Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 254.

EISENHOWER SLATED FOR DEFENSE POST

United Nations Armies Surge For Manchuria Two Allied Columns Brook Through Red Defense Positions Tokyo. Oct. M (UP) Two alllrd columns broke through strung 'ommunist defense line- on the northwest Korean front today and plunged on toward the Manchurian frontier without opposition Hed troops were reported falling back toward the Valu river frontier under heavy air attack U S. plane* destroyed at. least eight tanks. IS vehicles and a number of supply and ammunition dumps Mid-way between the two break through columns, the U. S. 24th division advanced It miles against st tong enemy rear guard reeistance in a new push toward the frontier The Americans knocked out four or five red tanka and three self propelled guns. . tin thg northeast coast, shivering , south Korean troops of the capitol ihell on foot) division swept an . other. 20 miles up the coastal highway In a snowstorm and entered the important port and railway hub of Songjin, 135 miles below the Soviet Siberian frontier The northwest f raw t- break through was led by the- 'ladles from hell'' of the Scottish Argyll == and Sutherland regiment . j Spearheading lhe British com monwealth 27th brigade, the Scottish troops cracked through communist defenses In high ground on the coast road west of Kaaan, cap (tired Napchongjong and rotted w«‘ without opposition toward Chong JU, eight miles to the west, end Sinulju. 52 miles northwest Slnuija. on the Yaltt river Iron tier and the northwest corner of Korea, is the new provisional cap!- . lal of north Korea directly across a bridge from the Manchurian city of Antung The British attack jumped off from miles east of Napchqhgjonr Simultaneously, the Sth regimental combat team of the I', 8.... ?tth llvision stiuck north from Kaaan toward tSe “ffiPWajT road junction of Taechon, 13- miles away The Americans ran into considerable communist .opposition, hut had rammed their way 11 miles north to Kadok four miles south of Taechon. by this afternoon Taechon Is 43 miles southeast of the Manchurian border. The Sth regiment is the first American unit to go on the often sive since the U fi Ist cavalry ~ division and paratroopers linked up north of Pyongyang a week'ago At the same time, the south Korean Ist division smashed the last enemy resistance at Unsan, 16 miles east northeast of Taechon. and reported tonight that it was advancing toward the Manchurian frontier without resistance The south Korean 6th division's 2nd regiment, almost knocked' out when encircled two days ago 1« miles north of I'nsan. reported that it had broken clear and recaptured Onjong with the help of Ist division units. The south Koreans said enemy forces had fought stubbornly at Unsan and Onjong were In full retreat to the northwest toward the Man- . .churlun border tonight The reds were moving partly in “ vehicles which they had captured from the south Koreans. Korean based alßed fighters had a field day attacking the retreating columns. Maj. Gen. Yu Jae Heung. commander of the south Korean 2nd corps, said yesterday that several thousand Chinese communist troops had supported the north Koreans in fighting around Unsan and Onjong. ” f '• ! »•' Republican Rally At Berne Tonight - Headed by Harry Essex. fourth distilet Republican chairman, more than 50 Decatur Republicans will motor to Berne tonight to attend the Republican twocounty rally which will feature an address by E 7! Ross Adair. G. O. P. congressional candidate In the fourth district. Adair will be introduced by eiSenator Raymond Willis of Angola, well known newspaperman of that city Easel stated that Indications are tonight's meeting will he the biggest G O P. meeting in Adems county during the current campaign.

