Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 273.

YANKEES WITHIN TWO MILES OF BORDER

11-Day Phone Strike Ended— By Settlement Walkout Throat Ry TV, Radio Aitiult Z IS AtwwiwG Now York. Mor. »—. *P) - Coßtr*et* prooiloiAc omwl tntlt I wage tacreato* ended atf 11-day strike la the telephone industry today aad beaded off a threatened walkout by television and radio performer*. Th* CIO Commuelcatloa* Workert at kaaeeira withdrew It* croeacountry "hit and run" pteketltaea at noon yesterday and ordered 33.000 striking telephone employee back to work thia morntag. Th* threatened atrika by 33,0*0 artist* against major television networks waa settled only 33 mln ula> before tha 7 a m CUT Sunday deadline when some of the biggest names in show business were scheduled to man picket lines, leaving video audience* with little more than old movie* and diacualea forum* tor programs . , ■ • The CWA and Waatern Electric Co. agreed at noon yesterday oa a ILmoath contract providing a basic trace Increase of . nine to 14 ’ cents an hour tor K.eeo men employed by tha manufacturing subsidiary of the American Telephone A Telegraph Co. An almost simultaneous settle merit was reached la Detroit. Mtek fer 17,003 Mteblgan Bell operator* Who went oa strike almultane nasty with the Western MecUto men Nee. 3. The Michigan roa tract provided pay boosts of S 3 to |t ,a week, placed <3 Michigan towns ta higher pay claealflcagtoaa. made operators' starting salary 340 a week, and set a top minimum of »57 a week tor oper store ' ■ - The National Broadcasting company was the first to reach agreement with TV -authority, the bar-! gaining group of five AFL enter | moment union* Columbia Broadcasting system, the American Broadcasting company. Dumont Television network, and WOR-TV. a New York station, then followed suit. The contract set wage scales of) |7S for a 13 minute program with live hours of rehearsals. 3125 for ■ a half hour show with 13 hour* of, rehearsals and 1170 for an hoar's program with 33 hour* of rehear sal* Separate bargaining sessions yesterday also settled a wage dispute and long-distance strike threat in the rtdto Industry. The AFL American Federatton of Radio Artists said network stat announcers in New York. Loa Ange-' les. San Francisco and Chicago will receive 30 percent wage la creases, actors and singer* oa sue taialng programs 15 percent Increase* and Improvement* In net work commercial and sustaining codes -I-- -■ - Peru Man Is Killed Under Own Auto r~" Peru. Ind.. Nov. Sff-fL’PI-Otte Eby. Jr.. 30. was killed yesterday vtn n automobile jack slipped and hl* car fell on him as be worksd beneath the vehicle at hi* homo. Red Cross Pions To Meet Expanded .Needs Chicago, Nov. 30. —(UP)— Gen George Marshall presided for the last time as head of the Rod Cross yesterday as the organisation* board of governors made plana to meet the demands of an expanded national defense effort. Marshall retires as preeldeat at the end of the month. He will be au.ceeded by E. Roland Karri“man. who was appointed by President Truman. The board said the 1351-33 Red Crore fund goal would.be raised to include the enlarging of blood centare. the training of 30.000 persons In first aid. the training of 750.900 women and girls In homo norstag and 330.000 nurse's aides, and the enrolling of 300.000 volunteem. ‘

