Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1952 — Page 1

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A BURSTING LEVEE ended, the nine-Jay battle to save Sherman Air Fbrce Basse at Ft. Leavenworth, shown here under flood waters of the swollei) Missouri river Army estimate damage to installation at one million dollars. Only the hangars in the foreground show above the floodwaters.

Three Western States Select Delegates Today Arizona, Colorado And Utah Holding Conventions Today Z Washington, April 26—(UP)— Sen. Wallacs F. Bennett (R-Utah), predicted today that Sen. : Robert A. Taft would win 12. and perhaps all 11 of Utah's delegates tcf the Republican national pon.vention. Utah Js one of ‘three* western _ states electing a total .of 46 [delegates at, state conventions today. The others are Arizona with 14 and .Colorado with 16. Colorado already j has named two of its total'of 18. Bennett, who -supports Taft for the GOP presidential nomination, based .his estimate of the Ohioan’s "Stfigtigth in Utah on the attitude shown in county contentions and endorsement .Os Taft by elected Republican officiate in U\ah. The campaign organization working for, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of Taft"? rivals for the nomination, hoped for an even break in the three [state conventions/ -— The Eisenhower partisans were not optimistic, however, about their prospects in either Utah or .Arizona. They w’ere .more’ hopeful in Colorado. where Eisenhower'hackers uj> . set tlfe Taft organization-by Winning, two delegates in a* district convention at Denver. The Taft-Eisenhower Contest has divided Colorado's Republican leaders. Gov. Dan Thorn time is in t lie Eisephower camp, 1 , while Sen. Etigeng D. Millikin’is tjnejof Taft’s leading supporters. • The Taft organization released a statement last night saying- that .‘>oo of the nationaT’convent]ioh»delegatej< elected so far are Taft backTpis breakdown, containing delegate counts which bay'd been challenged by the' Eisenhower camp, .listed 213 for Eisenhower, 21 for- Harold E. Stassen,, six for Gov. Earl /Warren of California, twO for Gen. Douglas MacArthur and 42 uncommitted. Other political developments: 1. —Sen. Richard B. Russell (Ga.) opened his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination at an_Atlanta rally Last night by pnmSsing “a new, clean, vigorous administration" if lie is elected. He said he was sure the public would not be by those who "fan the fires of sectional prejudices" and urge that he be -bypassed because he is a southerner. 2. Chairman .James P. Richards of the house foreign Affairs committee repeated his demand that W. Averell HarriinUn either quit as mutual security administrator -dr withdraw his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. The South i Carolina Democrat said in a prepared statement that President : Truman and Harriman are mistaken in that Harriman's political j campaigning would not hamper /congressional approval Os the foreign aid program, pending in Richards’ committee. — 3. told the Arkansas Republican convention. in Little-Rock last night that "I believe in states' rights because the principle of dual government is the ohly thing that supports the freedom of local selfgovernment.” 4. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1 rnrurß t« six) I ' ' t • >.

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114 Pints Os Blood Contributed Friday Lacks Only 11 Pilots Os Meeting Quota Citizens contjrtiiuted 114( pints of their blood to the Red Cross bloodnipbile on its third visit of the year to Decatur yesterday. This , amount- lacks only 11, pints, of meeting the county's quota. -• Mrs. h ’Max Schafef, executive secretary, stated that 122 persons w»nt through the blood . center and donated to the blood bank. A percentage bf the blood was earmarked for the armed forces in Korea. This was. ilown from Baer Field last night to Tfravls air force base. Call, and thein to Honolulu. Hawaii, where it was ret-iced, then flown to Guam and then Tokyo. From there it was flown to Korea. The Red Cross announced it was not the custom to State how many pints of blood were delivered to the armed forces in Korea because ’of military reasons. However. It was unofficially stated that a large quantity to the men in Korea. Addition Planned For Berne School Set Hearing May,9 For Appropriation 1 The Berne-French township school corporation has announced plans to spend in . construction and furbishing in addition to the present school property in Berne. Legal of a meeting of the trustees of the school for the purpose of requesting an additional appropriation for that amount appears in today's Daily Democrat. , ' Howard Baumgartner attorney for the trustees and is making the necessary legal arrangements 1 . The board is advertising a special meeting at Berne May 9 at 8 p. m. and public participation of taxpayers of the school corporation is invited. Following the School board meeting, the action will be fired with the county auditor. Thurman Drew, who will' kentf the request to’ the state board of tax commissioners. Any remonstrances also will be forwarded to the state board. The state board then wilj set a date for hearing on the' additional appropriation and will then determine if, in its opinion, the project may be undertaken. The appropriation is divided tip (Turn To Pnee TMrrej One Dead As Auto Crashes Into Housq I Fort Wayne, Ind., April-26 — (UP)---Two persons Were hospitalized with severe injuries today after their auto skidded off Ind. 1 near here last night and rolled into the side of a house, killing a third person. Rolin R. Krudop, 21, Fort Wayne, died in Methodist hospital shortly after the crash. The impact hurled Thomas Tooms, 20, Waynedale, driver of the car, onto the roof of the building’s backportjh. j ’ i • James Bryant, 19, Fort Wayne/ also sustained serious injuries.

