Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1953 — Page 8

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Four Persons Killed As Troin Hits Auto GAITHERSBURG. Md.l VP Four persons were killed and nine injured Wednesday night- when a Baltimore and Ohio express train rammed into ah auto, jumped the tracks and overturned hare, | The locomotive, tender, and two baggage cars on the “West Virginian" bound tor Parkersburg, W. Va, from Washington, D. c„ rolled over folowing the collision. The car’s four occupants were killed instantly. Driver Killed When Auto Is Overturned BLOOMFIELD, Ind. t*P U- Charles S. Michael, .51, Bloomington, lost control of his auto was kilted Wednesday when it overturned on Ind.' 54 east of herq. Mrs. Amanda Bingham, 61, heisberry, his sister, suffered minor injuries. ' Trade In a Good Town—-Oeeaturi

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Benson Says Drop In Beef Prices Checked Major Shift Hinted In Farm Policies ST. PAUL,! Mtnji. U*P —Secretary of agriculture Ezra Taft Bienson, in his first niaadr farm speech, tbld cattlemen that the drop in beef prices had checked and that price should only be Used as “disaster insurance.” Benson Wednesday night told some 3,000 delegates to a central livestock association meeting \here that farm price support should not be (Used to encoujage “uneconomic production" leading tq big surpluses and subsidies. He apparently set thb stage for a major shift in'hie government’s farm policies .from dependence on “government bbupty” to a “free market” economy? J > The recerit breaks in ttije cattle

market, he said, “appeared to be an unorderly arid I temporary overadjustment to wbal should have been a natural Teaetiop tb an increase in cattle numbers.” A. return to orderly marketing has checked the price tumble, he said. • Sen. Edward Thye R-Minn., who introduced Benson, said ‘ the beef scar® staged because of a drouth in .the southwest which frightened farmers into shipping more than normal: numbers of cattle to .market. The. delegates, representing 155.000 CLA mqmtjets in states and Canada, listened intently but without applause kb Benson’s 30mlnute Speech. Benspn gave no indication that the government planned a»y emergency moves to halt the beef price decline. \ I Lower prices will bring mbre beef to consumers and help stabilize the market, he said. I ? ' He earlier took steps to ease the farmers’ minds bpnbernipg a dropoff in grain prices tivhen he* told newsmen, that the market; has a strong undertone. “Any d|rop in pric q is to farmers.”, he paid, “but I believe the market undertone is strong.” He indicated that President Eisenhower’s administration may give som? thought i .to .accepting price' suppb?ts\’ for farm products when the 'present9o per cent of parity supports expire at the end o! j , He salt con|feren|cbs are' now underway] among firfn and dairy leaders ti> ... produce, a policy for dairy products when 90 per cent supports ,;nd M arc h M. He said he'* did pot know* what will be done then, qr in 1954, but that “rigid price supports present some problems!.” I ; M | -r- i , If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings

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Administration Sei To Wipe Out Controls Many Itefn Slated For De-Cadtrol On EisenhowefjOrders \ i'd i WASHINGTON, ’L’P 7- The administration got set tb wipe out controls either tot riy or Friday on poultry, eggs, rubber and other items in the rapid «<ivb towards a free-market economy. Origjnal]jy. dairjib-products were scheduled for inclusion in this second decontrol rouM But officials late Wednesday v|>ye considering substituting something else like petroleum and its ’xiroducts. zkmong the items?:slated for decontrol in this wehll's order were fats andJOils. sotfp.flard, tin, paper products, lead most of which have been sailing at below ceiling prices. VM The argument against immediate decontrol of dairjfc’products was the expectation that; prices would rise since they noj|» ! arb hovering at or just ,below The same wxiukf'-be true, however, of s\ich petr|dj|eum products as gasoline and fuel;u|l, also selling at ceiling levels inn most areas. But apparently thfe, pressure on these prices is not ro. great. The aim in deconphol orders, one official said; is to!>>alahce items on which prices arbjlikely to rise' against those expected to remain where they are. TlVe idea is tb prevent a general jirice increase at any one time. Iq v President Eisetihpwer last -Friday ended all wagmicontrois and price ceilings on mijiat. furniture, clothing, textiles aridji“department, store” goods. The left only 20 percent of the pf||e control program Intact. Mr. Eisenhowdr hfas not called publicly for stgnd-bj&i controls But chairman Homqr E.’|Capehart (RLnd?Hot the senate committee is pressing them. 7j!i Former Michigan Congressman Dies WASHINGTON I’o- Roy Or*' chard Woodruff, a Bjbjmblican representative in <ongreis from Michigan for 34 yehrs. d|?d today at Walter Reed irmjf J.jhospital. IJ« was 76, , i » H fit Woodruff, who di<l|not run for re-election last November, entered the hospital Jan. 11L p* Before his he was the No. 2 Republican |ln , the tax-1 writing house way and means committee. dir

