Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLI&C. Na. 46.

AMERICANS CHASE FLEEING COMMUNISTS

House Passes Bill Jo Bare Welfare Files \ Indiana House Bill Would Make Welfare File Records Public •i ■>> ’* 1 Indiarirapojp<. Fyb. j 23. —(UPc A. mujtkily| f-omriiith*e report re-<-ommi*! i ided''| passage! of a bill to, bai t public files was adopt-). , ed by th»- hfeuse of tie Indiana leg islaturertoMy alfft r a| bitter debate. Minoij dt|ioctats Jon house security) cot|mittee jailed the bill a *’a pieje of lejuslaHion” and i indefinite postponeni» nt. iui |he house tpined the ipinoi il v .1 down 30 to 63. It«p. Soln® K. iSedlfick. Jr., Mai 1 - tinsville, chairman of the committee,. spoke.’|ror the {measure. one of rhe lA)lle|t of the session. “It yrfm’t lie l(|ng it we continue <>nr |irejsO‘nt| course until we ll all be on) we|ifar< ,” , Sedwick said. “This isn’t |going ! ter hurt anyone getting ps.n’t the pur- . !»<><*• of it. What’s wiong with our knowing) whit becomes of our mon-t ♦*>-” .1 •- | • ' The rpajoßlty report was adopted by voice Vote ? ' our mopey.“j ' * The issue! was thieshed out in the senate >here th| “Anti-Secre-cy” bid originated ajiid was passed days, agop 26 to 24,i on strict party lines, ■ * ■ • ? The majority recontmepded passage, iiulhoijzing public inspection > of coun;ty vjieltare lisks tontaining Il names |nd jiddresses of recipients I* and tlu* amount of tilieir monthly r checks. ' | jBut a'*mji|>rity report from tour tFs.- Democrats Jon thy Inine-membi r GOP-Cont rolled f comiffittee recoinihended .indefinite postponement which WoUlf kill the rest . > ofAthe’ sessjoip lutrodsuetiln of the Ibill near tire start of Stiiefeession raised a Storm of protest Public welfare officials claimed itz jeopardized the SIB,OOO- - anniral jnatching Ifunds grants [ ' fronk tite federal gcjverftment to help run jndiana’S( | $41{000,0()0-a yeai- ”w»lfaie program. -Organiza ’ tioils syfnpd|hetic witl welfare pro ' gram also, protested the bill would penalize deserving recipients and force them tj) withdraw rather than suffering wounded plide by having their names paraded before , the pubic. | J <*« Late yesterday*, the piouse passed. 85 to-5; anti sent to 5 the senate a bill setf|ng |tp a $50l;000 civil defense ptogrim. ft earmarks $l5O- - I to jfinaitice an Administrative council and b $2.50-000 if or-a contingency fund tor stockpiling medical supplies);' . | ■■ J The passed, S 3 to 9, a bill hamAfng the nianufagtnring. sale and of Ibttery tickets. Ttep. Jahn Ayan, D., fTeyre Haute, led the oiHhisition. g To I’mce ipeven > Raymond Chrrstnian \ Wounded In Kprea I vj-l >|;3 If ' ■ '>[ I. i AV ord ? bap .been received here | .that Cfhristiman, hospital I p-ejrpsmah i’ll tjhe V. S. marines. I ’ who *a| route 1J Monroe. was wounded in tactlpp inf korea. A let ter to his Wife. Mrs| Lois JeannO Christman,Told that Be was among .those who Esw actiorjt in the fierye retreat frbiri the Chosin He received a shtaptnel wound in. the, right hand, according to the letter, which was written from £ rest camp; fbllowingjijs company’s evacuation. : s T He told farther that of the 23 men in the c ompany; only 95 evacuated, irhe letter was written February 1| and Mirs.. Christman assumesijief husband has returned to combatdfity by this time.. Christ man wa.4 with the contingent of t - Lniarines left Wayne lasi \. August^ia.'; After Spending one '* tweek \in the states, Christman was flown t-o IJoreaJ where he imWent into combat." He wiote hijs Wife thaf he Was comnjbuded, by bis•comifeanding-officer tb receive Jthe silver star medel, for hi* conduct jn the Chosiu 1 action. iffjV. j;- [.!- ' f' ' I" ’. ~ ~—V INDIANA WEATHER T*— Partly cldudy to cloudy tonight and Saturday with conjiderable ear|y morning fog in rurdl Not much change kif , in terttperaturelj Low tonight h Hl)j[h ' Bdturday 35-42 north,. 42-45 pouth. r . - 4s I: 1 ’ '. i

