Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1952 — Page 1

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4"TI - . *— President May j Al Congress Find Solution ffi Ji| r Xi Moy Ask Congress To Pass Legislation To Solve Steel Crisis Washington, June 3—(UP)— f High government officials predicted toda|y thai President Truman j|J would take the supreme court’s adI vice and hand congress the responsibility for finding ji solution to the steel crisis. r , Thej) expected him to send a special message to the housq and 4 jperhaps today, calling for emergency legislation to cope with V the str|fc?e of 650,000 CIO Steelworkers which began yesterday immediately after the high court ruled his jj seizure- pf the steel industry was unconstitutional. ‘ ' ,|ts But the White House declined to say whether Mr. Truman would I send a message to congress. Press ? secretary Joseph Short told report* ers he }iad nothing to say about the steel strike or what action the ; presidept might take to end it) Some administration officials advised Mr. Truman to go ahead and ‘- invoke t|ie Taft-Hartley law as a “temporary expedient” to end the strike ipEttil congress has a chance fl to act. I They contended —and comments ffom lawmakers in both parties fended to bear them out — ■’ that congress is unlikely to provide a new statute until Mr. Truman has used the one already on the books. A tofijClO official told reporters, however, that he believes there is g only chance that Mr. Truman- will “hit the union with . fi Taft-HaHley.” . ■ ' The j law provides for an 80-day ~ anti-stpike injunction. Mr. Triimari previously has refused to use it on & grounds the steelworkers vplun- :■ tarily postponed their strike for a much longer period than that while the wage stabilisation board tried ® to settle the dispute. A third course/of action open to Mr. Tlrpman was to call for rehewX ed wage negbtiaItions. under White\ House'sponsorship, and many officials believed he Would i issue .such a plea soon re|l| gardes of What other moves he imay make. There were indications j already that the negotiations might resume in New York on Friday,. j Tot get a settlement, however, the goveiqment apparently would have J to from its previous refusal to give the industry over-ceil-ing plfice increases.; J ij In»« 6to 3 decision upsetjting B the steel seizure, the supreme court 1 drew |h sharp dividing line for the first time in history between the constitutional powers of the presidentand those of congress. It said Mr. 'Thruman overstepped that line and Invaded the “lawmaking” pow- | - ers pt congress when he seized the | steej Imills without benefit of any ! authorization from congress. justices on the majority side told Mr. Truman, in effect, that he i should let congress decide such b questions.. . Developments came thick and I fast in the wa|ie of the ruling: Li CIO Steelworkers president g \ Philip Murray' called his men out on strike, and simultaneously invit(d the industry to resume; bargaining talks on the union’s demand forstie 36-eent hburly wage Increase and ] union shop contract recom- | n.epded by the wage stabilization board. ♦ 2. John A. Stephens, United States Steel Corp, vice . president and ‘chief industry negotiator, replied that the steelmakers “of course" will meet the union “without delay”—but on a “give and takf” basis. He renewed the Industry’s last / '*fer of a one-yeas contract calling for about 18 cents in wages and fringes but no union shop; The steelmakers say they need substantial price increases to compensate for even that hike. I s 3j| Acting on the president’s or- ■; secretary of commerce Charles lawyer pfomptly returned the mills to private ownership \He had bepn/nominal boss of the industry s’ri'de? the seizure April 8. .|' - - | ' New Serial Story . J j Elizabeth Daly’s book “The hook Os Crime,” will start In M ednesda/s edition of the Dally Democrat In aerial form. T re book deals with the life of a War hero and a terrified bi ide. It is a prominent mystery novel. » Generally fair tonight Wednesday. Cooler north,portlpp. Lew tonight 54-59 north, 4 h - BM4 south. High Wednesday 70-75 north, 76-82 south. h II ■■

