Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 196

-’The DeMilles Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary

Sbmbu j Mlt ' . wfebH AN EVEN DOZEN grandchildren are on hand for celebration in Los Angeles of golden wedding anniversary of famous director and producer Cecil B. DeMille, shown seated witlj his wife. DeMille is 71, his wife 79: Beside him is Willem DeMille. Mrs. DeMille. holds Dianna DeMille, 5. At left is Constance Griffin, 21. Middle row (from left). Kafhy Quinn, 9; Christine Quinn, 70; Jody Harper, 9; John DeMille, 10; Duncan Quinn; Peter Calvin, 16, Rear, John Harper, 22; Allan DeMille, 14; Cecillian Harper, 16.

Prices Raised On Autos, Steel By Government Housewives Asked To Aid Drive For Lower Food Costs WASHINGTON. UP —The government formally authorized higher prices on steel and automobiles -today, and enlisted the housewives of 54 cities,.to help enforce ceilings in grocery stores. ~ r - Three orders, destined to affect milliqns of families, rolled off the mimeograph inachines of the Office of Price Stabilization. . . 1 These were the highlights: STEEL Price. Stabilizer Ellis Arnall, still grumbling about having to do it, gave the steel Industry the official nod to raise the price of carbon steel by $5.20 a ton, and the price of C§ftlier alloy and stainless steels by 477 percent across the board. ’ J The price increases were part of the deal that settled the 55-day steel strike, but Arnall took the unusual step of stating in hl's order that the increases averaged $2.36 a ton more than the Industry deserved under price rules. He said he signed the order only because the White House told hkri he must. 1 \ AUTOMOBILES . •_ Effective Saturday, automobile dealers under a new pricing regulation which permits each one to figure his own ceilings and his own “conditioning? charges tor such services as tightening up any bolts the factory left loose. ° J . Officials estimated the order will mean an overall rise of about 1 percent Un retail car prices—s2o on a $2,000 car. GROCERIES Arnall announced that beginning Oct. 1, grocers in the\ 54 cities where there are OPS offices will be required to post charts showing their exactcelling prices on various items. The idea is to let .housewives see for themselves whether they are being overcharged. ~ The system was used generally in World War 11, and has been used ‘ experimentally in recent months in Fargo, N. D., Fresno, Calif., and Jacksonville, Fla. The price lists will cover about 300 market basket items. Fruits and vegetables won’t be listed, because they are exempt from price controls. Fresh on which ceilings are set on a regional basis, will not be listed at first, but may be added later. Condition Os Local Woman Reported Good Word has been received here by friends that Mrs. Joe Kelley underwent a delicate heart operation at a Philadelphia hospital Monday morning. , \ ' The report states that Kelley was reported to be improved following the operation and it is believed she will be able to return to Decatur, in about three weeks. Mrs. Kelley’s husband, Joe, will return to this city Thursday.

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Munitions Plant ?0 ; -v Blasted In Korea v Allies*Have Success J|| . ■ ■.. ■ ' In Big Air Assault SPOUL, Korea, UP — Allied Superfortresses skirted d typhoon to bomb a Communist munitions plant in far North Korea with “excellent" results, returning pilots said today. The targte in Monday night’s raid was a grenade factory at Nakwon, only three miles from the' Yalu river which forms the boundary between North Korea and Communist China. : \ ! The 14 Supertorts dropped 140 tons of bombs on the factory, using electronics aiming methotls” of overcast ski< s. -.1 It was : the first time in the Koreap war this factory has been bombed. The factory consists of 17 buildings of steel and concrete and turned out 1,000 anti*t<hk grenades and 3,000 to 5,000 hand grenadep a day. Civilians had been warned by leaflets to clear out of the area. Other Superfortresses bombed a military target at the West Coast town of Sagwanni and the Red storage area at the Kyomipo steel mjll below Pyongyang. The grdund war was virtually stalled by the weather and only minor patrol contacts took place. , . • *'■ .<' ! . — | Mustering Out Forrfis Available For Veterans Ak public service, while the local recruiting office is closed, the Daily Democrat has a supply of mustering opt pay application f&rms for returning veterans. Veterans may obtain these forms by calling at this Office any time between 9 o’clock iin the morning and 5 o’clock in the afternoon. They are supplied by Sgt.i Grant Beane, regular recruiting officer who is temporarily stationed at Richmond. Stevenson Makes Visits To Chicago Dentist CHICAGO, UP — Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson today had to undergo his "annual bout” with the dentist before leaving on a four-day Wisconsin holiday. \' The Democratic presidential nomjhee forgot .political problems for jthe moment and made an appointment with Dr. I. H. Ibbotson. The governor had a loose filling that needed "SWecking. Stevenson flew here from Springfield Monday on the first leg of his vacation trip to the Wisconsin woods. He will board a plane for Minocqua, Wis., he will be a gaest in the home of Dr. Clark W. Finnerud. \ . , • Canning Operations Stop For Few Days \ A Ci L. Thorne, superintendent of the Decatur Canning Co., reported today that due to the heavy recent rainfalls in the area, tomato operations have berin suspended till August 257 . ; The explained that thq moisture delayed the ripening of toma|Se&

