Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 237,

. i ■■■ ■ tsit "ji — —iMffirmmrT. ~ , AMERICANS SMASHING INTO NORTH KOREA

Propose Aimed IM Fortes Io End Aggression > U.S. Plow Would Gh« Power To UN General Assembly take Mecca*. N. Y.. Oct. (t'Pl— The United State* proponed to the United Nations today to give the general assembly power to send international armed forces Into action against aggressors. Russia immediately announced, in a surprise move, that It found Mime Rood point* In the American measure, hut that It could not accept the "general tendency” of the resolution,—— — "There la ho reason to believe." Itoviet foreign minister Andrei Y. Visbinsky told the general assetsbly's main political committee, "that I am la favor at the general tendency shown in the V. 8. proposal. except for the fact that it deals with the strengthening of peace. "However, I cannot agree with a large number of the practical proposals which It Includes " John Footer Dulles. Republican adviser to the stalo department, put the tMesure before the dd-na-tion committee la ro-spmasorehlp with Britain. Canada. France, the Philippine*. Turkey and Uruguay. The measure, which. he «aid would "make It less likely" that - there will he war. recommend* that all UN members earmark part of their national armed forces for use . againstsgressors It would empower the vatotoss general assemB 1 whenever a vote prevents iSe sw i-wrtty conneH from takMt sfflßi against aggressors And It provides that the assembly could be called Into emergency session on 14 hours' notice Vlshlnsky. reserving bls detailed argument on the measure until later, proposed that the committee immediately break the resolution , into It* four chief sections for pur poses of debate. However, the commit tee decided by a 48 5 vote, to have one. overall, general debat on the proposal. The four parts of the U. 8. resolution would: 1. Authorise the convening of the general assembly on 24 hours' notlce. 2 Establish a "peace observation commission" of nine to 14 member* which could observe and report on any situation likely to lead to war. 3. Recommend that each UN member earmark part of It* armed forces for use by the UN against aggressors upon the recommendation of the security council or the general assembly, and establish a panel of military expert* to advise on the organisation, training and equipment of such personnel. 4. Establish a id to 14-member« collective treasures committee U> (Turn Ts Poo* Two* . Leander Q. Hall Dies At Hospital Leander Quentin Hall 44. of Coylon. died Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital after a short lllineM. Surviving are thro* brothers. Melvin of Markle Frank of Sparta. Mich., and Lafayette at Jackson. Mich.; and two sisters, Miss Ada Hall of Ann Arbor. Mich.. anteMrv. Margaret Barkley of Ant'eraon. Funeral service* will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Hardy 4k Hardy funeral home at. Geneva, the Rev. Clayton Steele officiating Burial will be In Riverside cemetery. 1 1' Quarterly Meeting Is Held By Church The regular quarterly meeting of the Zion ebureh voter* assembly, was held Sunday aDemoon at the church, with Earl Ccstoa presiding. The Rev. Edgar P. Hchmidt. pastor, conducted devotionals. Treasury reports were accepted and it was voted to sell the pariah house, removed from the site of the new parish education building. to West Madison street. The church budget tor INI. presented by Louis Jacobs, was approved. It provides for 111.35# for the home fund and 33.MM1 for missions. Aaron Weiland nnnounced the slate of candidate* for the annual election in December.

