Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. hlo. 209.

I ■ I" r- —Ts p** *— Kindergarten Growth Poses Problem Here

/• ■ —< Kindergarten Fact* Enrolled 1951 . Expected Enrolled * 13 ® 160 190 Increased I erirdllment this year " over 1951, 41 percent. . ' \ Increased enrollment over, ex- , rpected puwber, 1 19 percent. The fastest growing institution in Decatur M the kindergarten of the school system and parof the I have asked to help solve the problem bf dividing eiasSes so that the ' / 190 enrolled 1 pupils will Share equally In the child training! pAbgram, W, Guy Brown, superintendent of schoos, announced today. . Faced with a 4 1 percent ink crease over last year’s *i enroll* ftfent and a 19 ; percent boost over the expected enrollment, classei will have to ibe divided, Brown, \ explained. The increase; this year V is 55. V / Two plank have been proposed and parents of the children 4»ave been called to jan meeting in the Lincoln school Auditorium Friday afternoon at o’clock. to discuss and then? votj? on the pro- “* posals. ■ In a letter £0 the parents, P, Bryce Thomas, principal of/the Lincoln school, and Supt. IJrhWri, outlined the situation ■ and asked the 'question? ( -.|i ! I I■ / We y Have Two Booms! 11 We have two teachers! What shall We do? | The Proposals ■ 1 \ .Plan ohA —Divide children now enrolled intel two, groups. The old es children be placed in one group and thb younger children in the other. '{Havfe the older group come the firkt semester, then drop K , ®hd permit |he younger groupK- to attend the ■second semester. I <Pljan two/-Divide chillren into two groups as follows: One group to attend three days a week, Mon- \ day, Wednesday and Friday; ( th? other group ,to attepd Tuesday and Thursday for designated period of time, then reverse the schedule so that those whd attend only two days may attend' three days a week. This would keep pvery child in school for the en tire year on a limited basis, apdbe fair to all concerned. -k\ * ’ The school author!! ies then the parents -to decide. Supt. Brown stated that a. [secret ballbt would be taken from among the parents and that the majority fn favor of one of the plans wowjd decide the problem. '■ BroWn explained that t|3 kindergarten enrollment Went tjeyond all and plans. Which were Stepped up from earjy •estimates. The school used the number of children Reporting for the pre-school medical examination as one basis of determining this fall’s enrollment, Last spring 128 children reported for the pre school medicals and' the school authorities took' this as oply 80 percent Os the number that might be enrolled, This boosted the expected enrollment figure to approximai ely 154 and theschool planned to aecommo-' date 160._ The 1951 enrollment was IJS. Then came enrollment day and the estimates were Off about as much as the 1948 Callup poll. ; Up to yesterday 1 afternoon, 190 children reported, for kindergarten classes and the two roftrns In the building wllr not. accommodate that many boys girls. x The Decatur school systemXprovides kindergarten trailing L without any reimbursement! from the state. Salaries of >the two teachers CQine from taxation funds, lu was explained. Enrollment is now limited to children within the .corporate limits. although for enrolling children residing outside of the eity limits have'been received by the school. \ “We appreciate tnp popularity ' of the kindergarten and the training provided the children and the parents z .will have to decide on a plan to keep it going/ the super- , intendept said.; Sript. Brown urged parents of jthe children to attend Friday af-_ ternoon’s meeting and resolve what to dp with Decatur’s bulging kindergarten. I." . ~’/ ‘ Z ' INDIANA WEATHER t Fair tonight and Friday, warmer Friday. Low tonight 45-50. High Friday 79-85. ■■ ■ ‘ ■ f . ' .

