Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1951 — Page 1

• 11 I 1 I Vol. XLIX. No. 259.

UN MAKES CONCESSIONS FOR KOREAN TRUCE

Panic Selling Sweeps London Stock Market Market Plunges To , New Lows For Sixth Day tn Succession • ■’> ’ Iz ■ ■ London. Nov. 2.— (UP)-JM’anic selling unequalled since We pre war days of 1939 swept tM?London stock market today as prftrie mint* ter Winston Churchill held hi* first top-level ‘; Anglo-American conference in search of United States aid. W. Averell Hariman, President Truman's top trouble shooter and new administrator of al? foyeigri aid. lunched at No. 10 Downing Street with Churchill and hi? key-aides, It was the beginning of a series of talks that. will probably lead to a Churchill-Truman conference in Washington next month. While the two men discussed the serious economic and financial crisis facing Britain this winter, the stock market plunged to new lows forth? sixth consecutive day since Churchill’s election victory. Panic selling in British government bonds, in particular, pushed tnany of them to new all-time lows. The best explanation of the sixday slump centered around the certain economic crisis ahead, fears of domestic measures Churchill may take to meet it and uncertainty about getting more aid from the United States. . L.The new government sat by and watched 3-% percent war loah issues—the biggest single issue of government bonds—fall to an alltime low. -The issue sold lower than it did in the big stock break in 1939. Brokers were puzzled by the fact that R. A. Butler, chancellor of the exchequer, did not send the government broker into the exchange to check the slump. It was believed his appearance alone would have halted the drop. Churchill plunged into the American aid issue with Harrimap. Foreign secretary Anthony Eden and Butler, along with U.S. ambassador Walter S. Gifford, also were in on the talks. Chi&cbiil hopes the’ discussions will bring him his most desired and needed Christmas presentmore military and economic [help, from the U.S. i . » 1 A .. _ Democratic Women Meet Last Evening Supper, Speaking ' Meeting Held Here An overflow crowd of women attended the pot-luck supper of the Democratic women’s club at /Demo-crat-headquarters in the K. of P. building Thursday night Mrs. Charles Lose, president of the group, presided and introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Marie Stokes. Warsaw. 1 Mrs. Stokes gave an interesting -talk on woman's, part in politics and her remarks were well received by the largest women's meeting crowd of several years. Mrs. Lose then introduced city chairman \Frarik Bohnke, who thanked the women for their part in the city campaign and he then introduced mayoralty candidate John and th? Democrat candidates for city coundiU Candidate Stults also thanked the. women for their interest in the campaign and urged them to continue their good work throughout the balance of the campaign. “You still have work to do after the election,” Stults said, "because I need the advice and ebunsel of the women of Decatur in honest, progressive government.” The speaking followed a supper served in the headquarters. Jobless Pay Claims Increase In State Indianapolis. Nov. 2. —(Ut*) — The x Indiana employment security division reported today 1 new Hoosier jobless pay claims rose last week to 3.005 for a nine percent increase over the week before. The division said total claims bit 15.570 —five percent higher than i. the previous week percent above the corresponding Week last year.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY •

