Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX.No. 106.

MAC DEFENDS RIGHT TO SPEAK PUBLICLY

Decatur GE Aeolian Choir In Church Music Festival At Indiana U. 4JS O A A- O' 0 A •A' I F 1 ▼ WK ■ > ~ s> KX F wA« *• X> % -3 *%. r S > '■J I ~' ™ fbO JjcOw a *• if'/ ■■ it"' Ch 'is */> * \ ?E/ *i $ ■MI -uMr*U C ’■’' C- • B l I ? t C HO O < * < h T I t- ; tU;■ r r i ; ■ ; h ■ r < . r.- '.••!!. ■’ i ! ■ ! . I » ; •■ ■. . I ■ L ! ' / ■ ■ T, ?A I ? ecat ? r Eeiieral Electric company’s 60-volce Aeolian choir will appear at the first annual church musk* festival at Indiana University Sunday. The Aeolian choir is one of nipe choral groups selected throughout the state to participate in the fesiival All '■ choirs participating are church choirs except the Aeolian choir which, according to Prof. George Kreuger of the Indiana University School of Music, is invited to show what choir can do with the great music of tlitf chwch. Each of the nine participating choirs will perform three numbers under their respective directors in the afternoon program held in the university auditorium. The afternoon program will start at 2 p. in. The Aeolian choir is to appear at 3:15 p. m. In the evening performance '*2? Ch .y i 1 begin at 7 p ’ m in university the nine choirs unite to form a mass choir of 450 voices in presenting works from The Mass m B Minor,” Bach: "The Elijah.” Mendelsohn; “The Creation.” Hyden; ‘The Messiah." Handel; “The Requiem’ Brahms- ind the Matthew Passion,” Bach. 1 : t ' . < | ' f ’ • ’! The evening performance will be under the direction of Prof. Kreuger of the University school of choral music with the University Philharmonic orchestra under the direction of Ernst Hoffman accompanying. . \ \ \ / The choir will be accompanied on the trip by director David C. Em bier and John Welch, manager of the Decatur General Electric nlant • u i of the choir are asked to meet promptly at G: 15 a. m. Sunday at the Zion Lutheran churfch on Monrpe sti\et The buses arc scheduled to leave promptly at 7 a. m. \ Both afternoon and evening performances are open lo public. There Will be no admission charge’tor either

Severe Wind Sform Hits South Indiana - Aj . •’ ./ ' ’ | Storm Breaks Early Season Heat Wave „ Indianapolis, : May 4.—(IIP) — The weather'settled back to normal -routine in Indianjr today following. a wind and electrical storm which injured at least four persons artif left fallen trees, broken power i Ijtfes and damaged buildings in its wake. Wind gusts were reported up to "90 miles an hour and temperature.* plunged downward as ranch as 25 degrees during the height of the storm, the weather bureau said. - • The stohn broke anl early season “ beat wave and brought a forecast today for cooler temperatures with highs from 60 to near 80. Widely scattered showers were forecast \ but the weather bureau said it I would be fair again tomorrow.- v Southeastern Indiana jseemed )to he the worst hit. Residents said it was “the biggest blow vre’ve had in quite some time.” f . Three tpersons were hurt at Columbus when the wind flattened a Hagen Brothers circus tent as -- as some 200 persons watched an afternoon performance. • , Mrs. Clara Mikesell, 40, «olum- ' i bus,. a spectator, suffered minor 4id juries and Eugene Christy, 45, ' Indiantown. Pa., a lion tamer for ’ the circus, received a .broken 1 /> rhoulder. A third person was 1/ 'treated for slight! injuries at the scene and released. Delbert. Shope, 62. was knocked from his tractor while ploying a field at his home near Logansport, to a chicken house and the ndise *The driverless .tractor crashed inJ attracted Shope’s wife. She founu } he r husband lyjng in the field unV conscious. He suffered burns. , c Military police from the Attey- - btiry air force base helped clear glass from shattered windows, fallen trees and broken electrical lines from Columbus streets. . Radio station WOftX in Madison was fcfrced off the air temporarily and part of the city was without electricity when falling trees mapped power lines* Wind gusts were estimated at 90 miles an hour inyMadisom' Streets blocked by falling trees v fn Seymour, Washington, Bedford J and Plainfield. Traffic on major hfjghwaya had to be rerouted through Several towns because of storm debris. \ At' Seymour, an emergency crefr was called to remove a fallen tree ," from the Pennsylvania railroad , tracks' so trains could pass. A roof blew off a restaurant and felled power lines at nearby North Vernon. . \ , Two fires* were started at Wasn4 ITbhi To Pane INDIANA WEATHER Partly gloudy and cooler tonight. Saturday fair and cool. Low tonight 38 to 45 north, 44 \o 48 south. High Saturday 58 to 65 north, 64 to 68 south.