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Final Presidential Primaries On Today . South Dakota And California Voting Washington, June 3 — (UP) — California and South Dakota voted today in the pation’s last 3952 presidential primaries. Although the Soiith Dakota Republican primary involved only 14 national convention delegates, it provided the ogly two-man contest this year betwgeh Sen. Robert A.‘ Taft and Genj) Dwight D. Eisenhower, the ' major contenders for the GOP presidential nomination. Both camps shied away from advance claims df Victory. Taft told a reporter he did not want to forecast the outcome 1 in South Dakota, but said he has received “increasingly optimistic” reports from his supporters In the state. Some Taft aideu said they expected the Ohio senator to win easily in the farming ardas of. predominantly rural ‘South Dakota and to get an even break in the cities. . ' M '( ■ The Eisenhower campaign managers would say bply that they expected a close vote. Since the midwest has been viewed as a Taft stronghold, they | contended that a close vote in Sojith Dakota would be evidence ;of Eisenhower strength. - If / The critical pfrimdry test coincided with Eisenhower's official retirement from ithe 1 army. After a final pews conference at the pieiitigon tiday, Eisenhower was scheduled to take off his uniform arid-fly his home town of Abilehel Kan.. / where he will deliver his First speech as a civilian presidential , candidate '’tomorrow. ,'| Taft went into today’s primary battles holding a ; 2(bdelegate lead over Eisenhower in the United Press tabulation, -which is based on formal pledges and known firstballot preferences. The tabulation gave Taft 417 and Eisenhower 397, with 133 uncommitted or unknown, and 139 still tb be chosen, including those at stake ‘today. Six hundred and four ' are ■/ required for nomination. ! ! | V Neither Taft nor Eisenhower was directly involved in the California primary where 70 national convention delegates were being .elected. Gov. Earl Warren was expected to win < delegates against a slate nominally pledged to Rep. Thbpias Werdel. Warren had previously picked up six delegates in the Wisconsin primary. Both the Taft and Eisenhower camps have high hopes of getting a substantial number of the California delegates if and when Warren releases them. California, with f6B .Democratic delegate vote§. and South Dakota, with eight, both gave Sen. Est.es Kefauver of Tennessee' a chance to lengthen his ledd in the Democratic presidential race. He was’ favored to win oVer 'Deinocratic (Tarn To Pane Five) : — * City Swimming Pool To Open Wednesday Municipal Pool To Be Open To Public The, city swimming pool, located on North Fifth street at the rear at the municipal plant, will be opened for the summer season tomorrow’, June 4, |t was announced today by the city board of works and safety. . •.* , Hubert Zerkel, Jr., teacher in thb Lincoln school, w;ill again be supervisor of the pobl for the : months. f The schedule • of hours for the pool is as follows: <\ Afternoons » — Monday through Saturday, 1 to 4:?0 o’clock; Sunday. 2to 5 o’clock. - j Evenings—Monday through Friday, ite 8:30 o’clock. \ ’ > Regulations for the pool require that all swimmers .must take a shower before entering the, pool; children must pass a 50-yard swimming tesf befdre they are permitted to go-beyond the rope; running and tag games will not be permitted on the concrete ■ walk around the pool; only <pne person at a time may be on the diving board, no pushing of any kind will be tolerated. ' j The supervisor suggests to parents that children under six years of age should he accompanied by an adult or a responsible older child: children should not stay In the pool more than one hour at a time. In order to avoid chilling and fatigue; money and valuables should not b 0 left in (he dressing rooms. -

Strike As Seizure Ends ■■ ■ W tr ! I k ■ ■ .. t W 8 Im II : ALMOST BEFORE NEWS of the Supreme Court’s decision that seizure of the mills was unconstitutional was made known, and even be-' fore their leader Philip Murray (top-seated), called again for a strike as their “only alternative”, steelworkers union members zett their jobs and set up picket lines. Murray is shown with James G. Thimines, steelworkers international vice president, as he issued his s(j*ike order in anticipation' of which workers including those at Republic •Steel (below) in Cleveland began picketing! plants. • | U

