Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 207.

RouAdup « Clouds Eclipsed Today's Eclipse Os Sun By Moon ■ ' / i S >■’ New York. Sept. 1. — (UP) — The sun came up on ttye plink today. . 'fT< r 7 \ r s Old Sol poked up put of the Atlantic Ocean shortly after 4 a. m. ) (CST) and jinked a’bleary eye at the eastern seaboard. The moon, 244,030 miles from the earth, drooped a black eyelid over most of the sun’s red orb in the; first annualar eclipse visible There won’t be another one like It for 33 years. A cloudy overcast. spoiled the in the United States since 194(1. show Tor early birds In must of the pastern states. The partial eclipse would have been visible over virtually all of United States east of -the Mississippi River had it not been for clouds. Atlanta, Ga., Pittsburgh, Pa., Boston; Mass., and Cnicigo, reported that the overcast “ , eclipsed the eclipse. , • Early rising New Yorkers allo missed the show because of a Cloud and hxaze curtain. But- those who merely reached out of bed and turned on their television saw‘ It. Station WOR-TV hap set up a television camera with*, an 80-inch reflector lens in North Bergen. N. J,, which (Penetrated the overcast. - ■ Fined In Court Jack Olerey, 18. Fort . Wayne, F was arrested Friday evening by / city , police on. Monroe street and charged with keckless driving. He -pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined 15.00 hnd costs amounting to 15.75 by Justice of Peace Floyd Hunter. ■ I ■; - ’ To Appear; fn Court Joseph Soto, 22, of Celina, 0., is i scheduled to appear-in city court j toddy after his apprehension by " Sheriff Bob Shraluka two miles south of Conroe on the Tile Mill road. Sqto is citew into court on the charge of public intoxication. «. 41 New Pupils bister M- Rosemarie, principal of the Catholic schools, announced today that 41 beginners registered at the school' yesterday. A few high school Freshmen registered. The list will increase with opening of school 1 next week. F"?. ] On Duty , Indianapolis, Sept. I—Robert1 —Robert W. Kohne, 327 Merler Ave., Decatur, is one of, 12* 'lndiana University School of Medicine students ori duty during the Indiana State * Fair at the exhibit of the Atomic Energy! Commission; located tn the Education Building at the Fai-groundsl Kohne and other Medi''tl Schoo! students assist in demonstrations' explaining the atomic - pile and other features of the exhibit. The 1,. U. School of Medicine has an’ exhibit in the same building, illus- £ .{rating the Use of radio-active majlr terlals in the diagnosis and treatment of various types of disease. Even The Rabbits. . Friday’s intense heat played havoc with Pete Miller’s rabbit industry; For more than *threp i yearn, Pete has supplied many Decatur people and meat markets with rabbits and Friday was the first day that he lost any as a result of the heat. He reported today that ‘more than 25 >of his rabbits , died of heat prostration Friday i-. afternoon. Included in the number were several valuable does. Loss was estimated at-more than >IOO.

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' The busiest plSpe in Decatur next Tuesday will, be the office of County Auditor Thudman Drew. , Besides the regular routine business which that office transacts each day: , . . ‘ The county commissioners will hold their regular, monthy meeting: i . - The -county council will meet rboth Tuesday and Wednesday to take action on the- proposed county budget; There will be two township hearings for additional appropriations, Jefferson township at 10 _ o’clock a.m. and Wabash township at 10:15 a.m. i-' , The times,, place and dates are set by law and it’s the job of the county auditor to ipake room for >. ; • ‘

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

'I'M U/S.-FilipinoDefense Pa^ Signed — ' PRI I mW ■ F ' M hI ■ i 41 I HiMi “7 • ’ V ' • y MB BW. • -f r : ■ PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT Elpidio Quirino (left) and President Truman look on as Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Gen Carlos Pk ftomuio signs the Mutual Security Pact between his country and the;U. S. The Chiefs of State did not sign the document. (International Sondphoto.) I . ; , ,'• . . . ' -i ■ • ,‘i ■ I -t -j