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Crippled Freighter Is Limping To Port | All Passengers Are Taken Off Freighter YOKOHAMA, Japan VP |— A file broke out aboard the American President Lines Freighter President Pierce 90 miles east of Tokyo Bay today, but crewmen put odt the flahies as the qrippled ship limped * to port. ; j .• The navy tanker Barrels took aboard two injured crewmeh and nine passengers, seven of' th£m women, after explosions apd fire ripped.\through three holds of the , Pierce about noon 9 p.m. c.s.t Wednesday. •the 7,925-ton ship carried 54 crewmen and nine passengers, according to American President ; 'Libels officials in San Francispo. The ship, a C-3 type built in 1945, left San Francisco fqr Yokohama with a general cargo, including some military supplies. The Japanese Maritime Safety Bqard said the last in the hold No. 3 was put out and the ship was proceeding to port al Id-knots. A Navy pilot flyihg over the ship shortly before dark reported the IPierce was heading toward port Uhder its own power. He said he saw neither smoke nor fire coming from the hatches. 1 ' > Two navy ships, the Barrett ahd the George Clymer, escorted the President Pierce toward Yokohama. ,slx of the nine passengers aboard the parrett were the wives‘of servicemen stationed in the Far East theater. Tile freighter was listing under tli,e weight of water thrown- into theMlaming holds, but there were' do immediate details of the damage. I The Navy reported at 10. p.m. 7 a.iii. c.s.t that the Pierce's signal and compass equipment we r e wi\ec!ked by the blasts but that the phlp was proceeding without difficulty. The fire said to be "under control.” Fire and explosions ripped through three hatches of the Pierce just before noon today. Ifi response to the SOS the Navy ! 'the Clymer, which guided American Marines ashore at Inchon, figorea. in September, 1950; the fittatik Transport Renville: a’nd the Y 5. S. S. Coucal, a submarine rescue salvage ship to the Pierce. Japanese ships, also 'were immediately ordered to proceed to the bcene. hi addition, two U. S. air force B-20 planes carrying raft?, a C-47 also carrying a raft and an amphibian rescue plane were ordered tovthe scene. i,n j- •—; ' '• If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results. ... Trade in a Good Town —Decaturl

Defense Head Says Spending Can Be Reduced Secretary Wilson Tells Congress Os Military Cost Cut ! Washington, up — Defense isecretary Charles E. Wilson thinks he can cut military spending but he isn’t Teady to say how, wherej or how muefy ll| ” n Congressional sources said td(!a]y that was the gist of his ren'4rk« when he came to the Capitpj Wednesday to * f .pay his respec<s*\ to house military leaders. : |n] conversation with a reporter, \V|ls>on wouldn’t go even that far. He declined' to forecast w hether l.e can cut the $46.300,000;000 defense budget prepared ,ny former President Truman. j I. He jalso declined to answer a question - whether his economy orders at the Pentagon foretell anyliedr "stretch-out” of the military buildup. < Some bongressional military experts were reported a little bit worried about Wilson’s first moves towlaird saving some of the taxpayers’! money. They feared his order last week freezing not-yet-Started military t ons’ ruction projects might k-esult in eventual extra spending because of Relays In getting the projects Started. There was speculation also that Wilson might be planning to halt work on projects less than 20 per < Ont completed so they too can be •iev|eWed” for military necessity. Members felt this certaidjy wojuld ipost money rather thati save it. Members were reported to be seeking a-ssurances from Wilson on these points. ! ' J Trade in a Good Town —Decaturl

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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1953