Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 245-

BRITISH RUSH REIHFORCEMEHTS TO EGYPT

Block G.O.P. Efforts To Pass Home Rule Bill ■ Democrat Minority Senators Block New Republican Efforts Indianapolis, ’Oct. 17 — (UP) —. Democratic minority h ocked Republican efforts to pass Lhe first of their “home-rule” welfare bills? today for the second tiiTte as the Indiana legislature „ remained dead-locked over the issue The GOP. determined to en uct _ at least a portion of its eight-bill policy program on the controversial welfare issue, failed ( to win over a single Democrat. ~<r The vote was 25 for. 19 against. A constitutional majority for passage is 26. the exact number of <;tfP senators. But one of them is absent-on account of illness. I>ate yesterday, the same bill — to appropriate money from the state general* fund if necessary to finance Welfare payments —failed to pass by a vote of 25 to 21. The second fruitless vote came as the* welfare secrecy battle flared anew with political foes fanning the flames of party PN n " ciples they kindled at the-start of the special session 24 days ago. Two fast-moving devel°P raents late yesterday erased hope for ait Immediate T compromise and final adjournment. Leaders of both parties ' refused to „budge any to end a deadlock. Here, senate Democrats blocked passage of the Republicans’ most important “home-rule welfare 'bllL - And 'in Washington, the house soundly defeated a U. S. tax bill carrying a rider aimed at saving Indiana $20,000,000 a year in fedit eral welfare funds. I. h . - News of the. congressional development flashed through the general assembly as it neared adjournment sine die. It left the special session as far'as ever from absolution of wliat to* do- about a nd* law-. making welfare records public. ■. ■_ -X- - Republicans' want to disregard federal aid. if necessary, and set up a “home-rule" program—the only welfare legislation passed by tlie GOP house. Democrats want —to postpone the effectiveness of the fcmti-secrecy" law which caya? rd-the furor—the only legislation passed by the coalition-stymied Yesterday's senate vpte indicated Democrats will, not go along on 25-to-21. one vote shy of what was needed to pass an appropriation bill allowing ’ welfare financing from the state general fund should congress fail to pass the * & RepublicsV still : believed the tax rider—known as the Jenner amendment-will pass congress. It would allow Indiana to keep its ‘anti-secrecy’’ law ams retain federal aid. Senate president pro tem John Van Ness of Valparaiso said the COP will keep calling the appro-priation-bill bp for a vote “day after day until something breaks." Some Democrats, like Sen. Von Eichhorn of Uniondale, said they would vote for the bill it given assurance the GOP will not tfy-to pass the rest of the “home ftrie bills, which strip the state wel- j (are department of power and give it to counties. pu But Van Ness gave no such assurance. Unless ~ a Democrat switches .aides, or unless, an absent Republican- senator vote with ;t he GOP. Republicans etn not get the extra single vote '“needed for passage.. < The absentee. Sen, Roy Conrad of Monticello, was in Rochester. , Minn., at the Mayo cjllnic. Conrad was one of two senate “rebels" to tlipflOP cause earlier in the session. It was not known whether lie was seriously ill or sijnply 3 wt rit away for a checkup far from the pressure of politics. < —““ ’ A- . " INDIANA WEATHER -Mostly cloudy extreme north, generally fair south and central tonight and Thursday, continued mild except cooler extreme north. Low tonight 45-50. rHigh Thursday > 75-80 excepf 55-60 extreme north.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A&AMS COUNTY \

