Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1950 — Page 1

Starting Thursday The Stores Will Remain Open Until 9 P. M. DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY OAILY NtWIMMR M AOAM* COUNTY ~~~ ' . . ,

Vol. XLVIII. No. 292.

United Nations Begin Evacuation Os Hungnarn TRAINMEN STAGE WILDCAT STRIKE TODAY

- - - ' ■■■"■ —- - • ' Russia Rejects Cease-Fire

Soviet Russia Rejects Plan —I On Cease-Fire Docloras Proposal >. Designed To Save Britisk ' Lak* Access. N Y. Dec 13.-g tVFI- Rusal* rejected today a westers backed ArnWAsian plan —tor a i-sneffte ia K-qee Hovi«4 dele«»l» J S'oh A Malik thawed Mor* lk» tn tied Nations mala poUto-al corsmWie* HUH' the <ess»<lre mwhsaism proposed by India and 12 octet rountrie* *m»designed merely to "rove the skin* ot America* and Hr it tab troops" and »i»e them a breathing ap*ll to legioop tor new at lark* again** [ Commnuiat forms in Korea Th* solution ut lb* Korean quest »<A,"’Msilk declared, "enn to found only th roach the evs.-Miton from Korea ot all foreign troop* and granting to th* Korean people I the ptmalMllly ot aolViM their problem* by lh*maalrea." Thb< was th* gist of a resolution proposed last Saturday by Russian, foreign minuter Andrei Y Viah-i itteky Neither Vi-hin-ky nor Malik ■ has wild publicly ahether lhaj phrase all foreign troop*" includes the Chine** Communist*. although VBhinsky reportedly told the chair , man of th* political committee- pre rately that the Kremlin would approve the withdrawal of Peking'* force* if Peking got an equal voice in rettling Formora* future Jean Chauvel of Fiance aligned hl* country with V 8. and Britain m supporting the U power resolution. and argued that the Application of the tease-fire should, lie limited to the military aspect* of the Korean question and not allow i ss ’7a'"to aff« : < the politicals problem* ot the far east Malik charged that the west supported the resolution only because ot "the defeat of the Anterlc*n interventionist troop* in Korea a* a result of the heroic and selfsacrificing struggle of the Korean people and their friends, tfie Chi nese patriots " A companion resolution Introduc-1 ed by the Arab-Aslan bloc calling! for a peace conference to settle i existing Hsues In the far east was] less to American liking, he declar i ed • They alm to deny th* Chinese ptopi*'* «pyr»tnw"L wyjFL ll ** in the solution of these prolilems" he said "To hope now that the far eastern problems can be settled without the: participation of" th* Chinese p*»T pie's, government is not only naive j hut also unreasonable and hai m i ful. No far eastern problems <an lie solved without the participation: ot China Malik gave the committee the, first Communist reaction to the eease tire plan. Malik spok* as the StMiation committee prepared for a vote that wa* expm ted to b. overwhelming ly in lavor of the cease-fire pro posal put forward by India and 12 other Arab and Aslam nations with the support of the V S and Britain l Good Fellows Club Previously reported *..3326.33 : I’y‘hlan Sisters H‘» MI - A Friend -t'3 A Friend -- 10.0® ' Total ......‘ Cloudy tonight and Thuraday | with light anew possibly mined i with freeilng rain er driul* at tlmoo southwest and etrtrsme M uth. Not mueh change In temperature. Low tonight 17 to 24 north, 21 to 2S south High Thursday 25 to 32.

