Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1951 — Page 1

.Vol. XLIX. No. 160.

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Jim Shoemaker Dies In Allen County Crash Four Others From Berne Injured In v 4 Wreck Early Today, One Berne young man was fatally Injured today and four others sustained minor injuries when a tire on the car in which they were passengers blew out and the driver lost' control of the vehicle. ’ The accident occurred about 6:40 a m. today about nine miles south of Fort Wayne. ' James W. Shoemaker, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shoemaker, of route 1, Berne, died in the Lutheran hospital about 10 a.m. of injuries suffered in the accident. He received a crushed chest, probable fractured skull,. internal injuries and a brain concussion. The car, driven by Frank Habegger, 57, also of route 1, Berne, went out of control; careened along the' highway. Apparently the car hit an abutment and Wendell Heller, 21, of Berne route 1, Irvin Liechty 21, Decatur route 4, and George fteusser, 27, of Berne route 1, were all thrown from the vehicle. .A It is believed that the car, once it struck the abutment, veered back onto, the highway and hit maker. All of the meh in the car were taken to the Lutheran hospital inhere examination revealed that Reusser and Liechty sustained probable dislocated hips; the latter also received j abrasions and bruises. Johh F. Sprunger, 25, of Berne, another passenger, and Heller were listed by hospital attaches as receiving minor injuries. Habegger and his- Ifc-yean-old daughter, Elaine, another passenger, were uninjured. I All six of the men were enroute to their work with the Indiana Construction company of Fort Wayne when the accident happened. born in Berne April 5, 1930, had recently completed his sophomore year at Bob Jones col-, lege 'in Greenville. S.C. He was graduated from the Berne high school in 1948,and was prominent in athletics and music. He was a member of the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church of Berne. Surviving in addition to the parents is one sister, Mrs. George Funeral services for the accident victim had not been completed late today. The body was removed to the Yager funeral ihome at Berne. \ TbJDiscuss Study Os Health Hazards • i L ; Dr. Harold Zwick, Dr. John CarTOll, and Miss Jean Shockley will meet with Mrs. Leonard Schwaller, Mrs. Thelma Bilderback, Mrs. Ivan Huser, Raymond VanEmon. Esther Sowards, and Donald Warthman in the extension office , t 8 pm. Tuesday. The latter named people represent the Farm Bureau, Home Economics elubs. and Rural Youth organizations. They will report the reaction of their groups to the proposal of making a county-wide survey. The purpose of thia survey would be for •he determination of certain health hazards in the county due to faulty sanitary situations and to leamjof the status of Immunization and vaccination. 4 Information of this kind would help the county health council in framing and educational program based on actual facts. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, scattered thundershowers central and south portions tonight. Tuesday pertly cloudy with thundershowers south. A few light showers north turning cooler Tuesday. Low tonight 60 to 65 north, 65 to 72 south. High Tuesday 75 to 80 north, 80 to 88 south.-- ' V

