Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 79.

YANKEES CROSS PARALLET IN STRENGTH

Lodge Urges Senate Change Troops Stand . Says Truman Must Ignore Senate Bid For Troop Control Washi.ugi<m. April :i.-- ! (UP>— "• Il til 111 V i'ulh.i 14-'dV« It . Mn Mid jcxliiy I'nsldhH Truman ■- iniiHl" iKtioi« lht» kenalc's bid no ..liitl.ij (rs I! H troop commit meiitH io Europe \ 14# laiu |his muni lie don# In th# IntegegT of national'a&’urlly Lodge told u reporter "the senate •lid not know whnf H was doing" —yeslerdny when It voted to d<• inand approval of congreM hrfor# #ti\ troopl ar# loth# Atlantic poet army in-yottd four division# already earmarked > ( ■ J Lodge ask rd th# senate to rcversa itself and substitute a plan providlng\for consultation with coni greesional committees In event troops are sent. The move ~ had little chance of success. He said that in effect the vote would' prevent sending a United States corps headquarters to Europe for Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- , bower’s Atlantic pact army. That, he said, would force formation of a corps headquarters command of - ..foreign officers and men. - - "The only thing the president can do is to send a corps headquarters contingent despite yesterday’s acsaid. 1 He acknowledged that such a step probably would bring roars of disapproval from many members of * congress, — The senate yesterday added the demand to the pending troops-for Europe resolution. Rocked back by the b|ow, worried administration leaders piet to plan attempts- to stop a Republican drive to give congress hard and.fast control over the troops program by passing a law instead of advisory resolutions. With a bi-nartisap coalition in control, the senate went on record yestelday in a 49 to 43 vote with a detjpand that troop Contributions to Geh. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atlantic pact Srn<y be limited to four more di visions unless "codgresslonal apnroval” first is obtained Two illVlHiomC already are In Europe. 1 Battered administrations forces faced with possible, Kirtner defeats '‘withdrew, r« grouped and put off until today a showdown on the dtoupa Ishii# / ■ Senate Democratic leader Ernest W- kl.t'uiiniid An/, was. confl -Wat iMMWte would rejet’i a GOP HihVd to «vtid |hr irs6lui|iiitri hark Io ( onimllUu. ,TlW~f» , m*la aland on limiting trnori commitments wa« made.'on an nmridmetit by Hen John L McUlel lan, ID., Ark. The seti'atc first re* thO McClellan amendment, then teversed Itself and Accepted it. The McClellan amendment expresses "the sense of the senate" that the president get congressional approval before more than four additional ground divisions are put In Eisenhower’s army] It was a re* C buff, one of the few on foreign policy in recent years’ for President Truman who-claims that he can send the troops, congress willing Or not. Muncie Man Killed * At Grade Crossing 4/' Sikeston, Mo. April 3. —(UP)— James Otis King, 34, Muncie, Ind., was killed when his motor car * crashed into the of a Frisco freight train at a grade crossing near here Man Injured When Battery Explodes Physicians were watching closely today the condition of Harry Frauhiger, of 618 North Second strebt. who suffered injuries late Monday when a battery exploded in His face. Employed by the V Trucking company, Frauhiger was working In that company's garage about 6 pm. when the Accident occurred. only vague details were available tbday; Frauhiger was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital I where he Underwent * emergency : treatment for extensive Injuries. Employee of the trucking company < U<iml today staled they were not pr«ut*m when th# »m lih iif m cut fed, aid could not give an an wuin of how II happened I , fiJ !

