Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No. 291.

Craig Plans Many Changes In Government * - Li 11 . Choose Employes On Merit; To Press For i A Direct Primary INDIANAPOLIS UP...— - Gover-nor-elect George N. Craig to<|ay pledged an administration tijat will choose employes on their merits. pin-point responsibility, and push for direct primary selection of state and national leaders. . ' Craig returned from a Florala vacation sun-tanned and full of plans for changes he will propose after his Jan. 12 inauguration. | ■ In his first official press cspference since \he was elected, fie said his administration will afford all interests a ‘•’fair and ■ eqvpt-: able’, deal. \ * He said he will “press” for: a direct primary in Indiana as 'a' means of bringing people closer 'jto government. He said that would Include selection of leading candidates jmdi delegates tjiepresidential nominating conve(n-. \tions by the voters instead of by political parties. R ; “The more we encourage people l to take part in government tie! better we k re|\going to he as 'a nation," Craig said. “The strength: of government lied in participation by the peopled” U ! Me said he will make “concrete recommendations” to the Repuplt--_cah legislative advisory commit-tee-next Monday about suggested revisions of states governmentThese will include formation of U "‘little cabinet” erf advisor®., Craig and removal of several state departments from politics. • 1 \Craig: said state employes Should be required to pass examinations of their ability and hold their JoUd “by merit.” He said there will be no wholesale political firings but indicated present state , 'will have to demonstrate thencompetence. 11 He suggested changes in administrative . state boards to “fix responsibility.” Specifically, he said the alcoholic beverage commiii sion should have one commissioner instead of four. ‘ - -I "You cah’t run a business with a committee.” he said. ti Craig said ABC and other "ad; ministrative” boards differ, hoWever, from departments like- tlfe public service commission. He .ai|; proved continuation of three commissioners since they serve as a “hearing and judicial body." || In answer to questions. Craigsaid: p ' 1. He intends to serve his fui Xpur-year term and would not appoint himself a U. S. senatolr should a vacancy develop. Politicians believe Craig would, like t©: be U. S. senator' and there wa|’! talk recently than Sen. William Er; Jenner might resign for a stiU-tcj* be-created federal judgeshipA 2. He will announce pppointf ment to high state posts beginning Thursday afternoon. ‘ 3. He. will hold regular presi conferences twice weekly while the legislature is ip session and one® weekly therafter. 4. He, will present a highway* study~To the GOP legislative- ad| visory grpup next Monday compar| ing highway costs and . policies' throughout the nation. Craig said (Turn To Pave Sial

U. S. Casualties In ti Korea Now 127,658. | UP — The de-| sense department today announced* American battle casualties in ko-| rea now total 127,658, an increase; of 275 over last week’s summary. j Thd casualties include those Whose next of kin have been notified through last Friday. v, ; The casualties include 22,409' deaths, 92,468 wodnded, 9,422 missing-, 1,9.68 captured, and 1,391 previously reported missing but returned to service* * • / : ; ' ■- ■ ’ Hugh Abbett Quits State Commission INDIANAPOLIS, UP —Hugh W. Abbett, chairman of the Indiana public service commission, submitted his resignation today, effective Jan. 12. , That is the date Governor-elect George N. Graig takes > office. Abbett told of his resignation in letters to Schricker and Craig and said tie would be willing to remain •'a short tifne” after Craig takes office if the governor-elect so desires. ! I ■

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HOMEWAftD BOUND “for consultation” Soviet foreign minister Andrei Visiinsky is bid farewellAby Andrei Gromyko (left) aboard 'the liner S.; S? Liberte New York. Vishinsky had been in attendance at sessions since Oct. 13 and it was not whether he would return for the remainder o( the 7th general assembly session in Gromyko remains in charge of the Soviet dejega-

