Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1952 — Page 1

Vol L. No/189.

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Iran Senators Grant Powers To Mossadegh Back Down Before 7 Premiers' Threat To Resign Position TEHRAN, Iran, CUP) — The Iranian senate backed down today before Premier Mohammed threat to resign and voted him the dictatorial 7 powers lie had demnaded to meet Iran’s economic crisis.’ 7 Only two of the 27 senators present „ voted against Mossadegh’s emergency powers bill dn the third and final reading, which had been refused by the upper |iQUse Saturday. Ope of the two Jwas Dr. Matin Daftari, , Mossadegh’s son-inlaw. The senate -said it was satisfied Mossadegh would not- abuse the extraordinary powers. The? bill already has been approved by the Majlis, the lower house, and will become law upon signature by the Shah. \ , 7 The measure empowers Mossa- \ degh to rule by decree for six months in an attempt to save Iran from the bankruptcy threatening it as result of the loss of oil revenues. in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. dispute.. , The senate had refused to ap-,-prove Vhe bill - Saturday oh grounds it was unconstitutional a-nd sent sr 10-man delegation to see the premier. He threatened to resign unless the senate adopted the legislation. A government source said’ a 16,000-ton Americaii tanker has docked at the former Anglo-Iran-ian Co. piers at Bandar Mashuh in the Persian Gulf and was loading oil. ' If true, it was doing so in ithe. face of a warning from the Brit-,*ish-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. it would take all necessary action »to maintain its title to Iranain oil despite nationalization of the fields by the Iranian government? . Other sources, said-the American firm pf Nelson-,Waldron, which earlier had been reported • negotiating for the purchase of oil from Iran, had cancelled a plan to buy 15,0010,600 tons because of difficulty over terms. > *. ~ ~ 'I i . ■ ■ | / 7 .. - vr ? Japanese Plants Tp Torpedoes TOKYO, UP —Japanese armament plants will be, making torpedoes for the U.S. Far East forces before the end of the year, a leading Japanese newspaper said, today. INDIANA WEATHER iClbudy with showers tonight. Cooler northwest half and not so cool southeast half. Mostly cloudy Tuesday with showers southeast portion in . forenoon. Cooler in extreme south Tuesday. Low tonight 60 northwest; ■” 65-70 southeast. High Tuesday 75-80. I /_

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Soil Specialist •' • i To Address Rotary Farmers Guests Ofu ■ Service Club Here The Decatur Rotary club, in cooperation with the Adams county exetnsion service, will entertain a group of farmers at the service club’s weekly dinner meeting Thursday evening at G;3O o’clock at the K. of P. home. Principal speaker for the meety nig will b.e Donald Klajus, of Log, ansport, district soil conservation specialist. Klaus recently return-? ed from a two-year tour of duty as a, soil conservationist in Israel. He will discuss problems of that country and also show taken while on the tour. Israel, once described as “flowing With milk and honey.” and a part of the bread basket of the world, now produces only 20 per* cent of its food, the rest of the world, principally the United States, provides 80 percent of Israel’s slim living. „ Klaus will tell the story of Soil erosion, due to many causes, which converted this once fertile land to one of thirst, hunger and poverty, Klaus will also meet with a larger group of farmers following the service club meeting for furdiscussion of soil conserva- ; tion problems. Donald Norquest will be ? chairman of the Rotary meeting. Duke Os Windsor Is Put On Stiict Diet > MONTECATAINI. Italy, up —- Two medical specialists put the ailing Duke of Windsor' on a strict died of boiled foods atid have i ordered him not to travel? E f The specialists — Sir paniel Davie? of Britain and Prof, gante i Pisani, an eminent Italian!, phy- • sician — examined the 58-year-old former British monarch Sunday. ■ Afterward they that - he had successfully passed a “gas- . tro-enferic crisis of a toxic nature” i but said he must watch his diet. I! § ‘ Orders 47,000 Men i Drafted In October Increase Os 17,000 Over September Call WASHINGTON, UP — The defense department today said it has directed Selective Service t<| draft 47.0Q0 men in October for the army; The navy, marine corps, and air • force do not intend to take any ■ draftees during October, the departi ment said. I I The defense department said the . increase of 17,000 over the September call is necessary to Replace men drafted during the latter part of 1950 who will be eligible for release. The call also is based upon maintaining approved strength after estimated allowances for reinlistments and new enlistment. , The call will bring to a total -of 1,060*430 the number of men requested from selective service since September, 1950. '. - ■ J 1

