Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1951 — Page 1

VoIdXLIX. No. 51.

TRUMAN SATS LABOR BREAK NOT SERIOUS

•j r a Allied Forces Regime Drive Against Reds Fi|st Objectives Taken By UN In Renewed Campaign Tokyo, Mur. I—(VP)1 —(VP) -SpearMails a mighty l()(),D00-mdn UN artyy finished ahead up to 3’ 2 on 4 50-mile front today in a pf the allied “killer of-fetij-ivJ” in central Korea. •They seized an east-central n&tfntaiu' village onlv' 31 miles sjiifth pf the 38 th parallel. dented thiev cehter of the communist “no,*'l .defense line, and seized hiltk dominating the strategic no(owns of Yongdu and Jloengttong. . 'Altogether eight U. S and South Koreatt divisions anti a British; <-r>mmpn wealth brigade hit the ('hip-esq ami North Korean/ Reds. ‘ aloft g ;■! a front stretching from YWgdli;. 17. miles east of Seoul, to tl^e'{eastern moiintuins. - .A H!. Sj marines Th the center of tji'e fronts ran into the stiffest enainy/ They hacked their Way across a bloody mile aroli a "half of strategic mountain 5 rlqjift's ' west of Iloengsong \ with bayonets, grenades tind rifles. {Hie Chinese- counter-attacked tflu,leathernecks on one hill a mile ftf iloengsong. The marines heist them off iu hand-to-hand flgjitlmf? When it was' over. 88 ehepty: bodies were counted. { ; The 4<’le objective Qf the renewed j oft en si ve was tb kill as many a|ii possible of the estimated 15 Ciili|ipese divisions and ppssibly thfe*’ battered North Korean corps giitrrdiiig rhe central approaches 16 the 3Sth parallel. ', | Allied artillery and swhrms /'Of, ptynes lidded to the carnage with Iftftnhs, bullets, rockets and napaftn ‘•hellfire" flaming jellied gasoline. : JiPronk dispatches and an Bth prppy. cpmmunique gave this pictpre of .the ground fighting, from WB|- to east: j ji/C.- 4- lui cavalry division ♦— liibk tHb rugged, crest of hill .'its just squih of. Yongdu. 31 /miles south 4f tire ijsth parallel on the 4 pst-ieshtral froht, in a bayonet a lack [supported by I’. S. planes. „ - (firm mon wealth 27th brigade elements • advanced 3.0(10 y irds And. secured hill 52,7. three rj ills Southeast of Youngdu HIJ. H. Ist marine division—ad- . Vi (n< edi l Ms. miles and seized hills o |ri and two miles West of Hdengh< mg pite strong communist reSpilth. Korea 3rd division —fidv (heed 2.000 'to 3,000 yards 10 to !■ ; miles' southeast of Iloengsong. V, S. 2nd division gained alv ft ost a half-mile in the Chuchon riirer valley north of the Hoeng- /’ hi ng-ltyngnim . road. . iQ. SJ 7th division and South H tyean 7th division — captured A Hidonjf, in the feast central niount( hi.* .11 miles south of the 38th p kaileb and seven mi las north of P Hlgniip. hftef — knocking the . Korean defenders <|ff the simthern 1 hill approaches last nt|lit. 1 •Fyitth; Korean capital division — dmvp west along a lateral road from the, east; coast* into the flank qC North Koiiean forces above |..y (Turn Tn Pn<r Two) Signs Bill Extending Terms 'j Stwlianapolis. March I.—(UP) — ,* t GgWrodr Schricker today signed a straUte resolution to extend lue thirty of Indiana county treasuri .epronqra and surveyors from twifjo four years. ffhe resolution to amend the ■ stgfa constitution now has passed t v®>'/general assemblies and inns* )i4tSubmitted to a referendum Lnelection for voters’ deci|ion. ig-lirile.r this session, the nouse andsenate adopted a similar res? o|pjHnn to extend terms of jjroseiftitinfV attorneys from two t • fbiir years. \ Es INDIANA WEATHER Fair and somewhat colder ©’tight. Friday fair with rishg tethperatures. Low tonight northi 26-32 south. High

