Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1950 — Page 1

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UNFORCES BREAK LULL IN KOREAN WARFARE

——■ I 111. - Phone Strikers I Charge lockout By Companies vvjF oxiny Operators Locked Out By Companies Naw York. Nov 11 — (UP) _ Rtrtttag tetogheM eqelpaeant worker* charged today that Ball Tetepboe* computes «rara locking net noastrtklag operators who refused to crae* nation-wide hitam4*riiii Me ko»t If roe* The move waa later pre ted a* the operating rootpaale*’ flrat atop to ctaahai the natoa’a harassing tartten, frankly designed to pretest anaagamaat from setting up efficient Mrihe-breaklag operal tea*. A *t BAttoS*! o tri if headquarter* of the communlcaitoaa Warbers of America (CIO) aaid operator* who refused to cross transient picket line* In Illinois yeaterday were not permitted to return to work today after the linen were withdrawn National atrlke director Robert Pollock aaid It waa “evident*' the company waa planning further lock-oat*. The charge waa denied immediately at Chicago by a company spokesman. who eaid Itwai just 'another silly, statement by the ' Wa re encouraging operator* to come to work, and In fact the anion (toward al Peoria la thia minute In our office calling people to coma back to work.'' the apokeeman aaM- The company aaid 393 of MN apwatar* la UMnoi* erora ad picket line* yesterday The n.oae aiming Wasters Electric worker* started playing hopscotch around telephone exchangee oa a natioa-wid* basis yeaterday. Plying picket aquada moved from city to city qnd oxchange to exchange, diarupting •ervlco briefly when operator*, moat of whom are member* of the sama union, refused to croa* their line*. . * . The technique enabled the small number of attikero to keep almoat one-third of the operator* off the job in 32 atate* Five atate* are not involved in the atrlke. Picketing ha* not yet started la 10 other* and I* pre vented by law in one Telephone user* had no problem with local dial ayatem* a* the atrlke entered Ita third day. Long distance aervic* waa affected only •pottlly. The long line* dNlalon of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, parent of all involved companies. aaid the nation'* long distance business was *7 percent of a normal day on the flrat day of the atrlke and 80 percent of call* offered were completed a* opposed to a uaual U to M percent Thirty percent of long diatance call* ar* normally bandied by a network of ''mechanical bralna" which permit home and buaineaa telephones In mor* than too cities to be dialed directly through automatic switchboard* in 14 cltiea. Thee* calls are "untouched by human hands" a* they pa*a through relay board* and bypass the local telephone operator* at the point of deetinatlon. ('alia to the mor* than WO cities and from and between the 14 central cltiea era therefore expected to remain unaffected by atrlke development*. An estimated 120.000 telephone worker* were Idled yeaterday in the hop-scoUh atrlke action, including the Western Electric atrikera and fellow unionists who Obeervad their shitting picket line* In Michigan. 17.000 employe* of the Michigan Bell company applied th* onagain, off-again technique to titair own atrik*. resulUng from a neparate wag* diapute In New Mexico and Miaaduri. striker* declared «n armistice day picketing holiday foe th* benefit of cooperating operator* The operators get double pay on Armletice day. WEATHER Partly etendy tonlffM and Sunday Net quit* ee sold ffunday. Lew tonight It to Mb naapt M to V oattom* southwsto. Hlffft Sunday >0 to It nerah, M to to aowthNoon Edition

