Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 69.

Food Pikes, Living Cost Index Drop Sharpest Decline In Cost Os Living In U. S. Since 1949 i *■ By United Press Food prices dropped again today and the government reported the sharpest decline in the cost of living since 1949. Urice declines were reported on a Wide range of commodities, from butter and eggs to television sets. At Chicago, chain stores cut „ hut ter another two to-four. cents tor an overall decline of 17 cents a pound since Feb. 29. One chain sold top grade butter at 77 cents a-poiAKL At New York, the department of rharkets reported that eggs, including large grade A varieties, were selling for 61 cents a dozen, a sixy ear low. Hog prices at major markets in the eastern portion of the cornbelt were 25 to 50 cents a hundred pounds lower in today’s trading. The declining price of wool and leather goods prompted removal of price ceilings earlier-this week. At New York, Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp, cut prices today by more than 25 percent on some models. > ' The price cuts ranged from S2O to SIOO and included the firm’s .complete 1952 TV line. Earlier this week General Elec.trci cut TV prices £2O to S9O and Muntx cut its prices S2O to S3O. At Washington, the government reported that the cost of living declined for the first time \since last July in the month ending . F eb. 15. The drop brought an automatic wage cut of ‘a cent an hour to 1.150.000 railroad workers whose wages are tied to the cost of living by contract. _ The bureau of labor -statistics sah| the cost-of-living decline was siK-tenths of one percent, sharpest since December of 1949. The bureau said retail food prices’ dropped 2.1 percent, the sharpest decline in more than (Turn To Pace F.lcht) Elks Plan Annual Cancer Fund Party To Hold Open House At Lodge March 29 j Decatur-Elks lodge, number \993, again will join with \ other Elks lodges of the state in the annual drive for the cancer fund. The local .lodge has been one of the pionee’rs in the annual event. Saturday, March 29, open house win be held at the Elks lodge and the day will be culminated by a smorgasbord supper, at 6 o’clock, two hours of varied entertainment and a dance starting at 10 o’clock. The public is invited to join in this event ilAll proceeds, from. the sale of tickets, which will be a donation of $1.50 a person, will go to the state cancer fund. A night of entertainment for' everyone has been arranged and Adams county merchants have joined with the Elks in contributing merchandise which wfH be given to those attending the party. The tickets, which are available at the local lodge or from any of the members, entitle the purchaser to take part in the entire evening of festivities, the committee in charge announced. Indiana Eliks have contributed a total of $245,656.64 in the past four years in the drive to eradicate cancer. It is one of the major projects of the Decatur lodge. Among the larger contributions made by the lodge are those of $128,800 to Indiana University medical center and $30,000 to Purdue UniveAity for experimental purposes. J.K. Eady is chairman of the local committee in charge and he stated today that the entire program on the night of March 29 would be one of the finest ever offered to the public and he urged all local people to support the drive for funds which will go to this important cause. • INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with rain south and central. Rain or snow extreme north tonight and Colder tonight In central and northeast Low tonight 28-35 north and 34-42 south. High Saturday 35-43 north and 43-53 south. '