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLV DAILY NEWSPAPER IN 4oaMB COUNTY

Miss Marilyn Hoblet In District Contest Aliss Marilyn Hoblet,: recent \ U n. ner of the county lAmericjjn Legion oratorical will travel to Vhrtrubusco tonight vfrhere slip is entered in the foJrih American Legion district : contoijt- She wd< be accompanied .Ityr Hugh J. Andrews, commander sos Adams post 43, and Ed -Jaberg, oratorical contewt'chairman' for the post. The Adams county reprtesenta five was, judged Winner at a recent, oratorical contest ' in; which, Undents from Decatur Catholic and Adams Central also competed. Thewinner of the fourth district contest will be a representative at the zone contest. \ .

15 Rail Unions And Railroads In Agreement Non Operating Rail Unions, Railroads ,) Reach Agreement Washington March,; I.—RVP) — The railroads and 15 non-operating unions reached agreentent today on a 12 ’2 [cents per tioin wage iti crease for I,o} U.obO e'qiplvyes. retroactive to Feb. 11. The agreement also includes Un esca|at<& clause for eosf-of living increases ccniputtd <j ua,!F,l - v - A spokesman the first payment. based on the Fth 15 index, would—give eilnplOyes four to five cents more ah hour. The settlement wan announced by ihe White H(r4«e after an allnight, negotiating session in the office of presidential assistant John R. Steelman. V- p . J Initialed by Carrier and union itpresent_ativfc« \gt 6:fß am., (he agreement is binding on both sides and does not require ratification’by union member s.T, it; > ' . The carriers estimated the contract would cost them $2S(',(h)0.00() a year. The agreement, effective Feb. 1, runs to Oct. 1 1953. bin can ihe reopened for wages on July 1, 1952, if the government’s wage stabilization policy permits aqy "improvements" over and above the cost-of-living adjustments. The escalator clause < ; a.Hs> for a pay increase of one-tent an nour for each point advance above 178 in the consumer ,index >v <>f the bureau of labor statistics. Adjust merits would be made every three months. - j The non-opeyatiiig / employes—shop and terminal w-orkers - now average about sl7-18 ah hour. The 12-Mi cent houfly pay [boost would come within lljie 10 percerit pay increase limit! of the present wage stabilization fovmuld. T/he big four s loperating uplons—representing firemen, engint in< 11' and ya'd empkjyes—are still locked in a \wage dispute with the car{Turn To Pare ScveiU

Crack Down On All Exports To Russia Require Government Export Licenses Washington, March 1- (UP) ' All exports to Russia and its - satellites will require goverhnn nt licenses beginning tomoripw. the commerce dipaitnitiit announced today . \ Up to nov;, a few itpins such as ftnderwi ai. sorifts, toothbrushes and gardenin/g toidri could' be shipped without govenuperit pe/imission. The annourtceimeri.t said the order is not intended to serve as a complete embargo on shipments to Rus'* sty. hut to enable the commerce department's office of International trade; to know' in advance what shipments are Licenses will be for any exports) which' are not in the national interest. the department said. The new regulation applies not only to exports from the United States but also to any shipments fioni other nations which . pass through US. trade zones on theft way to R'ussia or its satellites. The order affects shipments to Albania. Bulgaria. Czechoslpvakia. Estonia, the . Russian zone of Gritniany, Hungary, Latvia. Lithuania.! Poland and Danzig. Romania and; Russia. , •;

