Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1951 — Page 1

\VoL XLIX. No. 77.

YANKS CROSS 38TH PARALLEL AGAIN

Geneva Goes All Out For New Park Site Dream Big' Bob Heller Tells The Many Celebrants Ciyic groups' and citizens cele- , braced receipt of a gift of land for a. town park and honored the donors, Mr. and Mrs. Tilman. Affolder of Geneva in a communitymeeting at the Geneva high school last, evening. \ Colorful ceremonies, highlighted with music and song and the presentation of Miss Geneva of 1951 and tier court of honor, centered around the town’s appreciation to the Ass older’s for, their generous gift to Geneva. The program was preceded with a fish fry, served by the Home Economics club, Robert Heller of ttys city, a former speaker of the House of the Indiana General Assembly, and currently a member of the state Conservation Commission,, Was the principal speaker bn the program. 'The speaker paid tribute, to the Affolders and painted a stimulat-ing-word picture of the Geneva Limbet-lost, made famouis by the writnigs and novels of Gene Stratton Porter., "This section of the state.; is known the world over,” he said. "Personally, I wish for you the realization of every dream in your heart for the State development of this territory. As Amtercians we have a rig ht to dream big dreams and t hope that day this famous Limber lost area catt boast of a state park and lake." The former member of the legislature explained that thb state had already accepted acreagei for a bird sanctuary, which would be developed if the people of Geneva and Vicinity vigorously pushed their cause. "We should attempt to recreate in the Limberlost area thoste natural advantages which made this place historically famous in books add pictures,” Heller emphasized. - For Progress already made toward Llmberlost development by the state, Heller expressed appreciation -to Sen. Von A "Pat" EichhorW of Uniondale, Sen. Lucius Somerset lAllen county and Rep. G. Remy filer! y of this city, who were honorediguests at the meeting. X< Attorney Earl DaWald of Geneva, was master of ceremonies. The Qenea high school band played several numbers preceding the speaking program. The Uniformed band was directed by Delwyn Elliott. Miss Geneva and Her Court Miss Geneva 1951, in the person of Miss Geraldine Nevil and her court of honor were seated with Mr. and Mrs. Affolder at a center table in the gymnasium. Miss Geneva’s attendants were the Misses Peggie Reynolds. Phyllis Dorothy Farlow and Clara Baker. ’ . ' Judge Myles F. Parrish of Adams circuit "court, in behalf of Geneva civic groups, presented Miss Nevil with a jeweled -necklace. : JUdge Homer Byrd of Wells circuit court, presented gold compacts to the court of honor young ladies, as gifts from the Geneva sponsoring groups. Mrs, Marjorie Hart, with Mrs. Jean Huffman, accompanist, sang two songs and tfrte Geneva E.U.B. quartette favored the crowd with a group of songs. Commissioners To Meet In Regular Session Meihbers of the! board of county commissioners will meet Monday, and Thurman I. phew, county auditor and secretary of the boatd, stated:that "there’s nothing on the agenda for the meeting other than allowing a lot. of claims.” Usually there aye several road or ditch petitions for hearings before the i board, but this month to date there Is no sucly petitions entered on the calendak However, commissioners grill undoubtedly not be alone durnig their meeting Monday, for there is always someone wishing to discuss some acute problem with them. :

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NK W BPAPE R IN ADAMB COUNTY \ \

