Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 174.

New Factory ! ■' ’ f ■ | 11 ~ 1 ! j 'J'" 1 11 ' \ - Nominations Os Candidates Are Under way

Balloting For President May Start Tonight Flood Os Oratory At Convention As Nominations Open BULLETINCONVENTION HALL, Chicago, .UP—Former .Sen. .Robert J. Bulkley withdrew his \ ; name today as the “favorite son” candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination from Ohio. Ohio has 54 in the convention, of which 27 were pledged to Bulktey and 27 to Sen. Estes Kefaaver. J'■/.;/A , . Bulktey said that he himself—j y would vo.te for Gov. Adlai E. '* Stevenson of Illinois. CONVENTION HALL. Chicago, ! UP The Democrats cut loose today with n barrage of speeches , and demonstrations for the outside field of candidates Entered in. their party’s presidential handicap. ' The nominating oratory and organized rioting will take all afternoon and much of the evening at e least. Balloting may start tonight, •with Illinois Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson favored to get the nod. It was the fourth day of the Democrats’ Slat national, convention, ajnd it,, was the big session set aside every four years for the delegates to knock themselves out hollering and whoopirig for their favorites. Convention officials expected at least 12 candidates to be put forvnally in nomination. They also expect, some votes'to be cast for 3 Vice President Al ben W. Barkley and President Truman, although ' they are not candidates. < 'J •Still unresolved as the .corivention headed toward its \climax — ■ i the, picking of candidates to buck the Republicans in November — , ,-whs the question of whether; three ■■■U rebellious Dixie delegations may Tv'ote in the presidential balloting. 5 Virginia, South Carolina, and Louisiana refused to sign the' loyalty pledge required of all delegations -under a new convention J rule,\ arid there probably will be floor challenges if--they try to vote. ' / . Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisij ana said the floor test bn the loy4 alty will come to st head in one of two ways: Someone from the reb,J; el states will ask the chairman for r a ruling on their voting status or the issue will remain in abeyance ' T urn To Six) cf raffic Problems j J Likely ToEnsue t At Decatur Fair y Decatur law enforcement officers —city and sheriff —are predicting a major traffic probleih on the approaches to the fairgrounds on U.S.. ■<- highway 27. •' 11 ,4 \ ' Present plans call for a closing, off of Meibers • street past the entrance;, to the parking lot. Past' , .. Jhat point the road becomes part of the fairway. Archbold road, the northern boundary, extends the ■- ' length of the fairw-ay but also i closes off. It can be seen by the police, therefore, that at times both the accesses to,the fair grounds will -become exits preventing any cars from going in l . Police then, will have to line up traffic on 27 and yet keep from blocking through traffic. ; To handle the problem, all\ police 11 i agencies have as part of their regular assignment! a free fair patrol. One, and possibly two state policelimen will be assigned to duty at the j .ifair. It is also reported that the ,ifair committee has hired several special policemen. _

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT I ONLY DAILY MEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY •

