Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1950 — Page 7

Vat. XLVIII. Ns. S*.

TRUMAN, MACARTHUR TO MEET IN PACIFIC

South Koreans Take Wonsan

Big East tout Port Falls To South Koreans Important Airstrip Practically Intact As Port Captured Tokyo. Oct 10— (UP) - Routh Korean forrs* captured the big oust coast port of Wonsan today and took over ite important airatrip practically Intact after the sudden collapse of it* defenses. Within minute* after the capture of the airstrip the first American plane had landed. The capture of Wonsan was the biggest prise yet in the North Ko rean campaign, but the biggest of all—Pyongyang, the Communiat capital—null wan many mllea from the allied reach. U. 8 let cavalry forces attacking toward Pyongyang from the south bad boon able to punch only about three mite* Iteyond the 38th parallel above Kaesong on the weal. U. 8. marine "tiger bombers'' poured rockets. flaming gasoline jelly bomba, and machine gun fire * into' the communists' mountain positions along th« highway, but the commnaiata' return tire was murderous and the American advance waa stowed to a crawl. American artillery and tanka joined the fighter bomber* tn the fight to drive the eMrenHwd Reda from their atrongbolda. At taut raparta. the auamdmmw were about 19 mllea from Kenchon and (8 mite* from Pyongyang Officer* In the field, however, said they wore maintaining their pressure and they confidently expected to wear down the opposition and continue their advance tomorrow. Towering column* of smoke rose over Wonaan from fire* in the center of the city and a smoke pall extended far out over the barbor when communlat reaiatance .’suddenly canard shortly after American military adviser* with the vlctorlou* Routh Korean third and capital division* considered the city occupied but not fully secured. The communists atill were in hillside iHtsitlons where they could—and did lob occasional artillery and mortar shell* into the city. However, most of the enemy defenders were fleeing west and southwest in the general direction of Pyongyang or northward toward Munchon. 19 mllea away. War prisoners claimed there waa "a Russian unit" In Munchon. 'but it might have been a military advisory group and authorities gave the story little credence. United Press correspondent Rotten Beanvhoff reported that all morning he had watched aa artillery duel between the Reda and South Koreans. Then American fighter planes swept in. blasting and silencing most of the Red gun* Shortly afterward, recon ■ nalsance planes reported the Red* were pulling out. A little after noon ROK troop* began streaming through the city’s heavily damaged factory district and marshalling yard* In the southern outskirts. 4 Bennyhoff reached Woniiai about I p. m. He aaid that aa he drove into the main srita of the city tendering the, bay. he noticed that the fronts of buildings bad been hoarded up and be saw few civil*Tw*w Ta Pane •!*» Collection Os State Texes Is Increased lulanapolls. Oct. 19 —(UP)— The state department of revenue reported today that collection of Mate taxes In the quarter ending Just Sept. 30 jumped T.< percent over collection* in the same quarter last year. Revenue commissioner Conn Sterling said *37.077,7(3 waa collected in the July-September perInd thia year, compared with »2».r ’le.aet a year ago. Collections ot all taxes except Inheritance and afore llceart were above the IM* total*.