New Recess In Truce Talks Is Taken By U. N. United Nations In I Request For Week's Recess In Parleys PANMUNJOM, Korea. UP —The United Nations asked for and got another week’s recess in the stalemated Korean truce talks today and an armistice seemed farther away than ever. The U. N. demanded the new recess afteii it- became apparent at today's 35-minute meeting—the first in a week —that the Reds had “nothing new’ or different to say.” The recess is the third called by the U. N. in as many weeks. Gen. Nam 11, chief Qommunist delegate, told the Allies at the meeting that continued heavy U. N, attacks in Korea “will only invite you to miserable defeat.” — “Outside the conference, your side? has brazenly attemptedfto ap : ply the so-called military pressure and carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombings of Our peaceful towns and inhabitants,” he He did not mention the Allifes broadcast warnings to North >Ko-‘ rean civilians before an air raid takes place. The Allies have announced that 78 cities and towns have been marked for attack and civilians should stay clear of military targets. , Bqt|. the main discussion again centered about repatriating war prisoners. The Communists still insisted on the repatriation by force if necessary ,of 116,600 prisoners held by the Allies, while the U. N. would send back only 83,000 —just those who are willing to return to the Communist side. t j Nam said nothing about the 27,000 civilian internees released recently by the U. N. on grounds that they were both South Koreans and sufficiently antl-Commu-nist to warrant freedom. The last of the group was released Sunday. _ Their release cut down to 142,000 the number of 4 persons held by the U. N. Os these 10,000 civilians are still interned.\ most of them North Koreans and believed to be pro-~Communist. The others are bona-fide prisoners of war. Full Production At Wayne Ndvelty Soon The Wayne Novelty Co., the outfit now making a valiant comeback after a fire last October demolished their building, will begin full production early next month, announced R. W. Bradtmiller, > president, today. Bradtmiller paid tliere still remain a few things to finish and they hope to “make a start” next week. He said there are 65 workers in readiness to start work the moment the word is given \ they are former employes, he said. Bradtmiller said the boiler has . yet to be installed and the offices are not quite completed, but showed confidence that plans have followed their intended course.

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. l 1 . 1 * 'ie’y Top Democrats Oppose Call Os Congress Heavy Pressure Put On President Not To Call Session WASHINGTON, UP -t. President Truman - was under heavy pressure from his own party today to forget- about calling congress back to strengthen price at least until after the November elections. Sen. John J. Sparkman,*H te DemoJ cratic vice presidential nominee, publicly declared his opposition th the special session which Mr. Truman said last week he is considering.; , As several influential Democratic senators hadfrsaid previously, Sparkmat warned that recalling the lawmakers “in the -middle, of a campaign” would produce al lot of political hair-pulling but no anti-in-flation legislation. Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee, will have a chance to put in his oar on th? subject he attends a White I\Jouse luncheon With Mr. Truman and the;cabinet Tuesday. He has not so far displayed any enthusiasm for the special session idea, which originated with price stabilizer Ellis Arnall. i Arnall said food prices, which\ rbsO a record per cent last month, are threatening' to “get out of hand.” He blamed the, "weak” price control law passed by congress just before it adjourned, and the drought which has parched crops in southern states. \ \ Associates said Arnall does not intend to sit longer on the hot-seat price job, regardless of what Mr. Truman does about a special session. .They said the former Georgia governor -already has submitted his resignation, effective Sept. 1. ; Arnall apparently expected Mr. Truman to announce the resignation last week, but the President held off. Informed sources believed he hopes to line up a successor before making any announcement. Roger Fleming, secretary-treas-urer of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said meanwhile Arnall was; talking through his hat about the drought driving up food prices. Fort Wayne Reports First Polio Death FORT WAYNE. Ind. UP — City health officials recorded Fort Wayne’s first polio death of 1952 when Francis C. Dixon, \ 31. died in St. Joseph’s Hospital Sunday night. , \ Truman,! Stevenson To Confer Tuesday Democrat Nominee White House Guest WASHINGTON, UP t- Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson will get a toplevel briefing here Tuesday on the defense buildup and international situations, the White House said today. Stevenson, the Democratic presidential candidate, will fly here from Springfield, 111., in the morning. He and Sen. John J’ Sparkman, the vice presidential nominee,! will be honor guests of President Truman at a White House luncheoh. White House press secretary Joseph Short said he had heard no discussioA of the possibility of inviting Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican presidential noniinee, to the White House for a similar briefing. Secretary of state Dean Acheson and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will be among those reporting to Stevenson on world affairjs. Others will be Gen. Walter B. Smith, head of the central intelligence agency; mutual security director Averell Harriman; Jack Corrie, chairman of the national security resources board, and Dr. John R. Steelman, assistant to the President and acting defense mobilizer. After the briefing, PresidentJruman and Stevenson will go to the state dining room for thq luncheon. The guest list includes the entire cabinet, Sparkman, Harriman and Steelman. | ■ Short said Mr. Truman and Stevenson will have a private talk in the chief executive’s office after lunch. Short said the briefing for Stevenson will combine the elements in a dally military and twice-a-Week state department report given Mr. Truman. 1 v \ •

