Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII No. 280.

RED TROOPS ON VAST ENCIRCLING DRIVE

Dean Acheson On Air Tonight On Gina Crisis Crisis Is Gravest For United States Since World War II Washingtoa, Nov. 29—(CP) Seer alary nt State Desn Acheson will deli'er a major foreign polity nddrwss to the nation tonight on 'he grave Communist China crisis. Achnson will apeak from hi* S'ate Department office over the American Broadcasting Company. Columbia Broadcasting System and Mutual Networks at 8:00 p.nt. CWT. I State department officials said ! Acheson l iana to outline the current situation in Korea, strategy to meet the serious threat posed t»y Chltieue Communist Intervention, and Io appeal tor unity of the free world Io meet the threat Acheson had planned to deliver an address In Cleveland lonigut Itefore the Federal Council or Churches of Christ In America Hu’ ■he Communist Chinese intervention In Korea branded aggreaaton ty the slate department changed ilia mind. The change hightigl’ted th" serious view taken by the I'nited States regarding the < riels In Korea It also was reported that soni" study is tielag given toward possi ide new moves agalast the Chinese Communists outside the military fl"ld. Study was understood to !»•: under way on Invoking possible «<•- j Fviwomic and diplomatic sanctions ■gainst the Chinese Reds / Any each dacMons. if they areZ* 'igva force, would have to he worked out with other friendly nation ■ who are in a position to brMt pressure against the Reds in the economic and diptomiath field The I'nited StatesjXdmiUedly is in a weak posltlommecausm it ha* practically no trayfe with Chin i •ind does not rwdlignixe the Chinese Communist regime Thus the Jhirden of bringing pres litre agaiXst ike Reds would fall more-Us other nations, such ns BritaUL who recogniieil the lied ti-gj/ne and who have batter trade rcraHons with lied Chime /Ml offii lai Washington agreed /Hie gravest crisis since world war ’ fl is at hand President Truman was. in con riant ton, h witlThis military mil diplomatic advisers. But all signs indicated decisions on future V S moves will come slowly. So far as could be learned, the ; only concrete plans at present ar(o make every attemp' to stem the I hordes of advancing lied troops in > Korea and to press the charge ot ■ ■aggression" against Communist china In the United Nations. The big question was: "what will Russia dos" Secretary of State Bean Acheson told congress that Red China - move might Im* a feint to mask an : impending Soviet attack on • West j ern Europe Barring a move by Rusaia. offi- | rials saw at least three possible outcomes and predicted the next 48 hours may give some indication of which one Is most likely Thev listed them as I. The I'nlted States will acrept defedk and withdraw its forces from Korea 2 Tlie Chinese Reds may hack down and agree to some kind of a settlement 3 A drawn-out conflict that might well lend to world war 111 The full impact of the crisis bit - the capital when (Jen. Dougin ■ Mai Arthur flashed word from his Tokyo headquarters that . Jufl.OW Chinese Reds have crossed the • Manchurian .border to confront the I nited Nations with 'A New War The Situation Elsewhere ■ I.ake Success—The Tnlted States - sought .a UN vote on a resoutlon ' requiring the Chinese Communists Vto bull their troops out of Kor**s | ■’Tie resolution accused the Peking regime of ‘•open and notorious aggression” -committed perhaps •on «Twrw (a Faae Mai ,*i WEATHER Partly claudy aeuth and eleudy nerth tanlqht and Thursday. Oaeaalenat light anew as- - trema north. Not much change in homporature. Low lenlpht 11 to t*. high Thursday 32 ' north, It south.

