Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol? L. No. 171,

11 Killed By Earthquake In California

Business Part Os One City Is Leveled Tehachapi Hardest Hit By Series Os v Earthquakes Today TEHACHAPI, Calif. UP — A violent earthquake bucked through GgpiTornia like a wild bronc today, leveling this little prison town and leaving “many dead and injured.” in its wake. ' Ray pioud, United Press correspondent and. one Os the first persons from the outside to reach this stricken community of 2,500, counted IT dead and 35 injured. “And they are digging up bodies is fast as the rescue crews can break through the debris,” said Cloud, who is news editor of radio station KVAL at nearby Lancaster. Another report from the scene, received by a ham radio operator in San Francisdo, said’ "at least 12 dead” had been recovered. "AU the dead and injured were in bed at the time of the quake,” Cloud said. Most of the dead were in the two-story brick hotel in the center of the business district. ; ~ ‘The entire business district ds fflat-,” he added. “There lis not a building standing.” - I . i He described the town as "a scene of horrOr 0 with residents gingerly picking their way through the broken bricks and twisted metal lookihg for relatives or friends? z “it still 'is all confusion,” he added. "The people are not sure what hit them—even yet—more than four hours after the qtiake.” The quake, described by Dr. Joseph Lynch of Fordham University as “the second most powerful to ever hit California.” rolled across the Mojave Oesert shortly before dawn and was officially clocked at 4:55 a.m. \ The lohg, lulling waves of the v ’ quake were felt in diminishing strength for the. next 45 minutes. It was felt as far nbrth as Santa Rosa, Calif., 60 miles above San Francisco; , to Ensenada, Mex„ 200 miles south of Los Angeles, and I east to Reno, Nev., and the Arizona border. The waves whiclji twisted in every direction rendered the beautiful Tehachapi California women’s prison’ "unusuable” and forced the inmates to scurry from the building in fear of their lives. VVhfle the Mojave Desert area caught the brunt of the recurring quakes, the rest.-of Southern-Calif-ornia was jolted out of bed and in most cases onto" the streets in-tdr-v ror. ' . ■?' Two huge oil fires were started, at a refinery 25 miles southwesL of Bakersfield and in an oil field near Newhall. Two Southern Pacific right-of-way “tunnels were collapsed and eight miles of tradk L twisted into a metal web. F A half dozen downtown Lbs ■Angeles buildings their plate glass windows onto the nearly deserted streets, while the jarring set off hundreds of burglar alarms and set church bells to«chiming in Pasadena. A large portion, of a mouhtain 10 miles south of Gorman on the Ridge Route, .main inland auto artery between Southern and Northern California, slipped With the first jolt and blocked the highway necessitating the rerouting of traffic. , j A half dozen other slides also blocked the wide four-lane super highway across the Tehachapi mountains. \ Four planeloads of Red Cross doctors, nurses and rescue personnel were flown to Techachapl. “All hell broke loose," said Ed Ritter, a _Riverside, Calif., newspaperman who made a vacation gas stop in this sleepy little town seconds before it “woke with a rumble which sounded like the distant exploding of an shell.” Dr. Charles F.'Richter, seismologist for I the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena, concurred with Father Lynch in declaring it | (Tun To IfiMKO Six)

