Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 235.-

YANKEES WIN SECOND GAME OF SERIES, 3-1

Slate Police Are Ordered To ~ ’’'Round Up Solons - Republican Plan ) Bogging Down For Lack Os Quorum Indianapolis, Oct. 5 —(UR)— * State police were ordered to round up DBssing .lawmakers for the Indiana legislature’s house today when the Republican maYdfity Pro* gram for solving the state welfare problem bogged down for lack of a quorum. _ But more than an hour after house speaker W. O. Hughls called on blue-clad troopers to arrest the absentees if necessary, the police st ill were waiting for legal papers they said were needed to do the job. - 1 j •: Hughes locked the house doors and refused to let any of those present leave the room. Meanwhile/ f . the 65 representatives —two short « of the quorum—harmonised loudly in song for a tirpe, then turned down the lights and watched the' i world series baseball game on a ‘ i television set installed in a Hurry on the speaker’s platform. Hughes ordered food brought in “so we can keep soul and body together” and said nobody would .leave until there was a quorum., ? Most of the missing legislators—--27 of them minority Democrats and eight Republicans-—were , believed to have gone home for the weekend. / Only 64 were present for the - morning roll call, but Rep. Lothair Teetor, R., Hagerstown arrived later He (lew from the east where, hie wife is ill. J “Use whatever means is necessary to bring them in,” Hughes said, ‘’ihcluding state police. “We’re going to stay here until we get them back. “We want to appropriate some money to take care of the old people.” State policemen immediately began, looking for the absentees. • Hughes, utterly charging that the absentees were “trying to P re * vent the operation of house procedure.” telephoned state police executive officer Nlaj. Robert O’Neal and asked “asj many state police as it takes to do the job.” "Even the Whole force, if necesr sary," Hughes said. Hughes ordered the house doors locked to keep the 64 present and said the house would stay In session ‘-’even if it takes the rest of the 4§ days and session.” Minority leader 8. Hugh DilHn said W believed it was “not an organized walkoyt. as far as the Democrats are concerned.” ‘ Dillin believed the missing Demo- ‘ crats went home. y "My assumption is that’the boys decided individually that since Hughes arbitrarily recessed the house two days early jJasfc week when 13,500.000 was at ’Stake; surely there could be no criticism of them going home a day early when there is nothing at ' (Tors To Pa«e Two) > \ Fort Wayne Killer Nabbed In Theater Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 5. —(Up) —Donald F* Rogers, 26J arrested last night while watching a movie comedy in the balcony of a local theater, was held in Allen county jail today on charges of shooting his divorced wife to death during a spat. - Police received a tip from an anonymous man who said he was at the Palace theater and recognized Rogers when he laughM. Officers converged on Rpgers, handcuffed him and took him to , l ail - - . Police said Rogers signed a written confession saying he shot Mrs. Rachael Rogers, 30, last Saturday because- she nagged him about financial support. He said he visited-friends at Logansport after the shooting, then drove a rented car to Pennsylvania and returned to Fort Wayne yester- _ day. ' ' INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight. Saturday cloudy and I cooler with ahowera extreme south by afternoon. Low to”1 night 50-55 north; 55-60 souths High Saturday 5*62 north, 60L 66 south.

