Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 177.

Decatur Missionary Church To Erect To Present Building; Completion Slated This jFaZ4||EL <oT [v v .■pA ■• f ~ ; \ . / psf' |A z^ ? ~ _ B-4 ” ■ — — — -=Z3fefc — <-■--' ** ’ - - - — —-—• — ’ I J (JSI?!J? h U the a , rchi ‘ ect ’ 8 , draw|ng - 8howln « the aPP«arance cf the Missionary church when it will be completed this fall Construction of the superstructure is expected to start within the next Wreek. ,\ p tun tan. Cht br ‘, Ck * e .K eer - ÜB ‘ n *L‘ he cranbrook blend face |>rick. The entrance of the church, now facing Dayton street, will be ° sacf ac . e Te ® th Bt re*t on the east. The present structure was four years ago and attendance has grown steadily necessid th completion of the building. The basement will be devoted entirely to Sunday^school and youth work. nJb ru u d’L.ku* past °r of the church. Members of the building committee, are Lawrence VonGuiiten. chairman: Noah Rich Roy Hook. Gerald Brodbeck, Myron Virgil Blxl V Myers Bradley, of Fort Wayne, is the architect 24

Controls Bill ~ Is Passed By Senate Friday House Is Expected To Send Measure To White House Monday Washington, July 28 — (UP) — Price control officials prepared today to make the .best they qould of new price control legislation which would permit some price increases along with some rollbacks. The bill breezed through the senate late yesterday, a tew hours after a conference committee pieced- it together from separate measures passed by the senate and house. The bouse is expected to send it to the White House Monday for President Truman’s signature. • The 11-month bill would allow rollbacks on non-agricultural items to pre-Korean price levels — adjusted to include subsequent price changes. It also would permit price Increases from present ceilings that do not now reflect cost boosts. The measure provided some rollbacks on cotton, wool, veal and lamb. The conferees banned future beef price rollbacks, but allowed the. 10 percent rollback already in effect to stand. i 1 The bill also woqld: 1. t Relax installment buying restrictions. New and used autos could be bought for one-third down with the remainder paid in 18 months, instead of the present 15, months. Other eased credit terms were approved for radios, television sets, furniture and similar, goods. 2. Permit rents to rise a total of TO percent over June, 1947, levels — including Increases already granted. It also would let the government recontrol rents In defense areas designated as “criticair and roll these rents, back to pre-Koreaa levels. . | 3. Give the administration a battery of mobilization powers including authority to issue priorities, allocate scarce materials, acquire property by condemnation and pay limited subsidies to stimulate production of raw. non-pro-cessed, non-farm items. 4. Deny the president other powers he had requested, including authority to build war plants, pay some farm subsidies, license firms under price ceilings, and control commodity speculation. In conjunction with the price ceiling provision, the conferees provided that wholesalers and retailers generally should get their Customary profits as of the month just preceding the Korean war. Technically, the rollback amendment would permit sellers to use their highest prices during the six months just before the Korean war and add a specified group of cost factors including direct and indirect labor costs, administration, distribution and the like. Rollbacks would be permiseable to the resulting price levels. Sellers could ask for boosts in-ceilings below those resulting levels

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Complete List Os Auction Students First Sales Slated To Be Held Today * With the completion of the first week of classes in the Reppert school of auctioneering, final plans have b?en completed for the first of the dally auctions to be conducted by the students on Madison street. The first auction will be held at 2 p.m. today, to be followed by another at 8 p.m. at the auction site just east of Second street. Then plans call for daily auctions to be conducted at 8 p.m. starting Monday. At the same time. Miss Eleanor' Reppert, manager of the school, released the names of the 114 students who are enrolled for the 61st session ot the school. For the first time in several years, there are no