Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1950 — Page 1

VaI.XLVIII.No.2W.

U. S. MARINES DRIVE RACK CHINESE REDS

WiveOlTwo Puerto Rkans May face Trial Wives Os Men Who** FocaMiMov trial $ WanMagtan. n\v. « -(UP)— Tbe fiery wive* ofVtbe two Huerta Iticaa foeergpat* wgo triad to **► sasatoat* President \Ttemaa may b* trM here tor murder, it wa* learned today. \ Mr*. Oscar Cnllaaoyaad Mr*. Griseito Torreaoia are being held in New York mi charge* W conspiring against rhe president. Their hnsbanda failed ia aa attempt to shoot their way Into Blair house U*«dae«day la a plot to murder Mr. Truman. \ t'ollaao aad Torretota were ,member* of the aMfrAmericaa a*t|oti«lisi party of Panto Rico. \ Toereeola aad Pvt. Leslie Cottelt. a White Humm policeman. were killed in tbe gnu battle on Peamtelrente Ave. Catlaau and two guafd* were wounded \ Ptamn. defiant. tbywr-oM Mrs. Rtma Coliaao wa* arretted alawet Immediately. After a H-hour search, federal agent* picked up dark-haired tP year old Mt* Par & nwa Torn veto la--New -VeHh -: r --k--:£ Official* *aid Mr* Turresota. mother at a els?naoath-old daughter. *». — _ LadaaM • aaiL*aalv I* rlprPwww HtrPfn rmnuy in •ympaihy with the attempt aaaiaet lwt |»ir"«MTin. Government prosecutor* hope to bring Coitaao t* trial within 3* day* oa a first degree murder charce. They avid the two women ' may b* forced to rtand trial with Mm. Vader ntetHet at Catamite law. It la a crime to ata or *brt anyoae la a murder ptet A ****** etmvict ed of thl* crime la *nb)ect. a* M the marderer. to the death penalty The eeeret »ervice and a federal grand jury in New York are investigating tbe attempted MMwination Two aaidentifM men ateo have been charted with conspiracy Tbe Investigation ranged from New York to Ran Juan. Puerto Rico Police scoured Harlem'* Puerto Hlcan colony tor po«»ible cocomspirator* tn San Juan. Inaular uuthoritle* rounded up hundred* of nationalist* who alleged ly participated in the uprising this week against the regime of Gov. Luta Mono* Marin. Bloody Week's Toll On State Highways Indianapolis Nov. 4 —(UP)—Indiana counted a one-week traffic death toll of 41 today, more than double tbe average weekly toll It wa* one of the bloodiest week* on liooeler highway* In history. Between Oct. 17 and Nov. 1, the death Hat mounted hour by hour and food a big Jump yesterday . when six person* were crushed beneath a truckload of «teel near Kendallville. Fifteen wer* killed law week-end \ ;to launch th* toll. It crept higher Monday with *ev*n additional death*, elacked Tuesday and Wed neaday. picked up apeed Thursday and awept to a climax yesterday with 11 more. I Two Dead, Two Hurt In Car-Truck Crash Jefferuonvllle, Ind . Nov. 4— (UP) —Two person* were In Mriou* condition nt Clark county hospitall today from Injuries received in a ( car-truck crash which killed two -'atkterei State police identified the dead aa Rachael 8. Van Meter. 45. and Bertie Mae Butler, three, both of Cohtmbua Tbe Injured were Walter Butter. 33. and hla wife. Veda. «. parent* ofihe dead-flrl-Butter's cur met a big track hebdon on tbe Silver Creek bridge on U. 8 31. north at here laat night, police said. Harley German. Holland. Mich., driver of the truck, wax not hurt WEATHgft Treating tamparatura* and clearing sktes tonight. Sunday _■ fair and not a* reel. Low tonigM tt I* N north. 25 ts 30 *eu4h, high dunday 40 to 40 north. 41 to- Id tooth. Noon Edition

