Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 87.

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Decatur Joins World To Mark Good Friday

Decatur today joined the pttian world in the annual observance of Good Friday, commemorating the; hours Jesus Christ spent \>n the Cross of Calvary. k This city’s residents flocked to special church services during rhe Three Hours from i 2 noon.to 3 o’clock" as business houses, offices; and public offices closed for theentire period. I’iiion J’ldtestant services wereheld at the First Methodist church, wish the service divided' into three sess ion sos• ap p roxi m a t"e fy on e hou y each. . . ’ The Rev.’ Willard H. Zinke. pastor of the Salem Evangelical and, Reformed church at Fort Wayne.' was the guest speaker during,the first hour. The music section of the Decatur Woman's club present-, ed sacred Lenten music during the second period, and Dr. Ralph M. Holdeman, of Dayton. 0.. director of church! school administration and assistant secretary of evangelism of the Evangelical United Brethren denomination, spoke dur-: ing the cloning hour. During the Three Hours at St. t Mary’s Catholic church, congregational Way of the Cross was made at 12:45 and 1:45 o’clock, with public and private devotions during the entire pejsod. and a blessing with a relic of the True Cross at 2:30 p.m. A noonday service was held at the Zion Lutheran, church from 12:30 to 2 o’clock. Reading of the Passion story was the feature of this service, with the reading interspersed with appropriate hymns and prayers*. y All churches of the city will hbld special services on Easier Sunday, opening with a union sunrise set* ice for youjig people at the. Firfff Baptist church Sunday morning at 6 o’clock. ' f On the lilghteFside will be the (Turn To l*«*e Kluhtk Discuss Hiring Os County Home Nurse The county commissioners met in special session Jhurs.day afternoon on the matter ofyhirlng a pi’UCticil nu\se for the county home. Two applications were considered but no definite action was taken..-, . • Charles Fosnaugh. superintendent of the county home, ami Thurman Drew, county auditor, also attended,the special meeting. The matter was thoroughly discussed and definite action probably will be taken at the May meeting of the board.

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Ml Jerusalem., April 11. —([|p)4‘Catholics and Protestanis retraced Christ's last steps alpiig the Via Dolorosa today in tjie old city of Jti usalem, now held by "Arab JordanThe devout made this | wi|iy solemnly out of, the seclludpd of Getbseniane, past the oliVt trees under which Judas be rayed his Master, to the site of the; hajl where Christ was -coptlemnefe (p death; .■ - n|| j j Then they went along the wfe Os the cross to the Holy Sepulchre where the holy . women four d the stone roiled away on thai-first Easter ■Sunday morning ii|tjo|t 2. years ago. ' 1 The pilgrims walked slowly under a bright sun and clear bite, sky, past fields of wild flowers vr|Vinjg in a breeze outside the old ci y. At eacli,of the 14 stations of the tnoss paused to pray an 1 to to a Each station is marked wfth a tablet naming one of the events ; oh i the day of Christ's death. g At' the iToly Sepulchre pi|from all parti o: the |riear east, Europe and America, brated mass. The mass was bung by Latin patriarch Msgr. Albertb Goyii They worshipped beforoi“tlhe wootjen cross whereon hun? the Saviour of the world.” # Frpm noon to 3 p.m. today Qhrii|tians here will observe a liour silence to mark the fhreb hours when Christ him? blinding on Hie Cross. . M J, Ba(my Weather Is Predicted Sunday Indianapolis. April 11 — tndiana's five-day weather outlook was: infected with the Er.ster Spirit ?od #- r ' | Weathermen said showers would hop from Saturday to Monday leaving Easter Sunday balmy and tjleat. The extended outlook forecast near normal high of GO and low of 36 hojtb and two to five defcreeh bel<iw normal high of 67 and Iqw df 43 south. It was expected to ?turh wanner Saturday with n|b | major change in temperature thereafter. J J BULLETIN Washington, April 11.-f-(U|?) —President Truman will sign the Japanese treaty today, officials revealed, and thus clear the way for Japan’s return to full membership in the famfly of free nations. • -S -i- .4 Ni