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Higher Food Prices Forecast Next Year Record High Income Seen For Farmers Wadiington, Oct. 26 (UP) You’ll have to pay higher prices for focal next year, the government predicted today in forecasting.. a reeoid hlgh atoms income for farm era in 1281 Sisiiig, up the reurmametii-de--1.1 fence boom that I- gradually get e ting under way. the agriculture d« , partmenti said thi» is the 1951 "out j look”:’ ' , ' Farmers their gross income probably will rise at least 15 , percent. Il is expected to.top the r Iteajv record high of »;I().h7ii.imhmhh) After paying prospective record I production expenses, farmers still [ at. likely to have at least ti per cent more net income (bast thi» i year Thad would be a net" of alHMit tls,3iH).<<uo.m><' • the third 1 highest in history . Food price). w4U.be ' moderate ly higher'’ for milk and dairy pro I* l * 1 *. ‘rices probably will be higher for meat and fats and oils, "moderately higher" for beans and , most fresh vegetables, and "slightly i higher" tor deciduous fruits Pota- . toes ate likely to be cheaper More inflation military spend I ing Is scheduled to be doubled by t and this Indicates with ,T ; 'considerable certainly" .that th flationary pressures will btcome greater next year , "The buying power generated by I the military expansion through In creasing employment. higher wage rales, and longer hours of Work will swell the domestic demand for . most g-aids and services unless , cheeked by anti-inflationary titea* . ares or other "developments." the 1 dupartment «aid . The report was the government's ) first overall forecast of the effect of the defease boom on the nation's economy, its consumers and farm f er; The forecast Was prepared by the bureau of agricultural econont j les . after weeks of st tidying all I available e. clnoiiiic data and eon suiting with economist.* of other f federal agencies* f The j« totalJofid -mp’ . plies are Alkely to he larget to xt , veal it' said ovetull piodu.tiqu of , farm food and fiber may set a m a c ret'.wd- Wbr-if. Kjawiiig A'QnditioWf. . are good The government is aim ing at bigger production as a means i . of avoiding farm price lontrol*. | Rollo Houck Dies ' Suddenly Friday I -r Heart Attack Fatal ! To Veteran Teacher Rollo Houck- 62. Adams county ' school attendance, officer, and a 1 veteran school teacher, died sud-| ’ denly of a heart attack at .3:30 * o'clock Friday afternoon at Fort 1 Wayne 1 Mr Houck, who was serving his first year as attendance 1 had been attending the annual 1 teachers convention at Fort Wayne ' Thursday and Friday While walk--1 ing in the limo block of South-Cal-I houn street, he suddenly collapsed. ' Taken to the Methodist hospital byambulance. he was pronounced ' dead on arrival at -the hospital A resident of Peterson. Mr. 1 Houck had- taught In the Adams county school for 42 years, serving the Preble school for the past six 1 years until he retired at the close I Os the school term last spring. A lifelong resident of Adams * county, he was born in Kirkland * township Sept 7, 1888, a son of George and Mary Kline-Houck He was married to Edith Beery April 1 23. 1913. 1 Surviving in" addition to his wife 1 ate a daughter. Miss Jeanne Houck 1 of Chicago; one son, George M Houck of Peterson; one brother. Charles Houck of Tri Lakes, and three sial eta. Mrs. H Hell of Craigrille. Mrs Lillian Sprague of Hart ford City and Mrs . Olga llerwiler of Fort Wayne 1 Funeral services will be held at ‘ 2 p m Monday at the Antioch 1 United Missionary church, the Rev. 1 L. W. Null officiating. Burial will ’’ be in the church cemetery. The body, will be removed from the * Zwick funeral home to the reel dence. where friends may call after 1 7 o’clock this evening. i WIATHdR I increasing claudlnaea with » brief showers north tonight. 1 Tomorrow partly cloudy and mild. Low tonight mid Ws north, mid 50's south.

y.*.. — Tense Moment During Bitter Street Fighting ’ ’.'..i. 111 K Ur- * JK. ar . .. ' f 1 V THIS PHOTO, one of the moat- dramatic fighting pictures to come dilt of the Korean war. shows an American soldier, hand to mouth, staring tensely to "see result of his shot at a sniper during bitter . street, wall are Jn .SeouL-lUs buddy at left takes alm U. 8 army photo

Absentee Voters' Ballots Available — Today First Day To Cast Absentee Ballot Today is the first dap that u voter may personally procure and vote a regular sbiemte.iuler’s.ballot at Jhe clerk's office, according to Ed Jabt-rg, clerk of the court. uh<? alao innmeiated some Important lasts Such ballots may be voted in person until. November 4. be said -These ballots are luisa-d on the idea t iiat the panj win itnrihr w the county, to, vote that day Novp’hbet 4 is 'also the last day ..9-4*2 application lot a tegular absentee votei > ’Ban<»t. These, however. <an be mailed in and ((stinted in the regulai leturns But today is aNo the last day a board of registration or the clerk of the court can nyuke photostat it or typewritten copies of the list of registered voids one for the Democratic county chairman, one for the Republican county chair man two fur the inspector of each precinct, and additional copies for the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the public s use (These lists, incidentally, were completed a week ago, and have already been distributed to the proper officials ) ', . Today is also the last day thAt candidates for I’nited States sena tor or for the house of representatives <an file an Itemized statement of expenses. 10 Dead Or Missing In Northwest Storm Pacific Northwest Battered By Storm .... Portland; Ore. Oct '2B (UP) The recond big storm iu as many days batten d the Pacific northwest today, and the toll of dead and missing in nature’s first major autumn assault (osp to 10 Winds of near-hurrlcum-e force churned coastal waters and lashed cities far inland in northern Cali fornia. Oregon. Washington and British .Columbia Off northern WashingtoQ. a third low pressure area appeared to be dividing tor a twopronged attack on the rain and wind whipped coast: Three persons were killed in highway accidents attributed to the storms, and two persons drowned Four men were feared dead tn the presumed crash of an air force, transport plane, missing since: Thursday night, and an Elk hunter waa lost in the rugged mountains of northeastern Oregon Noon Edition

