Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1952 — Page 1

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■ Trailer Home Nearly Submerged In Texas Flood , jrtWWb M- -' . ■ i ■ : 'A ’ ■ ! : ■ - .--'•■■^iiifiifflliMMMHK- ; rt/ * ■ ”1 «** \ 33^. MbWI > lu—- ’ a4f JK' - M i a >'MbliSj' ? ' J L...JL— -JEBBHBBBBHBmHBI ONLY THE TOP of the trailer home fright) shows above water during flash flood of the Qpmal river at New Braunfels, Tex,, one of the areas suffering flash flood havoc in central Texas. The floods surged up hjfter torrential rains ranging 'to 24 inches. Death toll is at least four.

• *—» ——rr- v-fT" t—- —*• September Hol Spell Turning Record Breaker ' ■’ ? Little Relief Seen In Record Breaking September Hot Spell By UNITED PRESS Dig oijt that summer suit. The September hot §pell was turning into a jrecprd-breaker today and . there little relief in sight. The if. S. weather bureau predicted 90 degree weather for most of the eastern two thirds of the country today and saW yiege will be little letup entil next week. “Unseasonably warm/’ was the descrHkmn one forecaster gave the latje heal; wave and his charts and maps backed 1 up his statement. Several temperature records had; already toppled in the ‘Sep- ,, U mber jheat and others were threatened. ■ The nercury spiraled.-• to 95.6 in Chicago Friday to set a new alltime high for SepL 12. The. previous higli' was 93.6 in 1939. It was ’ the 36th dak of over 90 degree heat in /the city this year—gnop>e£ new (record. t _ j The previous mark was 33 90degree days, and the weather bureau said tljht two more of the sizzling dayk cojrld be expected before cool 4 ir blew Into the 'city. A 98 degree reading in Cleveland, Ofio, set a new record tor Sepf 12j‘ and a forecaster in- Columh«s.! Ohio, said the sT|ip nier ' would’ probably -go down as the hottest bf all time there. , hasi already perspired through! 36 days in which, the meftpury/ climbedover the 90 degree# mark and two more such ■ day# arf-. expected: The record is -• 38- days, set in 1899. In Detroit a 96 reading broke an old record by one degree, and a high pf 94 was forecast for today. 1 [A ■; . A blast of overi-hot air blew out of the slbuthVrestern states, across the Ohio Valley and into * New York. !The temperature in Manhattan just missed 90 degrees by one ten/th of A degree, and the wegtheri bureau’ said the beat was 15 above normal. The rpcordj for Sept, 10 in New York is’92.B set in the high collar days of/ 1895. Weathermen warned the heat would corfHnue over the weekend with no rain. A of cool air was creeping ..Into thdl Dakotas, Minnesota and . Nebraska. v _ y.' j A Texas; recently pelted by extremely i heavy raids and then swept (jby !a devastating flood; drfed oiit udder the hot September sun. The mercury climbed ... to 100 at Presidio, Tex.r--the hottest spdt in the nation.l Coolest spots registered a warm 84. ” In and Idaho Friday night seme) temperatures were below freezing; and| the mercury plummeted tb 24 in Bryce Canyon. '•V.f - | Associated Churches Meeting On Monday s An important meeting of the pastors and (representatives of the associated churches group Will be held at -7 o'clock Monday evening , at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. AH members are urged to be' present. f ' ■ \T. 'A-a