Near Third Of' South Dakota City Homeless 5 ■ . ~ r -1 Pierre Is Ruined By Muddy Waters r Os Missouri River Pierre, S. IX,. Apr. 11—(UP) — The tragic quiet of disaster hung over Pierre today. The muddy waters of the Missouri river boiled waist-deep down its main street and almost onedhird of its imputation was homeless. An automobile traffic light winked its amber warning down on a street where only boats could travel. Policemen in fishermen’s waders directed the boats shuttling the stunned residents around their rliined city. Everywhere was the sound of gurgling water. It poured through broken windows, through smashed doors, soaked into furniture, ruined merchandise. And the air was loaded with the smell of rotting sandbags, spoiled food and spilled gasoline. \ Along the west border of the city, the raging river itself rushed southward. carrying destruction with it into lowa and Nebraska. |And- on the opposite side of the stream, the city of Ft. Pierre was ‘wiped out.” Some houses were chimney-deep in water. Only three city blocks remained dry. ..Refugees were living as many as 20 to a house in those few homes that remained dry. The two cities counted more than 2.400 persons whose homes were unliveable. •‘The people are dazed.” said Dr. Carmen H. Sutley, a Fort Pierre dentist. ‘ They have shown great (courage, but they are now so tired and nervous that it will be several \yeeks before they are adjusted to their great loss.” i Residents looked at th< river guage which showed the level to be 24.8 feet —about nine feet, nine im hew above flood stage. "Only Noah saw this, boy. Only said Kiran Hughes of Ft. Pierre. 1 Mrs. Clarence Paulsen, who ordinarily lives on a ranch 30 miles west of Ft. Pierre, came to town to get away from the blizzards which pounded the area only a tew weeks ago. She was caught in the flood. Ed Mullally, a Pierre merchant said. “It's one of those things; it’s like a l>ad dream. It couldn’t happen here but it did.” ' “We were set for 7’-i feet above flood stage, but when it came up another 2 1 / 4-feet we were swamp* (Tarn Ta Pace Etckti — ' ! John t York Dies Thursday Evening Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death John Elvis York, 79, a resident of New Harmony for his entire lifetime until lastyOetober, died at 7:55 o'clock Thursday evening at 'he home of his. daughter, Mrs. Robert Macklin, 235 Rugg street. He had bene ill for two years and bedfast since coming to his daughter's home last October. ‘He was born in New Harmony F-ec. 6, 1872. a son of Thurman and Mary York. A retired farmer, he was a charter member of 1 the I. O. O. F. lodge at New Harmony. Surviving in addition to the daughter in this city are two .sons. Paul york of Bloomfield and Thomas York of Dayton, O.; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Two brothers and one sister are deceased. -i A short prayer service will be held at the Zwick funeral home at i 7:30 o’clock this evening, the Rev. A. O. E. Gillander officiating, friends may call at the funeral home after 4 o’clock this afternoon. The body will be taken to ‘he Shpltz-Werry funeral home at New Harmony, where services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday. Wasie Paper Drive Saturday Morning The Decatur Boy Scouts will conduct a waste paper- collection throughout the city Saturday morning. Residents are asked to have their waste paper, bundled and securely tied, on the curbs in front of their homes. The Scouts will start their pickup at 8:30 o’clock.

Decatur. Indiana. Friday. Anril 11. 1952

IKE RESIGNS Washington, Apr. 11 — (UP) — The White House announced today that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had asked to be relieved June 1 as supreme commander of the allied powers in Europe. Eisenhower sent a request dated April 2 to Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett, asking that he be relieved by June 1 and placed on inactive status upon his return to the United States. The general, however, did not give the date when he expects to return to this country and take an active hand in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Phil Murray Confers With Union Heads J Wage Stabilizer In Efforts To Settle Contract Dispute ; Washington, April 11.—(UP) — CIO President Philip Murray met with leaders of his steelworkers union_ today as chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger of the wage stabilization board { struggled to get the steel pay talks off ‘''dead center.’ Murray said he would give the union's 36-man executive board a report on the overall situation in the crucial steel wage-price dispute today. He told newsmen the group probably would adopt a resolution commending I President Truman for seizing the steel Industry to the union's threatened nationwide strike. Murray was scheduled to meet later in the <)ay with the steelworkers 17d*i>ian wake pplicy com* mittee. Union sources said there were plans, now for such drastic action as a demand for immediate pay-, ment’of the 26-cent hourly wage boost proposed by the wage board. Mr. Truman told his news conference yesterday he will not try to force the wage package on the industry while negotiations are underway. But he left the door open for later action. Murray said last week he “would expect” the government to put the raises into effect if it selfed the industry. ' However, his associates said the union would be “patient”—at least for the time being—and hope lor a negotiated wage agreement in the government-sponsored talks Conferences between union and industry negotiators yesterday left the crucial steel contract crisis on “dead center,” an informed source said. There were reports that President Benjamin F. Fairless of United States Steel Cojrp., in talks with price stabilizer Ellis Arnall and acting defense niobilizer Johri R. Steelman, had wangled a commitment for price boosts to offset the wage hike demanded by the union... I ’ ' f There was widespread belief that a promise of price increases over the 52 a ton permitted by present price rules would resolve (Turn To Pave Eisrbt) . - J "414/HI INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and not so cold tonight. Cloudy and warmer Saturday with showers by night. Low tonight 30-35 north, 36-42 south. High Saturday 55I 60 north, near 60 south.

