Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 161.

Credentials .Battle Features GOP Second Day . J |. | ■ ,■" ■’: x r. William DRAPER, Os the Florida "Spades” delegation answers questions by credentials' committee chairman Ross Rizley of Oklahoma (in background) as the hottest action in the second day of the Republican national convention progressed. With the convention proceedings slowed to a walk awaiting this committees action on 93 contested delegates, non-stop hearings were in order. Florida’s delegates were seated 17 for Taft, and one for Eisenhower, and the crucial Georgia fight was next in order.

Steel Industry Asks For Iron Miners Return Officials Os Union Study Appeal For Return Os Miners PITTSBURGH, UpL- Offlcfcbs of’the striking United Steelworkers Union considered an appeal from the. steel industry today far immediate movement of iron ore from mines to mills. v CIO President Philip Mutray and a spokesman for striking miners at Minn., both withheld comment until they receive more details on the appeal issued after a secret meeting of “big steel” representatives in New York Tuesday- , '■ ' " ; • The industry leaders asked that striking iron miners in the. Great Lakes area return to work immediately. They said failure to move iron ore during the summer months while the Great Lakes are navigable would cripple steel production even after the current steel (Strike is settled. Muray, who has asked the jus t|ce department to bring anti-trust Charges against the six major steel producers, said he would need more details before making a decision on. the appeal. Earl T. Bester, acting regional director ■ for -the union at Duluth paid he would have “no comment" until the union is contacted formal ly by management. ? About 23,000 iron ore miners in Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon* sin joined steel production workers in the nationwide walkout last month although their depute with the companies is a separate .one. - The Wage Stabilization Board is stuping their case, but has made no recommendation for a settle ment. ‘ . Little mote than half the ore shipped during the April-to-Decem Lber Great Lakes shipping season is processed immediately at the steel mills. The rest is stockpiled for use during winter months when ice blocks traffic on the lakes. | In Washington government and -food processing officials Warned that a large part of the perishable summer food crop will be lost un less the steel strike ends soon and manufacture of tin cans is resumed.

City Sewer Project f Approved By State The state stream pollution commission this morning paved the why for the long-awaited, sale of the bond issue for the construction of a sewer in the northern section of town. T Robert Anderson, \ city attorney, made the announcement today and said that bids for the bonds will probably be let later" in the month with primary excavation also beginning this month. The approval w*as based on the promise by the c|ty that a sewage disposal plant will be constructed along the St. Mary’s river Within two years, to prevept, they said, contamination of the water.

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Boy Scout Pageant Well Received Here Large Crowd Views Boy Scout Pageant Almost 700 people jammed the stands at Worthman field Tuesday evening to witness the Indian pageant, sponsored by the Decatur; Boy Scouts arid portrayed. by Huntington Boy scouts. The story was writteh by Harry Herzog, depicting the tribulations of the Sauk Indian tribe, and Blat*k Hawk in particular. Herzog; is a Scoutmaster at ton, It was directed by another Huntington man. Chrirles The general opinion of the offering was highly gratifying. Everyone thought it was wonderfully staged -with real treefe and shrul»bery— and quite professionally acted.; a\ tributte to the ability and initiative of troop 1“6 of Huntington. Tuesday morning, under ( ( the supervision *of Sieve Eiverhart, Adam? county Boy Sequt commissioner, Decatur Scouts cut down smill.trees to provide an amazingly Authentic setting and backdrop for ; the two-hour performance. An added treat crinje to jhe alreally appreciative au lienee when Mists Young Bear from the Sauk t;ribe did an ‘aut,hteuti(( Indian dame to the approval of the en- ■ tire| crowd. . ' ?■ i C|ne note of discord was. felt for ihe| latter part of t|ie thoroughly entertaining evening; the temperaturf took such a sudden drop that mnje people became unco^nfort : ably cold and were forced todeave; Otlrierwise, say officials, thq whole '.hiijg-avould have been just perfect. h ’ There were many,' many volunteers who gave their time to make he worthy project a success, but, by and large, members of the American Legion, r <heH Rotary dub, and the Lions Club supplied che most aid. exact amount collected is not: yet determined, it ifx known, however, that there was enough aken in to supplement Successfully t|ie amount needled to defray the| cotet of the Bqy S cout trip to lie made to v Washington, D. C.. August 2. Steve Eveihart will be in Charge of the annual week-long excursion. 1 t 1

