Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1953 — Page 1

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Bill To Cut State Budget Is Withdrawn Bill For Arbitrary Ten Percent Slash Withdrawn Today INMANAPOLIS, (UP) Rep. Cable G. Ball, R-Lafayette, today * ithdrew his resolution ; demanding that an Indiana house commit-* tee arbitrarily lop off tile least essential 10 percent of the state biennial budget. Ball avoided a special order of business debate on his move to cut 160,700,000 from the recordbreaking deficit-spending $60.7,000,- - 000 -budget bi fl by recalling it in the face of certain defeat. Ball’s action left the job .of trim- , Bring the budget, if any is- trimmed, to the individual housje members when the bill reaches the i floor on second reading. Ways I and means committee members have reduced it by less than pnehundredth of one percept in a long study. One reason given privately by Ball for withdrawing the’ motion was that the senate is getting fidgety-because the budget bill is , taking so long getting across the t hall frdm the house. Some leading senators have expressed a desire to speed the bill on Its way before the last-minute rush -in the waning legislature, scheduled to end March 9. \ ‘ ' - new opposition to Governor Craig’s reorganization plans developed in senate committees amid prospects the program will be trimmed more than ; Craig expects. v That prediction came front Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handley, reportedly at odds with Craig because was disregarded on patronhge matters; Handley said senators will ; demonstrate they know “what to do and also what not to do.”. i Craig indicated a willingness td 1 tone down his government-hy-cahi-r.et plans, which barely passed in the house and faced imposing senate opposition? He was willing to exclude all but three new state departments from Wfjhat \ originally was an 11-department bill. But sentiment developed under which, in the words of one. 'legislator, Craig would “be lucky’’ to salvage control over those three departments, health, commerce and corrections. Senate judiciary “B” committee recommended passage of a'• bill which would return to the secretary of state’s office control - over ‘ the bureau -of motor vehicles; . Craig took control from that office J: soon after he became governor. - „ Chairman Dorothy Gardner. RFt. Wayne,-of the senate public health committee said the health bill was entirely rewritten. She instead of hiaking the depart(Turn To Pw Six) Mrs. Emma Stewart Is Taken By Death Funeral Services I Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Emma Mae Stewart, i&7, life long resident of Wren, 0., at 3:15 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at her home following a week’s serious illness of arteriosclerosis. She was 1 born in Garrison township, Van Wert county, 0., June* 7,. 1865,. a daughter of Fred and Margaret Myers-Snyder, and was niar ried to William W. Stewart Jah. 20, 1887. Her husband preceded her in death in 1932. s Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Pleasant Baptist church, north of Wren. , Surviving are lone son, Dr. R. D Stewart of Wren; ’.three grandchil dren; eight great-grandchildren: three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Arnold of Decatur, Mrs. Clara Britenberg and Mrs. Etta Hoover of Convoy, O„ apd -two. brothers, D. A. Snyder of Convoy, 0,. and Al E k Snyder of Wren. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. EST Thursday at the Pleasant, View Baptist church, the Rev,O.|B. Turner officiating. Burial will’be in the Wren cemetery. The body was removed to the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, where friends may until noon Thursday, after which the body will Me in state at the chdrch until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER . Increasing cloudiness and Warmer tonight. Thursday cloudy and a little warmer \ | with rain. Low tonight 22-32 north, 32-38 south. High Thursday 45*62 north, 52-60 .i; south. < . "- ■ B ' I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

No Rancor Here 1 1 .to ? Ba <9l JV' 'A I ■MM the BATTLES of the campaign seem far behind as defeated presi- ' dential candidate Adlai Stevenson and President Eisenhower shake hadids following al private chat at the White House. ‘ The two appeared at a luncheon with 20 members of congress. !' j: r fl ■r ; 4 ' —■ | —'<|iaAl > -

Seven Red Jes Fighters Shot > ■ j:' ■ Ir " ! Down In Korea Smashing Attacks On North Korean \ Training School SEOUL, Korea, Up — United States Sabrejet pilots shot down seven Russian-made MIG-15 jet fighters today while defending 379 United Nations fighter-bombers in smashing twin attacks on a North Korean’ tank' - infantry training school.’ ,i ! - ■ I .1 The bomber fleet, attacking first in the mornipg, and again in the afternoon, destroyed 139 buildings ■■ —factory-sized tank and : vehicle repair shops, headquarters, administration buildings and warehouses. They left thpir entire target area near Kangso; west-southwest of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, a ‘‘hellish”, mass of flames, as one pilot i put it'J with heavy secondary explbsions ripping buildings to pieces; More thari pounds of exrained on the targets in the biggest one-day bombing attack in months. The Communist MiG's swarmed over from their Manchurian sanctuary in a vain attempt to break up the bombing attack. Heavily outnumbered, the American Sabrejets tore ,in the Red fopnation with guns blazing. k. In one action four Sabrejej pilots tangled with 32 MIG’S and shot down three., i In five .straight days of aerial combat over; North Korea the American pi jots had 'pqw shot down 14 MiG’s, damaged five So severly that they probably Crashed, and inflicted Jess serious damage on 16.