Unseasonable Cold Weather In Nation At Least Six Deaths Attributed* To Cold By United Press 1\ • The nation bundled up today agiiiftst a bone-chiiling freeze which blew down from Canada accompanied by temperatures and blizzard conditions. , *At least six deaths were at- , tfibuted to the weather. t The unseasonable cold weather stretched from the Pacific northwest eastward to the Atlantic seaboard and as far south as the . Gulf of Mexico. \ Laramie, Wyo.,\ v with .a frigid I reading of 10 degrees below zero. , took the prize for the coldest spot in the nation. Denver was second with six below. Six inches of snow also fell Ln the mile-high city. Near-.gale winds of 50 miles an hour howled down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, piling up snow in heavy drifts. And snow was general through Colorado, portion? of Kansas, the Texas panhandle, southern Missouri and parte of Kentucky. Just 72 hours ago a record high temperature of 90 "degrees was established at Dallas.: It started to snow in Dallas early today. ' i • - The forecasters said the huge cold mass moved* down from Canada and blanketed most Os the nation. They predicted it would send an icy finger as far south as Florida by late today. ' A separate storm, this one from j the northeast, dumped as much as ’ 10 inches of snow on of northern New Englanjl and at leaet four persops died in traffic, accidents during the raowfall. Temperatures near zeta prevailed, in Wyoming and Montana, and snow- was general in the Dakotas, Minnesota, .northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Seven inches of snow fell in Houghlton. =Mich. Leo Weber Dies At Home In Fort Wayne Funeral Services Monday Morning Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning for Leo John Weber, <52, veterah horseman and, a native of Decatur, who died V»'ednesday~hight at his home. 2039 South Calhoun street. Fort Wayne, after a year’s illness of complications. \.| / Mr. Weber was a member of the pioneer family prominent ini the horse business in Fort Wayne for a century. The Weber Sales and Livery staples, founded by his grandfather. John, and later operated by his father, John, Jr.. was located on West Main street in Fort Wayne. The family moved to Decatur, where the decedent was born Dec. I 17; 1888. After engaging in the horse business here fbr jk fiumber of years, Mr| Weber nioved to Fort Wayne 18 years; ago gpd operated a riding academy in Indian Village" park. An outstanding : equine • authority, he served as judge at I many horse shows. A ; J I 'Hte was a member of St. Pat- ! rick’s Catholic church and of Adams Post 43, American Legion, in this <jity. ;Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. : Patricia Baker) of Nampa. Ida., and Misses Harriet,<Margaret and Elizabeth, all at home; a . brother, Charles Weber of Tucson. Arii., and -two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Holthouse and Mrs. Agnes Mcßeth, both of Decatur. His wife 1 died Jn 1938. Services will be held ?t 8;30 a t m. Monday at the Tom Mungovan funeral home and at 9 o’clock at, St. Patrick’s Catholic church. the Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. L, Monohan officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Catholic cemetery. Frjends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. ' ■ . '* ’’■-' L ' - . I INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight with snow continuing A early tonight In southeast, polder partly cloudy and, Continued cold.JLow tonight' 20 tp 25 northvyast- 25 to 28 south- _ east, high Saturday 32 to 36.

— pl " “•**■' \ Begin Second Day Os U. S. Visit ■SSSSSBBRRBG IHMK Hi 1 H vJ PRINCESS ELIZABETH mid Prince Philip seat themselves as President Truman’s daughter, Margaret, entets their car at Blair House, to start the second day of their visit to Washington. They visited at Mount Vernon and Arlington Cemetery before returning to a full schedule In Washington, capped by a dinner at the Canadian Enilmssy. honoring President and Mrs. TrumAn. . - \ • --d,, , — — - - ■— . ■ - . »

Democrats' Closing Rally On Saturday Meeting To Forrpally Close City Campaign if Plans are complete for the;Democratic rally Saturday night st 8:30. j o’clock at Democrat headquarters! jin the K. of P. building. Tho meet-1 ing will formally close theicity campaign and the balance of the. week-, end and Monday will be spent in completing election day plans*. j Judge Myles F. Parrish and > States representative G. Remy Bierly wills headline the speaking program at| the dosing rally, to which tfie pub-! lie is invited. Frank Bohnke. citj* chairman.; will, preside and toljowf ing the kjpeaking, Mayoralty can| didate John B. Intuits Will the jcouncihnanic candidates; ~ | i The Democrat candidates for[ citj| Joe Brennan, Adj riari Burke, Al Beavers and Dori phtis* --Drutn. incumbents, and E<| ■ Bauer.—l, I Preceding the speaking p«ogramj the Berne accordion’ trio will fur ! nish -mneis and theh i>ole| symbolic of victory, will bp raised in the K. of P. auditorium! on thf secontV'flopr. The closing addresse| will get hinder way immediately after thd i dle raising at o’clock. J Speakin ; has been scheduled late sb ,thlt a 1 retail merchants aifd clerks wi 1 have an opportunity to vUome o the meeting. There will be ret’pshments ancj a general i i (Tu -n To Page Eight> Tt ~ , District Deputy Os Elks Speaks Here Clarence F. Herber Speaks Last Night .. LT ’ 1 L"1 < Praternail support for crippled children, dancer research, veterans aid mnd scholarships for deseHing students were cited by Clarencejff. Herber, district deputy grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. iElks, holding a prominent plafce in Elks lodge activities, in a speech gilen last evening, at the Dedatur E|ks home. A former resident of this city, ■ Herber complimented the local membership and urged the lodge to continue its civic and charitable activities on a scale comparable with! the national pattern of thia fraternal organization. The order of Elks has 1.060,000 memhers, 'thb . deputy grand exalt ad ruler staged.' American in ' its ideals, Eljcdom is a, foe of Communism, the Indiana lodge leader einphasizdfl. . The Ip&iana Elks support various projects, including cancer retor hospitalized veterans and. varsearch, a|d co students, programs ious cfyiqj and patriotic urttldrtakings. . , I ’ M ■ \ Herber jexplained that ElksJwere at.ked to ‘become blood donors' for the armed forces plasma program. Donors! specify that thbir blood be used for veterans In Korea. through the Red Cross bloodmiddle units, he said.' The Slood(Turn To Pare Five) j \ i

