Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1951 — Page 1

V|l. XLIX. No. 53. K ' M'

ALLIES RAM DEEPER; INTO RED DEFENSES

Ober Million Workers fain Wage Raises L> \ . dAutomatic Raises As dost Os Living Hits Record High 1 | t ' ' ■■■ , ; j Jj \<ashington, Mar. 3 — (UP)' — Mow than 1,000,066 workers, most of |heiri lai the automobile Industryi'Won pay raises Os four or five eenfei an Ijour 'today as the cost of' ~ living hit a new record high. 'tfee lucky million are wage oariersi covered by jeontracts pro- * vid mg , automatic quarterly pay raiißs when the government’s cost of Hiving index goes up. 2 ! we bureau of labor statistics sakf the index, modernized to reflec| things.dike baby food, beer, ' andg television sets, bounded to a record high in, mid-January when it spared to 181.5 percent of the lfK’|-39 ayerage. That was 1.7 per- < eng higher than in mld-Deriember am® about twice that mucp more ove||. the level prevailing on Oct. 15. |;950. when the last cost of living Spay raises werei granted. Another 706.000 workers with Rimfitir escalator clause contracts wjll|get llMe pay hikes during the nOxtt two months, depending on the |j*due Vpate” in iheirj wage agreement*. AH the signs; indicate that prices , ha v| IneVe’ased i substantially since Jan.| 15, [despite the freeze imposed pq iJant 26. Price controller Mic|rt(| V. DiSalle estimates that Jivirfc • os(« will go up another a flve|®i| six percent between now jand ihepOtfc level o’H. I SO®.ooo of those stated to get ||aff boosts are CIO United Ant® workers. / The motor Indus*, try fH‘ s S rante(l a 3*6 percent PTh ® the rea.se earlier this \week.. said thfe A 3U percent did not Biuly cover the automakers;’, costs, gnd indicated they mayßg»t further price 3 rise in ■ sli,y | " i - Urainr an order signed Thursday "■>by ttofiontic stabilizer Eric John- ’ stong cbst of living pay increases • contacted' before Jan. 25 are exeiamtl from the new wage ceiling fofnwl|.’ That'formula puts the nati&uil wage -ceiling> 10 percent abo® jhe level prevailing on Jan. L 5. The escalator raises can a>pjadded to that 10 percent. M|st| auto workers have recelv/ed <|o|e to 10 percent in pay booaga ? since Jariuary, 1950. Tyegovernment said publicatiQntofirth.e BLS index was delayed for |eWrrtl; days because of diffim living cost a "modernized” basis. BLs|e#>pe|n4sts rejiggered the index ". with three “improvement" fact»« rents on hew buildings. (1050 b figures, and 25 oddii|o«ai j Items now considered 'pbrts of the present-day marlperjbasjiet, ‘ said the new index U S l** T ry much better” than the fehl.ohe because it gives more the spending habits of famiHeft yfho spend less on food thangH?y[do on recreation. medical !'L| II'I ' Wcfnon Saves $5,000 FrotTf Flaming Home Inr|iaftiapolisj March 3 — (UP) — Mrs.; hilizabeth Hfendricks. 65. was approximately <5,000 richer today becai »j»i she returned to her flaming r house and rescued her valuables last night. Mr Hendricks stood quietly as | firen>m fought the blaze which was blamed on faulty wiring. A* the -began to die, she asked if she go into the house to get her valuables. said Mrs. Jlendricks re turne@| with a box containing, jev. \elry, dollars and about $5,000 iiysort£y singed currency. \ r-’rS’b r - •' . |«INDIANA WEATHER Showers,, and turning collar this afternoon.. Mostly ' clofssly and 'considerably holder wlt|| diminishing wind* tonight., < partly cloudy and oolSth h Low tonight 2Q-30 nor|fflp''JJoJ4O south. High Sunday!. mid-go's north, and mid ’ t ■ ' - Sf > 4 ■ / 4