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Senate Voles Down Move To • ' ‘ 4 i • f' ’ • I Open Hearing Downs GOP Effort I For Open Hearings On Gen. MacArthur Washington, -(UP) — The senate today voted down .a republican attempt t© bring tq the floor a resolution .to open the MacArthur hearing to' the press ana The vote was 41; to 37. Senate republican leader Kenneth S. Whenry, Neb., agaihst democratic objections, had made the motion to make the resolution the senate’s “pending business." j" Tlje yote was on party lines, except for Sen. Pat ‘.McCarran, D;, Nev.j, who voted with .republicans to tkke up the resolution. No republican voted against the-motion. T,he resolution would have ordered the joint senate armed services and foreign relation committees to conduct the inquiry into Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ouster in open session except w h ® n national security was discussed. r '■ \ Wherry told the senate thai he and his colleagues “have triedj our level best” tc£ et resolution before the senate. ' ; "We feel just as strong that these ? hearings should be open,” he said. .“We dop’t belihve ill drawing an iroh curtain arbund anyone ” Ask 20,000 Draftees c ■ \ During Month Os June ‘ Washington, May 4 -i-(UP)Vy The army asked selective service today to supply\ it with 20.0(h) draftees in June. The Jun/ call will bring to 550,000 the total number of men dratted into the army , sincetlto outbreak of the Korean war. ’ ,r: -‘. A ! .• f •\' The defense department said the navy, air force and marines wit: not take any draftees in June. None has taken a/y draftees so far. The June call of 20,000 is the 1 lowest in the present program. . , New Jobless Pay j Claims Increase \ | Indianapolis, May' 4.-r-(UP)--The Indiana employment security division reported today Hoosier jobless pay claims hose 18 percent during tlje week ending-April 28. However, the said the total of 22,210 claims received still waa 33 percent below that of the same week last year. The increase was blamed on layqffs by television set and' cabinet manufacturers, a production slowdown in the furniture industry and seasonal coal mine idleness.

BULLETIN ’ Tel Avio, Israel, May 4.— (UP)— Israeli And Syrian forces fighting in the Lake Ti- \ biterius border are'k , haye_- < agreed to a “full, final and sincere cease-fire” which went into effect at 2:30 p.m. (7: a. m- CST), an Israeli military spokesman said today. Two Killed, Another Missing After Blast j Chemical Plant.ln Florida Explodes - > Bar Harbor, Fla., May 4 —(UP) — Two men were killed today and a third was missing in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant on the grounds of one of the world’s largest paper mills. V ■| The ; blast ripped through the 'Arizona chemical plant whfdh processes rosin and turpentine frbm by-products of the International paper co. located a short distance from Panama City. An official of the company said the damage would run “into millions qf dollars ” 1 Thei 90-foot high building isolated from others at the plhnt site, was described a» a “twisting rubble.” Fireman abandoned hope of saving the structure and concentrated- their h/ses on nearby turpentine storage tanks. | 'i The dead workman, who together. with the missing man were the only persons in the chemical plant at the .time, were indentified as William; Perry Pollock and Callis William Galloway. The missing man, believed to be dead, is Roland Emanuel. Workman in the paper plant were knocked to the floor by the heavy blast. /eLt as far away as Tyndall air force base, eight miles from here. firemen were hampered by low water pressure, caused by the explosion. Water to fight the fire was pumped to the site from nearby St. Andrews bayRepair Os Rqads, Streets Underway ? City, county and state highway department workers are performing the slow but necessary task of repairing the many roads and streets damaged during thq last long, hard winter. County highway department employes today wer/ in Root township patching up blacktop highways there. Studebaker- Construction company, of Uniondale, contractors, is progressing in work on U. S. 224 both east and west of the City street department have been patching holes in streets for the past month whenever the weather has been favorable. There still, remain some glaring gulfs in some streets—notably North Second in the business district and Mercer avenue. There has been no indication when the state might tackle these jobs.

