Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 81

Steel Producers Falling In Line

Six States Shaken By Quake

■ ri 1? By United Press A “very strong” earthquake rocked the south central United 'States today, causing buildings to ri *h®te and sway in cities from Offcha. Neb., to as far south as Austin. Tex. .7 The sharp tremors, extending over a period of 23 minutes beginning at 10:30 a. m. (CSTJ, were felt in Nebraska. Kansas. Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. There were no reports of serious damage or injuries although one Kansas City. Mo., building was shaken so hard windows were ’ craeiced.’ The $St. Louis University geouliysics department reported its instruments began recording the tremors at ,10:31.08 a. m. CST. Prof. Ross Heinrich said it was centered in the vast underground Nemaha mountain range extending I from Nebraska to Oklahoma. Heinrich said the instruments showed a displacement of four inches in the earth strata along an underground line about 450 miles Wfst of St. Louis. He said the tremors were felt over such a wide area because the entire range was "‘affected by the movement. 1 ’At Omaha, Jules Slunicko, super- - ixttendent of the Omaha livestock exchange building, said the structure swayed and rocked for a min- , ute - , / i • ‘ cities which reported sharp ' tremors included Dallas, Wichita Falls and Amarillo, Tex., Oklahoma?, City, Fayetteville. Ark., ' and Lawpence. Kan, along with h'tvt smaller cities in the wide ‘fhq J[|rst shock, [accompanied by aloud rumble atlsbme points, was felt hy the'affected cities at 10:30 a. m. Hernrith said it took one .minute and 38/seconds for the initial shocks to; travel to St. Louis. At Wichita Falls, Tex., taller office buildings swayed for several seconds between 10:30 and 10:35 a. in. Ray Arnholtz. an architect wno was in the Kemp hotel, said the building’s corner was in view and “it swayed at least six inches." Buildings rocking in Kansas • City’s downtown section set off a chain of, -telephone calls which swamped newspaper and radio . [Stations. .One building swayed enough to break a number of windows. i ■ Dishes rattled and shook in Oklahoma City cupboards. • The quake also was felt at Shawnee. Blackwell. Norman. Wewoka, Guthrie, Seminole, Chicka- ■ sha. Edmpnd and Lawton, Okla. At Vernon. Tex., editor Cliff. Clins of the Vernon Record said the town had a ‘‘considerable” S; iTn-n To Patre Eight) 1 Marines Take Over iLions Club Meeting J \ I | The -U. S. marines took over the LionsVlub meeting at the K. of P. home Tuesday night. Cpl: LarryJennings, son of Mr. and Mrs? > Frank Jennings of this city and ri_ .. Sgt, James Roop, son of Mr. and .Ralph J. Roop, shared the speaking program. Two other marines. T/Sgt. I James Highland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Highland of Decatur, now an athletic instructor in the ma--1 rines.Jand Sgt. Kenneth Jennings, a’so were guests of the club and ri. were introduced,. Ed Highland, grandfather of Larry and Kenny Jennings, and agent at the Cloverleaf j railroad station here, had charge of the program and introduced the speakers and guests. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and mild to- , night with showers northwest portion. Showers and turning colder Thursday. Low tonight 4045 northwest, 5055 southeast. High Thursday 40-45 northwest, 55-60 southeast.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT .1 ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Good-friday To Be Marked In This City Suspend Business During Three Hours For Church Rites .ri - , l I '■ - !? Decatur citizens will halt their busy whirl for three hours Friday to pay reverence to Jesus Christ as the city joins, the Christian world in commemorating the hours Christ spent oil the Cross of Calvary. If ri Business houses and offices will close from 12 noon until 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, with employer and employe alike attending the church of hfs choice to pay homage ot the Savior; With. Good Friday a legal holiday, all court house offices and the First State Bank will be closed (or the entire day. The city hall will close from ,12 to 3 o’clock, reopening at the latter hour to accomodate farmers Who wish to pay'their quarterly bills. Services will be heldr in the ctiy’s churches during the Three Hours, a union Protestant service at the First Methodist church, and at the Zion Lutheran and St. Mary’s Catholic /churches. - Union Service The three-hour service at the Methodist church, a union meeting sponsored by the Decatur ministerial assocaition, will be divided into three separate services of approximately one hour each, with brief intermissions between services, > Service for the first hour will; begin with a 15-minute organ meditation at'l2 noon. The Rev. Wiliard H. Zinke, pastor of the Salem' Evangelical and Reformed church of Fort Wayne, will deliver the message during this hour.. The music section of tife Decatur Woman’s club will present ria cred Lenten music during the second hour, from 1 to 2 p. _m. Miss Helen Haubokl, supervisor of music in the Decatur public schools, will direct the choir. The speaker for the third hour, from 2 to 3 p. m.. will be Dr. Ralph M. Holdeman, of Dayton. 0., director of church school administration and assistant secretary of evangelism of 'i the Evangelical (/lilted Brethren denomination, d Zion Lutheran Church A noonday service will be held at the Zion Lutheran church between the hours of 12:30 and 2 o'clock. The reading of the Passion story will! be the feature of this service. The reading will be interspersed with appropriate hymns and prayers. A divine service commemorating ‘he death of Jesus Christ will be ' onducted Good Friday evening at .7:30 o’clock. features of this service will be the responsive readings known as the litany of •he Cross and the Lenten reuroaches. The pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt," will speak on ■Meditations at the Savior’s Grave.” St. Mary’s Church During the Three Hours, congre gational Way of the Cross will be made at" 12:45 and 1:45 pi m. at St. Mary’s Catholic church. There will be publiq and private devotions during the period- and a blessing with a relic of the True Cross will be given at 2:30. This blessing will also be given in the i.iorning aftpr the mass of the presanctified and following the 7:30 service in the evening. Confessions will be heard during the afternoon devotions and after the evening service.