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Dries An Amnkml i Six Institutes To Be Held In County I >. Dates and spankers for the an- I tores farmers institute program* in Adam* oepnty were announced today hy the Sounty extension office. They ore? Adame Central. Jan. 31—Mrs. L G. Vaanlce. Danville route 3. and H. C. Thompson, agronomy department. Purdue University. , Geneva, ton. 31—Mrs Calvin , Perdue. Agtkm. and J. L Morrow. , Purdue agronomy department. Pleasant Milla- Feb I— Mrs. | Vaanlee and Thompson. , Monmouth. Feb. I—Mr* Perdue ( and Morrow. Berne. Feb. 6-Mr* Vaanlce and ] Morrow. — — a « Union township. Fob. 3—Mr*. ( Perdue and Thompson This schedule has bee* sent to , the chairmen and secretaries of the Institutes with the suggestion that ] they confirm date* for local meetlag place* al once. If necessary, dates and meeting place* can be shifted within the coumy schedule L E. Archbold, county agent. , also revealed that the aanusl state report on the Institute* show* th»t Adam* county led the state In total attendance, number of exhibit* and leader* serving on committee* Thia county had a total attendance of J.M3 people. 337 adult exhlbl ' tore, 430 Jaator exhibitors and 310 leaders served am the verlore committees Signs Stephenson | ErindHioo Pepen iviinncsuiu 3m»vw**om* , Signs Warrant Today BL Paul, Mian. Nov M — <uA — Gov. Luther Youngtlehl <>f Mln- ( neeots signed aa extradition war ( rant today permitting the return < of D. C. Rtephensoa former In dteaa Ku Klux Klan leader to i Indiana , J Youwgdahl signed the eitradtUon < ( warrant at the request of four Indiana officiate who came here to ( return Stephenson to the Michigan ( CRy. Ind., state penitentiary Hl* , parole ha* been revoked by < lev , Henry Schrlcker of Indies* and he I will be returned to finish a life , senteme • • | The signing of the extradition I I warrant left only one step before Stephenson con be returned. Ind lana depuHy attorney genera George Hand said Stephenson wn aatltled to a court review of the extradltkm. proceeding*. He aald Indiana officiate hoped to get such a review lato the court* and back out again, with all legal barrier* to Btepheruton'a return removed ‘today. W W Tenco, dtetrict parole officer from Indianapolis said statemeat* by the former Klap loader that Stephenson was pa tTera ** Fee* a*s> District 6.0. P. To Meet Twidiy NigM Pcrtronaqa Policy Will Ba Amrouncad The fourth district Republican committee, constating of countv chairmen aad vice-chairmen of all counties In the district, will meet Tuesday night at < 30 o'clock at the Hotel Van Orman in Fort Wayne. Harry Eaaex. dtetrict chairman announced today. E. Row Adair, congressman elect from thia district also will attend the dinner and meeting Thl* will ba the first aoaeton of the entire commute* since the election November ?. Chairman Breen said that Adair (Would be the only apeaker Patronage policy will be announced by , the chairman aad It is pnAablo that operators of some of the county auto Itcenae bureau* will ba named following the meeting Eaaex has said on several occasion* that the county branches vopld go to there approved by both the chairman aad conMnlttoe , of each coanty. All auto llceaw branch** will be In Ropubllcan hand* again about Deeensber IS. since that patronage la given from th* secretary of state** office.