City Will Receive $5,342 From State _ ~ The cJty of Decatur will receive $5,142 As the quarterly distribution <rf state motor vtehide highway funds for the. quarter ending Sept. 30; The total distribution to cities, counties and the state highway department is T 12.426.376. Funds to other citiesj 1 include: Au.hUrn SMI9; Bluffton $4.464=k Columbia City $3.4X6; Fort Wayne Hartford iCity\ss,32B , Huntiiigton $11,078; Portland $5,1 S‘>. • : ~ J I T \ ; MacArthur In New Attack On U.S. Policies • Assails Leadership ; Os Nation, Speaks At Legion Parley Miami, Fla., Oct. 17 -4- (UP) — Gem Douglas MacArthur sjaid today that the United States has been caught 'at one of the most critical times in its history without leadership that is “capable of rising above the level ? of petty politics.” .1 lacking a leadership “with moral courage, self-effacing conviction and resolute patriotism." the retired far eastern commander told the American Legion, “our beloved country has been caught tlie vortex of a confused, distressed and frightened world." But MacArthur said he is confident that the American people will step- ln and remedy crisis. J. That was about as close aq he camp to stepping into the political situation that got (la t full head of steam yesterday with the announcement by Sen. ' Robert A. Taft. R,; 0.. that he wiV be a cam dhiate for the Repulflican presidential womination. , Delivering' the Legion conyen-, flon's main address, Ma<\Arthur also: L 1. Urged full Jspeed ahead on the atomic program .and “full commitment” of the> United States to use “the atomic weapon” as needed. 2. Said he does ' not believe vbrld war three is inevitable, nor does he believe this country can Le successfully invaded. 3. Warned that American political leaders may still be planning to turn Formosa \over to Communist China at “an kipportiinft timfe.” . 4. Criticised sending masses of American ground troops tb Europe and advocated giying our allies in western Europe, the main job for ground, operations in their spheres of interest. 5. Said a “protracted and indecisvte” wars- in Korea' “with its endless slaughter” should be avoided. 6. Cautioned against “aligning ourselves with colonial policies « (Turn To Pace Slx> Employment Drop Reported In City 67 Fewer Employed Than Previous Year I Employment in six Decatur industries dropped 67 in September, compared twith the same month a year ago, the Chamber of Commerce reports. . The total is 1,501. Un August workers numbered 1,502. The September payroll was $495.1 876. compared to $565,245 for the corresponding month in 1950. The August payroll was $466.0*11. The city’s population grew lustily with births reported at 120 for the month. A year ago. births reported wer? 44. Deaths reported were hing and six for the same montn last year. In August, births numbered 70. Carloadings in-and-out of Decatur dropped to 1.822. compared to 2.322 a year ago. Slower movement of soybeans is given as a reason for fewer freight shipments, which in August totaled 1.980 cars. Postal receipts fell back to $4,700 In September, compared with $5,280 in August. i pared to ten for $12,630 last year. Sixteen building permUs for $56.* 936 were issued in September, eom-