Illinois Vote Smashing Win For Sen. Taft ’ . [•] " ■ ,■' : . Piles Up Biggest Primary Triumph In Illinois Vote Chicago. April 9.—(UP) — Sen. Robert A. Ta(t piled up his biggest victory in the Illinois Republican presidential primary today at the expanse of Harold E. Stassen and I len.; Dwight D. Eisenhower. \Vith the vote nearing completion, he (Ohio senator; held a six-to-one ead, over Stasseh. Ipisenhower, a write-in candidate, was in third place. . Estes Kbfauver of Tennessee,! linopposeif oil the Democratic ballot, scored an easy victory in the popular vote. A write-in drive for Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, a pitesidential dgrkhorse, drew comparatively few votes; Taft got 48 of the 50 GOP delegates up for election and appeared to have an excellent chance of gaining -10 more to be selected at large by the state Republican convention. Eisgnhower got the other two delegates. . ' Illinois’ delegates are unpledged, but . Democratic leaders have indicated that all 50 elected delegates and 20 to be picked by the party organization would support Stevenson! if he announces his candidacy, ' With the outcome of the popular froti'a virtual certainty, tabulations slowed. _ Returns from 7,863 of the state’s 9.611 precincts gave Taft 72L632 votes to Stassefi’s 121,745. Eisenhower got 109,039 from 7,724 precincts. Kefauver had 394.649 yotis from 7,244 precincts and Stevenson 52,697 frbnt 6,336 precincts. The Illinois victory was Taft’s thiid in a week. De won |n Wisconsin! and Nebraska last week. The . Illinois victory raised to 179 : the’ total number of delegates captured by iTaft so far, and made it almost certain that he would have 20 by end of the month. A minimum of 603 is needed to nominate a GOP presidential candidate. total on the of primaries arid state conventions held thus far was 71. In the Democratic race, Kefauver said in Los Angeles that the results of the Illinois vote were “gratifying,” but he said it was not a fieal test because Stevenson has not announced that he would accept a presidential nomination. Stevenson w<as unopposed on the Democratic ballot for renomination as governor. Some observers believed. Kefarivef’s votes for the (Turn To P«e El«ht) Seek To Clarify Primary Questions 4 County Clerk Jaberg To Indianapolis Today County clerk Ed Jaberg. member ot the Adams county board of election commissioners, motored to Indianapolis where he will ednfer with members of the state election commission. The local commission authorized the trip in an -effort to clarify questions prior to the printing of ballots for the primary (liection May 6. | ; One problem arose locally when ari independent candidate filed his declaration of candidacy for board member of Adams Central school. David J. Schwartz, filed his declaration, but did not file a petition signed by legal voters. An opinion is sought on whether the independent filing is legal. ; Another Adams Central problem fsced by the local commission is whether residents: of Decatur can \nte for board ; members and whether board member® from each of the three invloved townships are voted for by residents of all thriee or each single township. Size of the county ballots also will be determined in today’s cori(■ierence. Actual printing of the ballots will start early Friday morning. The printing will be supervised by Jaberg, Cal E. Peterson, „ Republican, and David, Macklin. Democrat. O. K. Baker of the Daily Democrat job printing department will have charge of the printing and wrappi.ng .'tri' ■ ■ I s