Rail Centers Bombarded By Naval Planes Navy Plapes Stage Their Biggest Raic Os Wat In Korea i SEOUL. Kcrea UP — United carrie • fighter - bombers blasted four n ajOr Communist rail Centers close to the Soviet and •Manchurian borders in their biggest raid of the Korean War, the U. S. navy announced todaSr. The raid sqnt navy planes farther fiorth than ajiy bombers ever have ranged during the Korean conflict. Some o.r ; the raiders swept as close, .as 15 miles to the Soviet Union. ‘ The fighter-bombers from the Essex, |Bon Homme Rich- : ard ami Oriskany I,of Task Force 77 Tuesday blasted Hunyung, on itpe Tumen Rivt)r, the most northjCrly point etrer hit: Najin. 15 miles from' the Sdvie| frontier, Hyesanfin and Musan, also on the Tumen. Pantherjets, Skyraiders and Corsairs flying froin the carriers, in the Japfcn sea flew, 252 sorties Tuesday in blasting the key rail terminals in another blow’ against the Red transportation system. • One Corsair wtas lost. The pilot ditched his plane in North Korea, jtiut was.- picked! up by helicopter from the Cruiser Los : While the Reds still quaked from the pulverizing n>vy raid,- U. S. ■Superforts droned to within five jmiks-of the Manchurian border to slam tons of explosives on a, mili-tary-industrial area at Yongpong, The B-29’s met heavy anti-alr-iciraft fire, powerful searchlights and. Red night fighters. U.S'. Skbrejets, convoying fighterbombers on attacks in North ,Korea today, shrtt dowq one Red MIG-15, .jet and damaged another. It was the , 10th MIG destroyed in three days.

Fighter > bombers, meanwhile, smashed two rail between Sinanju and” Kunu and ripped into iail lines south of Chaeryong on the Haeju Peninsula. Other dive bombers -touched off fires and secondary explosions wheii they blew up seven Red ammunition stockpiles just behind enemy posi tidns on the Western Front. 4 On the ground the entire front was relatively quiet. \- The attack at Hunyung was the ’first against the Reds’ main port ipf entry for the major east coast pil line?' connecting Manchurian and Russian supply bases. Pilots reported the entire ‘area was mushroonyed with .thick black smoke affer the *raid. The carrier planes rah into ho fighter opposi■tlon during the surprise asftaqlt. - ,ii ‘Meanwhile, therv Bth army announced that enemy casualties during the first week of ‘December Were the lowest since late August, when \1.733 Reds were killed, wounded or taken . prisoner. The total for the first week of this month wa? 1,873. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy to partly cloudy and ■ colder tonight. Thursday parts ly cloudy. Low tonight 28-33 . north; 30-36 south. High Thursday 39-44 north; 44-50 south. <• \ ,

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Variance Granted By Appeals Board J \ - I- ■ Variance Granted In Grant Addition A variance on six lots in the 'Grant park addition of Decatur, iwhere the street frontage is on a curve and is not the required 50 feet in width, was granted to Ralph fShirmeyer, contractor, by the board 'of zoning appeals Tuesday night. The variance Was granted with a provision that the contractor either ieonstrpct an off-street parking area pf 25® square feet or write into the palea contract that the purchaser provide 250 square feet of dff-street parking within 60 days after pccupancy of one of the properties. This was determined by ihe hoard, after a survey revealed that on the curve in the new addition, the frontage of the lots was not sufficient to provide enough street ■parking space for owners automobiles. ! J The board also to holtj a public hearing Concerning a i’ejnofistrarice filed with, the council hnd referred to the zoning appeals hoard, concerning the operation of a junk yard in four acres of groupd at the rear of the Bill Sihith property on High street. The bearihg will be held 'Tuesday night, Dedejnber 30, at 7:45 o’clock and public ijotice will be given prior to the scheduled meeting. \ I '■ After an informal discussion concerning the recent Adams circuit Court ruling on the Jehovah's Wit\dess building permit case, the hoard decided to continue to enforce thp ordinance in all respects, at least until a decision is reached ip the appeal of the case. \ i Several letters have been received. from planning engineers and Indiana cities with similar ordinances offering to assist in completing the appeal. First procedure Will be the filing of a motion a /Tnrn To P»sre ElKbt)

Mrs. Helen Short Dies At Hospital Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs; Helen Nadine Short, 43, a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10:40 o’clock Tuesday night a;t the Adams county memorial hospital following an extended illness. The family resides west of Geneva. « She was born in Preble Dec. 4, 1909, a daughter of Charles and Jane Acker-Myers. Surviving are her husband, Cecil; thfee sons, Paul, Harvey and Miltop Short, all at home; four' brothers, Ralph Myers, who resided with his sister, Charles of Bryant, 1 Rfchard, serving with the U.S. navy, and J?ajul of Minneapolis, afid four sisters, Mrs. Lois Black of Decatur,\ Leia of Independence, Mo„ Mfs. Iris Dailey of Taylorville, 111., and Mrs. Jane Rabb of Evansville. : funeral services will be conducted’at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home in Geneva, the Rev. Roger Lautzenheiser officiating. Burial will be in : Westlawn cemetery. Friends mgy call at the funeral home after 7 O’clock this evening.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 10, 1952.

