Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1951 — Page 1

Vol; XLIX. No. 8.

FURIOUS FIGHTING IS RAGING AT WONJU

President To Asißalinced Budget In 1952 Stiff Tax Increase To Be Necessitated Byi Balanced Budget Wu&hington. Jan. 10. —(UP)— Secretary of treasury John W. Snjrdef, said today that President Truman. will recornnieml. to con- 1 t gres-s this week that the federal i hudge-t. be balanced in Thin would require stiff tax ini' Snyjtyr tdld a conference 1 that ' the balanced budget recoinnmndauon will be made in Mr. Truman's annual economic ruessag*’, : ,b'his message fe tentatively *ch< duj< d to go|U> congress Friday. Bahificing hnriiget jn a year /•of seating ’defense costfs would reqaire {ax increases of bilhonsiof -i dollars.) Present,revenues are about The budget 4 for the fiscal jlear starting July 1 is expected si 6 be about $75,000,00<1,0j00 r mosfi o 4 it f»r defense.; 7; So arithmetic says tax revenue would ilave to lie hiked about $25,| OOO.ObO^OO —a jump of 50 percent—- ' to balance, the-hudget. , / Government officials are! toying jr with thie idea of a $15,000,000,000 Z' sales vTbis would be fn addiHon. t| a $6,b00.00|v.000 to $110,0.00,1 *>oo,ooo boost in taxes on individuals and corporations. Snyder did nor discuss now revetnie the president's-rec-oin m in terins of figures. He soldi the budget message -tyue ] next Monday—will give the overall figure# Jou., ecvenue and expenditures. .And Mr. \Truman. hfe added, will semi a detailed tax message to <ongr *s-i’ before Feb 1, • Snyder emphasized MrtTruman’s pay-as?y He flatly denied that the treasury has abandonedhupe of balancing the budget < next ye|r. : I Snyder met yesterday with the chairniep of the house and senate -*■ tax-writing committees, Sen. Waiter X jpeorgc, D.jGa.. and Rep. Robert'. Doughtoh, I)., N.C. ; Douglflon haV said a sales tax is the of levy he wduld conrider. ' if '4 ' ;• i -1 Moose Lodge Offers ■J Civilian Defense Aid L * By Adams Lodge No. pll <it ihe Loyal Order of Moose, has bffered the full' strength of its membership and tlhe facilities of ; Mhe- Moose home to the local uni: of civ Hi in defense. ;The jrissolution,.signed by Rhs1 sell K : governor, and jK. J. Wprthinah, secretary of the lodge. ; States that “For- the nurvpose M | rendering , organized as-\' jtfsiantA* in event of any catastrophe,; trails, of civilian defense have beeq, or are to be organized in‘tin munfeijuriities of our country,”* and 1 X ; the lbd)(je .pledges fult backing of -.its niet ibeps to this effort. ‘A Coply of- .the resolution was •sent l-o .Mayor John M. Doan. ■’ ‘h’’a- H h !■£ •' ' , ■ ’ - ■ . ;

Leroy Emenhiser Is Injured By Picker Thi rd Corn picker r 1 Victim This Weeky I' Leroy Emenhiser. 29, of near Monroeville, is receiving treatment at the Adams cOunty memorial hospitaltoday, the third victim |of corn- : picker accidents this week. Emen- • Jhiser, Who was helping his father. Coyle Ejtnenhlser of Hoagland, sus- ; tallied \ fnj.uries Jo his left hand while attempting to unchoke a tWorow .corn picker. The occurred about 10 | o'clock \this morning and Emenhlsej wasiius,hed to the hospital by his fut-Vf Attending physicians stated that Jfchfle the hand was badly mangled It, is possible only the fingers will be amputated.- - \'i- Jim ■Merriman. Os route 3. who suffered: a similar accident Monday, was taken to a Forjt Wayne hospital yesterday and no word regarding bls| condition bad been received i ■ Wfe jijte tb^s afternoon. j I ' Norvial Fuhrman, route 1, lost the tills of two fingers Monday when his; hand was caught,in tne belt Os a corppldker.. . ' '

