Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1952 — Page 1

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Kindergarten Facilities To Be Expanded Use Library Room, Hire Third Teacher For Young Pupils The liecritur kindergarten will be expanded to a: third roorh and an additional teacher employed,’ W; Guy Brqjlwn, superintendent of city schools, announced, as a result of the harmonious Of deeply; interested partents at the Lincoln school Friday afternoon ! The assembly of parents called by Supt,! Brown rind p. Bryye Thomas, Lincoln school ! principal, to discuss the problem of caring for 1110 children with only two teachers and two classrooms, re-’ solved that the situation could be met with, an additional teacher and quarters. S■ p ■ ’ ■ i Cooperating with the school board, Dr. N. A. Bixler, president of the. Decatur library board, offered the ground floor auditorium of the library for a kindergarten classroom. Library board ipembeys confirmed the offer this morning and offered cooperation might be necessary in preparing the large room, for kindergarten use. Supt. Brown immediately contacted available teachers and will j have a definite answer from one prospect over the weekend, he said. Children are asked to remain home Monday, the superintendent said. On Tuesday, the parents are asked to accompany their children to the Lincoln building and by that time details in connection with opening -the expanded kindergarten system in the library will been completed, Supt. Brown stated. The. two tentativemitted to the parents'did notTnetet with favor and discussion of other approaches on the problem followed. The tyo plans incorporated alternating attendance and r halfsemestter attendance, the parents themselves in favor of y ear-rod nd kindergarten classes and daily attendance. , - The library room was used several year?/ago for a classroom in the i I Among the more than 150 parents and cltizetis, mostly mothers, were Charlee D. Ehinger, president of the Citizens Telephone company, and Ed Wert, president of the Lincoln school PT A. Both offered constructive suggestions and Ehinger charted Decritur’s expected population growth to 1957, estimating the number of available kindergarten pupils at 238 at the end of five years. ‘T School officials helpless ip solving the problem of caring for the children with limited school facilities and no extra teachers. Enrollment in the kindergarten had been estimated at 160, an increase of 25 over last year’s enrollment., On' the opening day of school, 190 boys and girls of five years of age -enrolled In the highly popular division of the school, which is financed b|> the school board, without state (aid. ,■ Supt. Brown said that a survey df Decatux’s school needs would be made next year under the direction of Indiana or Purdue university. and th?i data from this survey would bte helpful to the school board in planning for future expansion of the school system. Highly . pVaising the attitude of parents who attended the meeting, Supt. Brown commented, "It was . democracy in action and one of the • j finest and moat helpful assemblies ever held in the city." I The superintendent reminded parents not to send their children to kindergrir.rien Monday, but that if plans, cartrjed through, everything would be ready for the three classroom organization by Tuesday i morning.

growing With Decatur ■ ■ ' _ ■ ’ \J. , , : .—y- : L i ’ i > - n co °P e ’’ ation with Qentral ■ 1 i Soya Company. Inc., and McMil- •" is l * ? len "Feed Millsj jthis newspaper | proudly presents a colored picj\ > torial section bn the industries founded here in 1934. by 'Dale W. _' ; : j \ <.. McMillen, Sr. The 16-page magar Z>^e " Bect,on contains pictures of ' k 1 individuals and shows the first . j I qfflcO and factory buildings, along .*s■ •> ilI wi 11 an aerlal v > ew ° f vasd plapt as it is today . . . including k ~ , B : recent additions which developed it tifo the largest soybean procesr * I • Hw sing plant in the work. ConductJI ed tt,urs through the plants will jl “Mt 1 111 ■* ftla(,e next Thurst ay/ in ob» ■ 1 seryance of the completion of the '' L T “ company’s two-year’ construction I « . - programs j ■ ' ~ •' ■ . ■ -£• ■ ' h •

