Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XL,IX. No. 25.

BTH ARMY’S ADVANCE ON SEOUL IS SLOWED

Would Abolish Present Public Service Board New tommission A Unser State Senate Control. Proposed ■ j • BULLETIN ’ . Indi in apolit. Jan. 30.—(UP) Jj—The! Indiana legislature was oshad|by Rep. Philip >H. Will* * kia today to raise the mini* (num' Salaries of Hoosier pub- ' lie aqhool teachers and in* state tuition support to local lehools by $15,500,000 a ' L , fear, r Indianapolis, Jan. 30 (UP) — T'fo Indiana Renat or.s of opposite political faiths proposed today to _ abolish Ithe present state public '■ service iromtnlssion and establish a pew One over which the state senate iould exercise firm conThe b|ll, offered by Sens. John A. 'Kendill. R„ Dapville, ami Von . j A.; Ekh|orn, I).. Uniondale, obviously intended to Correct a. current .rift in the PSC. Republican cj>mmisatoner Roscoe P. Free ma n s ; of Franklin recently was fired by Democratic Governor when he demanded that Rx'.||richeif dismiss the two Democrat k members, ' At present, the governor apI pujpls lommlssloners. Kendall and Ek'hfiorn would retaiin the ap-' point mepj. method in the proposed new seltijj blit would make the ao*' point mews subject to senate approval I *”■ . is a feeling among certain -people," Kendall skid, “that in view the fact that PSC hffeuta nearly everyone tg, the state, qualifies (ions and\ restrictions should b| made as ,to who sits on ■ the, comßilssion.’’ ’’fhe bill abolish the present •.Von|jnis»lon and revoke the |re»ent members upon 'em a<«jm»i)t.| k Then Schricker would appoint snow commissioners „ but the sciia|e, now controlled by the Itepublicims. 'would approve or * rt jjj p<i t hi| choices. ' I The bjl also would change the ttfbure c| the- commissioners so the ternifi were Staggered and alloy thel conimissionprs’ salaries to [be Increased to 112,000 a year, f Aftothm*. bill, by RejjpA .Unarles T. Miser, R., Gars ret). and| J. Perry Meek. R„ Indiankpolis.jwould wipe out the state Judicial iopncil, a 15-year-old ag.afcency getting an annual appropriaJ iioii of fi.loo. ' The M>use also received a l||ll ito1 Increase salaries of eight top elected officials, including lhi{ governor. - ■ , pespitd a co‘ol Republican reception. th« measure had bipartisan ter, H. Xgaehling, D., Terre Haute, and MedTett B Monks. R.. Win-, chest er.k . Jess C| Andrew, R.. West Point, said eariier if such a hill come In . it - woUl.it die in his ways, and means committee “A.” The treasure would boost the goyernotfs salary* from SB,OOO to , SIB,OOO year and increase his J mansion S maintenance allowance' from sli|ooo- to $12,000. Governor Sehriekef would not benefit, however, fo| it would apply only to succeeding governors. ' SalarH- of the lieiitenant-gover-nof/ -akfitor. secretary of state. treusurd|. attorney genera) and sujierin indent of public ibstructlo»n *<wd be upped from; $7,500 to- $1 per 'year and those of thh clerk _and reporter of’the supreme i&d appellate courts from JW td| $7,500. » The senate, meanwhile, received a bomft4|tee report recommending of a resolution to increase the terms treasurer . purveyors and coroners frdm twb to four years. J 'M ; } • 1 x ■ ■ I '• >1 - WEATHER Fkiri and cold thia afternoon a«d tonight, except cloudy In extreme south. Cloudy and not qgite to cold Wednesday. Light c«*ow beginning south portion \ Wedheaday. Low tonight *er» to 10 ijbolow north, stro to 10 pbovs>outh. High Wednesday near 10 north, 15 to 30 south. ■> . i,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY I — — — i ; ' ■ - , •

