Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI. No. 79,

Hold Hope Os | Settling Two Strikes Soon Railroad, Rubber Plant Strikes Idle 1 Some 95,000 Men By UNITED PRESS Federal mediators held hopes of Settling a reload strike at Pittsburgh today but it appeared that the agreement would not come -soon enough to prevent another eteel mill, employing 5,000 men. from shutting down. Negotiators ended a marathon 40-hour session at 6 a. m. today and planned to meet again at 11 a. m. ' We ought to be able to dispose of this thing today,” said Francis O'Neill Jr., chairman of the railway mediation board, ' \ t-. Meanwhile attempts being made to settle a strike that closed 19 U. s. Rubber Co. plants. \Both sides were hopeful of a speedy settlement. ' steel and rubber walkouts ftad idled 95,000 workers. The p. s. Steel Company’s Irvin j wotks. which is served .by the | strikebound Union Railroad Co., was almost outof supplies. Fohr other U. S. Steel plants have already shut their gates because of the rail strike.\ The U. S. Rubber Co. walkout brought production, including some defense orders, to a halt in the 19 affected plants. A new' negotiating session between representatives of the 35,000 , ‘ CIO Rubber. Workers and the company was scheduled for today at New York. Meetings Thursday failed to bring agreement, but there were hopes of .eaifly peace. \ Wages were not an issue. Company spokesmen repealed that “fringe benefits” were at the root of the dispute but said it was hot customary to make the issues public until after a settlement, r Federal mediation board chair man Francis O'Neill and mediator Leverett Edwards kept officials of the Union Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in nwatlfpn sessions at Pittsburgh. The bargaining sessions have gone on almost . uninterrupted since 9:30 a.jp, Wednesday. About .1,500 trainmen began the strike as a protest toMO-day suspensions given two conductors, who were accused by the railroad of leading a “slowdown.” ' ■ A . * The railroad is a subsidiary of V. S. Steel and handles freight for the steel coitipany’s mills, “captive” coal mines and about 40 other steel producers in the Pitte burgh area. Coal miners. 35.00 C steelworkers and 3,000 additional trainmen have been thrown out of work 'by the walkout. \ - Herman Krueckeberg Undergoes Surgery t Herman H. Krueckeberg. cash- . ier of the First State Bank, under , went remedial surgery at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne I this moaning. I The bank executive returned I from the hospital about two weeks I , ago with the understanding that I he would have to return for toI ' day's surgery. He will be a patient at the hospital for about 10 . days. L Calvin H. Carter Dies This Morning - ; U Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon , Calvin H. Cartel, 80, of Pleasant Mills, a retired farmer, died at 1:10 o’clock thia morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been in failing health for the past , year and critical for the * last 10 days. was born in St. Mary’s townshipi April 12, 1872, a son of Urwin and Sophia Jackson-Carter, and 1 was married to Etta Marier Myers March 2, 1919. Mrs. x Carter died in 1949. Surviving are three' brothers, William A. Carter of Decatur route 3, E. W. Carter and Sanford Carter; both of Van Wert, O.: and. three 1 sisters,; Miss Fernetta Carter of Van Wert, Mrs. Della C. Hurless of ~- Willshire, 0., and Mrs. E. B. Wali ters of New Knoxville, O. Two I sons and one sisihr preceded him in t death. I A A Funeral services will be conduct- £ ed at 2p m. Sunday at the Black ? funeral home, wi.th the Rev. Ralph t Johnson Os the Monroe Methodist church officiating. Burial will be ? in. Mt. Tabor -cemetery. Friends a may call at the funeral home after I 7 o’clock this evening.

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Tht GJau la ■■el Jesus is crucified on Calvary. The soldiers seal Jesus’ tomb. a|>M*h rotes TAKEN to Calvary, Je-sus was crucified along with two criminals, one on either side of Him. But even as He hung from the Cross,' He said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.*’, After Jesus had died, Joseph of Arimathaea went to Pilate and begged permission to take His body and place it in a tomb. Joseph wrapped the body in clean linen cloth and placed it in the sepulchre, after which the tomb was sealed with a great stone.

