Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 227.

DEMOCRATS PRESS WELFARE SHOWDOWN

| New Deadlock Is Intensified In Truce Talks 14 Russian-Made Planes Damaged In Jet Aerial Battle t Tokyo, Sept. 26 —(UP) —A’ new deadlock in attempts to Korean cease-fire talks intensified today and the Communists accused pen Matthew B. Ridgway 1 of a ‘•conspiracy qf stalling?’ United Nations and Communist Raison officers met for the .third tinje in an attempt to agree on a basis for resuming negotiations. Their Meeting ended in deadlock and no further meeting was announced. J . «* Tonight the Peiping radio, \ mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist government, accused UN Supreme Commander Ridgway of “conspiracy” to delay the talks because of. his insistence that there must be safe-guards against further Red allegtiaons 6f violation of the armistice conference nem . tral zone in Kaesong. Reporting that the third liaison meeting resulted in no progress; Peiping repeated that they -were willing to resume ful|-scale negotiations at once. • , But Ridgway's liaison officer C|ol. Andrew J. Kinney “again resorted . to the old stalling tactics of discussing conditions first.” Peiping said. > The liaison officers met Wednesday for 80 minutes in Kaesong. Both sides refused to budge. The Communists returned despite their walkout Tuesday but refused to discss anything except the time and d’ate for reopening of ftillscale peace talks without discussing conditions for them. 256 Planes Battle Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Sept., 26— (UP) —Fourteen RUSr sian-made plane's were damaged today,, two so badly that they prolr ably crashed; in four batties between a total of 256 United Nations and Communist jet fighters. It was the greatest aerial jet clash in history. « No report was received of allied casualties. ' • i . ; In the substratosphere over, northwest Korea, American sabrejet and thunderjet fighters, British meteor jets and Russian-madd MLG-15 . jets fuoght over “Mig Al- \ ley" down, which the Red planes come fromj their Manchurian sanctuary. Th® action: ~- ** s’ 1 — 37 United States sabrefets fought 60 Mips and damaged one so badly it probably was destroyed. . , ‘ ? 2— -12 British meteors fought 40 ~ MKIS and damaged one,. 3 — 28 United States thunderjtets fought 20 MIGS damaged thiee. ’ “ 4 — 24 thunderjets fought 35 MIGS and damaged nine. on% so ' > (TurnJTo Page Eight)' ~ I * 1 "** 1 Decatur Returns . To Standard Time Saturday Midnight Now is the time for all. good men to —give considerable thought to the matter of time. t , Now Is the time when you can begin looking forward to an extra hour’s sleep next Saturday night. . These good tidings come to you with the courtesy of central standard 1 time, which goes into effect next Saturday (or will it be Sunday?) at midnight: ?. After a summer of longer evenings, and considerable bickering by “slow” time advocates, people ’ are reminded to adjust their clocks to standard time. r While the robin may be the harb binger of spring, setting back the » clocks one hour each fall is the rituaLthat welcomes crisp, autum - nal air;. Well, you can'snooze away next r Sunday morning for an extra hour r and remember you’re making up for the hour’s sleep you lost last April. XC INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight. Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy and turning cooler With strong westerly t winds. Lew tonight 55-60 "northwest; 65-70 southeast. High Thursday 60 northwest, 70-75 southeast