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Bids Received For Building Adams Central . Bluffton Man Low; Bid Contingent On j I JIJ Court Injunction •; Faced with a temporary Injunction which will not permit ttyerri to Award a contact until a heading in Weljs- circuit CoArt September 12. Adams efbunty Central Consolidated dkihobl board members studied five bids received yesterday on construction of the center Unit of the proposed cdneolidkfed school at Monroe. 1 ’ I J . , If the lasts oply until September 12, the bids received yesterday /rip not be impaired, it was pointed OUt, because the board tesetved |ne rtght to study the bids for 30 driyo prior to letting a contract and [the bidders all agreed that the pid-pricse would remain the same for* ; H.-G- R/iff,; Bluffton contractor, Mad ihe lovt ba|ie bid with a total b£ 1136,647 for construction of the cettt/r unit ofilhe bupding. The center, unit is thel loUly One on which Ipds were asked at yesterday's lettjpg and funds for construction of tils unit- would come from the cumipativq building und and 1 D°t a bond issue, it was poihted out. ( Other bidders and their prices Were: < C ; Angola [ Construction Co., »177> stsO* Tri-Lakes J Development Columbia City. 1146,349; Fred A. (|orey Construction Co., South WhitIfeyi 1163,135;; Bultimeier Construction Co., Decatur, $188_.24i ; There ajlso were 10 alternate bidp bn small items mpde by each com sern, but, none! of the alternates Added to each base bid would Change the low bidder. Tpe board* ieceiyed permission,, yesterday * from the Wells circuit 1 to- receive the bids, provide/ (he contract was not let until . ter the heaping. Members wpl study the various {igures and wfill be to let a cqntract provided the injunction is dissolved. 1 ; | The to ahother Inj/nction suit, which was made by 1 Adams couhty Freeholders by addphg a paragraph to the oroginal (complaint, Shad as its chief cause [fpr an injunction that proper state (|j)proval had ne t been obtained by ■tpe board. This was denied by £). >li|irdette Custe:, of Custer and Sinith,, attorneys foV the board, he also exhibited all the proper approvals from state officers. iThose. who havp been close to 'situation state that several of the bids for construction were lowef than they (hid anticipated and optimism prevailed among board njembers, even though they are ffced with an 11 junction.- 1 ~ ; ./?Some, prior To the repejving of i/ds, were of |lie opinion that the l/ds would! be much larger than the original estimates, which would l&ve made! necdssary readvertising the project. i : i —i— ■ irvih Adams Dies At Allentown Home |Er/ln Ada/s. \ 50, died Wednesday at his hoipq in Allentown, Pa,, according to .word 'received by M. Fritkinger, a, cousin of tie, deceased’s' Wife, Mrs. Florence Adams. Also surviving’are t/o Geraldine and Gloria, and dne son, Maynard, all a| home, apd a number of relatives 4ft Adams county; ’i | Funeral services will be held at l? 30 pm. Saturday at the Burkholder funeral home in Allentown. 1; - J Ihdia Mob Is Fired On Near Hospital . / ■ • r 1 ’ ! \ jHYDERABAb, India, UP — Irailce fired today on a mqb attacking the Hyderabad Osmania general hospital demanding the bodies of persons killed in a riot Wednesday. ; • jAt least one of the 10,060 persons Itt the mob. waa reported killed. Aicftrfew was declared In the twin &fies of Hyderabad and Secunderand the Indian army wag askedl to stand by for emergencies. Li ‘ -■ ! ■ / I’ 1 .J 9 !

— — - , r— —7 lV ! W — ' — \ Novice Wins In Nevada iJi Hl k. z * wriWßll- iMK I 9 1 Al & g v; B a THOMAS MICHELING, Sl-year-old political unknown, receives a congratulatory hug from his wife, Margery, following his victory in Nevada's primary in which he defeated former attorney generaj Alan Bible Jor the democratic nomination for the U. S. senate, in staging the upset. Micheling bucked the strong political organizaition of Nevada’s veteran Sen. Pat MacCarran.