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Clearing,Colder Weather For State ' Indianapolis. Md'rch 3 (i’P) *—Rain clouds hung'over Indian, again today, but weathermen said It would clear and j turn colder tonight. A bright spot wasi thq contlnuM falling of the and Wabash rivers which have [crested in all, but the southern extremities. Tftjq', ■ weather bureau reported the upper reaches of the streams wiefe down and well within their banks. said last night’s tain had very little effect on the rivers and mb day’s showers would not cause any' change. i Worst Blizzard Os Season Hits In Northlands c :'■ P 'L r : Second Big Storm In Two Days Hits M Much Os Midwest • Minneapolis. Mipn... March 3.-*-(UPj- season’s lilizzard/ the second big storm in tjwo days.' trapped hundreds of perspiis amidst giant snowdrifts today and almost; paralyzed transportation oyer m'Utjnij of the midwest , The storm struck along (he ‘‘bli||i zard path” through the Dakotas ansi swept almost due east throng®! Minnesota and nbrtherh before veering northeastward t<Xh w*rd upper Michigan a,nd Tile weather bureau sals it waij “far .more intense” than, a, storm earlier this we ek which been .the worst of the wintejr to tnrtt time.\.> i •; I-, Snow fell 18 inches deep at Aber, deen, 'S.D.. and depths of 15 inches were common, Eifty-mite-an-hour winds piled the flakes into drifts that blocked road*;, stopped.; Strains and halted a|r travel. / Freezing rains south far -HHnois, Indiana and Missouri stopj;; ptd‘ and forced motorists off highways. . *• The snow stopped here <-atly tq|; day but the tVeather bureau warned that "there’s lots more on the fWith high winds,” anld it jresumegji . shortly after dawn. d Spring Valley. Wis.. 700 peri -sons spent most of the night -at she Spring Valley high school gynil hasiuni, Ringing/ dancing and play* ipg after wind and snow pil; ed 10-foot drifts , around the towft and blocked their routes hoine from a high school basketball toprnat ment. All but about 75 were remov* ed by 4 a.m. jf Some death* were reported. j ' Edward J. Pieper. 69. died in a#| ambulance early today as ; attend; ants fought snowdrifts for hours to get him to a hospital after hrt suffered a heart attack in his homes several tqiles from St. Nick Breier, 61. St. Paul, died (if a heart attack while-shovelipg snow; outside his St Paul garage. v Breakin Is Reported At Decatur Grocery | Homewood Grocery | Looted Last Night || City police made one arrest tio| day, state trooper Walter one Friday, and policle ate !investi| gating, >the breakin and entry 0| the Homewood grocery which oc| carted sometime during the hours of today Brice feoop, 216 , (South Fiftl| street, proprietor of tjhe store. re| ported the incident to police.' lri| ve-stigation disclosed that the burg’ lar broke a window at the rear of the building, crawled through thef opening, then made an exit th® same way. . v i j A first check \ disclosed that the following loot was missing: 10 cartons of a box, of a*-: soEted candy bars, and $5 in? change. ' City police today arrested; Willie Chadwell, of this dity. for , publics intoxication. Chadwell is scheduled' to appear later in city court.. Crus Mendoza, of route 2. arrested by, trooper Schindler fort passing on a yellow line six north'of Decatur on U.S. 27, is alsrt scheduled to appear later in court. Noon Edition • — i i— ■ > i i ’iia; ■ '" v \ ''-I i ■ 1 dll