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 28, 1950

Recover Bodies Of* Four Crash Victims New Orleans. Oct >B. —(UP) — The hr>die» of four airmen were recovered from luvke Pontr-hkrtrain where a twinengine T-7 trainer crashed before dawn yesterday after taking off from the fog-bound New Orleans airport. 1 They were identified aa M«1 1 Andrews of Farmersville, La.; . S/Bgt. Gfensett of Sinton. Tex.; 14 Col. M. L. Oldenburg. Shnboygan. U’is. and Ist Lt. C. H. Schmidt. Cincinnati O. Halloween Parade -I Here Next Tuesday Annual Parade Here Features Halloween With a total of Jl’.’.h in priiiei ‘ offered for 25 events in tin ( alii Ihuinpiau parade, the event sltapes tip as one of the biggest and bests in the long series of Hallowean j promenades along Secuntl street. 4<<<>t<ling to parade officials With judges prepared to dis- • tinguish the winners of the many events, highlighted by prixes for bands and drum majors' a galaxy of ghosts, goblins, witches ami merry makers are scheduled to' walk that night The parade wil£ liegin at 7:30 p ■ ‘ iff io-kf TuesdayFortning at Jefferaon street, the participants will! march up Second street to Jack- j son. swing around the block, then return to the starting point This trek will take them past the two judges' stands who will make their selei-tions; then notify j ahe par ti<i pan Is These winners will then he awarded their prises in the offlces~df the Decatur Democrat by Richard Ehinger. repre senting lhe retail division of the! Chaml>er of Commerce, co-spon-sor< of the event along with the i M-vose lodge. - ■-The complete list of. prizes fol-; lows Four dollar prises’ will be : ! awarded to l>est comic strip man. i woman, hoy and girl; tallest man | over seven feet. liest fat boy and girl; liest fat man or woman, best i decorated Imy's and girl's hike; mostoriginal adult, boy and girl; . best witch. Four dollar prised also include best decorated pet-drawn toy vehicle,'.beat adult clown. liest kid down. liest ghost, and bed decorated toy wagon or tricycle. Brises of 23 will be awarded for the moat comically dressed pet and for the best trained pet Six dollars will ha awarded for the liest masked group of three or more- best masked couple and the best comic hand. Fifty dollars/will he awarded the first place winner as the. top high school hand or drum corps in uniform; other prises group will include 140 for second plabe. 230 for third and 120 tor fourth Best drum major leading a band will he awarded 25. second prise ; for this will be 23 end third prise. »J.

Four Minor Changes In Township Budgets I. ■ Two Budgets Here Affected By Change Four minor changes were made - 1 by the state board of tax commis- ■■ sinners in two townships' budgets of Adams county in a recem meeting of that group, according to a ■ notice received by Thurman 1 i Drew, county auditar. In addition, lhe state tax board ' upheld a remonstrance against ! the Adams Central school catpac ! arion. the lemotislraht-e asking for the denial of 24.400 from the cumulative bulldinK f'ind This sum war. to be used tte piirtdwvse iv ' building site, and to he taken from the 75 cents Imlding fund, it will , n»t .ifrei-t any township budgets Other changes made in the rates Included the removal of one cent s for the school library fund ii> the ' Root tounglllp budget. It was noted that such a fusul is illegal, j that this school library fund ' slioul'd be included in the special school fuhd: one cent was also removed from the tuition fund of Root township, reducing it to 15 cents. , In the St. Mary’s township bud- ' get. two reductions were also Xmatje lhe special sclttud fiintl was I reduced four cents, from 64 to 60 i cents, the tuition fund was reduced in rate two cents, from 49 to 47 cents The tax board explain ed These cuts were made "due to excessive orking balances." in j either fund. These filial adjustments. Drew explained, now give his office the "go-ahead" signal to begin working on individual tax rates for ' neXI year, to figure the 1251 i taxes based on the 1950 evaltia- 1 ‘ tion The cuts in-the two townships' : rates will reduce Root's from 21 95 tn 21 93 per 2100 of assessed valu- ’ ation: St Mary's rate will he re- ! ducad from 22.54 to 22 48. • Campbell To Speak r At Bluffton Monday Several carloads of Adams conn 'y people are planning on attending the joint Wells-Adams county Democratic political relit at the Bluffton Conjlnunity auditorium Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Alex Uampbell. Fort Wayne attorney and nominee for Uaited States ,enator will be the principal speaker Campbell will spend part of Monday in Adams county, visiting In various parts of the county He Is rot scheduled for a epeech tn this county, however Democratic county chairman Dr Harry Hebble will lead a group of 100 Democrats to the Bluffton meeting, which will he tbe highlight of the Wells county campaign

