Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 136.

Reds Demand Truce Talks Be Resumed j Peiping Radio Says | Communist Command - u i In Demand To Clark . Korea, UP f— The Communist high command in North Korea sent a note to Gen. Mark W. Clark Monday night demanding that trace negotiations, broken off for |hree days by the Allies, be resumed\immediately. I iPeiping Radio disclosed contents of the note sent to Clark, supreme United Nations commander, by North Korean premier and suPlreme commander Gen, Kimll Sung and Chinese “volunteers” commander Gen. Peng Teh Huai.' According to Peiping, the letter said: - “If the United Nations has sincerity toward the truce tilks, the United delegation should come to Panmunjom to resume the / talks.” Negotiations were broken off temporarily by the U, N. on Saturday. They told the Communists they would meet again at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Peiping did not immediately aif> nounce what else was in the note. There had been speculation It might back up the recent threat of Cotnmubist truce delegates to unleash new war in Korea. The note was the first such highleVel communication in months and the first received by. Clark since he took over the- U.N. command from Gen. Matthew R. Ridgway. Bth Army Ready SEOUL, Korea. UP — Gen, / James A-, Van Fleet virtually challenged the Communist armies Monday to attack United Nations forces In Korea and said if they did they would be “soundly de* seated."- !. While his troops were knocking back strong probing attacks along the 156-mile front, jthe Sth Army commander reiterated his faith In his army’s ability to repeal any major offensive mounted by the 1,600,90(hman Red force. . Van Fleet was conceded that the’ Reds outnumber this Allies 2% to 1 - btft he said the United Nations forcek morale continues high, almost to the point of wishing the enemy would attack. ;j. ’ p ! “The Bth \army Is, as ever, ready, alert and fit to meet any offensive which the enemy may foolishly . „ decide to launch, and the effort of the enemy would be soundly defeated,” Van Fleet said. p His remarks followed a press / conference here, consisting most--v- ly of off-the-record background in-1 formation for correspondents. Van Fleet declined to Comment on reports published in London that a new 109,009-man Chinese . \ wrinj has been moved into Korea, i and that enemy bombers are be- ■' ing assembled at Manchurian bases. O» the, western front 125 Chinese infantrymen, backed by a heavy artillery barrage, were driven back . from a newly-won U.N. hill west of Chorwon. ' v i‘U. N. infantrymen moved into noi-man’s-land west of the dukhan river on the central front and ■* killed 32 Reds in a running battle. Night raiding B-26 bombers destroyed a locomotive and a number of box cars south of Wonsan on the east coast. ,: \a ; Annual Summer Camp Opened By Brownies The Girl Scouts and the Brownleg’ annual summer camp gets underway today at iHanha-Nuttman park. Under the immediate supervision of adult leaders, the children will be instructed in dramatics, singing, dancing, handi-craff and nature studies. _ The two-weeks camping period will extend through June 13, climaxing! with a swim day at the city pool for each division. , j Funeral Held Today Far Stewart Infant \ I Janis Kay Stewart, infant daughter of Clark Lynn and Edna BorneStewart, of two miles north of Wren, 0., died Saturday afternoon at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne, shortly* after birth. Graveside services, conducted by the Zwick funeral home, were held this morning at the Wren cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Bevln officiating!. Surviving in addition to the parents are two brothers, Bob and Lee. both at home, and the grandmothers/Mrs. Christ Borne of Decatdr and Mrs. Laura Stewart of I Wm. L i-!|. . . H < K • ■ L '■ - J - i. ■. ■ . . ... .

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* Ridgway Entertains SHAPE Brass GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY, new Allied Supreme Commander in Western Europe, poses with the French Chiefs of Staff he entertained at a luncheon in the SHAPE headquarters outside Paris. In the group (1. to r.) are: French General of the Army Clement Blanc; Air General Francois Lecheres; Gen. Ridgway, and Adm. M. Nomy.

