Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1951 — Page 1

|ol. XLIX. No. 1

COMMUNISTS WITHIN 14 MILES OF SEOUL

Singleton Is Named County Highway Head Frank Singleton Is Named Supervisor To Succeed Sauer p Frank Singleton, of Root township. appoint cd, hy the hrtard I of county comtni lionets Monday to J «hVf is copnty highway -superintendent for the com ing year. The newly appointed superintendent replace* Phil Saner, wh<) had seiiged as the past three { yb»rC;! i' '''Lift. ' The 'appointment Is effective immediately. ’ • . The appointments w*»re njade. aft the jlrst meeting of 1951 Tor tire I board of comwii*4lotiers, a reorganization al meeting in Which commissioner Ottp I {(iff man was elect ed chairman of the' board, and John C. Augsburgt-r, yic(-<-hairmim. It was the first meeting litteifded by pew--7 ly-elected commissioner jL ew I s Worthman. " s I ■ Ringleton ha« served tor the past few yeursas assistant fjnt of. the first highway district in ■ the county. 1 jl—' ft ; ; Sauer, a former county compijsK stoner and Decatiir Street department commissioner. has/|raade, no announcement of futurei plans. ! In the "same department, Milton Hoffman. rof Preble, W-as appointed custodian of the county highway garage to replace Gerhard Reinking? Other highway department personnel now lists Phil Ntrahm, of De- \ catur, as assistant superintendent of district one- replacing Singleton. District one is comprised of Un,fon» Preble and Root townships. Thomas Johnson, of Washington township. was reappointed assistant superintendent of district' two. Kirjkland. Washington ? and Jißt‘. Maty’* townships!-; > - ft. . ' Elnier Beer, of Monroe township, was Reappointed assistant tendehit of Monroe, Blue Creek and I Jefferson township*. district three, and Nathan Meshberger Was feappointed assistant’ superintendent of dhNrict four, Hartford, Wabash and French tuwfashlps, '• * ?v . All other personnel of the\ mghway department - remain? the aSfnel. ; i Th#f board of commlßSiopers also reappointed Dr. John Teryeer fdunly physician, Mr* Jean Shockley, - oottnty health niitse, Ed X Boise, | county attorney. all of them; toj serve: one-year 'terms. County attorney Bosse’s term. Incidtiuaily. ♦ xphe* February 'l. , 1 f Luther Yager, of Berne. Was W pointed by the board to serve a inVml/er of tIU Adams county me--1 morlikl hospitalM>oard. to replace Fred KatnboU, also of Berne, who hkd served on the hospital hoard since January, 1955. ! Mrs Dewey Gallogly was appoint ad cdurt hoplnalron. replacing Amis. Hay VehlL and board re- / appointed Gfocf off 4 - Mary s township, to.the county’s alcoholic] beverage hoard.' Following the meeting, member*l of the board of commissioners, county auditor Thurman I. Drew, <»ounty attorney Bosse, and appraiser H F. Bfehfet of) Decatur, and Chris BohflXe. oi UnTon .town*fiip. took inventory of th? county farm, rriiW,’To .Pane Fbar» v Mrs. Clara Wysong is Taken By Death Funeral Services i Z Thursday Morning Mrs. chira F. Wysong, 83, a former resident of Decatur, died at 3:|o am. Monday at her home.’ 1412 Grant avenue. / \ | j She wak a member oP the Compel Temple and the Mhccahees fraternal society. ' / Surviving are tiwo sons, Otto L. and Walter G. Mamma, both of Fort Wayne; a sister. Mrs. Elnora Clem of Santa Crux. Cal.; a broth* er. Charles R. Ahr of Hicksville, O.: Seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildre|n. There ere a number of relatives residing tn Decatur and Adams county. Funeral sißryloea will be held at 10 *. m. Thursday at the Klaehn funeral lonfe ih Fort Wayne, after whlcn the body will be brought to the Deca|ur cemetery fbr burial. Friends! may Call at the funeralHhoma JjriHl time of the service.,, ■ ft ,/' r. r ? ■ K

