Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L, No, 37.

NEAR AGREEMENT ON PRISONER EXCHANGE

Says Truman To Announce Plans In Short Time Jewish Leader Says Truman To Decide ■. Within Two Weeks Washington, Feb. 13 —r (UP) — Denjamin G. Browdy. president ot the Zionist Organization of Amer- ’•* ica. said at the White House today that President Truman told him he will decide definitely “within 10 or 15 days’’ whether to seek _ re-election. ’ “Judging by his remarks, I would say he is going to run again,” the Jewish leader said. He said he urged Mr. Truman to run. Browdy told reporters he had just completed a nationwide tour bnd wanted to tell the chief executive that he sensed “definite senti--ment” tor Mr. Truman. “I urged him to run for re-elec-tion.” Orowdy said. “I am sure the rank and file is with him. "As usttal,. he did not give me the answer but he said he would make up his mind in the next 10 or 15 days." 1 The Zionist leader, who is head of a New York textile company, would not elaborate on vthe‘‘ramarks” by the president which led him to -feel firmly' that the chief executive will stand for re- _ election. \ ■ Yesterday, Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D-UI.) said after a meeting with Mrv> Truman that the president *4 willing to seek re-elec-tion if he thought it would contribute to world peace. Meanwhile, Republicans campaigning for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower have decided to make their next major bid for ♦support In the critical state of Pennsylvania, it was learned. » An announcement is expected this week putting the North At- \ ’antic commander in Pennsylvan- \ ia’s GOP presidential preference primary April 22. Next Monday is the deadline for filing. « Like some other states, Pennsylvania holds a presidential prefer- , ence\ vote in which the names of the candidates themselves are ent-, ered. This vote is not binding, ' however, on convention delegates elected at the same time. Pennsylvania and California, i each with 70 delegates, are second only to New*.. York in voting strength at the GOP convention. Sixty delegates will be elected in the primary to accompany the 10 e.t-iarge delegates already chosen. Eisenhower supporters already have entered the five-star general in the New Hampshire and Minnesota primaries. He faces Sen. Robert A. Taft (O.) and Harold E. Stassen in New Hampshire and Stassen in Minnesota. Stassen also has announced his intention to enter the Pennsylvania test. Taft, who is considered Eisenhower’s chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, has indica’ed no intention of putting his name before the Pennsylvania GOP voters. His campaign organization has strong hopes, however, of picking up a Substantial num(Tora T® Pair* Ki<ht> Warns Farm Labor Situation Critical > j Raleigh, N. C„ Feb. 13—(UP)— Secretary of agriculture Charles F. Brannan warned today that the farm labor situation is "critical,” and urged strengthened farm price supports to enable the natiou’s farmers to meet competition from bigher-paying industries. Sliding scale provisions in present price support legislation, the cabinet member said, "provide the least protection .when the most is needed.” „ Gasoline Price War On At Indianapolis Indianapolis. Feb. 13 — (UP) — Indainapolis motorists looked fdr the signs with slashed prices today ( as a gasoline price war threatened to engulf the city’s dealers. Sun Oil Co. motor fuel distrlbutcts cut prices 2.1 cents per gallon to 24.9 cents. Two blocks from one of the cutrate stations, George Ferguson, a (Sinclair) dealer began undercutting his competitors today.

