Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 248.

CONGRESS SCRAMBLES FOR ADJOURNMENT

New Deadlock Is Feared In Legislature House And Senate . Reconvene Tuesday Following Recess Indianapolis. Oct. 20 — (UP) — A new deadlock loomed in the tridluna legislature today after congressional approval of the Jenner welfare amendment partially erased Democratic opposition to a GOP ••home-rule" policy bill. Both the house and senate will reconvene Tuesday lit 2 p. m. with ? lawmakers in the upper chamber hunting a compromise to~end the special session in its fifth week. Senate Democrats, who blocked passage of the Republican welfare appropriation bill four days in a row. agreed to vote for it Tiresday in light of congress’ a<--t!on—if. Their agreement hinged on whether Republicans then would halt the session. - Sen. John Van Ness. R., Val- : 1 paraiso. rejected the" 1 minority proposal. 'He said Republicans would pot be content to pass the appropriation bill alone. The measure would allow welfare financing-from Indiana's general fund surplus until such time as federal funds are restored under the tenner ariiendment. Congress approved the amendment late yesterday while okay- -> Ing the new federal tax bill to which the amendment was attached. It allows states to publicize welfare records and still? retain, federal welfare aid. It also restores all the federal funds withheld sim e last Ang.l. Van Ness was ceHain it assures ' the permanent return of $20,000,000 a year Indiana lost because of ah “anti-secrecy" welfare law. He said a telephone conversation With Rep. j Charles Halleck, R., Ind., convinced him the Jenner amendment will pea permanent law. ’“Halleck informed me it would take a repealey to grit the Jenner amendment off federal books." Van Nesis said. “If the ta!x bill expires, the Jenner amendment goes on.” 5 - ■ , He sa,id that backed with the assurance federal aid will be reEtored, Republicans will priess for passagri of their entire eight-bill “nome-rule" welfare program. -Heindicated. however, they /.might compromise on passage of three bills. A T* The three bills the GOP is most, anxious to pass, in order of importance, are: (1) The appro-, p-.lation bill. £2.) A measure setting up a - formula for state-county welfare support. .' . fS.I One the duties of a legislative welfare invsetigating committee. .But Sen. Leo Stemle of Jasper, minority leader in the upper chamber. said his party would support, only the appropriation bill. “Any of the other home-rule hills might put the state out of con formity with federal social security laws," he sai<|. “and Indiana \ wculd lose\ federal aid again." —y— . Veteran Berne Doctor To Retire This Month v- Dr. D. D. Jones, widely known physican of Berne. retire from active practice Oct. 27, he announced from his home yesterday. Completing his. medical studies at Northwestern University, Dr. Jones opened his office in Berne in 1909. During World War 1, he‘served with the U. S. Army in France. He was an instructor in the A. E. F. University at Beaume, France and attained the rank Os lieutenant colonel in . the medical reserve corps. JDr. and Mrs. Jones reside on North Jefferson, street in Berne.. They have three sons, R. D. Jones . of east of Berne, Robert ._of California and Beriwell, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Jones is a brother of the late Dr. Harry—Jones, who practiced medicine for many yeans in Berne. The retiring physician is 80 years old and stated that he was “Just going to rest and also do a little traveling** in the future. , ._ w 1 ; ? Noon Edition

