Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XLIX. No. 254.

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Anthony Eden Given Top Spot In New Cabinet 4 Churchill Appoints I Trusted Deputy As Foreign Minister London, Oct. 27-*-((’P) —Prime Minister Winston Churchill nained /Anthony Eden, his trusted deputy , and heir apparent, to the post of foreign secretary today. Churchill pulled a surprise by -naming himself minister of defense —the same dual responsibility he held faring the war. . On his flrist day in office, he moved swiftly to' fill all the top jobs in the new conservative government. R. A. Butler, one of the top economic experts, was named Chancellor of the exchequer, charged with trying to get Britain out of her economic crisis. /' Other appointments were: Lord president of the council— Lord WoQlton, chairman of the conservative party and wartime minister of food and reconstruction. Lord privy \ seal—The Marquis of Salisbury.-t-Home secretary — Sir David Maxwell Fyfe. . i f Minister for commonwealth relations —General. "Lord • Ismay. Minister of labor and national service—Sir Walter Monckton. Colonial secretary Oliver Lytth ton. . 4 The members of the new cabinet went to Buckingham Palace this afternoon where their appointments Were approved by the privy council. They received their seals of office and kissed the hand of the king as a traditional ceremony. " if ' The full cabinet was expected to he completed next week. Churchill was expected to announce a series of bold moves intended to win economic recovery for Britain and peace for the world. The 76-year-old’ Conservative I leader, assured of a majority of | 18 to 31 in the 625-seat comm oil s’ elected Thursday, summoned bob men of his party to pis Hyde Park gate home. He was \expecied .to announce a number of cabinet .appointments within a few hours. The new ministers may be sworn in at a meeting of the privy council -under King George VI at' Buckingham Palace . this afternoon. J Among those who went '"to see Churchill were Anthony Eden, the party’s’ deputy leader and almost certain choice for foreign secretary; Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe. • likely Labor minister, and Oliver Lyttelton, possibly the next chancellor of the exchequer or production minister/ . J A British move for a Truman-Stalin-Churchill confererice )»elieved just around the corner. A Labor, member, of parliament aI-< ready has introduced a question in commons asking Churchill .to | say flatly when he proposes to hold talks with President Truman and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin. Churchill is expected to mpve back into 1(7 Downing street; the prime minister's official - residence, sometime late next: week. The opposition Labor party 4at the same time found itself hopelessly divided in a struggle for power between moderate Socialist Clement R.’ Attlee, Who resigned last night after six years as' prime minister, and American-baiting Aneurin Bevan. The Daily Herald; organ of the [Labor party, shattered the election honeymoon of the two-fhctpm today..' It charged that Bevan’s resignation from' the Labor government to lead the party's rebellious left wing had Wrecked . Socialist chances for victory.- J The standing after 620 v districts |had reported was: Conservatives 313, Labor 294, Liberals 5,. And t Irish Nationalists 2. That give the . Conservatives a majority of 18. , '• “7 Although the Conservatives licked the Labor party in the race for seats in commons, they faNed to get as large a popular vote. The Labor party so far has polled 13,898.203 votes, 254,616 more than the Tories. This wae because Labor drew its main support from (Tara To_Pa<e Six)