- t New Agreement jls Sought On Tax Measure Tax Writers Meat This Afternoon To Work Out Tax Bill Washington, Oct. 17 - (UP) — SPnate and house V tax writers agreed to meet today (2 p. m. CST) in a new attempt to work cut a tax increase bill acceptable to both houses. The meeting was set after thei house unexpectedly , rejected a compromise bill yesterday. Some members Os the housesenate conference committee expressed hope they would reach a new agreement late today. Demwratfc ’ leaders said they still expect congress to approve a hefty tax increase in the next few days.j. . ..But a 'surprise defeat of a $5,732,(H10,000 compromise measure in the house yesterday may result in a revenue loss to the government of more than $100,000,000. jh And plans for congressional adjournment this weekend almost have gone out the window. Until the house voted down the compromise bill, plans had been made to make individual income and excise tax increases effective Noiv. 1. This effective *date Will be impossible, at least for the excise increases, unless congress moves quickly. ; The bill must be passed by hoth houses of congress and signed by President Trumap before this weekend if Excise tax (sometimes called sales tai) *• increases on cigarets, liquor, beer, gasoline and other Items are io go into effect Nov. 1. Tax experts said one month’s delay on these increases wbuld cost the government from $1,00.000,000 to $120,000,000 in add’iional revenue. Speaker Sam Rayburn and his (Turn To Pnicr Kicht) r r . . . . ■■ I Finances Studied By City Candidates Democrats Launch I Headquarters Here The financial condition of the qity of Decatur was scrutinized by 1 Speakers as Democrat headquarters ■ Were opened in the K. of P. building on Third street last night with ' 0n informal smoker. \ ; The meeting was presided over by Frank Bohnke. city chairman, and several men and women attending the opening were called on for 'Short talks. ; Chief among the issues, according to a majority of speakers, was the financial condition of the pity. With present indebtedness neat l the legal maximum, a majority pf those-i present endorsed a campaign of | the financial figures speak for themselves.” -- Among thobe called on to speak Were Leo C. E.hinger, prosecutor Severin H. Schurger. Judge Myles F. Parrish, Lewis L. Smith, Ed Ba ue r. councilmanic candidate, 1 Mrs. Charles Lose. Dr. Harry Hebble, and John B. Stults, mayoralty candidate. Bohnke pledged a clean but vigorous campaign and stated tyhat - ‘all people of Decatur weie entitled , to know all the facts concerning 1 ithe operation of the city govern- - ment. _ I ' Plans also were made for keeps “ingTieadquafters open every afternoon and night 1 and chairman - Bohnke stated that one of the' ? coiincilmanic candidates would be ? 'on hand every night to answer any queries brought to them by interi ested persons. e Several public meetings will be 1 held the last three weeks, it was de* ? cided. Candidate Stults reported 1 that he was making a hoftse-to- - house canvass of voters and that his reception had been excellent in r all parts; of the city. 2 Stults in his informal talk said f that he was “strongly in favor of r continued progress for a better Deri catur, hut that spending should I always be considered along with [)| ability to pay.” ’ A | 0 “With so many needeq improvements su«h as adequate sewers and sewage disposal, we must all give ,*’. considered study of the city’s fin- • ancial condition,” he concluded.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 17, 1951

— J A. —X- — 30,000 Legionnaires Jam Miami The auditorium in Miami, with Legion cc-nvantion session underway. \’ MIAMI, FLA., is seething with 3000 American Legion attending the 33rd annual convention whose, program is highlighted by a speech by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.. Earlier, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett told the convention that *U. S/does not have enough atomic weapons tor a cheap victory in war. * ' v, J ' ,

Fear For Safety Os Kidnaped Infant Best Clue To Date Is Crushed By Car Michigan City,’ Ind., Oct.; 17.— (UP)—A baby bottle, found on a suburban roadside, was accidentally crushed and police said today it represented the loss besjt clue so far” in the kidnaping ojf eight-day-old Infant. The bottle was discovered yesten day about two miles west of Michigan City by ar passerby along U.S. 12, who reported his find to' police Vin connection with the search for tiny Lawrence Lyons, abducted from St. Anthony’s hospital Saturday. Police immediately went to the spot and placed the bottle In a cellophane container. The bottle was returned to its original location to await the arrival of police photographers. 1 Three reporters, meanwhile, arrived at the scene in an automobile. Their car ran over the bottle, crushing it. “I’m sorry t-his happened,” said police Capt. Charges Hanke, the officer In charge of the search. “This was the best clue far.” State police detective Paul Wilhelm disclosed that four persons employed j)y the hospital were given lie detector tests yesterday. He said the tests helped to “eliminate discrepancies at the hospital end of the investigation.” |i Wilhelm said \further Ur tests may be given, but none scheduled for today. He said more (Turn To Page Six)

