Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1950 — Page 1

Vet XLVIII. No. 2*5.

TELEPHONE WORKERS CONTINUE STRIKE

Sit-Down May Force Closing OfG. E. Plant

Dispute Over Him Work Rotes Blamed; Moy Force Eatira*Factory To Close A complete shut-dowa at the Deeater Geaeral Electric plant may rraalt "within the next day or two." | it operation* la tha shaft grinder 1 division aren't resumed. E- W. Laakaaaa. plant manager. stated yesterday. v FoUowiag a sit-down by sight or A*-< atoe grinder operator* yesterday afternoon In a dispute orar piece wort r»t« other lines are being taken oat of production aad a* a consequence worker* bare been laid off, the management said. “DM to what we belter* to be an unauthorised sit-down by prac- ' tlcally all of oar shaft grinding operators It becomes aeceraary to lay off the rest of onr employes.” - Lankenaa said at noon today No further Matemeat or comment wm ‘ made by the local manager Local official* of the United EtecIrteel and Radio Workers ot Ameri ea (UUCIOI could MM be reached by rapreeeatattre* of thia paper Union hall in the Kahrer baHdlng on Second street wan closed. It became known that Henry Stauffer, president Os tbe local eaten. waa JM working today at th* G . K. •* Calk to JM* homo gave the latormstiaa that bo waa working on his -i . term and wmHd retuse later. Reb- ' dMTMMbr. secretary of the union wm m Me Jeb <*o ptaM, it waa ata to*. The eoatroversary arose. It was captained unofficially hy employes, from a piece wort rate set for grinding • new and certain type of shaft tor a particular order ot motors When latormed « the rate, grinders started a sit-down yeoter day Limited plant operations were carried on this afternoon ..X_. Due to the lack ot shafts tor the special make of motor, workers on the rotor, flange and automatic screw lines were laid off. The number of employes sent home today continued to rise. Although no official statement was made, it was stated that negotiations would not be taken up with the union until nil workers were back on the Job. The Decatur plant employs near ly 1.000 workers A iOhour. fire day a week schedule carrying three shifts was established here two weeks ago. Some Business To Be Suspended For Armistice Day Here Business will be conducted Saturday al moot of the same old stands, but there are several offlees and firms that will bo Mooed in observance of Armistice Day. The county court house and city ball will not open their doors Saturday. and neither will the First State Bank of thia city. The dobra to the post office will be open, and the lobby will be accessible to those wishing to bny stamps from the rending machine or to poet letters But the windows will be closed and uo package* will be accepted. There will not be a rural mall delrery Saturday, but there will be a city delivery. Giri Slightly Hurt When Struck By Auto Marcella Bodie, ata-year-old Bodie, of 333 North Tenth street, was hospitalised today after she had been struck by a car driren by Mary Elisabeth Rosraau 1033 Kim street. The Bodie child darted without warning Io front of the RoeeMU car which was traveling west on Adam* street, police reported. The accident occurred no the Bodie child waa leaving the Lincoln' school on her way homo to lunch. She was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where doctors there determined that she had raftered but a slight eoncsa- • sloe, lacertton* and abrasions. She Is being kept in the hoeeton lacerations and abraoioee.