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Training School To Open Here Tuesday Annual Leadership Training School The associated churches of Decatur will sponsor the annual leadership-*' training school . for thiirch and church school worker! which begins Tuesday night, at|7 o’clock in the First, Baptist Church. Os especial interest to workers in the children’s department; the school is open tb all in 114 community who share in the program of bettering their cljiur-p-hbs. I • ouotanding leaders have been engaged to present the subject! for the school. Tuesday night’s jpro» gram will open with a devotionalinapi/ational period conducted by llitv—Jiev. William Feller of ! the Zfon 5 Evanirellcal and Reformed chprch. The lecture/ period will be. led by Mrs. (Dorothy baCroix Hill, writer fdr Methodist church publications anp superintendent of , the children’! of the Forest Park Methodist chyrch, Fort Wayne. Her subject for the evening is “Curriculum and text approach.’’ Following the lectutfe period, the school will divide into interest groups under discussion headers to apply the prjinciplds previously discussed to situations existing in local churches. Thursday night. September! 18, will present devotions by ! the RpV- 1 J - T. Norris of Union Chjapel F.|lJ B. church. The Ipcture period , will again feature Mrs. (Hill upipn the /allied' subject *of “Supplemental teaching aids.” Tdacb* eri who have found dl®l * n putting across the material rand h’Uking the application interesting wjll find great value in this unit of the study.’ Tuesday nighty September 23. devotions will be given by the Rev. Rcpaaine Wood of the Nazarene cirjiH'chA The lecture period will, center around a visual demonstratlon of ideal conditions for rooms and equipments A panej composed of Mrs. S. E.. son, Mrs. R. H. Hammond ;and others will discuss the ■ subject “Eqjuipment and facilities.” |, Thursday night, Septeipber) 25> df votions will be led by the Rev. Samuel ’ Emerick of the First Methodist church. The lecture period will cover the subject “The church school as an evangelistic agency.” The Speaker ’ for ! the evening'is Miss Edith Loose, (editor. of. children’s publications! for the Evangelical United Brethren Miss Loose) is frojn Dayton, Ohio. ! - Tuesday, September 30, a [special union service will climax! the clHing of the leadership training school/ combining the theme for the evening “Applying Christian Principles in everyday life,” with Jhe nation-wide observance of! the release of the new revised standard version of thb Bibld. .Speaker for the evening will be the Rev. Colpitts of Fort Wayne. If The committees in charge of arrangements has advised that ! the cost. of the schpol will be $1 for registration fol the four nights. The closing 'sessfbn will not be Htrilted to those registering for the school, but is open to the publie. An invitation is extended to every children’s department worker in the city to attend this newtype leadership training adhool for Inspiration, profit and* assistance in carrying through the work Os church schools. 5 -i— — .1 Noon Edition 1

-s— ; —#4 Coal Industry Sees Possible Peaceful Pad i: ‘ r Informed Sources See Likely Coal ; d Peace Settlement UP — John L. Lewis’ 1952 coal negotiations seem headed for a peaceful settlement, informed industry sources reported today. A : These sources said the United Mine Workers’ chief might well wrap up new contracts with the hard and soft coal industries before the first strike deadline d week from Monday. ; This was the strangest note of optimism so far in negotiations that! have run on since early Aiigust. It came after a series of ’fastmoving events ithat involved dir rectj negotiations between Lewis and (the operatorsand private huddles; among industry poMcy groups. It was cautioned, however, that, while the talks appeared to be making progress, a coal strike was still a possibility if any major snags developed. » q ®lf no». settlements are reached, miners in the northern soft coal pits' are expected to strike Sept, 22—|the first worklng day after the expiration of their 'contVacf. ( Anthracite and southern soft coal diggers could follow 10 days ■ later. , , ’ An„ “interim” agreement in the anthracite industry was\ virtually assured—as early as next Tuesday. Informants said the hard coal industry woulcl probably sigh a pact] with Lewis Tuesday—the next negotiation session—calling for :a 20 cents a ton increase in operators payments into the anthracite welfare fund. Other terms of the agreement/ would be held up until a soft coal pact was signed, but hard coal production would continue. Lewis is seeking increase ip the present 30 cents a ton payments because the anthracite pension-paying fund js near bankruptcy. Opservers, for the first time, also saw a good chance that a settlement might be reached between the union and the northern! sojt coal( operators without a strike. Negotiations with southern soft f*rw'*«* Indicted For Death Of| Child By Auto [ | INDIANAPOLIS, (UP) — Asher W. (Gray, $5, Indianapolip jeweler, was indicted by a Marion county grand, jury Friday on a homicide charge accusing him of backing his auto on a sidewalk and killing Rebecca Stidd, 9, last /June 24; ' , . . —a, . —.. , j | Commssioners To J Meet Here Monday | County commissioners meet Monday at the auditor’s office to receive bids on. two tons of fertilizer, re-puttying and painting of the poultry house at the county home. ; INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair northeast. Part- jly Cloudy southwest tonight. \ Sunday party cloudy, scattered showers northwest and ex\treme west by afternoon or night. Continued warm. High I. 90-95. Low 63-68 northwest, 6873 southeast ’ ' ' ■< J ! ' y -r ' * ■ . - ; - r j :

