Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 2SI.

REPORT CHINESE TROOPS IN NORTH KOREA

Democrats In Berne Sweep CHy Election Democrats Select Full Slate; First • Election As City Democrat* swept into power In! Berne Tuesday In ike first city elect hat In Bergen history, with the eg,lre >lwt ar Democratic nominees carried Into office hy decW*e majorities. The Democratic ticket was led by Andrew Sprunger. president of the town hoard, and an employe of the Herne M|nuractutlng Co. a* candidate tor mayor. Sprunger received <M voire to MO cast tor his Republican opponent. Menno I. Lehman. font**** moMper of the ■ M*r hw hUwM. Grover Moser, Jr.. insurance agent, was elected city dork- treasurer. polling 553 votes to 3*4 cast for his 0. O. P. opponent, Ulen Neaenschwander, also an insurance site at. The five Democratic councilmanic candidates were led by Tilman KiH-hbofer. in the sbuthwest ward, who received the leading tntsl of 7*4 votee, as compared to 270 tor Lester E 1-ehman. »..0ther.......t0r . counci|men were: Moaiheaet ward I-eslie Sprunger (Di 4W; Maorice Smith tRI 857; northwest ward: Sylvan Habegger dll 432; Freeman Hark bah er (Hi »4: mu (beast ward: Wayne Krasner 4.D1 404: (Tifton Amstutz (Rl UM; council manat-large. Forrest lUlstger, (D> SM; Wilber It NaaaIwutn (HI HI Mayor Sprnaper and the other Jkypocratk- city offk-tal* take iff- . flee immediately, the Berne town board having held its final meeting two weeks ago. Herne's first -city council meeting will be held tonight to set up the city administration and make the necessary city appointments. The officials elected Tuesday will serve until tree 31. J»sl The regu lar city election Will be held at Berne. a< In other elites throughout (he slate, in. Novemtwr ot next year, with those chosen taking office Jan 1. 1*52. Eligible Berne voters ruined out In large numbers for yesterday's election, with approximately TOj parr-ant ot those eligible casting their ballots hr the first city election. Berne had 1.444 eligible to vote in the city cleet ion, «!iil thete well- SSt votes cast. Ford Motor Company To Hold Price Line Detroit Mich , Oct. 25. --tl'Pl— Henry Ford II put General Motors and Chrysler on the spot today with an announcement Ford would hold the price line despite spiralling costs. The youthful head of Ford Motor Co. surprised the automobile capital with his statement that Ford would not boost prices, even in 'he face of a t7H.tMW.Mn jump in labor and material costs brought .on hy recent wage increases and i-oaring aleel prices. Goodyear Announces = Tire Price Increase Akron, O . Oct. 85. — (VPI— The Goodyear Tire A Rubber Co. aun ounced today a seven ind one half pen-ept increase on all automobile. truck and farm tires and i'll natural rublier tulies. effective Immediately, White sidewall tires were upped 10 percent. Goodyear said. H ■■ ■■ T - Arvin Industries Idled By Strike Columbus Ind.. Oct. 25. - Pome 1 700 employes at six nlnnt« of Arvin* Industries. Inc., were Idle today because of a strike by three AFL union local* following two and a half months of fruitless new contract negotiations. ‘‘The company has seen fit to he disagreeable" on seven points, said strike notices by the polishers and buffers union, the brotherhood of electrical workers and the federal union. The plant* make radio and television receiver* and rntdnor furniture. ..