Decatur/ Indiana, Friday, May 4j 1951.

Meal Pickers Blast 1 Beef Rollback Order Packers Gather In Washington Today Washington. May ■4. —-(UP)— Irate meat packers from all over the country met here today clamoring for price controller Michael V. DiSalle's scalp and cancellation of his beef rollback order. Some 200 members of the national independent meat packers swarmed through the C/pital buttonholing congressmen and protesting to government officials agaipst't the buti/r. which is aimed at cutting retailtfeef prices 9 or 10 cents a pound by Oct £ Many more, including representatives of the big four packers, will ‘ hit town this week-end to join in the fight. One delegation, led by association president /J. B. Heinemann, planned to . call on \DiSalle to tell him what the industry doesn’t like"about his order. But the usually price boss served notice in advance that he Is sticking to his guns. And back of him is President Truirian who told a news conference yesterday that he personally approved ttyb beef rollbtick order. \ \ A- ' :AA! /. ' DiSalle scoffed at warnings from the packers that beef will be driven off the family dinner table and into the black market unless he withdraws the price ordet“You don’t repeal laws against murder just because some people murder,” he said. DiSalle underscored his determination to go through with the control regulations by announcing the arrest lakt night of a Miami, Fla., slaughterer accused of filing a fraudulent application for a slaughtering license. The slaughterer faces five years In jail and >IO.OOO fine if y/nyicted. \ / Th/ big enforcement test will come May 20. when a 10 percent cut in the price slaughterers can pay for live cattle goes into effect. Hundreds of price enforcers have been assigned to the stockyards to make sure the order is obeyed. Consumers are scheduled to ,get their first reduction of /(g) 5 cents a pound In retail stores on Aug. 1 and another of the same size Oct. 1. Live cattle price/ are to be cut an additional 4J4 percent on each of those dates, v Two less controversial orders came out of DiSalle’b office last bight. One established price ceilings on imports of non-essential good, limiting importers io cost plus the same markups they used before Korea. The other brought .some 75,000 producers of machinery and related manufactured goods under new ceilings based on pre Korea prices plus actual increases through March 15 in material and factory labor costs. i ? ?