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Good Friday Union Speakers —... * i *■’ 1 •* j| Rev. Willard H. Zinke I Dr. Ralph M. Holdeman i'i’ li. ' •' Rev. Zinke, pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, Fort Wayne, will be the guest speaker during the first hour ot the union Good Friday services at the First Methodist Church in this city Friday from 12 noon to 3 o’clock. Dr. Holdeman, Dayton. ()., director of church school administration and asssitant secretary of evangelism of the Evangelical United Brethren denomination, will speak during the closing hour from 2 to 3 o’clock. 4 . _ 1 i ; ! :;! The music section of the Diecatur Woman’s club, directed by Miss Helen Haubold. supervisor of music in the Decatur public schools, will present sacred mulsic during the second hour. 1 to 2 p. m.

UN Negotiator Accuses Reds Os Phony Issue United Nations To Maintain Demand j | t For Airfield Ban Panmunjom, Korea, April 9.—i (UP) —A United Nations truce negotiator accused the Communists today of raising the “phony" issue of Russia in order to trade it* against the “vital" issue of building airfields in North Korea during an armistice, s Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said the Communistjs were trying to trade “nothing[ for something." Such a bargain is “(absolutely not acceptable” to the U.N. command; he warned. In an extensive rress briefing, Harrison formally recognized for the first time three Commiinist hints for a trgde. The Reds have indicated through their newsmen and across the bar; gaining table that they would givs Up trying tO[ make the Soviet’ Union one of the neutral armistice super; visors if the U.N? would drop its demand for a ban on airfield reconstruction during an armistice|;'| j "Absolutely not," Harrison ped when asked if the U.N. would consider spph a trade. “The U.S. j S.R. is strlbtly a ph my issue. “I am convinced the issue wa|? raised only to bargain it against airfields. Restructioq on airfields is really a vital matter in regard to the stability of an armistice.” Harrison’s statement dampened hopes that a tompromise is in the making on the twin issues blocking (\rarn To Page Five)

beaten 'Mteditot&M' - '.L’i .- ?d' ■ Obyl ’\-I. t' . (Rev. Dwight R. MjcCurdy, Church of God) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? • Matt. 7:20—“8y their Ifruits. Ye shall know them.” Today, there are seventy million people in America, who are church members, but their lives prove that they have never beer} born again. Jesus said to NibodemushJ’Verily, verily. I say unto thee, except a man he born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3:3. The New Testament teaches a Christian is a person in whose life four things have happened. Eirk. np must be his sins. Second, he must repent of hi 4 sins. Third, he must be con- j verted froth his sins, and fourth, he must be born agaih. Now, the word conviction mearis stopping and thinking what the end Os a sinful life will be. Repenting means that you have de- I elded you were going the . wrong direction, and doing the wrong things, and from now on you are going to serve God, instead of Satan. Conversion takes place, when you turn around, and start going the other direction. You are born again when you open the door of your heart, and permit Jesus tp enter, and become your Personal Savior. !; ' 1 Jesus said: “A Christian is the Light,of the World.” \ “A Christian is the Salt of the earth.” “A Christian is one of Christ s Disciples. If. Ye Love .One Another.” , “Christians are all Brethren,” and. ' “Christians are Christ’s Witnesses!” 5 Jesus also said: “I am the vine, ye are the branches,” John 15.5. then, is one who is in. contact with Christ., and a part of Christ, and if you are a part of Christ, you will keep all of His commandments. ; ; i '

Large Crowds View Farm) Feed Display Dealers Are Pleased With Turnouts Here The farm implement, feed and seed dealers expressed satisfaction over the turn-out to their twoday. farm show on the court house square,which ended la&Unight. The extensive farm implement display Was visited by hundreds of farmers and the operators of the teed and peed tent reported many likitors. Local- stores cooperated in the plan and merchants kepf their places of business open /Monday andl.i Tuesday nights. Tlyere was -Some shopping last night, although it did hot reach bargain-day proportion, Dealers may repeat the farm show next year, hoping to establish it as an annual event in the county seat. The twin farm days -were sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, jn recogni(ion of the importance bf agriculture to this community. Farm machinery was exhibited by local dealers on Cort, Thinl and Madison streets and new’ models in various lihei wer3 displayed for the first time it his spring.: , . ' ft; i . BULLETIN Otis Air Force Base, Mass., Apr, 9 — (UP) — An F-94 jet fighter from Otis air force base collided today with a C-47 transport plane and public information officers said all 12 men aboard the two ships were believed killed. The collfsicn occurred over the Camp Edwards firing range about three miles from the Otis flight line.