Two Maj or Packing Plants Are Closed By Work Stoppages

Jwo Cases Os Polio Reported In County Two Hospitalized After Polio Attack T Adams county's first polio cases of 1952 were reported over the sweekend, with a 38-year-old man •and a nine-year-old boy victims of the dread disease. j Oscar Koenetnann, 38, of tlecatur i'dute 2, is confined to the Lutheran hospital in poitt Wayne, where his condition Is described as “fair.]’ Edward Lengerich, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lengerich of east of Decatur, was removed to the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon, where diagnosis confirmed he was suffering from polio. ' ■ - The Lengerich boy became ill Thursday and was taken to Fort Wayne when his condition became wprse. The family was notified at noion today that Ills fever had broken and that his~condition was generally good.” The polio has affected the spine, and his right arm and right leg. He is expected to be confined to the hospital foi - approximately a week. An earlier case of polio in Decatur has also been reported, although It Was not discovered until some time after the patient was on the road to recovery. Mrs. Jotnr B. Holthouse, Jr., of Farnax street, lias a slight weakness of the legs as the after effects, of the disease. She apparently had suffered from polio a few weeks ago but had only a slight fever, thinking it probably was the flu. and did not consult a physician until the weakness failed to improvedSeven Persons Die On State Highways I Auto Accidents Top Violent Death Toll ' By UNITED PRESS Auto accidents led the list of killers in Indiana during the week end. — At least seven persons killed in auto accidents and tvo were drowned, for a total of nine, .. Nathan Greer, 30, Scottsburg, died of injuries v suffered Sunday w-hen his car overturned on U. | S. 31, a mile south of Memphis. Wank Barfeld, 17, Attica, was killed outright his car overturned on U. S. 41 south ot Attica Saturday night. ' '■ Jerry Sullivan. 17, Velpen, was killed S,unday in a two-car collision qn U. S» 56. three miles west of Ireland. Ralph Dillon, 17,, Velpen, and the driver of the other car, George W. Gouts, Oakland City, were injured. ; Another two-car head-on collision claimed the life of Joseph ne J. Stookey, 31, Columbia City. T he ajgcident occurred five miles north of her home on Ind. 109 Saturday night. Injured were Dorothy Mlre(fock, 30, Indianapolis, and the occupants of the other car, Mr t snd Mrs. Paul Schrantz, South Behd. Two persons were killed Saturday .when vehicles in which they wpre riding overturned, Clyde Corder, 50, West Lebanon, 1 was killed when his farm tractor overturned after being struck by an apto near Williamsport, and Nancy' Louise Prince, 15. Crothersville, was killed when a pickup truck w'ent out of control, oq a county road south of Seymour ind overturned in a •ditch. Erwin Schreiber, 39, East Chicago, was killed Saturday when iiis auto crashed into the rear bf an Indiana state highway department ( • truck at an East Chicago inters ec--1 tfon. ' ' Lester E. Clarke, 50, of Altocna, Pa., who retired from the artny ■ as a- colonel and enrolled at ’ 'ri--1 state College as a freshman, djied ' of a heart attack Sunday, while surfboard riding at Lake Janeß; Stewart Martin. 4ff, Mishawaka, ! drowned Sunday when a speeding ’ outboard motorboat capsized on 1 the St. Joseph river. His wife, (Jor(Tara To Pace Five)

