Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1951 — Page 1

VoI.XLIX. No. 7. ' ~ ■

UN FORCES COUNTER-ATTACK NEAR WONJU 4—( —u-L U ~ i 2 t i m-' : :

Ask Extension For Filing For Soldier Bonus To Introduce Bill In Legislature To ! uEx tend Deadline . | Indianapolis, Jan. 9.XUP) — I A Demi>cratic house .member sail , j today he would! introduce a bill ;ii; ttie Indiana legislature to-extent: xd|(tier bonus filing period, tQ n>xt-June 30. f x Rep. Joseph Kleir . I)., Cary, i|pjire pared the bill, as the house tnilitary affairs committee studies a bipartisan bill aimending the bonus I'atri so that thousands of dis \ abled war veterans ami survivor; _ y, :<*i' dead vets could get their lh>nu; ; payrhents this year. , Klein said the bill would extend by six months the filing per ibd whic-h ended bee All and pro vide payments to 4he specia group July 1. Rep . Frank O. hariek, ft.. Warsaw, introduced a| bill mandating judges to send drunk drivers itc Jail 0?n for firs| offenses. The? ?\ bill tyonld allow the judge to decide .ori any jail penalty from five, days iff) six months. ■After a. session liastihg less than haff qpi hour, the senate adjourned untM |0 a. in.* tomorrow. Before it adjininied. however. 10 bills were introduced. • | I'r- ' ~ ' Onei was by Dorothy Gardner, 4 . Fort \Va{yne. find Mary Garrelt, D„ ln<iMa|napolis, repealing a section of the ’ labor act . - which prohibits women from * Working late at might. Mrs. Gardner. s4ld wak ngjMtetfc .to enable defehse plants to hire wort en An graveyard shifts. _ Anaiher, by Sen. Floyd Stevens, ?T| R., ;Ctafp6ol, would Shift f school hus inspections from stat*} police to committees heated by township " j' In the. house. Reps. Peter Bar- . tock. iiV East, Chicago, and Char- .. les T.'Miser. R . Garrett. offered? _ fa bill authorizing lan open seasrin on (leer in iritjliana I ■ A- senate resolution by Sen. Wesley Malone. R. + Clinton, would urge ( ongress’ to enact flood conjT (ml legislation all along the Wa■f hash river valley, i ■ ’ Tl|e i ; house adjourned af|terj - slightly more than an hour, until 10 a, th, tomorrow? after: receiving 22 h,lls | F- I ' I The bonus bill was introduced I ' by a Republican ajnd a Democrat! yesterday. * carrying out the l!»50| jdatfotm mledgett Parties M 'to pay part of *the Honu& fund befo|*»» thf| huge 1 suuh necessary to pay it all was collectprT years. Hence..: ' - ■ ' 8 - Approximately one-fifth the amount necessary' to pajTthe bo-. _? nus already has been -collected' — ; some 125,000.000 —ftom a gross in- 1 .come surtax law effiaetecl, in 1919. ; j I If the: bill passes, and it’s certain , -to be’enacted this session, a siz-; ■ ■ able chunk would 1 be •" ■ immediately. to nex of kin of de-? eaeted World Wa- II veteran's and to tpose veterans with 10 percent or more disuti lity. { Committee Heads I Named For C. C Roger Kelly? president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, to? day announced detrimental di ) rectors for the Chamber to serve during coming year, named at a meeting of Clfarpher officers A Monday-, Eatl Caston, was' wmeh agricul-1 turaj-business director; W. Tetrie, 4 of industrial development; L, E. Anspaugfi- safety; John Welch, manufacturers; RobertMacHln, c|vic affairs; I, R’ Zlntipiaster. organization; Ear Fuhrman, gov/ernniieptal affairs; Ralpht hlabegger,’ retail; Robert S. Anderson, educations S. W. Me-Milb-rty and R. C. Ehinger. health. ' ' /)).-’ ' ’ : Log|hspoirt Woman . . Dies Os Injuries . . Lpgtinsport'f Ind., Jan? fi — (pP) A, Mr|. ■Ethel’ Engelbrecht, 67. diedtodSy Hn Memorial hospital of injur puffereid Sundiy night when an ’ au|<»inobil.e in which -she was ridirtg|4?as hit by n r locomotive s|t h <dty crosn7 ’ Ft ' ■< ■ I

