tha third if. S. navy vessel t« strike •■ said* In , Korean waters. , Total casualties ta the three . mine tacidenjs now stand at 11 . killed. 24 missing sad 10 injured Eleven enlisted men were killed and 10 Injured whea the American , destroyer Brush struck *n internationally outlawed. free-floating I mine off the northeast eoast 'of Korea on’ Sept 27 ' Three other crewmen are missing The destroyer Mansfield struck a mine In this *ame area of the sea of Japan last Saturday Seven I of Us enlisteil men were Injured. After emergency repairs, both the Brush and Mansfield proceeded under their own power to Sasebo. Jupan. I" S. warships recently have picked up a numlier of Russian<Twra Te I'sse *4s» — Communist Riots Flare In Austria —- t Sever Rood, Rail Links To Vienna BULLETIN Vienna, Auatria Oct. 5. — (UR) — Auatria accused Russia tonight of supporting the communist ■ led riots which crippled rail and highway travel In Austria today. Vienna. Austria. Oct. S.—(ITP) Club-swinging communist "goon squad*" severed all but one of the uiajor road and rail links between Vienna and the Wfat today Communist led disorder* flared > throughout Austria’s Soviet sone i and in Ru**isn sectors oTYrenha. . but the rioter* made no attempt to i Invade the city’* western sector*. Austrian official* reported, how- . ever, that 1,500 armed factory i guard* from Soviet-held lower Austria were being moved Into north- . eastern Vienna i At least 50 policemen were injured in clashes with communist hoodi luma. 24 of them In street fighting In Vienna’s Soviet senior. Thirty- • four communist* were arrested here and tn the British sone. Traffic was paralysed In the Sov- ■ lei sector by mob* who ripped up . .pdving stone* and piled rubble, f trash and wet cement ta the • streets. Three trolley* and several truck* were overturned by the rioter*. At Wiener Neustadt,.-30 mile* south of here, communists seised . the post office and telephone exr change and defied police effort* to - dislodge them. Fourteen policeman wre injured in clashes with the > reds. Other rioters held the post office - ta Bsden, Russian headquarters city 15 miles south of Vienna.

Decahir, Indiana, Thursday, October 5, 1950

Conte Up, Need More Air Money • I -A ‘JzV AIR FORCE UNOERBECRETABY John McCone (left) telle the House armed services committee ta Washington that an additional 315 to 36P million dollars will bo required ta the military expansion program to offset rising prices JlrCoire says 750 jet fighter* are in danger of being eliminated from the program. Looking on I* Lt Gen. Nataan Twining, deputy chief of staff in charge of personnel.

Crack Piiseogw ’ Train Is Wrecked 37 Persons Injured In Wreck In East Erie. Pa.. Oct. 5— (VP)— The Ne.w York Centrwl railroad'* New Eaglaad States Express- slammed Into a derailed gaaoline teak car here today setting a tmeh to It cars and injuring 37 person* Railroad official* said 25 person*, including three railroad employe* iud a rescue worker, had beea greased at haegMaia and- H eroee <*A lataed The Erie Red Crow, said 1! Other persons Were treated for superficial Injuries at the Mene As Erie firemen sprayed chemi cal “fog" on the biasing gasoline, the train’s 153 passengers crawled through door* and smashed window* Erie detective Sgt Robert ,Ross said that only the all-steel con st ruction of the coaches prevented a heavier casualty 1011. The passenger, rushtag down the high-sfieed- No. 1 track of the four track rlghvof-way. wa* passing the east bound "freight when the freight's 4»th car. the tanker, derailed and hurtled Into the path of the express. "It was Just like a blockbuster going oif.” said Don Mathers, who was driving near the scene "First thete wa* a terrific flash and then we fell the conoussion " Top* of the‘Express car* were covered with flaming gasoline, but they did not catch fire Passenger*, some in night, clothing, crawled out ot the car* through doors and smashed window* There was no panic. The crash occurred only five blocks from the heart of the city * cabs, a* well a* police and fire am.business district. All available taxi.cabs, a* well as police and fire ambulances. were called to the scene. J. E. Gullfoyle. NYC Erie superintendent »ald that at first glance “it hxiked like the whole train, was afire." However, he said, only the tank car and the lead diesel unit of the passenger train were badly damaged. “Most of "the passenger* left the train under their own power." he said. "They were more scared than hurt for the most part." A broken wheel on the, 6Sth car of the 75-car eastbound freight cau» ed the derailment A New York Central spokesman, said the Express wa* carrying 153 persons and left Boston. Mas* , at 2 p.m EST yesterday tor Chicago. He said passenger* were trans(Turn Ta Paae Ktabtl 23 New Polio Coses Reported In State Indianapolis. Oct. 5 —IVPI — The Indiana state board of health reported 23 new polio cases today, bringing the total number of case* •his year to 354 In tfce last three day*. 61 cases and five deaths have been reported hy thA atate health department, compared with 16 ease* and two deaths reported during the same , three days a year ago Deatha tbla year number 23. A • year ago at thia time there were 51 deaths end 362 eases Polio rasa* have been reported ta 73 counties this year, compared pith 76 last year.

