Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 167.

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Truman Blasts Congressional Economy Cuts, Signs Appropriation Bill, Lashes Out At J Dangerous Economy WASHINGTON, UP —President Truman took another swing at “exceedingly dangerous” congressional economy cuts Tuesday .night as he signed the $11,776,339 “catch-all” [ appropriations bill. The measure provides fund® for foreign' aid, atomic expansion construction of a global network W secret air bases during fiscal 1953 which began July 1. / v The measure was the last of the fiscal 1953 money billsu'requiring the President’s signature an d brought total appropriations to $75,327.182,112.. Mr. Truman had asked for Mr. Truman said ip a statement he was particularly concerned about slashes in dppropriatibns for civil defense, anti-inflation controls and mutual security. The President said Congress repeated “the gross error of the last ’ two years” when it chopped requested civil defense funds by 90 per cent. He said the apprbpriatiop< for economic stabilization agencies were : “another 'case of rqckless slashing without regard to the consequences to our people or to defense.” Reductions in foreign aid Junds, Mr. Truman said, were “an exceedingly- dangerous thing for the Congress to have done.” He said cuts for Asiatic nations “ were “even more cruel” because, they were made at a time whCn these, severe economic pressure. ( Some congressmen succeeded in saving the atomic' expansion pro gran\Lctrom “disastrous curtailment,” the President said, 'but many of the cuts approved during the dying days of the 82nd congress will , “seriously hamper otir total defense effort.” Mr. Truman said the omnibus bill fell “so far short of what is required in the national interest” that he could not sign it into law without voicing his opinion Os the legislation. “The American people should carefully note the strange fact that prominent among the proponents of this foreign aid cut were some of the very individuals' who have shouted loudest that we are not doing enough in Asia,” he said. “The cuts in our mutual security program; have allegedly been -made in the pame of economy. To me. this is tfie falsest kind of economy. I ata convinced 'that such cuts will in the long run cost us much more. “I am Equally convinced that the congress itself will eventually recognize the necessity of making additional funds available during this fiscal year to meet the needs of this program.” 10-Yedr-Old Twins Drowning. Victims INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Louis and Bennie Kelly, 10-yearold twin .sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kelly, drowned while swimming in Pleasant Run Tuesday. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, warmj and humid toAight and Thursday, with »ca|ttered thiindei-ahowers mostly In afternoon or night. Low tonight 68-72 north, 72-76 south; high Thursday 90-96.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Quiet Session Held ■< ■ ' - ■ ■ \ ■ By Decatur Council No Petitiolfs Filed At Regular Meeting Tt?e city council enjoyed a quiet meeting Tuesday night, with no petitions filed and- only expected business being the order of the day.■ The council was officially notified ?of the approval of (the sVate stream pollution commission in the matter of the new city seker; the city }s now obliged, to build a sewage tpsposal plant in two [years bn the St. Mary’s river. \ Thp letter from the state board commissioners approving the of SIOO,OOO in bonds was r%ad.4with the noting by the council of the date when bids op the issue will be.taken, July 29, 2 p. m. at the city hall. . . ;,\ ' •Copies of the new water service installation raters will be filed with the tariff department of the public service commission. The new rates are £t the maximum of the sliding x scale now provided for, arid are: • ' ■ 7 ' (Wj % Inch service Connection—s2o. % jlnc.h service connection —$25. 1 inch service connection —$30. This was put into the- form of an ordinance and passed. An ordinance was passed approving a contract between the city and the Yost Construction Co. about tlie price of steel being used in the light and power building now under 1 construction. In effect, it was a notice that the price of steel had been reduced to Yost,g and. therefore, the savings would be passed on to the eity. These are the reductions: Structural street, from $298 to $295 a ton; reinforcing steel, from f sl9o Jo $lB2 a ton; miscellaneous steel, no diange at SSOO, a ton. /, . h Discuss Break ! - Theti buckling of the south temporary wall at the new diesel power plant, now under construction, was the topic of an extended, informal discussion where all ihe questions as to the efficiency of the fipbasures 4° 0e taken were ■icriilinized. 4 ■ ; i f' 1 LJ C. Pettibone, light and powet mpmintendent, gave assurance of his confidence in the engineers, Emery ; Marker and Emery, Toledo. He said that as far as he could stee, the measures proposed to correct the breached wall, will more than necessary to make the wall strong. Namely, when the wall out, the strain was taken off by sawing through the wall. City engineer Ralph Roop, though he has nothing to do with the plant construction, said that the wallseems to be out about four inches. The Engineers’ report says that gunite will be added to the wall in addition to extrg concrete, which; it said, ”will, correct the appearance of the wall.” That is to say, the wall will not be moved back again, but it will be filled in to straighten out the appearance. was assured that the city would not suffer UtoanclaTly because of the break. Robert Anderson, city attorney, said there is a bond filed insuring the delivery of an acceptable product. Bids Are Received By Commissioners The Adams' county commissioners met today to receive bids for a surveyor’s truck. The meeting was In the county auditor’s office at the court house. The council also inspected the budgets that are now coming in from the various county departments. | ;