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ToLeaveDeoitur Dr. Gerald H. Jone* Methodist Pastor To leave Decafur Dr. Gerald Jones To Fort Wayne Church Dr. Gerald H. Jone*, pastor of the First Methodist church in Decatur for the past two and onehalf years, ha* been appointed pastor ot the Wayne Street Methodist church, la . Fort .Wayne. Dr Joae* will assume hl* new charge. Nov. 1. sod will conduct hi* lira service* In the Fort Wayne church Sunday, Nov 5. The appointment was made hy Bishop. Rkhard C. Rsina* Indi anapoli* Dr. Jones will succeed ths Rev Edwin R. Garrison, who was recently chosen by Bishop Rater* •* hl* administrative aoghitant. • •Dr. Jone* is a native of Canada, where h* graduated feeu* Mwh school. He graduated from A>bury College. Wilmore. Ky.. in 1*34. and from the school's theological seminary with the B D. degree two years later. Assistant pastor at the First Methodist church in Mi-hawaka for two years he left that post for tuffher education at Boston University where he obtained his s T, 11. dfgree in IMS and had I the Ph p degree confe'red on | him in 1942 ■ Returning to Indiana. Dr Jones , served as pastor nt Economy and I North Manchester before beina ■ appointed to the Decatur charge Dr. and Mrs Jones have three hons. Dennis, ate 6. David. 4. and John Stanley, 1 They will move t (l the Fort Wayne-parsonage the first week in November No announcement has been made as yet of appointment of a successor to Dr Jones In the local charge. Democrats To Hold Meetings This Week Tonight, Thursday At Headquarters Two Democratic political meet lugs al Democrat headquarter* In the K. of P building are the highJlghUof thfai week’* Democratic ptrilticar aciivltie*, Df. ftaffy Hely hie. chairman, ha* announced A meeting to which veteran* of all wars have especially bun invited is set for * o’clock tonight Jerry O'Dowd, well-known Fort Wayne attorney and Young Demo crat official, will be tonight's speaker. O'Dowd has been active in Democrat politics since his return from service In World Wur II and i« regarded as one of the leading campaigner* for the lieinocrat* In the present campaign. Refreshment* will be served following tonight's meeting. The pid> lie Is Invited to attend and the local organisation I* making a making a special effort to have war veterans present Thursday night at S o'clock. Congressman Edward Kruse. Jr., will be the principal speaker as .headquarter* and following hl* discus»lon ot the Issues, wll Ihold a question forum. ( Congressman Kruse, completing his first term in congress, is regarded a* one ot the outstanding national representatives in the national bouse. He will spend all day Thursday In Adam* county and will visit several town* prior to bls speaking engagement- The public also is Invited to this meeting

[Pres. Truman Renews Plea ForUMTLaw Universol Military Training Request Is Renewed By Truman Washington. Oct 25— ft Pl — President Truman today renewed hl* request for a universal military training law to eradicate the "disgraceful discovery" that so many young American* are unfit for armed service Mr Truman made the request in an unexpected appearance before the 72nd annual general conference here of the National Guard association lie urged the national guard officials from every state to make a new all-out effort for UMT which be ha* requested of congress eight times. He desr-rilted as one of (be "most disgraceful things in the history of this country" the discovery through selective service that 34 prevent of young American men and women were physicaHy or mentally unfit for service in the armed force*. "A universal training program would eradicate this.” the president said '-'4 hope you gentlemen will put everything you have behind such a training program “ He said he l>elieved personally that the war in Korea would not have (H-eUfred If lhe world had not thought this Country wit* “too promt to tight •' "We are tioi too proud to flgbf and we never have Iteen In the past.” he said. He expressed the fervent hope that when forced to Gabi, this nation wuubi aiwajra it* In the right and never In the! wrong. Speculation Over Berne Appointees Rumor Has Bowman AsXhief Os Police ; Follow Ing close on the heels of I (Ilf <>V<-I*'helming Demo- rath »hI tofy in Berne Tuesday is rampant . spei illation concerning appointment of certain official* for that city The name most often repeated in Ui* ccuivet sations today is that of sheriff Herman Bowman to he *>s chief of Um IW-Tite police force Newly elected .Maydr“Andrew Sprunger said that he had nothing definite on that, adding that inch questions put to him by a Daily Demmrat reporter were the first he had heard—or even thought—of such a move He stated cautiously that ”1 don't think there’s anything to it." (The move to make sheriff Bowman his chief.) j Sheriff Bowman, when cbntacted, stated that he had made me hid for the job. and would comment no further. He said that he had made no plans beyond the first of the year when Ills present term expires, it Is likely that the sheriff will move to Berne once he goes out of office: he recently bought property in that city. f'ertsfn protnineiH Rente rttb i xen*. however, had stated that such *u appointment seemed Im minent. though admittedly this was nothing hut assumption. Mayor. Rprunger said that the city council would meet tonight to organize for the work ahead. He said fie ilid BiH wt»tf to make any definite statement on any ot the appointment* until tbe matter had been discussed with the council. "I titink they should hate something to say about any city appointment*." he said. "I certainly intend that they, be heard on all matter*." Currently Orvgj Kaeser and Alfred Zumorum serve bn 1 fie policy force And Ermin Bixler t* chief of the Berne volunteer lire departmy nt Mayor Sprunger stated that a* far as he knew at the present time, “all would carry ovrr.'/’*\ WEATHER Clear and a little cooler to nlfht with froat or freezing temperature* eaet and control portion*. Thuroday Voir and warmer. Low tonight M to *4 north, 35 to 40 couth. High Thursday 45 to 70 north. 70 south. r