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Cpl. DeLane Bowman Injured In Korea Cpl. De Lane Bowman, .twice wounded, in aniion qn the Korean war front, met with a third mishap • October 16. which ;removed him from the first lines, ’ Cpl. Bowman was severely burned on his bunds, face and head when a field stove exploded. His hdir ; was burned from his head. He Was serving as a cook with his outfit. Descript ion of the accident was contained in a letter written by CpM, Bowman’s; buddy to his par- • ebts, MK and Mrs. Rissel Bowman. 1417 W. Madison street. The Decatur soldier was injured by, shell concussion and later was shot in the left leg.; he has -been in Korea for the pas: eight months and most of the time has been in the front lines. f j w Assembly Ends Special Meet After 33 Days Await Schricker's Signature Or Veto Os Welfare Measure Indianapolis. Oct 27 —(UP) — Governor Schricker .today weighed the advisability of signing or„ve»o---ing tlje only welfare! bill passed t»y a special session of the Invlana legislature which closed aft’er 33 days. , J House and Senate pdjourned ship die almost slinultan|ously. at 3:55 pan, yesterday. They left 14 bills lon Schricket's desk, four of which he. already has signed into law. ‘ • The big question ; was whtit he • will do .to the welfare bill. i Republicans keptf: the legislature in session until they passed the “home-rule" nieasure. They called it “safeguards legislation to avert a welfare crisii similar to the one which < aused Sdhricker to call the‘special session .Sept. 24. . i Schricker the law- | makers after S2O, (100. 000 a year jin Federal welfare aid/was withdrawn because of a new state law baring welfare records. However, Indiana requalified for the S. funds a week ago >y b en president Truman signed a congressional bill eliminating the welfare secrecy ban. 1 j. The GOP policy :i)ill wbuld be only if federal aid again is withheld. In such case, if cHows Indiana to'finance welfare from its general fund and divides the cost on the basis jof a state-coui|ty formula. If Schricker signs the bilL Republicans will take credit for passing it over unyielding Denio ’atic opposition. If he vetoes it, they’ll use it as a major .‘campaign' issue’ (Turn To Pace Three! [Fort Wayne's G.E. Strike Is Settled Union Votes Return To Work On Monday Fort Wnyne, injj., Oct. 27 — (UP) —About 9.00 Q CIO electrical workers are scheduled to return I to woi]k at three General Electric Cd. plants here Monday following settlement of a dispute over job status. • ‘ The strike started Tuesday when 600 workers in one division walked out to protest claims they were forced to take a pay cut When new machinery was installed. Complete production stoppage resulted with the entire IUE-CIO union membership joined in the strike. ... About 2.000 union members 'voted unanimously at a mass meeting yesterday to end their walkout after conferring with state , labor ’conciliator Chatles Wilson. He also met separately with company representatives. Union officials said the agreement to end the strike was made with the understanding that nego- , tiations would be conducted on the disputed rate change, with the [ Atate concoliator present. A company spokesman said that ( on Monday^a time will be set for ( resumption of negotiations, tnutiilaly agreeable to the company and union.

— ‘ t —/ ' / Three Killed In Potomac lEb ji jEw* iLn I II ' Jr- j THE WRECKAGE of the small private p’.ane that crashed into the Pptomac river killing Its three occupants Friday is shown in, the top photo as rescue workers retrieve the body of one of the two wonhen. The victims, yhown in the picture below are Ohio industrialist Thomas Holden White, his wife and his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Roliert York White (leftL The crash occured as White was preparing tp land at Washington, where he was going to visit Gen. George C. - ‘ _j — 1_ j 1— J, —:— -—

— -r: - ■ — • ■ Election Woikers | Biiefed On Duties - Democrat Workers Meet Last Evening Democrat members of ■ election boards for the November 6 municipal election) will the prepared of an<’ in-file last 2(k Years. They attended school at Democrat headquarters last night where Ed Jaberg and David Macklin, members of the election coYnmission, explained the municipal election laws in a two and a half hour session. All inspectors and most of the judges, clerks and sheriffs named by the Democrats were present. Condiict of elections, challenging of voters, duties of the various officers and’ counting ot the votes were the subjects discussed. Frank Bohnke, Democrat city chairman, presided and turned the meeting over to Jaberg, who discussed the various phases of conducting an election. Then a series of questions were fired at Jaberg and Macklin. Inspectors were cautioned to preserve all affidavits made in connection with challenged votes, as these are turned over directly to 1 the next session of ’(he Adams county grand jury. ; There were no political speeches and 1 the entire session was consumed in preparation officials for their duties at the November 6 election. Duties of each officer were, discussed in full. ID addition to the commission members, two legal advisors also were present. Judge Myles F. Parrish .and John DeVoss. Fqrm Lad Is Killed As Tractor Overturns Crawfordsville, Ind.. Oct. 27 — (VP) —George Ralph Paddaclj, 15. Ladoga, was killed yesterday whet) his tractor overturned as he ( made a sharp turn in a field on his father’s farm. - INDIANA WEATHER Rain tonight ending Sunday. pioudy and continued cool north and central, turning cooler extrem? south*, Sunday, Low tonight 42-48 northwest, 50-55 souhteast- .High Sunday 50-55 northwest/60 southeast. ;

, r Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 27, 1951.