DECATUR DAIEF DEMOCRAT ______ * ONLY GAILY NEWSPAPER I# ABAMS COUNTY m

—'■■"■l ’ ■ I I-- H . . ■ - \ - VLI ’ < ■ ■ B UL L E TT N t Washington, Jan. The noUsje armed services committee voted unanimously today to lejt the navy start work gn a $2,^00, 000,1300 ship bdil<|and -conversion program, ? , including a new 57,000 ton super aircraft carrier.\ | The bill authorizes construction of 173 new |ships Snd Convection of 291 {others. About '] $1,C00,00d,000 wiould be spent in each category? . ■ ? |?l7Wp ' ■ Taft Declares | M ' i? : \ J 1 European Army MayßringWar Says International Army! Not Likely Tai Bring Wor d Peace ■ A IJ Washingtiip. Jan. 9. —•(•X'F?> — S<rt. Robevy A.’ Taft? IL. 0.. saidi today lie thftjks that building anfintfcrhational priny ir western Eurbpe is "more likely to bring War than to bring pe|ce." ! > I • Taft told;’a national press dluh luncheon tlfat the quiestion of sending troops to westfern Europe nfilt be based on aghu|iptions as to ■ whetlujr Soviet Russia will or will jnot attack the countries this side of; the Inini curtain. If they dd not plan an attack? he said, there Is no nggd for an inter 4 national argiy of,the Atlantic Rtict' nations. If jthey do plan an aittdck, he conlinufd. "why', should,, they wait for tnr|pe .-eat - I'6;- us tb,build a gre.it arniy?"\ ’ I I Taft-said lit theirt* is a deterrent noiv preventing a Russian attack, it is fear t»f American bombs. 4 ' : Three yedrs from nowy he ssjid. thia United States; would be' more able thanrnqvi so hit Russian plants from bombing planes. ; "The nt t result \tTwaiting wopld be to give us a s greater advantage than it Would give them?’ Taft sfad> He said has peen unable’ to get an answer to this- question as to \he< Soviet Union cont<m-‘ plates an attack, “wait for I us to .build a great; army." \ : - j Referring) tb his foreign policy 1 speech in the senate last Frid;ay, Ta)ft he belielves .his demand for national debate was one point ywltich met imivtisip approval’fifam evprvone. incln’ding President fni■un.,' . ' | i In that speech. Taft shiid Mr. Tru--1 map has nd authority to. send d'.t S. I troops abroad without icongr<ssibnlal i>t emission. The president skirted that point in his state bf the*.union message to? {congress yesterday, but he'told a pews conference last week ihat 1 he; dobs not comgresfllonjil permission sdnd additional tjoopS tb Europe. ‘ Taft saitl New ¥<jrk Gov. Thonlas E. Dewey’s proposal that the t’.iS. (Turn To p ; William A. Wigh! Dies Thii Morning j Funeral Services i , j Thursday Afternoon I i William Wight, 56. 6f IQBI I Central avenue. |didd at 3 o’cloik this morning at |ho Adams eourtty ’ memorial , hospital; ' following ;a l lieart attaok, 1 lIJ had been in fail- | ing health for ’th|d past years. . ' ■ . s i - | A' -residenf of jlWeatur since 1940. he was employed as a shiet metal pattern man at the Central t Soya Co. He was formerly pn employe of Mtie Fort Whyne G. fe. Born ini Fort Wayne May 17, IS9-4, he was a sori of Adam a|id Mary Wight] He wa\s married fin 11*35 to Vera Davis. ‘ He was a) member of the Plymouth Congregation church. VFtW post 857 Foijt Wayne, the military order of Cooties, and Masonic 342 Hoiihe lo{dge lot Fort Wayne. ' - Surviving in addition to his wjfe are a dpughker, Mrs. Robert sedolph o’ Decatur; three grandchildren, and two sisters, Mfs.' Elizabeth Wflson of Tulsa. Okfa., and Mrs. Everett Schroeder |of 'Fort Wayne.{ ■ 1 i : Funeral services will be held at 2 p. tn. Thursday as the Zwick <uneral home.; the Rev. Samuel Emerick be in the; Decatur cemetery. Friends may eaH at the funerpl home after 7s o’clock this evening.

s Advance WWI- IL - l l ll 'tW<- Ivr1 vr iiiWOf r' * > <- m a- . WiaJ th Bfl SHk jS ' ,a>. »- a \yiTH NAVAL GUNS shelling the Chinese Communist advance behind them.?UN forces load gear in a landing ciaft in Inchon harbor to evacuate the city.- Defense radiriphoto. I ? i - _.

