Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 62.

URGE CONGRESS VOTE FOREIGN AID FUNDS

Rail Strikers Give Up Fight On Injunction New York Central's Service Is Near To Normal Again Today Chicago, Alar. 13— (UP) —The New York Central said today its service wpuld be ’’completely normal” by mid-afternoon after strikers at two strategic points gave up their fight against a federal injunction ordering their walkont to end. The first mail train for New York was due to pull out of Chicago shortly after 10 a. m. (CST). and the first ieng-haul passenger train —the New England States—will leave Chicago at 2:20 p. m. 4 CST) for Boston. NYC said. Strikers at division points, Elkhart, Ind., and Toledo, 0., agreed to go back to work. In addition, another pocket of resistance to the system-wide back-to-work movement collapsed early today when train crews on the Chicago. Junction railway, a switching line which serves Chicago's stockyards and southwest side industries, reported for work. The "sickness” atnong the Chicago switchyard workers developed last night, and for a titne It appeared that the vital ajwitch nointv might be teid up in still another stumbling block, to the reI sumption of normal service. The switchyard employes began returning to their jobs later in the evening after workers at Elkhart, Ind., a "division point” on the NYC from which crews are drawn, voted to return to work. i t With the vote of 137 to 72 in favor of returning, the last efforts to block a government-obtained federal court injunction collapsed. "It-looks like the strike is over,” an NYC spokesman said. . ’’ Earlier in the day, workers at another “division point” at Tole- j do. 0., voted to return to work and thereby abandoned a move to ‘ secede” from ttveir unions in a move intended ot remove* them; from the jurisdiction of \the'lnjunction. ii JThe Toledo group voted to. sfet up an independent union,: “the Model i Railroad Club,” but they joined the back-to-work move after a vote of 220 to 214. The strike *was called Sunday morning to force the issue in 1 a nearly three-year-old dispute between the brotherhoods and the carriers over wage scales and working conditions. Although the unions contended it was a "legal strike,” the government immediately went into i ction to obtain an injunction. It was issued Tuesday in Cleveland and ordered the unions to get the men back on their jobs "expeditiously.” iThe union leaders agreed to cbmply with the order and wired the locals to put the men back to v'ork. After a flurry of protests, the workers returned except at Elkhart and Toledo. ? ‘ ' Two Men Killed As Auto Hits Truck t La Porte, Ind., March 13—(UP) —Willie H. Cameron, 36, and Corneal Pearson, 24, both of Chicago,. \i were killed today when their auto hit a semi-truck parked at a lunch stop near Wanatah, , State police said the men were killed outright when their car sails ed to make an “S” curve on U,S. 30 and smashed into the parked truck. Expect Watkins To Announce Sunday Indianapolis, 1 March 13-r—(UP) — Lt. Gov. John A. Watkins, Bloomfield publisher, will announce Sunday for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, political associates said today. Gibson circuit judge A. Dale Eby of Princeton said Watkins would officially enter the race at a rally in Indianapolis sponsored by the Watkins for governor Democratic veterans committee which Eby heads. -