i Estimates 4,600 . Hoosiers In Draft Indianapolis, her . 13 - I Cl’l — Indiana selpr-tive service headquarter* estimated today that 4;I t.mi Hoosiers would be inducted ' during January and February. The estimaie of 2.300 a month was made after the defense de■Hirtment In Washington yesterday raised th* monthly 5 draft calls horn iu.iasi to in January and from 50.000 to ttp.ooo In Feb ruary Draft Calls Doubled For TwoMonths ■ Universal Militory Service Urged By Senator Russell Washington. Bee. IS — (t'Pr — Ac thia chairman Rixhard B Bus, sell. It. Ua. of the senat* armed services committee urged lb* nothin today to build Its armed forces through universal military "aerr- ' ice” rather than “training " Russells recommendation fob I lowed the defense department's an- ’ nouncement lute yesterday that it ■ has atinoNi doubled graft calls for January and February- , The army had sei a ko.ooo-man goal for the first two months of next year, with 40.000 draftees to be called In January and M.WW in February The naw selective act-v---ice quota is XO.OIhi man in each of the two months. Itusscil warned that the nation must get used to "thinking in term* ot universal military service iat her ; than universal military training.'' I The defence department want* to' J build th? iWuon'M armt'd force»< through a "training" system, although several at Its top official* are know* to prefer a ‘ service" <T«r* (« rage *l*l German Teacher Is . » Lions Club Speiker Tells Differences In U. Germany Miss Rose Marie Bunt, home economist from fiermany, was the piitu-lpal speaker al the regular session of the Lions club Tuesday, the speaker Currently realdlag in Adam* county to study th* Anrtri-j_tJUL-h<>m«_d*wt®riration program, i Appropriately, she was introduced I at the meeting by Adams county i home d< monstration agent. Miss Anna K Williams 111. Noah Bixler was In charge of i the program und club president L. K Ansputrgh. presided - peer the . business meeting. Mirs Hum pointed out in her speech the dlfferencis in the wo-! tn< n of this country and those In, i tlwrinany Here they have-con-1 ’ side table freedom and a voice In j private and public affairs: not so I there, she inferred. She said that the important | -thing was to retain this voice in. u-spee-lally. public matters. Thai her nation during the Hitler regime, for example, had become politieal\ly indoll-nt consequently carelea* - The catastrophic results were obi vlotfs, and she cautioned against j such thing* hers. I Auto-Truck Crash ! Is Fatal To Man ; Wabaah, lad., Dec IS—(UP>I Theodore Haute. 31. died today in Wabash county hospital of Infurie* suffered when his car collided with i a truck and then skidded Into a : semi trailer outfit yewtrrday.

Peter Braun Is Killed By Auto In Ohio Prominent Retired Former Killed While Walking To Church Peter Braun, prominent retired farmer of this < Ry. was fatally Ikjnreil Imtore 7 o< lock vhl* tnornln* at Runs*!* Point. Oklo while walk tog from his daughter * bout* to th* PathoUe < hurch to attend mans. Word of hl* death wa* re**iv*d tier* to a tetoptaua eatt to a daughter. Mrs Wwta Kauffman. HIS Went Adams *tr»et. Details were not explained, bqyokd th* fact that Mr. Braun vaa airwk by an auto, presumably at a str*»» rroaslng while on Ms way to cktHx-h. Far Jba imat several month* Ur Braun bad mad* hie horn* wkh a daughter and son-in law, Mr. aud Mrs. Han I-a Me In Rnaaato Point Mr. Braun cam* to Adam* countr when he wa* l< year* o< age. Ha wa* horn in Uermany. Augwat 14. UM and with hl* parentejohn aud Margaret Braun cam* to th* t’nited Plates in 18T1. Th* family Bret settled in Ohio and in IMI moved to this county. » Mr. Braun engaged in farming. On May T, U*4 he wa* married to Miss Roaa Lhhtle. who came to thia county with h*r parents to MU. Bhe died June 3«. 1»43 -For a number of year*. Mr. Braun operated a large farm to Washington township. When he retired from t active work he moved to thl* city and resided on South Fifth atreet ! He was a member of Si. Mary'* ! Catholic church and the Third i Order of St Francis. Beside* the two daughters he is survived hy six sons. Nhhotoa. Bernard. Daniel. Herbert. Albert and Herman One son. Martin, and a daughter. Mr*. Agne* Uelmer. are deceased. Also surviving is one siiiter, Mrs. J. C. Miller of thl* city. One sister and three brothers preceded him in death. ■ ’ ' - The body will be istsrned to the Black funeral home In this city. Funeral arrangement* have not been completed. _.£ | - * --g--'—- - xnooi cnnsnMs Program Oa May Amrool High School Presentotion Hare The program and the cast of character* for lhe Decatur high school’s annual Chrlstmaa proi grant wa* announced today by principal W. Ouy Brown. The pro- < gram will l>e presented Sunday at : 4 p. m. In the high school audl 1 torium. The program I* sponsorIml by the senior class of th* I school Musk- for the program will be. furnished by .the high school choir, under the direction of Mias Helen Haubold. who described th* program a* opening with the tradittousl candlelight processional hy the eighth grade ehorus Then, the Nativity, ia four scenes—Th* Temple. The Annuacistion. The Shepherd* ia Ik* Field, and the Nativity-will he presented.. Those to appear In the preseu tatlon include Mie* Lola White aa the Angel: Gary Fr*ksea aa Swharias: Ann Deltach as Mary: Merlin Johnston a* Joseph; Jim Moses. Roger Frwhl* and Cnrtls iTws Ts regs gag*