Ike Maintains ' *■ ' ! ■ ■ ; Uneasy Truce Over McCarthy Conciliatory Stand By Eisenhower On Ship AgreementsWASHINGTON UP — President Eisenhower maintained an uqeasy truce beitween his administration and Joseph R. McCarthy today with a conciliatory stand on the senator's controversial ship ments. He told hi& weekly news conference it was all-right with him it' McCarthy wants to obtain informal promises from Greek shippers not to trade with Iron Curtain countries. \ He said he did not believe the Wisconsin Republican intended on behalf of the government which he had neither the right nor power to conclude. < ’ Mr. Eisetihower made the statements late "thursday Ih an obvious attempt to prevent an open break with McCarthy that might damage Republican pary harmony ‘and the admiplsti*ation's\ relations with congress. McCarthy drew' charges that he was invading the foreign policy field when he announced last Saturday that his permanent investigating had obtained an agreement' from Greek shippers tn New York not to trade with Communist countries. He revealed Thursday' that another shipowner abroad" had come through with a similar promise. \ . ? ’ Even if these ideals a mistake. the President said Ih'e doubted they underlined (American foreign policy because they were not backed by the full, power and prestige of the federal government. Mr. \ Eisenhower conceded, he might be differing with his foreign aid chief, Harold E. Stassen, who charged that McCarthy’s action “undermined” government efforts to cut off strategic trade to\ the Soviet blqc. ' & & But he said he believed Stasseji /Tara To Pose El<ht>

Adams Central Bonds Are Sold Thursday Muncie Bank Is Low On Bids For Bonds The Merchants National bank of Muncie purchased the Adams County Central consolidated school bonds totalling ($162,500 qn a low’ bid of 2% percent and a premium of $83.33 at the sale conducted Thuisday afternoon at the school offices in Monroe by the ?bpard. 1 There were six bidders for the including one combination bid. The combination bid, presented by four Indianapolis security groups at 2*4 percent and $1,211.71 premium. included Indianapolis Bond and Share, \ City Securities Corp., Raffensiberger, Hughes and Co. and Fletcher Trust Co. The other \ bidder, Merrill, Lynch. Pierce, Fenner and Beane, placed an offering of 2% percent and $L A 085.80 premium. , The board considered the. Muncie firm’s bid to be<.the best for all concerned and instructed its attorneys, Custer and Smith of Decatur. to go to Indianapolis Friday and complete details for printing and delivering the bonds. The bonds will be'delivered within 21 days, 0. Burdette Custer, senjor member of the law firm said. We appraisers named by Judge Myles F~ Parrish to appraise two tractjS of land! the Adams Central location at the west edge of Monroe for purchase by the recently organized holding company have valued each of the two tracts of two-thirds of .an acre at S4OO, a total of SBOO. - , A The appraisal has been accepted and the school board will sell the two tracts to holding corppratiop so that the latter group can proceed to issue bonds for construction of two elementary school buildings. Custer also stated that legal ad-j vertisements would appear in the Dally Democrat next Monday, advertising for bids on construction of the high school building, which ■will be the second unit at Adams Central. It is believed that the high school unit will be completed, for occupancy by the start of the second semester of the next School year.

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Decatur, Indiana, FridaApril 3, 1953.

Clark Preparing Reply To Reds On Discussion For Prisoner Exchange

Ike To Judge Sincerity Os Peace Offers Outcome Os Talks In Korea Awaited To Judge Sincerity WASHINGTON UP — President, Eisenhower will judge the sincerity pf the fast moving Communist' “peace campaign” by the outcome of next week’s negotiations in, Korea tor exchange of sick; and i wounded war prisoners. If the Communists actually deliver Allied prisoners and then agree to a final Korean armistice. Mr. Eisenhower w\ill lie in a mood to consider high level talks with Russia on other cold war issues. Diplomatic circles agreed •’ that this attitude of the ,President could be discerned; from his. remarks at a news conference Thursday. He said the United States hopes that aii exchange of sick: and wounded ; war prisoners will b * quickly Accomplished. Such an agreement, he added, would be heartily welcomed by this government as a clear indication that deeds rather than -words are comiag, into iaohfon with thp t .Csmjmik nists. Pending agreement in Korea, the President . applied the brakes tv about a meeting between hiin and Soviet Premier Georgl M.' Malenkov. He said he saw no heed at the moment for direct talics with the Russians." | His statement was interpret 3d by diplomatic experts as bait for' the Russians to take if they seriously want a cold war settlement with the They were told, in effect, to do business in Korea first and then put other mhjor problenjs on the peace table. The President gave the Reds every encouragement tp act in good faith: , Mr. Elsenhower refused to \say whether he entrusted anv A message to Malenkov for delivery; by new ' ambassador to . Russia , Charles Bohlen. Bohlen talked > with the President Thursday at the I White House before flying to Mos-1 cow. ■ ' . A J Authoritative v sources revealed <Tun» s To pace six) Jobless Pay Claims Decrease In State ' INDIANAPOLIS, UP Hoosiers filed jobless pay claims last week than in any seven-day period this yegr, the Indiana employment* security division reported Thursday. 1 Unemployment claims this Easter season totalled 14,f»2Q, 35 percent fewe? than during a similar period last ygar, and jbb openings .were greater, the division said. Qualified applicants are beeom? ing scaroet; and the state is finding it harder tp fill employers’ needs fol skilled and experienced -workers, the division reported.