Local Schools Cost For Year Is $226,210.17 \ Year's Balance Is $88,097.68 Report Os Board Reveals Tht Decatur school board expended $226,210.17 in the operation of the city’s public school system during the fiscal year which ended July 31, The largest outlay of funds was in the tuition fund, amounting to $151,634.56. Expenditures lh the special school fund were $67,220.08. Payments from the bond fund amounted to $5,448.75 and Jn the recreation fund. $1,906.78. The treasurer, George p. Helm, had a balance of $88,097.68 in all funds on August p plus $68,206.92 in the cumulative building fund. The board has invested $51,800 of the latter fund in U. S. government bonds.\ The cumulative building fund carries a 30-cent levy in the school city’s tax rate and next year will produce more than '530,000, based on the civil valuation. The fund has been increasing at the rate of about $28,500 a year. \- ' \ . A year ago balances in the operating funds totaled $84,238.55, compared to $88,097.68 at the end of the fiscal year, which closes July 31. A detailed report of the school board’s expenditures will be published in the Daily Democrat this week. Neighbors Do Work For Polio Victim Root, Preble Group Join To Help Friend Preble and Root township friends of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Koeneman of Preble township numbering more than a dozen visited the Koeneman farm Monday and assisted all \day in the farm work. Mr. Koeneman is in a Fort Wayne hospital suffering from polio and t his condition is reported as “fair.” The neighbors \and friends decided to help out and they arrived early Mounday morning with plows, spreaders and other farm equipment. One of the Koenemau fields was plowed and mkde' ready for wheat planting. J Koeneman is a leading dairy farmer of northern Adams county and since he has been ill, Ed Aumann, Preble township trustee, has been caring for the dairy herd and a cousin Walter Koeneman Jias been helping with the. general farming. Koeneman has been active in Preble and Root township affairs and in v church circles his friends decided they would continue as long as necessary to assist in the work. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, somewhat ; warmer tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 60 to 65 north, 65 to 70 south; high Wednesday 85 to 90 north, 90 to 95 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August T 9, 1952.

