Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 247.

PARATROOPERS BLOCK RED ESCAPE ROUTES

Order Slash In 1 Rubber Use For AfUlfip Umllffil UOOus Actional Robber, Aside For Defense Washington, Oct. H.-ICTMI Tbe government ordered more rub her and staialM* steel ret aside | for defease today, and distUler* unread voluntarily to divert alcabol to th* preparedness program The national production authority ordered u«e of natural aad , syntbatie rubber tor clvUiaa good* , nt back la November aad December to U percent of each Industrial , u**r’* monthly average for the year ended last June JO. Than mould limit civilian rubber use to #O.OOO tons a month for the rest at this year. The same goal eras attempted la a previous cut- , back order towed In August. Hut because of adjustments aad allow- , anew. September rubber me for non def erne purposes stayed close to HMto Ums NPA officials eethuated Ute curtallmeut would provide 53.000 toes of natural robber for defease purposes ka the two mouths They saM the new restrictions should not came a tire shortage aad that tires lor the rest of the year will be of about tha same quality m those maaefactu red pre- . vlously. New robber allotments for 1151 will ba iaeeed tour for civilian users, probably cuttiag buck their suppHM still further and reqdlHng ift rttninhltt ttaao. i WBW® ■pMxWWtl* Bw wwr , hm Dart W CHea. •renter of NAF* robber division, said that tn any event motorists will get better tires than those made during the World War II robber shortage National production administrator William 11. Harrison also ordered the entire production of Columbium stainless steel set aside for military or atomic energy commission uses The steel which Is highly-roatsiant to corrosion. Is u-ed primarily In high tombastion chamber* and In the processing of erttain chemical*. Civilian me wee not expected to be affected much by the diversion Government officials have «aiad there Is no prospect of a shortage of automobile tires Hut the govern- ( meat'* stockpiling program of natural rubber vital In war- has , been lagging. The nation* whiskey distiller*, meanwhile, agreed at the government* request to divert 15 to 20 percent of their monthly produc lion to industrial alcohol for the synthetic rubber program IHstllier sources said that in anyj event they did not look for a shutdown of whiskey production, since the Industry now ba* a 225,000,000 gallon annual capacity. i Exploins Red Cross Volunteer Services Mrs. Dorothy Foster. Eastern area volunteer service* field rep rerentatlve American Red Tross. visited the Adams county'Chapter y re terday and explained the duties of the various groups which comi rise volunteer Red Cross Service*. The meeting wa* well attended and much Interest was shown by representative* from a number of church societies. clubs and the town of Berne. Plans were made for training the volunteer* and the date ten tatlvoly set for Thursday. Nov. ». Everyone planning to participate in any of the volunteer groups! will be required to take this train. Ing. It was explained. Further Information may be had by calling Mr*. Stewart W. McMillen, blood program chairman. Mrs. Ed Bauer, volunteer services chairman, or the ftel Cross headquarters. Persons residing In Berne may contact Howard Neuenschwander for further Information. WKATHKR , Fair and pooler tonight Local front north .and central portion*. Fair and a Ht«a Saturday. Vow tonight M to « north. 42 to M south. High Saturday M te n north. 70 to »*MK