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British Military Truck Is Ambushed AU Cairo Is Under « State Os Emergency Cairo.. Egypt, Oct. 20 —(UP) —A British military truck was ambushed on a lonely Egyptian desert road west of the Suez Canal today and the driver wduaded by i, fusillade of shots, It'was the first bloodshed In the, Angjo-Egyptian dispute since Wednesday. The attackers were not identified. The ambush came in the midst of these other developments n the Anglo-Egyptian crisis; < 1. All Cairo was put\ under a state of emergency. jt ' 2. The Egyptian dirqjhor of education .in the Sudan left by /plane for the Sudanese capial in defiance of a British ban on his tettfrn, ; ( 3. Egyptian foreign minister Mohammed Salah El .Din* Bey threatened to take the Anglo-Egyp-tian dispute, to the United Nations. 4. Britain further increased Its Strength in the Canal Zone against a possible- showdown with Ngypt Over -the right of British troops to guard the canaL Rejnforcements, totalling at leas( 6.000 troops and seven warships have tprivetl in the trouble zone since thri first of the week. i 1 The last previous Woodshed Occiifred early Wednesday), when British troops guarding tike only bridge across the capal killed two to five Egyptian soldiers after the Egyptians opened fire on thorn. The whole dispute stems from Egypt’s cancellation of its 1936 treaty with Britain. The treaty provided for Anglo-Egyptian administration of the Sudan and permitted Britain jto station t -pops fn the Suez Canal zone for the protection of the banal. Egyptian Joreigp Minister Mohamed Slaah El Din Bey told the newspaper Ahram that Egypt will seek United Nations Suppor for Us, campaign'to drive the British out/of both the Canal Zone and the. Sudan. ■ - ./. ;-1 BULLETIN Washington, Oct. 20-—(tP) Truman today nominated Gen.-Mark W. Clfrrk as the first American ambassador to the Vatican. The nomination, whiph requires senate confirmation, would establish the first formal diplomatic relations between the United States government and the headquart srs of the Catholic* church in Rome. Halloween Prank Is Blamed For Fatality Beaver Dam Youth Is Killed This Morning . -S By United Press , A Halloween window - soaping prankster was blamed for the trainauto death today of the 17-yepr-Old son of a \ Kosciusko county school principal who became Indiana’s fiJlrd traffic fatality this month. ■Daniel Gorden Swansen, 17, Beaver /Dam, drove into the path of a Pennsylvania railroad train on an . Atwood street crossing and state police said he apparently failed to see the train coming because the sun was shining through a soapmarked car window. Swansen’s death was one of three reported on Indiana highways last night and today as another weekend of heavy autumn traffic threatened to send the death toll mount- , ing toward a new for one month. • \. The bby was the son of Doyle Swansen, principal of Beaver Dam high schools He was on his way to a Saturday job at, the Creighton poultry farm when the westbound train smashed into his car. -A tire blowout was blamed for the death of Nancy Ann De Lay? 23, North Vernon, whose auto swerved off US. 52. crossed the four-lane highway and skidded on its side Into a field last night, injuring) Glenn Spencer, 32, Joliet, 111., who; was riding with her.\ Mrs. Freda Heimberg, 69, Kouts,| was killed and three relatives including her husband, a daughter and niece were injured last night when a train hit their auto at a crossing near Valparaiso. \

One Obstacle To Resumption Os Truce Talks Compromise Breaks Deadlock, Hope To Resume Next Week \ j: ' ■ 1 -I UN Advance Base. Munsan. Korea. Oct. 20.---(UP) — United Nations and Communist liaison officers cleared the next-tothe-last obstacle to resumption of the Korean cease-fire talks today. There was speculation here that the armistice conference will |>e reopened in a 'circus tent at PMinuinjom next Monday or Tuesday. A-compromise broke the deadlock over\the width of the security zone to be established along the road between the UN truce camp at Munsan and the Communist camp at Kaesong, 15 miles to the northWest. Panmunjoin is midway between them. 4 ’• The only remaining question still to be settled is the right of UN planes to fly the Kaesong area. The Reds insist on an agreement qr formal understanding that allied aircraft will be barred from the area. * ! The UN has agreed that pilots will be instructed to avoid Kaesong, but argued that accidental or unavoidable flights over the area would give the’Reds an excuse to break off the armistice talks again if there were any formal ban. | | Chief UN liaison officer Col. Edward J. Kinney nevertheless Indicated he expected the liaison teams to reach some sort of agreement at a meeting beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday (7 p.m. today CST). "We expect the thing probably will get Settled tomorrow one way or the other." Kinney said. D<?spit« Kinney’s optimism. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols. the of■ficial UN delegation spokesman, said he was "very reluctant to raise the of everyone while a major point remains unresolved.” His attitude was ond of “cautious optimism." he said. -* Halt Broadcasting Os Color Television CoWr TV Halted At Government Request New York, Oct. 20.—(UP)— The Columbia Broadcasting System will halt color television broadcasting after today at government request for’the duration of the defense pro duct ion emergency. Defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson asked CBS yesterday to shelve .plans for mass production of color TV se,ts to save critical materials and free electronics engineers for work on defense projects. Frank Stanton, president of the corporation, said the firm would halt broadcasts of color TV "immediately.” because “there W’H not be a sufficient number of color receivers in th£ hands of the! public to warrant such a broadcast service?’ Wilson also called a meeting of all television manufacturers here next week to discuss suspension of "all further developments of color television." It was noted that the 'proposed freeze on “further developments" in color TV might serve to protect CBS from losing its hard-won advantage in\ the bitterly competitive field. ' ; I V How Hoosiers Voted On Tax Boost Bill Washington. Oct. 20 —(UP) — Indiana’s nine republican members of congress voted yesterday on the/ tax bill with the Jenner amendment rider exaefly as they did last Tuesday when the \bill was defeated. Rep. Earl Wilson, R., Bedford, (ninth district), voted for it as he did earlier. But Rep. Ray J. Madden, D.. Gary, who was paired for the bill on its first showdown. i shifted and voted against it on the 1 second showdown. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Warmer Sunday. Low tonight 34-38, high Sunday 6288. »