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$300,000 Fire At Indianapolis Firm Indianapolis, March 13. — (UP)— Tlamage was estimated at $300,00p today In a two-alarm fire which destroyed the top floor of an Aruiour and Co. warehouse herb last night. \ No'one/ was injured anti cfctise of the fire was not determined immediately. .. ; . ' . The fire broke out on the second floor of the three-story building late yesterday and burned for hours before three engine companies brought it under control. 15 Men Killed In Collision Os Two Superforts Two Blind-Flying Superfortresses Collide In Texas New Braunsfels, Tex., Mar. 13 — (UP) —Two blind-flying B-29 su-per-fortresses collided in flight, crashed and exploded on the barren brush country near here. The air force said today that all 15 men aboard were killed. ; j ’ D. C. McDonald, an eye witness to the crash, said one of the B-29’s approached the other frorA the left’ and rear. It chewed into the leading plane’s fuselage, -shearing the tail off. . i ' i’ The forward section of the cripnled plane, carrying eight7 men, “fell right* down on its back," McDonald said, and burst into flames when it hit. "Its tail section floated dpwn a few minutes later," McDonald s 4 id - ■ n ■ > The second plane'“maintained its altitude and course for several minutes longer,” McDonald skid, "then . . . went into a steep glide end hit.” /. / _i'| ■ It also exploded on impact, four miles from the spot where first plane crashed yesterday. Authorities at ‘ Randolph air force base, where .the B-29s were based, said both planes had canvas covers over the cockpits as parUpf the instruction of the students on transition traiiiing. Officials could offer no explanation of why nohe of, the sevAn men ; in the sfecond plane parachuted. No radio distress /signal was sent out by the plane. A Randolph investigation team was assigned immediately and the air force flying safety investigation team from Norton air force base, San Bernardino, Cali!/ was due today. McDonald said the second superfort seemed undamaged after it had severed the tail ot the first., The crash occurred about 1:40 p. m. yesterday. One of the supetforts had been in flight ohly 11 minutes, said Lt. Bijl Adams, Randolph public information officer. •Th “M Royce Faces Trial Saturday Morning Assault And Battery Case Set For Trial Carl Royce, free on S2OO bond on a charge of assault and battery, will face trial in mayor’s ; court Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.: -Royce was arrested by city police and sheriff Robert ShralUka following an investigation Os a teport that a young Decatur woman had' been grabbed Monday night in the; north part of Decatur. i i Royce pleaded not guilty when arraigned before justice ot peace/ Floyd Hunter Tuesday morning.; Hunter performed the arraign-; ment because of the absence from, the city of Mayor John Doan./ Thei trial will be held, however, in mayor’s court. Yesterday Royce signed an affidavit against Anthony Baker, charging assault apd battery. Two men are alleged to have gone to Royce’s home oh North Fifth street Monday night and according to Royce’s statement, one of ♦he men struck him after l ? he answered their knock at the door. \ Baker also will face a hearing Saturday morning • in mayor’s court.

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The/Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. *Seimhtz, pastor, yesterday consented to pose-in the above picture in connectton with breaking ground for the SBOO,OOO St. Mary’s Catholic church at the corner of Fourth and Madisop 1 streets. Excavating for foundations and basement under the church and recto/ry was started yesterday by Baker and Schultz, who were awarded the contract by iF A. Wilhelm, ot Indianapolis, general: contractor. Shown in picture are. left to right; Severin Schb-ger, T. J. Metzler, Ed Berling Msgr. Seimetz and Bernard Wertzberger — Photo by Tom Briede. ? _-U

Local Girl's Essay ' Is Given Honor Spot : Phyllis Elliott's Essay Is Published '1441 hqnor spot in the March Ujsue of Young Wing* mopithly publication of the Junior Litefhry Guild of the United States and Canada, has been allocated to a prize winning essay of Miss Phyllis Elliott of Decatur high school. ;| Miss Elliott wrote the essay last | year when she was an / eighth grade pppil. The essay was award«3p first prize by Doubleday Publishing Co. and was the result of a contebt sponsored by that concern here after a visit to see the egg trpe at the Decatur public library by Glenn O. Simpson, antlXecutiVe of the publishing house. I Miss Elliott also received a letter and‘’autographed copy of “The 1-fgg Tree” from the author, Katherine Milhous, and the Literary Guild presented the Decatur librarjfj ..with a book, “The Winged Horse Anthology” as the indirect result of Miss Elliott’s effort. The awards all are the result of Miss I, Bertha Hellerf librarian, reading the story of tha egg tree and deciding to have one in the library here. The local tree crested so much interest that the publishing house, original publishers iAjf the book, sent a representative here.' j I 1 Simpson immediately arranged the. contest among local eighth grade pupils and after selecting Miss Elliott’s essay as .the winner, it was ’submitted to the Literary Guild. That group decided to honor the essay by publishing it in this mojith’s guild magazine. The essay also is accompanied by a picture /of Miss Elliott. MsisTHeller said that the annual rgg treA. wtih more than 100 additional eggs, would be set up In the public library March 21 and would |>e on display until after Easter,: April 21. For the last several weieks local people have been preparing new egg shells for the 1952 version of the tree and these will be/jadded to the eggs presented Last;year. \ \ ' Jobless Pay Claims ! Increase In State 1 * Indianapolis, March 13. —(UP) — Despite an increase in job openings during the first weeif pt March, unemployment insurance 'clkims went up five percent over the previous week, Indiana’s employment security division reported toddy. They reported an increase ■\ in industrial activity, with employers listing 'nearly 400 more job openings than they had the wwk before. More than 1,800 jobs were filed during the week. Many of the jobs couldn’t be filled, the divlslpn said, because of a shortage of skilled and semiskilled workers. ' 5 I ; r*

