Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L N®. 159.

Small Band Os f -j B A ,‘- Solons Seek To Finish Session Seek Compromises On Measures Which Bar Adjournment WASHINGTON, UP — A small band of tired, frustrated lawmakers met at noon today in a new effort to vote the 82nd congress into sine die adjournment and history. * \ Congressional leader* strove fev* •rishly to work out compromises on the atomic expansion and socalled pork barrel rivers and harbors appropriations which blocked adjournment early Sunday after a marathon, 17-hour session. They said privately there was a fair chance tbq two houses could agree on the measurer. But there i was a "lot of negotiating" to be .J; done. :- 1 . \ There was only a handful of legislators on hand. Most of the Rej publicans we r e at the GOP national contention in Chicago - and many Democrats had gone home. Arrangements wore made to reach members by telephone if , necessary to put the finishing touches on any compromise. One of the two big kinks in the , adjournment drive was the sens ate’s refusal to approve a house rider barring the atomic energy . ’ commission from starting construction projects if It doesn’t have all the money it needs to finish them. The other was the demand, of Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, D-S. C. ( that money for the Hartwell power project in South Carolina and Georgia be restored in the rivers, harbors and flood control appropriation. The house cut the item - ' , ou! ' ' \ 1 * When the senate recessed at 3:40 a. m. Sunday, exactly. 30 minutes after the house, Democratic leader Ernest W. McFarland said he couldn’t prediet whan adjournment might be reached; He said ’’everything is up in the air.” q House speaker Sam Rayburn was equally non-committal. Other congressional observers said there was only an outside chance that congress Would hurdle the remainJihg barrier and wind up th? ses- - r sion today. Congress was deadlocked over a 810.344,976.339 "catch-all’’ bill providing appropriations for foreign ajd, atomic expansion, military construction and a dozen federal agencies during fiscal <1953, and a 3584,061,000 rivers and harbors bill j to finahce civil functions of the army engineers. \ SS United States In New Atlantic Mark Fastest Atlantic Crossing Recorded , ABOARD SS UNITED STATES, At Sea, UP — The new superfliner United States completed the fastest Atlantic crossing in history today, clipping 10 hours and two minutes Off the 14-year-old record set by Britain’s Queen Mary. Despite buffering. by rain and 45-mlle-an-hour winds in the final hours, the 53,000-ton United States sped past Bishop’s Rock off the southwest tip of England three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes after leaving New York’s Ambrose Light. A *' ■* The big new ship completed its record run of 2,942 miles at an average speed of 35.659 knots — equivalent to 40.9 land miles an hour —to win the mythical Atlantic blue ribbon and (become the fastest passenger ship in history. The Queen Mary’s’, tecord 1938 run was 31.? knots. The Atlantic speed crown returned to America tor the first time in a century when the trim new black and white United States passed 8.1 miles off Bishop’s Rock at 6:16 a.m. on its maiden voyage,* Catchbasins Here For Parking Lot Catchbasins for the drainage system for th® new city parking •»- lot Monroe street bridge have been \ delivered, announced Ralph Roop, city engineer, today. Roop said the lot will soon be power graded by the Meshberger Stpne Co., after which it will be qtoned and a coat of blacktop applied. 7 V When completed, the lot, Roop predicted, will accomodate over 400 cars and relieve on-the-street parking. Traffic going east and west through town will also get A through ieasier, he visioned.

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<• Saved From Capsized Boat IBMMHBBEMEMHH RESCUERS in outboard motor boats are nearing a man and a woman, who haqg on for dear life to a sailboat that tipped over in the East River, New York City. The couple was towed ashore. Police harbor squad reported 28 distress calls from small craft due to sudden squall.