DECATUR DAI LY DEMOCRAT _ ' ONLY PAILY NtfWtPAPtR IN ADAMS COUNTY \

Foresees Severe Shortage Os Tires Goodrich President Warns Senate Group Washington, Apr. 3 -4 (UP) — The president of one of the nation's leading rubber companies, said today there jmay baa 'severe' tire shortage by summer unless government rUbbeV policies are altered radically and imimMliute- ■ ly - ’ . r r , J 0 -. Tho warning was glvmi the gen* at' . oiiiuii biiaiimss commuter, by ■ John L Uolly.er, president of the iB, F. Goodrich »ompuny |( CAIhO on Hi,, heels of a governiqoiit an • nouncamant btinlvlng gpart’ tlr<*>< "II MW < ,o R <Ol,l Oldeieil M rutllli'l i five percent <iutMn civilian -use of rubber in April 1 Uollynr Mid the pinch will ha fall parttculnrly In frack ami farm Uhm utilnsM the gdvarnmnht'n allocation program for mattufgeturara of rubber produdU la ravtaed upward# dmatlcally.; or "tire utee re»t>lctlohs" ordWed. The latter step. Collyer Bald, ia "uncalled fur now '" “Our present stocks <- on hand and aflpat wtl| support; with our synthetic capacity in full operation. a consumption i level of 1,100,000 tons a year or more sos a full war—Without another pound of rubber from abroad.” he said. crisis \an be averted only by increasing substantially the total amount of rubber so? production of essential civilian products,” he said. "An April, : foay, June civilian allocation of lf)0,000 tons a mon-th Is deemed the minimum sale level.” ' y - Fort Wayne Student Discussion Winner Tom Horan, of Fort Wayne, won the group Rotary discussion contest for high schbol students, held dur-1 ing the meeting of the Bierne Rotary] club Monday evening. The contest | was conducted t|y Bud Howard, of Fort iWaryne, contest chairman. \j Dehner Byerly. \ O f Pssian. representing Bluffton club, and Robert Kelloggy 1 Columbia City, tied for second and third. Miss Marjorilu Hill. Gecatur, was fqurth and Keith Reinhart, of Berne, was fltth. Ed Whitright Dies Suddenly Monday Heart Attack Fatal \ To Decatur Resident ■ ■ 1 IP : v7 . Ed Whitright, OgL, prominent Debatur resident, dlbd suddenly of a heart atCflck shortly before 3 o’clock Monday afternoon at his home on Fornax street. He had been HI with Influenza for several days butl \was apparently recovering when stricken He had not been in Hl health and his death .was entirely I unexpected. . Mr. Whftright and his brother, the late P6te Whitirght, Who died several weeks ago, bperated the Decatur Ice company for many years until their -retirement several years ago. 1 1 Mr. Whitright wag born near Monroeville Sept. 13,, 1883. a ron\ of Abraham and Ida Smith-Whit-right, but had spent practically his entire life in opt r|ear Decatur. He was married td Blanche Kelly July 3, 1901. J He was a member : of the First Methodist church and; the Knights of Pythias lodge. Surviving In addition _to his wife two daughters, Mrs. Francis Howell and Mrs. Raymond Johnson, both of Decatur; three grandchildren; \one great-grand-child; two brothers,'S. E. Whitright of Decatur and Abe of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Hammond of Decatur anil Mrs. Mae Johnson of New-Carlisle, One brother preceded him in death. Funeral services Will be conducted at 2 p. tn, Thursday at the Black funeral hon)e, the Rev. Hamuel Emerick and the Rev. John E Chambers ojficlailng. The Knights of Pythias ■ will conduct Htmiiiattc Hmilal be in th# Dw-atur <*en|aitny Friends Hun ■ all 111 the rimeial hehii- aflri . ".link thia evehlils \ .

