Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 21.,

SEN. MCMAHON QUITS ILLINOIS PRIMART

Egypt Police, British Fight Bloody Battle

At Least 64 Killed In Bloody Fight In Heart Os Ismailia British Headquarters, Suez Canal Zone, Jan. 25.’—(UP)— More than 1,500 tan L-supported British troopsi fought a bloody battle with defiant Egyptian police in the heart of 1 Ismailia today. lAt least 64 persons were killed. J '• It was the bitterest clash .of the Anglo-Egyptian conflict over the Sues Canal zone. The police where shot and shelled - into surrender after a six-hour engagement. The latest casualty figures listed more than 60 Egyptians and four British soldiers killed. Fourteen British were reported wounded, along with many Egyptians. The battle centered around three buildings—-the main police headquarters, an auxiliary police barracks and the mansion of the Egyptian sub-governor of the Canal zone. It broke out when the Egyptian police defied a surrunder order by * , British troops who had surrounded the area and asked the police to lay down their arms. About 800 Egyptians were pitted against British paratroops and crack infantry units. The Egyptian cabinet was called into an extraordinary session in Cairo and there was speculation that it would discuss a complete severance of diplomatic relations with Britain. ' (A crack British guards brigade was ordered to leave Cyprus within two days to reinforce the British Canal zone garrison. A British aircraft carrier and two cruisers sailed eastward frotn Malta after all British warships there, except frigates, were ordered to head for the Canal tone.)

(In London, prime minister Winston . Churchill’s government gave full approval to disarming of the Egyptian police—the step that caused the hattie.) The Egyptians rejected three ultimatums from the British. After desultory Egyptian shipihg the British fired a blank from a Centurion tank. Then the Egyptians opened up* with everything they had. British armored cars answered with a hail of fire and the big Centurion tanks shelled the buildings • \ with 20-pound guns. Then the tanks crashed through walls of the barracks, crumbling the masonry. Outgunned and outnumbered, moat of the auxiliary force surrendered. The last Egyptian resistance collapsed at mid-day when a small' group of polfce diehards in th? governor's mansion finaly gave lup\ in \ the face of shelling. They had vowed to fight to the djeath, and some did. i The engagement turned the Moslem Sabbath into a “bloody Friday." The British had not expected a battle of such proportions. • They had laid out 800 breakfasts (T»«*w Te Pw Eicht) Non-Manufacturing Employment At High Indianapolis, Jan. 28-—(UP) — Non-manufacturing employment in Indiana last, month stood at 706,800, the highest ever reported. The Indiana employment security division said today the figure represents a one per cent increase over the same month in 1950. -However, manufacturing employment was estimated at 858,900, a little below a year ago. Figures showed that 1,292.700 persons were employed on non-ag-ricultural jobs Dec. 15, a small gain from Navember to December and reversing a two-month trend. Decatur Men Named By Anthony Wayne Council H. H. Knieckeberg, E. W. Lankonau and Carl C. Pumphrey, all of Decatur, were reelected to the ‘executive board of-the Anthony Wayne council of Boy Scouts at the annual dinner meeting Thursday night at Fort Wayne. Clarence Ziner and Lloyd Cowens, both of Decatur, were named to ■Opdistrict board. Louis C. Rastetter, Fort Wayne, was elected president of the council; Other officers are Clarence L. vice-president; Edward J. Ford, second vice-presi-dent; James Anglin, treasurer, and R. Nelson Snider, commissioner.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAME COUNTY ’

