Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1952 — Page 1

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Ask Striking Oilmen Bring End To Strike Wage Stabilization Board In Request To Struck Oilworktfrs henver. Colo., .May h The *nation's motorists kept an eVe on oieij~gasolifte fqel Ramges today, hoping that 90.000 Striking -Oil workers would bow to a government request and, return to Work before the heed!? pointed to ’zero." ■ ■ T "'J • ■ ' • ■ J A spokesman* for the coalition of \2“ Striking CIO. AFL and Iridepen'ileiH't bit unions said in Denver that . We declsiort “possibly” would be najdte' today. j The wage-stabilization board yesI requested that the week-old i strike of oil workers be ended “inv .’mediately" and summoned union . irtnd.(industry leaders to a board ' meeting Ip Washington next Tues- ; T Ws>B chairman Nathan' Feiniilngqr told representatives of the jniions and officials of 75 oil coni: oinies that they should continue iollecfive bargaining and be prepar- ■ ffjho make a /‘full report’’ to the board Tuesday on the status of tha dispute. L Although union officials said they > vpqld attend the meeting, they said : hat “we regret the board's action id this time and point out that; it night cause an immediate breakihjwn in negotiations, which have Hen progressing favprably in spv•rial areas." . • ' ] The strike already has meant the l ilwst of more than 1 (>,000.000 barrels »il. including 5.000,000 barrels of >line, s according to the natiohal simper for the oil industry, the Daily. ;i also has caused a definite ent- ’ - Hck ■in military) activities > both in the United States and in r« well as a reduction of civilian ait ■ J; 5 try ices. ; - H |l| WJesbaden, Germany; the U.S. jllb force announced it has sjashedlyipg time and coptbat training to gasoline.as a result of the stride. to - il was* reported that many of the ‘ pat ion’s 60.000,000 motorists were siding today on what well may be last tank of gas tor ths duraI i'ilpn .of the strike* ■ to J Thy pinch was being felt mostly m the midwest and east. I Hs supplies forced .trimming of bus ; Services in Detroit, and ' hi. Indiai hilitolis f it was I reported thpt “no /■Jli L”'si-gns will be up by toniorruw. Concert Sunday By High School Groups Orchestra, Junior Band In. Concert For the first time in its Hstory, the. DecatUr high school w 11 pfeHnt in concert the high school orchestra group and junior band “ ! Sunday in the high School gym at ii Ji jp. m? No admission will be . charged and the public is invited. ; : -The program will include rhythyms o.f the antediluvial ctrtnmunity through to the modern apd . iktipuhirMiarrnmaies of Duke Ellingi Ton's jazzF*, All will lie directed! by Clint I|ert. band ins.trpctor. \ ' ) j |T|ie Concert, will begin with selections from Richard Wagnpd. George Gershyvin and Hoagy Catj miMiael. Lois Woods, Shelton Brocks and Richard Coygan w||l ' be’featured soloists for this part of the offering. < ••Music” as the prehistoric night have known jit Jvill be performed and promises through fts j j very originality tp be a most Interesting facet bqhhe afternoon’s offerings. „‘J . 4 I • ■ i j The orchestra will ’then perform I hne of the most beautiful yet probably one; of the simplest qomposit ohs ever?-Liszt's Lichens |raum. The tempo will then swing into the smooth and livelier sounds of Victor Herbert * with the playing of “Ball and. Chain,” Ggnc Vptitfer end Sharfene Lehman will be the featured soloists. The spirit-loaded “Jumpin’ at .he Woodside" will he rendered , lexl with jazz trumpetmen Ron Se?aur~Snd Ron Murphys taking the \ hows. ■ . ■ .J- I Soloists Dana Dalzell and Jlene Lehman will present a medley of the great Duke Ellington’s ’j tunes that will live forever. i The finale, to be presented by tire entire company, will be the f 'delightful and provocative |Jr pated Clock" by Leroy Anderson. ?! J The lighting for the entire show will he originated by Lowell Smifh J of the school faculty. j . J ' - ’’ - J . ' 'J’-