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Reheorsal Os 4-H Band Is Postponed. Gerald Zimmerman director of the Adams county t-il band, announced today that the scheduled rehearsal for Thursday night has l*en postponed Indefinitely be. cause of weather conditions. Lack of rehaarsal will also, make It fanpoanible fur the 4-H band to take part In the Christmas opening ■parade hertu next .Monday. Zimmerman stated Bevin Defends U.S. Stand In Korean Crisis I Expresses Fear Os Russian-Chinese Conspiracy In War London. Nov 29 (VP)- Fop! eign secretary Ernest Bevin said today I here I* a danger that Chinese Intervention in Korea is pat/ of a "Russian-Chinese couspiragy'' to strike simultaneously in /Asia and Europe / Bevin opened an ktetorkrtwoday. foreign policy debate ip commons after meeting with oHfer members of the labor government al an emergence cabiner session The London stock market plummeted amid a wave of war jitters" and uew.pa|>ers/expressed alarm over the I urn event. In Korea. Bevini/defended Gen ikwgla* : Ma< Ai/fiur against charges that he 1 has/fxreeded his authority in Ko-i tew. and said the general's itbjec ■ lives are tin more and no less /than the objectives of the United Nation. " Then he turned Io Chinese tniervention In the war "is this move Into Korea the beginning of a grand strategy tor a : bigg■ r putl»o»e ' ■ I- there a Russisn-Chlm’se conspiracy "it a worldwide scale’ I don't know the answer I do know It cannot he absent from our minds In dealing with thl" great - problem I - I can say this If the -Chinese want to avoidi-a general, war it they show the slighted sign; of willingness, to cooperate in i-x-J ploring solutions by peaceful ■ mean-, thin I am satisfied solu j tioirs can be femml Bevin said he had been In'touch iTnrw Tn Cane KlaUll 13 Men leave Today For Army Induction One Scheduled To Leave Is Snowbound Thirteen of the 14 men scheduled for induction Into the armed forces from Adams county today left llei-atur this morning for In ’ ", dlanapolia with the hope ot get tingi through to the capital city Ixrreii Myers was the only mem | her unable to accompany the group He re|K>rted to Mrs Elmer {Chase, secretary of the Imard who was present at the departure, that he was snowliound and unable Io reach the starting point. Mrs Chase said that he would he included in a future group of inductees She added that there are no Immediate calls tor Adams I county men to report for Indwtlon. or physical examination either, though she expressed the opinion that one would probably lie forthcoming shortly. Those men in< luded in the third such group of inductees to leave Adams county in< luded Charles McCullough. Horace Creekmore Charles Abraham. Charles Sheets. Chester Stevens. Hubert Schmitt. Jr Mwrence Gallogly William ■ Bailey. Roliert Helmut. Norman i Lehman. Vaughn Mclntosh. HerI bert Conk and James Hess. Rotarions' Ladies Night Is Postponed Rotary club officials announced today that, because of weather conditions. the ladies' night program I scheduled for Thursday night lias been -pofftponed to a later date In atead. th* club members will hold Unfit, rffttlkr meeting at < 3<> pm at the X. of P home, with the Rev. Swmuel Emerick, new pastoi lof the First Methodist church as ’the guest sptwkgr

MaHk Firhts For RedChiy RUMIAJE DELEGATE. Jacob Malik (hand raked rightl wages a futlMtautle to have the Chinese cominunUtztlelegtttion before IT.l T . H. rfHenate warren Auatln utldraaMtal the I’ S Ne<‘iirhy ('oant-il at ; IwMkr/Sut■<■•..th Lisitsning lo Malik are (I to r » yhine«e CommußiAl <M. Wh H<Uu*4'h«*ii, Nir Kenr|r»l i RaX<»F Itufta and Arne Siinde of Norway , \ K i ■ i.. ' , 1 tawi , — —