Rival 6.0. P. Camps Battling In Home Stretch Bitter Accusations Os Dirty Work In Texas Livens Race WASHINGTON, UP — Bitter accusations of dirty work in Texas boutfeed back and forth between the Taft and Eisenhower camps Monday as the ; chief contenders for the GOP presidential nominatlon 5 beg an a hornet - stretch scramble for undecided convention delegates. ' In the. free-for-all Democratic race, symptoms of bandwagori? fever began to appear among Nqftlv ern Democrats who have been wishfully waiting for Gov. Idial E. Stevenson of Illinois to change his miud and become available as a candidate. ... .■ I--. Stevenson was expected lb prislt the capital early this week — ostensibly to seek an atomic energy plant for industry-hungry Southern Illinois. He was certain to Encounter renewed pressure from administration regulars who are getting nervous about the long lead? in delegates piled up by Sen. Estqs Kefauver D-Tehn. Although Stevenson has said that he “coultT not” accept the Democratic presidential nomination, many politicos are still betting that he might accept a convention "draft.” But some of these are beginning to have doubts whether Kefauver can be “stopped” at the contention, unless he is at least slowed down somewhat beforehrnd, The'United Press tabulation of delegates already chosen, based on formal pledges and known first ballot preferences, gave Kefauver 251, foreign aid administrator ! W. Averell Harriman 95%, Sen. Richard B. Russell D-Ga., 85, with 397% uncommitted and 172 still Ito be chosen. ( In the Republican Column/ Sen. Robert A. Taft had 470 and . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 398. i With only 15 GOP-r contention delegates still to be chosen, 16 in Illinois, t,wo in Louisiana and three in Puerto Rico, the balance of power in the Republican contest now rests with the 133 delegates who ptiH are publicly uncoinmitted | <*Tn n T« Pawe Six) .. ■ <

Two More Chairmen Are Named for Fair Decatur Free Fair July 28-August 2 Roy Price, general chairman of the Decatur free fair, to be held at Hanna-Nuttman park July 2§ to August 2, inclusive, today announced two departmental chairmen-for the big event, Harold Bailey was chosen as superintendent of the dairy] show and J John Halterman and Paul Davis were named co-chairmen of the horse-pulling contest. | \ ? The chairmen were given authority to z name additional membets to theif committees as needed. Chairman Price said that he would continue to name chairmen and superintendents of the various departments during the two or three weeks and as soon as all department heads are named, a general meeting will be called to to outline final plans, i ' 4. j The horse-pulling contest always has proved popular here, and the co-chairmen will start immediately lining up entries for this event. It probably will be held, on two days during the week’s festivities.

Wells County Youth Is Drowning Victim Arthur T. Wiebke Is Drowned Sunday Arthur Thomas Wiebke,] 19, who resided one-half mile west of Kingsland, drowned Sunday afternopp in a gravel pit on the John Eichhorn farm near Murray. Wiebke drowned while trying to swim across the pit, a distance of approximately 100 feet. Luther Gerber, 20, and James Anderson, 18, both of Craigville, and James Allen. 19, of near Ossian, who were swimming with Wiepke, said he disappeared below the surface of the water and failed to come Up. The body was recovered approximately 30 minutes later. Artificial respiration, applied for an hour, failed to revive the youth. Wiebke graduated from Lancaster Central high school, Wells county, in 1951, and was employed by the General Electric in Fort Wayne. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ciair Wiebke, With, whom he lived; a brother, Theodore, at home; a sister, Mrs. Thomas Sprague of Fort Wayne; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. rtarry L. Wiebke of Fort Wayne, and the maternal grandfather, Frank Klejnknight of Kingsland. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Kingsland Methodist, churcn, the Rev. L. I. Sommer officiating*. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn cemetery at Ossian. The body will be removed from the Eltey & Son funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. Justices To Review School Segregation High Court Agrees To Decide Question < WASHINGTON, UP — The supreme court agreed Monday to decide whether states may require separate schools for white and Negro children. The high bench accepted for review at its next term two cases challenging the segregated school systems in Topeka, Kan., and Clarendon County, S. C. The issue, a hot one in the South, is not likely to be decided before the November elections because arguments will not be heard until mid-October. s Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, a former supreme court justice, has said his state may do away with its public school system altogether if Negro parents win their fight to outlaw segregation. ' Both of Monday’s cases were started by Negro parent groups supported by the National association for the advancement of col\ ored people. They contend that segregation is a badge of* inequality and denies their children the “equal protection of the laws” guaranteed in the constitution. . _ L’ ■ Schnepp Girl Dies At Home On Sunday / Carol Irene Schnerpp, 17-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schnepp, died at 7 a.m. Sunday at the home, 4322 High street. The child had been ill since birth Jan. '3,\ 1951. Surviving are the parents, two brothers, Kenneth, Jr., and David Michael; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Carter of Fort Wayne, Oliver Schnepp of Decatur, Mrs. Lena Schnepp of Williamsburg, Va., and greatgrandmothers Mrs. Lettia Schnepp of Union township and Mrs. Jacob Duff of Chattanooga, O.