Coal Industry Leaders, Union Start Parley On Miners’ Wage Contract

Schricker Talks To Big Crowd At Centennial Berne Celebration Starts With Huge Crowds Attending L\ Gov. Henry F. Schricker spoke before at least, 8.000 people last night at Municipal park in' Berne, to mark the advent of the centennial ’ anniversary of the city of some 2,300 people. Gov. Schricker was chided in the Swiss dialect by Elmer Baumgartner before his speech. Baumgartner said he recalled the Governor onpe saying *\there’s nothing new under the sun.” Baumgartner saip he was going to prove it wasn’t so by doing something that was never done before: introduce the Governor in the Swiss tongue. When finally Gov. Schricker got up to speak, his first few sentences were in Swiss, to the delight of the entire audience; with those first words he - won the audience to his side and skillfully kept them there throughout the 35 minutes of his address. lauded ■Berne as being ‘‘the gem in the diadem of our municipalities ; •• one of the lovliest cities in our state .. a city of churches and Godfearing people.” He told the throng to be thankful there was a free land for the poor immigrants to come to many years ago, and that in the course of progress, the humble beginning should not be forgotten, but rather be remembered as a debt to America that should be redeemed all through life. I Gov. Schricker said the best thing that could be said about any people was that they were devoted to the church; and that, he said, could indeed be said about Berne. f On the platform with the governor were, among local personalities, Mayor Balsiger of Berne. Mayor John Doan, G. Remy Bierly, state representative of Adams. Wells counties and state Sen,- Von Eichhorn of Uniondale. Today is “Historical Day’’ at Berne, to begin with an historical parade in the gay frilly costume native to Switzerland. In the evening will be presented the first showing of the “Centennial Pageant;” an epic of the first hundred years of Berne; the trials -and hardships of the early setlterS together with much humor that has come down through the past cehtury to be placed in focus at this centennial- ( j 7 It is reported that a cast of 250 persons will be used in the three>hour presentation scheduled to start at 8:15 sharp. “Youth day" is planned for tomorrow at which time little boys, girls and dogs parade down Main street, Berne. Os course, no celebration of this sort would be complete without the inevitable commercial carnival atmosphere. The job has been taken care of admirably. Around every corner, and in every available space, against buildings and up side streets there is something of interest to someone. Rides, popcorn, candy apples, foot-long hog dogs; all adding up to the fancy time Berne has been planning for many years; from the way it’s Coming off it will thke a great many more years to erase from the minds of the Bernites the way iheir centennial has been received. Each day thus far, Berne has been bulging with three to four times its rated population. Slight Damage As Car Is Struck In Rear As Carl P: Underwood, .43, 1227 Lewis drive was about to make a turn at Monroe and 13th streets yesterday, William La Follette, 16, Portland, Underwood’s car in the rear causing some dam-; age.

Fafher Held For Torlurihg His Son Cruelty To Others Charged Against Man || ■ ’ SAN LEANDRO, Calif. UP — Alec Louis, 41-year-old father of Jive children, was being held by police today for allegedly punishing his 11-year-old son by holding bis hand against a hot stove and tubbing salt in the blisters. Police Capt. Steve Lagomarsino, who said he personally intends to tile.' a cruelty complaint against Louis, said the unemployed welder also: had been accused of inhuman treatment of the other four children. Louis was arrested after the 11-year-old boy. Joseph Louis, ran screaming to the home of an aunt. The boy had a badly burned and cut hand. Joseph said his became incensed when he took a cookie from a jar for himself and hit pine-year-old brother. Authorities said Louis had taken Joseph’s hand, and held it against the stove. He thrust the boy’s hand first Into hot water, then into cold the pomplaint said. Police said the father opened the bny’a blisters with a knife and rubbfed salt into the wounds. Lopis said he used the salt because the sores looked “infected.” “The burn taught Joe a lesson,” Louis was quoted as saying. “I was only fixing it rind cauterizing it with the salt.” i

Auto Starts, Crashes Into Nearby Residence Ed; Plasterer of L 1729 West Madison street, was pushing a car in an effort to get it started. Elias Sudduth, 82. 1103 Elm street, was at t|ie wheel of the car being pushed. The police report reveals that ;when the pushed car finally was started it went opt of Sudduth’s control and smacked into a house belonging to Alvin Fennig on Krick and Tyndall property. Sudduth was bounced about but not otherwise injured; the damage estimated to the hirnse whs SSOO, to the car, S2OO. The mishap occurred rft about 8 o’clock this morning. 'S; ■ \ ■ ? I\ ; — Typhoon Heads Toward Northern Japan Today TOKYO, UP —A typhoon which killed 10 persons in Korea and Okinawa arid almost halted the Korean war, headed for Northern Japah today. The typhoon was expected to hit Hokkaido Island about midnight. It appeared to be losing strength. Police in Pusan, Korea’s temporary capital, said seven person.B drowned and 100 homes were wrecked in southwest Korean Monday. Dther damage in Korea was minor. ' „ * i \ Prosperity Is Seen In Babson Forecast Economist Says Good Times Will Continue BOSTON, UP — Economist Roger \W. Babson, who forecast the 1929 Stook market crash, took a lobk at the nation’s today and predicted continued prosperity for at least another six months. “Some day we’re in for a bust but if won’t happen right now,” said the 77-yean-old former Prohibition Party presidential candidate in an interview. “We’ll stay right where we are for the next six months or so.” Babson based his outlook on prevailing high wages and relatively lo'ir unemployment. He \ said savings were at an all-time high.