One new- ace was crowned toddy —Capt. Manubl J. Fqrnandez, Jt., Miami, Fla., Shot down two MlGfs to. raise his total to six. He is the 26th jet a&e of the Korean war.. ' ; ! ~ Fernandez fcot one MIG in the eight-td-one fi£ht of four Sabrejets against 32 MiG’s. In terms of; cqncentrated powejr, it waS one of the biggest air force raids since 29 when 1,110 sorties were flown against three targets. Although today's raid' was exceeded by a 420-plane attack on the Sinanju bridges Jan; 13, the air force* considered today’s more effective. Ndaitly halLthe planes at Sinanju flew missions against anti-, aircraft guns, while the other half hit the main targets. Pilots reported destroying 139 buildings In today’s twin raid. They said they alsm touched off “many” secondary explosions, j i First Lt. Raymond Kelley of Milwaukee, Wis., said thel explosions jarred, tils plane at 11,000 feet. . • j { Assessment of damage was almost impossibto. the air force said, because of the dense smoke that mushroomed from the site. Earlier, the ; navy disclosed that five propeller-driven marine fighter bombers had fought their way to safety after being jumped by six Communist jet figfiters. } Tito, marinei planes from the American carrier Bataan were overtaken Tuesday by the Red MIG15s near Chinnanampo on the Korean west coast, the navy said. The slower Qorsairs maneuvered out of the Red-jets’ gunsights in a “sharp, biit short” duel and the MlGs finally took off for the north; The group. war subsided Tuesday night and early today. Howe ever, U. N. {.tjaniks pounded Red fortifications along the central front, firing from fixed positions along the bash of the old “Iron Triangle.”

Bids Received By City Works Board p 1 ’ Bids Received For Truck, Materials, The city board of Works convened before the city council meeting last night (to accept blds for a half-ton pickup tructy.and for road materials for genera! 1 use on the city streets. Two bids were received for road materials, for ReadynMix of Fort Wayne and the Stone Corp., Linn Grove. In bids involving road mixtures and aggregates there are many {factors to be taken into consideration before fair choice is made-labor, renti U for special equipment, actual melterial price and so forth. After $ cursory investigation of the tw# bids, however, the board of Wfks, through I a city source, has expressed ftwit favorably for the 'MeJ&berger bld. Four bide ret&ived for the truck, from and Eiting, Chevrolet-Buick, Schwartz Ford, and Butler’s. ip Mollenkopf and -EJftng offer o truck for $1,367; Chevrolet-Buick offers one for Butler’s will provide a truck with p6-foot, 8-inch tody for $1,369.55; Schwartz Ford at $1,322.90— Each of ■ these blds, with the exception bf Chevrolet, calls for an addition qj| subtraction of money depending oW an increase of body bed, spare i&es, and, in one case, Final answer to thesis bids might depend on these factafe The city, <Twr» To Herman Krueckeberg Reported Improved The condition of '.iierman H. Krueckeberg, cashier> the First' State Bank, was reported “much improved” today by 1)|B attending physician. i.g The well known banker and Lutheran lay leader, underwent surgery at the Adams county memorial hospital last Monday. A collapsed lung brought jph complications and yesterday hp|;was placed in the oxygen tent. ' • <*'•'' HI j||li \ Fans Donate Fiends For Youth Center | Collection - At Game. Tu&day School children anflr basketball fans at the Decatur- high school gym last night gave Enthusiastic support to the appeal tl> “save the Community and Youtti fcenter” by contributing coin's toward the $6,730 needed to round-out the $150,000 minimum local retpulrement for the building. At the quarter-time period of the Yellow Jackets —Fort Wayne Central game, W. Guy Brqwn, superintendent of schools, a short announcement about &e current campaign to raise the b&ance needed to assure construction of the Community Center, Uniformed Boy ScMits passed through, the crowd received $77.92 in coins and ‘<|i|rrency to help boat the fund. Jiffi Directors of Decatu# Memorial Foundation, Inc., and ofthe pledge soliciting ( committee working in the current to raise $6,730, were enthusiastic over the gesture and shown by the school children and basketball fans in the civic underfifcin;. similar announcement will be made at the game Friday night attflf spectators will be given the opportunity to give the fund “a shot the arm”, which will help propq| It toward the goal. ’J-'* \ t

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Decatur, India nO/ Wednesday, February 18, 1953.