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 2, 1951.

First Snowfall Os Season Here Today The season’s first snow flakes fell in Decatur this morning. The swirl started at about 8 a. m. f More snow was forecast for toI day and colder weather for Saturday. v I ‘ i i t Dr. Benson Speaks Us Rotary Meeting ■ K Emphasizes Value Os Service Clubs f Dr. John G. Benson, of Indiana- * polls, who is conducting a series of j. special meetings at the'First Meth- ; odist church in this city tjiiw week | was the guest speaker at thp weeki ly meeting of the Decatur Rotary, ’ club Thursday evening. e Dr. Benson spoke on “The Chrisl .tian’s place in unification of the j world.” « The speaker emphasized that i service clubs such as Rotary are the ? core of solid and sade thinking in Americg. and asked the application of Christian principles in seeking a soluton to the problems besetting '■ the world today. ’ He urged air religions to forget \thei’r prejudices and differences to 1 present a solid front of Christiani ity, the best front in the worldw'ide struggle against* the atheistic (Turn Tn Pace Sl«» l : I I 111 ■■■■■ I I —

— — —— ——■ , City, Town Elections Nov. 6 DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN DECATUR Mayor John B. Stults \ , John M. Doan Clerk-Treasurer \ H, Vernon Aurand t ' Councilman, First District Adrian G. Burke Adolph L. Kolter * Councilman, Second District Dorphus L. Drum ’ Donald F. Gage Councilman, Third District • Edwin Bauer , Hubert F. Gilpin Councilman, Fourth; District I Joseph H. Brennan '. " | Hugh K. Engle \ Councilman »At Large Alfred K. Beavers Joseph E. Morris BER N E Mayor Forrest Balsiger . Clovis Oberli Clerk-Trea surer Grover Moser, Jr. ' \ Bruce W. Stronger Councilman Southeast Ward Leslie Sprunger \ -| ■ '' Paul Herman Councilman Southwest Ward Tilman Kirchpfer ! Howard Culp Councilman Northeast Ward Sherman Llechty * \ r Dale Stout Councilman Northwest Ward Sylvan Habegger J * David V. Graber Councilman At Large Wayne Reusser Dr. James Bixler GENEVA Clerk-Treaaurer Wendel Long _ Elizabeth Potter Councilman First Ward Stanley Baumgartner Don Windmiller Councilman Second. Ward Ray Umpleby • • Merle Teeple Councilman Third Ward Walter Hofstetter * Al Boston MONROE f- Clerk-Treaayrer Gene Hike \ i _ Madge Johnson Councilman First Ward Paul Zurcher ' Arthur Mitchel Councilman Second Ward Arthur Raudenhush John Christener Councilman Third Ward Homer Winteregg Lautzenheiser '

Adult Farmer Class > Opens Monday Night 10-Meeting Series Will Open Monday ’Wi L’ ‘ ' The adult farmer class, to be conducted by Vaughn Miller in the Decatur high school, will begin next Monday, the first of a 10meeting series. The subjects, outlined hy Miller, who is vocational-agricultural in®metor fa the Decatur high school, will be devoted to “dairy cattle” with topics arranged for breejj?-, selection, equipment, feeding. pro<lU<-ing quality .milk, disease and parasites and marketing. The class will begin at 7:30 p. ni.j the accepted starting time for til future meetings in the high sc 1)001. Millet emphasized that those (farmers interested in enrolling iu the classes, but who have not already done so. should contact any member of the advisory council— Oscar Fuelling, Dewey Plumley. Edgar Thieme. Henry Heimann,; Lawrence Beckemeyer and Bea Gerke. ' jiJ L Presence at the first meeting, Miller added, will also asspre er.rc'lhnent. The classes are beine 1 qf*ered fre of charge by the Decatur high schooL \ ■ ( ■ I ’ ft •’ —.

