Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1951 — Page 1

Ki XLIX. No. 20.

COMMUNIST CHINA WILLING TO NEGOTIATE

President To : . L : i J-■ h - I Seek Controls Onj Food Prices A Government Plans ~ *. Order General Wage-Price Control Washington, |Jen. 24 i-i/pi t’r«*i|vnt Tviirtian will mik coni’ r-t'Ce otHi&or "rffciiive cmiiroL oh; lipci pii<r ~ |jt w.ib tli/.i ltKc<|, 't.ni.ty ; ;i'. the guyleriimvnt .litWi.ir-i t» pr.|<‘i • » L|. I,H w|i. ri||< . - i onißils ’ ■ ' ' ' 'I th .«< ’ Wl'l «l ( Ilf’ 111 II 1* l|l'\ • ■ iijfriib j lit the |n irii v. iii v pnfiLnd ;■ ’ mi. p 1 v I '■' K. . I •'Jhklrmijn , Urmili H|ni|rt', l»,i ll' 1 ■ R' the 11111 l Id . nlli i I. (iitritji Ntrhl 1111*1.11 \\ liite' thiiihn miiin mini ii l(l t Ml imiueii wkil) itoul l.oiian’HM juhotlly n jtlitti rm mh ilumltHt *’almi.lhih . hi>» . ;\, h i Ift’h® *ml r'Uit i i.itilji ii|m, iTiS lijijmi’, . * (Lil "»ffertlve“ system of hm t >ini mii "i \ j f "l* Tire stahlllxm* i chief Mlrh> (id V I HKmHk fold n Joftil imi UftTMKihsl .•.iirmiLh? il’miirnij tte Im' has jevbmitted i< pilot l control re» L mi|tjit‘mlat imi to pi imonjlc stabj|Hst4| Eric A. Johnston and expecfri I some statement hr di coti!le b!R days.” ; ; ;‘I :> v stabilizer S. I 'hhig|told the committee ha hopes j to h*je an "overall wage Bthhilizaitloh I policy’ - recommendation ready! (for Johnston toy tne end of ’till t week. L . ' . Di&alle * said meat will jbe inc lurid in general price controls. He also said price rollbacks are being along with the . difficu|ty of en-foricng thens. ( eirtt|g said a base date for wage contrtisl will .not necessarily ‘he ithe ’s|hU as'the base for. price lollbajks. \He said it should he datft which prices and > ages re rlaisonahly in balance.; Thej present law .fortjids control n foAd prices Unless the price of he s|»ecift ■, commodity involved lues Jjibove parity. Many ‘ farm ia>db|t i ha ve mot iyet, risen above nrity| Disille said price rollbacks are eingl ‘ considered" and hinted irohtsy that. thV forthcoming or er wfi roll price* back -to a» -■\ci jn hirlidr. lit least, thpn to-| i I' ? , I Tlief pn sertt ren|t control; law , xpLiek March 31 Mi Timmmi exi|i»eted th ant for an extern . |simi tli.it will strmigtlien “the ■ jprt’HWiul jlaw , j ’ JohtLon. who •was sword in ■' ecbtrnt Th stablUzm today.; la ex livrU’d l|n borne th * general pried emiin) order shorily and explain |f In 4 radio bruadcttsl to tlte mi hob lilrioHt ’ Imtm'dlnlely lifter •'ward | v i- | : . A-- , . All Stored Cwn Is Repprtea Sold Here ; Stored In 34 Bins ! City By CCC ;ln ia n era it ! s comfortiii* to realizjd that some things a'e ink; down, One of these tlingiLi* the uim<|)unt of corp xvhiidffhas bebn stored in the bins oji Wincjh'ester street, extended, i •j Mril Mary Howard, secretary of « tl e t kiial I’MA office, today ex- v p rSTnea .that all the corn stored h thei 3.4 blns-south of the ( city h nt beep sold. This corn, she said 1 , it- "‘being sold strictly for fe£diil£ ’ only," \ ; ?. I'flrefcorn was stoned in-1949. ft vwijs by , the cbmmod it j* ciedit in return or Icfans |o ifatmers; the storage bins w»re (ionkpleted.about a year ago Tife 34 bins, have a total capacity , ojp Uofso|l) bushels. Mrs. Howard s|id ( , Ijowever, tlrey were not flip e| cbMpleteiy. , {Mi d Upward attributed the salp - oj c.orri 410 the present shortage - < lusodl by late planting last spring and I early shows last fall Mii'ny taiimers in Ithe .county Were livable! ttj> Jrai\vesi their corn this vjfar, |vl|lch la ihe main reason • fffl* th«| ran on the storage bfns *Shd sadld it was doiibtfiil that ibar fhttkre because of the price MhM'twref When (he oom imw bjHihj Mid ; was obtain*# V th#

