Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1952 — Page 1

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CHICAGO, UP —One of the ) Brodie twins regained cdnsci; - r ousness today and\ the other rallied slightly .although doctors feared he might die after an operation which separatee? them at the skull. r/•. ’ - / CHICAGO UP— t Doctors feared today one of the infant Brodie twins would die following an uijiprecedented Operation which sep< araited them at. the skulk Both lay unconscious. J > Surgeons said they were forced! to favor Rodney Dee' in Wednesf day’s historic head-separat|’nd l ? operation, and that Roger Lef| was left with inadequate bloo® vessels in the brain. _ , B Dr Eric 'OWherg, head of th 4 11 ni Vers Sty of| Illinois in ed ioa| school department of neurological surgery, said he would regard operation, which” took 12 h<)|frft and 40 minutes. | a success if (■» one of, the twins lives. • k . The twins ,|ay in < for the first time in their today, their brains protected by thin natural membranes ang ipartfal plastic coverings them by surgeons. a Doctors used every known mw| it al technique in the fight to keew Roger Lee alive, but they the worst. The twins receiyWS blood transfusions today. • "Ac ■ Early today the resident p<hysK cian of the university’s reseat 1 and education hospital perfoitpfM an operation to clear. Roger LOO trachea and give him an adequate oxygen supply. Not until the operation begs®l Oldberg* said, were surgeons ab# 1 to confirm their suspicion that twins had a common large draining .blood from their separa'Bl brains. In the operation,-Ro|®s Lee was deprived of the vein. -"ft was a- questions of putttflf all Jour eggs in one basket.” Otis berg said. ‘‘lt was a problem w choosing the better basket. NtO'. it’s a question -ck the survival the fittest.”. If the .children survive, he coverings for their heads must lu* provided. \ . From the nature of the materi'all that joined them, Oldberg said- it? was obvious Rodney Dee " would! have to be the favored one.” | >• Transfusions were used t<'| change all the blood in the bodiesS cf the two tiny patients three times. Oldberg said >the problem qf separating the twins w&s s complicated by the mystery ‘rod how blood drained from\ thoir brains. Elaborate and careful; study over many months. h'a£ shqwn how the blood got. ijO (Turn To Pn K e Six) t f ——. ■ Good Fellows Club < I Previous total s7sl.<t; f Mr. & Mrs. B. F. Shroyer 10.00? | Mrs. Anna voglewede __ S.O<K Mr. & Mrs. Roy Johnson 10.00; X Goodfellow J. s.o|'|? A Friend 2.60'11 TOTAL VB4.(iA _ - iWj O 11 —— i i > ii I ,Q 12 PAGES F O-—~ to V . • Dr

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Auction Graduate Exercises Friday Iw- ' ' ' Three-Week Session Will Close Friday ; Two times a year, for three-week ■ periods,' one may be sure that there <is a small patch Os property that :is playing to some >.of the 'most busiest group of 60 men that appear around these parts, the liepjpert auction' school. This session was no different. Neither the snows nor siqet, rain or any other kind of inclement weather deferred the classes from going on field trips. Two auctions were held at Port- ; land where household goods went I on the block. The Madison school i in Jay county played host pne evening. the benefits of the pkle going to the school. Next the classes went tej Grabill. The whole town is reported to have turned out for. the Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. In Adams county the classes did a bit of beef cattle judging on the farm of Dr. John C. Carroll, sbuth on U. highway 27. Dairy cattle came under the exacting scrutiny of the instructors and class on farm of Richard Moser, where Guernseys were the object of interest. The Moser farm is at Berne. Friday after the tradition is firmly rooted in the men, as it very nearly always is, will Come graduation. It will take place at the K. of? P. home on Third street. Prior to the ceremonies, a banquet will be held at* 11 a.m. *. . Jlr. Rolland Reppert, owner of the school, will distribute diplomas and <a brief address wil be delivered by the dean of Instructors. Col. Quentin Chaffee. _ Also present at the exercises will be Clyde WilsAn of Marion, O. Wilson is the new president of the American association of auctioneers , and a regular instihictor of the (Tarn To Page