12 Red Planes Shot Down In Aerial patties . '■.. ■ Another! Recess Os 1 Week Is Taken In Tralee Negotiations SEOUL. Korea, UP i-Allled Babrejet pilots rihftt down Communist MIG-15 jet planes and'damaged three others in a series of blazing \ battles over North Korea today for one of their biggjest scores ini the Korean war. • a ' One Allied Sabreiet was lost. The pilot messaged he was bailing out, because his instruments were not working, his plane was damaged and he had no more fuel.: The sth air force did not disclose the pilot 8 name. ! H 1 \ - Today’s air battles took place between the Yalu and the Chongchong rivers at northwest Korea, known to Allied jet pilots as “MIG Alley.” ' Today’s bag, although one of the highest of the war, not ja record. ■ ‘ •■'/■ | iThe Communists have| been'increasingly reluctant to throw their air force at i;he; Allies, although thye are believed! to have 1,800 planes of all types in their Manchurian sanctuary; / One reason may\be that they have suffered stinging losses whenever MIGs have tangled with the U, N. Sabrejet pilots. Last Sat; urday. for example, the Sabrejets destroyed or damaged 17 MIQs in a Series >of blazing air duels over North Korea. The Sabres s>et down five MIGs, probably shot down orie and damaged 1,1. / Week’s Recess PANMUNJOIM, Korea, UP —The Korean truce talks were recessed today for another after a brief, bitter debate 'in which the United Nations charged the Communists don’t really want an armistice.. . . : ; ' It was the sixth straight time in as many weeks that jthe U. N. and the Reds have met long enough only to exchange angry words and agree to a yeok-long recess. They will meet next Sept. 12. No further progress in the 14-;morith-old armistice negotiations 'appeared possible unless one side (Taira T» P»a» FZlKht) ; —— Helicopter Output Crippled By Fire FORT WORTH, TEX, UPProduction of helicopters for Korea was crippled today kfter a >1,900,000 fire destroyed ! a Bell Aircraft Corp, warehouse filled with valuable, hard-to-get parts. It was the second time In thjree days at Fort Worth that an “act of God” struck a powerful blow at America’s air power. j HMonday night a freak, 100-mile windstorm at\ Carswell air force base, headquarters of the! strategic air command, crippled a substantial part of the nation’s' fleet of B-36 atomic superbombers as the >3,500,000 airplanes sat exposed to the elements on the flight line.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 4,

'Welcome Wagon' Is Planned In Decatur Will Welcome New Families To Cify 5 . Decatur is to Save a “Welcome Wagon” to greet new families moving to this city, it was announced today. The organization also calls on mothers of new babies to greet them; bftys and girls reaching their 16th birthday and newly engaged, couples.! V ?• ’ Mrs. pan Tyndall, 233 Fourth street, returned recently from Now York where she Completed a; three-weeks course 0f iilstructiori preparing her to represent Welcome Wagon, Inc., as hostess in Decatur. , The Welcome Wagoh service wai organized in 1928 by Thomas w W. Briggs, a newspaperman of Memphis, Tehn. A pioneer of American ihistpry, Briggs was interested in 4he stories of early Americans meeting pioneers in welcome wagons as thCy blazed their trails across the country. That tradition has been adopted by the national organization. A. mbdern version qf the old! fashioned welcome to newcomers to a community is extended. | Through the pnited States and Canada, in more than 1,100 cities and towns, more than 4,000 Welcome Wagon hostesses carry good wished \of civic organizations, churches and business establish-; ments to families on the 4cc(jslons of the birth of a baby, 16th birthdays, engagement announcements and wheft a new family moyeS to the community. The hostess is trained to know her city and she carries a word of its outstanding features, its libraD ies, newspapers,\ parks, youth groups, welfare associations, banks, shops; restaurants, schools and services.; !j / The new service will start' here in the next few weeks, it was announced. ' > • • V' 1 “ . ' ■ ■/■ . 11-Year-Old Sets Killing Two SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UP — An 11-year-old boy, shouting “I hate you” in anger at a childish quarrel. poured kerosene over a 10-year-old neighbor girl and set a fire which burned to death her sister and her brother, Mary Louise Cunningham, 12, arid her eight-year-old brgther, Lindsey, perished Wednesday at their small home. Their 10-year-old sister, Esther, was burned critically. H Esther and 22-year-old Ruth Ella Cunningham told battalion firie chief Fred Roth the fire was started by an 11-year-old boy with ' whom ) the Cunningham Children had “been feuding”, for some Itime. ’ He was turned over to juvenile • authorities. \ French Explosion Kills At Least 12 / I! MARSEILLE, France, U P — Police said today at least 12 and possibly as many as 20 persons were killed Wednesday night by explosions and fire which a soap factory and 10 adjacent houses. i •