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T i t —"—I Five County Youths 6 Leave For Service ' I | I;? ' \ W re ' Adams youths departed today for Indianapolis and a<4ive military The quota thus increases the of such youths -w dupart to $7 since the police faction in Korea got underway. The young iqfn ' went first to Inilianipolis, tl |»n were to be assigned Immediately to Camp Custer, jMiclJ. Those leaving included Huffirt Ledoil Feasel. Ndrwiq Oscar Hoffman, Everett Hutker; Jr., Frederick Bernard Run(sch|ig and Kenneth Doyle Kiser. I r-I j j Asks End To ! State Os War With Germany H' s 1 President Truman g Asks Congress To End State Os War | i J BULLETIN London, July i 9. —(UP) — Great Britain, Italy, South Africa, Australia and New Zea,\ ~ land proclaimed today the end of the state of with Germany. 5 pl Britain's announcement, Communicated to chancellor Konrad Adenauer of ihe west derman government ended the Mate of war after nearly 12 years, effective a| 4 p,m.,today (9 a.m. CST). J. j Washington, July 9. — (JUP) — President Truman | asked congress today to end the s|ate of war with Germany. I ? 4 _[ He asked congrjss to an end-of-war resolution, which ’would become effective i|pon issuance of a presidential proclamation, t I Mr. Truman saijjl the resolution should include safeguards for continued authority tb seize German property under tie trading with the enemy act. ’ gi - The president sa|d that tKrnlhatlon of the state of war with Germany will not affect the status of tie occupation of that couhtrs. Nor would it affect rights and j privileges, such as reparations, he said. Mr. TrUihan submitted a proposed dra|t of the War ending resolution to vice president Alhen W. Barkley and speaker Sam Rayburn at their regular Monday nßrning legislative conference. In a covering letter he that ending the state ofc war witH Ger ; many will have many tangible;bene,fits. I ’ . I “Germans who w|sh to travel to do business here v|ill receive the Status accorded tp| nationals of other friendly governments,” Mr. Truman said. “The* will no linger be classed aS enemies.” He ndtW that although Geftnahs have been permitted commercial with the States (Turn To Page Three) — i — Firemen Unable To Extinguish Blaze 1 I Housing Unit Here Destroyed By Fire | ■ : i B City .•’ifemen were unable to extinguish the fire taafc completely demolished the housing unit the Smith junk yard early although all the resources of th<? department were utilised. h; Chief Cedric Fisher stated today that the explosion of the safety valves on nine oxyjen tanks|and one settling tank, 'kept “fading air” to the flames, it impossible for firemen to quench them. ] |. The chief said they playedi’four powerful streams c|n the flames “but were unable t<| touch them.” He said that’s the Jirst time the department has nevetr been able to “make a dent in a Sre-”\ a The structure and Equipment was partially covered by insurance, it was learned. | Bl Firemen returned |to the scene Sunday afternoon to extinguish the smouldering rag fire

As U. N. Delegation Left For Truce Talks 1 * ! T • * . \ j ’ • - A JE f’?' '■ ' ' r - . ■ * 1 . U A? THREE UNITED NATIONS Colonels are shown in the top picture as they are to step aboard the helicopter which took them to the preliminary peace talk's with the Commtfhists in KMesbngr Korea, near the much disputed 38th parallel. The U. N. delegates are (left to right! Lt. Co). Lee Soo Young. Colonel James C. Murray. USMC and Colonel Andrew J. Kinney USAF. The bottom photo shows the U. N. delegation’s helicopter as it took off from the airbase northwest of SeoulJto arrive at the scene of the meetings 41 minutes later. . ‘ ' i

Annual Red Cross | Meeting July 16 | Judge Adams Will Quit As Chairman A ■ ’ The annuhl meeting of the Adams county Red Cross will be held in the circuit court room of the court house'dn Monday, July 16 as 8 p.m.. Judge Earl B. Adams, county? chairman, announced today.’ A board of director? will be elect* ed and officers will then be elected by the directors. The public iS invited to the meeting and Judge Adams urged a large turnout. “EvCry citizen should be interested in the Red Cross And we hope the court room will be filled with people who wish to help in the Red Crops organization,” he said. Invitations are also being sent to city and county officials and to members of the county and city civil defense organizations. I Judge Adams, has indicated that he wishes to retire from the chairmanship of the chapter and his wishes will be considered by the nominating committee. Nomina, tions may also be made from ttaje floor, it was explained. J A report of the national convention held recently in New York will be made by Judge Adams, Who attended as a delegate from the local chapter. The plan of having one or more directors from each township, city x>r towri in the county will be followed in the recommendations of the nominating committee, Red Cross officials said. Over Inch Os Rain In 24-Hour\ Period v More than' an inch of rain fell here\for thq 24-hour period ended at 8 a.m. today, Herman “Hi” Meyer, local weather observer, stated. Precipitation amounted to 1.09 inches, said. A storm struck the city about 6 o’clock last evening, doing some damage.' Early this morning a downpour struck the city, sending the rain gauge above the oqe inch mark. St. Mary’s river was rising' land the stream measured\7:4s feet at 8 a.m. Meyer 'expected a continual rise during (the day. More showers were predicted.