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AadiMGadarie f Exercises Friday * x 62 Students To Be Graduated Friday r One of the basic aspects of the auctioneer's trade, according to Q R. Chaff**, dean of Instruction and manager df xeretonx at th* Reppert aur-tion school, and scheduled speaher M th* forthcoming commencement exercises for the student*. lb to mix a bh of crowd psychology together with a good portion ts innate knowledge or the •object tor sal*. la Ha* with this, all rtndento and members of th* faculty spent th* day Tuesday becoming acquainted with the finer pointe of cattle, beef and dairy, and consuming tk* necessary dale for oelling swh livestock. Th* student body loured both the Cal Yost and Pet* Lehman farms, near th* city, taking their tesaion on cattle judging out of th* tegtkook and out into th* open Cheffee said it wa* a vital esperlene* tor some of the g| students Bwlll complete th* course this , rapecialiy those .who had ■ had more than a vteual ar qnaiiKanc* with a cow. There were some student* from Canada. Miss Eleanor Reppert. director of the school, said, who lived In the cattle country there who had never before seen a guernsey cow. But thl* Is but one of the many, field tripe scheduled for and pertk-i j gated in by the student* who atteud lhe schools, in addition, actual ex I pnrience is obtained through the. nightly sale*, held during the win tier session ill the Mansfield garage: <m South Second street. The students Tuesday night, and again ‘onlgbt. are chanting their Wares at the Klliott Sale* pavllltou, tn Portland Mias Reppert went on to announce that the annual commence m*nt exercises will be held Friday noon in the KM P- bom* here At that tint* <2 student* from 22 state* and three Canadian province* will receive their diplomas. She went on to nay that a good number mor* than those to com plate the course will have attended the claasee here, for once a student ha* been enrolled, completed the course, he can return for refresher course* whenever he deeiree—without cost. County 4-H Band To Roteane Tuesday The Adam* county-4 II hand will hold a rehearial at the Pleasant Mill* school Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Gerald Zimmerman director, today urged all mem her* to be present

i iNVCz' -Your Chrietmaa mesaage In \i\. , thia newepapefa annual illuaV? tratod Chriatmaa Edition will \ frat b * read b » more than 10.000 ' JbCto-' ' which you'll admit ia a good ••*•<• family. BaautHully llluatratad with 5*7 tha finaat drawings produced > in tha country, tha edition al- . aa will carry Chriatmaa atorlaa and featurea which will i give it the Merry Chriatmaa J*- \ flavor. If our aalaaman haa mlaaad IMAI. J-2121 f** 1 •*•*» reaervation in IMO edition.

Truman Warns | Os Speedup In Mobilization National Emergency Moy Be Declared,On Radio Friday Washington. Dec IS —tTJFi - Preside nt Truman told congressional leaders today there must be a "sharp step-up" In the nation's •Mhlßsailon to bund up oitr armed tore** in the critical world xltuaW. ; J ■ - - Th* preaMenl also confirmed that he is considering a declaration of emergency to prod lhe big build-up. The president met for two hour* with Democratic and ll“public*n coggrrexioaal leaders, necretary of state Dean Acheson and defense N*cro«Bry George <l, Marshall. After the meeting the White Hous* Issued a statement which said there "appeared to be unaaimuas agtawmeM that our military strength should he hunt up with lhe Utmost speed." "There also appeared to Ire strong xentinient In favor of declaring a national emergency, although some of those present did ! not wish to state any views on this' question without having an oppor I tunity for further study as to its! I legal effects." the White House jeate. | Chairman Carl Vinson of the , house armed services committee--one of th* conferees best informed , |on preparedness planning—said that Mr - Truman s plan* do not i call for total mobilisation and are not based on expectation ot immediate all-out war Rather, he said, the contemplated program Is one of getting ready for any emergency. • "U meana there will be a conrewtrattoo ou 4efen*e." th* Georgia Democrat said “There Will "he al location*, price controls, labor (wage) control*, and a concerted effort by the government to get -th* armed services in position to meet any emergency " M«£‘Truman will make a nation wide radio broadcast from his of flee Friday night at »:Jo pm (CBT). He tbeu will outline his plana, Including — presumably a declaration ot national emergent; Vinson also said that Mr Truman's contemplated defense plans will require tightening of the draft law He. Mid It will require -extension of the drsft term from 21 to 21 mouths and possibly induction of every young man at age I* The age limitations now are HI through--25. and veterans are exempt bylaw. Mr. Truman apparently has In iTsw r* *««• KteMi