March Goes Out Wet But Mild Some Sections Yet 'Under Weather' (By United Press) ' The winter-weary in idwe s t, plagued by rising flopd waters in three states, bid a grateful goodbye to the ,-nbnth of March today while forebasts of dry weather in the south brought hope of relief from additional flooding. lowa, which has suffered through a month of blizzards, floods and rain, saw Des Moines, the state’s largest city,-' invaded by flood waters as the Raccqon and Des Moines rivers poured over their banks. | v . The New York areg also a’ taste of high water yesterday Wuth a rainfall of 1.39 inches driven bywinds that howled up to 57-qnijes an hour. But the stonn had ended today with clear skies iand temperatures rising to the 50'$. The south, howevdr, \ had prospects of clearing weather, bringing with it the promise Os relief from the torrential rains .which drove thousand's from their homes in Alabama, Mississippi? Georgia and Tennessee. | 1 > . Below freezing temperatures slowed the run-off of' snow which covered portions of lowa and the Dakotas earlier this week. In Dea Moines, 1.0(A) telephones. Including those at the municipal airport, went out of service when flood water seeped into a telephone cable. A mobile communications unit was rushed -to the airport to handle emergency cajls? The forecast in lowa was for cloudy skies and more rain. The wind and rain in New York forced the cancellation of 72 domestic airlines flights. At one time, 30 planes were “stacked up” waiting for a- chance to land at La Guardia field. ' j'\ ' ■> The wind also interfered with: television transmission and reception. The whigh reached a velocity of 40 ptUes an hour for long periods. Jammed transmitter exhaust fans at thexColumbia Broadcasting System, eaastag the main transmitter to overheai and go out of service. x x Cars were stalled iri deep water which covered parkways in the Westc Ester area and state police warned motorists not tp attempt to travel the roads. The south, although: happy over the prospect of drier days, still was plagued by high water, At Columbus, MissJ which was caught'between swollen Tomblgbee river on one side and the Luxapalila. on' the other. 35 families were evacuated and amphibious ducks were readied in case \* additional emergency evacuation‘s became necessary. ’>■ Sonie livestock wasj drowned in the Dakotas where the rampaging Vermillion river, swelled by the melting of its winter ice pack, drove 22 families from their homes. Vandenberg 'Serious' Grand Rapids, March 31 ■—/(UP) — Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, R., Midi.,’ remains in serious ‘condition from a lingering illnesi, his physcian said today. Dr. A. B. Smith said no charge has been noted for several days in the condition of the 67-year-old republican foreign policy leader. Soya Co. Expansion Plans Made Public $10,000,000 Loan To Retire Older Loans A loan of to finance expansion and retire older debts has be?n made by the Central Soya. Company, Inc., officials have announced. 1 The smaller portion ;of the loan will be used to refinance present indebtedness at a lovker interest rate. 'The major portion will be used to expand the company’s facilities. Officials said expansion details were not f eady to be announced. ’ , The c ompany borrowed the principal amount on its 2% percent ‘ notes due March 1, 1971. It will retire its outstanding : 3 per cent sinking |fund debentures due September 1. 1966. The balance will be used for |the expansion knd working capital. L Arrangements for thp loan were made through Goldman, Sachs & Company. j , - .. .