(Rev, Harold Basehore, Mt. Tabor Methodist Church. Bobo) OUR CROSSES \ ' : ' . . J L . " \ ' “If any man will come after, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24. [ What is it to bear, the crofts? It is to den#, control and conquer self. It is to watch, pray, and, by divine meditation have a ; constant hold upon Christ. It Is to glorify God before men by a holy walk and conversation); forgiving enemies, loving all men . and spiritually—it is to (ollow Christ as fa? as the disciple can ’ fdllow his Lord. ' ( i' The Christian’s proper work is to bear the cross. This is his • ' calling, his trade, or profession. It is the business of a watchmaker to make watches; it is the business of the Christian to bear the cross at home, in the shop and bn the street. By reason of cor- > ruption within and of opposition without the burden is sometimes a heavy one and there are many discouraggmfenta to lay it aside. '. But, can we do any less for our Lord than He did tor us? “Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free, no there’s a cross for everyone and there’s a cross for me.”

Report Agreement In Michigan Bell Telephone Strike

Vole Eligibility To p Attorney General •,i I I i Official Opinion Is Sought On Question The question of who is eligible to vote for school board members of the Adams County Centra) consolidated school corporation at the primary election May 6 is jn the hands of the attorney general for an ofticial opinion. r Jaberg. county clerk and mem>f the county board of election Commissioners, presented the problem) to the stjate office Wednesday, question' arose when residents of The schoblj consolidation brought to. the attention of the election comhiiijsion the wording of the resolju--1 tioh adopted by a majority vote bf the patrops in the three townships. The original, resolution stated ‘ that "board members, one from eaqfi pf Washington. Monroe add 1 Kirkland township, should be electi ed in oje same manner by which, a i township trustee is elected.’ Some persons that tliis i means all residents of each towtn- • ship are entitled to vote for board t members. There are two other . school | districts involved in the . three tbwbahips. Residents of Decatur school district and Berne school district have never takhn . part in the Adams Central conscilk dation, because these two cities aye 1 iu separate school districts. \ | Jaberg stated that he was sure an early decision of whether residents of Berne and Decatur were eligible to-vote in the May nominating election for school board members' would be forthcoming ’ Several other minor, problems (Taro To Pace six) I ■ i • . . ; i . . \ / Egg Hunt Al Elks r/ ; ■J ' ■ 1 Sunday Afternoon [ Annual Party For Youngsters Easter All plans have been completed, and only ptioper \cooperation from the weatherman is needed for the annual Easter egg hunt at the Decatur Elks lodge Easter Sunday afternoon, p i: The annual Easter party, which has attracted hundreds of youngsters (and parents) to the Elks home for years, will start promptly at' 2 p’clock Sunday afternoon. J If weather 5 conditions are proper, tho big party will be held oh the spacious lawn at the lodge home. North Second street. Should inclement weather prevent the outdoor event.! the 50 dozen brightly colored eggs and numerous prizes of stuffed chickens and rabbits will be distributed • in the lodge home. ' 1 The committee in charge, headed by Hubbard Steiner as general chairman, has located two “giant rabbits to enliven proceedings during the hunt. The various egg hunts will be dviided into age groups, for babes (Tar* To Pace Efsht)