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT i . ( 1 V ONLY DAILY NIWSPAPin IN AUAM9 COUNTY /

taxpayers To Feel Income Tax Boost To Jolt Taxpayers \ Washington, Jan. 2 (UP) — ( Many- of ipp nation's taxpayers udon will feel for the first lime the real lipw-t of the s2.7(loJ,vrt, <im» irldividuai tax increase passed by Ao|ngress last fall. Wage and salary eurn^rfi. whoß<-1 taxes are deductjedMiom their pay clßUck« already know about it. Thb i withholding rate was increased t«» IS perron t, from l'» penent, lust I October. It conitlntte ui_lH percent j untill ami unless (he new (ongriess iipk it agdilh But a host of middle and high bracket, income taxpayers haven’' yut felt The Jolt of the October in-1 \ reuse. They are the ones who. pay all or a substantial) part of thenr income tax in quarterly instntr| fttents. They w,ill have to settle up at the higher rates on 14 or| March 15. , 4 Later this year (ongres* pfohably will boost it further. Rut the lethrns soon to fil»\d pn 1950 tncotpe will he ba>sed on the present rutes/l Every income tax including all those whose --taxes are ftiliy paid by withholding —- has to file a final return by March IV>. Some have had too /! much taken out of their pay checks. The sooner they tile returns, the sooner they wIH get refunds. | i ’ I Th|e people who will he jolted on 1 Jan. 15 or March 15 are those who ' are mit subject to withholding, or Who have substantial income froiti investment Ar capital gains. sttch taxpayers have to make' qparlerlv payments. Ort Jan. 15 the payindnß is due for the last quarter of 1950. This payment can be based R»n the old pre-dpetober rates.; Hdwdvm*/ there are several ways of going about forking over the money. For instance, a quarterly payer could get the new income tax ! forms e— they are ’justknow • going in the mall- 4- figure up hip final return for 1950 at the higher rates settle up in full -on Jan. 15. Or the taxpayersj call delay the evil hour by making ihis Jan. 15 payment basgd on his pld estimate (T»m T« Flve> 23 Persons Hurt In p New Jersey Blast | Vineland, N\ J.. Jan. 2 (UP) i— Twebty-three persons .were injured* at least two of nhety criUcally, when a dust explosion ripped the Rubinoff Feed MHls plant, today.l ,1 ' y j . \ The injured were taSjien'to Newcombe hospital, Alsmt 7o other employes escaped the blast, which ripped <mt two shies and the top of Jhe five-story building. I -- . : Youths Lffve Today ! jFor Physical Exams 27 from County Take; Pre-lnduction Exams . Names ofy27 men. the number of* Adams county youths who left to-! day for Indianapolis to take their bre-induction p h y s i c ad examinations,) were released by the Adams county selective service board, r While releasing the names, Mrs. Elmer Chase, secretary 7 of the board, stated there were n<> current calls ibr induction for this month. To da]te 3flj men have been inducted into <he armed services from this county, 123 men have undergone pre-inditetion physicals,, includihg todayls contingent. ?ll- ■> ] i The names of those men to take their physical /'examinations include,'Joseph Tilman Farlow. Leonard De Wayne Fox, William Frederick Huston, Jr., William James Becker, Bill Eugene Lichtenstiger, Paul Dewitt Miller. James DeVid Callow l , Ned Leland Ray, George Ralph Eckrote. K James Dwight Tumbleson. Donald Raymond Voglewede, Raymond Eugene Ehisam. jWljlHam Joseph Meyers. Elroy Rudolph^,,Nussbaum. Lfroy David Nussbaum. RicMrd Arthur Rumschlag, Kent V. Sjprtmger. Donald Wayne Slusher. L i \ / Robert William Wlittwet, DWl&ht Eugene Egly, Richard Pabl Shßdl. Robert August Gallmeyer. William Fredrick Bauch, 'yirgil Lewis Hgwkine. Norman Junior Young, WUlard R. Burgess and Harold De- ' - ! . \,i ' ''