Baffle To Save Men Trapped In Michigan Mine . ■ I Five Men Trapped Half-Mije Below Surface’Of Earth Ironwood, Mich., June 3.—(UP) — Rescue teams, using hand tools and working in relays, tunneled ceaselessly today toward five miners trapped a half-mile below the earth’s surface in a caved-in iron mine shaft. The men were caught when four “sub-levels,” or horizontal sections of the Penokee pit iron mine gave way. ' The Republic Steel company, . owner of the mine, called out its entire working shift of 100 men to attempt to Rescue the miners. The employes volunteered to postpone their scheduled walkout at 11 P.M. last night “until the emergency is over,” The miners were identified as Christopher .Hocking, 46, Matt Crocker, 54, Seraphrm Zacharzewski, 56, Jorma M. Olkonen, 33, and Victor Kox, 51. \ ' The rescuers tunneled toward the trapped men from three directions on the level of mirie, bracing the shaft with timbers as they moved forward. A. J. Christenson, Company manager, said the biggest problem was to make sure the rescurers we/e on ?the right track toward the spot where \the men were entombed, Hp said he was “hopeful” the men might be unharmed, but veteran miners were tearful that the five men would not be reached in time. * \ Some air was believed to be reaching (he section of the mine where the men were. The rescurers had to dig through almost solid iron ore with hand • tools. The removed ore was “shugged” •< to the shrface of the i mine by mechanical hoists. ,- “The rescue teams are making as much time as they can,” a super- . visor said. “The ground is pretty . rocky in spots and its pretty tough . going.” ; Around the top of the pit, lights . were rigged during the night. Fear- [ ful relatives of the trapped men , gathered at the mine head, comfortj ed by sympathetic friends. The trapped miners were part of ’ an eight-map crew caught by the cave-in. Three of the crew escaped, and only one suffered minor in- " juried. The mine is in the Gogebic range 1 Where some of the deepest iron * mines in the world are located. The ’ accident occurred only a short dis--5 tance from the actual bottom of the » mine which is on the 2,900-foot (Torn To Pace Ki*ht)

■—. ’ ’ • Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 3, 1952.

Ehinger Is Elected ' Memorial Director | Annual Meeting Is Held Monday Night Charles D. Ehinger, president of the Citizens Telephone company, was elected a director of the Dfecatur Memorial Fund, Inc., at the-' annual meeting of. the organization at the First State Bank last evening. < i [ r-1 Three former directors were; reelected.; They are Mayor John M. Doan, James Staley and Frederick Schaferi 'fheir tertn is four yoar& T. F. Graliker, treasurer of the Memorial Fund, which will finance the bui'lding of a community jand youth' center, reported that ;collections; total mote,than $153,000. r . An additional contribution jwill be received from Central Soja company, which contributes $1 : for every $2 collected. Settlement w.itli the company, which committed itself up to SIOO,OOO- if donors contributed $200,000, is made every six months' ; , < • { The directors discussed plans for conducting a cahipaign next’ fall toward collection of all pledges arid Obtaining donations from those who did not to the fund in 19495. j ' t , Several new residents in the city have signified their interest in the proposed community center and their desire to Contribute to the memorial. . i Filbiii on the city lot east of the Monroe street river bridge is proceeding satisfactory. The directors Stated (hat a sign would be erected on the! site as scon as the fill-in reached a point where the billboard could be erected. , ’i The directors want to start building of the coipmunity end youth center next year; Controls on materiais have been removed. Carl C. Pumphrey, president. Informed -the board. The L directors expressed the opinion; that construction could not be starred unless the fund amounted to pbout $200,000. The original estimate on the proposed building is approximately $250, ’ f -t— i William Lose,, Jr. To Head K. Os C. William Lose, Jr., assistant cashier of the First State bank, was elected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, i Decatur Council 864, at the annual meeting of members last evening. Lose will .succeed Walter,Heimann, who Was named .* trustee of the lodge. Other officers elected are: Doti. FOrst, deputy grand knight; (jerald Martin, chancellor; Arthur Heimann. treasurer; Kenneth Loshe, recording secretary; A. Joseph Trentadue, advocate; Mark Colehin, warden; John Brunton, inner guaFd; Richard Cage, oiiter guard. I The officers will be : installed later. 1 . ? ' TL . . I. i.J'.J : r I \