Says Truce Is Possible With North Koreans Peace Delegate Believes Price Must Be Right PANMUNJOM, Korea, UP — United Nations truce , delegate Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said today 'he believes the Communists want an armistice in Korea if the price is right. "I think they want an armistice,” Harrison said. “It’s just a question of what they’re willing to pay for it.” , Truce negotiations were recessed again today for the fourth straight week. Communist .negotiators objected to the new recess asked by the -U.N., but did not put up much of a'fight against it. They had nothing new to offer today and it appeared any progress towai-d an armistice would hinge on high level Soviet-Red Chinese talks now being held in Moscow. The U. N. made a sharp attack on the Communists in today’s 60minute meeting—the longest in a month. Harrison angered North Korean Gen. Nam II with a short statement in which he reviewed the “facts of the conflict." The American general touched a tender spot when he accused the Communists of sacrificing "little Nortli Korea” in their stubborn insisiterice on the U. N. returning Chinese “volunteer” prisoners of war who have chosen not to return to Communism.” Nam told Harrison, “Your attempt to sow discord is doomed to failure.” After the meeting\Harrison said: “I think an armistice is possible, but; I haven’t the faintest idea when. ’ “You can’t tell by What they say. On a number of occasions they held their position and on «T«n» To Pa*e Six) City Water Supply Is Back To Normal Reservoirs Filled To Capacity Again Decatur’s two reservoirs are filled . 7 to capacity and the water situation can now be called “back to normal,” reports Ralph Roop, city engineer. In contrast to a month ago, said Roop, when there was a water shortage bordering on emergency, water now is plentiful and in fact not all the city’s wells are being employed to keep the reservoirs at their normal levels. One reservoir holds 432,000 gallons of water, the other 490,000 gallons; enough said Roop, if things keep up as "’ell as they are now, to assure - plentiful supply Os good soft water until the end of the year at; least. The engineer sidded, in connection with water,, that the annual inspection of fire hyrants will begin sometime next week. He said they will be inspected arid repaired if necessary; and will also be serviced. New Commander Is Named At Atterbury CAMP ATTERBURY, Irid. UP— Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, a native of Rockport, ll}., today succeeded Maj. Gen. A. G. Paxton as commanding officer at Camp Atterbury. Gay, who now commands the VI Corps, served with Gen. George S. Patton in World War II and was with Patton when he was killed in an automobile accident after VE day. Paxton, who has been commander of both Atterbury and the 31st Infantry Division, will continue to head the Dixie Division. ]

Gas Tax Increase For Indiana Asked Commission Member Cites Fund Needs INDIANAPOLIS, UP —lndiana State Highway Commissioner Jap Jones today proposed an increase of two cents per gallon in Indiana’s gasoline tax. He said increased revenue derived from such a tax' boost could best be used to widen and improve existing highways. He expressed a particular need for highways 24. feet wide. Jones said the commission has received an unprecedented number of demands for highway improvements from groups throughout the state. Many cities seek by-passes, others want main highways leading into cities to be four lanes, he said. _ His proposal would boost the state gasoline tax from four to six cents per gallop. The four-cent fee resulted in revenue of about |67,000,000 last year, he said, so the proposed boost could be expected to amount to near $33,000,000. Jones said he believed the plan would meet little opposition. He said it would be an added burden only on those who use the highways, not on property owners. Many state highways now 18, 20 or 22 feet wide should be widened to 24 feet io meet traffic demands and the number of accidents, Jones said He saw a need for four-lane highways on all main roads leading out of Indianapolis. Borg-Warner Co. Buys Hoosier Saw Factory INDIANAPOLIS, UP — BorgWarner Corp., Chicago, today announced the purchase of E. C. Atkins and Co., a saw .manufacturing firm founded here in 1855. R. C. Ingersoll, Borg-Warner president; said the Atkins firm will be added to a group of 28 manufacturing plants and specialty steel mills in 23 cities. The local company normally employs about 1,000 persons. v

