Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1953 — Page 1

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J.t' 1 Quickie Strike Closes Steel Plant ■ * ' : : • . . ’ • - r \ 'A' I I I J - -If- • W I * M II ts I - I J4-M. :JII tm l i . . i IMrR!! ?W"An ■ |g^ LmJ Ji 1 zfcr Jl Walgfm.i . •. awß - - w ‘ Jim • ■ mmBRI WHILE SUPERVISORY personnel hustled banking of furnaces in the giant Inland Steel Co. plant - (background) at East Chicago. ’lnd., pickets piili bejqre t|ie gates following a sudden walkout of its IS,boo employes. Cause ot strike was “disciplinary time off” given several employes who had re-* fused to work overtime. J ' j ' • \ — <—M — | . J

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WASHINGTON. UP — Gjlp. J. I Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, said today that the how .famous T-Bohe Hill raid in Korea was a “sound and operation and said that, there would be “manjf more like it.” F Collins heatedly denied on Arriving at National Airport from.-’a one-week Far .Eastern visit jthat the so-called Operation Smiu k was a staged demo istration “fofj the benefit of ahy Visiting firemen or the press.” \ ISpeaking with intense feeling. Collins said he was “shocked”, that the “leadership and motives” of Gen. Jahies A. Van Fleet .'retiring Bth army commander, I [and other combat leaders could |have Keen brought under He • said this was done by the jiress report of “a single man” ai|i he was “astonisheld.” He did not identify the' reporter, Collins also told 11 "Training of South Korean troops is “beinlg stepped Up’| and he is “tremendously impressed” with.the progress being made. He said “we are pow' reaping? the benefits” of training pfoa-hms started, two years ago by I Van Fleet. I 2. He haid no comment; on Iwhat he called the “speculation,” f that tht| Eisenhower ad m’ihisl ration plans to withdraw 7th fleet Jinits from Formosan watery. ■ , | 3. He had no commen| ardice in the 65 th. regiment | but said that “full consideration? will be given to any extehju|itin4 cirWmstances.” That was| in reply to a question concerning jlansjuage difficulties in the 65th, --a plreto Rican regiment, * ! r Collins said pe could |not |‘Vamphasize too strongly” that | Van • Fleet ; and other Bth army are more concerned about thejloss. of life on T-Borje Hill than anyone with the possible exception of the Immediate relatives of men lofet. in battle. ; ‘ T“It’s, a great army that jyou jigye over there,”: Collins saidjj I Collins is scheduled tb appear before the houise armed?: serfides committee Tuesday \o report'•bn the T-Bone Hill affair. { [ , Meanwhile, the congressional storm over the affair |imnJered down in the minds of coitgresiional military leaders as I nollimg more than, a teapot tempest. | , Those who saw the whole |ot a .secret report on . the by Gen. James A-Van'Fleet said ft hey were satisfied there fwasf no ground for congressional suspicion that the so-called “Qpeqnion Smack” was merely a show ibtagled for invited guests. I I They were inclined to the „ furor partly -on what they considered ‘•‘overdramatized” ijews ! reports from Korea and partlj on Congressional zeal in jumping on •what looked at a glance life a military blooper. | •_ Van Fleet’s report showed [that the operation was a failure in that it didn't succeed in its main [mission—capture o!f Commudist prison era who might give a dine Mo a <Turw To Pace Flvf> j u Noon Edition: .' ' i i I -~4— ■ K J ■ ■ • r ' I •■ ■ ■I• ' F

