Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 155.

Senate Opens German Peace Pad Debate I ' Senators Driving ! For Adjournment Saturday Night WASHINGTON, (UP) — The Senate started work early todajr ; and planned to stay on ' the job in hopes of winding up .action on the German peace agreements and the so-called “fair trade” bill. \ - i i Driving toward adjournment Sat- '! urday night, the senate began debate on the German agreements at 10 a. m. with Sen. Tom Connally, D-Tex.,. urging approval without change. Connally,'chairman of thA foreign relations committee/ assured his colleagues that letting West Germany into the Atlantic, pact defense setup and signing a peace contract with her would not expand U. S. military commitments in Europe. Democratic- leader Ernest W. McFarland said he wotild call for a rigiht session in hopes of finishing work on the German ments and also on the "fair {fade" legislation. ; In both house and senate lawmakers worked to complete action on almost 170.000.000,000 worth ,of apprppraitions bills before the Sat* urday night adjournment deadline. While the senate plowed away on' the German agreements, the -house took up only routing bills. House members agreed to consider no important legislation because of the Oklahoma primary. The senate judiciary committee approved a proposed constitutional; amendment to lower the voting; age to 18. The measure had almost no chance of getting to a floor vote in this session, however. ; On the house side, the rules i committee c ared for floor action , a bill to let federal inspectors close coal mines threatenes-by it®- ; minent danger. The powers it would confer on inspectors are somewhat less sweeping than those proposed ih a bill passed by the senate two months ago.The house banking committee' approved and sent to the hpuse a senate-passed bill to put up $1„39§,04)0,000 more in federal funds; to spur home-building in areas. Congress hopes to complete? action on the bill befroe adjourn-;.; ment. <; The big measure, however, was> on' the $70,000,000,000 in appropria-/ tion bills which must be wound up \'before congress can quit. ' |£ The new emphasis on prepared® ness was reflected in lh4| $46,403,000,912 military spending? bill which the senate passed, .66; to 6, Monday night after adding SGOO,OiOO.OOO for the air force to; continue building toward its goal? of 143 wins by mid-1955. -Aj key. Republican senator pre*;; dieted that the economy bloc alsd? will be “lenient” on the next big; preparedness measure to come before the senate —a catch-all blilj carrying funds for foreign aid/ niilitrry base construction and ex* ' p'ansion of the U. S\ atomic program. r / As passed by the House last, wfeek, if carried a total of; $10,122,840,780* including $3,731, 205,250 for new atomic plants. The. latter represented a 50 per ; cent slash in administration re-.) quests. 1

Hearing Held Today On Proposed Sewer Only one more step remains be-/ fore the city can go ahead with its $1(10,000 general obligation bond issiie for the construction of the sewer network in the north part of; town. \ 1Vernon Aurand add Mayor iohn Doan met today; with a field representative of the state board of tax commissioners to; give a ful report of the plans for the proposed the types of bonds necessary for the construction of the trunk sewer and the laterals. j > The report will now be taken under advisement and a final an-; swer will be forthcoming within 12. to 15 days. If approval, is git£n —the go ahead signal—action may begin immediately for the issue and sale of bonds. California Plants Closed By Strike / 1 ' ■ - • ' ' tI ; OAKLAND, Calif. UP — A Ford; Motor Co. assembly plant shut down today and two General Motors plants in the East Bay ain< - nounced the/ would suspend operations Thursday because of the nationwide steel strike.

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Decatur And Berne Requests Approved On the requests of the cities of Berne and Decatur for additional appropriations, the state board of tax commissioners today notified the county auditor, Thurman | |. Drew, that Berne’s request fpr $3,022 was approved; and Decatur’s request for $21,066.50 was approved. New Effort To Settle Strike Is Reported Report New Effort To End Month-Old Steel Mill Strike NEW YORK, UP — Reliable sources said today that CIQ United Steelworkers representatives will ftieet here this week with /officials of at least two major steel companies in a new effort to settle the month-old steel strike. « ; The report was neither confirmed hor denied by spokesmen for the iinion, which has lowered a curtain pf secrecy over its negotiating Activities. j However, the executive commjttee of the American Iron & Steel Institute, which represents the |>Big Six” of the steell industry. is scheduled to meet 6 in New York Wednesday. This might bo the occasion for a new effort toward Agreement in the; dispute Wlhich Has idled 600,000 steel worker* and ;i growing number of workers In Cther industries. , f < p Jo? Molony, USW district (lirectjor from Buffalo, N.Y., wall reported to have met Monday with representatives of Bethlehem Steel Corp. They were said \-tio have rworked out an agreement; providing for a whtered-down uniion shop, ;the piost controversial issue in the /trike. I’ U. S. Steel Corp, has indicated • its firm opposition to the tentative agreement, under which employes .would be required to join the union but could withdraw within 30 days of the hiring date. ill' ; Bethlehem Steel Corp, and *Republic Steel Corp, were; reported do be interested in the compromise proopsal on the union shop. ! •• In Pittsburgh, union negotiators ; pressed for fnrtehr strike settlements with the smaller 'steel companies. About 30 of these firms have signed agreements with the union, lowering . the number of ■ strike-idled workers by more than 50,000, ' I Heavy Layoffs INDIANAPOLIS, UP — The nation-wide steel strike has caused ; the heaviest layoffs in Indiana sinbe depression years, Indiana Employment Security Division Director John W. Crise said today. ! About 40,000 workers Are already idle and as ; the steel shortage i continues to spread others iy ’ find themselves without Work, Chse said. ■ ' Several thousand men were laid • off in some of Indiana’s largest plants during the past two 'weekp. (Tum To Pagre Five*

