Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 189.

ACCUSES REDS OF STALLING ARMISTICE

Death Toll In Train Collision Mounts To Nine Full Investigation Is Underway Into \ Louisiana Crash New Roads, La., Aug. 11—(UP) J —A coroner's jury wise called here ! today to Investigate the deaths of nine vlctiins of the pre-dawn collision of the streamliner “Southern Belle" with a troop train carrying 288 Korea-bound marines. ‘Coroner J. C. Roberts said, however, "4 believe it will be impossible to learn the of the colIts ion since the train crewmen re- . sponsible are dead. In my opinion, orders were either misunderstood or ignored.” ~ A check of hospitals in the area Showed 45 persons injured in the \ crash and the oil-fed fire that swept the wreckage in a dense Mississippi river swamp _4iear ’LettsViile early yesterday. L, R. R. Sutter, Kansas ern Railway general superintendent in Shreveport, blamed tpe collision on the troop trail’s failure to wait on a siding for the New Orleans-bound -Southern Bello. The railway official said “a complete investigation of the cause of the wreck will be made jointly by j the KCS and the interstate commerce commission.” It could not be determined at what speed ’the two trains were traveling as they hurtled into each other. “The maximum allowable speed on the line is 55' miles an hoar,” said Setter, “and I doubt that they were running any slower than that. Sutter said seven crewmen, one marine and one passenger were killed. They were: / Opl. Chester Louis Lipa. 21, of , Detroit. \ J. J. Cunningham, Paris, Tex., passenger of the Southern Belle. - L. L. Rainey, Shreveport, A engineer of the all-coach streamliner. W. Lucine. Shreveport, negro fireman on the Southern Belle. C. Mo6re, negro,. Shreveport, braketpan on the streamliner. T. y. Moore. Alexandria, trainJ master on the troop train. W. A. Marcottl, New Orleans, conductor of-the troop train. -j J. Reed, New Orleans, firemaji ’ ' on the troop train. C. A. Yates, New Orleans, engineer of the troop* train. Aubrey Stears, Jr., nine, of Lettsworth, was an indirect victim of the wreck. An automobile, struck him “and his pony, killing both, as they galloped to the scene of the wreck, Diesel oil spewed from the two engines the wrecked cars, feeding the flames that hampered workers. Sutter said they were forced to wait for the cars to cool, delaying the grim - job of determining the number of dead. ■Flames trapped Lipa in a wreqk- ” r <T»r» Te Pew* Thr®*) col* / ~ L G.E. Will Resume Operations Monday Operations will be resumed at the General Electric plant Monday morning, following a two - weeks’ shutdown for vacations. A number of employes receive three weeks vacation and these will extend their holidy. About ‘H- 1,000 men and women will return to their jobs. Decatur Firemen Win State Title The( Decatur volunteer fire department’s water ball team won the state championship at the state firemen’s convention held this week at Gary. Decatur defeated Danville, 8-7, in the final match of’the con- ■ teßt - ■ \ 1 . C There Were 20 teams entered from all parts of the state. The Decatur team included Russ Baumgartner, Joe Mcßride, Vernpii Hill and Ed Hurst. Several members of the Decatur department attended the annual convention and witnessed the final water ball contest. INDIANA WEATHER Partly ‘ cloudy tonight and Sunday. Scattered showers east and south tonight and near Ohio river Sunday. Not much change In temperature. Low to- \ night 6065 north, 65-70 south.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