Decatur, Indionq, Monday, June 9, 1952.

Report Settlement Os Steel Strike Is Near; / Asks Congress’ Delay

Down Payment' On Homes Cut By Government Cut Requirements t For New Housing, Effective June 11 : ? . :s-: ■ ’ WASHINGTON, (UP)— The government lowered down payment requirements Monday, for of al) new housing, effective Wednesday. Veterans then will not be required to make any down payment on homes costing 37,000 or less, and the initial payment for nonveterans will be slashed from 10 to 5 percent in that price range. The changes apply to all types of residential housing from onefamily -homes to apartment units. || housing and home financ-t administration ’ and federal reserve board made no change in credit terms affecting nonresidential building, but indicated some modification is under consideration in that field, too. The d® w n payment requirements are set under the so-called regulation X K .. which is administered by the federal reserve board. At the top end of the home price* scale, (he down payment requirements were cut from 59 to 49 percent for non-veterans and from 45 to 35 percent for veterans on homes costing 325,999 or more. No change wgs made in the time limit set on payment of mortgages. , National association of home builders spokesmen, who had been: clamoring for months for relaxation of the down payment requirements, said the change would boom business in low-priced veterans’ housing. They protested bitterly that the changes in terms for nonveterans and for all higher-priced housing were “a vast disappointment?’' They said the new requirements still are “far too large.”

George Hakes Dies At Home Saturday Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon George O, Hakes, 68, Decatur building contractor, died at 11:15 o’clock Saturday night at his home, 728 Walnut street, following a six months illness, of a heart ailment. He was born June 5, 1884, at Willshire, 0., a son of William and Irene Montgomery-Hakes, apd had lived In Decatur for the past 39 years.i: i ' . ' Mr. Hakes was a member of the Pleasant Mills Methodist church. Surviving are HTs wife, Lydia; two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Edwards of Decatur and Mrs. Jack Havens of Fort! Wayne; one son, Paris Hakes of Decatur; five grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; twp brothers, Harrison Hakes of Decatur and Walter Hakes of Elkhart, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Hilyard and Mrs. Ada Hower, both of, Decatur’. Three brothers and two sisters, are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the home, 728 Walnut street, the Rev. Luke Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The botjy has been removed from the Gilllg & Doan funerak home to the residence* where friends may call until time of the services. . J M J— ' ' ‘‘ ! . ■. ' ' INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cooler Monday * nlglit preceded by scattered thundershowers extreme south Monday evening. Tuesday fair and pleasant. Low Monday night 50 to 56 north, 56 to 64 south. High Tuesday 80 north tq 85 south.

Combat Pay Bill ■Shelved In House Other Measures Are Also Sidetracked j WASHINGTON, UP — The door was Slammed Monday on hopes for congressional enactment at this session of a combat pay bill for Gl>, an Air Force .Academy, and a tough new anti-strike bill. Chairrpan Carl Vinson, D-Ga., of •ithq house armed services committee put the damper on backers of these items when he announced !ia meeting Tuesday will be his committee's last, under present plans. \' ]! The senate had approved a 345"monthly bonus for combat troops, as'part of a | general military pay raise recently. In a conference committee, the combat bonus provision'was knocked out. Its sponsors had hoped to have it adopted separately. , It was pending tn Vinson's commit'tee, along with legislation authorising the creation of a separate Air Force Academy comparable to West Point and Annapplis, and the labor bill, which would make court receivers of industries when a strike threatened and forbid a lockout ijor walkout. ? Tuesday’s meeting of the commit tee, Vinson said, will be to put final approval of a 32,755.099,999 military construction bill. At a :injeettng Monday, the group approved 3199 monthly bonuses for .doctors and dentists in military Service. i;. In other congressional. developments: FOREIGN AlD—Chairman Tom Connally, (D-Tex.) of the Foreign Relations Committee urged the senate to kill the Kern amendment to the foreign aid bill. The amendment wold forbid western trade With Communist countries. ' Sen. ;Jaipes P. Kem, (R-Mo ). its author !:said : Allies 6f the United States ihre shipping to Iron Curtain nations arms, war materials and other itetns that could be used in arms production. Connally said in the Kem amendment would strip the 36,431,990,999 mutual security program of all its effectivejness. ] CONTROLS—The Senate delayed pactioh until Tuesday on ecoinomic controls extensions, which ; are tied-upFdirectly now with several proposals for dealing with ■the steel strike. It put oh action, (Turn To Pave Four) Four Persons Killed By Italy Landslide AOSTA, Italy, (UP)—Four persons were killed here Monday by !a s landslide which threatened to I cause a flood in the Bionaz Valley near the Swiss border,