Otter Withdrawal From islands North Ot 38th .■■-■ ■. ■ - Parallel; Quit Bulge

UE MemUrs taking Strike Vote Today GE Employes Voting Today On Strike Call Member? qf UE Local 924, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, employed at the Decatur General Electric plant, were taking a strike vote at Union hall ibis afternoon. \ . The polls will be open until 6 p.m. The election is Supervised by officers of the union, of which Henry Stauffer Ls the president and Robert .Miller, secretary. < The strike vote was called by UE following the company’s refusal of the union’s demand for a 15-cent an hour wage increase for all GE employes, and an additional five cents an hour for day workers. Recently GE negotiated a satisfactory wage agreement with the International Union of Electrical,* Radio and Machine Workers, CIO, i for a 2% cent hourly wage boost and additional increases based on the government’s chart of the cost of living. \j Meetings at union hall were scheduled this afternoon for the three shifts? the last being at 3:45 o’clock. Several hundred employes- are expected to cast, their ballot? on the strike vote question and the result will not be announced until Saturday. members stated. ' t ' ' Ll ■ l ■■ . y Absentee Ballots' Deadline Saturday / County clerk Ed Jaberg stated, hi? office will remain open again Saturday—uutil 5 p.m.—to take care of those persons who wish to obtain absentee voters’ ballots. Approximately 60 such ballots have already been returned to the clerk’s office, Jaberg revealed today. Saturday is the last day a person may t obtain such a ballot, Cither in per- * son or by mail from the clerk. It is Hlso the last day anyone may vote such a ballot in person. How ever, absentee may be are--1 turned by mail —and will be counted—if received before 6 p.m. Tuesday. ’ Floyd Brandyberry Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday in the Monroe Friends churclj for Floyd Edgar Brandyberry, 65, who died in his home at 3:15 a. m. today. A life-long resident of the county, Mr. Brandyberry was born near Monroe March Amo? and Clinda Brandyberry. Brandyberry, who was married in 1921 to the former Josephine Carens, retired three and one-half years ago from the Decatur General Electric company where he was employed. ' In addition to his wife and mother. Brandyberry ( is survived by two sons, Howard of New Castle, and Klesson of Monroe: twf> daughters, Mrs. Helen Highlen, of Decatur and Mrs. Richard Anderson, of Monrtje; one brother, Otis, also ot Mqnroe, and three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Branch, of Decatur, Mrs. Otho Lobenstei'n, of Monroe, and Mrs. Frank Hartnetl, of Scottsville, Mich. \ | The Rev. Vernon Riley, of the Monroe Friends church, assisted by the Rev. W. L. Hall, of the Monroe Methodist church, will officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery. one and one-half miles west of Monroe. The body was taken to the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe where it will remain until time |for the funeral. Visitors may call at the funeral home laster noon Saturday.