■ \ . '■ | Allied Planes Pour Ruin On Korean Plant UN Fighter-Bombers Hit Chemical Plant With Tons Os Bombs ’SEOUL, Korea, UP—One hundred and fifty United Nations fighter-bombers rained bombs, bullets and rockets through a North Korean chemical plant today and protecting Sabrejets added two more Communist MIG-15 jets to their August toll. i Five fighter-bombers Wings of Shooting Stars and Thunderjets and two, groups of marine aircraft struck Namsok, about ,20 miles north of the east coast port of Wonsan. The Allied planes dropped 140 tons of bombs and destroyed 29 buildings and damaged a power station. Namsok was not one of the 78 North Korean towns slated to receive radio warnings in the event of an air attack. Six MIG-15 jets seen in the area were attacked by American pilots, who chalked up claims of one MIG probably destroyed and ope damaged. i It >was the eighth straight day that the Sabrejets tangled with Russian-built fighters and it brought their MIG toll foh the month to 52, including 24 destroyed. 1 A., .1 “Our bombs were right on the button,” said Ist Lt. Robert D. Payne, Smithville. Mo., in describing the Namsok attack. “Several fires in the building area completely covered <,a mountain at the soul'll bend of the target with a layer of black smoke. The flights that' followed us in said the buildings really had been scrambled.” t > It wais the latest attack of a series designed to cripple the Communist war effort in Korea and persuade the Reds to -make peace with the Allies. The Red plane probably damagedt was credited to Ist Lt. Kenneth Druckenbrodt, Kalamazoo, Mich. It was his first claim. B-26 light bombers from the 17th Bomb Wing attacked a supply target near Haeju, just above the 38|h Parallel in the West. British carrier-based pilots for the second day in a sow Sunday administered a slap in the face to Communist MIG-15 f e t s . Propeller-driven Sea Furies from HMS Ocean damaged and possibly destroyed one bf the Rus-sian-built jet fighters and drove off seven more during a raid near (Torn To Pane Five) Fort Wayne Lawyer Is Murder Victim Ira Snouffer Slain, V Divorcee Suicides FORT WAYNE, s Ind. UP — Police today called the deaths of a prominent Fort Wayne attorney and an attractive Kendallville, divorcee a case of murder and suicide. ' r The bodies of Ira D. Snouffer and Elsie Phillips were found in her apartment here Saturday night. Snouffer was crouched near the bed and Mrs. Phillips was sprawled on the opposite side of the room. Both were fully clothed. Near her body was a .25 caliber 1 automatic pistol. ' \ ■ Coroner H. Paul Miller said they were shot Thursday night. Neighbors said they heard shots at that time but failed to identify them as such. Police forced their way into the apartment when neighbors reported they had not seen Mrs. Phillips recently, a I Det. Capt. Mitchell Cleveland said preliminary investigation showed the woman pholt Snouffer, then turned the weapon on herself.