representatives in the classes from outside the continental limits of the United States.' Ordinarily there are some students! from Canada. The List of Students The names of those enrolled ini elude, Ernest Alexander, Shelby-' ville, Tenn.; Wayne Armes. Clarksville; Dewey Anderson, Knox; George Bird. Freehold, N.J.ij Burls Barton, Rosalia, Wash.; Marion! Banta, Lexington, Ky.; Howard Bennett, Bloomfield. Mo.; Edward Bilbruck, Tetre Haute; O.R- Baker, Rochester, Mich.; Dillard Bryan,j Qainsville, Ga.;- Carl Bartlett, Jr.,l rMuncie- Dan Benner, Riverton, W.j Va.; Jay Barnes, Minerva, p.;l Donald Bates, Van Wert, O.; Elwood. Collier, Spripgfleld, ill.; Jack Cooper, South Lyon. Mich. Ray Cooper, Millington. Tenn.; Paul Calkins. Peru, N.Y.; Woodrow Cox. Coshoctdn, O.; George well. Ft. Morgan, Colo.; Maurice' Dobson, Fargq, N.D.; Tracy Doolittle, Hoquiam, Wash.; Don Davis, Green Ridge, Mo.; Walter Ewers, Clovis, N.M.; Ervin Ewell, Preble; William Eddy, Meadville, Pa.£ Wayne Everhart, North Canton, Q.; Rolland Freeman,. Westerville, O.; Robert Fetters, Lima, O.; Donald Florya, Milford, O.; James Fahey, Valley Chapel, W. Va.; Joseph Furman. Petersburg; R. 1. Fackier, Van Wert. O.; James Gibson, Puyallup, Wash. Morris Goldberg, Cleveland Heights, O.; Flavius Greer, Denver, Colo.; Lance Gepford, Mesa, Ariz.; Cecil Cowan. Spartanburg, S.C.; Harlan Gundy, Mohnton, Pa.; Andrew Gables, Newfield. N.Y.; Michael Gordon. Chicago ill.; E. B. Hay ter, Abingdon. Va.; James Hammack. Greenwood, Miss.; Wilbur Harrell. Nashville, Ga.; Gayle Hughes, Brazil; Herman Hart, Bristolville, O.; Paul Haines, Ottumwa, la.; R. S. Hartls, Huntington; Spike Hoffman, River Falls, Wis.; Dean Hollman, Mt. Pleasant, Tex.; Linus Imm, Bryan, O.; Donald Jensen, Meadow Grove, George Jolllef. Hilliards, O.; Leonard Klug, Chicago, Ill.; Harry Knapp, Mount Vision, N.Y.;- Donald Klinger, Pine Grove, Pa.; William Kent, Franklinville, N.Y.; Billy Kaehler, Ewing, Ky.; Virgil Kimble, Caldwell, Ida. Paul ' Lawton, Brattleboro, Vt.; Curtis Lashbrook, Gunnison, Colo.; Jay Leister; McClure,-Pa.; Raymond, I«ees, Mexico, Mo.; Sidney Little, Jackson. Miss.; Franklin Lantz, Montpelier, O.; Howard Mar<T*ra Te Page Six)

Harrimari AHd British Meet On Oil Serap h’ : Special Session Os Top Ministers Is Called By Attlee L V; 1 , London-, July 28 -— (UP) — Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee ‘summoned his top ministers to a special session today to meet with U. S. presidential adviser W. Averell Harriman on ree«|KypHMb of oil iwith Iran. - Announcement of I the crucial session at 10 Downing Street came soon after Harriman’s arrival on a ; sudden trip from Tehran. He decided to make the long flight yesterday when an Iranian formula, based on his proposals, failed to meet with immediate British approval. \ . . I President Truman’s envoy said upon bls arrival at London airport this morning “I am personally quite confident that these negotiations can be reestablished and that a satisfactory solution' ot the problem can be worked out.” .Attlee's call to his ministers caught them at the start of the long British weekend, just as they were preparing to leave London. Attlee himself was already at his ! country home at Chequers. i Britain has failed once in trying Ito negotiate with Iran ■ over nationalization ot the Britishowned Anglo-Iranian oil company and does not want to send another mission to Tehran until there are some assurances it will succeed. Monroe Republicans ;Nomyiate Officers ? Nominations for town offices in SWonroe on the Republican ticket made last evening at a con- ( ention held at the home of Loren lurkhead, z Jr., town chairman. The andidates who will seek the town Offices in the November election ! r L : i • v > Madge S. D. Johnston, clerk* Ueasurer; town trustees: Arthur L. sitched, ward one; John ChristJr., ward two; Glen A. Lautzenheiser, ward three. Chairman Burkhead presided at ilje meeting and Mabel Myers actas secretary., A large crowd atRobert Smith, Decatur pity chairman, attended the convention, j —r ■ George Roop Heads Decatur G.E. Club Results of the recently held election of officers for the Decatur G.£. club were announced in thia week’s issue ot the Works News. Gejirge Roop Tas elected president to Charles Cook. Joe Li<si tenet iger, secretary; Irene Hoßhodse, treasurer; and Charles Coqk, Betty Moran, Max Odle, Wil liata Kohls and John F. Welch, directors. T?ie new officers ’ will assume the|r duties September 1. -4 ■?' ■. • -1 1 1. . | Noon Edition