Check Into Death Os - i Decatur Infant Baby Dead Upon Arrival Os Doctor; Note Malnutrition Coroner Harmon GilHg tociay was continuing an investigation into the death of Peggy Sue Fishek fourmonth old daughter of Mr. ana Wayne Fisher of Schirrtieyer street? who died sometime yesterday afternoon at her home. The infant apparently had been suffering from a cold but had not under the carp of a physician. A doctor was called late yesterday afternij>on but stated that the child had been dead' for several hours, before his arrival. The exacfcause of death was not known blit the notes that “contributory causes of death are malnutrition.” Approximate time of death was given as 3 p.rn. The child was born in Decatur November 30, 1950', to Wayne and Betty Knittie-Fisher. Surviving in addition to the parents are two sisters. Joyce Ann and Rebecca Alice, a brother, Bryce Wayne, all at home, the grandparents, Mrs. Allie Knittie and Richard Baker, both of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at Black’s Funeral home this afternoon at 3 p’clock The Rev. F. H. Willard will officiate and burial will be in the Decater ceme tery, ... . — — , . Sen. Taft Speaker At Indianapolis Meet Indianapolis,. March 31—(UP) —, Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., 0., comes to Indianapolis today for a foreign policy speech at the Columbia club's. 62nd* anniversary beefsteak dinner. , ; \ 'Taft spoke at Cincinnati last saying that too fast a plunge Into tUdefense Economy would “almost certainly” bring inflation. Taft nieets this afternoon with Hoosier Republican leaders in an obvious effort to strengthen his popularity as a presidential candidate for 1952. \\ Some 700 were expected to hear his addiess in the swank GOP chib after an introduction by publisher Eugene C. Pulliam of the polls Star and Indianapolis Njsws. \ ‘ .’ Clay Quits-Labor Leaders Just Shrug Don't Regard It As \ Victory For Labor Washington, Mar. 31 — (UP) — Labor leaders shrugged off today the resignation 'of Gen. Lucius D. Clay as special aide to mobilization director Charles E. Wilson. Although they have criticized Clay as being partly responsible for what they call the "anti-labor” mobilization progjram, union leaders did not regard Clay’s action as a victory for labor. They agreed it 'probably wouldn A t have too much effect on getting labor back into the mobilization/- program. ' ' ' Clay, who resigned late yesterday, denied that labor’s charges influenced his decision to quit. He said he took: the job in-Wilson’s office on a three-month leave of absence as chairman Os the Continental Can .Corp., New York. The leave tomorrow. There was no indication who would succeed Clay' as one of Wilson’s top assistants. ** * ciay told the United Press he could not understand labor’s criticism “because what “few relations I’ve had with unions have been most cordial.” He hbped labor’s boycott of the mobilization effort would be ironed out "very qulck,y ” Noon Edition — 3— - ■ ... I ■ \l . V

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Arrested As Foreign Agent A 9 MRS. ELIZABETH MOOS, 61, of jCorton-on-Hudson, N. ¥,, ex-mother-in-law of convicted perjure? Wiliam Remington, smiles at her son, Moos (left), as he attemptsTo greet 'her at .Idlewild International\Airport wajp arrested as an unregistered foreign agent. The son is being hehlbadr hy a deputy marshal While U. S. marshals Mhe Maher and flank his mother. She was later freed Under SI,OOO bond. X - —-

Casualties Mount In Korean Fighting ■ 57,120 Americans Listed In Report Lake\ Success, N.Y., March 31. — United Nations announced today that its forces in Korea' had suffered a total of 228.941 casualties by early March, 57,120 of them Americans. The UN’s report showed that 2f,374 soldiers had been killed in action, 128,394 wounded in action and 75,173 missing in action. The American figures (as of March 23) ware 8,511 killed, 37,91$ wounded and 10,961, missing . The casualty report, based on March 9 for purposes of figuring, covered the forces of 15 nations (fighting the , Chinese and North Korean Communists under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Actually, the date of report varied from nation to nation as the UN secretariat gathered the casualty figures from the world capitals independently of the unified command: The Pentagon in Washington est.i- . mated vesterday that Communist forces have suffered 760;300 casualties in Korea including 543,000 killed. The Chinese Communist news agency reported yesterday that the UN forces had suffered 75,000 casualties between January and Maroh, 25,000 of them American. Thte4JN report said United States casualties were exceeded only by South Korean forces, 'fhe South Koreans reported 16,182 killed, 88,511 wounded and $3,959 missing—a total off 68,652. \ Turkey ranked third in casualties —a toital of 1169 with 298 killed — Britain fourth with 892 total and ' 145 killed, France fifth with 396 total and 84 killed, and Australia sixth with 265 total and 62 killed. 'The Netherlands and Thailandwere the only other countries to report more than 1.00 casualties. The Dutch had . 112, df whom 28 were, killed and the Siamese 108, of whqrn 9 were killed. Other countries reported as folTo Pace 9tx) t