Remove Price Controls On Thousands Os Items, Including Milk, Butter

GOP Members In House Fight For Tax Slash Challenge Stand By Pres. Eisenhower On Proposed Slash WASHINGTON. UP —House Republicans, defying a veto threat frOtrif President Elsenhower, served notlgp today they will fight tor approval of a bill to cut personal income taxes about 10 percent on JWJO. GQP members of the House wtfy£ and means committee, which approved the tax cut bill 21-4 earlier this week, filed a : formal report; directly challenging Mr. Elsenhower’s stand that budget balancing muss come .before tax relief J X /‘-‘I 1 Ttiey argued that a tax cut “need* to precede, not follow, a I reduction in expenditures.” Mr. Eigenhower took exactly the opposite position at his first White House news conference Tuesday. He said with great emphasis that the Patton Yunnot afford to jeditce until, federal spending has Veen cut drastically anil a balanced budget is at least in sight. And he Clearly implied that will veto any tax cut that he considers premature. < Mr, Eisenhower found more support for his tax views |n the senate than in the house. Senate Republican leader Robert A. T|tft said congress should by Mhy 1 whether it can cut taxes this year and still balance the budget. He added that M the key is military expenditures—some people. who want to cut taxes don’t want, to change the military budJk

While they did not go as far as the arays and means committeemen in disputing Mr. Eisenhower’s position, top house Republican leaders made kt clear thatl they still favor tax relief this {year. Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr . said tax reduction by July 1 “is nbt ruled out if we can make the savings in federal spending to justify one.” , < House GOP floor leader Charles A. HhUeck of Indiana commented that Mr. Elsenhower’s views on ths timing of a tax cut are “more conservative” than those held by “some of us.” . • ; Republican members of the (Tern To Pa<* Slx> U. S. Casualties In Korea Now 130,093 j WASHINGTON, UP —American battle casualties in Korea now total 138,693, an increase of 274 ov£r last week's report, the defense department said today. ' The casualties include dead*94,336 wobnded, 9,249 missing* 2,165 captured, and 1,395 previously missing hut returned to U. S. military control. { i The casualties include all those whose next of kin werO notified through last Friday. > k

beaten *!jl By Rev., Romaine D. Wood, Church of the Nazarene “THE FIRST PROMISE” , ' v “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, it shall bruise {thy head y And thou shalt bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15. t ■ 1 i .' ji This promise, given Immediately upon God's first meeting with Adam and Eve after their tall, is s'pledge from God of a Savior. While the redemption of khan was to be provided through suffering, symbolized by the "Bruise of) Satan upon the heel o-f Christ.” the victory of Christ over sin and death is promised in the fatal bruise upon the head of the enemy\ Satan tried through Herod who killed the 'babes of Bethlehem to destroy Christ. He tried again at the temptation to keep him from his mission of salvatioh. Again in the garden of Gethsemane. Satan tried to turn Him back from the cross. While He Was dyinfc upon the cross His enemies rejoiced. But He came forth and lives forever. One diy He is coming again to reign to righteousness. His promise is sure—Christ, the seed of the woman, will crush the head of Satan: the seed of the serpent, . > : j,

House Vofe Kills Two Traffic Bills Hoosier Autoists Are Given Break INDIANAPOLIS UP — Motorists who shy away from “drunkcomet,er” tests were given a break today by the Indiana House it killed two traffic safety bills described by foes as unconstitutional. Another of three bills by Rep. P. C. Johnson R-Mooresville, who had hoped to tighten the statutes to make it tougher on traffic offenders and potentially careless drivers, was kept in committee in a floor maneuver. The house voted 52 to 39 to recominitt to a second committee a bill to require motorists to agree' when getting driving licenses to consent to “drunkometer” tests on request by police. 1 Then it voted without a roll call to recommit a companion bill designed to authorize suspension of driving licenses of persons refusing to take “drunkoiheter” tests. ILecorngnitling the billsi which Already had reached second-read-ing stage in the house of origin, is tantamount to killing them this Slate In- the session, which has only 19 days to go. , | Meaiiwhile, the senate-public policy committee delayed a decision nn the Hasbrook bill to crack down 4>n gambling after a spirited argument in a public hearing. The stiff “anti-gambling” bill fathered by Rep. Thomas C. Haabrook R-Indianhpolis previously passed -in the house and came up for attack in senate committee late Tuesday. Opposition front fraternal groups .was led by Ray Brock, Kokomo, ,an officer of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Brock said “we don't like to be crucified to catch the professional gamblers.” But Kurt tE. Pantzer, Indianapolis, a member of the national eon-