American MP Is Killed By Two Russians Soviet Commander Expresses Regret , At Vienna Slaying Vienna, Austria, May 4. —(UP)— The Russian commapder in Vienna said today he "regretted” the slaying early this morning of an American military policeman by tvo Soviet soldiers. Soviet regrets were expressed during a meeting of the U.S. and Russian commanders. | The conference was in an effort lq reach agreement on a joint inveptk gat ion. A blast frofli a "burp gun’’ fired by one of the Russians without warning felled MP Cpl. Paul Jl Gresen of New York City with seveh slugs in his stomach early this' morping. ~ He died mint utea. J i A second American MP, Who with Gresen halted the liusJ stuns on a Vienna strelet for a rom tine check, returned tihe fire. He said he belieted be had wounded) one of the slavers, but both escapJ ed. An Austrian civilian was I wounded In the leg by the crossfire. The Communist version of the incident, published inj the news-’ paper Der Abfei)d, was that one of the Americans opened fire with a pistol when the two Russians ig nored a command to halt. “One of the Soviet ; soldiers returned the fire,’’ Der jAbend said. Brig. Gen. William 'T. Fitts, U.S. in Viennai and his Soviet counterpart,, Maj.-Gen. Boreyko, met in the inter-allied command rooms in the palace of justice at noon—less than 12 hours after the an attempt to fix responsibility for the incident. They were expected to attend an autopsy bn Gresen later today. U.S. commissioner Walter Dbn(Tnhd To Page Severn) Vote Scholarships To Local Graduates jPTA Foundation To Grant Scholarships The Lincoln Parent-Teacher Memorial Scholarship Fouridation, Inc., has voted two 1200 scholarships to eligible high school graduates of this city who wish to further theiryeducation as elementary ; I school teachers, officers of the foundation announced today. ' ! Simultaneously with release of the announcement, qualifications for winning the-scholarship awards

were explained to the senior classes at the Decatur public and Decatur Catholic high schools today. > Acceptances from three persons who will act as examiners in awarding the gifts have been given to the foundation, Mrs- Herman Krueckeberg, secretary, announced. The members are: The Rev. A. E. Gillander, pastor of the First Presbyterian church; Mrs. W- P. Robinson and Edward F. Jaberg, clerk of the Adams circuit court, and both former teachers in the Decatur 1 public schools. ,!/ Applicants for the scholarships, which will be outright gifts of >2OO each, are asked to file applications with their High school principals by May 15. Ten days will be allowed for investigation by the examiners and announcement of the winners will be made May 25, the secretary explained. The Lincoln Parent-Teacher Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Inc . was founded in 1949 and the first scholarship loan was made that year. No applicant filed tho following year. The recent action of the foundation-directors changed the policy from a loan to an outright gift to deserving applicants. Mrs. Paul Haifcher is the foundation president. The formal motion establishing the scholarships reads: “The board of directors author* izes the granting of two scholarships each of >2OO to be granted to eligible applicants from the high schools of the city of Decatur, for the purpose of continuing their education at some approved teacher* - training institution for elementary teachers. This grant to (Ysra To Paar* S*ve*>

