Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1953 — Page 1

Vol. th No. 16.

Eisenhower Is Inaugurated

■ I' ' Eisenhower Rides In Triumph In Inaugural Parade

’WASHINGTON. UP President Eisenhower rode in triumph down historic Pennsylvania Avenue' today at the head of an inaugural parade featuring 22,000 snappilydressed < serviceman, an unloaded atomic canpon, dozens of hands, and colorful floats from nearly every state. ‘ The new chief executive rode the 2.1 miles from the Capitol to the White House in an open Cadillac convertible. Beside him was his Mamie. • Parade chiefs estimatedjt would take three hours to pass a £iven point along the flag-decked route. There also were 150 Indians' in tribal regalia and 5.500 other marchers. 5 * Viee president and Mrs. Richard M. Mixon rode close behind the new President, also in a top-down automobile that give him arm' roojm to greet the crowds.* Former . President Herbert Hoover had , a prominent The occasion uncorked a flood of Republican enthusiasm .pent up for more thajn two decades. It wasn’t the biggest parade in history, but Republicans claimed it was the best. It was loaded with laughs, bursting with bandar and. touched here and there with 'Solemnity. About 7(7,000 persons had paid s3'to sls each for grandstand seats that lined the historic route. Those who applied too late, or hadn't ;tHe money, passed for advantage' in. the standing-room-only area along ' each remaining foot of curbing. There were Uris and\ hundreds of thousands of them. X The theme was "Crusade in America.” The story was told in \the main dignity but with license for plerity of fun. Maine put bgthing beauties on her vacation land float; Florida carried ‘ Miss America on.hbrs.ibut wrapped her in sable. Some 65 bands and choral units played and sang from one end of the avenue to the other. Ohio sponsored a 40-year-old femaje elephant named Miss Republican. formerly Miss Burma. / Sen. Robert A. Taft—Ohio’s: Mt. Republican—wasn’t ip the parade. He had a good free seat though, along with 4hoo other distinguished guests in the presidential stands .In front of the White House. ■■ 1 \ Men and women of each armed service were'fccattered throughout the parade. Their colorful dress proud bearing, and sharp niareh- ' ing drew steady applause, especially the cadets from West Point, Eisenhower’s own. The army stole Ithe show, though, with itri 05-tpn atomic cannon What- parade chairman George P. .Lamp called "God s float”’ pre- - ceded ail the floats. It cost $1,183, contributed by 12 anonymous donors handpicked for the privilege. It featured; a non-deriominatibhal religious edifice- described as "an architect’s conception of all? reli- ' gions wrapped into one.” All 50 floats cost a total of about slop,ooo, the pgr-float cost ranging from SSOO to $6,000: • > Ten Goats midway of the parade told the Eisenhower story in capsule pageantry—from his birth at Denison. Tex., through marriage to .Mamie, two crusades in Europe, and finally to the White House. | Even after ha got here today, Mr. Eisenhowet couldn't duck inside right away arnjl just calling" it home. His job first was to stand with Nixpn in the “Court of the ■Crusaders’’ briiljt on his new front lawni and review the parade .that followed him down from Capitol Hill. Miss Drum Majorette of 1052— Hilda-Gay Mayberry, 17, a University of Louisville freshman — twined- a fancy baton in behalf of floatless Kentucky. Lest anyone get over enthusiastic about Miss Mayberry, en rofutb, Kentucky sent along a marching unit from the r Man-o’-War Post Number 8, American Legion, to look after het. | All 48 states were one way or another. Nevada sent a sheriff’s posse pounding down the pavement led by Sen. George W. Malone (R-Nev.) and Mrs. Malone; both on horseback. > Members of Eisenhower's ndw cabinet, one to a car, were followed by members of the. new (Tara T» Pace KU*t)