Chicago Policeman Guilty Os Murder Convicted In Death Os 15-Yeak-Old Boy j Chicago, Jan. 2 jl.f-j (U P) — Michael Moretti was found guilty of the murder of a 15+year-old jboy ‘ today to climax a sensational case which has stirred up a hornet's nest of Chicago siii and skulduggery. ! I | . A criminal court jury returned after five hours and three minutes deliberation to announce they had. found the suspended policeman guilty in the death of Arthur Gamino. | They fixed Morett’s sentence at life imprisonment. The verdict capped a case which had included side issues of scandal, narcotics, political pressure, and fantastic luxury living at taxpayer expense by the state's ■key witness. ' j j !)? . Moretti was outWardly stolid as the verdict was announced. He wet his lips and appeared defiant as the jury fixed the life sentence. .. It was the 32-year-old policeman’s second trial in the case. The first ended with a hung jury. The jurors, after announcing the verdict, were escorted home by eight sheriff’s deputies a(nd four city police squad cars as a precautionary measure. Policemen also took the judge and the prosecutors.

All except court attaches and newspapermen (Were barred from the courtroom (when the jury Returned. Leonard Monaco. 21, the state's ace witieo s < up to special prosecutor Richard B.; Aus-, tin afterwards. “Is it true?” he asked. Austin told him the verdict and the men embraced and smiles. 1 Austin said he 4nd his cp-prose-cutor, Harold A. Smith were undecided whether tb press’ two other indictments against Moretti. The suspended policeman also is accused of murdering pnb of Gamino’s campanions, Edward 3alvi, 21. and of wounding Mohaco. The youths were shot Aug. 24 as they sat in a parked car. Moretti said he shot in self defense after he saw one of them pick up a gun which had been dumped in a lot earlier after a tavern brawl. Monaco said the policeman opened fire without warning and without provocation. j j .! In due coursei Moretti Was brought before :the Cook county grand jury. They failed by one vote to Indict him. Newspapers —- particularly; the Chicago Sun-ljimes —- and civic groups took up: the fight, charging that the oflfce of state’s attorney John S. Boyle failed to firess the case. —reDismiss Classes At Catholic School r Classes were dismissed today at the Catholic school in observance of the feast of St. Aghes. The 'acuity of the school is; composed of the Sisters of St.

Urges Collection Os Dormant Scrap L Appeal Issued By f Defense Mabilizer nFF 'HI ' I An appeal to Citizens, indus trial and commercial to search again all plants and properties for dormant scrap, was contained in a telegram from Char Ids EWilson, oil defense mobilization, to Noah Rj- Steury, local chairman ot the scrap mobilization committee? \ Citing the accomplishment last year in steel production, aided by the national scrap drive, Wilson stated: r ' ,i i .I ' j ■ “Steel production foi 195 J presents even a greater challenge No less than 117 ton! ingot tops must be produced to ineet defense and civilian needs. Tdday, several open hearth furnaces &re shut dow i due to lack of More will follow unless scrap in greater volume is received promptly. The nation cannot affdrd losses in nteel operations.” | L U. i I'■ Chairman Steufy urged Citizens and plant managers to gather up scrap and send it on its way to the junk dealer, who In turn sells |t tjo the steel mills. ■ ' : t F Z • ; ‘ F F 1 Vi

UN Offers New Plan To Speed Up Armistice . Give Reds Choice Os Three Ways to Settle Deadlock Panmunjom. Korea, Jan. 25 — (UP)--The United Nations offered a new plan today to speed up a Korean armistice. The allies gave (the Reds a choice of three ways of settling the deadlock over airfield construction and proposed that staff officers begin at once, to work out details of (supervising a truce. Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang promised to study the j proposal and reply later, possibly at the next meeting of the truce supervision subcommittee at 11 a. m. tomorrow' (8 p. m. today OST.) The U. N. command was believed to have introduced its plan after getting a directive from Washington to “ease up” on allied demands in the interest of concluding an early armistice. In the war prisoner subcommittee, the Communists began staking out a claim to 37,000 captured Red troops who the allies say. are South Koreans impressed into the Fed army. The UJ'N. command

