Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 98.

UN TROOPS FORCED BACK ON WEST FRONT

Nationalists To Accept U.S. Military Help / / .. ' Acheson Discloses China X Accepts Proposals ,x / '■.‘■ W'. - '' z j .. Washington!, Ai/r:~25 — (UP) — Secretary of state Dean Acheson today that Nationalist China, .agreed on Feb. 9 to accept American military aid “for the defense of Taiwon (Formosa! '7 against a possible attack.’’ / . He revealed that the United States, in a note to the nationalists on Jati.Jih, announced its willingness to make arms available for defense purposes. The dates given by Acheson amounted to an- administration notice that/its plans for sending a mission to Formosa and to provide arras help was arranged! Well in advance of recent demands for action by Gen. Douglas MacAr- ' thur. y'. f 'i j ■■ ■ The ( American' note specified that the arms aid agreement ■would be retroactive to June 27 and that it would cover, therefore, shipments to Formosa sincd the Korean war began. Acheson in this (connection said the (ffrst ship? ’ ment ‘ftf arms- reached Formosa ’in December. J - , - 7 lW It wa# announced week! that in addition to arms aid thiftlfouritry will send a. military mission to \ help train Chiang for defense of Formosa agajhst Chinese ■ communist attack. I'll to fiOO . Americans eventually writ go to Formosa. ’ Dispatch of the mission, plus shipment of arms, carries through a Formosa pblii/y announced by President Truman? on Junie 27. 'Acheson said. In his June 27 statement the president ordered U. S. fleet to defend Formosa from the Reds and at the same time prevent any nationalist attack oh the mainland. Acheson said/ the president’s statement continues to be. the policy of this government. , The American note of Jan. 30 set forth American Arms help: 1. “The Chinese government will use (he material to maintain its internal security or its legiti? male self-defense." Acheson would (Tara. to Pa*e Six» J v ; -L , || Brandyberry Quits Adams Central Post C \ I■■ ' i ; ’ ■ ■ " ■ 1 ;.,l i ! I Other Resignations Are Announced Here Howard -Brandyberry, for the. past year coach of <)je - Adams Central’“greyhounds, hks resigned that position effective at the end of the ’school term, it was learned here today. ‘ ,i. J ’ At the same tinje,! superintendent of kdhools Henkel L. Fbley annouhceil two faculty changes in thh county’s schools. One of them. Miss Chariottie Hurtner, resighed from the staff at the Jefferson towmship schools > where she taught home and biology. She intends entering the missionary ’ ff ' j Announcement twat’ also made. that Tlarrell Jacobs, "business education and) geography instructor 1 in th4 Pleasant Mills high school, resigned from that-faculty to con- . sider employment nearer his Fort 1 Wayne thome. / Although Brandyberry has already resigned from’ the Adams Central staff, his future plans were not disclosed. However, it J« ’believed that he is seeking employment elsewhere in the county, and not in the coaching field. — . ' J ; ■ f • , INDIANA WEATHEB Mostly cloudy, occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight, in extreme south Thurs-, day, cooler central south and central portions, low tonight ■ pear 45 north, 55 south, high ihureday &O to 55 north, near ) south. »/ 1 V I . ? V