f - — Zone Appeals Board Granh Variances ! Violation Charged By Appeals Board i i . J, Glen Wolloen was granted per .! mission to use two kits al the rear lid his woodworking shop in the j n..i lljWest 11 >, ■! of |h > slur tot . storage purposes and Fred Chronilvter was granted a variance to • oliverl a house at Che corner of ii SI Mary a and Walnut street* Ini'to a twofamlly dwelling, al the regular meeting of t hr* hoard ot . sowing Mirntb The meeting was held in the - mayor s room of < Hy-hall Tuesday i night No new appeals were filed i The hoard also iuslrui ted its attorney Robert Anderson to file an affidavit against ClfaHes Connelly and Walter Switzer, doing i business as the C and S Service 'station for failure to comply wish an orderjif building inspector Ralph E Hoop I The •trition is located at the end II of Adatms street oil Thirteenth! ■j street in a restricted area and evl- \ 1 dem-.- presented to the board show cd th.it the structure was being ■ .! Used a» :■ welding and auto paint 1 simp in violation of the ordinance I, The next meeting of Hie board . was set for Tuesday lie. ember 12 , The Iler-ember 12 meeting prnK I ably will Ire the last one to lie held j ’this year I . i Woman Is Killed In Traffic Accident Hanrmund: Ind Nov 29 I IT) — A coroner's Inquest was «< hed uM today Into the death of Mrs. i l.orene Powell. 38. J>y*r *' ho w ” ' 'killed tn a coßlllon on C S II fear Highland yesterday ! . fi Evergreen Trim For Christmas Frozen Delays Placing Os Decorations Here The snowstorm did something other than clog the streets, reduce driving almost to a standstill, and t get people ourdimrs shoveling anow | —lt also rroae the Chamber of Commerce's evergreen trim that was going to tie placed along with other decorations in the buahiess district City eniploves were to begin decorating the downtown area! I later today with lights and plastic! : accessories. Should the snow thair I out enough, tile evergreen trimfling, which was stored outside,! will be added , If the current weather conditions should prevail next Monday after I noon at 2 n'clock. when the giant I parade la scheduled to begin. Santa Claus may very well come sliding in on his famous Ued ills famous reindeers- may haVel to! be supplanted, however, with other four tooted animhla -a cursory chack of the cityi revealed them wasn't an ounce of raindeer food available f But even at that, members of • the Chamber are contemplating a successful parade to lusher In the 1 Christmas shopping season

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Decatur, Indiana, Wadntaday, November 29, 1950

MaHk Fiffhte For Red

Warns Against Pessimism On War Situation Army Spokesman In Caution Against —-- Undue Pessimism Washington. Nov 29-<tT)--An army spokesman today cautioned against "over pessimism" about the I’nlted Nations' military reverses In Korea "We've been in much worse situations than this and have come out of them all right." the spokes man told u press briefing at the l Petitagori He said the situation is serious. ■ but doesn't htrau that all is lost by any means " • He said tin* republic of Korea capital division in the northeast j has made some advances, and reports received here indicate that I Hie 2th ami Sth KOK divisions have i pulled back but are regrouping In an orderly manner While I N sou rs have withdrawn i generally, it has been orderly; he | said He described the withdrawal !as not a girkl distance lu reply to questions, he said 'there bus been no talk around the' i i'eptagon of CN troops either eva I < uating from Korea or withdrawing below the'3Bth parallel It had been learned earlier that Gen Douglas MacArthur has ad Used drjense officials here that h« plans to stabilise the Korean 'battleline after rt treatiniq, no more ! than 1» or 23 miles MacArthur outlined his proposed i strategy tn a fop secret dispatch to I the joint chiefs of staff who appar ! eutly approved it during a long ;meeting yesterday The army spokesman said the Chinese Communists apparently I are attempting <« throw great ; masses of troops Into the fighting without regard to casualties i Gen. Omar N Bradley, chairman i ot the joint chiefs of staff, and the Hiree other military chiefs laid the ; plan before President Truman at an extraordinary. White H' «-■ met ting of the national security < Tara Ta Fane Three > Essex To Appoint License .Managers Decatur G.O.P. precinct cornmiteeunen met at noon Tuesday at I the Hotel Coffee shop as guests of ■ Harry Essex., fourth district Re :publican chairman and also county i chairman ! The committeemen agreed t-> place the matter of recommending a Decatur auto license branch man ' sger In the handa of Esaex Chair . man Essex stated tolloa ing th.* meeting that he had several appll cants Tor the place hut had not yet reached a decision There are dhree auto license i branches in Adin, county and uu der the state law it Is mandatory that all Adams county auto outera must prolure their license plates In their home county Essex said that the Berne and 'Ge neve managers also would lie nsm ed following conferences In the next few days with the prex inc, < ommßteasnen