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Plainfield Pilot Is Killed In Crash Danville, Ind., July 9. —(UP) — Varner L. Barnett, Plainfield, was killed Saturday when the light plane he was piloting crashed Into <1 field near here as his wife, Nancy, looked on. 1 Barnett died of a broken heck when the plane stalled at about 200 feet and cracked up after Barnett has “buzzed” a house. A passenger, Ed Duncan, 23, Indianapolis, was injured and taken to ap Indianapolis hospital where he was reported in fail* condition. Two Traffic Wrecks Kill Six In Slate Rainstorms Blamed j For Fatal Crashes . Bv United l\wo traffic accidents which killed three persons each sent Indiana’s weekend violent death foil soaring. State police said an early check sl oped 11 dead — nine killed in traffic accidents, one accidental shooting and one victim of a plane crash. Both of the triple fatality accidents occurred during rainstorms. Lindsay Williams, 49, Chicago; ihs wife, Diva, 46, and Mrs. Bessie Knox, 51, Warren, 0., were killed and three persons injured when their car skidded into the path of a seml-trailei* on U. S. 6 one mile west of Ligonier late last night. Police said Williams’ auto ran off the highway and skidded into the path of a truck driven by Wilbur Guernsey, South Bend. A similar accident ,oln U. S. 35 four southeast of Logansport yesterday killed Mrs. Harry D. Butler, Kokomo; Mrs. Rex Booth, 23, Gaston, dnd her daughter, 19-month-old Patricia. Authorities said a pickup truck driven by Mrs. Booth’s husband hit a puddle and skidded into the path of a car driven by Mrs. Butler’s husband. , >A Saturday accidents killed Eddie Riggins, 5, Warsaw, and Oris D. Burcham, 17, Brownsburg. Elddie was hit by a car as he walked along .Ind. 15 near Warsaw, and Burcham died when his car callided with a truck on U. fi. 36 four (Tara Ta Page Foar)

Section Os Kokomo Is Hit By Tornado 20-Block Area Is Damaged By Storm By United Press ' I ■ : A tornado cut through a section r f t Kokomo ear|y today that was leveled by la 1942 storm as thunderstorms lashed Indiana vtith as much as four inches of rain. The twister hit Kokpmo from the libuth and damaged buildings and homes in a 120 block area. It lifted before ijt hit the main sec-' tlon of the city. ’ No one os injured in the Kokomo storm, but I residents—tornado conscious from ths June XO, 1942 storm which killed four persons j and injured eight—were reported “terrified.” |.i The police switchboard was flooded with calls as the storm struck with *“a roar that sounded like a train.” It swerved down on the Orange Crush Bottling Co. plftnt on U.S. 31 south of the city, Sending a 409 pound heating unit (nd the plant roof through the air. [; Empty bottles swirled through theair and debris from the bottling plant crashed through the w-alls and roof of a nearby supermarket. The roar of the wind awakened •Jtjjjdehts. Many became “almost hysterical," police said. It took policemen so handle the jpalls from frightened residents, ja.ho rushed to their phones to call “help before tho wind snapped telephone and utility lines. ? Rain came down is sheets, police said. Central and northern Indiana cities reported heavy rains ranging up to 4.36 inches at Warsa ( w but no wind damage. Logansport bad 3.99 inches of rain, Montezuma 2.69, Rochester Monticello ;j5lB, Crawfordsville 2.57 and Wafnash two inches. More than one inch of rain was reported across jhe central area. The south had .only a trace. j ;\l. ■, | : Fallen utility wires spitting sparks were swirled around the storm.area in Kokomo. Firemen erdered the power cut because ■they feared the hot wires might touch off a serious fire or fatally shock residents. Residents said they were awakened about 1 a.m. by what sounded Mike the roar of a train” accompanied by heavy rainfall. They (Tara Tw Paa* Mix)