Many Herts, One Bonnet In State Mayoralty Race

4* ■' ‘ p'" Indianapolis, Mar. 31 — (UP).— A flock of more than 400 candidates who want to be mayors of Indiana's' 102 cities scrambled for votes today in the May 8 municipaF primary campaign. ‘ There were dozens of incumbent mayors’ hats and at least one bonnet in the ring as the deadline for tiling candidacies passed. Owner of the bonnet was a woman crime fighter in the mayoralty line-up at Gary. Several former mayors hunted success on the comeback trail, and quite a few 1947 nominees who lost in November elections that year were back again. It was a ftepublican-chase-Demo-crat year. The GOP held a three-to-one edge on the high city posts form 1943 to 1948, but Democrats pushed ahead, placing 54 mayors to the Republicans* 48 In I 1947 voting. x A few aspirants — unopposed candidates for their party nominations in a handful of cities—drew a bye into the November

No Split Seen thdiywood. March —(UP) — Rita Haywoyth’s father denied today that his princess-film star daughter had separated from handsome Aly Khan. nothing to these stories,” teacher Eduardo Cansino. "They are very happy.” Cansino said his daughter will arrive here by 7 to "make a .movie and attend to Other business.” Her -husband is to follow her'here, the father said. X ■ "; i —t ' ?i- - ''X - I . ?IX . . Impressive Rites Mark Confirmation x ''' .• x T Bishop Pursley Is Conferring Officer Impressive rites marked the conferring, of the sacrament of confirmation on a class of 148 adults ahd children hy the Most Rev. Leo A. Pursjey, Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wsyne In St?'Mary’s Catholic chqrch last eyening. t Bishop' Pursley accompanied, .here by fiva priests from neighboring parishes and escorted into the church hl’ them and the Very Rev. Msgr. J.. J. Seimetz, pastor and the Rev. Ignatius Vichuras. assistant, of St. Marys. The first confirmation , service held herd since. 1947, last evening’s certerfionies also marked Bishop Pursley’s- first official visit to the local parish since his ordination last fall. The Bishop’s throne was erected in the sanctuary. Following interrogation on the sacrament of confirmation and answers by the confirmands, the religious strengthening rites of the Catholic church were conferred by ' the prelate. Bishop Pursley also ;gave a short sermon on sacrament and the graces it bestows on the individual. Accombajiied by a sponsor, the ebnfirmand proceeded to the sanctuary and knelt before Bishop Purlsey as he made the sign of the cross With chrism on the recipient’s forehead. The service closed with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Rut many other cities were flooded with would-be maydrs. Thirteen candidates,. including Mrs, Hilda Garner Burton, a school teachqr who helped found the Gary women’s crime committee, filed at Gary, Mrs. Burton whs one of nine Democrats in the running. , Muncie had 12 candidates, including Mayor Lester E. Holloway, and Peru had 12, including Mayor George Wolf. Both are Democrats. Hartford City voters could choose from a field of nine. A Republicans wanted to ' regain control of a majority of the Hoosier. cities, thereby adding to, the enthusiasm of party workers preparing for the 1952 presidential election year campaign. f ' ' A thorn ip GOP ■sides was the Democratic reign over all of Indiana’s big cities except Hammond. Indianapolis, the state’s biggest, was a pinpoint in their campaign. In the capital city, Mayor Phillip ■ (T*>*b To Paare ~ Mix!