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BULLETIN Key West, Fla., Apr. ' Key West, Fla., Apr. 25 — (UP) -— A four-engine, civilian plane, believed to be a Cuban airliner with 39 persons aboard, collided with a navy plane over Key West toclay sending ail aboard the two craft, their deaths. \ The navy in Washington said four men were aboard the navy plane.. Authorities at the scene of the crashes, one on each ’ side, of the Key West ’ island, said there were no t survivors. > The bodies of at least i nine persons including two navy fliers—all unident ii fied—wefe recovered soon after ih<» crash, the coast guard reported. Neither plane was officially identified. 1 The big civilian plane ‘ /crashed in 60 feet of water and the navy immediately> clamped a security blackouts on a Price Boss To ■ M ‘ • vi! ■ ■ Order Lower Beef Prices Initial Rollback Os Prices Ordered By Michael Disalle Washington. April 25,. —(UP) — Price controller Miflljael V. DiSalle Voday ordered his first big rollback in Jmahufacturers’ prices and prd-parfed/-at the risk of his givF the public cheaper beefsteajc. iMqi’med sources said an order is all set that will roll beef prices baqk 3 .to-+ cents a pound, all the Way from the farm to the dinner table.! Some feared; it might off; a meat strike by the nation’s cattle, raiserjs and perhaps blast DiSfalje out of office. The rotund little price chief drew the Wrath of big apd middle-sized business last night with a tough regulation directing some 75,000 to get back to their pre-Korea prices -plus no more ’ thah the actual increase in their maitufaeturihg aiicli factory wage ■ costs since then. The. Indusltries affected produce, aboht s7o.oOh.o(io.Qo(i worth of consunier and durable goods annually, ranging from dandy bars to. television . s<ts. Most Will have to cut (prices, The buying will get the benefit although the retail roll1 (Turn To Pan* Severn No GOP Ballots At ■J’ CifyiPrimary Here No Opposition On Repub icon Ticket ' County clerk Ed Jaberg, who is also cihirmaln of the forthcoming city elections.- stressed today, the point that there will be no Republican ballots at any of the^ polls. “Because 0f no contests in Decatur ,ft>r any of th© races, it was not to pr|nt ariy ballots tor that party," Jabarg explained, i ' Running, without <|pposition within the party, the Republican candi-' dates automatically are nominated without the necessity of a primary ' election. ' ■>. |' ? j. j Jaberg stated that; he had teceiVf ed a considerable number of calls concerning this master, from persons who wanted to? exercise their franchise in the GOf* wiay. ' They of course will have to wait Until ; falj to io so unless they call for a Democrat ballot at the polls. But absented voters’ sot Democrat candidates may obtain their ballots from the clerf’s office any-time-after April 28, Jaberg said. For that is the first dhy that a voter -: ntay personally procure and vote an’absent voter's primary ballot;, phese ballots must be cast by/election day, Jaberg reminded, the same as ither ballots. Final day for procuring sudh ballots is May 5. though they may be mailed in later, providing they arrive before 6 n.m. election day, the time when the polls dose. ' i . . . Hi f" v . ■

Catholic High Will Graduate 22 On June! Rev. James O'Connor To Be Speaker At Annual Exercises The Rev. James O’Connor, an Instructor at Central Catholic high school and assistant to the Most Rev. Bishop Leo Pursley, FotX Wayne, will be\the speaker at the' 28th annual commencement exercises of Decatur Catholic high school on June 1. the Very Rev. Msgr. J...1. Seimetz, pastor, announced today. . There a'fe 22 graduate candidates in the 'high school this year. Graduation exercises for 25 eighth grade pupils will be held jointly with the high school commencement. The services will be held in St. Mary’s Catholic church at 8 p. m. and diplomas will he awarded by Msgr. Seimetz. The high school graduates are: William Braun. Thomas L. Coffee. Richard Coyne, James Deßolt, Charlene Eyanson. Fred J. Eyanjson. Vincent Faurote, Richard Gage. Ann Gass. Alice Geils, Eileen Geimer. Rosemary Gillig, Joseph Jauregui. Patricia Kable, Isabelle Kintz. Dorothy Kohnfe, Theresa Kohne. Margaret Mcßeth, Phyllis Omlor, Catherine Ulman. Marlene Ulman,. James Voglewede. i r The class guardian is Sister M. Jbeonida; ' - Eighth Grad# Graduates Members of the eiglith grade graduating class are: ’ Barbara Borman. Dolores Braun. Joanne Braun. Marilyn Braun, Ann Durkin, Leola Ford. Alice Gage, Jacqueline Gase, Rosemary Gase. John Geels, Marcella Gillig. Rita Heiman. Joan Laurent. Ann Marie Lengerich, Anita ,Mendez', Robert Miller. Walter Mowery, Timothy Murtaugh, Nita Osterman, Kathleen, Pyrsjey, Hazel Roberti-Sj. gThjmas Titus, -Rheta Ulman& Voglewede, Thomas Sister B. LilHtin is the class leader J., Lankenau Honored By G.E. Executives v ; \ i Retiring Manager - Os Plant Honored j Company managers and superintendents of General Electric held . their meeting here today to honor Enno W. Lankenau, who retires April 30 as manager of the Decatur G. E. plant. • , Mr. will complete 42 years of service with |he company. 31 years of which has served as superintendent and manager of the Depatur Works. : Th® executives toured plants one and two during Ahe morning and at noon held a lurtcheon in the plant’s private dining room, at which Mr, Lankenau was the honored guest. t The gfternoon program included a round of golf at the Decatur golf course and bowling at the G. E. al’evs. ' Those in attOndancje included: N. 51,0 Du Chemin. general manager, small apparatus division, Schenectady, N. Y„ M. E. Lord, manager fractional horsepower motor division; L. D. manager 6f manufacturing ; L. W. Kuttner, assistant manager; W. K. WUliams, manufacturing engineer, 4njd A J. Rose, production, all s os the fractional horsepower Inotor division. >\ i George Auer, manager of the Tiffin, Ohio G. E. pladt. formerly of this city; E. F. Harmison, manager of the DeKalb. 111., plant/ . Superintendents from the Fort Wayne works included: R. L. Spitler. H. G. Siebold. O. J. Mettler, H, E. Koehlinger, F. H. Campbell, H E. Boles, and W. H. Sunier, supervisor, inspection and test, fractional horsepower motor division, W. N. ‘ Oberly, assistant to the manager of manufacturing. J. F. Welch, assistant Decatur plant manager since 1947, was in Charge of the program.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 25, 1951.

