Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 247.

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Reds Accept UN Plan For Neutral Zone Increases Hope Os Early Resumption Os Truce Parleys UN Advance Base, Munsan, Korea, pct. Ift. —(UP) —The Communists Accepted a” United Nations compromise proposal today and a UN spokesman cautiously predicted early resumption of the Korean —■? armistice conference Red liaison officers withdrew their demand for security zones around each truce de!e^a : (ion’s base camp and agreed instead to a UN proposal for three-mile The agreement removed the - biggest obstacle still preventing re opening of the truce talks. Two other problems re main, however —the Width of the “no-attack" corridor to be estab- ' fished bet ween’the Communist base 1„ at Kaesong and the UN base at Munsan, and the right of UN planes to fly over tfie security, zones. The Communists already have shown a readiness to compromise t on the width of the corridor be tween the two camps. They proposed a twomile wide corridor - today instead of the three-mile-zone they had sought previously. The UN wafifs the zone limited to the road kself between the two camps. The Reds were more adamant over the\UN demand that planes be permitted Jo fly over but not attack the base camp security zones. A radio Peiping broadcast called the demand “unreasonable”’ and an example of “American bad faith.” Drive Forward __ Bth Army Headquarters. Korea, Saturday, Oct. 2(Z-(UP) — United Nations tanks and infantry drove within two Of burning Kumsorig - Friday and closed in from three sides on Chinese troops ap-_ parently dug in for a last-ditch stand. ' v , Heavy artillery poured a deadly barrage into the vital highway junction city. 29 miles north of the 38th parallel.- which was left in flames by repeated air raids help-1 ing the UN troops in their final assaults ‘ The Reds put up bitter resistance southeast of Kumsong where fresh but” unseasoned troops successfully held a high peak dominating the Kumsong valley against an alMay UN tank-infantry assault. An Bth army communique reported the U.S. 24th division and Sbuth Korean 2nd and 6th divisions were meeting only “minor resistance” from fresh Communist forces up to a battalion—Boo strength. On tlte western front. Communist resistance suddenly stiffened. Chinese troops on two hills northwest of Yonchon threw back every UN) effort to dislodge them. The allies fought the entrenched Beds for two hours at handgrenade range on one hill before pulling back; and waged \ a lOhotir battle on the other. Communist artillery and mortar fire also increased on the western front. UN observers spotted Chinese digging new defense positons only one mile north of the allied line.- .• . On Kumsong’s other flank, UN forces -ran into moderate to heavy . resistance on high ground northwest of Yanggu on the east-central \ front. L. " I Democrat Headquarters ■’] Are Open Each Night Democrat headquarters are open In the K. of P. building on Third street each night. Frank Bohnke, ’’ c’ty chairman, announced today. All voters of the city are invited I to come to the headquarters any night. A telephone has been installed » for the convenience of party workers. The number is 3-4464. During the last 10 days of the campaign, headquarters will be open from noon on, Bohpke said. Councilmanic candidates and John B. Stults, Democrat candidate for mayor, are spending several hours each-week at headquarters and are to answer questions'. -