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Request UN To Aregl Aft lIhMBA*A vluCr UMIvjC Out 01 Korea United States And Five Other Nations M Submit Rosolutidn Lake Success. N. Y. Nov. 10 - (UPI- The United States and five other nattona asked the United Nations security council today to order Chinese communist troops out of Korea. A six-power resolution rahmittsd for consideration at this afternoon’s security council meeting contained, however, a reassurance to the Peking government that it* legitimate Interest* In the Yala river border news, with its vital hydroelectric plants. would be protected. The measure would make It clear that the UN wants all Chinese communist* out of Korea, whether they wore fighting kith the remnants Os North Korean forres as unit* of Mao Tse-Tung's army or as individual volunteer* It noted the special report from Gee Douglas MacArthur to the steel that Chinese communist military units are deployed for action against the force* of the UN in Korea" and declared that the security council: "Calls upon all states and authorities. and In particular tho’O responslbl* for th* action noted above, to retrain from assisting or encouraging the North Korean authorities, and to prevent their nationals or individual* or unit* of their armed forces from giving assistance to North Korean forces and to cause the Immediate withdrawal of any each nationals. Individuals or unit* which may presently be In Korea .’’ Miner Trapped By .. J Cave-in Found Dead Pottsville Pa.. Nov 10. (UP) — A miner* trapped 45 feet underground by a cave-in was found dead laat night by weary rescue teams who dug desperately through tons of fallen coal and rock. John Reto*. 4X waa caught lata yesterday by two coal falls which nearly trapped three other miners In a "bootleg” mine eight milee west of bore. The rescuers, working in relays, talked with the trapped man for two boars after the cave-la until his voice gradually weakened and became silent. Miss Ven Speaks Al Rotaty Meeting Decatur Teacher Is Speaker Last Night Miss Charlotte Vera. Decatur high, school Latin and English teacher, took member* of the Rotary elsb on a picture tour of Europe laat night. In a program presented by W. Guy Brown, high school principal. _ r- Last rammer Miss Vera toured England, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Swßnertond. Rhe took numerous pictures of the centuryold and historic places in all of those countries. The picture* were developed on slide* and shown on a screen. Mis* Vera visited la Frankford. Germany, seat of American occupation In Northern Germany. From the fact that much of that section of the country was bombed by American plane* during the war. German cltiuena show very little love tor Americans. Mi** Vera commented. Picture* of Capri and other vacstlon spot* along th* Mediterranean were shown In Mi** Vera’* collection ot picture*.

Jurors Indict Would-be Killer Os Pres. Truman Would-be Assassin Is Indicted Today On Murder Charges Washington. Nov. 1* — (UP) — A federal grand jury today indicted Oscar Collate, the Peurto Rican nationalist who tried to assassinate President Truman, on first degree murder charge*. The Indictment, returned after a three-day investigation, waa delivered to federal judge Edward A. Tamm. It Collami is convicted, he will face death In the electric chair The Indictment acerise* Collaso of first degree murder, of murder In commission of a felony—equivalent to a first degree murder charge—and assault on two coasts. The murder charges ares* from the alaylng of White House police Pvt. Leslie Coffelt by Collaao and hi* accomplice. Grlsollo Torrevota. who was killed In front of the president * Blair House home oa Nov 1. Th* nssaulf count* were for the wounding of WhH* House potlee men Joseph H Down* and Donald T. Blrdaell. Torresol*. though dead, was named with Collaao In the Indictmeal. The grand jury charged that Collaao and Torresol* were spedfleally guilty of the “deliberate and premeditated" murder of CoReM. The second marker coeat seen*•d the two men of murdering Ontfelt while attamgtlM to "«Mdr a ’ dwelling and buOdtag toeased at lUI Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.. ' Washington. D/B. known and colled the Blair Hoase. with latent to assault with dangerous Weapon* and to assault with intent to kill end with intent to murder the President ot the United States ■’ In the past two-day*, the grand jury have heard 23 witnesses de-, 1 scribe all phases of the battle. | Most witnesses were aecrst *«r ' vic* men. White House policemen. > and others directly concerned with , 1 the shooting U 8 attorney George Morris| ■ Fay has said th* jury, after In-1 ' rest lasting the actnal aiaassina tlon attempt may decide later to | sfnfff the ; role* of other* who were connected Indirectly with the plot. First Industry Is : Reported In Drive ► Schafer Company Is First Full Report The Hchnter Company is the r flrat industry to report in full tor 1 the Decatur Community Fund > drive. Louis Jacobs, president of the fund, announced today. Payroll deduction* made by company employes are higher than a year ago. Dick Linn. eoehairman of the current drive, informed the Community Fund ' director*, who met last evening at the Flrat State Bank. Solicitor* for the drive have not yet completed their canvaa*. the directors were informed. They were urged to canvass their terrir tory and to turn their report* over ) to Arthur Heimann, at the bank. F The Community Fund supports f the Boy and Girl Scqut organlaa- , tlon*. youth and playground actlvl- ( tie*, beside* incorporation of national drive* m> . that separate camI pMgns are-wot necessary, JapO]j». explained. t ’ Contributions to the Community Fund permit these activities to be t carried on and have no relation ( to the Community Building Fund, , which was conducted laat year, the directors explained. ; . li J Two Indiona Farmers r Are Suicide Victims i Noblesville. lad.. Nov. 10. —(UP) i — Two Hamilton county fanner* •hot and killed thsmaelve* today. >. George H Bukin. «o. and Everett i Small. 4*. used shotgun* to take > their liven. Relative* blamed BmaU'e suicide pa domeetlc trrebie.