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Kerosene Explodes, Man Fatally Burned Kendallville. Ind., March 13.— (UP)—Edward Birch, 74, died of burns suffered yesterday A'hen kerosene exploded as he attempted to light a stove in the kitchen of his home near Wolf Lake* UMT Baffle May Be Renewed In House Modified Bill May Be Studied Again Washington, March 13. —(UP) — Speaker Sam Rayburn threw his influence today behind a move to give universal military training another chance in the house. Rayburn told reporters he be-; lieves the house might approve a modified UMT bill if it were brought up again. The house last week voted 236 to 162 against an armed services committee measure under which 18 : year-old males would be given six months of military training and then do a 7-% yeas hitch in the reserves; • Committee ' chairman Carl Vin- ( son (D.-Ga.) said after the votei that he wouldn’t try to revive the measure in this session. But Rep. Charles'®. Brownson (Rrlnd.), who wants to turn UMT into a high school training program, said today he is “going to bring out another bill pretty soon.” Rayburn told reporters he be- : (Tun To Pace Klaht)

(Rev. Otto C. Busse; St. Papl’s Lutheran Church, Preble) A SEARCHING QUESTION "And why call ye me. Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Luke 6:46. . \ 1 ' This is the searching quecstlon directed by Jesus to the Pharisees whom He found nothing but meaningless professions—professions that came from the lips but not from the heart. It is possible for a man to have she form of godliness and to deny the pbwer thereofi just at it-Is possible for a tree to.be beau- , tiful in form, abundant in foliage, but barren of fruit. The first fruit of true religion in the heart, a religion that !e centered in the sacrificial life and death of Jesus, is obedience to the immutable laws of Almighty God. Jesus made clear the importance of the commandments as a revelation of the wiltof His Father in heaven when he said in the Sermon on the Mount, “If ye love me keep my commandments.” /• • . / One of the great needs of the present time is a re-emphasis of the law of God. Men need to be taught the fundamental distinctions between rgiht and wrong. They need to realize that all wrong-doing is Sin and Crime, ij. ■/ There are other fruits of a‘ truly Christian life. £aint Paul enumerates some of them in the Epistle to the Galatloqs. He says, "The fruit of the Spirit love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” Where the Spirit of God dwells in the heart of naan, these outward manifestations of His presence ate as certain as is fruit upon a thrifty tree. Amid the entangled mass of hypocrisy, self deception and selfrighteousness the truth uttered by Jesus rings clear and true,” “He that doeth the will of My Father Shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” “This is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one that seeth the Son and believeth on Him may have everlasting life.” By precept and example JAstts taught obedience to the Father’s will, being obedient even upto death for our sins. How can we call Jesus our Lord and Saviour unless we are willing to abide by the truths which He has taught us. /„

Kills Legislation To Restore Crosses House Committee . Kills Legislation Washington, March 13. —(UP) — A house interior subcommittee to<lAy kMlsd Tegislalitm to force the army to restore white crosses on graves of 13,000 war dead in Honolulu’s national memorial cemetery. The action was taken by voice vote in open session with no objection from any of the sfven subcommittee members present. The vote followed testimony by Col. James B. Clearwater, shies of the army quartermaster corps memorial .division. that restoration of the crosses would pe contrary to policy established for national cejheteries. The Hawaiian cemetery, in the famous punchbowl eraser above honolulu, was opened in January. 1949. Until last fall the army used white wooden crosses as temporary grave markers. Las? fall, however, the crosses were uprooted and replaced with , permanent flat markers of stone. This action evoked protests from : Hawaiian groups and , resulted in introduction of the legislation killed today. \ Clearwater said that if the army is forced to replace the crosses in Honolulu, "we’re going to have pressure for the same thing in this .country.” Hawaiian delegate Joseph R. Far<Tnra To Pa*c Kt«ht>

