Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. N 0.255.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSIN ATE TRUMAN SENDS POLICE ON HUNT TU NAB CONSPIRATORS

Ndsupeneu ByCilyfor --I Diesel Engine Two Concerns Bid For Diesel-Power Engine For City Bids were opened today for the diesel powered auxiliary power plant for Decatur, the most extensive project ever undertaken by city official*. In a room packed with reproeentatlvee from various Interested companies •* well aa the two bid ding concerns. city clerk-treasurer Vernon Aurund opened the waled Md». The two bidding compatllea kept their blds nestled right around the haltmillton dollar mart for the furnl«hed delivery and Installation of the engine for the plant to he uitiniately located on North. Seventh street. The Una Hamilton company's .. hid was the. find opened by .Aut. and, the. bld itotlng r total price of IS 14.3115. which included delivery and Installation of a 12 cylinder unit As was customary with all bids announced at the opening aar-> monies, this bld i winded a deduc tiou of 331.150 for eubetraclimt labor and furnishing nod deliverina certain equipmagt. aßte am-oad bid. from the Nardberg company, of Milwaukee, included several alternatives aa weU aa the baa* bld for 3534.6M1, for a seven cylinder engine From this, however, a deduction of 322.700 was offered for atfhstltutlng equip meet and labor cost a. There was Ho indication from city officials when the contract lor the unit'll jmrehast will 'be awarded It was pointed out that no contract will be signed until after a hearing by the state public Yen h e eonitnisalon and the sale of bonds Attempts have I made by city attoreny Robert S Anderson to get the hearing com pined as quickly as possible, hut there has been no assurance from state officials that this matter will be disposed of iu the near future. Another ohstrtirtioi). but not a serious one. is the sale of Imiuls. to finance a substantial pen lion of the purchase of the engine ■ Officials declared that until the bonds have been sold approximately 3900,000 worth will be placed on sale-no action will lie taken. tn the meantime in* firm <d Emery, Marker and Emery, of To. ledo. consulting engineers for the city, will decipher the particulars of the bids.' list them accordingly, then arrive at a concrete conclusion as to what the bids' figures really are Included in this work will lie IteWtH come within the limits of the specifications which the firm — drew up for the city as a basis for the hide. 7 — h The Nordberg company hid Included alternate prices, these changes in purchasing price atfected by different horsepower, number of cylinders, equipment and mechanical features. Other blds by Nordlmrg. were I engines for 3559.900. with 127.000 deductions ' considered; 1401.600, less 121.000. 1557.300. less 322.700; 3623,300, less 327.200, amt 3520 100. These deduction* were tor the same, reasons as In the base blds: C substitution of certain equipment witbin the realm of the specifications as well as levs, labor. Once the work of the consulting engineers has been completed, the final, complete figures will then be announced. J. R. Emery. R H. Marker abd Gordon Flidlay. of the consulting ■Tara Te Pace Mat WSATHCR Clsudy and a little cooler toI night and Friday. Oeeaelonal light rain south portion late tonight or Friday afternoon. Law tonight M north. « south. High Friday 4* to 54 north. M to M south.-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY OAILV 3MIMFAFM »■ AOAMff COUNTY ‘ -

