Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 26.

GOVERNMENT PARTLY LIFTS WAGE FREEZE — i —j , U : 711. j ■ —r—■

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UN TroopsOf Eight Nations v Continue Drive UN And Communist Commanders Throw iln Fresh Soldiers | Tpkyo. Thursday. Fen 1 ill’ll ■ ■ hbtli communist and United Na- j NuTft. <<>mrnl it <1 <-i • thl'PW> li.iti I’oriw* into th^; raging Korean but-r th- Wdlmsduy hut the UN troop* w id dj leJiAd <>tenf*,<•biintrit-s continued Sh.ji advance, bteatlni out m w ■ on the road 16 Seoul; .. I A-fnetf sect lon of Tty front erupt I *' <1 |nto flaming action nt dawn > i Whr|i the US’ ftth corps Jumped •ft in the central Hector and col ;||d>.d wph' heavy ted defense* In ; he AVotiJib Iclion Utdl i \ Ab vipoit, said the reds' had ’ »«hi-<'mv it 1 • .«»<>'» t»> 2o,turn m w troop*. • into | in. tn ph nine miles northt a t tvr; tyiptivaiiK laiir. The reds n,|«o . Iwi-'te reported flvetishly building a d'rto-inlli »long swing of foxhole (Ic hr on north ha.nk of the, Hartl river ttenr there. //New Zealand artillery and Brit ' Tanks joined the battle \Vetlner» ilay lor the first time since thej retreat liom Seoul, supporting UN Holdlei* who were digging tnI'renched r< ds owt of their holes vht.lj bayonets and grenades . /,ohe spearhead lunged nine miles p.nr'Ji,of Suwon. 16 imiles south of for the penetration tYjrw'Rd Seoul since the week-old of- ■ . ii.n-ive began. jN»-w destruction teas rained on tne teommuni: ts on Korea’s east Cpu-sU A terrifying allied armada l|d by the mighty battleship Mis «<>uet sail, d 2" mil's north from ■ . and began pouring »x---ffiosfyes *into the jown \of Kosong. , y| Air reports said, the Chinese rtfl'tvr.s thrown into the western ,- Houtr’figlitlng *‘’’e massing in an |stehibly area 20 miles east of iteteij. , L ’ ’■ Tli|y were Identified as replaceJ Jinlnti. from Manchuria wh(» enter kfintea only 1<» days ago. Some < I’os-ed tlo . Hau river to ■ fl.in ;the fighting only three days ■ The Norpr I<oi< an Rth di vhs'xiif also was lit ported (.p have lipVeii Into lint northwest . of Su (ten./ . rm I lam ' * IB’ "• <1 - I ' l I- do line ami 8 hand, to to and figlitlnr. ' tjureii at points, fiont di- -paidi.- ; ttel.l tel Amen, an uml I’mibl Rican sii t Mi'iio n prvh r, bih out d - x h«h VKHb p|||i Unit' <1 N'tilons f6r»«s in ndteliji Im luded rurkhlio j Soitjh " i’oirjt Imteh imf Firm bHopps. > 1 i)m«t Ih’lKhiu iijtd Lotemhourp ikuttgl lamltd tit l , |m,nh hi |4ln Hit e|N «dfmy, brl|,ifliiH to Hl th'" num lIU Ire • mint i io'- itjo, 'tii'd.lti tlo'l 14 y I -v V . > • "I W'ifyhcr Warning To Mina Residents (‘■hillgo. '.inti.- 'I ill'i Tl"' bureau today issm>d a. ■ pe< warning f<> t eHidehts of and Hotilhorn Illinois i'/ing rain and /sleet along I fe (Hili River will spread north- - jinl! bd mlleM into Illinois, and ’. ilo • j|(Jes into Indiana, today and and sleet will change Jf. mliiiw Thursday Heavy snow < iivyipiing elsewhere in south .< ' < Iknd southern Illinois and \ >:ii(i|'tn gnd east central Ind i IJmL| Iby tonight. , Diminishin ' 7 |jursr|«y. The weather bureau/ virhfeiof "very hazardous .driving j pl p ' ■ i ■ .. . / 1 ? !? WEATHER rain and sleeft near ■pWtoi river spreading/ ribrth--ward! about 100 miles this aflitftrncHpn and tonight, changing jijt<y snow Thursday. Siveire MOjj&tidg extreme southern lnHeavy enow develop;|lrki elsewhere in southern and . Ikjjst /-central Indiana by; todiminishing Thursday. I iShbM northward over remainfmer o# state; not so cold. Low tonight around W north, 15 20 ■JHH-Uthl . High Thursday 20 north; 20 30 v sOutH. |f; ■ \T\ i" ; i-