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rfi' .V ' — Final Action Due On Anti-Gambling Bill Amendments May A Kill State Bill Indianapolis. Mar. 3 — f VP) r— Final Indiana senate action was due today on an anti-gambling bill amended to ban newspaper publication of race results and jail law enforcement officers who don't enforce the law. But many senators feared the Hard-hitting would kill the bill. I Originated to outlaw all types I .of .'lotteries, bingo and similar games, the measure was amenji?.l\ j (tour . times |ate yesterday, mostly ' Oft extremely close votes. ( : The new provisions: ! 1. Newspapers could not print race results. Sen. Edmund) Makowski, D„ East Chicago, said newspapers “aid and abet gambling by giving information to syndicated gambling-" i' 2. Persons “combining or uniting" with gamblers to violate the (law would be imprisoned for one-io-five years. Sen. Sam Johnson. Ra said many law enforcement officers would be guil- , ty because “lack of action in enforcing anti-gambling laws would constitute conspiracy." \ . 3. , Religiouk and fraternal groups who use lottery or bingo receipts for charitable and fraternal purposes would be exempt from the law. Sen. Louis Baldoni, p., South Bend, called this amendment "necessary and proper.” . ) A co-sponsor of the bill. Sen. Milford Anness. R„ Metamora, warnep senators some amendments could “kill the bill.” ( “Gamblers take well over $15,i =OOO,OOO a,year out of this state,” Anness said. “If this bill dies, the gamblers of teidiana and in the hotbeds of Chicago. Louisville, ( and Cincinnati will expand their (gambling activities in Indiana.” ' [Silver Lake Woman 4s Accident Victim : Wabash, Ind.. March 3. —(UP)— I ; Mrs. Lottie Doub 57. Silver Lake, i was killed and her husband. Otte. : injured in a collision on Ind. 15 > about nine miles north of here ■ yesterday. State police Said Doul: was attempting to make a left ( turn when has car was hit by an i auto driven by Ralph E. Botjgue. h 25, Lafontaine.. Bougue escaped ’ (injury. Music Festival In i County March 27 ( Berne, March 3.v—The dale for ' the Adams county music festival has heen changed to March 27 and will be a one-night *affair only. ’ It will be held at the PleasantMilis > high school. Varner Chance of Fort ‘ Wayne Mril! be the guest director j for the last chdrus and Robeit ; Shepfer of Fort Wayne will be the ■ atscompaijist. Dr. Samuel Flueck- ( iger of North Manchester will dir- - act the county band. . IS \ ■ ..

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—1 j ■’ ■> 0 '/ : ■ ■ , Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday N The Decatur ministerial association w|ll.jneet Monday morning at 9:36 o'clock at tpe Zion Evangel* l teal and Reformed church. [ . Sees'Apptoval For 18-Year-Old Draft / \ Johnson Predicts Senate To Approve . Washington. March (UP Sen. Lyrtdbn B. Johnson, D., Tex.. - predicted today that the seriate' '1 Approve an administration bill to draftß 18-yeai-olda Johnson, chairman of\the senate aimed Services preparedness subcommittee. said he believes the sehate wjU defeit /by a substantial ina^gin’i;a- compromise move to! iowei- th> draft agp to 18-%. The apieridmc nU is sponsored by Sen. Wayne Morse, R..\ Ore., arid is ed the rAost serious challenge, ■ t<j> the administration's request. jijemberats believe.they can beat ofrfi all other major changes \iri tltp bill if they can stop Morse’s ameridmlint. Elsewhere in congress: RFC Sen J. William Fulbrjglit, D„ Ark.. said he's ‘\never heard so much lying" as during hearings on “influence” in the Reconstruction Finance ’Crirp. Fulbright said that “time after time” witnesses hfcve given cqjntridictory testimony. He said thq' Justice department has been receiving daily transcripts of the testimony for any action it might want to take. Corruption — Senate Democrats I were,worried that p demand for an! investigation of federal patronage corruptirtri in Mississippi \may get out of hand. They are unwilling to authorize a general investigation that might lead to similar investigations ip other states; They don’t' want to iiencours ge Republicans to (Tarn T® Pare F[lve> ’