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Community Fund's Drive Opens Monday Solicitors Named To Conduct Drive John Halterman and William Linn, co-chairmen of the Decatai Community Fund drive, which starts next' Monday, announced today that their organization is complete and plans are ipr\ readiness for a vigorous campaign. Glenn Mauller of the Decatur Castings Co., has been named industrial Mayor John Doan will solicit all city employes and Ed Jaberg.’ county clerk, has been assigned the county list. The Rev. Wm. C. Feller will contact the ministers and W. Guy Brown is in charge of the schools. Miss Joan Wemhoff, Community Fund secretary, will assist the chairmen in contacting the lodges, chibs, sororities, and women's organizations. Carl Gerber, chairman of the budget committee, will solicit the doctors. ■Volunteer workers will solicit the business ajid professional groups. Earl Caston, fund executive secretary, has .carefully prepared; lists in the hope that everyone in the community will have an ’ opportunity to contribute. Everyone is to be contacted at his plaoe of employment and no house-to-house canvas will be made, the chairmen explained. Solicitors are asked ,to contact all employes at the various retail 'establishments i\as well as . the store owners. :*■ ' A special effort is to be made to complete the drive within the week of October 8. Solicitors are asked to return their reports along with contributions received to Caston at the First State bank. Each contributor will receive a receipt and a Red Feather. Harry Dailey, fund president, pointed out that this year’s budget of Y 5.815. 25 represents an increase over last year‘s total with the .United Defense Fund, Inc. (U.S.O. etc.) accounting for’ the*slight increase. He also expressed • his appreciation to the many volunteer workers Who -freely give*Of their time to make the solicitations and urged contributors' to keep callbacks at a minimum. The following workers will serve as solicitors*. J - 1 M. P. Cass. Dr. H. F. Frey, Virgil, Doyle, Robert Anderson, Elmer Winteregg. ■ Roy Stewart, Eleanor Reppert, Kenneth Runyon, Jack Heller, -George Stultz, Clarence Ziner. Al Beavers, L. R. Ziiitsmaster. L. Anspaugh, Joe Murphy, Otto Beehler, Adrian Wemhoff, Clyde* Butler, Leo Ehinger, Roger Kelly, Victor Porter. Fritz Ellswprth. Cletus Miller, Chalmer Deßolt, Ronald Parish, -Carl Braun. W. E. Petrie, Charles Hite, Andy Appelman, Nevin Tinkham, Avon Burk, and W. M. Bumgerdnen, . ——;— five Crewmen Die As Storm Hits Ship ' .y12 Others Missing In Atlantic Oc;ean Norfolk, Va., Oct. s.—(UP)—Five crewmen were killed and' 12 were missing today from the 3,325-ton cargo ship Southern Isle that broke in half in the storm-whipped Atlantic 400 mH 6B t he South Carolina | Seven members of the stricken ship’s crew were pulled from the water by two other cargo vessels that fortunately were in the area. One of the men was badly hurt. The seas were ; ripped by the aftermath of this week’s hurricane as the Southern Is|e pitched on her northerly course from San Juan, Puerto •Rico to Chester, \ Pa. There were no details of what caused the ship to break up. She was reported to have gone under within five minutes. The S.S. Charlotte Lykes radioed the coast guard the first information from the wreck scene. She was about an hour behind the Southern isle on the same course. There was nothing but debris in the water when she hove to in the area. The Charlotte Lykes picked up two survivors, one of whom was reported to be batjly hurt. He told the rescue crew only that his ship had broken In half. Rescue; operations were under way in high seas. Another cargo vessel, the Flor(T«ra Te Page Twa)

Reds’ Winter Line Broken By UN’s Offensive Battered Armies Reel Northward Before UN Drive Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Oct. 5.—(UP)— The United Nations’ 100,000-man offensive in west Korea has broken the Communists’ “winter line,” a British staff officer said today. Battered Red armies gave up their fortified positions and reeled northward before the ; crushing onslaught of five UN divisions which captured seven strategic hills on the third day of their ' push along a 40-mlle front. ; “The Chinese broke and ran this morning,” Brigadier George Taylor told the United Press at a western front command post of the British commonwealth division. , “I feel that we have handed them a major defeat and I believe we have broken their winter line.” Taylor said the hills > seized in the allied offensive today were fortified with bunkers 20 feet deep, indicating that the Chinese Communists had dug in for the winter. The Chinese left new winter gear behind when they fled, Taylor said. . The British commonwealth division drove forward 1 % ipiles today to capture two hills west of Yonchon against moderate resistance. American troops north of Yonchon and west of Chorwon captured two hills when the Chinese pulled back and later. lst Cavalry division soldiers above. Yonchon captured three smaller hills. A seven-day assault by flamethrowers, tanks and infantrymen had paved the waj| for the gains'by the U.S. 3rd division of Yonchon. The Chinese regrouped late this afternoon and attacked the 7th Cavalry regiment atop one hill. The battle still raged tonight. \ One Chinese counter-attack shoved the Northumberland Fusileers off a captured hill briefly but the Britons swept right back and took it again. Expect Rejection Tokyo, Oct. 5.—(UP)— The Communists seemed likely to reject Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s offer to let them choose a site in no-man’s land for of the Korean truce talks. All signs indicated that the Communist commanders again would demand that the talks be resumed in Kaesong, which ,| Ridgway has described as “unsuitable." Ridgway’s offer, announced yesterday, was delivered to Commun(Turn To Page Six) Mrs. DeArmond Dies Late Thursday Night Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Olive Pearl DeArmond, 71, .wife of Arthur DeArmond, died at 11:30 o’clock Thursday night at her home in Blue Creek township, one mile south of Salem, following an extended illness. She was born in Van Wert county, 0., Aug. 20„ 1880, a daughter of Amos and Nancy SimsWagers, and was married Aug. 16, 1005. * She was a member of the Mt. Hope Nazarene church and the ladies aid society of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband are eight sons, Bryce. Murray, and Clarence DeArmond of Fort Wayne, Ralph of Olympia. Wash., Kenneth of Decatur, Harold of Berne* and Homer of East Sparta, O.; two daughters, Mrs. Doris Hart Qf Decatur and Mrs. Beryle Webster of Fort Wayne; 19 grandchildren: one great-grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Opal Myers Os Decatur. One brother and one* sister are deceased. \ Funeral serifees will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Hope Nhzarene church, the Ref. Ralph Merrits and the. Rev. Doyle Hofferbert officiating. Burial will be in the Tqlcker cemetery. The body will be removed frorp the Zwick funeral home to the 1 residence, where friends may call after 7:30 o’clock this evening ' }■

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 5,1951.