Truman Asks I Extension Os RentConlrol Asks Congress To Continos Control Until March 31 Washington, Nov. 30 — (UP) — President Truman asked congress today to continue federal rent control* until March 31. Mr. Truman made the request to Rep Brent Spence, D.. Ky„ i chairman of the house banking COBmitlM. Present federal rent control* eg- ! plra Doc. 31 ualere extended for: another «lx month* by affirmative action of municipelltle*. The president asked that the' lame duck session of con'greaa pass a re’olutlon extending controle until the end of March to permit hearings to be held on continuance after that date. Spence told reporter* he would Introduce such a readutioa and would support It if evidence produced in the hearings so Justified. The pre'ldent agreed with' Spence, according to the banking committee chairman, that it also would be well worthwhile for fate committee to bold hearing* oa revival of the war damage, corporaHon which bandied war damage Insurance daring World War fl. The war damage corporation, however, was not discussed aa a problem for the abort session of ae*«re<....*hicb r ..M«fM. Nov. FL but primarily a matter tor the aew «3ad congress meeting In Janaary. BB• •wW * Iwjarod la Wreck Maerameeto, Nov. 30. —(UP)— Dorothy Warrea, the second of Oov. Earl Warren* daughter’s. <was in the hoepitnl today under <n taneat for injuries received In an automobile accident Lore then two weeks ago Warren'* youngwat daughter, Nina was stricken with polio, and yesterday Ibyear-otd Dorothy suffered ''three or four” cracked ribs when a car in which t he waa riding hit the tach end of a truck stopped at a tratacroealng Colder Weaker Is Forecast Tonight Rainfall Followed By Snow Flurries If winter Isn't officially here by the calendar, It gave every Indication of coming in, whether or not Invited. Actually, many people were turning a sold ahoulder to any pre- ' monition of wintry blasts, asaum-1 Ing that Indl.ference would daisy ' cold weather. After an unaeaaopably warm October, every oa* grew complacent. and expre sed the opinion that maybe It would be mild until pring. It wa* admittedly wishful thinking, but people were reluctant to de-mothball their red flannel*, Bo they sat back, watckfully waited and hoped, tat tha season commonly called winter came in over the weekend. Borne ware polite enoagh to extoad a band In greeting, bat others simply shrugged a little deeper into the collar* of their coats. Treated winter aa If It were some rich but uawelcome relative, who cam* to stay for a wvekead but everyone knew perfectly well he would remain tor months A driving rein that began early last evening, continued most of the night, then stopped thia moraing Io be succeeded by flurrying snow Hl Moyer, local weather observer, said that 111 laches of rain fall during the 2i hour period ending nt 3 n. m today. The weatherman, according to tha United Frees. Indicated that the best thing to do tonight is huddle close to the fire, for the temperalure la scheduled to dropi to from io to 13 above tero in this area. ~ The almanac say* that winter officially begins December 31; enow flurries aad predicted cold weather combine to convince many persona that th* almanac ta possibly aa unreliable thing.

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j U. 8. First Lady ffssvily Guarded

EgCORTEO BY ONff OF SIX Secret Service agent* assigned to guard . her since the Blair House shootings. Mr*. Harry 8. Truman arrive* at a Washington hotel for a Cemmualty Chest fund ratelag lupcheoa Prior to the assassination attempt <m the President, the First Lady waa accompanied by one guard when she appeared in public.

Special Seivices At Zkm Luflienn Thanksgiving Hero Two special, rervtoa* at Thaalregivtng wilt be condacted -sU Zion Lutheran church. West Monroe and Eleventh Street, to celebrate national Thanksgiving day. The flrat festival service will be l held on Wednesday «v eni ng.i Thanksgiving Eve. at 7:30 o'clock: ' and the other service ta scheduled! for Thursday morning. Thanksgivrl lag Day. at 10 o'clock. Both serv ' icee of worship and praise will bei conducted by the pastor of the, church, the Rev Edgar P. Schmidt. I who has chosen aa hla pulpit me* I sage the theme. "ComO. Ye Thankful People, Come!" The church choir, under the dl ' rection of David Embler. will appear al both festival services, singing. "Prayer of Thanksgiving.'' also known as “Nethcrtand Folk Song." i and "Now Thank We All Out God." by Johann Bach Donald Bleberich will be st the console of the organ, rendering a Thanksgiving prelude of organ music on Wednesday evening. 7:16 to 7:30. prior to the service. The nubile 1s Invited to use Zion Lutheran church at either of these two hour* to render their- special thanks to the Giver of all gifts In compliance with the presidential request. A ‘ I > Charles Hoffman t Dies At Hospital Funeral Services Likely Wednesday Charlee A; Hoffman. 73, well, known Decatur realdent. died at 4 O'clock Sunday afternoon at the Adam* county memorial hospital following a year's Illness He formerly operated a Decatur taxicab, aad waa night clerk at ' the Rice hotel from 1*33 to 1*43 For the past seven year* he had reaMcd with Mr. and Mrs Herman Girod, near Salem He waa horn ta New York City Marek 3, 1373. and was married Aug n. !«*«. to Alice Hunt, who preceded him ta death. Only near survivors are a grand-' ana. Clifford Jolly of Banta Monica, i Cal., aad two great-grandchildren. Oae daughter preceded him In: death. Funeral service* have been set tentatively tor 10:30 a m Wedaea-I ' day at the Zwlck funeral home. |kie Rev William C. Fetter offielaUag I ' Burial will be ta the Decatur ceme-1 ' tery. Friends may call at the fun- ' I eral home after 7 p m Tuesday. I --j ----- WKATHCR CfasrNm mNI night. Tueodny fair and eeMLew teelgM 161* above north. 161* above aevth. High Tuesday 36M1.