I — WHL ! ll 1 ; u: 1 ■ ! Jlettten UteditatiiMi i ■' fli I (Rev. RL H. Willard, Bethany Evangelic® limited .Brethren Church) “THE SECRETfSIGN” 'i) f .. ‘ ■; : ■ ' “By this shall all men know thatWie |re my disciples, if ye have love one to another." O|ii| 13:35 ' A (bhrjstia i is not known by his «Mrc|i membership, by his profession/ of a or: by his generosity tip noble causes. Faith and works are indispensable qualities o£is Christian hut the basic quality of the Christian is love. (I A home may be bound together or by obligation but it to\ possess its true nature uis< il is together by ( love. 4' comm unity may be united on (he l)asis of prudence or- < economy but it fails to achieve its hlgha|| nature until it is united on the basis of, oneness and mutuality. ; Noti hayingl the wisdom and faith to>6t«r this venture of love, mankind is dominated by hatred, jealouhf prid greed. Rivalry, conflict anft warfare have characterized mail’s sexistence x All this to his own hurt fjor the tragic results aregMelr. despair and disillusionment. | . It ip the fundamental Christian bettr |hat only by love can be achieved in individual andoSpoial life and happiness faith In land practice of this ideal' set forlh ; Jesus who illustrates and peace made permanent. Christians |tiojald be known by their in His own lifd its rationality. Its necessity; its possibility and its victory, (

Only Grade-A Milk To Pe Sold In City Ordinance Goes In Effect Here Monday ' 'I ! 5 St'|r||ng Monday all milk sold in Dec||U|| " Hl conform with the city’s milk program, according to visor (>f the program Dr. | R. iO [Allison, local vetpyinariaq wh< *|v|* appointed by the city ,TM |n’ojr< i was begun a year cpuncilmen passed an ordlMnte which wmuld require that all 4i,ibutors Decatur furni<li Nothing but Grade-A milk. Accord||gi to state laws, and the ordinance. Ke City was given a year’s timetm <| fret it* project completed, tbeni wO to conform with the ■ ■ ■N<|r.iW|l dairies serving the city i are here, all of them dealers Pg tjhe specific type of milk requir«|. distributors in Decatur iShri are licensed for the sale of'gftidi-.A milk include:, James [his own and Eskay milk; ifne <*'t tjiral] dairy pf Bluffton, distribu|e4 ibcally by the Smith'Dairy comirttn|; Peter Lehman dairy;* Roseiilf. of Bluffton :\ Puresrial Dait j| e|mipany milk, distributed by Gordon,? Harvey. Pureseal and Eskag t|re Port Wayne companies. Th[| c|ti' rouncil passed the ordinantej|: |n’- January, 1956. but Allison i|a>f employed until March 15; local dairymen werei given until the present to ef fur thp program. AH of Complied with the state requi|e»|irints fbr the sale of gradeA | ' ■ The dinanre prohibits tne sale ! of utgitspnsed /milk within the city, and ttie;bpard| of health of Decatur reser|e4 |he right to revoke any or all if dairies fail to conform Strijtjie statute. * Su(|i [an ordinance, Allison said. “will[|ajsihe the people of a uniformj| gVmi quality milk, with the r fa To Paso Slx> ‘ !'S' s' '

■ ■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■! Smash Counter-Attack r .... ■ With Bayonet Charge; > Reds Flee In Terror

