Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 145.

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Truman Chides!- ''■ ."' ■ "' 1 4 : 4 Taffs Pledge To Cut Taxes I; ■ . - r ■ •. I / Says Taxes Should | j z ße Increased To | s Overcome Deficit >. ' WASHINGTON, UP — Preiu- ' dent Truman, .said Thursday th-as taxes should be increased to meet ( the federal deficit an& chided pol|t- 1 ical candidates who talk of cutting r taxes. '• _ ' j : 1 Sen. Robert A. Tift R-Ohlo has pledged himself to reduce taxes by 15 per cent in years if, he is elected President. And Gen. 1 Dwight D. Eisenhower, Taffs ’ chief rival for : the Republican * presidential nomination, has paid ( the nation mpst aim at a $40,000.? ’ 000,000 cut inrfederal spending with * tax cuts accordingly. f ; 1 But Mr. Truman told his hews . conference, in answer to ' ; that no Democratic or Republicgrj ' ■ President could cut taxes 15 pb| cent it would put the cotin- ‘ try in a hole , worse than now. ' ? In fact, he siiid, taxes ought Step b& increased to me.et the deficit; Latest treasury figures show 4 1 deficit of budget message to congress last ’ January, Mr. Truman forecast; a $8,201,000,000 deficit by the end |of •' ■this fiscal year, June 30. The bijdget message forecast, a $14,445,000,000 deficit by June 30, 1953.4 1 Since the" start of the Korean War, congress has voted three tax " increases totaling about $4,000.000,000, but has balked at any further tax hikes.. ' t President Truman also said Thursday he thinksl Gen. Eisenhower is a fine fellow and a gopd friend, but he can’t wish him gdpd ‘ luck. J The general, the President told i his news Conference with a grin, is not seeking office on the Denio? cratic ticket. The President said he was fohd of Eisenhower, but he shrugged, when a reporter asked how he thought the general’s campaign the Republican presidential nomination is going. Eisenhower is Entitled to his own- political views, Mr. Truman said. \ ’ bi Red Cross Drive In Final Stages t Leo W. Kirsch, fund chairman, for the 1952 Red Cross drive, has announced that the goal of $9,915 is now in sight if all persons holding funds for Red Cross wOi|ld make their remittance It is desirable to close the drive before Jupe 30 when the present fiscal year ends, and all are urged to reihit - . as soon as possible. Funds reported to date total $8,871.01. ‘ ft ’■ In -order to carry out a full itfograrn. and not eliminate any of the , services pr obligations of the br- ■ ■ ganization it is imperative that the quota be attained, Kirsch stated; Boy Scouts Paper Ki j Drive On Saturday J Decatur Boy Scouts will a wastepaper drive in the city Saturday, it was announced today fby. Scout officials. TheV pickup will stprt at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, and residents are asked ■to have their waste , paper, securely bound, placed on the curbs. The entire city will be canvassed in the drive. ; i ■' i i i ■ i ?■

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New Traffic Rules Working Out Well Traffic Is Moving Faster In Decatur “Fully a third more i traffic is moving past the of Monroe and: North? street at a given time than before the installation of the new traffic channeling system,” said > police (*hipf Ja?mes Borders aiftEr a week of the speedup measure,. The consensus among drivers and observers is that a great more good than harm his been done by the system but that a (ew kipk.s remain to be ironed out. ' ! For instance, the big .'trailer rigsj it is noted/cannot make a right turn into North y »nd street coming on Monroe if t iey keep all the way over to the right as private cars do. They straddle the dividing line to make the turn safely. Even then they end \up over the center of the line dividing the two lanes on> North Second. It can be easily seen theft that if a car. cpniing up to make a stop for a red light, moves'up too far blocking the pedestrian crossover, w:ill\not only keep the walkers :from_ crossing? the street but he will put himself in danger of being hit from a wide swinging trailer rig. City officials, including the mayor, therefore Urge all drivers not\ to go beyond the white line where pedestrians j&crpss Second street. Mayor .John Doan reports that he observed traffic at the intersection for Slbout ah' hour and