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IU LItTIN j Washington, Oat. 10c—(UP) —The budget bureau today slhatad from the flaeal 1«*1 spending authority *f II Federal agenelo* to pre- - -4 -a - YUfeWN *•• wuteMwThe bureau acted under order* from tengree* to trim ot leapt *((0400480 from the orb ' oln*l (3(474400400 emnibu* a**temmsiafirin kill ■ppfWw’n van* al appropriation* for defense spending raw Uta total budget figure eleae to (84,000400400. Asks Draft Os 922 Medics By HrstOfYear 500 Dentists, 100 Veterinarians Are Also Being Sought ’ Washington. Oct.. 10 — (UP)— 1 The defense department today ask- ' id for a draft of 922 doctors. (W dentist* and 190 veterinarians for the army during November. Decam- ' her and January. - ■»=----■■-■ ■ The department said that the 1 navy and air force have indicated their present plans do not call 1 for similar doctor-drafts. The department specified tn Rs request to selective service that 1 SOO doctors be provided for the ' ar«y by Nov. IS; MO doctors. MO ' dentists and So veterinarians by Doe. 14; and Mt ductor*. 3M Realists, and Id veterinarians by Jon. I*. £ May Lift Ran Washington. Oct. 10. —(UP)— President Truman soon may lift ! I ne-ban on drafting ot married men for the armed services, congresstonal sources said today. Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey, dlr- , ector of selective service. Indicated In recent testimony before the ' senate and house armd service* committees that such action wonld be recommended to the president ! Married ■ -men. -by presidential., directive, are now exempt from' I oraft calls which affect single non-1 veterans from IX through 25. | It was reported that Iu some - Oraft board districts the supply of ! available manpower had dropped > to the point where only 20 and 21- ■ year-olds are available. Although abont 1.000,000 men | ere coming into the manpower pool each year, it was considered likely I that the pool would have to be enlarged Mill further to meet military requirement* The first step In that direction would be the drafting of childless married men. and thereafter married men with children and other tlependaqts, as needed. A draft of World War II veterans would require congressional action and n<\ iTwm> T* Peer NtaMl Three Decatur Boys Taken Into Custody Confess Tampering Os Railroad Tracks A serin* of switch-tampering and rail obstruction on the Pennsylvania railroad In this city waa announced day cleared today with the apprehension of three Decatur boys, one eight and two nine years old. The apprehensions followed sn intensive Investigation hy railroad police, city and county authorities and the FBI. The lad* admitted to police that they had "thrown" at least two switches and bad placed a number of foreign obstacles on the rail* 1 during the past few months An Incident last Tuesday evening in which a chain and several railroad spikes were placed on the rails resulted In the apprehension of the boys. The cooperating departments later nabbed the responsible youths. Members of the police agencies said today that a rigid enforcement program will eoatlnne In aa effort to keep all boys and girl* off railroad rtgkt-of-way*. thus eliminating the kasard* to children, railroad personnel and passenger*

■ - i New Curbs On Housing Credit Are In Making Government Plans New Restrictions To Curb Inflation Washington, Oct. 10— (UP) — The government prepared to Impose new curb* on housing credit today in an effort to combat inflation. The move was only one of a series of economic stabilisation plan* in preparation, under conalder at ion or In the discussion stage. The others involved higher taxes, the imposition of selective wage and price control* and the continuation of rent ceiling*. The new housing regulations may lie announced before nightfall it was reported that the new restrictions will require 15 to 50 percent down payment* on house*. The 15 percent down payment will apply to singlefamily house* built On a modest scale; the heavier. down payment on luxury-type houses. Lae*. July, the -government tightened up on FHA and VA-inanred mortgages Veteran* were required to make a five percent down payment, while F3lAinsured mortgages were reduced from a maximum of g1C.909 to (14.000. with only 7* percent of the appraised value of the hoffae eligible for a mortgage instead ot 80 percent. It was understood that even these curbs will ba heightened. There were the»e other home front developments: Rent Control Chairman Burnet R. Maybank. D. 8. C., of the senate banking committee said it would be "Impossible" for congress to enact a new rent control law before the present federal ceilings expire on I Dec. 31. He hinted he may conI alder new legi-latinn next year t ' But Maybank's counterpart In 'Tare Te !•■«» s|«t I Lancaster Township Young Man Missing I Launch Wide Search For Ralph Fiechter A vast search was underway today hy Wells county. Bluffton and state police In an attempt to locate Ralph Fiechter. 20. who has been missing since about < p. m. Monday from his home, two and one-half miles north of Cralgvllle. The youth resided there with his mother. Mrs. Fred Fiechter. The Lancaster township youth had gone to the mail box to get the evening paper, it was reported. and has been missing since that time. Boat* commanded by Wells county authorities dragged the Pigeon Roost ditch as well a* the Eight Mlle dlteh In an attempt to recover:the body. The Pigeon Roost ditch flow* parallel to the road and opposite the. Fiechter farm home; It join* th* Eight Mile ditch about onefourth of a mile away. At the time It had risen to an abnormal five feet. _ Plane* from Bluffton and Decatur were searching the area, and police of nearby state* have been notified of the missing youth, along with his description. When last seen he was wearing work clothes, blue denim jean*, shirt and cap. and work shoe*. He Is about five feet six Inches tall, weighs between 135 and 140 pound*, ha* blue eye*, light brown wavy hair. Bluffton and state police authorities weee-to contact the newscarrier to learn whether or not he had seen the youth. Fiechter'* brother had driven along the road In either direction trying to locate him. The family reasoned that he might have noticed livestock out, or a fence broken, and didn’t become Immediately alarmed. It waa probably a half hour before the family noticed hl* absence, and the search was begun.