State, Counties To Share Welfare Cost Carry Extra Burden Only Short Time Indianapolis, 11 —(UP) —A plan for the state and counties to bear the full cost of Indiana's welfare program) and\ maintain it at normal level shaped up, today. But this rebirth of hope for some 75JMK) Welfare recipients worried oter federal fund withdrawals was dinimed by warnings the state could shoulder the increased burden only until about Jan. 1, and the counties only through next moptti. Officials of state welfare board and the executive committee of the county welfare director’s association ipledged “help in meeting the emergency” after a joint meeting I yesterday. The committee recommended that both groups shoulder “he added burden, i The committee! said loss of >20,000,000 a year ip federal welfare aid —cut off on grounds a new state law making welfare lists public violated federal regulations —didn’t alter the fact that statq and county welfare departments must “continue to meet needs in accordance with provisions of the; welfare act as enacted by tjie In-1 diana general assembly.” A resolution adopted by the committee urged the state board “to pursue local and state measures as necessary to finance the program.” Maurice O. Hunt, administrator of the state welfare hoard, said Indiana would assqme 60 percent of the cost immediately and counties could contribute 40 percent, while such expenditures are possible. In the past, the 60-40 formula applied, bin tjhe federal government both units for about half (be total;. But Hiint warned there was a limit to this financing plan. He said Indiana has fenough funds available to bear tjhe full 60 percent for about “five months, starting in August.Cojunties can bear the full 40 percent In September, Hunt said, but posiibly not ,in October. I . y For the ' current month, the state's portion of the bill for old age assistance and aid to dependent Children —two big welfare item»-»wlH total about >1,597.000. 11^ county share is about >1,065,Stanley Oweh of Seymour, president of the eobnty director’s group, said “we as an association wish to .do whateve^ a w|e can to help meet the emergency.” State welfare board president Leo M. Kinman, Shelbyville, pledged the board “to furbish the leadership which will assist the counties in meeting and solving their problems,” , i- I \ ' ■h < ~ ■ Henry M. Tumbleson Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon M. Tombleson, 76-year-old retired farmer, died at 1:45 o’clock this morning at his home four miles and one mile north of Berne. He had been in failing health the past three weeks. A lifelong resident of Blue Creek township, he was born Jan. 6, 1875, a son of Samuel and Sarah DickeyTumbleson. He had never married. Surviving are a brother, John Tumbleson, av home; and three sisters, Mary E. and Otta P., both at home, and Mrs. Manley Irvin of Decatur. Two brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will bfe held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mt. Hope Church of the Nazarene, the Rev. Dale Hofferbert and the Rev. Hen bert Schumm officiating. Burial will be removed from the Yager funepal home to the residence, wherg friends mhy call after 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Korean War Veteran Is Killed By Auto Glens Falls, N. Y., Aug. 11 — (UP) — Marine Cpl. George D, Spring, 21, who arrived home on leave two ago from a year’s combat in Korea, was killed last night in an automobile accident.

Allied Forces Smash At Red Preparations Strike By Lanct Sea And Air To Disrupt Red Preparations 6th Army Headquarters, Korea, Aug. 11— (UP) —The | United Nations struck by land, isea and air today to’disrupt apparent Communist preparations flor an offensive when and if armistice talk® collapse. ,'Y 1 , Swarms of .allied planes and dozens of warships lying off coastal highways bombarded thousands of vehicles rushing Communist reinforcements and supplies southward toward the fighting front. Fifteen B-29 superfortresses Alined more than 2,000 100-pound bombs -a total <rf more than 100 tons —on the Huhgnam port area in northeast Korea today. They used radar to aim their bombs through clouds obscuring the target. \ \ \ ■ UN ground forces ;jabbed repeatedly at the Red line to keep etiemy troops off balance. Near the east coast, ()N infantry, tanks, guns and planes fought to seize the last of three high peaks south southwest of Kansong, 27 miles north of the 38th parallel. The Communists suddenly stepped up their vehicular* traffic in rear areas Thursday night, just before resumption of: the deadlocked eease-fire talks.) Allied night bombers and fighters destroyed or damaged some 200 enemy trucks Thursday night. They spotted more than 2,000 more Friday night and wrecked a substantial number.”' On a fighter sweep ! over northwest Korea Friday night, 16 meteor jets piloted by j Australian* sighted more than 20 Russianbuilt MIG-15 jets, but the enemy planes broke across thp Yalu riverfrontier into Manchuria before the (T«ra x*o Pace Six) May Widen Highway 27 To Eorf Wayne i Engineer For State j Recommends Action There is a strong possibility that U.S. highway 27 from Decatur to Fort Wayne will be placed in the widening and resurfacing program of the state of Indiata for 1952. This information was received in a letter from George Lutes, distric/Vhighway engineer far the state, to-'Mayor John Doan. The letter was in response to a resolution passed recently by the city council and forwarded to the state highway department asking that consideration be given soon to resurfacing and widening the heavi- j ly travelled highway. Lutes said that while final decision for such action lies with the highway commission, h( had recommended that the 18 miles between Decatur and Fort Wayre be placed in the 1952 resurfacing program. It is 5 believed that the recommendation will be followed by the commission, as is usually!the case. In all probability the toad will be widened 24 inches on C«ch side of the present road, similar to the program on state highway 224 which is nbw being completed east of Decatur. The' district engineer also recommended that several high spots on ,U.S. 27 be eliminated in the 1952 program. \ ? Red Cross Volunteer At Theater Tonight Mrs. John Bayles will be the Red Cross volunteer at the Adams theater this evening for promotion of the flood relief fund. Mrs. Norbert Case served at the theater last evening and patrdns donated >15.85. e The fund climbed to; >838.79 today and the drive will continue into next week, with the hope that the f 1,200 quota will be met. The Red Cross doubled its quota for flood relief to ten million dollars and the local chapter’s quota was raised to >I2OO. A film of the flood area will be shown again this evening in connection I with the regular pictures. '• ■ ‘ ' ■ O A 'S'