Reds Ask For Extension Os Truce Recess Two Surprise Moves Indicates Possible Negotiation Break PANMUNJOM, Korea, (UP) — Twp surprise moves \by the Commupists indicate today a major break may be imminent in tlie Korean truce negotiations. In apparently actions, the Chinese' Communists decided to recognize the Geneva convention for the treatment of war prisoners, and Red truce negotiators asked tor a further two-day recess in the armistice taikos here. An important development seemed likely when the two sides meet next at 11 a. m. Friday. The session presumably will be secret, as were the'lo meetings preceding the recess , which began Monday. Radio Peiping broadcast Chinese Communist premier Chou En-Lai’s recognition of the Geneva convention. At few hours later. Communist liaison officers asked a two-day extension of" the original two-day recess called at their request. Both sides were to have met again this morning. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols. official U. A N. spokesman, said the U. N. “never listens to,makes any comment on or pays®any attention to Communist propaganda broadcasts,” such as today’s. Observers here were convinced the Reds either were preparing to make a new proposal or working over a United Nations suggestion that a neutral “protecting power” *be called in to mediate the prisoner exchange deadloek. The moVe might bring an armis(Turn To Pare Five) Little Change In Vegetable Prices Few Retailers Make' Any Price Increase By UNITED PRESS A spot check showed today that there \has been little overall change in -the price of vegetables during the last year. Except for potatoes, fresh vegetables have not been subject to price controls. The ceilings on potatoes were removed recently, and ' a (survey showed that prices have risen, largely because of an overall shortage in the crop. An amendment to the defense, production act removed . canned and frozen fruits and vegetables from price control effective July 1, and price chief Ellis Arnall this week made the order formal. r But since .June 30 grocers have been free, legally at least, tri raise prices on canned and frozen fruits and vegetables. A check of 12 major cities, however, showed, that few retailers availed themselves of the opportunity. L , i 7 The survey showed local variations in the prices of fresh produce due -to local crop conditions. \ At St. Louis, Mo., produce buyer Elbert Greer said a spot check of stores there showed “what we all knew — that competition controls prices.” ; Greer iaid that in normal years '<Tura To Page Five,

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 16, 1952. '