Defends RighfAs Head Os Far East Command To Disagree With Policies

Will Rule Against ' ■ \ ’ I I School Sinking Fund Ih / - \ Official Ruling By Judge Glenn Monday In a letter to attorneys represent* ing both aides of the Adams Central consolidated school issue. Judge Burr Glenii, of the Huntington ciK cuit court, indicated he would rule Monday against the % collection of taxes for that school’s sinking fund. yOn May 7, his letter would hand down the final decision oh the matter which has been Involved in court action for several months. i \ L ; Numerous taxpayers of the three Adorns Central consolidated school townships. Monroe, , Washington and Kirkland, had filed a complain! in two paragraphs, one asking the court to rule against further Adams Central school \taxations, and the other to discontinue the school’s sinking fund. While overruling the former paragraph. Judge Glenh did rule that the defendant* "should be enjoined and restrained !rom collecting the special sinking fund in the amount of 75 cents on each |IOO of taxable property for five years.” D. Burdette Custer, representing the defendants, the school corporation, county auditor I’piurman 1. Drew, and treasurer Richard li. Lew ton. stated today that there “was need of clarification al' the proposed ruling as to the sinking fund.” i •The attorney stated that he wished to withhold comment until after the final ; , decision was rendered Monday. “At present, while: looking over the proposed rating, we think that under the statutes we can advertise for the inclusion of the sinking fund in next year’s budget.” \ The Original complaint, Edwin C. Bauman etal vs Thurman_l. Drew etal, filed through Voglewede and Anderson, would] have completely disintegrated the Adams Centra’ school system had' the first paragraph been upheld, (Turn To Paar Six) jj- ; — i Uj, :• • To Confirm Class At Zion Lutheran Confirmation Rites On Sunday Morning A class of catechumens will be received into communicant membership Sunday morning at Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe street, by ythd rit? of confirmation. The impressive ceremony Will be conducted by the pastot the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, at the 10:30 service. The pastor will first publicly examine the group on the fundamental doctrines of. the Christian faith before the rite p; confirmation is conducted. A ape* cial feature of the service w’ill also be the ainging of the children of the four upper grades of the church’s Saturday Bible school. The gropp will sing. “Thinb Forever!”, by Knecht. The catechumens hre following: Donald Christianer, Roger Dull, ,Gail Gerke, P. William Hancher, Jerold Johnson, Fredrick McDougal, Ervin Myers, Marlene Ohler, Jane Rentz, Kay Ann Witte, and Mrs. Robert Bulmahn. j / The order of service follows: Organ prelude; hymn, “Come Thou Almighty King;” confession of sink and declaration of grace; the intrOit and the 1 collect: the epistle and the gospel; hymn, “My Maker; Be Thou Nigh;” examination of the class; hymn by the children, “Thine Forever!”; sermon by the nastoy, “Walk ih Christ;’“offertory and offerings; solemn rite of confirmation; prayer for the conJirmandß; hymm “My God, Accept My Heart This Day;” benediction and postlude. The' Rev, Eugene Nisseh o* Concordia College, Fort Wayne, will assist the pastor at the 8 o'clock Sunday service. Sundav school and Bible class will convene as usual, 9:15 to- 0;15< The public is invited to the services. j’ •} •* s * 'k I

< ; > l pen. Ridgway Predicts Reds To Hit Again ' UN Holding Forces Move Lines Forward In Hunt For Enemy , r \ ■ .<«.■■ Tokyo, Saturday, May S—(UP) ■ — Vhited Nations holding forces on the\ west central Korean ffont moved their lines forward several miles Friday without interference ■by the communist- army. ], From their new positions the |UN forces sent patrols farther taorth searching fbr the Reds. The only enemy they found was a single Chinese soldier. Iwounded four days ago by allied artillery. The new northward movement Was made after -Lt. Gen. Matthew p. Ridgway paid a flying 21-hour Visit to the Korean battleYront and Conferred with his commanders , there under the wing of an army i liaison plane. In a frontline Interview Rldg- ; Way predicted the Reds would strike again and they would be , defeated. The only ‘thing they . will accomplish, he said, will be »' jo add more “tens of thousands . . » to the bloody price they have : Wen paying.” | He also hinted that the Vnited Nations have new tricks of war ■’ up their sleeves with which to durprise the communists. • “If the enemy decides to renew his attack, jhe’s going to get more t-han -he reckoned on.” Ridgway said. f 1 j United Press correspondent Richard Applegate reported the new: allied advance from the west- ' central front 12 to 15 .miles east lof Seoul, in the Pukhap river val- / ley. . \ Applegate that “sizeable l United Nations elements” moved - out cautiously behind a screen of aggressvie patrols and ! Advanced their lines “several miles” north of tiieir previous Holding positions. \| it was the first time since the Communist offensive started two Weeks ago that the! UN army has attempted to reclaim any lost (Turx To P»r» Two) Ereksons Entertain Rotarians, Ladies Theater Brought To ; Club Last Evening The theater was brought to the Rotarians and their guests at a ladies night programs at the K. of P. home last evening. A I Playing triple and, double roles, Mr. and Mrs. Reid B. Erikson gave 1 an unusual presentation in the reading of a delightful play, “Her Master’s Voice.” It is a story of three women and two men, who, ' beset wfth a marital Vift and financial worries, become involved in a. ridiculous situation. Th€ roles 1 Were artfully played by the Ereksons, with the finesse of an Alfred Lunt—Lynn Fontanne team. ■ Mr. Ereksoq, a tprrner director of the Eort Wayne Civic Theater, now director of the McMillen Feed Mills 1 sales training school in this citsr, explained that he and his wife 1 originated the idea of reading a complete play. Mrs. Erekson, an ' actress of professional merit, car-]’ ried the triple women roles in the < play. i The Ereksons have entertained several of the social and civic groups in this city with stage pre- i sentations and Individual perform- i ances. Mrs. Erekson had also/ap- : peared. here with her .children in' skit presentations. < The Ereksons were presented by I Simon Heemstra, field representa- I tive for McMillen Feed Mills. The 1 dinner was served by the Pythian 1 sisters. i tv i '/.■ • ' ' < A