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT ONLY OAILV NtWSFAftR IN ADAMS COUNTY

I ■■ : ■ - Vote Acceptance Os J Land As Sanctuary IfidianapoliH. .lap’. 11. (UP) Th|» Indiana house adopted and [KdHV to the senate today . a joint rtAJVnftlion Authorizing the state cornier vat km Ilepartment to meep.' . 12 ucjrt-s of kind along the j Adams |3uy county line to be as .< Gene Stratton Porter nii'inorial bird sanctuary. The resahuion was lilt rod lived I by flep G Hviny Blei'ly of Decat.ir I K'preHvtilatiye from Adairs ami 'Wells counties 4 / ' : "■ ‘ '!. ! Truman To Ask 10 Billion In | Hiqher Taxes Special Message To Congress Friday By. President Trumari Wa siring t/i|i>J4ni 11 (l;'P> I'tesidl nt Ttum.in'AViln afik ' iihout <10.000.000.000 In hlgiiAK fakes In hls_Hlivclal message to etifigi'ess Ft'iday, congiekslomil sotireci* said [today. ' They said a rex-omhienffation for another $6.(i00.000.0<m Increase will be made later Mr. Trumun and his top economic advisers discussed tbte j>ro grain with members of the, taxframing ■ house ways and means cortimittee at a White House conference. ■ .} Those who attended said Mr. Truman ‘told the tax-writers he would propose in Friday’s message: . ' , \, < 1. About $-UfMl<).(yio.oolj mpre in individual income taxes This will lie made up through a four/point increase in rates. No [ reduction iln th' present <6OO exemption is contemplated at this time. | 2. 'An increase of about $3,000.f.tHi.rifHi in l-orporation income daxes. This Will cull for an increase in the corporate tax rate from the present maximum id I" percent to 55 percent. \ / 3. An incrdi.e in excise faxes ol about $2,000,000,0(10, This Wil) t'ull for .im reases on! soinb items now taxed, and for levying pew taxes on Home items not now tax , ' tl, i : \ ’ •I (’losing of "loopiiiihm" Ip the p'rvsviH lax liifAs; to add anoll, .-I > .a t o ria . wij| Hu luiic pi npo <id t.i \ai ion' of uni H'.il fUV In; I>,ink ■ a wi t bin ild llir lux riillvi linn method oil col porn I i.m dlx Idfii l«, and a i i'i|url lon . 111. the [lie; flit illluwailtcw fol oil UJ(d Itiin di'plvllnii and ntlivi 1 . Special ailnw um v t ('otnicHM vniort itti iM.t/oii.ooy.oiio flux hnoMi hint yvm $1 niw,uo<».tloo 111 inillvldtiftl uml cm pnrntiun'' im (Tur'u To I'hmo MIMI //■ ■ ‘ Kenneth Neptune Dies In Arizona J Native Os Decatur j Is Takpn By Death Woifd was tci'flvcd here today of thei death of Kenneth .Neptiune. 55. whose current residence is kort, Wayne hut who was horn and rear ed in Decatur and well known! here. lived in tljis city more ’han 21 /years befone moving to Allen county. He was dhe nephew Os the late Janies Rice, 1 j His wife, the former Della Dejlj linger of this citjt. survives Alt. jNi prune, who died in XVyiianif, I Ariz.. while enroute hbme after p Hip iTwough the west and; south. Relatives here believe the 55-yeat old salesman died of a cerebral hemorrahage. Tie was taken; ill Sunday, it is, reported, and died Tuesday, i . [ ■ Mr. Neptune moved to. Fort Wayne following his marriage th Delta riellinger. In addition to ithp widow, he i< survived by a sop. Robert, and a daughter, Mr*. Theresa Merrill, both of Evansvilit. Tentative funeral received hero reveal that (be fun vt al ; ej vice, will be conduced Friday lb tl|e Alexander funeral liwntj, Kyankvilie, with httrlul there.

