Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 78.

• ' “I Fair less And Arnall Confer On Price Hike Industry Leader Holds Conference >yith Price Chief New York. April I.—(UP)—Steel wage negotiators stood by today to resume bargaining talks aimed? at averting a nation-wide strike April 8 as a top industry spokesman argued, the ease for .steel price boosts in Washington. A high government source said today was the “key day” in the" crucial wage-price dispute which threatens*to choke off vital steel production. Steel mills will start banking furnaces Friday if no break comes in negotiations. * In Washington, president Benjamin Eairless of United States Steel Corp., largest of the pasic steel producers, conferred with price Ellis Arnall. Arnall said only “we are having at discussion.” Apparently they were talking about a price increase big enough to compensate for the 26 cent an hour wage, and fringe package increase sought by the union. Arnall reiterated that the steel industry “will get vtaat they’re entitled” to in price increases under the law and price regulations, but “nothing more.” He answ’ered “no” when asked if the so-called Capehart formula might be changed to give the industry more than the average $2-a-ton price increase the formula would , provided V ' . ■ An industry source said the steel companies’ negotiating committee expected to hear from Fairless this afternoon. Fairless’ report would determine whether the industry would meet with Steelworkers’ chieftain Philip-Murray later in the day. \ . * The contract boost was recoinmepded by the wage stabilisation bon rd and the CIO United Steel- , workers have said they must get , puch a hike to head off their threatened walkout. Wage bargaining talks , between the union and the indutry were to have resumed yesterday after a three-month break for the wage board to make its recommendations. But were postponed “temporarily, pending further developments,” on the motion of John A. Stephens, top industry negotiator and U.S. Steel vice president. / Stephens did not elaborate, but it was clear the “big six” steelmakers who invited the union to bargaining talks were awaiting word from the Capitol op the price question. t CIO president PhilipMnrray, who also heads"the steel union, said he expected a meeting today but industry rhen indicated they may not be realdy to talk until tomorrow., Stephens, who is traditionally the chairman Os steel union-indus-try bargaining conferences, asked Murray for the delay amid a tense atmosphere brought on by thp /resignation of defense mobilizer Charles W. Wilson. The former head of the nation’s rearming effort said the size of the wage-fring hike suggested by the wage board —together with President Truman’s ap(Turn To Pa are EtKht) Annual Drive For Funds Is Opened By Salvation Army The annual fund-raising drive in \ Adams county for the Salvation Army was officially opened today, nccording to an anouncement bv Brice Bauserman, of the First Bank of Berne, county chairman. The drive will continue to May 1. The county quota is $2,500, of which SI,OOO has been allocated by the Deactur Community Fund, hence there will be no drive in Decatur. All funds raised in the current drive will be used by the Salvation Army for maintenance of its free mobile canteens and Red Shield recreation centers for servicemen (including Kofra) where > 48 Salvation Army workers have heen reported killed), 1 .and for operation of its disaster relief and aid to the needy program in the ■ county and state. •-a Volunteer workers will conduct a door-to-door canvass in Berne. Geneva, Monroe and the ruru x- 1 areas. Local treasurers are: Earl Caston, First State Bank, pecatur: Brice Bauserman. Berpe; Otis Buckey, Bank of Genevaand Glen Stucky. Stucky Furniture Co., Monroe. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight. Lew tonight 32-38 north, 38-44 south. High Wednesday 48-53 north, 53-58 south.