Gen. Marshall Argues Against Draft Limits Shocked At Change In Congress Over Arms Sentiment Washington. March 1. (UP) Defense secretary George C. Marshall said today he is/ shocked to find congressional sentiment swinging against the mobipzptio[h program. J Appearing before the) house armed services committee to argue againrit tight limits on a proposed is year-old draft. Marshall said that he" wa> criticized two months ago for not ordering full -mobilization at once. "Today the atmosphere is quite different." he «aid. "Now trie question is ’not., how much more do we netd. put why do wk have to have so niurih.” ~ ; \ J | : The house committee is still working on details of >the emergency draft bill. In the senate, a bill has reached the senate floor but a crush of ammdmems forced the Democratic leadership t<> drop plans for passage this week. Marshall appeared b< fore the house group to "oppose strongly" main features of tpe draft compromise which It tentatively and in(ormally has approved;. He said the defense departhient stands - firm behind Its request for lowering the draft, age from 19 to IS -rather than 18A4 as proposed by tl?e house group. He said the committee’s plan to reqiiire the services to Ipwer indueI tion standards to the lowest levels of World War I! would impair efficiency and boost medical and pension coats in the future ' He urged the committee to put back in its bill a defense department provision under which the president" could defer, aftyr their j basic traipiiug 75.00 f) inductees a year; 40 they could go to School. He said it always has peen customary 'in the past for this nation to arm. then disarm —to curry on its defense program in tits and starts. "But 1 must confess." he . said, "that 1 was not prepared for. the ! speed with w;hich the change of sentpnenf has developed." Meanwhile, in the senate. Democratic leader Ernest W. McFarland. Ariz.. abandoned .Friday as a target' date for a showdown but ex ! pressed hope for a vote on some j amendments liy the end Os the {week.

Co-Pilot Os Plane Falls To His Death Attempted To Close Rear Door Os Plane Amarillo, Tex., Mar. I—(UP) — The co-pilot of a Denver-bound airliner fell 4.000 feet to' his death early today, arid searchers found bis body 45 miles north of 'liere about seven hours later. Joseph H. Dowd's body wqs spotted by- aerial -searchers and was nicked up by ground parties Immediately in the vicinity of trie. Exell (T«X.) helium, plant. ; Dowd. <<»-pilot on a lililitary char ter flight of pioneer air line*, tumbled to his death while trying to dose a rear-^oor. of the twinengined DC3. which was not ye curely listened. Radioed reports from the search planes to the CAA office at Amririllo said/the body was Jound eight miles southwest of 7 the helium plant, or about 45 miles north as Amarillo. . 2 The chartered jilane on which Dowd was co-pilot was hauling 2ft air foreq men Lackland air torcri base at San-Antonio. Tex., to. Denver. ■ \ Captain Glenn C. EddS. pilot of the twin-engined DQ-3, said he noticed shortly before 3 a. m. that an instrnmorit panel] light Indicated—the rear ! door of the ship u r as not shut properly. ' . Dowd went to ' investigate. A minute Edds said, he felt the plane luitch. He awakened a .soldier sleeping near the'flight deck and asked him to find out wbat the trouble was. The soldier reported tlie copilot was missing from the plane.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday! March 1, 1951.

J Red Cross No. 1 Citizen ■ - », i--Wi '-t 'Mi I||||¥' - , E. ROLAND HARRIMAN, president Os the American Red Cross, pins a Ret| Cross -button on President Trulnan after enrolling him in the 1961 Rpd (’ oss fund drive. • |

Seek To Eliminate 1 Unlicensed Drivers jy;:' I ■ ! 7.1 ' ■’< ’ I Warnings Issued In City Court Today - ■ !-.* I . \ ’ I ' Li' ' '-7 1 ' ■ Mayor John Dkrnn In city court action; AVednesday withheld judgment iigairist a parent for gllow- i Ing her 15-year-old daughter to) drive a mritor vehicle but cautioned that severe! action will be taken 'against such car owners ib the ful ure,. • He iUid t|hat "triri city’s courts; will cooperate with the police de-j drive to elltyinate j yohthfui. unlicensed drivers. VVedhe»dajl’'» court action followed the arrest over the weekend of Miss Joan Kruse, of 416 South First street. 1 who was involved in a minor accident while driving at the corner of Thirteenth arid Adams streets. Prosecutin t attorney Severin Schurger. in conjunction with the move by the police to keep driving within the legal age bracket. Tiled the affidavit against Mrs. Doris Kruse, mother of Joan. Mrs. Kruse assumed full responsibility Tor the incident, and prom-, ised tliri court that! her daughter would not drive until she had reached t'he' legal age of 16. The) mayo- seated that he was "anxious to dvoid involving these young] peopki in any court action. We drinA want to have any black marks against them when they do reach the legal age when they can drive .fcaiely.” ; , He pointed out, as did Schurger andJ police officials, that in som4 instances \in.riurance is void should an ui||icensed driver be involved in An [accideht, and that accidents can increase the rates. The/; statute provides that the car owher who sallows an unlicensed niipor; io drive a vehicle can be fined )]uP to SSOO, given a six tnontli/s' jail sentence, or both. Mayjpr Doan, prosecutor Schurger and policri {state that in the future Affidavits will [be filed against! the car orirrier rather than an 2 \ (Turn tn Puce Sl«> \