Line Up Early Here For Gas Heat Applications

Up to 9 o’clock this morning 52* applications for gas heat had been filed with the Northern Indiana public Service company by. local app'icants who began forming a line in front of the gas office at 11:45 o’clock last night. John Barth, local manager, stated applications would be received up to 5 o’clock this evenings The gas company has authority to in- • stall 24 residential and 10 commercial services. Others may be approved later, Barth said.; When the office opened this morning, Mrs. darl Hammond,. 621 Nuttinan Avenue, was the ' first person admitted and to sign an application. Paul Hammond, her nephew, parked his car iri front of the Office at about 11:45 1W night. Around 2 o’clock tljis morning he noticed a person walking toward the gas company office and got’ Out of his car and headed the line. At about 4 o’clock other applicants began to arrive and Harximond gave his “early bird” place to his aunt shortly before the office opened. \ Mrs. Leroy Huffman, 1615 W. i Monroe street, was the second in line, followed by Ferd L. Litterer, local attorney, who arrived at : I

Grand Jury Inspects County Buildings Members of the grand jury for the September term of court today were inspecting county government buildings inlheir annual tour, prior to hantling in their report for the year the court. John Kahle was appointed bailiff for the jurors to replace Fred Mills, who is forced to be absent. Missing Plane Is Object Os Search \ Light, SOS Calls Offer Rescue Hope Westover Air Force Base. Mass., Oct. 17, —(UP) —An air-seq search armada of more than 100 planes and ships converged today 49t) miles east of Cape Cod where a blinking tight and faint SOS calls gave hope for the safety of 11 men who vanished in an air force stratocruiser. A. public information officer at this base, control point for mote than half; the planes taking part in the search, said the light ’‘was seen on arid off by various aircraft” during the night. It "probably was the same light” they saw, he sai(E \ ' Nope, however, was able to determine its source, nor was the coast guard cutter McCulloch which also reported seeing an unexplained red’ light ’ in the area 190 miles southeast of Nova Scotia. The stratocruiser vanished early Monday on a “deadhead” flight over.the Atlantic to Westover from Lages air force in the Azores. (Tara To Page Six)

about 4 o’clock, members of the line stated. r- i The line 6f applicants pumbered • more than So at one time... The Zwiclt furniture store set out a couple doiten of chairs for the tired, but optimistic .applicants. The crowd was in good humor and those whose numbers were above the qurrent quota, spoke hopefully of being on the next approved list rif gas customers. Fort Wayne’s Early Arrivals Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 17—(UP) -- A line of 500 to 600 persons, some of whom waited all night, greeted officials of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. today ■ when they opened their office. The line consisted of persons hoping they;were among 485 residential and 56 commercial gas space heating applications to be ’ accepted as new customers. I Observers said the first applicants arrived shortly after 7:30 p. m. Some had chairs, blankets, umbrellas and portable radios. The . accepted applications will be part of a quota of 6,200 residential and 200 cominercial installations authorized last Aug. 7 by the Indiana public, service com, mission for NIPSCO. \ '