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First Korean War Bride I • (HUB PARENTS of Sgt. Johnnie Morgafc .21, Bremerton. Wash., look overjoyed as he introduces his wife, UMfinrf Korean war bfide, to them on arriving in Seattle. Wash- ab« , d the transport M. M. Patrick. She is Yong Sooa Morgan, also *3,lwhotn he married Feb. 14. They aaet at headquarters of a Krfreaa jßlHtriy group In Pohang in May. 1950. She was a supervisor of telephone operators. -A - - - ■ < - - -

Would Extend Bonus Filing Deadline Deadline Extension Up To State Senate Indianapolis; Oet. 20 —« (UP> — A bill extending the deadline for filnig Indiana soldier bonus applications to Oct. 31 was Ln the senate today after unanimous approval yesterday by the house of refiresentatives. The house passed 74 to 0 a bill by Rep. Ralph G. Hines, R., Portland. which he said would quality more than 600 servicemen, agme> of them disabled, and survivors of deceased soldiers, who got their applications in late. The original deadline was last Dec. 31, After widespread publicity and a year or more in which to file applications, several thousand veterans claimed they didn't file in time' So the 1951 legsilature In regular session extended the deadline to last April 30 to give them a chance to qualify. | Even then, hundreds failed to take Advantage of the extension and turned in their applications too late. > Before the final Vote, tlie house , amended the bill to provide that physically fit veterans who during the second extension period must wait for their bonus checks until those who filed during the regular and first extension periods are paid. Also in the house yesterday, a bill mandating jail sentences upon first offenders of drunk driving laws was held over for action Tuesday. Rules were- suspended ‘o pass the measure, but a quorum was lacking. ' The house also passed 73 to W and sent to the senate a bill by two Fort Wayne representatives I to outlaw the use of a spark-plug device which ignites the exhaust tuples in automobiles and throws a trail of flame behind the carl. Rei>. Richard F. Flshering. one of t)ie authors, said the hill was aimed at *hot-rod" drivers. A child in the Fort Wayne area was injured recently by flame thrown by such a device, he said. Violators could be fined and jailed. Suicide Attempt By Young Killer Feared. Clearwater. Fla., Oet. 20 —(UP) —Fearing a suicide attempt, jailors here kept a close watch todky on a 16-year-old, pimply-faced you'll, charged with brutilly murdering his step-mother. Husky Robert Farrington Pett confessed he shot, stabbed and clubbed Mrs. Mary FetL 51-year-old Minneapolis clubwoman, to death because gbp "picked on me all the time and made me go to’ church.” Minnesota authorities were, to arrive today or tomorrow to return Pett to Minneapolis.

Wamon Killed As Train Strikes Auto Valparaiso, Ind.. Oct. 20—(UP) — A woman was killed and three o* her persons were injured when an automobile was hit by a train at a crossing about five miles southeast of Route last night.. Mrs. Freda Heimberg, 59, Kouts, died In the crash. Her husband, Arthur. 63; pelite Heimberg, 23. their daughter, of Detroit, Mieh., and Ruth Kienman, 24. Detroit, a niece of the were taken to Porter Memorial hospital here with serious injuries. Head Os Religious Schoo! Is Arrested ♦ 1 > ■. •? T. > ."; u Held On Charges Os Torturing Children Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 19— (UP)— A woman in charge of a religious school and her secretary were held in jail today od charges of burning three young boys with matches and unjustifiably punishing other children in a “torture chamber.” .Officers said they learned from Children that they were beaten repeatedly with lengths of rope and paddles for minor discipline infractions In what they termed "(he torture chamber.” A large walk-in safe in the school’s office was identified as the alleged "torture chamber” and children said the doors were closed When they were punished. Officers under sheriffs Sgt. Russell Campbell arrested Mrs. Julia Ward, |6, of the school, and her secretary, . Mrs. Carolyn W. Munger, 25, on the evidence they uncovered. • Campbell said Mrs. Ward admitted burning the three young boys, saying she did so to punish them for playing with fire. He quoted her as asking, “I don’t understand what's so bad about that." - Campbell said his men reported the school was “filthy and covered With garbage, dirt and trash and full of flies.” ' School authorities said they will investigate the institution’s status since it was learned during the arrests that some of the teachers do not have credentials . They said the school was churchsponsored and had no state license to operate. The three youths, Richard Carpenter, 8, who refused to tell h|s home town; Richard Turner, 9, Long Beach/'Calif., and Leonard Vuchan, 8. of Torrance, Calif., were admitted to Orange county general hospital tor treatment of first and third degree burps. They had»blisters tbe size of silver dollars on their wrists and bands, according to hospital authorities. The school, known as the Bethel Christian school and operated under tbe auspices ot the Assembly of God religious group, had 36 resident; boys and girls and 30 other day pupil* *