Customer Deposits Increase Million Customer in the First State Bank increased nearly a million dollars from Junfe 3() to October Ift, according to the latest statement published on call from the federal reservp system. Deposits total $11,273/720.29, compared to $10,469,638.36 j in June; ; The balance sheet shows total footings of $12,163,846.28, compared to 11,316,759.00. in the last statemnet. Parties Disagree On Session Value •. ■ j Democratic Leader Says Meet Valueless Indianapolis. Oct. 27 —(UP) — Indiana Republicans praised legislative passage of a “home-rule" welfare bill today as a slap at Vsocialistic dictatorship" while' Democrats claimed Governor Schricker has constitutional justification to veto the bill. The two political leaders in the senate, were poles apart on agreeing how much the special session accomplished. Democratic leader Leo Stemle, Jasper, called It “much ado about nothing . . . costing taxpayers Tobqut $3,000 per day." [ | Republican leader John Van Ness. Valparaiso, said it meant “Indiana can now proceed to administer public assistance as the people of Indiana themselves see fit." •Who solved the welfare problem for which the session Was called? Van Ness said Republicans did, Stemle said Democrats did. “Should Washington again attempt to withhold funds, the welfare checks can still go out , •. made available for such emergencies by the Republican legislation/’, the GOP leader said. Sitemle replied “a Democratic congress and an overwhelming Democratic vote” erased such emergency ,by removing federal, bans on making welfare rolls pul> The “home*rule” bill, he said, violates Indiana’s constitution which prohibits legislation with effectiveness hinging on action by another (Turx To Paar Six)

Seek Connection To Kidnaped Baby Case Dead Infant Found ;ln Ontario Town / 1 ; Sarnia, Ont., Oct. 27—(UP) — Sarnia township chief constable Arthur Nesbit said today he is "up against a blank wall” in an effort to connect a dead infant found here With the kidnaping of five-day-old liawrence Lyons fro ma Michigan dlty, Ind., hospital. 1 Nesbit said the body of the male infant found 10 days ago on a trash ‘ heap here was so badly charred that he believes it will be impossible to identify. j, -r, “Unless the Michigan City am thorities find some new l?ad,” he said, “it may never be known whether the bahy found here was the Lyons child.” He said Michigan City authorities plan to §end detectives there Monday, when Dr. W. W. Holland, Sarnia hospital pathologist who performed the original autopsy, is expected back from a weekend trip. But Nesbit said Holland already . has indicated he could not determine what kllletf the baby, believed ,tp have been about three days old when he died. ! “It may be the body of a local child.” Nesbil said, “but we’ve run down every possible lead. We’ve checked every doctor and ; every hospital and even tried to track down any local gossip about unwed mothers.” Holland’s post-mortem showed that the infant was male and that ' its umbilical cord had been tifed, indicating he had received professional care and had not been abandoned immediately after birth. It was several days after Robert Stiver, al Sarnia resident who collects scrap metal in his spare time, ■ discovered the body that authorities here decided it might have some connection with the Michigan City kidnaping. The Lyons infant was kidnaped from St. Anthony’s hospital Oct. 13 and no trace of the child has been found. Holland said the infant here had been dead about two days when found Oct. 17. That would allow tini€<\to spare to travel from gan City to Sarnia.