Sen. Humphrey To Press For Own Measure I 4 La. Immigration Bill Passed By House Is Scored By Senator Washington. April 26 — (UP)— Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey today criticized tpe House-approved immigration Idll as “most unfortun/ ate,” and saiid it would “spur” him to fight for his own “fair and humane’ measure. | , The Minnesota Democrat sajd his legislation is “far superior” to both the house bill and one sponsored by chairman Pat. McCarran> (D-Nev.) of the senate judiciary committee. /■ ■ [ Humphrey, whose bill is supported by ofher members of the senate “liberal" bloc, said his measure has the “wide support of all religious groups.” However, he would not predict the outcomie of his efforts to have [the senate rejejet McCarran’s measure in favor of his version. , The principal difference in the Humphrey and McCaijan bills is that the Minnesotan Wants to revise the present “pational origins” system of determining immigration suotas for indtvdual nations. The house version, sponsored by Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.), also retains the traditional quota system, but would gi\ve the government greater Reluctivity in deciding which alienis should be allowed to enter this country. Other congressional developments : | [| ' . j Tax scandals 4| House tax scandal investigators finally tied, down , one of their Sig targets, Joseph D. Nunan, Jr. Thd former internal revenue commissioner,- who has failed to appeaj| at two other scheduled public|||essions because of illness, agreeOto show up be-, fore the house 'Mays and means subcommittee -M® 5 for questioning about cases in which he took a interest.” Corruption — ®o house corruption hunters pigged the future strategy of the investigation of the justice depaybhent. Chairman Frank L. Chelf jWKy.) and Rep. Kenneth B KeatiA (N. Y. i : liking Republican (Smber dietary subcomrf raee, met staff members tss|e “briefed" what they have tMg|ied up in their investigation intfWjustice depart<Turn T* lOl* Tkre«) Founder Os Bollner Works Dies Suddenly For Wayne, liM| April (UP) —Services v|gje arranged today for Theodore Ifainer. 741 prominent midwest Oustrialist and founder of the Machine works, who (Jied airliner enroute to Duluth, F yesterday. Authorities sai^ : Zollner, who bajeked jiasketball and fasthall known as the “Zollners,” dlfe of a cerebral hemorrhage. His jfedy was taken off the plane at Ironwood, [[Mich., and returned herb for burial. Zollner wa« bdni in Waupaun, Wis, and founded his firm at 'Duluth in 1913. He moved the plant here in 1981. . »