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Proposed Ordinance For Sewer Studied Adopt Resolution To Favor Sewage Riant Moving cautiously, the pity council in Tuesday's! meeting passed a resolution of good faith for the stream pollutioh commission and spent more than an hour studying a propoed tap-in ordinance for the city’s sewer system. ) The-latter is the first move toward the proposed construction bf the sewer tiy’a combination .bond issue/and pse of the Barrett law sew er assess nent. for a revolving fund. 1 The resolutions ‘ ,whi<j)li passed unanimously, placed the city on record as being l , willing to start of a sewage 1 ! disposal, plant within three or years. This action vyas taken;, o satisfy 3the demand of the.state sream pollution commission;, a t of the ■State boafd of health. Iplje site of the plant has been obtainie|d and the Resolution now gives g j definite time at which the city| h’ill start ‘ Construction pf the disposal unit. It was pointed out that; the s*?wer Construction should have immediate preference, because it is rtore vital toward Safeguarding Qf health Ibffthe people. I ’ ) i The counqilmen then discussed jthe proposed ordinance creating a Revolving/fund f provic ipg for a for, connecting to a sewer To be' constructed in Decatur, providing a method) calc a ating the charge, filing \that 1 charge l apd pro-i-Vid.ing penalties; ) ’) This would be the Tfilrst’ step •toward the'construction of the proposed nbrthjvesit sewer and also would crCatd a permaheflt revolving fund for other sewejr and disposal plaint cohstrUCtiop and ' repair. ‘ All members of the.;Council expressed a fayorabie attittjie e toward )the entire project. The members, poweiver, feh that certain phrases .should be re-worded and I he method .be more clearly expresset. The proposalj was oidered returped to the .ordinance colmmittee, of which Ed bayer fs chairman, for die repomRnended changes. If in believed) pkely) that the ordinance will be Ready for introduction a; the next regular meeting in two Weeks. '■ “ p H Initial Retailers Meet Held Tuesday Retail Advertising Clinic Opens Here “Ajdvertilsihg does not sell, it only ) declared Merwin Dbchter of the associated retailers Indiana before a group bf 34 Deiitur retailers list night in a) meeting held in rooms above Telephony Co. '■-In- the first of three scheduled meetings j Sponsored by tpe Decatur Chamber of Commdrbe, Dech■jt.er asserted: Any advertising to be good must/- (1) get ■ preate interest’; (31 Im 11 desii-e; (11 stimulate action. , He) also set forth tte\ .reasons why peopls Rvill buy goods. These i reasons, he said, find their roots Jn basic hßnjan desires. They are: 1 (1) The iifee for self-preS|ervation: (2) tlhe urge) to love and ie loved; (3) the urge for comfort; (4) pey,- • iSonal importance; (sj) tlm urge to ■ satisfy ;the) flvq senses. ■ Speaking pn why customers patronizie stores, he said, “it’s not product, not fixtures and not loca- . iion that:! keep people coming flnrn To Pane ' Morrison, Adaif Win For Congress Carry Adams County By Ojne-Sided Votes I r W I , J ■’■ . * / In Adanjs i county’s .two contests for congressman, Howard Morrison, Fort Wayrje. Democrat, and incunat bent E. r|oss Adair, Fort Waynp'j j. Republican, snowed, under their o]>iposition. i ‘ ! Morrison defeated Ray CL Girapdot,, who was backed by district chairman James Kdons, by a vote ip the coUjhty of 2,141 to 1,004. Adair easily disposed of Fred Greene; Aijlen country farmer, by a vote in tfy'p county of 1,034 to 135. ? Adair is bkmipleting his first term in the national congress. T . Morrisoif and Adair also won • their Respective nominations. Mors risen carried every' county \in the fourth district with the exception f of Allen qounty. where tye lost to ? his opponent by a little hiore than •- 1,000 voteß • Adair was successful in all eight r counties of the fourth district. The i two men will oppose each other ia the general election in November. -'"■)' ■;■ J! *■;■ )' J ' ■ J '' )