Boy Is Accidentally V Shot This Morning Ten-year-old Larry putnam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max: Putnam, of near Rockford, 0., was shot accileritally this morning while hie and iis (brother were shooting at birds in ctheir farm, and aj ~22 caliber bullet glanced off a water tank. Tite bullet entered the boy’s bacjc, coursed through his hip and made four perforations in the lad’s intestines. He was to the Adkins county metnorial »hospital, where surgery was performed. His condition was reported as “fair” late this afternoon. ■ ! —\ —Hf ’ n Two-Car Collision Fatal To Aged Man RICHMOND, Ind; UR —lnjuries suffered in a two-car collision near herq puesday were ; fatal to Elmer Schiagel, 86, Daleville. Friur other persons were injured. j \ I

Allied Troops Driven Off Hill By Red Forces Reds Finally Retake Hill After Battling In Two-Day Period SEOUL,' Korea, (UP)—Chinese troops armed with flame-throwers and backed by heavy artillery and mortar finally drove Allied troops off a hill the Reds have been trying to retake for two days. The Reds had hammered away at the hill for almost seven hours Tuesday, only to be driven back from the last yard by grenades, bayonets and clubbed rifles. The hill is east-southeast of Kumsong on the central front. Early today they counterattacked, using captured American flamethrowers and 1,500 rounds of artillery >and mortar. The fierce attack drove the U- N. forces back slightly after a. half-hour of fighting. The \U. N. forces surged back four hours later and retook the hill. The Reds threw a company of 200 men at the defenders, driving them off the top. The Allies dug in farther down the slope to prepare for their own counter-charge. Before they could* get it underway, the enemy surged up and over the hill with 500 shouting men under cover of a heavy artillery barrag4. Despite a desperate try to hold with grenades and bayonets,- the U. N. soldiers were forced to pull back shortly before dawn. On the sastern front, a U. N. raiding party knocked the enemy -defenders off a hill and held it despite ferocious counterattacks. Tuesday Allied warplanes made the heaviest combined attacks in a fortnight against road and rail targets in North Korea and just ybehind the battle line. Fighter-bombers revisited Northwest Korea’s Chosen power plant No. 2, knocked out in eaflier raids, and scored 20 direct hits. The Reds were trying to put the plant back in operation. | , ' 26 M inute Debate PANMUNJOM, Korea, (UP) — United Nations and Communist truce teams wound up a year of dogged negotiations today with a 26-minute debate in prisoner exchange, the only remaining obstacle to a Korean cease-fire. For the sixth straight day, the delegates met under a news blackout to search for away out of the deadlock on returning war prisoners to each The U. N. was believed still demanding that all prisoners be given the right to refuse repatriation. The Communists, before the blackout, were willing to give that right only to South Koreans. There was no information on what progress, if any, had been made in the six short meetings. An official U. N. spokesman said only that today’s meeting was “businesslike.” The only comment on the talks came from the Chinese Communist radio at Peiping and a Communist newsman at Panmunjom. Radio Peiping insisted the U. N. must return all war prisoners and <Tura To Pace Elcht)

Eisenhower Drive For ) ’ * Nanimation Gains Two | I '.-isi-| .-I ■ ■ | | : L Powerful Boosts Today