BULLETIN Waehihgien. Oef- 5. —CUF) — The defenee department paid today that 20.756 American caauaftjee have been officially repoesed ta the Korean war through Sept. 2d. _ — UN Orders Korean Reds Mopped Up Indirect Order To General MacArthur ‘ Lake Bacceea. N. Y.. Oet. 5- — — Gen- Douglas MacArthur 3 bad an Indirect but clear order r from the Halted Nation* today to cross the 33th parallel and mopup all North Korean communist .' resistance. A blueprint for the future of Korea, sponsored by Britain and seven other countries, was passed f by the 6P-nation I'N political committee last night and sent on to the general assembly for sure approval tomorrow It provides that MacArthur's force* will police all of Korea until a ilemix rath-ally elected government for the entire country can lie estaldished The political group crushed Soviet opposition in a 47 to 5 vote for the measure with seven allstention* It then adjourned after agreeing to start debate Monday on secretary of slate Dean Acheson's plan tor putting international force* at the disposal of the general assembly for emergency use The 14-memher steering committee met today to decide whether to include on the general assembly's agenda and American proposal for the I N to decide the political future ot Formosa, the hotly contended prize disputed by nationalist ami communist China Bteering committee I the Formosa issue. Jia asked that it* j postponed until It* | Id get Instruction* ig Kai-Shek govern l counter-proposed Truman’s action in venth Vailed State* osa constituted sg- ■ > . If the steertag committee sends the items to the assembly, it will L touch off a new battle over whethI er to invite the Chinese communists to attend the debate*, without a vote Peiping last week won the right to attend the security council discussion of charges of I 8. aggression when It I* held after ' "NOV ' IS — rln the Korean debate yesterday only the -votes of the Cominform (Tars Ta Fuse rivet Surveying Medical Manpower In State i ■ •. Indianapolis Oct. 5. — t,l'Pt i l octor, ta SO Hoostar cmffllles «ur Hieyod the medical profession's .' manpower today ta preparation for i i possible war duty Ray E Smith, executive secre tary of the Indiana state medical , association, said county commit ,tee« were’ preparing survey, ot t 'he personal background and comi munity health program role of es'-b . 11 of the state’s 4.!<W> licensed physi ' dans.