' -■ , • Begin Operations Under Government Seizure As Court Battle Is Opened

BULLETIN Washington, Apr. 9 — (UP) — Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff today refused to issue an injunction against President Truman’s seizure of the Steel industry. Washington, April 9.—(UP) — The steel industry argued before a federal judge today that it will suffer irreparable damage unless the courts immediately nullify the government’s “illegal”, seizure ot its plants. Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff questioned, however, whether the industry has grounds for an immediate injunction against the seizure. He took a luncheon recess before reaching a decision. The court action was started swiftly after President Truman seized the steel mills last night in order to stop a strike by 650,000 workers. There were these other rapidfire developments: 1. President] Truman suggested to congress that it might pass legislation setting out specific terms and conditions for government operation of the steel mills. Such legislation, he said in a special message this noon, “might be very desirable” although he did not think it esential at this time. The president defended his action in ordering seizure as necessary to the nation’s welfore. y Although the president insisted he had general power to seize the mills, his message reflected evident concern over the attacks in courts and congress on legality of the seizure. It was an unprecedented action without specific Congressional sanction. 2. Many of the big steel millswere still idle. But U.S. Steel Corp., biggest in the industry, and Jones & Laughlin Corp., said they will resume operations. Other mills wdre trying to get back into production. However, at most only maintenance men were being admitted first in order to get the Ifurnaces ready for production. This brought some union cries that members were being “locked out." Republic Steel said] it would await the outcome of the court case before resuming operations. I Later, however, Republic announced at Cleveland that its mills will resume operations “as soon as possible.” Full .production was expected in about four days. 3. CIO President Philip Murray (Tarn To Pane Elcho Phone Walkouts Hil : ; ... ! . ; ( i | - ;ri • ; '-1 Four State Cities Operators Walk Off Jobs For Meetings Indianapolis. April 9—^(UP)- — Indiana Bell Telephone Co. operators walked off their jobs today to attend union meetings, leaving longdistance switchboards to crews of supervisory personnel. At least four Indiana cities were hit by the Evansville, South Bend and Vincennes. jMore than 700 operators . were involved. ’ri : . ]./ ; I More than 400 at Indianapolis Swarmed out of the big Bell building a stone’s throw from Monument Circle promptly at 12 noon and inilled in the street, massing for a march to the, Indiana Roof Ballroom. There they were scheduled to hear a Four-hour explanation Os a strike of fellow members of ithe, CIO communications workers uhion against Western Electric Co. At Evansville, operators left jtheir jobs half an hour before the rioon hour designated for the meetings on a nation-wide basis involving 43 states and the District of Columbia. Vincennes operators walked out, cutting not’ only long distance but also local, service to emergency calls only? Vincennes ijas no dial system. Bell knew of the meetings hours before they occurred. The coqipany (Tura To Page Seven)

1 \ • I ■ ■ ■I ■' ' Upper Midwest Warned Os New Flood Menace Weather Bureau In Warning, Hundreds \Driven From Homes Sioux City, la., Apr. 9--(UP) — A warning of a new flood menace Ayas issued for the upper midwest today-where the Missouri, lied and Big Sioux rivers have driven hundreds of persons ffom their homeg and poured over thousands o( acres of land. ' ri \ The weather bureau warned of new flood crests on the Mississippi and its swollen tributaries. The critical period was expected to arrive late this week or early next week. The Mississippi Vas expected to go three feet aboye flood at Aitkin. Minn., by April 14. The weather bureau said the danger area stretched fronk Sandy Lake dam to Brainerd in upper Minnesota. While the Mississippi rose, the Missouri and the Big Sioux broke through dikes in the Dakotas and lowa. /' • - ! The Missouri was expected to crest at 22 feet Mnoday gt Sioux Cixy, la., its highest point in 71 years. Downstream the rushing waters broke dikes in the Blencoe area, flooding thousands of acres of farmland, and cutting off highways. The northern portion cf South Sioux City, Neb., was abandonee! and sealed off by a three-foot dike. [Authorities hoped to keep the waters from swamping the remainder of the city, but the dike wgs heavily battered and not expected to last: ‘ Farther-upstream, the Missouri's rampant waters cut off th|e power plant supplying Fort Pierre, S. D.. from the rest of tho city. Threehundred persons were made homeless in Pierre. \ The Big §ioux. which joins the Missouri and the Floyd nriar Sioux City, rose again in eaat yn South Dakota, while the Red 'river of the north rose ' two feet in 10 hours at Fargo, N. D., ahd Moorhead, Minn., \ !,' ' 1 Nearly 300 persons were forced out of their homes at Linton, N. D. where the Big BeaVer creek poured over its banks. Boats, tractors, and “everything else available” were mustered by E. J. Englerth. Linton Redt Cross chairman, who was himself made homeless. Englerth described the situation (Tun To Paae 81x1 Contempt Citation Voted On Grunewald Mystery Man Cited By Unanimous Vote Washington, Apr. 9 — (UP) — The house, today voted a Contempt citation against "mystety man" Henry W: GruneWald, whri refused to answer questions of tai scandal investigators. H ■ The vote for the contepipt citation was unanimous—332 to 0. Chairman Cecil R. (D.Calif.) of: a ways and subcommittee which has heeri investigating nationwide tax irregularities said that approval o( the contempt citation was for the preservation of the dignity and effectiveness of the house.” The citation against the 59-year-old silent Dutchman, who has many friends in high government places, goes now to the U. iS. attorney here for presentation to a grand jury. Senate approval is (Tara To Pace FVro)