Scheduled For Supreme Commander In Europe; Ike Will Accept Post

Phone Workers , Threatening To Strike Nov. 9 Western Electric Workers Schedule Paralyzing Strike Washington. Oct 28 — lUPI —- J Some. 16.1HW Western Electric 1 woskrrs t‘4ay scheduled a coast-tos-oast strike that threatened to cripple a large part of the nation's telephone service. The employes, all members of! the CIO Communications Workers | of America, planned to walk out In 43 states and the District of Columbia at 6 a. m (local time) Nov. 9. They "are demanding a "substantiaf wagO Imosr" from 1 Western Electric, the Bel! sys- < tern’s manufacturing and sales - subsidiary. I Union president Joseph >A. ' Beirne said picket lines would be thrown around telephone exchan- • ges in every sizable community and the CWA's 3M.00# memliers would not cross these lines. Since 70 percent of the nation's telephones now operate through automatic dial equipment, the strike would not immediately af-‘ feet local service, but long distance calls would be hard hit at the outset Local service would l>e curtailed, however, when automatic dial equipment began to break dow n and no servicemen were available for repairs Whether or not the strike actually takes place depends upon negotiations on the contract dispute l>etween now and Nov 9 Ip New York, federal mediator Walter- A Maeghdo said he w,ould meet Wednesday with representatives of Hie disputing parties in .an effortto reach an agreement Beirne -aid the union -• inte> national execut vie board has tak en over negotiations.for the three groups ; While the union ha- called for ( “stilffitantfal" wage boost*? +* has i not named a figure A union statement said the in ] (Tara T« Pace Fear) Giri Scout Week Is Opened Here Today Local Scouts Join Nation Observance National Girl Scout week will l>e observed in Decatur and throughout the nation front -Oct 29 to .Nov 4 by the largest mem bershlp 1A Girl Scout history The United States now has a million and one-half Scouts and advisors? jveeatur Girl Scouts will hold special observances in honor of this <H-casion. starting with a skat ing party at Sun Set park from 2 . to 4 o'clock this afternoon. Sunday, the Scouts will attend dhurch In a group Services will be held at 9 a m at the St. Mary’s Catholic churci) and at io 15 o'clixk al the First Cresby tertan' churclT Thursday night. Girl Scoutparent night will l>e held at the lam oln, school with the troop having the largest nunilter of parents in attendance receiving a prize .vn hour's program will be given to honor the occasion The Remits will have a window display at the Niblick store, beginning Tuesday, and posters will also he displayed in other stores throughout the city. Decatur now has approximately 275 Girl Scouts, registered in 17different troops, with five adult Girl Scouts registered for each troop An interesting article. "Saluting the Girl Scouts." is published tn the Nov 7 issue of Look I which is recommended by leaders for Scouts and their parents and < friends

Slated For Pout General Eisenhower Schricker Urges Campbell Eleclion * First Major Speech Made By Governor Plymouth. Ind., Oct. 28—(UP) Governor Schrteker praised th» Democratic party for "staving oft revolution "-ta 1233 end urged ths elertlzjn of U 8 senatorial nominee Alex Campbell here last night "President Truman Twds fnends and someone to work with him not be fighting him all the time, he said "The country needs men like Alex Campbell " Schricker. making bis first maor appearance in the campaign, spoke for Campbell and Deane E Walker, state superintendent of puiiliie instruction, at a ral v i-, :► honoring Walker The language in the Hoosier campaign. Schricker said, was like that u«<d to defeat the man he -called—hi- "idol' William J< imines Bryan He satd the statements of "our junior senator front Indiana" were like those used by tjpvney inter ests" to defeat Bryan The words, he said, were "liar, socialist, hypocrite and a' friend of traitors." On Republican charges that the Democrat- were the "war party and had been in control during both world wars'and the Korean fighting. Schricker said "I wonder If the . Republicans wanted the Kaiser to come to America in World War I and if they would have surrendered at Peat! Harbor in World War 11. or if they would have cheered it our boys had herti driven into the Korean Sea A former Indiana governor. Paul V. McNutt, pushed Campbell's candidacy hy telling a Kokomo audience last night Hiarsiers could help "insure world peace" by de feating GOP-itt' unibent Hornet E eTwru «• Fasm Mx> Betty Jean Gilbert Dies Friday Night" Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Miss Betty Jean Gilbert. 27, of 23.3 North Thirteenth street and a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at JO 5o o'clock Friday night at a Fort Wayne hospital Death was attributed to virus pneumonia She had been in lit health, tor many years Site was bom at Preble Dec 24'. 1222. Surviving are her mother. Mrs Mabel Smith: one brother. Sammy Gilbert of Decatur, and three slater*. Nina Mae of Decatur. Mrs Beverly u ,Ann Buckingham of Fort Recovery. 0.. and Carolyn June of Decatur Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Monday at the Black funeral home. Dr Gerald H Jone* offtciating Friends mav cal! at the fun erat home after 7 o'clock this ere hlng