Indiana's Violent Deat|i Toll Is 23 14 Traffic Deaths Recorded In State By UNITED PRESS SUn-tanned and tired Hoosiers—those fortunate enough to escape depth-dealing holiday accidents—trooped back to normalcy today from a weather-perfect Fourth of July week dnd, The state’s violent death toll stood at 23, not as high as feared but severey enough in any police records. There were 14 traffic fatalities, five drownings and J, four? miscellaneous deaths. . Ate, father and daughter died in a Ha in mend hospital today, boosting to three the number of persons injured fatally in a head-on collisiqp on V- S. 41 near St. John. Eight others were injured. The victims were Charles A. Wallace, 37, Chicago, his 18-month-old daugnTer, Barbara, and Gupars P.' Starce, 22, Indianapolis. Police said cars driven by Wallace and Vilno Gutmanis, 18, Indianapolis, were wrecked in a violent collision. A second Sunday collision in the same area killed Bernard, Fitzgerald, 49, Chicago. He died In a two-car collision. Indiana’s highway death 'toll a yfcpr ago also was 12. * part W. McFarland, 35, Richmond, drowned in Steuben County's Lake George—near the Michigan border —in one of the latest holiday accidents. McFarland, his wife. Viola, 31, and a friend; Mrs. Riith Starns, were thrown into eight feet of water when their boat capsized Sunday night. McFarland’s wife was i rescued and Mrs. Sterns swam 100 feet to Shore. Police said the boat overturned when McFarland stood up- to adjust a light in a attempt tq sight thb Shoreline. Virgil. McCubbins, 46, Jndianapolisjjand Mrs. Fay , Peppier, 39, Albldp, were Saturday drowning victims. McCUbblns died in YellovVwoOd Lake in Brown county and Mrs. Peppier in Bear Lake, Noble county. Victims of most recent miscellaneous deaths were Casey Parks, 55,. North Vernon, struck by a train Sunday, and Edward Mclntyre, 173, Indianapolis, injured fatally Saturday when he fell front a scaffold while cleaning his home. ■ i.F' ' 1 i'F' ' ■! . Gov. McKeldin Will Nominate Eisenhower ■ ' CHICAGO, UP — Gov. Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin of Maryland will place Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name in , nomination for the Republican presidential nomination, it was announced today. — Nehru Hits Allied Bombing Os Plants NEW DELHI, India, UP — Premier Jawaharlal Nehru said Sunday night that Allied bombing of Communist power plants along the Yalu river threatened to extend the Korean war and endangered world peace. tito Indicates Aid To Greece, Turkey \ Belgrade, Yugoslavia, up — Marshal Tito has indicated that Yugoslavia would help defend Greece and Turkey If those two North Atlantic treaty organization countries were attacked. ' ' '' • .

Commissioners In Monthly Session The Adam* county .commissioners met in reirular session this morning in the county auditor's office. Routine claims were allowed and a report from the superintendent of the county home was read and approved. The question of dredging the Magley drain was not officially decided at press time. - Reports On Cattle , Testing In County 870 Cattle Heijfc Arc Tested To Date Dr. Gene Watson, federal veterinarian in charge of the tuberculosis testing of all cattle in Adams ty, stated that 870 cattle herds in the county have been tested. These herds contain 12,630 head of cattle of al kinds and ages. There were 33 TB reactors found du these herds. ( \; The tests-have been completed in Preble, Roof.jand Blue Creek townships, with the following report: Preble, 122 herds, 1,835 cattle, three reactors; Ropj:, 183 herds,'23.o9 cattle, 10 "reactors; Blue >l2 herds, 1,291 cattle, six reactors. Testing will be completed c . this month.. in Washington ana Union, and Monroe and Kirkland are about half completed. Dr. Watson, Who has just started in Washington township, is being transferred to the west part of the state, and Dr. S. W. Friedley has. been placed in charge of the balance of the testing in the county. The county council alloted 312,200 for a 100 percent TB test, and Dr. Watson stated there Is an unexpended balance of 33,049.38 with the work about half completed as of July 1. A number of the cattle reacting to the T.B. tests do not show lesions. A large number show skin lesions only. This is an unusual situation, not easily explained. One guess is that the T.B. infections are due to the avian on poultry T.B. It is a well known fact that a great, many poultry were infected in 1934. The jercentage then ran from a low of 10 percent In some townships to 40 percent in others. Dr. Coshow, a federal veterinarian, tested the poultry flocks in 1934. He learned that in the townshps showing the lowest infection, that many of the flocks were pullet flocks. The older birds were rigidly culled and sold on the market. Culling and selling off old birds was not generally practiced in the townships showing a high percentage of T.B- bird*. The reason tor the checkup in 1934 was due to the fact that many hogs from this area were showing T.B. lesions in the federally inspected slaughter plant*. The bureau of animal industry wished to learn the trqe situation of T.B. infection in. poultry, hence the checkup of 1934. To Discuss Plans Tonight For Fair A meeting will be held tonight at the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss and complete some plan* for water and electricity facilities at the Decatur free fair. City engineer Ralph Roop 'will outline progress for the service*. To date the cinder street* fop the fajr have been completed, with the parking spaces in the process.

Decatur, Indiana, Mond ®y, July 7, 1952.