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Condition Os King f Is Reported 'Good' Second Operation ! May Be Necessafy London, Sept. 26—(UP)4-Klng ‘ George Vi’s, doctors reported his condition “good" today for the first . time since his lung operation. . he had a less iggstful night and faced the possibility of a second operation within two ■ weeks. ’ ■ The seventh medical bulletin tx> be issued by five attending doctors since they removed all !or part of one of the king’s lungs Sunday said:"The king has had a less restful night, but his majesty’s general condition this morning is good and progress is maintained.” '■ Medical sources said that the reference to a less restful night ■was not unexpected. It indicated that the king was being given smaller quantities of opiates to dull .the post-operative pain. " It was more offset by assurances that the frail 55-yearold monarch was maintaining his, progress in his battle for survival. Dr. Clement Price-Thomas, the surgeon who performed the opera: tion Sunday, raised the possibility of an in a paper he prepared for. the international society of surgeons. The paper, scheduled to be read at the society’s 14th congress in Paris today, said a second operation to "remove additional ribs was desirable in all cases of, pneumonectomy—the removal of the lung. However, the eight doctors attending the king still have not disclosed whether he underwent a pneumonectomy or a lobectomy, the removal of only one of the three lobes of a! lung. \ The king's condition was reported steadily improving; but his life will not be out of danger until some time next week at the earliest, A niedical bulletin last, night said he hkd taken food for the first time since the operation. It seemed almost certain that the king will have to abandon plans to tour Australia and New Zealand next year. There also was increasing specqlStion that Princess Elizabeth and the puke of Edinburgh will cancel their scheduled visit to Canada and the United States next .month. , ’ •• ■, To Readvertise For Sewer Improvement ; Members of the city's board of public works and safety, through clerk-treasurer H, Vernon Aurarid, is readvertising for contractors to construct the George Anspaugh sewer improvement. ' No bids were received the first ‘time the city advertised, but it is tinderstood that several bidders will possibly submit bids which Will be opened October 9 at 2 p.m. fey the clerk-treasurer. Amended Tax Bills In Three Townships Adams Central Fund Omitted From Bills , Taxpayers In Monroe, Kirkland and Washington townships this week are receiving amended tax statements for paynyent of their, fall taxes —and county treasurer Richard D. Lew ton warned them to Ignore previous statements senj last spring. ' j. ! Baid Lewton: “The new statements we have mailed out to those three townships as well as Monroe Corporation have the Adams Central sinking fund omitted.” ySuch omission follows the order the Huntington circuits court, y|a its judge, Burr Glenn, rescinding the Adams Central consolidated school’s building fund. i At that \ time, Judge Glenn ruled ihat tlj,e fund had been improperly set up, and for officials to disr Continue collecting such taxes this ■tear. a Consequently, all tax duplicates |or the townships were amended by she auditor’s office, and the new Jtatements were issued this week. : For several weeks the treasurer’s suspended all collection of taxes ‘in those ; townships until the t inking fund amount could be proerly deducted. The new statesments are designed, Lewton said, ;tp eliminate confusion, and remain the actual amount the taxpayer is assessed. H ,

