Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 164.

COMMUNISTS REJECT ULTIMATUM BY UN

Kansas River Smashes Levees Al Kansas City Two-Thirds Os Pure l Water Supply ts Cut " Off By High Waters f « Kansas City. Mo., July 13. -(UP) —Flood waters of the Kansas river 4 smashed through two levees today, poured into the vitally important central industrial district and cut off two-thirds of this city's pure water supply. Three persons : were swept to their deaths. ? / _ Two major areas of the sister city of Kansas City, Kan., were inundated first when the flood breached levees. The rampaging river smashed through a sandbag barricade in the floodworks protecting the \Central industrial district! on the east bank of the river. | An hour later, Melvin Hatcher, director of this city’s water department, said that the Turkey Creek pumping station had been forced to shut down, < ’ . The station pumps two-thirds of the water for this city of -453.000 persons, for Independence—President Truman’s home town—’Raytown. and numerous other small suburban areas in Jackson county, Mo. Another plant, in the east bot--1 toms, appeared to-be out of darfger. City officials, acting on the advice of army engineers, ordered evacuation of the: huge central industrial area- where properties and plants are valued at m<j)re than a quarter of a billion dollars. The flood, ravaging Topeka and other eastern Kansas towns, swept thrfe persons to deaths from the rooftop of a house as it rolled downstream. Rescue workers at the 10th Street bridge said that the victims, unidentified, screamed for help and dropped into the raging torrent as rescue boats tried \ to reach them. - Jack Arnold, of 'the 110th U. S. army engineers, said he saw the three clinging to the rooftop. He 'j said he and others, rescuers were blocked by the swift current. \ "We.could hear the screams for help,” he said. s ‘‘They all Were cryI ihg. But the ft current was too strong. The last we saw of them they were heading downstream toward the junction of the Mis- , sours.” Later, other rescue workers reported the drownings; More than 60,000 persons were homeless as the state battled the worst flooding in its history. At least 15 were dead. Several t [were reported missing. At Denver, It was announced that all air-force rescue servich planes in the United States had been ordered on a standby basis for blood area duty. . Surface w’ater and basement flooding forced the Turkey Creek pumping station off the line; It was impossible, to sandbag it ahd' pumps could not keep ahead of inflow into the basement. X / ‘ , "We hope to maintain some presr sure in the lines,” Hatcher said •‘We already had cut industrial users off and are urging everyone to conserve supplies. t ’ There had been almost no steps taken in the central industrial district for protection of property Livestock had been moved to the high viaducts over the yards. But -little else had been done. When the levees gave way today, the floodwaters hit the Argentine and Armourdale industrial district in Kansas City, Kan. Fire broke out in s he areas, which had been evacuated by most of the 40,000 * residents, but were brought (under control. Funeral Held Today For Wolfe Infant Graveside rites were held, a Green Park cemetery at Portland this afternoon for Beatrice Faye Wolfe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bolahd A. Wolfe of Pleasant Mills, Mho died at birth afternoon at the Adams, coiinty memorial hospital. Surviving in addition to-the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolfe of Pleasant Mills, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry fisher of Wabash, and great-grandparents. Mrs. Mary Wolfe of Portland and Mrs. Charles Fisher and Mrs. J. C. Cook of Asheville, N. C.