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Hear Four Inches Os Rain bi 24 Hows ' St. Mary'i River Nears Flood Stage 1 * .1 A fnlrwtee flood of the St. Mary's iv« r seemed Imminent at noon tony. wHh predictions made that the river would overflow Its banks before nightfall. These prediction, were based primarily on the known amount of . rain which had fallen during the 34-hour period ending at 8 o'clock j , this morning, and also the fact that r creeks .-.nd ditches throughout the , county were overflowing their banks. Motorists traveling the county I roads returned with reports of ford- , Ing streams across the roads as early as • o'clock; the threat of , further flooding of roads was evident with the. rain continuing to - pelt down By 8 o'clock today 3 M Inches of ’ rain fell In the previous 24 hours, according to Herman Meyer, local j weather ohaeryer, who added that during the one hour between 5 and , 4 a m.. .34 of an Inch of rain had j fallen The rain, which fell inlermlttent- , ly all day Sunday, gained momentum about nightfall, and poured throughout the night and this morn t ,B «t Meyer said that the river stood ’ at 4.85 feet thia morning with the , greateat rise expected liter today , when the overflowing creek* and ditches pour into the river. Flood J level at most point* along the river . I* 13 fast. t Along with reports of county f roads being flooded was the tact ( that Schmitt's field, adjacent to the . river al-mg East Monroe street, was filling by mid-morning. r Wgter was running heavily at . curbs In the city, making k difficult f Uwdsop between paddles tor the few , people who were oa the downtown I streets during the morning Academic endeavor was halted at three of the county's schools today I bemuse at the rain, and the atw I dents were returned to their homes. , via the school- buses. Students at ( Adams Central. Debolt and Brandyberry schools today could thank the weather for the respite from the. , books. . < „ The weatherman, though, thinks that the whole thing might stop this evening. He’s predicting clear and cooler weather, stating that the , thermometer might even dip into the 3o's; goes on to say that it might get warmer Tuesday, might ! even go ap to 70. In the meantime all ducks are , hating a field day. and raincoats and umbrellas are getting a soaking . workout. Wet feel-are. It seems, the order of the day. at least for , those hardy enough to walk in the ’ rain. j i x- • ; Barkley Speaks In Fort Wayne Oct 18 J According to -,a achegale relens- I cd by Democratic State Chairman ' Ira L. Haymaker, Vice-President Barkley will fly from Denver, Colo., to Fort Wayne oa tke morning of Oct. It. He will attend a breakfast at tke Van Onaga Hotel al 1«: M am. aad at 11:M p.m. will speak 1 before a Democratic' rally at the Fort Wayne Civic Theater, Mrs. Beriht FHer is men oy venin I IRVIWI. . JwF»lww< Tuesday Afternoon Mr*. Bertha V. Fifer. 71. elater of the lete Phit MsckHn of this city, died Saturday night at her home in Bryant after an illness of two years. Surviving ar* her husband. 8. B. Fifer; two daughter*. Mr*. Clar- : eace Cog of Marlon and Mr*. Floyd - Caldwell of near Bryant; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchil-dren; three brother*. Troy Mackiia • of LaGrange and Unseal and Mark .Macklin of Chicago, and two sin ter*. Mr*. C. R- Graham of BourI bon and Mrs Arthur Zebr of Berne. Funeral service* will be conduct- ' ed at 2 p.m Tuesday at the Wes leyan Methodlft church, th* Rev. > Marakall Weaver of Portland officiating. assisted by the Rev. C. E. Smith**. Burial will be la th* , Gravel Hill cemetery, west of Bryant Th* body ha* been removed from the ttelrd funeral borne to i the residence, where friends may call