Fort Wayno Youth Is Accidontolly Killed Fort Wayne. Ind. Nov. 3*-(UP)-Jerry Frants. Iff, died Saturday of a rifle wound police aald waa InnkUMl Accld.pnto«Y M aat in an automobile with a friend upon thatr return from a haatta* trip. ' ■■■ — - .■ ■ Suggests CreaHon ■Of A County Park ' Unable To Employ ! Recreation Head I | Listing the curtailed recreation department budget for IMI aa a ; definite deterrent to the future of 1 the recreation program, the coanty board of parks and recreation Saturday suggested the creation of a county park, "somewhere in the j center of the county." to serve thy community. ' i The board stated that It would: be unable to employ a director for the coming, year with the limited fund* available, and a park would ,at tea*t continue a modified pro 1 gram The board of park* snd recrea:ion met ta Joint session with the county council and the board of commlMlM**rs. aad Intimated that ' it might be possible to get state aid 1 to complete the project of creating i a coun’y park t It wa* rumored here several I weeks ago that the state would likgly aauiat In any such program ito build a park In the county The state's share, it la believed, la to : maintain from one to three acre*. | aa well as to landscape it | In th!* area the highway depart | meat would drill wells, build dll | nseareary facilities, aad maintain the plot. _ Tht boar* of parks and recreation proposed that a survey be I made of th* situation, then funds be reanpropriated so the lit* de elded apon—lf aueh ta th* case—might be purchased It t* believed that the purchase will contain more than the one to ! three acre* the state would possibly maintain If the project 1s completed; It ta understood —though from an unofficial source —that considerI ably more will be purchased, and I if the park proves successful, the i remaining area will be landscaped and expanded ' The recreation board stated that ;tt weuld assemble all pertinent data concerning' the formulation of ah* park, then proposed that thia I board meet with the county counjell at its next meeting, probably l sometime ta I*6l. to discus* the matter mor* tally Preceding Saturday's Joint meet Ing, t>e board of commissioner* met briefly but privately »a4 fixed December I*. at 10 am., a* the data for the hearing on the pro P<NM4 ftSMMBMIt tor the Joe Zlm-| merman and others' petition tor a drainage ditch ta Kirkland town skiff-