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How To Become Popular In Navy - r f i ; fl ■ ■ ’ Jh * lit I»» 1-■ 1 t DIDN’T WANT io go to Washington and “have all those guys out for a big (formation just to see me get a medal,’’ Alfred D. imbly, 21, wrote the U. S. Navy, asking that his Navy Cross for heroism be mailed to him. Here he’s shown reading his citation in Troy, N. Y., home with his wife Ann. who holds their 5-week-old baby, Nadine Marie., pTrombly, serving as a navy medic with a U. S. 'Marine regiment, ristited his life to save two wounded comrades during fighting June 8, lfsl, in east central Korea. —ij. ,a , . | - >■ - ■ jpg

Lewis Plans Major Battle j For Contract ; Awaits Reaction Os \ Coal Operators To Preliminary Talks I : j , jl :j s Washington, (up^—John l Xewib today wound uh shadow Isoxirig sessions with the coal industry and prepared tdr a,major battie to win a new contract for his minejrs. , United Mine Workers chief. many ot his demandsj already on ,the table, awaited the reaction of soft/fand hard cpal industry leaders >to preliminary bargaining sessions. ' ■ . [i f completed his first form- ; at talks with th’e southern coal bpq’riaiqrs Friday. Although result! of the session were not revealed. Lewis! was bqlieved tO! hav? denfanded a ‘sharte-the-work’ program that would split up limited ; production among; all his ’iWtth some miners wdrking less than''three day? a week'while others on the job .full time, Lewis i? peeking a program- that would all his men about/ the same Working time. This would mean production of each ■coal company. ? Merinwhile, the anthracite operators;; mulled over a reported spedemand by Lewis for a 20ctent increase in paymeats to the bard. coal welfare fund?. Reports were optimistic .about chances of a settlement' in this dispute next w.eekl 1 ' j ', '! ; i Wi|h its welfare fund at a low leveljHhe union seeks to .boost the preset 30-cent-a-ton! payment so that lininers could cojlect. pensions and Injury benefits. Should (he industry agree, an imterlm agreement’.'would be arranged to maintain production whjl i Lewis negotiates! with soft coal pleaders. ■1...*.*.! [j i Noon Edition '■ , i. r i >'! 1 ( —i—

Indiana Stale Fair To Wind Up Today i Record Attendance Set At State Fair INDIANAPOLIS. UP—lndiana's 100th State Fair ends a 10-day run today with an all-time attendance record chalked up for future to shciot at. ■ „* ■ Thanks to the best weather in years and the added interest generated by the centennial tag on Hooslerland’s biggest show, thb fair books marked down more than 043.000 customers in its first nine days. The old record was q£7,573 in 1946. \ The closing day features entertainment. Judging of agricultural exhibits was over and many prizewinners lugged their ribboned show-pieces homely One exhibitor went home without his prize product, however. Phillip 4rehart. 20, Churubusco, w said goodbye to “Stubby,” his grand- chapipion Hereford steer, and took home instead a check for 12,854.50. The-animal was sold to an Indianapolis meat packing firm at auction Friday for $2.75 a pound. , That wais 75 cents less thah last year’s grand champ brought, and .far off the all-time {record of $7,492 paid in 1049 for \the| top ' steer. >4 Other champions brought fat folding money for their owners. A champion shorthorn shown by Jack Berlet. Waltoh, {brought $530.85 at a rate of 40% cents a pound. A Chester { white 4-H grand Champion barrpw r pulled down $625 at the rate of $2.50 a 1 pound ofr Bill Sears, Pendleton. The reserve grand Champion, a Poland China', added $216.90 .to the -assets of Dale Harvey, Carptiel. I \ Saturday fairgoers missed the midway. Concession stands packed up Friday night to meet another engagement. 4 On today’s program; \ wer s a baton twirling contest, 75 miles of motorcycle \ racing, and a jamboree with hillbilly and cowbqy entertainers. ;- A five-day Grand \ Circuit harness racing program ended Friday with the; last of purses totaling nearly $200,000 distributed. Good Time won the free-for-all pace in a race-off with Dudley Hanover for a $3,720 purse. Frank Ervin, who drove Good Time, won an award As top driver of the meetv He rode 12 winners in 38 starts. Other races were won by Lu Peck, .with Harry Fitzpatrick driving; Frances Jewell, driven by Hugh Bell, and Helicopter, With Harry Harvey in the sulky. [ ' •' ; r t 4 i Selking Is Named To Tax Adjustment Board At a meeting this morning of the 12 township August Selking was named the seventh member of the tax adjustment board, which meets Monday to rule on all taxing units in the county. Selking is from Root towifship. { \ \ , The board is now complete and has four peinocratic and three Republican members. superintendent of schools, | Glen Cystard, announced the choice of the trustees. \ : .'I; l\ -'j■i.l\' ■■■■ ■ ' i b'S

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 6, 1952.