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Six Plead Innocent To Sex Charges Here ; Arraignment Held In Circuit Court Six persons today pleaded not guilty In circuit court to charges levelled against them following their arrests by city and county police officials in the break-up of a house of prostitution.. All of them were remanded to the Adams county Jail under bond, and trials were set down tor the September term of court. Mrs. Lucile Bodie, of North Tenth street, Robert Gray sM Eugen* Dillon, both of route 5, entered not guilty pleas to the charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor— a 14-year-old girl who was also arrested and. will be arraigned later in juvenile court action. y ' Harold Martin, of North Tenth street, pleaded not guilty to the charge of indecent exposure, and Harold Hirshey, of Schirmeyer street, entered a like plea on operating a house of iU-fame, while his wife, Bernice, , pleaded not guilty to the charge of prostitution. Mr. and Mrs. Hirshey and Dillon were represented by court-appoint-ed Hubert McClanahan, while Martin was represented by G. Remy Bierly. Judge Myles F. Parrish, before whom the criminal charges are being heard, remanded all the defendants to the Adams county jail under bond, 81,500 each for Harry * Hirshey, Bernice Hirshey, Lucille Bodie, Dillon and Gray, and 85 00 for Martin. > '■' All of them were apprehended by sheriff Bob Shraluka and city police office!* Dale Death in light, ning arrests late Thursday and early Friday that allegedly broke \Un a house of prostitution. Sheriff Shraluka and deputy Jim Cochran. operated a shuttle service between various offices where the defendants were kept untif the time for their arraignment. r All defendants appeared singly before the court. Action began shortly after 9 a. m. when the defendants were brought to the court house from the Adams county jail. Mrs. Bodie was the first to appear before the court, and entered a not guilty plea after refusing the \ services of an attorney.' Judge Parrish pointed out the constitution allowance for a pauper attorney to all the defendants, and reminded them that they <Tara Te Fsif »t>> Exchange Student Enroute To County New York, July 28 — Hans" H. Mann, exchange student enroute to rural route 2, Decatur, was among 860 passengers who arrived here on the new Holland-Amer-ica liner Ryndam which completed her maiden voyage after docking at Pier 4 in the Hudson River at Hoboken, N. J. Three hundred teenagers aboard the liner will spend a year with an American “foster" family, attending school and participating in the community’s activities under an exchange program arranged by the United States High Commissioner for Germany. !, .1 • ' ! I

Truman Lashes Russians For War Planning Of Siremjtty For War > Detroit, Jui> Wt-CUPl—Presi-dent Truman accused Russia today •f planning to plunge the world into war at the saine time It talks peace In Korea. Mr! Truman said'the Soviet rulers are building military strength home and in their satellites to ,a point whete "they can commit new acts of aggression at any. time.” He said they showed no indication of peaceful intentions.” The president warned AmeriIn Korea,” because the threat of cans that “wo cannot let down our guard, no matter what happens Communist aggression still hangs heavily over the rest of the world. Speaking at celebration of Detroit, mighty center of U. 8. military production. Mr. Truman delivered a solemn warning against any letdown in defense mobilization. His speech broadcast and televised nationally. V i MT- Truman also denounced as "do&bters and defeatists?' the Republican critics who May hiis gram will bankrupt the nation. He accused theta oVifsiffc "the smear and the big lie for personal pub-' liclty and partisan advantage, heedless ot the damage they do to the country.” The president did not identify his targets by name. Some of his bitterest critics, however, have been Gen. j Douglas MacArthur, whom ho fired as far eastern commander; Sen. Robert A. Taft. R., 0., and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy!, R.. Wis., chief author of the charge that the state department is riddled with Communists and Red sympathisers. Pledging that the