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Thousands Stricken By Mild Form Os flu Most Os Cases Are Comparatively Mild By United Press A mild form of influenza has I stricken hundreds of thousands of persons across the nation. Oiiibreaks of the disease closed schools, jammed\ hospitals and caused a sharp rise in absenteeisn\ in industries iri many cities. New England appeared hardest hit. Officials said a quarter of a i million admits and uncouhted thou sands of children were '.affected there. Deaths were reported in ?ome places, but doctors said njost eases comparatively mild and akin to a "very bad cold.” Dr. Thoma's Francis .iff the University of Michigan | school • of healjh, an authority on influenza, said the outbreak “does not appear tu be oif alarming, severity, although it is a little sharper than in other years." ' j \ _ D<>ctors said that in g< neral the “flu” requires nd extensive treatment. leaves no complications. Dr. Francis said present dntgs are not effective against primary stages of influenza but are of help with the secondary results. .] ‘ Bo|ston_authorities estimated that at lehst 6.000 residents of that city wire bed-ridden. Roman archbishop Richard J: (Pushing lifted Ijenten fast regutntions for \1,200.00n church members because of the disease 1 , j' ; AAII Boston hospitals were over* crowded and the Massachusetts Memorial hospital said 120 of itf< fob employes were ill. P-A similar situation existed at; Philadelphia. The Philadelphia reial hospital said 119 'of its employes were sick. Cases of the disease soared into the hupdn 'ls there and five deaths were reported since Wednesday. P J |n New York. 85 student nurses were under treatment at Bellevue hospital and several doctors failed ito make their usual round,- ■ New York heath authqi’ties said I the state Was suffering a mild epidemic, with outbreaks of the disease in 12 widely scattered coun ,ti<s. Officials ajl Buffalo said they believed I the disease was \on the wane there, and all schools in Niagara county had reopened. Schools' in four towns in Erie county. New York. vi'eYe jclosed until further ftnfi dozens of schools shut down ip Pennsylvania and southern Nt w Jersey. ' ■ ; ; ' j' . Indianapolis Worker Is Crushed To Death indiaritrpolls. Feb. 23.—jl’P) — City sanitation worker Jdhr Peden,. 2d. was cpislied to deatr yesterday between a truck and a utility pole. . j ...... ..._ . . One Killed, 13 Hurt As Truck Hits Bus Kentucky School Bus ■ Is Struck By Truck Fort Knox. Ky.. Feb,. 23.—(UP)—| A nine-year-old girll was Rilled and 13 others injured) one seriously when a truck loaded yith aiftomobiles sheared off t-he side . of a standing school bus near\ here yesterday.; Martha Payhe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Paynie, Radcliff. Ky., was killed in the accident She was foiirth grade student at Vine Grover school .[in Hardin county. _ ; Still listed as in condi tion at Kentucky baptist hospital, in, Louisville was; Gloria Helefe Cockriel, 13. also of Radcliff. HoS pital authorities said she head injuries and a broken arm. The crash occulted about thl-ee miles south of herie as the bus stopped to one of the 30 school children Rtjll on the bus A truck.\with foujr automobiles on the trailer, drivefil; by, Charles T. Zenner, Pontiac*,Mich.. aF tempted to pass the ljus. but \siffeswiped it instead, shearing off the left side. —' ‘ . I f Zenner.was charged with volun tary manslaughter ind. passing a stopped school bus ajjtd his bond was sot at SIO,OOO. He said be tried to stop, but Ma\ brfliikos grabbed, throwing, the truck to the 1 left.