Red Demands On Prisoners Block Truce- ‘ • Report Tentative Agreement Reached On Two Os Issues Panmunjom. Korea,. May 7 — (UP) — United Nations and Communist negotiators tentatively settled two of their three truce deadlocks today, but Red demands for forcible repatriation of 62,000 war prisoners still blocked a Korean armistice. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway promptly informed the Reds in a virtual ultimatum that there. can be no cease-fire in Korea unless they drop their insistence on' the forcible return of prisoners who have renounced Communism.The full story of the past 10 days, of dosed meetings of U. N. and Communist truce negotiators was told today for the first time with the lifting of a secrecy agreement at the U. f|T.’s request. The U. N. disclosed: * 1. The Allied “over-all” proposal of April 28 called for an exchange of 70,0(?0 Chinese and North Korean prisoners who would not forcibly oppose repatriation for; 12,000 Allied prisoners, Allied withdrawal of a demand for a ban on military airfield construction, and Communist withdrawal of Russia as a member of the ‘.‘neutral” truce inspection commission: 2. The Allies offered to permit joint Red Cross teams or any suitable international body, with observers from both sides to interview prisoners opposing repatriationafter an armistice and to return to the Reds any prisoners )vho changed their minds. 3. The Reds offered to drop Russia as a truce inspector and to accept the U. N. concession military airfields, but still demanded that all 132,000 Communist prisoners be repatriated, by force If necessary. 4. The U: N. said the Reds' must accept the -entire Allied program, including the proposal for a prisoner exchange, or it would be withdrawn, joy told newsmen after the latest armistice session that the Communist nomination of Russia as a truce inspector “was real issue.” “It was an unofficial one. created by the Communists for bargaining purposes orily,” he said. * I — , Third Auto Accident Victim Dies Today Jack Oleson Pies Os Auto Crash Injuries : ; Jack Oleson, 25, of Park Ric r 111., died in Adams count r memo-tar hospital at 11:30 o’clock this morning of complications arising from the injuries he sustained in an accident Sunday night eight niles south of Decatur, on U.S. higl way 27. He is third to die of the five occupants of the car. Killed ifistantiy was Lester J. Specknian. 48, of Chicago. Mrs. Vuelta V. Sheehan was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital 35 minutes later. The accident happened after Reiny V. Pabst, the driver of the ill-fgted vehicle, tried to pass the car driven by Mrs. Virginia Breedway of Fort Wayne, alter having passed ;tWo others. She pulled out unexpectedly in an effert to pass the car in front of her, Pabst used his brakes, but it was 100 late. His car clipped the bumper of the Brockway auto and webt skidding off into a field where the ear overturned. , , Oleson was taken to the hospital, where he remained in critical condition until Tuesday. He rallied Monday night and keened to improve. Tuesday night, however, he developed pnuemonia due to his severely weakened condition, and , finaly died at 11:30 this morning. Reiny V. Pabst, 37, of Chicago, the driver of the car, and Alexander ) Dubois, 23, also of Chics go< remain in good condition at the hospital. ' 11 INDIANA WEATHER Rain north and central portions and occasional showers l and thunderstorms In extreme > south tonight and Thursday, i Slightly warmer south west and extreme south Thursday. Low t tonight 45-50 north, 90-57 south. • High Thursday 50-60 north, 60i 70 south, except near 80 around Evansville. > ■ ' 1 .. ; ' J'

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Bierly, Kolter, Striker And Reef Win Tuesday In Democratic Primary

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|r I|i State Representative G. REMY BIERLY j ■ ' I ■" : J JI . ■ J-, ■ I