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Al Voting Mkm bComly Listed OuHim Territory Os All Precincts u The following to a Hat of all printeM voting ptecesl* the connM»e territory included ' bound* of the IndividIn DeOulur I A. the precinct ta bounded on two side*. the Mat and *onth. by the city limit*; on the north by tbe Erie railroad track*, and on the wo*t by Uno rtroot. Voters in thia precinct will cast their ballot* ln.th* Mcßride Weld lag »hug. «m Gram »tr*et. DwxUirl ll—Adam* at reel aerve* aa the northern boundary; Uno atroet tbe eaxt. the city limit* are bound* for th* aouth aad wml part* of the precinct The voting place la the Canning Factory office Ikecatur 1 C—Bounded on th* north by Adam* etreet. th* eart by the city limit*, the aouth by the Erl* railroad track* and the went by Um atroet Vote at th* county jaii. Decatur 1 A- Bounded on the north by Monroe rtreet. on th* eaat by th* city limit* toad Include* Stratton Place); on the .aouth by Adam* (treat, ami on the treat by Fifth atroet Vote al the court houae. Vecatur 1 « - The northern boundary to Monroe rtmet. .MUb •treat the Mat boundary. Adam* •treat, the noutb. and Tenth •treet on tba went. Vote at the Hr* st* Hon Decatur 1 C—Monro* »tre*t artveu aa th* northern boundary; Tenth rtrwrt, the eaateru; Adama. the *outhern. aad the city limit* ua lb* weal. Vote at Worthman ftoM houae. - - ’ DpcMnr 3 A—« Mary * river earn* around to *erve both •» the north and earn houndarie* of thl* pcecinet. Martin- alrert ta the ■Oath boundary and Fifth rtreet ta the we*t. Vote at the.county highway garage Decatur 3 B—Bounded on the north by Dayton rtreet. on .tbe ea»t by the Penn»ylvania railroad track* to' Nuttmau avenue, then I eastward on Nultman to Fifth., aireet, then south to Monroe, rtreet. Which* serve* a* the aouth Iniundary of thl* precinct; the, went boundary i» the city llmita. Vote at Frauhiger conetructlon. company office. IWnalur 3 C— Bounded on the north by W»*hlngtou rtreet. on the east by Fifth rtreet, on tbe *outh by Nattman avenue and on . the we«t by the Pennaylvania rail road. Vote at Jew Sheet* - garage Decatur-Root — Extend* along the line of the St Mary * river for th* northern and wertern boundaries to Washington »treet. the southern boundary, the southern boundary ran* from the St Mary - * on the eaat to the Pennsylvania railroad track*, then south to Dayton rtreet. then continue* west to the clly limit*. thA »edITwrw to rug* Mil UniM Service Here Sunday Afternoon J Dr. John Meister Will Be Speaker | Dr John Melrter. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Fort <’ayne. will be tbe speaher at a union service Sunday afternoon at .1 at the First Methodist church ; This service, sponsored by the »»■ j •ociated churches of Decatur, is in celebration of the formation of th* national council of the churchee of| Christ In the United State* of America. The national council, composed of 37 communion*, will be' formed at a great convention at Cleveland. Ohio, November JM to December 1. ' Hundred* of eburch ' peopleclergy and taity—representing th* denomination*, together with visit iM delegate* from cities and town* acroM America, will share thto moment In rellgiou* history. On tbe following Sunday. December 3. th* member* Os these denomination* In their own parishes. ’ will take part in service* of rededication aad will give thank* to God for leading them to a greater spirit of unity aa* purpew. - Cd Jaberg. president of the n* ■oetated churebe*. will preside at tbe meeting ftaadsy atterooM an* exteu** * welcome to all church people of Dereter to attend

' ” ArrmtmffMll. Acaacchlffet Amigaea hi Assawn

MRU. CARMCN TORRUUOLA. (righti defiant 33-yaar-oM widow of.tha Puerto Rican Nationalist fanatic wh* wm atela to. an attempt to kHI Prertdeat Tramaa. ta eworted ky a secret service man into the New York Federal building She to charged with <<mapir«-y in th* ataaartMtto* ptot *ald W have tynur from iter hattve 'MM witer* Pe*ra XiWrii Cklfcptm? (torn. NdHMmNrt.tamtor. ak*-at*r*-»lr**m. er* have been arrested by Insular police. - ■' — — ■ I ■ I —