Inone, Rail Workers Seek Increase Ta Open Campaigns This Week Fer Wage And Other Benefits By United Press Workers In the steel, rdil and telephone industries open <a* paigns this week for substantial wage boost* and other benefits. Heveral million worker* were involved The CIO Steelworker* Union opened talk* with nearly a dosen steel firms in district meetinga today. The union was seeking a -"healthy- -and -aubstaatial" payboost to keep ll* member* pay checks in line with rising living costs. Detail* of the union's demand* were not ditu-loseil but th* Hammond. Ind . Times reported la an exclusive story that the, steelworker* were asking for a 28-cent . hourly wage hike, overtime pay for weekend work, plus a guaran- ' teed annual wage and other benefits ( Among the firm* meeting with union represents!!*** today were Republic Stqel at Cleveland, and Inland Steel at Chicago. Actually, the union’s contract with the companies doe* not aspire until Nov. 1 but labor leaders asked the employer* to open be- J guttation* Immediately In view of ( the aoomtng cost of living. V. R. , Steal, the Industry's leader, has not said whether it will agro* to open the contract now. ogftainto ed w tMkMkbdvUHMteite Ing 1.000.0d0 "non-operatlnk'" rait road worker* will meet In Washington Wednesday to coordinate demands for new wage Increase*. Two other union*, representing engineers and firemen, were expected to step up wage discussions which 'started last week The CIO Communications workers. meanwhile, opened a drive for "voluntary" pay- raises for 250.000 Bell Telephone system employes. Union president Joseph Beirne said the union wanted out <>f-contract pay boosts similar to those granted recently by life auto , Industry. ■He said voluntary hike* would halt "unreal" among worker* At LaCrosse. Wls.. meanwhile, about -2.100 CIO Auto Workers ended a six-day-old strike against -the Autolite company. Details of -*r settlement agreed upon Saturday were not disclosed but a local , union olflctel said It met the work- , er s' demands. ' I InHiatiMlsHeM By K. Os C. Sanday 36 Ara Initiated Into Organization . Thirty-six men were Initiated ' into the Knights of Columbus at ' the K. of C. hail Sunday afternoon. the ritualistic work living ’ conferred by the Fort Wayne degree team, headed by Judge John ' Logan. Twenty-eight of th* candidates 1 were from this county and the other eight from Hammond. Bafayette. New Haven.' Monroeville | and St. Mary's of the Lake Seminary. Wawasee. i Grand knight Leo GtlHg of the Decatur K. of C. council, stated that the newly Initiated member* 1 would lie guests at the Columbus 1 Day banquet at the K. of C. hall 1 Tuesdayeventag. — > Herman Knapke. past grand 1 knight, was chairman of the Initiation. assisted by a committee of i local lodge members. The first • degree waa given at 10:3« Sunday t morning and exemplification of t the second and third degree* at I 2:3# in the afternoon. The member* of the degree team, lodge officer* and commit- < tee member* were guests of the ' local lodge at a 4:30 o'clock din- | ner at the Elks home. T i WIATHKR 1 ClaaFkia aaalar I Tuseffay fair, wMh higher after noon temgereturee. Lew tonight N to 44 north, 4t to dff oeuth. High Tueeday N to M 1

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THE tIRKNHOWRR BROTOiß*. i pwight (left!, president of Columbia university, aad Milton *UM tmther at ceremonies inaugurating Dr. Milton Elsenhower as IttKßteClMeAt of Pennsylvania State college State College. Pa. In Ms afCMHic* speech the new president called for a strong, united AuAtrff h keeping with the nation s "key position" In th* world. He a*saiM<.c*ntrallxatlon of power in government. Ike's brotker I* former KMtsa* State college president. —* —.-- —

—■ ~l Lggjgg HeedsSiNk - Owster Os Acheson a Annual Caavwntion , Opened By Lagion Lae Angeles, Oet »>-<UP»—The American Ijegkm'* national executive commute* demands* today that the admlwislratkm oust seerc Vary of stale Dean Acbesoa from office and drop th* atom bomb on Russia II it commits further aggres'MteMMiraikaiihiael to toi form of resolution* to be-approved by the Ikli.oe# delegate* to the Legion's 32nd annual convention which opened today. The legionnaires were to consider the resolution* at their first general session which will be addressed by former defense secretary Louis Johnson, a past Legion commander. and former communist Louis Budens. The retiring executive committee formulated the resolution* at its final meeting last night "American people no longer have confidence in our state department or in the present, secretary. 'Dean Acheson." the committee statement raid “We believe that it— Is the duty' of the President to .appoint itn mediately a secretary of state who: will instill confidence and who will gather about him advisers dedicated to eliminating the force* of commnnism everywhere" The committee called for U. 8. sponsorship of a United Nations resolution "to the effect that further aggression in any part of the world by Soviet Russia will meet! the full force of retaliation by the ■ United Nations Including, if neces-! aary, th* release of atomic wes I pons oh Russia." Other resolution* called for occupation of all Korea until a free election can be held, continued defense of Formosa, non-recognilion of red China by the United States, extension of Marshall plan aid to Europe until 1*52. extension of full Gl benefits to veterans of Korean warfare, aid to the Philippine* and antbeommunist Chinese, and con- i elusion of a peace treaty with Ja pan. ... u M- , Many Seek Special Auto License Plates Many applications for special numben at the Decatur branch of tfir auto license bureau already have been made for I*sl auto license plates, Mr*. Catherine Lose, bureau manager said today. All number* from JA 1 to JA 150 already have been reserved. It was announced. Other reservation* for special numbers can be made by applying at the branch office In the gt-hnfer store. Lish Hodall To Be Lions Club Speaker Ltele Hodell, manager of manu factoring. Fort Wgvne work* of the General Electric company, will be the principal speaker at tbe weekly meeting of the Lions club Tuesday. Paul Hancher will be In charge of the program and Introduce the spanker.