Diplomatic, Military Leaders Urge Congress Grant Truman's Request

Kefauver To Oppose Russell In Florida Challenges Dixie's Anti-Truman Bloc 1 Atlanta, Inarch 13.—(UP)—Sen. Estes Kefauver Dixie’s powerful antlrTniman bloc today by announcing he will oppose Georgia’s Sen. Richard B. Russell in Florida's presidential primary. Kefauver, who defeated President Truman in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, will oppose Russell in Florida's May 6 preferetttial primary, which is not bipding, and also in a separate election on' May 27 for the Sunshine state’s Democratic convention delegates. Russell already hag filed as a. Candidate in the popularity contest and a slate of the Georgia Democrat’s candidates has been entered in the delegates’ election. It was reported in Florida that Kefauver’s slate of delegates will be filed by the.end of the week. Kefauver’s entry into the Florida primary brings him face to face with a powerful move in Dixie to overthrow Mr. Truman’s 'control of the Democratic party. Step number one in this movement is to seek the Democratic nomination for Russell. The move is led by Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, Sens. Harry Byrd of Virginia and Walter George of Georgia, and Govs. Hugh White of Mississippi, Herman Talinadge of Georgia and Allan Shivers of Texas. 1 ! The Dixie Rebellion excludes any support for Kefauver. Talmadge maintains the New Hampshire primary was not a personal victory for the crime-busting senator but rather a protest vote against President Truman. He said the outcome actually helped Russell by showing the president’s weakness.. Talmadge bitterly attacked Kefauver in his personal political newspaper last week. He branded the Tennessee senator “the darling of the Communists and-all the left wing radicals.” Kiefauver will have an uphill fight in Florida just as he had in New Hampshire. Most of the •state’s congressional delegation backs Furthermore, the lanky Tennes* sean will not have the support of (Tur» ’To Pace Five> Democratic Women Meet Next Tuesday March Meeting At Legion Home Here The March meeting of the Adams county Democratic women’s club will be held next Tuesday night at the Legion home in Decatur, it was announced today. The meeting will be in the form of a tea, starting at 8 p.iyl. Mrs* Lorene Fenstermaker, Geneva, will preside at the program, which will follow. The entertainjhent w r ill be furnished by the junior arts department of the Decatur woman’s club and Miss Catherine Weidler will have charge. Plans will be made for future meetings at the business session of the club which will follow the entertainment and the system of meeting in the various towns of the county will be Continued. AH Adams county women, whether or not they are members of the club, are invited to attend the tea and entertainment, (Mrs. Fenstermakei; stated. V Transportation will be furnished for women from Berne, Geneva, Linn Grove and Monroe by the regular transportation committee. INDIANA WEATHER windy and colder tonight. Snow flurries north and central portions tonight Frl- , day partly cloudy, colder south portion. Low tonight 25-32 north, 30-38 south. High Friday near 35 north to 42 south.