Sees Other Foreign Aid Cut

;< By Tfce l alteS PreM* Washington. Sept. 1. —(UP)—r Presiddpt Truman’s much-battered foreignfaid program, cut more than >1 billion by the Housfe.apd Senate from the >8 billion 500 million he asked, pould be sipshed more when congreZfe puts up the actual cash. The aid program emerged from the senate last, night caryirig >7,i 286,250.000, or >1,213,750,000. Igss than Mr. request. The house, previously had approved |7,498,750,000. The bill authorizing the program now goes to g house-senate ponference committee for adjustment of differences. . OnceUbe final product is approved, the whole program mukl go •through congress again in a \bill prpvidipg the cash to cary it out, and that can be cui, too. After a session running 12 % hours, the senate passed Its version of the bill last night by a, vote of 51 to B. ’ It ignored Mr. Truman’s complaint that committee cuts totaling >964.250,000 were false econo: my. It responded by cutting >249,-: SOO.OOO more from thq bill. The senate voted to authorize >5.976.000,000 In military aid and >1,310,250,000 in economic aid for anti-Soviet countries. Tjie corresponding figures in the house t bill were >6.013,000,000 and >1,485.750,000. j F Western Europe would get most jot the money. The senate version

Bulwark To Reds '***"* b—— ■“T - * . I 1 .‘it.'*’' • I /

Make ‘ •San Francisco; Sept. 1-|—(UP)— Russia’s Andrei Gromyko arrives today for a showdown battle wijth the United States ovep the Japanese peace treaty. , Gtomyko and his itigiit-lipped delegation were to leavfe their trans-continental train shortly be l fore the United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a defense treaty against new pggrepsion in the Pacific at 1:30 p.m. CST. The American delegation Wasted no time in preparing a bulwark for theupcoming battle. It called its first strategy conference for 10:30 a.m[, CST, at the Palace boteL . . ,r Secretary of state Dean Acheson set 1 the stage for f the impending fireworks when he said last night on arrival here that the peace com ference “will demonstrate which nations really wapt peaipe and

them. * This is the way Drew has things lined up: The- county council will meet In jhe room usually assigned to the] commissioners and Drew Willi act as secretary of that meet- ’ The commissioners will meet in the .porthweat corner Os the main •room-of the Auditor’s office and Mrs; 'Drew will act as secretary of that meeting. Tl»'i two tax hearings will be heldt tn the center bf the main auditor’s office. . Regular buslnes will be transacted through the little spaces la between. : It will be a busy day. }*.>{!'? JI ■ ■. t * i 1i ‘ /

would provide that area wlt|i >5,006.35<» t ,OOO in | military aid and >850.500,000 in economic aid.T’The piiddle east and far east and jLatln i America would get lesser amounts. The | senate < opened yesterday’s marathon session by defeating, 41 to 31, a .Republican-led move to Cut the committee-approved total for European economic aid by >500,000.000. \ | ■ i/J.47— \Lir 11 .

‘Frankie Boy’ Takes Sleeping Pills For ‘Bellyache’ Not Suicide, He States

Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe. Nev.. S|ept. 1., — (UP) — Crooner Frank striken three days ago by an overdose of sleeping tablets, denies he attempted suicide fter a Spat wiih /screen star Ava Gardner. 7 “I Just had a bellyache,” he explained, “suicide is the. farthest though*, from my mind.” 1 ... «* Sinatra further defied d tiff with the beautous Miss Gardner, and told newsmen of plans for more nightclubbing and boating with her next week to prove it. 7 “I did not try to commit suicide.” Sinatra Said last night after turn iog\ up at resort lodge near here\to learn of reports that he had taken sleeping pills after an argument with the screen star. “What will . you guys think of next to write about me.” Ava Gardner.. whom he plans to

Treaty Plans

which hations talk peace while acting in ways that prevent peace.” t Rep. Walter H. Judd, R., Minn., who accompanied Acheson, hit the point even harder. “If Gfbmvko does not want to sign the treaty, he can continue talking ih one hall while the treaty —