Boost Salaries Os Highway Employes Salary Hike Voted By Commissioners Thie boaid of county commissionin the afternoon session of their, ypeicial meeting. Monday, agreed to a salary boost for employes of the county highway department. the new sglaty rUnge to be t ffei-tiVe immediately. ’ Acgoyding to the new’ sofary schedule, ussistant. district superintendent-; salaries will be $1.15 per hour;' and maintainer operdtbrs and truck drivers, 11.10 hourly -, s\ingje hands, $1.05. .This W’iljl be an increase in salary of, five crints hourly for\ single j hands and H» cents hourly for truck diivers, maintaineWdrivers, diesel operators and assistant superink A Thp janitor of the county garage’s salary was also boosted from slofr monthly to $l2O. This includes incidental labors, however, which heretofore the county highway department paid special rates. The conpiiissionerH als\> increased the salary, of the’ court house custodian -from' $175 monthly ta S2OO. ■-P' | ?j ? At the same time the .board announced it; will receive Lbids Jan. 22' for the painting of corridors and offices of the first floor of the court house. The appropriation for such work has been made already, ! by the eounfy at the re- ' quest of the commissioners; the re- | cent grand jury also recom|mended I that such improvements b£ made. The b*fard also referred bhe matter to the hospital board of trus(Turn To P««* Flve» I ■ i — Tjt'""-' — 1 ■ Speak To Students Safety Conduct Railroad Officials Give Lectures Here In a move to safe pedestrian conduct, among school children, Lt. J. E. Zinsmeister. of Hutitington. and Lt. E. W. Hodge, of Youngstown. 0., of the railroad\ safety division, Monday sgave lectures in both the Lincoln school a«( well as the Decatur high school. lit. Tlodg*e also parrated a! film on safgty Which was shown at the two schools. \ ' i ; . ' lhe railroad s program is designed to prevent accidents by school chi dren at railroad crossings. Hodge and Zinsineister acquainted the studeats with the dangers involved in connection with trespassing, taking short cuts rigrbss tracks, crossing Hie tracks kt grade crossings without heeding the warning and numerous other violations which might lead to death or injuries The two members of the safety div 'sion will spend the rest of the month, they said, lecturing to schools in Indiana, then will begin February li in Ohio. Thi§ is the 11th annual railroad safety school sponsored bjj the Erie railroad.

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Refuses New Trial To Youthful Killer J Madison, Wis. Jan. 8 — (UP) — The Wisconsin supreme court today refused to grant a new trial (or Milton Babich, handsome West convicted in 1949 of murdering his wife’s sister. The court unanimously upheld his cpnvictipn for first degree mur der. Tiie decision, written by justice Henry Hughes, said testimony In the case /‘amply supports” the states contention that Patries* Birninghani’s death was a "deliberate and cold slaying.” v Navy Calls 47,000 Enlisted Reserves , 32,000 Above Call ? For Three Months , ■' i. i ’ - .- ??■[?■ ■: 1 L Waahingtpn. Jan. 9. —(UP)t-. The navy 4nnouriced it Wl|l call 47.1100- of its enlisted reserves into active: service during April, May, and Jtihe. This is 32.000.ab0ve the call-up {Previously planned for that period. A month aga£the navy said that 15,000 of Rs emisted reserve me® would be brought in during the three-montii period. Personnel to be ordered to Service will include: ) J N Chief petty officers in their rates of electroniris technicians? teleman, radio, men, storekeeper, lithographer. draf'sman, and other specialists. Petty officers, Ist, second rind third class inrates of bosun’s mate, quartfennaster, sonarftian, gunner’s mate, fire control, and other .types of specialists including expert's in ( TS.r W To Fa«e shx*