U. S. Tanks And Troops Virtually Unopposed In Move Toward Manchuria

Spiritadl Enpfwsis Service b Cloidd Fiaol Service Held ■ •w* W qJlßfflwEMy WYW** -Ne light we receive* te aver leet.” Dr. Arthur Holme* told th* unloa coagragMlon at Flrat Metho diat church last evening ta the final service of mlntatertei-epon aored atdrfual emphasis weak; "Any good things w* see or hear or think will show up in our bodlea. in oar face*. Our quiet momenta of meditation can give beauty to the moat rugged toclal feature* It ta all true because we ar* spirit* who bar* bodice. Doctors. with th* peychoeomaUc experltnenta tn medicin*, ar* rediecovering what tha Bible ha* known sine* the second chapter ad Genesis." One lllMtraUoe told cd Herr Hodtatoan ta Paris, whoa* many painting* of Jreua caught a divine look in Hla ayea; and one visiting tha studio at the old artist found that earn* divine glow ea th* Cm* of Hoffman. Dr. Holme* instated that no maa er wires* could go to worship either privately or publicly, without Its beautifying both “Salvattoa la ''po complicated th* ww *- profeaaor eaM .further. "Jeee* made that plain ta the word*. Iwha soever will may. come.' Only ww can be unfaithful to that aalva-tion-rela<lonahtp to God. sine* Jeans guaranteed Hla faltMulneea ta the words. Whosoever cotneth unto Me. 1 will ta no wise caet out.'" President John Chamber* of the Decatur ministerial association coeducted the service Sunday evening. waxtag poetical on the subject at weather and absentees: "No storm can stop us. flood or flame; when we have tickets to the game But let one drop the streets besmirch, and It's tar too wet to go to church ” FiwMuye reading and prayer <were in charge of the Rev. Jonas Berkey The choir of Zion Evangel- : leal and Reformed church aang I "Cherubim Bong ", and "'Praise Ye the Father " Theodore Lengerich Dies Sunday Night Funeral Services Wednesday Morning Theodore J Lengerich. 77. retired farmer aad lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 11:30 o’clock Sunday night at the Adams county memorial hospital after an lllneaa of two month* of complications. He was born Is Adams county | Sept. 3*. 1373, a son at Bernard sad Antoinette Bremra-Lengerich Married to Joeepbin* BmU Oct IT. IBM. Mr. aad Mr*. Lengerich c*l* brated their golden wedding anal veraery two yean iff*. He wan a member of BL Mary's Catholic chareh and the Holy Name society. Survivtag ta addition to his wife are two sons. Herman and Gerald Lengerich, both of Decatar; seven daughters. Sr. M. Octavia of New Haven. Br. Mary Theodor* of New London. Wla.. Mrs Clarenc* Meyer of Decatar. Mrs Charles Conway of Indianapolis. Mr*. Loal* Kelly and Mrs Solon Thayer, both of Akron. O . and Mr* Edgar Loyd of Sacramento. Cal, 3d grandchildren: one great-grandchild: one brother, Joseph Lengerich of Decatnr and one eiater. Mr*. Anna Mayer of Decatur One daughter, one eon. four brothers and one si*ter are dec*** ed Funeral services win be held at • am. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic charch. the Very Rev. Megr. J J Selmets officiating Bartel wilt be In the Catnolic cemetery The body wa* removed to th* Ollllg A Doan funeral home, where Mends may call after 7 . o'clock this eventag The Holy Name society will recite the roaary al 7:30 p.m. Teeeday

California Is HardHttßy Severe Flood Torroate Os Water Into Rich Valley; Cold In Midwest Fresno. Calif . Nov. 30—(UP)— • California'* worst flood sent tor- > rents of water pouring through the I state's rich central valley today. ■ Two deaths were reported. Dem- . age stood at 310.000.MM> Borne 3.500 . person* fled their homes A weekend deluge of rain and muggy weather melted the Sierra Nevada snowpack and sent stream* aad river* overflowing ta the Sacramento and Ban Joaqain valley* which comprise the central valley region. - Authorities believed the worst o< ’ the danger was over early today as t the watere began receding ta many place*. Many evacuees began returntag to their ailt-tiited home* But authorities feared the river* ■. may - riae agata-. These .rivera ta' . eluded King*. Kaweah. The Tule. ' Ker*. Batat John's Chowchilla. Meroed, aad mwitetaw. an ta th* San Joaqain valley, aad the Amerl can river ta the Sacramento valley * Bacramsuto county authorities reported they received seven com ' plaints of looting of evacuated 1 homes. 1 Some communities aad resldent- ' I*l areas along the San Francisco, Bay shore were under water ta a 1 j combination of high tide* snd rain. 1 One community. Alvarado. ’southern Alameda county, waa isolated for ' a time yesterday and 10 persons were evacuated. Arctic Storm Chicago. Nov. 20—(UP)— An Arctic storm lashed the midwest today with snow, sleet and heavy rains. Behind the storm a severe cold wave sent temperature* on the northern plains plunging tar below aero. I Storm warning* flew over Lakes | Michigan, Huron. Erie and Ontario i a* 45-milean-bour finds were predicted for the inland sea* The cold wave hit deep Into the southland and temperature* tell to 37 abore at Oklahoma City and 43 ,-Twr* Minnie Bulmahn Is Taken By Death r Funeral Services r Set For Wednesday ‘ Mrs. Minnie Bulmahn. 74, Uter 'ong resident of Root township. I died at 7 p m Sunday at th* Bprm. nursing home, where ah* bad been . a patient since Friday. She bad . been bedfast for the past fire aad . one-half years. Born ta Root township April 33, l ’t7<. ah* was a daughter of Mr ( and Mrs Ferdinand Berntag Her husband, Henry Bulmahn. died May ) 33. 1337. I She waa a member of St John's > Lutheran church ' Surviving are two daughters ' Mr* Hugo Boerger of Root townr ship and Mrs. Herman Macke « ' Fort Wayne, one son. Herman of ' Root township: 11 grandchildren: ' three great • grandchildren. one ' brother. Chari** Berning of Root township and five slaters Mrs ! Andrew Fuelling. Mise Christina ’ Barntag. Mr* WUliam Heuertelt ' and Mr*. Otto Breaking, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs Btvphta Wteftddt of Hoagland Two anna, two daugh t tors, one ’brother and three atoters a are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the j Zwtck funeral home sad at » W I clock at the. St. John's Lutheran church the Rev Walter Bchwehn r officiating Burial will be ta the r chareh cemetery Friends may <*l( r at the fureral home after 7 o'clock thia evening