13 Billion In Spending Bills Awaiting Action Before Session Closes f ■ ■■■/ '

j — Refuses To Unlock Department Files Attorney General Takes Firm Stand Washington, Oct. 20. —(UP) — Attorney general J. Howard McGrath, accused of hindering prosecution ot tax scandals, stood firm today against t congressional deminds that b,e unlock justice department flies. , McGrath anj special house ways and means subcommittee headed by Rep. Cecil R. King /IXCaI). cunie jo loggerheads on the question during a tnree-hour closed session McGrath offered to consider subcommittee, requests for files- only on "a case by case basis.”’ And he admonished t,he group for prodding into some of the tax scandals that have popped up recently aerdss the nation. i'■ I. ' ' King said McGrath gave the subcommittee “a very plausible explanation” of charges that the justice department had'stymied cut low of former St. Louis tax collector Janies P. Finpegan, who has been indicted on charges of taking bribes. McGrath told newsmem that federal judge George H. Moore of St. Lopis had called him for help in presenting tax cases which were not aven in ttwi hands of the department. McGrath flatly denied that Moore had requested help in breaking a roadblock against prosecution of Finnegan. : King revealed that he has talked to Moore about the controversial call, and that there may be*no conflict in the stories of the two men. <T«rn T« Page Foar) Light Destruction Os Concern To City Target Practice By Boys Is Assg.iled\ “It isn’t the closeness of Halloween that is causing the malicious destruction," city light department superintendent L. G. Pettibone remarked, “it’s merely that target practice seems to be the most important thing in boys’ lives these days.” The superintendent pointed out that the city light plant’s light bulb I bills are mounting considerably, the, need for replacement grows each day., " \ “We purchased 25 percent more street lights during the first six months of this year Ihan we did in a similar period last year." Pettibone states that the bulbs aren't inferior in any respect; they are simply shot out by boys with BB guns. | While buying the normal number of light bulbs doesn’t present a staggering sum in the expenditures of the light department, Pettibone noted that such increased buying, however, can result in a considerable drain./ . .Cooperating with the light department to reduce the target practice are city police, but complete vigilance ia z impossible. Most of the damage is done at night, and there are countless light bulbs inviting sharpshooters. Nonetheless, stern action is assured, and confiscation of air rifles is contemplated; all efforts will be ( made to keep bulbs functioning. Bird Sanctuary Deed Approved By State Attorney Earl Dawaid of Geneva, has been notified that Gov. Schricker and the attorney general of Indiana, have approved the deed from the Limberloet Association to the state of Indiana for 12-acre bird sanctuary. The tract is located at ths Ad-ams-Jay county lips on ths Robert Hough farm. The land is under the control of the state conservation department and is the only bird sanctuary ©wired by the fate.