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Red Cross Directors Meet Tuesday Night The dlrectose of the Red Cross chapter will meet Tuesday at S p.m. at the home service office on Madison street. Judge Earl B. Adams. chapter president, -will pre--11 _ „ AccidMlal Deith M 12 hStale a Im Buzz-Sow Accident By United Pres* r Indiana counted 12 accidental . death* today aa the aftermath of a . pleasant autumn weekend which at» r trai led motorist* to the highways. I Traffic claimed 11 lives, and a bunl saw accident brought the toll to 12. Victim of a buss-saw flywheel . wa* Roy Mullendore. 44. Lafayette. ) Mullendore was demonstrating the I saw to a group of men Sunday when ijthe wheel flew apart, cutting him in two None of the onlooker* wa* i hurt. Frank B. Tooley. 24. Indianapolis, died Sunday in General hospital of injuries suffered in a. twocar collislon on the city's north side Satur .day. Another Indianapolis man. I: Anthony Barnett. 50, died last night after be waa hit hy an automobile ’ while crossing a city street. Herbert Gelling. Brookvlllef told police he found his father. Harry, i 50. dead in a wrecked truck Sunday of a road near Brookville. Luka Rukavlna. 70. Gary, wa* , killed Sunday when he wa* struck . by a Gary railway* bus driven by - Ros* Skelton. Hebron. Saturday night traffic accidents killed tWo women. Mr*. Mary Garrett. 80. Grand View, was killed when she walked Into an automobile driven by Billy Shlrrel. 18, Grand View, and Mrs. Mabel Burns. 44. Rossville. 111., was killed in a i two-car collision on Ind. 83 south of West Lebanon Another traffic victim—hot Included in the weekend toll —was i Joseph H Osborne. 38, Lebanon Osborne died Sunday of Injuries suffered three days earlier when hi* ear wa* struck hy a passenger train. Five other highway mlrtaps lneluded Its the weekend total occur red late Friday night and early Saturday. Cancel Students' Trip To Chicago Announcement was msde today of the proposed trip for county school students to Chicago next ' Friday Hansel Foley, county superintendent'of schools, serving a* spokesman for the county board of education, stated that officials did not feel they could guarantee the number necessary to achieve •he special rate. The Erie railroad officials, who had prompted the discussion of the journey, sought guarantee of »t least 30f adult ticket* for the ’ Friday trip; school officials did l rot wish to take thia responsibility, i however and cancelled the Chicago ' ’rip. They did so with misgivings though, and expressed the hope that anch a trip can he completed | | at a future data.