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U. S. Planes Defiantly Carry Korean War To Doorsteps Os Russia

Plan To Keep Up Fight On Adams Central Opponents Os Plan Os "Building School | To Continue Fight Several Itriembets of Adorns county; freeholders association, an incorporated group of residents of Washington. Kirkland and Monroe townships, said late Friday afternoon that their organization planned to continue the fight against the proposed plans of.Adams county central eonsolidatcd school board to build ‘ a consolidated school at Monroe. I The permanent Injunction suit by the former group aghinst the board was halted Friday in Wells circuit court when Vincent Kelley, attorney for !thd freeholders, filed a motion for a change of judge. Judge Homer Byrd, who had been presiding, granted the motion and immediately named John® Decker, John Mock and Frank Gordon, all Bluffton attorneys, as. a panel from which one man would be selected. Freeholder members said Friday that they had a ’witness from the state board of education who was ready to testify (that their contention in the injunction suit that the board not obtained approval of the state board of education” was correct. D. Buirdette Custer, Custer arid Smith, attorney; feft" the board in all of the litigation, previously b&d presented a letjer of approval to Judge Byrd. The letter of approval was accompanied by the rules, governingoperation of (he state board which provide that the. board president can givp approval for construction of a school building, subject to approval |of the state superintendent. This is' the procedure that was followed, according to Custer, in presenting the litter of approval. In. the meantime)! the board has let three contracts Adnce the dissolution of the temporary injunction a week ago by; Judge Byrd. Friday’s hearing w)as on the permanent injunction. Contracts include the cepter seption of the building and plumbing and electrical contracts. fimployes of Reijf Construction Co/, Bluffton; which concern was awarded the /; general contract, have done some preliminary work at the site, at the west' edge of Monroe. No actual construction has started, however. \ Another suit in the long contest between the consolidation and opU ■ (Continued On Page Six)

—■ Civic, Service Groups To Honor D. W. McMillen

■■ Sr i * *i!E B ■ bT* IST w ■ It ■ D. W. McMillen, Sr. In connection with the 18th anniversary celebration of McMillen Industries, observed this week with an I unprecedented open