Two) Vandals Stripping Outdoor Christmas Decorations Here K At least six Decatur families brave complained to the police , within the last few days of vanjdals making o'ff )with outside ) Christmas tree prnaiments and, in one case, the; whole string of .lights intact. , ■ f' |v Complaints coming in to the police asked that their names be left out but the areas where the most activity of the young looters are around Fornax, street, Mercer avenue near the hospital, Seventh near Moninjie street, and south of toWn, genially. Police chief Borders said the whole thing was deplorable and he suspects gangs of youngsters to be doing it.;, The calls show that the early evening is a favorite> time of the thlevfes. The chief says th f e department is lending; every possible mom'ent to a thorough investigation in order to. put a stop to this annual headache, ■■j 'A.'.; r--'; ■"■la ! ■

Civil Defense .' ' ; I - .I ■' ' Heads Report Plan Bogdown Positive Support Os Civil Defense Reported Lacking NEU’ YORK, UP — A group of ■state civil defense leaders told President-elect Eisenhower today that President Truman has paid only “lip service" to the civil defense program. While Eisenhower, after receivipg the council of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, pushed ahead with his deeds-hot-words Korean war policy, the \ state defense directors told him that if war were to come tomorrow the country would not be ready to mett the civil defense needs. | The substance of the group’s conference with the was reported in a press conference by Lt. Gen. Henry L. Larsen of Denver, Colo., president of the national association of state civil defense directors. The group of nine which conferred with Eisfenhower comprises the executive committee 1 of the national association. Lprsen said they told Eisenhow> er the program, must have "something rpore than lip service and token appropriation.” “Are you implying the administration has given only I|p service to civil defense?” he Was asked. “We have not received) the positive and effective support of the program which it must have," he replied. "This stems from the top down.” Do you mean President Truman?” i - A “He’s the tob. isn’t he?” Larsjen replied adding that he also referred to congress and the- divil Defense administration. Larsen said the $50,000,000,000 to $60,(fOO,000.000 appropriated for national defense should be contrasted with the $4^,000,00 in federal appropriations no civil defense in the current year. "If War were declared tomorrow, would w’e be ready as far as civil defense goes?" he was asked. "We are not ready—and that is the crux of this whole Conference." (Turn Tn Pave Five) ■ V J ■ ' J V : - 'H * ■ Approve Wage Boost For G. E. Employes Raise Retroactive To Oct. 13 Date W T ASHINGTOrt UP —The new wage stabilization Committee today approved an average seven to eight cents an hour pay boost for 210,000 employes of the General Electric ' ■ j--The is retroactive to Ofet. 13. . The committee also authorized its staff to grant the same wage raise to another 100,OOQ workers at a score of other elejetrieal companies including Westiinghouse add Sylvania. Formal approval is expected later today or Friday. The committee grafted the full increase negotiated between GE and three major unions — the CIO Electrical Workers, the independent United Electrical Workers Union and the AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — and some smajler unions. ) z jV ’■ J

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Arab Nations Oppose Peace 1 Negotiations Fight Unconditional Direct Negotiations For Palestine Peace UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP — Israel’s Arab neighbors carried their fight against unconditional direct negotiations for. peace in Palestine to the floor of the United Nations general assembly today. The U; N., driving toward a Christmas recess, scheduled three meetings today—morning, after' noon and night. Prime business of the plenary session of the general assembly was the question of a formal peace treaty to [ end the Palestine war in which actual fighting concluded four years ago. The Philippines, in an eleventh hour move Wednesday night, introduced ah; amendment ' esigned to bring Arab — Islraeli agreement on a plan for direct peace negotiations. f s r The assembly had before it a Palestine resolution