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Dulles Makes Strong Appeal To Europeans ' '• I:. [ , • • Arrives In Europe On First Mission: Abroad v r RO.Mjfc UP — U. S. secretary of mate John. Foster Dulles arrived here today on his. first official mission abroad and made a strong new call to European nations to form d united Western European 'aihny. JL..- '\j' L I t. ’\ J; Dulles made) his nlew appeal to Western Europe to join forces only seven minutes after he arrived at Rome’s airport from the United States on a nine-day fact-finding tour ofj European capitals. The hew American secretary o' state was accompanied by iMutuiA Security Adhiiiiistrator Harold E. Stassen. They arrived at 9:25 a.m. 3:25 a.m. e.s.t. Rome was the first stop on a visit to seven West (European capitals during which Dulles will preucth the gospel of •European unity and 1 mutual defense. ! . . | 1 Among the pertinent facts Dulles .will legrn on his tour here ■\ 1. Italy continued aid from the Urilted States to cope with Communism at hdme and the hew armament burdens assigned her as a NATO partner. ‘ 2. Italy subscribes ly to Dulles’ bwtj. theories of the urgefit necesitji for European unity and is just as anxious as the United States to get the bqgged-down European army program going. Dulleg and Stassen will get their briefings on Italy’s attitudes toward dhe new Republican foreign policy pf the United States in a series of conferences wjith Italian Premier Alcidfl De Ghaperi, U. S. ambassador Eljsworth (Bunker and other tdp-rhnking Italian and American' officials. I At Dullest request. |De Gasperi and. his ■ top ministers prepared briefs betting forth Italy’s major problems of domestic and foreign policy, covering among others the following subjects: Ameritcan aid: Italy’s budget for the coming fiscal year already allots for a 60 per pent cut in Ameri■can aid. To offset this, Italy needs more rearinapient orders placed with Hqr factbrtes qnher the U. S. 1 off-shore procurement program, i ■ Unemployment: Th ip lb a dominant factor in bpth Italy’s domestic, and foreign policies. The goyernmest through Mostly subsidies is keeping payrolls intact in many plants by prohibiting dismissals. The United States Can help by accepting more Italian emigrants. The figure has remained constant at about 2,000,000 unemployed despite all government efforts. Foreign trade: Italy’s unfavor<Tur* T« Page F|ve>

Reorganization ' Bill Passes House Hurdle \ ■I Craig's Highway Bill Passes Over Dictatorship Cry INDIANAPOLIS UP —Governor Craig approached, an imposing Indiana senate hurdle to his reorganization plans today after steering a controversial one-man highway administration bill through "stiff house opposition. The lower chamber passed the bill, 58 Jo 28. and sent it to the senate late Friday. Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in votiqg against the measure, eight more than jumped party lines in the first test several days ago. , Senate sentiment to some of Craig’s plans is considered “lukewarm.” despite the fact four-fifths of the seats are controlled by |the GOP. i The house also beat down fiva attempts to cripple or kill an Antigambling bill and moved the ure intapt to a final showdown. Cries of were raised in lengthy house debate on the highway bill. The Craig-backed measure replaces the tour-man highway commission with a director appointed by the governor. Rep. Paul Moellering R-Fort Wayne lauded the measure, a “Little Hoover” commission proposal. as a harbinger? of efficiency and economy. H£ said it was impractical to “pperate a business with four men.” J \ can’t fitx responsibility with four men,” Rep. Laurence Baker RKendallville, said. i \ i Democratic leader Walter Maehling. Terre Haute, said the bill represented “totalitarianism in its purest form.” He admitted four 'commissioners have “bickered” |>ut said it is “indicative of good government.” "“It is indicative of bad roads," majority leader Norman Neely R Bloomington replied. Republican opposition was voiced by Rep. Jess C. Andrew R-W’est Pointy He called the bill “radical legislation” and said “it attempts all of ,a sudden to change to a superman in the highway department.” Joining Andrew i| Opposition were Republicans Acker, Aders. Chas'e, Copeland. Heivilon, Keft, Long, Monks, Webb and West. Robert S. Webb R-Arcadia accused the “Little Hoover” commission of "jumping to conclusions," and Rep. Sdm Bushemi D- , Gary “th® first of the dictatorship bills.” John Lewis Named To Another Four Years k WASHINGTON UP — John L. began another .four - year term today as president of the 400,-fOO-member United Mineworkers. ' The union said Lewis, president -since 1920, received 394,263 votes in the referendum among locals. Also re-elected were vice president Thomas Kennedy and secretarytreasurer John Owens. A spokesman said the 72-year-old Lewis -was\ unopposed for the office. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy an<f colder tonight and Sunday, with occasional snow flurries extreme north. Low tonight 2025 north, 25-30 south. High Sunday 25-32. > ■ ■