n has balked at returning them to ». the Communists. e The Reds also served notice o that they have no intention of i- turning back to the allies as war prisoners some 50.000 South Koil lean troops who, since their capa ture, have been incorporated into ♦.he Communist armies. T ’ u North Korean -Maj. Gen- l*e . Sang Cbo once more demanded . the outright release and repktflation of all 116,000 Communist war 9 prisoners. He said the Reds would ,( not accept “under any (pretext” d the U. N. proposal to let released ( prisoners refuse repatriation if 4 they wished. i Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner f. presented the new U. N.. plan to a speed up negotiations in the truce a f supervision subcommittee. i He suggested that staff officers n begin wc k immediately ojn details d of the fiße supervision principles already agreed upon by the suba committee. For that purpose, he y said, the U. N. would accept the e Communist wording of the prin(Tnrn To Pace Five)

f —■ —F I '. . -,i Ervin Hower Dies At Michigan Home Funeral Services Here On Saturday • Funeral services will be held here Saturday for D. Ervin Hower, 82, former Decatur resident, who died Wednesday night at his home in Birmingham, Midi., a suburb of Detroit. He had been seriously ill the past two weeks. ■! Born in Adam? county Nov. 30, 1869, he was a son of Afartin and /Sarah Archbold-Hower;and was married Nov. 28, 1900 to Harriet Gilson. Mr. Hower had operated'a dress shop in Muskegon, Mich., for more than 25 years and moved to Birmingham after retiring a year ago. -He was a member of the Muskegon Methodist church. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Maxwell H. Hower, a daughter, Mrs. Francis Uebele, both of Birmingham; four grandchildren: one brother, the Rev. D. I. Hower of Council Bluffs, la.; and three sisters, Mrs. John T. Myers of Decatur, Mrs. Dan Beery of Fullerton, Calif,, and Mrs. D. J. Harkless of Fort Wayne. One brother and o.ne sister are deceased. will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday morning j at' the Zwick funeral home, the Rehr. Sam* uel Emerick officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly clcudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Occasional light rain north and east portions early tonight and again over state by Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 28-38 north, 38-44 south. High Saturday 40-50 north, 50-60 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday,January 25. 1952.

Arrested, Twins Out Os School , L 1 J F ■99 fc . fl ..... > MRS. HENRY MORRIS MORE* University City. Mo., shown with her 7%-year-old twin daughter Marilyn (left) and Carolyn, is under arrest with her husband for riHMi-e to enter the girls in school. The Moreys refused to have the twins against smallpox. The state law does not require inoculifthtn but a school board rule-does. Mrs. Morey has been teaching tlNr girls from standard textbooks, Says they are at second grade level

Numbing Cold Wave ; : i 5 •\ i n Moving info East * j Winter Relaxing Grip On Midwest By United Press A numbing cold wave moved into the eastern states today as a 40-year-old man described the misery of three days'marooned by a nilffwestern blizzard which cost 23 lives. Winter relaxed its frigid, grip on the northern midwest slates ah tIL cold front invaded the upper reaches of New England with zero temperatures. Low thermometer readings were reported throughout most of the Atlantic seaboard states. , But in Minnesota and the Dakotas residents searched in snowdrifts up to 15 feet deep for additional victims of the four-day deep freeze which was spearheaded by a howling two-day blizzard. The cold—which ctjtat 14 lives In Minnesota, eight in South Dakota and one in North Dakota—also took its toll in livestock. s Hundreds of head of cattle in South Dakota were found frozen to death by ranchers who made their way into the fields through Mhe heavy snow. Agriculture officials said it would be days before* the exact number was known. A snow removal cifew found, 45-year-old Maurice Durand of St. Paul, Minn., on a rural road not far from his home. He had spent days in nis stalled car after it quit running when he plowed into a (Tara To Pace Eight) Federal Agencies F To Same Building I Wifi Render Better Service To Farmers A rental transaction is in the making in Decatur which will place the two federal agricultural, agencies under the same toot, it was. learned today. It is a move, according to federal representatives, to better accommodate farmers who deal with the federal agencies. The plan is ito rent sufficient space in the second floor of the Niblick building, corner,of Second and Monroe streets, to house both the P.M.A. (formerly known as the A.A.A.) which is now located .in the Sutton building, and the Farmers home administration, which is presently housed in the K. of C. building. I Space also will be available in the, same quarters if and when other, government agricultural agencies are established in Decatur. The move to coordinate the location of federal agencies is being dope entirely as an accommodation to patrons of all agencies, it was pointed but. When the space merger is completed any person dealing with both agencies, which is often the case, can transact his business In less time. The agencies’ personnel will continue to operate as in the past. r l V H ' ■- I It is understood that the move will be made late in February or, early in March.