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Nine Violent Deaths Reported In Indiana Seven Os Victims - Die In Accidents By UNITED PRESS Indiana counted -f nine ! violent deaths during its latest summer week end, seven in traffic accidents, one -by drowning and one by electrical shock. j ’1 «, The drowning victim was Cpl. Alvin Schumaker, 23,' Michigan City. He died in Fish Lake north of Da Porte Sunday. Robert Bratton, IJ, Shoals, was a Sunday traffic victim. Police sa,i(| he was killed wheii his car ran off Ind. 45, struck two trees arid rolled over a 15-foot embankment. Robert W, ! Warren, 25, Brownsburg, died Sunday of injuries suffered Friday night when he was struck by a car in Indianapolis. Everett Sexton, Smithville, was shockedTataily when an oil drilling boom he helped erect touched a high tension wire near Bloomington Saturday. ■ | ; ■ The Saturday highway deaths included those of James Zimmerman, 19, Keystone, Virginia Bays, 12, Mottown, and Arlis Rhoades, 16, Lebanon. Zimmerman lost control of his, motorbike near Bluffton, the Bays girl’s bicycle was struck by a car near New Salisbury, and the Rhoades auto struck a tree on a county.road. Walter Dailey, 30( Speed, died in Jeffersonville of injuries suffered when his , motorbike struck a tfee Saturday, and Jesse Bittner, 51, Koikomo, was killed j when struck by a car on U.S. 35 Galveston. j 4 - Frank McHale For 7 Stevenson-Russell Indiana Delegates Hold Caucus Today CHICAGO. UP — National committeeman Frank: McHhle of Indianapolis told the Indiana delegation to the Democratic Rational convention at its; first caucus today that a Stevensoh-Russell ticket would be the "best possible choice." McHale said -that nomination of GOV. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for president and Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia for vice , president wopld “capture the independent vote, the disgruntled Republican vote, and the whole Democratic vote.’” , . Paul Butler, South Bend, newly elected chairman of the Btoosier delegation, told members 1 that “thtere will be no effort made ter influence your vote for any one candidate or candidates.” JSSfOHale said tl)at “regardless of what any one tells you, nobody is ghlng to be nominated on the first, second, or third ballots.” He predicted 12 candidates would be put up for the presidential nomination. He predicted . further that the first ballot would” show Sen. Estes Kefauter first, followed? by vice president Alben W. Barkley, Russell, Averill Harriman, and Sen. Robert S. Kerr. He said ""it is hoped, however, that there is the possibility of an aptuak and sincere draft” for Stevenson. <■ The Indiana dblegatipn elected Winfield K. Detfton, Evansville, vice-chairman; Judge Phillip Bayt, Indianapolis, secretary; U. S. Rep. Ray J. Madden, Gary, and Mrs. Inez M. Scholl, members! of the platform and resolutions committee; Dr. T. J. Castello, Anderson, credentials committee, member ; Paul Feltus, Bloomington, j member of the permanent organization committee; Judge Hugh Banta, Rockville, member of the rules and order of business committee. ~; 7 INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, hot and humid tonight and A few widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Low tonight 73-78; high Tuesday 92-98. \ I ' ' I? i Li ! n .'J.':

Murray Says Steel Strike Is Deadlocked Tells Union Heads 50-Day Strike In \ Hopeless Deadlock i i PITTSBURGH. UP — CIO President Philip Murray told top policy makers of the CIO United Steelworkers today that the 50-day strike against the steel industry is hopelessly deadlocked.. After a one hour and 15 minute review of the long negotiations, which he said twice were on the brink of agreement only to be blocked by an “unholy” industry alliance. Murray declared: “There is no hope of satisfactory resolution of any of the items 1 have received for you today.” He said that ha had met with industry representatives Sunday, at the request of President Truman, but found them “in no mood to make a settlements Murray said the issuer standing in the way of an end to \ the economy-punishing strike which has idled more thin 1,500,000 workers in steel and allied industry, was the steel makers’ refusal to require workers, to stay in the union, once they join. Murray made plain he wajs ready to hold out until the steel industry grants the union’s version of union shop. “il find no evidence of weakness. Everybody is 1.000 percent solid. I find no grumbling or hesitation. You are in the thick of it.” 1 ‘ \ Murray adjourned the morning session and challenged the representatives of three major steel companies to appear at the afternoon meeting of the committee and state the industry’s position. Murrdy charged that the industry representatives are “cold, deceitful, lying citizens who sit with their hands folded and refuse to debate the issues.” The union leader drew a wild ovation from the committee members when he heatedly denied published, reports that he ha<J blocked settlement against the wishes of other union officials. Murray met with officials of U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel for four hours and 10 minutes Suiday. After ,the session the companies announced that “the compulsory unionism” issue still 4 blocked settlement and that no further <Tnrx To Paco Six) ■J . r 7 Air Force Exhibit Here During Fair Air Force Band To |Be Here Wednesday An experimental model of an air force jet engine; several types of machine guns, including a 50calibre cutaway, and other interesting air force and army equipment will be included in the exhibit to be brought here for the Decatur free fair from July 28 to August 2, inclusive, it was announced today by Sgt. Grant Beane, recruiting officer for Adgms county. The exhibit will.. be housed in the auto exhibit tent, and temporary recruiting quarters for the webk also will be set up at the fair grounds. Several machine gun and jet engine experts will be on hand to explain the workings of the guns and engines to the public. The 40-piece air force band, recognized as one of the finest musical organizations in the country, also will be at the fair all day Wednesday, July 30. The band will march through ,the midway and give free concerts both during the afternoon and night programs. Sgt. Beane will be in charge of the recruiting office at the fair ground and his uptown office also will be open during the week, 'it ’was announced. \