Frank E. Corbett Is Taken By Death Prominent Attorney Dies At Fort Wayne Frank E. Corb\ett, 45, prominent Fort Wayne attorney and a native of Decatur, died shortly after noon today at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne after an extended illness.- 7' Mr. Corbett was born in Decatur in November, 1906, a son of Mr., and Mrs. Timothy Corbett. He graduated from Central Catholic high school in Fort Wayne and from the University of Notre Dame and attended law schjol school at Harvard University. Noted for his oratorical ability, he won the state/ oratorical contest sponsored by, the American Hbar association while a high school student, and later won the state College oratorical contest, | ; Following completion of his law studies, Mr. Corbett entered :he practice of law in Fort Wayne. An ardent Democrat, Mr. Corbett was thfe Democratic candidate for congress from the fourth district in 1940. Surviving are his wifo, Joan; one brother, John Corbett of Chicagp, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp of Decatur, Mrs. Henry Berghoff, Mrs. Lucille McKenzJe and Mrs. Eileen Vorndron, all of Fort Wayne. Two brothers, Timothy and Walter, preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late this afternoon.

\ Promises Delegates “Printed Truth” JBtekfc. ' - J < t'* >s Jr \ > fe. ! 1 Wl ■ ’'K;® J i I • HOLDING WHAT HE CLAIMS "the printed truth” about delegate Steals by Taft forces in Texas, U. S. Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas, anient Eisenhower backer, promises at Denver that the facts will get wide distribution at Chicago. He said copies of the literatuha will go to every delegate at the GOP national convention.'

Korean Truce Talks Resumed In Panmunjom' Tells Communists Os 'Face-Saving' Way On Deadlock PANMUNJOM, Korea, \ UP — The United Nations told the Communists at the resumption of armistice talks today therd is a “face-saving” way out of the prisoner exchange deadlock. A |<ed propagandist at the same time suggested secret sessions to work out a solution. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, chief Allied negotiator, spent 20 minutes of today’s 29-minute meet* ing—the first in four days—in a carefully prepared exposition pointing out both sides Actually are close to agreement. Harrison noted! the armistice document has 63 paragraphs. Agreement has been: reached on 62, except for minor details, he said. The one paragraph awaiting solution is No. 51, covering prisoner exchange.. ' ? | “It seems clear that if the prisoner 6f war issue is settled, an armistice will result without delay,” he said. However, he said, “We have in our Custody prisoners of war whom we cannot return to you wjthotft repudiating our basic principles.” He was referring' to the tl. N. stand on voluntary repatriation—allowing prisoners to return to the Coipmunist side only if they are willing ta go. The “face-saving” part of the U .N. final offer of April 28, he said, provided that prisoners who do not wish. to> return to Commuism be reclassified. He suggested that new lists to be handed over when an armistice is agreed, upon exclude their names. Thus, the Reds in effect would get back all “prisoners of war.” North Korean Gen, Nam 11 did pot reply directly to H statement. He simply repeated" .the Communists want the retu.„ of 811 170,000 prisoners now held; All but 70,000 have told th® U.N. they woujiT"forcibly resist' repatriation. \ It was the first meeting since (Tnr. To Pace KiKht) ——— ■ ■ Seek Enough Cans For Summer Pack WASHINGTON, UP — Government officials said today they are fighting to assure enough cans for the summer food pack despite the steel strike. They are redistributing tinplate stocks, giving perishable foods first priority and taking other emergency steps. ■! “I am sure we’ll ride out the stride, if it’s settled fairly soon,” an agriculture department official said. “We haven’t lost any food for lack of cans in 50 years."