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Early Ruling Expected On Steel Dispute Final Decision Is Likely To Be Made By Supreme Court Washington, April 26 —(UP) — The steel Industry’s hopes rose today for an injunction against President Truman’s seizure of the mills, but the. supreme court appeared., certain to make the final in the case, one of the most critical in U.S: history. Industry officials based the|r optimism on the obvious astonishment" of federal judge David A. Pine when assistant attorney general Holmes Baldridge contended that the president has unlimited emergency powers with which the courts cannot interfere. Pine was expected to rule early next week on the industry’s: re-t JjHiest for a temporary injunqtioiF •ainst the April 8 seizure. The also promised k quick de- : visum on the steelmakers’ request for an order prohibiting a govern-ment-ordered wage increase for the CIO United Steelworkers, if he decides that the injunction request should be given further study. Regardless of Pine’s decision, however, the loser —either the industry of the government—un-, doubtedly will take the case to the federal court as appeals and I then Ito the supreme court. Meantime, the government authorized the industry to apply for price increases of about $3 a ton on May 1. The industry already has spurred a boost of this size. It insists that a 812-a-ton price hike is necessary to offset the 26-cent hourly wage increase recommended by l the -wage stabilization board sor 1 the steelworkers. Price stabilizer Ellis Arpall, who issued the regulation authorizing the $3-a-ton price l boost, reiterated that this is the largest amount pep mitted under stabilization rules. ' President Clarence E. Randall qf . | Inland Steel Co,, ione of the industry’s top spokesmen, said yesterday the steelmakers would demand a 55.50-a-ton price increase if the government gives the union a wage boost "down payment” of 17-V& cents an hour. This is the size of the first installment of the wage board’s recommendation, and the industry’s best offer in bargaining. Secretary of commerce Charles y Sawyer, nominal “boss” of the industry during the seizure is considering approval of the “down payment,” but is waiting until Pine makes his decision before acting. Wage board chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger, in Kansas City, Mo., to address a University of Kansas audience, said Mr. Truman would have only two alternatives for dealing with the threatened steel strike (Toni To Pw Six) 12,279 Registered Voters Ip County Figures Revealed By Clerk's Office There are 12,279 registered voters in Adams county eligible to vote in the May 6 primary elections, county clerk Ed Jaberg revealed today. The personnel of the clerk’s office has been engaged all week in tabulating the list of eligible voters in the various precincts. There arp 4,477 registered voters in Decatur, divided as follows: Decatur, 1-A, 394; Decatur, 2-A, 467; Decatur 3-A, Decatur, 1-B, 385; Decatur 2-B. 362; Decatur, 3-B, 428; Decatur, 1-C.-410; Decatur, 3-C, 352 r; Decatur 1-D, 490; Decatur.Rqot, 307. Total, 4,477. rne: A, 359; B, 450; C., 570 J .oral, 1,379. Geneva: A, 386; B, 314. Total. 700) Rural precincts: East Union, 186; West Union. 1 196; East Root, 304; West Root, 1 324; North Preble, 229; South Preble, 276; North Kirkland, 227; South Kirkland, 155; North Washington, 342; South Washington, 344; North St. Marys, 223; South 1 St. Marys, 3198; North Blue Creek. 1 192; Soqth Blue Creek. 146; North Monroe, 381: South Monroe. 320; 1 French, 236; North Hartford, 274; ’ South Hartford. 146; Wabash, 386; 1 Ceylon, 126; West Jefferson, 176; ' East Jefferson, 136. Total for rural precincts-. 5.723. Total for Adams 1 county, 12,279. . I _____—— \ , I / INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and a little I warmer extreme north. Sun- r I day fair and warm. Low to- I night 44-48. High Sunday 7580.

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I 11 fnemy Aircraft Destroyed In Week Over 6,000 Sorties Flown During Week Sedulf Korea, Apr. 26—— (UP) — United Nations planes destroyed t 11 ehiemy aircraft ddripg the past week, eight of them ip high-alti-tude' jet battles just south of the Manchurian border, the sth air force announced today. American F-86 sabre jets bagged eight Mig-158, probably destroyed two mroe and damaged seven in dogfights during the seven days ending.. yesterday. ' Only one iabre was lost in the air battles, biut allied fighter bombers were destroyed by Red gropnd fire and three more were lost' through unknown causes. Three Communist planes' Were destroyed on the ground in allied strafing attacks. Two yaks burst into fiame during a sabre strike on Sitiuiju airfield, and an. enemy IL-10 light plane was knocked outj by F-51 mustang low-level assaults/ ■Some 6,280 sorties, the: highest number since laktl October, were flown by maurauding U. ,N. planes during the w'pek. ' Fighter-bombers kept up their aerial assaults Friday strafing and naplaning enemy fortifications in the Yopchon, Kumsong and Punchbowl nectom. Pilots reported the destruction Os 46 bunkers and 24 gun positions. r _- f The U. N. planes had to “'grope for ground targets through a blanket of fog. | On the ground, the Sth army claimed; to have inflicted 1,832 Red \ ground l casualties! in the wee<k ended April 21. It said 897 Communist ground trpops were killed. 917 wounded and 36 taken prisoner. The toll was the lowest since the wefek ended March 28. J —J. \ ■ One-Day Strike At G. E. Plant Ended Fort •. Wayne, Ipd., April 2p — (UP)—-Some 5(1 testers and inspectors referred their) job classification dispute with General Electric to negotiation ending their one-day strike. The workers agreed to rpturjn after a meeting with president Virgil p, Brown of local 901 of the CIO. United Electrical workers, who earlier terined their walkout “unauthorized.” ! River Flood Crest Dropping Steadily Missouri Lowlands Still Facing Havoc Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 26 —(UP) —The crest of the[ Missouri river today neared the end of its most disastrous , rampagein history, wearied by three-week tour of destruction from Montana to Missouri. / The bloated river dropped steadily and rapidly from a 30.66-foot height. U. S. said it probably wguld be back to banklevel lase tomorrow. Wearjc patrols oh Kansas City dikes planned then to discontinue their 24-hbur vigils. If the Missouri' was :io longer a ruthless destroyer, however, it remained a swollen and unwelcome intruder : in rich bottc|miands an the final leg of its course to junction with the Mississippi. But thp surging waters dropped to 27 by midnight' at Kansas Cnty and still were falling as they swung eastward to make their way across the heart of Missouri. Engineers warned that havoc in the Missouri lowlands still could be expected at the flooded river courses those final 375 miles to Wes| Alton, Mo., eigjht miles above St. Louis, where the crest was expected to reach the Mississippi by May 1; L Noon Edition t ■ 1 : • I - .A- • '