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Docotur, lodioiia* Friday, November 10,1950

-"' ' ~ ~ Phone Strike Begins

TRUPHOMR SMViea WM aCected nattoa-wide and picket* of the Ui nt—uili utliins W*i>u t'ni** fnWirr po«t* aero** tke country •• a nattoa-wide strike began. Above a solemn-faced <rl enters the Pacific Telephooe banding la Mattie after passing through pickets line* outside. . era,***., ...jwwi i . . in ■mi wwyff , . .'i ../ -i

■ urni.ig!*,' .. " Erie (Mid Teste nere MiiSraCiory Decatur May Serve . ‘ As Link By Radio A ' < " ' Following extensive tests conducted her* over a spread of three different days, aad completed to day. It’ was practically assured that : Decatur would serve a* one of the i important radio link* In th* Erie '[ railroad* vast comhiunlcatloh «ys■tem. ? Radio engineer* and supervisor, have conducted the tests here - j which Incidentally were considered : highly favorable— and expreeeed I the opinion that Decatur 1* a likely ! ?pot to Inytall one of the eommunl I cation center* for the railroad, to I nerve a* a direct contact to trains. The radio station, it installed here, will be placed in the Erie railroad tower to assure 24-hour service. The test* here have been under I the superviaion of Elmer Katelic. radio construction supervisor from Cleveland. O.: H. A. Kelly, of Hunt ington, division telephone *upervisor, assisted by F. C. Erickson, telephone maintainer, from Hunt 1 Ington. and F. E. Brown, sectional lineman of Decafur. A temporary tower was utilised at Worthman field when an antenna was placed on one of the floodlight*. In a two-way conversation with Katelic. who was stationed at the field, it was revealed that the - antenna there simulated condition* which would be uncovered in talking to an approaching train. He said that communications have been "highly satisfactory." when contacting train*. Test operation* here have enabled engineer* manning the radio equipment to contact engineer* on the train*, and engage them In con veraatkma. An outbound train from Chicago, for example, wo contacted at Uniondale and followed through Elgin. O. Officiate raid that station* will be placed about 30 mile* apart, and once the Decatur tower is in opera tlon. the Erie will be the first rail road to have complete radio coverage ou ftsraalnltrie train. «MNV along the route stretch from Chicago to Jersey .Ciiy. The radio communication will actually be four way: from the engineer to a land station; from engineer to caboose; from caboose to land station and from train to train. The safety factor of this type of communication cannot be stressed too much, officiate pointed out, for one of the great factor* would be the great benefit In time ot tog and i ittolra. Th* radio system will also exoedlte train order*, eliminate train i delay* and Improve paarangpr I service, spokesmen tor the railread . aaid.