Red Troops Offer Strong Resistance, Inflicting Heavy U. S. Casualties

One-Cenfßeduction Made In County Rate State Tax Hearing Opened Here Today Frank Thompson, of Bluffton, member of the board of state lax commissioners, and George Gable, a field representative of the commission. today were conducting hearings on property tax levies of the various city, town and township levies., The most noticeable cut made during tbe morning session by the tax board men was a one-cent re duction In the cmraty rate, from 57 cents to 58 eehts This cut. it was explained, was made because tbe bank and intangible tax revenue for tbe county will be more than previously anticipated when tbe budget was made Other reductions were made, all of them In the township*. For instance, blue Creek township's tuition >evy wa* reduced nine cents, from B*, to 80 cental Jefferson township's special <uyh66l fund was reduced eight cents, from M to 44 cent*. Monroe township's fund was reduced one cent, from three to two cent*, and Preble township's tuition fund wa* reduced from 8| .Ja 47 raws*, we «* Smae wawsa. This latter reduction waa made because the advisory board had pared the approprtetioae without cutting the rate! it was stated that 1 tbe“current rate would produce 1 mure than the appropriation* There were no change* in the Hartford. Kirkland. Root. St. Mary's or Wabash budgets. Union. Washington and French township trustees were to meet tn the afternoon session in order to go over their re* pecttve budgets Whatever fireworks will be produi id today—and official* don't expect any—would come during the last bit of business on the day's agenda; that's when the budget for the Adams Central school cor poration will be studied There was already one remon- ; st rance against tbe collection of «Twra Ts Pag* *l*l Tonight Deadline For Registration Clerk Office Open Late This Evening Busineas was alow throughout the day in the clerk's office, but the weather was blamed more than public Indifference to registering to vote for the November 7 election. Thia Is the last day that voter* may check their registration, to learn whether or not their eligibility for the election will be questioned when they go to the poll* on election day. Os course, thoe* who ' have already checked at the clerk's office have nothing further to worry about; about ill they Iwve lett to do is to make up their mind whom they wish.Ja office, then vote for that candidate. — ' For others, however, who hare glaringly, omitted a trip to the clerk's office to clarify registering status, they have the further expectancy at being tmprorerly registered But It Is not too late, even yet There is one alternative left, however for those who have tailed to get to the clerk's office. Should anyone be unable to appear at the office, clerics there will check regietrattens should the person teip phone that office. Jaberg had previously announced that hl* office will remain open tonight until * p.m. to care tor all late reglatrants who would either call In person or by telephone. The clerk has Issued numerous warnings during th* past several week* urging all voter* to cheek with hl* Office conceralng their registration statu*, always hopeful, he s*M. that no on* would be chai- | lenged at the polls for being improperly registered.

Senate Clime rrooers move Into New York Seek To Link Up — Underworld Crime In Notion's Cities New York. Oct. (t£j- A group of crime-prying senator* took aim on the New York underworld today while housecleauint police officials planted new bombshells under their graft-ridden force. Sen. Estes Kefauver. D.. Tenn., brought hi* senate crime Investigating committee from Chicago for hearing* beginning ' Wednesday to pry the lid off what he described a* tbe New York link between tbe Chicago Capone crim* syndicale and underworld combine* in Loa Angele*. Kansas City. Cleveland, Bt. Losto and--other big, town* , Meanwhile, police commissioner Thoma* F. Murphy, sweeping a an broom through Ms l«.«g»-a*M force, promised mor* demotions and shaheupe In the eepad*! MM* rounding a grand Jury disclosure t paid key prttewen Hiltaff** •* I anally to stay In business. The Kefauver committee completed a series of hearing* In Chicago last week which uncovered "strong evidence" of a national linkup of syndicate rackets and political protection. The committee questioned a long list of Chicago mobsters, including members of the old Al Capone gang and the heir* to its prohibition day* racket*. Tbe committee departed Chicago with tbe underworld and public official* alike, in a state of "jitters.” Murphy, who busted every rice, gambling and prostitution plain ciothesman on the New York force last month when he became police commissioner, was slated to swing the ax on “dead wood" la tbe I,Wkman detective division. At the rame time. TH* grand jury will begin discussing with judge Samuel 8. Leibowlta the advisability of calling a "prominent public figure" for questioning in tbe investigation. The name of the potential big name witness wa* a secret but it was speculated wide ly. and not denied in high quarter* of the Investigating staff, that the "figure" was former mayor William O'Dwyer, now ambassador-deslg-ngte to Mexico.- ' >■ Christiin Bilsigef Dies At Bern Hom Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Christian D. Balaiger. 73. a Mired contractor aad farmer, died anexpectedly Sunday morning at hi* home in Berne. He urns a native of Switierland but had spent most of hi* life in the Berne community. He had served two term 1* t member of the Berne town board and at one time wa* president of board. Surviving are hi* wit*. Alina, two sons, Milford and Eldon Bal siger. both of Berne: three daughter*. Mia* Gertrude Balsiger. Mr*. Helen Sprunger and Mra Vera Lehman, all of Berne; seven grandchildren: two brothers. Ernest of Berne and Albert of Forest. 0.. and a sister. Mrs. R. O. Soldner at Berne* Fnaeral services will be held at 3 p m Tuesday at th* First Menan ait* ehnreh. the Rev Olin A. Kr«bbiel officiating Bnrtel will be la tbe MRE cemetery Th* body ha* been removed from the Tager fun eral home to tbe resideace, where friend* may call.