Hoover Given * Great Welcome ; ■ I ■ By Convention Declares Only GOP , Victory Can Save American Freedom CHICAGO, ’>'» — The old gentleman won’t soon forget it. ! •< . He stood before the 25tb Republican national a wisp of. a smile on his face, waving his hands In gentle circles to fee thundering galleries. Once or twice he opened his mouth as if to speak, but there was no stopping the demonstration. He waited, his eytes shining with tears as they had four yeairs before when he stood on another Republican convention platform In Philadelphia to receive the acclaim of his party. Finally, the tumult subsided, the delegates returned to thqir seats, and the brassy crash of the bands died away. “Ladies and gentlemen,” paid Herbert Hoover, “that was certainly some welcome. *‘l am grateful for it. 1 jwlll long remember it.” ’ Then thte only living ex-president, now approaching his 78th birthday, began reading his prepared speech. ■'• “This is the fifth time 1 have had the high honor of addressing the convention of the Republican party. ’YFrom the inexorable course of nature, this is likely to be the last time I shall attend your conventions.” A great roar of “No! Nd!” went up from the audience. Mr, Hoover paused, smiling faintly, and then went on in a calm, low-pitched voice tp declare that American freedom is being lost and that only a Republican victory in November can save it. He accused the Democratic administration of spending too much, taxing too heavily, coddling Communism, tolerating corruption, promoting inflation, and coihmitting (Turn To Pace Klctat) Convention May Run On Into Saturday | Delegate Squabble Delays Convention CHICAGO, UP —The Republican convention seems sure tot run into Saturday. It originally was scheduled to end Thursday afternoon. The time-table has been knocked into a cocked hat by the bitter Taft-Eldenhower fight over seating contested Southern delegates. That' fight is now hung up in the credentials committee. The convention cannot act on a platform, a candidate or anything else until all delegates are officially seated. The committee promised to work all Tuesday night, but adjourned about 11:45 p. m. CST until 8 a. in. —partly because both sides wanted a, nationwide television arid radio audience for their arguments. When the credentials committee finishes its work and reports to the convention — possibly at tonights session—the whole business will be fought out again on the convention floor. All that convention leaders know now about the schedule is that they’re behind it a full day, probably two. Once the “battle of the stolen delegate's” is finally settled, the party can get about the business of adopting a platform, electing a permanent chairman and—-finally —nominating a presidential candidate. . x . National GOP chairman Guy George Gabrielson had hoped for| adjournment of the convention late Friday night. Temporary chairman Walter S. Hallanan thought the delegates still would be in <Tur» To Pace Kicht)

Physician Dies yH' j| U-.' 1 a ■M- 41 ; ' Il Dr. Amos Reusser

Berne Doctor Dies Suddenly This Morning Dr. Amos Reusser, Veteran Doctor, Is Taken By Death Dr. Amos Reusser, 82, noted Berne doctor, and the oldest practicing physician in, Adams county, died suddenly at 1 o’clock this morning at his home in Berne. Dr- Reusser, although not in the best of health in recent years, had been continuing his daily practice uhtibTuesday, wheri he became ill. Death was attributed to a heart attack. The veteran Berne physician was one of. the best known mien in his profession in this area, particularly noted as a “family doctor” jn the best traditions. } 4,316 Babies During his medical career, which dates back to 1897, all in Berne and surrounding community, Dr. Reusser officiated at the ; birth of 4,516 babies; His most recent baby case was June 30. A lifelong resident of Adams qounty. Dr. JReusser was born onehalf mile wqst of Berne Dec. 21, ■ 1869. a gon of Jacob and Kathryn Sprunger-Reusser. His father was Bprne’s first druggist. I He attended Angola State Normal and Chicago Homeopathic medical school. Following his graduation, he began the practice of medicine in Berne in 1897. \, Dr. Reusser was a member of the Adams county medical society, and art honorary member of the Indiana medical association and the National AMA association. Dr. Reusser was riiarried to Miss Clara H. Bixler in Berne Sept. 6, 18&6. The veteran, physician was a member of the' First Meinnrinite church at Berne. ' ; 1 Drl Reusser is survived; by his wife; five daughters? Mrs. Chester Michaud. Mrs. Harmony Bagley and Mrs. Gherman Stucky, all of Berne, Mrs. Robert Krick of Decatur and Mrs. H. B. ' Hoffmann of New Paltzz. N. Y„ 15 grahdchildren; five great-grandchildren j and one brother. Henry Reusser of feerne. One brother and five Bisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the First Mennonite church in Berne, with the Rev. Olin Krehbiel and the Rev. Alfred Clauser officiating. Burial will be in the MRE cemetery. The body, brought to the Zwick funeral home in this city, will be returned to the residence, where friends may call after 7:30 o’clock this evening. The body will lie in state at the First Mennonite church from noon Sunday until time of the services.