H — t £ Strike Halts Railroads S' H * jW7 •wiL. yitew FROM the Xmblis-mhir Bridge at pet roll. Mlclu, wlopiv thotiknmis of railroad earn Mund In the Uhivsapeake At Ohio railroad yards. rt "Hlvkae»H" ’ wllicir hegan I'ttesduy morrtlng Hun |du of switchmen reported "Hick” In lite unmithot l/ed| work stoppage which, by Tuesday afternoon. Ind - tymied freight on six t piyoada.« ■ ... ■/ ■ 1

UN Committee Brands Chinese \ Reds Aggressors General Assembly Called To Discuss Resolution Thursday ■. ■ ;■ ; /■ ■' / t ■ ' Lujke' Success. N.Y.. Jan. 31. — >iUP;i United States, pleased by overivhelming United Nations approval! of its resolution branding 'Uoin)nunist China'an aggressor, prepa|'ed today to push the me,ailure to final action and get on with punishing Peiping for intervention in Korea. By a vote of 41 to 7,‘ wRU 8 abstentions, the 60-natlou UN political committee approved the MjfrbP* sos icsolution at 9:15 p.m I (’ST jt* |^n, upusuul Hight session yesterday Hu/ «' month* aft« i tlie ('hlncse begap fighting UN troop* In Korea. . * The s» nmal assembly was sum iqomd lo dlgcuMs tlh resolution tomotipw Flmil Approval by a lop"i'll miirglu was asHured. ’l'hi’ ll imiloit Hectirity eoum’il micis it ft !;• ani UR I* tbiliiy to ei.p.i; (Im Korean qin.Mtlou liom tl I U i«Ui|a illld IflllilVi' the lit"/ legal liiutl'li to UN action against the I’HlipHiP. regime 'l/h'l I X pollihiil <\omiiiltlre net e<| night 111 the fttcr Os ft IttMl iii|ltlli|<’l win tilng from likllii'm clilet (Ich i [if* Hit I I’tiegttl Hau that "the world i« mim hliip. Inward* dl*- ' ; ' i , i;,.ii appealed toi pa*M*R* of a 12?. nation Aruh-A*lnn eoutftet pro ponjil culling r for a nevi n . nntton conpfi i lice on far rust problems, Rap aid a <e*Meflie hr Koren could be obtained within 24 hours of Its passage. But the nations of the World voted tfown his plan .27 4,0 is with 14. abst fnt tons. ThrOugli thiee hectic sessions yest, iHay. the committed beat down a determined effort by the Soviet. bjoc, with a strong support from the Arab-Asian nations, to delay a vote On the American resolption. (Turr '»’«» Patte Eta'iti Miss Edith Steury Oratorical Winner Miss Ed|ith Steury, a member of the senitajr class, will represent Adams Central in the 'count..' American Legion orratOrical contest; MJss Steury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. P. Steury of .Berne, route 1. won the finals of the. con test held Tuesday,, with Misalilarto Habpgger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.l Amos Ilab igger of Berne route, as the alt« mate. Nine girkr of .the senior class participated it. the contest. Jud<4«. all members of she Adams Central faculty, were Doy|.» Collier. J E. Thacker and Harriet Pruston J

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 31,1951

Henry W. Marshall Dies At Lafayette Lsfayvtte. Ind.. Jan 31.-(UP) Henry, AV Marshall. Sr., editor bi chief 'dffi the Lafayette Journal am! Courtailand president of the -coni* pany wiilcn publishes it, died today two after his 3<th birthdajj. Marshall was president of tluri intemriijojial Live Stock show at ! t'hiciute .for 15 years from 1933 to j 194 S . «iSjd was chairman of the hoard, when he died. . * ' He liad been a newspaper publisher Hlnce 1914 and ottce ow-ned the { \ ' Several Are Killed As Bridge Collapses Three Rivers Bridge In Canado Collapses ThrtWt. Rivers Que., Jun. 31 ( I Pi 2,300-foot bridge ciillapsml Rufiii and went *t least four rur< i/int lheii occupant* into the l(’e-filte(| St, Maurice river i r’lilt.'ir? .said "*«v*rar* person*. VMI.' kill'-'l - were »nl able tn tell h(iw many tiled he einiMC fim auinmohllc" wets i riiHll<|tl flHuter loll" of fallen ■ teel iml lIU |mr> > The! hottie* ret'ovnred hy polk v ■ Wi'iy nt a tiixh ah Hr I vei nml Hi*?'. ‘p***eiigui Tlniy were • uh, n jrein.ih,. twlMfet* wreckage of rim ilrlvei wa* Paul .j The .pU*MO|lgf»r Wit" h|rntlli<'4 oply it* Huuniler,' LiMei ■ dalril hoity wtt" <il*rov IhreipJ"jifvlvor* were taken to St hospital ami HTatetl tor *ho< k They jump ed Tromite tiixlcab second* before It eratili|d through the rlvey ice ami clißt|iPi#ared They jutepetl from IceVflbjr* to lc£ floe, and; got ashore. / The/Httidge was named for Pre-' mier Ma|trice Duplessis i who ord-