Presidential Nominees Outline Farm Policies ■- T \ In Major Talks Today

Adlai Moves Info Midwest On Farm Issue Stevenson Meets* With Farm Leaders j To Prepare Speech DENVER. Colo. UP — Goir. Adlai Stevenson moved into t:hte tipper midwest today for aj headon collision wlith his ofrponelnt, Dwight D; Eisenhower, on the tissue bf farm policy. 'J i The two presidential nominees were scheduled to Within a few hours of other at kasson, Minn., scene bf the annual national plowing contest. J Stevenson’s campaign aides said the Democratic candidate had finished hist Kasson speech and nqi alter it on the basis! iif; what new charges Eisenhower finight level at the Democrats. The Republican candidate speaks at midday: Stevenson talks aboiij 4 p.in. CST. \ The Kasson speech, one o| severe al basic policy positions Stevenson plans to 4nunctatb this, month, was one of tire most cars fully consid-; erejfl addresses of the governor to’ date. Before deciding on a last draft of ! the speech. sought and heard the opinions of a diverse group t of agricultural leaders, ranging from agriculture secretary Charlefc F. Brannan to Allten Kline, spokesman for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Stevenson made ‘three talks in, Deliver Friday, one of them a major prbnouncei|nent of His belief that eorrfuption in gc|v*ernment is “treason.’f > - “Corruption in pub ic office is treason,” he saidp “and it is treason to Democrats as well as Republicans.} Any jipoks I ever find in government will be exposed; and punished as quickly as 1 cat batch them. /‘And another thing I tyink I know moire about cal ching than my opponent bte:ause I followed eight years\ of magnificent Republican rascality in Illinois. What’s more, lire learned by actual experience lipw to use an for misconduct, add l’v» used it on toy own party and without tear or favor or hesitation.” This was Stevenson s, mostl detailed ertort of the campaign to what appears to be thf chief GOP issue—corruption In the Truman administration, f He was admittedly inc.ignant over what "he felt was An effort by Eisenhower to asperse his 1 onesty and fidelity, in, tevent of election.}. “I had hot expected that from the general,” he said, ‘and I will iTnrn To P»s» Sill Mrs. dm Bailer Is Taken By Death Funeral Services ’ Monday Morning Funeral services will! be held Monday for Mrs. Edith Bailer, 70, who died Thursday nigl t at Coleman, Mick, where she had been visiting. Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. had been in failing health for six months. She was born in Decatpr»May 26, 1882, a daughter of Joseph and Lucy McConnehy, and was married to Sam Bailer Dec. 24, 1'902. Surviving in addition to her husband are Three son|s, Elmer Bailer of. Decatur, Paul and Wall er of Fort Wayne: two daughters, Mrs. Edna Morris and Mrs. Minnie Hauman of Decatur; 18 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren t onq brother, Willard Mc.Connehyiof Debatur, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Baker of Muncie and Mrs. ftdinnie Burk of Decatur. J i Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Gill g & Doan funeral home, the J(ev. H J. Welty officiating. Burial [will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at funeral home pntil time for the services. «* i I * -r- ■ ! - ‘ \ Hv •• i/. ■ ' Ji •; I