INDIANA WEATHER tonight and Thursday. Somewhat warmer Thursday. Low tonight 53-58, high Thursday 83-88.

GOP Platform Framers Meet Amid Secrecy Meet Behind Locked And Guarded Doors To Frame Platform CHICAGO, UP—The Republican -platform committee met behind locked and guarded doors today to approve a 5,000-word campaign document; pledging an end to inflation, support of collective security and “quickest possible development of appropriate and completely adequate air power.” As drafted by key party policy makers and top wordsmiths for consideration of the 100-man platform group the document denounces the administration for fostering inflationary policies at home and playing into the hands of the Communists abroad. Members were expected to approve these and most other main points of the platform with no more than minor change and without difficulty. Toughest hurdle was a controversial civil rights plank over which Negro delegates had threatened a fight on the Republican Convention floor. It appeared the cviil rights fight might delay the committee’s approval of the whole document for several hours. ’ ■ L’nUsual security precautions wei^e\taken as the Committee deliberated. Employes of the Conrad Hilton hotel checked and locked all doors to the south ballroom where the Session was held, and Uniformed policemen were on guard outside. Committee staff members searched the room for' hidden wiring or microphones. Newsmen were barred from their customary waiting stations in the’ foyer outsdie the ballroom and waited Mn stead in an outside hall. Committee chairman Eugene D. jMillikin declined to provide copies .of the platform for the members’ inspection. Instead, he read the (Tura To Paxe Slx> Variance Approved By Zoning Board At a meeting of the zoning board last night, Ward Bowman of 422 South Thirteenth street:, asked for a variance td fyuild a garage three feet north of the property line of a neighbor, J Peter Koeriig, who lives south of Bowman. Koenig said it would be alright with him and the board approved the variance. Members of the board are: Clarence Ziner, Sylvan Rupert,, Charles Cloud and Bob Yost. American Demand rr rs ?,■ Vetoed By Russia Blocks Resolution Over Germ Warfare UNITED NATIONS, N. Y„ (UP) —Russia today vetoed an American demand that the United Nations security council 1 declare the Communist germ wanfare charges false and condemn tne spreading of such propaganda. Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik used Russia’s veto power for the 51st tJime in the U. N.*s six-year history to block thb resolution proposed by United* States Ambassador Ernest A; Gross. \ The council vote was 9 to 1, with Pakistan abstaining. The rule of unahimity enabled Malik to kill the proposal with his lone negative vote. ; t Last Thursday, his lone ballot in an otherwise all favorable vote defeated an American proposal for the security council to request the R,ed Cross international committee tri conduct an on-the-spot investigation of Red charges U. S. troops had used germ weapons in Korea.

Democrats Scoff Al MacArthur's Speech Empty Promises By MacArthur Scored WASHINGTON, (UP) — Candi- ( dates for the Democratic presiden- 1 tial nomihation added their bit to the Republican national convention hullabaloo today by scoffing at Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s keynote address as "meaningless oratory” and “empty promises.” Seii. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee charged that MacArthur made “a political football” out of U. S. foreign policy. Averell Harriman said the general’s speech was filled with “self contradictions.” Sen. Richard B. Russell didn’t join his rivals in deriding MacArthor. The Georgian predicted he will receive 300 votes on the first ballot at the Democratic national convention which opens in Chicago July 21. . | Kefauver, who claims to have 402 pledged first ballot votes, headed into Illinois today following a three-day tour of Minnesota. He said in a speech at Eveleth, Minn., Tuesday night that MacArthur’s speech was a mass of “platitudes and inconsistencies . . a series of generalities which show that he has not been keeping •up with what his party was doing while he was in Tokyo.” The Tennessee senator said MacArthur “failed I to offer a siqgle positive program for his own party. which shows how destitute is the GOP.” . “The American people will see through the \ generalities.” Kefauver said. “They don’t like empty promises. He criticized us for being the .party that has brought war. yet his own policies would have thrown this nation into the greatest war the world has ever known.” Harriman said in a statement released during a visit with West Virginia Democratic leaders in Charleston that MaqArthur “showed a complete ignorance of the simplest economic facts.” “He claimed our standard of living has been cut almost Tn half since 1941,” Harriman said) “whereas the truth is we have the hgihest standard of living ev(Tun T» Pace ELabt) Kitchen Condition Remains Critical Decatur Young Man Badly Burned Monday The condition of James B. Kitchen, Jr., prominent young Decatur businessman, severely burned Monday evening in the explosion of a bottled gas water heater in the basement of his home ,was described today by the attending physician as “still critical.” The proprietor of the Chdt-and-Che,w drivein restaurant, located on Thirteenth street, was burned over about 65 percent of his body, including some Second and third degree burns. ( 5 The most severe burns, his physician stated, are on his hands, ariris and fjace. Kitchen’s condition, however, is no worse than yesterday, the doctor stated, and hope is held for his recovery. The explosion occurred shortly aftqr 7 o’clock Monday evening in Kitchen’s home, located to the rear of his restaurant. Kitchen and his wife had detected the odor of gas earlier in the evening, and had turned off all gas outlets in the home, it was reported today. Kitchen, who had not been feeling well during the suffering from a severe cold, returned upstaitq to lie dciwn. ' Some 30 minutes later, Mrs. Kitchen heard the explosion &nd ran to the basement stairs, and was met by her husband, coming up the stains- following the blast. Kitchen apparently believed that sufficient time had elapsed for the basement to be cleared of the gas and went to the basement to light the writer heater, the explosion resulting. !