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C, C. Dinner Tickets Go ? On Sale Thursday Tickets jfor the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner atid entertainment whigh will be Held Januhii’ 22 at Decatur high school gyinna**liilin will go on stjle Thursday, P was announced today. * Sales will be liipitedi to 400 and tickets may be purchased at the placesr ' | (i4neral Electric Co.. Ray Leitz in charge:' Soya, C. 1. Finl laysbiu in charge; Decatur Casting, James Strickler, in charge; 1-lolthouse Schulte First State Bank, Appelinan's West > End rest-1 aurant; Hfte’s and Peterson and Heller clothing store Civil Defense Plans Proposed In Legislature 1 Outline Plans For , Presentation At Schricker Parley Indianapolis, Civilian defense plans whibh would make bom|>slielter construction 1? Community project, avoid “hysterical" spending, and provide for yreation of a stpte defense group kere proposed today by Jndiana Senators. | Two members of the senate public safety committee biiitiined plans 'Whi<h will be presented at governor civil defense conference tonjopow afternoon. • A plan by: Sen. Milfofd E. Allnest, R., Metamora, chairmap of the i-onr tnittee. was reviewed | by a senate majority caucus today. It called bomb-shelter construction “one 5 ; of many steps un\l* r . consideration" but warned flnbhcing it would into “tanlasHe figures.’* ; Anness said boinlr-shelter development "may well be {he responsibility of local ' communities tyhere expenditures; can be pared to bare minimum.” Il|e suggest'd adoption ot standards, by the sthte legislature to regulaU such construction. ’ i J "Indiana must be for any\ eventuality." Anness said, “but we 'will not jump gun in any wild cfvil defense spending mgy.” He proposed organization -of a statewide defense staff To “control" defense planning. Sen. Dale E. Beck D.. Logansport, another commit tee member; said the Democratic minority in the senate especially favored the statewide defense staff plan, i Beck said Democrats were thinking in Vrms of $1,000,000 to $2.0(|),UTurn To PfiKC Severn

1 . TnT. ' Frank Carroll Dies j Late Tuesday Night j' 5 Well-Known Barber Is Taken By Death | Frank P. Carroll, kpoWn Decatur barber, died at. 11:05 o'clock Tuesday night at the Adams memorial hospital. Death was attributed to a heart attack which he suffered Tuesday afternoon. While in failing health for some time, bis death w^s-unex-\pect£d. ' . ■ \ * He was bprin in Grand Rapids, G.. May 6. 1884, a son of Dan and Clara Rakestraw-Carroll, 'and was married to Della'McGon igle May IR. 1909. He had peen? a barber in Decatur for the nast 44 rears. 'He was a member of the First Methodist church, the Masonic, and Knights of Pythias lodges Jn Decatur and the Scottish Rite' at Fort Wayne. _ Surviving in Addition to hisywite are a. daughter, Mrs. Mervin TayV lor of keystone: two grandchildren: two brothers, Dan Carroll pt Clarklake, Mich., ant Ray Carroll of Blissfield. Mich., and a sister, Mrs. Tom Ryan of fretroit, Mich. One, sister is deceased. \Funeral services will be.held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at he home, 104 East Oak street, and it 2 o’clock at the First Methodist church, the Rev, ■ Samuel Emerick officiating, assisted by the Rev. Max Morgan of POpeto. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery,? The Scottish Rite will conduct services at the church. The body will be removed from the Bilack fun ?ral home to the residence, friends may call iifter 7 o’clock this evening. ■