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Decatur, Indiana, WedMbdoy, October 25, 1950

’-'T'”" ' —j Plann Investigation SEN. GUV GILLETTE, (Di low*, hold* the now famou. "Hanley letter." on which Arthur Scbutaer bt th* American Labor Party based a request for donate Inquiry IntoWew York state politics. Ben. Gillette. chairman of the etoctlon* subcommittee announced Investigator* would be sent to InHqMgate alleged deals of both Democrats and Republicans In New York. ' ■

Atom Officials Assure U.S. Is Ahead Os Reds Chairman Os Atom Energy Commission Reveals Expansion Washington. Oct. 25- (VPI rGffidal* won't *ay. If they know. Iraw many atomic bomb* the Soviets posses* Bet "yog can h* sure we are stronger (baa Gw Uusslaus." TbM'S *b* word from Gordoi Dean. 44-y**v MU ctartrtnan of th* V. fl. atomic energy commission Moreover. Deau sabl at a news < onfcreni e yesterday, that we have "much" Im reused uur atomlt lead In the 13 months since President Triimiid annoum «>l that (Russia had achieved a nuclear explosion. , . He gave no figures: hut he said we are expanding A-bomb produc-tion-'all along the lilte He added .in .t satisfied tone that wc :,u- < Olli inning, to stia kplle "a good many of (hem I'nofffi iai gnesseis have estimated that Russia may haw as many-as 25 A-bnml>s. Significantly or not. Dean used a much smaller figure in what may have lieeu mendJ a rhetiirlcal aside to hi* remark that “we are stronger than the Russians " "But I<>. five, or even one bomb hi the hands ot anybody b«t the t'niled Blates or its good friends." he said, "is too many for anybody else to h»v«A Dean disclosed that the com mission is making e«enshe use of its "defense order" priority privileges to keep the atomic project supplied with Strategic materials He said the AEG * consumption ot such materials I* "going to be much heavier" from now on. He said bomb production facilities are being expanded. Tbe commission, he added, hopes to announce soon the selection of * r she for the 5240.000.h00 plant where E. I. DuPont De Nemours B Co. will manufacture explosives Dean didn't go into the dollar a*pec’s of A-lainib expansion, but the commission expects to spend IktMl.OtlO.Ood cash In this fiscal year compared with 1531.000,000. spent In the year ended last June 30. He sidestepped questions whether the Russian* have set off any atomic explosions since the one announced try Mr. Truinan on Sept. 23. 1»49 He also refused to say whether we are Mockplllng A-bomh* at bases overseas There have been hints from other sources that we are. Local Man's Cousin Stricken By Folio Jndy Melchl. four-year-old daugh •er of Mr. and Mr* Chester Melehl of Rturgl*. Mich . w*» stricken with polio and I* ■ patient In Sturgis Memorial hoapitai Rhe I* the 13th polio victim In St Joseph's county Mieb Th* father I* a coaaltt of S«phu* Melchl. veteran police officer „nd « form*r chief of police of this elty.