Senate Rejects Higher Tax On Corporations Reject Amendment For Ta* Increase On 1951 Earnings Washington. Sept. 26 — (UP) — The senate today rejected, 54 to 33 a tax bill amendment which sVoifld have cost corporations ahoyt $500,006,000 more on their 1951 earnings. The amendment, sponsored tyy Sen. Herbert H. Lehman. D., N.Yi, would have made higher corporation tax rates retroactive to Jan. 1 instead of. April 1, as recommended by the senate finance committee. Lehman accused the committee of giving “special favor” tb corporations in its $5,500,000,000 tax increase\bill. - * Committee chairman Walter F. George; D., Ga., defended the April 1 date on grounds that the tax bill wag so late getting through congress this year. v- , Calling for a speedup in senate action, he said the delay is costing the government $106,000,000 in excise levies provided in the bill. Tax experts have estimated the committee dtae would save corporations about $500,000,000 on income taxes to be paid during the 1952 calendar year. “There" is no justification for this forgiveness,” Lehman argued. “There Is no reason for this cut in federal revenues, for this special favor to corporations.” < Lehman said the records show thiit in every year except 1950 increases In' corporation tax levies, have been made retroactive to the first day of the year. ' He said there is no need for an adjustment now. He said corporations were put on notice ehrly in January that new and higher taxes would be leyied. ■ Lehman proposed his retroactive date change in the form of an ministration senators had lost a amendment after he and other ad\(Twrgi To Pa** Ef*kty Red Cross Exceeds . ■ ’-.H ” i V' ' ’ Blood Donor Quota 146 Persons Donate 135 Pints Os Blood With 146 persons processed Tuesday, the Red Cross was able to Obtain 135 pints of blood and not ol\ly exceed the anticipated goal of 125 pints but establish a new, local record. \ Mrs. Max Schafer, executive secretary of the Adams county Red Cross chapter, who Tuesday was initiated into the “gallon” club, stated today that this is an “amazing percentage.” J Ordinarily, the Red Cross attempts to sign up 175 pledges for each visit of the bloodmobile unit from the Fort Wayne regional center to assure meeting the quota. As a consequence, the Adams county contributions have met or surpassed the quota three out of four times this year. Mrs. Schafer, whose office was taken over Tuesday by Mrs. Noble Reynolds, said:that officials were hopeful of maintaining the “fine record.” The bloodmobile unit will be in Decatur two more times this year, November 9 and December 21. The secretary noted that assisting greatly in surpassing the quota were the several contingents of factory employes from Decatur and Berne. From here, groups from the Bag Service, Decatur Casting, Schafer's Glove, and Central Soya donated, while donors from Berne’s Dunba,r Furniture Company and the Smith Furniture company arrived in. force. Paul Ridenor Dies At Home In Wabash '* ■■ ■ ■ Paul Ridenor, formerly of this city, died Tuesday at his home in Wabash. His death was attributed to complications. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Tena Springer Ridenor, a son, Robert, and three daughters, . Mrs. Max Hiatt, Mrs. Raymond Carpenter, and Mrs. Jack Jacoby, all of Wabash,

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1951.

Take Part In Dedication

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Dr. Gieser, pastor of Grace Evangelical andl Reformed church at Milwaukee. Wis., will be the guest speaker at the dedication services of the new addition to Zion Evangelical and Reformed church in Decatur Sunday. Rev. Feller, pastor of the local church, will preside.

Dedication Sunday At Zion Reformed Formal Dedication Os Church Addition \ ■ Four services .Sunday Zion Evangelical and Reformed church s will mark dedication of a new dition to the church, installation of a new chancel and redOcoration of both the church and parsonage. Dr. Johh C. Gieser, pastdr Os Grace Evangelical and Reformed church at Milwaukee, Wis., will Speak at the morning and afternoon •ervices, The day of dedication will start with Sunday School at 9. o’clock Sunday morning. The morning wor* ship hour will start at 10 o’clock; with Dr. Gieser delivering the sermon.. At 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning, these will be infant baptism and the . special service of dedication will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Dr. Gieser again will be the principal speaker. Dr. Gieser, a member of the general council of the church, is | a former Fort Wayne resident, where he attended Central high school at the same time the local pastor,’ 1 the Rev. William Feller attended high school. Both men attended Mission House college and were room-mates during their first year. Dr. Gieser has held pastorates in Youngstown, 0., and Toledo, O. ; He is regarded as one of the most able speakers; in the middlewest. Following the dedicatory services, open hoiise will be held at the; parsonage by Rev. and Mrs. Feller? until 9 o’clock Sunday evening. The dedication committee includes: ‘ Edward Jaberg, Mrs. B.E. Leo? nardson, .Mrs. Joseph McNenney,. Gottlieb 'Stauffer, Mrs. Adolph Weidler and the Rev. William C; Feller. \■■ ———r v ■ j School Head Speaks v To Decafur Lions W. Guy Brown Speaks At Weekly Meeting The Inions roared at the usbal Tuesday meeting, and they roared right back to school, with education the main theme of the evening and Decatur public school superintendent W. Guy \Brown the principal speaker, j ' . * And the speaker pointed up the meaning of education, with all its “Every event,” he said, “in some way teaches us something.” All of it isn’t contained in books, he said, but books play an everincreasingly important part in the life of today’s students. For example, exampled Brown, pamphlets and booklets are now available to students which touch on many things, even down (or up) z to such vital subjects as “teen-age courtship.” , Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, was a special guest, and Lions club president Glen Mauller was in charge of the program that simulated the school system with different tables designated as different grades. There were apples for the teacher and a general rebuke to a contracting firm for assistance in another spring production. News has (Torn To Page Ei*ht)