Two Tank Columns Push North In 'This Is Where We Came In'Phase

Big 4 Ministers Pause To Reflect Seek Instructions From Home Offices Paris, Mar. 31—(UP)—The big four foreign ministers deputies cancelled their meeting today to enable both sides to seek new instructions from the governments on ways to break their four-week deadlock. The meetihg had been scheduled for 4 p. m. (9 a..m. CST). The decsiion to call it off was made at a private luncheon for delegation and their chief assistants given by United States deputy Philip C. Jessup. t Their next meeting now is scheduled (or Monday. X Earlier, the three western deputies had met for an hour at the French foreign office to discuss a new, Soviet proposal made last night by Soviet depqty foreign minister Andrei A. Bromyko. He asked the wedt to add .these items to the big four agenda: 1. The Atlantic pact and \ “the creation of American military bastes In England, Norway, Iceland (Tara Tn Paca stx» Legion Members Asked To Take Play Parts Invitations havd been sent out to\ all members of Post .43, American Legion, asking that all who are interested In playing a role in the dr,ama "Horses of Troy" be present at the - Legion home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. "Horses of \rroy” is intended\to portray Communist Infiltration by subtle into life of a typical American community, which the Reds plan to take, over by capturing the thinking of the people in schools, churches and unions. The play was written by Rev. A.C.E. Gillander, in part from material available to the Americanism committee of the legion. Past National Commander George Craig of the American Legion, w-ho has studied and exposed many methods of Red infiltration calls the play, “Horses: of Tpjy,” excellent. Tentative dates for the staging of the play are Tuesday and Wednesday, May 29 and 30 in connection with Memorial Day, L. H. Voglewede Is Claimed By Death Decatur Resident Dies After 4-Month Illness Lawrence H. (Lager) Vpglewede, 69, retired shoe salesman died at his hdme at 127 South Fourth street late Friday afternoon fallowing an illness of four months. A complication 6f ailments Was given as the cause of death. Mr. Voglewede was born in Decatur January 26, 1882, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voglewede, both deceased. He lived his entire lifte in Decatur and for many years was associated with the Voglewede shoe store here. In later years, .Mr. Voglewede was a salesman in other local shoe Btores\ He never married. Surviving are a brother, Cleim Decatur; Mrs. Mary Haefling, Indiana polls; Mrs. Clara Haefling, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Rose Fisher, Huntington; Mrs. Agnes Schaub. Cleveland and Miss Pose Voglewede, at home.i Mr. Voglewede was a member of St. Marys Catholic church and also the Knight of Columbus and Holy Name Society. The body was removed to the Gillig and Doan funeral home where friends may call after 7 o’clo'ck tonight. Funeral services will be held Monday morning: at 9 o’clock at St. Marys Catholic church with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in St Joseph’s cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the funeral home Sunday night at 8 o’clock. {

AEC Studies ' ' - Restrictions Os A-Bomb Use Statutes Points Out Only Bomb's Dortiestic Use v Wallington, .March 31, —(UP) — The congressional atomic energy committee today planned, a study of legal restrictions which prevent the Atlantic pact dwny from using the atomic bomb. The questibn was raised by Peh. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, a former and past ' chairman of the joint atomic committee, noted that atomic .control legislation forbids transfer of fissionable materials to a forelgq gtevernment. Senators were impressed by the point because. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has told thepi that his allied army would use the A?bomb “instantly” in an all-out war if moral factors would be outweighed by destruction, to an Elsewhere in congress: Crime—Chairman Estes Kefauver said he agreed yith the two Republican of the senate crime committee that the government should keep an eye oh the underworld all over the country. But the Tennessee Democrat said again that he’s against extension of the committee. Draft —Rep. Leroy Johnson, Cal., a member of the house armed services committee, proposed that the pending draft bill include a ban of voluntary \enlistments.Such a ban, Johnson said, would save millions ofdollars in recruiting expenses and assure fair distribution of the top recruits among the army, navy and air force. Ships—Chairman Edwin C. Johnson of the senate commerce committee said “it looks like we will have to haye a hearing" on disclosures of huge profits made on sales of surplus government ships. RFC—Chairman \J. William Fulbright said his RFC investigating subcommittee tyill meet Wednesday to decide what to do about presidential aide Donald S. Dawson, who has ignored an invitation to tell about his "influence” \on the lending agency. Monroney— T he senate elections subcommittee 'unanimously cleared Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney, D., Okla., (Tnra To Pae* Slx» Lucille Painter, This City, Dies Today Mrs. Clarence Painter, the former Miss Lucille Rickard, 32, of 709 Dierkeb street, died late this morning in the Lutheran hospital, in Fort Wayne. v Cause of the death was not availably late today. Mrs. Painter, mother of two small children, was a patient in the Fort Wayne hospital for the past 10 days. The body will be returned ■to the Zwick’s Funeral home, Qf this city. Funeral have not completed. New 'Leave' Plan In Effect Monday Camp Atterbury, Ind. March 31. —(VP) —A new policy governing leaves for soldiers' of the 28th infantry division was announced today by Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, division commanding officer. Strickler said a policy allowing five-day leaves \ plus additions’ time to travel to and from the leave destination goes into effect April 1. The new policy will allow up-to 25 percent of the men in the 109th llpth, and 112th Infantry regiments to be absent at one time during April and 10 percent eaci month after that. Other units will be allowed? o percent absences at one time ea :h month beginning with April.