Political Leaders I “Blast At Policies -•:• " ■ ! | Battles Are Raging !On Foreign Policy j* WASHINGTON, UP — Leaderi dn/both political camps pulled off the gloves today for soiine bjrei swinging in the battle over admininstration’s foreign polij « |ohn B’oster Dulles, GOP foreign /affairs adviser, blasted both secretary of state Dean Acheson and) Adlai E. S(qVenson. the Dem) ocyatlc nomineb, Democratic naHijpal ehairmen Stephen A. Mitch] with a charge GOP Dwight D. Eisenhower fVEHiid be hampered by Republican “Isolationists” of he were elected. a statement released by GOP eijnpaign headquarters. Dulles ac) copied Acheson of “exuding fear” apd of giving , “dismal counsel” when (he secretary of state-criti-cised Republican proposals fori mere vigorous steps to liberalize) [Ri’rteit-ruled peoples. x i Acheson, in a Kansas City speech) Thursday night; branded the GOP proposals ag ' “h! prescription for disaster.” In steps to curb Russian aggression, Acheson said, the Republicans have had “their hands on the horn and their feet on the brakes,” s.*?Htiles retorted Acheson’s “conjtnihnwnl policy has not led either to /peace or to ‘containment.’ It hae brought the Korean war and a steadily growing menace of even worse war.” pulles denied the GOP advocates liberating captive peoples “byl force” as charged by President! Truman. Achesc|n and Stevenson.; HtUpolnted out the party platform, calls for liberation as a “peaceful burjwse” and Elisenhower has recommended only| “peaceful aid” to Insure the libefgtion. Mitchell’s attack on Eisenhower Echoed Fresidei|t Truman’s press conferences charge Thursday that the general-of elected-would be hamstrung by isolationist Republicans on foreign | policy. / The Democrajtic chairman said Eisenhower had surrendered completely to Sen. Robert A, Taft ROhio, with whom the general often jias differed on foreign policy. ; . /■ ; . H- - I® . > ■ s »■ • .• . • ■ x Awarded Additional Time, To File Brief Robert Anderson, attorney for the/ Decatpr board of zoning appeal! in» the litigation with the Dechtur Company of Jehovah Witnesttns,; asked for and deceived a continuation to file/ a brief.\'He was awaMed. an extension of time unfit September 26. ‘ \ ■„X. : —' .

house and banquet, individuals and civic groups of Decatur have cortipleted plans for “McMillen appreciation night.” ' life deference to the great ac eomplishrnents |of the grey-haired pioneer industrialist, D. W. MeMillen, Sr., the Chamber of Coms' ineree and the Jaycees, the Lions gqd Rotary clubs, together with Mjajor John Doan and the city council, will hold a banquet at the Moose home' Thursday, September 18. f 'Mayor Doan will deliver an address ahd throw the city open t<f “Ms. Mjac,” presenting him ?vith the keys 1:0 the city. ~ * j. Mayor Doan reports that the fie»t regular of the city council has bee m canceled so that councilmen can attend the Municipal league at Indianapolis. He Said the meeting was switched to &ept. 23, at which'time a\ formal resolution' —drafted'by city, attor- . hey Robert Anderson — will be presented before? the councilmen, citing McMillen for his foresight M<i the benefits he has made, it possible for the city to enjoy, . : ■ ■ ■ ■ '

Ty/;//!' I Nine-Day Tour Os West Ended By Stevenson GOP 'Salesman Os Confusion* Lashed By Gov. Stevenson i ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. UP — Gov; Adlai E. jStevenson ended his tour of!/ the West today and fblanned a feitf days- rest before dtaranx k similar tour of the eastern states. . j* [ Tge y.* Democratic presidential ’nondnee was scheduled to leave here this morning On the return trip/; to his Springfield, 111., headquarters aboard! his four-engine chaffered plane. In! winding up' his western tour that 1 took him 7,1800 miles through 10 states, Stevernsori made brief spedking stops it Phoenix and | Ttyrgon, Aria., Friday and a speech j her? Friday night. I ■ After a few days rest in Springi fiel| he planned, ,to leave Sept. 18 for tour that Will take him into Nev| England, Ngw York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. ;Ii». gll three appearances Friday, Stefenson continued his critical appraisal pt the Republican party I and his political /opponent,. Dwight D. Idpenhoirer. Friday night he denounced Republican “salesmen Os Confusion,” accusing his opposition/of twisting the tissue of Com* muaism- ' , Earlier, in Phoenix and Tucson, he accused Eisetfhower of begging support from Sep./Robert A. Taft and adding Sen. William Jenner to his ttaitn. While ‘denouncing the “fake Utoma” offered by Communism, SteVfnson siid “we must take care not to harin innocent people. Tile Illinois governor took a sarswipe at Sen. Joseph R. MeCart|y , R-Wis. I for his “shrill disedyery Os the Communist menace,” before McCarthy found the Communist! the Democratic adminißration instltut)e)d a federal loyal|y system. ! “V|e have prosiecut|d the Com-t muni|t \ he said. “Whgre thd law |ias been violated, the / justice department has indicted anp convicted the criminals!’ ■ - 4 Stevenson reserved mis strongest words for Jenner, thfe Republican senator frbm Indiangj whom he desefibed is having been promoted to ‘fesenliower’s /tirst team.” H| reminded his listeners Jfenner (had once called Gem George C. Marshall, Eisenhowers chief dur(Continued 4n st *> t St IL , ■ 1 1 V"' ■■■■,■■ ii> ■ ■fri— — Monoplane Cashes, At Least Thr& Die | Small Plane Crashes h/ih Michigan:Today .' JACKSON, Mich. UP — A small monb plane crashed and burned in ia- f|rmerM field; about 10 miles northwest of here early today and Istatg police said three ; and possibly foun unidentified persons were ikin&. ; I 1 i c|l. Cf H. Gilmer of the Jackson po«L said only orie body had been from th® wreckage. It was burned beyond recognition but in the victim’s billfold were identification cards of a Calvin Popp, Hudsong Mich., about 2(1 miles south of here. “There may have been three or eve®' four bodies in the plane,” Gilmer sa|id. “Only one has been out so far.” Calmer said the plane was believed to have taken; off from an air- > port at Monroe, (.Mich., 50 miles east of Hudson. It was not immediately determined who owned the blafe. j The plane apparently crashed vyh|e the pilot was trying to land ip the field or ph a nearby road, Gilflier said. .