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

SUssm's Bid To Stalk b Rejected Rod Forty ’ nooor Aijoih Bid MuLcww. Ont. JO— (UP) — The sdNetf communist party newspaper'Pravda today rejected Harold Jt. SlssapO " bid for 'peace talks" Nrith Pretßier Josef Stalin a* "a sqff - reeMM. self - advertWbg fatpV ** [jl three-column article by Tairov Viciorov oil the back page of Pravda eattad Mareen'a letter to Htalin “a dirty game ... It being obvious from the very first word* of the letter that even elementary good faith Is alien to Stassen." Pravda accused Stassen of an electioneering mantovar" designed to Influence "the broad masse* of America* voters who are profoundly alarmed by the aggressive course of the policy of American rulers la an unparalleled arm* race and preparation for a new war." Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, former governor of Mlnneaota and twice an aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination, discloaad hi* letter to Stalin Oct. 4. Writing as a private citlien. Stassen suggested they confer on step* U> bo taken to achieve "a just world peace." He said that the Soviet Colon would have to change It* present course If the drift toward war was to be Stalin of their conference In 1847 and said that all be had told tha premier then hod proved true Despite Soviet prillrtteas he raid, there had been no American depression “ 'topvto arid Staaara ’«*’ "notorious warmonger favoring Ito wttdeet KM «* American tor elan policy” bat, bad put M th* mask of a peace monger The article raid Stassens bad faith and arrogance were demonstrated by his lioaat that all he had told Stalin in 1»47 had proved right That, he »aid. was "another empty, false phrase " Rebutting Stassens contention that American capitalism I* not monopolistic. Pravda saU there were4B.noO.oOO fully or partly unemployed in the United States while 450 large ‘ monopolies iniTera Te Paar »»«) Another Record In Soybean Unloading 450,000 Bushels Os Beans Are Received With men working to unload | trucks and rail car* at the Central Soya company, another record was marked up Thursday when approximately 450.000 bushels of soybean* were unloaded at the Decatur plant. [ During the day and through last ulght 834 trucks were unloaded as well as 141 boxcar* during the continuous operations of weighlng-ln and storing as well as unloading the beana. Feverishly working to keep up with Ihd tide of bean*. Clin Steiner. superintendent of the elevator* at the site, and his »talf. for the second straight day set a new record of receipt* at the plant. It la believed that today's influx of trucks and rail cars will almost equal Thursday's record Trucks were lined up to get Into the weighlng-iff station early this morning. It i* expected that this will continue for at least another week, or pereibly even longer The tremendous storing is accomplished because of Ihe release of rail car* and the Ideal weather ' for harvesting the beans. It was said. With farmers and truckers comIng from an area of 100 mile*, the same process of weighing them in established Wednesday was maintained. that of weighing, the tracks In on one scale and 'Weighing them out on another? Using this method for the past two days, a track I* emptied and weighed In approximately one minus* and IS second*. Track* were lined up "bumper to bumpar" as late a* It o'clock Thursday night, and th* unloading continued throughout the night, according to plant manager C. I. Finlayson, who atated that such operations will continue until the harvest 4» In.

Say Oil Went To Red China

COWARD GUINNE (right). deputy chief of the commerce department feDtee of fnternaUoaal trade appear* before the senate merchant marine sub-committee and testified pat both V. » »»d foreign ships delivered a "considerable portion” of a 24,000 dram shipment of oU td eoremunlst China elnce Korean hostilities.began. 0.1. T counsel Nathan Ostroff (centerl said that no export licenses were required whoa the oil left the U. 8. Quincy Adam* (leftl chief of the commerce section of the army* office for occupied arena, also testified. .

Workers, Payrolls (■creased la City Goins Art Reported Here In September Industrial employment tn the eRy lh< rvaecd t 7" pre cent in fteprember and the payroll climbed •IM percent for the same month, the CMto her of Commerce business bare meter announced today. Compered with the seas* WsMba year ago. th* employment gain is 80 percent and the payroll increase 3P.4 percent The baronwter show* employment of I.M" perrons In six local Industries. The September payroll wa* 1555.245. compared with *457.553 in August and *341.254 in IS4» Ten buildimc permits for *13.42« were issued last mouth, compared to 17 in August with a value or *143.121 Carloading Inand-out of Decatur totaled 2.322 in September and 2.81 Zin August A year ago the total wa* 3.438 ■Direct poor relief in Washington township amounted to >3ll tn Sep timber, compared to. *2lB in August, There were 44 births and six deaths reported in September. conipar*d to 53 -births; aud 11 deaths m August. Vtllity set Vices showed a slight gain during the month, the number of water meters remaining static for the month. Pair Arrested In r Football Bet Raid 'Scotland Yard' Os Chicago Makes Raid Chicago. Oct. 80— (VP) — Chicago's "sAtland Yard" police detail raided a clearing house handling *85.000 a week in football pool bets and confiscated several thou sand parlay cards, authorities dis cto.-ed today Police sought to determine whether the clearing house operated as a branch of a huge football handicapping syndicate exposer! by a raid on its headquarters In Dalia*. Members of Scotland Yard, the undercover branch of the Chicago police department, arrested two men In the raid yesterday. Th* pair. Frank Redlsi. 28. and Jack Passarella. 41. were chanrod with possession, distribution and sale of lottery cards. Capt. William Balswick described Redlsi as operator of the clearing house and Passarella as one of his seven field agents. Ralswiek raid the clearing house fronted as the Veterans Social and Athletic Cliih Police found indication*, he said, that it was a commission house for bets on all kinds of sporting events Detectives were led to the clearing house by lottery card* found In a south side drug store, aa |c* cream parlor and on now* *tand*. Balswick Mid hi* mon had the clearing houre under surreillaaeu for several week* bnt were holdtTwro Te raw* *ta>

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4 Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 20,1950 ...