' /T"’ f' '""'."yv 1 r 'fS City Council Holds ■ Long Session Here 1 i 1 ’ I • Longest Session Os Year Held Tuesday Li ■ i * i * g ( The city council completely ignored election returns night and had the longest session of the year. The meeting lasted until aftet 10 o’clock, and during the long session thp ;councilmenj approved salary increases; re-j , ceived an annexation \ petition:) passed an ordinance and the Kolter building on Grant; strpet.* The purchase of the Kolter *quon-i set building and grounds by the?, light department was approved andL) an ordinance covering the purchase was adopted. Purchase; price is $12,000 and the city will?) assiume ownership July 1. The building will be used by the*' elebtric light department to house’ its ; equipment and part of the building will be assigned to the wafer department and street department. ’ P | < '.I; It 'way pointed out that there wah sufficient room on the property for the fater erection of build--ingis for the ) street and water de- 1 ■..'itments, 4 ‘ ' (there also is a Nickel Plate rail-: switch on the property. The* 1 property was purchased from Rob-. • ert: D. and Mary Kolter and the) i deql was made by Robert Heller of • thei Heller Realty Co. i The kolters retained a smalt part of the property in contem-1 1 plating qf erecting a small factory; building Los their own there later. All enimployes of the electric I light and water departments were) - granted a sls a month increase?’ J effective; May 1. Salaries range in the electric light department from f $7,200 for the superintendent on : . 1 an ahnual basis to a month.) ■ Thjs range includes the increase.)-' ■ A fride range of from 90 cents an) > hour to 4.50 an hour was grantedt (casual for labor.! 5 Salaries in the water department, * were set at $2,980 for the super5 intend ent on an annual basis down) ’ to $2lO a month. J > A petition signed by Esther Bow-j ers and others, for erection of anelectric light on a pole on the: ’ Bowers property between Second; and first streets on Marshall; * street was referred to the. electric) light committee and the electric! ■ superintendent. ’ . 4 petition by C, K. Becker and: 1 wife for a rural electric line ex-i tension on the Mud Pike was re- ; ’ ferred ■to the electric light comr mittee and the light superintend--1 ent. An application by John Gage and others for annexation of property:, contiguous to the city in the south: part of Decatur, totalling to 11; lots, was .filed and referred to the! city plan commission for further): , study and recommendation. A letter frbm Adams post number 43 thanking the light depart-, ment for construction of an electric light near the Den on Madison street was read and filed. A proof of publication on the (Tara Ta Pace Ki*M)

■llr I ■ ; Auditor FRED KOLTER EJ J • ' r ; -'j

All Os Slate's 11 Congressmen Renominated Light Vote is Cast In Indiana; All Os < I Solons Win Easily Indianapolis;, ?|lay 7— (UP) — Hoosier voters renofninated overwhelmingly all their 11 members of congress yesterday in a ho-hum , primary that dijew fewer than 500.000 persons io the polls despite the most pleasaint election day weather in years. Nobody had a narrow escape. In fact, only thnee of 12 congressional races were close enoilgh to leave the outcome in doubt 'longer than a few hours after the counting started. Reps. Ray J. Madden of the first district and Winfield K. Denton of the eighth, both* Democrats.'and Reps. Ralph Harvey of the loih, William G. Bray of the seventh, and E. Ross Adair of the fourth, all. Republicans, took early leads anil coasted , to impressive triumphs. All other members of congress were unopposed.) Madden built up a vote total nearly peven times greater than the conjibined toltal of two unheralded Opponents; Carl Panunzio and Dan Rusnak. Denton drubbed ; a Jone rival, Walter Strahl, by I a fiye-to-one margin. Harvey’s majority over Randall Ha'rmon, who has been rdnning for congress since J 946, was nivfte to one. Bray won )by a seven-to-one ’margin over the combined totals of two other candidates, and Adair beat perennial candidate Fred |W. Greene by a slx-to-one margin. Greene switched to the GDP ticket in 1950 after ai fruitless try forCongress as a Democrat. « Among the 11 candidates chosjen by the voters to buck up against the incumbents (in the Noveml er election were some young political newcomers. w I>. Bailey Merrill, a young Evansville attorney, was a surprise winner in the eighth district Republican race for the right to oppose Denton next fall. Men ill nosed out George S. Jones, Jr., an extvice president of Servel, Ire,, who was considered the favor te by virtue of organization approval. Incomplete returns indicated Merrill won by about 3,000 votes over Jones, who was far ahead of James E. Campbell, retired army officer. Four other candidates trailed well behind Campbell, including Mrs/ Louisa Culver, wife of an Evansville college professor. Who ran fifth in the seven-way contest. But there were) closer races than that. Thomas J. Courtney. Clay cointy surveyor from Brazil, nosed tut Austin B. Childress of Spencer, an’ attorney-examiner for the Indiana (Torn To Pa«e Five) ' : ■ I •