Expiring 81st Congress Okays Major Measures Defense Bill, Ciwl Defense BrH Passed By XZongress Today BULLETIN Washington, Jan. 2. — (UP) — The senate adjourned sine die L at 1:59 p.m., OST, today. Washington. Jan. 2'— (UP) — | The expiring S|st congress ramhnvd through the lust of its pendI ing major hills today and pushed for flnal adjournment. j A The new X2n4 congress takes Over tomorrow. r In quickrorderi, the old I pasHed and sent to the' Whljie House for President Truman’* tdg- | nature a defense appropriation bill, a $3,100,000,000 civil defense measure and a bill to* give /Mr. -Tnttnan authority to modify defense contract?. Before bowing/ out, the Blst paid tribute to "lame duck" member* who were defeated for re-election. These included senate Democratic leader Scott W. Luca* of Illindi*; senate Democatic whip Francis Jj. Myers of Pennsylvania and Republicans Sens. Forrest C. Donnell. Mo., and Chan Gurney, S. D. The senate completed congressional action on the S2O billion hill hy approving—by a margin of only two votes—a minor provfsion on which a house-senate c<ihference committee, hpd failed to agree. j)- > ' \ The measure appropriates about 117.000.000.000 for the armed services, $1,065,000,000 for stockpiling strategic The new appropriation* bririg to about; $42.0(10.000,000 the total Voted the outgoing congress Tor defense jn the fiscal year ending J qne 30. ' ; J The house meanwhile voted President Truman half)/ of the emergency war powers 4 he asked for—the authority to niodify defense contracts. • Administration leaders gave up the fight to have the house at this tTurtt 'i w t-iure City Council Will I Meet This Evening t first Regular Meet For 1951 Tortigbt Members of the <‘ily council will meet tonight l|ti their flrut regular heeling of the with annual reports! the primary luforniat ion on lite agenda. t . „ p it is also likely that a discussion of some of the clty’A past differ- ] ewes and a thoughtful appraisal of the future might be conducted. jFor example, there I? the possibility that the matter of electrical energy.-especially Rs production. W'llf be discussed.;. City officials ■ are currently divided on the matter !of purchasing a diesel engine for I the city’s light and power departI ment. \ x * The board of public works folHowed the consultant engineer’s ad■ice and signed a contract with fthe LtmarHamilton company for a di*" engine; the council has refused, |o date, to ratify the contract, so the matter resolved Itself into a stalemate. Other expected items at tonight's meeting -include report? of the Borders for the police department and Cedyie Fisher for the fire department 4 Mayor Doan. L. C. Pettibone? and others including clerk-'ireiasurer Vernon Auraxid are_expecf'ed to make their annual reports to the council. Four Million Dollar Blaze At .Kankakee j- ■«. Kankakee, lit, Jan. 2. — —; Fire raced thmugh a huge- sprawling warehouse of 4he (Florence Stove* Co. hate early today destroying the building and itt) con* ;tents valued at $3,500,000 to s4.* 000,000. - f\ ' Three firemen were injured while fighting the blaze. None was Ln serious condition, however.. In the building were 17.000 Crated gas .stoves, 12.000 oil heaters and 4,000 hot water heaters, all of which were destroyed. The building was levelled/ I

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-- -r — Korean Tots Strive To Keep Warm IS ■' . J; i.j. ju. 9MI COLD AND H9MELESB WAIFS OF WAR, q Korean brother and sister hover over a small fire in the raßrbad jlards of Seoul. Republic .of Korea capital. Most of the djlvfl; population has left Seoul as • the Chinese Reds close in. (Defense Department Photo from International. Soundphoto.) — ; ; —l— I I

Rainfall Was Above Normal During 1950 Decatur's Snowfall Also Above Normal ii' * Decatur’s heaviest i rainfall of 1950 <>c-. lined i» .MnnsTy »h«„ « inches "wi-re recorded, according to figures tabulated by Herman \*Hi” Meyer, who keeps the daily rainfall and water level for Ehe U. S. government. , Total rainfall for 1950 was 52.02 inches, considerably above normal? Snowfall also broke a several years’ record 1 for 100 arid in 'November and December of last year there was a total of 26 Mi inches. Most. at the snriw came the iris® week in| November and throughout December. . ’ J,. | Rainfall in inches for each month U as follows: .January, 9.46; February \4.22;, Mutch, 1.53; April, 4.09: May 1.27; June. 3.89; July 4.45; Atigi st, 3.20; .September 4.68; _Octobe •, 5.55; November. 7.79 and December 2.S£>. 1 There was d-total of 34 *k inches of snow Muring 1950 arid snowfalls were recorded in five of the V 2 months. Ift Inches the record at'cording tri .Mr. Mayer’s official figures: January 3 Mt‘, February 2 Vs: March 2; Novetnhrr th December U'i. • j '.. I ■ Knapke Funeral Is Held This Morning Mrs. Millie Knapke Is Taken By Death Requiem services for Mrs. Wilhelmina knapke. 75. \ widow of Joseph B: Knapke. were held at 10:30 this’/ morning at St. Mary’s Catholic .church, Vyith the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J f Seimetx, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery.?- \ Mrs. Knapke’s death . occurred late Saturday afternoon at herhome, 604 N. Second street, following an extended illness. The body was taken to the Gillig and Doan funeral home. -- / , A resident of this city all her life. Mrs. knapke was a daughter of Theodore and Anna Kortenber- Rol ver. She vvas born in Decatur F£b. 19, 1875. 1 •; jl' She wag married to Joseph B. Knapke, Nov. 22, 1899. Mr. Knapke died Aug. 8. 19J9. .J\ , Survivors are two' sons. Herman Knapke of th city, who tiered with his mother and Theodore Knapke of Hartford City. A half /sister, Miss Mdmie Mersmah," Decatur, also survives. f ; - —' ■ WEATHER Rain and mlld?tonlght and Wednesday. Low tonight 36 north, 42 south. High Wed. neaday 40 to 45 north, 46 to J 52 south. , , , •