Democrats Begin Work On Party Platform To Present To Convention

Short Meeting Hoped For By Party Leaders Convention Os Four 5 Days Outlined By Party's Chairman CHICAGO, (UP) — Democratic leaders crossed their fingers today and scheduled a short national convention with an open door for organized labor but no welcome sign yet visible for, conservatives. Speaker ' Sam Rayburn was the only top drawer, southerner assigned a major spot so far in convention proceedings. Rayburn w\ill be permanerit chairman. Convention speakers uniformly were cbosfen from the east, west and north. ( Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will he the star of visiting orator?. Two places on I the 21meinber preliminary drafting committee, which xFill rough out the 1952 Democratic platform,, were assigned to the CIO gnd the \AFI* The CIO was represented by. Joseph A. Beirne, president of the Communications Workers of Amer lea. The representative” i» President W. H. of the Chicago Federation of Labor. The south’s most'significant representative on this preliminray committee wheiih began work to day was Rep, Brooks Hays. Arkansas. who took (he. lead in congress toward a civil rights plank compromise which would hold Jhe Negro and other minority votes in the north without inciting southerners to bolt. ; Seventeen of the 21 ( drafting committee members\are from the east, north or west, a tipoff t'liat Democratic national committee chairman Franks E. McKinney was organizing this convention to President Truman’s specifications. Mr. Truman holds that' the party’s 1953 presidential 1 nominee must run on the Truman administration record. An administration controlled convention is being set up here to make it stick. That means the Trumrin forces are out to stop Sen. Richard B. Russell. Georgia, Mr. Truman does not care much for Sen. Estes Kefauver, Tennessee, either. Th ere was preconvention speculation that administration strategists would make one more effort to persuade Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson. Illinois, to head the 1952 party ticket. Failing that, Mr. Truman might help boost either Averell Harriman or Vice President Ajben W. Barkley: to the presidential namipation. ; With the opening session scheduled for 10:30 a. m. OST. July 21. the standing of top candidates for delegate votes was: Kefauver, 267; Russell. 117%; | Harriman, 113%; Sen. Robert S., Kerr, Oklahoma. 43%; Barkley, 26%.\ None was even close to the 616 minimum necessary to nominate. \ ! Chairman McKinrioy Scheduled nominating speeches for July 23 and the first presidential ballot for July 24 —a four-day convention if two or three ballots would suffice. But deadlock and multiple balloting were more likely than an early, easy choice. Defense Bond Sales Increase In County T. F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams county defense bond committee, has received a report, showing that sales of all series bf defense bonds in the county during June were $81,323.03 as cotripared with $35,637.41 during the corrfh spending period of 1951. Bond sales for the . state during i June w’ere $11,081,565 compared with $7,593,422 during June of last year, a gain of more than 45 percent. The national sales gain was ?6 percent. Sixty-three of Indiana’s ninetytwo cotinties reported increased sales over a year ago.

American Destroyer Smashes Red Train I Communist Train Os 20 Cars Destroyed SEOUL, Korea, UP — American Sabrejetsi jumped more than \SO Cbmmunist MIK-15 jets high over “MIG Alley” today in three air liafetle and shot down at least one of the Russian-built fighters. ( Capt. Arthur H. McCarthy, of Dearborn, Mich.; was credited with knocking the MIG out of the Skies. It was his first claim. He; described his opponent as “the ;best MIG pilot I have seen up there?’ reflecting the aggressiveness pf the enemy flier. It was the largest MIG force sighted hi several days. ; The navy disclosed an American destroyer trapped and destroyed a 20-car Communist train taking tanks, guns aqd ammunition to the froif»t Tuesday; It was one of the biggest -train kills of the yeffl*. The destroyer Orleck was patrolling off the Korean east; coast When twp officers of the early Watch heard the train racing south. The Orleck sped south along the <boast( smashed the tracks in front pf the train and derailed the last par' to prevent the train from es- < -tiling by .backing up. The Orleck’s guns then hammered the triain into junk, bloWi/ng up 14 cars of ammunition, one-flat car hauling tanks and five others carrying 14 heavy-caliber artillery pieces. Night-flying planes from the carriers Princeton and Bon Homme Richard, swarmed in on the triin aftpr the Orleck stopped it laser went ori to hammer power plants at Chosen with bombs and bullets. , \ ' 7'hp battipship lowa continued i . (Turn To Pasr Five) Monmouth Teaching Staff Is Announced Grabill Returns As School Principal A conlplete teaching staff fpr the Monmouth school was announced today by August Selking, Root township trustee. Gail M. Grabill. principal, will return as head of the Monmouth school, it was announced- i | - 1 Following is thd\ complete list of school teachers: Commercial, Mrs. Agnes Yager; home, economics and related subjects,'Mrs. Phyllis Haugk; fine arts arid library. Mrs. Vera Owens; English and history, Mrs.. Eloise Andrews; industrial arts, Walter Weisenberger; vocational agriculture and science; Fred P. Meier; athletic director and coach, Charles P-i Holt; English and physical education,J Mrs. Choletta Estel; mathematics- and "science, Frederick B. Smith;; music 7; and English, Miss, Blythe Terwilliger; vocational agriculture, veterans’ class (G. I.), Raymond L. Schanding. The three teachers for the elementary grades of Monmouth are: First and second grades, Mrs. Mary tou Holt; third and fourth grades,; Mrs. Alice R. Martin; fifth and sixth grades, Mrs. Brice ,G. Diehl. ( Trustee Selking also reported that work was progressing rapidly on the addition to the Monmouth school. He Said that the contractors believed that the class rooms and shop on the first floor of the addition would be ready for occupancy at the start of the school term September 2- \ Work started today on the laying of bricks on the second floor, and will continue at a rapid pace until completion. It is believed the entire project will be, completed early in. the fall. When completed, the Monmouth school building wpll be one of the most modern in northeastern Indiana. The school property includes a gymnasium, modern school building and about 10 acres of land for parking and future expansion. The school is located in the village of Monmouth.