Of Living At All-Time High Mark Record .Htafc Is Hit Lost October 15 Washington. Nov. 2». il'Pt The cost of llvlui hit an all-time high on Ort >5. rising six tenths! et one percent from HsgM 15. the Bu rea'u of TAle.r Atari*! ks said today The figure meant a pay ratse tor - up to "tmiigui workers wivowe ,im ■ tracts have coat of living eacalator t ctaaaes- bwo cents an hour nn the - rspniar RIA( tadex * tkrsr cents for those whose companies accepted an increase in the mettiod ' of figuring rents In Detroit. General Motor* ini * mediately announced tbal approxi luately Ski.MM hourly rated work err will get a three cents per hour 1 cost of living increase, effective ' with the first pay period after Dec ‘ I Approximately Mi.ikhl eligible GM salaried employes will receive an , additional total of 855 cost of liv 1 mg hike for the peri-si between Ihi- I. 1950 and March 1. 1951 .0 .ji'e paid at the close <if the quarter , next Man h I The Oct. 15 consumers pri e ndex. which measures the cost >f I an average family's good* and servtces stood at 174 8 percent of the 1935-39 average This was two. ; tenths of one percent more than - Hie previous word set in August! and Septexiiber. 1948 All principal cost ! more in Octobefr. The largest in i creases were a 2.3 percent rise in • house furnishings and a I 5 percent rise in a|»par<T I Food prices rose twretenths of > one percent to' 209 percent of Hie 1935-39 average A seasonal fall ! in meat prices kept the food index ! from climbing higher ’I ' - . Memorial Service At Elks On Sunday Annual Services Sunday Afternoon i J The Rev Ijiwrence Norris, pasI tor ot I'uion Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, will give the addosa at the annual memorial scrvicea of the B. P «. EIM Sunday at 2 p.m at 4he Elks home on 1 North Swcond street 1 Tha public is invited to the ritu ■xllatic rite* which will be conducsed by J. K Eady, exalted ruler and ’ll* staff of officers Music will lie ' directed, by Airs L \ Holthouse ! tn addition to the roster of ilk- ■ eased members, the names of eight mea who died during the ’ past year will lie remembered in the tribute to the |dead 1 This year's ilecease<l members »re. A D Suttldw. Frederick L Schulte, Beuj Knapke, Herb H Khlnger. Bryce Hutler. Franklin E ■ Franx. John H Vager and ChWe* W Davie The Memorial Program Following la the program for tKe memorial aervlee ProcMxional Mm L. A Holl- ’ house Opening Exalted Ruler J h CVWew T* ran* atxi