"" f ■ ■■■■ . , i. • / BULLETIN < Washington, Jan. 2. — (UP) ‘ —Chairman Gordon Dean of the atomic energy commission said flatly today that *-»“Russia does- have the Abomb.” Dean made.,the statement at • t■ a' £ ■ a news conference in reply to |a question about a statement by Dr. T. Compton, pres- i ton in a speech at Cleveland last week implied doubt that Russia had made an atomic bomb, \ Lenhart Girl Likely First Baby Winner « • I . ■' -A J Born. Shortly After / ! First Os New Year/' Carla Jn Lenhart, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Herman Lenhart,30 North Seventh street, is the probable- wiriner, of tile New Yi-ur’ti sweepstakev and the likely-recipient of the many gifts offered hy ,'l|o Decatur merchants, ;For. Carla, six pounds arid 10 apd one-half ounces; was horn tor Mrs. Lenhart at the Adams counit memorial liospilftl at 12:35 a. m January 1, V ' (Vmler the terms of the contest, •he winner would he dcaihul atnong those babies born to pareMs living In. Preble. Root, Union. Kirkland, Washington or St. Mary’s townships. after the first of the year. |\ / Accordingly, l( was agreed hy, the -rules that the first to come in--10 (he 'world after midnight Sunday night would hei served first with the many gifts. The latest reports in the Denoetat office- make Carla Jo the winder. though the deadline for reporting births is Wednesday. morning. i Other northern township parents in the rural sections, dr in one of the adjoining county lospitaJk might still he declared the winner. Mrs. Lenhart, the mother, iis the for trier Imol u Case, daughter of Mr.-and Mrs. Roy Case, of ro ite \ tT»r« To Paer Two) ' ■ —* 'J' / . ■. Sale Os New License Plates Here Delayed Sale of 1951 automobile license pl&tes will be held up a few days, it was learned today. The auto license bureau, under the new mtnagement of Mrs. LaVelle Death, was open, however, today for other business. Gross income tax returns can he completed at the license brarch land of course other items including driver’s licenses and trans•fers can be made any time at the new location in the Heiman building on South Second street. \i : Mrs. Death stated today she would announce soon the date for the opening sale of 1951 auto lictmsaa. i '' ' /