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Military Plans Io Cut Buying Waste f ■ Near Agreement On Plan To Cut Costs V i Washington, Feb. 13.^h(UP)—j The military is pear agreement on a plan to cut down waste in buying 1 clothing and equipment for the the armed forpes, an impatient congressional group: heard today I : Rear Adm. Morton t>. Ring, vice chairman of the [munition ’board's office of [supply management, said he “hoped” by noon tomorrow the board would approve the pew buying system. Clothing and: equipment for the services [w)uld be purchased through a central Pentagon fiing clashed With' Rep. F. Edward Heliert (DLa.), chairman of a special isubcomniittee oh qiilitary waste, who said a “phantom of the Pentagon” sat on the plan fi'ftm last August—-when it was first proposed —until Jan. 28. j j \" Hi j ; Other congressional developments: ; ■ / ;.![ Fair trade —The justice department and the federal trade commission opposed revival pt “fkir trade” laws, which permit manufaoturers to fix retail prices. Assistant attorney general H. Graham Morison called fair trade laws "mere= cloaks" for anti-trust law -Violators. UMT — The American veterans committee and the Jewish war veterans Urged adoption: pt universal military training legislation. Louis C. Faklser,’Jr.. Okla., AVC executive director, said the program Os compulsory training should start immediately. With,Boo,000 trainees a year. Justice—Rep. Kenneth IB t Keating proposed that persons “defamed” in a forthcoming house ipyestigar tlon of the justice department should be allowed to cross-examine witnesses. The New York Republican. ranking GOP member of a house judiciary ' subcommittee which will conduct, the inquiry, planned to lay the proposal before the group ’today. Sports—Rep.* L. Gray Clemente appeared to be looking at a third strike in his proposed investigation of all sports to “throw,the fear of God into the gamhlfers and crooks trying to corrupt our youth.” The New York bill : was being considered by the house rule®, committee, but chairman Adolph J. Sabatli (Dilll,), who. supports the measure, said somp, hiemib£rs of the. group are againM St. ArnaU —Senate Democratic lead* ers forecast "easy” ddofirrnjation of former Georgia GOT Ellis Arnall as price stabilizer. | The ‘nbmination probably will cbme to a floor vote Monday. Confirm at ion has. been recommended [ unanimously by the senate bankjpg coipmittee, (Turn To Page Eight) ; y [[ || J | I! I ' . —7 Boy Seoul Banquet Held Tuesday Night Annual Banquet Is Held Last Evening The annuaF banquet of Pecatur Boy Scouts wa? held Tuesday evening at the Masonic? hall, With approximately 170 Scouts and adults in attendance. 'H' :j • i ; Attending in additiqn to tihe Boy Scouts and leaders were members of[ the organizations which Sponsor the three Decatur troops. Rqtary club. Lions club and Adanis: Post 43. American Legion, r | i IL L, Van Horn, Kort Wayne, executive of the Anthony Wayne area council, was the principal speaker, stressing the value of' scouting in molding 'the yowth tor future citizenship, ij ! , J j Capt. Forest R. Shafer, iof the army air force, also spoke briefly, outlining the vital importance of Civil defense, and explaining the part which the Boy Scout organization can play in forming a defense group. L t| . H. H. Krueckeberg, cashier ot the First State Bank, and for many years active in Boy Scout activities, presided as toastmaster and introduced, Scout leaders present, including Louis Rastetter, of Fort Wayne, president of the Anthony Wayne council. 1 .:|v | | The Rev. Edgar p.|Schmidt, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, gave the invocation and community Zinging was led by Lawrence Arfi spaugh. Mrs. James L. Mother, Jr., provided excellent dinner music cm the vibraharp. The banquet was prepared and served t>y the ladies of the Eastern Star. i * [’ li i ' .

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|Z~TI - j s 'n- ■' : Civil Defense Meet Held Last Evening t -■ j| I ■ n ! B . h Air Force Captain i Speaks At Meeting '-I i: ; | j v- rB ! i “Witjhin an hour, 300 jet planes Could be assembled .in Decatur.” This'i was the statement pt Captain Forest R. Shafer, United States air who was in Decatur Tuesday cheeking on Adams, county's civil defense organization, j Capt, Shafer, accompaniied bySgt. Richard J oil list QU. also of the air force, attended twt> njfeetlngs here Tuesday in addition ;to inspecting the four civil air defense posts in the county. Hity trip is pne of four, made each yea;jjj . Floyd Hunter, civil air patrol Chairman of Decatur, presided at the public meeting whiqh was held at the American Legion home Tuesday- night and was attended by about 50 interested persons. • Capt. Shafer also attended the joint meeting of Lions and American Legion held iat .the Masonic ball in observance of Boy S?cout week. J ■ L ' South Bend is the filter -center fpr thetyorth half of in the air defense program. It is ; called a filter! icenter, because all reports from ground observers' and: radar observations are centered at South Bend and filtered into Various departments for' action. . , Obseiiyers' tests are conducted each month in the 60 Indiana counties connected with the South Bend center. ■ , There are four-posts in Adams cpunty. jjThey include the Decatur post, With Hunter as chairman; Berne post with Alfred Clouser as chairman; Monroe post with Homer Wlnteregg in charge and Magley post with RrnesJ‘ Worthnup as leader. The purpose of the ground obser-’ vation posts is to spot planeA and immediately call the information to the South IJend headquarters.! This information would be Valuable in case of an invasion by enemy aircraft. dalls from Adams county to South Bend can be made through emergency channels in 30 seconds, Shafer reported. Besides the human element organized in each of the 60 counties. every inch of the territory is guarded, each 24\ hours by a radar system. Headquarters at South Bend can tell every time an airplane of any description Is in the area. Capt. Shafer said that the. most difficult, part of organising the (Turn To Pace , . JJ ■ • • ■ : 1 ...