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT •\ , v V - ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN XOAMS COUNTY ’ . \

j Pre-lnduction Cail Announced For Feb. 1 The Adams county selec|iye service'*, ..office, through dral(. chairmanvOmAr Fteussei- today Announced that a call for 38 more|tnen to undergo pre-indm tioiu phys»f cal < i xaniinathm had been received. . ThAmen me to go to Imlidpapolis * tor these Eeb|iiary i. \l lie board declareil that tint names t m the’men leaving -at th#j time w ill be relmised later. ' H: This I mititiueiH o! :ls riil|p4 the total to lift Adams county 'youths wlm have undergone or will'undvi .-’go • physicitls tn tip' pa d weveral months; it is the sixth such rail ''io uiitn kJ men have heen.indnv.t ~I I it llllto lloi wer,|i<’ the list, group '.l ot'\l I leai in l Janinu L |b Tfle last mt nil for physical eAU'ulmitiapH was ■mi Jiiniu ''V 1 * hmi '. m< ii we, <* ' t Hlhhl, , \ ' y, ' 'A ■ State Senate Votes Extending Bonus Deadline Dea Hine To File App ications Now Set For April 30 J■ ■ . - .n' /. b | Indianapolis ; Jan. 21 li i’i The Indiana senate parsed and sent ; td governor Schricker fOFbls signa iture today a bill extending tlhe>.«le:*djline T<\r Tiling state soldier bonus 'applications to April 3(1. '' if Tlip vote was 50 to 0. Th# senate spspended lules to pass the bill. Just as the house did the dav aftei ; > . , s’ * 3•' ■ dt was introduced last week. j x Chairman Roy Conrad of the senate military and veterans affairs icomniitteej (used i'ules suspension an# passage "so the governor can sign It and veterans can start, filing applications agaian." L . The deadline under the i|r. ,eiilaw was lak Dec. 31. tin the Ji days that have pas ed since' no a,pnlica -lions have been aeiepted. 1. x Legislators believe betwtlii 20f (100 and 30,.00A WAi Id War it vet( vans failed to apply for the Bonus, -although they had all last jfear to ,; v ** ■ i ; • u The bill H-ceivtd.only o|re dissenting vott tis.lt swept through ,v b. b ill 'll ♦ ' 111 I> Tin m e I' II a I prooki R . indi.ihupoli , a bin. prun, voted rrgulnAf 11. j jl? x The bill eari It s un t ineipencj ehiu->’ making it operative fpiinedi- ■ kt»ly when Schricker signs th > , ■ Tbejilll pa-. i*| the senate -iimilT (*jtt;r n bill ftilllllg f#i H ’tftt r' Jtlhnary to rmdact* Iml hum - tinhiuc j»ntty eonvtnllmi tnerimd offtmml lulling Male th let elllldlduliT lot i lccllmpi wa liiftodiji’i it . .ip th* imil \ . ’U I Mppti i'll d by a Itmnm ini Mild «. >c>-I>Hi>i»> mi 11,-• mu pt"i id, d fm ilm x prlimu y method of t'htiodng ' ami I' S simatm Blpnil ineeH. ; . . ', ‘ ; i Similar bills, have b , n i < j-iu t* tl ' or ignored in sivmal pn vi<<H| m-•. Sinns of the gemial asst-mbly Bill By Bierly ’ | • Other new htntse hills atmu|g 27 Cl'iirn Tn I’nar «lx» \ ; f iDavid S. Gates Dies ■ Early This Morning i Friday Afternoon * I j David S. Catcs,' 94. well-kifown \Vrpn, 0.. resident, died at the Adams county memorial hospital #ar,ly this morning. Mr. Cates; had beeii a patten* at the hospital for some time. ' ' David Gates. born in \Vrpn, Feb. 16, 1856; ahd resided in .that (•ommuiHty all his life. Had he lived until February 16 he would have been 95 years of age. He was united in marriage to Manda\Jane Merica on Marcp 19. iss.', Mrs. Gates preceded him i*n deathj One daughter. Miss > Lillie * Mae dates, of Wren, survives. He was j* member of rhe Knights' of Pythias lodge of Willshire. 0The body was retnov. d to the fllack funeral home in iDeimtur w-hi rv frh nils may call aftnr 6 o'clock Funeral serviceH alill be held Friday afternimn’ gt 1:30 o'chick at the fllack fut Ural home, with the Rev O ft Ttirner nF the I'lnttfc.nnt, View ftiiptlHl church of Wnn officiating ftitrlal will Im at the mtirnmlmm at Wi'h