Wafer Conservancy Meeting Held Here .. Preliminary Meet Held, Last Evening ■ An informative preliminary meeting to get the ball 1 rolling for Abe formation of a northeastern Indiana conservancy district was held Wednesday night at the city hall, ; The informs! chairman of the meeting was Thomas P. Riddle, a spokesman ffiar at-least a Idozen civil; and cluß groups in Fort Wayne with want to see the w'ater-’ shed proposal an actuality. By an general assembly passed a law known as the conservancy act of Indiana, providing that a section of Indiana, liSving similar water problems of drainage, conservation, sewage, and the like, could get together and solye their water problems as a unit rather than each community taking care of its own problems, thereby possibly making some difficulties for others. Many professional men were invited to the meeting from Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, the Maumee : watershed in (ih iff and others. The reason Ohio was in on the meeting is unique. A dozen counties in the northwestern section of Ohio have formed a watAshed or conservancy district, the purposes of which are parallel to this area. It is called Maumee watershed conservation district,! the western portion of which is flush with Indiana. In their system are the Maumee, the St‘. Joe arid the St. Mary’s rivefrs. They all originate in Ohio. Th -y all come through Indiana, servicing six northeastern Indiana count|es, qhd then go back to Ohio. Specifically,, the St. Mary’s ui? from the south, goes t>ast here, up to 'Fort Wayne, rind then into* the Maumee and into Ohio. The St Joe cones down from the north, into Fort Wayne, then back to, Ohio via the Maunie. 1 In commenting on the strange rivet system, Ralph W. Peters, secretary-treasurer of the M au ’ mee watershed district, said hte could forsee a time when a judge of the court —Who must pass on any proposals pertaining to the watershed district — would turn down an Ohio step forward -simply because Indiana is receiving some free benefit from the toils of the Ohioans. Riddle, the Fort Wayne man, wants a watershed system here because it will be a great help in controlling high waters that center about Fort Wayne in the spring —flood control is hits interest. .When the interests of everyone else had been discussed, the problems of Adams county raised their heads and the most controversial portion, the most interesting portion to the Adamsi county people, had begun. Without a doubt; the sparkplug and energy behind the “show-me-what you - can - do -for - us-movement” was L. E. Archbold, county \ agricultural agent. He wanted to know if there was any special provision for controlled drainage on thie farms in the county, and if not, why not?—“and what are you going to do about it.?:’ Said Ard bold: “If a plan to help farmers get better drainage and damming Is not included in; a charter of intentions, then it will be impossible :o the argeement of farmers tc go along With it.” Archbold accused the Ohio people qf “putting the cart before tlie horse,” failing to foresee the farmers’ ' problems. He said . there wouldn’t be any of that here if he could help it. The one-man bat 1 - sage suggested "incentives”, to make the farmer help himself and the watershed at the same time. His suggestion was acclaimed, as being the most practical heard to (Tam To Pa«e RlcM) \ A T : - f T < .. L

Civil Rights Floor Battle Is Averted Democrats Adopt Platform Pledged To Prosperity CHICAGO. UP -f The Democrats dodged a floor fight on civil rights today and adopted a party platform pledging the American people continued prosperity” and “world peace with honor.” The uneasy truce was reached in the stockyard convention hall shortly before 1 a.m. CDT. after three days of clamorous dispute .over racial discrimination that threatened for a time to blast the -south clear out of the party. House nfajority leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts read the B,s(Nkword platform to the convention delegates. Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, convention chairman, called for a voice vote. A great chorus of "ayes”, welled up from the A hi p h ith ea t re, followed by a loud roar of “no.” Rayburn slammed down his gavel and announced that the “ayes” had it. ’ Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia grabbed the microphone to demand that his state be recorded, as voting against the platform. Rayburn agreed, and said he would comply with a similar request from Mississippi. Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas said] his delegation also “wanted to vote ho" but didn't get a chance to have, its opposition recorded. j There was no indication that the southerners planned to do anything more than register displeasure with the civil rights plank, which was a compromise hammered out at an all-night session of the platfornj drafting subcommittee Wednesday. The platform—the of principles and proihises on which the Democrats will try to keep Dwight D. Eisenhower and his Republicans out of the White House—included „ these key claims and promises: Tfae American people, farmers, labbr, businessmen, never had it so good as they have under the past 20 years of Democratic rule. Our foreign policy of aid'to and alliances with anti-communist nations abroad is costly and will continue that way. But it is halting Russian expansion and keeping the peace. The Democrats want strong and balanced defense forces —land, sea and air. \ Taxes are high because of that military spending, and the Demo* crats aren’t making any “reckless promises” like the Republicans did to reduce them. Farm prices will continue to be supported under Democratic rule at 90 per cent of parity to keep farmers prosperous and to insure plenty of food for consumers at treasonable prices. The Taft-Hartley law is unfair to labor and should be repealed. The controversial core of the platform came in the last two of its 13 major planks: "Improving congressional procedures,” and “civil rights.” The first was an historic departure for_ the Democrats. It called tor action as soon as the ,83rd congress convenes in January to end the 'senate filibuster —the one effective weapon the southern minority holds to ward off federal legislation enforcing racial equality,. That doesn’t mean the filibuster die in January. The southern(Tum *I-o Pave Bfcht) INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonignt and Friday, somewhat warmer Friday. Low tonight 58-63 north, J&2-66 south. High Friday 84-90.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 24, 1952.