United States “will never Quit the tight tor wprld MhcP-” Mr. Truman said the peace talks in Korea Could be successful if the Russians really are ready to halt their aggression. “But [whatever happens in Korea.” he warned, "we must not make the mistake of jumping to the conclusion that the Soviet rulers have given up their ideas of world conquest. They may talk about peace, but action is what counts.” Mr. Truman said die Reds' actions do not match the peaceful aims they'claim. “Right now, for example, the armed forces of the Soviet satellites are rapidly being brought to the peak of military readiness,” he said. U.S. Asks Official * Visitor For Oasis ► x ■ s ■■ - Voice Os America In Attack On Czechs Washington, July 28.—(UP)— The United States has prodded Czechoslovakia to let an American official visit newspaperman William N. Oatis in his prison cell, it was disclosed today. T Authoritative sources said Ellis O, Briggs, U.S. ambassador to Prague, made the request orally to Czech Offtcipln. f \ | Oatis, an Associated Press correspondent, has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for being a *PF—•« the Communists define the term. Briggs, in his latest maneuver in the case, asked permission to send an embassy representative to see Oatis. He also requested a reply to an American note of July 4. This note, < delivered on the day that Oatis was sentenced, asked that a U.N. official be allowed to visit Oatis and that the newsman be freed and expelled from Czechoslovakia. The United States on> July 14 "iirgently” demanded Oatis’ release, but the Czech cabinet turned this down. The Czechs did not indicate whether a U.S. official would be allowed to see Oatis. As tar back as May 16, Czech foreign minister Villain Siroky ttfld Briggs that no flsits would be Allowed before y»e trial. This indicated that the 'embassy might! be allowed to consult Oatis after the trial. There is still hope here that such a visit may be authorised by the Czech foreign office before long. The voice of America. attacked the Czech government yesterday for not allowing such a visit. The voice challenged Czechoslovakia to let Oatis broadcast over the Prague (Tern Te Page Sts)

UN Rejects Communist Demand For Truce Line -<K Patalkl

Retain High Bail For Red Leaders Flight Feared If Release Obtained San Francisco, July 28—(UP)— The'government was awarded the first-round decision today ta the legal battle of a dozen Communist leaders to obtain their freedom from jail. Federal authorities in two states refused to make any sizeable reductions in the- high bail assigned the second-string Communists held here and in Los Angeles and New York. 1 The government said it feared they might flee if their release could be obtained. Os the 12, only three women arrested here along with seven men were free, and federal judge Louis B. Goodmhn ordered them jailed at-1 m. (CST) unless they ratsed >50,000 £ohd. Defense attorneys argued with Goodnjan that, none <4■« the, group could raise more than >IO,OOO. \ Goodman yielded only by granting a token reduction in the bail ot the four men held here from >75,000\t0 HO.OOO. In New York, attqrheys for William Schneiderman, allegedly the party’s “active manager" since the conviction of the 11 top Communists there, failed even to obtain that concession. S. commissioner Edward W. McDonald refused, to lower (Schneiderman's bail. The other four Communists remained in jail in Los Angeles after federal judge Leon R. Yankwich said he could not hear arguWOir tor tbetr release until next Tuesday. FBI agents arrebted the 12 In a ' <Tm Ta Faae Slat j -■I. ■ — V.' . May Send More UJ. Soldiers To Europe \ 400,000 Figure Is New Top Estimate 'I J ' -i] ' • Wash’ngton, July 28— (UP)— Observers speculate! today that the administration plans to ask Congress for 200;000 more U.,S. troops to supplement tho six divisions already scheduled foit European service in the Atlantic pact army. Defense secretary George C. Markhall told the senate foreign relations committee yesterday that would be in Europe by the end of 1952^ —200,000 more than had been mentioned previously. Marshall said 340,00 Pof the U.S. forces would be ground troops, with 60,000 from the air force. However, a high defense depart* ment spokesman said the government doe.s not plan to send more than the already-announced six combat divisions to serve in the allied army under Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower. | A U.S. combat division usually is made up of 18,000 combat troops, augmented by rear-area troops. Some observers speculated that Marshall-made a slip of the tongue. Others believed the administration may try to buck congress and plan to send more than six divisions of U.S. troops to Europe. The senate last spring approved 4' resolution calling for six U.S. divisions to be assigned to the Atlantic pact army.