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Seek Prevention Os Influence Peddling House Committee Plans Suggestions WASHINGTON, UP—Chairman Frahk L. Chelf said today his house judiciafy subcommittee will make “definite suggestions” to prevent influence peddling in government Circles. p The Kentucky pemocrat said the group's investigation of the ' justice department has shown “a ..Iqck ’of existing law” to ban ouU side activities of government atlawyers nqt i|n federal service. Ciijing testimony by suspended justice ! department attorney Jhmeq A, Mullally as an example, Ghelf saidj “jreinedlal legislation” 1.4 needed tq strengthen ethical standards governing the “conflict of interest” (between the government ahd private parties. \ Mußally told the subcommittee Wednesday he receiveci >1,250 in cash and loans from two Washington attorneys in connection ».with 'the dismissal of two justice «4epAijtment cases in which they were interested. \ ( ! <. Thg group planned to turn again to T. Lamar Caudle, one; time head of the department’s criminal and tax, division who was • fired, by President Truman for *Thcoinp?itible” hutside activities during the height of last yeaFs jcbngreasional investigation of jax scandals. Chelf\ said Caudle, t who is being questioned at closed 1 hearings, already has given the subcommittee a lot/of “hew leads” on the department's handling qf numerous4 <Tw«-w Pave Order Banks To Give Financial Records \nEW YORK, UP — Dozens of Ngw Ytirk city banks were under orders’ today to give ’ the state crime |conimißS|on complete financial records iop more than 300 New York and New Jersey political figures, union executives and gangsters. ■ / ! The crime commission issued subpehas for the information in connection yith Its investigation of waterfront crime \apd corruption, including charges of a between political and union leaders and racketeers. J | -—- s Sarah Whittredge Dies This Morning Heart Attack Fatal 1 To Farm Resident Mrs/ Sarah Whittredge, ■ 73, dropped dead of a heart attack at 9 O’clock this morning at h er home in Blue Creek township, one mile south' atkd one-half mlla west of Salem. , / • ; She was stricken just outside-* the bajck door of her home. Coroner llaymon Gillig, who was called td investigate, pronounced death due to attack. She “had suffered a similar attack a few. weeks 4go but recovered. Mrs. Whittredge was born in Adams; county Aug. 12, 1879, a daughter of William and Mgyfha Ybung-Pfemler. She was \ first married tp Walter. Hettier, who was killed in an auto accident in 1966, and she was later married in 1942' to Byron Whittredge. J , She jyas a member of the Salem Methodist church. . y ’ ‘ Surviving 'in addition to hei! husband are the following stepj children: Mrs. Russel Fortney of Sturgis, Mich., Ira Whittredge of Wayland. Mich., Jay and Kag Whittredge of Los Angeles, Mrs. Earl Ross of Plain'sfield. 0., and Emery Whittredge of Elkhart. ? The ;body was removed to the Zwick funeral home and will be returned, to the residence 'later. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

1952.