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Decotar, Indiana. Tuesday, October 10,1950

■- ' . " " " ' - ...... Reds Resist Gb North of 38th ■ I I 1 I I : I fl c fl I I J 1 -< U. a. FIMT CAVALRY force* <ll report stiff resistance In their drive acroa* the 3»th parallel Ipto North Korea. First objective is ■ Ronghyon, 11 mile* north of the parallel The South Korean 3rd ' Division fought into Wooeou <3> and to the south tha Booth Korean < Capital Division drove Into Weapgpg. South Koeeem Mb oungM into .‘wwachoa tft. » f *' ' . ' .

Few Chaages Made In Local Budgets One Cent Sloshed From County Rote No serious changes were made in the budgets Monday after representatives ot the stale hoard of tax commissioners finished studying all county unit rates. Some slashes were made in a few of the township rates by Frank Thompson, a member of the alate board, and George Gable, a representative of that board, but after all had been said and done, cut and revised, those rales reduced practically equalled those raised. at least in number. • The most generally elective cut was made In the county fund rate, reducing It by one cent, from 65 lo 54 cents. (It was reported Monday that thia had been reduced from 57 to 56 cents; this report did not take into considers lion the two cent slash made in the county fund rate hp the county council in last month's session, i The 54 cent rate tor the county fund, though, is three cents higher than last year, a jump from 51 cents Other county rates remained substantially the same this year as last, with the recreation rate still at two cents, the hospital rale reduced from nine to eight cents: the welfare rate, though, went up. from 14 to 17 cents. During - the afternoon session Monday, the Union township fund was reduced from 12 to 10 cents, and Union township's special school fund from 38 to 30 cents, the notation that there had been These reductions were made with an ''underestimate ot state support.” That township's tuition fund was also reduced, from 00 to 85 cents. Washington civil. French. Berne, Berne-French school. Berne library. Geneva library. Decatur school, civil and library: Monroe civil and Adams Central budgets were all left unchanged by the tax representatives. The Geneva general fund rate was reduced from 71.6 to ft rents, and the recreation fund from 6.6 to six cents. These reductions were made to avoid fractions in the total rate. Following study ot all other rates, a hearing was hold on the remonstrance filed against the Adame Central budget Approximately a dosen persons were la attendance, some of them the <Twev To Fame MgM>

Vo* Wort Woman Buriukf To Death . i Mrs. Kiva Wolford. 38. ot Van i Wert. O, who met tragic death < yesterday when burned by kero- I sene, was a sister of Roy E. Taylor t of Decatur route 6. t Mrs. Wolford's month-old baby t was also burned to death In the < kerosene explosion which occurr- I ed at the. Wolford home Monday morning. She was the mother of f nine children. Wolford was at work c when the tragedy struck his family. The residence was completely * destroyed. ’ - s Over Five Inches Os ' Rain In Two Days Soyboon And Corn Harvests Delayed About the only thing left to say | about the weather Monday other than it was awfully damp is that it would have been mighty difficult tor any energetic Boy Scout to light a fire by rubbing two sticks together — there probably weren't two dry sticks in the • whole of Adams county. t Lighting a fire, though, became • a problem for some people In the ’ Homestead district, according to a 1 story today. With gas use hemp- 1 cred by the dampness, electric • stoves were utilised to provide ’ fare for others In the community. 1 and electric heaters gave warmth. The way we understand it. cook- • tng for the neighbors became a r reality, tot goodness' sake; it be- « came a community project, with overtones ot the pioneer spirit. € These weren't the only incon- * sentences reported, though gas wai again in full supply today. ’ Others, however. In the city were J facing flooded basements Monday. • The sewers were full of the tre- 1 mendous amount of rain that had J fallen, and were backing into base- 1 ments and collars. For the 24 hour period ending * at 8 o'clock this morning. 1.21 of * an Inch fell; this coupled with the ‘ previous 24-hour period ran the 1 total for the 48 hours to ".17 J inches of ruin, With creeks and ditches pouring into it. as well as the direct ' benefit of the pelting rain, the St. ' Mary’s overflowed flood level by mors than three feet—to a 16.38 feet high, according to the stalls tics relea r ed today by weatherman Herman Meyer. Meyer added, though, that tf| there tat no further rainfall today. CVwew vw smwe mmevt a