Charles H. Brouwer Is Taken By Death Former Operator Os Store At Boston Charles H. Brouwer, 72,° well known AUqn county resident, died !at 1:39 a. m. Sunday at his home four and one-half miles southwest of Monroeville. j Mr. Brouwer operetad a general store at Boston Corners for 38 years before ill health forced his retirement two years ago. He was a member of the Marquardt Lutheran church in Madison township, Allen county. Surviving are his wife, Dollie; a Russell, of Monroeville; two grandchildren; a brother, George P. Brouwer of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodle Bohnke of Decatur. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m Wednesday : at (he residence, and at 2 o’clock at the church,, the Rev. George H. Volkmar officiating. - Burial will be in the New Haven IOOF cemetery.

Vast Heat Wave Takes At Least A Dozen lives Violent Wind And Storm In Midwest Follows Heat Wave ■. By UNITED PRESS A vast heat wave followed by a violent wind and rain storm Monday accounted for more than a dozen deaths. Most of the victims died in drownings as the unseasonably warm weather drove thousands to seek the cooling relief of an early dip in lakes, rivers and ponds. / At least three persons died as a result of the storm which routed the mass of hot air stretching over most of the Midwest. y I The full fury of the storm struck the three-city area of Moline, Moline and Rock Island, 111., late Sunday. Winds up to 79 miles an hour uprooted trees and snipped power lines. | \ The downed wires fell into the rain-swept streets where more than 2% inches pf fell within a short time. \ jiThree brothers, David Lindsay, Albert Earl. 11, and Hairy Kenneth Ader, 9, were playing in a rapidly rising puddle when David Lindsay’s leg touched a wire. He died almost immediately. His two brothers rushed to aid him. Albert Earl was injured fatally. Harry Kenneth was shocked' into unconsciousness. He was take nto a hospital where doctors said his condition was serious. p Mrs. Vivian rushed over when she heard >of the accident and joined in the efforts to revive, the youngsters. Parsing for a moment, Mrs. Boucher looked up. “Why, there’s another man lying there dqwn the street,” she said. The man was the third victim, Mrs. Boucher’s husband, Arthur, 37. An even more violent blovr struck Vlrgfciia, Minn., Saturday, With what weathermen Called a “heat storm.” At the height of the storm, the winds reached 199 miles. Hail accompanied the winds, resulting in damage estimated at several thou(Tunt To P»ko Slxi

Mrs. Roy McDaniel Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Myrtle McDaniCl, 62, wife of Roy McDaniel, died at 4:45 o’clock Sunday morning at her home in Monroe. She had been ill for two years and bedfist for the past five months. J \ , i She was born in Washington township Sept. 11, 1889, and was married to Roy McDaniel Dec. 24, 1999. She was a member of the Bethel United Brethren church, ieven miles east of Berne, and the WSCS of the Monroe Methodist church. Surviving in addition to her husband are four daughters, Mrs. Eva Burkhart of Geneva, Mrs. Dorma Levy of Decatur, Mrs. Martha Harmon of Monroe and Miss Charlotte McDaniel, at home; six grandchildren; four brothers, Arden F. Andrews of Cabri, Canada, Dewey Andrews of Angola, Roy A. Andrewis of Montague, Mich., and Charles Andrews otvMuskegon, Mich., and a half-brother, Robert - Andrews of Decatur. One daughter and three sons are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.nL Tuesday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Bethel United Brethren church, the Rev. Ord Gebman officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery. The body has been removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence* where friends may call until time of the services. . »'