a half last Saturday night. He said that where (formerly only two cars made thje, green light in the bumper-todjumper traffic, now at least seven are able to pass through. The police department all generally repprt a deal of cot Turn T» Page Eiuhtk ' •' '■ ■■ ■ Richmond Gas Corp. Granted Increase Indicates Nipsco f Increase To Follow INDIANAPOLIS, ' tJP — The ‘first natural rath increase in more than three years was granted Thursday by the Indiana public service commission. The PSC authorized an annual increase of about sloo\ooo for the Richmond Gas Corp,, wlhich serves about 9.ff00 customers, effective on gas used after Jxine 30. < ' The raise was granted because the interstate commerce commission gave the Panhandle Eastern Pipeiinie Corp., a rate increase last February. Richmond (buys gas from Panhandle. Chairman Hugjh Abbett 6f PSC indicated the commission would authorize ar} increase later Thursday to the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., which petitioned only 24 hours ago for a hike due to Panhandle’s higher price. Abbett said the increase granted Hoosier utilities were pnly temporary. He said the commission feels the federal power commission will adjust the increase for Panhandle and, if so, the Indiana increases also may be adjusted in permenent orders. I The Richmond increase applies only to persons using; more than 2,000 cubic feet of gas a month, chiefly industrial and space-heat-ing home consumers. ■ I ■: ? -i '' '

GOP National Committee To Act As Referee To Settle Dispute On Delegates From Texas To Convention WASHINGTON, UP— Taft and Eisenhbwer supporters ajgree'd Thursday that the Republican national committee did “the right thing" by taking on the job of referee in the bitter dispute oVer Texas delegates to the GOP nominating convention. Sopie of the other decisions on delegate contests which the national committee announced Wednesday night were less pleasing to one camp or, the other. But the overall was Accepted by both sides without public protest. i With 95 convention-votes.at stake the jvay in which the delegate disputes are settled could decide the outcome of the neck - and - neck racEt between Gen. Dwiglit D. Eisebhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft for the GOP presidential nomination. ' . i i The national committee took jurisdiction over disputes involving 72 delegates and 70 including the entire 38-member Texas delegation. Contests involving 23 delegates and 23 alternates were referred to state GOP committees in Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi for decision. The actions were based on a GOP rule requiring state committees to decide contests over delegates elected by districts and the national organization to settle disputes over those elected from states at large. \ Taft would have been the gainer if the 32 district delegates allotted to Texas had been referred to the pro Taft Texas GOP committee. However, the Taft camp believed that the whole Texas fight would go before the national convention anyway. Eisenhower’s managers have said they wbuld insist on taking it there. The Eisenhower campaign managers have charged' Taft» forces with “stealing” the Texas delegation \by excHlding Eisenhower supporters from the state convention. Taft retorted that the Eisenhow'er were actually Democrats trying to take over the Texas GOP., Other political developments: W. Averell Harriman, \ who trimmed Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee in the District of Col-, umbia primary Tuesday, told a netvs conference he would not predict how many votes he will have on the first ballot at the Demo- • cratic national convention. But he said “a very considerable number of states” will support him on that tally. 2. Eisenhower met in Denver with five of Arizona’s 14 convention delegates and appeared to have gained the support of one of the two uncommitted delegates. ! 3. Reliable sources said Sen. Everett M. Dirksen R-111. probably will make Taft’s nominating speech at the Chicago convention. INDIANA WEATHER ’ Fair tonight and Friday but some cloudiness tonight In extreme south. Cooler and central portions tonight. Low tonight 56-62 north, 62-68 south. High Friday 78-84 north, 84-90 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday/ June 19, 1952.

