Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 2.

Spiritual Emphasis Week Opens Sunday J - s «k Mil -: ''WBte l iO ; I MMw. . filiPiLX. HI ißHßrtfMw r 1 > <fc* «■ 'lasfe. smbhsKst k? j®w€Hs sss&aSssSiSEsaßfct, jaK &.stx'' ISMI IMmsOmO- ~-" a ' -IP sWMb wfe,->/ jpOI. fc ■ < / wiMwß !M1 Hlihtk I® / HMH ml ahh ... j Rev? Ray J. Walther f| Rev. F. H. Willard .£ Rev. Dwight McCurdy '- | The above minister.-. wHlfpariiclpalle in the opening service of the uni cm Spiritual Emphasis Week ic Sunday at 7: .W p. in,.in the -First M.etl odist _ i . ’ ; Rev ; Ray 1 Walther.-Firs; Presbyterian pastOr, will he the speaker for the opening service. I V h ®. *'•/ F ’ 11 Willard, eliaianian of arrangements wil preside, apd the Rev. Dwight McCurdy Will tile'devotional leader. - I \ \ - Special music tfrill be an,anthem by the hopt hhurch choir, and a tenor solo by the director [ Robert Ray. Rev. WalthetMs subject-will be “PH Expel iehce or Prophetic Ecstasy.” 1

Sen. McCarthy Defies Effort To Deny Seat Senate Committee I In Critical Report • Os Sen. McCarthy A WASHINGTON UP — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy dared the Dein- . oerats today to try *tb block him from taking his senate seat oh the basis of a critical report' by the senate elections subcommittee. 1 There were ever, that anytempt be 1 matte by yie TWlSoyrais "'to epab

Jgnge McCarthy When he the oath today fur another ' six-tyear term. The Mis.-dli.Hin Republic i eporters that "1 hope they’ll i’atie the question" ,qf his fitness fori office. “In , fact, I challenge /them lA do H,” he said shortly the nubccftnmittee made public its 400page report Friday night.'. [J J The elections group made nib direct recomnreiidations for action against McCarthy but said i|js, refold would be ? available to'tliei justice department and the revenue bureau.

.j Denouncing the-report as a "newlow in dishonesty and smear]” McCarthy said "if what they say is ’true, they have a deep moral otilipatiop’.’ to challenge his ■T However; McCarthy said, "If they’re l£ing, they won’t dare' to j-ai.se the question." The subcommittee report, filed with its parent j senate rules committee, said McCarthy; refused to testify / despite six invitations, charging that tlipi -feroUp "was dishonest and doing the work Os Communists."' \ Such ..conduct, the Said, “might appear to reflect a disdain and contempt for. the rules and wishes of -the entire senat|'e body.” The investigation arose from 4amove by Sen. William Benton JiConn. last session expel McCarthy fjorn the senate. 'McCarthy In turfi -demanded an investigation of Benton, and the senate approved both moves. . Bentdii. vtho was defeated for reelection Nov. 4. said the subcommjtte.’s "shocking evidence" iw McCarthy bears out his claim the Wisconsin Republican is "not fit to serve in the United States senate.’’ He predicted that jqsticb department and ’ revenue, p bureau action/ on the data will “compel” .the senate to unseat McCarthy. The report on McCarthy made np accusations, but asked “obvlops questions," One of concerned how McCarthy could justify taking a slo,otio fee from- the Lustton Corp, for a booklet on housing at a time iwhen Lustron was financed entirely by the Reconstruction Fi< (Tsm Tn Puce S|x) j [ J . -——/ •/; Hold Tax Meeting | i Here Monday Night The Chathber of Commence reports ah even 40 tickets have lieen sold for thb state tax meeting to x be held ati| Zion Lutheran parish hall Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock. A-spOkesman said today that interested citizens are coming as far as. from Hartford City ~tp;g|| in on the discussions. '■ it is reported, are still available and may be purchased at "the Chamber of Commerce office. t ' \ Charles finger, invitation chairman, reports state Sen. Von Eichhorn of tlniondale has pledged to be .at the. meeting in addition to two other legislators. : i ’• f. • ■ F '■ ‘si fcl