Will Locate In Decatur

Possible Break Looms In Long Steel Strike Industry And Union Heads Meet Truman; To Consider Pleas WASHINGTON, (UP)—A possible break In the 53-day-old steel strike loomed today aftsr Benjamin Fairless, head of U.l S. Steel, and Steel Union President Philip Murray met at the White House to consider President Truman’s plea that they reach a contract settleriieht. The man-to-min meeting between the two main protagonists in the long and costly dispute was recessed after a little more than an hour and a half. h Both men refused to say whether progress had been made but said they wanted to confer with their colleagues on “mut\ial problems” and would go back into session at 12:30 p. m. CST. \ Murray and-Fairless began their face-to-face talks in the While House cabinet room after Mr. Truman otld them in a 10-minute con-! ference that he wanted the dispute settled at once. \ Acting defense mobilizer John R. Steelman, who has struggled vainly for weeks to solve the dispute, joined them from time to time. The fact that the two officials wanted to confer with their associates and would meet again this afternoon raised hopes that a settlement might be in the offing. There was no hint Mr. Truman had proposed a new phase formula. \ : Murray and Fairless Jett the White House together in the steel executive’s limousine. They joined in a parting statement that they had “talked with each other at length about our mutual problems.” * , \ • Mr. Truman summoned the two men to the White House as the number of workers idled by the strike climbed past the 1.500.000 mark and defense secretary Robert A. Lovett reported vital arms production "beginning to grind to a halt." AWhite Hous.e press secretary Joseph Short said the President met with the industry-union leaders frotn 8 a. m., OST, until 8:10 (Tur* TuTaxe Klcht) Mrs. Vera F. Foor Dies Last Evening • ! Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Vera Frances Foor, 27. of Willshire, 0., died at 5 o'clock Wednesday evening at-the Adams county memorial hospital of shock following a premature birth. She was to the hospital Tuesday evening. She was born in St. Mary’s township Sept. 13. 1924. a daughter of Harry and Fanny Smitlußay and was married to Herbert L, Fodr\ May 22, 1943. * Mrs. Foor graduated from the Pleasant Mills high school in 1942, and was employed at the Decatur General Electric plnat from 1942 to v 1944. She was active in 4-H and home demonstration clubs of St. Mary’s townships. ,' ; / The young housewife , was a member of the Willshire Methodist church and the Pythian Sisters of Willshire. She’ll survived by her husband: the parents; two children, Kenneth Wayne, 5, and Gayle Irene, 3; a grandmother. Mrs. Minerva Ray of Decatur, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Durwood Gehres of Pleasant Mills. Mrs. John Spitler of Willshire, Mrs. C. W. Crabtree of Mt. Sterling, ‘ Ky., Mrs. C. H. Snow 'of Sparta, 0., Miss Jean Ray of Greeley, Colo., Glen W. Ray of Muncie, and Robert E. Ray, a warrant officer with the U. S. army at El Paso, Tex. Funeral services will be conducted at- 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the' Willshire Methodist church, the Rev. Wallace A. Turner officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7:30 o’clock this evening until noon Sunday, when the body will be removed to the church to lie in state until time of the services. '

Food Processing Plant Plans To Start Operations Soon; Former Kraft Foods Building Purchased