Non-Partisan Vote For Judges Sought Indianapolis. Jan. 30.--(UP)—| Another kill proposing the noio partisan election or all stale, county and city judges was introduced in the Indiana house today by Reps. John M. Harlan, R.j Richmond, ,aiid (L Remy. Bibrly, 1)., Decatur. , i i Defense Dept. Rejects Draft Os Older Men Proposed Drafting Os Men Up To 30 Is Rejected Today Washington, Jan. 30 (UP) * The defense department' today re* jected proposals to draft men up toj afce 30 now but warned that sometime it may be necessary to “thkej men of all ages..’* Assistant defense secretary Anna M. Rosenberg told the house armed services committee which is; considering « proposed draft of IS-I yeaAolds that'it would not be “pro-; fitable oir economical'’, to train men older than the preseht-19-through-2."> draft age group. Committee members kuggesied raising the draft age yesterday as away to delay the draft p)f 18-year-olds. . v f r ' ii ; “The time may come when we have to ask fpr the.old men.'' Mis Rosenberg said. “If we to full mobilization we will take meh of all ages.” _ Maj. Gen. R. Hershey, draft director, also turned Jhiwnbs down on the proposed drafting of older men at this time. lie said draft problem's ••become immeasurably greater" at 26 and above. The number of men who actually couhl be inducted from that group “is too small to be ofi any practical value. ’ he said. Hoth Mrs. Rosen|>erg_and Hershey urgVd fast action to approve the defense department’sfdraft bill., which calls for an 18-year-okl draft,i a 27-month draft teun. and a ffostwar universal' training program. Congress is interested in seeing if the pool'd’ childless mart ied mbn is a possible source of .smote' draftees. AIT men with dependents now are draft-exempt. ' ’ However, already there were’ scattered reports ihait draft boards. acting on their own, had reclassified newly-married nun l-A pi ordered them President. Truman's order of Aug. 20. 19+8. -which still stands, exempted mairied men. ■ There is sentiment in congress, and the defense department approves, for drafting young men married since the Korean war be* pan last June. There.has sentiment also for raising the upper draft age. to 2S pr possibly 30. The draft now applies to men 19-through-25. Members of the houso armed iTnr« to Paate Mlx> Bowers Funeral To Be Held Thursday Mrs. Della Biwers Is Taken By Death ' 't- '! - ' ■ ■ Funeral services will Ire- held Thursday for Mrs. Della C. Merriss Bowers, 81, of Pldasant Mills,; who dle<i Monday afternoon at the: Adams county memorial hospital. She bad. been seriously ill .since; last Thursday. * , She was born at Willshire. 0.. Feb. 23, 1869, and had llvftd at Pleasant Milla -since, 1913. Her first husband. Ellsworth Merriss. died Nov. 11. 1913, and ehe wad later married to James Bowers, who died id 1935. She was a member of the Pleasant Mills Baptist church. Surviving are a son, Bernie D.; Merrisk >of Covington, Ky.;_ six! grandchildren and 12 great-grand-children. , ' i Services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the vPleasant -Mills Baptist church, the Rev. W. H. LeMaster officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may tjall at the Zwlck funeral home after f p. m. day until noeln Thursday, when the body will be taken to the cbtireb to lie tn state until time of the services '