approved by its special political committee by. a J 2-13 vote over; Arab protests. It urged the ’governments concerned to egter ht; an early djate, without prejudice to their respective rights and claims, into direct negotiations for the establishment of a settlement, bearing in mind the resolutions as well as the principal objectives of the U.N. on th? Palestine question, including the religious interests of third parties.” I The Arabs insisted that any peace negotiations should be based directly upon the resolutions the U. N. has approved in the past, including on* for the internationalization of — the Holy City hf three faiths. Israel wanted the talks to begin from scratch,' without reference to previous resolutions. The new Philippine amendment would have the assembly specify that the direct talks provided for in the committee-approved measure should be held “on the basis for the resolutions” passed by the U. N. The amendment would add, (Tarn To I’nne St>) Defense Goals For Europe Are Ordered Economic Stability Termed Essential PARIS UP-— The North Atlantic treaty council ordered its mill tary chiefs today to goals for; Western European defense by Feb. 28 and to emphasize quality, over quantity. The targets set will be discussed, and the 1 1953 program approved, at a NATO council meeting to be held here “as early in the spring as possible.” At their final session, the foreign, finance and defense ministers of the 14 NATO countries approved a resolution incorporating two basic points: 1. Before the 50 divisions and 4,000 watt planps which supreme commander Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway has at his disposal are expanded greatly, their efficiency and equipment should be> improved. 2. The cost of maintaining the forces now under arms is rising Continually, and; some countries will need financial aid or indirect help to get full use from their armed forces.- * ' 1 \ The “quality over quantity” decision was set forth in a policy guidance resolution whiqh\ the United States delegates fought. They urged the European Allies to accept the view that NATO military- commanders still are desperately short of \what they need and that Russia still is as much x a menance as evdr. It was intended to set 1953 de<Tara To Pace \Mx) ' ; ■ 'A' f

Addition Is Planned To Bethany Church $40,000 Addition > For Local Church At a special congregational meeting of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church Wednesday evening, action >as taken to build an addition to the present church strUctutei on Winchester street. The step taken by the congregaion involves the erection of a basement addition to the east of the present structure. Succeeding stages will involve he addition of a second and third story. The new building will be of poured cement . with overall dimensions of approxi- ! mately ;36 x 86 feet. 1 The present plans are to provide classrooms for children and possibly young ddults and extend departmentalization throughout the Sunday school. Increased dining rboih space wi|l be provided and a‘ kitchen relocated heating unit will be incorporated in the new part. The existing basement of the church virill undergo extensivle changes. 11 . The Associated Engineers of Wayne are the architects and Chalmer Barkley, local ccintractor, is the builder. The cost .of the new building will be; approximately <>40;000. The step | taken by the church is the result of the study and work of a building committee representative of the various organizations of the church. \ It was announced prior to the meeting that approximately >30,000 would be on hand by the time of the completion of the present project. Construction is to begin about Mrfrifh 1. The congregation expects to have some indebtedness, but it it planned to cancel the debt in thrbe yehrs, the church committee stated. ' ; \ Upon completion of the new addition the house south of the church now being used for children's class rooms will-be moved. Thd Rev. F. H. Willard is the pa\stor of the church and chairman of the building committee. Arthur Beeler is the general superintendent of the Sunday school and will be succeeded by William Christen, January 1J —— |; " 1 See New Strain In Relations With Tito Break With Vatican Protested In U. S. \ WASHINGTON UP tempers flared and diplomats pre-, dieted a new strain in U.S.