\ Diamonds In Her ShoesJ L \ h \ . I J' Bl i : ' V 2 \ HHKji BJ| mi UH ■■■■■■• . - \ / ■■ rrß MRB. ETA HOFMANN, ftolKlpn brunette, |h by NeW Yor- Vsklstatit Attorney (heorke W I’ciiv, Jr., (centers amt L'arkm after t®»r tor regt for allegedly pttetnptltm to smugg|<> $500,01)0 to dip. moods Jnu, the country in her wedgle ,ty|e shoeH. Shb was apprehittloed .»\t Idlewild Airport, jwhere. the (lay befoir. ter Wellman wa ( ; pfrkMl Up with 1280.000 in tlie hollow hpelM of Both told authorities the shoes t wei p. Belgium, by nJ man who,said he would reclaim them in AmAri a ■ Attorney I’.Trker holds* otto o| the lolls in whit h the gems were packed inside Mrs Hofmapn's shoes x r . 1 ’ ' . k

U. (-f — —u_*__ J,. Many City Streets In Need Os Repair State-Maintained Streets Are Worst .vr Thci, are sortie people in- town who sire couVinctld the street fair is unduw'ay. Tfity arc persons with, rathir discimct/i t» d looks on 1 th<ir\faces and usually the owners of cat with brokeiY or badly bent ' | . The street fair assumption is thej resjilt Os the roller coaster rides, how available by (h iving the fanillyi c.ii down Si i ' lid yli■< 11 in the husi h»ss steiion and, along Mi rcer avenue south et the. Elie railroad tra<k> No otu ha- mentioned beilig tin lib <l~b.' it all, though. A survey of these streets u veal many holes, rtiost of th<ni] of lalhtr gn at pfiiportionTumd all of (hem lllKClllfi'l I able when |||j fti a cut going w>ll within th«'> ■perilled apt »'d limits, v ' ril'rse sill ( It, me the StlltCs VL- . |ibm Ibliii v Tlo’i i- ha- been |io hi (ilratliili when iht V will In ia paired Smii' p ih'li \s ok « r. 11 .< if' Is i otp pltlfll oil Nol'll Si roll d hliii'l hr twb’hi Madh'im and Monrm siu’ris. bull jpmus oth«i gaping holes were ml-sed Ale- : of Ibe damhr.e. of immsr.- h , tir' d by the iimu ft< czlng com ditirn u ill’ll thaws, wealo tilng the sltjueltire of the pavrnWnt. The. oily's , strpeis have also suffered in f his manii< r. . Mayor Doan said plans w-ay to begin Jfixing the streets [ which aip inr.ihtaSned by the city as -mm as weather pnunits the ; work to be undettaken.\The greatest hazard encountered since the thawing weather,' the mayor said, is to biiek pa’’ements, where Individual brick* arfe squeezed upward, then oiit.i ■ . \ ; Most of\ the state work in this vicinity will be cqncehtrated east of town next spring though, when reconditioning of U. S. 224 to the Ohio stale line is scheduled. In the 1 meantime, some of (the holes- .in I the pavement in the city will doubt-J lessly undergo some treatmentthough much will depend oji the weather and other prevailing eir cU|nistaAees. | L H -ii ' L : American Casualties Now Total 46,201 Washingtoi, Jan. 24 — (UP) — The defense department today reported a new to(«l of 8i.201 casiiall ties In the Kprean war This wiis he number of casimlt;l«s whose next of kin fhiui been notified thntiigh last Friday midnight. hul mt all cimiiu'lHcs which have .occurred up to that tlmto, it takes from pne to three wveki to tmllfy next of kin The mu loial pa. i,mii more tliaii tiiu flgie rnpnrf' d a wkhli eno'

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 24, 1951.