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Lawyer Tells Os Paying For • ■’ " Boyle Clients Max Siskind Seeks to Keep Accounts Secret From Public , Washington, Sept. 26. — (UP) — Max Siskind begged senate investigators today not io make him produce a Ust of ,accounts he bought from William M. Boyl*, Jr.; because it would “ruin niy law business” and hurt “innocent people?’ ; Siskind said the 22 accounts involved 25 individuals or firms. The accounts were sold to him when Boyle quit practice April 20, 1949, to become paid vice chairman of the Democratic ' National committee. He became the paid chairman in August, 1949. The agreed sale price was $150,000. Evidence showed Siskind has 'paid $99,268.71 and still owes $50,731.29. When the committee recessed sot lunch, it still had -not decided whether Siskind will be forced to produce the disputed memoranda. Nor had Siskind flatly or finally refused to do so up to that time. The investigators are looking into the American Lithofold company’s dealing with the ' Reconstruction Finance Corp., Boyle’s connection with the St. Louis printing firm, and the relationship between Hoyle and Siskind. - Siskind, a Washington attorney, said he would give the senate investigating subcommittee details oh any of the 22 cases. But he pleaded with members not to make public the entire list by name. \ Catmine S. Bellino, committee accountant, had testified that the only’records he could find of the sale among Siskind’s papers were an undated memorandum listing the Cases with a value for each, and another memo payments on the “Boyle account.” Hellino said he could not tell When* the documents were written without having Siskind’s handwriting analyzed by a specialist. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis,, demanded that the commit(Twra To Page Bight) Stydebaker Closes Tgday Until Monday feouth Bend, Ind., Sept. 26—(UP) Studebaker Corp, will shut down its passenger ear production lilies today until Monday, idling so|ne 14,000 workers, when it .reiiches the limitations set by the national production board. I*. O. Peterson,, vice-president in charge of . manufacturing, said Studebaker will reach the thirdquarter quota of 51,000 passenger car units and 14,290 trucks Sometime today. \ ■ . t*he fourth-quarter quota for the period beginning Oct. 1, allocated By ’ the NPA, is 46,980 passenger and trucks, Peterson said. He also said civilian truck lines are not affected by the shutdown, and that the military truck PlAnt. closed since Sept. 12 because supplier plant strike, will reopen today.