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BULLETIN Corpus Christi, Tex;, Mar. 21 — (UP) — A four-engined ; navy P-4Y2 patrol bomber plunged into Corpus Christi bay a quarter-mile offshore today and a nax/y helicopter crew hovering over the wreck- . age said none of the 10 men aboard survived. ' I* The hull of the giant priva- ' daybreak today, nosed down In teer was found shortly after 10 feet of water. : Three feet of the tail section stood above the surface, and a tattered parachute fluttered from one of the fins. i ~~—r-'ir'Ori Propose End To Squabbling Over Prisoners Red Proposal Wbuld . In Effect Write Off Missing Prisoners . ?•?! I I\i : . Panmunjom, Korea, i Mar. 21 — VP)—Red trucie negotiators proposed today that both sides agree io release all listed .war prisoners without further; squabbling over missing captives. [ The Communist “hompromise” proposal provided for; the freeing of only the 11.559 allied and 132-474 Red prisoners jkhose! names already have been exchanged. Os the allied prisoners. 3.19,8 are Americans. ■ i ■ ; It in effect would Write off at least for ttye present 53.000 additional allied troops, including 1,398 Americans, who disappeared in Red captivity and Communist pl’isoners allegedly held bur net reported by the U. N. m Allied representatives shrugged bff the proposal. They saih it contained “absolutely nothing hew.” Moreover, it reiterated the Red demand for forcible Repatriation, if necessary, of all listed prisoners. ? ■ The U. N. has warned; that it never will force prisoners who lave turned against Communism to return to the Reds. In an adjoining- conference tent, other Red staff- Officers asked more time to map out specific areas around each of the TO ports of entry through which troops and supplies may pass during a truce. However, Col:. Andrew J. Kinney of the U. N. tpld niewsmen he anticipated no trouble in reaching a speedy final agreement on the issue. He said It may come Saturday, when the Reds submit additional data. A high allied leader qt the same time said “impiatierit'i demands from the American people for a quick cease-fire- have made it difficult for V. S. leaders in the Far East. "Our people beak polite have got tq curb their impatience for getting a, finite solution tn| everything (Turn To Pane Flu lit» Henry Christianer Is Taken By Death . Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Henry H. Chri,siiiheir, 92, a native of Adams county,; died at 11:55 o’clock Thursday n|g!ht [at his home in Madison township. Allen county, where he had resided since 1889. Death followed an illness of four weeks. - He was born Nov. 3. 1859, in Root township, a son of Christopher and Margaret Knajpp-'Christianer, and was married to bojiise Boerger Oct. 24, 1889. Mrs. Christianer died June 29, 1924. Mr. Christianer. a retired farmer, w’as a member olf Si. Peter’s Lutheran church. ; : Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Selma Dornseif, kt! home; four grandchildren and one great-grand-child. Three sons, twei daughters, two brothers and two sisters are deceased, Funeral services swill be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at -the Zwick funeral home and at 2:30 o’clock at St. Peter’s Lutberah church, the Rev. Fred Droegemueller officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after ? p.m. Saturday until time of the services. Authorizes Tocsin Telephone Increase Indianapolis, March 21—(UP) — The Indiana public service commission today authorised the Too sin Telephone C 0.,! with offices in Decatur, to'increase fates effective at the next billing period. I . \

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■ ■ ■ * W «IR- /JEB 1 Wl—> . 1 ! W• • J DODIE SMART, a worker in Sen. Robert A. in Newark. N. J., starts removing the candidate’s from the wall as “Mr. Republican” announces his withdrawal from the state’s presidential preferential primray race. Taft ordered his New Jersey head--quarters closed.

Gas Company Files For Rate Increase Panhandle Increase h Boosts Gas Costs { i 1 , Northern Indiana Public Service company today petitioned the public service commission of Indiana fpr permission to increase its gas rates in the Fort Wayne service area, which includes Fqrt Wayne, New Haven, Roanoke. South Whitley. Columbia City. Ossian, Tocsin, Preble, Decatur and Bluffton, acto R. L. Kaade. division manager of the company at Fort Wayne. - The change in gas rates is made necessary by the increase in the cost of gas purchased by the company from Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line compnay. Felxfuary 20, new and higher rates by Panhnadle became effective, which will increase the cost of gas to the company on the basis of 1951 purchases by $784,236, or 71.2 percent. The new rate submitted for approval would, on the basis of 1951 usage, increase the revenue of the company $466,484, or 11.56 percent, according to Kaade. The proposed increase is not sufficient t<l meet ’he increased cost of gas, but the • ompany hopes to increase its sale of gas to meet the additional cost. The company now believes the proposed new rates will be temporary nad when Panhandle rates are finally established by order of the federal power commission, the company will review its gas rates and proposed changes, if any are tequired, in accordance wjth the new conditions. “This is the first general increase ip gas rates since World War I,”\ Kaade said, “ahd it is being proposed only because our costs have been increased beyond our ability to absorb them.” ■i 1 • ■ ; ■> - • / George F. Laurent To Head Elks Lodge Annual Election Is Held Last Evening George F. Laurent, personnel director at the Decatur General Electric plant, was elected exalted ruler of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge, at the annual election of of ficers, held Thursday night at: thie lodge home on North Second street. Other officers named last night were: Dr. H. R, Frey, esteemed leading knight; Richard Macklin, esteemed loyal knight; Bernard Hain, esteemed lecturing knight; Nathan Gurtner, secretary; H. Gilliom, treasurer; Roman Raudenbush, tiler, and J. K. Eady, trustee for three years. Laurent will succeed Walter H. Gilliom, who has served as exalted ruler for the past year. Installation of new officers will be held at the next regular lodge meeting Thursday night, April 3. Rites of initiation were conferred on a candidate last nighty by Gilliom and his staff of officers. ‘ 1