County Taxes To Be Reduced Next Year 16-Cent Reduction Under Present Rate I County taxes will be neduced next yeaiy according to the estimates filed by the county government, the welfare department and the trustees of the memorial hospital. \ Reductions total 16 cents under the current levies for these three divisions of government. The county rate will be cut at least 11, the a welfare department’s three and the hospital’s two cents, in the levies payable in 1953. Proposals for next year, compared to the levies payable currently on each SIOO of taxables are: ' ’ 1952 1953 County--— 45c 34c Hospital 06c 04c Welfare 12c 09c Total 63 c 47c Valuation In County Jumps A contributing factor in the reduction of rates is the higher valuation of taxable property )in the countyl Last year the rates were figured on a net valuation of >38,869,440. For the 1953 rates, Jhe levies are compiled on an assessment total Os 140,182,202, a gkin of 11,612,762 in taxables. . The county’s general fund budget totals $229,082, compared to $237,873 this year. v The) hospital’s budget is $200,551, almost a set-off with this year's figure of $196,251. , The welfare department’s budget Is SII,OOO 'under this year's operating figure and totals • $204,218, with $34,873 to be raised through the nine-cent rale. The balance of funds are contributed by the federal and state governments. Estimated , revenue ,for the county highway department (or 1953 Is $196,905, the entire amount coming from the gasoline tax and auto fees,, which are distributed by the state. Kirkland and Union townships will not have a poor relief tax next year. The levy in Washington township, in which the major portion of Decatur is situated, is 11 cents on the SIOO, the same as this year’s levy. - 1 Suicide Attempt By Man Fails Saturday Report Condition As Not Serious Suspected of having attempted suicide. Lawrence McCullough, 34, of route one Monroe. is in the Fort Wayne veterans administration hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the left temple where a -22 caliber bullet creased him Saturday at about 4:30 p. m. The weapon was a Single shot .22 rifle. He was discovered lying in his front yard by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker, whose alarm brought sheriff Robert Shraluka and state policeman Ted BiberStein to the scene; an ambulance removed McCullough to the Adamß county memorial hospital. Tn the course of their investigation, the police discounted that McCullough — who lives by himself —was the victim of foul play, they discovered a wallet lying near the place where McCullough fell, vpith more than S2OO in it. Sunday morning, when the police attempted questioning McCullough at the hospital, he would not respond and would talk to no one at all. McCullough works for the Yost Construction Co. as a truck driver. He was removed to the Fort Wayne veterans hospital, where his condition is described as “not serious.” I 1

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Contracts Os Meal Packers End Tonight Negotiations Still Continue; Near To v Stage Os Deadline CHICAGO, UP — Two major meat packing plants were closed by work stoppages today as indus-try-wide contract negotiations here reached the deadline stage. Walkouts closed the Armour •_ plant at Atlanta,i Ga., and the Cudahy plant at Wichita, Kan. Absenteeism was reported high at a second Armour plant at Tiftori,, Ga. Contracts between most major packers and two unions—the CIO United Packinghouse Workers and the AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters —expire at midnight tonight. Armour’s contract with the CIO Packinghouse Workers expired Sunday night. However, the union refrained from calling an immediate strike on indications that the company would make a new offer today. A night crew at the Atlanta Armour plant walked off the job at midnight and only a few workers showed up today with about 390 1 failing to report. Picket lines were set up and the plant was closed. At Tifton, plant manager J. B. Gross said 65 to 70 workers f;.ned to report, but no picket lines were set up and the plant continued operations. At Wichita, Kan., employes at the Cudahy plant walked out late last week pending the outcome of the negotiations here, t Union , and management negotiators in Chicago worked late into the night in an attempt to work out a contract for Armour’s several plants across the country. The negotiators here did not break off their talks. They recessed with no agreement and scheduled another meeting for noon CST. The Packinghouse union, which claims to Represent 30,000 members in Armour plants, also was negotiating today with the Cudahy Packing Co. and planned to resume talks today with Swith & Co. , Contracts with those firms expire at midnight tonight. The Packinghouse union said, in a written statement, that Armour made a “package” offer which would only boost workers’ pay and benefits about four cents' an hour although the ocmpany said it would amount to 5.4 cents. The largest single item in the company’s package, according to the union, was a pension plan for workers 65 or older, which would give them SIOO a month, with social securitial benefits, if they had 25 years service. The'union said the package also included an offer of time and a half for sixth day pay in any week and a one-cent increase in night premium pay. Workers were offered life and disability insurance, and Armour offered to narrow the differences in pay between northern amL southern plants. The package also offered a twocent raise for all women employes to adjust' the difference in pay rates for the two sexes, the union said. It said it could not accept because the company refused to offer a general wage increase, union shop, cost of living bonus, guaranteed annual wage and other demands by the union. It also said it would not agree to a two-year contract, V. "“7 ’ “ ■ Lewis Smith Named Acting Prosecutor Lewis L. Smith, Decatur attorney and Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, is acting as deputy prosecutor during the two weeks absence of Severin H. Schurgef, prosecutor, ’ who is attending the organized reserve corps training camp at Fort Custer, Mich. Schurger will return to his office Monday, Aug. 25.