Good Followi Club Drive Is Launched" i Member* of the Delta Theta Tan sorority have started their annual drive tor the Good Feltowa club to help local needy familisa have Donation* foe mopey, food aad tori are urgently needed Thoae, wishing to contribute are asked to , notify Mrs. Paul Reldenbach. or . Mi** Mary Ann Laurent, phone t S-SIS.I or ,3-3437. ( - . Two More Entrants tn Queen Contest ll Christinas Parade Here December 4 - 1 Two more candidate* for the 'itle -of "Mi * Merry Cbrlstma*" - have been received by the Cbam--1 her of Commerce, according to L. R. Zint.matter, chairman of the . queen contest, being sponsored in j conjunction with the Christmas i parade here December 4. New entrant* for the Contest in- . | elude Pat Johnson of Jefferson town-hip high school and Bernlta ’ Thieme, of Monmouth high school. I Candidate* previously announced were Lois White. Decatur, Eileen Gelmer, Decatur r Catholic. I Shirley Fox, Pleasant Mills, and Carolyn Egly. Adame Central. Solicitor* are buay canvassing business and professional firm* In the city in an effort to defray the 1 expense* of the parade, decora- ' tlon*. candy and other Incidental* nt the Christmas program for the ‘ children Ballot* for the queen contest will ‘ be distributed to store* within the ' next few day*. Balloting will be by purchasing —for each dollar sale a ballot will ■ be given. This will then be rnark- > ed by the purchasing public for i Its favorite candidate. Th* winner of the contest will then, along i with four attendant*, ride on the < queen's float in the parade. J High School Fupils On Trip To Chicago - Fifty-four member* of the De- >• clitar high *chocff sophomore history cl*** left at 4 a m. today for a field trip to Chicago. The *tu1 dent* left from the high school > by two ABC buses and the ttineri ary for them include* viaita to the * Chicago Natural history museum. » Shedd Aquarium and the Museum of science and Industry t Two *toba are marked on the I schedule for meal*, at 7 o’clock r this mornlag for breakfast, and a * supper stop In Gary at 1:30 o’clock I this evening. Reitacea Walter*. Lowell Smith and D. T. Darwin, of t- the high school taculty accompaai ted the atndenta on this trip. It r Is the second such field trip this I year; a gnrap had vtattod the Ford motor plant aeag Detroit earlier

Hit-Run Picket Lines Keep Nearly Third Os Phone Operators Idle

tahrtOf Ndtiod Mercury Skidding Ta Frigid Lavah Ry United Proe* An Arctic cold wave pet a deepfreeaa oa the Rocky Mountain aad mldwestera state* today and knifed all the way to the Gulf of Mexico Bad tha Atiaatlc •asboard. In the wake of tarin winter storm* that Masted the Rockies am) the northern plain*, the mercury skidded to frigid levels over a wide area aad plunged to U degrees below a*ro at Laramie, Wyo., and 30 below at Big Piaey. Wyo . and Fraser. Colo. Remnant* of the blixtard that swept acres* the northern plain* yesterday lashed the Lake tor and upper Lake Miehigaa shores' of northern Mk-htgaa today. Forecaster* raid heavy squall* would pile several tacho* of additional snow on the blanket which fell yesterday. The storm snarled lateoeason shipping on Lak* Superior. knocked down telephone poles aad hit commuaicaUons al- > ready hard hit by a atrik* of ' Michigan Bell Telephow* worker*. > High wind* drove a ftre over a wide area trf Ban Mernardlno, CaL I burning at least ftre baaae* aad >. forcing hundred* ot residents from •' the area. The wind*, which reached a ve-' i locity of S 3 mile* an hour at time*, spread grass fire*, uprooted eftrns tree* and tore down power line*. Snow was piled two feet deep In mountain areas of Colorado and Wyoming, and more than a foot of It covered the ground In sections of northern Minnesota. Between Calumet and Copper Harbor. Mich., lake freighter* par-1 aded in single tile through a 22(Tara Te Wear RlaA** . Draft Board Reports Four Are Delinquent I Names Released By Local Draft Board The names of four yonng men who are considered delinquent by the Adstns! county selective service office were released today by i the draft board. , The four men are Rodrigue* Marie Hermandex; Gordon Leroy Farlow, Janie* Joseph Hughes and , Richard William Rowe. If anyone knows the address of ' any of these delinquent registrant*. the draft board stated, person* ar* urged to notify the board ImmedlI »tely. | White releasing the name* ot those delinquent registrant*, the board again noted the manner In [ which a regtetraat get* on the delinquent Ret. By failure to report any change of addree* (this la the reason two ’ of the four nnmee released today ’ are considered delinquent); change ' of occupation -or any change of statu*. Another important reason why young men become delinquent Is that they fail to tahe their physical examinations when required by notice fro-n the draft board. The draft board further pointed '■out that a delinquent registrant is ' I subject to immediate MuCCtou r I without any physical examination * notice. ' I '• ' ; World Community Service Nov. 17 ■ World community day service * will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, t November 17. at the Firm Metbo- * diet church. Dr Arthur Holm** ct t Butter University; IgPMßgpalte, L wm be the speaker The aarvice la f being sptmaorad kF the council M - church women. The theme M "Leva t Thy Neighbor “ j. ■ The women ot all chnrebe* an 1 invited. Mr* W F. Robinson will nresMe.