Safety Council Predicts That 390 Weekend Highway Fatalities

__ • ' S' By The I nlted Preaa The national safety council today predicted that 390 persons would die in traffic accidents during tjhe Labor Diay weekend\as millions of Americans left their homes to take advantage of the last holiday weekend of the summer. Except for the south and southwest, invigorating weather prevailed or was expected for most of the nation, , ' 1 i The accidental death toll got off to a slow Start. Ohly seven traffic deaths were'reported in the hours between 4 p.m. (CST) Friday and 4 a.m. (CJST) today. j (The mass exodus In both directions —City folks heading for i£e open country and small-towners ar-j riving for. a look at the bright Hghtf —began late yesterday. / ißumper-to-bumper traffic chojted highways leading in and out of all metropolitan areas. Most railroads handled capacity crowds and several added special trains; tty accomodate the overflow.. The airlines, providing the only means to cover long distances during the three-day holiday/’did a land office business. All 'were “solidly booked” and many reported the ywere sold ojit wit hno chance sot reservations until Wednesday. ; ' / The safety council estimated that

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 1, 1951.

Still sticking by the committee, it then ( turned around and voted 56 to 17* against a proposal to provide the full >8,500,000,000 asTied by Mr. Truman. i ' ' Advocates of a cut mustered additional votes during the afternoon for a reduction of >250,000,000 on economic help for Europe. This proposal: squeaked | ■ (Twrw To Faa» •

F. p/-\' 1 F . marry as soon as his wifo divorces i him, was at his side as he gave this / account: ; ' I “Tueday night, I, Miss Gardner, ‘my manager, H®n r Y oariiqola and • Mrs, Sanicola, went tp tpq Chrlpt- - mas Tree restaurant lon the lake L fob dinner. Ava was planning to return to Hollywood ttipt night We 1 came back to the lake, and< I didn’t 1 feel so good, so I took two sleeping ’ Pills. IF- ' 'J ' ■ .. < ■ ■ M “Miss flardner left jby auto fo< • Reno antT tpe plane frip to A wood. y ' | [ / > “By now, it was edrly Wedqfes--1 day morning. I guehs I wasn’t t thinking because I am very allprglc I to sleeping pills and always/have - been. I had drunk tvo or/three brandies, and I brole ouf in a » rash. ’’ IjF — Z-——

■/ ’ 1 -7; is signed in another,” Judd said. ' The ' Kremlin’s returns to San \Francisco for the first time since; 1945 when he served as an adviser to former Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov. Gromyko is expected to ;iri seclusion at a 1 38-room rented 'mansion IB <Twr» T«f' F«aej*iriir—

vehicles wou|d be, on the move from Friday night until Monday. ' ' The council said the Labor Day holiday usually ranks second only to Christinas as the nation's most dangerous for highway travel. The national weather picture looked like this: ! A large mass of cool air was moving south and east from Cana-i da. It reached the Great Lakes andi northern plains region Friday night, and was expected to spread to the eastern seaboard ’’soon," (Turn To Page Four)

UN Investigators Again Reject Red Claims

Tokyo, Sept. 1— (UP) —United Sons investigators rejected toCommuhist evidence that a UN e had bombed the Kaesong ral tone before dawn and told Reds one of their own aircraft have made the attack. was the second time in 10 days the UN boipmand ha* sug;d that the Reds have faked aid" on their own positions and tried to throw the blame on the allies. J The Communist* showed UN