President Expected To Confer With MacArthur Oil Far East Situation

■» ? — —— Yugoslavia Backs Amman Proposal Favors Rawer Grant To UN's AsMmbly Lake Succeea, N. Y.. Oct. 10 — (UP) — Communiat Yugoelavia threw its support today behind an American propoeal to put International armed force* at the disposal *of the United Nation* general aasembly for use against aggressors. Dr. Edvard Kardelj. Yugoslav foreign minister, said his country had some reservations to the American plan, which would empower the vetole** general assembly to take over enforcement of sanctions when a veto blocks action In the security council. But he added: should like to state at the outset that the Yugoslav delegation endorse* the draft resolution in substance." Before Kardelj spoke. Aestrailan foreign minister Percy C. Spender also pledged support for the American ptauF-tat suggested that the UN first make another attempt to establish a security council police force as envisaged in the charter Kardelj told the aasemhly's donation political committee that the very existence of the peace machinery propmed by the U. 8. "bud* be a puwas*ai sbsiarti town sggri'aenr." . . ... “We should not. however, overlook the fact that we have had a very bad experience with tactics purporting to find an ideal eolation, but actually aimed at reaching no solution whatever." he said. "In other words, we catnot—through a fear that the machinery of International security might be turned to wrong alms—forever justify our failure to work towards the crew tion of such machinery thus in tact giving aggression free play. "We prefer even a somewhat, defective -system of intrrnattonal security to no system at all;" The' Yugoslav diplomat, whose government broke with the Rus slan-led cominform two years ago, struck out At the Soviet Union for. Its abuse of the veto In the security council. “The present position." he said. “Is an absurd op* Indeed, which , <Tova T* r*w XNubei Release T« Rales For Various Units Some Os Rates Are Lower Thon Present Tentative tax rates for the county and for the 12 township, city and town units were released today by auditor Thurman I. Drew. The rates, in many instances, are lower than last year, tat with the higher assessment of real estate made last spring. It Is expected these budgets will bring in a* much or more than last year's. The rates were released followIng the study of each budget by representatives of the state board of tax commissioners Monday. The following is a complete list of the various tax rate*. In parenthesis Is last year's rate. Blue Creek—*2.3* (2.33); French, *3.04 <2.431; Hartford. *2 35 (3.4*) ; Jefferson. *2.02 (2*3); Kirkland. (3.01 (2 *3); Monroe. **.*7 (1*7); Preble. *l*s (1.M); Root. *1 .*6 (2.0*1; St. Mary's. (2.54 (2.511; Union. *2.22 ( 2.53). Wabash. (*.32 (1.37); Washington. *3.13 (3.10); Berne. *3*s (3.37); Decatur-Root. RIB (3«»); Decatur-Washington. *3X2 (3**); Geneva. *3.14 (3.(0); Monroe-Mon roe. *3 44 (3.T<>. and Monroe-Wash-ington. *3 A* (3.M1 . Poll taxes for the various townships will remain the same as last year, accordiag to the preview of the tax rate schedule. WRATHRR IMlggkvßly Fert Wayne area tonlfM. Lew tonlgM 43-47, M«h Wedneeday aa-70 north, tooth. '

"T »—■»*■» Rujsia Charges Planes Attack Soviet Airport Gross Violation Os Soviet Frontier Is Charged By Russia Moscow. Oct. 19 — (UP)— Russia ' charged today that two American ' jet fighters strafed and damaged a ’ Rovirt airport less than 39 miles from its big Siberian base of Vladivostok Sunday (In Tokyo, a <?. 8. air force spokesman said be had "no comment" to make on the Russian charge. In Washlngtua. a alate department spokesman also said there would be no comment there until the protest has been received and studied.) Deputy Soviet foreign mtstatqr Andrei Gromyko protested this "gras* violation" of the Soviet frontier fa a note handed U 8 ‘ counselor minister Walworth Barbour at the Kremlin. Th* Mt* pMdMh ' went of the "peraoM responsible." ’ asked assurances affplnst future th- • eMents ata said the Untwß Mdes, fl MWMM* — — . --- must Dear roe conseqacitces q* *ae art sen '-4 fc However. Barbour refused to ac--1 cepl the protest on grounds that It ' should be sent to the United Na- - Hons. Gromyko then sent the note 1 to the U. 8. embassy by mall. He 1 insisted the United States was re--1 sponsible for the attack because the plane was under American con--1 trol. The note said the airport attacked was in the Sukhaya Rechka area of the Soviet coast on the Japan Sea <2 miles inside the Siberian frontier from Korea and 25 to 30 mile* southwest of Vladivostok Two F-S0 jet shooting star fighters sprayed the airfield at 4:17 p rti. Sunday with machine-gun bullet* from "hedge-hopping" altitude, the note said "A* a result of the firing, damage was caused to the property of the airdrome." It said ■ The incident was the third Involving the I". S. and Soviet air forces iu the past six months. Last April, a U. S. navy privateer plane disappeared after being intercepted by Soviet fighters, allegedly over Soviet Latvia. Then, on Sept. 4. U. S. navy planes shot down a Soviet bomber oft the Korean west eoast after it flew over an allied ship formation Both those incidents ended in a . eTora T* Poor Rlabti Democrats Meet At Geneva On Saturday F. Shirtwy Wttew 1 - Principal Speaker The second of a series of countywide Democrat political meetings will be held next Saturday night at 8 o’doch at Geneva high school with F Shirley Wilcox, state treasurer and Democrat candidate tor reelection, aa principal apeaker. Dr. Harry Hebble. Democrat county chairman, announced today that plans were completed at a meeting of Geneva members of the county committee Monday night at Geneva. Committeemen. vice-committee men. and all county candidates are Invited to the meeting and ail w,n •* introduced to the public Wilcox, former col luetor of internal revenue, is regarded a* one of Indiana’s top speakers as well as an outstanding state official. Several carloads of Deretur people are planning on attending the Saturday meeting ata Dr Hebble stated that anyone desiring traa*nortatlon shonld contact hta by Saturday noon The puMte la invited to attend the Geneva 1 Meeting.