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r* s "'" *■: Early Easter Sunday Service Is Planned An early Easter mornijag worship fervfee has been arranged for thie j young people and guests from the churches of Decatur. The service . |s planned for 6 a.m. Eafctdf Sun- i jluy and will be held in--- the Baptist church. ; k | The program will include twlo ! youth choirs and several Other ( Focal and instrumental Tbe worship meditatfoft will be j jgiven by Farris Frank, Prfcsbyterian ministerial ( student at Indiana University. A detailed pro- ; eram will be announced; at a later I pale. i Committee responsible for ar- ; rangements includes Lois Strahni, \| Luther Schrock, the Riev. |ubnas Berkey, thd Rev. Robert Hammond, and the Rev. 'Samuel EmerickAtomic Bomb Test Is Held This Morning : Las Vegas Shaken i Gently From Blast 75 Milfes Distant Las Vegas, Nev., Apr l , I—-(UP) —An atomic bomb; dropped | from a high flying U. S.!air force bomIjer over Frenchman's -flat proving grounds 75 miles north of; here, exploded and shook thisj resort qliy gently today as ifcferchants were opening their dooihs.foir the hay’s business. r | ' The air drop wai by htmoic energy officials whb are charged with’ a new series of Atests, launched with tills morning’s detonation. They would pot reveal the type of bomber Or the Ineight from which it was dropi|ed. No troops or animals participated in the test, the AEC said* ( The "shot’’ was the Mrst iin a . new series of atomic tests at the j Frenchman’s Flat proving grohrids.: It was the 14th A-blast Within the . continental U. S. and in- 1 eluding the two bqmbs. dropped 1 during the Pacific Xpr ire the; sumner of 1945, detonated by the! U.S. 1 The blast, according to observers who took postal on tliiS resort city’s taller bulidings, was-Rarely visible and it was sieveral miputes before the usual atomic cloud rose above the ‘bank of Cumulus clouds oh the horizon. ’ -1 Eight shock wave£ sljook the; efty minutes after the blast.l No reports of damage were received. Thowsands of tqtiristu flooded ‘.lie streets and were packed sar-dine-deep on rooftops, all ( ej»s focused north to witness the blast. Most of them weye disappointed, expecting a much piore spectacular’show. , jTipoff that the blast might be air drop came when the civil aeronautics administration ; ipsued a j special bulletin Shortly . hefpre midnight—warning flyers to stay ejear of the air route between Uis Vegas and Kirtland air force \lta»e at Albuquerque, N. Ml ’• .When blasts were scftadulpd as ground detonations no j (Tim* To Pa** EisOtt Linn Is Appointed Blood Donor Leader • • i • • !’■" ■’ Fi k 'j -[JI Name Chairman Os Program In County William L. Linn, Washington township trustee and a former Decajtur clothing merchant i has accepted the appointnient as' blood dobor chairman sos the Red Cross, nwfsu. Ed Bauer, vice-chairman of the blood program, I:annountjyjd toW p IHNI ■' The new chairman has taken ovpr hip duties and is obtaining pledges from prospective;; donors for the next visit of the bloodntobile toithis city. Tire unit will ita here April 25 at the American taegion home. > I At least 144 donors are needed to assure the meeting of the county’s quota of 125 pints of blood. Chairman Linn explained. The Red Cross furnishes blood to hospitals and to the armed forces free of charge. Last month, donors contributed 113 pints of blood to thd regional blood bank which is quartered at Red Cross headquarters: in- Fort Wayne. This was 12 pints. under the county’s quota. -I ;; . i To meet Red Cross commitments totaospltals and the-armed forces it |s necessary to- have a backlog of donors, ’Linn explained. Persons who would like to contribute Itp the hutaanitarlan program are asked to get in touch with the chairman or call the Red Cross office i£l this city. r ■

— 7-V— — * T 2 - Little Survivor Hugs Rescuer 1 .t jfKu P\ 4L\ J| 1 mhh ..— ▼ MARY ANN CHURCH, 4, whq was lost in the Wisconsin woods with her sister Kathy, 5, and cousin Steven Kennedy, 5, both of whom froze to death, hugs her rescuer, Sig Johnson, as he visits her in the hospital at Oconto Falls. Wis. The children wandered away from home, were lost two days until Johnson found them on a hunch. i > i 1 i ; L_ ..1