Four Are Killed As | Tram Smaslias Auto Domex. 81.. Oet >O.-(UP)- A ( Santa Fe train rtrnck w paatoager automobile gt the bomax-Carmen road crossing today, killing the four <h cupants of the ear. State police said the four were from McDonough county and identified them a* Howard Brook*, Adajr; BUI Renner. Colcbdeter; Ylevirresau* ' t*»• MMdt .. Fwwuniywr"- —q John Heike*. Colchester. SmA Korot RtNef Needs Estimated Yugoslavia Seeks Millions For Aid i Washington. Oct. 20. —(VP>— , Oen. Douglas MacArthur has esti mated routh Korea's relief need* between now and July 1 at 1,482.000 tons of food and other vupplie^, coating about >146.500.000. the Assistant army secretary Earl D ■ , Johnson said MacArthur's esti • males are preliminary. Johnson' ( added that substantial portion of , Korean relief supplies will be furnished by other I'nited Nation* The military lias taken over re-' sponslbtlity for Korean civilian re- ( lief from the economic cooperation ( administration. Tbv army's re- : sponsiblllty include* supplying,, food, clothing, shelter, medical, and , similar Hems which serve both civilian and military purposes. Food Shortage* , Washington. Oct. 20.—(UP)— ( Yugoslavia today formally asked . the United States for >It>S.O(M).OOO in aid- to relievefood shortage* ( caused by drought. Ambassador Vladimir Popovic , handed newsmen copies of a note which he presented today to secretary of state Dean Acheson The note »ald that "in spite of all efforts and an extreme limitation of the consumption (of foodstuffs) there still remain* a loss amount- ' ing to *l<i5.ooo.00(1 that can be covered solely by an extraordinary as- J distance from abroad " The note said drought destroyed ' a large t here of Yugoslav crop* this year. It added that the Yugoslavia' government “will greatly appre cl»t* the assistance of the United States in overcoming these diffi-1 <Twvw ■ret r*a* Rtweti

CAKIIEt BELIVKKY 25c Kk WRBK Effective the week beginning Saturday. October 20, 1950, the price of the Decatur Daily Democrat, delivered by Carrier on all of the routes served by Carrier-Sales-men will be 25 cents per week. Your Carrier will share in this increase. Single copies of the paper will be Five cents. This newspaper has not increased its subscription rates since 1944. Our production costs have steadily advanced during these six years. Wage increases have been made, the price of newsprint has gone up, press wire and telephone rates have advanced, engravings, features and general production costs have risen constantly. This newspaper is one of a few la the atate that did not increase its weekly home delivery rate to 25 cents or more, when publishing costs started to rise in the immediate post-war period.

1 Onion yi iwo UNNtnos I Local Churches Are ; Affected By Merger Union of the Evangelical and United Brethren churebwa in- now being perfected, with the final *tep» to be taken at annual conference* next August, local paaAtta have announced. HSereer' 'Sr tU two JSKmlUlions got underway In I>4«. when congregation* of the two throughout the nation voted favorably for such a union. Under the union, me three United Brethren and the one’Evangelical conference* in Indiana will be joined into the Indiana conference north and the Indiana conference routh. Included in the union are the Bethany and Trinity Evangelical United Brethren churches of De catur. and the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, east <>f Deeatur. ' Each conference will be divided into two districts, with the North conference subdivided into the Warsaw and South Beud district*. The local churches will lie member* of the North conference. The uniting conference will be held at Oakwood Park. Wawaaee. next August for the North conference. with the South conference meeting al Indianapolis. With the merger, there will be approximately 44.000 members in each of the conference*, making the merged denomination the third largest Protestant group in the state. There will he approximately 160 churche* in each conference. with 330 ministerial and lay delegate* in the conference. The local churches have started a serie* of meetings to activate the merger. La»t Sunday evening. the Bethany church wa* host to a group from the Trinity church in a fellowship meeting. This coming Sunday evening, the Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of the Bethany church, and the Rev. John E Chamber*, pastor of the Trinity church, will exchange pulpits. Sunday. Oct. ». at 7:30 p. m„ the Bethany. Trinity and Union I Tare Ta Page Kish')