Hundreds Os Switchmen In Wildcat Strike , Work Holiday Shipment Os Vital War Goods In U. S. J By United Press Hundreds switchmen staged a wildcat walkout against five railroads l in Chicago ami Detroit todav to force government action <>n their demands s'for a shorter work week with no loss in pay. The work holblay shtwed shipments of vital war goods. ' The switchmen, members of the BrothWhood pf Railroad Trainmen, were using the same device as they did 'last month In an attempt to uvqhl an outright strike against the government which has operated, the lines since a nationwide rail strike last summer. Instead of showing ) for work, they reported themselves as “sick," , \ The work stoppage hit the Santa Fe, Nickl,e Plate ami Belt Line switchyards u; Chicago and th? Wabash and the Chesapeake and Ohio yards at, Detroit. A spokesman for the Belt, railway company of Chicago said "only two or three men of the 100 scheduled showed up for the morning shift." "We're practically shut down solid right no|w.” he said. The Belt Urie handles about 25 percent of the freight moved into and out of Chicago, between the various trunk lines. There were nt mors that enginemen ‘might join the switchmen. Twenty percent of the 105 men due ‘at the Nickle Plate yards in Chicago reported sick and an official said some enginemen (‘also showed suspicious illnesses." He said the Nieke, Plate's switching operations were currailed about 15- peirdent. ' ' [ At [Detroit, the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Wabash railroads said they would; try to maintain curtailed operations with those Switchmen who did not report si<‘k. ' j i;-:’ y, ' 1 ■ The Chesapeake and OljiO railroads Said 150; men. about 75 percent bf its switching force, failed to show for work at Detroit and the Wabash line, said a ‘(smaller «Tnra T« Pig* 81*» Arctic Cold Numbs Majority Os Nation. Nearly 100 Deaths Blamed On Weather By United Press Arctic <dld numbed most of the nation today. Frigid blasts from the Yukon rode all the way to the Gulf of Mexico ami overspread all the country except the Pacific smith--west and Florida. V The northern plains and Great Utkps regions were' in a deep freeze, and sub-zero temperatures were reported as far south as tl»e Texas Panhandle., southern Missouri and the Ohio valley.* The mercury plummeted to 45 below zero at lx>ne Rock Wis., 40 below at Cadillac. Mich., and 37 below at St. CJoud. Minn. it may have dived below -40 at Cadillac, but the weather observer wouldn’t know — his official thermometer only registers to 40 below. It was 33 below at West Yellowstone.; Mont., 30 below r at Bozeman, Mont., 23 below at Mason City, Ia„ ,19 below at Milwaukee, Wis., and Rockford. 111., atjd 15 below at Chicago. The Chicago reading was a new all-time Jpw for Jan. 130. The previou|s )dw was -10 tn. 1899. I 1 The wintry weather Was blapied for at least 93 deaths, a United survey showed. Os these. 59 persons died in traffic accl dents on icy highways. in fires, five > from freezing and exposure, eight in airplane a+id three from miscellaneous causes. No real relief was in sigbt, according 1 to forecaster John Porter of Chicago. \ At Webster, S. D., George Block, 19, and Vtrginli Slcbmiller, 18, <Tara To Pa*o 81* > I

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 30* 1951. .. ■ • : ' • • ----

French Premier In. U. S. '••1 . ■ ♦ I

i -Ji 4ft--PRESIDENT TRUMAN (left) Frebeh Premier Rene Pleven on his arrival at Union for tjlst ussions of the* world crisis and of matual pledges of tominued warm friendships between the two naUbus H v ]

Blood Center Will ' Be Opened Feb. 21 Regional Center To Opel) At Fort Wayne The rfegibna! blodd Renter tor this area, of which Adams county if) a part, will'be opened in Fort Wayne, at the Red (Toss chapter house 4i>« West Berry street. Feb. 21. lit was announieta today'. Plans; call for the. supplyipg of 36,000 pitj+s bt blood a year to h<“£ pitals in the *»'2 ebuuAes already enrolled in* the program Through the lo<al Red Cross, chapter, the Adams county memorial hospital will be supplied wi|th a bank of whole bh/od evetiy tw<o weeks). The ‘ trioodtnobile’l will visit Decatur evny other month and headjWiir be established at the': AnierAai| l>gion home, corner nf }fadison ; |nd First streets. I'ndeitaken a year the program in (pis couhty will be directed by Mrs. FteWart W. McMillen as chaji mbn. Dr. Joe Morris is recruit Chairman and \the goal is to obtain 2<>o volunteer blood donors lo| visit of the mobile' unit. Ol'lfer local volunteer workers are assisting in the program x i'i P- ' \ ' The center will bq a focal point of opera|lou in the . program for 22 Red (|tos-b chapters in Indiana and Ohio.:- Approval of the program exfiected after an administrative review by the National Red Cross office and another inspection by the N’atiqbal Health Institute. Fourteen roonis have been provid* d in the blood, center quarters. Included,lire 1 reception room, two medical;;history rooms;' offices for the metjical director and chief nurse, a donor room, recovery canteen, central supply room, mobile unit packing room, storage,, blood distribution area, general ; laboratory and plasma room. [ National Headquarters Aids, Facilities which have been housI'Totn To Raise Two I 4 i ' ' .■■■■■ -