— Flood Victims Evacuated V — Bami EVACUATED frotn their Ibwa flooded homes, these victims bow their heads in Grace at the breakfast table at Davenport’s Salvation Army Citadel. Red Cross officials estimated 5.0(H) persons have been forced from their homes along the lowa-Illinois stretch of the raging Mississippi. . V \

District Judging Results Are Listed \4-H, FFA Judging Winners Announced The, district judging and demon 7 st ration contests for 4-H and FFA members was held Tuesday at Berne, with more than 400 members competing and more than 450 wit-*" nessing thi> events, L. E. Archbold, ■ Adams county agricultural agent, \ was general chairman of the district contests, with Leonid Kingsley, vocational agriculture teacher at ' Berne, as assistant chairman. Winners an/ coaches in the various contests are as follows: Dairy—Wabash county, Don Goings, first: 'Noble county. Dale Schfnbeckler, second; Wells county, B. G. Walmsley, third: Adanis\ county. Leonard Kingsley, fourth; Huntington county, Charles Crum, fifth; Wabash county. Glenj Quivey, sixth; -j Livestock— Huntington county,Hugh Schillings, first; Wabash county. Don Goings, second; Kosciusko county. Roy Naugle,, third; -Huntington county. Eugene Kirchoff, fourth: Adams county, nard Kingsley fifth; (DeKalb coun- * ty, A. H. Uhwson, \ixth. Poultry—Kosciusko, Bill . Slatts, first;\ Kosciusko bounty, kichard Reed, second ; \ Whitley county, Cecil Coleman, third: LaGrange county. Dale Schinbeckler, fourth; LaGrange county. Els worth Fanning, fifth; DeKalb county, Bill Deck, sixth. county, Ruhar Latier, first; Wabash county, Glen Quivey, Well^county. R. G. Wentz, and Allen cdunty, Homer Schipper/ tied for second; LaGrange county, Elswortli Fanning; fifth: Wells ‘Turn To pn>ee Eisbt)

Water Softener Plant Near Full Operations

.. . \ .. ■ ' v' ■ ‘ With the arrival of one important item that is currently lacking—a mercuroid control switch — the city’s water softener plant will begin full-time operations instead of the: present 12 or 14 hours per day. Water superintendent Ralph E. Roop said that the switch, which will automatically shut off the pumps at the Monroe street plant when the cistern at the Third street plant is full,/will assure a 24-hour daily flow of the treated water to the city’s homes. He said that -the necessary switch should arrive, in the near future. Even on the half-day basis, however, Roop notes the changes in the telephone calls coming into his office during the past few weeks. Heretofore people wondered when the water softener plant wpuld begin its operations. \ .' ’ Now they call to wonder what nature of stuff that is which conies out of the home taps. Some of the react iori to the softer water has\beer harsh (“I don’t like the taste \of the stuff"), while others have either hot noticed the difference or are pleased with it. ' ’ \ . ■ i '■

Medical Exams For \ Children Thursday \ 't'he annual summer medical roundup for Decatur pre-school children will be held at the Lincoln school gym Thursday morning at 7:30' o’clock. All children who will enter school for the first time are to be examined, and mothers are requested ip bring their children to school. examinations »are also for children entering kindergarten next fajl. Children who will be five years old before Sept. 15 may enter kindergarten. .Decatur physicians will conduct the examinations, and no charge is n/ade. Further Plans for Boy Scout Camporee j 13-Member Steering Committee Is Named I , -S'! , ' "'V >' I A 13-member steering committee has been named to select chair-’ men of other committees which will govern the three-day Boy Scout camporee to be held in HafinarNuttman park June 8, 9 and 10. \ : Officials of the Adams county district of Boy Scouts, wljp will be hosts to from 1.200 -to 1,500 boys from the An*hony Wayne council, met Tuesday in the Decatur high school ivith R L. Van Horn, hrea sco®t executive, to outline further plans for. the camporee. Aflame district camping and activities chairman George Bair today stated that members of the Steering committee will meet Fri(iay Aitd at\hat time chairmen will be named. While’ the camporee is still six weeks away, local Scout authorities are completing all necessary jpre(Turn to Pace Six)