BULLETIN Washington, Jan. 25.—(UP) —The government reported today that the cost of living hit a new all-time high Dec. 15. The bureau of labor statistic* Midi that living costs, already at a record peak in mid-Novem-Iber, rose three-tenths of one ercent over the 3Oday period. The new consumer's price Index stood at 189.1 percent ,of 1935-39 prices. Ex-Convict Admits f Killing Nine Men Confesses Murders j /In Order To Eaf 'Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 25 —(UP) —?A bearded ex-convict clamly related, to police today how he murdered nine men with stones, clubs and a gun in the past year because VI had to eat —and ’I had. to have money to do it.” Lloyd Gomez, a 29-year-old scarfaced farm laborer from Mexico, admitted he killed most of his victims in “hobo jungle” robberies which netted him only 862.26. “The most I got from any of them WM >24,” Gomez said, “ . . and the least was a nickle.” All of th? slayings were verified by police records anti had been listed as “unsolved.” Sheriff Don Cox of Sacramento, ebunty said Gomez could remember accurately the ; kind of clothing worn by his victims and the circumstances surrounding each slaying., “There isn’t a doubt in my mind he’s telling the truth —we’ve; got him cold,” Cox said. “He’s Ik a memory like an elephant.” I® Gomez, who'has a jail ing back 15 years, was pickW up by city police a week ago filter they- found him wandering’ *®he streets, bleeding from a slash rah from his left eye to the bridge of his nose. » He was charged with vagrancy and alter a week in jaH," called police in and said: c | “I’m getting tired of livinjttlgs way. I think I’ll just was® th? whole thing up.” Then he ticked off a list slayings in the northern California towns of Sacramento, StoojctoC Merced, Oroville, Roseville, Mary%ville and Mojave' All his vi||im| were hoboes or transients. | ? Gomez said his eighth victin|;wg| killed because he refused to|giv< the Mexican a light for his cigarette. ! T <- • J.“I asked him for a match, whenfi he said ’no’ I waited until he burned his back. Then I hit him with A rock,” Gomez told the sheriff?; 1 '~ I I Elmer Baumgartner I Is Rotary Speaker ; U Elmer Baumgartner, president Os the First Bank of Berne, wasathe guest speaker at the weekly njjpet-; irig of the Decatpr Rotary <*lub Thursday evening, . * ; The Berne banker, who is a timber of the state advisory contmi#slon for the farmers home administration, discussed the tine benefits udder the FHA, particularly to young farmers seeking to operate , their own farms. Donald Norqhest was chairman of the program. : I ■■ .sS ■ •