Wilson Says ' U.S.Might Is Growing Defense Mobilizer In Final Warning i i j On Steel Dispute Washington. April 1. —(UP)— Charles EL Wilson packed up to “go fishing” today with a final warning /that the fate of the U.S. dollar hangs on President Truman’s solution of the steel wage-price disBate- , I Wilson officially threw up his job as defense mobilizer last nigStt rather than go along with Mr. Trurtian ,in sanctioning a steel wage raise without a compensating increase in steel prices. The 65-year-old industrialist, who Ijas helped rearm America in two national emergencies, bowed out with an angry blast at the president and a reassuring word to the na« tion as a whole that the mobilization job he undertook in the dark days after Korea is two-thirds completed. V ! “I believe that we are fast overtaking Russia in the quantity of production qf war materiasl,” he announced to a hurriedly-summoned pews conference just an hour before his resignation became effective. “In quality of production, I believe that we already have passed them. A 1 4 “We and our allies, in view of the way production is rolling, now have the balance of world power,” Tbe outgoing mobilizer was less optimistic about the future of the Wage-price stabilization program. He told newsmen he still believes the steel pay raises of 26 cents an Hour, recommended by the wage Stabilization board and approved by Mr. Truman over his objections, are a serious threat to the stability of the American economy. \ I “I haven’t changed my mind one Hit on that,’ ’he said emphatically'? I Wilson, who gave up a $175,00b-a---year job a.s president of peneral Electric CM. to become defense mobilizer, said he has no plans to return, to private business. “I haven’t any more plans that a haby, except to go fishing.” he said. Presidential assistant John R. ’ Steelman took over as acting defense mobilizer and called immediate conferertbes with economic stabilizer Rober L. Putnam and price controller Ellfs Arnall to search for away out of the steel dilemma, which threatens to erupt in a nationwide strike April 8. Egg Treb At Library Attracts Attention The Easter, egg tree in the children’s department. of the Decatur public library is again attracting much attention. Over 400* beautifully hand painted egg shells adorn tree this year. One of the shells was sent by tie author Miss Katherine Milhous, who wrote and illustrated the book, “!The Egg Tree,” for which she received the Caldecott medal in 1951. This year many qf the story book characters have been designed and around the tree are exhibited Little lied Riding Hood; Little jßlack Sambo; 80-Peep, Mary and her little Lamb; Old, King Cole and the Queen of Hearts; Little Miss Muffet. Between 200 to 300 people visit the library daily. li; f ■ . ■ i .’. i • i i.

— I Decatur, Indiana, TuesdayjApril 1,1952.

Group Rotary Meet \ Here On Thursday Decatur Club Host To Os Clubs A group meeting of Rotary clubs will be held here Thursday at 6:30 p.mi. at the' Masonic hall, the Decatur club being host to Rotarians from Berne. Fort Wayne, Bluffton, Columbia City Churubusbo, and other cities in thie area. Milton E. Merriman, Northwest Airlines representative who spent more than 30 years in the Orient, will be the afterdinner speaker His talk will be made vivid by motion a<nd still colored pictures which he took during : hi* many years in the Far East. 'They will Include West scenes in Korea, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Born near Bluffton, Merriman started his career in the transportation business with the Erie railroad at Huntington. Later he was employed by the former Pacific Mail Stbamship company, San Francisco. In 1913 he held his first position ,in Yokohama. Pte left the Pacific Mali to become bead of passenger work for the Nippon-Yusen-Kalsha Steam ship company, a Japanese firm. During World Wiy I, he served with the YMCA in Siberia, and in the ( immediate post-war days was with the: United States shipping board which supervised the comple tion of American cargo ships in Japan and Shanghai. Ke was with the American Express company in Japan, China, Java; India and Cey lou. Merriman joined Northwest Airlines. in {1946, being on duty al various times in Tokyo;; Seoul Korea; Formosa and Hong Kong He returned to the United States for (special assignment in £t. Pau (Tura To Fite El»lit) \ /f— Window Cards Urge All Citizens Vate Decatur, Berne and deneva Boj Scouts have distributed more .thar 200 (window cards wh|jCh urgb al citizens to vote. The work has beer done the last few days and th< cards were furnished by the Free dom Foundation, a national organ! zation interested in urging all citi zens to vote. Business houses in all three Adams county towns have been ask ed to display the cards in theii windows until after the primary election May 6.