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r Personal Property Valuations Higher Over Two Million Increase In County Personal property valuations in the county, on which taxes will be paid next year, climbed $2,241,240 this spring, Albert Harlow, copnty aiuessor, announced today. I The county board of review has f coi4pl*ted Its review of the assessment's made by the assessors last March, which total $13,364,380. A year ago the taxables totaled >5[11,123,140. i ( | ’ The assessors alsp listed $275,- ’ 170 in new Improvements on real ' estate. Decatur’s improvements in Root and .Washington township units within the corporate limits ) eixceed $185.000,. Exclusive Os the gate’s assess- ■ ment of railroads atid utilities in. - the county, the valuation of tax- - stale property, inducing the 1|)51 ’ personal property valuations, tqtal - $36,885,860. This toUjl is gross : before mortgage and soldiers’! ex--1 emptions are deducted. Mortgage > exemptions on file total $1,373;()60 • and soldiers’ exemptions. $166,960, < reducing the total to’ $35,345.8 jO. Only one township ip the county ■ showed a loss in personal property assessments. Harlow explained. f Bi Wabash township the asset's-’ 1 ment fell froim $689,600 to $648,150.' ' < Peronal Property Totals The assessments on personal 1 property in the townships and ip- ’ corporated towns and cities in tire county for this year, along with the gains in each unit follow: , Union, $630,380, $84,050; Root. 1 900. $155,570; Kirkland, $591,540, $82,800; Washington, $787,450, $220,520; St. M&ry’s, $455,400. $28,870; Blue Creek, $547,360, $94,300; Monroe. $936,450, $32,380; French. $672,350. $129,840; Hartford. $666,160, $143,860; Wabash, 048,150. $41,500 loss: Jefferson, $1424,100, SBI,OOO. Monroe (town) $114,280, $2,990; Monroe-Washington, s9.B2<|. $2,270. Geneva. $423,020, $21,140j Berne. ’ $1,617,280, $429,390. Decatur-Root, $470,170,- $65,450. ’ Decatur - Washington, $2,804,310, , $526,100. •> | , The state assessment mates $3,000,000 and will be cer- . tjfieu next fall to be added to the county's taxables.. The net valuaj lions will total around $36,01T0,000, ! officials indicated). 1 ■ Brink's Guards Paid Awards For Heroism » M-' f i ' » Chicago, July 13.-4-(UP) — A courageous Brink’s arinored car I driver who shot and killed two , bandits attempting to rob hi? > tnick was $4,800 j richer for h» v I heroism today. \ ■, Brink’s awarded $4,200: to, Julius B|anchart, 25, along with a gold! t wrist-watch and a tw-o-week varac tionj. An insurance firm coat trjbuted the other s6ooi V. I I Two of Blanchart’h partners ■ were also rewardetf: Emmett Ebert, 27. received sl|4oo and a r watch and Theodore Ko|tynski, 31, wasawarde d SBOO and a watch. 1 . iV ,\ !' > 1 —r- — i ■ : CommissionersTo Meet Here Monday v I Study Os Budgets r On Board's Agenda ' The hoard of county Commission!- , ens. will meet in special session r Monday when they wftj' consider several budgets before passing them along to the county council. The commissioners’J budget as well as budgets tor tfq operation; of the court house, jail and county; home will come uhder'the scrutiny: of the three-man board. All’ county budgets, , are to be in the office of county? ‘ auditor Thurman I. Drew by August) 1, official noted-: today, and added that all governmental units • had pertinent forms at this time. | After tjie commissioners examine the budgets, they are published, ’ then sent on to the county council 1 who consider \hem. at| their annual ■ meeting, September 4i and 5. The ■ budgets are then forwarded to the . local tax adjustment hoard for corjl sideration before examination by a . representative of the |tate board qf tax commissioners. ' j I f 1

\ ■ —|- r . [ 11 ," L ""‘hT* ! i """ ’’ Report 12 Dead In Kansas-Missouri Floods WITH REPORTS of 12 dead and 8 missing as flood waters swirled through eastern and central Kansas in the greatest volume in histpry, Missouri too felt the power of the rain-swollen streams. \At a bridge south of Kansas City, Mo., onlookers watch as the Blue river rises to the, level of the highway. 1 —»

New Rebuff Handed On Controls Fight Administration Is Again Defeated Washington', July 13 — (UP) —■ The administration suffered another defeat in the house today* in the fight over extension of price and wage controls. On recommendation of Rep. Porter Hardy, Jr., D., Va„ the hou&e voted 92 to 39 tot strike out of the controls hill a provision to authorize the establishment of new government corporations to 'help in the mobilization program. Hardy insisted that government agencies which have to come to congress annually to get money are preferable, to corporations •that are established with revolving funds. , Rep. Brent Spence. D.. | Ky.. leading the floor fight for the administration measure, said this was another move “in the process of whittling away the power of the. administration to \ponduct the mobilization - inflation program successfully.” • ;A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats have been handing administration forces 1 regular beatings during house consiileration of the controls legislation. Spence referred to the administration defeats by saying that th|s “looks like black Friday the 13th for consumers.” Outnumbered administration forces looked hopefully for a temporary split in the Republican- soythern Democratic coalition to save them from a complere route. They dlready have abandoned hope of keeping in the house bill any authority for future rollbacks of food and farm prices. The sen-ate-passed controls bill tfould practically prohibit any more price rollbacks. The house' coalition yesterday trdmpled down ad(Turn To Face Fisht) I' Young Democrats To tyleet At Capital * Several Adams county Young Democrats will leave next Friday, July 20, for Indianapolis to attend the annual convention of youn B Democrats scheduled for July 2d and 21. ' Registration is $5 and there is t banquet fee of $3.50. Dr. Harr/ Hebble, Adams county Democrat chairman, is planning to attend the banquet and anyone desiring j to attend the conclave is asked to contact Dr. Hebble. Railroad Tank Car Explodes At Anderson ■v Anderson, Ind., July 13—(UP)— A railroad tank car loaded with chemicals exploded in the Nev York Central freight yards today, damaging (two adjoining cars and tearing up Several hundred feet of track. . Authorities said the car, enroute from t|ie American Chemical Co., Philadelphia, Pa., to a National Gypsum Co. filant at Alexandria, Ind., did not catch fire and no one w'as injured. Amount of damage was not determined.