U.N. Adamant Against Russia For inspection Ready To Prolong Negotiations If Reds Stand Firm Panmunjom, Korea, Apr. 41 *— vUPj — The United Nations said today that , it 1 , is prepared to prolong, armistice negotiations through another summer and winter rather than accept l , Russia as a “neutral” truce inspector. A U. N. spokesman tpld newsmen after a 90-second meeting between allied and Communist negotiators that the l’.,N. stand against the Reds, is “irrevocable.” | "It's going to be a hot summer and a cold winter if they’re going to try to out wait us,” the spokesman said. Today’s meeting was the shortest on record. The Reds'read a “tatement of only 60 words. It reiterated that Russia must lie on t,he neutral six-nation inspection team and reserved the right td reconstruct military airfields during an armistice. Then the Communists proposed a rec-ess if the U. N. had nothing new- to offer. \ “I agree,” said > Maj. Gen. William K. Haryison, the allied negotiator. That ran the U. N.’s part of the record for the past two days to four words. Harrison said “T agree” under the same circumstances at a six-minute meeting yesterday. Both' sides will meet again SaO urday with the prospect, the meeting will be even shorter than today's. , Lt. Col. Howard Levie. the U. N. spokesman, said the Reds are marking time. "They have been waiting fo»r instructions,” he said. Some observers believed there will be no break in the deadlock until secret proposals for exchanging prisoners of war are completed. ■ That issue has been turned over to high officers on each side, apparently to enable each side to revise prisoner lists, so that the U. N. mav remove the named of prisoners who do not wish to go back to ’he Communists.

Mrs. Emma Schnepp Is Taken By Death p. - I Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon L L■" J ' ' -.j.-. n : Mrs- Emma (Rilla) Schnepp. 80, of near Middlebury, 0., died Thursday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been admitted only a few hours previously. Although in failing health for some her death was unexpected. She Was born in Van Wert county Dec. 24, 1871, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bartholomew-Harker. Her husband, Sherman A. Schnepp, died May 9, 1932. Surviving are two sons. Loyal Schnepp of Bluffton and Cletus L. Schnepp of Harrison township, Van Wert county; one daughter, Mrs. Effie McGill of Union ( township; six grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren. One daughter, one brother and two; sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. (EST) Saturday at the home of the. daughter and at 2 o’clock at the Wood Chapel Evangelical United .Brethren church, the Rev. Albert fe.' Straley officiating. Burial will be at Geneva. The body has been removed from the Zwick funeral home to the daughter’s resiwhere friends may call until time of the services. s |

Seeking Solution To Traffic Bottleneck Recommendations Tc State Commission A solution to the traffic, bot tieneck on Monre strejetL and 1 Especially at the corners) bf Second and Mohroe streets and Third and Monroe streets, has been worked out by a joint committee of the Chamber of Commerce, board ol safety and Elmo Stuckey, state highway traffic engineer. The (jvill go im mediately to the state highway commission and it is believed like ly that they will be put into effect in a few days. Mil 1 It Uas determined at a meeting held Thursday afternoon that the parking meters would be removed from Monroe street at ( the side ol Ehinger's store; In froiit of Lane’s shoe store; in ffont, and at the side of the First State Batik building and at the side of STibjick and Co store. Two lanes of traffic would ther be permitted on Monrote street khd through traffic and left turn traf(i( would use one lane and right tufa trafife would use the other lane It is generally believed that thi! new’ -method of traffic control Ml greatly alleviate the Jam at th< busy Intersection and eventual! will relieve congestion at ’t’hir and Monroy strets. It also was recomrhended tha new modern signals bp erected a the corner of Monroe and Seicom streets and that one be placed a each corer of the intersection, in stead °f the two now' in operation A count w’as taken for sevCra days and it was discovered that the trafife was heavier thi| anticipated for the year 1960 in stkte-wide sur veys made some time lago. It is npcessary to £et approval of the state highway commission because two state and federal highways are involved. Those attending the Thursday meeting were: Mayor John Doan, Stuckey Lawrence Anspaugh and i Fred Foos, representing the Chamber of Commerce, and council -man Don Gage of the board of safety.