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. _4 | j Weatherman Shows lie Is Cool-Headed : ; r It’S Unbelievable that ; a ther- ' huometer can drop 40 dgreVs in li hours Wut the Daily Democrat ituTinometer w-hlch late yesterday . afternoon showed a temperature ' of 102 .degrees moved down to 60 degrees' at' 7 o’clock this morning. 1 the. forecast was much relief . for northeastern Indiana from the i : hot weather of the last two days j and .normal to a few degrees below normal temmperatures were 1 iroecist through Monday night. • { The weatheman didn’t rule out die ; possibility of rain and he I predicted part of today and SunI IJ ’ WEATHER. Indiana — Mostly cloudy, t atoeler and lest humid today. ’ Scattered thundershowers f jbouthwest and south r |Sndi local drizzle north today. /Mostly cloudy tonight, codler 7 abuth and Central. Sunday | partly cloudy, cooler extreme ■ I south. High today. 70 to 75 J riorth, 7$ to 85 south, except | 90 near the Ohio River. Low tdnlght 55 to 60 Worth, 60 to 70 South. t i liny /would be cloudy with local hhowers, which Adams county f |ould pse handily. I :l Heavy rainfall was 'rated out, - jwhich made the yreek-end pick- * pickers happy, but there is a good - chance th*at Decatur and surr founding territory/ Jwiß get some fraia to help the parched fields ■/and gardens. J Temperatures for Saturday and f Sunday of from 60 to degrees, ’ depending on the time of day, ’’ were forecast. , _ * Mary Weidler, 79, , ' . 1 Dies Al Home After Extended Illness nF a ' ] Mrs. Mary Conrad-Weidler, 79, Wife of the 'iate Daniel Weidler, . di?d at 7:f5 o-’ctock last night at ] pMl* home, 71|5 Indiana street, fol- 1 lowing an extended Illness. /She i I hail been bedfast for 14 weeks. Mrs. Weidler came to this coun- ‘ try from Germany at the age of ] settled with her parents in j ’ Mdgley, Following her marriage ( 1 Apjdl 12, 1894; she came to Decatur and has resided in the same home 1 she began housekeeping. Mr. ] 1 and Weidler celebrated their ( I gotten wedding anniversary in j 1 He died July 20, 1950. ] She was a pioneer member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed j churtih here and for maiiy years < wa§ active in 411 chdrfch activities. Thd Weidlers iwere church custo- j dlans for’ many' years. ( Mrs. Weidler was born February ] n .daughter of Mr. and Mrs,. Fred '\Cpnrad. She is survived ?by one j ' daughter, Mrs.; Dallas Goldner of . this city, one son, Henry L. Weid- ( ler. business manager of the De trpit Free Press!, Detroit, Mich., and . three grandchildren. Dr. Richard i Goldner, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Janet ’ add Kathryn Ann Goldner, Decatur. . , Tiro sisters also survive; Mrs. William Hendricks, Eseondido, Cal., 1 aids Mrs. Elizabeth McGill, Upland, | / CAI.- One sister and one brothel* ’ ( are deceased. Funeral services will be held 1 <T»r- Prnre »»*<» ’ T

liaison officers two 12-foot-wide craters in •’ a millet field whiqh the-/said wa* only 500 to 600 yard* from, the residence of North Korean Gen. Nam 11, head of the Communist truce delegation. A VN plane dropped the two bombs at 1:30 a. m. today (9:30 a, m. Friday CST), th* Reds said. At/spokesman at the UN ructe delegation’s advance, Mae at Munsan/ 15 miles southeast of Kaesong, said that the investigation team believed the bombing a ,1H ■'■ r .

SENATOR’S CHANGE IN LAW ‘TERRIBLE’ PRESIDENT WRITES By The l ulted Prean . ( !

Washington, Sept. I.— Sen. Homer E. Capehart said, today he is not “stiff-necked” about his amendment in* the price control law and is willing to consider any; changes the administration suggests. President Truman regards the Indiana Republican’s amendment as “terrible” and wants it changed.