1 " hi \ . • i ' -"sir ' (By Rev. Dwight R; McCuHy» Church of God) ARE YOU SAVED® YOU CAN BE Are you now asking the question, ‘‘How can I be saved?” ??n Isaiah 55:6 it is -written, “Seek ye th£;Dord While He may be found, call we upon Him while He Is ne?cr£f- and in Jeremiah 29:13 it is -written, “And ye shall seek me, and tind me. -when ye shall search fpr me with all your heart.” You desire Jesus Christ abofe everything ® lse - Let nothing with your finding Hidi. Seek .Hi l ® prayer, hear the gospel preached, read the Bible, humble yourself beneath God’s mighty Hand. Draw jneaf to Goi, and He Will draw near to you. It itfebither do this, or find eternal death and hell- Nevpr stop, never give up, until you know for sure, that Justus saves you. The question will come, “HoWypan I know I am saved"” •If any naan be in Chriet, he is a;hew creature: old things, are passed away; behold, all things abecome pew.” II Cor. 5:17. ‘The Spirit itself heareth witness, |jith our Spirit, we ate \ the Children of God, Romans B:l€<|*When we become >aved we will love to be in the house of GodA-We -will love everyone. We •will love God. We I will desire to sef; others saved. We will prajjt. We wiM read God’s word. We honor the Lord with offerings as He prospers us. For us tdißve Will be Christ. Are you saved? You can be. O- ' H' - ( 'I

Decatur Pauses To [Mark Good Friday. I Religious Services ; Feature Observance The drama of Calvary nearly taro thousand years ago ws.s the ithepie and thought of Decatur vltiAehs this afternoon as they gaththe churches to observe j the Three Hours commemorating crucifixion and death of Jesus on the ,Cros-s. , Also observed as a legal holi|lay- banks and public offices-.were (dosed for the day. Stores, offices and other places of business \were , posed from 12 to 3 o'clock I The solemnity of Good JMday '-ptata a V«W °t' silence Over normal activities And the fe.ithful meditate dn Christ’s suffering and sacrifice for .mankind,g; Protestants gathered in the Zion and Reformed church fb<’ a union service beginning at jtbon and extending through the lihree Hours. The sacred hours ||ere spent in meditation, istenijlig to the words of the speakers the crucifixion and special htusic "by the choirs. I'At St. .Mary's Catholic church, the. congregation gathered for ||ayer. the Way\of the - cVoss and I;Messing with a Velic of the True tSross during the Three Hours. Beginning .at *12:30 o’clock, of the Zion Lutheran <fhu’rch attended a Good Friday service, conducted by the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, pgstor. ; Serviced will be held al St. Mary's and Zion Lutheran chur--4ta s *this evening, concluding the <|ay of sorrow thpt the Chr stian world observes in. commemoration df OJirist’s suffering and crucifixt A ' . Dr. Louis Warren 4b Rotary Speaker * • , !i>r. Louis Warren, head ol the Lincoln Foundation of the Lincoln Lite Insurance Co., Fort Wayne, the guest speaker at the weekIwmeetin® of the Decatur Rotary dpjb Thursday evening. Ai|pr. Warren, one of the nation's lolling Authorities on Abn.ham Llbcolii. dwelt on the assassination of Lincolp and the tragic reperI'pions throughout the ,nation, itiiert Heller was chairman o!\the pAouram.- [ — Mrs. Mary Ketker tjj Taken By Death lAWord was received here by Mr. aifi Mrs. Robert Garard of the 4#iath of the former’s aunt, Mrs. S Ketker, 85. kt the Methddist copies home at Warren, Jsday. Mrs. Ketker | was rly ifrom Fort Wayne. The .1 Will be held Saturday aft a. at”the Chalfant-Perry fiF ne|al hottie’ in Fort Wayne. Two dabstitersj of California, survive.

