Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1951 — Page 1

Vol! XLIX. No. 11.

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Reds’ Attacks t- I Beaten Off By Division - - I Menacing Buildup •Nor Wonju Made By Enemy Forces ; Tokyci Jun. 13—(UP)—The U. S. 2nd division heat off Red;, banzai attacks and counter-attacked J a «triate|Kic hill two miles jurat h off Wunju in a foot of snow and ;2f-hel»>w|zero temperatures tdday. An Bt| arm’y spokesman ,at the same' t|ne reported a menacing Chlnesfjkorth Korean x buildup east and southeast of f Wonju for an apparent attempt to. trap the - :2 nd < division and break through the Sob&ek mountain passes into Hbutherif Kqrea. \ . United Naboths forces f the southern t/ip of the flanking column Jyesterday, ■ however. They smashedf a road block 35 miles southea.-d of Wonju and reopened one of the Sth army’s main lifelines between the central Korean front ai|i the old Pusan beachhead. I Allied | air fleet-S stepped up < their afrouiid-the-ciock offensive. B-29 su»rfortressek hit five North Korean pargets with 184 tons of Irambii ■ luring the. morning and early afternoon. Others were on „ the waylto blast additional, areas. $ Fifth air force fighters concert- . trated oah the communist buildup In west|rn Korea; below Seoul. i killing for a wounding S(H) Red troops. | Night bdinber-s sighted tOO energy vehlcle.4 moving south ’ toward Seoul front; northwest Korea and Attacked 400 of them.. The - division’s c f o in mt and e d by Col. Paul Freeman|.of Roanoke, Va., launched the second attack in two days against Kill 247 .two to three miles south of;Wonjtf this afternoon. I, J The i attack was ’\ coordinated with heafvy air strikes. However. I’nited i Press war correspondent Joe Quirm reported from the front shortly before 6 p. m. (3 a. nt. CST) thkt there were indications the Reda had recouped despite ] yesterday’s heavy air assault and | ' $0 sorties today. The communists may open their expected! all-out assault tonight. Quinn sxfid. , ' I Second- division units captured hill 247 t yesterday, hut withdrew laid )dgl|t, presumably for. strategic reasons. | ; Ah airs force announcement dis-' closed tlgat some'jith army troops had to be supplied by air because -of SQOwidogged roads" and other traus|w>r| difficulties. C-119 flying boxcars propped 2.43 tops of supplies byf parachute tis---isolated units ye&erday. 1 It appeared the communists ' ’might b< planning to combine al Assault against 2nd divi ; :Sioji unlfe on the, southerr rim of j Wonju With a flanking thrust j across tleiir escape highways to ■ the soutj. ? j, ] The l&ds also rapidly were building jip strength for aa apparent frontal attack against Bth army units below Osan. 17 miles south on Seoul, bn the |vestern front.- (mlnese units were report-1 ed also tin Toksong, eight miles east of 6san. ; (5 .<■ Wabaih Pastor Named Good friday Speaker The Rev. Ware W- Wimberley, pastdr ca the First) 1 Presbyterian church it? Wabash- for the past 121 ' years, hats been selected as speaker* for union Good Friday services, sponsored by the Decatur ministerial association. Rev. Wimberley has (conducted morninrimeditatiQns at the annual - . Pfesbyte|ian synod of Indiana ' meetings* at Hanoyer College for several fears. z 5 - r _ . Stepmother OfLocal . Man Dies At Rockport Mr.> a™ Mrs. Roy Price left today for FRock port to attend the funeral t|f Mrs, James E. Rrice, 63. ptepnjottyer of Mr. Price, who died Friday fallowing a long illness. Mri. £rlco Is survived by her busband J'James E; Price. Funeral services knd burial will be at Rock- - -bort, wbire the Prices have resided for years, i |