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Five Men Survive Crash Os Transport < M Fla., Oct. Ift.—(UP)—An Everglades swamp 18 miles north wwt of here today but the five men aboard the big transport plane survived. Aircraft carrier-based helicopters were sen{ to the Scene that was marked by circling planes. It was not learned immediately whether any -of the personnel aboard was injured lint the air said that all survived the accident. i Atomic lest At Las Vegas Is Postponed Mechanical Fault In Electric Circuit Forces Postponement Las Vegas, Nev.. Oct. Ift. —(UP) —A "mechanical fault in an electrical circuit” forced postponement of an atomic test scheduled today at the atomic energy commission’s Frenchman Flat proving grounds. A group of newspapermen standing on a hilltop south of the teat site saw a brilliant flash of flame ’ at T: 01 a.m. (C$T) and fiVe minutes later heard a rumblinp. hootnipg noise. An AEC spokesihan said late^, 1 however, that this resulted from a TNT explosion set off to calibrate instruments with which the scheduled nuclear test was to be recorded. d Qnlyz a few of this gambling resort's residents were excited ehough about the impending test to rise before dawn and wait for the expected spectacle. . Some were seen in the early morning standing on automobile bumpers, pointing box cameras in the direction from which they expected the blast to come. The test was expected to be the first in a series of atomicmaneuvers involving the use of ground troops. "Ahout 1,200 of the 5.000 troops stationed at Camp, Desert Rock actually will take pars the tests. The AEC said their primary role will be merely to “react” to the tremendous atomic explosions. The AEC and the military wants' to see basically how they will stand up. Conversley’, the government is anxious to show off its atomic weapdps to the soldiers. Furthermore, the soldiers w’ill taka part in only one of the forth(Tan To Paar Six) Eleanor Pumphrey Is Rotary Speaker Scout Honor Court Also Held Thursday Miss Eleanor Pumphrey, of the Decatur feigh school faculty, presented an* interesting travelogue'of her tour df Europe last summer at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Miss Pumphrey jrhowed colored movies she took during the tour, also giving a running commentary during the showing of the .pictures. Among the beautiful scenic and historic spots visited ■ w r ere points in England. France. Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Following the travelogue, a BoyScout court of honor was held, with W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, as chairman. A second class badge was a\rarded to Larry Delong by C. I. Finlayson, merit badges were awarded by Robert Smith to Terry Murphy, Gene Baxter, Robert Winger, Ni,cky Secaur and Robert Ochsenrider; and the Star Scout award was presented by A. R. Holthouse to Roger Cookson. R. E. Gfendening. chairman of the Rotary trbop committee, served as scribe during the ceremony. John Welch, club president, announced that next Thursday’s meeting of the Rotary club Will be held at the General Electric plant, with dinner served at v 6:15 o’clock, followed by a conducted totir of the pliant.

Hold Open House Saturday And Sunday DKAHIt W® ■ ■ ■ l D I m ■ m l®i. LjSlj, _ -I, • \ \ . — Photo by Anspaugh The public is iqvited to attend open house at the Decatur water softenter plant from 1 to 5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday. The plant is located along U. S. highway 224, just east of the Monroe street bridge over the St. Mary’s river. Other pictures and details on the new plant may be found in a special section of today’s Decatur Daily Democrat.

Halloween Parade Plans Furthered City Celebration Here October 31 Further details have Ibeenjcompleted for Decatur's annual Halloween celebration, tije y colorful Callithumpian which will be held through the city’s business district at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. ■More than $506 in cash prizes will be awarded by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, which has sponsored the ctiy’s biggest one-nigh'L celebration for many years. Ten or more high school hands) and drum corps are expected to compete for the top prize of SIOO. Other band prizes will be $75 for second place. SSO for third add $35 for fourth, in addition, bands failing to place in thev top four will each be given a $25 appearance award, an innovation this year. Other cash prize awards will be given for the best costumed individuals and groups, and the top drum, majors, leading baAds. A .new contest has also been planned tjiiS year in photography. The best amateur photograph taken during the parade will be awarded $5 and the second place photb $3. Paul Edwards and L. A. Anspaugh will be judges of the photography, with the entries to be submitted at 'the Chamber of Commerce office not later than Wednesday, Nov/7. Retail stores will be open during -the evening of the parade. C. of C. officials have previously announced. - The line of march and various committee were announced today by Louis Jacobs, general chairman of the celebration. Al Zink will be the parade marshal. with William Bowers and Clyde Butler As assistant marshals. The parade will form in the jail yard. First and Adams streets. Tl.e parade will move ‘ then to Second street, north on Second to Marshall street, east to First 6‘reet, south to Jackson, west to Second and return south on Second street to disband at Fi#e Points. y Prize winners will again receive their awards in the office of the Decatur Daily Democrat, with Richard C. Ehinger as chairman of the awards committee. “■ Robert Holthouse. William Gass and M. P, Cass will be in charge of welcoming bands and parking buses. A \ INDIANA WEATHER ' Mostly cloudy and cooler thia afternoon. Partly cloudy and not so cool Saturday. Low tonight 30-36 north, 33-37 south. High Saturday 54-58.