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Holiday Death Toll Is Above 200 Mark Toll Lagging Behind Average Death Rate By UNITED PflEfcS The New Year's ' holiday death toll today lagged behind the aver* age hourly traffic death rate for ail of .1952. but weekend bould send it zoonying! agpin. f Safety experts felt (hat motorists Could have -dohe better, but were still pleaded ptjh the THatiVely safe showing made) riie danger-' our iNew Wears Eve ahd New Year's Day period'. With tUo days |j>f the long, four-day holiday left, they' had thein fingers crossed. The latest United Press tabulation showed at least 218 persons wire in traffic accidents since 6 p.mi Wednesday. Plane era.-Jxvs lock another four lives,

24 pefrHpns died; in fires and 48 in I miscellaneous mishaps for a total Of■•294 rs ?/,i. V :This brought the combined traffic, total for the four-day Christmas holiday and the prfesent 5 Nefhr.Year period to The total for both holidays for ill accidental deaths was, 1.058 c o i . i ; California leil the nation with 20 traffic deaths i and a total of 29 deaths of all iypes. Ohio had 23

traffic | deaths and an overall total of 27. j •.:/ j ... j ’ _. '4 A being killed during the present holiday at ,a rate that fluctuated average hourly rate was about 4.8; biused/ on rational safety council statistics that 1 traffic deaths in 1952 .Would be 3 i,OOO. ■' l/i I \ The safety council has estimated that 4M persons! will die by mid-1 gight \ Sunday, a prediction which ’could .cornel Itrfie if the weekend death rate jumped about onealeath every two hours.. ' Safety council president Ned H. Dearborn said the all-time| traffic I"'-- ,< (Turn To Pare Six) .. ■ -- Adult Farm Classes Continue On Monday 10-Meeting Series Opens January 19 A series of 10 meetings, dealing With widely varied aspects of runding a farm, have been planned out and fortn the second series in the ’ adult farmers evening classes of Decatur high school,.’ vocational agrlcußureflnstructor William Journay, the leader, said today. Broadly grouped, the IcOlning meetings deal with farm management and farm law and begin? on January 19. The last meetings oi the firsit series will end on January 1.2 and will |>ie- inj the form of a summary of the initial series. Following is the; schedule of all the meetings until March .23, the last session. I’ First Series January 5; Summary and analysis of farm busineqs. January 12; a continuation of the meeting pf the sth. J ■ \' Second Series January 19; Problems in farm financing — Herman Krueckeberg lecturer, i - / £ 1 Januarjr 26; Selecting a erdpping ■ system. V 4 ; J February 2; Lsbpr efficiency on ■ the farm. February 9; Legal aspects of fartn liabilities I—prosecuting 1 —prosecuting attorney Lewis L. Smith lecturer. February 16; Farm drainage laws 1 —rcounty surveyor Herman Moeller--1 irig and Lewis L. jhpith co;lectur('mrß To rue Sh) '. • It; I