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Ike May Lift Naval Ban On Nationalists Lowering Bur On Nationalist: Move On Reds Studied ■! WASHINGTON UP — Governinent sources revealed today that lifting the naval bian against Nationalist attacks on ’lied China nyay be President Eisenhower's iflbst inpve to try to make the Comthunisis sue for peace in Korea anil Indo-Chlna. inforhidnts said the President is seriously .considering caneeilini the\ two-year-old order under which the U. seventh fle-at haft barred the Chinese! Nationalists on Formosa from invading the mainland. . Underlining this possibility was tne President’s scheduled meeting today at 10:30 a,in. e.s.t., with FUet Adm. William D. Leahy, wartime chief of staff to the late Prdsideht Roosevelt who ik presently without assignment, Thdl subject \of the conference was hot disclosed but, coincidentally, Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Pa< ific fleet coinms(ndei in charge pf the Formosa area, is dtfe to arrive Were Sunday for more toplevel talks. Government sources suggested that iihe, President might choose his kthte A>f the Union message to Congress Monday to reveal l)ls plan to give the Nationalists n,iore freedom of\ action. < It was possible, they stiid, that hje would wait until later gnd sinyply announce that the; Seventh fleiit'l|would continue protecting jjportnoka from attack but would pot block a mainland raid or invasion by the Nationalists. ; ’ASr. iEisenhower hinted in one of hisijijeiection campaign addresses that lie saw no reaison to assure thej Gdmmunists were safe from Nationalists attack, regard less of whether one would bie qonmilitarily w’ise. Socrj|tary of state John Foster Dulles alsn^ said in his first foreign policy address fthe President:(Turn To Pace Six) CIO Embittered By Ike Labor Decision Lining Cost Index ■: i : Ruling Irks CIO / WASHINGTON UP -+ President (Eisenhower’s first Labor decision sharply increased the 010’s growing biterneks toward the new Republican today. • ! | In a move to preserve labor; - ipanage’ment stability, Mr. Eisenhower ordered the labor departliient Friday to re-issue its old cost cff lining index to which the wages df 3,500,00*0 workers are tied. < I The action ran directly counter tb the recommendations of CIO President Walter P. Reuther but Conformed to the views of the AFL, 20 rhilrbad unions, and the major Auto fiyms. \ . ; Tha*|ktter maintained the reviving the old index for six months .would give unions and cotnto adjust '‘escalator'’ contracts to the new “modern” Index earning out next mouth for the ' first time. , - The hew index, wfhlch Includes 75 morh “market basket” items such as television sets, self-service laundries and baby foods, Will be the ‘‘official index qf the government,” ; i ; Reuther opposed revival pf the old Index.- He wanted to use the “modernised” index as an argument for opening his union’s fivs- - contracts with General Motors. Ford and other automobile producers even though the contracts are diie to tun until mid-1955. With the resurrection of the old ihdek, Reuther’s plans may .be blocked: But if he maintains the I (Tura Te Faae Five)

r- —-r- pq Declares Russia Has Atom Weapons Atom Commission Head In Statement WASHINGTON ITP-~Thel T P-~The Atomic energy commission let it lie known triday that it knows more than it’s telling about Russia’s race to rhe United States in the development of atomic bombs. The commission said pointedly that its terse announcement that Moscow has exploded thrde Aboiphs disclosed only some of the Abets in government hands. ‘Commission chairman Gordon Dean issued the statement late Friday to end once and itor alk the speculation stirred up by former President Truman that tlie Communists may Hot have produced an A-bomb yet. He said flatly that the USSR' had exploded three atomic “one in the late summer of 1949. two in the tall of 1951.” There is “nodoubt,” he said, of the existence of atomic weapons in Russia. In announcing the bare facts of Soviet atomic progress.; Dead emphasized he was riot revealing all. He said only: “The following facts, among those available ijo the U, S. goyermnent, can be released at this point,” i h-1 Speculation was thgt soifie of. the facts, hidden behind jAjhe phrase *among those availafib^* - *’ ifrflude the estimated size hnd quality of Russian atomic production. p\ \ Mr. Truman said in an fntetview that he doubted the Soviets ’had developed a workable A-bomb and stood by his guns in spite, of a barrage of expert opinion to the contrary. The text of the AEC announcement: { “Numerous correspondents have querried the aiomic energy commission on the question ofj the Sp(Tun> To J’aice Slm> Tommy Mann Fund Is Over SI,OOO Cancer Victim Fund Continues To Grow* With the SB6 in contr|buti|ons for the Toniimy Mann fund posted today, the fund goes beyond the thousand-dollar mark —j $1,008,40. A proud record made all the riiorel significant because it was collect-1 ed in so short a time. ! \ I The started out as a lodal I effort and no more than: a few hundred dollars was expected. But through the good of ■\Clirf Milnor. Fort Wayne iournaj- , Gazette columnist, and WOWO farm director Jay Gould, the fund blosjsdqied and became eveny--body’s baby and pretty soon mail ywas coming in from all over thia 'section of Indiana and the northwestern provinces of Ohio. Jus today we received money forNTommy fr<\m a friend in Watsekh, 111., at least 200 miles away. V There is great hope for people when they will >read an account, of a faraway case of a little boy tn trouble, and, without hesitation. leap to his aid with the prater., on thlpir lips that they only wish it could be more. i Tommy Mann is grateful to everyone of his friends for the help they are giving hint —even though he expresses it by only paying “gee.” Following are the contributions posted today. There’s more but that will appear ori Monday which, indidentally, isthb last day the fund will be carried; on from here. The check for tjhe entire amoupt will be delivered to the Manns Tuesday. Phil L. Schleferstein ,|3 Friends ± 4- rr — 8 Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Cot, i > Fort Wayne 2 lyilbur Heckman, fifenperville 5 Peggy Geiser, Kendallville 1 Mrs. A. E. Meyers, New Havers 1 H. E. WeiL Fort Wayne 10 Emily Thoma! Bryan, O. 5 Sam, Allen and Mabel Kwatnez. Fort Wayne 3 Mrs. R. G. Ratliff, BJufftbn 1 (Twrx To Page Six).