W aartkMdtoa—rMNi iWvio Ou Erie RtHroad Two-Way System At Station Planned 1 1 stopping a train on a »pe<ific spot—or even a dime —tear altogether the result of extensive re- , search in braking power. Today it ' might depend a great deal <>n the padlo , At least that wa* pointed up Fri- ’ May when experiment* prior to j ‘i.rtallallon of s two-way radio *y»item on this branch of the Erie' ; railroad were conducted by Roger j Kelly, of Huntington. will I have charge, of future tert* and installation. The radio system will allow ata-; tion agent*, a* W. M. Bumgerdner, did Friday, to contact the engineer j ct an approaching train and di*-' close not only the number of pa»»-, enger*. if any, who wish to come | alioard. hut can instruct the engt-1 neer just where to stop. For ex*mp<e an engineer wa»| < ontacted about 25 mile* from .the . city and informed there was a lone passenger waiting to board tbe train In addition. Bumgerdner told the engineer exactly where that passenger would he standing; and the train stopped at the proper yiace. enabling the passenger to l.<Mird without walking the length jrt several car*. The radio system tn he Install-1 «d here is among the last in the 1 . Krte syrtem, Bumgerdner said. To " ! date they are on most of th* diesel i engine*. He went on to say that | the radio to proving tavalnshle In* rhe switch yard*, and for dispatchlug of train*. Among it* *ervic*s here, lit addition to listing the passengers and], cargo beforehand, will be to. forewarn any extraordinary dreamMance*. Sometimes obstacle* do get placed on the track, | ' I Loses Control Os Cor, Man Killed Madison. Ind.. Nov. 4—(UJPI— John Andrew Croeier. 4«, Madison, was killed when he lost control of his car on Ind. 7 near Wirt yesterday He died in King - * Daughter* hospital about two hours after the accident. Four-Year-Old Boy Killed In Accident Aurora. M.. Nov. ftTPV— Jaeob Ktawrtth Cilia, tour-ysuroli eon of Jaeob Bphralm Bills, was killed yesterday when his father* ear collided with aaother driven hy Roy Tlrkemey*r of Rising Bun.

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Decatur, ladiaaa, Saturday, November 4,1950

!Youth Is Injured When Hit By Track Ned Murray. 17, of PetrateUm. wa* undergoing X-raya m the Adam* county memorial hospital toHay to fully determine tbe eatont <>( Injnrtes *uUe*ud Mduy wAsp iM wa* *lrucfa by a track while cro**-' ling a rtreet tai Itonie - ; , The accident occurred about »:3« o'clock Friday night white Murray; •a* crossing Mnin street in the business district The driver of the truck stopped, notified authorities, and an sinbplance waa'called. Murray waa fushed immediately to the hospital where he remained unWnicfbus throughout the night. He not fully regained consciousness late thl* morning. j- The youth had finished work at I the Dunbar furniture company and ; was enroiite acrb» 8 the street for • a cup of coffee when hit Accordi Ing to witnesses. Murray apparent- | stepped in the path'pf the car. Midwest Is Chilled By Snow And Sleet Snow Over Much Os Great Lakes Region By United Press Snow and sleet today chilled midwert«rners who three days ago were wearing summer-weight clothing in go-degree tempera tare*. Tbe *new fell acro«i much of , the lower Great Lakes region, ac- : companylng dropping tempersLiu re* which weathermen expected ■ to reach ■* far MHrth as Miaqd by midnight ~-- Eastern Illinois and Indiana, southern Michigan, northern Ohio, and wertern and central Kentucky showed stretches of white with the season's first enow Rain fell to •the eastward, but the Chicago weather bureau said it probably would turn to enow a* far south aa northern Virginia before tomorrow Temperature* were reported on i the rise in the Dakota* Nebraskan* turned up their coat collar* against clear, cold weather of 15 degree* tn the west, and 24 along the eastern border lowa'* first snow of the Mason yeeterday Had disappeared by today But the mercury, which three day* ago- registered 44 'ln DeaMolne*. had tumbled to M by early today, and the state's low of 13 si Mason City. Snow clung to grass «till green from the growing Manon in Indiana, whers-temperature* tot a record Norember high In th* W* three day* ngn. Traffic slowed a* snow reduced rial hill ty Only a trace at aaow waa reparted at MllwwuXa* aithaagb a light fall ntrnrred yesterday Grantsburg, which hsd a high of 74 degrees Nov 1. reported 13 dsgre* temperature* today.