Intervention Fails To Halt Dock Strike New York's Strike Spreads, Three Other Ci tiles Are Affected NEW YORK, UP —Federal intervention failed today to halt [the New York dock strike which' has stopped ,or slowed work on 61 of the city’s lousiest The whlkout by 462 ! dock weighsamples and scalers Friday quickly spread to Bobton. Philadelphia and Baltimore. Six piers in the three cities were reported affected by the strike. , Nine hours after the strfW began the federal mediation aery ice galled in both parties in the dispute for a resumption of negotiations. ■ • ,| ' The government intervention mine one hour after the New York Shipping Association had branded the p strike an “illegal” secondary boycott and called upon Govs. Thomas! E. Dewey of New York and Alfred Driscoll of Netv Jersey and New York’s mayor Vincent Impelittdri to act to end the work stoppage. The striking union is the AFL’s Longshoremen’s Association, headed by Joseph P. Ryan. Dissension broke out among the longshoremen Friday when dissident leaders of some of the union’s locals claimed Ryan had {smashed a precedent by calling the strike. They) charged Ryan called the w.alkout to rally the union behind' his Ryan’s leadership while it is undei- attack. Gene Sampson,, business agent bf Local 791, succeeded in getting his dpekworkers t<*> a reso-_ lution stating that the unit’s mefnbership “stood solidly behind our local, district and international officere.”v ■: ; (Ryan said he did not consider ’ the tabling of the confidence motion as a rebuff but the dissidents were emphatic is describing it as a ; repudiation of Ryan’s leadership. The rdsentmerifU against Ryan, which was expressed by several dock leaders, stemmed from the belief that the international joffice was using the minor dispute) as a of strength against the state crime commission, whigh has been investigating crime and corruption p on thle waterfront. Sampson said the tabling of the resolution by his local meant the motion could not come up before Jan. 12, “the day I appear before the crime commission.” He would not elaborate on the statement. Frank H. Browp, regional director of the federal mediation service, called in sides to resume negotiations. After a six and one half hour meeting, however, the session broke up with the union making a concession in demands, and the employers hOlding/firm to their earlier offer. f I£t the end of Friday/ night’s mediation session Brown said the walkout "might threaten our national economy” if it should spread and tie up Shipping along the Eastern Seaboard. American Weighmasters, me..’issued a statement Friday night outlining the negotiations whifch began last summer. It said the employers had offered a 25-cent hourly increase and the unions wire demanding 42 cents an hourj <3O cents in wages and 12 cents in welfare and pension benefits. INDIANA WEATHER \ Mostly cloudy tonight with snow flurries north and east. A little colder. partly c oudy. Low tonight 20-26, x high Sunday 28-34. ' , \ " \ L I ' / -

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 3, 195&4*

83rd Congress Convenes Today; Republicans In Paper-ThinMajorities

Dr. Rayl Dies Early Today At Local Hospital Prominent Decatur Surgeon, physician Dies This Morning ■ \ b ' I H •'! I ' ■ ■ Dr. C. p ; Ra]|l, 71, dean Qf surgeons and a practicing physician : ip this county for 47 years, died at 12:45 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, j Death was attributed to cerebral; thrombosis. Last July. Dr, Rayl suffered an eye hemorrhage, which necessitated his entering a Chicago hospital, where sprgery ; was performed. He was dribble tp return to his office during the past several months. Thursday night his cqb- i dition became critical and he was moved from his home, 334 South First Street, to the hospital. Recognized as oi|ut of the leading physicians and surgeons in a tri state\ area embracing Indiana, Dr.

Rayl was the chief (.surgeon at the local jhospital frpitn the time the* haven.of the ill wa? opened in 1920. i Asked to Create Memorial H|s deep interest In the horpltulj caused him to request his family * to ask that flowers be omitted at hiis. death and that those who would wish to remember , him. contribute to the Dr. Rayl memorial fund, to be used for services and making improvements, at the local hospital. The family asked that these, offerings be sent directly to the hospital. The memorial fund will be administered by the hospital trustees, |f was explained.- f Born [in Tipton County • ; A son pf Thomas and Mary HuntRayl, the Decatur surgeon was born August 10, 1881 in Tipton county, Iridlana. He took up the study of medicine at Valparaiso university and for a few years taught, school. He was graduated in medicine at Purdue University , in. 1906, when' the university graduated Its only medical, class. Dr. Rayl's love Cor the medical profession carried him to the next step in his career as a physician and surgeon. He decided to become a surgeon and in 1913 Wetß to Germany, where he studied for mpre than a year, returning so Monroe, where he had practiced. Began Practice in Berne Following his graduation from medical college. Dr. Rayl began, h(s practice in Berne. Three months Jaier he opened an office in Monroq. tn 1.915, he moved to Decatur and Opened his first office In this city. With the opening of the county hofc pital, his professional services and l talents made him one of the moist fa pious surgeons in this part of the state. Dr. Rayl was a member of the American college of surgeons and during his professional career attended many 1 clinics and medical schools in all parts of the'Country. He was a member of the Adam's ,3oUnty medical society. ![ J Fraternally, he was a member of ‘.he Decatur M'asonic lodgje and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rit#. He was a former member of t£e Decatur Rotary cluo. w V Dr., Rayl married Mias Clara Rickard. AugUst 15, 19oh. His wife and one daughter, Mrs.lC. Kenneth Bgeler of Garden City. Long Island. N, Y. survive. Two grandchildren. , Mkrlena and Charen Egeler, also survive. One brother, Corydon Rayl, of Decatur, survives. - '"The body has'been nioved to the Black funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.rh. Sunday. Funeral rites will be held at the sum era! home at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. Ray JWalther, pastor of the First terian church* in charge. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. 4*] Active and honorary pallbears will be members of the medical profession and a few additional friends of the Noon Edition -