Asfcs Name Withdrawn, Prefers Pres. Truman . 1 . . As Democrat Nominee

American Sabrejets Down 10 Red Planes Second Largest U.S. One-Day Bag Os Jets Bth Army Headquarters, Korea, Jan. 25— (UP) —American sabrelets shot down 10 Communist MIG--15 jet fighters today ip four flaming air battles over northwest Korea. ' It was sabrejets’ second largest one-day bag of enemy jets. They scored their biggest (victory last Pec. 13, when they shot down 13 oAtbe sjvepfback wing MIGs. ' ' ; V An 11th MIG probably was destroyed in today's skirling \* dogfights over “MIG Alljey.” Three others were damaged.! 'Five of the enemy; jets were sent crashing to earth by Fabres of the 51st interceptor Wing in a single dogfight late this afternoon. Three others were spot down by the 4th fighter interceptor wing in another dogfftht at almost the same hour. : Two more of the Russian-built fighters had been knocked down and one probably destroyed in a mornnig clash southeast of Sniuiju on the (Mpnchurian border, northern terminus of “MIG Alley.” U. N. losses, if any, were not given in ' accordance I with standing, practice. 1. ’ The aerial fighting; highlighted the day. Ground activity dwindled tn patrolling in freezing temperatures ranging to nine j below zero. -Moat of the 145-mile ground front was under heavy snow. Altogether, 68 allied jets tangled with about 167 Conlununisl jets in the four separate aerial battles Friday. • . , | f The day’s bag brought the sth Mr force MIG total to 182 destroyed, 33 probably destroyed and 349 damaged.

■' ; —t * / Favorable Report Received On Jail One Recommendation Is Made In Report The Adams county jail today received a favorable report, filed with county auditor Thurman \I. Drew, from the inspection division of the state welfare department The loeal Inspection was made January 15 by Maurice B, Holland, inspector for the state department. One recommendation was made In the report. It was in substance: “That quarters be made available for detention of prisoners needing segregated care/’

This recommendation probably refers to the care 6f insane patients and also juveniles. When an insane patient is placed in the jail it usually is necessary to place him in the upstairs quarters, which is normally the women’s section of the jail. Also juveniles, under the statute when confined to jail, have to be segregated from other prisoners and when this is necessary at the local jail, temporary provisions are made. The annual report complimented the present occupants of the jail, sheriff and Mrs. Robert Shraluka, [for their maintenance of the jail premises. j ' ~ Samuel R. Harrell jin Governor Race | Indianapolis, Jan. 25—(UP)— 'An Indianapolis milling company executive announced as a Republican candidate for governor of Indiana today in the first formal declaration by anyone from Tarty. .) |. Samuel R. Harrell, chairman of ’the executive committee of AcmeEvans Milling Co., disclosed his Inspirations as the GOP state committee met for a “routine” session to discuss the party’s nominating ' convention next summer.

House Group Orders Probe Os Air Crash Subcommittee Is ; Ordered To Make Safety Rule Study | Washington, Jan. — (UP) — The house commerce committee (ioday ordered an investigation of fuesday’s plane crhfh at EUzaieth, N. J. Ijt ordered a flve-mem-lier subcommittee to determine 4'hether safety regulations are Adequate and what can be done tp- improve air safety. j Rep. Carl HinshaVr a Committee member, said the investigation w!ill cover all phases df air travel. He skid It will include an investigation of civil air Safety regulations, pilot training practices, airport equipment and . location, ground and ’airborne electronic equipment, and mainlenance of engines and planes. f The recent crash at Elizabeth filled 29 persons, including former Secretary of war Robert P. Patterson. Last month, 56 persons sere killed when a plZne crashed into & river at Elizabeth. ■ Other congressional developments: Economic — Economic stabilizer Roger L. Putnam told the joint cbngressionla economic committee that the steel industry ciri absorb a “considerable” increase in wages Without a price increase, i The wage stabilization board now is studying the demand of CIO steelworkers for a wage increase of 18% cents an hour. Machine Tobis —Sen. Blair Moody (D-Mich.) said the Fisher Body division of General Motors was “within 13 tools” of being ready to start production of scarce lathes when the government cancelled Rs contract. He asked national production administrator , Fowler whether “(pressure" by the Bullard Machine Co., Bridgeport, Conn., caused the cancellation, \ Potatoes —Francis C. Jones of the office of price stabilization, said that potato growers have helped disrupt the potato market. He told the house agriculture committee that some growers are withholding potatoes from the market while pressure is being put on OPS to raise the general price (Tara To Page Ftve>