Crippled Children : uroup Fieeis nonaoy Ta Outline Purpose ** Os OrfMization - A program to outline the pur--11 pom of the organiMtion and to ■ | acquaint everyone with the alms , of the Adam* county society for crippled children ha* been scheduled for next Monday. It wa* announced today by official* ot that , organisation The program will follow a dinner at the Hotel Coffee Shop, set for S o'clock. The Adam* county society for crippled children conduct- a campaign each year through the sale of Easter seals Io provide care tor the state's crippled children It I* to further organi.xe the Adam* county chapter and to review the part work as well as to plan tor the future that this first annual meeting ha» been called for next Monday. Deane Dorwln will serve a* chairman at the meeting which will feature speeches by Robert Vents, president of the Well* I county Mx-tety. and Robert Witte, president of the Happy Handicap club, of Allen county. In addition, movte* of the Indiana society's summer camp* will Ire shown. The Rev. William C. Feller ta to deliver th* invocation and Adams, county society president Cart Gerber will extend the welcome to those present Offtatata of the local unit urge all those Interested In attending the dinner and program to contact either Mlm Scott. Dorwln. Gerber, Irene Brown or Rom Ellen Milter, of this city, or Itesße Sprung•r. of Berne, or Dauna Fosnight. of Geneva. Season's First Snowfall Reaches " City Early Today This much i is certain About the weather. Th* season'* first snow started to fall early this morning—>ome 1 My about 3:3o—and, by Isl o'clock - tbe landscape began to take on the appearance of a Currier and ire# picture »t the night before Christ '*«*»;■ -v The forecast for Indiana weather i anid that tb* snow might turn into rain during the day. Rising temperature* are coming, the weatherman said. Within three day* the temperatnre dropped about M degree*, i With a high of 33 to 34 last Tom i day, tbe tteerinometer la front of I this newspaper office registered 34 at t:3» thto morning. Today's onow to on* of th* earl W**l »v*r woted for thto time of . year, elder residents stated. Free*- ' Ing temperature* ranging from 27 to 33 were forecast for tonight. ‘ with wanner ta star* for Sunday