-Yugo- . slav relations today because of Marshal Tito’s abrupt diplomatic break with the Vatican. Msgr. Thomas J. McCarthy of the national Catholic welfare conference charged Yugoslavia is no different from Russia in its “ruthless” attempt to destroy organized religion. ; Dlplpmats said the move was certain to fah opposition to the administration’s policy of limited cooperation with Tito in the interests of European defense. .But the state department, remained silent. fr Officials were reluctant to talk in view of the explosive diplomatic and domestic religious overtones Involved. Mpn<Mn, nnr McCarthy said America’# 29,000*000 Catholics could be ctu o' react strongly. He said Tito’s action was not only an attack on the-church but a new “insup.’’ to the revered Yugoslav primate, Archbishop Aloysius Stepi-\ nac.” . Tito charged, among other things, that-; the Vatican interfered in in-? ternal Yugoslav affairs and that the recent elevation of Stepinac to . the College of Cardinals was “hostile and hn insult.” American officials, it was learned, figure Tito’s decision stemmed from two things: His effort to' cripple the church’s influence in Yugoslavia and his mounting irritation with Italy over Trieste/ '\/ ' \ ' • Officially, the U.S. government (Tum To FWate Six)

Bombers Smash Huge Buildup Os Red Troops . Huge Concentration Near Pyongyang Is Lashed By Bombers Se6uL, Korea, UP — United Nations fighter-bombers smashed a huge Communist troop concentration 20 miles south of the North Korean capital 'of Pyongyang today. ’ v \ At least 70 buildings were destroyed and 30 were damaged in the four-wing attack. “Nothing could be left intact.” CoL Walter M. Beiig. Staten Island, N. Y.. said. “It was a perfect mission.” L Returning pilots said secondary explosions rocked the entire area. An ammunition duinp into a ball of fire that spread into a flash of flame 500 feet Wide, they said. American Sabpejets shot down one M1G.15 Comhiunist jet and damaged another' in the fourth. Straight sir battle along the Manchurian border. ' Ist [l4. James F. Lown. Sausalito, Calif., shot down’ ids ninth MIG of the Korean war in a battle between 10 Sabres and 22 of the Rus-sian-built planes. The damaged MIG was claimed by Maj. Richard L. Ayersame, Sacramento, Calif. \ Other IT. N, fighter-bombers swarmed over Communist positions on the Western and Central Front, bombing bunkers, trenches and igup with. 50 to 75 percent! accuracy; \ Allied B-? 9 Superforts carried the stepped-up aiy war to two Communist officer training schools by dropping tons of bombs on the installations. On th|e ground American soldiers were averted foif a possible Red drive against Seodl. ' ? On the west central front, Chinese Cbmmunists warned American troops that Red forces will drive to Seoul by Christmas. The warning was made, by broadcasts and leaflets.) < -United press Correspondent Leroy* Hansen reported the Reds broadcast the Warning for the fourth straight night >near White Horse Mountain. Male voices, speaking in English. French and Korean, bellowed 'the threat into, loudspeakers be(Tura To Taxe Six) ' ’ '■ [ ' ~ |[.T ' ! ■ \ Jacob Haggard Dies Early This Morning -Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon * ■ it, (' Jacob Hkggard, of Monroe, a > lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 2:25 o’clock this morning at the VanWert, 0., hospital, where he had been a patient for seven days. Death wgs attributed ,t 6 uremic poisoning. He was born iij Adams county Aug. 23, 1895, a son of Henry and Effie Mix-Haggard. He was first married to Ida St^rahm,. who died eight years ago. June 16, 1946, he was married, to Susan Inninger, who survives, j q Mr. Haggdrd was a member of tite Monroe . Friends church and was a veteran of World War I. Surviving in addition to his wife are\his-father; one son by his first martiage, Myron; one sister, Mrs. Elfia Jones of Monroe.'and three brothers, Arthur Haggard of Fort Wayne, the Rev, Enos Haggard \of Ityilanapplis, and ilarvey Haggard tai Decatur route 2. Funeral services will bq Conducted at 1:30 p.nn Saturday at “the Lobenstein. funeral home and at 2 o’clock at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev, Ralph Johnson and the Rev. Vernon ftlley officiating. Burial will be in |hq Raye cemetery, wtest of Monroe. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday.