Republican National Convention Opens On Angry Fight On Rules , — . ■ ___ ' '

Holiday Death Toll In Nation Over 600 Mark Auto Fatalities Below Prediction Far Long Holiday By UNITED PRESS More than 600 Americans were killed ip accidents during the long July 4 weekend. Traffic deaths, al- , though much fewer than expected, set a record. A final count placed the accldental death toll at 613 from 6 p.m. last Thursday to midnight Sunday. Os the total, 356 died in traffic, 176 drowned, seven died in plane crashes, two from fireworks an 72 tn miscellaneous accidents. The national safety council said the total of 356 dead in traffic was the highest on record for any three-day July 4 holiday, but it was considerably lower than the council’s advance estimate of reo, “The drivers and traffic law enforcement officials deserve a pat on the back for this saving in human life,” said safety council president Ned H. Dearborn. “I hope we do even better over Labor Day." A spokesman said the council’s advance estimate was based on past experience and current, traffic trends, Which have seen fatali- , ties on the highways mounting sharply. The drowning toll jumped sharply Sunday when a hot spell sent many holiday celebrators rushing for beaches, streams and swimming pools. The'Mississippi Valley, the Great > Plains and the interior valleys of California were scorched by a blaz- : ing sun Sunday and the weatherman offered little' hope of relief ; today. Blythe, Calif., reported a blister; , ing 114 degree reading, and at Red Bluff., Calif., the mercury. spurted , to 104. : , L Temperatures around the 100 mark were commonplace in Nebraska; Kansas, Missouri, Eastern Oklahoma and Texas. 1 I Hill City, Kan., had 104 degrees,] and Lincoln and Grand Island; Neb., both suffered in 101 degree ■ heat. I | r i Chicago and the Great Lakes <Tbfb T« Pace Five) ''\ ■ ' Scout Pageant In City Tuesday Night Indian Pageant To Be Presented Here Decatur Boy Scout officials stated today that all is in readiness for the presentation of the colorful pageant, "Voices Crying in the Wilderness,” to be shown at Worthman field Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock. These officials also stated that persons who have not been contacted for tickets may purchase these tickets at the gate Tuesday night. I. \ The pageant, presented by the Huntington Boy Scouts, has a cast of 50 to 60 persons, and presents part of the life story of one of the great war .chiefs of thte Sauk tribe, Black Hawk. Costumes for the pageant were designed and made by the Huntington Scouts, and this colorful ■how has been warmly received wherever presented. Tickets fc>r the pageant are priced at 50 cents for adults and 25 cent* for children under 12. A thorough house-to-house canvas* will be made throughout the city at 5:30 o’clock this evening with the Boy Scouts, assisted by their offering the ticket* for sale. All proceeds of the pageant will go to the Decatur Boy Scouts for furthering their scout work and to help defray expenses of their annual summer trip.

Riot In Michigan Prison Is Quelled Brief Uprising Os Inmates Is Broken • JACKSQN, Mich. UP — A state trooper’s shotgun blast and a flying • wedge of riot-sick convicts brok? up- Southern Michigan prison’s second inmate uprising in less than tour’ months Sunday night. One prisoner was wounded slightly Sy buckshot and, several others were bruised and cut in a cohvict tree-fpr-all as 150 rioting inmates were pushed back into their cells in, cellblock, 9 after taking t.iro guards hostage in a two-hour demonstration. Troopeifs and prison officials had been op the alert for trouble since advance of a “Fourth of July celebration” had been heard front thejfprison grapevine. After the "whiff of buckshot” quieted t|ie men, a fast-talking deputy warden persuaded the rioters to release one hostage. Then 250 “regular" convicts who also are Roused in the cellblock charged the mutineers forced them to release tse second guard. In thekfourday riot last April, convicts j took 12 hostages, state police killed one inmate in a pris-on-yard iswirmish and convicts wrecked And pillaged prison buildings to the tune of $1,000,000 damage. ■ j.' Warded Julian N. Frisbie said, “Last night’s was a riot, not a |m|iiny. It was spontaneous, unorganised. But those who broke regulations will be punished.” The ringleaders of the previous mutiny, Earl Ward and "Crazy Jack” sjffatt, were not on hand. They are in solitary confinement in county jails at Pontiac and St. Johns. ; j When the 250 regular-status inmates of? cellblock 9 marched in <T|irn To Page Four) : ; -il . ■ g-