Taft Says Truman Is Usurping Power [White House Brief Assailed By Taft ? l ! i i Washington. March > 3.—(UP) Robert A. Taft. R., 0., said today President Trunjan apparently seeks to “eliminate" congress from foreign , policy decisions by a "novel” constitutional doctrine. Taft told a reporter be disagrees vehetnently with a \Vhitft House brief declaring that power to declare war ty* [“fallen into abeyance.” \ The aigument. noU- under senate study, was submitted by piesidential counselor Charles S. Murphy, in cooperation with attorneys of the state and justice department. It defends Mr. Truman’s “authority" to send tfoops into the Atlantic pact army without congressional sanction. , The iWhite Mouse brief' st/ates that: A I 1. Tne job of repelling aggression in the atomic age “canrtot Wait upon congressional debate!." 2. The present squabble on presidential authority is "sterile.” [ [ 3. The constitutional powers of congress dnd the President are determined by "practical necessitie*” jrather than legal rtrecedent. n “It seems to me,” Taft said, “that the claims advanced s-ould completely eliminate congress from all pai tiOipation in foreign; policy a\nd that the declaration of war, as contained in the constitntion,i simply becomes a dead letter. "AH this would occur oh the i novel doctrine of . pracfical necessity’,' he said. So important do senate Republicans regard the constitutional issue involved that GOP unembers of the foreign relations and armed services committees have' caucused twice in the past two da Vs 'on the , matter. They report growing sentimept for a restatement of congressional j functions of declaring war, and ate considering making a party stand on what they regard as a necessity for action by both senate and house in authorizing use of U.S. troops in t|ie western European defense army. Among those backing such an Approach are a number of senator's heartily in favor of the international project headed by Gep. j Dwight D. Eisenhower. [ \ Six Men Break Out J Os Jail In Illinois ■n . ''-j n ■ Believed Headed To Chicago In Cab Wheaton. 111., March it.-— (UP) — Six men broke out of the Dupage county jail here today and police believed they were headed toward ! nearby Chicago in a commandeered taxicab. . ■ ' . ~'■ Deputies said the men apparently broke but of jail shortly after 3 a m. but their escape wasn’t discovered until four hours later when jaHors made their morning rollcall.. Sheriff* Rolin Hall sai[d he was. seeking to determine “just how they managed to get out..” He said the men had been traced Ito Melrose, Park, op the out skirts* of Chicago, where they apparently left the taxicab: Ode of the escaped tpen, Dominibk Carlin, 45, Chicago, was reported wearing a cast on his foot. He had been held in the jail on charges of parsing bad checks. The other escapees Frank Groyer, 46. Yorkville. HL; Hiarry De Grove, 36. Des Plaines, Ill.; Robert Richardson. 39-year-qld Indian, Wheatojn, and Kenneth Factor. 41, Racine, Wis. ' [ ; Hgll said Richard has a brother living in Chicago and the men mlgh't be headed there., Drt Page county w»s thb scene yesterday of a $20,600 bank robbery when two runmen held up the State bank at nearby Roselle, 111. ■

Today Is Must Day In State Legislature Many Controversial Issues Wait Action; To Adjourn Monday f Indianapolis, Msrctb 3— (l 7 P) — Indiana lawmakers started a 'race with the clock today, weighing the fate of-ia number of'controversial issues which still weite very much “up in the air.” [ Facing them was j a midnight deadline for taking fihal action on proposed laws and presenting them to Governor Schrickezt. \ ' Republicans and Democrats alike claim there will be no stop-the-clock overtime session this year To uphold that and still abide by the state constitution, they could present no bill* to the governor within two days of final adjournment- Shd the SPSS >°n officially eitds' Monday midnight. Today, then was a "must" day for action on the passage of bills to: • ! Outlaw- lotteries and bingo—an anti-gambling hill flooded late yesterday with stiff amendments prohibiting newspaper publication of race results and pbinting an accusing finger at law enforcement officers who ignore prosecutions. 2. Pay the state soldier bonus irtimediately to disabled \yorld War II veterans and the kin of deceased. ' The measure hit a stumbling block w’ith the two houses wrangling about Including, conscientious objectors ip, bonus provisions. 3. Reinject the “teeth" into a bill waging war on overweight trucks. One senator charged the bill had been “watered-down" and > secured senate approval of his I amendment to put pnti-ovejload penalties back in the bill. The legislators’ recoid-shattering $546,066,006 state budget still was calling them worry -[even though it had completed its trip through both houses. Still needed was a (Turn To Pace Three* Suffers Fatal Hectrt ‘Attack While Driving I Bloomington, Ind.. March' 3; — ! (UP) — William Brewer, 66. Bloomington, suffered a fatal heart attack as he drove hi[s car along Ind. 45 near here yesterday. The <ar ran off the road nto an embankment. ['■ \ H. Vernon Aurand files Candidacy Asks Renomination As Clerk-Treasurer i H. Vernon Aurand. city clerktreasurer. has filed for the* Republican nomination for the same office, subject to the decision of the voter's in the May primary. He is concluding his third term and 13th year as clerk-treasurer. He was first elected in 1938 and took office January 1. 1939. Thoroughly acquainted with the duties of the office. Aurand acts as clerk of the city council and hoard of works and is treasurer of all city funds. A veteran of World War I. Aurand served in the navy, and returned to this city. While working in the construction of the Lincoln school building, he Was severely injured when stpel beams pulled loose from the brick walls. Married. Mr. an<j Mrs. Aurand' have' one sori. Donald E., a freshman in the-'Decatpr high school. They,reside at 47 Homestead. He is a member iof the American Legion. VFW and the 46 & 8 of Fort Wayne. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic lodge of this city.'