—3L ; ; i —; — h— Y Air Force Head Sees Use 01 Atom Weapons Says Nation Moving Into Atomic Plenty For Use In Battle Washington, Nov. 2 — (UP)' — Air. force secretary Thoipas K. Trnletter today said “we are moving into a time of relative atomic plenty—atomic plenty Which will make atomic weapons available fur the battlefield.” Asked what he meant by “atomic plenty,” Finletter said: "What I mean is, tactical weapons will be available for rhe bat-. tiefield in years to come.” Then 1 he paused and added, “in important quantities.” He declined to bp more specific or to set a target date for the fime when qiianitities of atomic would lie available for th-? battlefield. i “These atomic weapons \ will have to be carried principally by conventional aircraft,” Finletter said. He declined to say what he nftant. by conventional aircraft. He would not answer a question as to whether the jet (fighters I F-84’s and F-86‘s were included in the so-called conventional aircraft. Finletter, ! recently returned from a two weeks’ trip ,to North Africa and Europe, said he was extremely. interested in the overall importance, of air power to the North Atlantic treaty organization defense force. He said he has a “very deep conviction about the importance* of air in the NATO operation andi wias pleased to find this feeling! shared, by all those to whom he talked. ’ “I think there is a general recognition that while it .is absolutely necessary to have a number of divisionsjto hold the line, we must have predominant ah- power to gain air superiority and to keep the enemy in the air off the back of our troops.” Finletter said. G. E. Plant To Close For Election Day The General Electric* plant will be closed all day next Tuesday, in observance of election day. John Welch, local plant manager, announced today. Election day 'is a paid holiday for all G. E. workers. Plant operlations will be resumed Wednes? |day morning on the regular schedule. ' Republicans Plan For Closing Rally Saturday Night At Headquarters Here As a windup to the pity election campaign, Republican officials are planning a final rally in their headquarters on South Second street Saturday. While no stirring oratory is promised by city GOP chairman Robert G. Smith, hb stated that incumbent Mayor John M. Doan, who seeks reelect ion, city attorney Robert S. Anderson, and himself will outline briefly “past accomplishments and future plans.” " Stressing that the meeting will be informal, Smith nevertheless urged the public to attend the tally, which will get underway at 8:30 p.m. and which will climax the last several months' campaign. Gandidates-jpn the Republican slate will be at the meeting, as will all cainpaign workers for the party. In addition to the brief speeches, refreshments ' and entertainment will be offered, the latter featuring Ai-dola Parrish and Edith McFarland.

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Communists Accept . Offer But Refuse Allied Demands To Relinquish Kaesong Panmunjom, Korea, Nov. 2. — (UPJ — United Nations truce negotiators disclosed today they have offered to withdraw from all Korean islands north ot the 38th parallel, evacuate the Kumsonf; bulge and pull back south on the east coast. The Communists accepted the offer, a UN truce delegation spokesman said, but rejected the allied, demand that they give up Kaesong on the northwest approaches to Seoul in “The Reds have taken everything and given nothing,” said Brig. Gen. William Nuckols, the UN spokesman. "We will adopt a quite firm stand on the Kaesong issue.” But he would not say that the UN stand would be "adamant” — that the allied negotiators would break off further truce talks rather th?n givfe up their cla|m to the strategic western front city. Nuckols said the armistice subcommittee, made no progress today in its efforts to complete a ceasefire line across v Korea. The subcommittee reached general agreement on the location of the line across the eastern halt of the front Thursday. ‘' Another subcommittee meeting • will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow 1 (7 p.m. today CST). ' 1 The three concessions which UN ' representatives have offered to make in the interests of agreement on a ceasefire line were listed by as these: Evacuation ot all coastal islands ibove the 38th parallel—South Ko Lean marines would be withdraws from a number of islands they hava seized under the guns hot U.S. warships as far north on the east coast ' as Wonsan. 80 miles north of the 38th parallel, and on the west coast as far north as Chinnampo, 50 miles north of the parallel. Chinnampo is the port; for Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. - • ~ Abandonment of the Kumsong bulge—this apparently means that UN troops will pull back from strategic hill positions they have seized west, south and east of Kumsong, Communist-abandoned bastion 29 miles north of the 38th parallel on the central front. ;■ > ! Withdrawal from the Kosong salient on the east coast—thi? wojuld compel the south Korean capital division to. pull back au estimated 15 miles Or more from the immediate approaches to, Kosong, 46 miles north of the |sßth parallel and deepest allied penetration of North Korea. Air Battles _ Bth Atmy Headquarters, Korea, Saturday, Nov. 3.—(UP) — More than 330 United Nations and. Communist planes clashed in nine air battles over northwest Korea Friday and allied pilots shot down their 3,00th Russia|n-built Mig-15. Four others were damaged. Whille ground activity was light, the sky fighting produced the largest number ot air battles ever fought in a single over Korea. All UN planes, which included American, Australian and South African units, returned safely to their fiases from the dogfights which raged all the way from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, 100 miles northwest to the Manchurian frontier. i School Superintendent Given NEIC Memento W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the DecatAr public schools, today was the surprised recipient of a memento froni the Northeastern Indiana conference, which he served for 20-years as secretary-treasurer while principal of the Decatur high school. - ■ Brown’s tenure in the conference position was automatically concluded with his elevation to the superfatendent*? position. This morning the Decatur school man received a watch from NEIC officials, appropriately inscribed for his years of faithful service.” ' . . ■■■ ■ ! '-r ; ’