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Eisenhower Prays For Divine Help Attends Service In Washington Church WASHINGTON, UP —The man who was to be President his head before his Qod and prayed for divine help to serve his country well. 11.. \ [j , In his last act as a private citizen, Dwight D.' Eisenhower slipped away from his Statler Hotel headquarters for a private morning service in historic National Presbyterian church. He and his ini'ihediate family filed solemnly into Pew 47, just three rows behind; the “Pew of Presidents” where many of his predecessors worshipped before him. the aisle, were tlje incoming vice president, his family and relatives. Members of the 1 new cabinet and olfier top officials of the' Eisenhower administration gathered in the center sections. The Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, who served under the fbrrner supreme Commander as a chaplain during World War 11. read from St. Matthew the advice Jesus gaye the Jiews.: ; "Ye khow that the-princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them an|d they that are great exercise authority upob thean. “. . . But whosever will be Chief among you, let him be your servant.f r\ . ■ :: i ; r h l 'ti—— 4 l More Rains Plague West Coast Areas ■ '. ' ‘ -I . . p-; - \ : Many Residents Are Driven From Homes By J’NIT-ED PRESS Residents of northern California' and soujthern Oregon: erased from, tlhlair homes by winter floods braced' for more heavy rtiins today' ■as snow and icy rains plagued parts bf the midwest. Forecasts were somewhat optimistic in thfidr report on 'the Pacific Northwest*even though. two roaring storriis off the coast were expected to fqed more than a dozen . tufblulerit rivers already over their sa|nks. j \ 4 The wed the r bureau said rainfall in tne area Monday was lighter than in the past few- days. Cape BlancO, | Calif., (averaging several inches? a day, received only .67 of an inch in a 24-hour period ending early tod'ay. , . I ■ One new- storm of “moderate iiß tensity’’ was* raging abofit 300 miles west of Seattle and another was About 2.000 miles farther West in the ocean. At least six persons werb killed in flood wallers and mud slides and several Coastal towns in the two Mates were under water. The weather bureau, at Portland. Ore.:, however, said the Coquille and Willamette riters were starting to fall. I Light snow was reported in darts || of the northern Plaipi States and in New England; rind a Land Os precipitation about 150 miles wide extended from Nebrasr kg eastward into Ohio. R fell irt the form of show and rain in the east witlj so’he freezing tain iri northern Missouri, \ and southern lowa. Des Mjiinesi, la., and Lincoln, Neb., both reported moderate snow early this mofnlng. 1 Cold aft hutig over the northern Plains and western Great Lakes region, but rather conditions prevailed over most other of the nation. Thin ice caused another death Monday. Edward Mencer, Clear Lake, Ind,, drowned when liis sled broke through a lake there. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; colder central and south tonight. Low tonight 2235 extreme south. High Wed needay 32 38.

Pictures ®y School Needs And Finances Detailed Picture \ Os School Status By Supt. Brown > i1 ! £ A complete financial picture ana future needs for the Dij iatur public school system were '«evealed by superintendent W. GjiVißrown at a joint meeting of Liq(ißn ParentTeacher survey cohi njttee members arid the Decatu| l|;hool board i Monday ■ meeting of thje board; llffi' The joint session.-sjujnkHested some | time ago as a mutdhj|laid to the committee members |Uni|pompleting the scljbol survey anpl |||e boald in niaking future plans,highlighted by a lengthy. fn|«resting explanation of the tinaniqjfj structure, the cosit of operation tbe physical assets of the lseh|HK|oity,. augumepteavby many ch||i i M; and maps showing Decatur’s sifttw compared with school cities of:;l||e else anA preserved by .superintjbnqeut ' The presentation InterruAted, many times, at Brow|h!| suggestion, by questions of coinn| jtee members. The two and a ha f hour ses- . slon revealed thati |ji| j In the 38 Indiana iHill |is of from 5,000 to Nj.ooo populajjij i, in whicheducational catfegoi|yij| i Decatur’s school system is plaibei , the local schools arg about djvfej with the average in relation 'il iji physical properties; money ended per pupil and financial ijitii jjie. The charts also sh'bwji that the pupil-teacher ratio ability to accommodate pupils| i»l the lo<?al schools were near avojroO, with the (exception of kindefgaiiwh and the primary grades, whidji Iwvealed an overcrowde|d conditipt>j| Superintendent Bi-own explaihedjthat. plans already wefe uriderway .to alleviate this situation on a temporary basis, when necessary, unt|il|li building program could be un|eii|mken. The ajlp explained the details of to be made Here by the sclioM of education of Indiana Univtersfty and he said that from thia, l|itvey, the local board in all likfeiyfcod would get its clue for buildlngfplans and future needs of the sthracd system. Charts also showed amount of state support reoeliilja by the school system and how lAftch money was raised annpally py Ijpcal taxation. More than 60 of annual funds expended byjl'he school, city comes from the toxi .money paid in by Decatur proper^iiwnelr's. The present cumulatiw building fund of the qchool citi 055,229.92, the Brown report This money is* derived frqin ! |i 30 cent lax and has two ■ the present plan, to run. f'bffidditibnal two, years will add aijotMElr $60,000 to the fund, it was j;e®j'ted, and the' school city foajj l||tie about $175,000 in bonds, an immediate building prcjgi'Eo|| become necessary. ' ' 3 I The board may at inyjfiime stop the present 3Ocent bui(djng fund plan arid start a new pr<j)jj|riam, with a maximum rate of 7$ <sk its apd a maximum total of iin wjiich to make the .assessnferia Annually. While the members showed considerable fhto| isit in the overall school picture, i Wes concern related to the lineup school, The Brown report |<qMpwed the regular school boar® feting gtr tended tfy all three riri risers. Gerald Cole. George Helm Hgrry “Jack” Irwin. Board present Cole welpome& the visitors I ®hd then introduced superinteridemi Brown, who gave the report and_ displayed the numerous charts,j by Decatur high school pufflfs. under the supervision of facjtltfejsienibers and the superintendent. A preview of the smeong was given by Brown to high; School instructors Monday af|erlot>Pn at a specially called faculty h imeeting. (Tara T« P«<e E**)il*O ' iWI iA