IF TH? A-BOMB COMES YOUR WAY IT IS VtTAt. that every\American should know exactly what he may expect and what he should do if an atom bomb some day drops <| n h>s city. To provide this information succinctly arid clearly, 1 the federal government has prepared a pamphlet, Survitßp (Jnder Atomic Attack. AS A STEF to put this information into the hands of every citizen so that it can be memorized as a protection against such an emergency, King Features Syndicate and this newspaper tomorrow will start reprintirtg the pamphlet in a series of 10 articles! 7' .' • J •' • i READ tiIEM, clip them, re-read them and make certain every membeil of your household fully understands the lessons they teach, Keep them for future reference, j . THEY-COULD MIAN FOR YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH The first installment appears on Page 7

World Affairs Ar? Discussed By Lions ■' i 6 Home Talent Show ’ 1$ Also Discussed Using a David Lawj'ence editor | ial a* ’the basis, Deane' DorWii gujdeil the divergent opinions ol t’he irti-mbers of the Lions dub into aji evening’s discussion of affairs at the regular meeting Tuesday. ' j Other affairs were <ll*6 discussell at; the meeting, priniarily the forthcoming LionS’ production of the "AVtunanless Wedding." which is (o'J)e presented' In the Decatur high fsihool auditorium Wednesday aiid Thqrsday.\February 14-lij. Wafson Maddox, representing the Committee in charge of com-j pletlnft arrangement* for the program,! reported that a represent*: live wt; the cbtnpany which is do-J Ing tile bgckgroumi work for the tlieatrlcs will he |h the city next ivui'k itp make firs/ plan* for the proginith In effect, about all that can be done jt I* nssumeij, i* to merely give. lh(« pgi'ticlpantH a vague outline t'C'thu program, uml let them fuko UMiom th.At least thul Is tlm Ujpllihm of I. E ApspuuKh and vijier club official* vteu tfte club * Jourmi'y Into sun k GmiitilMl* a* promidng tew 'dock iljti*wars Muihl|ix said that, a inn per foiijiiinthi tli kei *t«lr I* to he cnti dm led thy the dub . 1 hit Hilt the.' Tueed/iy tneallnx, l»t»rwhi,jiohitoil up the bn*lc tenet* mitlinvii. by Lawrence’* editorial which, /in aubstance, stated that an all-teit war with Ruasla wa* not linttilnent. "at least not in HISL”, k - Dor win noted the writer’s argutneni* that Russia 1* nbi htetormuliy inclined to fight on two fronts, and ''Khe China war is enough lor the' time being; there ' Is not ihe assurance of complete control of the Russian satellites