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Decatur. Indiana, Friday, July 13. 1951.

Red Cross Meeting Here Monday Night ! City and county officials and members of the county civilian defense staff have been invited to the annual meeting of the Adams county Red Cross chapter Monday at. 8 p. m. at the court house. In addition to the election of \a board of directors and the naming I , of. officers, a discussion of the relations between , the Red Cross and civilian defense twill ftike place, officers said. Judge Earl B. Adams, chapter chairman, will preside at the meeting. addition to the groups named, any citizen who wishes to attend will be welcome. Judge Adams said. . ; _ 1 '■ . . Judge Reinstates Bail Bond On Reds Obeys drder From f U.S. Appeals Court u■' . ' ■ York. July 13 — (UP) — Federal judge Sylvester J./ Ryan, obeying a U. S. court of Appeals order, today reinstated civil rights congress bail bond for 15 highranking \ communists which he had revoked Wednesday. ' J The new order the district judge frees the\ lb, who were among li seconld string commun-i ist leaders arrested June 20 on ar. indictment charging conspiracy to advocate the violent overthrow of the government. The 15 had spent Wednesday and Thursday nights in federal houses of detention. They were brought to court this morning, handcuffed, in prison vans. Judge Ryan had revoked $176,000 bail after finding in an inquiry into the affairs of the civil rights congress bail fund that its trustees were ["totally unreliable” as bondsmen. \\ He held three trustees in contempt for refusing to give the court the mimes of persons contributing money to the bail fund. Yesterday, however; Judge Learned Hand sitting in the IT. S. court of appeals, ordered the release of the 15 communists. Judge Hand based his ruling- on a June 27 decision of a three-man .court of appeals panel which had directed the U. S. attorney to accept the ORC bail pending the conclusion of the hearings before Judge Ryan. I A , Judge Ryan had begun the inqiiiryUnto afflgirs of the ORC ball fund in the (hope that he,might unearth information which would aid the FBI in its search for four members of the U. S. communist party national committee. The four jumped their SBO,OOO CRC bail July 3 and fled to escape three to five year prison sentences for plotting to teach the forcible overthrow of the government. INDIANA WEATHfiR Partly cloudy, scattered shower* south portion tonight. Saturday partly cloqdy. Somewhat warmer;-north and cen- ; tral parts. Low tonight 59 to 64 north. 64 to 70 south. High Saturday 78 to 85.

Bradley Says U.S. Must Expand Help Testifies Before House Committee Washington, July 13.—-(UP) — Gen. Omar N. Bradley said today the United States must continue and perhaps expand its foreign aid programs to prevent Russia “frbm picking off any more nations.” I Bradley testified before the hpuse foreign affairs committee in support of President Truman’s requeet (or $8,500,000,000 tor economic .and military assistance to nations Outside the Soviet orbit. “The tension in the world has not decreased,” Bradley said, “and the north Atlantic treaty organization is even more important today than it was two years ago. On the point of further economic aid—which many members of congress havie talked about cutting drastically—Bradley urged congress not to relax that program now. Bradley said that In joining the north Atlantic treaty organization the United States acknowledged that it needed friends in western Eqrope. That need has not changed, he continued. \ \ “Our [ security demands that the Soviet-satellite combination be prevented front picking off any more nations.” M said. “The free world still needs the industrial potential ... of all of our combined nations. The United States defensive frontiers to the east remain in the heart of Europe.” He said that European allies of the O.S. are “working steadfastly to contribute everything they can.” He said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presence as commander of the north Atlantic treaty f° rces ,n Europe has provided the anticipated shot ip the arm for European morale and defense efforts. s \ ■ I ‘ ■' Two Women Plead Guilty To Charges One woman - Goldie Ttausch —today pleaded guiltyto a charge of grand larceny, and another —Emma Powell —entered the same plea to a charge of public intoxication in circuit cOqrt. Both women were to be sentenced later today by Judge Myles F. Parrish. Both -were charged with relieving Cecil Macias of S3O and) his watch over the weekend, but further investigation today revealed that Mrs. Powell w'as not actually Involved in the theft, and was charged then by prosecuting attorney Severin Schurger with public intoxication. Mrh. Trausch was represented in court by Fort Wayne attorney Fred Turkow and both women were remanded to the county jail until the hearing today. Summer Conference At Purdue July 31 Pursue will hold its fourth annual suinmer conference July 31 end August 1 and 2. The theme of the conference will be “Efficient production” In every phase ’of farm family living. u A limited, number of conference I rograms are available in the county extension office. . : ; r V■ v I . ■ ■■ ■