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

L UfeTerm | Chart** Ray Decatur Man Is Gwen Life For Kansas Murder Charles Ray Found Guilty, Sentenced To Life In Prison A Deeatur man' Friday waa snhtenced to lite imprl*onment In the Kanaaa atate priaon. found guilty of the charge of first degree mar — : Th* man. Charles Ray. M>.' • former army private of Ft. Riley. Kaa . wa* sentenced for the fatal shooting of Jam** Q. Raftery. 4t. victim of a 1200 holdup near Balina. Kan A uompaatoaofßay. Cpl. Charlea Potts, 2J. of St. Franrtartile. HL. wa* nabbed at Salina ahortly after the sheeting and identified Ray a* the trtggermnn. Ray fled Salina In a stolen car and headed enet It wa* about »I mouth later that FBI officers' nab bed him while he wa* In an Atlanta Oa . jail \ The search for Ray shifted from, Kanaaa to Pennsylvania after ah-f other fatal holdup in Pittsburgh. and a service station attendant waar wounded In a holdup al Wilkinsburg. near Pittaburgh A 25 caliber pistol was used In the ratal shooting of Raftery, and It wa* a like pistol that aa* Involved in the other shootings A| car stolen from Fort Wayne and found abandoned near laincaster, I Pa . contained army clothing stamp-: . ed with the serial number Issued to) Ray at Ft Riley During Ray * flight. It had been reported that he waa apprehended here by local police officials, but thi* w*» unconfirmed, and It wa* three week* after thePennsylvanla •hooting* that Ray was caught In Georgia. Homage Is Paid To American War Dead Gather At Tomb Os Unknown Soldier Arlington National Cemetery.! Nov 11 .--(U Pi— As fighting raged) I in Korea, national leaders and plain i eitlaen* gathered at the tomb of! the unknown soldier today to pay solemn homage to American dead In all war* An honor guard of army. navy, marine corps and air force personnel fired a salute, and representative* of the government and civic Organisation* placed wreaths on the tomb President Truman was- not pre sent, but hl* assistant military - aide. Col. Cornelius J. Mara, wa* scheduled to lay a wreath tor him A short. distance across Ar ling ton National Cemetery—nt the grave of Gen John J. Pershing, commaider of (be XpfflSt"W peditionary force* in World War I , —defense secretary (feorge C. Marshall paid hta tribute to the n*- 1 (km's war dead This Annisfic* day. he said, i* , of special significance because "we ( are also doing honor to 4.000 or ( more of our men who recently gave ( their live* In Korea.'* Brl* Goeke. Jr., national command*r nt th* American Legion, callad upon President Truman "to ' authorise total mobilisation of thi* nation's armed force* ” Thi* la the "only course of ac- ’ (Twew Ta l*n«e Mat 1

'Jurors Indict Mayor Branmng For Conspiracy Police Chief, Foor Other Foiftfoyne Men Are Indicted 4 . Fort W*yne. Ind . Nov. 11—(VPl —The mayor and chief of police of vort Wayne and four other men faced 52 Indictment* today acene Ing them of bribery, conspiracy and perjury Mayor Henry K Branning. Jr., city purchasing agent Harold F. Battenberg, city councilman Charles H Boyer and A Eugene Martin, president of the Martin Coal and Supply Co., were accused of conspiracy to commit grand larceny in the sale of coal and other supplies to municipal utilities. Chief Lester H. Eisenbut and police Capt. George Klug were indicted for perjury' tor denying to th* grand lury they visited Martin's office lit addition to the conspiracy charge* against Boyer he wa* accused of accepting 27.540 In bribe* from Martin, and Martin wa* accused' of bribery. ° Branning and Martin also were accused of conspiring to obtain the signature* of member* of the Fort Wayne board of work* on pur chase orders by false representsAll were arrested and released under bond. Martin waa treed under 111.O'*, the police officer* andertl.uoo each end the other men under K.OtHi each. The grand jury** report to etr cult judge William H BchMmea. after a seven week iavaaMgattoa. said **ppHer* of the city's utilitle* mpde a profit of 13K1.5P7 between early In I*4*l and September, IPW Branning. a Democrat, took office ! Jan I. IS4M He was IH4.S 4k president Os the Indiana municipal league Kelly Resumes Lead In Michigan Race Six Counties Still To Report Results I Detroit, Mich., Nov. 11—(I'Fl- ! A slim technical margin of 57» ■ vote* shoved Republican ex-Gov Harty F Kelly lnto } the lead again today In ths topsy turvy race for Michigan governor But at any moment, new dovelopmenta In the preclnct-by-preclnct battle for vote* might favor G Mennen William*. Democratic candidate for reelaction. The latest tabulation which I would change with new return* from any of half a doles counties •till to report official result* gave Kelly m. 30« vote* to >23.72? for William* A recount appeared certain in the tense contest, and stat* police were under order* to protect the ballot* Kelly, en route to a Florida vacation. took th* lead last night on a weird tabulating snatu in Macomb county. Canvassers reported confused recor '-.i in one heavily Democratic precinct and said they were forced to reptrrt "obviously .Inaccurate figure*" which In effect gave the former governor !H>6 vote* Thue—B4 hour* after the poll* closed—the race wa* a* wide open a* It had been before balloting began last Tuesday . The office of attorney-general Stephen Roth ordered state police to alert election officials throughout Michigan to take extra precaution* In the unprecedented situation John Belinsko Dies At Hospital Today Jahn Rellnaka, 79 fanner living eaat of Geneva, Jtiat across the Ohio state line, died at d o'clock thia morning at th* Adam* county memorial boapHal. Surviving ar* a son. Edward Billing*, of South Bend, and five brother*, including Jak* who lived with hia brother. The body was removed to th* Hardy A Hardy funeral home at Geneva Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