sxWMndedU.S. PrisMefs Rescued Report Mossocre Os SO Comrades Pyongyang. Korea. Oct. 25 — (CPI -4M* wounded and nearlystarved Amwrieaa prisoners-of-war were found huddled today in a i clump of Irashes near the scene , of a ruthless communist massacre 1 ot nearly W of their comrades. The communists took too or more American prisoners from a train stalled tn a tunnel aearYoagriona last Friday on the pretest ot giving them chow, sprayed them with machine gun ballet* MUI left them to dl* lu • cornfield. Twenty-one survived by relgnina death and w*re rescued by ad valuing allied troop*. The six I new survivors rxn for the hill* and ’ lived on a scanty diet ot wild cabbage and turnips until they were found by South Korean troop* Tbe communist* were believed I to have left another 150 American troops on the train and taken | them farther north The six newly-discovered prisoners brought tile total of survivor* rif the massacre to 27.. They were identified a*. Sgt. jItotdde O Bonlierry. ot laing Beach. Calif.; Corp Leo C. lids* of Springfield. Mo.; Pfc. Andrew Henerson of Jacksonville. Fla.; Pf< Burdette W." Eggen of Los Angeles; Pfc. Joe C Monscrltz. ( Elkton. Md. and Pfc Robert P. Itos*, of Oakhill.' W Va ) Bo.uherry. speaking from his ! hospital cot at a place near Pyongyang airfield told “Before they shot us weSpent more than two weeks on that train 1 shuttling around dodging ArnerlI can airplane*. They hid the train iu tunnels In (he daytime and : made us squat in open Helds. ; Whenever American planes spot- ; ted us. we were Instructed to jump up. wave and try to Identity ourselves as Americans, “Last Saturday night we were tTura raws Sl*> Willis To Preside Al Berne Meeting Republicans Meet At Berne Saturday A political favorite ot northern Indian*. ex-Rcnstor Ray ni and Willi* ot Angola, will introduce E Ross A<lair fourth district Rcpubll can candidate for congress at a Republican rally to be held at Ber,ne Saturday night at 7:3# o'clock. Harry Essex.- fourth district and ! Adam* 'county Republican chairman. announced today. Willi* ba* been active throughout the district In Adair's candidacy. All Adams county Repub licaa candidate* and candidate* for trustee of the various township* ; also will be iatroduced at lhe Saturday meeting. Essex said. Several carload* ot Republicans ! will attend the meeting and Essex i announced that anyone desiring to I attend who did not hare transi portation should call Republican ; headquarter* her* and ■ ride will be provided. - Maaic aad other teuil* for the meeting will ba announced later. Retreshmeut* will be served following thv speaking, at which Adair l will dieras* the chief issues of the present campaign