Wilson Makes Radio Report If ■ . . - fhis Evening I Defense Mobilizer F To Deliver Radio IJ Address To Nation || Washington. Feb. 23 — (UPt — JOrganized, labor called a "where-To-we-go-from-here” meeting today iifiei three apparently ’ fruitless flays of campaigning to boost the percent wage fqrmula) || As the united labor policy comimittee met defense mobilizer Charles' E. AVilsoji put the finishing touches to a nat ion wide radio Thport to be delivered at 9:30 p.m. f ST - ■ 1 , | That report may give the public L t uTT answer on what poTicy-mak-1 Ing role labor can play in the |nohilization program, and perhaps |ihethe‘r the 10 percent wage for|qula will be ordered ■, Labor- members concluded three |l»iys of talks yesterday with economic stabilizer Eric A. Johnston. Spokesman reported he gave no I’ommitments op what action he jyotild take on the wage formula which has been on jiis desk for feigning for a week. I Labor wapts a 12 percent ceil|mg. excluding fringe behefits, which would (permit \ futur| ineases to match rises in th'e cost Ms living., The three labor memJvers of the\ nine-man wage stabilisation board quit when the board approved 6 to 3. the 10 percent jbrniula? ( y. Johnston indicated yesterday he feigßt not act on the formula ordftr until next week. But he left the possibility that he might have made some 1 decision in time sot Wilsop to announce tonight; I' As the labor committee met, one source said the picture was so confused it was not even certain. ! |hat the committee would act on |he offer of Wilson to name 1 ,a ftliiop leader as a top aide. - i Johnston ' emphasized yesterday that his prime purpose in meeting with the union leaders was to persuade the labor representatives to. return to the wage "board. \ : Il labor Wilson’s offer Snaking a union chief a top mobilization advisei-, the top choices ipbeaied to be Walter P. Reuther,] 1 (Turn To Pukc Seven) V .' i ■ Air Alert Sounded I- ' In Formosa Capital Initial Ait Alert Since World War II Taipei, Formosa. Feb. 23. — (UP) --Three to sljx planes believed from red. China approached Formosa from the northwest today and sent Taipei residents scurrytng to air jaid shelters and the open country (o near panic'. However, air defense headquarters reported the planes turped i away while still 100 miles from | this American-protected Chinese I island and nationalist fighters were finable to intercept them. i Hpng Kong reports said Chinese nationalist planes have resumed reconnaissance flights over red-hold Hainan Island where Soyiet engineers were reported building a naval base, and the communist mainland coast.) Formosa’s first air alert since Woyld War H was sounded in Taipei. the capital and the naval base town of Keelung a few miles the east at 10:30 fa.in. (8:30 p.m. Thursday CST). The aU-Jear followed an hour later. i Although Taipei had taken a practice alert calmly yesterday, its inhabitants stampeded to places of safety when the alarm sounded;today. All traffic stopped and electric power was cut. i, Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Whose U.S. 7th fleet is under or ders from President Trumah to prevent a co'mm.hnist attack on 1 Formosa. arrived ih Taipei a half-Ro ur after she all-clJpr was sounded. came from southern Formosa, where he conferred yesterday with Generalissimo and Ma(fame Chiang KabShek in connec* tjon with the president’s June 27. 1950 directive, which also ordered the "th fleet to, pievent any nationalist operations) against the (Turn To Png< Seven)

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Tells “Influence*’ Tale 4 . ’ .. ... • ‘ r j ■ EDCAR KAISER (right), Kaiser-Frazer prefefdent. and other officials of his company appeared before Senate “inflijem•£“ probers in Washington and testified that E. Merl Yeung (left! tried to call them while their Dec. 1949 RFC loan negotiatfcns were htnderway with offers to aid in the negotiations. Kaiser fold the Investigators he and his company refused to accept the can®, f ; > ———4 —r— —,