Stale Changes Stand On Pay HikelnOty City Employes Pay Boost fire Truck Will Be Approved C|ty engineer (Ralph E. Roop and city' attorney Robert Anderson returned from a day in Indianapolis with good news for residents of Decatur. * \ i ,' 1 ■ A verbal approval for the pur? chase of a new fire truck wao given the Decautr men by the board of tax commissioner;' I It was Indicated the city employes’ salary increases also would be approved after some additional information is given to the state board the first of the week. Attorney Robert McCord, whose Jaw \ firm approves municipal bond issues in Indiana, gave the city of Deqatur the green light on most oi jits proposal for a ’bond issue sot t|ie new sewer system in. the northwest part of Decatur. Noble Hollar, chairman of the state tax board, had previously written Mayor Jphn Doan stating that the request for additional approprtations tor the purchase of a new fire truck and also for salary increases would not be acted on at this time. Hollar explained the letter with the statement taht his board had been misinformed concerning th; purchase of a fire tjruck and that he desired to know from what funds the money wpuld be taken for salary increases. He indicated to Anderson that both requests woujd meet state board approval as soon as the requested tion is forwarded to him the first of next week. The only snag which the local men hit in the sewer construction proposal came from t se state board of health. The stream pollution division of that boa rid frowned on sending any more rair sewage into the river, stating that- Decaturf should have a sew|age disposal T« P«*e Six) Invites Japanese To Rearm Speedily Books Close Monday > On Japan Occupation Tokyo, April 26.—(UP)— Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway closed the books on the occupation of Japan today with an invitation to the Japanese to re-arm jspeedlly so that American security, .tijoops can be withdrawn. . | In -a final statement from headquarters of the supreme commander for allied powers,: Ridgway assured the Japanese tpat the independence they regain next Monday will not be limited by the continued presence of United States forces. The message was addressed “to the people of Japan.” American, land. eea and air forces will remain under the (security pact between the U.S. and Japan. “These forces,” Ridgway said, “will be here for a single purpose, to provide a provisional arrangement for the defense of Japan during siiqh period as Japan shall be lacking the effective! means for exercising its own inherent right of se|odefense against armed attack from outside. “It can be expected that American fprces will be withdrawn at’ such time as Japan shall have gained confidence in her own ability to defend herself against any indirect aggression. t “I hope that day will pot be so far distant.) The United States certainly does not want to prolong needlessly the stationing of its troops anywhere abroad.” Ridgway closed almost seven years bf- allied rule with an ex, pression of gratitude to the Japa(T«n Te Pace Mx) !' - ,\