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Secretary Os < Army Protests Cut In Budget Says U. S. Troops In Grave Jeopardy ; In Event Os War WASHINGTON, (UP) — U. troops would be in jecflv ardy” if war should break out during the next year, according -tn army secretary Frank Pqce. Jr. As a result of the “stretch-out”; military readiness ordered by thei administration. Pace told the senate military appropriations com-. mittee Wednesday night, the army would not' be able to “support; adequately" its forces now over? seas nor equip additional forces in case of all-out war in the next .months. | j : “Consequently, no appreciably reinforcements could be provided to overseas developments, with the result that U. S. fighting m|n would be 16ft in grave jeopardji.’* he said. f : Pace appeared before the “stfb* committee to ask restoration Us $1,140,075,000 of the cut by the house from the army’s budget foir the coming fiscal yesttH Pace pointed out that the army had originally planned to reach ’combat , readiness” by July F, but that this date had been po|F poned to mid-1955 "at the earliest” by the “stretch-out” in military production ordered by President Truman. [ The house cuts, he saidl wotfld put off still further the date /»f military readiness and "impose further security risks . . this ihb tion cannot afford to take.” . . Hits Ike’s Advice WASHINGTON, fcUP) U-A Tait? leader chairged Thursday the U. S, ; armed forced are “in pitiful shapfe”; due “largely” to the advice of GenDwight D. Eisenhower. Rep. B. Carroll Reece), R-Tenn., a leading supporter of Sen. Robert (Turn To Pace Five) f Eugene D. Runyon j Dies Last Evening j Retired Merchant Is Taken By Death j Eugene D. Runyon, 86. well known ‘ Decatur resident and fOr-\ mer businessman here, diedatß:|s o’clock Wednesday evening at the Adams county metnorial hospital, He had been ill since undergoing ,an operation last October. A native of Linn Grove, Mr. Runyon operated a general store in Berne for a number of years, moving to Decatur in 1907, joining in partnership with Charles True in operation of a dry store, and later with Ed Engeier in operation of the store. r For the past 25 years, Mr. Runyon had engaged in the sale 3L general advertising items. / He was born at Linn Grove Sept. 12, <1865, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Runyon, and was married to Clara Hoffman Oct. 1893. They had resided at 103 J South Fourth street for many years. Mr. Runyon was a member Jof the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. , ; Surviving in addition to his wife are a half-brother, Ha,rry' Runydn of‘Buckley, Mich.; one sister. Mis. William Wechter of Salem. Ord*;? a half-siste|-, Mrs. Rufe Boze .of Berne, and several nieces ahd nephews. j , Funeral services will be cqh-’ ducted at 2:30 o’clock (Saturday afternoon at the \;Zwick funefal home, the Rev. F. H. Willard officiating. Burial will t)e in the riecatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. 12 PAGES — M ■ ' ■ \ i. >

- ———1 , Siving Costs Near \ o All-Time Peak Mid-May Increase Near January Peak WASHINGTON, UP — The. ; government reported Thursday the ; cost of living climbed in in id-May to just a fraction belhw the January all-time peak. The .increase means a two-cent-an-hour wage boost for 1,300,000 railroad workers, whose wages are tied to the of living index. It also means a wage hike of at least one cent hourly for 100,000 aviation, oil, textile sknd aircraft workers. the bureau of; statistics said the latest consumer's price , index rose two-tenths of one per : cent from mid-April to mid-May ’■ to 189 per cent of 1935-39 prices, j: This was just one-tenth of one point j tinder the record high. The rise was due to increase? in. food, rents, and goods services, the bureau said, i The bureau reported that in the period between Aptlil 15 and May 15, foods rose three-tenths of one per dent; rents four-tenths of one per cent, and goodjs and services two-tenths of one per These increases, however, werb partially offset by a one-half of one per cent drop in electricity and E refrigeration costs and fractional J decreases for clothing and house furnishings. ' :i A The rise in food prices, led by a 3.9 per cent increase in fresh : fruits and vegetables? put the new j food price index up 1.5 per cent above a year ago. a I The index for all commodities now stands at 1.9 per cent over the same period last year and 11 per Cdnt higher than prices just ■before! the Korean War. 1 Rents, in showing the largest increase over the period, stood eighttenths, of one per cent higher than last February. | LATE BULLETINS WASHINGTON, UP —The senate armed services committee approved a bill Thursday which would protect veterans of the Korean fighting from recall to service short of a de.sj dared war. WASHINGTON, UP The house Thursday unanimously approved by voice vote a compromise bill to the marine corps and make its commandant a part-time member of the joint chiefs of staff. ‘ T.Charges Against Laundry Dropped Affidavits Dropped After Compliance AU is peaceful again in the vicinity of the James Stbnerook laundry on Ninth street. Stonerook recently complied with Decatur’s chimney ordinance and, (at the request of neighbors Wednesday afternoon, ninei affidavits charging violation of the ordinance against Stonerook , • were dismissed in mayor's court here. ' Residents of the area had complained , frequently the last two years to city officials because they said the Stonerook chimney w r as too low and the smoke from the boiler caused a “nuisance” in the adjacent area. Finally the council took steps to correct the matter and several weeks ago unanimously passed an ordinance requiring Ythat all stationary bteam boilers of 15 or more horsepower should have a chimney |or tack at least 40 feet from the ground. •; After the ordinance became effective, a series of affidavits for Ton-compliance were filed against the laundry operator. Last week, Btonerook called the Daily Democrat and announced that the stack ;had been . erected. Yesterday’s action followed the compliance.