U. Marines Advance Near Power Center Advance Five Miles Toward Big Ckosin Water Power Center Tokyo. Saturday. Nov. 11-(UF) —U. 8. marine* advanced five mite* toward the big Chosin water power center in the. mountain* of northeast Korea and patrols wore believed to be nearing the reeerveir itself today. The 7th marine regiment overran Kota eight mile* from the southern lip of the reservoir, one us thre* large hydroelectric power developments being defended by Chinese and Korean communist*. The marine command estimated that- t*e-7«Lregla»an> bad -ttestroyad seven of nine battalion* of Chinese communtet troop* defending Chosin in the haul* of the mountain paaae* whinh began last ■ week. To the east. South Korean troop* - gained more then 11 mile* north t ot Kuleha. <» mile* southwest of . Chongjln on the east coast. U I was the Mggwat aUtod’ gain es lhe II dap, , i’T-i Other Korean republic troops In I northwest -. Korea advanced 2tq - miles arid reached a strategic lateral road be;ween Kunu. Cbong chon river stronghold, and Tohchon 23 miles to the east An armored patrol of the U. 8 24th division lost two tank* when It hit a minefield which wa. covered hy fire from about a battalion of eommunlst troop*. The patrol I withdrew and left the tanks, whose" i tread* were blown off by mine I explosions. Tw* Bomber* Damaged Wa-hington. Nov. 10 — <UF) — The air force reported todays that two B-23 bomber* were badly imaged by enemy fire In the North Korean fighting. The air force had only meager detail* on the action which occurred in the Sinanju area north of the 38th parallel. One B-29. apparently attacked by enemy fighter*, had three en- ‘ gine* knocked out while flying In bomber formation, a spokesman ’ said at a pentagon briefing. The spokeaman said the crew I diteked the bomber south of Chon- ;| ju which to about li mile* from . Sinanju. The other B-23 managed to gut , back to it* base in Japan where it made a erauh landtag The air ' force spokeaman raid hia report tfftoew T* Paw* MgMI L...—» ftaaMstL***’ Damp ucuiuc uuicnei uicS WF WWW w ww WWWWW WWW . Early This Morning ■ Funeral Services jOTuraay Arrernoon George Dutcher. 80. a lifelong r resident of Adam* county, died at i 7 o’clock this morning at the AdI *m* county memorial hospital. ■ Death waa attributed to complication* He had been ill three weeh* I and critical for the past week and i a half i He was born in Root township i Dae 4. 1 *4O. * son of Elman and Brady Wiae-Dutcher Hl* wife. Dora, died In IP4B He had beau a resident of the county home fat the past several month*. He,area a member of the Bethany Evangellral United Brethren 1 church. Surviving are a son. Donald; aad -two sister*. Mr* Emma Fuhrman I and Mrs. Drusilla Fuhrman One . brother and one sister are deeeaa- ■ ed. I Funeral Mrvkme will be held at > the Black funeral home, the Rev V. H Willard officiating Bartel • wfll be la the Itecatur cemetery I Friend* may call at the faaaral home after 7 o'clock thte aveatag

