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THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE VOL. 296 CITY EDITION THE KOKOMO DISPATCH KQKOMO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1952 EIGHTEEN PAGES PKICE FIVE Bretz Says He Is Available For Nomination Would Run For Prosecutor If Demos Beckon W. Dan Bretz told the Howard County Democratic Central Com-j mittee Wednesday that he would) accept, if offered to him, the ap-j pointment as a candidate for re-- flection as prosecuting attorney in: the November election. Joseph McGowan, county Democratic chairman, announced that the central committee meet at 8 p.r;. Monday at Democratic party headquarters to fill the vacancy on the ticket created by the resig- national Monday of Carl L.

Eroo. Bretz. who is serving his second term as proeecutor, said that prior to the May primary election he had made a decision not to seek re-election "so long as there were candidates available." He did not seek the nomination in the primary election and Broo was selected by the party in a contest with Courtney M. Kerwin. While there was little speculation Tuesday as to who might be considered bv the central commit- Sd eTn disd igned SfK PRESIDENT INSPECTS H.

B. Higgins, (center), president of 122 party committee members, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, accompanied by other corn- presented to Bretz prevail-i pony officials, spent most of Wednesday morning in Kokomo Nixon Charges Truman Still Running 'Deal' Declares Stevenson Went to Capital To 'Get Orders' Stevenson Tightens Reign Over Party ing upon him to accept the place on the ticket i Bretz said that he "the compliment expressed by the 1 petition" and felt that he should accept the appointment if he is approved by the central committee. He added that "I could not turn down those people who helped me when I asked them for support in seeking the nomination and election in 1948 and 1950." If the central committee confirms the wishes understood to have been expressed by its majority in the petition to Bretz, it will; be a move to rely on a candidate, who has proved himself a strong vote-getter in previous campaigns, I to oppose Ralph Helms, G.O.P.j of where they viewed operations at the local plant. At Higgins' right is A. E.

Ctftler, president of the Kokomo plant, which is the store front headquarters. At right is E. F. Poney, manager of store front sales. The men are inspecting window fittings for store fronts.

(Tribune Photo) Pittsburgh Plate Qlass President Visits City SPRINGFIELD, HI. OT Sen. Richard Nixon, Republican, asserted today that Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee, met with President Truman "to get a briefing on how he can carry forth the Truman policies." Nixon, Republican nominee for vice president, also charged that Stevenson sought "to marshal for his campaign' the great resources of the federal government which, incidentally, belong to the American people and not to any political party." He said this is the only possible interpretation of what he termed "The unprecedented action" of Gov.

Stevenson's meeting with Truman in Washington Tuesday. In a speech prepared for a Republican rally at the Illinois State Fair the very backyard of the Illinois governor Nixon hammered at his theme that Stevenson is the "captive candidate" of "the bosses." The youthful California senator contrasted Stevenson with Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican presidential candidate, saying: The evidence continues to pile up that Adlai Stevenson is a man who regardless of his expressed intentions, is now a helpless captive of those who made his nomination possible. "MilliQns of Americans saw on television how the pattern developed. They saw how Estes Kefauver, who was the choice of the people in the primaries, was cast aside on the third ballot when the political bosses began to BUS WASHED OFF HIGHWAY One person lost his life and 18 persons were rescued from the flood waters of Ramsey Creek when this Greyhound bus was washed off the highway near Cape Girardeau, August 12.

The bus was on U. S. Highway 61 between Ancell and Kelso in Scott County when it was caught in the flash flood of Ramsey Creek which reached its highest stage in 60 years. (AP Wirephoto) By JAMES E. KELLEY Tribune Staff Writer B.

Higgins, affable president Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- iv j.o.tij.iio vj.vy.o. i ft' nominee for prosecuting attorney. I an and other high-ranking offi- However. Bretz said Wednesday i cers from the company mam ol- that he did not plan to engage at Pittsburgh paid a visit to Poney manager of stor front sales. a contest fnr tho nlar-o nr, officials of the Kokomo plant Wed- QO OT tho pany-owned DC-3 down at Kokomo's Municipal Airport shortly after 9 a.

m. Acompanying Higgins were D. C. Bur'nham, vice president in charge main of merchandising; Powers Pace, IJld.111 TT, -M visit to general sales manager, and contest for the place on the! omciais 01 ine H-- president of the party's ticket if a strong contest! esda morning and said they were, £, is the head for the appointment developed. with the efficiency A graduate of Indiana University operations here.