Surgeon Dies ! I"' JEa •. I Ba HFy <1 WF a Dr. C. f. Rayl ■f' ‘ ■ ! Allied Planes 3' s |'. ' . ’ In Devastating .'EC. 'i. _ W ’ . ' . U

Bombing Attack Red Troop, Supply . ’Areas Are Blasted By Allied Bombers SEOUL, Korea, UP “ Forty American Sabrejets intercepted 50 Russian-built MIC-15's as . they roared out of Maiichurii iit a vain attempt .to'halt a devastating Allied bombing attack on Red troop and supply areas in Korea. , Six of the MlG'is were damaged in 16 air battles which took place at levels ranging from 42,000 feet to tree-top skirmishes. Z The MiG’s were attempting to~ stop Allied fighter-bombers in their bomb, Ibulljet and napalm ’attacks on a Red troop area and supply concentration soutlnvest of Sun'ch’ovV in northtyest Korea. U. N. pilots .destroyed 'an estb mated 26 enemy-Oc’cupied buildInjgs in the strike and caused one htige , secondary explosion. 4 Pilots' described the target as a “smoking wyeckX- when they left ' th® atiea. v . ■ Marine, warplanes striking along the front lines claimed destruction of one Communist] tank. • On the ground. South Korean forties repulsed a vicious attack by Chinese Communists trying unsuccessfully to take Snipe.f' Ridge. The Chinese Red attacks erupted suddenly in in unusual daylight assault by 200 screaming IReds on ROK forces holding vital Pinpoint hill —the dominating poirit of the! Ijattle-syarred Sniper-Ridge com(Turn To Pane Six) ~ , ( Recorder's Annual Report Is Filed j 4,755 Instruments] Recorded In 1952 ■-i ■I ■ ■ ■- ' 4/ During 1952 the cdunty recorder’s office recorded 4,755 instruments and collected $3,276.55 in fees. R was revealed today in the anhuar report of the recorders ofHqq by former recorder and now Jeputy recorder 1 . Miss Rose Nesswald. V A breakdown of the report follows: Deeds—7slJ $787.40 fees. 4 ■ Transcripts—l; $2.50 fee. Mortgages—4o6; $948.30 Tees. , Chattel’ mortgages-t-1,468 1 , $735 fees. \ Releases—2s7; $171.*80 fees. , Assignments—2o; $16.80 fees. Powers of attorney-4-3; $5.60 fees. Articles of incorporation—lo; $2T.60 fees. 'L\ Plats—6; $lB fees. Margitial Releases—l,499; $302.15 fees. Miscellaneous recordings of instruments pertaining to old age assistance and the armed services—--230; $258.10 fees. ’

Craig Seeks Added Power For Governor Asks Legislative LeadersjlGive Plan Trial Os One Year I INDIANAPOf.IS tJP — Indianp’6 . Republican, legislative leaders Jtm’ day were faced with a proposal >by Iheir that his plan for Mminfetrtiive tion be,, given at fsast a trial. , I ' ) Governor-elect, i N. Craig again outlined b|s|iuggestionh ?for revamping state.(fuMttiohsi at policy meetings of senate 'Rej publicans ’ Frida|’| i iße said if they adopt his progftjnijil they can tell within !a year <l&tl)sr it will worjk. Chief item ie outjinb is| a plan to jadministiiatite branches H departments, each headed Wj'Aflvisor directly responsible gbvemor. the advisors ’?roulfi comprise \a

