Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1952 — Page 1

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Eisenhower In Sweep Os Vote In Pennsylvania Half-Million Vote Lead Over Nearest Foe In Primaries Pittsburgh. April 23. —(Ul£)—Gen; Dwight- D. Elsenhpwjr swept Pennsylvania’s pr4sidentUl “popularity” primary, with a halfmillionvote lead over his nearest opponent and his supporters claimed at least five of eight delegates in;bitterly disputed Allegheny county. The state's Republicans and Democrats each elected GO uninstructed delegates ; yesterday to their. July conventions in Chicago. Previously the GOP had named 10 delegUtes-at-large and the Democrats had picked 20, each of the latter having half a convention I voteA ' ’ <• I Sen. Robert„A. Taft, whose name was not listed on the ballot/ received enough write in rotes to forge ahead of Harold E. Stassen, who appeared with Eisenhower on the preferential ticket. Taft supporters said they hoped • Jo -get- four .delegates? in heavily' populated Allegheny county. qen. Estes Kefauyer of Tennessee led all the other presidential hopefuils\ in a dispirited Democratic wr(t«rin contest. Returns from 7623, of the state’s 8, precincts in the Republican preference voting gave Eisenhower. 768.793; Taft. 148,334 (writeins! Stassen 109,855; Gen. Douglas Maj 1 Arthur. 4.4lb’(write-ins); and Gov. Earl Warren. (Write-in.)-Republican balloting in the preference went over the 1,000:000 mark to set a record for GOP primary voting in; Pennsylvania. It was more than four times the 258,162 j votes Cast " for all Republican candidates in the presidential primarjy four years ago. Eisenhower ~ alotie drew more votes yesterday than the 1940 record total GOP presidential - primary, .vote of 695,92«. ■ • , ' Returns frorrr. 6.168 precincts in the widely scattered Democratic presidential write-in vote gave: Kefauver 35.453; Truman 10,492; Eisenhower 8.033; Gov. Alilai Stevenson of Illinois 1,193; mutual security administrator, Averell Harriman 490; Taft 551; Sen. Richard dent Alben Barkley 350. and Sen. Robert Kerr 58. *' •. ' Joseph Stalin, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, dormer president Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt each won one vote in the presidential balloting. J\>p Eisenhower leaders in the state teimed the general's runaway lead in the preference voting (Turn To Pase . ' .*— . - . ’ •< '■> ' < -...'Vi Ladies Guests At Rotary Thursday _ , The , Rotarians will entertain their .wives and sweethearts Thursday evening at the K.’of P. j home. A ladies night program will be givqn. featuring the appearance of the Decatur General Electric Aeolian choir, under the direction of David Embler. Bob Macklin and Bob Heller are co-chairmen of the program.

Ralph Hurst s Sculpture Exhibit Displayed Here

An exhibit of modern icplpture ( by Ralph “Bud” Hurst, JTpecatur/ sculptor, who has won state and national fame for his work, may be seen at the Decatur- public library this evening. The first showing of nine artistic pieces hewn by thef young scytptor was at the Decatur high school today. An alumnus .of the local school, class of 19:17,. Hurst first began his studies in art under Miss Kathryn Kauffman, high school art instructor. At the invitation of W. Guy Brown,; superintendent' of schools, he sent his wood.—roetal, -ntarble and other carvings to this city. The carved images will be dis- >■ played at the library through Satijr- • day. ; ; , Until a few years ago, Hurst developed his artistic talent with ■4>rush and canvass. He painted many pictures and during his service with the army in World War 11. was commissioned to paint a portrait of Brig. General James E. Parker, commander of the fourth I air force. He had a display of oils r at the Decatur street fair a few years ago. • : Artist Hurst, who was graduated ifrom Indiana university and later received his master’s degree in fine arts from that university, then took up sculpturing. He has climbed fast in the sculpturing world and a