Reds Insisting Anew On Broad Armistice Base / - To Outlaw Possible American Blockade Os China, Formosa Panmunjom, Korea, March 13.— (UP) — The Communists, in an abrupt about face, insisted anew today on a Korean armistice broad enough in scope to outlaw a possible American blockade of China or Formosa. The new attitude on the part of the Red truce negotiators came to light dtiring an interpreters’ session —the lowest level of the negotiations. i t Communist interpreters working over an agreement tentatively reached on truce supervision repudiated an earlier assurance that they would drop all Attempts to stretch the scope of tho armistice. They had originally opposed including the word “Korea” In a paragraph prohibiting a naval blockade of the war-torn peninsula.; 1 Such a deletion would have had the effect of extending a blockade ban to the coasts ot dhina or Eormosa, if desired by either party. The interpreters earlier had introduced a proposal to delete the word “Korea.” But yesterday, they withdrew the proposal and indicated their willingness to have the word reinstated in the paragraph dealing with naval blockades. However, the interpreters said today they! could not include “Korea” in the final phrasing 1 of the paragraph. They said they had been instructed that the matter should be turned back to staff officers. Earlier, United Nations truce negotiators demanded ’that the Communists turn oVer a new, “complete and bonafide” list of allied war prisoners. Seeking an accounting of 53,600 missing U.N. soldiers known to have been captured by the Reds, Rear Admiral R. E. Libby said an accurate list was needed if prisoner exchange discussions were to have any “definite and concrete meaning.” Libby bluntly charged the Reds with trying to recover 132,000 prisoners held by the UN. in return for only 11,500 allied prisoners admittedly held by the Communists. North Korean negotiator Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho replied that the U.N. was displaying a “negative attitude.” Libby asked Lee to explain a proposal the Reds made last week to exchange prisoners on the (Torn To Pace Kigbt) Receive Notice Os Delinquent Taxes Saturday Deadline To Make Payments Adams county property owners who are still delinquent on their 1949 taxes, payable in 1950, today received notices that their properties would be advertised as delinquent and sold for taxes if payment was not made in full b> Saturday noon. Eight property owners were placed on the delinquent list, and two of these already have paid. Six descriptions remain and these persons have until Saturday to make their 1950 payments. , The Daily Desnocrat and Berne "Witness will publish the delinquent list next Monday and advertise the sale in legal notices, auditor Thurman Drew stated. The tax sale will inciqde delinquent taxes only for they ear 1949, payable in 1950, Drew pointed out. The list is said to be one of the smallest in northern Indiana counties, which speaks well for Adams county. Drew said.

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? - - , ?- r Warn Reduction In Fund Might Wreck Western Defense Against Communism Washington, The administration’s top diplomatic and military leaders today urged congress isl the name ot (K S. security to grant President Truman’s request' for $7,900,000,000 in foreign aid funds. Secretary of state Dean Achesot and mutual Security administrator W. Averell Hgrriman asserted that cuts in thjs program might wreck western defenses against Communism bpd In so doing jeopar the security of America. Defense secretary Robert A. Ix>vett sought (o allay congressional criticism that the aided countries, particularly those of western Europe, are "dragging their feet" in the mutual defence program., He promised that U. S. military help vyill be gauged by the “performs, ance” of America's allies. These three and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, testified before the senate foreign relations and armed services committees in joint session. Acheson made these points: 1. Europe stands at a point in history ’fwhen great advances can be made which Kill endure for centuries.” (71 2. The time is at hand when, in the name of defense against Communism, it Mi pqssible to end ancient rivalries. Including that between Germany And France. 3. But if the vtest falters now, these goals “may not be accomplished for a long time to come.” 4. European J nations cannot /bear more of the mutual defense burden than they are bearing nbw. And any attempt to make them do more, by cutting U, S. aid, “might well wreck everything we are trying to accomplish.”; Even as the administration lead, ers testified, some Democrats demanded that another voice be heard — that of, Qen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of allied forces' in western Europe. No questioning; of the witnessesWas planned today. Foreign rela. tions chairman Tom Connally (D-Tex.) said his committee will begin; questioning tomorrow. Sen. Brien McMahon (D-Conn.>, a member of the; foreign relations committee, served notice he will seek a vote as soon as on inviting Eisenhower to return to testify on the program. ‘ McMahon said Eisenhower’s North Atlantic treaty organize, tion headquarters compiled the figures for the mope than $5,000,600,000 of aid to Europe in the proposal. “Who can speak with greater authority?” he asked. Obviously mindful of congressional criticism that some western European nations have been “dragging their feet’ 1 on rearmament. Lovett said “the first 1 criterion" in granting U.* jS. military assistance will be the “performance of nations in raising effective forces.” 7 • ' , “I assure you that no program (for any nation) is to be considered as a commitment or a promise on the part of the United States,” he fiaijd. "Performance will be the testJf* Lovett’s prepared testimony dealt almost exclusively with the need for $5*350:000,000 in “direct military aid” which Mr. Truman has requested for allies in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Near East and Latin America.V; • ! —- Lions To Entertain Minstrel Show Cast Members <?f the Decatur Lions club wil lentertain their wives and all members of the recent minstrel show cast at a dinner Monday night at the Masonic hall. The dinner will be served at 6:30 o’clock. It will take the placp of the regular Tuesday night meeting Os Lions for next week. \