House Debate Is Open On Draft Measure \Vinson Says Russia Soon Will Be Ready To Bomb U.S. Cities WtiHh.ington, — (UP) Chairman <’nrl Vltbum of the li.hi <• urmed services committee said today Russia hu morWxthaji too hiiivy bombers and soon will diuvii tuioiish atomic bomba to »!■ ' ta< k <mr cities from emat to coast The Georgia Democrat said the world situation la precarious, and will ha for many years to com# Vlnnoii said the only answer to ItiMuda Is milltitiy strength, ; He, ntst«l the house'io approve bill’ lowering the age from ID tb and setting up for use Inter a system of universal mintary training (UMT). The senaite already has approved a somewhat similar measure. In a speech prepared for the opening of debate the bill, Vinson warned: "It is common knowledge that Russia ~ . . has over 400 mighty bombers capable of attacking our cities from Seaitle to Washington, from Chicago to San Francisco. Every (house) member knows,that the atotp l>omb is in the hands of the Soviet Union and being produced in daily increasing numbers'. "We know that in a short space of time Russia will have-a sufficient stockpile of atomic borpbs as to be capable of initiating a terrbile aerial attack on our <flties and homes whenever she wishes to do so.” n \ (Published estimates of Russia’s atomic bomb stockpile, none of t'hein authoritative, have run from five to* 50. Estimates of the | American stockpile, akso unofficial, run from 500 to 1,000 boikbs.) I Vinson addressed his\warping» to a house badly spljt on the draft and UMT bill. Amendments — many of them considered "crippling" by the bill’s backers—were being drawn by the dozen. The bill came up for four days general starting today. Voting Starts next week. u i.'Tbe biggest fight Is expected on Ihe bill’# UM'T section, Many memlH-iH want to knock it out en 1 Urely, itnd vote only to keep the draft going and inuybe broaden It xuneWhUl. Others, want to split draft amt UMT Indio separate secHons, mill to Vole on »♦■«< Il sepal nlttly, bill deny any inhmi io kill UMT Hugh Engle Elected Commander Os VFW Annual Election Is Held Monday Night 1 Hugh well known DecaI tur young business man. and a veteran of World War 11, was elected commander of \Llmberlost Post 6236, , Veterans of Foreign Wars, at the annual election of Monday night at the new VFW home on Third y street Engle will succeed ] Clarence Weber, who has served as comm and er for the past year. , Other officers elected last night were: Leo Feasel, senior vicecbmmander; Wilbert Kirchner, junior vice-commander; Arthur Heimann, quartermaster; Robert Anderson, judge advocate; the Lawrence chaplain; Dr. D. D. Jones, ! surgeon; Chalmer Jjee, trustee for three years; and Orrin S ults, house committee Cor three years. i ' Engle and - his staff of officer# will be installed at the next regular meeting of the post Monday, April 16. The election meeting was attended by a large crowd, and sandwiches and coffea were served by the poat canteen following the meeting. ' Eighteen delegates were also elected for the fourth district meeting of the VFW, which will be held In the newly finished home in Ihla city Sunday, May 6 The district meeting will also ha « regular gMMlon for thje local VFW ami ladles auxiliary inemIWrt. ' , \ , -'I - ' .■ V ■' I'M '

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 3,1951.

“Boy Os The Year” H">2* : MH wib W I H 1 ■ - Mi i .' x b iiTß'ziMFi RICHARD VALZONIB, 14, of the Chicago Boy's club admires the trophy received In New York after his selection as “Boy of the Year’’ and winner of the 1951 junior citizen. Award of the Boy's Clubs of Valzonis, chosen over 335,000 boys club members throughout the U. S.\ won on the basis of leadership and training for citizenship. Besides his visit to New York, Richard will also receive a tyroweeks vacation at the Pagosa Springe, Cal., ranch of Fred Hardmhn, well known cartoonist.