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Eisenhower's Staff Chief Is Enroute Home Gen- Gruenther To Ask Congress Not To Cut Aid Funds s Paris. Mar. 21—(UP) Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, cliief of staff pf Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, look off for Washington today to ask congress in the name of the shpreme! commander not to make cuts in foreign aid that would weaken western defense. There was speculation that Gruenther also might discuss with the Pentagon any plans of his chief to ask relief from his post and go ixome to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Gruenther is the man Eisenhower has picked as his personal t hoice f|or supreme commander if end when he leaves the post. Kevin; McCann, Eisenhower’s friend and author of the forthcoming book! ‘‘The Man From Abilene,” accompanied Gruenther. Reliable sources said Elsenhower probably will go hbme between May 15 a«d Jirtie 1 as a candidate for the Jtepubjlican nomination. It was believed that before Gruenther comes back to- Paris rext wefek, ai thorities in Washington will know Eisenhower’s views on hsi possible resignation as supreme conmander. , Grbtnther’s mission officially, however, is to testify before congressional committees on foreign aid. He said before he left that he has no other business in Washington. \”We are simply trying to justify the foreign aid bill from the position Os our mission l oyer here.” Gruenther said. “It is a strategic mission all oytr the world." Gruenther worked until almost the last moment. He said he was in a hurry to get back herfe but nc‘ because hej feared; Elisenhower might go home! before he returns. “I have no power of vision bn (Tara Ta Pace 81x1

•deotten IfteditatuM, ■ ' H ' ■ ■'? ■ 1 ; . (Rbv. W. L. Hall, Monroe Methodist Church.) “ANTIDOTE FOR FEAR” , ? I ■ 11 ! Psa. 45:3 ? :J;■ ■ . ; f' A !.?■ . 1 . : ?■' ■..\ ' f ?■. '■ ' ' Cojd paralizing fear grips the hearts of men all over the world today as it has never gripped them before, and not without reason. Fear of disease, fear of want from the loss of possessions, fear of war. Rertraiiid Russell says: ”We have the oceans to build a gay and happy wprld if we can teach mein wiser philosophy; wiser morals, and >viser education.” He satys further that "beggars are happier than: business leaders and politicians because they have lost all fear.” I qusefion whether beggars have lost all fear, and it is possible that business leaders and politicians have deep seated fears. However, I would like to recommend to them and to beggars that they acquaint themselves with "the great promises of God and learjri to love Him for the Word says, “Perfect love casts out fear.” Fear produces moral, and sometimes, physical paralysis.

Steelworkers Delay Strike Until April 8

MacArthur Willing To Take Nomination I . 1T ' 1 T S' Will Not Campaign For GOP Nomination ?New r York, March 21 —(UP)-f Gen. Douglals MacArthur announced last night he definitely will nos campaign for the Republican presi4«ntial notpination, but made it /dear that |f the American want him he would J accept th| nomination. , J z * The general reiterated a ment he issued in 1948 when hp was generally acknowledged to bd a candidate. At that time he said it would be "recreant" of him. tq “shrink fro-m the hazards and re* sponsibilities involved from accepts ing. any 'public duty to which I* mlfilit be called by the Am«ricari; P«WIe ’’ * T lit said his desire to stay’out p| any state primaries was not im consistent With his I&48 In a statement issued through hid aide, Maj. Qen. Courtney MacArthur said “the principle enun| dated is fundamental to the rew sponsibillty df citizenship to which every good American will fully, scribe. There is no inconsistency whatsoever therewith in my noi seeking political office through participation in state primary eled tions." J ■ MacArthur has been named frd qumtly as. a possible GOP presfe dentlal nominee in the event Sen. Robert A. Taft (R. 0. and Gen. Dwight D. .Eisenhpwer hecomfc deadlocked iin the Republican nominating convention. f " MacArthur could be named a| the nominee in such a deadlock AlthiKi: participating ’Many prlj (Tarp Ta Pa«« EKkM) ' Henry A. Breiner Dies Last Evening | Prominent Peterson | Resident Is Dead Henry A. 83, well known 1 resident of j Peterson, died at 5: o’clock Thursday evening at the'/ Adams county memorial hospital.! He had been a semi-invalid and; totally )>lind for the past foor years J | Mr. Breiner. who had resided in. Kirkland township, since a child, Operated a grocery store and rail-" *joad freight, agency at Peterson tor 53 years until his 1 retirement' in 1946. He also was a former! postmaster aft Peterson. He was porn in Union township' Sept. 16, 1868, a son of Michael and Hannah .Beltz-Breiner. Hes! ' was married to Emma F. Fruchte: Feb.. 24. 1895, and Mr. and MrsJ Preiner celebrated their 57th wed-; ding anniversary last month. .Mr. Briener Was a member of; the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church at Only survivors in addition to his wife are three nieces and & nep-;! hew. A sop, two brothers and one’! sister, preceded him in death.! ; Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. in. Saturday at the Zwick funetap home add at 2. o’clock at the Salem Evangelical; and Reformed church at Magley. the Rev. H, E. Settlage and the T tev. Frank Kise officiating. Bur-’ ial will be id the church cemetery. ’ The body (|viU remain at the Zw|ck funqral home, where fViends may call until time of the services?