Pres. Truman Admitted To Army Hospital Truman Over Virus Infection, Checkup - Planned By Graham WASHINGTON, UP —President Truman was admitted to Walter Reed army hospital today for a checkup following a four-day bout with what the -White House described as a “mild virus infection.” Press secretary Joseph \Short sapd the. chief executive might be in; the hospital for Vtwo or threie days.” \ “But it won’t be for very long,” Short said. Mr. Truman entered the hospital on the recommendation of White House physician Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham. Short said the President entered the modern army medical center because Graham -“wanted to do some checking out there where they have equipment.” Short said Mr. Truman had no temperature this morning for the firsf'time in several days. Graham said, however, there was a possibility that some “slight” fever might develop during the day. The President has been confined to his personal quarters on the second floor of the White House since Monday. He canceled all engagements and spent most of his time in bed. While confined, however, he has been able to work on the hundreds of bills left for his signature by congress. The White House said Mr. Truman definitely will not be a'ble to see Thomas J. Gavin of Kansas City, his alternate on the Missouri delegation to the Democratic national convention. Gavin arrived here Tuesday and planned to fly back to Missouri late today. He did not see tho President Tuesday. Short told reporters the President got up early this morning, shaved and\ dressed himself and rode to the hospital with Graham. While Tn the army hospital,. Mr. Truman will live in the small,’but relatively luxurious presidential suite. This is the first time a chief executive has occupied this special suite with its green-tinted walls and small sitting room. Short said the 68-year-old chief executive seemed virtually . over the effects of his virus attack this morning, but that Graham thought it wds advisable to put Mr. Truman in the hospital for a physical (Turn To Pace Flve> \ • —— Hearing Thursday On School Repairs A Funds Are Asked For Public High School [A public hearing is scheduled fo*r 6:30 o’clock Thursday night at the office of superintendent of schools W.iGuy Brown on the request for an additional appropriation of $20,000 for remodeling work, at Decatur junior-senior high school. money W >H be taken from the accumulative building fund and most of it will be ujsed to correct a faulty condition in the wall structure of the building. Any taxpayers within the jurisdiction of the Decatur school city has a right to appear and be heard, prior to the passage of thfe appropriation by the school board. The matter, if passed locally, will then be referred to the state board of tax commissioners, at which time a final hearing will be held. If the appropriation is passed by the state board, the money for the reconstruction work then will be available. It is the present plrin to start the .remodeling work as soon as the money is available.