Decatur, Indiana, August 11,1951.

How He ( 4 e) Did It ' : - j .7• H ■ - pi f : | : I f I IT’S A SAFE BET that Sammy Leoaardi, 11, is going to go places. It all started when he got into the maternity ward of Physicians and Surgeons hospital in Glendale, Cal., where no children under 16 are ever permitted. How she (HE) did. It. Dressed in his aunt’s dress, Sam leaves maternity ward after visiting his mom who has presented him with a new baby sister.

26 Persons Rescued From Ferris Wheel Firemen Remove 26 From Jammed Wheel Springfield, 111., Aug. 11 —{UP) —’Firemen who .used a 100-foot ladder to rescue 26 persons from a jammed ferrls wheel said today the delicate operations was “like taking ants off a blanced watch spring.” The fireman had to move their ladder from one side to the other, removing one person at a time to keep the wheel balanced. Most of those rescped were children 12 years old. A The operation took an /hour and 40 minutes. During , that time, those on the wheel sat quietly waiting their turn. There was no panic and no one was injured. The mishap occurred on the opening day of the Illinois state fair, and a largp crowd gathered below the ferris wheel to watch the firemen at work. Fire Capt, Bernard T. Phillips said the rescuers had a three-way problem of balance. i The ferris wheel was a “twin,” With two wheels revolving in opposite directions. They were connected by a common shaft, bal-, anced in the center, which moved up an<V down like a see-saw. Both sides of tpe wheel carried capacity crowds,' Phillips said, when aft”- axle pin jammed, suddenly stopping the wheel in midair. “We had to take one person off one side and then stand back and try to guess where we could take off the next one without throwing the wheel off balance,” Phillips said. I “It was like taking' ants off a balanced watch spring.” The firemen worked in a threeman team. One ascended the ladder and lashed the seat to the framework of the wheel. That man would then help one person onto the ladder where a second fireman helped them down. A third man waited at the foot of the ladder. “We didn’t say anything to the crowd, but we were afraid that the ladder might too,” Phillips said. [ Two women about 35 years old were the onlk adults stranded on the wheel when it stopped. When the last person had been taken down, the crowd, which had been standing silently watching' the rescue, gave a loud cheer for the firemen and several rushed forward to shake hands. I ' A Noon Edition ' ' ' _\j

45 Persons Escape In Transport Crash Newark, N, ) passengers and a crew of four escaped with their lives early today when a non-scheduled transport plane crashed and burned during a take-off from Newark airport. A \Only one of. the 45 persons von board was 'injured. Sylvia Berkowitz, 17, was cut and was taken to a hospital suffering from shock. [ ■ V Wheat, Corn Crops To Be Sufficient Crop Losses Higher Than Anticipated Washington, .Aug. 11 — (UP) — Agriculture department officials said today that the 1951 wheat and corn crops would meet domestic and foreign needs despite crop losses higher than anticipated. The department reported in »its monthly review of crop production prospects that the outlook for corn ami wheat had slipped below July 1 predictions, largely because of heavy rains and floods in the midwest. But the report added that the over-all crop in prospect as of Aug. 1 still was the second largest on recordOne bureau of agricultural economics expert said the 88,000.000 bushel decline in the corn crop—reducing crop prospects, to 3,206,992,00© bushels — should not reduce seriously pie nation’s supply of livestock feted. Corn, a key feed crop, largely determines the meat supply. The predicted corn crop was still above 1950 production, and was the fourth highest on record. The agricultural economics expert said the drop in corn prospects was greater than the department had anticipated, but added* that forecasts “are not too firm" until September and October, near the end of the growing season. Barley and rye also showed a decrease from last month’s forecast, but rye production still was up from last year. Oats were hitting near-record production, and hay, another important livestock feed, was estimated at the highest level on record. Another official said the total! . wheat crop—falling below, the billion bushel mark for the first time in eight years—was not expected to necessitate a reduction in exports. A 100,009,000 bushel decline from last year in winter wheat production, he satd, was offset partially by a 71,000,000 bushel increase ip spring wheat.