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Jobless Pay Claims On Slight Increase z \ Indianapolis, Oct. 19. —tUP) — Claims for unemployment cowpensation increased slightly • last week over the previous week but, the number of new claims wsw lower. Total claims jumped from 18.05 T to 18,2265 the week ending Oct. 13 while initial claims dropped from 4.094 to 3,351, the Indiana employment security division reported UN Refuses Action On Iranian Dispute To Await Ruling By International Cdurt I h < ■ i ' J ‘ , ■ v ,« 1 Flushing, N. Y., Oct. 19—(UP) —The United Nations security council refused to \act in the An-glo-Iranian oil dispute today, postponing. the issue until the international cour| decides whether it has authority in the case. The surprising turn in the UN debate came when Yugoslavia formally withdrew its support 0f a British resolution voicing a simple call renewed Anglo-Iranian negotiations in the oil dispute. Yugoslavia’s last-minute switch deprived the British of the seventh vote necessary sos a legal council majority. Russia, which had been expected to veto the British measure, Vas the only objector to the post-' ponement motion offered by France. Iran’s aged Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who boycotted today’s meeting together with the rest of his delegation, had contended in three appearances before the council that the \llmation group had no legal authority to act. He warned repeatedly that Iran would reject any resolution it might pass, however mild. Faced with failure to tine up a legal majority, British delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb quickly agreed to a motion by Francis LaCoste of France /or the council to postpone further consideration of the oil case until the international court of justice at the Hague has decided whether it —and the UN - has competence to act. Yugoslav delegate Ales Bebler told the council that he believed the situation “calls for new suggestions which I am prepared to consider with an open mind.” Francis LaCoste, speaking for France, suggested that in view of the last-minute switch depriving Britain df the seven votes necessary for its measure —a simple call for renewed negotiations — the debate should \be postponed until the international court of justice has decided whether the oil squabble is a dispute between governments. ° The international court last July (Tara To Page Right)

Britain Sends More Warships To Egypt To Demand Damages -Caused By Rioting ‘ Cairo, Oct. 19—(UP)— Britain sept two more Warthips to the Suez Canal zone today, served notice on Egypt that she will demand damages for antiBritish rioting, and barred two top Egyptian officials from the Sudan. There were unconfirmed reports also that 1,006 more British have left Cyprus for tbe canal ’zone. Planes shuttled 3,506 paratroopers from Cyprus to the zone only Wednesday l and Thursday. At the same time!. Egypt began calling vup, its army reserves. These developments came on 'top of British occupation of another Suet Canal zone town last night and a British threat to seize ahd operate Egyptian tugs which i refused to move British ships. Dispatches from Malta said the 1,71 Q-ton British> destroyers Chequers and Chevron sailed today ‘for the Canal zone to jpin the 8,00(>-ton cruiser Gambia, iVhich arrived at Port Said yesterday. The frigate Cygnet also is patrolling the eastern Mediterranean and other warships, including the cruiser Liverpool, are standing by at Malta awaiting orders. The British minister in Cairo delivered a note to the Egyptian government protesting anti-British demonstrations in Egypt and , warning that Egypt will be held responsible \for all damage to British property. ) Robert G. Howe, a Briton and governor of the 'Sudan, a territory Egypt is trying to annex, Lew Bershari, chief of staff of Egyptian troops in the Sudan, and Abdul Hadi, Egyptian director of education in the Sudan, nbt to, return there from Cairo. Religious preachers in Moslem moaques called on Egyptians to cloie ranks behind their government in its dispute with Britain. They asked the people to remain j calm, however, so as not to prejudice tbe national cause. \ Special prayers were said for Egyptians killed in rioting in the Canal Zone earlier this week -4 estimated variously at 10 to 17. } Mother's Instinct i Saves Baby's Life Veederoburg, Ind., Oct. 19. — (UP)—A mother’s protective instinct for her baby was credited today with saving the life of one-year-old John Drummond. Although Mrs. Willis Drummond, 36, never swam and never practiced applying artificial | respiration to a water victim, she jumped into Coal creek near her home yesterday to rescue the boy and then pumped the water from hi? lungs.