r-— d— _ Daylight Time Is Effective Tonight On Daylight Time In Summer Morfths Decatur, Berne and most of Adams county will turn their clocks ahead an hour at midnight tonight and daylight saving time will remain in force here until the last Saturday in September. The daylight saving procedure will be effective in most northern Indiana cities and towns. Some, however, will retain the slow time until the end of May, ? and then move to the fast time. All Decatiir church serv ces will operate tomorrow on the fast time and business in general will swing in line Monday rhorning. All hearings held locally by state boards and commissions will continue on standard time, however, because of a state law which provides th® central standard time the year around for state offices. The clock in the court room of the Adams circuit court will also remain bn standard time because the office of circuit judge is a state office. The court bouse clock will be moved ahead at midnight tonight by Jesse C.> Sutton,, local jeweler who has custody of the dock. . j . UMost of Indiana Indianapolis, April 26—(UP)— Most Hoosiers will perfqrm their eacc-a-year cloek-advanclng operation tonight, thereby disobeying the law and losing an hour’s sleep. A majority of the cities from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river have elected to change to daylight saving time. A 1949 state law prohibits it but carries no penalty and has been generally disregarded. The state Chamber of Commerce reported only four cities, all downstate, have notified the Chamher those communities will remain on central standard time. The four are Mt. Vernon, Linton, Worthington and Loogootee. The 60 minutes Hoosiers wipe off clocks tonight will be “returried” Sept. 28, conversion date back to. standard time. |U —a ' . Fort Wayne Youth' Dies Os Injuries Lima, 0., April 26 — (Up) ’ James Zumbrun, 1.7, Fort Wayne, Ind., died in Memorial hospital yesterday of a skull fracture sustained last Sunday when a car in ’Which he was riding overturned on U. S. 33 near St. Johns, 0. ~ ■ l"- ' Morrison Plans To Campaign In County Democrat Candidate For Congressman ~ Howard L. Morrison, Democrat candidate for congress from the fourth district, stated today that he will spend several days in Adams county next week in hisfinal drive for votes in the May 6 primary election. Morrisop, who is 49 years , old, is a native of Allen county and was educated in the public grade schools of Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne Central high school. He has been an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad in Fort Wayne for 82 years; he is a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges and the Ohio synod, Lutheran church? He is married and the father of two daughters. Morrison resides at 215, West Sherwood Terrace in Fort Wayne. He is a veteran campaigner in Allen county, having been file Democrat nominee for state representstive and state senator on several occasions. l He served as brakeman on two presidential special trains When they came through Indiana. One train carried the late President Roosevelt and the other earned President Truman. A ) Morrison will be accompanied to Decatur by several Fort Wayne Residents who formerly resided in Adams county. ' ' ' ' z ' ■ ■' ■ ?’" ? z ! '--I ■ , >

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Long Drawn - out Truce Talks At Crisis Stage Meeting May Bring Showdown In Long Truce Negotiations Panmunjom. Korea, April 26— (UP)—The Communists agreed today to meet the United Nations in a full-dress session Sunday of high- 1 est truce delegates. The meeting may bring a showdown in the gravest crisis of the marathon negotiations. ' .! Vice admiral C. Turner Joy, ’ senior allied delegate, requested the top-command meeting after prisoner exchange talks broke down yesterday The United Nations asked for an indefinite recess to “re-orient” its position, and thb Reds agreed, r North Korean Gen. Nam 11. chief Communist negotiator, agreed to I Joy’s suggestion the plenary session be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow jj 8. p.m. Saturday CST). It will be the first hi|kh-level meeting since,! Feb. 19. / f , The Reds apparently have discarded their Opposition to the U.N.proposed -principle of vbfaptary repatriate prisoner*, .bat- in- & sist the atlio* Increase the. number of Red prisoners who will “willingly "ireturn bell had the iron curtain. When the news blackout on the prisoner talks was lifted yesterday. 1 the allies disclosed that they had found only 70,000 Communists willing to return to Reds hands out of the 170,000-' wqr prisoners and civilian internees held by the U.N. "< The Communists indicated they would be satisfied if 116,000 of the prisoners returned, add an Allied delegate said the U.N. figure of 70,000 was subject to revision through prisoners not yet screened and others who might change their -r' minds. ?;■ 1 \ Nam II accepted the TJ.N. pro- f posel for a full-dress meeting Sunday before- todayte staff officer meeting on armistice supervision; got underway- Stalemated on the twin issues oLßyssia’s "neutrality’’ • and airfield construction after a truce, the discussion lasted only six minutes. ' A ; Allied staff officer Col. Don O. Darrow said he and North Korean Cql. Chang Chun San would confer after the plenary session Sunday to decide if an armistice supervision meeting be held later in the day.' • / , < i Armistice supervision issues also'? may be introduce! during the 11 a.m. iheetfng. Communist newsmen outside the conference tent accused the United Nations command of “fajcing” I the number of captured "persons; |n allied stockades who want to re- . turn to North Korea and China. Alan Winnington of the London Daily Worker said the 70,00 p persons the.U.N. is Willing to turn back was “just a farce.” /“Ft’s so laughable I wonder how it could be put 4orth,” .he said. “Your side has acted with absolute duplicity in tMs matter—Absolute (Tara Te Paata Six) Change Is Made In Precinct Location Another voting place change was announced today.! Voters of old Middle Monroe, now known as South Monfoe precinct, will vote in. the basement /of Munsterberg school, a tnile west and a mile north of Berne instead of the Beer school, former ‘voting plkce. The change was necessitated \, after an inspection of the Beer school. The toilet, facilities have been removed and the furnace is not in working order. County auditor Thurman Drew stated that the arrangement at the Munriter- x berg school was only tf>r thd primary election, because it is not ? regarded ns an ideal voting loca- i tion, A more central place win be found for the November election. Drew intimated. I ' 4 ' I ■ 7; . ’ ' i . ' I I ' ■