1 Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 1, 1952.

Huntington Scouts Show Pageant Here : ' I \ ■ '*7' i Indian Pageant Here On Night Os July 8 The Boy Scouts of Decatur, with the assistance of the Rotary, t Lions and the American Legion, will the pageant, “Voice’s Crying in the Wilderness,” to the people of Decatur .Tilly 8 at W’orthman field. This pageant was written ;by Harry Herzog, Scoutmaster of troop 126, sponsored by Huntington Kiwanis c|ub. It portrays approximately 100 years of the Sac And Fox Indians). This play ijs put on. almost entirely by the Scouts of TrOop 126, under the direction of Charles Drew. story this; play forcefully brings out the injustice of the white man in demanding -the homes and lands of the Redman. Black Hawk, one of the principal characters, is played by one of the older: Scouts, Jack Drew, who ably brings out, the rich character of one of the greatest Indians of American history. All the characters of the play have made their own beautiful, colorful Indian costumes. The array of colorful feathers in soma of the scenes is as attractive a|s the feathers found on the Indians at any regular Indian pow-wpW. These costumes worn by the “Indians” are worth several hundred dollars. The stage for the play will he set up on Worthman field by Deca* tur Scouts, assisted by Troop 126. It wilNie quite large, 110 feet wide by 60 feet deep. The stage of natural woods settings will be in three parts. The center stage will depict “Samkenuk/’ an old Indian village, located at the junction of the Rock and Mississippi rivers. Rock Island, 111., is now located on the site of old Sankenuk. This “village” will have several "Wickiups,” homes of the Woods Indians, Many call the Wickiup, Wigwam/ The Wickiup is a, ‘ circular, oval shaped home with a frame work of willows, covered with skins, bark or reeds. The right Stag/ will show a council scene, while the left will b< an office scene. i approximately 60 people are In cast or woyk in the play. Bpsides Indians, there are Indian women, children, soldiers, generals and a phantom praying Indian. This play is authentic history and should be seen by the whole family. Tickets for this colorful pagean't, which will be an approximate two hour performance, are now on sale here. Members of the ticket corhmittee are H. H. Krueckeberg, E. E. Rydell and Joe Rash. In Addition, the tickets are on sale at the three Decatur drug stores and at the Litchfield confectionery. They ate priced at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children 12 arid under. \ | —* 1 Indiana Weather Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Somewhat warmer north and central Wednesday. Low tonight 62-68 north, 68-73 south. High Wednesday 90-95 north, 95-100 south.

Weak Controls Bill Lashed By Truman After Bill Signed

Blistering Heai To Continue In State j j No Prospects For Immediate Relief ;• k ’ INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Indiana’s blistering heat wave will extend? through the Fourth of July, forecasters said today. The weatherman sees no prospect of immediate relief from the halLnionthdong siege of 90-degree weather. However, it may be somewhat cooler Sunday. A state death toll of heat-causei fatalities mounted to 32. There were ;21i drownings reported in little more than a week as Hoosiers crammed beaches and swimming jxHds. jEleven deaths from heat prostration or attacks resulting from not weather were reported. Indiana temperatures rose again today ; after ideal before-dawn sleeping weather. It was to be near 9b in the north and as high as 10,2;) n the south by mid-after-' noon.. : A fiye - day outlook predicted temperatures in the 90’s by day and ground 70 at night. Northern Indiana, which felt a tuoch of relief hs cool air moved in from Utke Michigan, will be warmer A * ddc.-b»y. die weatherman said. Southern Indiana could expect scatefed thundershowers Wednesday night or Thursday with more of the same scattered throughout the slate Saturday or Sunday. PrV* cipitatiqn will average up to bne< fourth inch in the north and onehalf inch in the south. Evansville reported the state’s hottest ? Monday reading. 100 degrees. It was 96 at Vincennes and Lafayette, 94 at Indianapolis, 93 at Uoluinbus and Terre HauteL 87 South ifend and 84 at Fort Wayne. The jemperature dip after midhight- se nt thermometers to 61 at, Angola,| 62; at South Bend. 61 at (irara To Base Kiahtt