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• ~ ■ ••—■' 'll —*————* — Political Battle Looming In House Protest Committee Appointed By Hughes Indianapolis, Jan. 13 (UP) — A wide-open political battle shap* ed up in the house of the Indiana legislature today on a relatively unimportant issue — appointment of the first conference committee. Minority leader S. Hush Dillin. ; Petersburg, said a written protest was’ being prepared during the weekend re<*ess for delivery to house speaker W, (). Hughes. Fort Wayne, when the lower chamber reconvenes Monday. Hughes narpei two Republicans to a confeiet|cp committee to meet with two senators in an attempt to iron oi|t differences in a senate bill. It authorized the county auditor to cast the deciding ballot whbn Jcounty commissioners are deadlpqked over appointments of siuccessors to persons who died election to The custom. D|ll|n said, has dictated that the Speaker shall appoint one member of each, nm-; jpr party to a conference committee. ‘ Dillin \ protested Friday when Hughes named thei Republicans, asking the speaker if it was ly an oversight or if it would be GOP policy for the balance of the session. "At least it will be policy on this bill,’’ Hughes replied-. I The measure applied mainly to Greene county, wiferex commissioners were deadlocked over appointment of a county treasurer. The man named to the job dietl shortly after he was elected Nov. 7. . ‘ . j ‘ The senate passed a bill authorizing theauditor to break the lie vote but tht house amended it to give the decision ’o-the Sev-en-member county Greene county, the auditor is Democratic and t he council Re-' publilctan. “Back in jh'e 1937 session." Dillin said, "there were 91 Demp-/ mats and only nine Republicans j in the house. Yet' we named a , Republican to every conference [ committee. It isn't ihw. of course, j but it is custom fronj farther back I than I can remember.’’ Legislators collecte<| their mileage ; checks before ! leaving for; home yesterday. Tlfeir, first pay checks will, be waiting for them when return Monday. j To adjournment yesterday, the • I senate had ’received only 46 bills ' and the Jiouse 95. House members were to reconvene at 1 p. mJ Monday and the senate at 2 p. m Evansville Arrest J Nips Gambling Ring ■ j x Members Believed Fled From Chkqgo Evansville,'Jnd.. Jan. 13—(VP) — (‘Sheriff Frank McDonald said today he believed he had broken up I a big gajnbling syndicate that fled, from Chicago to escape |the Kefduver committee. ' McDopald and five deputies .raid-j Led offices of an oil and drilling* company late yesterday and arrest-1 ed Bernard Goldman, 42, Evans-1 ville, who said he was from Chicago] but had been “in and out” of Evansville the last six years. \ The sheriff said acted on 'information supplied by the Kefauver committee that a syndicate which accepted big horse bets and supplied information for parley cards had moved here to avoid the heat of a committee investigation of gambling. McDonald said he had warrants for the arrests of six men and Mop.ed he could round up five others he said were absent at the time of the raid. Goldman was sitting at a desk "quoting odds and talking rundowns” when the sheriff walked. in. McDonald said. McDonald said I (Turn to Mix) j Treasurer's Office Open This Afternoon The treasurer’s pffice will remain open this afternoon 'until 5 p.rh., according to treasured Richard D. Lew|on, to further accomodate car owners desiring to get their llcensd plates and in need of tax receipts. ' ';. ■. \ . ; . : ■ .

J— V. Firemen Die In Chicago Blast-Fire & * - I I ■ I 1 HBBk Isl I UNDER A TOWERING COLUMN |of smoke, flanfes belch from an ekplosbm-wreck-ed building jon Chicago’s liver ftont wlferc an explosion ripped out h wall and killed !sur HremeiFfighting the‘lllaze inside the structure: Within an hour eight others hiid .been dug from the wreckage of the blast, believed to have been from explosion of scored volatile oils used by various' confectionaries occupying the building. The structure is on the north hank of the f'liicago river, justleast 4>t the famed. Merchandise Mart, the world's klrgost office building ,

Four Firemen Die jin Chicago Blaze Four Other Persons Are Injured Friday Chicago,,Jan. 13 — (UP) — Al i fourth fireman died today as result of a spectacular lire and explosion that destroyed a ware- • house with a loss of $1,500,000. I Fireman Patrick Milott. 55. sue* inn bed today) to internal. injuries and fractures suffered, when the explosion bleW out a wall of the building. Two other firemen were killed when the j wall fell on them anij a third died later a\f a hospital. I Four other. person*, firei men and a civilian, were in jured, ‘none seriously. | The n r e scenes were made ■ available to 5.000,0h0 persons via television directly from the site on the near north side. TV sources said today. It whs telecast by all four Chicago TV stations and , through three national networks. 1 A fourth network carried it lat,er tin the evening. Fire commissioner Michael J. i Corrigan said the loss through de- | struction of the building and its ‘ contents was at least $1,500,000 I and “might be much higher." . The cause of the fire was un- • known. ; > 4 In addition to five regular alarms, the department issued three “specials" Which brought. a large share of the city’s fire fighting equipment. including two fire- J boats. i \\ ” Y The warehouse was located, between LaSalle and Voells streets on the north shore of the Chicago river. Thousands of persons witnessed it from nearby office buildings and frontr across the river''on Wacker Drive, v ? City health officials, warned office workers and residents in a t four-block area surrounding the . fire not to drink water from taps I for several days for fear that the | streams played upon the fire from the \ river may have seeped into] main. 4. contaminating . regular supplies? ' , Some TV cameramen scarcely had to leave their studios th telecast the fire. They simply went to nearby windows in thblr skyscrapers end began shooting. —L—.—! ; | Noon Edition i 'j ' .