1 ■ ■" ■■ i • 1 Price Five Cents

Pittsburgh. April 9.—(UP)-?- The nation’s big steel producers began falling into line today with Presl- 1 dent Truman's request that-they operate under government seizure pending negotiations of their wage dispute with the CIO United Steelworkers; >r , In rapid fire order, U.S. Steel Corp., the nation’s number one steelmaker; Republic Steel, No. 3, and Jones & Laughlin Steel, No. 4, announced production schedules. Earlier, Republic bad posted notices that it was “not; leasable” so put its mills back into operation until the seizure order had been “clarified.’,’ - ! ! r The big companies apparently de- - cided to lqavie the , fight against, president Truman’s strike-averting seizure order .to the courts,\ rather, than battle it out on the; production lines. ■ I Numerous smaller companies already had started/the rq|ce for production. Crucible. Steel announced lit was starting melting operations at its 6.5011-man Midland, Pa., plant and Pittsburgh Steel and Allegheny Ludlum also reopened. , * Os the "big ; six” companies, half still were silent on their production plans. They were Bethlehem, second ranking producer, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Inland Steel. Republic and Inland have started legal proceedings against the seizure. And J A L‘announced if would join the legal fight. Wheeling Steel announced resumption o| operations at its , Wheeling and Benwood, W. Va., and Steubenville, 0., plants. Both J& L and Wheeling said that wage | rates prevailing before the seizure would be continue J & L also said its prices would be the same. r Hampering resumption of production was the big “hangover*’.’ from the closing of the plants in anticipation of the strike. No Pay Increase Washington. April 9. —(DP)— ( Working for the government woft’t mean an immediate pay increase for the CIO (Steelworkeris.il r ‘ Secretary ot commerce Charles Sawyer, who took charge of thfc \ steel industry under President Truman's seizure orders, said he has no present- pldns to negotiate, a new wage contract with the union. He said ht? will “await the, re suits” of the new settlement talks between, the industry and the Union which were scheduled to begin h*re today. I Sawyer’s hope is that the talks will |ead to a fairly early settlenient which will permit the government to turn the mills back to private control. I \ ,- f But if the period o( federal operation is prolonged. Sawyer may decide to go ahead and put into effect at least part of t-he 26-cent hourly wage increase package recommended by the wage stabilization board. >i President Truman’s seizure drider specifically authorized Sawyer to “prescribe terms and conditions of in the steel mills, and also directed him to “recognize the rights of workers to bargain collectively.” 7 H CIO Steelworkers president Philip Murray had hoped the gov-ri (eminent would ij iput the Wage board's recommendations into effect immediately. He is expected to press for. such action if settle- .ri (T»r* k To Paira Six) William V. Smith ils Taken By Death 1 William V. Smtih, 87, of yiddlebury. 0.. died Tuesday.atthd home of a son, Jasper, at Bourbon after an illness of four months. Also surviving are two other sons. Orville E. and Henry Smith of Middlebury; two daughters. Mrs. Mabe! R. Kiser of- Toledo. 0., and Mrs. Fern Schultz of Butter; two Lrothera. Samptl of Middlebury and Jasper of St. Mary’s. 0., and two sisters, Mrs, Nora Carpenter of Decatur and Mrs. Alice Henline of Elm HalJ, Mic|. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p_. m. Thursday at the Middlebury Methodist church, the Rev. R. G. Youngp officiating. 'Burlai will be in thri Glenn cemetery.