Permits Increases For Coal Miners And Others Previously Negotiated

Asks Merit System For Highway Dept. [ Also Ask Liquor Out Os Politics Indianapolis. Jan. 31. (UP) The Indiana IVRbduture wus asked today to take out' of politic* more than sou jobs In tw* o'important state dvpartmentH. Rep. Laurence D Bak« r. R., Ken dailville, Maid he and Rep. Joitn R. Felkhnei, R . Alm ion, would intro duel' u bill to put 6II(> employes of the stiitc highway department-on the merit systetii, Yeaterday, Rep D lElßert Hroim. IL, Peru, Introduced a bill to put 2(kUvortßervat(on departrtwnt am-ploy«-H on tp< merit Hyntem. "1 think the highway department han been tloo much of a political football In the pant," aald [Baker "ICh time something was about it, " , Another bill ready f<-r Introduction by t a Democrat would [take liquor out of politic* by eliminating "shotgun marriagvH" In the alcoholic beverage wholesale setpp. Author of the bill was Sen. Leonard F. Conrad. D.. Terre Haute./ Chief purpose of the me|*urfe Was to let alcoholic beverage wholesalers operate as private businesses rather thirn political "footballs.” with Democratic iyjjolesAlers being forced to take in republican partners and Vke Versa as at present, according to insiders'. But Ikiuor-politjcs was only one issue before the lawmakers as the legislative pace picked up speed as the session neared the halfway mark. ' Ttie house was jammed yesterday afternoon at a public hearing a bill to establish special classes for children in public schools; Parent-teacher associations and other sch<K>l Rroups plugged for passage of the measure, introduced by Rep. Thomas U' HasbrOok. R.. Indianapolis, while officials of the measure, introduced; by Rep Th<> mas C. Hasbrook. R., Indianapolis, while officials of . the state school Cor the-deaf .were equally/adamant a Turn, To Pavo /Ms* . Air National Guard Io Report Thursday 27 From County To I Duty On Thursday ' Twi nty sewn Admit" comily itxtivlMis will • t for duty Thin day, all nf| t|iem for active duty with the l«3nl rigbujt «<|uadr<m of ihv nh nuilomil iKumll Tliomv I ><' t'lti ' "in h’ w II" . 11l < '" luiliih'd i" ' ivpiut Include I’hll fiiYivt. Eugene lltikvr, Max (111 pill, HrHiClt Ghelz. Vmi King. Kd win Korte, Robert LautrnL I'hlllp Rehm, lllrliui’l Itt'i <;<\ngv Smith. Warren Artpdd. Lauren Arnold. Marte Kuhn. Ralph Jackson. Rohr i t ;Smith, Richard Okv and Donald ;ChronlstVr. I Thoßtc from Berne who are ordered to report are Warren Arnold. Richard Bollenpacher. Duane El■lenberger, Palmer Heare, Loren Heare, Larry Lehman. Lee Moser. David Schwartz, Frederick Sprunger and Leroy Sprunger. Although there, is nb official release concerning the length of time these men will remain at Baer Field, where they are to report, it is believed that they will train there, for possibly two months before being assigned elsewhere. Shipments To City x Not Affected Yet ’ ■ C. I. Finlayson, local manager of the Central Soya Company. Stated this morning that the railtoad switchmen’s strike had q. ; affected shipments to this city, t "If the strike end* within the next few days,” Finlayson said, ‘t-we will not he affected, because Our supplies are adequate," he explained Besides carload ship tiients of soybeans,] farmers an delivering many bushel* of heiaa in the tin. k t" the local plant.

Government To r . . ; . Move Against Rail Strikers Contempt Citation Is Sought Against Striking Switchers BULLETIN New York, Jen. 31 — (UP) —The Rallyway 'Expreae Aj>. pney today enibargoed all freight shipments between 14 eastern and middle weeter.n etatoe> and the remaining 34 1 > states because of the railway strike. I ] By United Prew i A federal attorney annouiiritl thr* Moprnment will stmt pew court proceedings today ' against striking railroad switchmen. Whose spreuding wildcat walkout produced a freight train Wreck attempt at Detroit and an embargo on shipments to the .vital Oak Ridge atomic installation. At Chicago, assisiank U. S. district attorney John P. Lulinski said he would ask federal judge Michael L. Igoe for d contempt citaiton naming the railroad local heads of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmens unions on cjrippled" lines in the Chicago area. The government bases its contempt charges on grounds that the switchmen, members of the BRT. alte ignoring a l»ack-to-w ; ork injunction issued at the jime of [the "sick” walkouts in llecember. Lulinski said the contempt proceedings are to be entirely separate from those fi|ed after the December strike. ' The switchmen's- walkout; Jias •nW affected a dozen Important rail centers, hampering the movement of passengers, freight and U._ S. mail. Southern railways switchmen, firemen and engineer* reptirtAd "Sick" al Knoxville. Tenn., tlte raljlroad embargoed all freight, including atomic shipment* Io nekrby Oak Ridge ■ At Detroit. UheMiipuukc and Ohio railroad police rKportml that Itli unldeiitill.Ml v limp tvl.-H 'to wlrpck a freight train and suervvd>'d In ilvruflliiß bite cgi (Jfflcvr Terry llylgnd said the lTarn T»» Ipaae Twni David H. Baumann Is Taken By Death Well Known Decatur Resident Is Dead David H B;tunuUiti. 35. well known Diva'ut resident, died at 2:io (/dock Tuesday afternoon at the Clinic hospital In Bluffton fol lowing, an illness of two years of jcompHcations. A former 'pro at the Decatur Country club a number of. years agb, he Was'one of the city’s leading golfers until ill health forced him to quit the game. He had been employed gt the General Electric works in this city for a number of years. j * : He was bpm in Monroe township Aug. .2, 1915. a son of Albert and Jennie Bieberstein-BSumann, and lived in Decatur most of his life. He was a »neriber of the First Baptist church and the Moose and Eagles lodges. Surviving his parents and obe brother, John A. Baumann, all of Decatur. One sister. Mary Ann, is deceased. i . I Funeral services will be held at 11:30 p.m. Friday at the home. 923 Mercer avenue, and at 2 o’clock at lhe First Baptist church, the Rev. Robert 11. Hammond i officiating. Tter.ial will be In the Decatur cemetery. The body will he removed front the Zwlck funeral home to the lesidenre. wheie friends may call afttu 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon