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Fickwt Linus Jump Tu Keep Abeod Os New tMU Noe !•.— bkmbml the Mtitto*** to another and kept almoet -omp ifilnl of tbe Iocs! MMI lomc fUoteHMce ci pent oc u off their Jobe tai 99 ottato*Hit aad ra* picket Unae were okippitas eheodl of the low te Arkansas. Indlkna and Ohio where tug ee threatening local tnjawotton as soon an the jtacteeta •bowed up to each new town The 17.g»0 Weriera Electric eaaspany Installation worker*, attempt taffto Marapt aR-bv*wrt*a o<parent American Telephone '"and Telegraph eompaay. succeeded idling *n estimated 51. MM) of the -■lW.pno-lou*)-Knee end Baß’-eompawy--'- -- - - operating worker* tn the 30 state* where flying picket line* www operating today. Picket line* were repotted generally peaceful Bat two nets of 1 alleged sabotage wore reported, in — ' Mtoeouri. Southwestern Ml said a h three-tach cable carrying 1W pair* t/papera. w«b mi ax. ; Northaramern 8* • MinneapolK •aid,* main telephoee cable had been cat at a Western Electric plant. The total of idled telephone worker* wa* reduced from yesterday * U.K* by the "strategic return to work of some 17.000 employe* of th* Michigan Bell company There wa* no *ettlement of these workers’ wag* dispute—which to eeparate . from that of Western Electric workIlk. X unioe offtctal said the reI turn, which put the state 1 * tele | phone system back to normal, wa* 4 part of a union strategy which planned further "quickie" strike* to ’ harass the company Service in other affected state* ranged from “emergency call* only" In such town* a* Roswell, N. M-, Hot Spring* and Pine Bluff, Arin, and Peoria. Rockford and Wheaton. 111., to "entirely normal” in elite* where local dial system* and super vtoory employe* took up the slack Federal mediator* here continued effort* to settle the wage dispute which ha* been under intermittent ngotiation tor more than a year between the Western Electric and the communication* worker* ot America. CIO. Key unit in the ■trike to CWA division t. repreueutiag some 1«. M« installer* Federal mediator Walter Magglolo met with both parties individually today and raid be hoped to schedale a Joint meeting this afternoon In Arkansas, picket* were withdrawn at Little Rock on a court order two hour* after (ho atrik* •tarted yeeterday. They turned wp . at Hot Bpring* and Pine Bluff tote yesterday, disrupting service completely. left Hot Spring* at 10 am. ( to picket at nearby Malvern, ptacing all aervtee there on an emergency basis. The union similarly withdrew ' picket* tn seven Texas citie* and kept line* moving around exchange* la 10 other location*. In St Louie and Washington, pickets ’ were moved to different exchange building* from those picketed yesterday. , Indiana Bell obtained lujunetton* aguinct te indiaaapolte. *n4 .. 1 South Bend yesterday They mowed ’ today to Evan-ftUe aad New AJbaay where further tajunrtton* were threatened la Ohio, striker* moved asray ' from the Cincinnati long line* iastaltatlon and threw up tbeir flr«t . picket lie** in Ctevetaad. putting ' all long distance service on an ( emergency basis. t WEATHER ChMirtaM Mtal ee99ee •*Mpt fw am* w Rft * p guawwßfti ••q* I eeM. Lew teoi«M IB te N> Mgh Saturday » t* 3*