—if 1 —’ — h— -■ - J B U L Ll E T I N i The Hague, The Netherlands, , .' A ';Jah.;M.-*--(LP*)'— Premier -Wilhelrt .brees and his cabinet res' x slgrted today as result of a squ^b l ® in parliament over the ; pdlicy toward :ln- ; ' H. i The govei nment’s fall follow- | ed a®-announcement by foreign ’ rrtinUter Dirk U. Stikker that he going to quit because his fvyn Liberal party had stop- . 'portO a motion criticizing the government's expressed willto yield soveriegntjj l of New GUiena in some X instates jtb the new uofon. ! '■ ■ -r 1 ■ 1 > "r. . r L Former Decatur Man 'Honored By Truman paiil Wooton Given Awrd By President ' ' *‘l kv I \- I'aiil AS ffoioii, 1 imed newspaper corri ’ pim<l( IW. miuut 'ln* write 1 and odfim, formerly lived in l»*’’.unb; rt,i-ilmnoicd in Wnshliir. hip. I’» > Hißiirday in. hi w hen I’n 'l'runmn picseiiled him (w'li Ii IlUuh or |i|iilll .o'd in h • iieii ol tbo Nnilimiii liimiii".K I'nii lb .it i<»itp:. rhe Ay.ishliii’ton Slur can 10l a plrliireiijf I’resident Triiiiiaii pro' cmiiiii". ihof awijml in lhe ioimtr I touitnr citizen at .1 banqin t in the Slmi'ler liotid 1 Wootmi Is a tpemlmr of the editorial -Irnard of the Chilton' pubmid correspondent \ f< r Ithe New. Orleanis Tinies-Pieayun® , The was given hint trt recognition?'of his efforts over 3Q yeas-s t<ward clloser relations bm tween ; government officials and business and industry. President Truman paid ' tribute to him "as a» bld friend." M•. Truman recalled that Mr. Wooton •had been a neighbor when the 1 Trumansi first moved to Washington. ‘ “Papl Wooton was a neighbor . . . as real neighbor,’’ the i- , dent related. "Margaret was 10' years bld then . ... . but I hope yo ji woh’t sipread that around. Pauli WootdnFHved in- the apartment be-! low usj 'And he was as kind to Margaret as anybody 'could be. “Wheii. anybody is kind to Mar--1 garet, never forget it. Anri : neither tdo I forjget it When they <y„-n Tn !»»«» i ■ jy. To Organize Adult Typing Class Tonight An adult typing class will he organized ,m a meeting at 6:3(1 oclock this evening in room 200 of the high school The ( Imhh is for hiT.fiiners itn/d Hlso for those wishing fp gon 11 the tnstructloiii begun iji, the Initial course of ijb weeks. Lynard H"fihk, commerl rial |q the aehool', wll he In clmrwu of the night rias*