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 13, 1951.

$68,490.68 In Bonds Bought In December Adams county’s .purchases dT V. S. savings bonds totaled $68,490.68 for December of last year. ac« cording to a report* made by T. F Graliker. county bond chairman, to ( the state office. This total com-' pares Wit£ $56,565.97 which represents the sale of the same type of bonds for December 1949. \ \ - ;— —:_ ..... ' Seek Peace Talks < i By World Leaders Commonwealth Heads Seek World Peace London, Jan. 13. — (UP)— Commonwealth prime ministers sought (oday to arrange face-toface peace talks among President Truman, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin? Red China’s Mao Tze-Tung and other world leaders. They wound up their nine-day conference? in Ixmdon last night with a call "in the name of common humanity*' for meetings between western leaders and the chiefs of state : of the two biggest Communist nations in the world. The prime ministers’ declaration did not specify who. might represent the west in the proposed coriI ference. But western r>presentgr tives obviously would] jnclude President Truman, British prime minister Clemeht R. Attlee and probably French Premier Rene Pleven. Some common wealth prime ministers also might attend. I "We would welcome a meeting of 24 instead of four or five if it would help bring world conference .source said. The prime ministers’ declaration said the common wealth would welcome a “frank exchange” with Stalin and Mao in an attempt to settle the vast complek of problems which lueaten the ,world with atomic wai. But it advanced the proposal only as a “suggestion"—not a formal recommendation—because the commonwealth countries were acting I as individual nations and not as an organization of nations. Informed sources believed, India would make preliminary overtures to China’k Map through its ambassador 4n Peking. Canada > rather than Britain, probably will approach the United States. Not only is Chnada closer, to the U. Si- geographically, but also j in its political attitude toward i Communist China. i ' - Y' ' -Y- jg i' ■ s : ■

——.l ■-— - Desperate Killer Sought In Wyoming Thousands Seeking ? For Mass M ur^erer ' Guernsey, Wyo.. Jan. 13.—(UP) il—Scores of officers were alerted to day. for squint-eyed Billy Cook in the belief that the desperate killer may be hided up in sdutneast Wyo ming. . '\ t Thousand-* of police and FBI agents fn every state west of the Mississippi were looking for the ■22-yearold ex-convict from Joplin, Me., who has eight murders definitely chalked up to him and possibly two more. . . i s A report also was received today: .‘that Cook was sighted at Etowah,] Tenn., heading south ou highway] ■441. in a car bearing California 'licenses.. Roadblocks were posted I along the GeorgidrTennessee line; The main search area, however, Was in northern states from Wyoming east to Minnesota, where a man or myn resembling Cook had been reported in tfee last few. days. Officetjsj in the Mexican desert south Os El Centro, Calif., appeared tp, believe that Cook eluded police for him there. , Imperial cotinty sheriff Robert Ware’ said the investigation there Wad “assumed a routine status.” ! The price \qn Billy’s head' was jgrowing.ihowever. Residents of Atwood, 111., chipped in $1,500 for a reward. Five of Billy’s known victhus were the members of the Carl Mosser family of Atwood whom the vicious killer wiped out in a single orgy of death in Oklahoma. ..Yesterday.' the families of two missing prospectors, Forest Damion and Jim Burke, offered 5,000 pesos (ssso) for his (Capture or for iewa of {he men ifhom Billy apparently killed ir the Mexican desert When they him. *i * ■- : J ' ® ' * 3 S. S. Convention February 25-26 The . Adams county Sunday school' convention will be held Sunday and "Mtrnday, Feb. 25 and 26. it was announced today.. The Contention was originally scheduled or Nov, 26 and 27 but was postponed because of weather condb j t.lons. The convention program will | be the same as originally planned, j With the Rev. C. K. Sandy as the goest speaker. ■ '