Allies Suffer Heavy Losses In Assaults Mujiperous Red Fire Tur|s Back Attacks j SEOUL, Korea; UP — Murderous Communist fire turned back attaching! United Nations troops with heaVy losses only two miles from the]truce village of Panmunj jom todaf. - The Allies had begun their attack with tanks, flame-throwers, rockets jand infantry under a bright moon at 10 p. m. Sunday, seeking to dislodge the Communists from three hills within sight of t'heH searchlight-marked Paninunjom neutral zone. The U.: N. forces fired rockets and flame-throw-ers at almost pointblank range at tunnel em trances ito Communist protecting \the hills, but fAiled to rout the defenders. Second : Lt. Thomas Talbet, Elgin, T?ex., who started out as platoon leader and came back acting? commander of what was left of a company, said the Chinese Held their fire until one platoon of about 40 men-reached their trench] lines. “We, tried and we tried, at least six times/’ Talbot said, “to rescue the platoon that got on the first hill. But we couldn’t move forward.’* “You can call it Slaughter Hill, if you’ve got to call it something,” said Pfc. Charles DeCart®, Naugutuck, Conn., after it was over. Pore Over Issue PANMUNJOM, Korea, (UP) — United? Nations and Communist truce, delegates pored over ways to sdttle the deadlocked prisoner issue today in the fourth straight day of secret meetings. Brig; Gen. William P. Nuckols, a spokesman for the U. N,, said the 48-minute meeting was conducted on a ‘‘business-like basis.” He said both sides directed their remarks “to the point at issue”— exchanging prisoners of war. He' refused to comment further lest It lead to a breakdown in the talks. . ? \ ,

Alben Barkley Tosses Hat In Democrat Race I, \ Announces Active , Part In Fight For Party's Nomination WASHINGTON, UP — Vice President Alben W. Barkley stole a bit of the limelight from the Republicans today by announcing his “active” candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. The 74-year-old Veep said in a statement on the eve of the GOP national convention that when the Kentucky delegation voted\ last spring to-support him tor the nominal ion, he agreed he “would accept it if it were tendered.” \ ■' I v ' V“Since then, so many Democratic friends throughout the country have urged me to become an active candidate for the nomination that f I have decided to do so,” Barkley said. ile, said he attend Jhe Democratic convention iu Chicago July 21 and will “c;i»niact and confer with all the delegates . , .” noting that he has been closely associated with the presidency for 20 years as senator and vice\ president, Barkley said:\i“l am familiar with its responsibilities and its opportunities. I have been intimately identified with the legislative record of the Roosevelt and Truman administration.” Barkley promised that if he is elected he will “devote all energies toward giving the people an able, honest, and effective administration of our government, in the field of both domestic- and Intel national affairs.”

Sen. Robert S. A°rr of Oklahoma, one of Barkley’s rivals for the nomination, called the vice president “one of America's greatest men and one of oui; party's ablest leaders.” > Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, a favorite son candidate, said Barkley “has honored the Democratic party and the nation by making himself available.” Sen. Estes Kefauver, leading the Democratic hopefuls in delegate support, opened a three-day campaign of Minnesota Sunday night. Earlier in the day he' '.old an old settlers’ picnic near Buxton, N. D. that the "people have no stake in the Republican con ven’ion.” The Tennessean said it makex no difference w'hether the GOP nominates Sen. Robert A. Taft or Gen. DwigSht D. Eisenhower because “rhe leadership of the party will remaiti the same and the people will be neglected.” Kefauver said Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia Js the second s’rongest candidate. He said Gov. A dial E Stevenson of IPinois “has made so many Srhtemen’s it’s hard to tell wha», his at ‘tude is.” Russell was scheiuled to address an American Legion meeting l» Mon.gcmery, Ala., today. Sen; William . Benton D-Conn. called for a party platform including abolition of senate filibusters an dsupport of “the legitimate interests and aspirations of small independent business.” Ben;on will demand both planks when he testifies July 19 at a preconvention- - l public sjessicn of the Democratic' platform committee in Chicago. < INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, warm and rather humid, turning cooler extreme northwest late tonight and except in the extreme southeast Tuesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms northwest portion tonight and in east and south portions Tuesday. Low tonight 72 except 60-65 extreme northwest. High Tuesday , 75-80 northwest, 90-95 southeast.

Prevention Os Fires To Be Demonstrated Big Demonstration Planned October 9 Another first for Decatur! { Foy the first time anywhere in the country an extensive fire prevention demonstration will be presented and is to be aimed directly at children to show them “how to put ,it out” and how to keep fires from starting. It will be held Oct. 9. At least 7,000 children will come from all the schools in Decatur and from schools in the county to see large bonfires started and put out. < National companies pledged to tage part in the demonstrations will be the Ansel Chemical Co., of Marinette, Wis., American La France Fire Apparatus Co., and the Midwest Fire Equipment Co., who, by the way, were given the contract to furnish fire department with a new fire truck last week. Two cpmi>ietq> demonstrations have been tentatively arranged: one for the afternoon, at which most of the children will be present; anti another at night, for the instruction of the adults. Walter Ford, executive secretary of the Decatur phamber of Commerce, thinks the plan is so worthy that he will contact "Life” magazine to seek national coverage of the project. The large committee volunteering to do the spade-work on the plan includes representatives from the large businesses in the city as well as many of the administrative people interested in a successful outcome. On the committee are school board member Gerald Cole; Daily Democrat executive Dick Heller 4 ; fire chief Cedric Fisher; General Electric safety director Raymond Shackley; Central director Carl Underwood; and city school superintendent W. Guy Brown. Also on the committee to see the “good deed” through to a suq r , < (Tarn To Pace Four)