\ ; I ! ./.'■ ? :/ j! Ike Backers Take Over Committee National Committee : Is Reshuffled Today WASHINGTON, UP — The Republicans reshuffled their nation) al executive committee today, givk ing'greater (voice to the supported of Dwight fc). Eisenhower*. i, In announcing the commit/ tee, however; GOP national chairman Arthur E. Summerfield denied the move was intended to purge backers of Sen. Robert A. Taft, Eisenhowers chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination. /It was learned that under thb new alignment, the executive Committee is made UP of eight Eigenlhower supporters, six Taft baefceri and one “neutral.” ’ T/he 15-man group, which functions as the GOP governing body .between meetings of the nationhjl committee, had previously been considered (weighted with supporters of Taft,. I Among those dropped were G. Mason Owlstt, Republican national committee. member from 'Pennsylvania, and Ref>. Clarence Browjv of Ohio —4 both Taft supporters. Brown, however, was replaced bV Ray Bliss, gtate GOP chariman for Ohio and also a Taft backer. Walter Hallanan, temporary chairman pf the Republican conanil a Trftt supporter, was “promoted'* to be v'ice chairman of the new executive committee, Summerfield said. i Mrs. D. Ray Murdock, new national committeewoman from Pennsylvania and a Taft supporter, and Mrs. Cecil! Hardin, national committeewonian from Indiana and g Taft backer, were named to ths committee. l ! , Summerfield said the n ew executive ccAnmittee is composed of the following members: Axel'J. Beck, Elk Point, S. D.: Ray C. Bliss, Columbus, Ohio; O. Wayland Brooks, Chicago; Harry Darby, Kansas City, Kan.; Mrs. Edna Basten Donald, Grand Island, Neb.; Mrs. William Preston Few, Durham, N. C.; Rep. Cecil M. Hardin, Covington, Ind.; Wayne J. Hood, Wis.; Albert Kl Mitchell, Albert, N. M.; Mrs. ; Di Ray Murdpck, Greensburg, PaJ Harlan li Peyton, Spokane, Wash. 1 Mrs. Margaret A. Rockwell, Phoenix, Arig.; Mrs. Horace H. Sayre, Ardmore, Okla.; J. Russel Sprague, Mineola, N. Y., and John Minor Wisdom, New Orleans, La. Huge Naval Armada Steams For Norway 1 ■ '■ '-w Biggest Peacetime Armada Is Underway j ABOARD THE IJSS FRANKLI b. ROOSEVELT, ju Sea, UP -f The mightiest peacetime naval Armada steamed through the Nortel Sea tpday to the aid of Norway, /whose two northernmost provinces already (have been overrun by an “invading army” from the east. ' ■ ( 1 Operation Mainbrace, biggest joint naval exercise ever held, began offichlly at midnight with the flashing (of orders to naval commanders to repel an “invasion” of Scandinavia from the direction of Russia. Radio Moscow said Operation Mainbrace bore the stamp of thle "Pentagon’s aggressive schemes,*’ with the other participating countries merely • following the orders of their “American The orders sent 160 vessels from nltie nations, and 80,000 men-half of them Americans-lnto “action.” First warships to sail from Scotland's Firfhs of Clyde and Fortth 'where the vast armada had assembled, were a task force of minesweepers and frigates. They will clear the path for carriers, cruisers’ and battleships. Fighter planes from the royal air force coastal command were scheduled tp put an air umbrella <T«ni T» Paa* *|x>