Four Teams In Running In Semi-Finals Today; Final Contest Tonight

City Plans Test Os : l New Siren Monday . \ I ' Civil Defense Test Here On Monday Residents of the city of Decatur and surrounding territory who are accustomed to taking 4 light snooze in*the afternoon might just as well forget about it next Monday. For on that day the city is going to push the button for the first test of its new fire and civilian defense sitfen. The time is tentatively set for 2 p nk The jdien a tour-way affair, capablg of sending us eerie spuhds (it will Vacillate from high to low’ pitch like the current whistle) seven miles in any direction. City officials have' noted the need for lisuch a. siren if for no other reason than to save time. The siren has been installed at the fire station, about 40 feet atop a pole, and will supplant the old whistle which is located at the city’s power plant. The steam-operated whistle at the power plant is in need of repairs. the cost of U'hich was estimated as being too costly; thus the newp strep was installed. ._[i Mayor Doan joined fire chief Cedric Fisher in pointing out the need for such fire precaution measures., As it is now, whenever a fire breaks opt. one man goes to the fire on the truck while another must remain at the station to dispatch vplunteeis. More often than not that lonefireman gets t 6 the file befofe the’ alarm has sounded. It isn't until the site alarm sounds that volunteers call! the station to learn the location: I The dispatcher, necessitated by the installation of the dial system to replace the Operator who heretofore had called volunteers, notifies the power plant. arid then the siren is blown. There is sometimes a delay \ in the rial! to the plant, or in answering the phone, consequently' there is often the single firepian at the scene. . This, it is pointed out, would be particularly serious were the fire of sizeable proportions. The added aid to civilian defense was also pointed up and offered, as one, of the important reasons for the installation [of the new, more powerful siren. With civilian defense becoming an increasingly I important part of American life; the time saved, and the volume produced, make the fjre signal and I defense warning a vitqlly necessary addition. t | | ' —■ Communists Mass Craft Off Korea Warns U. S. Fleet 5 Ready For Action K Taipei, Formosa. Jan. 13.—(UP) —Reair admiral H. B. Jarrett, U.S. senior naval attache, said today that .if the Chinese Communists at* tempt to use the small craft they are massing on the mainland to invade Formosa the U. S. 7th fleet immediately will “go into action.” Jarrett agreed with \ rear admiral Thomas H. Binford wpo told report* ers at the Pentagon in Washington yesterday’ that the Formosan situa* tion was "like sitting on a powder keg.” 'Binford was formerly Corti* mander of the Formosa strait patrol force. Jarrett told the United Press that he did not believe the Chinese Rede will make an attempt to land on the island stronghold of the Chinese Nationalists just yet. He said before the. Communists attempt a general invasion, the Korean situation will have 'to be resolved much more in theirj favor. Also, the Nationalists still hol'd island outposts off the mainland which will have to be "neutralized.” Jarrett, admitting that the Communists were massing small craft* including steam vessels and some U. S.-built landing craft, said that nnder President Truman’s committ(Tara To Page Ff»e» •

Little Chance Seen For Sales Tax Enactment See Administration Backing For Huge \ Income-Tax Boost A Washington, Jan. 13. —(UP) — Congressional tax writers saw little chance today for a national t sales tax to pay the huge cost of lihe defense program. " They said the administration has , pparently rejected the proposals 1 favor of “drastic increases” in individual hnd corporation income levies.'' : Persons in the lower and middle jncoine brackets —where the “great bulk” of the' national income is located —probably will die hit with; t|he sharpest increases. ? I President Truman’s new budget is expected to call for |70.000.0<H>,000 in spending during the next fiscal-year. A lax increase of $15,gjui,ooo,ot)o\would be needed to keep ;jit in balance, ■ '", >' Elsewhere in congress: » |i ■ Draft—a comprqmfee proposal to start drafting men 18*4 years .old was reported gaining congressional support. The, compromise I'jwafe suggested as a wav to meet the defense department's new armtall Torres goal of 3.462.105 men by Ijhext June 30. - Foreign policy—Senatp Democratic leaders came to ’Mn Truman’s {support against Republican attempts to prevent hint from send-, ing more U. S. troops to ‘Europe without congressional approval. Chairman Tom Connally, D.. Tex., said he would insist that his foreign relations committee study the Republican Resolution before the senate votes on it. hoover—fqrmer pro's dent Herinert Hoiver wrote Sen. William F. Knowlanp, R., Cal., that a "campaign of calling and misrepresentation” against his foreign policy proposals, has backfired and mustered public support for them. Rent controls — Rep. Brent Spence, D., Ky.. said American cities and towns had better act quickly if they wgnt rent controls after March 31. He said congress will not have time to pass a new law before them. Rent controls expire o'n March 31 except in communities that vote, to keep then! until June 30. Bribes—-a senate banking subcommittee denied (hat it has evidence. that Reconstruction Finance Corp, officials triok bribes for granting government loans. Miss Esther Sowards School Board Clerk Miss 1 Father Sowards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sowards, of Kirkland township, has been selected to serve a,s clerk tor tire Adams Central school ward. The announcement was made today by superintendent of schools \ Hansel ! Foley, following; a meeting of the board Friday. Miss Sowards, a 1949 graduate of Kirkland high school, and recently a .student : at Ball State teachers college where she has completed one and one-half years of a business education course, will assume her new duties Monday. She will succeed Miss Nellie Coppess, who> recently resigned. The new clerk will conduct her .work in the offices of the county superintendent of schools, tn the (court house. When naming the newly appointed clerk; it "was {noted there were six applicants ; for the. position. i f 'weather 1 Cloudy, occasional rain west and south, and ji light sleet or , freezing rain northeast this afternoon. Cloudy and a little warmer with 1 Intermittent rain tonight and SundpJ. Low to- \ night 33 to 36 north, 38 to 44 | south. High Sunday near 40 north, 50 south. ■ ' J' ' .