Retired Chaplain Os House Dies Monday WAsillNGTfoN. UP — The Rev. Janies jShera Montgomery, 89, retired chaplain of the house of representatives, died Monday night at hih apartment in the Methodist budding. Dr. Montgomery retired as house chaplain in February, 1950, after serving in that post for 29 years. lle z was born in Mt. Carmel,'lnd., and came here in 1911. . ’i> , City Council Will Meet This Evening Regular Session To Be Held By Council The -city council will meet in regular Session tonight. Scheduled for action will be a contract to Ashbaucher’s Tin shop to repair the roofs on the city light and power plant and the fire departtdent station. Last weekend, citizens registered a good deal of concern over the preseiice of a fertilizer truck containing an assortment of dead animals that were in an advanced state of decomposition. To be frank, complaints said, it “smelled up the city.” The owner<of the truck was Fred Bailer and police were hard put to track his truck down as it kept constantly on the move giving first one end of the city a dose of the “perfume”, then - another. Finally the truck stood, still long enough for authorities to notify Bailer that' the presence Os the bloated animals was a nuisance. I , There is an ordinance on the books’ that provides for the removal of <any animals, that die within the ctty limits—that’s as far as it goes,/though. A source close to the council says that preliminary action at least will be taken to addition to the old ordinance br pass an entirely new ode calling fpr the immediate removal from the city of dead animals whether or not they die in the city. 1 /

Lodge Rejects Taft Proposal For Harmony Plans Campaign To Seize Control Os G.O.P. Convention CHICAGO, UP '-4 Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge rejected all Taft harmony proposals today and planned a blitz campaign to seize control of the Republican national convention at its opening session. Lodge is Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s pre-conventlon campaign manhger. He hopes to block routine organization of the convention by offering a resolution challenging adoption of rules. That would take place within the first few minutes of the opening session July 7 with national committee chairman Guy George Gabrielson presiding. If Eisenhower’s backers can muster votes to sustain Lodge’s challenge, they may move immediately to prevent election of Walter S. Hallanan, West Virginia, as temporary chairman. The, odds against Lodge are ’big but the payoff would be terrific/ As these plans leaked, early arriving politicians were jolted with .word that Gabrielson had invited Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, Wisconsin, to address'the convention during the afternoon of July 9* McCarthy was among; numerous Republicans, including! Herbert Hoover, asked to speak here. He is the most controyersial i figure in the Republican party, denounced by (Turn To Face Five*

Mrs. Mary Busick Dies This Morning Funeral Services ni Thursday Afternpon Mrs. Mary Busick, 75, a resident of Adiarns county most; of her life, died at 12:05 o’clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Wilson Weiland in Union township. She had been ja semi-invalid since suffering a cerebral hemorrhage April 5, 1949. She was botn in Allen county Oct. 4. 1876, a daughter of William and Carolina Meyers-Franke, and was married to August Nov. 25, 1897. Her husband died Jan. 4, 1943. r Mrs. Busick was a member of St. Peter’s Luthefan church in Root township. Surviving so addition to 'Mrs. Weiland are three other daughters, Mrs. Wiljiain! Aumann, Mrs. Oscar \Christianer ! and Mrs. Lloyd Kiess, all of Root township; :18 dren; two I brothers,’, Charles Frpnke of Fort Wayne; and Herman Franke of Hoagland, and two sisters, Mrs. Ed Busick of Root township ’and ; Mrs. Caroline Hoile of Decatur. One soln, one daughter, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Ziwick funeral home any at 2:30 o’clock at st. Peter’s Lutheran church, the Rev. Fi*ed Droegemuller officiating, Burial will be in the church cemetefy, Fijiends may.call at the foneral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Jacob Leyse Dies ' After Heart Attack Jacob F. Leyse, 66, native of Adams county, died of a heart Attack Monday at his farm home near Reiffsbutg. Surviving are his wife, Lpta; and two, sisters, Mrs. J. O. Shafer of Ossian and Mrs., Albert Geisel of Decatur. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. (Clayton Steei t officiating. Burial will be in the Stahl cemetery, i : i ii • • u. *

Further Plans For Operation Skywatch !■ . I *- - 24-Hour Skywatch To Begin July 14 ,r • Plans for a skywatch set-up at Hanna-Nuttman park are moving into high gear in preparation for “operation skywatch” scheduled to begin July 14 and run 24 hours a day through September 1. Previously, civilian defense activities had been based in the shelter house at the park through the cooperation of Steve Everhart, commissioner of Bby Scouts. Since, however, the Bby Scouts have the first call on facilities of the shelter house, a new jplace, devoted, entirely to defense, w r as sought. There <are no funds set aside for defense work and so private endowments from civic-minded citizens appeared to be the only answer. Jack Smithy operator of the Smith Scrap Iron Co., and Charles Ehinger, president of the Citizens Telephone Co., answered the call: Smith is donating a small frame building, now located at Adams and 16th streets, and all the men and equipment necessary to move it to the park, tree of charge; Ehinger is providing—likewise free of charge —complete communications service at the building. A line will be arranged to connect directly with South Bend, state headquarters of civilian defense. From the time the phone is picked up, it is reported that 10 or 15 seconds will have the caller through to South Bend. The building is to be moved today, it w'as announced, and will be placed near the flagpole at the park. The shack, however, will be completely bare of any furniture or fixtures —necessitating a request by local defense authorities for chairs, old tables, an old desk and any\ lamps ready for the discard. Schedules have not as yet been made for the actual watch, it was announced, though, that they will probably consist of four-hour shifts by day a(id two-hoUr shifts by night. Defense people estimated that about 85 persons are necessary to maintain an efficient watch.