I H Recorder MABEL*STRIKER • J J ' L

Refuse Increase Io Policemen, Firemen [ Fire Truck Request Approved By State The state board of tax commissioners granted the city’s request for an additional appropriation of of $6,000 for the down payment op a greatly needed new fire truck but turned down the city's request to raise the salaries of policemen and firement atthe rate of sls a month. The latter, according to the state board? was hot an emergency, and police and firemen will haVe to wait Until next year for sin increase. There was a strong indication among all councilmen that these men were entitled to a wage increase and there was little doubt but that the raises would be included in the next year’s budget. The $6,000 granted was for the first pf three payments on a fire truck, Fire chief Cedric Fisher and members of the council have been inspecting fire fighting equipment the) liast several weeks in nearby cities. The $6,0'00 request was determined as a down ’payment, on any truck which the council might select. Bids for a new truck will be asked for soon, it was indicated. An ordinance covering other city employes was passed at last night’s meeting and these in-, creases do not need approval Os the state board. Civil city employes, however, cannot have an increase during any year, unless the raises are approved. Hart, Mitthell Win | In Township Battle Win Noininatfons For School Board A heated contest for both Demo) crat and Republican spots on the Adams county central consolidated school board from Washington township developed in Tuesday’S primary elections. Clinton Hart won the Democrat nomination by a vote of 209 to 138 over Victor H. Baltzell and Floyd Mitchell defeated Frank Aurand in the Republican contest by a vote of 81 to 55. r ' „ Baltzell Carried South Washington pfecinrit by a count of 100 to 75, while Hart won in North Washington, 134-38. In the G.O.P. scrap, Aurand carried North Washington by a count of 39-19 and Mitchell won in the south precinct by a Vote of 62 1 16. Hart’s majority was 71 and Mitchell's majority was 26. Heart Attack Fatal To 12-Year-Old Boy Crawfordsville, Ind., May 7— (UP) t- Authorities at Culver hospital said today Russell Sutherlin, 12, Ladoga; died of a heart attack late yesterday’’after falling into a stream near (his home. ■ : ( . 0:

i f "T~± ‘~l J w 'J 1 J II i 1 Coinmissioner ! HARLEY J. REEF I 1 , I

J , ™ t x 1 -- : — i Atomic Device Detonated With Brilliant Flash j: . Nuclear Device Is ' ' -4 a A- ! V Detonated Today Atop Steel Tower Las Vegas, Nev., May 7.— (UP) — An itomic device was detonated atop | a steel tower before dgwh today at the atomic energy ipommisslopT Yucca Flat proving ground with a flash more brilliant thin a deseig sunrise. 1 £ - nuclear device fired at 1 7:15. a.m. (CDT) at the top ?ef a ( 300-foot steel tower, producing a color'ul flash far brighter thanlany seen during the 16 previous tests at thle desolate Nevada deSert firing nnge. The flash was so brilliant that it awakened sleepers here, 75 miles southwest of the test site, turning a cloudy dawn to daylight for a few seconds. ThV shock wave from the blast rolle4 'across the desert moments later to rock this gambling resort. As seen from here, the blast was 12 tines as vlide at the base as any previous flash in the Nevada desert and three times as wide as thje final night test in the JanuaryFebruary series tests in 1951. Today’s test was the first in predawn darkness since then and the 31st known atomic explosion in , history. V Th j Mast was the 17th held at the Nevada fest site, where atomic scientists are making rapid strides in development bfj an amazing variety of nuclear Weapons for battlefield use. 1 In the last night-time explosions, air fbree bombers dropped five aeria| A-bombs in quick succession. Son)d of* them were seen 600 miles awayl and others shattered plite glass windows in Las Vegas. In today’s' blast, the same procedure was followed as in earlier tower shots. Shortly before 7:15 a.m. Dr. Jack Clark, one of the key atom c scientists, - pushed a red marked the control center. , Sohie 12 miles or more away the atomic device rested atop a tower in a little room called the “cab.” Then, a loud speaker voice—that of Df, Galen Felt —began to count ) the final 10 seconds —“ten . , . nine . , eight . . . seven” and, finally, . “threie .. . two .. . one . . zero.” At “zero,” Clark pushed a white , button On the Complex control board marked “fire."' scientists, watching tensely despiie the many nuclear explosions they have staged, saw the blinding flash) of another atomic detonation, Th| steel tower probably never will be found again. If it is, chances are otily gnarled pieces of what had been molten steel, will be fdund. A new crater was formed on the 1 floor lof the southern Nevada desert and in a split second, the scientists learned the answers to questions it (Tara Ta Paata BIx) .'• f : ’