Allied Forces Mopping Up In Pyongyang; U. S. Paratroopers Are Landed

World AHiMce Is Hoora Suggestion Unified European Army Is Demanded New York. Oct 20-(UP)- Her bert Hoover propose* that the United States withhold financial aid to western Europe “until a definitely unified and sufficient European army !* In sight." The nation's only living ex-presl-dent spelled out last night over the Columbia Broadcasting System the measure* he would use to bolster ' the free world'* defenses against communism. This country, he said, should consider organising a "world alliance." and. in any event, set oet to band together "all nattoe* who want to stop Rasslan aggression " Hoover urged the nation to move swiftly to obtain, at least "an uneasy peace wlthtn the economic burdens which the United State* can beer." “We should say. and at once, that we shall provide no more money nntll a definitely unified and sufficient European army I* in sight," he said “And further that 14 American division* Wfl! hot be landed until then." Hoover said defense department plans to build American strength in Europe to 10 combat division* w w Wtohttr «t American boy* unless many tlntp* that number (of European*) were standing by their side*." He recounted the various loan*, lend-iease. Marshal! plan aid and gift* and «aid “the result has been deeply disappointing to a growing body of Americans." “Competent observer*." Hoover said, "are dally raising the serious question a« to whether these nation*. outside of Britain, have the will to fight, or even the. will to preparedne** The actlona and statements of their own leaders give little evidence of any real determination " We should be willing to aid but. if western Europe wants defense from the communist tide, they must do most of it themselves—and do it fast." he said He regretted that "for five year* I the Russian* Have thwarted any practical realisation" of the Unit ed Nation* charter provisions for establishing effective forces to stop (Twew Te Paw* KIwlH l United Nitions Week UDscrvcQ By Korary UN Anniversary Is Observed By Club The Decatur Rotary club observ- . ed I'nited Nation* week at its It* weekly meeting Thursday evening. with a highly interesting and : enlightening discussion of the world organisation, it* formation, i its purposes aad Its accomplish , meats, presented by two well-in-formed Indianapolis ladles. Speakers tor tkls special oci casion were Mr*. Walton O. Wilson. United Nation* chairman for the Indlanaapolis and the Indiana league of womM voter*, and Mrs David N. Ros*, foreign policy chair nian of the Indlaanapaoli* league. Hfhe speaker* particularly stressed the value of the United Nations In the war to halt aggression In Korea, pointing to the highly at fectlve cooperation of tree nation* of the world with the United State* in defeating the communist aggressors from North Korea. United Nations week I* being observed throughout th* nation now. with the climax coming next Tuesday., Oct. 24. marking th* anniversary of that day tn 1*45 on which the United Nations charter came ibto force as world law. Earl Fuhrman, chairman of the Decatur Rotary club's international service committee, was chairman of tbe program and read « proclamation from the president of Rotary international, urging each club to properly observe (he anniversary

ronner rwyor Ed Kelly Os Chicago Dies Hoort Attock Fatol Ta Kelly In Office Os Chicago Doctor Chicago, Oct. 20.—(UP)—Former mayor Edward J. Kelly, who built one of the most powerful political machines In tbe nation, dropped dead today while leaving a doctor's office. Kelly. 74. bad recovered from a severe illness last May and went to tbe office of Dr Vhscent O'Connor thia morning tor a periodic checkup Ah examinntion found blm in sound health, and Kelly said be wa* feeling "swell." A* be turned to leave the office, he wa* stricken with a heart attack. Oxygen waa administered tor an hour In a futile attempt to revive him. Kelly wan one of the first as thr, powerful Democratic bosses of thia generation to die. "Boss" Edward Crump of Memphis tad Frank Hague. Democratic boa* of New Jersey. *«« are artlvs 4 . Tbe machine* that aB three had built, however, have faltered. Kelly * death wa* announced by tbe office of mayor Martin H. Kennelly. "reform" Democrat who succeeded Kelly in 1*47 Kelly had remained an influence in Democratic circle*, however, and was Democratic national committeeman from Illinois at the time of hi* death Associate* had intimated that he was planning a political "comeback." Plagued by Dines* shortly after he bowed out a* mayor. Kelly stay ed In the background, but poll tician* continued to »eek hi* counsel. His political astuteness never weakened During th* height of the Eisen hower boom in the last presidential election. Kelly pronounced himself a Truman man. i With his stabilising Influence ’ gone, some political observer* anticipated a factional fight within tbe party, including a contest over who will succeed him a* national committeeman on the eve of a national election. Kelly was a colorful figure in the turbulent political life of th* na tion's second city, and was a power in national politics a* well He served a* mayor tor 14 years. tTwrw Te fear Msr New School Buses For Adams Cenlnl Four Now Bomb Ara Bought By School The purchase of four new school buses for the Adam* Central school corporation, was announced today through tbe office of superintendent of schools Hansel Foley, who •tated that one of the new base* ha* already been delivered and I* in operation The buses were bought on tradein. and do not increase th* number of base* serving tbe Adams Central .school. Foley explained that one bus waa delivered Thursday, two more will be delivered In about two week*, and the fourth within 30 day*. The bases are to be obtained from E Reed Abel, of Winchester, who wa* awarded th* bid by the school board. The buses will be comprised of a Union City body on a Chevrolet chassis, and each of them hi capable of carrying 48 passenger* The superintendent also stated that tbe Adam* Central achool cur poration I* going to sell "• cougle” of tract* of land of abandoned school properties Bids for the sale will be received at a later date, fol lowing the formal announcement of the aale