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7 1.1 I _ Lewis And Coal I Industry Gird For New Fight s I Mine Workers Head Serves Notice Os End To Contract ’ WASHINGTON, [TP — John L. I Lewis and the coal industry squar- > ed off today for a n'w wage battle amidVthreaH of a nation wide coal strike within two n onths. ’ v' ; 3 i ' '' \ ■ , The 72-year-old United Mine Workers chief has served notice ■ on the bituminous coal industry that he wants a new contract for . 400,060 soft coal miners within 56 i i days. If the negotiation'; are not sue-j cessful—and indications are that | both sides are set for a long, hard fight—-the miners m ill be free to' strike Sept. 20. The walkout would come just as the nation prepares i for cooler weather. . ] Industry spokesmen reported tha,t Lewis notified the soft coal in-j dustrjy's. ,chi(|f negotiator. Harry Moses qf the Bituminous Coal Pro-1 ducers’ Assri., that he was sever-’ ing the present coil contract 60 days from last Monday. The whitje - hai ed, shaggy - browed minors’ bqsf maintained a stony silence in hin headquarters ■here, refusing to comment on thq reports. He did not deny that they were true. ; ' • , / The present contract allowed Lewis to terminate the agreement on 60 days notice aS e-«rly as Feb. 1. The-shrewd-bargalining exrminer ' decided to! delay h|s move until now. Observers felt the delay might : have been due tft ;the drawn-out steel strike. In the past, Lewis has kMp't an eye on wage increases won for steelworkers by CIO leader Philip Mupiy. .and has often, won • a greater oodst for his miners. Lewis feels that now is the strategic time to inbye.. However, the situation is not bright for a quick settlement. < - i (Tnrn To Taxe tcixht) . j j g-- - i : Hanna-Nuttman Park Dressed Up For Fair The grounds at Hanna-Nuttman ’ park are now being all dressed up. . for the DCcatur free fair next week; ! concessionalVes are arriving more by the hour, the free act [ platform being set up, the trailer donated to the free fair com-- ■ mittee by the Adamis county traib er sales ip in place* Best oD all, . think officials, is the. fact that ■ thea'e’s room to stretch on the • wide expanse of open field —a ■ great improvement, they think, or- . er the street fairs. 1 i The water department finished i installing several hundred feet of ■ water line, and the light depart- ■ ment is almost finished with its installation.

New Egypt Cabinet Is Formed By Pasha Returned To Office By Military Coup CAIRO, UP — Premier Aly Maher Pasfia was reported today to have .completed his anti-graft and corruption cabinet only one day after he was returned to office by ; a military coup* | \ Maher arrived! in the summer, ■ capital of Alexandria by train from' ! Cairo and submitted his list of ministers through which he hopes to end government corruption and force tlie British out of the Suez Cankl zone and the Sudan. said his cabinet would be mainly independent, although he would "leave the door open for all j those who would like to support me in the service of my countryindependents or partisans.” The ' premier was expected to hold the key foreign and interior portfolios : himself. \ \ Kink Farouk named Maher preI mier Wednesday on demand of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib Bey. * who had proelaithed himself commander in chief of the Egyptian army and seized control of the country in a bloodless early morning coup. Naguib told newsmen he had no political ambitions and said the army would resume its regular functions as soon as the new gov(Turn To'Page ElaUtt '■ ' —M •— Tractor Pulling At ' Decatur Free Fair Contests At Fair Tuesday, Wednesday Keen rivalry is [developing in the trcator pulling contests, scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at the HannaNuttman park ifair ground. Al Riehle, chairman of the Contest committee, said today. The contest Wi l be divided into , light and tractors. The i lighter machines will compete .Tuesday morning starting at 9:30 o’clock. !and the . heavier, tractors will have the spotlight Wednesday morning. \ Applications fto the two contests Can be obtained from any 'f:tihn implement dealer in Decatur and will be accepted by the contest committee [until 8 o’clock Tuesday morning; Riehle stated. The contests are part of the Decatur free., faip, which will be held at Hanna-Nuttman park all next week. Several applications have been received in both the light and heavy Classes and it is believed that there will be more entries this year than in any pulsing contests ever held here. The public is invited to both contests and winners of the first three places in each contest will receive ribbons and cash awards.

Alben Barkley Seizes Hearts Os Democrats I Terrific Acclaim Is Given Veep In Convention Speech ’ CONVENTION HALL, Chicago. (UP) — The Democratic party handed its heart last night to Alben W. Barkley. It whs in part payment of the gigantic debt it owes its grandest old man. . - For one hour and , 52 . minutes the 74-year-oltf vice president stood gallantly in the heat and glare befoire 12,500 other Democrats. For 46 iimiutes of that time he talked, delivering off the cuff an address so packed with thfe, old time religion of Democratic politics that at times he had his hearers shouting and alj but weeping. The other hour and six minutes he spent receiving—humbly but gaily—a great outpouring of unashamed apectlom Since li(05, long before a good half of the thousands jammed in convention hall Wednesday night were born, Alben William Barkley has been serving his party’s causes. This yeat he got in his head that the Democrats, having made him a vice president, ihight need his services as president. He came to his party’s Sist national convention here ready and willing to take on the job. Last Monday he \ was told that the men for whom he had done most, the leaders of organized labor, didn’t want him and would not support him. They told him bluntly that he was too old. The Veep had been hurt before —when the party sidetracked him for vice president in 1940, when his beloved FDR stingiugly vetoed a' tax bill 'he had guided through the senate, on numerous occasions whjen other men for various reasons were pushed ahead of him in the party’s honors list. This time the hurt was deepest of all. He said the hell with it; he issued a bitter statement withdrawing from the race. He left a sorely divided convention and gpt ready to go home to Paducah. He was an angry man. His "walk” lasted just two days. Democratic , national chairman Frank E. told him he was the one man who could pull the party together. So Wednesday night ' Alben Barkley took on one more chore for the Democrats. For the people out front, the delegates and alternates on the floor and the l\icky guests who got seats ip the gallery, it was an occasion of undiluted drama. The first cheers wept up at 9:30 <Tnr« T» Six)