1 ” ” f ".'J, T ' ’ • •' ’ ■ ■ ’ ' ' Decatur Civil Detense Chief Seeks Volunteers

Noling ftiat the? response of volun-1 teers to? serve asp'airplane spotters and observers" has been anything but wholehearted. Decatur’s civil defense Chieftain Floyd Hunter Issued anotht r appeal for such Claiming that, the city’s prepared* ness program is falling far short of the schedule, and officials' expectations. he enumerated the things accomplished to date under the defense program, their cited the shortcomings. He went on to explain the second mock air raid planned for this vicinity February 10-11. then noted plaintively, that Decatur failed to participate In the first such simulated attack lasb November. "No There lit "a need for at least 60 volunteers-." Hunter said, "and we need them before the next scheduled attack." Explaining the need tor the desired number, he said that the labour vigil will require "at least two people at; one time,” the couple* serving a two-hour stretch. This means overlapping of duties for the Volunteers, but it is the ■; : . • *

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,Rep. John Sullivan Dies Monday Night Washlh|ton, Jaii. 30.— (UP)— Rep. Joltty Berclrman Sullivan, Dj, Mo., died suddenly last night at Bethesda.(Md.. Naval hospital from a brain hemorrhage He was 53. > Frihefill arrangements were expocited to be made today. Sullivan represented' the 11 th district jij St. i.louis and was electe*! ..to the Iwuse 19+0, 194 + 1948 aridJf)s<). defeated by Republicans in lW2j and 19+6. Wage freeze Easing May Be Started Soon ’ Approval Os Wage Boosts Foreseen Washington, irin. 3q — (UP) — The ( wage| freeze niay start thawing today,? and a system of fixing profits </»ig retail isiexpected 'hqforejjhe <<iu| oT the week. 3'he Wjige stabilization board was ie|iqi‘ted idady to approve wage , increases granted before last Friday's freeze order. This would cbyyr . 45O|(H)i) United Mine Workers; scheduled to ger a $1.60 daily imirelase starting Thursday. iloweveri the wage hoard still threshed out in closed conferences a formula; W hich would determine future wage- increases. Here’s the wage and price situation: ' . Wages:;, , The three labor and fhreo'. industry thembers of the niiie-mah board are reported deadlocjuiti; on the wage formula. It is projpbsbd thaW-dhe board auth-orize-wage, increase|s'-bf 10 percent above Jtttb 1. 1950 levels. Union rqpresen|ailves want this to be based solely on bajrnings. Industry members want it to include fringe benefits such a? hospitalizalion pay merits,; pensions and , tTwfn'To Raise Ml)

most expedient manner in Which the defense pioigrari) can function. Tht re .has heen considerable discussion op all levels lately, especially sio’ee the imminence of bombing attacks by. those who visualize the future as bue gigantic air raid, from the federal government down through the- states, then by localities. •’ . | Although Decatur’s defense effort Is almost negligible from the volunteer standpoint. Hunter point eded out that already certain organizations have signified their readiness, for the wofk to county civil defense director Robert 8. Andersoq. > Through the latter, it is learned that the Red Cross. always ready tor emergency operations, has completed its.civil defense plans and is on a “stand-by" fully organised and "ready " pther .organizational work detailed soifgr includes the appointment of' ci?y engineer Ralph Roop as head dPa committee, the group which would be charged with obtaining emergency auxiliary crew’s ■ CTwra' ITo Paar* Stw» '