Indiana University Law! Higgins School, Bretz entered a County politics in 1946 when he! to remain here division, greeted the men suming the presidency of Pitts- to Plate Glass eight years ago. from Pittsburgh and set their com-' (Continued on Page 2, Column- 1) until noon. They! on a was defeated by Merton Stanley were to tour the distributing facili-j a close contest for the nomination i ties of the com a as a candidate for prosecutor. later in the day. In 1948 and 1950 he was nomin-i The ated by the Democrats, being victorious both times in the general election over Paul Hillis, Republican and a former prosecutor.

McGowan said Wednesday that all of the party's candidates have been invited to attend the meeting Monday night and announced that refreshments will be served following the business session of the central committee. tour of the local plant. time that Higgins pull the strings." Nixon said "Stevenson is truly a hand-picked candidate and the hand that him was that of Harry Truman. "Eisenhower on the other hand owes his nomination solely to the fact that he was the choice of millions of Americans in free primary elections." Nixon contended that Stevenson "has tried desperately to disassociate himself from those who made him but his deeds speak Tax Evaluation Here Is Higher as- Two Kokomo Industries Get Sizable Defense Contracts City Council Continues Study Of 1953 Budget Delco Radio And Kingston Given Air Force Orders Spokesmen for two Kokomo Industrial Radio Division and Kingston Products Corporation-disclosed Wednesday that they have received large defense contracts which have been let by I Girls but did not produce any last i month because the current con tract had been completed. The last amendment received by Kingston was in April.

The amount of that contract was $183,664. The Gibson Girl has its own generator and when a pilot is downed at sea and ditches a plane they are used to establish contact with Chicago uulH-IilVrf LO The Kokomo City Council re- the Mid-Central Air Procurement ships at sea or a home base. They are waterproof, rather light and can fit easily on the floor of a life raft Th latest contract is one of many amendments to the original contract and approximately doubles the previous contract value. Standing only a foot high, the "little rescue packages" have saved many lives at sea. By April of this year more than 500 of the transmitters had been shipped out of Kingston's plant here.

Delco officials said production on the sets would start in early 1953 and would be done primarily at the company's plant in the north part of the city formerly occupied by viewed several more phases of the 1953 budget in a caucus session! Tuesday night. The Council pared! the budget another $1,350. The council did not touch the! of the City Plan Commis- the Board of Cemetery Board of Public health budget, the office secretary's salary was slashed from a proposed $2,500 to $2,180 while the sanitarian was cut to $3,040 from a pro- sion or Regents. In the total nearly contract for 57,634,173 will be for the manufacture of aircraft radio sets and Kingston's contract, according to officials there calls for the manu- factuure of the Gibson Girl, a radio transmitter used by flyers downed at sea. The Kingston contract is merely an extension of a contract origin- posed $3.240.

Traveling expenses! ally awarded last fall. The firm for the department were cut from! has been manufacturing the Gibson S300 to $150. There was a minor cut of $10 in current charges for subscriptions and dues. i subscriptions and dues. street commissioner's salary was lowered to $4,500 from a proposed' S4.750.

The assistant commissioner! will get $3,180. The fuel and ice' figure was cut from $800 to $600. Telephone and telegraph expenses! were raised to $200 from $100. louder than words. "Since the convention the pattern of boes control has become crystal clear.

He appointed as his campaign manager Wilson Wyatt, the darling of the left wing of the CIO and ADA (Americans for Democratic Action, a pro new Deal political organization formerly headed by Wyatt). He appointed as his national chairman, Stephen Mitchell, a product of Jake Arvey's machine." Nixon referred to Jacob Arvey, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois. "And now just yesterday," Nixon continued, "he has sat in as an exofficio member of Harry Truman's Cabinet. Nixon contended that Democrats and Republicans "alike throughout America want a change." He "said, "the tragedy is that regardless of where Stevenson says he stands, his hands will be tied by those who made his nomination possible." Nixon asserted the voters "want a more effective foreign policy than the one that has lost 600 million people to the Communists in the seven years of the Truman Administration. "They want to clean up the corruption in Washington which has cast an unfair reflection on mil- Gain Registered In Personal And Realty Values An increase of $5,661,895 in the ma assessed valuation taxable personal and general property was recorded in Howard County this year, Mrs.