Eisenhower, MacArthur To Pool Knowledge In \ \ • Effort To Bring Peace

Slates Dulles Recommended Hiss For Job Ike's Secretary Os State Recommended Hiss For Position WASHINGTON. Up —John Foster Dulles recommended Alger Hiss for president of the Carnegie endowment for international peace, a house: committee was told today. Dulles, who will be:'secretaryofstate in the Elsenhower administration, recommended Hiss for the $20,00(>-a'-year job in 1947. according to; John W. Davis, an endowment trustee. \ Hiss is serving a five-year federal prison term, for denying under oath that he \passed state department seQrdts to a Communist spy in’the!| 193iXs. He recently w'as denied parole. Davis, Who served on the' Carnegie ij endowipent’s nominating committee, said Hiss was given the presidency. Feb. 1, 1947, after a careful investigation which produced '“entirely favorable” reports from aR quarters. Davis, democratic presidential candidate jn 1924, testified pdfore a special house committee nivestigating ; tax-exempt' philanthropic foundations. A famous al lawyer, Davis currently is appearing before the supreme court in defense of South Carolina’s system of race segregation in public Davis told the house, group Hiss "made a favorable impression on us and we r recommended him to the board.” said' Dulles was "the first person who mentioned him, Hiss, to m ; e.” Dulrns had agreed to become board Chairman of the Foundation if a fiiU-time president could be found, i Davis said, and spoke of “having encountered” Hiss in connection! with foreign affairs and gove-rnjhient matters. i\ ; . j ■ Davis said Dulles “recommended that we look him over, which we did.” j Dulles, who was a trustee of tfie Carnegie endowment, already had been named chairman of |he board when fliss was picked tor president, 4nd the two Men were installed yin office at the same time. Dullds resigned Tuesday prepV ratory Ho taking over his cabinet post-. Harold M, Keele, counsel, said th® committee has “ho plans” for calling Dulles to testify. “He iestified so completely in the Hiss thial \here would be nothing new toi add,” Keele told a re(Turn To P«Ke KiKht)

Little League Baseball Discussed At Meeting

Members of Decatur’s service cliibs, Lions and Rotary, meeting in joint session Tuesday evening, were given a thorough insight into “Little League” baseball, with Bob Young, i-of Fort Wayne, midwest commissioner for the Little Leagues, as the guest speaker. Last faight4 meeting was arranged as ajforerunner to the formation of a Little' League in Decatut, and considerable interest was Shown by the large group of men ih attendance. - Young, in his inspirational address, itated that Little League baseball was started in Williamsport, Pa., on a plea by a pair of youngsters to their uhcle to help them find a place to play baseball. ' The organization has made great strides in those few years. ’ In 1951. there were 3,133 teams in 776 Last \yeatf. there were 7,500 teams in 1,700 leagues, with nearly dvery state in the country represented. Little | Leagues are formed for ■■ ; ! .1 ’ A i • ’• V'

To Hold Meeting On School Conditions Industry Leaders, Schoolmen To Meet i W. Guy Drown, city school superintendent and spokesman for ‘flte city sc'hool board-, today noticed the president of the industrial dtvislop of the Chamber of Commerce , 1 Char les Eh in ger, \ t hat h e and the school board will “be happy to arrange a meeting with you (the industrial division) in February.” Ehinger said that if no etafeflkeht to the contrary is received from the school board a dinner Will beiarranged for Monday evening, February 2, the day when ■tl|e Scfiool board and the Chamber division both normally meet.\ ! The wtated purpose of the dinner meeting will.be, said Ehinger. “to discuss the plans/pf the school board on crowded conditions in the city schools,” that is to say. surveys- data-gatheririg of all sorts, and concrete proposals that may be planned for the future regarding ’ the vifatl problem. , Just recently an invitation was tendered to tfie school board by Hw- division for a meeting and dinner bn January 6. Superintendent Brown informed Ehinger — through whom the invitation was made that he (Brown) was under the I impression that Chamber sei-ret-ary Walter Ford had already arranged a meeting between the two groups for February. In view of that, Ehinger scrapped the January invitation in favor ol one for the following month. : The meeting, is held to be of hhe utmost importance because of ‘4 threiaiened critical condition in the schools of the |city. The dilemma in Decatur sis common of those btiin-g experienced throughout the country, where classes of 45. 50 and even 60 children are thrown -together in one room to get what they 'can out of the process." Mayor .John Doan has announced £hait he hopes to be present at the meeting. Said Mayor Doain: "Decatur pdw has a crowded school problem the meeting Could be; instrumental in forming future plants to cope with the problem ;of Decatui-’s increasing population\ and- accompanying crowded schools.” AValter Ford said he be present h|t-the. meeting and further “it will be very informativb fbr pH concerned." Parent iteacher association president Edward Wert: “Decatur has pot yet .stopped growing and we should look forward to increased city population and -the increased need for , more school space and iTura To PbKe Mx>