ONLY OAILY IM AOAMff COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Sataraay, November 11, 1950 I I Nil I II -I IN I

Noble Uteflkrore Winners fl i fl flk flroiSfl I "9 WILLIAM FAULKNER (left) American novelist, tamed tor hla depiction of life In the deep south, had British philosopher and author Bertram! Russell whose books coder such subjects as atomic energy, philosophy, marriage, morals. r*|btlvity and sociology, have been awarded Nobel prise* in literature Russell was given the 1950 award and Faulkner that for which went unawarded last year when the Nobel Committee failed to agree on a wlnner.y ——— (j

Decatur GE Plant Closed Dowa Today Sit-Down Primary Causa For Closing Manufacturing operation* at the Decatur General Electric plant ceased at 7:30 p. m. Friday and th* plant waa cloaad today. Th< Saturday -rhirt-down- prtouur Uy was due to the alt-down which took place among shaft grinders Thursday afternoon and contlnnad ' through Friday. Workers were sent horn* yesterday ax. conveyor Uus closed down for th* lack of The-plant employs approximate- ! ly 1.000 p*r»ons and operations will be resumed Monday If the dispute which stemmed from a piece work rat* on the special ■hafts is sattled. Workmen said that the piece work rate had been reduced for. the < particular shaft needed to assemble * speclalutCtL ,er of motors Negotiationt toward a * settlement may*bq instituted today, but u<> statement was made either by the local plant management or of-fh-ers of th* union (VEIND). 'which represents the workers Mac Arthur Denies Ignoring Orders Authorizes Reply To British Attock Tokyo. Nov. 11—(UP)— Gen Douglas MacArthur denied through a spokesman today a charge that he "deliberately disregarded" his superiors In fighting the Chinese in Korea 1 The British socialist publication new statesman and nation made the charge in a front-page editorial entitled. "M*cArthur ride* again" Th* editorial said MacArthur deliberately ignored “the clearly- ex pressed purpose* of hi* superiors" to avoid contact with the Chinese In Korea and *>emed "intent upon turning the K.."e*n war Into • world war." MacArthur broke with precedent to authorise a rep.y to the attack. Hi* spokesman said there waa "no truth to any part" of the editorial "Such an article Is sheer props gkhda at its very worst following ths form of all communist propaganda which Invariably present* the truth In reverse," the spoke* man said "In thi* case. It provide* aid and comfort to an enemy savagely attacking United Nations force*, including a gallant British commonwealth contingent, in the battle tor freedom In north Korea." He aaid bad received no instrnctiotu of any. kind, from hi* lapertor* about Chinese force* In Korea. MacArthur'* only order* hay* been to destroy the north Korean military forces and restore order and peace to the country Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Deeatnr ministerial estoclatlon will meet at the First Presbyterian church Monday morning nt 11 o'clock The meeting will be preced'd by a »ea»lon of the county ministerial aaaoclatloa