Widening G. O. P. Split Threatening To Wreck Party's Welfare Stand

President Orders ■ ’ ? Security Control Executive Branch Standards Are Set Washington, Sept. 26 7-7 (UP) — President Truman today Ordered the entire executive branch of government tp follow the state and defense departments’ plan for contrbl of security information. < Mr. Truman established uniform standards for classifying and protecting security information. But ne warned all agency heads not to use the new system to cover up their mistakes. “To put the matter bluntly," Mr. Truman said in directive to all department heads, regulations are designed to keep security information away from potential enemies and must not be used to withhold non-security information'or to cover up mistakes made by any official or employe of the government.” By executive order, Mr. Truman provided that in' the future all departments shall follow the same system —heretofore used exclusively by state and defense—for putting Security information into four classes: top secret, secret, confidential, or restricted. The president and members of his staff insisted no element of censorship was Involved in the new plan, and promised to squelch promptly any effort by a government offeial to classify non-secur-ily information. “The American people have a fundamental right to information about their government, and \there is no element of censorship, direct or implied, in this order,” Mr. Truman said. “The order applies only to officials and employes of the executive branch. “The public is requested to cooperate, but is under no compulsion or threat of penalyt to do so as a result of this order.” ' At the same time, Mr. Truman ordered each agency to be as dutiful in avoiding over-use of ' the new regulations as in protecting vital secrets. ■ “I expect each department bead or his designated subordinate,” Mr. Truman said, “to investigate promptly and carefully any alleged instance of unjustified uie of <Tnrn To P**e Eiicht) Orders Grand Jury To Report Oct. 10 Call Is Issued By Judge This Morning Judge Myles F. Parrish of Adams Circuit court today issued call for the gr»nd jury to meet Wednesday moiling, Oct. 10, at 9 o’clock. The judge did not specify any special purpose for the grand j'ny- ’ The investigating group, however, has certain statutory duties to perform when\ called, such as Inspecting the county home and county jail and make recommendations. > i The grand jury also may receive special instructions from thfe court or may Investigate any alleged misdemeanors or alleged felonies brought to its attention. The panel of six jurors will be selected from thd following names drawn recently by the jury commissioners for grand jury service: T. J. Metzler, Decatur; Edward H. Cook, Preble; Wilbur H. Blakey, Union; Brayton Pyle, Jefferson; Carl F. Brown, Root; Charles Donald Cook, Washington; Clifford Essex, Monroe; Edwin Collier, Befrie; Carl E. Cochran, Geneva; Elmer Gerber, Roscoe Banter, Hartford; Ernestine Bixler, Wabash: ' Judge Parrish stated that he waited until mid-October for the grnad jury call so that serving on the jury would '.not inconvenience farmers with their autumn farm work. \ .

Britain, Iran Request U. S. Aid In Crisis Appeal To Truman, ■ i . Dean Acheson Aid In Solving Crisis :' ' ■ ■\ London, Sept. 26 — Britain and Iran appealed today Co President Truman and secretary of state Dean Acheson to use their good offices to find a Way out 0* the Iranian oil crisis. Prime .Minister Clement Attlee, personally direcitng : Great Britain's moves in the crisis, appealed to Mr. Truman and the state department through Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks in Washington. U. S. officials have been in .constant i consultation with the British. 1 Attlee also called Winstoh i Churchill to a private conference ( • tomorrow to be informed of the s government’s decision on Iran. Britain today t ordered its citi- - sens to stay in Abadan in defience • of the ultimatum, and v warned - Iran that her ■ decision to oust them will have “grave effects” for f which Iran will bear “tu.ll responf sibillty.” 1 > Sir Francis Shepherd. ' British i ambassador at Tehran, gave the - warning in the “strongest possible • terms” to Iranian foreign minister Bagher Kazemi this morning. A foreign office statement said Britain “left the Iranian foreign minister in no doubt that the Iranian government bore the full responsibility for the consequences of this decision, which must h av ® grave effects . . . ” . Tjie British are maintaining constant cohsultations with the U. S. on the developing crisis and seeking ’’the aid? of President Trumln, secretary of state Dean Acheson and special envoy W. Averell Harriman to find a solution. A foreign office spokesman said there has been nothing yet to contradict Britain’s eaflier declaration that she will hold on to Abadan. The foreign office statement, however, did not’ intention Brtiain’s dilemma —>hetl|er to use force to prevent the ousting of the British workers. | British warships Were within gun range of Abadan, the great oil refinery and port where . the British technicians Were concentrated. British troops including picked paratroopers were poised, on a constant alert, within easy flying range of the city. Reports from Tehran said Iranian troops ajso had been alerted. Prime Minister Clement R. Att(Turn To Page Bight) — 1 ' ■■= . s’. ■ File Remonstrance '■ - ■% i ; ■ . T To School Budget Budget For Adams \ \ Central Attacked Thirteen ’ persons sighed a re- . monstrance whiclf was filed with j the county auditor and which will j be forwarded to. the state board of tax commissioners tor further action. . The 13 objected to the 1952 bud- I get for the Adams County Central I Consolidated school edrporation. >' They indicated the building fund, which is constantly under attack, makes the tax rate “too j high,” and also that certain items | “do not' belong in the budget.” ( The much-maligned Sinking fund < for the school corporation was in- | stilled recently for next year’s budget, after a previous one had been i overruled by Huntingt6n circuit i court Judge Burr Glenn. < At that time Judge Glenn said it ] was not placed ih the budget properly; since then, school officials j have proceeded according to the < rule book in making uif their 195? 4 budget. i