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Les Than 50 ■ • I I,’ ■■ ■ ■ 1 / , Percent Vole Cast Tuesday No County Contests On Republican Ticket In Primary Election iJ J ' - ’ ;" - Fred Kolter for auditor; Mrs. Mabel Striker for recorder; G. Remy Eherly for joint state representative and Harley Reef for commissioner of the thfrd district. These were the winners in the Tuesday Democratic nomination primary/ It was one of the smallest primary votes recorded here in receqt years' with a top Democrat vote of 8,993. The Republicans cast another 1,169 votes bringing the total number of votes cast in the county to a 5,162, considerably less thah sft percent of the registered vote, j r ? Fred (Kolter,? Decajur business man. defeated Groce Tope, St. Mary’s township, in thej contest for auditor by a total of I 2,264 to 1,581, fl !. ' J Mrs. Mabel Striker defeated Mrs. Catherine Lose for the nomination for couinty recorder by a : total of 2,257 to 1.736: Both women are Decatur residents. Harley Reef, Jaff arson township farmer, defeated Jahn C. Augsburger, incumbent commissioner of the third district, by a count of 2,213 to 1,684. In the contest for jqint state representative, incumbent G. Remy Bierly defeated William J. Kruse •in Adams county by a total of 2,284 to)l,68&. Kruse carried Welts 'county by a vote of 1,29)2 to 1,033. This gave Bierly a total of 3,317 in ; the district and Kruse’s tofal was 12.977, Bleriy was winner by 3<ii votes.’ . "I There were j no other contests id the Democrat primary and no county contests in the Republican primary. Names of unopposed candidates did not appear on the precinct ballots and today county clerk Ed Jaberg declared those withqut opposition to be nominated, in accordance with the statute. There was little activity around any of the voting places throughout the day,, with the exception of Washington township, where heated school board membership contests appeared in both Republican and Democrat contests. Therd was po ? challenging of votes and in some precincts several Republicans crossed the line and voted the ’ Democrat primary ballots. - J Next political activity will be the meeting of the Democrat and Republican committees in Decatur next- Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock for |he purpose bf naming county committee officers for a twoyear -■ TTo date both Harry Essex. G.O.P. chairman, and Dr. Harry Hebble, Democrat chairman, have no organized opposition. There is a Demo- B crat vacancy sot county vice-chair-man due to the resignation several months ago of Mrs. Catherine Lose. .., „ — Two Youths Leave For Armed Service Two Adams county young men left this morning for Indianapolis airfr active induction into the armed forces under selective service..- They were Charles David Rhoades and Leonard Paul Egley, the latter a jvoluateer. Ladies Entertained At Lions Meeting The Lions club had what was described as one of the “most (enjoyable meetings of the season” last night at the Knights of Pythias home. Present were over 75 Lions and wives and sweethearts erf the members. Paul Hancher of General Electric arranged the ladies night program, which featured the Aeolian choir under the direcUon of David Embler. The choir sang Negro spirituals and other selections which -were warmly received by thb/groiup. ■' k'-'j ■! 1 ‘ " i j '