Individual, Corporation And Excise Taxes Hiked In Measure Passed Today

Community Fund At 65 Percent Os Goal Solicitors Urged To Complete Work Approximately 65 percent of the $9,815.25 goal in the Community Fund drive has been raised, directors of the fund and co-chairmen of the drive, reported today. Cash contributions and pledges from industrial employes total $6,420.60. ' Co-chairmen William Linn and John Halterman stated that about half of the business and commen cial districts had been solicited. The report mgde to Harry Dailey, president, and tbe Community Fund directors last night follows: The Schafer Co., $l5O, employes cash, $19.75, employe pledges, $256.20, total, $425.95.. \ General Electric Co., $750, employes cash, $347.80, .employe pledges. $1,242.60, total $2,340.40. I Decatur Casting Co., SIOO, employes cash, fc 534.50, employe pledges. mi:«0, total $426.10. . . ! Central Soya Co,. $1,200, employes cash $329.75, employe pledges, $218:50, total, $1,73|.55. Bag Service, Inc., : $54, employes cash, $96, total $l5O. Decatur Canning ob., employes cash, $15.65. > \ Wayne Novelty Co., $25, employes cash, $23.75, total, $48.75. Women’s organizations, SBS; self employed persons, $22: civic organizations, $10; medical doctors, SSO; 14 business districts, $1,012.50; employes in five business placesrsß6. The chairmen are still hopeful of reaching goal in the drive. They urged the solicitors to complete their work and to make (Jieir report to Earl Cpston. executive secretary, at The First State Bank. t V ■ 1 £ J ' Three-Year Program For Scouts Approved Make Innovations In Scouting Procedure THREE-YEAR Chairmen of six operating comof the Adams county Bdy Scout district voted their approval of the nationally-proposed threeyear program. Meeting in conjunction with the executive board of the Anthony Wayne council at Fort Wayne Thursday, plans were completed which are scheduled to get underway this fall. Several innovations in Boy Scout procedure in the future were assured with the approval of the program which is designed primarily to make Scouting not only more effective but increase\interest for the Scouts. I ] - - Among the ideas stressed were for council-wide recognition of Eagle Scout awards,! and the increase of leader staffsjn the different troops. Z' Adams district .chairman Clar-, ence Ziner led the contingent of local Scout officials who attended the meeting which included Lowell Smith, chairman of leadership training; T.C. Smith, chairman of health and safety; George Bair, camping activities chairman; L. A. Cowens, member of ttie executive board; H. H. Krueckeberg, council financial chairman; Hugh J. Andrews, 1 representing the advancement committee; Steve Everhart, district commissioner; Robert Helm and Richard Harkless, organization and extension; Hobart Myers; district finance chairman, and Earl district vice-chairman. 12 PAGES ,