Chief UN Negotiator Says Reds “Slamming Door” On Armistice '•l— } L LJ L L F'F r'

.! ■— -■ A ; Contempt Citations Voted For Gamblers Federal Court Test On Hearings Likely Washington, Aug. 11. —(UP)— A federal court test of television, radio and newsreel coverage of congressional hearings was all but assured today. The senate left the Issue up to the courts when it approved. 38 to 13, contempt citations against two Cleveland gamblers who refused to testify before the senate crime committee in the presence of nricropiones.’ * The senate action .late yesterday sent the cases to th# J V.S. district attorney who will — if he takes the tienate’s advice — present them to a grand jury for further action in .the courts. Such action Would let the courts decide the case* of Louis Rothkopf and Morris Kleinman, described by the crime committee as members of the .Cleveland gambling syndicate. It also would let the courts review the claim of Sen. Harry P. Caln, R., Wash., that radio, newsreels and TV made “a spectacle ... an extravaganza . . . and something similar to a sideshow” of the committee's dramatic hearings last spring. Cain said he would welcome a court verdict, but added that the senate was dodging its own responsibility by giving the matter to the courts. Sen. Estes Kefauver. D., Tedn., former committee chairman, Contended that the two Clevelanders wei-e clearly in contempt, irrespective of the television issue. Chairman Herbert R. O’Conor, D., Md>, agreed with Kefauver that television, radio and newsreels have much the same right in a congressional hearing room that newsmen have. t But Sen. Herman Welker, R., Ida., contended that only the press is guaranteed freedom by the constitution. . The dispute grew out of the committee’s hearings last March which attracted one of the largest television and radio audiences ever to follow such proceedings. Cain's charges that the committee conducted a “congressional vaudeville show” highlighted debate during which all members of (Tam Ta Paca Six) Building Permits Increase In City July Permits Near Double Rest Os Year The building boom in Decatur took a decided upsurge in the month of July, according to th® figures released today by city engineer Ralph E. Roop, when that single month's new building and repair permit valuations almost doubled the preceding six months. There were permits amounting to total of >847,182 issued during July to compare with a total permit valuation of >400,760 issued during the six month span from January through June. Altogether the year’s total valuation of permits amounts almost one and one-quarter million dollars. The cause of July’s tremendous building permit boom, of course, is due to the issuance of a permit to the St. Mary’s Catholic church for their proposed structure on Fourth and Madison amounting to >796.000. The total for the first seven months amounts to >1,247,942. During the last month othi)r permits were issued for three homes, ampnntipg to >40,000; two garages valued at >1,200; barber shop, >1,000; >3,950 for home repairs; ! >II,OOO for the repair of three business buildings, and >32 for other repairs. i‘ ■ \ In reverse order to the calendar, preceding months* permit evaluations are: >32,075 for June; >154,- ’ 098 for May; >55,550, April; in March there was a total permit valuation of >44,155; February,,>2s,982, and January, >88,900. /