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Defense Secretary Marshall Urgently Requests Speed In Pact Preparations Ij Wa-hijriKion. Oi-t. 2* — I Prvfcident Truman and v - x GeiL_ ’ BwiglU D. Eisenhower uxia> p cummml the job of MUpregie <OOI I 'wander ot western Europe'.* uni fied defense*, and Eisenhower ! said he would aff-ept any p«»*t to [4 whkb he it* a aoMiei. I However the r<*n»-ral told ) new»men after a 45 minute conferi en< e with the president that Mr II Truman did not directly offer him I’the No J military Job in the I Wn defense against ct»minnni*f k agifreaMon. I The general said that the ptwif was disc ussed in only a general way.. — I Even as the two tatddled. defense secretary George C Marshall urged! speed in Atlanta- t defense preparations because the fight against communist encroachment ‘ may only have began The speed-up will < ome with the ap|w»feim#ni ot“Eisenhower !•» the western world's X<> 1 military jol» Eisenhower is the unani mous rlHdce of tl»e It AtiaiKu pa<t partners mHIUry leaden I ‘resident must apiMdhr Ehwmhowvr. Gen. Ike has said that as a soldies Ue will accept. e The pruaMeni and tbe genera! ft met at the White Hodse shonlr e after Eisenhower wound up abhw* e an hour’s conference at the P>htagon wfth army sec retary Frank <’ s Pace Jr and Gen J. Lawton t lint, army chief of staff Ahhouch selection of Elser: r hower. as Ute Atlantic pat’ n, (ions’ supreme military cotn- • tnander dampened somewfiat the budding P>s* nbower for-Ptesidet t, Iwwni. U sUH did no! rule ink th* f possibility that Gen Ike < ould hr '»-life presided il Republican opp.>i. j ent for the presidency in IM'»21 M '»2 r- torm-re Ttnr~ meettHgr-Mxrah’itf 't spoke before she cYpehint: of the ‘j highly ImjMjrtanT meeting of the j iii-naticui VGantUi treaty s dofetote t committee. He* said the time han < onif to back, up rearm.im» nr •>• * 1 ' ■ c rApproval of Gen ' Ike" .hy the defense committee considered only a formality Marshall and t thv joint 4 of “taff fdho ha\»recommended to President Tru . mar that he appoint Eisenhower 1 to the new No I job in the non communist world The official appointment of a supreme commander will, of ‘ course be up to Mr Truman Hot r according to informed MoircesF*he already, has been advised hy Mar shall and the joint chiefs of sftrff that Eisenhower is the man for i he job , was wßHng to ar 1 rept the post He yesterday * at Charleston. W Va that it I would be his duty a« a soldier t« •crept the post Truman's Political Address November 4 Oct 28 tUP> PreiidMit Tmman.. anji.ar.rV.’ls..'. ( anking on a one xbot vffnrt. jril! make bi* only speech on behalf xrf Democratic congrereion al candidate* in a radio addrexx, from St I-ottls Nov 4 r The, speech. K-hcduled for 8 p m f-ST. will be "national in I ecope, restating the Ituiliv* of the t campaign ' preaidentlal press aec retary Charle* G. Roa* »*id yesterday It a-ill lie broadcast hy t the four major networks Mr Truman’* addre** Conceded to be entirely political, will bo financed by the Democratl< national rtjhxmtttee Mishowoka Resident Is Killed By Train r South Bend. Ind Oct. 28 i (UTI— Valentine Smith. 22. MiahsI «aka. waa killed iaet nigh! when be was struck hy a Mew York fen tral train Witnesaee eatd Smith was rit 'ting on she track*.