125,000 Throng To Plowing Contest | i'j r ; N I. . ; Both Nominees To Speak At Contest KASSON. Minin. UP — An estimated 125,000 midwesterns thronged the. Henry Snow farm today ,to watch the nation’s best plowmen show.their skill and hear the next pld'sldent of- the United States tell hoW he'plans to treat the farmer. The major farrp policy speeches of Republican presidential candidate! Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democratic nominee Adlai E. Stevenson attracted morp i attention than' the national pawing contest, billed as the main eVent. Blit there thousands of ovtruil-ciad farmers who came chiefly to 'find pjit who would be the country’s next, level-land and contbur plowing champions. Contest enlisted Gov. Elmer Anderson of Minnesota to introduce Eisenhower at noon CST and Snow, the host-farmer, to introduce Stevenson at 4 p.m. after the day’s plowing Was finished. Snow. said, however, the introduction didn’t put him in the Stevenson camp politically. • | “Pm pleased to do it,’] he said. “But donhl get me wrong, I haven’t decided which why I’m going to vote.” WJgis. Snow prepared an ; old-, fashioned farm dinner of fried chifked/ potatoes, vegetables, salad, homte-made bread and pile for Eisenhower, who was to dine after his Speech. v ( * Slw* “gpessed” Stevenson would have to eat leftovers. “But/ they won t be too bad, ’ she laid. “Cold chicken sandwiches and - deep-dish apple pie.” , If Stevenson sho ild arrive shortly after* Eisenhower, she said, tHe’ll probably j?et a hot meal too”l Crowds trampled over tlie Snows’ lawn and shifted back and forth aerpis the fertile Helds. Farmers' clustered in the farmyard and iearby fields, talking politick, i mujuhing ho! dogs | arid gulping pop of hoi coffep. \ contestants entered tlite Jriatlorial plowing \ i ‘" I- —~~— | I I INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight, cooler north. . Sunday fair ahd not muon change "in temperature. Low 55 extreme north Io 65 extreme sbdth. Hioh 78-85 north, 86-92 [ »©ißth. . li; ■ ' , . -—-4 r-, j i t/ST I ; * r 1 Eisenhower, Taft To Meet Neirt Week Mop Taft's Role lh Ike's Campaign WARRINGTON, |IJP — Sen Robert A. 7*aft and Dwight D. Eisenhower will meet |in a bury-the-hatchet- atmosphere pext week to map graft’s role in | the RelpuhJicdn presidential campaign. | V' ‘ . All ,is tyot yet Isweetnless and light b et Ween Eisenhower arid Taft, who Ijost the (£OP nomination to the retired general ju,st when he was sure he at just had it nailed down. Bui Taft said in Muridy Bay, Quebec, that “no doubt” he will meetj Eisenhower pext we|ek for the first time since their brittle at the Chicago nominating Convention.’Chances are the meeting will be in New York city? The date Is not Set, but Taft said it may be Monday. • ! ’V In a telephone interview with the Ujpited Press, Taft declined to make any commitinent to cam-' paign for Eisenhower. He disclosed he has scheduled four speaking engagements, but all are in, Ohio and . the emphasis undoubtedly will be on reelecting his old friend, Sen. J’ohn. W. Bricker. There appeared to be Utile possibility , the Taft-Eisenhower conference would be shelved, as was their< 'scheduled meeting in New Yotk last wee. Premature publicity from the Eisenhower camp caused the delay, but this time (Continued On Pn*te Six) n t n . \ v . I : 1 ’