ferenee on uniform laws, said the law probably would not be enforced against and fraternal, groups. They would be “winked <Tun> nri* Paa* stx) State ConsyvJney Act Amendment /s Passed By House JNDIANAPOLISI UP — The Indiana house passed a state conservancy act Amendment late Tuesday with the assurance Allen and adjoining counties have compromised on a conservancy district problem .in that area. The bill permitting owning 10 per cent or mbre of affected acreage to petition jfbr creation of a district previously -failed to pass because of opposition, from Fort Wayne .representatives. Up for passage a second time, it was sent to the senate by a 77-8 vote. \ Rep. Richard Fishering R-Ft Wayne said both sides agreed amendments will be made in the senate giving all counties representation oh the petition. This would eliminate arguments that one area was forcing a district on *the other. , .

Senate Group Asks Benson To Slate Policies Seek Agriculture Secretary Views 1 On Farm Policies ; WASHINGTON UP — The Senate agriculture committee said today it will ask Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T- Benson to present at an “early date” his views on farm policy and what legislation he wants. \ Chairman George D. Aiken R-Vt. also announced that: N 1 — A hearing will be held at an undetermined date on stabilizing prices of perishable farm products, including dairy products, livestock and* fresh fruits and vegetables. 2— The committee has instructed its staff to look into the sale in this country of New Zealand beef “apparently at less than cost.’’ Aiken said the committee wants to know why. when domestic beef prices are falling, “large handlers put 66,000.000 pounds of New Zealand beef on the market," He said some ot the beef is being bought wholesale by merchants at 17 cents 4 a pound and being retailed at 37 cents. 3— The committee, probably next week, will investigate charges that the Commodity Credit Corp, “has been unloading out-of-cogdition grain wheq the market is low.” He said officials of the agency will be asked to explain the CCC’s marketing policies. Aiken emphasized that his committee has no evidence of wrong-doing. Aiken said the committee hearing \at, which the much-criticized Benlson will testify will not be “an investigation!’ but “an inquiry to learn his general views and what legislation he wants.” He Benson, who has come under .congressional fire tor his views on price supports. . Presideht( Eieeniiower said Tuesday the administration will abide by the present farjm price support law until it {expires at the end of next year and that, in the mean-

time, plans will be studied for the best possibly substitute. He also reassured farmers that the administration seeks , to stabilize farm prices. , Informed sources said strong pressurg from congress and dairy states may force Benson to keep price props higher on butter, milk and cheese this year. Benson inhst decide by March 31 whether be will continue to support dairy products at 90 per cent I <T«ra To Pggo Blx> Child Knocked Down By Car, Runs Away Authorities Seek Identity Os Child Police are searching for the small child who was knocked down by a car at about 9:55 p.m. Tuesday on Jefferson street near Second, then got up and ran away before he could be identified and, If necessary, treated. The child was struck by a car driven by Frederick J. Ehlerding. 17, route 2, who reported to police he was In a line of other cars approaching Second street—just cornleg away from the basketball game at Decatur high—when a child darted out from between two parked cars dn the south ot Jefferson and was knocked down by Ehlerdins’s auto. Kliierding said the child got up and ran Into an alley adjacent to Beavers Gas station, on the north side ot Jefferson. v Pciice chief Borders said it was important that they leirn who the ch id is for he may possibly have tarries that deed Immediate treatment. Ehlerding said an unidentified pedestrian ran after the small child but was unable to catch him?,

Blunt Warning Is Issued To Soviets Conant Says Berlin Will Be Defended BERLIN, UP A blunt warning jyas served on the tonight by U. S. high commissioner James B. Conant that the Eisenhower administration will defend Berlin “as an unfchaken outpost of the western world." Dr. Conant also promised the United States will oppose threatened new Russian and German Communist measures to completely isolate the western allied sec-> tors of the city. His broadcast statement represented an yofficlal declaration of d. S. policy toward Berlin and West Germany and was the first major pronouncement by the new administration on the issues; His warning to the Soviet* was made in a recorded speech in German, broadcast to the Soviet occupation zone of Germany and to the people pf Berlin over American operated Radio RIAS Radio in the American sector. Conant said the United States: 1. Will never abandon Berlin. j 2. Will maintain American rights in the city. 3. Is determined to keep open the yoemmunichfion lines to the west. . |\4. Will oppose Communist threats to seal off the frontier ’ within the I city, separating the ttnited States. British and French sectors from the Soviet-run eastern third of the city. I The new high commissioner’s warning was prompted by Communist • threats to complete the isolation of West Berlin and to Abrogate four-power agreements which permit the Western Allies to occupy parts of Berlin and travel to and from, the ci(y.