Frica Four Cants

Secret Meeting In Pacific, Obviously Ta Talk Situation; „ Surprise Meeting WsshingUHi Get. 10 — (UP) — Pranident Truman ata Gen. Douglas MacArthur will meet secretly sumewbere tn the PneMle this weeheta. obviously to dlacas* the Korean war and the tar eastern strategic situation in all Its aspects. A surprise While House announcement shortly after 11 ajn. (CST> today left unanswered specifically why or where the president sta the supreme commander of United Nations force* in Korea will hold their retaeavoua. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between Mr. Truman and MacArthur who here had many differences of opinion on various angles ot far eastern polK’F The announcement recalled a similar meeting between the late President Roosevelt anti MacArthur as Peart Harbor July *♦■!*. 1944. to discuss grand strategy tn the Pacific war WTiile the White Ftotsae dM not ■ay so. Mr. Truman obvMMmly will fly to th* secret meettag ptaea. H ' ■ waa tattered the xaeettag place . will be somewhere weal of Hawaii. ,1 Mr. Truman wjll leave (ar IM. Lanta tomorrow ata proereed (rata taere to tha PAclflc He w«l . «• tata her* <MI A t While th* purpose o' the con- . frrence waa not dlacloeta, It wa* . assumed here that Mr. Tnxaaan . will dtacus* with MacArthur the military and political aspects of . the invasion of North Korea—with attention on the desirability of avoidiag any Inctaeats involving Russia or Communist .CtrtnjThere waa speculation ThaU the president also would go (nto all aspects of the *dmfnist*agion'K Formosa policy ■— an laaoe-iaa . which MacArthur and the admin Ist rat tan do not see eye-to-eye. "The clash of views was pointed up late in August when Mr. Truman tried to suppress a MacArthur statement to the Veterans ot Foreign Wars convention which amounted to an attack against state department policy of Formosa. Announcement of the meeting drew from Republican national chairman Guy G. Gabrielsen the remark, "it's about time." Republicans hsve been insisting sil along that it waa MacArthur's brilliance, rather than any effort on Mr. Truman's part, which turned the tide in the Korean war Asked specifically wby the president was goiag to visit MacArthur. official Informants gave these reasons: 1. MacArthur is “right smack tn the midst of a military cam patgn” and, cannot go tar away at this time. So the meeting had to be pretty tar oat in the Pacific 2. The Korean war brought up many problems that aan best l>e discussed by facedtatew talks without relying on cables and other means of communication Problems that will he discussed, it was said, cover the Koresn war. the problem of Formosa, the occupation of Japan ata Use tTuea *■ Wsss MtaMs Treasurer's Office Open Extra Hours New hours, to be effective from now until tax-paying time. November (. were announced today by county treasurer Richard D Lewton. The treasurer stated that his of-' flee would remain open during the noon hours and until 4:39 o'clock Saturday afternoons for the convenience ot taxpayer* who have nm already paid the fall Installment of their taxes. le*wton did add that these honr* might be modified during the last week before the deadline He again reminded all taxpayer* that should taxes not be paid by the November ( date, taxpayer-* win be declared deWtaneat ata an tatted premium wtR he attached Io their rata.