Price Five Cents

Decatur will soon have a new food processing factory. This fact became apparent when the sale’ of the Kraft Foods Co. plant on Winchester street was announced. Today, Western Condensing Co. announced through the Decatur Chamber of Commerce that it had purchased the Kraft building and in the next few months would install some type of food processing plant. i Western Condensing Co. has more than 20 factories in the nation and specializes in processing powdered milk, molasses and other foods. The parent company is a California corporation. Walter Ford, executive secretary K of the Chamber of Commerce, and a local committee have assisted in the deal brings the new plant to this city. The real estate transfer was recorded late Wednesday. It is understood the new ow-ners paid about $65,00.0 Tor the building. R. K. Meade. - Lima, O. executive of the new concern, told secretary Ford this morning that the purchase of the building had been completed and that h|s concern would complete arrangements soon tor opening the Decatur branch. U.S. Rubber Co. still has a lease on the' building and it is believed likely that firm will continue to use part of the building as a warehouse for a few months. Complete details of the new factory and what food it will process, will be announced later, it is understood. The C. O. Porter Realty Co, Lima, 0.. acted as agents for the syndicate in New York which own ed the building. Mr. Meade wrote a letter shanking Mr. Ford and his committee for their cooperation and stated that his company would announce plans • for the new Decatur plant as soon ’ ,as possession is had of the property. > News of the new plant in Decatur spread rapidly throughout the busi- ■ ness section today and merchants were highly complimentary .of the efforts of the local people * who made the location here possible. Ford has worked on the project for several weekS and has been assisted by several members of the Chaniber and city Officials. It is not known at this time how’ many people will be v employed at the new concern. The building" was constructed originally by W. A. Klepper and w'as operated for njany years as the Martin-Klepper Creamery and later the Cloverleaf Creamery. Some years ago. Cloverleaf was purchased by Kraft and the plant w’as operated here Until a few years ago, started to consolidate its holdings in cities. Two years ago the building was purchased for about $27,000 by a New York syndicate and then later was leased as a warehouse to U.S. Rubber Co., Which concern now uses most of the fjoor space in the building. / Western Condensing owns and operates plants in the following cities of the nation: Gustine, Lenmore, Maxwell and Petaluma, Cal.; Twin Falls, Idaho;' Waukegan. Ill.; Pine Island, Watertown and Winsted. Minn.; Champlain, Chateaugay, Heuvelton, Lowville and Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Coquille, Portland; and, Tillamook, Oregon; Chehalis and Lynden, Wash.; Adell, Appleton, Dorchester, Durand,, Mishicot, Owen, Ripon, Shawno and Vesper, Wyo., and Lima, Ohio. The local committee which was largely instrumental in locating the new plant herei in addition to Ford and Mayor John Doan included Glen Hill, Herman Krueckeberg, Ronald Parrish and Chamber president John Welch. | L_' ■ ’ - ■ ' I ! • ' -I . Grandstaff Trial Delayed To Aug. 26 .MILWAUKEE, UP — The burglary trial df Frank Grandstaff, the jail cell composer, was continued today until Aug. 26 in municipal court when he demanded a jury trial. Grandstaff, Who won his freedom from the Tennessee state prison in 1950 by composing a cantata, was arrested last May oh charges of taking a piggy bank, a wrist w’atch and a Hng from a West Side apartment building. ' . ■ ill v