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- ■ Collection Boxes Placed In Stores The Decatur Lions cluuh is placing collection boxes in all grocery stores ip the city for don ations of old gold, proceeds from which will be used by the service club in its aid■ to the blind and sight conservation program. V Contributors Will aid in the following services; provide glasses for the needy; assist in school examinations and. surveys; provide for the blind Braille literature and* books, white canes and other safety devices, also; assistance to the band ip <obtaining employment. 173 Os Rioting Convicts Still Holding Out Continue To Hold Hostages Despite Promises Os Warden Jackson.' Mich./ April 23 — (UP) —A clique of initiates who tddehed off the worst riot eVer to hit the . world’s biggest walled prison "continued to hold put for peace today despite a promise by Warden Julian Frisbie It heir demands wdukD be fulfilled. ; I Holding 10 prison guards hostage as “bargaining power,” the 173 die-hard conyicts in cellblock 15 sought further assurances against reprisals for their part in the uprisings in which one inmate was killed a|hd eight others wounded by state poliefe bullets. Frisbie “negotiated” with the , riopng elements by telephone into the early hours of the morning as two sqhads of state police quelled the latest ® hare-up at southern Michigan prison. : . “I’m going jpohg with you on all these things .1. . I've told you that and I mean it,” the Warden said almost pleadingly to Earl Ward, 27-year-old admitted psychopath acting, as spokesman for the rioters. Frisbie wak -referring to 11 prisoner demands- which hie has granted in hopes of Saving the hostages and restoring peace th the sprawling pentagon-shaped prison, The hostages, most of them held since rioting began Sunday night, fayed almost certai death if state police tried to storm the cellblock fortress. ; - i J I • I' J Frisbie said peace was being delayed by discussions over a new parole plan, one of the points contained- in the Ibpoiht manifesto which was broadcast prison s address system yesterday by JWo of the | cellblock’S spokesmeife The prisoners freed one of the •11 hostages they then held Jn return, for the safe conduct of the two spokesmen. Thomas Elliott, the first guard to be overpowered when the rioting br6ke out Sunday night, said the other hostages had not been harmed. But he urged prison authorities to pacify the barricaded rioters. '?■ ■ v ■ r _ I 5 ■ 'I ■ “If you make any promises, for God’s sake keep them,” he said. “You’ve got to comply With (Tnr» Tn Pant Slxl

I gjanite figure carved by him was c&e of 100 selected from a showing Qi 1.000 works for display in the Metropolitan- museum bFart in New York City. Last January. Hurst won a S2OO first prize in the Hoosier Art Salon, at Indianapolis, for a pink marble carving of the “Girl \ with Bi'wa.” He won first prize in a, tri-state showing of modern sculpture at Evansville last November. 'the versatility of the artist is shown in his nine productions displayed here. They include pieces in mahogany, walnut, burned clay, strap, with bronze plate, Italian alabaster, marble and South American Pine. The captions on the works Os art are, “Woman and' kihg;bird,” "Pampinea,” “Goose Girl,” “Indian WoT man,” “Dancing Girl,” •Meditation,” “The Kiss,’’-“Woman Washing her hair,” Abstract ions.” Miss Kauffman was in charge of the exhibit and her eyes beamed as she related that Ralph Hurst was one of her apt pupils in her aft class during his years in high school. , \ j Mr. and Mrs. Flurst live in Indianapolis. He is employed in a studio there. Previous returning to Indiana UniVersi?y to study for his master’s degree, he taught in the Richmond schools. ; .Jb ' \ . ■J/ vj v - - i 1 J” ’

> —| Bljgest “Big Shot,” Atom Blast TEN MILES and '3.000 feet in the air from this vantage point near Yucca 'FW, Nevada, the “most powerful” atomic weapon yet devised by scithce spreads its characteristic mushroom cloud in Tuesday’s detonation near Las Vegas. On the ground Vielow the treimendous boils in the terrifying blast of the explo i In the foreground observers watch the spectacle.