State Senate Again Defeafc Welfare Bill • Fails To Pass For Fourth Day In Row In Special Session r - ' \ ' Indianapolis, Oct. 19 -4 (UP) — The Republican “honje-rule” welfare appropriation bill came up hgain in the Indiana senate today as regularly as the sunrise, and ,for the fourth day in a ; row it failed to pass. : t The vote was 25 for, 19 against. Republican majority, members, handicapped by the absence of one of their number, supported Jt solidly as' they did In each of three previous tests. The bill, backbone measure of the GOP “home-rule’!’ policy program for solving the state’s welfare dilemma, was called up a'Tew minutes before the house ia Washington was scheduled to vote on a tax bill containing a rider restoring $20,000,000 in ‘federal welfare aid to Indiana. Observers had believed the bill would not 1 be called, up until results of the Washington vote were known. The fact it was called up beforehand meant the bill cannot possibly be passed today, even if Democratic minority members were willing. It cannot be called up twice in the same day r . Thus, hopes the legislature might end its special session today were shattered. The lawmakers’ attention was on congress, where the house considered a committee agreement on a new federal tax hill carrying the Jenner welfare amendment. Senators approved the agreement late yesterday. ; Should the house in Washington approve it today,, Indiana Democrats agreed to help Republicans pass a "home-rule” appropriation bill, backbone of the GOP policy parcel. Then would be ready to end the session and go home. > But Sen. John Van Ness. R., yal(Tnr» To Pose Strike Is Settled . At Indiana Harbor Inland Steel Plant Agrement Reached Chicago, Oct. 19.—(UP)—Eiglittefen thousand workers were due to report for work today at the sprawling Indiana Harbor Inland Steel plant; ending a costly fourday strike. The CIO | United Steel Workers' walkout ended officially last night when a union meeting voted tn accept an agreement to submit the dispute involving incentive pay rates to arbitration. The agreement had been reached earlier* by company and union representatives. James, J. Spillarc-,' regional director of the federal mediation and concilation service, said an arbitrator would be' appointed by mediation chief Cyrus S. Ching. I i Picket lines around the plant were broken npv soon after the Local 1010 meeting, a company spokesman said | workers arrived to man the night switchmens’ ahift a short time later. The dispute started last Wednesday when 96 workers walked out the pickling, or, cleaning, department/ claiming that 21 co-workers’ pay had been cut under a new (Tnra T» Pare Rlaht)

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Slightly Revised Compromise Bill i Passed; Bill Now Up To White House Washington, Oct. Ift — (UP) — The house completed congressional action today on a $5,691,000,000 increase in individual, corpora-, tion, and excise taxes. The hili' now goes to the White House. ( A similar bill was defeated in the house Tuesday. But with President Truman and other highranking Democratic officials urging its approval, a slighlty modified version went through today. It passed the senatf yesterday. The roll call vote today was 184 in favor and 160 against. Tuesday’s vote showed only 157 jn favor and 204 against. : [ The house action improved prospects for congressional adjournment tomorrow. - The individual income increase will become effective Nov. 1. Excise increases on cigarets, liquor, gasoline and other items will become effective at tbe same time if President Truman signs the lull before Monday: Otherwise, they will l>ecome effective Dec. 1. Mr. Truman sent word to capitol hill that he didn’t like many features of the • bill but thbught it was the best that could be obtained at this time. He said he would call a special session if congress quit without voting a substantial boost in taxes. The 45,691,060,000 a year in additional revenue is far short of the $10,700,000,060 requested by Mr. Truman. f j But the president told Rep. Sam* uel W. Yorty (D-Cal.) in a tele.phone conversation that he would approve the bill. Yorty said Mr. Truman told him that “having the bill killed would make planning for next year almost impossible.” The bill increases most individual income taxes by 11.75 percent; However, the' increase in the first S2OOO tax bracket will be only 11 percent. . Above the $2,000 taxable income bracket, the increase works out to about 11.75 percent. The bill rejected by the house on Tuesday proposed an increase of 11.5 percent in the first bracket, but this was reduced one-half of one percent as a concesion to new deal Democrats who opposed the previous measure. A group of these Democrats insisted that the original bill gave too much of a break to persons with large incomes. Under the bill corporations would have to pay higher income taxes, the maximum rate going from 47 tocs2 percent on earnings over $25,660. and would have to pay somewhat higher excess profits taxes. < The new bill contained the controversial provision' under which the names of persons on public assistance rolls could oe made public f in states which, by law, permit such disclosures. And it provided for a new 16 percent gross receipts tax on bookies, numbers racket operators and others in tbe gambling business. ■ \ Two Youths Killed As Auto Hits Pole Tilden, 111.. Oct, 19.—(WP) - Twx> St. Louis, Mo., yduths were killed and another injured seriously early today when their auto missed a curve and struck a telephone pole near jiere, state police reported. | Dead were Anthony Smith. 19. and Albert Bobo, 2+.* Clive Hendricks, 24. believed to be tho auto’s driver, wgs hospitalized in critical condition at Sparta, ahout six miles soouth of here. The accident occurred about 2410 a.m. on Illinois "highway 13 at the outskirts of Tilden, 20 miles northwest of Pinckneyville.