County's Tax levy Is Lower By 19 Cents Council Cut Os Two Cents Makes /Rate At *44 Cents ■■■ < ; I/ 1 I IWyu 1 Results of tihe coftnty counpil study of bu\tg6ts,' in session for thia past twc| day ß in the’auditor’s oft|ce> show aT9 cent (drop in eojdnjy tax levies over last yea|, w|jen l the tax Irate was 63 1 centp foH each >lO9 0f taxatyleis. The rate was set by the councilmen at 44 cents for each >IOO of 32 ipents fbr the coum ty [general fund l ; three cents for th4( Adams couftty hospital; anld niifo cents for t|he welfare department, drops ofj 13 cgnts, threel cerijts, and six eents, Respectively. were made in almost all budgets over the past two days. Fdllowing is a -breakdown iof tile budget: . fherk’s office requested arid; allowed >9565. ! jiuditcy’s budget set as requestedljat >10,825. The treasure!? was cut froth >9|E55 to deputy hire. /t*' ' 1 jy'' i Recorder'' cui from >5,763 to >s||3B, a >25 cut for office suppl£B The sheriff’s office was cilt from his estimated >9,633, JeaVing a total bf >6,329. The cpt waU made in the per diem allowed fort; his department. Every two the state! legislature reenactH the per diem law. However, theplaw will nfti be in spree mo?e than three moriths of next yedr money for the extra salargjfor the sheritt and his deputy wi|| have to bb appropriated in session, as will bp necejssarg for other departments in the perttdiem cat(agoi'y. Surveyor was cut >762 for per dieiM and repair !, of two triicks, leavmg >16,940 a$ the total. county of education remains at its original figure of Several cuts were made in the agricultural ageiit's estimate of $8,569; >2OO was hlhshed frpm tt»e salary of his first assistant and SsOQj from the sglhry of the secondpassistajjt; >ds! was cut from repur of- equipment ’ and >SO kncKkqd off the .‘ home demonsthation- sum; >IOO was completely disallowed for h r 9P e rtie>- Total cut 4 amounted to leaving a remainder of 'jfhe county ’corner’s budget wa| cut >IOO per diem, >l(l| for autopsies®, and >25 for deputies. The totjji: >7fco.f* wealth officers ||judget stands at ii 1.274. . ' / ( Estimate for requirements of y health is hired, wali pet at >3,794. ' teut of >1,140 waa made in the 4t of the pr<m|et»tlpg attor[for a leaving hinil >3,66*5. igj * 3 *f°- I! i . <Jfrcuit court’s bft<fget was cut >2(gj for office i' BuOlies, leaving >14U500 for operati<mi4purt house .= set at 91U025... ® Bvuf 4ail expftnpes set; at 650. Washlhgtdjj^township assessor: >3 S9O. k ‘ ; iidatna county Jwna cut >SOO forij repair of ['fargi leafing >22,965 year. Ciounty Clipped >lso6 for the estimate of civilian de|fnse, a new was indica|fd by? a source th« the pity Waay to shai*e in the ectpemefftf deferjse activity and sharply the ( total: >7l ( 7|7.|| <jsamber of allowed ss<m for next year’s Orlcultural exilibits at the fair. Fpr the county’s of social security payments: >l,|>. Hpr ditch improvemjpit: SII,OOO. The county highwO departmem was allowed >fi6,905 for U ITwra To Paso ll '* S 1 i i \

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Stale Fair Heading Info Home Stretch Cool Weather Cuts Attendance At Fair INDIANAPOLIS, UP— The centennial Indiana state fair headed into the home stretch today with its hopes of attaining a historymaking million attendance mark all but frozen out by the weather. Wednesday’s estixnated attendance (bf 65,000 boosted the sevenday total beyond, the 50ff,000 mark, but fair officials saw little chance of doubling that figure in the remaining three days. Continued •'[, cool! weather wa> blamed for the relative inactivity at the; turnstiles for tfte past two day# Wednesday’s attendance was littlf| more than half the all-time high’figure of 107,529 for a similar day. Toddy was designated as farmer’s day at the fair. Early arrivals packed the grandstand for the annual morning parade of agricultural floats, livestock and machinery. Capacity crowds also were expected for the afternoon’s fiveevfent harness racing attraction, the evening .performances of the State Fair in front of the grandstand ahd the horse show in .the coliseum. / H ' > Grand Circuit races continued! as one of the biggest drawing cards as someflO.OOO fans saw Ensign win the >33,000 Foxes Stake for two-year-old pacers fri a threelheat race Wednesday. / \ I The speedy gelding tied the world record jn the first heat with a time\of 2:08, but was bumped out' of the; [second heat by a two-sulky mishap. The entry Os Newville, Delaware, Ohio, with Waynb ‘.Curley” Smart up, came back in the third to beat Knight- Star for the triumph. f In livestock judging,' Hirmon Harperi, Cromwell, Ind., took one of *the top honors iri the sheep' division with a grand dhampiori ram in the Hampshire breed. ’ \' The grand champion bull in the Hereford class was shown-by TorUTnnt To Pace Mlckt) Italian War Bride Naturalized Today Ceremony Is Held In Circuit Court Thi3: morning Tomassina Lee became an American citizen . . . It’s been almost seven Ipears since she came from Rome, Italy, with hei* soldier-husband Chalmer Lee, to settle down and enjoy the priceless, privileges of a country where freedom reigns above men. 4t was a fitting opening of the September term of, the Adams; circttk court, the impressive ceremony with its noble intonations and high promise; the promisb to cast off all previous allegiances and transplant, once and for all. hei* Wart to this hew country. ’ Tomassina came here in 1945 married to Chalmer r Lee, They hate b six-year-old daughter named Susanna and live at 515 jUne strbet, ! ■ As Judge Myles F. Parrish extracted promise after promise, pledge after pledge \. from the small woman sitting so silently before him, the words rebounded froin'walls and struck a note as if they came the days of *76 when liberty was a . dream and hardship an accepted part of lisfe. !\ The nearly empty 1 courtroom seemed almost too small as'ohe by oije she passed the obstacles that brought her closer and closer to the| goal that she promised she would protect, if need be, wjth hoi.vonr life. Finally, the . judge pronounced th4 pledge of allegiance Which Tomaislna repeated after him an| was £or the first time called an| American citizen. With the documents she was given a tiny American flag, the sea! to the importance of this day in her life.