Marshall Asks r Congress For Draft Program Draft All Youthsi.Of 18 Years To Serve For 27 Months Washington. Jan. 10 — t l'P.t -•— of defense George C. Marshall asked congress today to enact a i program' which would require all JS-year old men to epter the arine4 forces lor 27\inoriths. ' Mar hall the firs|. witueas at hearingsArf the senate preparedness comnHttee on inan\*ower programs, lie asked fbr a donble-bairelled universal military service iituf training program. ■ ' ; v ■ \ \ _ 1 ' • ■ , During times of world crisis, he. said, if Would provide 27 'months of service for tl|ie IS-year Olds. When u iisions had relaxed, he explained. it could be switched to a program requiring four to six mouths oif training and reserve service. ■, ] This program, he said, is designed to meet world tensions' that "may persist through the lifetime of many Os us." "It is the\most effective, the most ecnhomical ajnd the mrytt democratic way to safeguard otic nation." he said. "I do not present it asi a cheap I solution, for there is no cheap dr easy solution to our security problems. "But I dp it as the one that will give its tlfe necessary security at a co.4t that we can sustain." \ Marshal warned against attempting do maintain ai "military establisilimlent so large that U makes impossible t|ie continuance ot a fruitful ciyili in economy." He said this type of prqgriam would ‘‘defeat itself" p He that 18-year-olds served in both w orld wars ami that ;he (Torn to Pace Six)

Approve 25 Percent Dividend On Stock Bank Stockholders Approve Dividend Stockholders of the irs! State Bank in annual meeting yesterday approved- h proposal to declare a 25 percent stock \dividehd, which will increase the Rank’s common stock fronf SIOO.OOO 10 $125,000, T. F. Graliker. bank president, announced t(>day. The v lndian'a department of financial iusi.it nt ions will be notified of (the stockholders' action knd final approval of the state agency is expected to follow' its original approval of submitting the proposal to the members. ' . V The increase in Capital structure; which will be paid in common stock*, will be paid froth the bank’s undivided profits account. Graliker explained. [ Officers and directors were reelected in the meetings of, stockholders and directors. The officers are: Graliker, president; E. W. Busche, chairman of the (board: Theo. Hobrock. Vicepresident; H. H. .krueckebe\-g. cashier; R. E. Glendening, E. M. Caston and William Lose, Jr. t.{assistant bashiers. \ u I . The directors are: Busche, Graliker. ' Hlobiiock, Krueckebl'erg and Vizard. • . I Graliker was elected to his 16th year as president. He was first named president in 1935, following the death of C. A. Dugan; who headed the bank for many years. The bank’s financial report shows that deposits exceed $10,000,000 and that the institution’s capital structure exceeds $842:246.99.

• , A New Filing Cabinets In Treasurer Office The treasurer’s Lffice is undergoing' a lit tie interior ahead >of the scheduled painting that is to cbme latef. pre installing new filing cabinets jn jthe office, the cabinets necessitated by the new tax receipts WhicL the stgte board of accounts has ordered used by all countie', The ijew receipts, wider than the old. required the new, larger cabinets? ,

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Sales Training Is Underway At Soya Extensive Training Program Underway An extensive sales training program wjas underway today at the Central -Soya plant, the program to last umil June with different mill ‘owners, deed dealers, mill employes and feed ' salesmen forming the classes which will be under the direction pf Reid Erkson, in charge of the sales training division of the plant. ...nd , Dr. J L. Krider. in enlarge of the education program. Each training program will last for abo’4 Three gnd one-half days. Ereksofl 3’( xpliintid. with epnsecutive groups coming from' the Cen-. tral Soyi|i sales area. The current class isjcomposUd of men from PennsylVginia. Michigan. Wisconsin and Ohiil The Uantfal Soya sales area consists of leraitpiy east of the Mississippi river with tpe exception of the New England States, as welhas part of Missouri. Vi will be conducted by employes o| tliej local plant in the nutMtionland chemical divisions,of I the con|pau>\. Augmenting the work\Of a’nd Erekson will be Ihhb Odl*| Nfiss June Rupel, W\ L. Soldner, JtoWert Theobold and Watson Mad|ox of the Decatur plant. Ereksol said that the intensive' sales cotßerence i is designed as a companygmeasure to acquaint all outside ift'tsd>nn'e| of the Company with the |nahy products made here. 1 and that Bach class w'ill be limited I to from 1| to 20 men for each three ! and day period.