Evacuation Os UN Troops By Sea Underway r Thousands Roaring A 4- — f* gm m * ibA • fat ADOOfa I rwisporrs For Third Day Tokyo. Thursday. Dee 11 — il'Fl—Thousand* of I’nited Nations troop, poured aboard transports to Hungham harbor for - * the third day Wednesday under latermilienl altark by Chinese communists who have forced their evacuation by sea from northeast Korea. _ • The *va< uaHon of all go.oap-VN troops in the northeast began Monday when 2u.oP<> marine* and army troops fought their way out of a Chin*** communist trap near the- Chosin. eeMp*air,...N*w;s. r*--porta Os the withdraws! w»*-- sup- ' pressed two days at the request | at Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarter*. In wester* Korea, all ' non- ! essential" person* and equipment were lietng removcl from Seoul while the V S «th army guarded the Routh Koreen rqpttal'a ap- ' proaches. Chinese communists tn Amerl- ’ cm uniforms hH the VN defense ' tine around th* Hamhung-Hung-aam beachhead Wednosday but , were beaten off and chased back . -by C. ft. 3rd division troops The enemy attack was the first 11 since lhe 10th corp* began its J evacuation of ’the last allied toot.l bold in northeast Korea .Monday i i The Chinese in platoon to com- ■ pany strength, charged lhe Amerk ■ cab- tin* with hand ■ grenades --' ' -j All the Chines* appeared to be dressed in American winter uniI form*, including* Americhn helI met*. A dispatch from IMh corps j headquarter* Mid al lekst one! prisoner captured was from a new Chinese division—the Mist, hither to not reported among the 100-.000 Chines* troop* <m the northeast , ' '* " ’4 . Grim*, cold and di»gu*»B.' *wat-1 ije-weaiy' -ra«i “oit’ ih*'t- -S„. Ist marine 3rd and 7th division* and !' ■Tar- Ta t*aae Kl*Mi Cletus H. Miller Elected By Masons Annual Election Is Held Tuesday Night Chins H Miller of this city was etecit d master oL th* Iterator Ma > sonic kMige sui-eeodinar Harold I Mumma.'at th* annual /lection of • officers' held Tuesday night The niertin* a tiah fry at the Masonic lodge rooms Ed Iteitsch Was elected senior i warden: Paul Moore was named junior warden and Robert Helm and Ed Jaberg store named treawI urer and secretary, respectively. 'The latter two were reelected | Mumrna. retiring master ot the i lodge, wa* elected a trustee fpr a I three-year term ; it was announced at the meeting ' that a public installation of officers', j would be held December 29 at th* . Ma«onlc hall This is the first time in several years that the public has ' been invited to the Installation of ! offk-erx

Presided Alternate Capitol Study Dispersal Os Some Vital Offices Washington Due. 13 — (I'P) — President Truman favors moving some hey otfh ex oat of th* Wash ington bomb target area but h* ta against Mittog up any alternate capital. The pr**M«W's view* were pre rented to a senate puMk works snlH'ommlttee by assistant budget director Roger W Jones The <i»mmitt*e is studying a aisa.MO.<mo program to disperse some! vital otfkes to "fringe arena' oqt side Washington. Mi Truman, Jone* »»i-t MP proves this plan "to permit continuity of important gnvernm«at function* lu case ot an attar-k" on the capital. But ha ia determent here because thia eity is a ••uymhwt'-'' " - | , Instead nt setting pp an aher j nate capital Jones said, the preaident wants Washington pretex t ed “by all means available, tn-I-luxiing fighter plane interception and a radar warning system Other congressional developments : Gambier - William Morelli of Kew Jersey talked freely before ' the senate crim* committee. - He ’ aaM. for example, that he won 126.1*00 in I»48 betting on PrMi dent Truman and against New York Gov;. Thoma* K. DeWey He was bitter about one of his bets —<l.ooo on Truman at 15 to 1 He said he was "rohbod " He could have got 100 to I. he told the senators. Yugoslavia —The house was ex ; pected t» approve the ISS.WWI.OOo j MH dedptte j opposition by a- GtiP-Democrat t coalition. Although many representatives : said were not pleased by the prospect ot voting aid for Marshal i Tito's government, they pointed (Tern T* F*«* Mat Speaks Last Night TB Association, Physicians Meet Kidder, superintendent 1 of the Irene Byron sanitarium, of' Fori Wayne, waa the guest speaker ' at th* joint meeting of the ex ! ecutive committee of the Adams county medical society, held Tfiewday evening in the Rice Hotel. Dr. Hoy Archbold, treasurer of the organ I tat loti also spoke at the meeting, which was presided over by Robert Zwick, president ot the tuberculosis asaociatton in this county. Di Archbold outlined th* early cam|-atons of the *e*ociatk»n in its work to get started Dr. Kidder, introduced by Dr Myron Hahogger. of Berne, discussed the program and problems of the tuberculosis asaoclallon movement tn general and pointed out the value of a local clinic a* the means of further case finding and control It wa* proposed at the me*tn-c ;ttr«t four clinics a year he held il : the county on a referral and «-or. : sultatlon basis in a strong cam--1 i*aicn to further the principle* ot ithe association The physician of th* county hare the opportunity of consultation with Dr Kidder by appointniettt or to refer patients to him by apttobtt-1 rueut All appointments will's* made hy county physician* at*d thrmtgii Mrs W; Guy Brown, seer*- i jtary of th* Adams county tit tier : .rutaai* assnx-lation. It was pointed out at the meeting , llhaitthrough the splendid tripper- ' ation" of the Adam* county tuberraloai* association and lit i Adams . county medical society. : Adams county ia luitvxl as one of pthe lb counties having one of the I lowest death rates from tubercuk - iTur* T* Fu«* Tw*>