Claims Taft's Withdrawal A Weakness Sign Backers Say Taft To Prove Strength In Wisconsin Vote Washington, March 21 —(UP) — Sen. Robert A. Taft’s opponents today viewed his withdrawal from the New* Jersey primary as a sign of weakness, but the Ohioan’s supporters retorted that he will prove his strength in Wisconsin. Republicans supporting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for theGOP presidential nomination said Taft gave their campaign its third big boost in past two weeks when he pulled out of the April 15 New Jersey contest. The general already had-' swamped Taft in the | New Hampshire, primary aad received an astonishing total of,writein votes in the Minnesota race. Eisenhower added to his supporters’ jubilation yesterday by saying he is “reexamining” his past decisions as a result of the Minnesota primary. His statement indicated he is reconsidering his earlier refusal to come home and make a personal campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. The * Eisenhower camp received a minor setback last night when the Maryland attorney general’s office rule<L that voters may not write in the name of a candidate in that state’s primary May 5. Deputy attorney general J. Edgar Harvey said write-ins are banned in Maryland primaries. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) io the only presidential candidate of either party to file in Maryland. Taft announced yesterday that he would not conduct his planned campaign in New Jersey because Gov. Alfred Driscoll had “broken his word” by endorsing Eisenhower instead of remaining neutral. DriscoH denied that he had violated a pledge and called Taft a “poor loser.” Harold E. Stassen, who was entered in the New Jersey primary along with Taft and Eisenhower, called Taft's move a “confession of weakness.” Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.), an Eisenhower backer, told reporters it seemed to-him that Taft was “virtually out of the race,” He said, however, that Eisenhower workers should be cautious and take nothing for granted. \ Taft’s statement, in effect charging Driscoll, with a doUble-cross came two days after hip had said in Wisconsin: “We’ve known Gov. Driscoll has been for Eisenhower for months, but I still think we’ll elect a considerable number of delegates in (Turn To Pare EigM> ■ ——M; Checking Primary Election Supplies Supplies Checked ? For May 6 Primary John Bixler,; custodian of the court house, today started checking and preparing ballot boxes, booths, and otfcer election supplied for\the May 6 primary election. The work is being done under the supervision of Ed Jaberg. chairman Os the board, of election ers, and Thurman DreW, representing the county commissioners. . eNw ballot boxes also will be necessary for Decatur’s new D precinct in the fiist ward. Bixler will construct the nfew boxes in the next several days. The physical supplies such as the boxes and booths are furnished by the commissioners. Jaberg stated that the order tor other supplies such as pencils, tally sheets and all other necessary equipment would be placed soon The ballots for the primary- election will be printed shortly after April 7, Jaberg said. Printing of ballots is done under the supervision of the election commissioners which include in addition to the county clerk, C. E. Peterson, Republican, and David Macklin, DemoJ crat.