-J—. /"?'V — Savage Attack By Red Forces Isjßepulsed Assault On Hill Is {Repulsed; Planes Smashing Targets SEOUL, Koreil, VP — American 25th division soldiers hurled back a nvage Communist attack on a 6trii|teglc hill outpost today while Unified Nations warplanes smashed j|our vital Red targets in forays; over North Korea. Screaming Northj Korean Communists fought fanritically for 10 in a vain attempt to dislodge the Ameticanif from the outpos£ on Sandhag Castle,” northwest of the Punchiowl on the front. \ Tie Americana Wipre forced to give up the outposjpi at one point but'jater. they recaptured it. Iqi the air, Allied? planes struck the; North Korerin.: p-rmy’s sth ' corns headquarters jiouth of Kowaii| Fifth air tore® fighterbonders and Australian Warplanes destined 56 buil& tn®4 and damaged wore. ' O| ter fighter-bpmlfers plastered a Cominnuist mine southeast of Tangdq& but a partial ployd coven pwyented full evaluation of the qppiiage. American. F-86 prpthe fightelr ®mbers probably M'IG-t| and damag'd another. Two >erlal battles |tere fought during the driy betwmh 30 Sabres and » MlGal. : g « Earlier Aihericah night virtually;, wiped out an impojpaiit war supply centef at the east Of North while 11 l)lasij|d a military Supply area pi FTw»» To Mx) !'! 'll -— rr-i -WFrank J. KMt Dies Early This Mdrning J i Retired Coal Dealer Taken By Death Frank J. Krick. 75, retired cogl dealet, a member of a pioneer and prominent family /identified with the establishing ot the tile manufacturing business in this city, dlted early Jihis morning At his home, 324 Line Street, of a heart allrnent. Mr.} Krick had been ill about a y£ar.! This illhessf; caused him to retire from the coali|bußiness, in which; he had for about 25 years; Prior to that time he was associated with Krick-’tyndalt Tile company. ! Borji in Decatur, January 19, 1877, Ik son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick, he attended high school. On May 20, 1899, he was marrlfd to Miss EVa Rllxey of this city, iwho survives. \ l Mr®Krick was member of the First church. He was identified with several 1 fraternal organisations in the city and was a 50&e<r mei|iber of the Improved OfderJiof Red Mem'with membership also in the Knight? ht Pythias and the L. O. O. Moose. Besides his widow he is survived by oni| daughter, Mfs. Paullrie Hyde of Rosjelle, N. J., thfe£ sons, Joseph A. rini| Robert H., Os ibis city, and Frank; Jr., of Fort Wayne; seven grandchildren; three great-grand-children; two brothers, George Krick,'a former mriiyor of Decritur, and Vergil Krick, superintendent of the Krick-Tyndall file, plant; and twin ateters, Miss Agnes Krick of Detroit; and Mrs. Dallas Butler of Foft <gyne. Funeral services will bri conducted | at B: 30 O’clock j Tiies<Jay afternoon rit the Gillig & Doan funeral home at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church, the Rei. Samuel Enteric officiating. Burial will be in tfte Decatur cemetery. Friends may c||l at the funeral home from Sunday afternoon, i'. ■ i ■ .'

_— —__ Schricker Declines To Call Legislature No Sound Reason For Any Special Session INDIANAPOLIS, (UP) — Governor Schr|cker announced today he will not call a special session Os the Indiana legislature to make tt qasier sos a Hobsier serviceman to vote. Schrlcker’s announcement was i contained in a letter to George N. • Craig, Republican nominee for L governor, who' asked a pne-day > session on grounds it Is too hard . for ja soldier to register and vote . under the present election laws. “l ean find no ?ou ndi reason for . calling a special session.” Schricki er wrote in a letter dated Sept. 5. He said he and the other two Members of the state ; election board, one pf them Craig’s fellow i Republican. Edwin R. Steers, “unanimously agreed that our ,l present law gave ample opportun- . Ry to every legal votjer tn the armed services to become regis- . tered and to cast his rote at the i coming election if he so desired.” . Schricker said he brought up . the subject bf soldier Voting “siey; .• erah months ago” and . the board . agreed no member of ; the armed forcria “was being unnecessarily I disfranchised ” > » SChrjcker told Craig bia sugges- . tibn ,to have selective ?ervlce fur 1 nish couhty clerks the lists of service personnel “does not appear - to be of valine." The governor j reminded Craig ; the present election Jakv was efn- , acted in 1947 with unanimous ap- : provpl of both houses,! and two i regular and one special sessions had passed since then , without any new legislation' being intro- . duced. -1 Furthermore, Schricker said, nobody except Craig for a special session, Hand /'I find it i pecessary to respectfully decline , your request.’’ | y ' . j . |,i M ' J ! ! Two-Year-Old Boy is Killed By Trait) SEYMOUR, Ind. UP -4 The two-year-old son oft the Medora high school coach and athletfc instruci tor was fatally hurt Friday when he was struck by a Baltimore & 'Ohio railroad passenger train. Authorities said Michael Hriwley, son of Mt. and Mrs. Raymond Hawley, was struck after he wandered |away ! frclm hi? home, about a block from the tracks.