Menno S. Sprunger Dies Sunday Night Funeral Services Wednesday Morning Menno Simeon Sprunger, 62, of Berne, a road grader for the Adams county highway department for the past year, died at 9:30 o’clock Sunday night at the St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne. Death was attributed to a blood clot on the brain. Members of the Sprunger family reported that he had told them of bumping his head while at work under a bridge last Wednesday. He had not worked since that day. A lifelong resident of Adams county, Mr. Sprunger was born in Monroe township April 13, 1890, a son of and Emma HuserSprunger, and was married to Mae Stauffer March 25, 1917. He was a nlember of the Evangelical United Brethren church in Berne. J Surviving in addition to his wife are four feons, Loren and Leland of Berne, Weldon of Van Wert, O;, and Paul, at hqrtie; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hoffman and Mrs. James ' Harf of Decatur and Miss Areta SprUnger, at home; two brothers, Philemon of Chicago and Jacob of Berne: four half Martin of Decatur, Simeon of Walkerton, Albert of Monticello and Gerhart of Fort Wayne;, two sisters, Selma and Emma of Los Angeles, calif.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Herman Hirschy, Mrs. William Burry and Miss Alvina Sprunger, all of Berne,\and 11 grandchildren. ’Funeral services will be comjucted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Karl Tauber' 1 officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home, where friends may call after 8:30 o’clock this evening. I

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Tass Opposes Rules Changes Sought By Ike Convention Opens Hour Late Today; Bitter Battle On \ ’ ■ t BULLETIN CONVENTION HALL, Chlcaflo, UP — Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge s«id today all efforts, had failed at reaching a compromise of the bitter Republican national convention fight over the rules governing seating of contested delegates. 4 CONVENTION HALE; Chicago. ‘ (UP) — The 25th Republican national convention got off to an angry start today with! big state delegations backing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s proposal for a rule change vital to his bid for the presidential nomination. Republican national chairman Guy George Gabrlelson called the 1,206 delegates to order after a series of state caucus votes which seemed to assure victory for the Eisenhower rules maneuver. The convention, at which the Republicans will* pick a man they hope (Jan end 20 ytears of rule by Democrats, got under way at 11:33 a. m. CST. It had been scheduled to start at 10:30 a. m. Taft and Eisenhower leaders raise” conference on the proposed held a hastily called “comprorules modification in the waning njinutes before the convention opened. What they might work out was not clear. An Eisenhower leader said the change proposal was “being modified every minute. , In another convention —time development, Eisenhower headquarters disclosed that Gov. Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin of Maryland will nominate the general when candidates are put before the convention. on Wednesday. McKeldin, ? “favorite son” choice of the Maryland delegation, ap - parently will try to swing his state's 24 votes to Eisenhower on

the first ballot. Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio, who may stand., to lose a batch of contested delegates if the rules change goes through, criticized the proposal as a move to change “the rules in the middle of the game.” As things stood when the con- .. vention opened, Taft had 538 delegate votes and Eisenhower 428 in the United Press tabulation based on pledges and knpwn first-ballot preferences. The change would bar contested delegates from voting on any issue before the convention until they have beep formally seated. The present 'rule, 40 years old,’permits contesetd delegates to vote on all contests except their own. In preliminary maneuvering the Republican national committee gave Taft 86 and Ike 20-delegates out .of a contested total of 96. The biggest fight is over 42 Southern delegates given to Taft. The conventionjopeiied in the big arena, hard by the Union Stockyard, which is annually the home of the world’s largest livestock show. Scoured of reminders of the hall’s major function, the newly air-conditioned hall was jammed with delegates, a like number of alternates, anff thousands of ticketholding guest's. Seating capacity is 12,000. Long before Gabrielson brought his gavel dqwn on a thick oak post erected to save wear and tear on the .lectern, supporters of the twb major candidates set the hall jumping with the hoopla and nonsense typical of American political conventions. The big Pennsylvania delegation led the break-away to Ike’s rule change. R voted 59 to 11 to support the motion to be, introduced for the Eisenhower camp by Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington. The California and New Jersey delegations quickly followed suit and one by one other groups, large and smaH, announced they wuold support the rules change.