Rumors Persist Adorns Cointy Site O£ Project

Is Adairf-s county to be the home 'of a sob 4 man-made migratory ! birds y wl|> - will roam sharply .around th| Country, then return home ’to be the!location of some uniknown ifojpct affecting many [families i| lhe northern ! part of | the coiintj, sending them \ from ! their hom|s?J ,1s it? \ Much speculation but little official actio# is probably the only way to describe [the rumors which are rife iH Adams county, all of them more hr less pertaining to the establish inept of an ‘extensive governmeifi project. J ■ t 7 b Current® there are several rumors whidfi boiled down might be listed as fallows, according to the frequency {which they are repeated and thtg logic behind\ 1. Therj Is gioing to be a jet air strip |bcated in thfe northern part of th® county, it) miles long (this figur| sometimes varies, according to* jvho tells the story) and three mites wide. The plot is to extend fbast and n rtf’th of a point near iCiem’s lake.&and| is to be an aleft base for Jrpe protection of cities [like Cleveland, Louisville and (Chicago. i 2. The Condemnation of property in t>q area then the ultimate purchase'by the' government before the-construction of such a strip ha? already begun' The relator of Jhisi tale usually has a friend or knows a party who has already' been notified he must ■

c New York, Jan. 10.— (UP) — Stocks had their most severe decline of 1951 today. Rails were, hard hit and led the whole market' downward. Lions Club ToGive Home Talent Show ! .' ' '' M \ To Raise Funds For Charitable Program Plans have been completed for the . Lions club’s most' extensive fund raising campaign for their various charitable projects iwith the lunouncrment today ot ja farcecomedy to be presented by the members Members of the cast will be com-posed--entirely of Lions club members for the production entitled “The Womanless Wedding." which contains much promise of superior fun eblubined with inferior acting. The program will be presented in the Decatur high school auditorium on two nights. February 1415. A price scale for the tickets has not been set as yet. according to dub president L. E. Anspaugh. Who announced the program, but stated that this as well as committees to serve for the eveninjg will be released later. ' j He\did add that members of the majofe activities committee of the club, I Batson Maddox), Dr. Joe Mot* ris, Hovvard Buck. ißaul Handier and Al yßiehle, will have oveiM management of the production. s Members of the\Lions speculated that it has been several year| since a home) talent shhw was presented (Ton To i*aKe Slx>

move., The friend, on checking, proves ‘ elusive, however. 3. Aiiothbr rumor insists that the area: is going to be transformed into an air strip not for any U. S, planes,^but rather to cement good relation's with the universe. The la|t report was that it would be a Welcome mat laid for incoming Men from Mars, for their spec-ially-constructed space ships. , That none of these rumors is based orit official fact dpqs not; disquiet tbepi in the least.. Official facts might very well be released after the deed has been ddne! I: is true,'however, that no conferee sional word ' has been spoken . to the effect that such an air strip will be created, is surprising. :in the light of a congressman's, Ibve of being booted and especially for being cited for his endeavors. The basis for some of the I rumors has been\ 'that surveyors have been in the vicinity, marking the proposed site. It is true that . surveyors have been in the vicinity, but they were noting primarily the work involved in widening'U. S, highway 224. a s|rfpji of land which extends from Decatur to the Ohio-Indiana line. Tjiere might havje been other surveyors, though.. ; When one looks at a map, #nd note? especially the position of cities in the midwest, it proves that the 'location of such a strip *® Pagrßhl

Allied Task Force Gqins Toe-Hold— Wild-Charging Reds Force UN Retreat \l■”l■ ; > 1 i !