There is no doubt of the benefits which will accrue once the “soft’’ water gushes from the taps all hours of the day: housewives should note a distinct saving in such items as soap, for example. It should be further noted that Decatur's water was, when hard, a “fluoride content" example to the rest of the state. Tests proved that it was\ good insurance, in many instances, of tooth decay. All these qualities haVe\ been preserved though the water is treated. But Roop assures, anyone who calls tha| even today the water, though much softer than before), is still a long way from being the ideal liquid that will eventually be piped to Decatur homes. At present the hardness of the water measures about 10 grains in the business and adjacent districts while it is approxtipately 30 grains hard in outlying areas. A perfuncto’y test conducted in a home showed the water in the daytime to be 17 grains hardi a local factory test showed 35. These ' figures are startling considering ‘ (Tara to Pace Six)

United States Troops Launch Counter-Attack On Central War Front *

Eric Johnston f Approves Rail Pay Increase Initial Break In 10 Percent Wage Ceiling In U.S. • : \ Washington, April 25 —(UP) — Economic stabilizer Erie A./Johnston approved today a six cents an hour (?ost-of-living , pay raise for 1,000,00(1 non-operating rail workers —the ftrst break In the 10 percent wage ceiling. The new contract already had been approved by the White House and a special fapt-finding panel; Tqe agreement had been held up because only ? cents of the increase fell under the permissible 10 percenj lirtiit on wage increases. That’s as higl. as wages can rise above January, 1950. I\evels. Johnston followred the .recommendation of the facbflnding panel, which said bargaining on the railroads is "uniqtie” and requfred "'special standards’* \ apart from wage stabilization in other industries. r \ Previously, Johnston refused to approve over-the-ceiling increases negotiated in the textile, shipbuilding, meat packing and other industries, \ holding that the wage stabilization board should act. But on the railroads, Johnston said negotiations are “far more lengthy and cumbersome”' than elsewhere. ’ A spokesman pointed out that Johnston delayed action on thb panel’s recommendation -r— which was gjven him last Friday—because he wanted tt? discuss its report with Dr. George W. Taylpr, chair(Tnra Tn Pare RlkMi Hearing Continued By Appeals Board Neighbors Charge Zoning Violation A controversy over whether Ernest Bauman. North 12th street, can continue to use his adjoining lot for automobile storage and wrecking was continued at a meet- 1 ing of the Decatur of zoning] appeals held Tuesday night at the | city hall. j M f The hearing will be concluded Monday night, May 7, at 7:30 o’clock. Decision to continue the hearing came after an nour of evidence was heard. Bauman operates a garage and wrecking lot on his property. , Some of the residents of the neighborhood haVe registered a complaint and have charged violation o'&the zoning ordinance. . Mr. and' Mrs. Tom Leonard appeared for the remohstrators and .agreed furnish more witnesses and affidavits at the May 7 meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Bauman also attended the hearing and Bauman Stated, through his attorney David Macklin, that had operated the wrecking lot for several years prior to the effective date of the ordinance. He however, that at one time, part of the lot hald been used for a garden, but that at no time was it completely abandoned as a Wrecking lot. The district is an R-l district. There is no, controversy over the garage, as it has been established for 10 years. Mrs. Jay Osborn, 815 North 12th street, also appeared before the board to register a complaint about the issuance of three permits in her neighborhood. She stated* that the persons involved had not constructed buildings in accordance with the proposed plans and spirit of the zoning ordinance. An immediate investigation \ was promised by the board. \ “ • Through his attorney, D. Burdette Custer, Giles V] Porter asked for a rehearing on the rejection (Turn To P««e ElKht) 'i Sfi >