[i. —• ' r ■>...• Test Reveals ■ ■ ' -r \ Entirely New Atom Weapon Totally Different From Great Tests Held At Bikini Las* Vegas, Nev., Apr. 23 —(UP) —Detonation of; the nation’s newest A4>omb yesterday in “Fury Valley” deep in the Nevada hills revealed a weapon totally different from the great Bikini' tests, in the opinion ofSome reporters who covered all three. blasts. This bomb dealt a fast, clean, lethal blow, exactly on schedule and exactly in conformity with the blueprints, and then was done with it, . 'i 3 . The bombs of Bikini were more spectacular, with great vividlycolOred cloud.masses given by continuous lightning. The awesome pheiotnena of' the island bombs seemed to reveal a glimpse of the uncontrolled power of the universe. hrtd imparted a rather terrifyingl ifnpression of threatening to • jurst the limits of control. The latest Nevada bomb was precise iin all \its phases. !■ was dropped exactly'on time. ' ; ~ height of 33J000 feetit e... within 200 feet Os the pinpoint . get. an achievement in precision bombing. I < Three secondstafter the blinding flash, wjiich, was seen at an official ground Observation station in Idaho 429 airline miles away, the 1,500 troops who had been exposed within four miles of the target center were told to come up from crouching positions in foxholes. "And then I came the only casualties.” Brigadier General Frank Dorn' ’told the United Press. ■“We'stood up as directed. The blinding glarer subsided. We gazed in awe-upon the great churning fireball over Our heads. We opened our mouths as we gazed upward^ 1 We forgot the Warning of the shock wave to come. It picked up sane} gnd gravel, it hit ' us hard, and it gave the palates of ninety percent,oi? our personnel a neat sandblasting. The only loose end to a Remarkably tidy and mathematically precise detonation was the fate of the animals exposed to radiation in the forward foxholes, between the troops and, the small area of hell on earth called ground zero. It will be at least a month before the medical scientists will know What actually happened to their anaesthetized pigs, their goats, sheep and mice. What they learn,, they say, may show science how to help American soldiers apd civilians in the grim atomic wars Vhich the. future may hold. The blast effect Os the neat and deadly bomb of TFuryi Valley” ex(Turn To Phce Kt*ht) ' ■ j ■ T-.j ■ V ?

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Annual Fellowship Day Friday, May 2 Church Women To Sponsor Program The annual May fellowship sponsored by the Decatur conned of church women, will be observed in this city Friday evening. May 2., at 7:30 o’clock at the Firit Presbyterian church, it was announced today by Mrs. J, F. Sanmann, president of the organization. I !« The program will be planned around the 1952 theme or the council. “Spiritual security for ‘today s families." The program will be presented through the panel discussion method. Members of the di» cussion panel are Mrs. George Helm, Mrs. L. E. Linn, Miss Jackie Hit?, Miss Georgia Foughty and the Rev. F. H. Willard. The panel will discuss the sac "tors in the community which cause Insecurity in families; those factors which give security; What the family can do to find a basic philosophy of security; what the church can do;.and what resources the community can muster to add to the spiritual security >f thefamily. Twelve Decatur churches will participate in the May fellowship day meeting. The following committee will asjsist with arrangements: Mis. Vernon Custer, Bethany angelical United Brethren •h; Mrs. Ralph Myers, Missionary church; Mrs. Clarence Morgan. Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, and Mrs. Bert v Haley, First Presbyterian church. Ait offering will be taken to extend the Christian education program in the united council of church women and a fellowship hour will follow the program. An invitation is extended to the general public to [attend the’.annual event. Mrs. Sanimann and heir committee said. Delay Case Because Os Juror's Illness Enterkin Trial Is Recessed To May 8 The case of the state vs E. M. Enterkin, Geheva, charged with obtaining money by issuance of a fraudulent check, which started in Adams circuit court Tuesday, was continued today until May 8 because of th.e illness of Glen Adams, Jefferson township, one of the Jurors. It is the second time in the last few months when a jury trial has been interrupted here because of the illness of a juror. The state hda completed presentation of its evidence in fthe matter late Tuesday. i Judge Myles F- Parrish, presiding at the trial, warned the other 11 members of the jury “not to (Turn To Pace Kight)