Boy Scouts' Paper Collection Saturday Decatur Roy Scouts will make I their regular waste paper collecHioa Saturday morning. Householder* are aated to have their wwsle jurper. securely lied, and bundles placed on the curt* by 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The entire city j .will be canvassed. 1,000 Yankee Troops Trapped In Unsan Area U.S. Ist Cavalry Abandons Efforts T To Rescue 1,000 Tokyo. Friday Nov 3 ft'Pl The I*. S. Ist cavalry divMoii a ban douvd attempt* today co rescue 1 some 1.000 ot Its non trapped In' flu- t’ncall area by a pow.ifiil Cbm—munist counter-attack which threatemd to unhinge alH»d Jlne in I ii<»rtKwe«« _ ’Korea Two Atnerb an battalion* broke; out. of traps which Chinese com-' munl«t and north Korean form' had sprung in the heaviest, assault since the resurgence ot strung, orgaoistd restatunce More than a regiment some r - American troops havered at communis' ring around a third C. H group of about bsttatlon Mrvngth containing elements ot two battalions Front reports raid extremely | heavy opposition halted the rescue drive, ,imj. i titumnidt rs iehh lankly i gave up. The last radl<> contact with the en' ite letl me n was at S p m Thursday Thereafter no word w.i- re-' ceived and nothing was known by ‘ Ist < availy officers <4 their fate The group reported earlier that It had la*’ wounded men Twenty oft the most seriously, wounded were; evacuated by h.luoptt i In lyre nightfall Thursday Some of the men who ip. d said the communist onslausm^rO* - worse than anything they had seen when the north Korean advance was in full swing during rhe •art# months of the war. Intelligence reports indicated the communists had massed some ?<*.- 000 men In the Vnsati area, many ! of them wearing thr white gaih of Korean farmers. The intelligence report* alsi> Indicated "very heavf' fommunist troop movements from the Man churian border area southward toward t’nsan Some I’. H officers expected the ■ Turn Tw Paar KtaMt Official Figures On Census Are Revealed Moy Force Changes In 28 House Seats - > Washington, —Nov:—2; —I Vl’» Shifts in population disclosed to day by final figures for the ISSO census will force corresponding shifts in 23 house seats unless congress “votes to increase the number of representatives a Today’s figures put the country’s population officially at 150.697,361. Secretary of commerce Charles Sawyer delivered the official census figures to President Tiuman a month ahead of the deadline. .Mr Ttunjan will send them to the house during the first week of tl}» new session in January He will recommend the following eiianges in state delegations:. California up seven seats. Florida up two. and Maryland. Michigan. Texas. Virginia, and Washingion up one each. Pennsylvania down three. Missouri. New York, and Oklahoma down two each, and Arkansas. Illinois. Kentucky. Mississippi, and Tkmneseea down one each. Indiana will be unchanged at 1! Tbs house will have 15 days to net on th* rnapportiontnent Tnless it decides to increase its site from th* present 436 seats, the dark of the house will notify each tTwew Ta rare Riamo

Foil Truman Assassination Attempt , —I ■ ■■ i KF L/ 1/ I Ur f fIMgKHEfI It * jn Bj White House poll, e on guard at th- President's Hlalr House residence in Washington, foiled »n a- by two Runnwn at the very threabhold of Mi Truman.* home One of the assailantfc was shcil to death on the entraruo* steps; the o:her wax critically wounded nearby. One White Houxv ftuard was killed, two others wounded Thv top photo shows President Truman driving away from Blair House following the battle . Follow Ing the President s tar is a rapacity load of guards which ac companied him to a 54 hedttlecl address at ztilingtou National Cemetery - . ' e ./ t The lower photo shows Pennsylvania avenue in front of Blair House in a turmoil after the shoofingj/

To Seek Increased ! Production Os Corn I, • , < Abandon Plans For ’ Marketing Quotas J_ • • ' _" j_l | Washington. Nov 2 (UPt — * Secretary of agriculture Charles F. i Brannan said today he witl ask for I -tio r. asi-d- piodm tion of corn next < • year to assure an abundant supply ' ol no at for defense needs. Brannan said the agriculture de? payment has abandoned plans for ' . < stsiblUliiug—niark.iUuc.rruotas.onJ 1 corn next year Ifp said acreage al- ’ lotmeuts will he liheiaallxed so that < farmers ran Increase livestock pro I 1 du< tion with' assurance that ample feed will be available to prepare them for market. I Brannan said there had been a , decline in corn production and an i tncira«ed demand for livestock. He , said specific <om acreage allotments. which apply only In desig naled commercial producing area#, will he dr termini d and announced , , I "later in the winter." The October estimate of corn production tor I*so Is 3,117,000.000 , bushels as compared to 3.777 .OUO.ooobushels fast year "This announcement should make I It possible for farmers to go ahead i wl'h plans for breeding an incrias ~ ed number of sows and preparing 1 i land for corn in areas .where this., . is dofte in the fall." Brannan said , II "While our present feed situation Is , : excellent, high-level production will , i be needed again In I*sl. All indf , i! cations are that demand tor meat ! will he even greater next year We 11 must have feed to support expected >• Increases In meat production, while I at the same time maintaining safe preserves for the future" Brannan (aid th* current supply i ‘ is only about six percent above the ‘ calculated normal supply and mor* i thun sMi.ooo.Mio bushels below th* (Twea -*'■ S*a*e SSV*i