Yankee Clipper's Homer In 10th Inning Wins For Yankees In Second Game

Stassen Sends Bid For Peace Talk To Stalin Personal Appeal Is Made To Russia For Change In Policies Washington. Oct. 5 —(VPI — Harold E. Stassen’s bid for a face-to-face peace talk with Joseph Stalin ran into protest* from two Democratic senators today, hut the state department voiced nd immediate complaint. Stassen, president of the- Vuh versify o/ Pennsylvania, ha* disclosed that he has made a personal appeal to Premier Htalln for a change ta Soviet foreign policy He also declared his willingness to lead a group of private citizens to Moscow to talk about peace. Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, D., commented that “Initiation of any >u<h projeci properly belongs -with the state department." s. n Elmer Thomas. D , Ofcla„ said: “Voder our constitution, the president has the HrsL second aa* lasi word ot foreign affairs. I’m sure Stalin know* that and I’m ■ sure he »W MTWM wM> nymm ■ except the president or someone i authorised to speak for him " If was considered likely In diplomatic quarters, however, that Btassen would get a reply Stalta has used similar methods to express views on world issues In the past. The current Soviet poljcy ta to use all official and uribffjclal channels to carry out Russia's avowed peace program There wa* no formal state department reaction Immediately, but officials Informally voiced no eninplaint. One said he saw "nothing the matter" with Stassen's proposal. Stassen called a news conference late yesterday to make hi* letter pisbllc and report that it was delivered to the Russian em<T*r, v« Paue Sts) Reds’ Atrocities Condemned By UN Commission Seeks Out Guilty Persons Sth Army Headquarter*. Korea. Oct. S.—(VP) The Vnlted Nation* commission ta Korea condemned I the north Korean* today for their ("brutal" slaughter of civilians and war prisoners and began work to seek out the guilty and bring them to trial An l»th army spokesman said to day 31 communist atrocities, rang tag from the killing of small number* of prisoner* to the mas* murder of more than 360 south Korean cTvlUans. 40 American Gl’s, and 15 ROK soldiers at Taejon,, have been investigated hy th* srmy and the VN commission so far. There Is no telling yet how many were-kill-ed altogether. Tie said A VN commission release datelined Pusan said that group listened in "shocked illence" to preliminary account* from It* field observers today sbd sent a report to VN secretary general Trygve Lie The report said the communist atrocities were commitled on a large scale and "invotve some cases of brutal beattag and mutilation of persons prior to their murder." The commission condemn* the complete disregard hy the north Korean anthorltie* of civilised standards of behavior a* well a* of the principle* of the Geneva convention." the report, said The commission, and the V. R. army, began work to run down north Korean war criminal* and bring them before the court of international juttlce. a* »a* done , with Gettusn and J»p»nr»e sear I criminal* at the end as World War H

Nabbed By FBI r • • • • iHI i '■ ' / I Checking through Atlanta. G*. police records, the FBI located Pfc. Charles Ray. of tbla city, ta , jail there. cliu*xing a month-long . search in which Ray had eluded ' police from Kansas through Indiana and Pennsylvania, then the south. With Decatur police alert-1 •d for a return here, and supply-1 tag the FBI with pertinent tutor-1 mstion. police were able to keep I tab on Ray’s moves until be weal ' found serving a sentence Ik the] I Atteata Jell tor public * .tiwiantia.,; * State Tm Iteiftai < Here Next Monday I Review Budgets OF Adams County Units A representative of the state board of tax commissioner* will meet with representatives of differ- . ent municipalities next Monday, to pore over the budgets for. next year. - To dam. the budfeu- have beea cheeked by the county council, next Monday's survey Isxsnother step before final approval !* given. The Mate representative will simply collect information and evi dence of each budget, then forward this data to the atate board; (hat 1 btxly will then either approve or I disapprove the budget* In either t cnee, county, city or township of. 1 ficials will be notified, and the 1 budgets will be revised accordingly > l During the morning session the ‘ 12 townships will be heard, ta 1 alphabetical order beginning at S a m : Blue Creek. French. Hartford. Jefferson. Kirkland. Monroe. Preble. Root. St. Mary’s. Vnlon. Wabash. then Washington. tn the afternoon, beginning at 1:30 p.m.. representative* of Berne, first for the elvtl city then school corporation budgets will be heard, followed by Berne public library. Geneva, civil then library; Monroe civil. Decatur civil, school and public library. Adams county central consolidated school budget will be reviewed, and lastly, the Adams county Cen 1 tral consolidation school on appeal ' will be heard 1 Aremonstrance. signed by William Kruse and 45 others, objecting 1 to the proposed tax levies for the Adams Central school corporation Ips been tiled In the auditor's office to be presented to the state tax representative during Monday’s hear tag The hearing will be held at 4:18 p.m. Much Utigatimt bM followed since the inauguration of the school last year; currently a suit is pending in the Huntington circuit court be- , tore Judge Burr Glenn ' I ■ IS. - - V' ” Two From County Ordered To Duty Two Adams county men have received order* to report this month for active army duty. They i ate among 71 members of the inactive reserve from this area or- . dared to duty The Adams county • men are Cpl. Richard B. Gehrig • of Decatur and Cpl Robert A. .lone* of Decatur route 3.