.detcteti ‘MteditetifM, • i I •• '■-• • . . < I. ■ . > ['- .■ i J ‘ .' ; (Rev. F. H. Willard, Bethany Evangelical Brethren Church). THE NEARNESS OF GOD | I i ;, • ■- \ I \ ; “One God and Father of all, who fe above all, and through ,1 all, and in you all.” Eph? 4:6 | I;jI! . ■ f I A reflection upon the text of this topic and mapy others which.» deal with the nearness of God suggest three thirigs to me. (1) God is trying to get nearer to us but w|e make it difficult for Him—really impossible for Him. It is like the door in the face of a friend. (2) We would like to getjnearer to God but are never quite sure that it will satisfy our desirhs and justify the disciplines we are told it entails. (3) There are definite times in which people Os the Bible and Others since have fqund’ God near. There are reliable experiences of the ig-esence of Gpd. • When Helen Keller was an uneducated blind igirl she visited Phillips Brooks for the first time. h| spoke to her of God. “Oh,! is that His name,” she said. “I have soften felt Him near me, but ’ I have never known by wnat name to fall Him.” We know a name by which to call God —sometimes philosophic, or scientific, or materialistic or even religious bu.t fail to find His nearness. ‘Peyhaps we may find His nearness by the simple aft o^\listening and the simple exercise of faith. He never shuts ttfe jdoor on u|. fie longs to come In, The life and desath of our l|ord is constant and increast yivid reminder that “Gad draws |ear to us in Christ.”

Heavy Early Vote In Nebraska And Wisconsin Today

__ _ Good Friday Union i Services Planned ~ Will Hold Services j During Three Hours t’nlon Good Friday services, ip|>nßored by the Decatur minis*" lerial association, will hejd agaln-ithis year from 12 to 3 p. ml,; -Friday. April 11. Services this yt|ir will be held at the First Methpd|st iclnjrch on Wost Monrpe Atifeejl All ministers co-operritirfg in iJthe ministerial association will pa|tioipate in the services. t’he religious program this year w i|l follow thrse; separate services of worship, each service to last ons hour. The service for the first hour will begin with a 15-minute organ meditation aL 11 noon. This will allow worshippers to be ;in their places of worship by 12:15. The Rey. Willard H Zinke, pastor pf the Salem Evangelical and formed church of Fort Wayne, will bring the message during this hour. The music section of the Decatur Woman'? club will present sacred Lenten music during the second hour, from 1 to 2 p. m. Miss 1 Helen j Hau bold will ; direct th® choir, ’which his helped in past The speaker .for the; third hour, irota 2 to 3 p. m„ will be Dr. Ra|ph . M. Holdjeman :of Dayton. Oh|o. Dr. Holdeman is director of f chgrch school administration Rita assistant sejeretary of evangelisjn of the Evangelical United lirithren I ' ■ p M ' ' A spokesman for the committee Jn charge of thei Good Friday service made this) statement today. “lt| will be noted by the public thait the Good Friday Service with traditional meditations ;ofi the Seven? Last Words interspersed with 1 n'»dfc by the music section of the Wqmari’s club has been changed thi| year. There will He three separtfe services of! ona hour each, Wiijl a brief intermission between splices. It is hoped since all services to be differdpt many people will find it [j, sible to be present for the entire thi-fee-hour period. For those, who caij be present ; for two hours, a service of sacreld music and mes•‘•gaiie by either guest speaker will be f mt|eh appreciated. For those whp can Mb in attendance for anly □nd hour, any one of the three r Percies will be complete without i «nj| interruption). It is hoped by I thei committee that all who attend* i wil| find it possible to remain, for 1 at least one hoifr.' When we real- • izel the significance of- Good Fri- ■ dajf and\ the real purpose of these - serfrices. we believe all worship ■b*rj will co-operate. It is hoped ; thaj the variation in our Good • Frilay observance for this year Wilf prove to be a real blessing to al’ Avho attend.” . A '