250,000-Men Red Army On Move, Allies Retreat To Chongchon River Line

Busiaess District Fairly WeH Cleared Otbar Streets And Alley* Ara Covered With the temperature liable to plummet downward to less than 20 above, and the strong poasibility of mure snow, it leohs* to a lot of DecalurHe* like a. long, cold winter The whiter to date, which incidentally isn't even here yet officially. has been confined mostly to big drifts, little traffic pro gross, long days of confinement ‘ for some, and short tempers for others For the most perl, the business district in Decatur is easily liegiy Hated by motorists following the jpb nf clearing the streets done by the street department Side streets and alleys are Still ,-overrd and winds wMrh began! stjrnng serk ixsly around noon to-j day threatened nrd only to create! jawwe drifts te the city hut alsq to! Tftnw eonw- county roads only re'leewily oy wed I X. cor- » t"’ repor’s wlu. h have ■ Jtrkkied into thia sdhre. Decatur! I ha- dug it sell. out of Ihe snow pr»mH>b i*ei”*r 'han mW other! r surmumtltig cities Other* Wavs 1 » gone so far as to declare a state! • ot ememm» y sad to g« all avail- j ■ able men behind a shovel. I IHhers hare admitied defeat, i and have lurried the entire job nf ! ■ learlHg away the snow to civilian defense The weatherijlhn says there -alii ■ lie snow in the extreme purtn n of - th< vie tonight. ■iii,l that 'Hie temperature should drop to tram |tS (o 24 lleglees above Z,. " Hl nigh) Thursday it -b-iuld Ismi. e Im) k up io a chilling 32: Deputy sheriff B-i'- Bhraluka note I that tratfil cotidltior-s on , ■ S Ma e an I ■■mi/tv highway, ihroiighout Hie •■•■iity varied of -oui-e I'll-’ for lb" ill-'-' par* ‘ "if., were n |h>i - in hi* -iffi •• ■ ) ' ■ k-ar-1 (air.- iieing stalled in ■ drifts ‘ piled along and on Hie highway* , The county highway depsr-nu ’ ■ * still keeping emergency crew* ja l work In an effort to dear more I road* Bv Tuesday 40u of the iiouniy * TOP mile* of rood* were I navigable, and men were al work I ‘ fTwrm Tw P»ae Ktobtf | Annual Student Day i Sale Here Saturday ! Event Sponsored By High School Seniors The annual student day sale, sponsored by the Decatur high school's senior class under the ! supervision ot class sponsor Dale | Ross, wilt be held next Saturday. December 2. according to an an nouncement released by W Guy Brown, principal of the school Brown said that about 115 stu dents will be employed by the dis ferent stores tbroughoui the city on that day. He praised highly thr vocational guidance aspects ot (hr projects, saying that the annual sale not only gave students an in sight on various employment but also gave employers an opportunity to. become acquainted wish the *tu- ! dents In this respect, hr said, the school nnd the Decatur merchants through the years the sale has been ? held have ,built up a laudable tn/ spei t for one another / Th" importance of the can be attested to by noting that numbers of the students who have worked on the one day In specific store* have gained steady employ ment with that fltm upon gradua thin. Ross al«o megtioned that some mereljgntu. in placlgg a bid for a vtudenu aought tkoac who would be able to work part-time during the busier Christmas season Thw Students themselves mak| application to Ross tor work on the student * day. and are then iTwew Ts •“••• **•'

United States To Press For UN Gina Vote Presses For Vote To Coll On Chino To Leove Korea Lake Smceaa. N. V.. Nov. 29 — j tl’Pi—Tbe rpited States sets in , motion today the Cnited Ngtiuns machlnviy under which it may be necessary to fight World War 111 The 1 1 . S. will press fur a vote in the security council (at 2 p.m. CRT) on a six-power res, dui loti calling ; on tbe t'hineee to withdraw from Korea Russia air, adv ha* announced its intentiou to veto the measute ' After the veto, the V S will b> I tie* to take the measure to the--1 vetofre*- general assembly under J the resolution adopted early in this I assembly session for use of n* ! tbmal defen-e forces against an i-MKU ■ If. -•» many delegate# hared, the oiitaiai crini* erupt * mtn World' iWsr tn, it WMN to he fought ' under thin marhineiy The T'e>n’it I wculd b+ *u align the I damtietaetea the VN flag j Mttur-’ i-he CjmniiihiNt forre*. j (' ChiaU appeared tn I here FtSTnmrd rhe dr*rr <in rhe rs purceaFful res t talk* u.rhiti the l*N it: in mediate fu.ure Appearing In the t’X ieeuri y ( ouir il y*st» j<«a> tnr the firM tini». M r Tie-Tung “ battle seaitid hYfttd a Id uiMKwnrd denur. i r. j inf the Curt rd State* that brixtkd writ . propaganda, “pat the < T.;!l«ng* »*f war and held no pt< tit! » I 1 i,f ikint- in tbe fat eaM »x ej «• ( h tilin’” calling s f« t th* ai hdraww) of Amei nan Uh♦< > • ftupß Fnrnxtaa and .Korea ( Th< lag fa« ed Wu threw hi*.| I word* al the 11 member- <4 tl» ’ ’ -un<il in th* radenr* *4 a m > . hire g it. add *»-und up b> pt* . Fntp'Hix thr power* <»f a tu -> 4 credited member by proposing t * MdrVion railing h r severe u tmt: again*’ the I’ and ♦! fMtivr measures” to cPinprJ the ! Amer Iran* to get their fore* * tr | of the far »-asi U.S. Steel Offen Increase in Wages CIO Union Studies Offer Os Increose Pittsburgh. Nov. 29. — (TP) — T S. Stwl Corp., pacesetter of the industry, dis, lowed today that it has offered it* 170. WM) mt ploy es a wage increase and that the CIO I'nited Steelworkers is considering It. Details of the wage proposal were withheld pending action by the union CIO president Philip .Murray calls'* the CSW executive board to nteYt at 2 p m I A meeting of the union's 170-man wage policy committee will follow tomorrow The policy comniitfce usually I* summoned only when negotiator* b, lieve they have rv celved au acceptable offer*' (While both f. R Steel and th’ )fbk>n were mum on the amount ot the offer, industry sources salt) they believed it included an arrosa the. boa rd 12 or 12 b, cent an hour wage increase with larger increases for workers In classifications higher tbqn common labor One steel official made an "educated gueaa" that the raises wou’J average between 15 and U cents an hour A wage increase almost certainly will be tollowed Tty a prlCe Increoae V S Steel corporation president Beniamin F Fairle** recently said a 15-cent an hour wage boost would cost bls companv 1132.MM1. aac a year and boost the com nt ■ T»»s r» Fawe Twsl