Price Five Cents

• -v'' 1 ■ v 11fv ■ ' ■ Urgent Meeting Is Called Tonight As Republican Leaders Seek United Front '..? '/ \ -j ) ■■-i" Indianapolis, feept. 26— (UP) — The, senate Democratic minority pressed Republicans today for an immediate showdown »n pending welfare bills in the Indiana JegLsla-, tire’s special session, bnt the GOP time. \ Sen. Leo J. Stemle. D., Jasper, urged the chairman of the judiciary “A”, committee to call a meeting today to act on welfare legislation. Six of seven senate welfare Bills are in that committee. But chairrpan John Kendall, R., Danville, replied there would be no committee meeting today. Kendall announced , a public hearing on all the bills would be held in the vsenatte chamber at 9 a.m. CDT tomorrow. Meanwhile, Republicans awaited an “urgent*’ meeting tonight, call-' ed as a widening GOP split threatened to wreck the party’s; stand against secret welfare rolls. <%temle told the senate the Democrats were “ready to meet anytime” to get some action on the welfare bills, • “jDon’t forget, if we don’t pass remedial legislation by Saturday we’ll Lose $3,500,000,” Stemle said. He referred to the money withheld by the federal government from Indiana in August and , Sep-’ tember due to the “anti-secretey” law enacted last March. I Democrats claim if the legislature doesn’t aci by Sept. 30, the state will lose virtually all hope of getting federal funds for the current quarter. But Kendall kaid as long ag he chairman he’d call the shots. “We’re here fighting secrecy and we think the public is, entitled to a hearing ” he said. \ j The bnter party fight pitted GOP leaders who want tb set up a “home. ' rule” I welfare program against a group of powerful “rebels'’ who are unwilling to give up. $20;000,000 in yearly federal aid. j i The government cut off the aid when the Republican-dominated legislature, passed a law forbidding secret welfare rolls. 'The law conflicted with the federal .policy of secrecy. Cale J. Holder, GOP state chairman, said today’s meeting'*'‘may be the last ditch before the full capitulation to socialism." Holder tailed the meeting a few hours after two Republican sttye senators fired the opening gun in the rebellion yesterday by introducing a bill to postpone the dale ' when the law takes efftect until July 4, 1953. ’• Holder said their action meant "policy principles established and presented to-the Republican legislature are being undermined.” He called all GOP legislators, party workers on the ward and . county leyel and “any interested Republicans”; to attend the showdown meeting set 8 p.m. Ct)T in the Claypool hotel. Herbert Hill, party publicity director, said the conference will decide which side is “wrong.” The rebel Vorces were led by secretary of state Leland Smith, state auditor Frank 'Millisland Sen. Roy Conrad of Monticello, Conrad and Sen. Jack A. Stone, Evansville, introduced the explosive postpone ment bill yesterday. v— , : . ? 'j?' jL •? One Price Violation • i. ' Reported In Indiana Jridianapolis; Sept. 26- s -(UP)— At least one violation of price regulations was found in Indiana yesterday {luring a seven-city surprise checkup on slaughterhouses by the office of price stabilization for black market operations in beef. The OPS in Chicago reported that 128 agents in a three-state region including Indiana swooped down on 6? packing and processing plarits and found 14 violations. At Indianapolis, the office re-, ported, a packer was found selling commercial grade .beef as good grade. His was one of four firms inspected in the Hoosier capital.