Says New Red Policy Worked Out By Stalin Top Allied Diplomat Says Plan Approved Before Stalin .Death < BONN, Germany, UP—A highranking Allied diplomat (reported today that Russia’s “peece” policy wait worked out before Josef Stalin's death and hid his full approval. 1 - , The informant based his statement on.reports by several other diplomat's, stationed in Moscow, which he had the oppoitunity of studying. According to this assessment. Stalin and his advisers decided some time ago that Russia’s aggressive policy was not succeed-ing-—that it was remely uniting the free world in a tight defen-' give security alignment. ! As the result, it was suggested, the new policy -was workqd -out in long, intensive study. . In giving his opinion of' the situation, the diplomatic ipforinant expressed the belief that trie new Soviet policy might be more dlanJserous to the free world than the old policy of harassment. The new policy .does not mean that Russia has abandoned Its goal of eventual world revolution, but means, that she had adopted other means of achieving it, he suggested. ; i ‘ V The informant expressed belief that the prospective negotiations in Korea may be long, drawn out. He suggested that one of Russia’s early moves may be a[ note to the AQlied powers on German unification. Russia may ask for a meeting of Big Four leaders, he predicted. \ As a of convincing the Allies of the usefulness of a Four meeting, the informant afigfTarn To F«*e EfKbt)

Heart Fund Drive: Here Nets J 6 Donations to the heart- campaign yrhich was conducted in February in this county totaled $569•16, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, county chairman of the drive, announced today. Contributions were reported frqm the following" places: Berne, $118.84; Geneva, $90=15; Monrod, $12.70 and Decatur, $347.47, Mrs. Hersh said that all funds are sept to state headquarters and that the local chapter is reimbursed for cases needing financial help. who suffer from rheumatic fever will be sent t<p camp next summer, Mrs. Hersh said. The chairman expressed her appreciation to organizations and individuals for their contributions. Dennis Moser Dies After Heart Attack Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Dennis Moser, 71, of Ceylon, a retired farmer, died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday afternoon at the home of a Son, Harold Moser,* near Bryant. I • ■ = J Mr. Mqser was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren ahnrch at Geneva. \ Surviving, are his wife; two sons, Harold and Richard Moser of Geneva; eight grandchildren; and twq brothers, Curtis Moser of Decatur 'and the Rev. Carey Moser, former pastor of the First Baptist church in this city, now located at Roanoke, Va. The body was removed to the Hardy & Hardy funeral home at Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Evangelical United Brethren church at Geneva, the Rev. Garth Shepherd officiating. Burial will be at Wren, °-

Robert Freeby Dies After Heart Attack A Businessman Dies Early This Morning Robert B. Freeby, 48, business and civic leader and a member of Zwick funeral home and furniture store> died at 1:15 this morning at his home, 704 N. Fifth street. His sudden death wad attributed to a coronary Seclusion, an ailment from which he suffered for several years). : \ A 'J ." Mr, Freeby had gone to the bathroom and his wife heard him fall. He was dead when the doctor arrived at the Freeby home. One of the younger businessmen of this city. Mr. Freeby joined the Zwick (irm in 1933. For several years rie was active in retail circles and took a leading role ini BoyScout activities. > A son of Charles W. and Miibel M. Bryanrt-Freeby, he was born in Stroh. Ihd-, Sept. 16. 1904. He graduated from. Shipshew-ana high school and came to Deeatur in 1926 and was employed in the office of the Schafer company. On January 12. 1928, he was married to Miss Margaret Zwick of this city. They moved to Shipshewana where the family conducted a hardware store; returning here seven years later .when he bqcame a partner in the Zwlek firm. Mr. Freeby was a member of' the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church;: the Decatur Masonic lodge and the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite and Shrine. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons. C. 'William Freeby of Indiana medical school and Daniel R. Freeby of Butler University’s school of pharmacy. The body Wak been moved to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 2 p.m._ Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m„ with Rev. William_ C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.