Josef Stalin Asserts Third War Not Near ■ Replies To Series Os Questions From American New York, April 1— (UP)—Russian- premier Josef Stalin, in reply to a series of que&fons asked by a group of" American editors, in a message received here today that World War HI is no closer than it was two or three years ago. Stalin's answers were relayed to the editors by George Zarubin, Soviet ambassador to Great Britain, Who sent a cable from London. In answer to the question: “is a third world war closer now than two or three years, ago,” Stalin Said: "No. it is not,” I \ Four questions had been sent to the Russian leader by 50 American editors, publishers and rndjo news editor* after their request for a personal interview was ignored. Nineteen of the editors returned here by plane this morning. > Stalin gave these other answers: 1, It is possible that a meeting of the big power bhleJs of static would be beneficial. 2, The present moment ik opportune for unification of Germany. 3, (Unofficial translation) “The peaceful co-existence of capitalism and Communism is fuly possible, given tshe mutual desire to cooperate, readiness to perform obligations which have been assumed, observance of the principle of equality and non-interference in the ipternal affairs of other states.” Stalin’s answer was given to the editors in two forms: ' one was in a cable handed to them when they arrived here at Idlewild airport this morning and signed by Russia’s ambassador to London, George Zarubin: the other was handed to them in person by two members of the Soviet United Nations delegation when James L. Wick. Niles, 0., leader of the editors’ group arrived at his New York apartment: The Soviet representatives were Semyon K. Tsarapkin, deputy to chief Soviet; delegate Jacob A. Malik, and K. Startsev, second secretary of the delegation. Wick iis Chairman of board of the Daily Times at Niles, The editors first sent a cable from Istanbul asking the Soviet leader for permission to come to Moscow to interview him on the international situation. \ When there was no reply to this, (Turn To Page KIcM) I' , ' ! ' V February Term Os Court Ends Saturday April Term To Open On Monday, April 14 The February term of Adams circuit court will come to a close Saturday and Judge Myles F. Parrish and his aides will have a brief vacation until Monday. April 14, when the April term will star.t The 10-day vacation between the February and April terms is unusual and is brought aboilt because of leap year. The jury commissioners will meet at 10 o’clock next Monday morning ih the office of Ed Jaberg, clerk, for the purpose of selecting a grand and petit jury for the new term. The commissioners gre Ed Berling and Frank C. Rowley. More than 400 entires have been made in cases during the present term and probably the most active Ity was in settlement of estates. Judge Pprrish is now arranging a calendar for the new term and the docket will be called on April 14, 15 and 16. The first day will be devoted to setting of criminal, cases and civil suits will be'scheduled for trial en the next two days of tiie term. Then on April 17, regular hearings will commence.

Plan For Printing Election Ballots Primary Election Tuesday, May 6 : \ i Primary election declarations were made official .March 31 by county clerk Ed Jaberg and no new entries arrived in the mail following the closing date, March 27. Only candidates who can; still file prior to the primarf election are inder pendent candidates, Who also must file a petition bearing signatures bf a certain percentage of the voterk. Jaberg said that absent voters ballots would be first, 80 thtt they can be mailed immediately (after April 7 to young men and women in the armed forces. Then printing of all Democrat anjd Republican primary ballots will follow immediately. Wiile there" ar|? no local Republican tontests, it wijll be necessary to print ballots foj- every precinct because there is a (congressional primary contest in the Republican party. precinct will have a slightly (different ballot in both Democrat add Republican primaries, because it; is necessary to insert the name of precinct committeeman in each prjecinct’s ballots. i Printing of the ballots will be, under the supervision of Jaberg, G|l E. Peterson and David Mgcklih. O.i K. Baker, of the Daily Democrat job printing department, will do the actual printing. All ballots are printed and sealed in the presence ofkhe full board of election commissioners. They are then -placed in cujstody of the board and are distributed to tne precirict eleetiop inspectors the Saturday before the primary election May 6. The seals are broken in the pre4 se'rice of precinct election boards. • ' _-L— .' Denies Motion For New Trial In Suit | Verdict Is Upheld By Judge Parrish Refusing to be the “thirteenth man on the jury,” j Judge Myles F. Parrish today denied a motion for a new trial in the) case of Hazel D. Foliis vs Lester Dimmlck in which an Adams circuit court, jury awarded $5,000 damages to the plaintiff last January 10. The suit, venuec} hfre from Allen county, was the kftermath of an HUtb mishap in (Port Wayne. Plaintiff statad she had suffered bodily injury aad was unable to work for many weeks. The jury returned a verdict here awarding plaintiff $5,000, and on February 1, defendant filed a; motion for a new trial alleging that the . verdict was excessive and that several pf Ithe plaintiff’s instructions were faulty. Judge Parrish recorded tais find-, ings and then wrote all parties concerned a letter setting out the denial for a netaf trigl. "Believing as I do in a jury system,” the court wrote, "it has always been my policy to refrain from being the thirteenth jjian oh a jury.” ; 1; The letter further set out that the court did not believe that |h® terdiet was excessive and it closed by stating that after Reviewing ttta matter the pourt now rules against the motion for a new tiial. The case attracted considerable interest when it was tried here several wekts ago and numerous witnesses wpre called by each side, prior to sending the matter to the jury., 'I | : Indiana Man Killed As Train Hits Auto Lafayette, Services were arranged today for I Joseph E. Johnson, 60, Stockwell, Who was killed yesterday when his auto stalled on a railroad track 1 and was struck by a New York Central passenger train near his home.