Proposed New Air Base Slows Action On Bill Military Building Program Awaiting Action By House Washington, Aug. 11 — (UP) — A proposed new air force base in President Truman’s home county in Missouri blocked house approval'today of a multi-billion dollar military construction program. Blut house- Democratic leaders were sure that the roadblock —f, a >19:019,000 project for the Grandvieijr, Mo, airport—was a temporary one. They predicted quick passage when the house takes a second look at the >5,768,720,000 construction program next Tuesday. The legislative roadblock was thrown up yesterday *by Rep. H. R Gross, R.. la., as the house prepared to whip through the mea*‘ sure for construction and expansion of the military bases around tbe world. Gross contended that the Grandview project waa little more than a “glorified WPA prpjpct.” Chairman Carl Vinson, D.. Ga., of the house armed services committee countered that the project was a military necessity. Other congressional developments: Unity—- Senate Republicans, in an effort to heal intra-party splits, launched a unity drive aimed at agreement on a “victory in ’s2’’ platform. The drive was kicked off at a testimonial dinner Thursday night for a senate Republican leader Kenneth S. Wherry, Neb., at which all GOP factions were represented. Question-and-Answer — Sen. • tes Kefauver, D., Tenn., put in another plug for his proposal to have cabinet officers appear in congress to make reports and answer questions. Kefauver, who first made the proposal in 1946, asked the senate ethics committee to support his plan. Sports—Two more sports—boxing and wrestling—were recommended for congressional investigation for possible monopolies. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson. D., Wash., who said he had heard reports/ of monopolistic practices in both sports, introduced a resolution calling for an investigation. Final Rises Today For Mrs. Bridge ! : ormer Local Lady s Taken By Death Graveside rites for Mrs. U. S.'A. Bridge, 82, of Fort Wayne, were 1 conducted this afternoon at Mt. Hope cemetery. Huntington, following services held at the Chal-fant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Bridge’s death occurred Thursday at her Fort Wayne home of a heart attack. The wife of tie Rev. U.S.A. Bridge, she lived here several years when her husband was pastor of the First Methodist church. The couple celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary last June 12. Rev. Bridge retired from the ministry about 20 years ago and after leaving Decatur, became superintendent of the Wabash Methodist district. Besides the husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lucile A. Busbin, Charlotte, N.Cj, two sons, Gail H., Fort Wayne and Don W. of Rochester, N.Y. The latter Is manager of Gannet newspapers in the east. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Bridge of Cincinnati, also survive*. , < Decatur friend* planned to at tend the services this afternoon.

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Reds Continue To I ; - | ! j.-; i ♦ Insist Buffer Zone On 38th Parallel; Talks Deadlocked f * p’ j/ ' UN Advance Base Below Kaesong, jKarea. Aug. 11.— (UP) — Chiefi Uliited Nation* truce negotUtorj Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy accused the Communists to their face today of “slamming the door” oh a;Korean armistice. ;“Y0 Mid not come to stop the fighting” Joy icily told the Reds gt the deadlocked 21st armistice r meeting. “You did not come here th negotiate an armistice.” , “Y:quJ came here to state your price* your political price -4 for you are willing to sell the I>eople ot Korea a temporary respite from pain. “You came only to make demands; not to negotiate a solu'•tioifj. - .’//'• A UN communique said the 'Communists had “brusquely rejected” allied efforts tb find a compromise cease-fire line at today’s meeting. The Reds again insisted . that any armistice buffer zone be along thfe >Bth parallel, pre-war frontier between North and South Korea. This would entail an allied retreat ot 30 mile* or more in some sect tors. In the strongest language he has , yet used at the conference table. Joy told the Communist* that their inflexible viewpoint” had “slamrhed the door” on every UN at-, tempt to make progress in armistice negotiations. The only agreement reached at (he session was to meet again at il a. m. tomorrow (7 p. m. today CST). Joy suggested the 22nd meeting and the Reds agreed. Today’s meeting was the 11th in which the Reds have refused to budge from their demand that any rease-flre buffer zoite extend six mile* oh either side of the 38th parallel. If the Communists persist in ihat demand, the armistice talks almost certainly will collapse. U. S secretary of state Dean AcheSon has said that the UN never jWill consent to a cease-fire along the parallel because ft is militarily indefensible. 1 Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, the chief UN spokesman at the advance base camp, refused to hazard'!* guess as to the chance of finding away out of tbe stqleJoy told the Communists that ' the UN delegation “could not be responsive” to their continued demands for the 38th parallel a* a demarcation line. Nuckols said Joy tried unsuccessfully to draw out North Kerens Gen. Nam 11 on why the chief Communist delegate thought :the 38th parallel would be a muitually defensible line. ; Nam II retorted only that the parallel offered a “fair and reasonable” line with military as well as political significance. Joy said recent violations by the Communists of Kaesong’s agreed neutrality was another of why the UN wanted a settlement based on a strong defense line and not the parallel. The UN delegation has proposed a cease-fire line generally along the present battlefont, but has expressed willingness to discuss a compromise. ' Three Persons Killed Jn Headon Collision Seymour, Ind., Aug, 11. —(UP) - Three persons were killed and a fourth seriously Injured today When two automobiles crashed headon on U.S. 50 near Hayden. Dead were Don Purtlebaugh. about 22, Columbus; Jacob Brinkeroff, 38. (720 Barksdale Ave.) Cincinnati, O„ and his six-year-old daughter, Barbara. Brinkerhoff* wife, Jayne. 35, was injured and taken to Scbneck memorial hospital hears.