"governor’s ,■ f Although Rejmillcans are in full control of both? liases, with all but seats in and 19 in the 'hohse, -tome tq the proposal has beqn by GOP Critics who Craig is trying to centralize into his own {hands. 1 s - i i‘ •. ' . Craig dented- this, and warned the legislators c&hld not hold him fully responsible (jor the conduct of state business h&|esß they adopted his plan. ijln, 11 "Unless you permit us to place responsibility, you cannot be wholly accurate if you say\ we don’t do a good job,” he Skid. C AK He argued that the sole purpose of the administrative shakeup~was to “expand econpmy and efflOieffcy J . . create a government which will cost tlte least and produce the most." / > 1 I Craig renewed his criticism of institutional boards of trustees, and suggested abolishing them, or, at best, reducing them to advisory capacities. He said many trustees, of panal and meptal institutions are selected withpiit regard, to qualifications and are not responsible to the legislature nor to the governqr. 1 . y For penal Institutions, he aaked creation of a board of parole to handle clemency matters now the authority of trustees. For inental institutions, he proposed ‘selection of by “rigid professional tests”—not by ttijstees.' Craig added, the recommenda(Turn To Paxe Six) > Annual Report Is J Listed By Police 316 Auto Accidents Reported Last Year Decatur police investigated 316 auto accidents in and made 216 arrests, it Was revealed today in the annual report released by the Decdtur police department Other data appearing in tne report provides convenient goruping of the auto accident “wherefores,” and paints an overall picture of tendencies. Os the 316 mishaps, one was a fatality, 14 involved pedestrians, eight with trains, and 13 bicycle accidents. 4 \ ■ ' The report shows the day favored for accidents over the rest Os the week is Saturday, 91 having been recorded and bnly 36 on Sunday. Resultant property damage from theSe incidents is estimated by the police at $33,016. Police received 3,968 telephone complaints and drove 60.053 miles in the] lone police belonging to the] department. The cap Was dispatched 2,069 times during the year. ] ' According to the report the age group most*likely to be involved in*auto wrecks during 1953 is the 25-34 year age bracket; they scored 90 accidents last year. 1

Financial Report Is Listed By City a Annual Report Made By Clerk-Treasurer Cost of city government, in Decatur durifig 1952 was 1141,994.94, the annual financial report, of H. Vernen [Aurand, clerk-treasurer, shows. .i. ’. ■ C i The treasurer’s cash balance, was reduced from $60\383.35 to $52,226.82. Including' the balance at the beginning' of 1952, receipts were $194,221.76 and expenditures, $141,.594.94. 4 )„ I l ' ! - Clerk-trenaufer Aurand compiled 4mrnßlgto financial report of all held by him on December 3JL. This repott will be submitted to the Vounciil Tpesday evening. [ The electric utility had cash and botods of of Awhich a Share is earmarked for current construction -contracts. Electric meter dendsits totaled 513.715.02. J

uepußHß lutaitu The operating fund or thle water Utility, xvas, overdrawn $4,031. The department's depredation fund and the bond apd interest Jccount amounted to more than 10.066. ? 1 [ ; The treasurer’s report shows that $1,551 was paid from the police pension fund during the year. Receipts in this fund were $3,697.23. Municipal employes, other than police , and firemen, coat riba ted $2,996.36 tb the social security program during the past 12 months. \ The report also shows that the iclvll city’s bonded debt on Decern-