Government Stand In Steel Dispute Upheld By Board

J —-— — Precinct Election Places Unchanged Preliminary Work Ready For Primary County officials and election officials have campletedi the preliminary work foi the May'6 primary election. Ballots have been printed for all precincts with the exception of school board member ballots for towpship. . These ballols will be printed this week, the election commissioners stated today.. County clerk Ed JaBrg will publish a list of all candites in botiir the Democrat and Republican parties this week. ; Thurman D eW, auditor, statekL that all election places Would be the same as tajp yeara ago. He-will select a* voting placa for Decatur’s new precinct, first Ward D, in the next day or two. j. An official list of voting places will appear in the Decatur and Berne papers he first of next week-/ Democrat ant Republican party chairmen will nominate electing -board members some time nexj week, it was learned. I . ? Democrats |vill name ithe i|nspec£ tor. pne clerk, one judge and ond sheriff for each voting place. Republicans will name'.similar offk rials with the exception of iwspec> tpr. A* few of the larger \ preci nets will have two Democrat and two. Republican cj irks. . The election will be conducted bri Central standard time. Polls will be open from 5 o’clock in the morni Ing until 6 o’clock at night, central standard time. This, will be frorii .7 a.ni. until 7 p.m. daylight saving lime, which will be in effect in mos t parts of Adams gounty by May 6The circuit court room will be used by the eljectton commissioners as their counting office on nighjj? of the election. Pre<Jnc| boafd ipspectpi’A will bring theijf records t\o the court room and totals will be added for all candidates.. ; I ■' i. Lil ~ pl Judge Kruse Speaks I 1 I if : i iS To Democrat Women Principal Speaker At April Meeting Judge Edwiard H. Kruse, Fori Way'he. was the principal speaker al the April meeting of the Adams county Democrat women's club held at the American Legion home Tuesjr day night. Mope than 125. attended ’the dinner and meeting. I IIncluded among the guests werd James Koons, fourth district Democrat chairman of Avilla; Mrs; Marie Smith Lehman. Fort Wayne, district vice-chairman, and Ray C> Girardot, Newj Haven, one of the two candidates for con* grees. Sen. Pat Eichhorn'of Uniohr dale also attended. All Democrat county ’were present « n d were introduced i»y • Mrs. Theronp Fenstermaker-j president of tjie group. Mrsj Fen'r stermaker also announced that the May meeting of the group would be held a>t Monroe and would be in the form of an auction. The date will be announced later. Judge Kruse was critical of the national administration. He was appointed to his present judgeship 6 in Fort Wayne; superior court some ' months ago. He served one term in congress from the fourth district and was defeated for reelection a year ago. Judge Kruse stated that he felt it was necessary for the United States to cut down on spending and readjust its domestic policy in several respects. During the. dinner, music was furnished by Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. It was one of the’ largest women’s nieetings of the year. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, rain north, showers and scattered thundershowers south tonight and Thursday. Cooler central portion tonight and south portion Low tonight 43-47 north, south. High Thursday 48 - 53 north to near 55 south. 11 -