Senate Committee Probing Net'Fix' Seeking Link With Gambling Syndicate St. Lojiis, Feb. 23—(UP)— The spnate crime conimittee today sought to link | basketball ’“fig" Scandals which rocked the sports world with a nationwide gambling syndicate. Sen. Estes Kefauver, D.. Tenn., committee chairman, land his investigators said a two-day public hearing which opened 1 there . today • may unearth evidence that national underworld operators were behind the rigging of college cagg. garnes at Madipon Square Garden in New York. “St: Louis is the nerve center foj interstate ga m b ling rackets.’’ Kefauver said. . He Soid some di the nation’s top besting are located her: . | - - More than 50 witnesses —including gangsters, gamblers, law enforcement officers and politicians—* were scheduled to testify !in the hearings.. , They included James/J. dafroil. nationally known oddsmakCr. and Morris Cooper and Charles J (Kew* ’ pie) Ricih who authorities say have engaged in a. nationwide ' business Os taking “lay-off” bets> from] other bookmakers. 4 Cooper, who announced his “retirement" a few months ago, has set up shop] again at Miami. Fla. Rich heads j a large betting establishment wnich was headquartered in St. Louip county until it was raided by authorities last suinfneij-. Rudolph chief counsel for the committee, said two ojher important witnesses would he Harry Vermillion, local Western Union mlliager. and William Molasky, vice president of A PjoneCr {News Service a|nd a major stockholder in (Turn To Pane Five) ■L M—U—

■ ■ . . - (Rev. L. W. Null, Antioch United Missionary Church) “ON BEING TOO BROAD-MINDED” . Matthew 7:13 A “Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate. I and broad is the Way. that leadeth to destruction, land many there be which go in thereat.’ - - - ■ ' . p ’LLj ■'. ■ •A- ’ In the Sermon on The Mount Christ has given us a standard of Christian living. He admonishes all first the kingdom of heaven, and His righteousness* Broad-mindedness has led many from lhe truths as given'us by tM Divine Teacher. Broadmindedness has allowed nearly everything in life to take the place of the righteous. f ' Paul, in 2 Timothy 3:2i-5 gives Us a good picture of one who has become too broad-minded. He says “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, dis- \ obedient to parents, unthankful; unholy, without natural affection, tru|ce-breakers.\ false accusers, indonjtinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors,' heady, high-minded, LOVERS OF PLEASURE more than lovdfs of God: having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereofV front such turn away. ' Therefore to be too broadhninded we \are likely, to 10$e our own soul and at the same time lead others astray. whjich will mean the damnation of their soul. Let Us abide by the standards given ns in the Holy Bible. • * - r

Report flood Threat Fading In Indiana | I Indiand|»qiis > Feb. 23.*— (UP) — Sunshine bathed most of Indiana ,today anil -the Hood threat with a fovecast for fair skies. No rain was expected until Sunday apd wl?atherihen said } s hat w.oujd give surging rivers ajnd ; ,streains f ; me ko start falling. Tne • .vas expected to crest at > Mi layette | today at 10 hbove D flood at Terre Haute at 9.5 feet ; pver the flood lev 51. said. V Shots Are Taken At ' Schoolboy Guards Parents Escorting Children To School > I Pai tnts ‘unofficial poshes and escdi'ted their children Ito . school'todAy as fear mounted over . a mysterious, gunman’s attacks on . schoolboy ; crossing guards > Sheriff Archie Krug said the gpnfired four' times at bpys wrho . direct traffic and their I schoolmates across intersections • near schoolis in this town of 5.000. » “It haafc-q produced hysteria yeit.” > the sheriff said. -“but the people • are getting, more and ni’ore upset, and 1 .(an thoroughly imderstand ' it '"' • \ s Four , high school boys were brought* in for questioning yester- ■ dipy aftel Krug found; a sawed-[>ff I .2j2| callbff. rifle hidden in a clar • belonging to of them. They were released* but the sheriff snid • they were still being investigated. The fitat shot was fired Feb 9 • at 12-yeai-old - Roppie Williams as i he guarded a crossing. The boy , retrieved the slug and !Krug, saitj ; it came from a .22 riflte. ' i ”he second attack was Feb. 13 (Turn To Pnae Seven) ’'. • .. -’? ' 1 ■ I '

Advance Eight Miles \ln Pursuit Os Reds; Yanks Take City Os Pyongchang .. 1 ' ; ! ■ '■ "" ' . ‘ -