Mildred Bertram, county auditor said Wednesday. Mrs. Bertram said that the July, 1952, abstract now being prepared shows that the net assessed property valuation for tax purposes amounts to $81,019,125 compared to $75,375,230 for the July abstract of 1951. The auditor explained that the assessed valuation including public utilities probably would show a sizable gain over the total assessed valuation of $84,464,320 for last year. New construction, 'additional improvements to property and television sets which were not on the assessing lists a year ago were considered by the Howard County Board of Review and assessors to Bigger Club MUNCIE, Ind.

attorney i defending a client in an assault case in city court asked a patrol- "You struck the defendant so hard you broke your club, didn't you?" The policeman admitted it, but said it won't happen again. "I've got a bigger club, now." he added. Truman Ready To Take Orders From Nominee President Willing To Be Subordinate In Fall Campaign By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois tightened his command over his presidential drive today, with President Truman ready to take campaign orders. I As a result of an somewhat House conference yesterday, Stevenson.

1 had assurances he could count en Truman as a subordinate member of his team. And it was strictly up to the Democratic presidential nominee as to when and where ha would insert Truman in the lineup. That was to be determined later in line with Truman's statement that "de! tails will be worked out at a later 'date." The President was quoted by an authoritative source as offering to undertake a whistlestop tour for the Democratic ticket, but as telling Stevenson: "You are the one who has got to run the is up to you." Stevenson apparently made no direct reply. But some of his friends believe about the last thing he now wants the President to do is to take to the whistlestops. since any such move might distract attention from the nominee's own efforts to carry his cause to the country.

Apparently left unresolved in a three-hour session publicly acclaimed by its two top participants as "very satisfactory" wag a con- Marines Repel Chinese Attack On 'Bunker Hill' Rip Assaulting Foe to Ribbons, Commander Says By WILLIAM C. BARNARD SEOUL, Korea U. S. Marines and artillery today cut to ribbons 750 Chinese Communists assaulting flict in" tentative speaking dates leathernecks entrenched in prefabricated bunkers atop Bunker Hill on the Korean Western Front. for Labor Day.

Stevenson had planned to open his campaign Sept. 1 with a speech Schricker Asks Federal Aid For Soulh Indiana INDIANAPOLIS Henry F. Schricker appealed today to President Truman to declare 21 Two men sou thern Indiana counties a 2 Held for Theft COLUMBUS. Ind. held for questioning "disaster area." about the theft of a cockatoo from prompt in be factors in the increase of assessed valuation.

Mrs. Bertram said that the total official assessed valuation, including public utilities, usually is not complete until after the Howard County Tax Adjustment Board has convened. She said that the proposed county rate for 1953 of .736 centa is based on the old valuation of $84,464,320 rather than an estimate of what the new total will be. (Continued on 2, Column 2) He'll Have Time To Think It Over Dixon Chosen To Head Dems' Illinois Ticket By CHARLES WHALEN SPRINGFIELD, HI. Gov.

Sherwood P. Dixon, winner of one of the bitterest Illinois Democratic faction fights in recent years, will head the party's state ticket in the November election. Dixon, 56, was chosen Tuesday by the Democratic State Central Committee as Governor Stevenson's replacement, defeating Sec-jported that The battalion-size attack sec- in Detroit, where Truman began ond major bid of the Chinese tojhis successful 1948 drive. Truman recapture the height was broken jat dawn. Chinese losses were de- I scribed as very heavy.

The Marine commander, Maj. John T. Selden, said the strategic ridge overlooking the Panmunjom truce site "is Marine territory now. We certainly are going to hang on to it." Marine foot soldiers, supported tentatively had accepted a date to talk In Milwaukee the same day. Although this matter was discussed at an hour's meeting at which Sen.

John Sparkman of Alabama, the vice presidential nominee, sat in, no decision was said to have been reached. Stevenson said on his return to Springfield, 111., that if arrange- by flame-throwing tanks, captured iments can be worked out "I think the strongly fortified height and nearby Siberia Hill early yesterday. The Reds counterattacked at dusk yesterday but were thrown back with heavy losses. we both may speak on the same day." The tentative bookings had been made without each other's knowledge. There was no indication the! Stevenson described Truman as Chinese had given up hopes of re- being "just as co-operative as he taking the position.

In mid-afternoon today a Marine spokesman re- can be," and he added: "All he to do is what we want him. The owner valued ing bird was found Monday at a areas station near Shelbyville. i Schricker's appeal was contained iin identical telegrams to Truman land to Secretary of i Brannan. i i The telegrams read: "After a complete investigation i recommendation to many agricultural agents and by three men. it at $500.

TVTrm Ind car era Illinois train knocked "that serious! Fleener, 65, Princeton, out dr ht situation in southern In-! his pickup truck Tuesday, ran overj diana warrants immediate action! him and killed him. on par federal declare 21 counties a disaster! be able to pay your taxes in installment. area and to take such steps as the; Work hard, save your money, section of our state. "It is my recommendation thatj this action be taken at the earliest; possible date." I U. S.