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 21, 1952.

Greet Keynoter ■ 7'. . « a V , * • *-1 % wFjrOi ON HAND AT Chicago's Midway Airport to greet the keynote speaker of the 1952 Democratic! national cpiventlon, Gov. Paul A. Deven of Massachusetts on his arrival in the Convention city, are (1. to r.) William B. Fleming, Judge Edward Dever, brother of the keynoter; Gov. Dever; Judge John Kelly and John Chrr, chairman of the Massachusetts delegation. .

No Progress Apparent In Truce Talks 20-Minute Secret Session Held; News Blackout Still On PANMUNJOM. Korea. (UP) — Allied and Communist truce negotiators held a 20-minute secret session today but apparently made no progress toward settling the prisoner of war deadlock. Some observers believed the brevity of recent meetings indicated the two sides again have reached the "nothing new to say" stage in the Sunday’s meeting lasted 12 itlinutes and Saturday’s 29. However, the truce teanu* will meet again at 11 a. m. Tuesday. One side or the other soon may lift the news blackout imposed on the talks July 4. Both sides hid agreed to conduct the talks in secret in the seeminglfy’fqtile hope an agreement could , be reached mpre speedily than in public sessions. ‘ • 7 ■. j Take Old Baldy SEOUL, " Korea, UP — United Nations forces recaptured , fog\ shrouded “Old Baldy” from stunned Chinese Communists today lo climax fuor days of bloody seesaw battle. The victorious pre-daWn attack was the' fourth Jn a series of Allied cqunter-attacks since the Cowmunists took the hill Saturday. Intense and accurate Chinese mortar and artillery fire thwarted the previous attacks, one of them within 50 feet of the crest. Fog blanketed “Old Baldy’s” slopes west of Chorwon on the west-central front as U. N. infantrymen moved’ into the final attack. Supporting U. N. tanks shelled thp Red defenders. Action along the remainder of the 155-mile front was limited to brief patrol actions and several. U. N. raids. Low hanging clouds limited air action Sunday, although American jet pilots claimed to have damaged tlvo Communist MIG-15 jets when 34 F-86 Sabrejets tangled with 50 MIGs near Sinanju in a five-min-ute battle. Kitchen's Condition Reported Unimproved James B. Kitchen, Jr., blast victim of July 7, is reported to be in “critical condition and unimproved although he had a fair night,” by the Fort Wayne Veterans hospital, where he was taken last week. Kitchen was removed to the Veterans hospital from the AdamS county memorial hospital in what was termed i “slightly improved condition.” Later, however, he developed pnuemoniq and has been “critical” ever since. ( $50,000 Fire Loss At Oakland City OAKLAND CITY, Ind. UP — Damage was estimated at more than $50,000 today in a fire which swept four stores, a skating rink and three apartments in the business district. Cause of the blaze was not) determined. Sparks from the Sunday fire ignited the roof of a nearby hotel, but firemen quickly extinguished that blaze. A jewelry store, appliance store, barber ’shop and shoe repair shop were damaged extensively.