* -------—x— Councilmen Adopt : i Ordinance On Bonds Provides For Sale Os New Plant Bonds Members o r the |-Ry council, In a -<»» <iul meeting Tin sday. ■ p:is«e(s -irn vnlinanet which provides for the salp pf (he $900,000 wpith of botids fm; thi' new auxiliary power? plant. ' The nuinii in effect, is a dupjlieailohof a former ordinance pasjkeii liy the cmmcil; this one rslmpls- - back the payments six months, v V, ht u first passed, it was tl»e eouiiciJmen s opinion that the bonds wmld he Hohl in 1950. Certain de-liiy-'dii to debate on the tjypt? of ♦ nvilK' i<i I'iiichii-c. Indiana public « ivic« cmnini--lon approval, \jlijili in turn delayed final legal actloit, prevented the untielpajcd <ah .ojMimrds hist year. i ■ The oidinance sets out graphically the time win n iraymeiiis are due anil the ummmi of cacti Instuilmertt, Thv rlly will irllre the III omi unn'ihil pnyiiK ut- . beqlnnlnu w.lih n tlibit" pnjtimnt JiMUJUty 1 1, mviil- r\,idih(lly Im c| t ?us»i until the fliml threp pay. , Iljcir. ■■ |(H i".. ecu, I In- 111 o||(. (1 tit* ■I His I, 1117«.'' ; f d'hv m(llmti’cn, .‘iccmtllng to Its waking, bo" tn provide funds Bt in . iipirlb dmi the cm t <|f <umu l'im lion mid In tallmlon of nddl.l ifnr ~ • xleti hll • and improve Jm tits to the elect Ilc . tim ntiha pkipt and system owned and operatt d by the city ..." •The ordiliance goes on to read that It is iiitended to procure funds 1q be applied to the cost '“over ijlnd. above the amount available for the bayni(?nt of the same (retirement of (he bonds) out of surplus' revenue now on hand." The light and power, department had stated when the project was first undertaken that it could opt Os its depreciation fund devote approxiniißely $250,000 to the total c<ist .Tl lis hff' according to the miginal estimates for the wonk, S9(M),OCj() which the city will sell 900 bonds.in SI,OOO denominations. The ordinance declares that the bonds will bear an interest rate-not to exceed tW'p and three-fourths percent payable on January 1 and July 1 bf each year. There are exceptions to this should \the light and power department retire the bonds before tljiey gre due. According t® the ordinance, bonds which mature after January ,1. 1956, numbered from 105 to 600, “shall be redeemable at the option of the city July 1, 1955, of any ifittoyest payment date thereafter in Inverse numerical ordey." The interest rate will be five percent if redeemed July 1. 1955 or b’fmi! Julv|,l, I 960; three per cent If redeemed January 1, 1961 or Before July 1 U»os, or two percent If redeemed thereafter until date of matuii’y. ] *, It was, t icpirtlneri In the ordinance that r light und i\owm d® imitimni |* "fire and clear of ull . (Tarn »•» Fnar *lvi

Expresses Willingness To Negotiate At Once On Far East Problems X A . I . . • I ■ J' . . ■\. ; ' ■ ' \;>A ' ' • \