Take Bids April 27 For Adams Central Receive Bids For High School Unit Bids, for construction of unit two, the high school building, of Adams County Central Consolidated school system at the west edge of Monroe, will be received at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon April 27, it was announced today by Custer and Smith, attorneys for the school board. Legal advertisement for invitation to bid will appear in Monday’s Dally Democrat. Bids may be submitted on a general contract basis, for all work specified, or separately for plumbing, heating and ventilating and electrical work. Bidders must guarantee to bold their bid price for at least 30 days after date of bidding. The legal notice inviting bidders will be signed by Glen Workinger as secretary of the school board, j The high school building will be the second unit to be constructed at the Monroe site and when completed, four buildings, two elementary schools, the high school and a gymnasium, will be included in the consolidation property. The buildings will serve three townships: Washington Monroe and Kirkland. . | I . Thd gymnasium will be ready for use this coming fall school term and it is hoped that the high school will be ready tor occupancy by the start of the second Semester* The elementary buildings which will be constructed by the holding corporation should be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1954, those close to the situation believe. INDIANA V/EATHER ' Cloudy tonight, somewhat colder, a few showers extreme east tonight. Saturday cloudy and cooler. Low tonight 2836. High Saturday 38-46 north, 40-48 south. ■

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Formal Reply Expected From General Clark U. S. Marines Rush \ Preparations For Receiving Wounded TOKYO UP —rGen. Mark Clark was expected to send a formal reply today t±> the Communists agreeing -to i Panmunjopt meeting Monday to discuss exchange of sick and wounded prisoners and resumption of armistice talks. Clark’s headquarters said Thursday the Monday meeting would be held. The first order of business at Monday's meeting will be arranging for the exchange of the sick and wounded POW's. The Communists want to discuss resumption of armistice negotiations after that. U.N. negotiators, headed by Rear Adm. John C. Daniel, said they have a “few questions” to ask before trttep talks resume. They said th>y Wanted to clarify an offer broadcast earlier this week by Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-Lai. The U.N. command wanted to know what the Communists mean by rejecting the “principle of voluntary repatriation” white agreeing that prisoners would not be returned to their homelands against their will. x Second, Clark wanted to know the Communist plan for disposing of the 38,000 Red prisoners who reject repatriation and who would be handed over to a “neutral nation/’ : -' • 1

Chou did: not explain what he had in mind by a “neutral nation.” The U.N. indicated answers to these questions must be satisfactory before its truce team would agree to hold plenary sessions on the Red proposal. , In Korpa. meanwhile, U. S. marines rushed preparations to receive the Allied sick and wounded, if the exchapge takes place. The Marines cleared areas for hospitals and brought in medical supplies. Laborers patched roads and the single rail line leading to Munsan. lit was learned plans were approved for emergency speed construction of a processing center, and hospitals for American and South Korean prisoners. Clark, with army secretary Robert T. Stevens, flew back to Tokyo Thursday night after a visit to Korea. ], . i Earnest Hoberecht, United Press 'Tara T» paare Klakt) Boy Is Struck By r Car This Morning Five-Year-Old Boy Not Badly Injured Struck by an auto pn Thirteenth street this morning at about 7:40 o’clock, Tommie Tussing, five-year-old son of Mrs. Dorothy J. Tussing, 521 South. Thirteenth street, is tn the Adams county memorial hospital suffering from shock and scratches about the face. He was hit by a car driven by Delane S. Bowman, 17, 1417 Madison street, as he was headed south adjacent to Sudduth’s meat market near the south-limits of the city. Bowman said he was going about 27 miles an hour when the boy darted in front of his car tovrard the west side> of the street, was struck by the left front fender and was thrown along the street for a small distance. He rolled the car up to the boy and got out to lend aid. . Hospital attaches said the boy had no broken bones but was being kept there for observation for at least 24 hours. Mrs. Tussing said she observed Tommie playing near their trailer and turned her attention away. She said the next thing she saw was his shoe lying in the street. Bowman is not being held.