CApehart said he wants to be fair about the matter and is willing to consider changes in his amendment which defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson submitted Friday to the senate banking cqtapittee. '! Mr. Truman sent a “Dear Homer" letter to Capehart Friday which was pboi|t as caustic as any written to a * n Truman wrote that 0e cpuld not guarantee that the nation would have “lower prices and a lower cost of living than we have today” even if he got the changes. But the Capehart amendment, he said, is worse. ' The corimilttee will take up Wilson’s proposal amendment to the defense act when it resumes hearing Sep-u li lo. Mr. Truman s latest 'i'Hter writingventure was in reply tp (Hotter in which Capehart demanded that the president say whether he could' guarantee lower prices if congress! changes the controls law as he requested. Capehart also accuned Mr. Truman of “sht/rtsightedness.” The president wrote Capehart that his letter “seems to nte to be strictly a political dopument." He said "it is too bad that you didn’t consider ! your 4mend|nent before it was tacked oh the defense production act.” fact.” the president added, “f your explanation qf it in the record and after I jread it I was in sopie doubt as to whether you understood it yourself or not.” j, ' The controversial Capehart amendment entities sellers to get ceiling price increases on. any item where they can show direct or indirect Increased costs since the Korean fighting started. Wilson, economic stabilizer Eric A. Johnston and price stabilizer Michael V. DiSalJe told the senate banking group that lhe provision is unworkable. Mr. Truman wrote Capehart that “the inflationary pressures \are probably going to be so great that it will be har<Uipf hold the line even with the strongest kind of law.” ' “However, it is my considered judgment,” he said, "that we will, have lower prices and a lower cost of living if your amendment Is repealed than we will havte if it is left in the law.” There’ was no official interpretation of the technical changes Wilson proposed. But he apparently would allow manufacturers and processors to include only Increases in "material and 41rect\factory labor costs” in getting higher price ceilings. ft Besides these, however, the president Would have authority to make "reasonable allowances” for rises 3 other indirect costs. . Jne administration source said would give the government authty to choke off at least somb of thle “cost plus” increases the Capehart amendment would let sellers pa|ss pn to consuihers. ' iCapehart read Mr. Truman’s leg tef into the Congressional Record late last nighty and said, "the lettef speaks for itself.” He said the criticisms the president leveld at —

~ • p .1 s “fraud” because ■ i 1. Over emphasis by the Comi munists on how, large and "real" i the bomb craters- looked. Th* > spokesman said the appeared to have “improved their » technique” in this respect. 2.—Communist insistence that the allies "knew exactly where » Nam Il’s residence was situated. - When the UN officers disclaimed - knowledge that he had moved out i of the center of Kaesong, they rei plied, “but you have reconnaisy' li ; ■ ■' i i ■ IL- . • - 1 - .

■|' i „■ j .... , i,,. i.rr .^..,.,4,1— .,..1/ him also apply to every member of the house and sdnate who approved the controls proposals Mr. Truman criticized. } Chemical Plan! In . i ■ ,F Texas Rocked By Blast; Six Injured Borger. Teg., Sept. I.—(UP)— A series of a dozen or more heavy explosions rocked the Plaths Butadiene plant, operated by the Phillips Chemical Co. for the U.S-, government, at dawn today and at least six persons were hospitalized 1 forj treatment >of burnp. i The first blast, shortly before 6 a.m., rocked a six to eight .mile -« 4( area around the plant four miles fcest of Borger, and the resulting! flashxwas seen 50 miles away by U-S. whether bureau attendants at Amarillo. \ -• [ First reports indicated none of the injured ihfre in gerloes condition. | \ \ • ' The initial blhgt Occurred near q control foom Which: Operates the flow of chemicals through 16 tall columnar tanks in what is known a& the stage two area* of the! Butadiene section of the sprawling industrial property at nearby Bunavista. The heat was so intense and the flames so dense in firemen we're not able to determine how many of the columnar tanks were afire, but some estimates Indicated that all {6; in two rbWs of eight 'each, had caught fire ; An hour and a half i after the initial blast, explosions still occurring ind many of the 4,(M)0 residents ih. the company-owned hhomes had exacuated the area, according to [lack Roberts of Borger radio station KHUZ. The damage seemed to oe confined to the immediate area; Roberts said. j - . —to ' Library Closed Monday; New Hours Start Decatur public library win be qlosed for Labor pay, Monday September i3r Beginning Tuesday September 4 Library hours will be regular full time from 12 o’clock noon to 8:34 o’clock p.m. every day of the week, Monday through Saturday. F The summer reading course win close Saturday evening, September 1. The diplomas will be for all - the children who finished the course on the following September 8. Every j/hild who enrolled in thdj project and read ten books during the sumiper wilj receive a diploma. TheZe children are requested to come to the library September 8. for their diplomas. (Noon Edition i- I .;'—. 'ii —— r—-

sance.” q 3 —Violent Communist objections to the UN delegation’s attempt to u*e a tape recorder during discussion of the incident, 3 The spokesman, Lt. C°l Joseph i. Bbrchjard of Salt City, said the Communist chaise has not been denited officially yet.; He said the inspection group will submit I its findings to a higher authority, 4here afinal decision will be made. <U. SAAfir Force Col. Andrew J. Kinney, who headed the Investigatr . / . ■ 1 i -