Sen. William E. Jennerj previously had asked the President Indiana Weather Reliance Manuiacturmg. There was an indication that vhen this job gets under way there vould be a gradyal increase in Delco's employment. All of the assembly will be done in the old Reliance building.

Some manufac- is scheduled for Delco's main slant. Locusts Attack MANILA Locusts attacked he main rice granary of The Philippines today, threatening the country's food resources'. Reports said the insects swarm- sd over ripening fields in Central Luzon. Killed by Train ROSSVILLE, Ind. OB Fred J.

Bartley, 20, Frankfort, was killed Tuesday night by a Monon train at the Rossville depot. State Police said the youth was standing on the track. Eisenhower Make His Opponent for By EDWARD O. ETHELL DENVER Dwight D. Eisen- VK-ITO-OT- cav3 ArUai Stevenson's JL CfH-frt M.

NORTH VERNON, Ind. Virgil Adams, 30-year-old Olney, 111., produce man, is going to the Indiana Penal Farm for 90 days for hitting a railroad crossing watchman who reprimanded him. Ivan Banister, 50, who guards a Baltimore Ohio crossing on U. S. 50, complained Adams disregarded his warning and drove across in front of a train Sunday.

Banister said when he shouted a reprimand at Adams, Adams stopped his truck on the other side of the crossing, got out and knocked him down, then used his watchman's hand signal to strike him again. Adams' explanation to Mayor Cecil G. Schuyler in city Tuesday: "It was just a crackup of driving too long without sleep." i Mayor Schuyler also fined Adams $200 on the assault charge and $10 ifor disobeying a watchman. Sharp Attack On While House Visit Illinois and administration leaders presented these "far-reaching implications:" The 1953 budget estimate for the county will be advertised for the first time Friday, Aug. 15 and the second legal publication is expected to appear in The Tribune on Friday, Aug.

22. Action on two readings of the county budget ordinance is scheduled by the County Council on Sept. 2 and the County Tax Ad- ustment Board will be called into session on Sept. 8. County general fund requests for next year amount to $422,724.71 compared to $381,868.66 which was allowed in the 1952 budget.

Additional appropriations through the year boosted total budget allowances for 1952 to $421,807.65. Tax rates advertised in the new budget with the amount to be raised by taxation in parenthesis are as follows: General fund, .425 courthouse bonds .031 welfare .132 general retary of State Edward J. Barrett in a close race. Dixon immediately made overtures to heal the scars left by the heated roy. He told newsmen: "Barrett and I have been close friends for 22 years and we're going to be for the rest of our lives." Barrett issued a.

less conciliatory statement, which said: "I am deeply grateful to those members of the State Central Committee who unselfishly stood by their convictions and supported my candidacy in the face of possible reprisals. I have repeatedly said I would accept the decision of the State Central Committee. I do." For lieutenant governor, the committee nominated Herbert C. Paschen of Hubbards Woods, a Chicago suburb. He is 47 and a Cook County Superior Court master in chancery.

Paschen. fills the spot vacated by Dixon's advancement. Barrett remains on the ticket as a candidate for reelection .10 ($84,464.32) and bridge fund .05 ditch fund, cumulative The total 'amount of revenue to be raised by taxation is $625,637.88. Selection of member state Dixon by committee the 25 first Communist artillery fire was falling on and mortar Bunker Hill. The Navy said its carrier planes struck a heavy blow yesterday against major Red supply and troop concentrations south of Won- san, heavily battered East Coast port city.

The Navy said 40 buildings, including barracks, were flat- to do." Asked if Truman would play the role of "buck private in the rear ranks," Stevenson said, "That's what he said ha would be." The dramatic White House meeting was the first in which a retiring President met the nominee of his own party to discuss campaign plans since the late Calvin Coolldge did not choose to run again in 1928. Out of it came the definite impression that Stevenson alone will call the turn on his campaign and that Truman's part in it will be on a selected and limited basis. However, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Stevenson's Republican opponent for the presidency, blasted the White House meeting- with a statement that Truman and his tT) Cabinet the people (Continued on 2, Column 2) AFL Council Set To Discuss Party Politics ATLANTIC CTY, N. Leaders of the American Federa-i. kn that tne Democratic nom- nnpo subservient to the political tion of Labor have scheduled political pow-wow for today rces whlch have will probably pass up the chance to name a favorite candidate for 1 U. S. President.