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\ J —— Commodores Play Hartford; Eagles And Spartans Play Second Semi-Final '|:. ' ' . \ Four teams will battle it out this afternoon at the high School gym, with two carrying on into tonight’s final of the annual Adams county tourneyj to name the county net champion. ,’ * The lineup: At p. m.—Hartford Gorillas, and the Decatur Commodores. At 2 p. m.—Pleasant Mills Spartans and the Monmouth Eagles. At 8 p. m. —Winners of this, atternoon’s games for the county championship. Ttte Monmouth Eagles Friday night entered the semi-final bracket by defeating the Geneva Cardinals, 47-3 s, in the final firstround game, y ! . In Friday’s opener, the Adams Central Greyhounds edged out the Jefferson Warriors. 44-42, in the consolation, tilt. \ The Decatur Commodores and Pleasant Mills Spartans 1 earned their way to the semi-finals by scoring victories Thursday night. While the Hartford Gorillas drew the bye directly into the [semifinals. Immediately following tonight’s championship gaine. the Decatur Daily Democrat trophy will J»e presented to the enmity champion, the tourney basketball will be eiven to the runnerop. and the Everett Rice sportsmanship award will be presented to the individual player adjudged most worthy of the honor. The presentations will he made by tourney officials. Eagles Win Easily • - I Monmouth had [little difficulty, with the Geneva Cardinals jn Friday night’s finale, using their superior height and accurate shooting -to (good stead for the|r 11point triumph. 1, The Eagles jumped into'an early lead and held a 14-7 advantage al the end of the first quarter. The Cdrdinals were held tp Just four points in the second qiiarter a$ Monmouth widened its ipargiik to \l3 points. 24-11. at the main intermission. The two teams played on nearly even terms during the third period. Geneva staging a late flurry to make the tally 38-26 Mdnmouth as the' teams entered the | final eight minutes of play. : Receives 'Played much, of the last quarter as the Eagles stayed safely put in front. • 1 Monmouth flashed a ’ well-bal-anced scqring attack with three players in double figuries. topped by Bultemeier with 12. Tom Weaver furnished about all of Geneva’s scoring punch with 17 big | markers in a losing cause. | Greyhounds Adams Central, by nosing Jefferson, 44-42, in the consolation tilt, chalked up its third victory of the season, and handed the dis- i appointing Waririors their second defeat of the' journey. The Greyhounds twice built' up what appeared tb be good at IG-S in the second quarter, and at 26-18 in the third period, -but the Warriors kepi battling back, but not quite pnough to overtake Adams Central. The teems were tied at 8-8 at the first quarter, with Adams Central leading at the half, 20-18 and at the third period, 32-31 > Roe Lehman and Gerald Nussbaiiin led the winners with 12 and 10 points, while Gerald Miller was high for Jefferson with 14. \ (Consolation) Adams Central FG FT TP Lehman, f - 5 2-2 12 Schrock, f 2 0-0 1 Mitchel, c -.4 1 0-4 2 Longenbergerl e 0 0-2 0 Arnold, g 4 -0-2 S G. Nussbaum, f 5 0-1' 10 D. Nussbaum, g_to 0-0 0 Hoffman, g 4 0-2 8 Riley,’ g ... 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 21 ’ 2-13 44 , \ Jefferson F<s FT TP D. Ruhri, f’ 3 2 4 S (Tura Pag* Sts). , J