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Push Two And Half ; Miles Deeper Into Communist Lines ' On] Central Front V • Tokvo. Mar. 3-r-(UPI—UN forces rammed 2|fc miles deeper into communist defenses in, central Korea today and smashed to coun-ter-attack with a bayonet charge that sent the Reds fleeing in terror. A “power patrol” of U. S. 7th division tanks and infantry plunged more two miles up the highway from Pangnim to within miles of the road junction of only 28 miles /south of the 38th parallel. Qne enemy roall block was destroyed. Fivri hundred . North Koreans counter-attacked the western flank of the advance under a heavy artillery bombardment, but broke and fled in disorder when G. I.’s charged them with fixed bayonets. At least 256 of the Reds were cut down by the flashing steel, artillery and small arms fire. Some 25 mtlps to the 1 west, U. S. marines pushejl miles up the highway northeast of Hoengsong into the center of the Red defense line across Korea. i A Chinese mortar barrage finally halted the advance late today after the tapk,-led leathernecks had knifed quickly through earlier sporadic small arms opposition. The marines were heading toward the big Chinese base of (Hongchon. 15 miles ‘north of Ho£ngson and 21 miles south of the 38th parallel. The three-day marine attack already has driven the communists back nearly miles over difficult terrain, but' there were signs that (he enemy was throwing in reinforcements on the western flank. Chinese entrenched in wellbuilt; well-concealed dugouts among peaks rising to 1.500 feet poured heavy fire into marines on the left flank in an attehipt to save an important road junction and possible escape route three miles riorthwest of Hoengsqng. Farther west, U. S.. British and South Korean forces reported advances of 1.000 to 3,000 yards west and east of the no-man s land town of Yonlgdu.. 31 miles south lof the 38th parallel. Altogether eight U. S. and South Korean divisions and a British brigade .were on the march along a 60-miie front in the Bth army's central, Korean renewed “killer offensive,” now in! its third day. On , the western front, massed UN artillery hurled tons of shells ; across the Han river into Red-held ' Seoul. Fires burned all day in the former South Korean capital. U. S. 3rd division patrols crossed the Han and probed into the ; southeast outskirts of Seoul with- ' out contacting the enemy. How- ] ever, communist small arms, ma-chine-gun and mortar fire from across the river harrassed allied troops oh the south hank of the Han all -day. Fifth air force planes attacked 40 separate enemy-held towns and villages and smashed at supply and communications Unes with more than 666 sorties during the day\ - ■ " B-29 superfortresses' joined the aerial offensive with raids totalling 185 tons on two airfields on Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. communications Unes at Sariwon in western Korea, and a supply center at Chunchon, only 25 miles beyond the central fighting front. A■" Anti-Gambling Drive Extended In Wabash ' *■ Wabash. Ind. March 3 — (UP) —afttyor Edward A. Timmons extended his anti-gambling drive to theaters today, banning “bank night" at the movie*. Timmons an* .nounced the ban after city council members said the drive was ‘only half way." - ■ ' 'I