Parents Are Jailed For Child Neglect Hearing Is Slated In Circuit Court , Wayne and Jean -Fisher, parents of a daughter that died last Friday from possible malnutrition, 0 ’ as well as three other' children, today were in the Adams county jail awaiting arraignment in circuit court. , The Fishers are charged with child neglect in an affidavit filed by , prokectiting attorney Schurger and signed by sheriff Rob Shraluka. ; ( Judge Myles F. Parrish indicated that ycourt action will probably be delayed until Wednesday, that a full docket today, "almost forbids bringing them up before the court before tomorrow." In prelimiiiery priH ewllngs \ on the case. It was learned from a reliable mouicm that tt'reprerteutn live <rf iha county welfare departmafti, took custody of th# three mirvlvlng chlhtrei) lata Monday upon Order of I lie court The affidavit rharga# the Fish Or# with "willfully apd unlawfully (fnlllng) to provide propm* mid sufficient food, cloth?# • • . (and) clean and proper home for their children ..." Prosecution proceeding# against the Flehers were forthcoming fol\ lowing the death of a fdur-month-' pld daughter, Pteggy Sue, last Friday. . \ ■ 1 The infant, apparently suffering from a cold, had not been undgr the care of a physician. When a (Turn To Pare Two) • - 7 ~~' Arminia G. Myers Dies This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon I Mrs. Arminta Q ; Myers, 76, wife of William H. Myers, died at 10:20 o’clock this morning at her home In the McConnell apartments on North Third street. She been bedfast for the past two and onO-half years. Born In Willshire township, Van Wert bounty, O„ June 25, 1874, khe was a daughter of Sylvester and Rebecca Exline-Dull, and was married to Wllllgm H. Myers June 29, 1898; . Surviving are the husband and one brother, D. H. pull of Dalfcs, Ore. One son, one brother and one are deceased. Funeral services will be held kt l_pm. Friday at the Zwlck funeral home, the Rev. F. H. Willard ofrielatlng. Burial will be In the peiiatui cemetery." Friends inay' gall al the fuiiers' home after 7 pml Wedneaday. .

Unemployment Drops To Low March Level Washington. April 3.—-,(VP> — The census bureau' estimated today tl|iat j unemployment during Marchl dropped to the lowest March lever since 1947 while the number of employed’ rose to 6.0,179,000. ' V The number of jobless was 2,146,000 or 1,976,000 lower than in March 19 while employment was 2,628,000 higher than Mar\ch| last year. Telephones Yanked From Bookie Joints Phone Lines Shut Off At Capital Indianapolis, April (UP)lioniug operations hit a low ebb here today as telephone* were yatikod from 14 alleged bookie hUnt--< The litdhMin Hell Trlrphniw Un, arnied with a Hat of "known" booki pm applied by Mirlon eonnty pfnsfrqior Frank Chit child, *»htit alt photic lines last ( night In a "weeping move to stamp out horse rdre betting. Fairchild submitted his list after a conference with clfy poHce chief Edward Routs. He said he,expected all 14 to be out of business by midnight. \ The prosecutor, whose office and police checked nearly 40 • establishments Tor evidence of bookmaking, shid many, of the places already had gone out of business rather than be forced out. He said at leait 40, not on the list, closed "in the face of wjiat they' knew was coming.” , “We were waiting for Fairchild’s signal,” a Bell spokesman said. “All we needed was the Mst to start this thing moving.” He said phone service was cut off by disconnecting wires at the utility’s exchanges, and added the actual phone se|s probably wouldn’t be removed for several days. “Opr investigators noticed that id many known bookie Joints there weren’t very big crowds \ lately," Fairchild said “We knew the bookies Were operating as usual and that could mean only one thing. They werte doing business over the phone.” ' ;The anti-gambling drive carried opt campaign pledges last fall. It also followed closely the Kefauver committee senate crime investigation which stirred tip - interest In such crusades throughout the nation. Fairchild acted after the state legislature adjourned March 5 without acting -eg a sweeping anti-lot-tery bill aimed at wiping out a multkmllllon-dollar gambling indusj try In Indlaar. ■ - Demand Action v x ' Connersville, Ind , April 3—(UP) te vwae *»•»