•■I . 77 il ?! . (Tike Very Rev. Msgr. J.'J. Selmetaf St. Mary's Catholic Church) .“FAI'I'H” . , u Hebrews 1: I , , fc ■ ? ■ ' ' ■ ■' Faith is and always remains thelsolid foundation on which our owni higher holiness must be built. Hut we must Jive our faith by sliOWlng it in our daily lives. We rjust also show it in things tp which St. Paul exhorts as flowing <om a living faith, namely, in patience, in peace, in purity, and lAfe lias its trials, Its sorrows, amd ''its pains. In'the spirit of faith we doi not let these dwarf our sguls, oustnn* our lives, and kill our glad confidence. For back of i| all' we glimpse tihe love of a Father. Peace too must be in our Iwes? Peace with our brothers and'sisters in the great family of C>d. Peace i too among would come, if men and nations wo®d permit ty ith to Kuide their actions. Wpr. with its consequent spectres of want, sorrows, tears, desolation, .rind brolceh hearts, wouldgnot be. if these would be true to the principles of the Gospel of th| Prince of Peace. Again, If that faith is living and&ctive, it will make for purity, individual domestic, and social. would, dishonor his body In tjie degradation of impurity iif hegkept beforri his eyes that his body is the temple of the Holy SpH-lt, and his members are the mdqibers of Jesus Christ? Finally. |ur faith should lead to sweet charity.- Seeing in our fellow brothel aftd sistbrs of Christ at least by destiny. Doing things not for/the children of men. but for thri sons and daughters of Gpd. «let uri live such a faith as this. Whilst we pleasing Gos with fear and reverence.” it will Tlnally bring us home. Home that heavenly abode wriere fajtll Will give place and wi sftM'i be like God because we shuli See Him!as He is. 7 s 1 J- _

--~t - ",/4 1 ; . ? ——-4" - Madison Site Still 4 Under Consideration [ Washington. March L—(UP) — A.|electioft board has picked a site neuiir Madison, Ind.', as one of seven kputions for further consideration aHj.placek for a proposed air force -a>oidemy, air force secretary Thomas K. Ftnletter announced today. The sites, in addition to Madison, ' ’4--. . ' Camp .Beale, near Marysville Cmi.; a site near Colorado Springs, dw&H a site near Charlptte, N. C.; Randolph Air Base, Tex., and sites Grapevine, Tex., and irri i,Ggayson county, Tex. Worst Blizzard Os Winter In Northland Scores Os Autoists Stranded By Storm ; Duluth. Mipn., March 1— (UP) — T i<'Winter’s worst blizzard raged a< rose the northland today. i The furious storm swirled into ts e, upper Cfreat Lakes region after st -ending scores of motorists, crip p ng qpminunications arid closing s< liools in the Dakotas and Western t?.S weather forecasters said the b zzdrd was increasing in) intensity aa ft swept eastward ;j Winds up to 5T miles an hour p led drifts 10 feet deep in the Streets of Duluth, and snowplows tri mied with police ] squad cars on ej tergency ambulance runs. One .snowplow broke the way f| • a squad ear that bogged down it driffs when it tried to reach tlf h< me of Mrs. Berenice Qhade. a; heart attack victim. Police said it took Ihern more than a hour to gi t her to St Luke’s hospital. ,[ Another plow cleared a path for p Ike rushing Mrs. W, J. Bach, a expectant motheF. to a hospital. E en after tlm squad car carrying M :s. Bach got onto,a main street, it threw a chain and was forced td call for reinforcements. ._ The streets are plugged to the (Tarn Tn. Pawn Mn»