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 2, 1950

Monley Lord Speaks II To G. E. Employes Manley E. Lord, manager of the | fractional horsepower motor divis | ion of General Electric company spoke to Decatur G.E employes here Wednesday afternoon'. He was accompanied by Lisle Hodell. man ager of manufacturing of the frac . Gonal horsepower mitor division j Clerk's Office Open - a Saturday Afternoon J County clerk Ed Jaberg today | ( announced that his. off icy, will re-, ( main open Saturday afternoon for i ( the benefit of those wishing t 0.., vote atrientee vote's ballots, and Cleo listed the trine when inspectors may obtain supplies for the 1 i Tuesday election. ? Those expecting to he absent‘ I from their registered voting pre ? <inct on that day. for business. 11 school military duty, or election! duties elsewhere, may vote the ah , sentee voter's ballots until 1 pm. Saturday, Incidentally is the ! ( last day such a ballot may bi- , cget Ih person! i , Jaberg said that inspectors can ( , get election material between * t end 10 o'clock Saturday morning. If it is Impossible to obtain these supplies at this lime, they will i><> available anytime Monday. 4 Study Employment Os Attendance Officer ■ ' Though there are no applications Tor the position, the discussion of the employment of an attendance officer Is on the agenda for. the monthly meeting of the Adams county school board. Superintendent of schools HanMl Foley stated today that he is investigating alt possibilities for the position but that to date he ha* not found a replacement for Rollo Houck. former attendance officer, who di*d suddenly last Friday. 1

Democrats Warned Os Overconfidence Fort Wayne Mayor Speaks Last Night ZOvet confidence is dangerous." warned Mayor Henry Brannlng of Fort Wayne' in an sr&dress Wednesday night to members of the Adams county Democratic central committee at -i dinner given for the committee al the Moose home in Deca'fur ," Mayor Branntng -urged aH—eom - mltfee members to work hard and get eveiy possible vote in the ballot box. He told of several occasions when overconfidence lost an election Chief of police Lester Elsenhut of Fort Wayne also-attended the dinner and stressed the importance nf all Democrats voting the state ticket He explained that In every county ill which the Democrat candidate for secretary of state got the Most votes., that party wbuld nsime the election Inspectors at the following general election. , Both speakers praised Al/x Campbell, senatorial candidate, and Kd Kruse. Jr., candidate soy reelection to congress front the fourth district Dr. Harry Hebhle. county chair man. gave the committee last minute Instructions and urged them to bring ytheir neighbors and attend the closing of th* campaign Saturday night at headquarters In Decatur. nt which time Judge Myles F Parrish and W R Schwartg will be th* principal •peakers All but five < emmifteemen attended the dinner, along with of ficers nf the county committee