Rush 3,000 Paratroopers To Bolster Troops Now In Troubled Suez Area ■

Prison Riot Ends < In West Virginia Mutiny Today On Promise Os Food Moundsville, W. Va. f Oct. 17 — (UP) —A 22-hour mutiny by 1,300 prisoners at West Virginia state prison ended today as they returned to their cells voluntarily , on a promise of being fed?, The convicts began returning to their cells at 8:50 a. m. after warden Orel J. Skeen promised they would be given food if they returned, “If you will lineup now And enter the .cellblock you will be fed,” Skeen said over a prison loudspeaker. Prison officials said that probably not more, than of the 1,300 mutineers engineered the uprising and that the great majority “followed their lead blindly.” The cold and hungry convicts who spent the night milling about the prison yard under the muzzles of machine guns, made three attempts to storm prison buildings during the night " but retreated when gwards opened fire with rifles into the ground ahead of them. t At 9 a. m.. the prisoners had been without food tor 21 hours and warden Orel J. Skeen said none of the mutineers would be fed until they asked for permission to reenter their cells. “We're going to keep them right there in that yard without food until they ask to go back to their cells,” Skeen said. The mutiny begdn at 6 p. m. \ (Tarn To Pace Eight) n ■ \'l ~ 1 Outlines Pension Plan For Firemen Pensioh Proposed For Regular Firemen Frank Crawford, Terre Haute attorney representing the Indiana firemen’s association, Tuesday outlined a proposed plan to members of the city council which would bring Decatur’s regular firemen under pension provisions. Members, of the council took no ] action on this'matter, tabling it for future study, but they did adopt a resolution tb switch some money from one fujnd to another, and referred a few petitions to the proper committees. The • resolution provided that $5,000 in U.S. government bonds be transferred jfrom the water department’s depreciation fund to the electric light department's depreciation fund, and transfer funds from the latter to pay ’for such bonds. , f , t j The petitions were for extensive additions tb a sewer system ad> jacent the liraißodie home, which' was signed by him and others; for the construction of a new sewer for the Kenneth Arnold residence in the HarqU kirsch addition; and erection of Itwo alley lights, one of them at tlie rear of 1809 Walnut street, and. signed by Edgar Reining and nine others, and the other to bisect tie Fifth, Sixth, Monroe and .Madisqq square. In bis discussion for the pension plail*, Crawford noted that members of the department would, pay three percent of their salary toward the fund. The city would not contribute a fixed amount, but would appropriate necessary sums in their budget to cover the | plan's contingencies. Such contingencies would normally arise whenever a member of the department retired. Accordingly, , his pension would be 55 percent of his regular salary.i While there is, no maximum retirement age, the plkn wlpuld provide that prospective members bf the force could, not be over 35 years of age when appointed. The pena|pn coverage would allow \much the same as does the i recently adopted police pension fund. I

Red Resistance Is Fading In Kumsong Area UN Gives Warning Ready To Fight All Winter Bth Artny Headquarters, Korea, Oct. 17. —<UP) —Communist resistance faded on the approaches to Kumsong today and United Nations forces drove within three miles of the big enemy base. ; • 1 The UN infantrymen surrounded and clamped a stranglehold on 800 Chinese Reds in their advance. An Bth army communique reported that the vanguards of three UN divisions, at one point only four miles from Kuirisong yesterday, had pushed on another 1.000 tq 2,000 yards along a 22-mile front by midj day today. The 1 communique said the Reds 4re offering only light opposition southwest, south and southeast of Kumsong, 29 miles north of the 38th parallel on the east-central front. On the western front, however, the U.S. Ist cavalry division was held to minor gains by bitterly resisting Chinese Reds entrenched in log and dirt bunkers northwest ot Yonchon. The cavalrymen were blasting their way north with flamethrowers and hand grenades. > The allies seemed almost within reach of their immediate goal on the east-central front —Kumsong, main Communist buildup center since the fall of the central front “Iron triangle.” Warns Communists Tokyo, Oct. 17. —(UP)— The United Nations command warned the Communists tonight that the allies are fully prepared to fight through the winter-if the Reds won’t agree to a realistic armistice. The warning came as efforts to arrange resiunption of the suspended truce tallcs dragged through another day in Korea. A UN spokesman said allied and Communist liaison officers made, some “slight” additional prdgress during two sessions in a tent at Panmunjom, but failed to break the main deadlock over the size of the proposed neutral zones. I*hey will meet again at 10 a.m. tomorrow (7 p.m. today CST). \The Reds refused to budge today from' their demands for continuation of the present five-mile-wide (Taro To Pace Six) U.S. Casualties In Korea Now 90,935 Increase Os 1,553. w Over Previous Week Washington, Oct. 17 —(UP) —[rhe defense department toddy reported a new total of 90,935 American cattle casualties in Korea, an increase of 1,553 over a week ago. 1 The overall total included 15,401 dead, 63,283 wounded. 172 prisoners. 10,708 missing and 1,371 once missing who have been found. > . Tfie~ total represented casualties whose next of kin had befcn notified through last Friday. The actual number is higher sinefc one to three weeks are required tb notify next of kin. v ? The breakdown by services: Army—Totql casualties 7 r 3,460, dead 12,758, wounded 49,311, prisoners 169, missing 9,908, missing who have been found 1,314. Navy—Total,' casualties 1.089, (lead 218. wounded 827. midsing 40, missing who have been found ■*. Air Force—Total casualties 820, dead 263, wounded 30, prisoners 3, missing 491. blissing who have been found 33. Marine Corps—Total casualties 15,566, dead 2.162, wounded 13,115, missing 269, missing who have been found 20. , i