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 20, 1953.

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Senate Set To Confirm Eight Cabinet Heads . ' F f., | Wilson Nomination 1 * As Defense Head ; Is In Jeopardy BULLETIN ;; WASHINGTON .UP — Sen. Wriyne Morse of Oregon upset pl'Pns of the Eisenhower adminr istration and senate Republicans to put the mtew President's cabinet in office today by objecting to a confirmation vota. Washington Mp —The senate was reaiiy to confirm eight members of Dwight p EisenhoweUs cabinet after hisiipt augoration to'day. his nomination; of Charles E. ‘Wilson as.detensb se<T?taiy was iri jeopardyLeaders of botl4 parties sal# ' is considerably’’sentiment to. block tlfe Wilson appointment priiess the former General Motors, president ggre'es fo.ooirhis SWO,-. 000 otock interest ip, the company which Is the defense department’s! biggtst contractor. f Two alternatives proposed by Republican leaders were running into strong opposition. Neither the Senate nor the house showed any .en-, thusiasm for changing the Uw which tonbids federal officials to transact business witjh- companies in. whigh they hold stock. And Republicans as Well Democrats were balking at the Suggestion that Wilshn could square himself wi|h thg law by promising tb keep hands *; off any defense depart riient dealings with General'Motors}. I 1 \ Wilson was reported to have conferred privately with Mr. Eisehhowej? late yesterday but Eisenhoweli} aides would holt confirm or deny the report. A Showdown on the Wilson ap-; pointpient' may como When he . appears belfore the senate arme4 services committee tlomorrow “clarity” his earlier testimony' that hfe considered it perfectly pr(U per for him to pass cn defense contracts with GM. . , t > Alp.other members < f the Eisen-, howet cabinet won quick approving from the appropriate senate conH mittees and their x confirmation the still senate imnie<lihtely today’s inaugural cere nony was & foregone conclusion. i: ; ; Mr;’(Eisenhower, who could nas ttjeir nomination to the senate until hej was sworn iii as president, arranged to sign the .necessary papers at a Capitol luncheon—-his first official act after,! taking the oath of office. J The senate agreed to meet ih special, session aftgr the inaugural ceremony to confirm the eight noncoritrpversial nominees and ac-. commodate Mr.' Eisenhower’s dW; sire th have them take} their oaths at the White House late this afternoon, i ; ~ ■i i ■" The cabinet appointees who had , (Twra T» Pa*e Ktcht>