Three-Prong Offensive Pushed By Chinese As U. & Troops Withdraw

Rumor Birmingham Water is Poisoned Alabama; City Swept ( By Near Hysteria Birmingham, jilai, Jgti 2—*{l’l’) ! —A rumor\that the city water supply had been poisoned By "sabot eur«! swep)t through Birmingham last night, Raving genetal 'alarm and some hysteria in its wake. ? Police commissioner Eugene Conner said first inquiries about the' truth of the rumor came about 2 P by 8:30 p.m,At had spread to all parts ofThe Three switchbeard operators at police headquarters did npthing but answer questions about the report. Some; of (he callers were near hysteria,/ tjhey said. \ Newspapers, radio stations and the Birmingham Water Work? Co. were, swamped with telephone calls from frightened citizens, including hospital Staff members )and restaurant owhers seeking advice and information. - Municipal, county and state police joined city-officials, hegiltft pf-•-Heers and federal authorities in issuing statements to calm tlxe public: All announcements denied that the water supply had been polluted.. Fokce reported that some citizens refused to believe the official denials and hoUed, .wafer ~heU*re drinking it. Ar least one woman obtained water fey melting' iee cubes which had* been frozen many hours earlier. ‘ — Some persons said they heard the rumor from prisons who tele-1 phOnedl to warn Uiem of danger. Others' said they heard the>report, by radio, but all Birmingham stations emphatically t- denied broadcasting any such report. The radio stations advised listeners periodically* that the'poison reports were Connor said offkTts had been assigned lo trace of the rumor. : ' ' h : I ' ,! Lighting Contest Winners Amfdunced of thte home lighting contest annua 1 , ly hy the Chajhb|r? of, Cominerc** ; were iinnouncgd tdday .by Ralph llubegger. chairman of the lighting contest for the ' Chamber. t First prize ,pk sls wa« awarded to Mrs. Mae Butler, of 809 North Fifth street; second. Herbert Ban-| nlng. Homestead place wlnnqre, qtfeh awarded I ft I These latter Wilma • \Andrewa, 334 Nofth-mfth: Ddve Blackburn, ~ 512 Mariiall : street; the Rev. William Feller, 310 Jackson street; MrgllAl Geimer, 315 Jackson street, aim Mm'. Chaimer Barkley, 1329 ’wjifet Monroe street. Christine Scheumann Dies i 4 IW - Funeral Services Thursday "Mrs. Christine of near Hoagland, jjied at 8:30 o’clock Monday the home of a daughter, Mrs. H?frman Schroeder,, affer a several lyears illness of infirmities- Her HuSbapd, Carl Scheumann, preceded -her Ln death She was a memljerbof John's Lutheran church. ] Surviving are v six daughters, Mr?. Schroeder Mrs. Adelinda Getting, Mas. Lester . Busick gild Mre. Wil tiam Bnttemeier; all of Adams county. Mre. Herbert MailaM andjyrs. Laura Bultemeier of < near lend; one Ludo, of near Hoaglarid. ■ Funeral will be held at 1 p. m Thursday at the Scheumanp funeral home in Fort Wayne aad at 2 o’clock at St? John’s Lutherai church ai Bingen,' the Rev. W. CSchwen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friend* may call at the funeral home after Wednesday morning. " . ' • ft

Nation's War Worries Cui Holiday Toll Traffic Death Toll In Nation Lowest In Several Years t I By United Press The nation’s war worries toned down the annual ‘New War’s celebrat ion and the number of dlad in traffic accidents wks the lowest in years. < i A nationwide check showed 285 persons died in highway crashes fropi 6 p.niii Friday to midnight this morning, a figure short of the 330,predicted by the national safety council. \ , - Altogether, 440 persons died in accidents of all types. In addition to the traffile total, there were 58 killed in fifes, 13 in airplane crashes and 84 ih miscellaneous mishaps. J Bad weather Saturday, and Sunday helped lower' the traffic toll but increased thp dumber of fire deaths in the midwest and east. Yesterday, a mid-winter “heat wave” hit the midwest and the tern _■ j’ose- -above •'freegbqx- feg some ditfes for the first Anfe in/ weeks. J' ' 1 the worst tragedies oT'fhe weekend pceprred at Neosho. Mo., where a widowed mother and her seven children djed in a,fife that l destroyed their home. infant < boys and their 70-year-oid4-g’'and- ’ father died in a fire :as| Winter Haven. Fla, , v-! - ■ < / Four persons wefe kilted and ll injured in a Michigan bus crash at Bay City, Mich. . Cities throughout tho country reported that the New Year’.s gve celebration? was the most quiet in • years. . L About 8,50 persons jammed New York’s Times Square to welcome the jrar 1951. They went through* the usual antics but their hearts] didn’t stem to be in it and 1,500 cops who were bti d’Dty tnajde only . thi<e arrests l Detroit repoAed—oijl f one traffic Tatalhy. There was one highway death in a Chlc,ag<Miuburb but none in the city proper]\ Safety officials said Christmas '.(nay lie a greater m-chftmt hazard • than N*w Years. They pointed out • that 558 person* were killed during | the Christmas lioliday. Last year, ■ 246 persons *, died in traffic over the three-dajt New Year’? holiday,] compared to 42t» killed ,in the Christmas period the previous ' Edgar Wicks Dies Late Monday Nigh! \ Funeral Services Thursday Morning Edgar N. Wick?. 94; a {retired salesman and resident of Ipecatur for the past 23 year« v dle<j at 11 o’clock Monday night at hi*- home, 249 North Seventh/street- 1 Death was "attributed to complications and infirmities, following a year’s illness. ,' He was horn in Meridian, 111., May 11. 1856. - j , Me was a inember of First Methodist church and the Masonic lodge., i Surviving are his wife. Christine; two sons, Hubert C>. Wicks Os Ormond, Fla., and Robert E.l of 111., and one brother. Lonnie Wicks ot California. One son and one daughter deceased. Funeral service? will be held at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at ihe First Methodist church, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will be in the Maplevrood cemetery at Anderson.’ The. body was; removed to the Gillig* Doan funeral home, lyhere, friends may - call after 7:30 O’clock tonight until time of the /services. 7 ; ’!'' !' ' - X ■. 1