Top UN Delegate Hopes 'I I ® For Korean Cease-Fire ’n Agreement Wednesday

■ ■ » \ Iran Denies World Court Right To Act No Power To Act Over Oil Dispute Tehran, Iran. July 9. —(UP) — Iran denied today that the world court has any right to take up its oil dispute with Great Britain, and threatened to complain formally to the United Nations against British “interference” in' Iranian affairs. The government sent a message to,the UN saying that because of the world court’s intervention in the dispute Iran would longer respect the tatdrnattonai agreement concerning competence of the court to make obligatory rulings. * Before taking the action premier Mohammed Mossadegh informed United States ambassador Henry F. Grady that a personal letter from President Truman, peeking to prevent hasty Iranian action, had come too late. , Foreign minister Bagher Kazemi in a cable to UN secretary general Trygve Lie announced: !; I—The1 —The world court (the international court of justice at the Hague) "deviated from the path of justjice and shook public confidence in it” by considering a British appeal for a temporary injunction against seizure of the nationalized Iranian oil fields. v 2—Because of the world court action, “the Iranian government as from this date withdraws its signature from the declaration regarding obligatory judgments” of the court. 3 — Britain . has interfered in Iranian internal affairs, and tried to intimidate it by incitng strkes, sending warships and 'reinforcing air and land forces in areas near Iran. 4— Iran may complain to the UN against the British “interference.’’ In addressing its communication to the UN, the government snubbed th? wprld court, and merely sent it a copy of the communication of S (Tara Tn P»jre six) Midwest Lashed By Tornadoes, Storms Midwestern States Battered By Storms By United Pregs Tornadoes and violent thunderstorms lashed the midwest today, dumping heavy fains that caused new flood crests in the Missouri -river basin where high water has wreaked 15.000,000 damage. Storms battered Kansas, Missouri, lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana throughout the weekend and more wind, lightning and rath played aerdss the area early today. 'Wisconsin was battered repeatedly by a series of thunderstorms that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars damage. Winds reached 88 miles an hour Chicago had 2.41 inches of rainfall that flooded underpasses. Wind and lightning knocked cornices off buildings, tore grees down and caused several fifes. ) Three tornadoes hit last night and early today. One near Parkville, Mo., and another near Olathe, Kan., caused no damage. A third which struck Kokomo, Ind., ran through a 20-Mock southern section of the city, causing thousands of dollars damage to buildings and wires and uprooting trees, but injuring none. Three minor fijres were set Off by the downed wires. The new rains in Missouri and Kansas posed additional' dangers along the rampaging Missouri river which was expected to crest seven feet above flood stage at Boonville, Mo., Wednesday. \- \ Considerable damage was reported iri resoit areas of northern Illinois With power -and telephone lines knocked between the Chicago suburbs of Rount Lake, Crayslake, Lake Villa, Venetian Village, Libertyville and Northbrook. Fire chief Irvi&g Barnstable of Venetian Village said the winds there amounted to a “minor hurricane.”

Allied Troops I Drive On Reds On East Front Aerial War Rages Over North Korea f 3rd Straight Day Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, July 9 — (UP) — United Nations troops smashed more than a half mile into the communist line Jon the east-central Korean front today and at dusk still were locked in battle with the entrenched Reds. , An air and artillery ‘barrage set the stage for the allied offensive thrust whiled the war raged just as strongly in the skies over North Korea where U. S. planes downed one Russian-built jet In the third straight day of aerial combat, j j At 5 p. nb, (1 a. m. CST), |hq eastern front ground fighting Wad still going on. Elsewhere on the ground, U. N. fighting men lauhciw ed hard-hitting but small attacks described as "limited offensives" as allied and communist negotiators prepared to meet to talk peach Tuesday. The attacks apparently were to gain stronger defense positions before a ceaSe-fire. ? ?j ! . Allied warplanes resumed thbfr attacks on the Red supply route above "neutral” Kaesong, the armistice talk site, and were in the air around the clock. In the brief but vicious, air scramble over Sinanju in j. the north, eight bold MIG-15s attacked a flight of U. 6. p-29s add: its escort of 36 F-86 sabrejets. ; j The three' days of air battle have cost the communists four planes destroyed and tour damaged. No U. S. fighters werb rost or damaged today. f Superforts hit an enemy, barracks near Hungnam on the east coast while a -flight of F-s>l mustangs pounded enemy supply concentrations at Mullaeri, 2 mijes northwest of Kaesong on the main enemy supply route to Phongyapg, the Red capital. South of Pyohghang and north of Sariwdn, divbooming mustangs ■ cut failrdad lines. | The Pyongni airfield north of Pyongyang Was hit by two flights of American and South African planes. > . | j I UN night fliers reported that nearly 3,000 enemy vehicles wipre “moving in all directions” on North Korean roads Sunday night. Bad weather hampered attacks on (Twrx To Pare Four) V . ■ . ,>7.4 r 1 IjU ■ : Mrs. Millie Rice * ■ Dies This Morning ; Funeral Services To Be Wednesday i I! I : Mrs. Millie Inez Lenhart Rice, 76, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 9:15 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of six months of complications, i . | Born at Peterson Sept. 24, ;1874, she was a daughter of John H. and Tillie Stevens-Lenhart. She was married June 2,1898, to David Rice, who preceded her in death Feb. 27, 1948. ’ j ’ s ■ pB; She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, of which she was a past worthy matron. Surviving are a brother, Norman Lenhart of Decatur; twd nieces, Mrs. Ellis Baltzell of Decatur and Mrs. Velma Bowman of Bluffton, and a nephew, Orval Lenhart of Decatur, itwo brothers anyone sister are deceased. | Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p m. Wednesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Bam\ uel Emerick officiating. Buriat will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon; 1 ■