Heads GOP Ticket I® «■ ® Ilk IL. * z Ik mW George N. Craig George Craig Heads G. 0. P. State Ticket Former National Legion Commander Wins Nomination : INDIANAPpLIS, UP — Indiana Republicans united Monday under the banners of George N. Craig for governor and William E. Jenner for senator in the November election but Hoosier national convention delegates prepared for an all-out fight in Chicago next month over the Taft-Eisenhower issue, Craig, 43, national commander of the American Legion in 1959, won on the third ballot to climax an eight-hour convention in the Coliseum here and stun the GOP state organization which tried to block his bid. ’ . Jenner was unopposed for rel- - Craig is believed to have sympathies for the presidential aspirations of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and consequently was under the ax of the state committee led by Chairman Cale J, Holder, which favors Sen. Robert A. Taft. The committee held sway during most Os the convention, nominating six pro-Taft candidates for lesser state offices and instructing the 32 national convention delegates by resolution to support Taft. Most political observers believed the state organization would forge a lead for secretary of state Leland L. Smith of Logansport, or anybody else but Craig, in the gubernatorial race. But Craig talked away from Smith and five other candidates to win hands down with 1,386 to Smith’s 508. The other candidates shared 155 (Turn To Pace Five)

McCuddy Technician At Local Hospital Conducts Laboratory Work For Hospital Ralph McCuddy, . Osceola, has been named laboratory technician at the Adams county memorial hospital, it was announced today by the board of trustees. McCuddy will begin his new duties about July 7. ‘ The new technician i was in mcatur Saturday completing plans with, the board and he he will move his family here early in July. Mr. and Mrs. McCuddy have two children, a daughter, aged eight, and a son, aged three. McCuddy has just graduated from Elkhart Business University, which offers a special degree for laboratory technicians. He also is a ipember of the American medical technologists, a society of hospital technicians. , McCuddy will have charge of the laboratory work at the hospital. Y

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Industry In Wrap-up Offer To Steel Union President Truman I Asks Senate Delay On Any Legislation WASHINGTON, UP — Top government officials predicted the steel strike would be settled Monday, apparently on term's .close to those recommended by the wage stabilization board. Optimism for quick settlement was dramatized when President Truman asked the senate to withhold any legislative action on the steel, dispute. Mr. Tnßman wrote vice president Alben W. Barkley that any senate intervention in the dispute “might be very harmful" at this stage. The President said there ,is a “reasonable hope” contract negotiations will be successful. |- Informed sources said negotiators for the major steel companies would present a wrap-up offer when they met representatives of the CIQ Steelworkers Union at 1 p.m. CST for the fifth straight day. Both sires reportedly had agreed on a two-year contract term, as Compared with 18 months recommended by the wage stabilization board. By ' comparison with the WSB’s wage Recommendations of a 26.1 cent hourly raise it appeared the final “package" would be closer to 21 or 22 cents. Sources close to the negotiations said the wage issue was still open on the question pf Sunday “premium pay.” The sides Were pictured as about ready to agree on a 15 or 16 cent hourly straight wage increase, with* another five cents in “fringe” pay for holidays and vacations. It was understood the straight pay raise would-be 15 cents an hour if the new contraCt in retroactive to Jan. 1, and 16 cents if its effective date is moved up to March 1 or April 1. The bargaining teams were expected, these sources said, to compromise on the Sunday pay question. WSB • recommended a 3|4 cent hourly premium. One to two cents per hour was mentioned as a likely compromise figure. As presidential assistant John R. Steelman called the negotiators back into session, the bitterly, fought union shop issue shaped’up as a major block, but there was official confidence it would be resolved. Once the bargaining .teams reach agreement in principle on the steel contract, the industry will begin negotiating directly with Steelman on a price rise to offset its higher labor costs. It was understood a $4.50 a ton price increase had Been tentatively held out to them, and that they might try to bargain for $5. v An early settlement would take the pressure off administration leaders in the senate, who have been waging a delaying action to ward off senate Interference in the dispute. It would also remove the last remaining roadblock to senate action in extending the defense production controls act. » Local Firemen Still Waterball Champions \ Decatur’s fire department is still state waterball champions, it was decided, in contests held over the weekend at Hartford City, at the annual conclave of fire-eaters.' The victorious team, who also won the sportsmanship award for the second year running, this year included Joe Mcßride, Dick Girod, Ed Hurst and Jack Rayor. It was announced at a banquet held Friday nighgt for the firemen that the Eastern Indiana Volunteer Firemens' Association and the Industrial firemens’ association would merge and form the Indiana Volunteer Firemens’ Association. The purpose of the organizational merger is to better the cause of the volunteer firemen.