Price Four Cents

Reynolds, Roberts Wage Mound Duel In Second Gome Os 1950 World Series Today A. •core by tautnga: RHt YaMsee 818 MB 800 I—t W 0 Phillies OED 010 Odd o—l ? 0 Today's Lineups Yank—t . Phillies Wooditng. If Waitkus. lb Rlsxuto. st Ashburn, cf Berra, c Staler. If DiMaggio, cf Ennis, rs Miao, lb . Jone*. 3b Brown. 3b ' Hamner, sa Bauer, rs Seminick, c Coleman. 2b Goliat. 2b Rejtnolds. p Robert*, p Philadelphia. Oct. 5. — (VP>The Philadelphia Phillies sent their young fast ball pitcher. Robin Robert*. out' against a crafty veteran, AHIe Reynolds, today ta an attempt to even the world serie* against the New York Yankees. The two ace right beaders were I the dutch pitchers for their teams during the regular season, sad I manager . Eddie Sawyer of the I Phillies was confident that Roberta I would get hi* club oa even terms a -aamaasmAm - 4e I WVCOTw IBw WwW* BBOWO w 1 Bn**« IstMtaai tciMTHW ter tW vett I I thro# fMMNk Casey Bbsagnt pitot «t the Yam . Iheee. was just as sure that ReyI mMs would cosae through. clincher agaiaet Brookiya SwadaY for his 10th victory against 1| defeats. Reynolds woe 1* games tor the Yankees and toot 12 Fleet liming Yankees—-WoodHag beat out a slow hit ground ball to deep shorn slop for a base hit. Risauto fouled to Semtairk, Wooditng bolding first Berra dropped a bloop single near the toft Held* foul Hee Woodling going to third. Bubba Church started warming up in the Phillies' bullpen DlMaggta popped to Goljat Just back of second base WoodMng bluffed a ran to the plate aad early was picked off tblsdr OoUat, taMaberts Mlse fouled to Bemtak-k No run*, two hits, no error*, two left Phillies —Waitkus grounded out. Coleman to Mlse. Ashburn doubled to short right center. Bauer just missed making a diving catch ot the ball, and it bounced oft hi* glove as be fell to the ground Staler, with a count of three and two, strarß out Ennis grounded out. Coleman to M ixe No runs, one hit. no error*, one left •econd Inwing Yankee*-—Brown lined to Ashburn. Hauer fouled to Jone* is front of the Phillies dugout. Coleman walked on a three and two pilch Reynolds singled to right. Coleman going to third Woodllng. utter driving a long tout into the upper right field stands, beat out another ground bull to Hamner for a hit. Coleman scoring and Reynolds going to second. Rissuto filed to Ashburn Ows run. twe hits, no errors, two left Phillies —Jones wa* called out on strikes Hsniner tripled to deep Centerfield, the ball hitting the wall at the 400-foot mark. Beminick. after driving a three and two pitch foul into the upper left field hand*, grounded out. Coleman to Mlse. Hamner bolding third Goliat lined to DlMagglo. No runs, one ML no errors, one left Third Inning Yankees- Berra struck out Di Maggio popped to Goliat tn short right field Mlse singled to right. Brown drove a three and two pitch to Ashburn No runs, one hit. he. errors, one let! PMliles— Roberts ' struck out Waitkus doubled down the right - - field foul line Ashburn fouled to Berra. Waitkus holdlag second Alster grounded out. Colemsa to Mlse No run*, one hit. no errors, one left Fourth Inning Yankees —Batter popped to Hamger Coleman doubled to right center Remolds walked Church start <Tuen Te Page MSgMi