May Rescreen Red Prisoners Before Truce U.N. Is Reported . Ready To Agree To Rescreening Reds MUNSAN, Korea, UP — Maj, Gen. William K. Harrison intimated Thursday the United Nations would agree to a re-screening- of Communist prisoners of war before an ' armistice to determine how many Reds want to return home. If the move met with Conimunist approval, it would solve the touchy prisoner exchange stalemate blocking a Korean armistice. Harrison, senior U.N. truce delegate. has offered repeatedly to rescreen prisoners after an armistice is signed. Little or nothing has been said of another screening before an armistice. Im reply tQ a question if the U.N. would approve of a re-screening before an armistice, Harrison replied : “The matter of timing of a rescreening has never become an issue in the negotiations/’ He did not elaborate. Communist delegates, headed by North Korean Gen. Nam 11. have rejected Harrison’s offer of a rescreening after an armistice on grounds it would violate the Geneva convention. The results of the Allied screening to date show that only |7O.€H)O of 169,000 Communist military and civilian prisoners want to return to the Communist side. ' Meanwhile, U.N. negotiators, ignoring a Communist protest against a three-day break in the truce talks, were reported to be considering an even longer recess so as to deprive the Reds of a propaganda platform. Bomb Soldiers t SEOUL. Korea, UP — More than 50 Allied B-26 bombers plastered (Jommunist soldiers crouching in, foxholes along the front Wednesday night and Thursday with 250,000 pounds of explosives in the biggest close-support mission of the year. The night-flying invaders, which (Turn To Pace Elffht) Missing Boy Fciund \ Asleep In Dog House ANDERSON, Ind. UP — Anxious neighbors joined police Wednesday night in a three-hour search for missing Donald R. King, 6. The King's dog trailed along as the crowd moved through alleys and wooded areas. Then Mrs. King peered into the dog house. Donald, was curled up asleep inside. y Harvey C. Waltke Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Harvey Christian Waltke, 52, of Bobo, died at 5:05 o'clock Wednesday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital following a year’s illness of complications. He\was born in Fort Wayne June 14, 1900, a sop of George and Harriett and was martied to Margaret Thatcher Sept. 20, 1922. \ . Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Johnnie G. Waltke of Bedford, and two grandchildren. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. ■ " Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Black funeral home, and at 2 o’clock at the Bobo United Brethren church, the Rev. William Ensminger officiating. Burial will be in the De- : catur cemetery. Friends may call at i the funeral home after 7 o’clock this-evening. I

Set for Debate On Germ War Charges To Resume Debate Friday In Council I UNITED NATIONS, N. V. UP— Russian delegate Jacob A. Malik and U. S. Ambassador Ernest A. Gross squared off Thursday for a blistering germ warfare debate in the United Nations security council. - \ The first battle in the war of words gave Malik and Gross an opportunity to feel but each other Wednesday. Council members expect them to pull no punches when debate is resumed Friday. In opening the long-heralded debate before the 11-mtion council| Wednesday, Malik studiously avoided bringing up discredited Red charges that U. S. troops waged bacteriological warfare in Korea. , Instead, he insisted mildly that all nations rafity the 1925 Geneva protocal outlawing germ warfare. Gross abruptly described Malik's maneuver as a ‘fraud’’ apd, in turn, suggested sending the ratification question to the U. N.’s 12nation disarmament commission for further study. As security council president for June, Malik attempted to rule Gross out of ordey but the U. S. ambassador to the, United Nations resisted, atad brought the germ warfare charges to the floor. “There has been ho evidence whatever placed before the membership of the U. N. or manifested in any way on any other front throughout the world that hte Soviet government has abandoned its campaign of lies regarding ; the question of germ warfare,’’ Gross .said. Malik, returning to his opening statement, said Russia’s appeal for ratification of the Geneva document “bears no relation whatever to the question of Korea.” Gross said Russia, while ratifying the protocol.