Father Os 11 Dies In Auto Accident Two Os Daughters Live At Craigville William L. Perry, 51, of near Avilla, father of 11 children, .including two daughters at Craigville, was killed almost instantly late Monday afternoon in a headon crash .12 miles north of Fort Wayne op U. S. highway 27. Police dsaid an approaching car, driven by Jack E. Angel, 21, Fort Wayne, swerved into the path of Perry’s auto. Authorities also said Angel had forced two other cars off the highway prior to the accident. ' Perry suffered a crushed chest and other injuries and died a few minutes after the crash, officials said. He was reported enroute home from work in a Fort Wayne industrial plant. Angel complained of a back injury and scratches on both elbows and his forehead. Riding with him was David Parisot, 17, Fort Wayne, who suffered fractures of, both thighs and severe shock. Perry is survived by his wife, Emma; two sons, George and Wil-liam-Paul, at home; * nine daughters, Mrs. Frank Kroskie, Mrs. Robert Uptgraft and Miss Rosemary Perry of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Maynard Stucky of Howe, Mrs. Joseph Sovine and Mrs. Gerald Christie of Craigville, Mrs. Robert Butcher of Columbia City, Mrs. James McMillen, in California, and Leia, at home; his father, Hiram Perry, near Huntington, and 17 grandchildren. The body was taken to the Zimmerman funeral home at Garrett pending completion of funeral arrangements.

Price Five Cents

Dangerous Gap In Mobilization n ■ Plans Opened Signs Measure Only . To Prevent Control Powers Expiration WASHINGTON, UP —President Truman said today congress opened “a dangerous gap in the mobilization program” by passing a weak economic controls program. Mr. Truman signed the bill Monday. He explained today his reluctant actioh was due only to the fact that the control powers would have otherwise expired last midnight. The President said congress must provide adequate appropriations for the stabilization agencies, or even the limited control program would cojlapse completely. The new version of the defense production act destroyed the existing wage stabilization system without providing a- workable substitute, Mr. Truman said. “Thus, the congress has opened a dangerous gap in the mobilization program.” he said. The President conceded the new law* has some virtues, particularly in its continuation of production and allocation provisions, and he noted some improvement in an amendment to ease limitations on foreign trade. "Unfortunately, however, the new law weakens our ability to hcjld down prices and stabilize our economy,” he said. “At a time when our defense production is still expanding and necessarily contributing to inflationary pressures, the congress has weakened price controls, has limited the effectiveness of wage controls, has invited widespread abandonment of rent control, and virtually cancelled selective credit cqntrolk” This, the President said, forced the administration “to take a serious gamble with inflation." This law giVes the American people only very limited protection against. the dangers of inflation,” he said. \ ;w But, he continued, “If congress provides sufficient funds for proper administration of this weakened act, and if we hjave no sudden worsening of the international crisis, and no panic buying, we may be fortunate enough to get through the next 10 months without serious damage to our economy.” Under the new law, wage-price controls will remain in effect until next April 30, but federal rent* ceilings will end Sept. 30 except in “critical defense housing areas” or cities whose local governing bodies request that they be continued until April 30. Mr. Truman had asked for a full two-year extension \>f wage-price-rent controls, with “strengthening” amendments. Principal ways in which the new controls law differs from the old one include: 1. Fresh, canned, frozen and dried fruits and vegetables, which represent about 20 percent of the average family’s food budget, are now free from price controls. 2. Wage controls no longer apply to farm workers, engineers, architects, certified public accountants and persons earning less than $1 an hour. 3. The government lost its authority to impose controls on installmeht buying and bank credit. Even though the administration had lifted “Regulation W” curbs on consumer credit several weeks ago, Mr. Truman wanted standby powers to clamp it on again if necessary. 4. Price officials said hotel and restaurant meals probably will go up because the actl provides higher ceiling prices for hotel supply houses. 5. Cigaret and milk prices also may rise In states where federal ceilings are lower than state minimum price law.