Decatur, Indiana, Wedhasiy, February 13,1952

Three-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Auto | Terre Haute, Ind., -Feb; 13 — (UP) —Lawrence Moeller, 3, died last night in St. Anthony’s hsopitf.l of injuries suffered Monday when he was struck by a car driven by David Reamer, 23, Indianapolis. Reamer said the boy darted in. front qf his eMr, and Vigo county coroner Denil Ferguson Returned a verdict of accidental death. . I iPolice School Will Open Next Monday 10-Week School To ;• Be Held At Bluffton A police school, to 'which all municipal liollce officers of northeastern Indiana have been invited, will be held at Bluffton, starting Monday, according to a letter received today by Chief James Borders of The Deqatur forced The school, which will be held for a period of 10 weeks, two hours each Monday and Thursday, except Thursday, Feb. 28 wiien the will be moved up to Friday, Feb; 29. will be sponsored by the Indiana state police and experts of that department will conduct the classes, i M .. i..,’ Among the subjects tq be covered will be public relations, traffic control, criminal law, Indiana traffic code, accident investigations and other topics dealing with current problems of municipal police departments. ’■ Chief Borders said that he hoped two or three of the Deeatul force would take advantage of the school and would enroll. Enrollment is not mandatory,, howevqr. Policemen from all northeastern Indiana cities have been invited by Mayor H. H. Robbins, Bluffton, who is in charge of organizing the classes. All classes will bp held at Bluffton community center and each class will start at 7 p.rrr. and close at 9 -p.m. ' Burns Are Fatal To Indianapolis Woman Indianapolis, Feb. 13.—(UP) 1 — Mrs. Edna Taylor, 49, died in Genera 1 hospital last night of burns suffered Friday in a cleaningfluid exploeldn at her home. Her husband, Isaac, 55, died soon after the explosion. .■ [. -* Ii"• I i i : ?■•. I.

Adams Central Bond Hearing Held Today Hearing Is Held On Bond Remonstrance ' Hearing on the remonstrance filed recently by 12 Adams county residents to the proposed bond issue of Adame County Central consolidated school corporation for the construction of a new school ;buildk ing at Monroe, was held at Adams Central high school gymuasidm in Kirkland township this morning. ; More than 275 persons, in addition to the 200 pupils, attended the hearing, which was presided over by Herbert C, Holmes of Peru and George C. Gable of Wayne, representing the state board of tax commissioners. ? Robert Anderson,, attorney, ft. C. Jones and David Schwartz, taxr payers, spoke for the remonsteators and D. Burdette Custer, attorney for the school corporation, and Gene Hike, clerk-treasurer of the town of Monroe, spoke in behalf of the proposed bond issue. J The hearing adjourned shortly; before noon and the hearing judges stated that a decision on the remonstrance would be reached ip the next several days and all .interested persons Would be notified. \ The hearing was one of a series of; incidents in connection with the history of Adams Central. A jnajofity of voters in eWch ot the three, merged townships,? Washington, Kirktland and Monroe, voted tor the consolidation, but since that time more than two years ago, a group has contested the progress of the merger. Indianapolis Cops Pay Parking Tickets Indianapolis, Feb. 13—(UP)— Thr&e retraced city policemen paid 12 traffic violation tickets today. A private citizen paid a parking fine in police headquarters and demanded to know why three cars in front of the station > were allowed to overpark without getting tickets, ■Police stuck tickets on the car, one ot which was parked in front of a fire hydrant. The cars be* longed to , police officers. ! INDIANA WEATHER i ’Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Rather windy north portlQn. Rain southwest and extreme south portions tonight i and most of state Thursday. J Little change In temperature. ILow tonight 30-35 north and ’3B-40 south. High Thursday 35-40 north and 40-48 south. < ' • j ?I lu • .■ . Il • 1