Allied Tanks Blast Away At Kumsong Today } Pound At Junction For Hour, Withdraw Without Casualties Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Oct. 20 —(UP)— United Nations tanks smashed into Communfst.hfeld Kumsong today and shot up the vital road junction city for one hour before withdrawing without a casualty. , J ' Tw6 companies of M-46 Patton tanks rumbled ipjto Kumsong’s outskirts at 4 p. m'. (1 a. m. CST), thrusting ahead of the main allied lines which were, less than two miles front the burning fortress town. After raking enemy positions despite heavy Communist anti-tank and artillery fire, the tanks pujled back without losing a man'just outside the city tjie tanks halted and grouped to support infantrymen still fighting for hills held bv the Chinese Communists south of Kumsong. The tankers had not given a full report of their raid ai • p. nt. (bam. CST) but United Nations briefing Officers said Kumsong apparently was occupied by few —ls an^r —Communist troops. "They have known we were on the way. so they have probably taken out their troops and as many supply stores as they*could,” one officer said. 1 | Another mile to the south, allied infantry fought lastniitch Chinese defenders in a whipping wind and rainstorm Mr control of the last major ridgeline south of Kumsong. Fog shrouded th£ tops of allied peaks along the road of the allied advance. | Other allied i troops inched northward southwest of Kumsong. taking a hill in (heir advance. Still others were less than four miles southeast of the town. Altogether three allied divisions —the U. S. 24th anil South Korean 2nd and 6th—were converging on Kumsong. which has been the enemy’s main troop concentration and supply denter sincs thd (all of the “iron triangle’’ to the . / — v Decafur Man Jailed On Contempt Charge Wayne Fisher Held For Failure To Pay Wayne Fisher, pf Schirmeyer street, today was Confined to the Adams county jail by Judge Myles F. Parrish, apparently for contempt of court. The jail seiitencb followed private juvenile proceedings today which are not public. A check at the jail reveals Fisher's presence, and conjecture naturally follows. - it was learned from Jr reliable source that Fisher Was ordered to *ay support for three minor children whi<|h were placed in the custody, of the welfare department last spring after juvenile •h earings. It is believed probable that the jail sentence respited because Fisher was in arrears in these payments. Judge Parnsn orabred the minor f children of Wayne apd Betty Fisher be placed in custody of the welfare department “until 'further order” shortly after anotljer child was found dead in thfeir home last spring. At the time —April-2—the Fishers were charged in court with child neglect, but the case, along with 18 was dropped from the 1 docket last Wednesday by prosecuting attorney Severin Schurger for “lack of evidence." I •

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Congress Leaders Expect To Finish Long Session By Afternoon, Night ..■. . ? i Washington, Oct.; 20.—(UP) — Congress scrambled toward longdelayed adjournment today with some $13,000,000,000 in spending bills awaiting final action. Barring last-minute pitches,* congressional leaders expected to finish with the remaining appropriations bills and an assortment of minor bills and to adjourn sine die this afternoon or tonight. Whatever the hour, the 1951 session was sure to be one of the longest continuous sessions in history. Nearly all the money provided in the three remaining appropriations bills was earmarked for foreign aid or national defense and related activities; These bills included; 1. A $7,328,903,976 appropriation bill carrying funds for military and economic aid to non-Comnjun|st countries. * 1 2. A supplemental appropriation providing about $1,600,000,0010 for various government agencies, including those handling defense production, wage, price and rent controls and civil defense. j 3. A second supplemental bill, totaling more than $4,000,000,0041, most of it for military Installations in the United States and aboard. Money in the three bills awaiting action in the. last-minute tush exceeded the entire federal budget of a little over a deCade ago. Since the first of the year, congress hat acted on defense appropriations—including foreign aid — to'aling about $80,000,000,000. The house wiped out most of the doubts about adjournment wten*it voted, 185 to 160. yesterday tio approve the $5,691,000,000 tax increase bill. This measure, passed by the senate Thursday, was little different from the one rejected by the house Tuesday. The foreign aid bill* included for military aid and $1,440,401,519 for economic assistance. The $7,328,903,976 tota} lay between the $7,208,401,400 voted by the senate Thursday and the houseapproved figure of $7,482,527,790. | Retaining a provision inserts d by the senate, the bill included |ilos,« 000,000 explicitly provided for aid to Spain. - - ■ ; ■ ' In other action yesterday, both chambers approved-bills raising the ’ price; of postcards from one to two cents and boosting the pay of most “ federal employes. The senate \|oted to override President Truman’s veto of legislation giving free cars to amputee veterans of Korea and World War 11. and the house was expected to follow suft. , \ - ■ Loan Company Head Indicted By Jury Washington. Ind., —Oral W. Gregory, manager of the [ Community Loan Co. k was und *r a Daviess circuit court grand jury indictment today on three cha -ges stemming from a $75,000 fire that caused extensive damage to the State bank building. Gregory w-as charged with se-cond-degree arson, forgery and emIbezzlement in connection with the Sept. 7 blaze which started in his office, included in the (orrery charge were four allegedly fraudulent notes, from which Gregory is accused of embezzling $1,001). Pharmacy Holdup Is, Under Investigation f Indianapolis, Oct. 20—(UP)-rA $3,000 holdup by two gunmen it a pharmacy here was investigated by police today. | Druggist S. A. Muir said two then armed with revolvers held him up last night and took $3,000 cnsb, narcotics, and a federal bureau of narcotics list which described persona known as forgers of prescriptions of narcotics. Police said the list might bo used in the sale of the stolen r nrcotlcs. t \ - ’ ■ . ; - ' ’ ■ . . 'i. • ■