Armistice Day Is Observed Quietly Official buaineaa was suspended today, but retail business went on aa uaual in Decatur today. The First State Bank, court house, city hall were closed for Armistice Day. and the post office offered limited y -**vvic*. .•■* t There w«* regular mail delivery , I in the city, bqt delivery on rural routes was suspended and the e wtmfow stthepost- -office- -war l closed A dinner and dunce will be > held at the American Legion home I tonight In dbeorvnnce at the end I at World Wnr I. L - _ ■ , , vocior itiis jwy i !0f Killing Brothers Dictates Statement ' On Double Slayings Menele; Dtd.. Nov. 11—tUP)— A ’ doctor's story of how he hid . wrenches and a surgical tool In his office and u»ed them to bludgeon two black mailers was revealed today Dr Jules La Duron. *7, held on an open charge In the Monday night shooting of Ralph and Seibert Carter. brother* from Terre Haute, Ind . dictated a 12-page statement to his, attorney in the presence of deputy corner Ed Satterfield The prominent physician called Ralph Carter a "Chicago gangster" and Mid he waa afraid Carter would take him "for a ride " Authorities still could find no direct connection between biackmall threats and the doctor's past 1 life, but they continued their search 1 for La Duron'* second wife. Freda. 1 who mysteriously disappeared in 1 1»37. in hl* (tatement. La Duron raid 1 he Hist gave Ralph Carter—poelng - a* "Kenneth Miller"—11.000 several ■ years ago when Carter approached him, demanded money, anti said "you know what happens to peopje who don't cooperate." "Carter kept one hand in his ' pocket as if he had a gun. and I 1 thought he must have been a Chi ‘ cago gangster." the doctor said "I waa afraid he would take me for 1 a ride ” Carter returned several other 1 times and collected more money with the threat he would reveal scandal about the doctor's wife, 1 La Duron said, adding he knew no ' basis for such scandal. 1 LaDuron said he first saw Carter'* brother. Relberl. Monday night when Delbert entered his office 1 a* a patient. The doctor said Seibert Carter demanded 2750. asserting La Duron had performed an ' Illegal operation on Carter'* wife - “Do. yens -have -a eannsetkm. with Kenneth Mttler?” La Duron said he 1 asked tbs man "la be outside in a 1 WW-FL-- — ■ 1 W’hen Delbert Carter admitted his 1 brother. Ralph-—alias Kenneth 1 Mllldr— vii outside. La Duron ' sent hi* 21-year-old son. Jacque. to get h|m The physician said the four talked In bl* office and the fight developed. La Duron said he used wrenches and an Iron surgical tool which he had wrapped in paper and ' placed around the office to defend Vnm*lf. The Rght ended when La Duron *>ot and killed the two men La Duron's son "had nothing to (Twee «• F*O* Mat ,