Council Approve; C. Os C. Carnival Permission Granted For Use Os Streets City met briefly last n!*ght at city hall and heard a request from the Chamber of Commerce to use tltoj court house area for one week in May, approved a resolution for certain legislature affecting municipalities, And passed two ordinances. t Earl Fuhrman and Lyle MaiiQUee, n»pm>berß of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, asked the councilman' for permission to use Court and Madison streets, adjacent to the court hduse, for a "street carnival” in the latter part of May. Councilman Ed Bauer said he received some complaints from local people regarding last Mjay’s carnival because it was held during Memorial day. Other councilmen concurred With his view, and after a motion by councilman Adolph Koi ter, the councilman said jR would be alright to hold the carnival provideu it was not the last week in ■May. Fuhrman said he would notify the council qf the exact Mate of the carnival after next meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening. March 2.' Councilmen regoived that certain bills before the house J and senate of the state legislature be passed. Among them is a bill, H. B, ;116, that would, if passed, put an: additional $9,000 into the city treasury through an increased percentage of return from cigarette taxes. The bill caHs for a 50 percent return to cities from the tax whereas they now only four percent. Iv | _ An ordinance was passed Closing the purchase of a Monroe calculating machine for the engineering department of the city. The price for the calculator is $697.50. An ordinance was passed ; approving the purchase and contract with Harry Schwartz, Schwertz Motors, to provide a 1958 Ford, equipped, to the police department (Tare To Page Sts) M

Price Five Cento

See Increased Prices Likely On Some Hems I■ ■ > Delay De-Control On Cigaret Prices Until Future Date WASHINGTON, UP—The government today removed price controls on milk, butter, oleomargarine. cosmetics, drugs, sewing machines, radio-TV and automoh:le repair services, and thousands of other items. Price stabilizer Joseph Freehill forecast general price increases on repair services and perhaps on milk. He said there possibly will be * price increases on cosmetics and some drugs. . Freehill did nqt estimate howmuch the expected price rises will cost consumers, but he said Americans spend $50,00'0.000,000 a year for the items covered in today's, order. The action left only 13 percent of the items in the government’s index still under full control. Cigarets were not decontrolled. The decision to decontrol milk and dairy products prices -waa made at the last moment and resulted in .the postponement of the decontrol of cigaret prices to some future week. Among home appliances , decontrolled in addition <o sewing machines were vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, and floor polishers! I Today's action was the third big de-control decision in the program tn remove all price controls byApril 30.

The orders de-control all consu-mer-type services except laundry. ' dry cleaning, and linen and diaper supply services. Freehill has predicted a 10 to percent increase in hourly repair charges in such fields as radio-TV-home appliance, and automobiles covered in today's order. The order also covers charges by parking lots, banks, and funeral parlors and for upholstering. It covered lumber, coal, farm machinery and equipment,nonmetallic building materials, construction equipment, office equipment. commercial and industrial services, railroad cars, and'other industrial machinery. Freehill predicted prices of butldipg materials also would go up "some” and take some industrial machinery prices would rise. Students Speak At Lions Club Meeting ■! High School Speech Students Speakers* . Decatur Lions dipped into the talent reserve *of/ Decatur high school at their regular Tuesday night meeting at the K. of.P. ' home. Four members of the speech class at Decatur high came forward, at the request of program chairman for the evening Deane Dbrwin, incidentally the instructor to the four students, and emoted onfour topic* that proved to be of Interest to the Mons. Marilyn Jaberg and Charlene Lehman gave forth on somehf the things fathers could do to improve themselves as fathers, as. for instance, reasoning with their children rather than making them accept things blindly and without any attempt on the part of the parent to explain the whys and wherefores. ;Shirtey Fisher and ShiAey Fuelling took off oh a tack related to the topic presented for debate at the high school recently, "Do careers and marriage mix?” This one. was called simply, "Should women work?”