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. «>.• ■ Other UN Forces Are Expected To Cross The Line In Next Few Days , Tolcyo, March 3L —(UP)— At lyast two American tank columns plunged across the 38th parallel into Communist North Korea today. Elements of two U.S. divisions carried (he wsr' back to the enemy homeland in the same that Red China’s new year’s eve offensive smashed allied lines on the parallel exactly three months ago. iffhe American armored columns drove across the pre-war Communist frontier north and northeast Os Seoul at 1'0:21 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. respectively to close with the weakened but still unbeaten Communist armies. v They Were four days behind their South Korean allies, who lunged up the east coast and crossed the border in force last Tuesday. Two-day-old reports put the South Korean capital division 8 miles north of the parallel. Other United Nations forces all along the 140-mlle front across the Korean peninsula were expected to cross the frontier within the next days. ' The first American spearhead to enter North Korea in three months lunged up one of the two main Seoul-Pyongyang highways due ( north of the South Korean capital to Hantaln TTVer, a half-mile north of the parallel and 18 M miles above Uijongbu. There was no immediate indication whether the Americans, would halt and dig in along the river bank M or push on toward Pyongyang, nearly 100 miles to the. northwest. The second column of tanks and infantry a dozen miles to the east jumped off at mid-day, fought off snipers and two concentrations of Communist rear-guards, and roared across the parallel with its heavy guns blazing. * . The tanks killed an estimated 45 to 50 enemy troops at two points on its advance. \ U ’ ' • ■ After shooting up surrounding terrain north of the parallel, this column withdrew to strong positions for the night. Pehind it, American Infantrymen of the 24th division moved up in to within 3 % milqs of parallel against only token' enemy ■ resistance and occasional sniper fire. British forces, confronted by a high hill on the right flank of the American sector, were , held by small arms fire from dug-in Reds on (.he crest. The second American invasion of Nortn Korea came less than sjt months after - U.S. troops first ; crossed the parallel Oct. 8, 1950. On i that occasion, they kept going jftfr ■ til at least one division reached u the Manchurian frontier. Communist China’s intervention sent the Bth . army reeling back to points more than 60 miles south of the parallel by January, however. This time, however, U.S. defense secretary George C. Marshall has said that Gen. Douglas MacArthur is not empowered to make a general advance toward the Manchurian frontier. Marshall added, however, that MacArthur could cross the 38th parallel to assure the security of his forces. v The Bth army is advancing ndrth ( this time in a solid line across the peninsula instead of sending spearheads racing scores of miles ahead with the consequent risk of flank attacks. _ i The Communists have been putting up increasing rearguard resistance on the approaches to the ' parallel and digging in along and north of it. They were believed to have 180,000 or more men available for a counter-offensive, but so far the Bth army has not given them a change to recover their balance. 'B-29 superfortresses struck an<Ter» tn F««* Mxi INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair south and central portions tonight mostly, cloudy \ extreme \ north. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Sunday with rain developing south portion Sunday afternoon or night. \ Low tonight 25 to 30 north, 30 to 36 south. High Sunday,-mid 40’s north, 50 to 55 south.