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Amtricon Troops Drive More Thon Two Miles Across Border Os Korea Tokyo, Tuesday. Oct. 10- tl’Pi —Tank-led American troop* have *ma»bed nearly two and a half miles across tbe North Korean border along - tbe mountainous highway to Pyongyang, but the communist* are resisting strongly and inflicting a "great many" American casualties. United Nation* force* were attacking all-out along a 140-mile hattlp arc from Kaesong ip the southwest, to Wonsan on the northeast to enforce Gen Douglas MacArthur* flna!" surrender demand The enemy, although battling without tanks or air cover, waa making It bloody going for the American* aad Month Koreans outside Wonsan, at Hwachon in the middle of the line, and especially In the American Ist cavalry dlvisiou sector above Kaesong. "We have had a great many < assallies both killed and wounded," n dlvtgltHt- spakmaw slid; - - The American*, with Enuth .Koreans also in their ranks, were attacking *ls*4 8 broken lUmilc • front from Kasson, oa the mala ’ Mute Fy*ndj nag highway, oast » ward. t On the Metbeutera aad st Um » Patted NMtoan sMantv. age. the South Korean third dfviaton fought ’ to within a mile at the Mg east ■ coast port of Wonsan 1 There, the North Korean com--1 munist* were abandoning mond- ' tain* of equipment, including ’ brand new tanka which had not even been removed from their flat cars. War ptfsoner* claimed that the Red* were abandoning Wonsan and heading for Mum bon in miles to the north. They also said a Russian lieutenant colonel actually waa commanding the North Korean fitrees and not "advising” them. A* the American* and South Koreans plunged across the 38th parallel in force, radio Tokyo and radio Seoul broadcast over and over MacArthur * second demand In eight day* for the surrender of the North Koranns. The ultimatum was addressed to the "premier, government of North Korea" and called upon the Red* "for th* teat time" to lay down _ their arm* and cease hostilities at once. "Unless an immediate response is made by you in the name of the North Korean government." MacArthur said, “1 shall at once proceed to take such military action aa may be necessary to enforce the decree* of the United Nations." The eighth regtmeet es the Ist cavalry division met stiff resist ante a* soon as it crossed the border between North and South Korea. Tbe American* were pushing along a mountainous road toWard Songhyou. six mile* north of th* border and were encountering murderous small arms fire from hnt k ftenho. - However, by nightfall they had succeeded in peaking forward 4.008 yard*. Another front of the attack. 1# ed 2,500 yards against light opposition from North Koreans entrenched In old. World War I type, fortifications. However, the North Koreans were fighting without tank supporL and their resistance so far had been confined to small arm*, antomatlc weapons and light mor-: tar fire No enemy artillery was in actfoa. aad most of the Untied Natiees casnaltlee were from gna shots. At first th* attack above Kae•ong had appeared to be a walkaway tor the Americans and they waved away air force offers of cloee action ground support It wes a different story ss soon as they crossed the border Tbe attack was across rugged country. Ideal. for snipers and ambush Even army jeeps rauM not negotiate some of the height* and fWwset *s Wnw* Stoi