Uhcon£zmed Report By War Prisoner Asserts 20,000 Reds In Korea

Australia lauds Disarmament Call Suggests Russia Be Given Opportunity Lake Success. N. T-. Oct. 25.— (UPj— Australian foreign minister Percy C.. Spender welcomed today President Truman's call tor “foolproof" worldwide disarmament but suggested that the United Nation* first give Russia a year to prove it* peaceful intentions. “Nothing can be done at this atage to reduce tbe armament* of Vbw peace-loving' natfoßs of the Wld." Spender* told- the UN's main poHtieal cMnmittee. “It i* because we desire peace that we can not disarm. "We should let nothing cotne between our aim to become completely strong and completely confident in our ability to preserve what we regard as true peace, and not a peace on tbe grim term* ot world communism. “ft at the end of it months, or perhaps even longer, it can he proved to a* that the designs of the Soviet Union are not aggressive in purpose and Intent, which I regard them to be at tbe moment. . then no country would be more wHlla* thou Australia to disarm . | “But to aak ue to disarm in th* J tare of what ha* happened in tht J past tew year* I*. I would suggest j • mockery." . | Spender was speaking oa the tat . ! est Rqtslan “peace plan" In whict ; Soviet foreign minister Andrei Y ; Vi»hinsky proposed a one-third reduction of armament* by all the big five powers. The plan also call ed for endorsement of the "Stockholm peace appeal" in demanding that the UN brand a* war criminals the first country to use the atomic bomb It would also condemn war mongering, call for Im mediate strict control of atomic {.energy ami urge tbe big Jive to < cnclude a "pact for the strengthen-1 | Ing ‘of peace." • File Three Appeals With Zoning Board Decide Appeols At Meeting November 6 Three appeal* were filed with the board of zoning appeals at the regular meeting of that board Tuesday night at the city hall. Principal appeal was tiled by De catur lodge of the l*>yal Order of Moose. The application for a building permit was rejected on two counts One was that lhe plans call for extension of the building line on First street beyond lhe established I line and second that insufficient offstreet -parklftg was provided Moose officers set out in their appeal that lhe local organisation plans to remove the house just nor rtr of rhe Moo** home aad «ne seguct a. parking lot. The lodge re quests a variance so the First street entrance can be constructed according Io plans, which would cause the building to extend slightly beyond the present established line Glenn Wolfsen and James Cowan filed appeals for variances so they can Improve their properties All three appeals will be derided at the next meeting ot the board Monday night. November «. Clar ence Ziner. chairman.’stated It is necessary to give Hi days notice before, a decision can be made. Ziner pointed out. Funeral Held For Local Mon's Brother Funeral service* .were held at larulsrille. Ky., today for Earl Straw former Well* county citisen who died in that city Monday, following a heart attack. He was a ton of the late Mr. and Mr*. Samuel Straw and had reaided In Kentucky tbe past 80 year*. Two brother*. Charles Straw of tbia ciky. *nd Hugh of 11<intlng*on. survive

Continualion Os Ue In Office Seems Assured Big Five Reports Inability Ta Agree On New Candidate ( Lake Success. N Y.. Oct 25 — f , the security council today that , they are uaable to agree Upon * t candidate to, succeed Tryjve Ue , as secretary-general ot the United Nations. Their report appeared to'insure . Lie's continuation in off he The United States, according to , well-informed sources, told a privl ate meeting ot the Mg five power* ; that it would vote against anybody but Lie to till the office. r The U. S pewßtosrwM ratßned ( In a secret council session hy t Amlmssadbr Warren R Austin tos day. He held that H ta a matter of principle that Ue must not he t, “punished" tor hl* forthright • stand against < *mmu*tot aggression la the Korean nr by irefh* « thrown out ot office. >e The resalt ot Gto Mff iiew -dead it, lock appeared to be that U« whose five-year term agglm sex it- Feb. g, will have his term extead •h ed by the general assembly, prob r. ably tor three rears, without th* b formality ot a new recommend* e Hon by the security council „ 1 The charter requires that the sel- curity council must recommend a t candidate for elec Hon by the geni- er* I aitsemhlr. Most observers f Interpreted this, however, as ap- - plying only to an election for a new term and believed that it ' would not apply in the ease of an ’I "exteiisloii' HI Lie * term ■ I Five Hanies were placed In nomination for the secretary-general-ship Russia nominated Dr. Luis Padilla Nervq of Mexico. Dr. Charles A. Malik of Lebanon and Sir Genegal Ran of India, Nationalist China nominated Brig -Gen. I Carlos P Romulo. president last year's general assembly Lie.] whose candidacy was vetoed by Russia in a secret council session two weeks ago. was the fifth nominee China. Cult*. Ecuador. France. Yugoslavia and the U. 8. all opposed the taking of a vote in totTwra ts rtsav Mai GiUanderSpeaks At lions Meeting Cites Religion Need r To Obtain Freedom i i Utilising the day when tbe Unit ed Nations celebrated a Mrthdar, and when bell* were rung arouhd the world for freedom, the 'Rs*. I A. C. ■ GiUander. of the First I Presbyterian church, pointed out the need for religion to accomplish I a complete freedom GiUander was the principal speaker at the Tuesday meeting of the Decatur Lions club The speaker was introduced by Dr Gerald Jones, of the First Methodist church, who was In charge of the program. "Religion." GiUander said, “en ' courages freedom ot' the mind, of ; the soul, and from oppression ' He said that where there was no re ligiou'. where there was no attempt for the care of the soui, there was nothin* there but an unhealthy shell. GiUander said that oppression 1 and dominance of man over hi* 1 fellow man is oppose# to the basic 1 Meals of freedom, that It is intoten- ' able to man's aspirations ‘ Guest *of honor at the meeting • included members ot tbe Boy Scout • drum and bugle corps of Rotary • troop «1 a* welt a* scoutmaster i Kenneth Secaur *nd assistant Ni- . laud GchseniMer and corp* di 1 rector Gerald Zlmm*tman