I Preaident Reiterates Complete Confidence In Defense Mobilizer O gl—, , . _

Record Budget Is Passed By State Senate Deficit-Spending Budget Returns To House For Changes Indianapolis, Mar. 1— (UP) — A $546,615,504 record-shattering deficit-spending budget to run state government the next two years was approved by the Indiana senate late yesterdaji. ( I( was $3.000,0ft0 higher than when it passed the bouse, so now it gqes back to the house for concurrence In an amendment adding more money for salary increases for 4.000 public /school teaehjers. Failure of the house to concur in the iamendment Would mean, a conference committed, working in-, to the last fading hours of trie 61* day session, scheduled to end at midnight Monday. . The budget as it now stands is rhdre than $15,000,000 higher than - when X*® B qurimittijd to thri legislature by the state budget eomjmittee. The committee had pared lit by almut $68.000.UD0 from the amounts requested by various department heads. The record-hreakipg appropriations for the biennium beginning next July 1 threatened to drain the general fund to a startingly low- level. By June 30. 1953. wihen the biennium ends.'the state; may have no more than $5,000,001' surplus — enough to run stat| government just d week. r . At present, the sujrplus is est/i---mated at around $50,000,000. The budget A committee's $531,000,000 approprpition recommendations figured to cut the surplus by about $28,000,000, leaving a "safe working balance" of aboht $22,500,000 in t fund. Legislators feared the "shoestring economy" expected in 1953 might force a speciil session of the general assembly to impose more taxes or take some other emergency action to put the state on a sounder financial footing. But the legislators), anxious as To Puarri M<» i ; —4-31-1. .. Russia Agrees To Preliminary Parley Lay Ground Work To Four-Power Confab Moscow, March I.4(UP) — Rus* sia agreed today to a western proposal for a meeting of British, French, American add Sovjet representatives in Faris Monday to lay the grouad| work for a four- - power foreign conference. ! Deputy foreign niiplster Andrei Gromyko formally accepted the Invitations of the three westerh powers in notes handed to! the ambassadors shortly aftier 2 p.rn. (6 a.m. CRT). 'J ' . Gromyko met with the three envoys separately at 20*niiflute intervals. rj ■ .- ■ < . The French embassy said later ft had Received applications for 17 visas for Russians who wish to go ’to Paris: The list of-names in|cluded .foreign ministry counsellors /Victor Likhachev. M|ichrie.l Gribanov and Nikolai Kozhevnikovr* first secretary’ Karp Starikov* and second secretary Vladhnir Lavrov. Gromyko summoned U/Sr ambassador Alan G. . Kirk. French ambassador Yves Chataigrieau and British ambassador Sir David Kelly ltd the Kremlin. He hrinded them Russia’s reply to notes received from the three western powers Feb. 19.7, (The notes had /proposed that representatives of t'h( four powers meet in Paris Mondajy, 40 prepare an agenda for a conference of thair foreign rhinlsters.)