Injunction On Adams Central Schoo! Denied Denies Injunction Against Issue Os Bonds For Building * Another barrier iin the waV completion of , bailing the Aprna county central consolidated school at the west edge of Monroe was cleared Friday Judge (feqrge C. Davis, sitting as special judge in Wells circuit court, denied a petition for a'permanent injunction filed bjr Aduas county freeholders against consolidated school corporation -board of trustees to prevent issuance of bonds for construction of part of the proposed building. D. . Burdette Custer \and Robert Smith, attorneys for-the defend-, ant school corporation, stated today To Ask Dismissal ’ A spokesman for the plaintiffs in the Daniel Lantz et al case vs the Berne-French school corporation stated today that a motion for dismissal of the case Will, be filed before Judge Jlwuier Byrd in the Wells cir- ' ““Tult court Monday. r # The suit asked for Injunction against the sale of bonds for additional elassroojns for the Berne-French school. —J that legal steps would be taken at once to advertise knd sell bonds so that the entire proposed school building could be completed in the near future. ' \ . Judge Davis’ decision removed one. of the last obstacles in the long battle of the Washington, Monroe, Kirkland township school consolidation and a group of. remonstrators banded together a* Udams county Several years ago, a majority of voters in each pf the three townships voted in favor of the school merger and proceeded to consolidate the school facilities. ' (Twtb To Page 81x) Meet Monday Night On School Problems C. C. Division And\ -School Board Meet The industrial division of the Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to meet with the Dqcatur school board Monday night at the Moose home for a dinner-meeting. Two months ago, when the dinner’ was first announced, the meeting was to be necessary “to get something done.” Gince then, however, much water has gone under the school board bridges. Firstly, W. Guy Brown, school superintendent, announced that a cash deposit of SSOO was givjen to the survey department of Indiana University to plan and conduct an extensive survey to determine the needs, potentialities, ai)d financial capabilities of DeOatUr. This, according to best reports, will be started toward the epd of this year. Next, the Lincoln P. T. A. an-' nounced it had' a survey of its own and had seven committees—of about 30 members—-assigned to topics as varied as finance t§ school lunch. \ Two weeks pgo the P. T. A. again Was in the news as it sat in on a regular school board meeting to hear Brown tplk on the city’s financial condition and pre- . sent some, interesting statistics pertinent to Decatur. The reasons the industrial division had for wanting to meet with the school board have admittedly 1 —-by, the highest source of the industrial group-Aieen badly water- < ed down. “But we still may have 1 a Couple of things to talk about,” ' said the source.

Hold Conference On Expiring Controls i Eisenhower Meets With Senate Heads WASHINGTON, UP —Chairmen of the; senate and house banking committees said after a talk (with President Eisenhower today; they expect easy agreement with the White House on what to do about the ekpifirig economic control laws. \ They said the President will cuss the issue in his state of the union message Monday. They wopld not. however, predict whether wage-price controls' will be killed ahead of their scheduled April i3O expiration date!, be allowed to hie at that time, or be extended op a standby basis. p Chairman Jesse P. Walcott. RMich., said after the meeting that there are “no differences .between the White House and the congress that can’t readily be reconciled.” Wolcott and Sen. Hom,er E. i Capehart. R-Ind., chairman of the senate banking committee, said they had a “very satisfactory talk” with Hr, Eisenhower on controls and other economic matters. Wolcott said the main purpose of today’s talk was to reach a more common understanding on basijc\ economic factors. Tpe house committee clytirman believes rent controls and materials allocation authority will have to be considered separately from the wage-ptice question. Although the two congressional ’ leaders an :icipate ready agreement with tjhe White House, they haven’t gotijen completely together themselves.' -V 1, ’ T A Capehart said he has “not changed my position" in advocating standby authority for the President to re-invoke controls alter .they are once permitted to die. Wolcott. Undecided \ between a swift end to controls and letting 3 them ride until April 30, opposes any standby' legislation. He Said he has V’.not changed my position” either.' Meanwhile, Michhel V. DiSalle, who completed his service today as economic stabilizer, prepared a final report opposing any easfhg of direct controls! in the’ present situation. Tonight Deadline - To Pay State Tax INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Tonight is the deadline for filing 1952 annual returns for the Indiana gross income tax. \ Most Hoosiers get SI,OOO exemption and pay 1 percept of the balance of their income, plus one-four-th of one percent surtax for the state soldier bonus. Returns are due by midnight at the tax office, or, if mailed, will escape penalty provided the envelope is postmarked by -4- ; : ■' ’ ;