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■— . Tense Atmosphere Os Emergency In Canal Area; Seek To Avoid Rioting Cairo. Egypt, ~ (Set. 17. —(UP)4— Britain began rushing some 3,000 paratroopers to Egypt from Cyprus , today to bolster 10,000 troops already stationed in thetroubled Suez Canal zone. An atmosphere )of emergency existed throughout the country. British jet planes patrolled the skies over Ismailia, principal trou- . ble spot in the! canal zone wheire • rioting flared yesterday > In Cairo thousands of youthful 3 demonstrators shotting p anti-west-s errs slogans surged toward the center of the city and armed police • took urgent steps to prevent fur- ' ther bloodshed. British naval headquarters rat ■ Malta announced also that the secI ond frigate flotilla and the British r cruiser Liverpool had been alerted 1 to stand by there for further orders. > The paratroops were menibers of r the crack 18th independent parachute brigade that has been on 3 Cyprus since (he Iranian oil crisis n flared last summer. | \ I f British armored patrols) roamed e through the streets of Ismailid as I small groups of Egyptians there shouted “revenge” for yesterday's ’• clashes. .. t . j 8 All available police were oh duty throughout the country to thivart 8 a repetition of rioting that killed 12 < Egyptians and injured 74 in the e canal zone yesterday. ’• In Cairo, some 10,000 students headed toward the center \of the city 3 from Fuad El Awal | university 3 across the Nile. They shouted "we !• want arms," "revolution,” and r “down with Britain, the United t States. France and Turkey.’’ British troops and tanks enforced an uneasy peace in the Suel Canal - zone. 1 Troops threw up barbed-wire bar- 3 • ricaldes in Ismailia, British head--1 quarters town and the principal 3 trouble spot, and blocked off tHp ■ mlain roads into the -canal tone. > British middle-east headquarters ■ said the zone was “under control ■ and all quiet.” Families of British troops were I moved out of Ismailia to nearby -■ army camps during the night With--3 out incident. 1 t Demonstrators began forming up ’ again on the outskirts of Cairo • along the Nile early this morning, 1" (hen headed toward the center ot r the city chanting:.“Down with Britain! Long live ’ Farouk!” Most, of the marchers were civil- '■ ian workmen from the Egyptian army’s.’ workshops. All police leave throughout Egypt was cancelled There were reports that the government planned to mobilize army reserves. v However, the center of Cairo appeared nearly normal with rhops, banks and business houses open. Premier Mustapha El Nahas Pasha conferred with his ministers on the government’s next step in its announced campaign to expej . British troops from Egypt and bring the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan under the crown of king Farouk. The Egyptian government sent 700 police from Cairo to take over the .patrolling of Ismailia from (Tura To Paire .s' ' 1BULLETIN The grand jury late today handed in their report to the Adam* circuit court Judge Myles F. Parrish. There were i no indictments contained in , the report. Boy Scout Movies \ Shown Lions Club Steve Everhart, district Poy Scout official, was the prihclpal speaker at the Tuesday meeting of the Lions club, describing the last summer’s trip of local Scoots to Philmont Ranch, and letting moving pictures, worth tens of thousands of words, reveal the pageantry of the trip. Vic Porter was in ehjirgeof the program, and introduced the>\ speakers. \ \ ; A A -’A ■f i 'I . ■ ® . A if