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Gen. Ridgway Holds ( Secret Talks Today With Men Chosen To Conduct Parleys Seoul, Korea, July 9 —(UP)i —• The United Nations’ top delegate to the Korean armistice talks opening tomorrow said tonight that he hoped tor a cease-fire by Wednesday. Gen. Matthew B.f\ Ridgway, UN Supreme commander, warned, however. that ‘lafc ' agreement on an armistice must precede any eesaation of hostilities,” and indicatthat he did not Expect a ceasefire to come out of the first Meeting. f Vice Admiral C. Turney Joy, 56, .jrear-old commander of U. S. far pastern naval forces chosen by Ridgway as his chief negotiator with the communists, said on his arrival here tonight that he hoped the conference w°*>ld er.d with a "the day after tomorrow. Ridgway sald ln a press conference that he had “no idea” how long it might take to arrange the cease-fire and said that only by actual performance at the talks can it be ascertained if the meetings are being held tn good faith. Ridgway held secret last-minute talks in Seoul ‘tonight with the five men chosen to sit at the conference taitde ,in “neutral". Kae song tomorrow (Monday EODT) J' with four communist' delegates * and work out the delicate prob 1 lems involved in ending the one- ■ year and 14-day-old conflict, (Peiping radio, monitored in Tokyo, announced for the first time at 7:30 P- m. (3:30 a. m. CST) 'that the preliminary talks had been ' lheld and that formal negotiations would begin at Kaesong Tuesday. The broadcast named communist negotiators and said they “will now start for Kaesong” bur did not specify their time of departure or route. The ccmmynist delegation is headed by North Korean army Gem Nam IL, and includes North 'Korean Gen. Lee Sang Cho. Chinese communist Gen. Tung Hua and Chinese communist Gen. Hsieh Fang.) L Ridgway met the press after taking the UN negotiators to an a<fvance camp from which they will go to Kaesong. ■ Ridgway commended the U. N. liaison team which met the communists Sunday to set up the Tuesday conference. The UN officers “are to be commended tor superb performance of an exacting mission.” he said. The general said correspondents would be permitted to travel to the advance base where negotiators will be quartered during the cease-fire meetings. He said he would attempt to allow full press coverage of the final stages of the talks “as the public interest allow?’ ’■ Ridgway said he personally selected the five flag officers who will represent the U. N. Tuesday and added: “I reserve the right to '.change any delegate at any tilde tor any one of a thousand reisois.” >. Admiral Joy said that Ridgway himself might go to Kaesong during the armistice meeting. or at its conclusion. s Ridgway flew to Seoul in his C-54 airplane "GHQ” with Joy this afternoon. - Also aboard the plane were UN negotiators Maj. Gen. Laurence C. Cralgle, vice commander lof far eastern air force, and Rear Admiral Arfelgh Albert (31-Knot) Burke. The fourth American on the team Is Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, Bth army deputy chief of sta'ff. The fifth member is Maj. Gen. Paik Sun Yup, commander of sth Republic of Korea Ist corps. Seoul’s suspence oh the eve of the armistice talks was heightened by the secrecy of the late moves. Top specialists of the UN. military and division began their conferehces long before the arrival of the top men. to work out the strategy for the meeting with the communists. A communique Issued <by Ridg(Twa To Pane Five)