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Stage All Set For Halloween Paiade Annual Celebration Wednesday Evening Lured by the larger purses offered this year by the Chamber of Commerce, upwards of 10 bands are scheduled to participate in the annual Callithumpian parade next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. \More than >4OO in prizes will be offered participating bands from surrounding communities who will vie for the top >IOO prize to he given voted in the eyes of ths judges. ‘ Additionally, prizes will be offered other participants in the several catagories for ebstume, size, horribleness of mien, age and skill, ahd Chamber officials are hopeful of one of the longest lines of march since the inauguration of the pa-1 rade more than 30 years ago. ; ; They stated that indications were for the largest parade, but more than that, one of the largest numbed of spectators to witness the spectacle in many years. . Bands and contestants will form their line of march at the county jail and at other strategic places until by the, time the parade reaches the business district it will be full form. ■ Time of assemblage for parade Vartfclpants is set at 7 pan., with the line of march to start at Five Points intersection, northward on Second street, to Marshall, east to First, south to Jackson, west to Second and south on Second to the point of origin, where the patade will disband. But Chamiier officials, still ans xious to enlarge scope of the parade, left the welcome mat; out and urged all residents to take part in Decatur’s largest annual event. ; X . ' . ■ State Os Emergency Is Clamped On Cairo Public Outcry Over Churchill Election Cairo, Egypt,"”OcU 27. —(UP)—Authorities clamped a new state of emergency on Cairo today to combat threatened demonstrations against Winston Churchill. A general public outcry arose; over Churchill’s election as British prime minister, yesterday. The election was regarded ,as a severe plow against Egypt’s efforts to oust the British from the Suez* Canal zone and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The independent weekly Akhbar El Yom said if ChurchiH used force in Egypt, he would ignite World War 111 and “dig k grave for himself and his country in Egypt.” The Egyptian Press declared unanimously that Churchill’s return to power will not frighten Egypt into compromising their national demands. u “No power on earth, no matter how potent, can subject 20,000,000 people to its will or force them to be friendly without their consent/’ said the newspaper Ahram. For the first time, it compared Egypt’s battle with India’s passive resistance campaign that forced the British to give that nation its independence. Egypt, likewise, has embarked on a program with the British. The first official government reaction to Churchill's election came from interior minister Fuad Serag El-Din. -He said Egypt was not interested in a change of personalities but in a change of policy, f; Fuad said yesterday that Egypt was prepared to “fight to the last man” against any British armed attack launched from the Suez Canal zone. U 1 ' i Noon Edition

Concessions Are Offered By UN In Truce Talks Offer To Withdraw From Some Islands Off Coast Os Korea Panmunjom, Korea, Oct. 27 — (UP) —The United Nations offered today to withdraw from certain* islands off the Communishheld Korean coast in an effort to gain the Reds’ acceptance of a proposed tfuce line close to the present battlefront, UN negotiators also offered to make “minor refinements” in their proposed cease-fire line but refused to bargain over a major I Withdrawal. \ - The Communists held out for a ttiice line further south in accord with their proposal Friday. But Communist newsmen who normally reflect the official Red position predicted a heavy period of horse trading. Actually the two proposed lines are not too far apart. There was rising but guarded optimism that a cease-fire line could be estal» lished, paving the way to the end of tire war. now tn tts 17th month UN officers made it clear at the armistice subcommittee session that they could not agree to any major withdrawal from the line they proposed Thursday. This line would run along the; presept battlefront except for a trade of 200 square miles at each end of it. Whatever line is agreed upon, a spokesman said, must provide adequate defense positions for UN troops. But as evidence the UN was not pushing its proposal on a take it or leave jt basis, he said, the UN made a minor concession to give up the islands. Air Battles Continue ; Tokyo, Oct. 27 —(UP)—United Nations planes damaged at least eight Communist jet fighters today in a series of Kbrean air battles which raged as far south as Chinnampo. only 50 miles from the 38th parallel. The Reds threw 105 Russianbulit MIG-15 jets against 128 UN jets and B-29 bombers in a vain attempt to break up allied raids on the Communists’ already badly damaged railway links between North Korea and Manchuria. One B-29 was damaged, |iut landed safely at an allied liase in Korea. It was th? seventh straight day of dogfights over North Korea and boosted; the week’s toll of MIGS to 11 five prpbably shot down and 26 damaged. On the ground, UN troops cap(Tnni To Pace Six) ' ’ Second Bootlegger Sought In Atlanta Wanted For Sale Os Poisonous Liquor Atlanta, Oct. 27. —(UP) — Roger B. Smallwood was,still at large today, but Atlanta police were confident they would soon nab the second bootlegger wanted in connection with the “death market” sales of poisonous moonshine that killed 34 persons. Detective Lt. L. !T. Bullard, in charge of the investigation, refused to predict just how 4 long it would take to apprehend Smallwood, but he said “we’ll pick him up . . . and soon.”A murder • warrant for Smallwood’s arrest was issued yesterday after investigators found the spot where Smallwood and John R. (Fat) Hardie were supposed to have mixed the death-dealing drink the lives of 32 negroes and two white persons. 1 Police were led to a lonely farm (ToAi To P»«e Six)