Assessment Increase A ■ 'f ' Is Noted In County Assessment Lower In Only One Unit r : ■ Only one taxing unit in Adams dounty showed a loss in assessment values this year as compared txi last, according to the latest assessment report released by the county assessor's office. The losses were incurred by Monroe-Wash-ington township for personal and property assessment?. The figures are $38(7 for property and $l4O for personal- \ . > ;On the whole, however, the rest of the county showed substantial gains over last year. Union township 1951. $1,593,130; 1952. $1.665,550—gain $72,420. Root 1951. .$2,149,740; 1952, $2,—T2O -rraln-L <7O. ISO Preble 1951. $1,821,490; 1952, sl,.942, 220—gain $120;730. Kirkland 1951. $1,615,430; 1952, $1,561,886’— gain $36 450. v St Mate's, 1951, $1,387,110; 1952, sl,4l7,slo—gain $3(1400. Washington '1951, $2,393,490; 1952. $2,403.930—gain $10,440. Blue Creek 1951, $012,920; 1952. $1.538.430—gain $25,510. Monroe township 1951, $2,630,470; 1952 $2,680,380- gain| $49,910. French 1951, $1,646.180V 1952, sl,653.660—gain $7,480. Hartford 1951, $1,690,690; 1952, sl ; 7sß.s7o—gain $67,880.' Wabash 1951, $1.827,790;\ 1952, $1.963,410—gain $135, 620. Jefferson '1951, $1),314,410; 1952, ; $1.382,600— gain $68,190. Monrod-Monroe 1’951, $271,400; 1952, $281,200— gain $9,800.. (Monroe - Washington 1951, $38,960; 1952. s3B,sßo—loss S3BO. Geneva 1951, $893,710; 1952, $923', 220—gain $29,510. Berrie 1951, $3,570,200; 1952, $3,799.066’—gain $228,860. Decatur-Root 1951, $1,595,560; 1952 sl,9lß,42o—gain $322,860. Decatur-Washington 1951, s7.\ 393,160; 1952, $7,551,410 — gain $158,250.! The total , property assessment for 1951 was $32,882,576; for 1952 it was $36,760,250, a gam of $3,907,680, the, loss being o|nly S3BO. Personal Assessments , . Union .township 1951, $630',380; 1952, s697lßo—gain ( $66,880. Root township 195 L $858,260; 1952. $921,300 -gain" $63,040. Preble township 1951, $707,900; 1952, s799,29o—gain $91,390. Kirkland township 1951, $591,540; 1962 s6l9,oßo—gain $27,540. Washington township 1951, $787,450; 1952, $799,590-i-gain $12,140. St. Mary’s township 1951, $455,400; 1952. s4B4,24o—gain $28,840. Blue Creek township 1951, $547,360; 1952, $564,410— gain $17,050. Monroe township 1951, $936,450; 1952, s974,B2o—gain $38,370. \ French township 1951, $672,350; 1952, s674,44o—gain $2,090. > Hartford township 1951, $666,160.; 1952 $731,700— gain $65,540L Wabash towhship 1951, $648,150; 1952, s767,7lo—gain $119,560. Jefferson township 1951, $424,100; 1952. s4B4,62o—gain $60,520. Monroe-Monroe township 1951, $114,280; 1952, $122,210— gain $7,930. Monroe - Washington township mi, $9,820; 1952, s9,6Bo—loss $l4O. , \ Geneva 1951, $423,020; 1952, s44B,o6o—gain $25,040. I Berne 1951, $1,617,280;’ 1952, $^,626,100— gain $8,820. Decatur .- Root < 1951, $470,170; 195?, s633,o7o—gain $162,900. ■> Decatur - Washington 1951, $2,804,310; 1952, $2,915,770 — gain slll 460.’The total for 1951 was $13,364,380; for 1952, $14,273,700, a gain df $909,030. !