Report Furious Fighting With Entrenched Reds; Ships Blast Korea Town

Declares France To Stand As U.S. Ally | Pleven Declaration Made During Speech Washington. Jan. 30' t- (UP) — Frrinch Premier Rene Pleven said today France will stand side, by side with the United States against Uointnuhisni "jy,our Ully and not just a fair weather friend.’’ "We, are allies."' he told a national press clMb luncheon, “and .we will remain allies and we will nbt let anything I \say anything Weakenphe ,aßmnce‘that binds u|s togethqr.” I Pleven, here, for a world review with President Truman, said his <-ountry is aiming at a regular ahpy of 900.000 men as soon as they .can be armed, plus another I)(»0,tio0 in reserve tlivisions tri throw into the defense of the weqsti if war comes He did not; say when the goal will be achieved. But he called for “utmost speed" iri the drive to create a unified] Western army and weld the econon ies of the North Atlantic pact cinintrit;-; into a bulwark against any aggression hy Soviet Russia/ ** His promise to stand firin goes. Pleven said, for “any ob threat of action form within »r without" n inference to France’s domesitc troubles with Communism. lie said French communist efforts | have failed on all counts. J’leven’s speech was a break in liL two-day series of' talks with Mr. Truman at the White House talks expected! to bring'a speed up in getting France’s first 10division, contribution to the Atlantic- pbet army ready by the end of tile year. Pleven saw Mr. Truman this morning and was scheduled to see liirii again this afternoon in the last of' the talks. Tomorrow ‘Gen. Dwight l|). Eisetihower, commander of the unified European arjny. returns here with his own eltimate of what Enrope can do to defend itself. M“1 do not say there will not be ,p lT«r« To FMte Mix) Decatur Grocery Is | Again Broken Into Smith Grocery Is Entered Last Night For the second’ time ill less than two weeks, the Smith idA grocery on North Thirteenth , street was broken inti*, entered and burglarized. 'The incident was discovered today by city police while on patrol. | ' Investigation of the premises revealed that the burglar entered bj) removing tire lower pane of I glass on th;e west si|de of the building. Driving around to the rear of the building first, policeuo(ed a window broken out there. This window was directly hehhtd a counter of canned goods—prridotriinatejy pork and beans — which, was bare as far as could be reached.' Another window on the.north side-of the, building was also broken, but no entry was made there.; - In addition to tlie undisclosed amount of ca’nned goods stolen, $5 in change was also taken from tjie cash register, which was swept clean except for a roll of dimes which remained untouched. 'Also, a total df five cartons of (Cigarettes were removed from the Btore. 3 The Smith grocery whs broken into on January 19. At that time j Hie loot consisted mostly of candy bars and gu(n. A first check of the stock today disclosed that none of thesri items was taken. , Neighbors told investigating officers that they heard a noise loear the atore about 1 a. m. which sounded like someone walking in thfc anow. 't’bey saw no one. hoar ever, from their homes.

Soviet Russia Filibuster May Delay Action Threatens To Delay Approval Os UM On American Demands ♦ Lake Success, N.i Y.. Jan. 30 — (Ul|‘) - A developing Soviet filibuster threatened today ftp delay again United Nations approval of the American demand to label Übmmirnist China as an aggressor., Poland. Russia \ arid Czechoslovakia asked at the outset of this morning’s -political committee ineeting that the session he adjourned Until tomorrow morning. They anhouimed that they had not received voting instructions from their governments. But t|ie 60-nation committee rejected the adjournment motion put- forward by Poland's Dr. Juliusz Katz-Suchy by a '32*1(1 vote with 12 absentlons. ’ | Katz-Suchy immediately launched a major speech Consisting Chiefly of an attack <|n United States, policy in general and a personal attack against the tacTics of chief 17. S. representative Warren R. Austin in the committee debate. ] . Katz-Suchy spoke Tor almost an hour. Before the committee Were’ two opposing, resolutions. One was the American measlire. which calls upon the general assembly to find Peiping guilty of having “en-| gaged[ in aggression.” order a cease-fire and establish two conimittees—one to consider “further stems’’ against the Chinese communists and the other to lend its "good office’, to 5 receiving any peace approach from Mao TzeTung’s government. The other was a 12-uation ArabAsian proposal to invite communist China to sP in on a seveji-power f&r eastern conference of which the first order <)f business would be to arrange a cease-fire in Korea. After this, other far eastern problems would be taken up. Before they can be voted on, tT"»a To Page Sl*» \ '. ■ ' ■ ■' • ■ i '. '• Marion Whitright Dies This Morning Decatur Iceman Dies Long Illness Marion Calvin (Pete) Whitright, 63, well known Decatur resident who delivered ice to business houses and residences in the city for +0 years, died at 8 o’clock this morping at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne. He had been in ill jiealth for four, years, and cVitically ill. for the past four weekjs. He had made his -home with a nieces. Mrs. Raymond Johnson, Tenth street, for the past four years. | A native of Allen' county, he was born Martih 28, 1887, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Whitrjght. He b ad never married.. i He and his brother, Ed, operated t)ie City Ice line In Decatur for 40 years. A veteran of World War I. he was a member of Adams Post 43. American Legion. ' Surviving are three brothers, Sam and Ed of Decatur, and A. A. Whitright of Elkhart: one sister, Mrs. Fred Hammond of Decatur: a half-sister, Mrs. Mae Johnson of New Carlisle, and a number of nieces ami nephews. . Funeral services will be held at 2: p. m. Friday at the funeral, home, the Rev. John E. Chambers' officiating. Burial will be io the Decatur cemetery, with military rites conducted by Adams Post 43. American Legion. Friends may uall at the funeral home after 7 o’clock Wednesday evening.