—»—* Repatriation Dispute Only Matter Blocking Exchange Agreement

Order Reinspection Os Mine In Illinois Theories Conflict On Cause Os Blast Benton, 111, Feb. 13—(UP|— The Illinois mining investigat ng commission today ordered another inspection of the West Frankfort qoal mine to clear up conflicting theories on the cause of the blasts that killed 119 miners there Dec. 21, 1951. ’ The commission ordered the jreinspsoibn of Hie New Orient Mine No. ft lifter tScil Sanders, only trapped miner to escape death in the disaster broke down, sobbed rnd shook with spasms when he told the dramatic story of his j 1 <,2' The commtitee set the new inspection for Saturday. Sanders collapsed and sobbed uncontrollably in the middle of his testimony yesterday as the hearing which was packed with relatives of the victims. * { Sanders, who'was trapped 58 hours in the dust and gas-choked tuins of the mine, was on the verge of tears as he waited to testify. He insisted on 4akin< the stand despite special counsel James B. Martin’s advice to retrain from testifying. When Sanders reached the point it) his story where be was rescued he put his hands over his face, broke into sobs and began trambling violently. The miner was rushed to a hospital where doctors said he was suffering from nervous shock. Before collapsing Sanders described! the sensations of the explosion,. “AU at once it got dark and I felt' awful strong winds and flying dust,” he said. “I was a: ’rollin’ and thdn two fellows called pie over to one of the entries. I couldn’t eee. I couldn't breativ They got me oveir to one of the entries. “I finally got my breath, and my eyes cleared up to where [I could see. We headed east and made our way to the second north passageway. T [ • “We couldn’t go any farther because the gas and smoke was so strong. “I don’t know what time I lost consciousness. , “I woke up and my light was gone.. Everything was black. I (Tara To Pa*a Kt*ht) ' ' v :■ .■ i Stray Dog Problems Studied By Officials J ■ '■ I Complaints Made By Decatur Residents Police officers and the board of safety are studying the annual spring stray dog problem. Manji Decatur citizens have registered complaints the last few days of doffs running through their yards in gangs at a half dozen or more< It.is believed that new regulations will be forthcoming from the proposed meetings. Control ot doge always has been a touchy police problem and there is somei talk of reviving the former dog 'pound. , Under the present ordinance, a dog cannot be destroyed until it has been held for 10 days. An owner can show his tax receipts on the animal in that period and pay for the expense of taking the dbg into custody and claim the animal. j M However, there are not sufficient appropriations available at present to house dogs and provide for them. It is believed likely that new regulations concerning the animals in Decatur will be announced soon. I . . \ There are other statutes which make the owner of an animal Hable for damages and injuries. Offtcialf stated that they are continuing to study the problem. H ■■ i !

; —$ —t — Duke Arrives In London To Honor Brother Duke Os Windsor In Pledge Os Allegiance To Queen Elizabeth’ London, Feb.i 13.—(UP)—The i Duke of Windsor, who ruled Great Britain for 11 months as King Edward VIII, camt home today to pay final tribute to his brother King George VL and proclaimed his alegiance to his niece. Queen .Elizabeth, with, the invocation, “God save the queen!” The duke said, in a statement on his arrival in Southampton from New York—without the duchess for whom he gave up his throne—that he came torattend the funeral “of a dear brother” and to comfort his 84-year-old mother. Dowager Queen Ma|y. Likening the start of Elizabeth’s reign to that of their illustrk&s ancestor Queen Victoria, the dijke said: "Youth and courage are great assets in the precarious times in which Elizabeth II begins -her . i . ? / "And at the outset she has the help and support other husband, Philip, and the; loyalty and good wishes of al lher people.” He ended hfs statement with invocation: ,J God save the queen." It yvas with the invocation “God save the king” that he announced his abdication ip 1936 in favor of George because? he could not live “without the wpman I love.” ' S A two-mile litije of people watted to pass the dead king’s catafalque in Westminster Hall where his coffined body lies in state until his funeral Friday. [ ‘ Royalty converged, on London from Europe and the Middle East to attend the funeral. j x King Haakon |ot- Norway, Prince Mohammed Abdel Moqien>, cousin of King Farouk of Egypt, and Prince Aly Rezq Pkhlqvi, brother of the Shah of Iran, Were already here. As the duke Arrived, itbwas announced that his mother, 84-year-old Queen Mary, would not attend the funeral. [ The Dowager (queen, with whom Windsor is to jitay here, is quite well, it was explained, but ought not at her age <o go through with the ordeal of the funeral ceremony, for another ; son, the late king. • ■ Young Queen Elizabeth, forced to carry out her pressing royal duties despite her grief for her \ (Twr» T. Pa*e • —- ——! 1 Adult 4-H Leaders Meet Tiilsday Night April T Deadline For 4-H Enrollment Mrs. Ivan Zeigles was elected cochairman of the adult 4'H club leaders in a county session in the Decatur high school Tuesday evening. Alonzo Smith was sleeted co-vlce-chairman and Mrs. Ben McCullough, co-secretary. The terms .are for two years each. Fifty-six Adult leaders were present. Miss Anna K; Williams gave a word of welcome to the group and spoke on the rewards accruing to those who do volunteer community service. County agent L. E. Archbold stated that the presence of this, the largest group of adult 4-H club leaders ever assembled In the history of cluq Work, in the county, was real inspiration. He ledin a dtecussion of how to get 4-H club enrollment. , April 1 waa het as the deadline for 1962 4-H club enrollment. W. Boltin, of the Indiana-Michl- - (Tara Te Page Five) !: j'• >1 ■ | ; j: ’ ■■ • ■ I i I ;