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Blasi Targets Near To Red China, Russia Vital Power Plant Near Manchuria Is Blasted By Planes SEOUL, Korea, UP— Waves U. S. planes defiantly carried the Korean war .to the doorsteps of both the Soviet Union and Red China today v r > Thirty-five B-29 Superfortresses struck first with 300 tons of demo ! lition bombs at Northwest Korea’s vital SuTho power plant, directly across the Yalu river from Manchuria. They reported “good to excellent” results. t Then light Navy attack bombers from the U. S. carriers 'Princeton, and /Bon Homme Richard in the Japan Sea smashed at the east Korean supply center of. / Hperyong, withim sight- of the Manchurian border and only 40 miles west of the Sovibt Siberian . frontier. Navy pilots said they destroyed T eight of the 30 barracks in the , center of Hoeryong and damaged v , I all the rest The United Nations command described Hoeryong, in the northernmost corner ofKbrea, , as the “Manchurian border gateway from Russia.” On/ the ground, South Korean infantrymen battled their way to the. top of Finger Ridge on '.the central front but, were thrown off the crest when ihe Communists called in overwhelming number's • cf reinforcements. Veteran Chin--ese Reds, fighting from deep holes dug in <her bomb-Scarred ridge, had -to call for help after the ROKs swept* up the hili and engaged them in hand-to-hand -combat. . On nearby Capitol hill, other South Koreans battered back two Chinese Counter-attacks, the fourth and fifth attempts the" Reds have made in a week to recapture the height. Fighting on bpih peaks, cost the Communists an estimated 215 dead. . ■ . | ’ •One. of the bitterest fights of the day came west of Chorwou on the west-central front where a . U. N. patrol, ranging far ahead of its own lines, was surrounded by Communist forces. The outnumbered patrol fought tor 11 hours before it finally cut its way through the ; ring of Redtroops and made Rs way back to its own lines. The B-29 attack oh the Suiho power plant and its dam, the fourth largest power dam in the world, was the second of the whr. »The first raid June 23 brought protests in Britain and in some other Allied powers that an assault so close to / Red China’s homeland might extend the war. however, the U. N. command said the joint chiefs of staff in Washington i gave permission for tbb new attack. It was presumed Maj, Qen. Stephen Shoosmith, a British officer named as a deputy to supreme U. N. commander Gen. Mark Wr Clark as result of the furor ovbr the earlier Suilto; attack, also was notified in advance. The Bth army reported its troops killed an estimated 1,238 enemy soldiers, wounded 1,183 and captured 18 ip the week Sept. 1 through 7. These figures did hot include an estimated 3,475 Chinese soldiers killed' or wounded by the South Koreans in the fighting on Capitol hill and Finger Ridge. i ' :■—+ Democratic Women To Picnic Mpnday The Adams County democratic Women’s" club will hold a picnic Monday Evening at 6:3o ; o’clock at ( the Berne park. Members and thelV families and all Democratic eon)mUteemen and vice committeemen and families are invited and a good attendance is desired. ' ' v -T- ■ t