\ J UN Forces Can Win, Says Bradley ' ® ® bt; ■ KI yiHWv wHm i r K MKHK 11 ■'B ' O' UN FORCES IN KOREA not only can “take it” but can go on to win a complete victory, says Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Omar Bradley as he arrives by afr in Washington from a five-day trip to Tokyo and the Korean battlefront. Beside him is Charles E. Bohlen, state\ department Russian affairs expert, who aaid. “You don’t get any more ideas (about what the Communists are going to do) in the Far East than you do here.”

October Heat Wave j Scheduled To End Cool Froht Moving To Southeastward By United Press A freak October heat wave which broke scores of temperatures records and brought hotter weather to Michigan than to Florida today was doomed to only 36 more hours of life. \ Weather forecasters sai|d a Cana-dian-born cool front was creeping southeastward and would the warm air to flight by tomo\row night. 1 , i The cold air rolled across Texas yesterday, bringing some relief from the record-smashing temperatures there. It invaded Chicago about midnight and the thermometer began a slow descent toward a predicted high of 68 today. But wieatheVmen across the nation’s midsection had to hustle yesterday to keep up with the new records established by the hot spell. It was 89 in Detroit, six degrees hotter than the previous high for Oct. 4 set in 1922. It was the second straight day that Detroit set a new record. , Buffalo recorded an 87-degree high, six degrees above the previous record for the day. More of the same was predicted for today. The hot spell was born In. the Gulf of Mexico and a steady southerly wind bore it north northeastward across the country until it reached the Appalachian mountains. It held the center two-thlrds of the nation in, a sweltering grip,, unchallenged by any cold front until yesterday when the Canadian Rockies spawned the cooler air. Windy weather, with temperatures generally in the high 70’s, prevailed on the east coast as the Atlantic seaboard felt the fringes of a 100-mile-an-hour hurricane which had threatened the North Carolina capes yesterday. Parts of New England braced for expected 50-mile-an-hour winds ac<Tarn To Fage Foor) • ’ Teachers And Pupils Made 111 By Pudding \ Nappanee, Ind., Oct. 5 —(UP)— Scbool authorities today blamed pudding served in the school cafeteria for the niness of 27 persons. Two teachers were hospitalized, and 11 other teachers and 14 ele* jnentary school students were treated when they became ill after eab ihg lunch In the cafeteria Wednesday. John S. Stock, a county health department sanitary engineer, said the pudding was unrefrigerated too long.

Injuries Fatal To New Albany Girl New Albany, Ind.. Oct. 5 — (UP) — Services will be held tomorrow for Miss Bertha Ann Joiissaint, 21, New Albany, wlio died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident as she drove with a group of friends to a football game at Evansville last Saturday. , > ■ — -r-r- . .- 1 * Robinson, Sprunger t Are Still Critical Accident Victims On Critical List Norman Robinson, 44, and LeRoy Sprunger, 15, instructor and pupil in the Monmouth school, today remained in critical condition in the Fort Wayne Methodist hospital. L A 1 p. m. Check at the hospital disclosed that Sprunger is still Unconscious and Robinson remains in a semi-conscious state. Both, as well as Lawrence Roop, 16, the driver of the vehicle, in which Sprunger land n°hinson« were passengers, were taken to the Methodist hospital Wednesday evening. Roop’ was in a semiconscious condition Thursday but gained consciousness shortly after admittance and was considerably improved today. > Hospital attaches, state that a full account of Robinson and Sprunyer’s injuries cannot be tUade; that physicians must wait until the “critical” condition has passed before X-rays can be taken. The three Adams county persons were injured at the intersection of the Minnick and Monroeville roads when the Roop car collided with one driven by Carl Hermann, 19, of route 10, Fort Wayne. The Monmouth teacher and pupils were enroute to the Bell skating rink east of Fort tyayne when the accident occurred. Rotary Governor Visit Here Hermon E. Phillips, of Angola, governor of the 224th district of Rotary International, paid his official visit to the Decatur Rotary . club at its weekly meeting Thursday evening. \ ( “The governor, in a brief address. urged Rotarians to follow the objects df the International service organisation to haake a better club and a better , community. The Rotary official conferred with John Welch, president, Jerry Leitz, secretary, and ether officers of the local club prior (o the meeting.