1 too long been Before and since his nomination, Stevenson has tried to it clear he is avoiding any direct time in Illinois history it has named the gubernatorial nominee climaxed a battle that opened after Stevenson became the Democratic presidential nominee. Stevenson said he favored Dixon (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) Policy makers for the eight-mil-i links with the Truman administra- lion-member federation will line up I tion and is prepared to effect a their election year politics at a wholesale turnover in Washington. meeting of the Labor League he is elected. Political Education Administrative was said to be in gene-al Committee. The league with the President 'on comes during the quarterly meet- the issues to be emphasized during ing of the AFL Executive Council: the campaign and this apparently At a meeting in February, theiP rom ted Stevenson's announce- league announced it would postpone' ment the White House steps po.ic.es TRIBUNE WEATHER REPORT The White House informed Jen- jner that such a request would have For 24-hour period ending at come from the governor.

hand-picked successor. THbse policies, Eisenhower charges, have carried the nation p. m. Wednesday: Maximum, minimum, 59. At 1 p.

m. Wednesday: 81. The Agricultural Mobilization to a situation "of bewilderment. Committee has been studying the i situation but had not made public Reading Aug. 13, 1951: Maximum, any recommendation before Gov 88: minimum, 65.

Sun sets Wednesday m. Sun rises Thursday at 5:55 a. m. Schricker announced contents of at 6:44 telegrams today. The Weather Bureau, second graph N3.

indecision and fear for the In his sharpest attack on the Democrats since his own nomination for the presidency, Eisenhower declared last night in a written statement the Washington conferences between Gov. Stevenson of 1. The question as to whether the President and his Cabinet "can possibly contemplate using resources of the federal government to influence the judgments of voters." 2. An implied decision to involve non-political officers, through the inclusion of military and national security personnel in the meetings, in a political campaign "hi which they have no part." 3. "The obvious fact that the (Continued en 2, Column 4) French Twins Born 17 Miles Apart DEUX, France OT The wife of a Deux factory worker gave birth to twins today.

They arrived 17 miles apart. The older of the twins, a boy, was born here. The doctor, fearing complications, had the mother moved to a clinic at Niort, 17 miles away. The second child, a girl, was born there. Candidate Going Strong After 25 Hours on Radio! MADISON, Wis.

Leonard Schmitt, his voice still strong after several hours of speaking, today he campaigned for unlons and sta te councils may do publican nomination for U. SJ SO Senate. Not since 1924 has the AFL pub- Shortly after Schmitt went on licly backed a presidential candi- yesterday that he had "a satisfactory and very reassuring and Presi- declding whether to back any jticular man for the presidency un- jtil after candidates were chosen' gratifying talk with the at national political conventions. dent ab the campaign." Now that Dwight D. Eisenhower Significantly, perhaps, Truman and Adlai E.

Stevenson have been! gave the Party nominee first crack picked, the league will probably at the microphones. decide against Gruesome Heirloom SAN FRANCISCO A lock of John Brown's hair and a piece of the scaffolding on which the famed abolitionist was hanged before the Civil War were found here in a safe deposit box at the Bank of America. They belong to the estate of Mrs. Helen Meany Hubbard, 'fr, who died recently. The bank, named executor, doesn't know what to do with, them, different times.

air at 8 o'clock (CST) Tuesday night listeners began sending queries. By midnight Schmitt said he was 100 questions behind, leaving him subjects to discuss for several; more hours. Schmitt, a Merrill, attorney, leveled attacks on Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis). In response to questions sent in to a battery of telephone operators, Schmitt said he would not support McCarthy should the incumbent win nomination.

He said he believes he would support a Democrat, adding "I would not vote for McCarthy under any circumstances." Four Madison radio stations are carrying his complete remarks at date, and union spokesmen have said they do NOT expect any break in this 28-year tradition. After the Illinois governor had th9 of co-opera- tlon every respect and degree," Truman took his turn. Expressing pleasure at the opportunity to conduct Stevenson and Sparkman on a tour of the White House, Truman said: "The meeting has been very sat- jLa Follette, who lost while ac tory from my viewpoint. Wa ning on an independent, discussed various Tha sive party ticket. The league, set up when Taft-Hartley Act outlawed political spending by labor unions, is headed by AFL President William Green and includes the 15 member AFL Executive Council on its Administrative Committee.

Presidents of 15 AFL unions are also committee members. The Executive Council announced yesterday it would make an organized, united effort to get the Taft-Hartley Law amended, details will be worked out at a date but I think we are both happy and satisfied that the meeting took place. I am sure that I am." Sparkman said ha enjoyed lunching with Truman, Stevenson and the Cabinet after he and the Illinois governor had been briefed by military leaders on the world situation. This, too, aroused the ire of Eisenhower, who said the (Continued on Pass 2, Column 3).