Gen. Ike Defends ■' T--' '< ‘ -I Air Power Record Against Sen. Taft •j ' - ' I . I ... ■

— —l r Proposals Received By Commissioners Bids Taken, Other Business Discussed In addition to allowing routine claims yesterday at the scheduled monthly meeting of county board of tax commissioners, bids, proposals and petitions were heard and various authorizations made. County auditor Thurman I. Drew was authorized to write- to the state highway commission to re<fuast that federal funds be used te defray the expense of installing a flasher signal at the Line street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad in Geneva. Three proposals were submitted to provide the county jail with a new power lawn mower. Bids w’ere received on the “Reo” mower with the Linn Grove hardware company naming the' lowest price of ,|69.95 with th£ old mower, Jiids were received for gasoline for the county highway department for'six months. The Pearl oil company registered the lowest bid at 19.3 cents per gallon for Shell gasoline delivered to the Adams county tanks. Bids were taken for a corn picker with the sale awarded to Mollenkopf andTSiting of Decatur, at a low of $922. The picker is a pull type Single row machine. 'A! petition was filed td install a drainage unit in Preble fay Fred Stoppenhagen. The commissioners »et June 20 as the hearing date. O. S. Secrist of the Ohio Oil company appeared before the board and requested permission for his outfit to remove pipeline previously laid across French, Monroy and Blue Creek townships. He also asked.the board for permission to close off pipeline it crosses roads rather than rip up the road to remove it. It wap also pointed out that to do that would be much less expensive. He explained that the pipes would be. cut off and sealed shut so that nd witter would be allowed to' collect possibly weakening the roads aboie them. Permission was grantedt and work -will probably start within the next two months., . Amos Thieme was allowed $25 for the extension of an eight-inch tile drain to the righqof-way of county road 28 in Union’s township, where a catch basin was installed to drain away the surface water from the highway. Ben Gerke, of Root township, was allowet $lO fdr a tile drain in section 14, Root township. Lawrence Bulte neieV, of Preble, requested the road superintendent to put stone on his outlet to the public highway from his bafnyard to the road, a distanc? of about a mile. By law tlje highwajy department can only construct one half mile ot such a . road with. Bu temeier building the rest. The raquest therefore, (Turn To pk«e Eisht) I Louise B. Shraluka Dies Monday Night , Funeral Services Wednesdcy Mdrning Mrs. Louise Bei nadine Shraluka, 85, grandmother sheriff Robert Shraluka, died afr" 8: 30 o’clock Monday evening- at the Lawton rest home in Fort Wayne, following an illness of two years. She was, born i i Kirkland township Jan. 4, 1867, 4 daughter of William and Amelia S hraluka, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county and Decatur until her illness. Surviving are a son, Bart W. Shraluka of Fort Wayne A sister, Mrs. Ben Shrank of Fort Wayne; two Robert Shraluka and Mrs. Jeromd Meyer, both of . Decatur, and thrqe gr«*at-grandchil- * dren. : Private funeral services will be . held at 10 o’clock) Wednesday morning at the Black jfuneral home, the : Rev. Samuel officiating. , Burial will be in the Decatur ceme • tery. The casket not be opened ■ but friends may chll at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. I ! ■