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UN Forces Are Only 30-Odd Miles From Monchuria; Little Resistance Is Met Tokyo. Oct S.-tUPI- An u»confirmed report attrtbqdad to a war prisoner said today tkat 24.**# Chinese eommulst troop* had entered north Korea and taken up defensive position* ‘ A United Press eorrespoodtai with the U 8 Ist corps in Korea said the sooth Korean army rejutev ed that H had captured a Chinese comarantat soldier in Korea and be , told of the ma«* entry Into Korea by bls fellow troop*. lutelligenre officers at Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said they had not received any reports along the line of that from the south Koreans. Tokyo obaerr er* were inclined to move cau ttously in evaluating tbe report The south Korean report was described as vertfied by tbe U 8 Ist corps headquarters which did Mt clarify what was meant hy “verttled" 1 Tbe report of th* Ch law** communist border crossing was bate of a flurry of reports that the shatr tered north Korean army i s mauls * might be preparing for * last and * hopeless stand ta tbe border belt *■ next to Manchuria. * None ot the reports carried any . InpHcattaa that the Korean com- "• munist* would be abb- to check *']mote than momentarily tbe allied' #-|mori n g oorthwwrd toward the I frontier * 7b* United Nation* vanguard •' was only 3«-odd miles from Man churls in the mountainous region ” of north central Korea. American. “ British and other forces were pusii- ' Ing up tbe west coast, and south * Korean troops were advancing on * the east coast. > The U 8 *lh army: announced 1 that tbe south Korean 4th division i was four htiles west of Hoemok. which Is :i2 miles from the Man riturian border Hoernok -is northwest of the Chungchon valley and on the n..*d to Chosan TJhe republican Ist division vanguard was at t nssn. 10 miles north of Yong byong I Leading units of the capitol di |»l«ion <>B the east COMt captured ]T«nehon. less than 15<> miles sonth of Chongjm The south Koreans seized IS tanks and eight kx-omo-ttves United Press correspondent Glenn Stackhouse with tbe I S. l*t corps in Korea, sent » dispatch which began A ROK (tepubllc of Koreat report verified by Ist corps head quarter!! said a captured Chinese communist soldier said 2t>.*tm of hta fellow soldiers were In de tensive positions la north Korea.” The prisoner was captured Wed uvsday in fighting neer- Unsaa, ta west»tn K ge* 27 miles northeast of Anju at the mouth of tbe Chongchon rivet, the dispatch said It said the pt Burner told his captors that 2«.0«l Chinese rommnnw troop began cnrsslng into Korea flt'it If. *r* **t*r ~trr **]• defensive positions' south 'of the Yalu river, tbe Korean-Msncliurtan ’ boundary Drew Is Appointed Compbell Club Head Announcement was made today of the.) appointment of Thurman I Drew as county chairman tor the "Campbell tor senator” club, an organisation devised to promote a cohesive program tor the elect ten of Alex Campbell as U S senator from Indiana The county .chairman stated that membership cards i coil be obtalnrd from him for 51; ' and he urges ail those who wish < to "contribute or join the club to.' contact him Realising that the time to art on behalf at the senatorial candidate . opposing incumbent Homer K Cape hart is short. Drew staled that a concentrated campaign will he made la the eouaty in taror ot " Campbell He said that he wmt'd solicit tbe aid of others 'in the Mmtheta part of-the county to assist Is the campaign sud to elect Campbell to th* senate