- —,, n .p, Communily Center Fund Over $116,000 Treasurer Reports Excellent Progress \ T F Gruliker, tieiiMiirei of ths Dm «l m Meinnrlgl I'uumiuiilmi, Illi , H’poileil t(i\tht- dlreclhiß Imd tntmliiM Hhp the r'uml f«u the pro imrmd t'onimiinlly Cental Udaln IlHl.'tlllli.Ml, Till ■ la a|i ImTtm. e 01 »3,,,11H. 5 I nliiic the th'hibe'i ropwil. Wh«« 1 lhe luml iipiimiiltnl H> ♦B,l l tH(t2b, and (iplllnUnidl. ly $. 1 1)1)0 ' (l vr| lhe June 10l a I Ceiitrnl Huyu (Ldnpuny contri •- bull'd ! I ,’,iimi tohlilloiiiil to th • hind, on llje Imnln of aohectloim nlbee last Jluiy. The company com trihutrs one dollar lor * ii< h two dollars colla ted'over a aix immip l>e)lod \lready the company has paid $38,00(1 to the Foundation. Payments to the Foundation. I from January 1 to January 16. thin I year, which are included in tho | grand total, amounted to $2,771.21, 1 Graliker reported. * ‘This fa an indication that dpn-\ ors are anxious to liquidate their payments pri an annual basis and intend to j redeem their pledges,’* commented, v In less than one year the Foundation fund has grown from $43.000 to $116,633.81, Graliker explained. Last July when collections reached the former figure, Central Soya contributed $21,000. Settlement! with the company is made twice a year and a report was fjled as of January 1. 1951. 'rhe board authorized Graliker. to invest $75,000 qf the fund In U. S. government bonds. ADue to the war emergency, w'hlch has brought about controls on building liiitterhils, the board did not discuss construction plans. The hoard announced that\efforts would be made to Collect all the pledges and then the matter of plans for the building would be taken up _ . Leri than eight percent of th® donors fulled to make Initial paymciils on their pledges during 195'0, Gijallker estimated Several of 1 hose who dill not |inv|one-ihird or one hall of their pledge, Intmm ed the irensurci tlml \hcy would liquidate their payment* thia year. Mrs Roy KalyerJ secretary of the Foundation, recorded the mlnutea of lhe meeting, which was Jrehl nf the First Kioto Bunk, head qimrtcra for the piundaflon. * i ■ r WEATHER partly cloudy and a little warmer tonight jind Thursday. Occasional snow flurries extreme north. Low tonight 6-12 north, 14-20 south. High Thursday ’ls-20 north, 22-28 south. Annual K. C. Rabbit Supper Held Tuesday Record Attendance . At Annual Dinner A record-breaking attendance enjoyed the annual rabbit supper at the K. of C. hall last evening. The committee estimated that 275 persons attended the affair, la feature of the program being iffe shQwing of colored movies taken by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Sein\ etz on his Holy Year pilgrlm|age laht fall: ' Msgr. Seimetz narrated with the showing of the films, which included pictures taken in France, Italy and other. European countries. The pictures were taken l>y himself and his traveling companion, the Rev. Fergus Peas of DeB’oit. ' The XlhJlck and Laurent catering fervid® prepared the dlnher Later |n lhe evening dancing Wuh enjoyed, Dohn Hmllli'ri oi’iliHH (ru fiirnHhlng lhe muwlc, 1 ■ J' 'n ■ k

UN Task Force Moves To Near 38th Parallel IUN Patrols Fail To Local e Main \ ForcV Tokyo Ibu • Imji bin j. 11 pi \n muiiiird ijitwd Xiuitini inxk fmer «ltigard 1 « way to :i:l ihllea of the Tiih parallel In »nn Hal Korea Wednesday. Jt w«» the (h t|o «t peimt 1 allmi Into Red tcul|<>ty wlme the fall of Menu I. The tanks Ithd llifunlty loiivht through fwo Red rohd Iblock* to utter Ihxenas.mg, io miles north of '‘WonjU. and then withdrew to friendly lines to report no major Red force In the arv'a. Other pati;<>lk also roamed the no-man's land Os central and wegt®rn Korea, se'king Without success to locate the iua*in Communist force \ and ferret out Red plans for a possible. offensive, . The other pitrols in general were unopposed. The main Communist threat still appeared to be on the east-central frorjt around gnd south ■ of Yongwol, where the Reds have . seu-t elements of at least six divisions infiltrating behind allied lines. ' For the second straight day American jet fighters tangled with Russian.-mad.e MIG-15 jets over northwest KofeA, driving the Reds back into Manchuria with one enemy plane probably lost and two | damaged. The 1,5-niintite air battle was fought out over Afiju. 70 miles south of the Manchurian border, between 16 U.S, F-84 Thunderjets and 20 enemy planes. Not a single Mnerican plane was hit. Tha battle brought the five-day toll of enemy planes to four jets destroyed, three probably destroyed and five dant 'gi-d , Other jet ftglftifrs, continued to raid (’omipuhbt supply lines, blasting rall\and bri4k* target* at Hui chon, K'inu and othef point* pahiad th«‘ finti: While this wits going <m thtce t>lh ah’ forrr hi’llcopt-cr* returned five AmrrUun Hijlrmvii forced down In iiit-imin's l.nut, two of them from timlrt ’hr r.uiu (if I 111 totiiidlng UtunmiiniMiM who lured a T-fl oh seiviiilon pian»!lhto «i trap and shot It down ' 1 ’'2. A '■ * ": ' ' ■' ' ' vI? Decision Delayed By Appeals Board More Evidence To Be Heard By Board Decision on lihe petition of C an S Service and Victor Porter 1 for a variance in the. city zoning ordinance to operate a welding and body [repair shop sh the PoAer building at the 'corner of Adams and 13th streets was postponed until Reoruary 13 by the board of zoning appeals. Conflicting .evidence was heard in the mgtter and board members [felt additional evidence should be forthcoffiihg before a decision is nriade. A petition against allowing !lie permit [ was filed, signed by bout J 2 or 15 nearby property wners. Victor Porter and Charles Connelly appeared for the variance petitioners. The question which sturriped the board was what, if any business was in operation In the Poster building |n November 1949 when the ordinance became effective. ’ One new petition for a variance 1 was filed by Ralph J. Krlegel, keeking a permit to Imild u second house on a corner, lot on Nuttpian it venue. The proposed lot does not have sufficient arm* unless a , variance is granted It was s®» for hearing F«brwy i?. •I ..