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Sen. Tass Puts Hopes On Line In Wisconsin Interest High In Primaries Today In Two States ■ Apr. I—(UP) \ —Mild spring weather over most of Wisconsin today assured a big' turnout of voters as Sen. Robert A. Taft put his presidential hopes on the line in the state primary. Temperatures . ranged, frorii the 3(Ts in the north to the 40’s in the south, and rain was reported in only one small area. A record [_vote of nearly 1,000.000 was expected to climax the campaigns of Taft apd hi* major opponents. Harold E. Stassen -and Gov. Earl Warren of California. Many voters cast their ballots early, indicating that the unusually intensive campaigning of the presidential hopefuls this year had sparked interest throughout the state. f , ’ r " I Shortly after the polls opened, election officials at Milwaukee. Madison, and other points reported a heavy vote, unusual for so early Iff the ffay. Although the three leading contenders for the state’s 30 GOP delegates had left the state, they were expected to await the returns eagerly the Wisconsin primary has been a “graveyard” for many presidential hopefuls in (he past. Political observers pointed to Wisconsin primaries of the past in,gauging the outcome of today’s balloting. The late Wendell WlHkie safld his 1944 bid for the GOP nomination wodld stand or fall on the result of the dairy state’s primary. He did not get a delegate and it fell. In 1948, Gov. Thomas E, ! Dewey of New York entered the primary and was defeated. He lost the November election. The missing factor on the Re- \ publican ballot was the name of y Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower- The firm stand of election officials against any Write-in votes ruled out any chanee that he might make a showing. On the Democratic side* Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee was opposed by two stand-ins for President{ Truman—Jerome Fox and Charles Broughton. . J But tlje announcemeut by Mr. Truman that he would not’ run in November sapped the Democratic race of inost of its vitality and Kerauver was expected to defeat Fox and Broughton without difficulty —or so bis backers sky. The ppening time of the polls depended upOri the size of the community., ' However, they generally were open from 6 a. m. \(CST) until 7 p. m. The Republicans will elect 30 , delegates to the national convention and the Democrats will elect 28. Os this number. 10 GOP and 16 delegates will be elected on S' statewide popular lasis. Heavy |n Nebraska Omaha, Neb.’; Apr. 1— (UP) — Heavy early voting was reported in Nebraska’s presidential primary election today as “almost perfect” weather and Interest in the\signifl» sant contests In both parties in- *' dicated a huge turnout. The weather was Sunny and crisp across the state as polls opened at 8 a. m. They close at 8 p. m„ and the final vote may exceed 300,000. Sen. Estea Kefauver and Sen. Robert Kery, the Democratic candidates. visited polling places in Omaha where the early turnout ranged from “very heavy" to ‘average,” county election commissioner Herman Kupplnger said. In Lincoln, commissioner Harold Gillett said voting was “awfully heavy”-with some precincts reporting a voter a inlnuie, despite the (Turn To Paso Eight) I