Rural Chairman ffar ! z 1 Si / Hansel Foley, corinty Superintendent of schools, is rural chairman for the currrint Ried Cross drive, which officially opened today. The rural organization includes the 12 townships, where the trustees are directing the drive in their respective areas Mr. Fpley also is a director of the Adams county chapter of Red Cross. ! ij Tone Down Welfare Anti-Secrecy Bill Bow To Threats Os Federal Funds Cut Indianapolis, Mar. I—HUP) — Indiana Republican legislators, bowing to threats of a federal qutoft of in. matching funds fdr public welfare purposes, toned down the controversial welfare "anti-secrecy” bill today. The house amended the bill to deprive hewspapers the right to publish names of welfare aid recipients and the a nounts of their > monthly checkk, passed it 67 to 27 and sent it bhtk to the senate for concurrence ir the amendment. Two Republicans broke rank-, offering the amendment without prior consultation among majority leaders. One of the sponsors. Rep. Robert S. Jus ice. R.. Logansport. said the amendment would spare the the! loss of federal aid. . j I ! The hmendment Ireinoved a seniate provision 'which would have -allowed newsraper) publication of welfare lists and amounts paid. While opening the [rolls to inspection by private citizens, it provided that medicni and adoption records should remain secret. It further set out that information obtained could not be used "for any l purpose not directly connected With Hie administration of public welfare." "It is our ijpinirin that it (the hill as amended)i will not justify cutting off federjal funds." said Justice. The amendment, also Sponsored by Thomas C. Hasbrook; R., Ind anapolis. passed by voice vote. .’/ J' ; Passage followed a bitter debate in which Drimochitic minority leader S. Hugh Djllln of PeterJriurg called the measure a, “sham and a fraud" said: "If this passels, there will be a Stampede through welfare offices that will th f Oklahoma land rush look pale by !comparlson.” Dillon also sain administration costs would be tripled because of the extra help which would be needed to bring case history' files out for inspection, |>y "snoopi and gossips.”' ——4- ; Moline Primary Cost Is $1.71 Per Vote ■ ~ '!■!/ ■i i Moline, 111, I March 1 —(UP) - The , price pt Democracy comes high, .'city election Officials said today. It cost Moline $2)700 tot stage a primary electioh Tuesday in which only L/576 of 20,000 registered voters participated, i i That was $1.71 la vote.

Price Five Cents.

Organized Labor's Representatives On -• Defense, Manpower Programs Walk Out Washington, Mar. 1 — (UP) -— President Truman todajy reiterated his full confidence in defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson. And he, , told a news conference that he did net regard) as very serious organized labor's sharp break with |he • administration of the defense; mobilization program. At his ’veejdy meeting with reporters. the president for the most part was cautious about making any specific' statement on the ac- | tion of tie united labor policy iconjmittee in directing the withdrawal of ail labor representation from federal defense agencies. In respmse to a question, he . said he did not regard Labor's action as a very serious development In the m< bilization program. Asked vhether he felt confident - that labor by -and large would continue to meet defense production needs, thf president said that the present emergpm’Y program is one that will keep the nation prosperous and that this prosperity at- ; sects all groups, including labor, business, agriculture and . the, r white collar workers. Asked whetrier he expected labor representatives to return to the mobilization agencies, he said he would tell the reporters about that in a couple of weeks. - He was asked whether this indicated that he would sit on the problem that long before acting. The president had a dual answer —he said first it might be one week or three months, but that he never sat on any problem and that actually -he was n«j»t posing gny specific time limit. ( At the outset of his conference, the president praised the 15 nonoperating railroad unions,and railroad management for reaching an agreement this morning through collective bargaining without' the threat of strikes. A The president brurihed asidje an inquiry about any possible change in the status of defense mobilizer Wilsop. telling a reporter that he was not aware of any labor objec-1 lion to Wilson's tenure in-office and that Wilson still had his full confidence. The split, which had been stewing for days, came last night. The united labor policy committee, representing 15.000.ft00 AFL and CIO members, ordered 14 representatives to leave advisory posts in the government's defense and manpower program. They left with a bitter blast at Mr. Truman's top officials, defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilspn and economic stabilizer Efic A. John- ‘ ston. The committee issued a long statement which made it apparent that only President Truman could restore harmony, but whether that meant ouster of Wilson or forcing a change in his policies was uncertain. i “We fully realize the gravity of this decision." the committee said. "We have come to the conclusion that in no other way can we effectively impress upon the American people the great wrongs being perpetrated against them." The di-pute had its repercussions in congress, too. Sen. John W. Bricker, R., 0., said he would ask for an Investigation by the house-senate economic controls “watchdog" committee. He said the labor leaders had made n. "terrible mistake" which could; lead to crippling strikes. The labor committee denounced Wilson for varrogant refusal" to give labor a real iffllicy-making voice in the mobilization program. It criticized Johnston soy approving the 10 percent wage ceiling formula, and said his suggestions for liberalizing it were "inadequate.” It sent a sharp shaft, too, at price stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle. It said his retail price* mark-up order Tuesday amounted to "legulized robbery of every American. 7 consumer.”

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