— Steel Industry Os Nation Is Again Closed ; ■■l ■ I, ' , . .' \ ■ I Union And Industry ' Showing Interest In Resuming Talks \ ! Pittsburgjh, June 3—(UP)— The nation’s steel industry was shut down almc ist completely today for the second time this year and the ■ fourth time in history by a wage dispute.: The strike by 650,000 members of 1 the CIO United Steelworkers, after ‘ thje U.S. supreme court outlawed ’ government seizure of the industry, ) will cost the nation 300.000 tons of steel a day. The only production ' will conie from a tew independents, which do pot deal with the USW, • and a handful of companies whiqh ’ previously signed with the union. ’ They represent only five percent of s the industry. • Both union and industry officials showed, interest in resuming direct negotiations on a contract to replace the One that expired last Dec. 31. An industry source said he r “anticipated” the negotiations 5 might start this Friday in New York. • Philip Murray, president of the 1 CIO ahd USW. asked the companies 3 for negotiations “looking toward the perfection of a contract firmly based uppn the recommendations of the wage stabilization board.” 3 John A. Stephens, United States Steel Corp, vice president and chief 1 industry negotiator, said the indus- ’ try would meet the union "without 3 delay”—but on a “give and take” 5 basis. He renewed the industry’s ’ last offer—a one-year contract calling fqr about 18 cents an hour in 5 wage£ and fringes but no union i sh °p- f ! The workers, who answered Murray’s strike call yesterday in force/ seemed .determined to back the ’ union president. to the end .to get what they described as a “decent ’ wage.” Frank Kostyak, married, the r father of .two children and a steel ? worker for 16 years, put; it this (Tara To Pace Eight)/ » l ' 1 ‘ Grant Venue Change ■ In Bond Issue Suit J T Freeholders Plea For Venue Granted 1 . L.\ . ' 4■ , i Judge Myles F. Parrish of the > Adams circuit court today approvi, ed a reqqeßt for change of venue by the Adams County FreeholdersInc. in tljeir suit against the \Adams Central Consolidated School, Corp., to restrain them from Selling bonds for the purpose of building the school. They were given } three days by the court to choose . another county in which to ptess their suit. | \ . Previously, the freeholders re- - ceived a temporary restraining order from the Adams circuit court, preventing the sale of bonds ’ /for .the school. The court, how--1 ever, reversed itself, later on the grounds that the bond offered by 1 the freeholders to indemnify Ad--1 ams Central in case of loss from the restraining order, “waS wholl)y " inadequate.” . ; ' i g ' The injunction suit was scheduled to' be heard in Adams court on June 14, but with the change of venae that date, of course, becomes void, with another date set by another court necessary. ) j Tn the affidavit for change of f venue, the Adams County FreeMolders, l|nc., state: (1) That Adaijis Central has an undue Vnflue; etfee ovej- the citizens of Adams i- county. I (2) That a stigma ate taches to the freeholders in Adams ;. county no account of local prejuds- ice. (3) That a stigma attaches d to the freeholders’ cause of action il in Adams county upon the account of local prejudice. ; 'r ;; v •' ; ; |

All-Might Party For Catholic Graduates Combine Efforts To Entertain Grads A whirl of activities will mark graduation night for Decatur Catholic high school grathjates as plnas were completed today for an '‘all-nfghb party,” following Friday ' night’s commencement exercises. * Cooperating in the city’s recognition )of their scholastic | attainment! Jwill be the Knights of Columbus, parents of the graduates, Roy Kialver of Kelver theaters and the Dtecatur Lions club. Similar to the party given the Decatur high schoof students, indviidual and organization will entertain and dine the students in royal fashion. Diplomas will be awarded the graduates by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz, during the exercises held iji St. Mary’s church. The' graduation dance will be held at the Rpights of Columbus hall. Assisted i>y the parents, the lodge will a buffet supper at around midnight. At 2 a. n£7 the graduates will be the guests of Roy Kalver at the Adams theater, whefe he has booked a first-run Hollywood picture for the theater party. \ Members of the Llork club who proved their 1 ability in \serving a ham and egg breakfast to the Decatur high school grads \on May <23, wilt again don apron and nightshirt, for the sunrise repast at ,the American Legion home. \ The \ celebration of graduation night under supervised entertainment emerged from the idea that auto accidents and mishaps be averted by a civic gathering,which would honor the graduates. Woman Killed, Seven Injured In Accident Scottsburg, Ind., June 3 — (Up) — Mrs. Mary Severs, 51, Greenville, was killed and seven other persons were injured in a two-car collision on U. S. 31 south of'here. - ’j' 1 The victim’s husband, Roy, 56, suffered minor injuries. Henry ,E Hawkins, Indianapolis, driver jot the other car, his wife, Lillie, 43, and their four children, Carols, 11, Frartkie, nine, Sylvia, seven and three-year-old Ronald were seriously injured. 4— - ■ k Harold Graham Dies Os Wreck Injuries ' Former Decatur Man Dies In Michigan Harold Graham, 56, former Decatur resident, died at a Jackson, hospital at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon from suffered in an automobile mishap which occurred Saturday, May 24, near Jackson. I The Grahams had resided in Jackson for several years. Graham was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Graham of this city and was educated in the Decatur schools. He had been in the automobile business in Michigan for more than 18 years. He was a World War I veteran. At the time of the auto mishap Graham was driving alone in hig automobile near Jackson., . He never regained consciousness. Surviving are the widow, Mary Graham, and two sifters, Mrs. Merritt Clifford. Cleveland, 0., and Mrs. Leslie Cleaver, Phillipsburg, N. J. Funeral services will be held at Jackson Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Weatherby funeral honie. The will be brought to Decatur for burial in the Decatur cemetery. The casket will be opened at the cemetery. The funeral party will arrive here at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. I 4 Y ; ; '