Bogart And Leigh Win Oscar Awards Bogart's Award Is Hollywood Surprise Hollywood, Calif., Mar. 2$ — (UP) —Humphrey Bogart said today he hadn’t changed his opinion that academy awards don’t prove anything—even though he won an oscar last night in one of the bigvest upsets in Hollywood history. It was no surprise, however,, when English actress Vivien Leigh became a two-time oscar winner with an award ofr her role as a faded nymphomaniac in "A Streetcar Named Desire.” Her supporting players, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden, won the coveted gold trophies as expected, too. But the star-studded crowd at the 24th annual awards presentation gasped and applauded when Bogart nosed out favored candidate Marion Brando to snare the award for playing a gin-soaked riverboat captain in “The African Queen.” Last year the movie tough guy grpwlfed in a magazine article that oscars were a lot of .nonsense. But today Bogie refused.to* his words. j-f ' | . ■ • fl don’t change anything of what I’ve said,” he said. . . ' ■ “This oscar doesn’t prove I was the best actor of the year. The only honest way would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win.” *Of course.” he added, “you’d get some funny Hamlets that way.” For the first time In several tears, two of the top oscar winners upset the predictors. “An Americna in Paris” was voted by members of the honorary academy of motion picture arts ends sciences* the best movie of 1951; It became the third musical ever to win ih academy history. The critics had expected either “A Place In The Sun” or “A Streetcar Named Desire,” both heavy dramas, to capture the award. . 9“t the lightweight musical col(Tnrn Ta Pare Harry Moltz Dies Thursday Evening jFormer Prominent Businessman Dies Harry R. Moltz. 85, former owner of the Decatur Produce company and a retail dry goods merchant in this city from 1890 to 1910, died at his home, 116 South Fourth street, at 6:30 p.m. last evening of infirmities. Active in local business and civic circles for more than a half century, Mr, Mo]tz was nationally : known as a poultry and egg shipper. During World War I period his operations were extensive and his dealings in the produce market made him one of the leading operators in the midwest. Born in Van Weft county, Ohio,* Decatur in 1890. He was a part-g ner of the late W.A. Kuebler in the | Kuebler and Mdjtz dry goods store, now known as Ehingers. He retired from the retail business in 1910 and built the Decatur Produce Plant, along the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, at the extension of South Third street. ’ He sold the produce company in 1948. • He was educated in the Van Wert public schools and attended business college in Pittsburgh; before engaging in his business career. He married Miss Anna Dailey | of this city, March 12, 1891. | A member of the First Methodist 5 church, Mr. Moltz also was a inem- , ber of the Decatur Masonic lodge, the Decatur 1.0.0. F. lodge and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite. Surviving besides the widow are | two nieces and one nephew, Harry Dailey of this city, and one sister, Mrs. Ada Melsheimer of Columbus. . Funeral services 'Mill be con- fl ducted at 1 o’clock Monday after- . noon at the home, the Rev. Sam-fl uel Emerick officiating. Burial will" be in the Decatur cemetery. The J body will be removed from the £ Zwick funeral home to the resi-1 dencb, where friends may call after I 2 p.m, Saturday. ■ • jj

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Nationwide Strike Threat Is Postponed Recommendation Os Board, Is Accepted; Now Up To Industry Washington, March 21. —(UP) — The tHQ United Steelworkers today postponed their threatened na- ; - tionwjde' strike until April 8. leaving it, up to the steel industry to accept or repect a 17-%-cent hourly pay boost and union shop recommended by the wage stabilization board. The? union’s 170-man wage; policy i committee accepted the board’s recommendations sihortly after 1 a.m. but warned it will call a strike if an agreement is not reached with the steel companies by the new deadline. j ! Thdi wage board’s recommendations *re not binding bn either side. After the eteelworkbrs announced the fourth postponement of their threatened walkout, defense mobilizer Chdrles E. Wilson called off a tentatively-scheduled visit to Key West; Fla., where he had planned to dibcuss steel prices with President ?Truman. A Jpokeisman said Wilson might go tut Key 'West later, possibly next j weekt A meeting of steel compan officials was. called in NeW York to study the board’s recommendations and; draft a statement, expected later today. An industry spokesman said the statement was expected to be a “blistering attack” on the board’s proposals —particularly the recommendation for a union shop. Hqwever, he said there was “no question’’ thai; the companies would agree to negotiate with the union. . Industry spokesmen have hinted strongly they will not go along with any proposal which does not assure a compensating price increase, and some obae vers expected the nego--tiations to bog down* again if the pried issue is not settled to the steefmen’v satisfaction. CIO president Philip Murray, who also heads the powerful steelworkers union, said t negotiations with; the industry would resume Monday. ' . Most observers felt the steelworkers’ acceptance of the board’s recommendations shifted the pressure for settling the dispute squarely on the industry, Industry members of the wage (Tara To Pace Six) We Carry A— ' Complete Line! THIS WEEK’S 5 SPECIAL’ . .t ’ , EAS ** 12 oz. P kg S .4yC SUNKIST. FROZEN ORANGE JUICE > J . ■ ' It's Delicious X39c _____ FLORIDA | TRIUMPH NEW POTATOES j No Waste < 10 lbs. 79c larket 1 | Phone 3-3210