- felt free to use poison gas and loosen plagues against countries which did not ratify it and “whose forces (Turn To Pure Five) Democrat Meeting Here Friday Night „ Social Meeting Is Planned By Leaders Democrat precinct committeemen and committeewomen of Adams county and all Democrat candidates for the county will hold a joint meeting at the American Legion home here Friday night, is was announced today. Dr. Harry Hebble, Adams county Democrat chairman, A stated that the affair would be strictly social and would start with a earry-in basket dinner. Music and square dancing will complete the after supper program. „ . \ The meeting is beipg arranged toy a committee composed of Mrs. Niland Ochsenrider, O. W. P. Macklin, Decatur; Mrs. Paul Stah-. ly. Berne, and Mrs. Leßqy Biberstine, Geneva. , > \ Chairman Hebble explained that the meeting was being called so the candidates for the various county offices in the November election could become better acquainted with the party workers. “No business will toe taken up at the \meeting,’’ Hebble said. It also was adnouneed today that Adams county headquarters for the Democrat state Convention, to be held in Indianapolis next Tuesday, woujd be set up on the fourth floor of the Claypool hotel next Monday morning. Several local peopple will be In charge at various times during Monday and Tuesday and Chairman Hebble has issued an invitation to all local people who plan to attend the convention to make this room their personal headquarters. ( The Adams county delegation is uninstructed for the convention.

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Says Congress Cannot Force Use Os law pays Congressional Request To Have No Bearing On Action WASHINGTON, (UP) — President Truman said Thursday he is considering use of the Taft-Hartley law to stop the steel strike, but congress cannot force him to take such action. ‘ ( The President was bombarded at I ‘his weekly news conference with questions about the steel strike and why he had not invoked TaftHartley 'after congress refused to give him the special seizure powers he asked. Mt. Truman said he believed the striking CIO Steelworkers Union would not bow readily to an 80-day injunction under TaftHartley and go back tb work promptly as they did when hq seized the steel industry on April 1 B—a move the Supreme Court later undid with a ruling it was unconstitutional. > 1 He said another 80 days would ■ just prolong the agony. 5 When Mr. Truman said congress ' could not force him to use the Taft-Hartley act. he reminded reporters that he is pretty hard to ' force when he does not want to do anything and pretty hard to hold back when he wants to do something. The senate has voted to “request” Mr. Truman to use the TaftHartley act. The house is expected tb follow suit. Mr. Truman admitted that use of the Taft-Hartley law is under consideration, but he volunteered that congressional action would not , have any heaping on his ultimate decision. z k. Mr. Truman said the effects qf the steel strike are becoming increasingly serious and are beginning to affect defense production and to threaten to touch every industry in the country. Mr. Truman said congress could not tell him w’hat to do because (he Taft-Hartley law was permissive legislation for peacetime use. Asked why he did not avail himself of the 80-day cooling off period provided by the law, the President I said that 99 days had been used | in the same manner and congress had. time to consider the problem then; An additional 80, days, he said, ywould just prolong the agony. ' “Ajre you implying that* they, the uniop, would not obey the injunction a reporter asked. Yes, the President answered. He asserted his belief that the striking 650,Q00 steelkorkers would abide by seizure more than by the injunction. He said this was proved by the fact that the workers staked on the job under seizure, but the supreme Court overruled . his actiqn. He pointed out that he was committed to supporting the action of the court. The administration, meanwhile, rushed pfans tp reopen a few steel mills; for *urgent” defense production. p Industry officials expected the government to announce Thursday which steel plants will be reopened by agreement with the union, to provide war goods for Korea. David F. Austin, executive vice president of U. S. Steel Corp., said the industry will “produce whatever is needed for our armed forces” if striking ' steel workers will permit manning of the necessary facilities. It Was reported that six plants had been tentatively selected for reopejnirig. They are the Lackawanna plant of Bethlehem Steel at Buffalo, N. Y.; the Chicago plant of Republic Steel; the Beaver Falls Pa., plant of Babc<*c|c and Wilcox Tube' Co.; The Coatesville, Pa., plant; of Lukens'Steel; the Allenport, ■ Pa./ plant of Pittsburgh Steel, and the Newport, Ky., plant of Newport Steel. A : U'. ’ •’ -I’; i; ‘ J -’A