Week-Long Lull Broken As United Nations Lash Out At Communist Foes

Fur Coals lu Style As Nafiou Shivers ColdMt W**k*nd Os Season In Nation By United Press Fur coat* were In style as far south as Mississippi today a* most of the uation shivered Into the coldest weekend of the season. Football fan* were warned to break out extra blankets for today's games -■ A hard freeae hit Memphis and the temperature rank to 42 ai Houetoh ' ' At Chicago, the mercury dropped toJf,S degree* above aero at #:3O a m.. CST. a new low record for Armistice day. Another new record for the day, 10 above, was set at Madison, and Chicago weathermen Mid records were broken tn all at 13 scattered localities from Texas northeastward across Arkansas up through Illinois and Indiana I . But Los Angele* expected the mercury to soar to a balmy 84. The warmth, combined with strong desert wind*" and *- record low humidity of three percent at Los Angeles, created a sever* forest tire harard In southern California Two big brushfire* raged near San Diego and Loa Angeles and one threatraad to deetroy two •>lMUlj(aaaiLjau>muniti2a. AFwaiißßff«alb» were attributed to the cold wav* which struck on the heel* of a bustard that hit the northern plain* earlfer this week. Ohe death-occurred when a light plane crashed in ■ snow storm In Michigan. Forcaster* said temperature* would warm a little tomorrow but "no appreciable relief" from the ' cold was in sight At Allenspark. Colo., residents of 1 the mountain community were amazed when a military team ar rived to "reacue" them from starvation while snowbound The rescue crew found everyone well-fed and In good condition The crew, who had battled through big snowdrift* to the town, decided they hsd had good training an v way The strong winds In California, known as "Santa Anas." were blamed for power blackouts, and <»Vt. <Twra Ta Pace *l«t UN Awaiting Word From Chinese Reds No Word Received On UN Invitation Lake Success. N. Y..' Nov. 11— (UP)—The Chinese communist* kept the United Nations on pin* and needle* today waiting for word when they will appear to debate the charge that they are gnilty of aggression In the Korean war. The security council delayed, probably until Wednesday, a vote on a six-nation resolution demanding that Peiping withdraw Its troop* noUr fighting UN force* side-by-side with the north Korean*. But the whereabout* of th* Chinese communist delegate* was a mystery. Secretary-general Trygve Lie sent another cablegram—th* latest in a long series—to Mao Tie- I Tun* last night asking when his ' representatives will arrive. Wednesday I* the day on which a delegation from Mao's Peking ' gorerumenl .originally.. w*». inrlted to. come to tb» security council to participate in the discussion on the future of Formosa. Subsequently, the communists were Invited to have-tb*lr delete tlon here to takp part, without a vote, la the debate oa the current Korenn crista resulting from th* crossing of the TUlu river by Chinese troop* from Mancha ria If the immunlst* have not ar- I rived by Wednesday the council— I despite vociferous objections from i Russia—ta expected to go ahead I with a vot* of overwhelming 1 proval for the resolution Introduced yesterday by the United Stales and < five other countries It calls upon < <T*e* ** m«e *ta»

Yugoslavia In Wrectßreak With Albania Direct Relations Broken; Ouster Os Diplomats Ordered Belgrade. Yugoslavia, Nov. 11 — (UP) —Yugoslavia broke direct dip lomftic relation* with Albania today. sealed the Albanian legatwo In Belgrade, and ordered the expulsion of Albanian diplomats. The Yugoslav foreign office said Albania's conduct had become "unbearable." The only purpose of the Albanian legation here wa* to conduct "offending and provocative activities." It* communique raid The Yugoslav action marked * new round In Marshnl Tito’s battle with the Soviet-boased comlnform. The foreign office sent a note to the Albanian delegation Informing tt that • Aitrafftu henmortir eoutd commuuicate with Yugoslavia through the two countries' legations in Budapest. Hungary, or "directly by regular mail" The foreign office spokesman raid, last week there were five dtptomato and two clerk* at the Al beetee taeeltoe- BeaUhg of th* togallon automatically expels them from the eountry, be said There ba* been no accredited Ah banian niiniater in Belgrade since early June 1948 ® The note ordering the Albanian legation closed w»s delivered to the Albanians at 12:15 pm. (6:15i a m EST) and announced to tbe press an hour and 15 minute* later. Yugoslavia's relations with ail six comlnform countries have been Strained since Marshal Tito's break with the Soviet bloc in I>4B But this is tbe first time Yugoslavia has severed all relations with one ot them , Earlier this year, the Albanian government expelled all Yugoslav diplomats from it* capital. Tirana, and In effect closed tbe Yugoslav legation there. - Since then, there have been a number ot serious shooting incident* on the frontier Th* moat re?ent one was . disclosed by tbe Yugoslavs Oct. 24. when they proteatgd to Tirana against the wounding of one Yugoslav soldier. Albania waa a protege ot Yugo slavta until the comlnform expelled Tito. Then it became th* most provocative of Yugoslavia’s neigh bors. And there were rumor* that the Russians built bases on Albania’s Adriatic coastline. • Senator Taft Denies Aig 1952 Ambitions Not Candidate For President In 1952 Cincinnati. 0., Nov 11. —(UP) — Sen Robert A. Taft. R O. who won re-election tn Tuesday s election by a 4.10.00 V vote majority, raid today he was not a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in 1952 but indicated he would accepted it K offered to him “I am certainly not a candidate tor the nomination and I am not going to run for president." he raid. “I don't any that I wouldn't take tbe nomination If II were offered to me j»ut_J. »hall make no campaign to get R."~ . Taft'* showing in th* Tuesday election wa* expected to receive careful consideration of GOP leader* when they meet to pick their 1952 presidential ticket Ih win nlng the Ohio electtoa. the senator knocked aside tbe long-time argument that he leched enough poUtl cal "sex appeal" to pull voters to 1 th* OOP In a presidential cam paign Taft sold the reaull* ot Tnesday * 1 election would have no effect what-1' ever on hl* idea* toward the presl i 1 (Twew ee Flam* Mat