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' ■ , ■■■— Indian Spokesman Says New Move By China Encouraging In War Situation Luke Success, N. Y., Jan 24 . (TPI Communist China has eju pressed willingness to negoflain iii i ii| t -<ll,(l*-|y with the rtcnlfMi powers oil a wetfternent of the Kot run wm» and other far t-astern l»t tthleiHat Informed Mimices said today \ THtae Mluirrea said thlk was .u prim ipal point In a n«w cttmmwul < ftHttn (rum the I’ekhla govt iit llietlf I o <i» r<| InildV l,v l|i„ IndhtU tlrleaafton to lhe United Nhlluhs An Imllun dalegation spoket* mam • tniftiitiiaM tp<nipt o( th* trnw mmuaae. rwused lb divulge Its coliteblA iiltlioiiah he said that It wm “very Imporlnnt and <u Iglttg," adding that "thingi* are n'ow moving at a dramatic speed" . Thb new message war an obvious mpve to counter the Ameri-can-led pressure Tor the United 1 Nations general assembly to condemn communist China as an aggressor. Secretary of state Dean Achesom said in Washington tbday that he had high hopes that the UN would vote such; condemnation this week. Some highly-placed informants said that Peking * i latest message W3S J 5 c,ar,,ic atipn which made the Chinese communist ’position appeal; more favorable to a s<dutldn of the far eastern crisis than earlier communications fi»om Mao Tze-Tjing’s government. They Sahl that Peking expressed a willingness to begin a sevenpower conference on far eastern I problems immediately. This isaregarded as an Attempt to spike the, American contention that the Chinese' Reds have been using their messages "to India a*; a "trick" to delay the UN’s declaration that the Peking regime is an aggressor unwilling to talk peace. The Peking message aisp was said to offer elartflcation of the Chinese communist position regarding a cease-fire in Korea! but no details concerning this could be learned. * j ~ ' v Regardless of its c ontents, the new passage wa* almost certain tol micminicr oppw»l|||>n in tha ih> CTifrw To >*«tar FUakf 1 Decatur Lions At v Joint Meet Tonight • 8. A? Dodge, third Lions ihtetfm.tlonu vice president. Is m hod tiled to he the principal speaker tonight when members of the Decatur Lion* club meet jointly with •he Fort Wayne Lions club at For; Wayn4 is to be the Lions district governor's night, according to local dub president L. E. Anspaugh, who added the program m sponsored by the Fort Wayne group. . ; in addition to Anspaugh. other Lions who will be in attendance,at tonight’s meeting will be. .H. H. R. W. Pruden. Walter Sittman Ron Rarrish. Virgil ' Doyle, Thurman Drew. Harrv I Knapp. Roy Price, Linford Bracey. Roy Mumnia. Walter Krick, Glen Manlier, Francis Ellsworth and Noah The regular meeting iof the; Decatur Lions club will ba held next Tuesday.- ’ - 4 Awards Contract For Court House Painting 1 Renovation of the first floor of the county court house got a solid boost, when members of the board of commissioners awarded a i con-1 tract fpi* the'paintipg of rooms and offices and corridors. . Last year contracts were award-, tod and work was completed on th > painting and redecorating of the second floor offices, court room and corridors. ('ommlssioners awarded the contract for lhe work to R E. of this city-pn his low bld of sl.478,70 to cmwlete th® work, ijhoso offiees to fre painted Include the ('nd It or. Clark f surveyor, record®’’., (Bid treusurar.