New pastor j Rev. Albert A. Fenner — -A . - Install New Pastor At Friedheim Church Rev. Albert Fenner At Lutheran Church Se Rev. Albert l A. Fenner, er hospital chaplain and Lutheran institutional mission leade.* in J Cincinnati, will be Installed Sunday aftemoqn as pastor of Zion Lutheran churcli in Fried helm, succeeding the Rev. E. T Schinidtke, resigned to accept a pastorate in Sheboygan Wis. . v The installation service will be at 2 p.m. The Rev. Otto C. Busse. pastqr v of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Preble, will installing officer. The program is in charge of the church council. The Friedheiip church, composed of one of the oldest LuftSk eran 4-ongregations in the is located tn the northwest section of Preble township. Rev.\Fenner served in severa’ pastorates before accepting a chll (to institutional mission wxirk in Cincinnati in 193(5. He was Protesthnt chaplain in the Cincinnati general hospital and at, Dunham tuberculosis sanitorium. He also assisted at the Hamilton count.v home. Longview mental hospital and at Mt. Airy Center. Frequently he was called to other hospitals to j minister to the sick and dying. ■ Occasionally. 1/e dealt with initiates in the Cincinnati workhouse and detection home. His services as a minister of the gospel found outlet in various phases of life. Prior to the Cincinnati assignment, Rev. Fenner was pastor of ' Tarr '*’« Pase ■ ■ 1 V I- • *| 1 Retail Merchants Vote for Program \ Adopt Proposal Os Decatur C. Os C. Decatur merchants voted Tuesday to undertake the Chamber of Commerce’s proposed annual program, which will begin next month. At that time the Chamber, retail merchants, and others will cooperate with the city for the annual spring: clean-up. The purpose of the program which Was outlined several weeks ago is to assess retail merchants on an annual basis rather than for each specific event. J At the'time. Decatur’s merchants approved the plan which will as* sure sponsorship of specific events over a 12-month period. Although merchants were approximately S2OO short of the goal anticipated to fulfill all the obligations over the year’s period, they expressed confidence at the Tuesday meeting that this deficiency would be met. ' Ralph HatWgger was in charge of the 1 meeting of all retail merchants who have signified approval of the outlined plan.

Price Five Cents

One Officer Hints Seoul May Again Be \ Abandoned; Victory Seen\By Vein Fleet Tokyo, Thursday, Aj>ril 26-^(UP) : —A twb-prOnged Communist drive I north of Seoul forced United Nations troops to withdraw today on the western front. They broke off contact with the enemy and fell back to form a straight defense line with allied troops in central Korea. An officer hinted that Seoul might be abandoned! I . “We are prepared to give up a lot more ground if we have too,” he said. Lieut.-Gen. James A. Van Fleet, commanding the United States eighth army‘s threw his troops into a counter-attack on the central f\ont and issued an order of the day predicting victory. The Red break-through in the *. . center of the line was sealed off and armored units of the U.N., army began backing at the enemy’s flanks. . > . The withdrawal in the Seoul * sector left a vacuum between the rival armfes through which the Chinese masses must pass to reach the new allied line. Officers said this vacuum wduld be a killing grounds for UN planes and artillery. Big guns all across ’ the flaming front were roaring around the clock, pumping 2,0.00 shells an hour into the Reds on the 1 western (front alone. ' The were hiding from allied planes by dav and resuming their \ fanatical attacks after darkness. - Their casualties soared toward , 25.000 for the first three days. Van Fleet assured his troops, in ’ the TiqsU order of the day ever issued by a United Nations comi mander ‘in Koeea. that they were . superior to the enemy in everything except “Again you have willingly accepted the challenge and in three days ~ of battle have proven your superior- * ity.” he told his troops. “General (Matthew B.) Ridgway and I have complete confidence in your ultimate victory.”, «. But on the western front, the Reds still were pouring thick as locusts over the ridges and roads toward Uijongbu, only 11 miles north of Seoul. The U-N forces = broke contact with and withdrew in orderly fashion under cover Oif dark(Turn To Pave Seven) Speakers Named For Graduate Exercises Adams Central High Exercises Listed The Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, pastor of the Union Chanel Evangelical United, Brethren church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the Adams Central high school, and the Rev. O. C. Busse, pastor of the St. Paul’S Lutheran church at Preble, and also state chaplain for the | American Legion,; will give the \ principal address at commencement exercises. * '> Both the' baccalaureate service, scheduled for Sunday, April 29, and the commencement exercises. Thursday, May 3, will be held in the Monroe Methodist church.. The Rev. Vernon Riley, of the Monroe Friends church, will deliver the invocation and, benediction at the baccalaureate services. The Adams CeritraJ high school chorus will offer The Lord’s Prayer and “Thanks Be To God.” the processional and recessional march will be by Mrs. Elmer' Ehrsam. The Rev. W. L. Hall, of the Monroe Methodist church, will deliver the invocation and benediction at the commencement exercises, at which 32 seniors will receive diplomas presented by county superintendent of\schools Hansel L. Foley. Selections by the Adams Central high school band will precede Rev. Busse’s address and th® selection, “Romance,” Sung by Miss Shirley Ann Steury, will follow. the programs are scheduled fbr 8 p.m., daylight savings'time.