Bids Are Received . By Commissioners Receive Bids For - Dump Trufk, Coal r Adams commiksionerr met in special session at the court blouse Monday to accept bids on coal fui-l all county unils arid for a dump truck for the dpunty high way department. Butler’s Garage. First street, received the contCact tb’"supply a dump truck to the diepartijnent. It was the lowest of five bids, with a total list pri|ce \bf $4,919.52. The truck weighs 10.500 pounds. \ The Burk Elevator C<>. was the lowest bidder bn coal a In addition to receiving the bids, R»r which reason the meeting wgs scheduled, bommissioaers heard business which would normally be recieived\\at a regularly scheduled meeting of their body. Egrl A'daips- to tjhfe Icoriv nbissioners regarding a petition to blacktop a stretch of fogd boginHt)iug at Piqua to the county line' past the Fuelling church. ; Harold D; Owens, roi te 1, led a general discussion, it Is reported by county auditor Frank Kitson, on the possibility of receiving state aid in blacktoppl ng coujity roads. The state will ilovide $lB,600 for Gils purpose if the county will match the amount —but that Is a|l up tq the discretion of the county. | Contractor Sam Nussbaum, of Berne., reported to the commissioners that his price for repairing the baqi at the corintf horde is $171.60, and would\go for labor involved in installing metal slats ! arid rfeinforcejments.n ,\ Commissioner Lewis Xyorthhran was as president of the ,A4ams x county board Os finance Avhich meets every ( two is their job to allot county funds foi' deposit in; the three banks the fcpun'ty deals with; the pjirst State bank. Decatub; First Bank of Bertie; and the Bank of Geneva, ■ —: — Jury Deliberating Through Sixth. Day L . NEW UP J— .A federal, jury deciding ( the fatie of, 13 Communist party | officials worked patiently through mountains of evidence today iri its sixth driy of deliberation. The jijry hid spent 40 hours in actual deliberation, longer than any jury in recollection in the Southern District of New York has spent trying to reach a ferdict. i - ' — k— Truman Leaves Two Os Favorite Pianos . WASHINGTON, UP' Truman left a couple of his favorite pianos behind today for his hon-musical successor. The one he received as a gift after taking office goes with the White House whether the Eisenhowers have any use for it or not, afdes said. ; <

Calls Nation To Dare All For Freedom A 5 «

Direct Primary Bill Submitted; To Legislature Bind Convention Delegates To Will Os Majority Vote INDIANAPOLIS UP — A presidential preference primary which would bind convention delegates to the will of the ijnajority of voters Was proposed for Indiana today tn a senate bill. Sensu .Milford Apneas R-Liber-. ty and Edward IL. Chubinski DEasf Chicago introduced the bill. It wah one of, 34 pffered as the two. houses of the legislature met for an hour and recessed to watch the presidential inauguration on four television Sets. ; The bill also provided for a direct primary for selecting candidates for all state offices and U. B.' senator. Craig is on record favoring lt.« | Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, Elkhart Republican. Introduced n measure to amend present laws to deprive central Committees of authority to fill Vacancies on'ballots \after primaries pre held. Under present -.law, a? politick! partv which has no 'candidate"for an office in the pririiatry pay appoint a nominee Ipier in the summer. Other new- bills would: Transfer powets 6f the flood control and resources commission to the, slate conservation department. Rc|ps% Kincaid-Moeller-ing. j Allow the state to revoke driving licenses it drivers reftise to cooperate by taking test. Rep. Brayton. I Limit the stato welfare depart(Tara To Fare Kighp Whip Red Drive On Heartbreak Ridge Repulsed JAfter 30 Minutes Os Battle SEOUL, Kored UP — South Korean infantrymen weathered a 1,200-round Communist artillery and moftar barrage today and then splashed a Red drive against Heartbreak Ridgo in 30 minutes of intense fighting. The Chinese Reds were met by artillery, mortar.l rifle and machine gun fire they tried to reach the crest; ot Heartbreak Ridge, after pounding it with their big guns The 50-man attack force feM back after hglf an hour after half itp number was killed or wounded. f * United Nations ;soldiei\.sook the offensive jn a commando raid on the western front and demolished a Red outpost near Panmunjom. The Allied infantrymen swarmed into the position, forced the Reds to leave, then Wrecked\ ttenches and bunkers and returned to their own lines. ’ Light snow begkn falling before dawn on the central and eastern frdnts, grounding U. N. fighter bombers all morning. Scattered. Allied warplanes i wrecked Communist installations after noon, but no Sabre jet-MIG? duels were reported. J On the eastern ; front south Korea’s proud new 12th division, aided by veteran ROK units, mousetrapped North Korean Reds and killed or wounded an estimated 32. Eleven U. S. Mr force Superforts blasted 65 acres of. piled supplies witji 110 t<jns of 500-pourid bombs at two targets just east of Sariwon.