■; —f ’ Jenninqs, Smith Relate Experiences In Korea

A niarine's-eye view of the Ko* rean war was given, today by two Adams county yeterans who saw their first- action less than a month after leaving Decatur. The two young men. Pfc. Kenny Jennings and Pfc. Lewis £mith, who are visiting here on 30-day fur* loughs, were members of the marine reserve unit in Fort Wayne. They were called to active duty August 25 with 16 other Adams county young men. i On September 1 they sailed from Camp Pendleton marine base in California for Kobe, Japan. Boith were members of the same bazooka Company. The other men in the company were veteran marines. / Their outfit stopped in»Japan, but spent only one night there. On September 21 they landed at Inchon, seaport for Seoul, the capital of Korea. On the 23rd they saw their first actioh. !. The company to which the" men belonged helped A clean the North Koreans out of the hills surrounding Seoul. When they finished there (hey marched through Seoul and joined other units fighting toward the 38th parallel. Their outfit never crossed the 38th, the two men related. When

1 ' K3 j n ’ Bank Stockholders In Annual Meeting First State Bank - Deposits Increase The sßth annual meeting of stockholders of the First State Bank wfcs in progress today and In addition, to the election of five members to the board of directors. the stockholders -will consider a to increase by 25 percent? the bank’s capital stock, T. F. draliker, president, stated this motning. The bur ease jn capital stock from. |l|po,ooo to $125,000 will be declared; from the surplus account. Bank - deposits climbed above the ten;million mark during the past yeair and showed an increase of riearly one trillion dollars, Mr. Graliket. explained. Deposits on Dec.l3o. 1950. A year previous ly. depots were $9,179,834. ■Besides Mr. Graliker, the direc-’ tors are? E. VF. Busche. chairman. Theo. Rfobrock. IT. H. Krueckeberft and G. W. pxard. No (-hange in the directorate is expected. Following the stockholders flection. the directors will elect officers for the ensuing year. ? , ''. The published statement of Dec. 30 shows the bank with a capital structure of $842,246.99 and total footings of $10,983,298.50. A- I WEATHER r \ / , fair and iwarmer thllr afternoon, tonight and Wddniadayj Kow tohight 20 north,? 25 south, high Wednesday 40 north, |45 south.

they Wefe within 16 miles of the boundary, their company was withdrawn 0> Inchon, loaded on ships, and taken around Korea to Hamhung. Their objective was the Chang jin reservoir north of Hamhung. ; About, halfway to the reservoir, at Hagaru, the outfit hit Chinese ‘‘volunteer”] troops reinforcing the North Koreans." Their company had been on .the front Hne as an assault company in the first wave to hit j the ebemy. ' As (hey approached the reservoir they were told the fighting was almost over. They were to march five days, reach a port in North Korea' near the Manchurian border, and then {return to the United Staten.' Then the Chinese Communists hit in force. The Chinese larrny of nearly half a million men surrounded the , marines and infantrymen fighting for the reservoir almost before they knew lit. Instead of the promised rest/ ihey were trapped., f . i ' Then began the fighting retreat to Hamburg. - Their immediate , grohp OfjStO marines fought south to Hagarp They Were told that in three and nights of fighting ’ (Tur a To P*a« Two) -■ . I ■ ' : f

Hardff'ighting Continues Arouhd Wonju; Pursuers Fought Off By Bth Army L j. ffil . f 'ku-;' .. ... Is. :-li—■ ■ . Ilggjy : < .. .E ' ... " I • I \ ‘ ‘ •*’ -