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Press Parley Held On Final Day Os Career Extraordinary News Conference Held By General Eisenhower Washington, June ? —L- (UP) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today defended his record on air power against criticism by Sen. Robert A. Taft, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft charged in a Sunday speech that deterioration of American air strength began while the general was army chief of staff in 3945-48. In an extraordinary pentagon news conference on the last day of his 40-year military career, Eisenhower gave reporters a 12minute lecture on the accomplishments in Europe of the past 18 months and then faced questioners. The first of these was about air power. He said, "I came out of the war convinced shat Billy Mitchell was right in his concept of air power. ). “I started a campaign to disassociate the air arm from its 1 legally subordinate position to make it a separate department. ‘T agreed with Gen. (Carl) Spaatz that the air power should be separated from the rest of the military—a separate department. I stood with him. I suggest you ask him how I stood on air power. \ “I made many public statements in which I urged more air S’'-"*“r. I urged that the United s develop highly mobile upits i means air power. n No. 1 in trying to relieve oung men of the necessity of ing weapons—and that means air ptower. I believe in air power.” \ • . ! He ; said during that time he fought by side with Spaatz to tryt to 'get congress to authorize a 70-group\air force, but “we were whittled doVn.” Eisenhower arrived 10 minutes late for hik news conference, which was scgfeduled to start at 10 a. in. EDT. He gave reporters his "abject] apology,” explaining that be had bee)} undergoing an eye examination Xhich took longer, than expected. \ He began by making a sort of speech about the work he has been doing for the past yea* and a half as chief of North Atlantic pact forces in Europe. He said he hoped reporters would confine their questions as much as possible to his NATO work. \ ‘ In his introductory the general said one of the gravest Communist threats- to the Tree world is attack by "subversion Abd bribery” rather than bjr arms. \ The retiring five star said infiltration methods of “steal-\ ing” a country are more likely \ “than outright assault.” \ Such infiltration tactics do not run the risk that outright aggres- ! sion would of retaliation by nonCommunist forces, he said. He cited Czechoslovakia. Eisenhower said the conflicts in Korea and Indo-China have “just hs J important (implications as in any other section of the world.” Turning Ot Europe he said thatthe United States can not afford to be cut off from that great pool of enlightened people and skilled labor. - Ij | He said “we would be very badly placed” if western Europe were to fall to Communism. Eisenhower said we must all recognize that the United States cannot live exclusively alone. He said that Jhrough our leadership therd has bee® a great deal of increase in the moral, econgmic and military strength of the free world and it is evidence that we are going ahead. “As you know,” he said, "I intend to make no political statement at this time.”