Atom-Powered Heavy Bomber Is Planned Contracts May Be Signed Next Week Washington, Feb. 23 — (UP) —I The military’s dream of an atom-' powered heavy bomber that could fly many times around the world' non-stop at speeds faster) thaln sound appeared nearer fulfillment todqy. Tn the ne.xt month or so. official sources indicated, the government hopes to launch a ijtew project for design and possible construe ion of an atomic aircraft engine and a plancl big .enough to carry it The atomic energy commission iis now discussing tips project with the Consolidated-Vultee , Corp., maker of the giant B-36. and the General Electric Cofs. aircraft engine division. Contracts may he signed next month. A pound of the fuel ur-, aniu'm-235 supplies hs much heat energy as fqns of coal. And a chunk of uranium, equal in weight to an automobile storage battery which delivers one horsepower hour, would be of delivering about 300.000.000; horset power hours. : j Until now. the quest for “nucilear powered flight" has been confined for the most part\ to theoretical studies aided by some experimental laboratory work in the A EC's facilities jat 'Pfek Ridge. Tenn. | 1 'l\he prime jcontractor for this 1 soj-alled NEPA (nuclear energy for propulsion of aircraft) program has been the Fair;qhijd Engine and Airplane Corp. The AEC and air announced yesteixlay that the NEP.i “phase” will be concluded April 30. The inext phase)—actual , design work jlirec'ted toward construction of pTStotypes—will take up where the theoretical -NIEPA phase ends. The AEC and air force refused to say anything that would give! specific information as to progress so far toward .whipping the niartjf and difficult problems; |of power for i : But atomic officials have always | taken the position that the prob-1 lems could be solved, and the new plans indicate they now have fgets to support this faith. pl 4 Coal Miners Idle In Bill Protest Miners In Protest In West Virginia Wirmoqt, W. Va. Feb. 23. (UP) - Defiant coal miners, protesting new mine safety legislation, remained away' from work today and industry observers doubted thej|' wxiuld return to the pits before Monday. • L• | The controversial “Fire-Bolss" bill, which provoked the waiki>u< and idled some 27,000 miners, was in the hands of Gov Okey L Pgtteson for his signature. If approved, the bill would allow mine section foremen to make safety inspections. The legislation was approved by the state house of delegates yesterday despite prolonged opposition by the United Mine Worked. 3he fetate senate had approved it carliejr. Coal operators supported the on the ground that it would save them millions of dollars salaries annually, RaV McConnell vice-president of a uhion at Eccles. W. Va., said delegations from hjis area in tended to bombard |he governor with reguests to veto the hill One union at Barrackville in the Northern fields wheFe 22,000 men were out. was scheduled to vote today on whether or not they will ieturn to work., Other locals throughout the state will cofidiict similar meeings Sunday. Union leaders have ordered the men to return to work, hut the <T"vw To Page Two)

New Draft Bill Would Reduce t i ’ On Standards Inability To Read Or Write Woiild Not Be Bar To Service Washington, Feb. 23. — (UP) — Inability to ( read or write would not prevent induction under the House Armed Services committee’s proposed new df-aft law, members reported today? The committee’s tentatively-ap-draft bill to lower the draft age from 19 to would require the arrdy to cut induction standards to the lowest World War II levels. Some members wondered if they had not gone |too far. They said) this provision may be changed somewhat before the bill finally is approved. They said current conditions are not as serioys as during the final days of World War 11, and manpower is not as tight. The bill requires that the defense department set standards tio higher “than those applied—in 1945.” Preisent standards are considerably above that levgly i The coininittee's object is to utilize alwnit 150,000 of the 800,000 men who have been rejected as uni fit under the present (draft law covering] men 19 through’2s. Members said rejections so? physical arid, mental reasons-would be cut by the committee's iroposfal from about 34 percept- to about 22 percent of all men to induction stations. Selei-tiVe service officials wereUnderstood to have told the committee that the January. 1945. mental standards were along’ these) lines: , [l, Men with Jiigh school educa-[ it’im weren’t tested at all. , ’ 2; Others got a “group target test.” This involved drawinlg lines between numbered squares] Selective servieijsaid “no formal ( eduj cation or ability to read and write was necessary to pass this test.” AN that was necessary was “ability to follow simple directions’’ ' Most, of the committee swung enthusiastically behind the propos- ; :>l [for lowered, draft standards. A I few members were understood to fear, however, that its result might be to load the army with misfits . many of fehom might land on postemergency pension rolls ’ for the rest of their lives. The committee J starts public hearings on the bill Monday. De(Turn To t-MKC Seven) Three Men Victims Os Airplane Crash I Three Minneapolis Men Are Victims Paxton,i Sieb.. Feb. 23.—(UP)— The vice-president of Pillsbury Floiir Mills, a recent, congressional candidate and thfe president of a Minnesota manufacturing firm, were killed w ; hen a private plane smashed into the top a tree during a sleet storm." The dead were [{Edmund P. Pillsbury. 31. Alfred D. Lindley., 47, and pexter L. Andrews, 38, all of Minneapolis. , j The plane, piloted by Pillsbury, crashed as the industrialist was apparently trying to reach d small land inc field near here yesterday. Pillsbury wa!s alive when rescufers reached the [but jlied a short time later dt a hospital in Sutherland. The other two were killed at the scene. The ’hree men were bound for a vacation at Aspen. Colo. Pillsbury was thetaon of John S. Pillsbury, chairman of the company’s board of directors. His parents we|re expected to return to Mj ineapolis immediately from