Fred Busche Tells Os Europetin Experiences

■ % / ■■■ ■ ■ • 1 | ■ • fe Fred Busche, well known Decatur man* and his son, Henry, of Jacksonville, 111., have returned from a visit to Europe. ; $ Countries visited iweire Germany, Austria, England, Holland, Ireland and Newfoundland. Among the cities visited were foremen, Hanover, Munich, Barbuth, Nuernberg, Frankfurt A/M, Coblenz, Dusseldorf, Lebanon and Gander, ’ » /‘Most of their time was spent visiting relatives at Helpsen, near Buckeburg, birthplace of Fred Busche. ‘ .\ | The following observations were quqted by the Decatur man as those which most impressed him during hits trip: ; “If any one-thinksUhe boys did not do a real job of destruction he needs only to visit the main industrial cities aof Germany. Much rebuilding is in progress. Germany is coming <back industrially because of the thrift and economy of its people. * “The people of Germany are Very appreciative of what America hasdone for them since the war. Americanism is making fast inroads info the lived of the German people. We.' American soldier is well liked and instrumental in' changing their Old ‘traditions. Coca Cola is taking the place of beer for many people as - If

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Ike Pledges Support For Farm Prices 90 Percent Parity , ! / Pledged As Future Plans Discussed KASSON, Minn., UP — Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged the Republican party today to support farm prices ,at 90 percent of parity for two more years while working on a plan tor “full parity” U’itii ieas government control for the future. The Republican presidential candidate made the promise in a speech prepared tor delivery at the national plowing contest here a few hours before a similar bid) for farm votes by his Democratic opponent, Gov.. Adlai E. Steven-* son of Illinois. Eisenhower’s goal of 100 percent parity did not promise it would ail be done with government price support money. -H® said it takes “more than price support?” to build a s4und farm,program. The Republican platform advocates a farm program “aimed at full parity prices for ; all farm products In the; marketplace." i Eisenhower.. accused the Democrats of trying to -’‘acarfc’’ farmers into voting their way with “false propaganda” that “the Republicans will pull the tug Opt from under you.” He denounced it as “bunk, just bunk” by an administration bent on' rdbbing farmers of thieir traditional independence and routing thenj “political captives” by the/Use of federal; money' and control. !■ } ■ Without any !“ifs ’ or. "buts,” Eisenhower said, he and the Republican party stands firmly behind the present law providing 94 percent of parity on basic crops through 1954. During those next two' years, he ' added, the Republican? would, work out a “positive, aggressive, farm prdgram,’’ over which farmers would have control, t | “Our goal would be sounft, farmrun programs that safeguard agri-culture—-but do not regiment you, ' do not put the federal governmen t in charge of your farms . . , ‘T firmly believe that agriculture is entitled to a fair, full share of the national income and it must be a policy qf government to help agriculture achieve this goal in ways that minimize govs '’•'■re To Pax* Six)/

their favorite drink. “Individual freedom and liberty is replacing fear of dictatorial' militarism. Schools no longer' deify the war lords. The school < teacher is more cooperative with children, enjoying their sports with them in football and baseball. “The youth of Germany is seeking to know and understand this new freedom Os individualism and international cooperative enterprise. The, old folks are saying the youth sis getting heady. “There is a tgrrible of.another war,/ a real longing ' for peace/ a hesitance of redrma:. ont, a hope for American 1 soldieL, to stay until their country Is teunity ed and the fear of f another war? j ceases. 1 H '■ r “There is no longer need , sos ; food from outside in the ApaSdrfcsmV ■ and English zones. There is koineH need in the French zone, afcd great need in the Russian zope. 1 “Germans are fleeing the kussian zones at the risk of their lives, leaving all they Own behind them, just to be free from Russian domination. The Russian ? propaganda’ machine has no good Word for America. “It is marvelous to have the privilege of being an American and living in God’s country.’* '■ -■ • /1.