\ Four , American already are ip Europe. Two national guard divisions are scheduled for fall movetaent. This would' total abopt 120,000 men, not counting rear-area troOpj. Marshall’s testimony during the troopa-for-Europe debate in congress last Spring showed that a total of about 200,000 men would ba needed for the ground forces. A defense department spokesman said there had “been no previous public expression of ! this figure (Tm Ta Page Pear) l, ;r r - , Prof. Melvin Anshen Resigns Aft Indiana Bloomington, Ind., July 28 *- (UP)—Prof. Melvin (I* Anshen resigned today as a member of the Indiana University School of business to become professor at Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Alliediroojtp Smashing Into Red Defenses Seek Key Heights Protecting Reds' Vost Build-up Area \ Bth Army Headquarters! Korea, July 28-i',(UP) -MJnited Nations troops smashed into Red mountain defenses on the east-central front for the second day today, fighting to win key heights protecting the enemy's vast build-up area. Bombers, fighters and warships kept up the air-sea bombardment of North Korea as ground forces slugged into the Red lines. The. limited UN offensive was driving up northeast of Yanggu. A Red battalion dug in on a mountain top fought the allied troops for about 14> hours yesterday. Inching up the mountain Jn the face, of heavy fire, the UN forces dug in for the night l-and then drove ahead again today. Communist patrols launched several light attacks along the central and eastern fronts, On the west, above the conference city of Kaesong, Red forces were quick to meet all probing UN patrols. TQe brushes, even though light, proved that the Reds were lined up close to UN positions all along the front. 1 B-29 superforts packed the big* gest air punch against the Reds, blasting the Sari won and Hwangju airfields in the north and hitting railroad and highway bridges and supply centers in 800 sorties. U. S. marine pilots raked east, coast installations Friday and one marine F-4-U Corsair- , was /! shot down by enemy ground firQ. The *U. S. destroyer escort Naifeh ran into heavy shofe fire off Kosong and was straddled by several Red shells I before landbased marine, planes roared in and wiped put the gUn battery. ■ \ INDIANA WEATHER B Mostly cloudy through Sunday. Widely scattered .evp* nlng thundershowers south! and southwest Sunday. Cooler north tonight Warmer north Sunday., Low tonight 60 to 65 north, 66 to 72 south. ' . Alice Ann Alt Wins First In District . Adams Coynty Girl To State Contest Mibs, Alice Ann Alt kon first place in the district' 4|rH baking judging contest yesterday. The Fort Wayne 4-H district meeting was held at the Hopeywell building in Wabash. Alim is? the daughter lot Mr. and 'Mrs. .Orval Alt of route 1, Berne, and this spring graduated from the Hartford Center high school. She will represent the Fort Wayne district in the state 4-fiT baking-judging contest to be held at the Indiana state fair. August 31 ' I ' ' Miss Alt represented the Hartford Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H/blub in the Adams county 4-H’ judging contest July 20 and won the right to participate In yesterday’s contest. ■ I Susan and Patsy Rumple were selected as alternates for the state demonstration contest. They gave their demonstration -on “Coconut lemon pie” as Adams county’s entry in the district meet. The state 4-H demonstration contest will be held at the Indiana state fair August 30 and 31. Adams county 4-Her’s At the district event in addition to Miss Alt and the Rumple sisters wera: Marjorie NeuenscHwander, Patricia McCune, Maxine Mohce, Margaret Hirschy, Jean Haines, Ann Smith, Shelia Abr, Ann Ehinger, and Mary Miller. Anna K. Williams, hbme demonstration agent, Gloria Koeneman, 4-H club agent, and Evelyn Gerke, apprentice home demonstration agent, assisted at the meeting.