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r ~ UN, Communists Officers In Slow Progress In Other Truce Negotiations Panmunjom, Korea, Thursday, > Feb. 14 — (UP) r— One question j alone blocked full agreement on a prisoner exchange today after the United Nations and Communists agreed Wednesday to start all “ I prisoners home within 60 days of a Korean armistice. Still to be solved is the dispute over voluntary repatriation. ‘ The allied and Communist offL - cers made slow but steady pro- i * grass with Wednesday’s agreement * end the U. N. offered a new com- ; ' promise to get closer to a truce. The U. N. said it would meet the I 1 Reds half-way in the dispute over ’ the number of ports through which rotated troops may pass during a \ 1 truce. ■i- . ' 1 Both steps were taken in meet- * Ings of staff officers. The full ’ truce delegations still were in re- [ cess, awaiting a promised Com- t munist compromise proposal for a ! full-scale Korean peace conference. ■ Col. George Hickman, senior U. : N. staff officer, tpld the Reds at 1 the meeting on a prisoner ex-' change that the allies could move ( to the exchange point all 132,000 1 Communist prisoner* within 60 J r days of an armistice. The Communist* promised they ‘ would have all 11,559 allied war * prisoners at the Exchange point 1 within the- same period. The agreement was believed to ‘ have settled all outstanding questions relating to an exchange of s 1 war prisoners except the most 1 controversial point of all—the U. -• 4 ‘ N.’s insistence that prisoners shall ’ have the right to refuse repatria- \r tion. * ( The Communists still contend i, ' that all prisoners should be repat- ‘ Hated, by force if i necessary. ' The name of Maj. Gen. William F. Deah, highest-ranking American 1 officer in' Communist "hands, was mentioned for the first time in the [i truce talks. His name came up 1 i/hen the Reds said it 'would be i Impossible for Red Cross representatives to accompany all allied ‘ prisoners to the exchange* points. * “This would not be mandatory for all prisoners,” Hickman replied. “It would be idle, for instance, to accompany General Dean to the exchange point.’* Dean, reported in good health, 1 is held with one other allied prisoner, a private, in a private resi- * dence in Pyongyang. X The staff officers will meet again at 11 a. m. Thursday (9 p. m. CBT today) to begin drafting an agreement on the prisoner exchange. In the other staff officers’ meeting U. N. representatives offered to reduce the number of porta of entry to be used on each side for the rotatino of troops during a truce from eight to seven. When the Reds said they still believed that there should be only four entry ports for each side, the U. N. hinted it might split the difference. The Communists made no immediate reply but may do J so Thursday. r| ( ■ h. — [ / Junior Town Meeting At. Van Wert Today The Decatur high school speech class, accompanied by their instructor, Deane Dorwin, went to Van Wert, 0., today for a junior town meeting of the air. Topic of discussion will be “Should high school students go steady.” Miss Mary Ann Swearingen and Ed Stocksdale will present the pro and con talks. ; The program wiil be broadcast over station WOWO, Fort Wayne. \ at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Other members of the class, who will take part in the question period, are: Rheta Butcher, Carolyn Alger, Burdette Custer, Dolores Delauter, Irvin Ewell, Barbara Hilyard, Jacqueline Hite, Eugene Hoffmah. 4 Don Hott, Jerry Kolter, Marilyn Manlier, Nlra Miller, James Moses, \ Norman Schieferatein, Bennie Simons and Sharon Strickler.