bey 31 was $106,000. Os this amount, , only $6,009, remains due on the school-aid bond!, issued in 1937. The ,SIOO,OOO is /for 'the sewer project.-; x ■ The ' electric utility ended the a bonded indebtedness of $948,000. Th'e water department had a bonded debt of $68,000. \\ John Falk Dies At Hospital In Peru Former Pruggist In Decatur Dies Today |\ John S. Falk. ? 87, former Decatur' druggist, died at 8:30 o’clock this morning atiDuke’s hospital in PCru, following Un illness of twm years of complications, ] tMr. Fftlk taught in the Adams county several years apd then entered the drug tfusiness HF Decatur in the Smith Yager and Falk drug store, now the Smith drug store. Selling out his interest'in the Decatur store,/he moved, to Peru in 1931, where he was associated with a son. Daniel Falk, in the drug business. .He > was born in] Decatur Sept. 23, 1865, a son of Joel and Mary Syrartz-Falk, and was married more than 60 yearp ago to Cora Dailey; who preceded him in death in 1916. He was later mar riel to Rose Leyse. who jalso preceded him in death. • Mr. Falk was a member of the Scottish Rite at Fort Wayne, the Shrine. Masonic and Elks lodges. Surviving are two sons, Daniel Falk of; £eru and Robert D. Falk of Vermillion, S. D.; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Zoll of Portsmouth, Va,; seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Three sons, three, brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wise funeral home in Peru ,at 1:30 pjn., Topsday, the Rev/ Lee Jackson officiating. The body will he brought to this city for burial Jn thp Decatur cemetery. Friends mgy fcafi at the funeral home, 106 West sftxth street, after 7 o’clock Sunday evening. BULLET) N Mrs. Otto Boerger, Sr., well known Root townehip lady, died suddenly \at 9:30 o'clock tnis morning / at the horns of a 1 daughter, Mrs. Elma Gafdorf, Lima. Om where she was visit Ing. Ths body will be returned to the Zvyick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. /',

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Traditional Formalities I On First Day Bipartisan Bloc In Senate Plans Move € -On Filibustering Washington, (upi— The &3rd congress convened at noon today with Republicans and southern Democrats teamed to put over legislative proposals of the GOP'i first President in 20 years. Retiring Vice President Alben At.; BarklUy called the senate to order, and outgoing £lerk Ralph R; Roberts called the roll of house members certified as 1 elected. After' the prayer, the first order of business in, the’ senate was the swearing in of hew and ?e-elected members. c , The first major business in the Houefe after the roll call was the nomination and election of Res. Joseph W. Martin Jr., aM speaker. . ... - « . ' J In both house®, the Republicans were taking over with paper-thin majorities. But in view, of the ex- . pected southern Democratic support their control was considered ( firm enough dn most issues. I , A serie* of traditional fotmali- , lies were scheduled, for Hie, fng session with a chancefor some > ihltial tests of strength i on demands of outnumbered "liberals? ! .and New Dealers for rules chan- ' ges.

A bipartisan bloc the senate was mapping plans •to try to get a] new rule making it easier $o break filibusters. The move was considered doomed but a vote on It was possible today, f r Another hopeless case, observers said, is a-plan th Curb the power of the. house rules I committee, considered by many I to be a major legislative roadblock, * In today’s preliminaries, 36 new . senators and 433 new representatives — R»s possible will be aworn in. ■ / There also will be election of Rep. Joseph W. Martin il-Mass., as , speaker of the House and Sen. Styles Bridges, R-N. ,H., as Senate president pro tempore, the presiding officer in the absence of the vice president. \ Martin and Bridges were nominated for their respective jpba Friday by GOP caucuses. Senate Republicans also unanimously elected Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio as majority floor leader. Taft thud became com- • mander-in-chief in th'e senate for the legislative program recommended by Eisenhower, who defeated him for the Republican presidential nomination, ] In Friday’s round of party caucuses. house Republicans chose Rep. Charles ;A- Halleck of Indiana as t heir party floor leader; senate Democrats aimed Sen. Lyndon B. Johnsen' of/ Texas for T floor leader, and noiise Democrats chose retiring speaker Sam Ray4bum of Texas. J The Senate GOP conference vetoed the controversial plan for tightening the anti-filibuster rule. Nevertheless, 96 senators, including four Republicans, met later to work out strategy for to push it through anyway. They? chbee Sen. -Clinton P; Anderson, L D-N. M., to offer a motion calling ’ on the senate io adopt new rules. This would challenge the here(Tur» T® Page Three) !■ ■? •* ' ( - Cal Peterson Head pf Hospital Board . Cal Peterson was elected to another term as president of _ the Adams county memorial hospital board at a reorganizations! meeting' of the board Friday. Serving as secretary will be Dee Fryback. Board members welcomed newly appointed board meihber Wilbert Nussbaum into the fold and discussed hospital plans for the coming year. Peterson declined to say \ what the plans were but said they would be released when crystallized. V ■ . -