boys of the ages nine, 10, 11 and 12. ' Young, prime organizer of the movement in Fort Wa.yne, is now commissioner of the Little Leagues in 12 midwest states. Need for organized baseball play for boys;of the above age group was pointed out by Young in his address. Deane fDorwln, Decatur high school instructor and school baseball; coach, as chairman of the program, and Walter Ford, executive secretary of the Decatur Chamber of . .Commerce, and a former high school coach, stressed the important e of supervised recreation for the;;. youth of’ the city, and are prime movers in the aim to organize’ a Little League in this city. Following Young’s address, mqvies pf las|: summer’s world series of -Little League teams, were shown to the service club members. Ronald Parrish, president of thej Lions club, conducted the meeting, which superseded the, weekly Thursday meeting of Rotarians.

Gen. Ridgway Says Europe's Defense Short 50 Allied Divisions Are For Short Os Needed Minimum PARIS, UP — Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said today the 50 Allied divisions now stationed in Western Europe are far short of the minimum necessary for defense against Communist aggression. Ridgway, supreme Allied commander in Europe, gave his blunt warning to the military committee of the North Atlantic treaty organization, meeting here. The former commander in chief in Korea was summoned to report on the state of Europe’s defenses as tested in gigantic war games this fall. < Ridgway said that the buildup since the last big NATO meeting in Lisbon in February gave him enough troops and planes to form a defensive “shield” around Western Europe, conference sources reported. But, he added, his armies are still far from adequate to resist an all-out drive by Russia’s 175 divisions — divisians which recently have' been given more t modern weapons to increase their tiro power. ') • ' American Adm. Lynde D. .McCormick, overaljl NATO naval commander in the Atlantic, said the massive operation mainbrace naval maneuvers in the Atlantic in the fall showed considerable proi' (Turn To Pane Eight) Good Fellows Club Previous t0ta1:_.|291.38 A Friend ------ 10.00 C. E. Hocker _ r _ 4 —4__ 5.00 Sam 5.00 Psi lota Xi Sorority _J50.00 C. L. C. Society 5.00. \ Total J_ r _s366.3B Mrs. Frank Heimann Is Taken By Death Funeral Services On Friday Morning ' I'■ ,\ F . Mrs. Veronica Heimann, 75, of southwest of Decatur, ' died at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital after a long illness'\ of complications. She was born in Adams county Aug. 26, .1877, a daughter of Nicholas and Theresa Colchi a, and was married to Frank Heimann Oct. 26, 1897. He’r husband preceded her in death May 13, 1950. Mrs. Heimann was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, -the Rosary society, Third Order of Sit. Francis and the fit. Vincent de Paul. Surviving are three daughters, Sr. M. \ Veronica, Monroe, Wis., Sr. Corinne,. Fond du Lac, Wis., and Mies Hilda Heimann, at homo; seven sons, Luke of Indianapolis, August, Hugo.s Frank, Clarence, Cyril and Walter Heimann, all of Decatur; 12 grandchildren, and four brothers, George, Edward and Clem Colchin, all of Decatur, and Otto Colchin of Dayton, O. A solemn requiem high mass will be said at 9 o’clock Friday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Very Rev. MSgr. J. J. Seimetz as celebrant. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body will be removed from the Gilllg & Doan funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening. The Rosary society wiR meet at the residence at 7:30 p. m. Thursday.