I ! Price Five Cents

Denies Talks On Contract At Stalemate Lewis Is Believed ' After Pact Before Bituminous Talks ! WASHINGTON, UP — John L. > Lewis and hard coal operators today recessed contract negotiations until next week. ■ Untied Mine Workers’ vice president Thomas Kennedy told reporters, after a three?bour meeting with inanagement representatives that /‘no conclusions were reached,“i but that new . talks will I bb held sometime next webk. I He said the talks were not itt J a /‘stalemate stagey but that ha / had no'Comment on whether fur- ; ther was made in efforts i to; write a new contract for 65,000 / anthracite miners. \ , I The bargaining session sra9 y ! called in an atmosphere of apthni ism with both sides reporting pro! gress following a. thinjt round of negotiations Wednesday. 1 Th| full-scale wage committee down into three-man suhcomml tees for today's meeting in a mblL that apparently meant business. Indications were that Lewis , would strive to wrap up an Inter- ; Im hard coal settlement so he could concentrate on a new wage boost for his 360,05 ft miners in the much larger soft coal industry. He has already held Informal discussibns with bituminous industry officials. The 65.000 anthracite *' miners will be free to /eave the pits . Sept. 30 if no agreement Is reached. \ Observers believed Lewis hoped to avoid a walkout in view of the weak economic condition iq the hard coal industry. Informants said a wage increase was not the major issue in the hard coal talks tlijs year. Lewis was reported concentrating on an increase in payments by the coal V operators into the anthracite miners’ welfare fund} j, The operators, now pay 30 cents into the.fund for each'ton of coal but the bind has failed to establish any substantial reserve. The. union is believed seeking a payment increase of about 2ft cents a ton. * i In the soft coal talks —which Lewis has been holding! informally with Harry Moses, president of the Bituminous Coal Operators Assn, and Joseph E. Moody, presb dent of the Southern Coal Operators’ Assn, —the main issue was expected to be wages. The min- / ers now ‘receive a wage of >16.35 a day. ,{ 1 * Trucker Killed As Vehicle Overturns I PRINCETON, Indi UP — Malcolm Aldridge. 30, Ear, Ark., was killed Wednesday night when his truck ran off V. S. 41 and overturned three miles north of Patoka,' State police said the truck caught fire and Aldridge burned tn death. '/ a r . • - ■ ———J-"'',. ■ V ■ • •.' ■ ■ ■ ’ , ■- " ‘ Final Rites Friday For Mrs. Sam Hite Funeral services will be | conducted Friday Afternoon for Mrs. Sam E. Hite, prominent Decatur lady, who died shortly after noon Wednesday following a short illness-. ' ,„, Services will ■be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist church the Rev. Robert H. Hammond officiating. with burial tn the Decatur cemetefy- Friends may call at the Black funbral home until 12 noon 1 Friday, when the body will be removed ,to the church to lie in state until time of the services. Mrs. Hite, in addition to being a highly active member of the First Baptist, church, was a member of the Pythian Sisters for more than 50 years, of which she was a j&st chief, and a member of the Historical club. |