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Civilians Os South Korean Capital In Flight; Airmen InstBlasts At Chinese ''• f ' j ']’ Tokyio. J Wednesday. Jan. 3 --(IT), j - Chinese Communist invasion troop*-' dressed a thiee-prong offensive Witbin 14 miles Os Seoul Tuesday night on the heels of the withdrawing XT. S. Sth army. \ South Korean government officials i,n Seoul packed document * > and equipment throughout the night as the Bth army fell back, ~ leaving sieveral thousand yards oT no-man’s'land between United Nations forces and the ; advancing Reds. | The packing followed an emer-. gency cabinet meeting at which government officials debated abandoning Sleoul but made no formal announcement of their decision. The civilian population already was. fleeing., jamming five bridges aero** the Hanjrlver south of the capital: The Chinese offensive exploded all along Ithe 14l>mil Korean ffont Ww Year's eve. The frontal assault ojn Seoul was accompanied by a heavy attack the easp coast which ripped a hole in the ■Bth army’s right flank., \ ! . !' Front gispatches said fighting on the right, flank was heavy, with at least thiiee enemy diyisions bi jiictlon.’ isri-urity rejrplatuwi* i-k 1 - * vented disclosure of details. * The Chinese advance on Seou? reached Iwithin three miles <>L Uijongbu 11 miles north of Seoul, at midnight Tuesday (10 a m EST > Tuesday!. I •' - " . A secohd spearhead also was 11'\ miles northwest of the capital on the’ main! highway leading south from Pyongyang through Kaesong. A third,'attacking force was drlv.ing down from the northeast around Kapyopg. / Ainiien whp blasted the Chinese forces s with a I.OOG-sprtie attack ' Monday /aid the Reds slowed their advance during daylight Tuesday and soinjh't concealment- in the hills. Front, said, th-J Ifeds renewed their diivj ( after darjt Tuesday ’ An Bth army sjiokesman said tho A outnuinb»?red United Nations force* were withdrawing all along the 140mile from to escape entrapment by ati estimated rfOO,0“(>0i Chinese and Korean Comm uniats. «i But the pace of tn*. Communist* New Year’s eve offensive slack. n (dMt leaet temporarily after carrying half-way from theT parallel to Seoul,! splitting '.mid/ trapping ' parts pt two South j Korean divisions,'and ripping bigj holes in the UN line?; from coast io coast. a Retreats of tjp to Ig miles w< re reported The situation at thik eastern end of the fijont, whereXtlhe Reds cut, deep into, the allied Hank-in an eml • run, was; particularly serious. But • the eqeaiy.’s closest approach to Seoul wa? just above I’ljongbu. 11 miles ijogth of the capital. Most’. Bth army units reported only Ifniitjed (Contact with the enemy today as| they fell back in g/ood order to prepared positions and _ ’ braced for , renewal of the all-out assault by Red forces twice their strength. ' ' v 1 —— Harry H. Jeffrey Dies I lii Arizona Harrj- -!s. Jeffrey, former Deca, tur resident and employed for several years in the \former Hensley /Jewelry store here, died Thursday night at IPArkgr/ Ariz.. according 'to word received by his mother, Mfs. Alice Jeffrey of Fort Waynft Jeffrey was in Arizona on a vacation. Le resided in Durango, Colo. He' left Decatur about 21 years age and resided for some;, time in Fort Wayne before going., j west. SurvJvjj.g besides the mother, are the' rife Eloise. two\ sisters Mrs. ,H. 11 Staub, Oakland, Cal and Mattie Bnffenbarger of Deca ,tur. and Several nieces. Ttfe message did net state when funeral wr would be held. - ■ .A ’■