Malcolm A. Ripley Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Malcolm A. Ripley, 86, former Rlue Creeks township farmer, died Friday afternoon at Colonial rest home in Rockford, 0., wherehe had been a patient for several weeks. A native of Mercer county, 0., Mr. Ripley lived on a farm 'in Blue Creek township for 50 years, and lived with a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Spitler, Fort Wayne, from 1942 Until 1952. . Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. Earl Mcßride of Rockford, and three sons, Leland A. Ripley of Monroe, Earl F. Ripley of Fort Wayne and* Forrest M. Ripley of Chattanooga, O. Funeral services Will be conducted lat 2 p.m. Monday at the Ketcham funeral home in Rockford, with burial in the Trlcker cemetery in Blue Creek township.

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Heavy Loss Os Life Is Feared In Snowstorm Vessel Sinks In Channel Between Ireland, Scotland BELFAST, North Ireland UP — The British coastal steamer Princess Victoria sank today in a hurri-cane-lashed snowstorm oft Belfast and its 183 passengers arid crewpien Jeaped Into the iey sea. Messages indicated the order to abandon ship had to be given before life boats could be lowered. Rescue ships which sped to the scene reported a tug had picked up “some survivors,” “ It was feared there would be a heavy loss of life among the 123 passengers and 60 crewmen. Survival would be limited to a matter of minutes in the frigid waters of the Irish Sea. Radio messages, from the scene said the mountainous seas piled up by tht* h%rricane 1 winds were “littered with bodies, life jackets and debits.” ■ Two Hastings bombers of the i ‘iloyai Air Force flew overhead, i Several prominent persons were listed among the passenger* includy ing Maj. J. M, Sinclair, minister of - finance for Northern Ireland, and ? 'Sir Walter Smiles, Ulster unionst i member of > the British Parliament. AH merchant craft in the Belfast I area were flowing at full steam - toward the Scene of the disaster to join the destiroyer and tug in rescue efforts. j The stricken vessel went down in the north channel, between Ireland and Scotland, five miles off Copeland Point at the entrance to Ihe channel leading to Belfast. British destroyers Contest and Tenacious were reported en route to the scene along with the tug Salvedo and a North Ireland Coast Guard lifebokt.\ \ ♦ The skipper had reported the vessel’s engine room, and one of her main holds (flooded and said she was listing 35 degrees in the mountainous seas! whipped by winds which reached 120-milos-per-bour in gusts. The regional office of the British Railways, which operates the Ireland-Scottland services, said the skipper radioed at 12:52! p.m. that the ship was on her beam ends. His radio advised he had ordered passengers .to “abandon ship” in the teeth of t|te hurricane winds. When last heard from, the vessel was. in \the mouth of Loch Ryan' Wigtownshire, five miles north northwest, of the Corsewall Lighthouse. High winds were battering the area, adding to her difficulties. The destroyer Contest sped tOiher rescue. , The Princess ..Victoria reported she had a starboard list and that her automobile hold was flooded. The steam tug Salvedo also . iTxra To Pace Six)

Sentence Suspended For Soybean Theft Lewis M. Smith who pleaded guilty earliee this week to theft of soybeans from Central Soya Co., was fined 510 and costs and sentenced to from one to tea years in the reformatory by Judge Myles !f. Parrish in Adams circuit court late this morning. Judge Parrish suspended Smith's sentence and placed him under probation for ’a maximum period of five years to C. H. Muselinan. county probation officer. Smith agreed to make full and complete restitution and this agreement was made part of the suspension record. ; . -The court added that should he fail to make restitution. Smith’s probation would be cancelled and he would have to serve„the full sentence. The Adams county man was released from Adams county, jail following the sen tence and was immediately placed Under custody of the probation department. The theft is said to have amounted to about 540.