Indiana's Votes To Governor Schricker Seek Permission For Active Movement INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Indiana Democrats, givipg up on Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as a presidential candidate, looked for a nod from their own Gov. Henry F. Schricker to touch off an active! movement in his behalf. But they didn’t get it —at least' not yet. Schricker finally surrendered today to a campaign to get his permission to be a “favorite soh” candidate of the Hoosiers while they shopped around for a bandwagon to jump on. Two days ago he tried to dissuade such a move. The permission was interpreted by observers as a strong indication Schricker had ditched all-'J»ope Stevenson would be available — perhaps in a recent personal, telephone conversation with Stevenson. Charles E. Skillen, Winamac, state Democratic chairman, said 1 it wouldn’t take much, in his opinion, to touch off a Schricker boom. He said (he couldn’t speak for other delegates but “I’ll-be with Schricker until I see what’s going to happen.” Whether the Indiana votes — except Andrew Jacobs of Indianapolis, who prefers Sen. Estes Kefauver — go tq Schricker or Stevenson on the first ballot will be up to the decision of a-caucus of delegates- to the national convention at 9 a. hi. Monday in their, Harrison Hotel headquarters irt, Chicago. J Schricker often has said he was qot interested in; being a presidential candidate. He also said Until three days before the June 24 state convention he wasn’t interested in running for the U. S. senate. but he changed his mind. Uampbell said Schricker is “taking at face value” Stevenson's repeated statements he does not want the. nomihation. Earlier nearly all high-ranking Hoosier Democrats felt StOvenson would be available despite his statements to the contrary, j ■~ ■ Railroad Promises To Abate Nuisance No Answer Received To 2nd Complaint At the July 1: meeting of the city council, a petition was presented to the council protesting the soot and smqke emitted byswitching belonging to the Pennsylvania railroad, i < , A spokesman for the petiitoners; said it was gfetfing to be impossible to wear anything clean anymore as the black smoke soon ruined everything. Chy attorney, Robert Anderson, was directed to write to officials of the railroad to see what could be done to get a diesel assigned to the switching, as the railroad had previously promised. W. H. Barber, local agent, answered promptly and told Anderson that a diesel would be assigned to hte place in: question within 60 days. A second letter was received from J. F. Henry, superintendent, to the effect that someone connected with the operation of the engines is not handling smoke lessening equipment property. He promised to. irivestigate situation Immediately. In contrast handling of a complaint by thewriri railroad frbm the city. Also at tjhe last meeting, a remonstrance against the Erie was expressed by the councilmen over-the habit the Erie has of blocking the Mercer street crossing for long periods of time. I Especially noted was „the fact, brought out by onetof the councilmen, that the Erie blocked crossing for more than an hour during the week ofl July 1/ Another complaint was Jhe weeds that (Tan To Pace Klckt) <;

Price Five Cents

Strong Civil Rights Plank Is Demanded Democrats May Face Another Battle On \\ Civil Rights Issue CHICAGO, UP J- Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York said today that unless the 1952 Democratic platforjn includes a strong civil rights and anti-filibuster plank the party will face another fight like the one which split the 1948 convention wide open. Lehman, member of the preliminary drafting committee, said his demand for a tough stand on the touchy civil rights issue has the backing of President Truman and of “a majority” of the convention delegates. It could lead to a southern bolt. ; Lehman spoke at a news conference as the committee opened four days of public hearings on all angles of the issues the Democrats will take to the electorate in November. Leaders of the major farm groups spoke up for continued flexible price supports. A drafting committee source said, the farm plank probably will favor maintaining supports at 90 per cent of parity. It probably will sidestep the controversial Brannan subsidy plan which has been attacked by most major farm Organizations. The platform, will be submitted to the full convention next Wednesday. Lehman vowed that he would carry his fight to the convention floor next week, if necessary. His challenge exploded the hopes of some top Democratic convention leaders that they could arrange a quiet conipromise on civil I rightsy One compromise proposal already has been offered by some supporters of Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia. They suggested that a federal fair play employment practice commission law be passed with a proviso that the individual states could veto it. I/ehman punctured that trial balloon. Georgia’s Gov. Herman Talmadge, a big Russell booster, jabbed it from the other side. He said in Atlanta \he is against civil rights legislation “in any form whatsoever, either voluntary or compulsory.” Lehman put almost equal emphasis on the anti-filihuster rule. The southern senators have clung jealously to their right of unlimited, debate as their best weapon against civil rights legislation. Francis Biddle, chairman of the politically potentJ Americans forDemocratic ActidC said “the heat is certainly not off” the Democrats because the Republicans adopted a non-committal civil rights plank. L “The ADA will fight sot 1948— plus,” Biddle said. - The 1948 plank advocated federal compulsody FEPC, anti-lynching and anti-poll tax laws. He said his organization will insist on amending senate cloture rules so a majority of senators present and voting could cut off debate. This could stop southern filibusters against bringing up civil rights measures. Biddle, presenting ADA’s views on foreign policy, defended the administration’s foreign affairs record and said it is “the last thing in the worl about which the Democratic party needs to be on the defensive,” James B. Kitchen To Veterans' Hospital James B, Kitchen, Jr., young Decatur businessman, severely burned in a water heater explosion at his home July 7, was removed from the Adams county memorial hospital this morning to the Veterans’ hospital at Fort Wayne for continued treatment. His condition is reported as little changed. -