Price | Five Cents

M x ! i - I United Nations' IT i F ' * • \ Forces Advance: Air War Lively Bth Army Headquarteria,' Korea, Sept. I.—(UP)H- United, Nations forces battled up thickly-wooded slopes along a 30-mlle front in /eastern Korea today, killing hundreds bf Reds in their advance.; / Far to the northwest, 15 American Sabrejets ripped into 40 Rusprobably destroyed one of them in a vicious 20-minute dogfight. All Sabrejets returned .safely to base. Allied infantrymen jumped off at dawn to carry the second round of their two-week-old limited offensive l on the eastern and east-central fronds into its second da£. They charged into Communist bunkers trenches With fixed bayonets and a shower of hand grenades while massed UN artillery hurled a shattering barrage of flame and steel ahea dos them. Near the east coaqt, UN war- ' ships joined the furious b6mt?ard- # Most bf\ the frqnt was aflame 5 from |he §qa.6f Japan coast inland 1 to the southeast approaches to Kumsong, big Communist :base 29 1 of the, 38th parallel. The allies captured five key hills and gahied up to four rrijles on the first day of the resumed Offensive I Friday. Officers on the spot esti- - mated that i| iiimage killed 900 Redg, • port on how rfiany frthers tfied hr • bayonet, rifle, ahd machine-gup;, I fightipi, or 1 The, CoinmUßighp put up fierce resistance and -fished reinforcements south from’ the Mam huriun border Bf 'the ttueklmds to strengthen.fheir threatened/ lines’. 4UN 1 fighters attacked 2,500 vehicles jin enemy supply apd reinforcement convoys cloggipg the 1 roads. At least f6O trucks were destroyed or damaged. f \ /.Allied airman reported the roads rtinning from the Manchurian frontier to Pyongyang the North Korqan capital, and Wonsan, oh ♦he east coast, were dllve With vehicles. J \ k. y. - .-I- ' ; 7.‘ J Three Minor Accidents Reported To Police Friday; No Injuries Three minor auto mishaps occurred in Decatur Friday, built there were no bodily injuries reported in any of them. A motorcycle driven by Sheldon Egley pecatpr and an automobile driven by MisSt Edith Moeschberger, Berne, route 1, figured in an accident at the corner of Jackson and Ninth fStreets. Damage to the motofcjcle was estliiiated at and t 0 * he Moeschberger auto at >lO. 1 i ‘Autos driven by Mary, Strahm, Decatur, and Charles Gollit. Decatur. route 6, also figured in a Friday evening mishap at the porter of Ritter and Schirmeyer streets. Estimates of damage were >125 to the car driven by Miss Strahm and >l5O to the Gollit car. 7 j t Police reports also show (hat a car driven op South Third street by Mrs. Margaret Kohne ( sideswiped a fender ojf a panel truck belonging to Clarence Stapleton. The Kohne car was damaged to the exteht ot >lO and it was estimated \ that cost of repair on. the Stapleton tru?k Would be about >»0. ' 7_ ' : 7 , LJ- ■

..feg temn,f*told the Communists there was no conclusive evidence ’even that in aircraft had droppod Hhe two bombs. j ' ! However; he conceded that the testimony of Korean civilians who said they lived in the area indlcat ed the; bombs bad been popped from a plane rather than planted tn the ground and then detonated. But even if that\Were so, he argued, there was no evidence, that an American plane had dropped (Turk Ta Pa<eFo W r) , Vi''.' V ? ■ .(■ v / .. I