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A Cease-fire Talks;" \ Hope Dimming For / Early Peace Order , Un Advance ? Base Below Kaasong, Korea, Sunday, July 29.— (UP)-*The United. Nations rejected Communist demands for a truce ' lipe along the 38th parallel yesterday and hope dimmed today for an early cease-fire order. "There was no indication of the development of an area of agreement,” an official spokesman <aid of the 12th cease-fire meeting, held in Kkekong yesterday. > The 13th meeting starts at 11 a.m. today (7 p.m. Saturday, CST). It was indicated that a new, it only temporary deadlock had developed over the question whether the, demarcation line between the . UN and Communist armies under a should be fixed on the present battle front ojr on the 38fh parallel. . ' *.*' *A| Friday’s meeting Vice Adm. 1 C. Turner Joy, chief UN negotiator, outlined the UN argument for a line based on the present front |, which is almost entirely above the, parallel -that separates-'North and South Kojrea. On Saturday chief Communist negotiator‘Gen. Nam II countered with a.continued demand for a line along the parallel. The UN teai|i refused to accept it. A British Communist correspondent, with the 'Red delegation in Kaesong yesterday, scoffed at the idea that a ceasefire might be agreed upon within one He. predicted agreement taight come between Aug. 15 and 18. ' Pessimism over the prospect of an early ceasefire succeeded op tlmism that prevailed prior t|> yee J terday’s meeting. \ j "Little progress was made towards reaching an agreement in principle,” the—UN communique sMid, Neither side budged frota its position in the buffer zone dispute despite 2 hours and 27 minutes of talking—and an even lohger period of recesses for private huddles. The extended recesses had indicated even before the meeting end. ed that the goinkgot rough as soon as the UN and Eoipmunist teams locked born? on 'the vital issue.. I'*. The UN’s tetrific air-sea bombardment of North Korea was raised at one point by the Reds, informed sources revealed, probably in connection with a demand that the ' buffer yone agreement cover a wide coastal area to stop the naval shelling and blockade. The UN insists that the buffer zbne be based) on. present frontline positions, not | for. the sake of holding on to “excess real estate” but because that I line offers the best defenses against future aggression. Tl|re Reds want the truce line based on the 38th parallel which would force. UN troops to abandon from 26 to 35 miles of defensible territory above the parallel and pull back ’to a line which means .nothing militarjiy. ' , ip While! the negotiators fought to their deadlock, a British correspondent covering the war from the Communist side told UN newsmeh in Kaesong that be believed an armistice might come in Korea "between the 15th and 18th of. . August. 0 However, it was only his private opinion, be said. - Today's session was devoted entirely to the establishment of the demilitarized zone and an atmosphere of “cool military formality” prevailed throughout a? the oppok- ' ing teams deadlocked on the issue. ■' ' J; Woman Wins Final Safe Driver Award . r Mrs. William .Wight, 1031 Cen-. 4 tral avenue, became the final Chicago Motor Club award winner for the week. She was’chosen by Rob* ert Zwick, the Lions club’s safety'Mmmittee Following driven by Mrs. Wight through the busi nets district north on Second street, Zwick reported that she ob* served every speed limits displayed extreme courtesy, and exercised appropriate signals at all times; TI ■ Bhe drove cautiously the <(ntlre I route to her home from thrbuslness district ,and Zwick reported ■ that prior to making a left-hand 4 turn into her /drive, she pulled to the right hand side of the .street and allowed trafflgj to pass before making the turn. H .> • •