Bloodmobile Unit In Decafur Friday Limit Operations For Visit Friday The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Decatur Friday at the American Legion home and limited op erations will be conducted from 10 a.m.'to 3:30 p.nn, Mrs. Ed Bauer, Chairman, announced today. A Fort Wayne physician will serve as the medical examiner, Mrs. Bauer stated. In November, Decatur physicians served as examiners. It\was explained that a physician had to be in attendance \when the bloodmobile unit was in operation. With Mrs. Max Schafer, executive secretary, and • Paul Loomis, committee member, Mrs. Bauer attended a regional meeting in Fort Wayng yesterday and it was explained that the Red Cross was endeavoring to employ a physician On\k permanent during 1953. The former examiner, resigned the poet last year. ■ VA Mrs. Bauer said that the number of blood donors would be reduejed tor Friday’s visit, dye to reduction of hours when the unit’will be in operation. The Red Cross heeds three registered nurses and three nurses aides to complete its staff for op -eration of the unit. The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will serve lunch the blood donors, Mrs. Bauer said. Abandon Hunt For 11 Missing Men 10 Survivors From . Planes In Formosa KAOSIUNG, Formosa UP — Ten survivors of two U. S. navy planes —rone of which was crippled and forced down by Communist Chines'? short batteries—arrived here today aboard Admiral T. F. Williamson’s flagship Suisun. \ Williamson announced in %t search for 11 other crew members on the two planes had been abandoned and they- weije presumed dead. Williamson refused permission for any of the survivors to be interviewed or photographed. However, it was reported all 10 were in good condition although wearing a variety of bandages and dabbed' with antiseptic on their hands and; faces. i Williamson gave only bare details on the ghooting down of the navy Neptune patrol botyber Sunday off the China coast. He said the pldne was forced down in flames.; A coast guard PBM crashed wh& it tried to take off id rough seas after' saying 11 of the Neptune’s man crew, he said After the second crash, the U. S. destroyer Halsey Powell rushed to the scene and rescued 10 men —- three coast guardsmen and seven of the NSptune crew. . The navy withheld, the Thames of the five missing coast guardsmen and the six navy crewinen of the Neptune patrol plgne until next of kin have been notified. Williamson’s command said the coast guard rescue plane trashed when it lost an engine in the heavy seas. The Halsey Powell also was fired on by Red shore batteries when the destroyer went to rescue the fliers The survivors wore transferred at sea to Williamson’s patrol Gag ship Suisun and brought to this Southwest Formasan seaport about 135 miles south of Taipeh . British and American planes and ships gave up their search for the 11 missing men eorly today.

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Ike Becomes 34th President In Ceremonies Solemn Ceremony Puts Great Burden On New President WASHINGTON UP — [tfjwight David Eisenhower became? 34 th President of the United Stales to day with a prayer, a csill :oi his countrymen to be "ready; tc dare all" for freedom, and a guarded bid to, P ipsia to negotiate “honestly” for world disarmament. The of Wdrk War II picked tsp the great byrdfens of the presidency in a solemn, sunbathed oath-taking 'ceremony before an estimated persons massed on: the Capitol’s, east plaza and millions more who watched on television. Immediately after . taking the oath and before starting'his pre pared inaugural address. Mr. Eisenhower asked all assembled to bow thflr heads in prayer with him. He askeo God to give hiita and , his associates power “to discern right from wrong.” He asked God for strength so “that all may work i for Ithe good of our beloved country land thy glory.” “Especially we pray that our con- v certi shall be for the people, regardless of station, race or calling." said. J /I ' Then, still only moments after he was sworn by Chief Justice Fyed |M. Vinson at 12:31 p.m. the new chief executive launched into his inaugural address. He dedicated hiS administration to achievement of world peace and put out a cautious feeler to Josef Stalin to join in that quest. Warm rayis of sunshine fell\ upon hik bared head as Mr. Eisenhower took the oath in a simple, Solemn, ceremony that was delayed 15 minutes by a delay'in seating distinguished guests. With his left hand resting on two open Bibles, he solemnly swore that he “will faithfully execute the office of the; President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend tbe Constitution of the Unit- / ed States—so help me God." The new President then shook hands with retiring President Truman. kissed Mrs. Elsenhower and asked the multitude to join him in prayer. His address follow’ed the prayer. i Declaring world peace the “supreme” goal lof his administration, Mr. Eisenhower said he will “stand ready to engage with any and all others in jolpt effort to remove .the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations, and so to make possible drastic reduction of armaments.” He quickly added, however, that any such negotiations must be “aimed logically and honestly toward secure peace for all” and “every participating nation” must be prepared to prove its “good faith?’ i\ President Eisenhower evidently harbored no great hope that Russia would soon accept such terms. For he went on to warn his countrymen that ’k long, hard pull is ahead of them. Pleading for a rebirth ofc the patriotism that puts duty to country above aIR selfish Interests, he said Americans must be prepared to “accept whatever sacrifices maybe required” to keep this nation strong enough to hold aggressors in check. he urged the rest of the free world to do likewise. Two former ' presidents—Herbert Hoover, the last Republican to occupy the White House, and Harry S. Truman, who achieved ex-presi- <■ dentist status the moment, Mr. ♦ Turn To FMM Six)