Price Five Cents.

Heavy Casualties By Both Sides Revealed tAs Advance By U. S. Troops Slows Down Tokyo.' Wednesday, Jan. .11 - (Uf*)—The mighty battleship Missouri and several.rocket ships led; a crushing bombardment of the Korean east coast town of KansonV all day Tuesday. Ou the westedi front the U.S 1 . 9th | army's advance, toward Seoul stowed down to ui walk. • • ( ] NavaL headquarters in Tokyo announced the furious attack on Kansong, a tiny coastal city 30 miles north of the 38th parallel, without explanation. Carrier-based planes joined in; t daylong assault. The shattering offshore bombardment was accompanied by a new United Nations attack on the eaxt coast town of Kangnung. 47 miles south of Kansong. The action extend’ed.the UN front across the entire Korean peninsula. In the west. Bth army troops gained only 1.000- to l;500 yards along the main roads toward Seoul in the sixth day of 'their offensive. X spokesman said furious fighting was in. progrtss against entrenched red troops and that both sides were suffering heavy casualties, "I think we've hit their thiiin defense line," a regimental officer said. j The Chinesa communists threw artillery into the batlfe for the second straight day. blasting 9th afmy positions nine miles northwest of Suwonj A navy announcement on the east coast shelling, which is 100 miles .northeast of Seoul, said it started Tuesday morning and was still going on at midnight (9 a.m. Tuesday CST). The assault, was opened by the 45.000-ton 'Mis/ouri, the cruiser and nine destroyers and' minesweepers The navy described it as a “neutralisation bombardment," The first hour, the navy said, was "one of the most devastating bombardments of recent months.” The bombardment coni inurtl throughout the day. Then “several* rockets ships moved in close to shore at dusk and joined in the destruction. Carrier-based Panther jet planes, fighters and attack bombers added their blows, raking the town, its coastal highway and its rail facilities throughout the day. ; While red resistance stiffened on the road to Seoul, other allied troops in the same general area advanced up to six miles on the flanks of the attack. At the same time navai air and surface assaults on Inchon, the port'|of Seoul.' continued into its fifth day. A briefing officer said the allied troops were-suffer|ng their heaviest casualties of the offensive. However, he added that these still w4re tar below the terrific losses beintf inflicted on entrenched Chinese reds. I Spine <0 miles east southeast of Seoul, ah allied relief column fought Its way through enemy Hues and rescued an Americah patrol from communist encirclement. It had been cut off since dusk yesterI day. Other Sth army units thrust ahead at the eastern end of the 12<k mile front. South Korean troops buret into Kangnung. east coast port only 17 miles south of the 38th parallel, in th|e wake of an aerial and naval bombardment. ’ K-86 Sabre jets and a destroyer : offshore laid down a curtalu of bombs, rockets and machine-gun fire on North Korean troops only 1,590 feet in front of the South .Koreans. The enemy fled north. Hdtkever. late reports said two enemy battalions —pome 2,000' men —had dug in two miles southeast of Kan'gnbng. presumably in an attempt (to cut one pf the two escape roads out of the town. » Decatur Lions Club Meets This Evening ; Deane Dorwin, a member of the Decatur high school faculty, is scheduled to lead the “discussion on world affairs," to he conducted as the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club tonight. y