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MacArthur Watches Paratraopers LaaU,* Says End Os War ueTinireiy nccir Tokyo. Oct —(UFl—Vhrtoflfsealing allM tome m*toe* •* captnrdd Pyongyang today, rerun* a parachute landing trap on tha shattered communist army fleeing the capital, aad raced to within (U miles of Mam-hurta Four thousajH Americas paratrooper* sbowfred down athwart the communist oat-ape route* north ot Pyongyang ia a *p*«l*<ular bid to ent att aad destroy the 27.800 North Koreas troop* in panicky Hight from their lost capital t«y. Gen Douglas MacArthur who watched appreciatively from bH personal plane a* the parachute* bloomed over tbe rice puddle*, said: ~U looked perfect to me It looked like it closed tbe trap. With ike closing of that trap, that sbould be th* end o* organised resistance The war I* very definitely coming to an end shortly." The United Nation* divtsdosm stamping out the la*t wet* of resistance in Pyongyang seat their vanguard .northward te -ccuah UMi neelug communists an th* aavU of the parstreupare' Mae* of Bakchria aad Buaeboa. * to 3* aril** northeast *4 Pyongyang. Within 4* minutes ot the alrtora* landtag, yw U. K psrerreto ere bad organised Into skirsniah slsww F. reßrl wllll on the highway* over which the communist* were sieging. A U. 8 army spokesman reported that PyongyaM was secured He said American and South Korean troop* were mopping up in the northern fringes, and tbe main enemy garrison had fled north leaving nothing hut sniper* and small group* of doomed communists who had had no chance to run Dispatches from Pyongyang said the city; *<M-ond luggaat In Korea, did not appear to be damaged as 4mdly as many others that were in the line of the triumphant allied sweep northward either by earlier air attack* or in th* feeble defense. MacArthur, stopping, in Pyongyang after personally directing the parachute landing. Issued order* tor the South Korean* to get going at once and p*«h on a« fast a* possible to the K->**iaw and .Manchurian frontier* Correspondent* with MacArthur in Pyongyang reported that bi* plans for the American force* ia North Korea were wot made known ""bey expected him to move more troops into North Korea. but to see that tbe Yanks 1 halted perhaps a score of mWe* short of the North Korean frontier The South Koreans already were'’well on the way to the border They smaabed through Hongwon on the east coast. 140 mile* north of the 38th parallel There they were only »• mile* south of th* Ms*churi*n border and 215 artie* from the Ruaaiaa frontier. Maj Gen Edward E Almond who directed the allied victory at Baoul. flew to Woumm to take charge of northeast Korea The ■ <Tw*a T* PWe —**> Democrat Rally At Bluffton Saturday -— Several carload* of Adam* county D*a*ocr*t* are planning oa motoring to Blugtoa Baiurday night for the Democrarlc rally at the niußion eommuaiiy building at 8 o'etaeh. Anyoae duuirito • attato.. who do** not h*v* ira*i*srt*ti*s la asked to call Mr* Ctorta* Dare. Mr* Harry Hehhle at Mre Vincent Do ****** aad a rid* will ba obtained Edward H. Kras* congressman from the foarth ooagresaiooal district. wUI be tb* principal «*rab •r. Krne* will d*Uv*r M* of hl* major sprecto* at tto oaapßlgn A Mg crowd headed by tbe torn* band I* planning t* att«to town that town.