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Army Charges WarEffortls Hurt By Strike Wildcat Walkout Rv T*j jiinnmn ©y I rQifirncfi In Chicago Today Chicago Iter 13--ttr I—Trainmen staged a wildcat walkout agpiust five railroads la the vital » Chicaao termtnalx taday and the I army, operating the Ila** for the | guvrrnmeat. charged that stoppage "dltortly hurts our war *f- ! fort M Korea.' isaistaat army setretary Kart R. Headetren m < barer at th* naltoa'a ratlroad* sito-e th* sort ernmettt seixed them last MMiwer. aaid al Waahiagtow that th* army planned to take "all steps uexeatory" to k*ep all line* oper at lug, ft* did. wot sar w*at act too »he government wwtid take Fresd--d«ht Truman threatened to draft striking raitroaxlmen into the army in l*4< The work stoppage disrupts. I some passenger and freight train* and threatened to shut down ti»< , big Carnegte-llUnote stwi srerk* , at Routh Chicago Tb* rftocts , were expected to spread swiftly Io •other IndaaSries as th* walk- . out continued. Tiw Chicago workers, ntoasbers of the BroUmrbood of Railroad Trainmen avoided an illegal strike against th* government by . reporting themselves "sick." However, union chairman J Me- - Nauiara .representing Colorado and Soutoern railroad tralnmet: said. At Denver, that he considered I be* planned to take action to throw the Chicago workers out of the union “We as an orgsuiaation dost subscribe to wildcat strikes." he said "We will take means to drop the workers in Chicago from 'h* union." .»• steppage hrou<ttt cog-.-" fusion tc. railroad opeVationa In the city, the nation s biggest rail center The strike halted trains on the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern rail I road, forcing the Carnegie-Illinois steel company plant at South Chi- ' cago. 111., to shut dow-n for lack |of rati serrice within the plant. Both firm* are subsidiaries of I' R. 1 Steel Corp Mo*t of Carnegiellitnois' 14.000 workers were idled hy the steel shutdown Tile trainmen quit work in tear lhai President Truman would damp a free*.- on wages and working londliioM They have waged a long fight for a redaction in thair work week from « to 40. hours, coupled with a 31- - ent hourly l*ay hooct to compeaMr the his* of IMte Decatur Stores To Be Open Evenings Starting Thursday ■ - nopper* were again remiodexf by ■ L K Anepaugh. retail director of the Chamhei of Commerce that •lores tn Decatur will remain open beginning Thursday -until * pm. •ueh hours to continue throtutb December S 3. The stores, sire.’Will remain open Thursday afternoon- until Christ. mastim-. Anspaugh added The Chamber oftkialr have been busy lately, writing letter* seed tug wire*, and making trantn tel. phone call*, but they belter* such exhortations alii pay off tor they | are trying to get, a return engag.- : meat ot Santa Clans, a gentleman l who proved mighty popular a week I ago Monday during the parade. Th* Chamber Is trving to get the irhit. bearded, jolf; gentleman from the 1 mirth pole t«l visit Decatur again J Dex 1 tutor 1« ! City employes were bust Tu< • day and today putting up plastij ornaments in the business dtetrie', ! and city -Bremen vrer* placing balsam ioping atl of It to'an«m<>nl th* lights atrendv In plae*. (