President Truman Shows No Apparent Concern On Assassination Attempt

Fanatical Plot By ' Puerto Ricans Moy Unfold Even More Outroges-Police NcW York. Nov. 2. <VP) Ths fgnulcsl Puerto Ricsn nationalist plot which Included an attempt to 1 assassinate President Truman and the bloody uprising on the island, may unfold even more outrages, authorises indicated today Three alleged parties to the con j splracy revolving around Americanhaiing Pedro Alhizu Campos.- head ot tbe nationalist party, were already in prUon here and two more were named tn informations, filed in-federal court They and an unknown number of others were . and secret service men: / "This goes much deeper than one might think. V S district attorney Irving Saypol l remarked cryptically. The over-all plot was hatched in Sian Juan under Campos' personal d|rectioa. authorities believed Its American continental lutnMicatlons. Including’the attempt on Mr. ‘ Tntmatrs life an* an abortive bombing of the Pnerto lUran goyernment s offices here yesterday, were filtered tSroWrt New York's Puerto Rican colony which has X' population of more than ;Wo,<h#'' Campos, a Harvard graduate was arrested in Puerto Rico fiarly t<r i da> He ati-iady has xrtv;rd one prison sentence for aCmed rebellion against the Cntrid States Mis Rosa <’ollaX>. 4». wife of one ot the two nten/who tried to shoot their way into President Truman s ■ home, was*i raigned before a l' S. i-„witnissjr<ner on a charge of con spirlng/iti the assassination move and Aros jailed in 350. WW bond. indicated she was sorry only /fiat the plot had failed The un-, deviating aim of the nationalists/ she said, was to obtain immediate Pue<o itican independence from the l ulled States by whatever means Police said Cabranes. lop Puerto Rican government official tn New York, asked for the guard yesterday Both his home and his office Were kepi under watch by deter- ■ lives and uniformed patrolmen, but | he did not request and has not been assigned a personal bodyguard T*n mysterv men.-*r«Mrted-*h*n-cTwvw tw r»«e Mat .. __ , Democrats To Raise Hickory Pole Here •u ■ 1 J-t| : ! Campaign Saturday ' Groce Tope St Mary's township Democrat precinct committeeman. Judge Myles F Parrish and Dr I Richard Parrish completed4he job i Wednesday of .securing a hickory >1 pole for the.closing .<tf.the.BYffiwra.-_ >' tie campaign at Democrat head ; quarters here Saturday night t The l»6I» anTX-76oler."WS* cur l on the Pan-Jah farm in St Mary’s | township and brought to hewdquarl tern here.' ■ Severin H Schnrger and other local Democrats assisted in getting 1 the pole to the second floor of the 1 K. ot P. home where beadquarters ' are located The symbol ot the s party will be raised at the Saturday night meeting at which time Judge Parrish and Mrs C W R Schwarts will deliver the principal addresses ’ There wtll be music and refresh ments following the meeting, to , which the public Is invited Dr Hany Hebble, county chairman, will give the committeemen Mid vk-e-commilteemen final instrucHotts for elec'ion day work A special effort Is being made to ■ have the entire county committee present at the meeting Each com ( mlttevmae ha* been qpfced to bring several other Interested persons

Washington. Nov. 2—(UP)—An abortive attempt to as.<«a.s.«inate President Truman, hatched in Puerto Rico and smashed by blazing guns of White House guards, sent police in this country and oti the island today on a hunt and roundup of all possible conspirators. President Truman himself showed no apj»arent concern by the unsuccessful attempt of two Puerto Rican revolutionary nationalists to kill him yesterday in his Blair House residence. He went about *his business as usual, taking a morning stroll through downtown Washington and schediliny a full list of visitors at the White House.

New Pastor 1 : 1 ' * ■ H ■ I B ■ ! Rav. Samua! Emtrtck Rev. Emerick New Methodist Pastor Appointed Pastor Os Decatur Church The Rev. Samuel Emerick, for ; mer pa*tor of the First Methodist church at Wabash, today was of ; ficially, appointed pastor of the | First Methodist church ip this city., sm-ceeding Dr. Gerald H. Jones, who resigned Jo accept the pastorate of the Wayne Suset Methodist churc h in Fort Vt ayn. The appointment was announr 'ed by Bishop Richard C Raines of Indianapolis, and Dr. A W. Pugh. : Fort Wayne district superintendent. Dt Pugh —met with the Dw-atur I pastoral relations committee tn ; completing arrangements tor Rev ; Emerick s assignment to the local ;church ! Ordained a minister in 1942. folj lowing his graduation from Drew Theological Seminary, Madison. N. J. w ith A B P degree. Rev. Emerick s first pastorate wqa the Mitchell SlrsM. in Kendallville, where he served ‘ until 1945. He was then assigned Jto Wabash, serving .a« in ■; thWt city uittil June of thi* year Rev Emerick was given a saba : batteal leave of one year, intending •j to go to Scotland to study at the l'niver«lty of Edinburgh tor his . Ph. l> degree Due ..to unsettled condition* in Europe at that time, the state department advised Rev Emerick not id lake nhi tsmlly to 1 Scotland. He remained In this ' country and continued hi* theological Studies at Yale University. Cur- ' rentlv. he resided in Warsaw where I he was employed in a church fur ! nishlng mannfac-turing concern to 1 flit out tils yaar leave of absence ’ Rev Emerick was born in ' Pennsylvania and after completing ’ hJ* elementary schooling, enrolled 1 in Asbury College, Wilmore. Ky He received his A B. degree In 1933 and his master’s degree from But ’ ler Vdiversify, Indianapolis, in 1940 Married tn a Virginia lady, the 1 Emerh ks are tbe parents of three children. Craig 8. John 7 and Stephen 2 ’ Rev. Emerick to a past president • of the Wabash ministerial nssocia--1 tlnn and for five rear* was a di- * rvetot of the Wabash Community j Two Ts ita«» K«ah<i