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• 1 ■ ■ “• General MacArthur Testifies For 2nd Day Before Senate Dismissal Probe <\ l ? dl\ 1l ‘ isl i " ■ '-’A i . BULLETIN \:■ V■ ! I P ' Washington, May ' —Gen. Douglas MacArthur de- f dared today that loss of Formosa to the Reds tfould push the American defense frontier back to the U.S. west coast and “might invite a third A world ’war.” | A- '.A X ! ■ A i /A- \| Tbe general believed the lrt*h mediate effect of the island's capture by the Cprnmuniats would be “collapse in the Phi|Ippinea and Japan and our withdrawal” from thosa places. ’ ' ' i' ' Washington, May/ 4. —(UP) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur strongly defended; today his right as far eastern J commander. to speak out publicly against Washington policies with which he disagreed. f At The same t ime he declared thatL he always had carried out “to the very ! best of my ability” orders from ids superiors, even though ha disagreed with them. I ; 1 MacArthur, testifying for the sec-i ond day before senators investigatJng his dismissal; as eastern commander, defended his March 20 letter to house Republican leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Mass. In that letter—widely., credited with crystalizing President Trumad’s decision to fire him—MacArthur expressed policy views at variance with those publicly? advo ; cated by tpe Joint chiefs of staff. 1 Sen. Brien McMahon, D., Conn., asked if he thought it proper for him, a subordinate official, to “register publicly with persons in political life” his differences with the, high command in Washington. The general retorted that he does not believe in. “gag” rule, that the people have a right to the “facts.” and that, he considered his “re< sponsibiliiy” tq speak his mind. In his second round of testimony before thb combined senate armed servicesrforeign relations committee MacArthur also Testified: 1. The joint chiefs Relieved ft “probably advisable” at the time of last November’/ill-fated United ’ Nations drive to occupy the border regions of North Korea only with South Korean irobps. But “tactical conditions,” MacArthur said, made' it necessary to send U.S. troops into the area. The Chinese then entered the war and drove them- out. 2. This northward drive would ended the war if the Chinese Reds had not intervened. The North Korean army, he said, waa whipped. i 3. Sen. William F. Knowland, R-, Cal., brought ojit that MacArthur .for a time was restricted in the ■se of his air power “within Korea.” j 14. Repeated previously expressed, convictions that It would be “master tolly” to , invade China > with U.S. ground troops. He said effective use of American air and sea power would be sufficient “to bring Red China to a reasonable attitude.” •’ ; 5. MacArthur said that his . proposal to carry the war to Communist China “does not necessarily mean the overwhelming of China; it simply means that sufficient pressure be brought upon her to make her stop killing our boys by the \ thousands in Korea.” . A t A t 6. If warplanes could strike at “the foundation roots" In Mandhnrfa where Red Chinese armies are being assembled to be thrown at tis, they could destroy them.” 7. Other United Nations fighting in Korea have contributed “only token feyces.” Our allies “do not contribute 1/ the same generous and noble way In which we do.” v 8. ‘Jle Sees no objections to use of perhaps 500 American military technicians to help Chinese Nationalist troops .make forays from Formosa against the Chinese mainland. But he says such expedition# \ t should not be led by Americans.