Miss Carolyn Alger Oratorical Winner Represents Decatur In County Contest r Miss Carolyn Alger will represent the Decatur high school in the county contest of the American Legion oratorical'contest, being judged the winner in the school’s oration event yesterday afternoon. Miss Bonnie Simons, also a senior. will be the alternate, haying won second place in the school’s elimination contest. Faculty members acted as judges. Four other seniors participated in the contest. They are, Marilyn Mauller, Mary Ann Swearingen, Jacquie Hite and Edward Stocksdale. Norman -Bchieferstein was the time keeper. *- “ i , The orators were allowed up to t 2 minutes for their orations on the U. S. constitution, its amendments and bill of rights. The winner is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt J. Alger. Her father is a mathematics teacher in the Decatur high school. The district contest will be held before March 13, Deane Dor-win, speech instructor at the high school, stated. The exact date has not been set.

Price Five Cents

McMahon's Action Collapses Test Os Kefauver Strength In Illinois Vate Washington, Jan. 25 — (UP) -- Sen. Brien McMahon asked today that h!is name be withdrawn from the Illinois Democratic presidential explaining he prefers * someone bike —Harry S. Truman.” The Connecticut Democrat telegraphed Illinois secretary of stato Edward J. Barrett asking that his time, filed in the Illinois primary by friends, be withdrawn. McMahon . also wrote z Leo J. Struif of Alton, lIL, that with Pjpeeident Truman still undecided he (McMahon) cannot give Illinois voters “real assurance” that hb could run even If they favored him. * “I cannot in good conscience ask the Democrats of Illinois to indicate a preference for me whep in my own mind I prefer someone S. Truman,” McMahon wrote Struif. \ McMahon’s withdrawal apparently collapsed the promised teet of, the presidential candidacy of i Sen. Estes (“in to (the finish”;) , Kefauver, (D-Tenn,) who has entered the April Bth Illinois Democratic presdiential primary. ] The filing of McMahon’s name in the Illinois primary had beep Interpreted as a move by membeiis of the regular Democratic organization* to nip In the bud the fauver candidacy. j *- . McMahon had been regarded a favorite over Kefauver in the Illinois primary race. Meanwhile, curious Democrat* decided that President Truman is deliberately inviting i speculation that Ke WiM run for the senate again instead of seeking re-elec-tion to the White House. McMahon expressed his “great admiration” for Mr. Truman, declaring the president : has been “superbly right on the great la* sues of our time.*’X/ “The president has not yet disclosed h»s plans,” McMahon said. “Should he choose to run again I will of course give him my unequivocal and wholehearted support.” Democrats had to admit that it was anybody's guess why Mr. TjruSan wants to give a fillip to the Sa that he would seek election as a senator. Sbp. Paul H. Douglas (D-IU ) said he! did not know who McMahon had withdrawn, bitt the effect “will to diminish the importance ofluie Illinois primary." As for Kefauver, Douglas said that a ‘'victory over nobody would not be conclusive.” , One of President Truman’s callers at the White House today said he thought the Democratic party would make a “serlods ipistake” If it didn’t nominate the president. The caller, Jerome Duggan, chairman of the American Legion national legislative committee, said, however, he did not talk politics with the president.

Some thought Mr. Truman tip- j ped off his rea,l intentions when he told his news conference yesterday (A) he probably will announce his political plaps btefore the April 29 deadline for entering the Missouri senate race; and (B) 'h he realised his statement had the effect of “leaving the door open" for him to seek his old senate seat a gain. ’ « Others, who are convinced that Mr Truman will be in the presidential race, felt (hat he upas remely playing his favorite game of “keeping ’em guessing.” MillioniDollar Fire J In Benton, Illinois Benton, 111., Jan. 25—(UP)—A fire fanned by strong winds destroyed al' city block in downtown Benton today with damage estimated at more than $1,000,000. The fire raged for four -hours through stores and facing the clty gquare before firemen, from 14 neighboring communities brought it under controls / -a ; \