Sinclair Lewis Dies After Heart Attack First American To Take Nobel Prize ! Rome, Jan. 10a- (|UP) -A Novelist Sinclair Lewis, 65, first American to \win thef Nobel prize in ilitirattirel, died of a !\heart attack tpday in a djnic where he was recovering 4 lrpm pneumonia. The fajped iyrl|Ler, whose .best noveJs wejre satires on America’s “main middle class, died at the Villa Elettra cllinic at a.m. (12:40 a.m. CST), 10 mibutes after he suffered the aittack. Lewis, who made “Babbit” a dicword, was attended by Dr. Bastione Fiume, director of the clinic. \ “He the hospital last Deeember suffering from pneumonia,” Fiume said, “but until last night he seemed' to be recovering we\l. We knew he\ had been suffering from a bad heart for several years. An attack came at 7:30 this morning without warning. He was dead in 10 minutss.” ' Fiume siiid the attack came so swiftly Lewis had bo chance to - say anything before hie died. Attendants said Lewis had been quite cheerful during his stay at the clinic atop Mlonte Maris in the northern part of the city. He rested toinfortably and did no reading and no writing and received no mail during tfi« confinement. \ The $. embassy was notified of his death and Was t'act his birotner in Batik Centre, Minn., his birthplace. Lewis wbs a brilliant satirist of the American setne and hi|s best known works which sold millions of copies included "Babbitt(or which he won the \ Nobel prize, “Ai'rowsmith,” “IDo.dsworth” and “Main Street.” His latest novel, “World So Wide,” is |lo be published next April, It isj the of an American gill in-Rome. life last published novel whs "The («pd Seekeb” in ms - : 1 fc '

To Change Dates Os Spiritual Emphasis To Hold Services > ' During Januatf The<Decatur ministeifel association has decided to fringe the dates for’ I the aniniW, spiritual etnphasis Week in to coincide with jhe* annual universal week of prayer, rst full week of the new Thb change will be effect in 1952, with the next of spiritual emphasis set) Jan. 6-13, inclusive, next yfear. The RevLawrencejOfl-ris, pastor of the Union ChapOEvangelical United Brethren \d||lfch, was instructed to seek the ||arvipes of Dr. Clyde W. Meadowsrdof Chambersburg. Pa., as guei® speaker for the week’s' erVlcesm The ministers also Ooted to change the leadership training school for church gehew teachers and officers to the eaiw autumn, when rally days are sorting the new Sunday school year, and when neW teachers have more often l>een selected. ■ The Rev. A. C, ~E. Giljander. pastor of the Firsts Presbyterian church, related to, sie ministers plans for a pagearij play in the post-Ea?tern; seasoC||4d asked for a list of high dents and. other young people |n the churches. The youth of the associated churched Was also asked to again preparh-a for the Easter' weatl& Cloudy with rain east and south tkili afternoon, ending from theJ'wtWward tonight. Colder p<&|Uwest tonight. Thursday fair. Lbw tonight 25 hejrihwest, 35 southeast. High 40 north, 38-43 . : I WK''-'

Lewis Advises No Control On Prices, Wages | ■ • ' 1I• fl : Mine Union Chief Advises Abandoning Thought Os Controls Washington,; Jan. 10. --(UP) — John fe. Lewis advised the govern ment today to abandon all thought Os controlling either prices or wages. “ ■ j He said there is no need for such controls. In any tie added, "tit is obviously impossible to freezd wages with any equity when thd prjee structure is upconltrollable.’i

L . t rr — • The united mine workers presii dent told the wage stabilization board that, despite the national defense emergency, the UMW sees ho reason for “putting the American economy in iron?.’’ Lew-is, who| has refused io joipthe united labor policy committee—{ becausehe tears it may commit labor tp a ho-s trike pledge —testified at board or federal, wage control polWcy. The miners' thief . argued that “stability of the economy" conk better be achieved through norma collective bargaining devices than through “arbitrary governmen fiat." J llewiis insisted that it will be "impossible” to control commodity prices. Therefore, he there should be no federal [freeze in wages. p .. He repeated demands 'lor repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, l|ewis said American productive capacity Can take nece ss a r y®- expansion in “stride." But he said American workers are entitled to repeal or suspension of the labor law “for helping save the hation from its whoever they may be.”-. If the government will just det labdr and industry hlong, Lewis said, they can earily expand produce tioid He said the coal industry ! copld increase its annual production by 200,000,000' tons. “It’s available —haul it away." paid. ? , • T<t> the wage board in an hourlong talk and then to a news conference, Lewis listed three “inflationary’’ factors w’tiich he. said |nak|e it impossible tb control the jpriefe of any commodity. | They-are: f I—Escalator clauses in some! finion contracts which tie wage increases to price movements. f ( ? 2 —Farm parity prices, fixed by jaw- ■ - . | 3—Lack of control over dividends i’hich are subject to continual reirta (Turn To Pace Sl*>