Two Os Four American Lost Battalions Free; Confirm Chinese Help

U. S. Eighth Army Confirms 16,(NX) Chinese j Action In Korea Tpkyo. Nov. 4—(UP)— Tbe U.B. 4th army confirmed tonight that up to 14.0 wt Chinese troop* are fighttag in Korea end Gen. Douglas MacArthur wa* represented as taking a MTtoua View of China's interventhm. Eighth army beadgnartaoa la Seoul issued this statement at 7. p. m. 14 a. m. CRT): "The 4th army coafirau that Chinese communist* ta contact ar* in sufficient numerical strength to be th* equlratent of at least two division*" With tbe 4th army statement, only MacArthur himself resaataed to confirm the arrival of Chinese troop* nt the front. The United State* wa* reported awaiting the word from MacArthur to bring Communist China before the United .Nation* a* an aggressor. MacArthur'* views oa' CkiM'i rdifrikstioa to th* war were reported hy two scarce* toady I' A*a Claude D Pepper. D.. Fla. t hairaaan of a senate foreign relation* subcommittee, said he got the impression during a talk with MacArthur that tba general tabes a Mrioua view of Chiaa* Intervention Ho refused to elaborate. Thea, without confirming the * Korea. MacArthur teM Lowdja Daily G Ward 1 Price In aa interview: ' ''The situation tin Korea) would become seriou* If a foreign gov eminent were to intervene officially with all It* strength But I don't lielieve that will happen. The opportunity to give effective aid to North Korea was at the outset of the war " Price said MacArthur told him that If fresh forces thrown Into the fight hy the communist* were Chinese, the >ltuation will present 'an entirely different picture." The Interview wa* to have hee:t <Tw»w T* raw* Etabvt Joint Zone Meeting Here Mondny Night Appeals Board And Commission Meet The board of toning appeal* and city plan commission will bold a Joint meeting Monday night at 3:15 o'clock at elty hail. It wa* learned today. The Joint session will follow th* regular meeting of the appeals board. A bearing will be held at 7:30 o'clock on the petition, for a variance filed by tbe Decatur Moose lodge so that an entrance can be ' built, facing First street, on the new addition to tbe Moose home Plan* call tor an extenatou of tbe ' entrance a few inches over tbe established property line, making ft necessary for a variance from the ordinance. . _ j ■ Two other appeals will b* beard before tbe joint seMtoa. Parpo*e of the joint session to to consider more stringent method* of enforcement of tbe iocal ordinance. Bev- , eral violation* have been reported recently and these violation* wit) I be turned over to attorney Robert . Anderson and Ralph Roop, enfore , Ing officer. Several other matter* pertaining , to aoniag also will be discussed al . the joint meetingr Lynn Statler Dias * In California Homa Funeral services war* bold at Sacramento. Cal., far Lynn W. Stetler. former Adam* county rest dent, who died recently at bl* r Lome ta that city. Statler, a batWer. I wa* a member of the Disabled American Voterana Survivor* lacluds bis wife Hol. t «■; a aoa. Donald, of Raeraaiant*; * a daughter. Mr*. Fay Rytaoa* of f Miaataelppi; bl* ntother. Mr* , Freak Striekter. aad • atoter Mr* Pearl Oliver of Monroe.

PtosHml Timm On Rndio ToMfM Pions 30-Minute Political Speech Bt. Louis. Nov. 4— (UPi —Aa overflow crowd ot more than 12.000 person* is expected to Jam Kiel Auditorium tonight to hear President Truman make a half hour speech over radio and television on behalf of Democratic candidate*. Several thousand more spectator* will gather outside the auditorium to get a glimpM ot the chief executive, whose itfe was endangered In *n asMsslnatlon attempt last Wednesday. About <t>o city policemen, secret service agents and detectives will be oa hand to gward Mr. Tra■aa.. They will **rarm over th* abort half-mtie are* between tbe audl, tortam. aad tbe Jefferson hotel, where the president will stay dar tag hla vtett. — rile ciuvt eMecttttTT wut opoa* to a aatloasride audience of an estimated ««.500.**0 clttMß*. pro- : riding that a t aleph on* strike 1 here doe* not Meek tranamtastoa. 1 Aa official of the rtrikebouad 1 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. said last night that supervisory * employ** *UI attempt to keep r the aabtoa. wbleh Wflt Mpa.'" tlto 1 prseldsal'* speech into I.SM radio 1 and 73 ietevtatan stattoM, in working order. 1 The president will arriv* at ' Bcott air force base across tbe ’ Mississippi in Illinois at 4:15 p.m. CST. He will make bis speech at » p. m. CBT. Stringent regulation* over newt ’ coverage of hia arrival at Scott air base were lifted late yesterday and special secret service agent ' Frank Barry Mid local reporters ' and photographers would be allowed on the base. However. Barry Mid that original plans for the president to make an Inspection tour of the base have been cancelled The chief executive will be whisked off to St. Louie In a heavily guarded motorcade “within minutes" after hi* plane lands. Barry Mid. County's Oldest Mon is Reported Failing 1 Berne. Nov. 4. — Christian C ‘ Hirschy. who at I*2 year* of age ’ ta Adams county’s odaat citiaan, to , reported falling rapidly. He is very ( neak. following * fall from hia chair a week ago. aad has been , nnabte to be at th* table sine*. He resides with a daughter. Roaa , Hirschy on Baltimore street here. b • WHI Close Togight ; Msßsiaiaa And Roily Here Tonight A hickory pole ratatag will start I (hr customary Democrat smoker I and rally to be,held tonight at 7:3* I o'clock at Democrat headquarter* ■ in the K of F. .home on Third rtreet, Dr. Harry Hebble. chair i man. announced today. - • Jadge Mytea F Parrtah of Adams circuit court and Mrs. C W. R . 'Schwartx. prominent cou»v ty farm leader, will drop the curtain for the Democrat* on the county election campaign There will be musk- and refreshI Hb to EBbo toßlk ■ IM and speaking and Dr Hebble will give final etection day tartrac1 tion* to precinct worker* and memt here of tbe county r—>milter 1 (Md time Democrat worker* end former county chairmen trill be • tatrodaced at tonight * meettag and • larg* crow# ta giytctf^ l to ittMMl ! It ha* been the cae'om for mor* than 34 year* to etae* th* Dewacrat campataa th* Saturday night before election day with a smoker