Lopat Tosses Brilliant Five-Hitter As Yankees Even 1951 World Series

Senate Votes Power For Price Controls Strong Opposition Expected In House Washington, Oct. 5 ,i— (UP) — A senate-passed bill to give President Truman more power to hold down prices of manufactured goods faced strong opposition In the house today. The bill was whipped through the senate by a lopsided 49-21 vote yesterday. It the first round that Mr. Truman has won in his fight to get back some of the powers he lost when congress rewrote the price control law last July. But administration leaders said that it wasn’t going to easy to bush the measure through the house : before congress adjourns. The bill, would revamp a provision* of the law which the president assailed as “the terrible Capehart amendment.” Sen. Hom<r E. Capehart. R., Ind., and other supporters defended it as “fair” 0 and necessary to protect businessmen from “injustice.” The Capehart provision permits manufacturers and processors to pass on to consumers almost all ebst increases from the start of the Korean war to last July 26. The senate-irarawretr* Mtt would permit price chief Michael V. DISalle to reject applications for adjustments ni existing ceilings, unless the applicant can “financial hardship.” However, it would require that most postKorea increases be taken into account in fixing new ceiling prices In the future. 1 Edwin Franz' Body Relumed To Slates Korean War Victim To Be Buried Here , Funeral arrangements are Bending the arrival of the body of Edwin F. Franz, 26, son of Mr. apd Mrs. Herman Franz, of route 3, one of the first men to be inducted into the services after the outbreak of the Korean conflict, and the first Adams county man to be killed in action in Korea. Word was received here by the parents that the body is enroute home. other word was forthcoming at tihs time other than to state that a 4elegram would be sent when the body arrives in the states. Funeral services will be held in the St.' Peter’is Lutheran church, Root township, for the former Adams county farmer who* attended Monmouth high school. The body, will be returned here to the Zwick Funeral home. 1 Pvt. Franz wag killed in action April 20. He had gone overseas only a month before after having been stationed in the states at Fort Myer,, Va. He served with the 19th infantry regimerit, 24th division. Franz is survived by three brothers, Herman, Jr., Walter and Eimer, and two sisters, Mrs. Vera Witte and Miss Ellen Franz, in addition to the parents. ■ ' 1 “ » Church Banquet To Be Held Tonight * The Rev. John W. Meister, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, will be the principal speaker at tonight’s annual associated churches organ!- 1 zatlon banquet, which will be held in the First Presbyterian church here beginning at 6:30 p. m. His subject will be “Frontier Christianity.” . Short reports of officers and committees will be read during the brief business meeting and a reorganization plan proposed. AU church workers, and especially church officers, have been urged to attend the annual banquet.

House Votes Approval Os Defense Bill 56 Billion Dollar Defense Measure Is Up To Senate Action Washington, Oct, 5: *-(UP) — The i house gave its final approval today to h $56,937,808,030 defense bill designed to make; this country strong enough to enforce peace., The measure must be okayed by the senate before it gofes to the White House for President Truman’s signature. The house banged the bill through shortly\ after Rep. George H. Mahon. D., Tet., urged congressmen ’to forget any notions they may have of “easy” victory in war through “fantastic” weapons. The bill is the biggest military spending measure ever proposed in peacetime. But Mahtjn, head of the appropriations subcommittee which worked on it, said it is none too big a price to pay for defense. Asserting that “those fantastic statements about fantastic weapons are entirely too fantastic,” Mahon said: “No right thinking person Is going to be misled by all this superman talk of pufeh-button warfare There is no easy and inexpensive road to victory in war/’ v He declared that the ; sole purpose of the proposed spending Is give hope to the world, security to this nation, and “discouragement to totalitarianism.” Other congressional developments: - , < Jessup—A Republican member of a senate group investigating ambas-sador-at-large Philip C.. Jessup said he is convinced Jessup |s a loyal American. Sen., Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis., has charged Jessup with an “affinity” for Communist causes. Sen. H. Alexander Smith, R., N.J., told Jessup at today’s hearing tht: “I have known you too -long to have any doubt about your loyalty or; integrity. I know darn well you are not a Communist.” , ; s ’ ' '• ■' '• '■ j■ . • 21 Persons Hurt By Explosion On Bus Gas Line Blamed For Flast V Jeffersonville, Ind., Oct. 5 — (UP)i—-A leaking gas line was b'amed today for ap ihtra-city bus explosion which sent 21 passengers to a hospital for treatment of burns and shock. The bus, owned by Leppert Bus Co., Inc., was on a scheduled* run yesterday when its gas tanje exploded and the vehicle was enveloped in a sudden sheet of flame. The i>us did not catch fire but the impact of the blast caved in* one of its sides. Driver John Snelling, 29, said he pulled over to a curb to telephone the company dispatcher for instructions when he noticed the gas leak. He said the tank blew up when hie returned and shut off the gas line valve. | ' “The impact threw| me nearly half-way across the street,” he said. Many of the passengers were children returning home from grade school. Snelling made his way back to the bus| opened an emergency door and guided some of them out of the vehicle. Three were reported In serious condition in Clark county hospital. They were Mary Evans, 36, John Bennison, 28, and Francis Gleason, 35. Most of them, however, were treated for shock and burns and released. It was not known what touched (Tunt To Page Four)