Former Willshire Town Marshal Dies Russell Christy Is Found Dead At Home Funeral services for Russell Christy, 57, former tewn marshal ot Willshire, Ohio, v ill be held Saturday at 2 p. m. ( SST) at the Methodist church it. Willshire, with the Rev. Wallace A. Turner, pastor, officiating. 1 Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. »Mr. Christy was found dead in bed by a neighbor, He has been 111 for five years and died otj- a heart ailment. ■ . A native of Adams county, Mr. Christy was born Blue Craek township, Oct. 11. 1894. He was a son of Air. and Mrs, J'dni ChrisJr ty. . , . -i . He was a veteran of World War 1 and was inducted into the army in this city. Oct. 4, 1917. He served in the 58th service company of the signal corps and was honorably discharged from the service Aug. 5. 1919 at Camp Shermar. Members of the Homer Pieri ton Post 207, Amercian Legion, will conduct graveside services. Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Dora Schulman of Williamsburg, Ohio, Mrs. Blanche Lo|ng< ar, GcShen. Mrs. Ella Dellinger and IM rs. Leah Foreman, of Wjllshire, and Miss Flossie Christy of Van Wert, O.; three brothers, Cincinnati, William of Amarillo, Texas, and Ralph of Geneva. Friends may call at the Cowan r.nd, Son funeral homel, Van Wert, until U a. m. Saturday. The body will then be moved to the Willshire church and friends may call there after 12 o’clock.*

Price Five Cents

hay Be Key To End Nationwide Phone Walkout Basic Agreement Is Made By Michigan Company And Union Detroit, Apr. 11 —(UP) —Michigan Bell Telephone company and the CIO Communication Workers today announced “basic agreement" bn a 12-7-cent hourly pay dncneasQ that possibly will signal the end of the nationwide telephone dispute. * Holding up final settlement was “contractual language,” according to Homer Swander of Michigan litell and Walter Schaar, district CWA director. He estimated, it would;take about three hours to put the new agreement in writing. | Michigan Bell talks are believed to hold the key for settlement of the nationwide walkout of more than 60,000 Bell employes in Michigan, Qhio, Northern California, New Jersey and Nevada, and probably will se,t the pattern for the strike of 15,000 WesternElectric employes whose walkout disrupted telephone service in 43 , states.

i Schaar said wage increases amounted to 12.7 centls an hour fractionally higher than the offer made by Bell shortly before the strike started Monday, It was believed that picketing in M chigan would end by midnight. Quick agreement also was expected in the Ohio Bell strike, wherq negotiators had been waiting on the Detroit talks; Wednesday four-hour meetings were called Ttrrouglwiut ixhe nation, in sympathy with the strikers. Violence flared in at least three states on‘ picket lines. Michigan Bell workers along with .Western Electric wrbkers ' originally had asked a 23-cent hourly pay increasie. [ Bell offered $3 to $6 a week and subsequently raised the ante to $4 to $7 which Walter Schaar, district CWA director for Michigan and Ohio,-generally accepted:-but said it had “strings’-’ which had to be eliminated. \ Douse Speculation - Indianapolis. Apr. 11 — (UP) Indiana leaders of the striking communication workers union today housed speculation that settlement of the Michigan Bell Telephone strike will set a pattern for ,olvihg issues in the five-day-old (Tarn Ta Pace Kl*kt)

Scout Honor Court r ■■ ■ . . Held Last Evening Scoutmaster Paid i Honor By Rotarians Kenneth Secaur, scoutmaster of Boy* Scout troop 61, sponsored by t|ie Decatur Rotary club, yas honored at the weekly dinner riieeting of the service club Thursday evening at the K. of P. home. i A court of honor w'as conducted to award the Eagle Scout badge, the highest award in Scouting, to Secaur. W. Guy Brown, presided as chairman of the court, with Sylvester Everhart, Adams county 4 scout commissioner, acting as scribe. * •' i ' ■ Presentation of thei award wks made by J. Ward Calland, Eagle scout commissioner, withth'e Judge pinned on the scoutmaster by R. E., Glendening, chairmsln of the Rotary, club's troop committee. Following th® lifesentatlon, Secaur expressed his thanks to the Rotarians for their sponsorship of the troop and tiieir cooperation, * particularly members of the troop committee. : i-y t ■> Clarence Ziner, Adams county scout district chairman, was also honored with thle awarding of a Certificate for his 10 years of service to thg scout organisation.