Gary Man Dies After lowa Auto Collision COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa, UP — Louis Nosko, 32, Gary, Ind., died Monday at a hospital here of injuries suffered in a collision near Glenwood, lowa. Nosko’s car collided head-on with a car driven by Patrick Griffin, 37, Omaha, on Highway 275 seven miles north of Glenwood. Also" injured in the crash were Griffin, hip wife and 14-year-old son, Patrick, and Jack Baldwin, 69, Bellevue, Neb., a passenger in the Griffin auto. Nosko was eg route to Glenwood to get his wife'and three children, who were visiting Mrs. Nosko’s parents. Weather Forecast For Little Warmer Mercury To Be In Low 90's For Next 5 Days INDIANAPOLIS, UP —Slightly warmer weather in Indiana during the next five days with daytime temperatures hovering near 90 was forecast by weathermen today. Forecasters said it will be cooler Thursday apd warmer again Friday and Saturday. Rainfall, up to a half-inch, will occur as scattered showers Wednesday night and again about Saturday, weathermen said. Monday’s Hoosier hotspot was Paoli with a reported 88 mercury reading. Wheatfield recorded the night’s low with a 51. Only traces of rain fell over most of the state during the papt 24 hours with Cambridge City registering the top of .03 inches.

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75,000 Workers Are Involved In Decisions Industry Man Says Wages Cannot Be Raised At Present NEW YORK. UP —Negotiations for a new anthracite coal miners' union contract opened here today with a management statement that the industry “couldn’t possibly meet any wage increase.” The statement, made by Edward G. Fox, chairman of the 10-man 4 industry negotiating committee, was countered by one from Thomas Kennedy, heading the union negotiating team. He said: “I think he Fox is anticipating probably a lot.” The joint session between John. L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers’ representatives and the Pennsylvania anthracite operators began 20 minutes late. The union men 4 were delayed in a committee meeting The contract to be negotiated will cover 75,000 miners in the hard coal industry. Lewis, usually the star perfonr- ' er of the coal negotiations, was detained in Washington. Union officials said they did not know why. > A 10-day memorial holiday for both hard and soft coal miners starts Saturday. Reports, unconfirmed by either side, said the miners wanted a daily increase of about $1.65 six-hour “portal to portal" day. The miners now work a seven-hour* “portal to portal" day at an average wage of $15.68 a day, computed on a basic wage plus a “tonnage mined" allowance. Early ngeotiations on a new contract were agreed upon in the face of Lewis’ traditional “no contract, no work” policy. Lewis Also has opened informal negotiations wiht the Bituminous Coal Operations Assn, and the \ Southern Coal Producers Assn., covering 400,000 miners, but today’s is* the first formal unionconference to be < scheduled since the\ UMW chief noitfied the coal industry that he wished to open contract talks. \ Edward G. Fox, president of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., is chairman of the anthracite operators wage agreement committee. Formal consideration of the anthracite contract, which usually fellows a pattern set by bituminous contracts, may take the form of preliminary discussions with a postponement of final terms until after Lewis has come to grips with the soft coal operators, a source close to the negotiators said. The agreement between the hard coal industry and the union is separate form that with the soft coal operators. The anthracite opened in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here in closed session. A joint statement on results usually is not issued until the end t of the meetings, an industry spokesman said. Thurston Elected Head Os Home Daily Group ROCHESTER, Ind. UP — Nor- - man L. Thurston, general manager as the Shelbyville News, is the new president of the Indikna League of Home Dailies. I Thurston was elected at an annual summer outing of the organization at Lake Manitou to t succeed Avery B. Weaver, general manager of the Vaparaiso VidetteMessenger. F. E. Schultz, advertising director of the Plymouth Pilot-News, was elected vice-president succeeding Thujrston. Harry Case, Elwood Cali-Leader 4 circulation manager, was named chairman of the advertising section, and Ed Rumbach, Jasper Herald, vice-chairman. —_