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13 Louisiana Votes Awarded To Eisenhower California To Cast 57 Os 70 Votes For Ike's Side In Battle BULLETIN / CHICAGO, UP — Republican national chairman- Guy George Gabrlrilson said today the credentials committee's report on contested delegates will be presented to the GOP national convention at 3:30 p. m. CDT and the convention will be kept in session all afternoon until the delegate dispute is settled. \ BULLETIN CHICAGO, UP — Joseph N. Pew, Jr., long a political power in Pennsylvania, said today that Gov. John S. Fine has definitely decided to support Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican presidential nomination. CHICAGO, UP — Dwight D. Eisenhower’s drive for the GOP presideritial nod got two powerful boosts in quick succession today. The Republican Convention credentials committee awarded him 13 contested Louisiana delegates, 11 of them at the expense of Sen. Robert A. Taft. Then the big California delegation decided tobcast 57 of its 70 votes for the general’s side in a floor fight that will rage late toda/ or tonight over 17 contested delegates from Georgia. z Both developments came as the GOP’s 25th national convention, more than 24 hours behind schedule, crawled through the third day .of its 1952 meeting. There was lots of mighty campaign oratory at convaption hall, but the day’s big show was in the ornate gold ropm of the Congress hotel, where the credentials committee heard the last delegate contesti —from Louisiana and Texas., Nearly 1,000 spectators crowded into the marble and; alabaster and gold-plated room to watch the televised battle of titans over southern delegates whom the Eisenhower camp says were stolen by the Taft machine. The day’s fiercest wrangle was over the 38 delegates from Texas. Award of the 13 Louisiana delegates to Eisenhower followed Tuesday’s decision to hand the 17 Georgia votes to Taft. The committee vote was unanimous. Taft men have a majority on the credentials committee. But they decided to let Eisenhower have the Louisianans —for the sake of harmony, they said, and to quiet Eisenhower charges of “fraud.” The Eisenhower forces, trailing Taft in assured votes for ttje presidential nomination, were in no mood for harmony. They intended to fight to the end on the convention floor to reverse the credentials committee on Georgia—and on Texas if the committee goes against them on that state. California’s decision to throw 57 of its 70 Votes in with Ike on tne Georgia contest was an important gain for the general in this fight, For president, California is still holding out for favorite sori Gov. Earl E. Warren on the first ballot. In the Texas dispute, the Republican national committee awarded 22 Texas delegates to Taft and 16 to the general, ignoring declarations by Eisenhow'er forces that they were entitled to 33. Taft men waged a no quarter credentials committee war for their 22 Texans; The senator himself said his side would go all out on the convention floor for the 17 Taft Georgians. How the convention votes on those contests conceivably could be decisive in the Taft-Eisenhower struggle for the nomination, on which balloting may start Thursday night. Taft told a group of Wisconsin (Twr* To Pace Mlckt)