Reds In Offer To Resume Cease-Fire Negotiations On Own Terms In Area < { ' ; x ' ' r " 'j ' \ ' ;• • '

Indianapolis Blast Death Toll Is Eight i Eighth Victim* Dies Os Allison Blast (■/ ■. \ ' i * ‘ \ ; Indianapolis, July |3 — (UP) — An explosion and fire which ripped through an experimental building otf the Allison jet aircraft engine killed eight workers and caused $7,500,000 damage, officials said today. \ The fatality toll mounted to eight last night with the death of Carl R. Gardner, 33, the only worker on a skeleton night Orew to survive the explosion. Gardner, a detail. engineer, died before Investigators could questton him. Allison officials placed the damage estimate 15 times as high as previous estimates. , The public relations department said a fuel leak wak reported seconds before the explosion destroyed test cells of the experimental building early yesterday. Robert Beckman, a. public relations representative, said Hajry Charles Wetoorn, 43, one of the victims, called for every available fireman to check “a bad leak? “The leak is bad. It is running all over the floor and dripping down into the basement.” Beckman quoted Welborn. **Ju«t a spark could set off an explosion Chat would tylow the place to hell,” ? Minutes later the blast shook the building and a , surrounding six-block area. Officials, who said no sabotage was involved, had hoped to tion Gardner about events leading up to the blast. / Maj. Harold[E. Wilber, air forces commander at the big 75 acre plant, said “it was just an indus-, ttial accident.” “There was positively no sabotage involved,” Wilber said. ‘ ‘.’The air force said leaking gas apparently caused the 'blast. It did not elalxarate. The explosion .wrtecked test [cells of the -experiments! building. It last only the 12-inch outside walls standing and scattered debris ’ over a six-block area of suburban Speedway City, where the plant is located. Three of the victims were buried beneath tons of rubble. The seventh body was recovered last night. J Cranes were used to remove steel and, hunks of concrete ,j (Turn Tn Pare Four) . " -A ' 7 ' Four Women Injured As Aufo Overturns Mrs. Alice Schott Is Worst Injured One woman was in condition in the Adams memorial hospital and three others were given emergency treatment at the Adams county memorial hospital, then released after a traffic mishap about 6:30 £.m. one and one-half miles of Coppess porners. Mrs. Alice Schott, of Ityonroe, driter of the vehicle, suffered a badly lacerated right leg and a fractured pelvis as tt>e result of the accident. \ > Mrs. Cecilia Cramer, Mrs. Helen Parrish and Miss’ Diana Crist sustained bruises and lacerations and were dismissed after treatment. Mrs. Millie Spears was uninjured. According to sheriff Bob Shraluka, Who investigated the accident, the driver apparently lost control of the car enroute to Bluffton when it hit a slippery patch on the pavement. The vehicle careened into a ditch, snapped off a fence post, struck a telephone pole, then rolled over. All five of the women were thrown out of the car about 35 or 40 feet from where it stopped. Mrs. Schott was rushed to the hospital by ambulance; the others, less seriously injured; were taken there by private