Price Five Cents.

500 New Contracts Affected By Order; Catch-up Formula , Hoped For Soon -- Washington, Jan. 31 — (UP) — The government partly lifted it* freeze on wage* today t|o permit Hit leases for John L Lewis’ v soft coal miner* and others union* which negotiated them before the lid was ctemped on teat Priddy. The iTO.Otlti soft coal miners will receive their new $1.60 a day pay hike atartlnif tomorrow. However, the *ame booat, for 75,0 M hard coal miner*, wa* not automatically approved by . the wage sttiblllzation board’s order rhe nntbreclte Tm wai actually agreed on one dav gftfr the effective date of th,freeze The office of price etehillxation iprepared u>>« regulation* (over ihg coal price Increase*, hi It* first order relaxing the Wage freeze, the board approved Jncrdaiwa negotiated and arbitration awards announced, but not put in effect, before the freeze. But It put. a 15-day off date after Jan. 25 on such agreements. In other words, no Increase is approved under the relaxation unless it is to be paid by Feb. 9.' In another order, the boardl exempted from its jurisdiction state, county and municipal employes whose wages are fixed by statute. But it -said they would be "expected lb conform to nationgl wage stabilization policy." The board took n<i> action as to wages of federal employes and said it did not know yet whether it has jurisdiction over them. Ching said he hoped “it will not be long" before (She board can issue an over-all "cat ih-up" formula ’<> permit in of the /fiftu round of post-war pay hikes. Manv industries th the last year have granted wage imuases o f about Ifr percent. ’ The board's order permitting agreed-on. increase* to be put in effeiT cover* automatic adjustments under existing agreement* only if; they ate due before Feb ft. The iMigrd has yet made no decision on wluit to do, about rturlt uml auto matlc length •of- aervlce boost* scheduled to become effective after that date ilogrd mei);bt-r>» Maid that perhaps (Tbite T» Paa. LATE BULLETINS T Lima, Jan. 3t --(UP)A vlolant earthquake ehaak / Lima at 10'30 a.m. (CET) tod«y> . London, Jan. 31 - (UR)Charlo* F, Rlalr, Jr.. 41, veteran American commercial pilot, flew non «top from Now Yorjk to London In eeven houre and 1 43 minute* today in e *oup»b>up •Ingle-englnn. Muatang fighter plane. He bteke the trane-At-lantlc recordset laet November by a four-engined Btratooruleer. Blair took off from New York Idlewild airport at 3;60 a.m. (CBT) and landed at London airport at 5:38 p.m. (11:38 p.m. CST); Wethington, Jan., 31.— (UP) —Attorney general j\ Howard McGrath today ann|>unced that 83 Chinese allene vyere arrested In surprise ' raßia in York diking the night. McGrath said of them, mostly deserting seamen, are believed to be active commun- * ists. They are members of the Kang Jai association which has offices in Brooklyn, > Houston, Tex., Jan. 31.—TUP) —A genera'-alarm fire, fed by a light north breeze in subfreezing weather, destroyed or heavily .damaged nine stores in the heart o< downtown Houston today before It wa* brought under control by 350 firemen. The fire caused the death of one fireman, J. D. Connor suffered a heart attack while fighting the blaze and died en route to a hospital. Early estimate* of th* damage ran *s high ** 32.000,000 “or more?*