Cross 38th Parallel In Strength First Time As Challenge To China Reds

Officials Appalled By Highway Deaths ; Illegal Drinking Spots Are Cited J indiutiKpolh, April 3—(UP) — Governor HchHeksr »nd the alate alcoholic beverage com ml salon leveled, their elghtafn illegdi aftci |rlhklng a pore today In an effort th redueA Indiana's highway death foil, Ht'hih-krr. appalled by the paati wcek-rnd In which at leant to parsons were killed and many at bars injured in traffic accidents, said he would meet with ABC chairman Bernard Doyle to plan action against "places-\operating/ outside the law." The conferred with state police Suj>t. Arthur M. Thurs* ton yesterday. He said, something had to be done to combat "slaughter" on HOosler highways. How.ever, he said it was a difficult problem as long as motorists "persisted hv drinking and driving in ffont of trains.” \ "But those found violating the state liquor laws by keeping afterhours placed are going to suffer for It,” he said. “We’re golpg to have to put some of these violators in ‘ jail. We’re going to make a special effort to crack these people.!’ At Muncie, where a week-end crash that killed five persons was blamed\on a driinken driver, authorities continued their own crackdown on liqlior law violators. Hazel Crouch Pugh, 50, arrested as the alleged operator of the afterhours tavern, had her. bond-increas-ed from 11,000 to slo'ooo. \ She was arrested early Sunday, charged in Delaware circuit court with Illegal sale of alcoholic beverage and released on bond. When circuit judge Joseph H. Davis returned to Muncie today, he ordered her rearrested and set bond at >IO,OOO. He Increased bond for seven customers from to ( |5,000 each. They were arrested In the raid on the Pugh place after witnesses said onq of the wreck drivers was drinking there. One Voting Place Is Changed In Decatur l-B Voting Place Ordered Changed The board or county commissioners. meeting fnr the second straight day, made one change In the Deca-tur-polling place® effective for the primary elecripn May 8. At the shine time, the board settled the matter of summer, time, by declaring that the court house clock would remain on standard time, while offices would be open during daylight saying hours. In other words, offices would keep their doors open from 8 .a m. to 4:30 p.m., central daylight saving time. The change will become effective when the city of ,Decatur changes over to daylight saving time. The board changed the polling station of the first ward B from ’he office of the Decatur Canning company \on' Elm street, to the Kolter Brick company on Adams street v The commissioners noted that the change vfcill assure a permanent site for both primary and general elections as well as the acquisition of nroper utilities, which are needed. Also during the morning session, ’he board awarded the fleet Insurance policy to the Decatur Insurance agency. This policy insures all trucks owned and operated by ♦he county highway department, ♦he surveyor’s office and the county home. \, Also the contract tor maintaining ♦he clock in the cqurt house tower was awarded to jeweler Jesse Sutton, the oontraot calling tor a monthly service. Commissioners late today were to view g.Hirob •Huatloii in Monroe and French township, and Wedne* (Tare Te Fags Three)

Only One Test For Deferment For Students Setactive Service Head Outlines Plan For Students* Exam ’ Washington, April tl (UP) ■ braft-ag* college students will have only one chance\to pass the new test for deferment from military service. , , ■ . . if they fail to make qualifying .adores, tpey are likely to find themselves leaving the classroom and headed for the Induction center. \Thls gras revealed in an information bulletin being sent to state draft directors by sdledtlve service director Lewis B. Hershey. The bulletin, contains \ general information on the examination which was announced last week, plus new\detailed procedure on hdw students may apply to take the test. The bulletin also lists the 1,000 places whefe the eiMcational testing serv--1 ice will give the examinations, and 1 contains 30 sample questions that ■ students are likely to encounter. Hershey’s bulletin said "the test presupposes no schooling beyond the ordinary high school preparation for college.” However, it contains questions involving algebra and geometry and Requires a working vocabulary Including sU c h words |as "esoteric,” "immolate,” and "niachinate.” The student' will have a choice of five answers for each question. The selective service Information bulletin gave one helpful hint to those who are not sure of the right one: guess, The educational testing service will give the, test on May 26, June 16 and June 30. Under present plans, phly' draft registrants who already} have started college may take the examination ' Hershey** bulletin said anyone who wint« to try for a scholastic deferment must anply to his local draft board the sooner the better. He will be required to fill out dual select Ivh service form No. 106 and lt)7 stating, among oilier things, when hi would to |aka the uMuintiiatlon and on which bf the three specified (talks Tin- foi m Him will h. : Ho w mil. .1 ft> Die «dtimtlimal tepHn* service <Turs TO Fawe tries) ' • -. . h ■ \ Esther Sprunger Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon ' Mrs. Esther Sprunger, 63, wife of Adolph Sprunger, died at 9 o’clock this morning at her home two miles north of Berne after an illness of three years. She was born in Monroe township April 14, 1887. a daughter of David and Regina Moser-Sprunger, and was -married to Adolph Sprunger April 20, 1919. She was a member of the Firs! Mennonite church at Berne. . Surviving in addition to her hus band are iwo.daughters, Mrs. Karl Ray of near Monroe and Mrs. Brice Fisher of Decatur route 4; one son Edward of Berne: seven grandchildren; two brothers, Caleb and Martin L. Sprunger of .Berne: three sisters, Mrs, Frank Amstutz and Mrs. Wilbert Nussbaum of Berne and Mrs. David Sommer of Fort Wayne\ and two half-sisters, Mrs. Joel Rehman of Berne and Mrs Caroline Moser of tort Wayne Four brothers and four sisters are deceased. /, Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Menno bite church, the Rev. Olin A. Krehbiel officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery. The body will be removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 4 o a in. Wednesday, -f