Senator Lodge Calls For Huge U.S. Air Force 150 Group Force Is Urged To Prevent National Disaster Washington, July 13 — (UP) Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., !R., Mass., called today for a 150-group American air force with 10,000 off its planes earmarked tor the defense of western Europe. His proposal would cost $32,000,000.000 in its fiscal year and comparable sums in the next two fiscal years. I Lodge told a senatel military spending subcommittee that the Vnited States is Counting “national disaster” unless it abandons a “muddling along" defense policy. He said that at least 2-to-l air su- ’ periority must be obtained over the Soviets in Europe. Heavy emphasis, he said, should be plac--1 eil bn tactical air strength to support ground troops. He testified as a review of de- ; sense spending was ordered to “shkve billions” from the proc gram without impairing national I i , security. } The "present air force goal is 95 [ groups, costing $22,000,000,000 ' this fiscal yeah Lodge would boost this figure by $10,000,000,000 ( to start the 150-group program. His proposal calls for spending $27,000,000,000 iij the fiscal year starting next July \1 and $37,000,-; f 000,pOO tor the Lodge program in fiscal 1954. Lodge admitted his program would affect" all of the government’s fiscal policies. But he said the proposed spending total would be an infinitesimal fraction of the cost of a third world war which American air superiority might avert. Lodge estimated that the 'Soviets have 9,000 tactical planes available for an attack through western Europe. He added that the Russians have greatly stepped up their aircraft production. For these reasons, Lodge said, the Atlantic pact nations need at least an 18,000-plane air force, this number, about 3,600-or 20 percent —probably would have to b-* American bqilt and piloted, he said, and the United States would have to supply an additional 6,000 planes to its Atlantic pact allies. Lodge said the United States should supply 50 proup£ of ground support planes to Eufope. He said such air power is “utterly (Tara To Pace Six). Four Are Scheduled • r ' • !' ' I ' ! For Army Service < . ■ ■ \ |- ' V ■ -X . Recntly Enlisted In Army, Air Force Three Decatur youths left today for apmy service and another is scheduled to leave Saturday, all of them recently enlisted in the army or aij force. Those departing today include Robert Stults, son of Mr? and Mrs. Harry Stults, Robert Zeser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zeser, and Kenneth Loshe, son of Mr and Mrs. Bernard Loshe. Monte Marbach, son of Mr. ahd Mrs. Fred Marbach, of route 5; is tq leave Saturday. Zeser, Stults and Loshe signed for tour years’ enlistment in the army air force, and Marbach signed lan enlistment for 21 months army duty. The latter will go to Battle Creek, Mich., for processing and further assignment. The other three will be sent toSampson air force base, Geneva, N Y., if accepted into the service. All of them must undergo physical examinations before they are placed on active duty. L " ' ' \ '

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Ridgway Insists Allied Newsmen Be Admitted To Conference Area UN Advance BasQ Below Kaesong, Korea, Saturday July 14.— (UP) —The Communists rejected Friday a United Nations ultimatum whjgh broke off Korean cease tire negotiations until correspondents for? the world free press are admltted.to Kaesong. Tlie Reds offered to resume the negotiations on their own terms. ? They said there must be a special agreement on admission of newsGBn. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme UN commander,' countered by making a new and stiff demand that Kaesong be declared a neutral zone; free of armed troops and Red t obstruction, or alternatively that the conference-be switched to somib other place. .1 J Rifigway addressed his demand direct to Kim II Sung, Nortlrgkorean: premier and commander in chieL and Gen. Peng Teh-Huai, the Chinese Red commander. | Th& allied command now awaits a Red reply to Ridgway. Prospects seemed dim for a resumption of talks J today. The first direct official state- i ment by the Reds since *the talks were Interrupted came from North {Korean Gen. Nam 11, chief Communist negotiator. It was addressed to Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, j Chief UN negotiator, in reply to Joy’s .declaration that there would i be no-more talks until allied correspondents were admitted to Kaesong. ' ! ; The 1 Red reply was handed to a UN liaison officer at 10:55 am. Friday; (8:55 p.m. Thursday EDT) \. h and delivered to Joy and Rldgwdy. Nam II Said: 1 — “itaturally” the allied corre* - spondepts were stopped on the way tq Kaesong because there had been no agreement on their admittance, but this was no reason for breaking off cease fire talks. 2— Neither side should admit >correspondents to Kaesong until there hds been agreement on both -sides. < ■[ ■ I 3—The Communists proposed that the'talks be resumed; at 9 'a.m, I Friday' 0 p.m. Thursday EDT). The reply was not delivered until after the suggested time tor resumption of the talks. Chinese told the UN courier who be held?at 1 p.m. Friday (11 p.m. Thursday EDT). But Ridgway instead sent his owii demand. It was broadcast over thl Seoul radio at 2:15 p.m. Friday (10:15 p.m. CST Fritfay) and delivered by helicopter courier to the Communist outpost on the road between this base and Kaesong. “Hxtdhsion of the present recess and the' delay in resuming the conference ... is solely due to those unreasonable and unnecessary restrictions against which my representatives have repeatedly proRidgway said. Ridgway demanded the establish- j ment ot a circular neutral zone extending five miles from the center of i Kaesong. All armed personnel would be excluded. Each cease fire tedm would be permitted to keep in the irea a ttfital of 150 personnel of its town selection. “If >ou agree to these proposals the present recess can be terminated and the conference resumed without delay and with some expectation of progress,” Ridgway said. Conservation Speaker At Rotary Meeting William Barnes, of the state department of conservation, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting ot the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. The speaker told pf the diversified ispecies ot wild life in Indiana and gave some interesting, revealing figures on. the igmount of game killed in ths state: annually. Rqbert Heller, a member of the ! stated conservation commission, introduced the speaker and Roy Kaiv«r Was chairman ot the program.