Relumed Marine Is I Lions Club Speaker Kenneth Jennings Tells Experiences Kenneth Jennings, recently returned from the Korean fighting as a member of the-U. S. Marines, was the principal speaker at the regular Tuesday meeting of the Lions club. Dr. Joe -Morris, a member of the club, also spoke on the forthhoming Red Cross blood bank project and narrated a short film on the subject. Jennings was introduced / lly Lion Ed Highland, his grandfather. and spoke briefly on the Koirean adventure, then answered pertinent questions of the membersjof the clyh on the situation in Korea. Frank Jehnings. the marine’s father, was also a,, guest of the club. Members of th® club /will honor the ladies at their next meeting, which will be set at an earfier starting time. 4

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Second Division's Tanks Batile Into City In Blizzard; Reds Battle Back BULLETIN Washington, Jan. 10—(UPJ —The defense department today denied a published report that Gem Douglas MacArthur had recommended withdrawal of all Unitecf Nations forces From Korea. ' j , , “In comment on reports published in a Chicago Daily News syndicate piece byKeyes Beech from Toky<> that Gen. MacArthur has recommended withdrawal from Korea, the defense department has not received any such recommendation from Gen. MacArthur,” a defense department statement said. Totyyo; Thursday. Jan. 11—(UPP t— An allied task force operating under Riders to "kill everything that moves'* got a toe-hold in Wonju Wednesday,! hut a wild charge of 10.000 Rfel infantrymen (.threw the United Nations troops back our-of the city. The IL S. second division's tanks fought their Way into southeastern Wopju through a mountain blizzard * At the same time an infantry ot Americans, French andl Dutch tried to drive a wedge into the southwestern section .of. the city. They .»httre stopped a mile from Wonju. | r Then the Reds struck. Ten thousands of them hit thk second division spearhead and forced it back out of the city. »■ United Press jCOrrespondent Joe Quinn wjth the second division reported thAt at midpight WedpesV day the communists were pouring out of Wonju in an attempt to annihilate the allied forces. The United Nations troops fell back under protection qf an interlocking mortar and machine gun fire. An American artillery barrage joined tihe fire in at attempt to halt the Reds but} they charged through despite what; .Quinn called staggering losses. 7 The communist bounter-attack wiped out in a few hours gains of about three to five miles made by the United Nations troops in two days of hard fighting..

Heavy fighting east, south pnd West of Wonju, which is 53 southeast of? Seoul; on Wednesday night in a blizzard. French / and Dutch infantry battalions fought side by side with the Americans. As night fell the Upited Nations troops stillj held important blocking positions that prevented the Reds from fanning out toward tin' Bth' arniy’s line, of retreat south of Seoul. I ’ -- The drive that punched into Wonju covered five miles in two days.. The UN . forced gained three miles Tuesday and two mor£ today before falling back' agadp. United Press correspondent JoJseph Quinn said the UN forces (ran into elements of four North -r Korean divisions—4o,ooo men at p full strength—in the Wonju area. The 2nd division counter-attack in any event w r as regarded more as part of a delaying action agkinst the advancing Reds than a full-fledged counter-off eusive. Red tanks already have infiltrated 30 miles southeast of Wphju. The Bth arniy as a whole appear-L ed to have halted its retrieat at least temporarily and throwli up a new defense line 'pcross Korea against 26 Red divisions —250.000 men—poised for an apparently imminent offensive. ' ' Gen. Douglas MacArthur’is headquarters hinted indirectly at; pstabllshment of the new defensive line and warned of the ominous enemy buildup north ok it in a communique. It reported that seven Chinese armies totalling 21 <11x481008,, a North Korean corps of three divisions. a Mongolian cavalry sion gnd a Chinese artillery division were arrayed along a 70-inilo front {|rom Wonju west to Osgn. tTur« T* P««f IStKktV