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Russian-Mode Jet Planes In Battle With Navy Panther Jet Planes Saturday Tokyo. Tuesday. Nov. 31—(UP) —U. 8. tanka aad troops advancing virtually unopposed ar* only two miles from Hyesaajta. on the border of Manchuria, it waa announced today. A spokesman for ths U S. 10th’ corps aald tank-riding Gl's in the van of the 7th division advance, were approaching Hyeeanjln at 4 p. m. yesterday (1 a. m Monday CBT). The spokesman said the 7th division spearhead wa* meeting no terioua opposition but it was ffu clear whether the troop* would advance all the way to the border. Yanka of the 7th division met only small arms fire aa they pushed through snow-covereff hill* and valleys In the final stages of their drive to become the first Americans to reach the border At the northwestern end of the tto-mile United Nation* line, however, allied troops ran Into stiffening opft appeared they may have reached the new ChirereNorth Korens defense line, now believed M. about 45 miles from the northwestern border with Manchuria. Tenth corps jeRWJte bar* Mb rated the 7th division wifi sei up defensive positions at th* main Yale river crossing sites, particularly at the Hyeeanjln highway bridge, then fan out along the border to the north and west to secure the division*' assigned sector. 1 It era* expected that outposts only will be maintained along the liorder. with the main force held back out of range of incidents. Eventually, the American* will be replaced by South Korean* Jet Flanea battle Waihtngton. Nov 30 — iUPI — Navy panther Jet planes fought Ruaeian-made Jet Hanes Saturday ta the highest jet aerial battle of history and won the air force dieitoaed today An air force spokesman said tha - aerial duel* were fought at altitudes from 33.0 M) to 3&.000 feet 1 No navy planes were damaged Possibly three Ru* tan-made MIG--15'* were damaged. The communist jets were smoking and losing altitude when last seen disappearing over the Manchurian border, a navy pokeaman said The navy aircraft were f'om the 'carriers Valle- Forge and Philip-A ! pine Sea The Valley Forge pans.,*-" 1 then, providing cover for other slrcra t at the time, sighted from seven to nine MiG's and closed for the a'tack. Two panthers concentrated on one MIO as the communist plane* started hirhtalllng it for the border and tbe MIO wa losing altl■nds rapidly and "smoking at tie tarn” whan last seen, th* navy 4aM. • The Philippine Sea paa'her group attacked 13 MiG's aad the x» navy pilots believed that at least two were damaged because they way* smoking and dropping fast when last ism going over the border Th* air force spokesman explained that fighting at that altitude does not provide the "free" action attainable at lower altitudea. He waa not sure whether conventional piston fighter alfernft in World War II ever engaged ta combat at such altitude In dtocaaaing eetlvitiy of surfaee units of the navy, a spokes(Twee Te Pare RMt>