Prbsecutor-Elect i'' ■ ’ /■ And Officers Meef Law Enforcement In j County Is Discussed 'At the request of prosecuting attoimey-elect Lewis L. Smith, many state, county and local law enforcement officials met at the county jail Wednesday night to give the new prosetutor an insight into the myriad problems - concerning laW enforcement in county. Present at the meeting were, representing Decatur’s law, police chief James Borders and patrolmen Charles Arnold. Maurice Teeple and Roy jtChilcote. Adams county was represented, of course, by sheriff Robert Shraluka and his deputy, Jim Cochran. The state police came in the persons of Sgt. G. C. Howerton, Ted Biberstine, WalteuSchtnd-ler—-state policemen, and Truman Bierte, state, detective, all of the Baer; Field . sub-post. Mayor John Doarji and J. P. Floyd Hunter also attended. j The purpose of the meeting was alignment and coordination of the activities of the prosecutor and ths law ; enforcement personnel who work in his .bailiwick. A review of the convictions ip the county from 1940 and through 11 months of this year showed violence to be increasing steadily, although the older officers present did pot feel that ;the increase in violent crimes was opt of proportion to the increased population. ' p Criminal procedures were discussed, including the law of ’arrest and the elements constituting var ions i crimes. Smith informed the officers that they would be kept abreast of all supreme court decisions pertinent to the particular problems of enforcing the law. The present conditions of combetween Baer Field and Decatur came up for discussion! ( and it was established that the present system of routing radio messages through the Ligonier state; police radio is found to be i (Tarn To Psge Five) 1952 Crops Second j Largest In History Big Crop Despite Severe Drought WASHINGTON UP — The nation’s! farmers turned qut their second largest crop in history this year, ifti spite of increased production costs and the drought Jlhat plagued much of the country this sumnjer and fall. ■ Agriculture department officials, in their final sunimary of the yeai’s output Wednesday, called it ‘tan astonishingly large volume of crops” in view of the drought. They said cotton acreage losses were “among the largest on record.” With per-acre yields up on almost every crop; farmers set the high production mark on 4,681,000 fewer acres than they cultivated in the record output year of 1948. This year’s harvested acreage on 52 crops totaled 354,699,000 acres compared to 1948’s 359,380,000 adres.: Last year, 361,842,000 acres of cropland were harvested. When production of meat and poultry, eggs land dairy products are added to crop production, farmers jilt an all-time high this year. Experts have estimated that the huge volume of produce coming off the nation's farms cut! average farm I prices about four percent this yfean A five percent gain in the volume, however, will put farmees . <tash re turnß Pt a ne W high. * The; said farmers made “effective” use of mechanized equipment this year, waiting out bad weather and overcoming or minimizing delays in field work. It said more fertilizers were used than |n any other yeah . Costs of these and other production items'are expected to chip into the farmer’s gross ii)cdme and the net farm income-Lwhat is left after ’production costs—will probably be near 1951 levels.

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Commission In Proposal For Health Plan Commission Urges Health Insurance System Expanded WASHINGTON UP — The President’s health commission proposed a state-managed health care-for-all program today and Mr. Truman said he hopes the Eisenhower administration will do something about it. j __ - Under the program, which proposes nationwide \ expansion of health insurance Systems, the federal government i would finance medical care for the poor and aged. It also would contribute tQ support of health insurance for everybody. But it would be Up to the states and cooperating local governments and private groups to set up tha program and make it work. / ’ President Truman received the commissjipn's report at a brief White House ceremony. He sai<f he “this will not just be a dead report.” In apparent reference to the fate of his own compulsory health insurance plan, killed by opponents who called it -’-’socialized medicine,” Mr. Truman said: ; “It would be most unfortunate If the same emotionalism which has prevented open-minded study of major health proposals advanced during the past few years were to hinder the proper evaluation which this report merits.” The President thanked Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, Chicago, chairman, and other members of the commission for their work, which has taken the better part of a year. The American Medical Association, which helped to kill President Truman’s ill-fated health insurance plan, said in Chicago it would with-_ hold full, comment on the Commission program until it studies it in detail. 1 1 A “cursory study” reveals many "false and contradictory conclusions and questionable recommendations,” | said Df. Louis H. Bauer, Hempstead, N. president. Under one provision “the federal I government, through payroll deduotions, would pay directly for the I medical care of a large segment of the population?’ “.This,” Bauer said, “is national compulsory health insurance.” | The most practical "“way of financing universal medical,-and hospital care, the commisSioi/ would be through expanded [insur-l ahce systems like the private plans * now operating. Federal, state, and local governments would contribute. In presenting its findings? reached after a year of study, the 15-member commission shoved aside President Truman’s compulsory health insurance proposal. It said 'this plan, called “socialized medicine”' by organized doctors, had generated too much controversy for sober consideration now. Jt put it aside for possible further study at some future time. | The commission’s 250-page report said this country, the world’s (Tarn To Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER - Partly cloudy to cloudy and somewhat colder tonight. Friday mostly cloudy with snow spreading over most of state by) afternoon or night. Colder south. Low tonight 20-25. t High Friday 26-32. s&us IMMWKI 'A' ■'A ’ ! ! " ’