— —i Annual Decatur Fair j At Park This Year Fair Is Scheduled i For Jqly 23 To 28 Decatur's free, fair and agricultural show will be held in 1951 at JHanna-Nuttmun park from July 23. to 28 inclusive, it whs announced today by v the Decatur free fair association, which Jia composed of directors of the Dfecatur Chamber of Commerce. s The 1951 version of the annual event will be theffirst, one tri be Jield at and will ma.r><; the first ftim| fa many years | that the fail- Has i»pt been held on the v iiptown streets of Decatur., A general ehaifnian for £he event has not ye| been named. Robert Helm. ve»ran concession chairman, has bewn named to serve in that capacity at the new loeat on this 1 year||and Heljn and the f dr board soon with Floyd E. Gooding, pawner of Gooding Amusements. ■ A layout for the.rides and shows will re made in the next few weeks. Helm stat id.Jand the balance of the area i|iU be divided into lots for and parking. srea. He *man. Krueckeberg. cashier of the First State B|tik. and Dirk Heller, of the Dally Democrat, have been reappoi the free act committee and |hhjey will meet with the ,Gus association represmt«|tives. Gus Sun. Jr. and in the next few weeks to se|s?t the free attractions. Other committees a general chairman yvill be narji/d in the next few weeks, the||ioard members said. Every e&rt will be made to make the i&l fair the biggest ever held in Dick Prudeii, executive manger of the Chamber of Comment and secretary of the fair, saidfiiday. Universal Prayer Service Wednesday Un ion Service At j Presbyterian Church I The Decatur ministerial association is .sponsoring a service of worship for all church members of the city in recognition of the universal Week |of prayer, the service to be held at the First Presbyterian churcji Wednesday evening at 7:45 o’clock. Tho order of worship is as follows:! Organ Prelude—“ Sweet Hour of Prayer.’’ Mrs. Carrie Haubold. Invocation, call to Worship—the Rev. John Chambers: I Doxology—congregation. Responsive Reading, Psalm 139 — led by the Rev. Robert Hammond. Praker for servicemen Jin Korea —the I Rev. Jonas Berkey. Prater for all people in armed services—the Rev. A. C. E- Giilandek? | ' Hymn “Eternal Rather, Strong to Safe.” Prayer for all people—the Rev. Francis .Willard. Sold ‘‘Saviour, Hear Us When j We Pray”—Mrs. Dan Tyndall. Scripture reading — the Rev. Dwjgh|t McCurdy. Sertpon “Prayer, The Need and the Answer,” the Rev. Samuel Emeripk. /J Bjymn—“ln the Hour of Trial.” Benediction —the Rev. Herald Welty. ' Aged Pedestrian Is Killed By Auto Logansport, In<L, Jan. 9. — (UP) — George Dempsey. Royal Center, died in St. Josephs hospital [today of injuries suffered last when he was hit by an auto as he walked across U. S. 34 at Lajre Cicott. The driver was Frank [Lincoln, 38, Burnettsville. L ■ ■ ■ j

Charges Alaska Is Springboard For Aggression Russian Magazine Says Alaska Bought As Expansion Plot Mosicow, Jan? 9 — (UP) —The influential Soviet magazine Literary Ghzette said today that Alaska in Arrierican hands was a “springboard! for aggression." Alaska,'the magazine said, was bought the United States as part cif a plot to expand northward and threaten Russia, China and Japan. Fropi the beginning, the article said, Americans regarded Alaska “as a base for expansion against Pacific ocean countries, especially Russia.” \ i It added that x Aimerican rail magnates at the beginning of. the 20th, century “wanted to build a railroad to Siberia, with a tunnel under the Bering Straits so as to be able to seize economically and then tear oft militarily the rich-1 est areas of northeast Russia.” I The article was v writtW by two Soviet historians. G. Granat and M. iCbernenko. in connection with the {publication in the American zone of Germany of a book on Alaska by author Fritz Bart. It was necessary, the article said, to correct American-inspired falsifications and distortions in the history of Alaska. f "The history of Alaska (the period when I Russia owned Alaska) is' the history of a period when the Yankees thrust northward as to threaten Russia, China and Japan. 1 ' the article said. ■ "In 1867, takihg advantage of the debilitation of Russia and the consequent czarist.. defeat in the Crimean war, the United States brought Alaska for a miserable sum —five cents per hectare (2.34? acres). \ ' , “At the end of the 19th .Century smugglers raided fcamcha-ka. as did commercial agents and all sorts ‘ of spies under the guise of polar explorers. "From there, rail magnates headed by the notorious Harriman senior, father of the notorious warmonger Averell. at the beginning of the 20th century, wanted to build a railroad to Siberia with a tunnel under the Bering Straits (Tnra To Pare Sixt Youth May Lose Hand From Farm Accident Corn Picker Badly Mangles Right Hand Jim Merriman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Merriman, of' route 3,. and Norval Fuhrman, route 1, Monday lost' parts of thpir hands in separate but \similar accidents’, on their respective farms. Both men came in cdntact with' the whirling machinery of a com picker, 4nd each suffered the loss of either fingers or hant( through amputation. Merriman, a 1950 graduate !of Mopmouth high school, j and one of the mainstays on that school’s basketball team last year, will probably lose his right hand through . amputation, according to the attending physician. The hand was bajly 1 mangled in the corn picker, and the amputation seems evident after doctors first treated the damaged hand when Merriman was taken to the Adams county . memorial hospital. 1 Fuhrman, former' Adams county 1 treasurer, was also rushed tej' the ; hospital where physicians amputated the middle and ring fingers of the left hand at the first joint. 1 The tips were apparently caught in a belt of the corn picker and > not in the shredder itself, as- was < the case with Merriman. 1