Race Segregation Hearings Continue Debate Continues In Supreme Court WASHINGTON 1 UP — John W. Davis, noted constitutional lawyer, told the 'supreme court today that only congress and the states have power to authorize or abolish racial segregation in public schools. But Thurgood Marshall, a leading Negro attorney, argued that the court must uphold the “equal right” amendment to the consittution and not leavd interpretation of it to others. \ The supreme court is hearing arguments in five cases challenging constitutionality of race segregation in public schools under the “separate but equal” system prevalent in the south and practiced in a limited fashion in some other states. Opening the- second day of debate, Davis told the jurists history has ' shown that congress, when it adopted the 14th amendment in 1868, “did not. contemplate mixed schools of Negroes and whites?’ Furthermore, |he added, 23 of the 30 states that ratified .the amendment jeither had “or immediately installed” separate schools for Negroes and whites. Os these, 21 states still segregate Negro apd White school (children either partiaily or completely. > The whole issue, Marshall said, is not what the statues say bitt what is “reasonable” under the amendment. And the supreme court itself, he said, is tl|e “only tasting ground.” Close to tears as he sneared the end c\f his long argument. Davis said |he issue is one that “most nearly approaches the hearts an!d mintjs of our people—the quality . (Turn To Page Eight) Premier Abolishes Egypt Constitution New Constitution Planned For Egypt CAIRO, Egypt UP — Premier Gen. Mohammed Naguib abolished the Egyptian constitution today and promised a “new one setting up a government “by the people, for the people and of the people." Naguib in a radio broadcast shortly after midnight said the present constitution had been thrown out “in the name of the people.” . j He said that a committee wilt be formed shortly to draw up a, new constitution making the Egyptian people the “source of all powers.” . J ■ He said his; “transitional” government was taking over all power until the new constitution can be drafted and submitted to the people. Naguib, the Egyptian “strong man” who took over the governQnent Sept. 7,_ told a press conference the “abolished constitution has been a failure because it represented only capitalism and feudalism. ~ “We want now a constitution representing various glasses of the population and the needs of each class.” The present Egyptian constitution was granted in 1923 by King Fuad, father of King Farouk, who abdicated, and fled into exile last summer, i The premier "Said his government will announce the .selection of a committee to be in charge of drafting the new constitution. He said the committee may have up to 100 members. A government spokesman, said Monday the constitution would be abolished and a.new charter drawn up by a committee which would determine whether _Egypt should continue as a monarchy or become a republic. The government spokesman said (Turn To Page Eight)

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To Meet Soon ) I ■ [ • ■ r’T ' To Exchange Views On War To Pool Military, Diplomatic Views t To Seek War End BULLETIN ABO’ARD TRUMAN SPE- ~ CIAL UP — President Truman called upon Gen. Douglas MacArthur to advise him ' “at once” of any “reasonable” . plan the general has for end- : ing the Korean war. WITH EISENHOWER, USS Helena UP —President-elect Eisenhower and Gen. Douglas Mae. Arthur have agreed to pool their military and diplomatic knowledge in a common effort to end the Korean war. i In Tokyo, the English language Nippon Times said Eisenhower and MacArthur wiM meet “either i in Hawaii or on the west coast” of the United States. The Times gave no date ftor the meeting but claimed an “unimpeachable” source. It said Eisenhower “will call on General MacArthur for advice, may possibly ask him to return to Korea and either head or advise” U. N. forces there. An exchange of messages between the World War II leaders was disclosed Tuesday, night. The first was sent from aboard tills cruiser Sunday .1 by Eisenhower. It referred; to MacArthur’s’ Friday night speech before lhe national association of manufacturers in New York in which the former Far East commander said he had conceived a “clear, and definite solution” of the war. The exchange indicated Eisenhower and MacArthur had submerged political differences which had been apparent since MacArthur’s pre-convention support of Sen. Robert Taft for the Republican nomination and his failure actively to support Elsenhower daring the campaign. New York reports indicated’ that as of today, MacArthur still was jn New York. The President-elect’s interest in the secret MacArthur strategy pleased Eisenhower’s one-time superior officer and military mentor. It marked the first time, MacArthur said, that anyone " had shown official interest in his way of thinking since President Truman fired him because of his views on the war in Korea. — MacArthur had told the manufacturers his plan could be carried out “without either unduly heavy price in friendly casualties tor any increased danger of provoking” a third world war. He eaid, too, that a “change in conditions” had caused him to revise, in part, the blueprint for ending the war which Mr. Truman dramatically rejected as untenable 20 months ago. “There has been a material change in conditions from thpse of 20 months ago when I left the scene of action, and the solution then available and capable of success is not now entirely applicable,” MacArthur told the NAM. The original MacArthur plan which caused President Truman (Tura To Page Eight)

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