Bitter Battle ( • ir -- ■ . ' . . . j In Convention By Democrats

Delegates Are Welcomed By Gov. Stevenson Says Party Program . Is More Important Than Its Candidate CHICAGO, UP„—Gov. Adlai E. •Stevenson, still resisting efforts to draft him for the presidential nomination, ;told the Democratic convention today ’that the party’s program Is* more important than its candidate. “Who leads usl is less important than what lead 4 Us,” he said in formally f welcoming the delegates in behalf of the state of Illinois. "A man doesn’t save a century or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.” The governor’s speech gave no ehcouragement to the party leaders who w r ant him for standardbearer. But Stevenson supporters, including Illinois national committeeman Jacob M. Arvey, insisted that his “no” really meant "maybe.” j’ ;''■ j i Stevenson attended two breakand still insisted that he wants only to continue as chief executive of Illinois. He visited briefly a breakfast for state chairwomen and governors’ wives, and, also was hdst at a brea|fhst for. governors, hope, very much that four years from now, you’ll all be convening here again, and I can welcome yOu again as governor of Illinois,’’! Stevenson told the women. He gave another emphatic “no” regarding the presidency at a closed-door caucus of the Illinois delegation Sunday. Reporters who eaves-dropped from an adjoining hotel room heard the 52-year-old governor plead with the delegates not' to support him for anything but another term as governor. "I just don’t want to be nomijnated for president,” he said. “I Shave not the fitness, mentally, temperamentally or physically, for the job.” He neVer referred directly to his own possible candidacy in his web coming address, hut he urged the delegates to concern themselves with “qbjectives” rather than "just with personalities.” He heaped scorn on the Republicans for “slaughtering each other” at their convention. l{e appealed to the Democrats to conduct themselves with the “dignity” required by “the solemnity of the hour of history in which we meet.” Despite the governor’s reluc(Tuti» ro mice Two) Emma Lautzenheiser $ 1 * ■ 1* Die} This Morning Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Mrs. Emma A. Lautzenheiser, 80, lifelong resident of the Willshire. O„ community, died at 1 o’clock this morning at the memorial hospital in Lima, O. She had been ailing for two years apd was taken to the hospital last Tuesday. • She was born in Fairfield county, 0., April 12, 1872, a daughter of Stephen S. and Rosannah FairchildBuchanan, and was married to Elbridge Lautzenheiser Dec. 30, 1906. Her husband died Feb. 14, 1936. , Mrs. Lautzenheiser was a member of the Willljfhire Methodist church. Surviving are three brothers, Claude E;) James S. and Homer V. Buchariari, all of Willshire, and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Hileman and Mrs ; Lulu B, Scott, both of Willshire, Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the, Willshire Methodist churjch, the Rev. Wallace Turner officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. The body wil be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence, in Willshire, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Iranian Army Beats Off Rioting Mobs Attempts To Seize Parliament Fail BULLETIN TEHRAN, Iran, UP — Premier Ahmed Gavam resigned tonight when he was unable to halt bloody rioting in Tehran and supporters of Mohamed Mossadegh moved immediately to restore Mossadegh to power. TEHRAN, Iran. UP —lranian army forces repulsed with tanks, bayonets and rifle fire twd attempts) by rioting supporters of deposed Premier Mohammed Mossadegh to! seize the parliament building today. Rifle, and tank fire alone killed at least 20 demonstrators and wounded more than 100 others. Bayonets took a still uncounted additional toll. One army officer was killed and a number of others injured. Prince Aly Reza, 31, the Shah’s younger brother, wks wounded severely as he tried to cross the Mkjlia parliament square during the height of .the fighting. Army troops and police rounded up more than 200 demonstrators and threw them into jail to join an 'estimated 650 others arrested in riots during the previous three days. "i v \ After the mob had been dispersed, army troops armed with tommy guns were stationfed at all entrances to the parliament building with orders to shoot on sight. Iranian air force planes flew over potential trouble spots under orders to fire from the air if violence got out of control. The government promised to use all its strength to restore order. Mob leaders dipping w'hit'e cloths in the blood of the at the parliament railings cried: will avenge these crimes!” Labor Opposed To Alben W. Barkley / Withhold Support Because Os Age CHICAGO, UP—A FL and CIO spokemen met with Vice President Alben W. Barkley today .to break the news that he is not their presidential dandidkte, but left the Veep's headquarters without comment. Tien union officials had breakfast with Barkley and talked with him and his aides for about an hour and a half. At the conclusion of the meeting brusquely turned aside reporters and said they will issue a statement later today. ■ Pressed for- information on the session. Jack Kroll, director of the CIO political action committee, angrily advised reporters to “be your age.” The labor spokesmen did not even say they informed the vice president of their decisiotr ,to with? hold support from his presidential campaign because he is too old, Barkley himself issued a short statement saying that he “enjoyed” meeting with the labor group and discussing labor problems.- He said he would have no further comment. An hour after the meeting labor sources reporetd that the AFL-CIO spokesmen did not back down dur!ing their talk with the vice president. The labor stand against Barkley was reported to be unchanged after the session. Decatur Cub Pack Will Meet Tuesday The Decatur Cub pack will meet at the city swimfriing pool Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. All Cubs, the den mothers, den fathers and the Cub pack committeemen are invited to attend and be prepared for a swimming party.