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UN Troops Hurled Against Advancing Reds To Aid Bth f Army In Escape s Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 10 — (UP) — United: Nations forces . struck ba<!k in counter-attacks against. Red troops in the Wonjrt area of Korea Tuesday after U: S. Sth army rearguards fought off communist pursuers on the main highway south Seoul. Heavy fighting continued to rage Tuesday [night around Wonju, where UN forces are guarding the eastern flank of the Bth army's retreat south toward the Pusan beachhead. Chinese,/communist troops overran two Bth army rear guard battalions 13 miles southeast of Osan' but were thrown back after ai short, fierce fight. Lake reports said the retreat apparently was continuing Tuesday, hindered only by patrol clashes. ' J At least 5,000 UN troops were hurled against the advancing Reds in central to give Sth army units falling back from the Seoul area a chance to .escape sou tit east toward the old Pusan beachhead, i An Sth army spokesman aninoupced that two UN battalions—--2,000 men—bit the Korean Reds two miles south of Wonju — tha sami area Whtere the Miles slaughtered 1.650 communist, troops yesterday after abandoning Wonju. " r ~ ’ I'bfe battle still raged /tonight with unknown results, the I man said. \ Another ,3,000 UN troops battled* - ! six .miles 'sonthwest of. Wonju in \ an attempt to regain the more than two miles they lost to the Reds yesterday. Some ground al- ’ ready has been recovered. v ' The outnumbered UN forces were fighting to delay as tong as possible a full-scale communist assault on CJiungju. 25 miles south of Wonju astride one of the Sth army’s txyo main escape highways' •to Pusan. . I . Several thousand *Red troops ,who" by-passed Wonju oh the east -already have driven within 15 to 20 miles northeast \>f Chungju. but the sudden UN attacks seemed to have thrown the enemy off balance.. ' ..yj' l ■. \ A delayed dispatch from th\* front reported that the commanding general in the area ordered his forces to anything that moveh" in the final stages of the jbattle .for Wonju to prevent erf[emy infiltration in.civilian clothes. It was presumed that the order still was in effect. Elements of 13 North Korean' divisions —probably 60,000 to 70,000 men—>were reported in the Wonjp area and at least 150,000 men of the Chinese 3rd field army were moving the 38th parto back them up. Wonju lies 45 miles south of the 38th parallel, old frontier between North and South Korea, and Chungju? 70 miles South of it. - Another 200,000 Red troops, mostly Chinese of the 4th field army, were massing at the western end of the 70-mile-wide Korean front for full-scale pursuit of the retreating Bth army south of Seoul. , ’ - . »■ At least 10,000 Chinese already had readied the Osan area, 27 miles soutlji of Seoul and s*B miles south of the 38th parallel. O ? ;. . . Mrs. Harry Jeffrey ..,?■< Dies In Colorado a ’Mrs: Harry Jeffrey, widow of ' Harry Jeffrey, former Decatu'* k resident who Mied 10 days apo. died at Durango, Colo. .Monday, according to wjord received by rel'atives here. v J Mrs; Jeffrey is survived by a brother James Hamilton, Indianapolis. and' a sister. Mrs. Frank Jopos. Lafayette. She waw 60 years of age. Funeral arrlingenients were not kt|own. ' p