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Eastern Anchor Os Communist Line Is I Ripped Loose; Other l Advances Reported i ; ' ; , ■ ■ . ]/' Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 24—(UP) [ —Tank-led American troops chased fleeing communists eight miles in east-central Korea Friday before bringing them to bay in a narrow mountain pass. The Yankij leaped off from dawn ; positions miles south of [Pyongchangi swept through tlntown at rnid : mbrning and roiled on in swift pursuit of Reds fleeing north in a “human stream.” Five miles north of Pyongchang the Reds turned and fought. They picked an ideal defensive position in mountains flanking a. narrow mqddy road through a pass just south of Paangnim. an important highway junction. I Heavy fighting erupted in the pass as the Reds poured a barrage of fire into the pursuing Americans. • The eight-mile advance ripped loose the eastern anchor of Jthe communist line at Pyongchang, TwTnty-five miles to the west another American division smash- . ed four miles forward and occupied hills overlooking the big road , hub of Hoengsong, key to the central front hetfc-Ork. In its four-miie drive the Hoengsong column captured hill 166, key to the communist defense line, and swept forward so fast I the Americans were able to take over half-finished communist foxholes on the banks of the frozen Ammul river south of the town. U. S. tanks rolled up the hills Pverlooking Hoengsong and began pAtrring point-blank gunfire into the smoking city. Dive bombers wheeled ini t<j> join the destruction' tons of bombs. Art estimated ] 10,000 Chinese i communist frpops protecting Hoengsohg fled under the massive power of the United Nations troops arrayed against them. They offered no resistance after losing hill 166 early in the day. However, American commanders Ordered troops to dig in for the night ojn the hills overlooking the city. In Korean warfare, a city is considered a death trap during the night. The frontal assault on Hoengsong was accompanied by a second flanking drive about a mile to the southeast. An American column ' in this drive pushed forward to cut the supply roadi for Reds to the east. reports indicated the communists abandoned { their defense of Hoengsong because they were outflanked by the massive drive that captured pyongchang to the southeast. i This sjrept through Pyongchang at 10:30 a. m. (7:30 p. m. Thursday CST) after a dawn jump-off ['from points three miles south. Rolling on tl)e Yanks reached tho eastern end 0f a lateral road leading w-est (o ‘ Hoengsong. The enveloping pattern of the United Nations advance, which threatened many small fishhook traps inside the larger 60-mile-wide trap, was believed responsible for the Red retreat. ~J—4*—*-L ; ■ ■; I J rI ■' ! ■ ■ .. ■ ' Melvin Smith Dies Thursday Evening ■Melvin E5 Smith, 75, a native of Decatur, died at 6:20 p. m. Thursday at the county homo, ■where he had been a patient for eight months. Surviving are two sons. Wayne and Lloyd of fort ** Wayne;' two brothers. Charles of Decatur and Frank of Huntington; a sister. Mrs. Florence Steele -of Fort Waynp, ftndi three grandchildren. * ; The body ’ was taken to the Mungovan & I Sons mortuary; Fun erai arrangements' have not been completed. I