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31st National Convention Is Opened Today Democrats Feuding On Loyalty Pledge Aimed At Southerners COtNVENTION HALL, Chicago, UP — Feuding and rudderless Democrats opened ß their 'Sist na« tibnal convention today with little apparent hope of preventing a fatetional split that could jeopardize their chances of keeping the White House in November: iThe parity’s 1.652 delegates, flanked by alternates and thousands of guests and spectators, trboped to the big meeting hall by the stockyards for the angrfr»-' and most confused Democratic convention in 20 years. The man many of them would like to draft for the presidential race, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, delivered an impassioned plea for harmpny in the main address of the opening session. But harmony hopes seemed certain to explode, tonight or Tuesday iij a name-throwing floor fight over a, proposal to write into the com vention rules a “loyalty aiimed at anti-Truman Southerners. Democratic national chairman Ffank E. McKinney gavelled the ednvention to order at 11 a. m. CST. 30 minutes late. iStevenson. who doesn’t want the nqmniation blit hasn’t said “no” to a draft, told tne delegates to forget personalities and concentrate on principles. Above all, he pleaded with them not to repeat the hatebHeedihg “carnage” which characterized the Republcian struggle tw»o weeks ago between the camps of! Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft. Two of the more prominent candidates before the convention. Sen. EStes Kefuaver of Tennessee and Averell Harriman of New York, allied their forces for the fight to put the loyalty pledge across. The Kefauver-Harriman forces stated that they will go all out for »a rules change that would bar contested delegations unless they promise to support whatever candidates the convention nominates sos president and president. The new’ rule is aimed at the anti-Truman “regular” delegations from Texas and Mississippi which have been temporarily seated despite protests from riVal “loyalist” groups that the regulars will bolt if • the convention picks nominees they don’-L like. v pThe southerners <wlll not take the loyalty pledge lying down. *The proposed rules change also would keep the disputed Texas and Mississippi delegations from’ voting on any convention issue until their contests are settled. • Wrapped" up with the fight over rules is the fundamental issue of i civil rights. The big city-left wing-labor wings of the party demand a strong plank. The Southerners threaten to i bolt the convention if such a pliank' is adopted. AFL and CIO officials breakfasted with Vice President Alben Wi Barkley—apparently to break the news personally to him that, though they love the old Veep, they feel a younger man should get the nod. Just how they said it and What Barkley replied remained a secret. All Barkley said was that he "enjoyed” the breakfast meeting. Gov. • Henry F. Schricker of Indiana breakfasted with Stevenson and said afterward he believes the Illinois man would accept a Convention draft. Stevenson retorted that !“he’s been saying that for six months.’! One thing seemed certain — Stevenson really is holding out for a genuine draft. Men like Chicago’s national committeeman, Jacob M. Arvey, believe such a draft can happen. 'Schricker has been mentioned as the man who may put Stevenson in. nomination, but he wouldn’t confirm