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Halts Unloading Os - Spread; Atom Energy Field Is Hard Hit ' , >.*;/' ' I p .'I • j. ; . By United Press r ■ 1 .' Strikihg east coast Longshoremen today defied President Truman’s demand that they return to work immediately as the nation’s labor picture darkened despite scattered settlements. The field of atomic energy—Vital to the nation’s defense -was hit hard. : Both production and research at tttfe Oak Ridge, Tenn., atomic plant was stopped by a jurisdictional dispute. A creeping labor paralysis hit the Hanford aipmic plant in Washington because of a wildest construction strike, i •' Automotive, transportation, manufacturing and aircraft industries also w’ere idle due to strikes; Overshadowing them all, however. was the 13-day-old Longshoremen’s strike on the east coast which halted the unloading of cargoes in New York. Boston and Philadelphia and threatened to spread to a halfdozen other ports. The strike already had put a crimp in the nation's economy and threatened to create shortages of some items for the Thanksgiving and Chrtetmhs trade. . \ President Truttian ordered the strikers to return to their jobs yesterday after federal mediator Cyrus . Ching said that government mediai tors had done all they could to end ' the dispute without success. > 1 The presidential appeal had no s apparent effect,: John J. Sampson. Longshoreman union leader, said that there would I be no end to the walkout until a • contract’ previously negotiated J which provided for a IQ-cent hourly wage increase, were reopened so that the strikers could ask for an additional 15 cents an hour. Meanwhile, perishable cargoes! — ‘particularly! bananas —rotted in the holds of ships. A coffee famine was threatened and a shortage of Scotch whisky already had developed. The commerce and industry association said that the strike had . tied up about $300,000,000 worth of goods in New York alone, r [ Vincent Bruno, import director for the association, said that about $14,500,000 worth of Thanksgiving and Christmas fttems were in this) amount.. The New York board of trade asked the president to invoke the TaftHartley law tb end the strike, but there was no indication tihat the president planned to do so. On the brighf side of the labor ledger, milk deliveries to 12,000,000 consumers in New York returned to normar after a 24-liour walkout by AFL Teamsters who won a SIO.BO weekly pay hike. A policy committee of the United Automobile [workers was to announce the results of a conference held after a second government appeal to end the UAW’s two week-old strike against several midwestern Borg-Warner plants. ' Three plants at the sprawling Oak Ridge atomic installation were affected by the jurisdictional dispute there . ; i ; About two-thlrds of the 3,500 workers employed at a uranium separation plant and the Oak Ridge national laboratory Were idle. Bloodmobile Unit \ In Decatur Nov. 9 A tentative schedule has been drawn up for the November 9 visit of the Cross bloodmobile at the American Legion home and cards have been mailed to prospective donors, the Red Cross office announced today. Persons receiving a card are asked to return the appointment card to headquarters, which will enable the volunteer staff to fill in cancelled appointments and mall dietary cards to prospective doonrs.-j To meet the chapter’s 125-plnt blood quota, approximately 184 persons should be enrolled for the pro* grain, Mrs. Max Schafer, executive announced.