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Jansen, Lopat Are Opposing Hurters In Second Battle Os World Series j Score by innings: f" • vR H e Giants -000 000 100—1 5 1 Yankees 110 000 01 x—3 6 0 Today's Lineups Giants . Yankees Stanky, 2b Mantle, rs Dark, ss Rizzuto; ss Thomson, 3h j McDonald, 2h Irvin, If DiMaggio, Cf Lockman, lb Berra, c Mays, cf Woodling, If Westrum, c\ . 1 Brown, 3b Thompson, rs Collins, Ih Jansen, p Lopat. p New York, Oct. S.—(UP) — The New York Giants, sitting in the * driver's seat, called on their ace right hander. Larry Jansen, today . in an effort to make it two in a ’ row over the New York Yankees in the second game of the world series. Manager Casey Stengel, confident he would get the Yankees even, named southpaw Ed Lopat, to oppose Jansen. ,I->< A play-by-play description follows: \ Flrwt Inning j Giants—Stanky bounced out to McDougald. Rizzuto tossed out Dark. Thomson lined to Woodling. Yankees—Mantle beat out a bunt. Rizzuto also beat out a bunt and when Lockman threw wild to first, Mantle raced to third. McDougald singled to short right. Mantle scoring and Rizzuto holding up at second. DiMaggio hit into a double 4>lay, Dark to Stanky to Lockman. Rizzuto taking third. Berra went down swinging. One run. three hits, one error, one left. Second Inning I Giants—lrvin singled to left center. Irvin stole second. Lopat tossed out Lockman. Irvin holding second. Brown threw Wut Mays, Irvin holding second. Westrumi also rolled to Brown. N° runs, one hit, no errors, one loft. Yank-ees— Woodling filed to Irvin. Brown bounced out to Stanky. Collins hit a home run into the lower right field stands. t Lopat bounced out to Lockman. One run, one hit, no errors, one left. Third Inning Giants—Thompson was out on his roller, Collins to Lopat. who covered 1 first. Jansen filed to DiMaggio. Stanky walked. Dark flied to*, Woodling. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Yankees— Mantle went down swinging. Rizzuto flied to Irvin. McDougald lined to Thomson. Fourth Inning Giants —Thomson filed to DiMaggio. Irvin popped to McDougald. Rizzuto tossed out Lockman. Yankees —DiMaggio went down swinging. Berra bounced out to Dark. Woodling flied to Mays. Fifth Inning Giants —Mays flied to DiMaggio who caught the ball as Mantle fell to thb ground. Mantle was carried off the field on a stretcher. Bauer replaced Mantle. Westrum flied to Woodling. Thompson was called out Qn strikes. Yankees— Brown bounced to Stanky. Collins fouled to Thomson. \ Lopat was called out on strikes. s Sixth Inning Giants—Jansen popped to McDougald. Lopat tossed out Stanky. Dark singled to left. Thomson flied to DiMaggio. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. j \ . Yankees —Bauer bounced out to Dark. Thoiqpon threw out Rizzuto. McDougald struck out. Seventh Inning Giants —Irvin singled to center. Lockman singled to center, Irvin stopping at second. ' Mays bunted and Lockman was forced at second, Brown to Rizzuto. Westrum walk, ed, loading the bases. Bill Rigney batted for Thompson and Hank Schenz ran for Westrum. Rigney filed to Bauer, Irvin scoring after the catch arid Mays taking third. Ray Noble batted tor Jansen and fouled to Berra. One run, two hits, no errors; two left. Yankees—Clint Hartung went to right field, Noble to catcher and / (Turn Te Pace Two)