Frice Five Cents

But in San Juan, Puerto Rico, police and national guards arrested nationalist party president Ped so Albizu Campos, the alleged director of the recent, island revolt and boss of the two men who tried to kill the President. Spizffli ft Im werv • other nationalists and communists, Including Ruth ReyI nolds. a veteran national parity member from the United j States. Jn New York, police seeped i through the city/ PmtW ! Rican residents Searching for tips On other possible cemsptowtors j Two myetqry mg* whu cMioo • the apartment of one at ttle.wwtM i be assassins of President Truman shortly after mldnhtht were held for investigation Also held there was Mrs Rose Collate — wife of O><ar CctHaao 37 year-old Puerto Rican who Iles 'it; Emergency hospital heYe wu!t wounds suffered in the gun baltic with Mr Truman's guards Arraigned on a conspiracy charge and held in f.yO.ltOO hail Mrs Collazo said defiantly I am not surprised and I am no: sorry ' She said that sh-. her husband and others were "fighting for an ideal ' That "Ideal' resulted in the death of one Puerto Rican who ■ tried to kill the president the wounding of her husband, the death of a White House guard hnd the wounding of two others 1 Dead from the blazing hatlie outside Blair House in yesterday * warm November afternoon were Grisetio Torresbla ol TJew York City and Pvt Leslie Coffelt of the White House detail who even as • he fell mortally wounded imt a a bullet into Torresola s head Two other White House guard* —Joseph H Downs and lionaid T, Birdzell —were wounded Brie (leu. Wallace H Graham. Mr Truman's persona! 'physician, called ai Emergent y hospital this morn ing and roported boib guard* will be "all right " Torresola. the dead would-be as*a*siii. may have had a double motive when he and Collazo attempted to storm the Blair House yesterday — furthering nationalist party's aim* in Puerto Rico and personal revenge. If so, both backfired Gov Luis Munoz Marin sent Puerto. Rican police on a wide round up of s«speeled nationalist* He- accMted Alhizu. who was arrerted of <ll- - the assassination attempt against Mr Truman and <>f •tags -Ing the recent island revolt — Paper* from Albizu. found In Torresola * po« kel» bore out the •• fact that Torresola had beet, giveh a "mission" in the l‘nit<«d State* and was expo, ted tn carry It through to "triumph ■Torresola was directed.gn.-'“a'*7 sums leadership of the movement In the Tnited Stales without he’liatlon wt any time he vmnte.l The attempted essaMlnatinn hsd some reprrcu*“lon* In congres*. Sen Owen Brewster R M» *Md that apparently the congress had not Iteen fulty informed of the extent of the nationalist movement in Puerto Rico lie was talking of an inre*tt»atiou 4j C What effect thq/ attempt wn»M hgee on Puerto Rican t'ulted State* rotation" wa not f»Hv •»■ aeraed Munoz nromot action In lalHsr and rounding up the rovo- < Iwro Tw Pane FtaVt)