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More Than 300,000 Chino, North Korea Reds In Action On Korean War Front BULLETIN Waahingtan. N«v. 29.—(UR) —Military official* reported to day that Amencan troops in Koran are inflicting 'aimoat unbelievable" casuatt.es an tne Chinooa Common iota, But the aituation remains “very, vary grave.” Tokyo. Thursday. Nov 30—tl'Di —l'nited Nations fones withdrew io a new ( hongrhnn rivet line in bio,sty fighting Wednesday hut a Sit 000-men Red anay was pourittr around 'heir flank and striking to within IP miles of Pyongyaitg in a vast enr In ling drive ! Upwards of W.bfto other Chine*., communists, attacking- to preven’ a junction ot i'nHert Nations forces fWffffTnrW ami west across Korea'.* narrow neck ■ it: off most of tlie V S. lot htirtne division anti parU of two 7tb division rwti : merits near th* t’hnsin r-aaarvolr Flying -boxcat- and transports ■&961W4 ammunition and medical " supplies to ’the isolated troops and i beHeoptera were - rrmanng' Hie , wounded 1 ’ A high marine officer said pda--oners' statemeni- indicate the 1 Chinese liave five divisions in ae1, lion around the t'bosin rewervo, — ' sppureutly in sddHioa to the mnrr than Tdb.bWl Cbiiw*e dlschwd by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Tuesday to lie )n action in the northwest The totals would place the num- ' tier of Chinese and North Korean communists tir action at more than TOd.lHki. A statement issued hy General ; Walton II Walker, commander of the 1 ,S Bth army said'tbal Gie a-saull launched by the Bth fast : Friday probably saved our forces from ii trap which might well have tesiroyeii them He said that had the alites wait |“d passively to lie tiit f»y mice I ’han ’mimui (’bines* the cont-t. in'cry shortly would tiav, doubletl that ’number from acWss ■lie Yalu river with Manchutia | “In my opinion this aaved my army from possible destruction, i The timing of our attack <•« de" velop tlie situation Was indeed most fortunate." he saM Reports from advanced, Bih army headquarter* indicated a major battle Wa* shaping up at Stnnchon, only about 30 miles north of Pyongyang Tlie Chinese were driving to hook up with strong guerrilla forces estimated at least JO.Otm men at SuiK-hoti ami it was possible - Hie junction already had been made Tlie communists then would be ready to try to drive straight west toward the Yellow sea iu a move to entrap four American divisions, s Sooth Korean division and British ami Turkish brigades concrni trated along the Chongchon - I'nited Press correspondent Glenn Stackhouse reported from an advanced comiuami post that the "general withdrawal” of Amer lean and South Korean divisions jammed the roads along the river. »nd that everywhere officers and men told him "This is the'beginning of World War HI and we re caught in the middle nf It." The South Korean Ist diviainn and the American 25th dug in overlooking the Chongchon Weil nesdby night along s 20 mile front B /Twee Ts Fawe bls* 1 :. . , ■. --SMMt-w