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Heavy Artillery And Strong Air Support Mark Resumption Os North Korea Battle Tokyo. Sunday. Nev. 22-- (UP) — United Nation* forces suddenly broke the week-long lull IU the Korean fighting Seturday Tbey laabed out with heavy artillery and air support and gained up to four mile* on a solid, 55 mila front. The Americans, British and Routh Koreans jumped oft from their Chongchong river position* at 9 a m.. and by nightfall all except the V. 8. let cavalry division had reached their objectives. The cavalrymen ran into very heavy resistance" from well dug In communist* 500 yards north of the river just wiat of Knnuri They reported Intense small arm* and mortar fire, and 'heir officer* believed tbe Ist cavalry may have run up against the hard outer shell of the near ( hine»<* ' North Korean line 'Three American and three South Korean division* and the Hrittah commonwealth 27th brigade, with * potential of 100*00 men joined to. ahe. -v«oiAta*t«-d -Mtocte- frtNU' the Pahchoa area in the vaaL along the Chongchoti river and to Yongwon In the center of the pen insula li was the first time in 10 days ttar Vwttod Nations foreea bad token more than a limited offen- ~ . -ole*, ... . Officer* atffl were Uaoitoar to call It a general ptrenglve, describing it rather as a line straightening and bridgehead expension operation Th* UN force* moved cautiously. cleaning up each hili and valley ,a* they went to make sure they tell Into no 'such enemy trap as cut up two allied regiment* in the L’nsan ire* * little more than a week ago. American and Auatraiian mus ang* asd American Jet* flew support of the ground force and in the Yonsanmyon area ahead ot he l»t cavalrymen they claimed to have killed about 000 ot the enemy. El emen's of the loth corp* on Korea's northeast eoast radioed 9;b corp* headquarters that they had reached the Habongaan ren deivou - . and were awaiting troop* from the west to link up with Jem lor AJktM Jibe clear across the peninsula * narrow waist Battalion -trength element* of he South Korean 2nd corp* went out to try to hook up with the itfth A briefing officer said that a late Saturday attempt to make contact at the rendetvona area by plane failed beexuae ot fog An earlier attempt at a link-up near Sangaan to th* south tailed when IVth corps army element** were stopped by attacking com muniata A 2nd division teak force *- sene out to meet them was order ed back However, the spokesman added "Yew -nray say every effort is"' being made to effect a Junction of UN forces from east and went " A spokesman for Gen Douglas MacArthur diecloeed earlier that the Reds on the "northwest front had gone over to the defense and were digging trenche* eight toet wide on principal and some aecon dary roads at place* within three mile* of the allied linea. In northeaat Korea N 8 marine* swept north through moon ■ain passes in pursuit a! Chinese Reds •mashed in a Mastering <Tere «e raws *••> Local U»4yi Bratker Killed In Accident - Ralph L. Dodd*. 41. of Mont peiier. brother of Mr* Jeeae M Hummer ot Decatur, wa* fatally In Jurad Thursday evening when he fell 30 feet from a ladder at a Marion plant, where he wa* a evune operator Dodd* wa* ' descending from a platforw) 45 feet high when he slipped and tell to th* floor tending on the back of hl* head He la also •arrived by bis mother. Mr* Fear) Dodds of MontpeMe* f