light Rains Add To Fury Os Missouri Soldiers Battle All Night In Effort To Save Air Force Base Kansas City, Mo., April 23 —(Up) —Continued light, rains added io the fury of the raghig Missouri river today as the “big muddy’k” crest past St. Joseph, and aimed it’s next blow in the direction of Sherman air force base at Ft. Leavenworfh, Kan. Fresh troops, rushed in to seal' a minor break in the north dike protecting the air base, toiled nightlong in rain., on slippery soggy levees, but early today they appeared on their way toward victory. “We’re doing all right,” said Maj. James Klein, public information officer. “ We haven’t lost any ground and while we know the is yet to come, we are confident.” The turbulent river, rumbling on toward its prime downstream target at Kansas City, rose to a 27.2 foot reading at St. Joseph at 9 p.m. last night, equalling the ail-thne record crest set in the horrible de- ‘ bacle (yf 1881. It remained at the 27.2 reading untH 10 p.m., when It dropped to 27.1, but at 1 a.m. today the rlydfe' rose aigain to 27.2 and remalftedf constant there through the morning hours. | I 5 Lt.rCol. George Bennett, assistant U.S. army engineer at St. Joseph, said: “The crest has been reached and we are holding fast. The worst is over at St. Joseph and upstream at Forbes. We have gained at Forbes and now have 18 inches of freeboard where hours, ago the margin was only six inched.” But with all the vast volume of water that already has spilled over a half-million acres, army engineers said Kansas City's 40-foot levee system was In no danger. They pjointed out that in the flood oh the Kansas river last July, a 575.000-rubic feet per second volume hit Kansas City’s protective dike system. In comparison, engineers said there was a record 35(>,000-cubic fhet per second volume passing St. ' Joseph last night. This will be swelled by a 25/600i'ubic feet per second volume inflow from the Kansas river at the confluence here, but engineers said “you can almost write-off the in(Turn To Pace Eight) Driver Involved In Fatal . Crash Charged j Richard Renberger Arrested Tuesday ’ - ■ A's __ ' ■ ' i (Richard E. Renberger, Bryant, it route 2, whose automobile was ini' volved in a mishap near Bern ? the [ night ofi April 17 at which time Carl Cook, 35, \of Ber.ne/ f was thrown * from his motorcycle, and killed I* arrested Tuesday afternoon by r trooper Walter Schindler. . > Renbarger was brought into the i‘ court of Mayor John Doan Tuesday : night at 6:30 o’clock and facled a ; charge of improper parking of an automobile on a state highway. : Renbarger pleaded not guilty and I his trial was set for Saturday Biorn--1 ing at 10 o’clock. i According to officials who investigated the fatal mishap, Reni barger stopped his car to piclc up . two hitch-hikers. He pulled partly i off the highway but two wheels of the automobile remained on the road. \ Cook was coming behind Renbarger on his motorcycle and apparently struck the rear-of the auto which was stopping and then veered into the path of an oncoming vehicle. h The affidavit was signed by otficer,. and approved by proecutor Severin H. Schunger.

House Kills Bill To Increase Judgeships Republicans Defeat Judgeship Measure I ’’ Washington. Apr. 23 (UP) — The house today killeal/a bill to let President Truman .name 23 new federal judges- soy ;voting to send it back to the judiciary committee. The roll call vote was 165 tO 149, H The vote generally was along party lines with Republicans voting to kill the measure and Democrats voting against sending the to committee. A number of Democrats were absent. The move to sehd the bill back to committee was sponsored by Rep. Kenneth B. Keatirig (R-N.Y.), leader of the opposition. Keating said Ml. Truman’s seizure of the steel mills and the “widespread revulsion” against that action made it imperative that congress think twice before granting him any more powers. He also said many of the president’s judgeship appointments in recent years have been “severely criticized” and there is no reason , to believe his record will improve. Adminsitration fo’rees accused the Republicans of trying to blocjk passage of the bill until after presidential elections in hopes (>f J a GOP victory. * > The measure, similar to one api, proved last year by the senate, t would have created three nejy r circuit court judgeships and 20 new permanent and temporary : district court judgeships. , Chairman Emanuel deller (D-N. Y.) of Ithe house juejjeiary co'ml mittee. which handled I the bill, > argued that the measure is essen- : tial in easing the ever-growing i work-load on federal judges. •He said a contributing factor is ' the “hysteria and fear complex” among government officials, prompted by congressional investigations, which has led them to 1 recommend needless prosecutions. ‘ The end result, he said, is to “clog the court calendars” with cases (Turn To Paa«- Srven) l. 1 : ‘ Lions Club To Name I ‘ 'I Officers On May 13 Nominations Made At Tuesday Meeting Six 'members Jof the Decatur Lions club have been nominated for the presidency 6f that organization, it was announced today. The election will be held Tuesday, May 13. \ Those placed in nomination are: Watson Maddox, Ronald Parrish, Walter Sittman, Clyde Butler, J. Clark Mayclin and Paul Hancher. Members will- vote for four of the six. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes wiil be declared president and first, second > and third vice-presidents will be - named in order of their Votes from » the balance of the-nominees. » Two candidates were named for i each of the other pegsts except di-j I rectors, in which contest two of the i four named will be chosen. Nomi- ' nees and their offices are: » Secretary: Dr. H. R. Frey, Arthur r Suttles. j i Treasurer: Alva Lawson, Tony i Metzler. * Tail twister: W T . M. Bumgerdner, I Dick Macklin. Lion- tamer; Lewis L. Smith, Russell AckerDirectors; Deane Dorwin, Her- - man Kriteckeberg, Roy Mumma, > Thurhian 1. Drew. Two will be r elected of the four nominated for f director, ' k i Tuesday Meeting William C. Guelzo of the Indiana • Boys School was the principal • speaker at the Tuesday night meeL > ing of the Lions club. He told of ■ the system of education used at the ; Plainfield school. \ ; Plans also were announced at • the meeting tor a ladles night pro r gram to be held Tuesday night. May 6.