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Strong Contingents Os U.S. Division Sweep Across 38th On 10-Mile Front Tokyo, Apr. 3— (UP).— U. S. forces surged across the 38th parallebin strength tor -the, first time today in a defiant challenge to more than a half-million Reds massing for a spring counter-of-fen-lvoA Strong ooMingenU of, an Amer« Icon dlvlaton swept across Um pre-war frontier on a 10-mile fropt in western Korea abovb Seoul. Chlhe n rear-guards screening the communist build-up farthur north put up only ‘light realstnnca At the asms time, the South Korean . capital division on the east coast —first allied division Aero a the , parallel- extended its 'bridehead in the communiet homeland to more than 18 miles. Gen. Douglas MacArthur visited the South Koreana on\his 15th flying visit to the Korea® front and jeeped 15 miles north of the parallel. to within 500 yards of their northernmost po itions. , On his return to Tokyo tonight, the supreme United Nations commander reported tactical conditions “favorable” along the entire 140-mlles Korean front. “Our troops Mill maintain the initiative,” he said. "Enemy weaknesses in the- a4r; «» tha sea, ih the lack of artillery apd heavy . weapons for the ground are being rigidly exploited by our commanders. “Our strategy remains unchanged and is based on maneuver, not ' positional warfare.” His remarks Indicated that the Bth army would not be content to dig in and wait for the expected ed spring offensive, but\ would strike boldly into communist. North Korea in an attempt to keep the enemy oft balance. Accompanying MacArthur was Paul C. Smlfh, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and a veteran of both navy and marine service in World War 11. The qnly talk I heard about w-as attacking,” Smith said after Httendifig a couple of briefings of South Korean troops on the east \ He Mid ths South KorpAtM-hav* "every Intention of going and taking” object Ives north t »f the iflmeu Mac Arthur visited, indicating the e««i drive will ba continued. Only a few hmtrg earlier, Map* Arihur had reponad in hie mom. lug cornmumque that the Chinese Korean Reds were gatherln< / 63 dlvlelons, their greatest poten- / tlal force of the war, for An attack on advancing but outnumbered United Nations forces. \ t h might prove the fin AB com* . mjinlPt attempt to throw the United Nations out of Korea. North Korean premier and supreme* communist commander Kim II Sung was reported by the Chinese A -'ommunist radio at Peiping to have told newsmen at his field headquarters near the front: - t “We are confident that we will \ irive the aggressors out of Korea.” But even as Kim spoke. United Various planes as well as ground roops were pommeling hi force*. In the air. American sabrejets down three Russian-built ’IG-15 jet 'ighters and damaged\ hree more In a ?5-minute bafle ’■st south of Sinuiju in the northest border area. Pilot' said the ehem< \ets had led no-es and Red etars on their logs. Previously most enemy bore no identifying symbols. F-80 hooting stars flrat |ack|ed he 30 to 40 communist MIGS, then handed ths fight over to 29 sabr*. •ts when their fuel ran The hooting stars no damage 0 tho enemy plane*, but Mid they might have acored hit* on two of ■’’“‘•J _____ . Clearing and cool tonight. Waflnaaday moatly fair and warmer. Low tonight M-Bg. High Wedneeday 4S-64 north, 64-M eeuth. ,