Price Five Cents

AAanna Fraas Two Os Lost Battalions; Hurl ~ CMatio Rods Bock Tokyo. Sunday. Nov. (UFIA U. 8 marine offenetv* to north eeat Korea freed two of toer American "loot battaitoes" cwt 00 by enemy toad Mocks and berted the Chinese communiat > back 3 H mites Saturday A battalion of tbe U. S. 24th division fought it* way through a ■ oad block b*low Varan ta north able losses. A battalion of martaeo Mill waa isotated west at Woasaa on tbe »a»t coast. Tbe maria** attaekad toward th* big Choein reservoir after cracking commratot opposition in oar of th* fiercest batttea at the wer. They amnshed forward Into Su. Id miles sooth of th* reservoir and 21 mite* north of Hambung Tua' tateiat marine-miaiiMigbt jrair veriaed a Chinee* communist re*4 block bsbtod two bettaitona of tbe jut itTirtOß I TtH JVBt soetb of Re. aad the regtmeut atog. ged oa northward. Aggrewrive aettoe by U 8 force* ta ikwi beast Korea and a atebOß- ' tag ot allied line* ta northwest Korea brought tbe moot opttaitattc report* atoee tbe snramantata .bit' > back hard. ataUed th* aUted push t toward treat* off ep to M mile*. The uncertainty nt the *RBaitoe in ret ant day* wa* refleeted by the rattle* a0 of th* fear American battalions Still another. «ome l.®«« men of the U. 8. Ist cavalry, had been trapped in the UaMi> sector earlier, and about half of the men were lost In a simitar action a few mile* southwrel ot Unaan. a 24th infantry battalion bad “a hell of a fight, a division spokesman said: in smashing through a road block on the north bank of the Chongchon river five mile* south of Yongbtoe It was along the Chongchon that th* allies were, trying to establish a new defense line after the reverse* which had thrown their spearhead* back from the Manchurian border area Kxcepl for the lost battalion'* fight, no major action had occurred along the Cbongchon for 44 hours, th* spokesman raid . . ' . .. Some men of the battaltoo still were straggling through a com muntet-held sector The spokesman said three of five companies at th* battalion were accounted for. but what happened tn the other two w»» not known The latest front reports iadtented that most of the missing men managed to make their way back to friendly position* Some joined the U 8. Ist cavalry dtvtston at wMeh patrol* had made contact with the battalion .bortly before Ae am bush The plight of the marine bat tMtta l*n«U«d at Major X* nrtfrs west of W«n*aa was net regarded a* sortoes The battalion ttaeif wa* reported out of loach with tbe com aaunfota. but silttag srtrige one of their main escape reels* to the north Tbe marine* held an airatrip and were tn teach with rear ayes* by light plane and helicopter Supplies were dropped by air. and - a division spokesman said.the bat- , talion wa* In good shape. I. . ■ . _____ .' . ■ ■ 6B jF rata wW WWV-F® At Fivu-Yoor Low I • MJ****o»»* Uaemptoymeat eompeiaaativa claims were the lowest ta more than five years laat week, tbe Indiana etaptowmeat security di vtaton *uM today Director John *' Crtoe raid the • MT3 claims filed were down 4t percent front a reeek earlier and raprera tied tees than oar-fourth of the claims of tbe comparable week i of teat your Now Mutate numbered only Lid*, b* said, and routiwwd etotoa* w»re i down is percent Cttee otod the return to srorg at Mudebakrr'* Booth Brod plant fas mainly re sponsible