Price Five Cents

Advisory Board On Mobilization States Policy Votes Support Os Government Stand On Wages, Prices ' ■ I'■ U \ !' ' _ Washington, Apr. 23 -t (UP) — i'he White House announced today that President Truman’s national advisory board of mobilization policy supported the govern- . ment’s position in the steel wageprice dispute. “the board, which met' at the' White House Monday and Tups- — day, relayed its findings and suggestions tot Mr. Truman through acting defense mobilizer John R, Steelman. * The White House made public a five-item resume of the board’s position on lhe steel The board said it felt that Wage stabilization board recommendations for settling the dispute were within established, federal policies and provided my basis for adopting new policies. r <t supported this finding by a • 12 toil vote of the members presi ent. The -board consists of 17 r members —fqur each representing the public, labor, industry and the" . government,' pins •Steelman as , chairman. Absentees were not ■ named. i But if was known that two industry members and one public member were absent from th® mobilization board meetings. Steelman has no vote. The 'board did not specifically mention the 26-VoUnt hourly “package” increase | recommended by the wage board or the union shop recommendation. A ’ \ ' The 13 members who attended the White Houie meetings agreed unanimously that the steel industry is ent Ried to whatever adjustments “are permissible under law and the regulations which ’ govern all other industries.” The group split 8 to 5< in its finding that *“it seems only \fair that any industry whose price structure would substantially affect; the nation’s economy should be required tc justify publicly any request for a change in pile-, ing standards.” The group agreed unanimously that "attacks oln (\he integrity” of public members Os the wage board have been “unfair and? nnsubstan- • tiated by fact.” [ The Whtie House announcement ■ came amid these o(her, st.eel de(Tan To Pare Flggt) T“ ■ - Bids Received For St. Peter's School Proposals from contractors for f building a one-room addition to ! St. Peter’s Lutheran school, north ’ of Decatur, and installing new ; pluming and heating systems in ' the building, were received last evening by the school trustees. ~ ' Erwin Fuelling, board chairman, ; said that award of bids would not , be made until April 29/ The prb- . ject is estimated at $>32,000, he said. ‘ ,r'/ Rites Held Today , For Razo Infant _ | Funeral services Were/ held this afternoon at St. Mary’s Catholic i church, with burial in the cemetery, for denary. Razo. Jr.,, j infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Genaro I Razo, Whp died at the county memorial hospital a few hours after birth Tuesday morning. Servt ices wtere conducted by the Gillig J. [ & Doan' funeral home,! the . Rev. Robert Content officiating. > Surviving in addition to the par- ? j ents are a twin sister, Gloria; tyro other sisters, Frances and .Rosemary; anA the grandparents, Mr. ■ and Mrs. Baldomero Razo of Fort Worth, tex., and Mr. and Mm Floyd Artiz of St. Joe.