Logansport Press (Newspaper) - February 2, 1950, Logansport, Indiana Weather FORECAST Light rain or sleet today fair wanner Fri LOGANSPORT PUBLIC LIBRAE LOGANSPORT PRESS Only Local Morning Paper Carroll Miami Fulton White Counties 51 VOL 29 NO 194 NEA THURSDAY FEB 2 1950 THB ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS George E SOKOLSKY These Days A One the most interesting meetings 1 have ever attended was held last at the Hotel Astor In New York to coordinate the activities of about 100 national organizations of Americans sessions called by the American Legion which managed it all The occasion was more serious than others I have attended The speeches were more thoughtful There were ot course those who were still thinking in the narrow terms of establishing their own purity of recent vintage And there were others who still in- upon vindictive separation from others opposed to nism The real problem as General Walter Bedell Smith Fulton Sheen and I Insisted in our addresses is to understand the enemy to realize that nism Is neither a political nor an economic system nor strictly sian that it Is a philosophy ot life based upon sophy that wholly dominates the lives of those who accept it THIS AIL to re- We live by our tions What we believe we are There are those who say that human nature is always the same Human nature is never the same because each human being is an Individual soul a peculiar ferent personality No two are alike But many act as though they were alike and the reason for that is that they believe -in the same values they ore controlled by the same concepts ot right and wrong they are influenced by the same moral philosophy and so they to be alike Thus If one is reared from childhood in a system of life based upon moral law the ten ments the beatitudes the tions of our race his conduct in life while never deeply influenced by specific sumptions Ho will know from wrong even if he chooses do wrong he chooses to do wrong he will know the risk he will realize that there will he Further he will know that a government rooted In moral law will seek to force him to those as in matters ot murder and treason the retribution is death He knows all that In advance individual choice Individual risk individual responsibility It has substituted collective responsibility When for Instance Stalin demands of Mao that he send him 500.000 Chinese slaves Stalin nor Mao can possibly be- lieve that It is wrong For they believe that those who control the state can do no wrong Mao may find it difficult to satisfy his associates in China that means slavery And there may be among the Chinese people when they discover precisely what Liberation Is But to Stalin and Mao this does not Involve a moral problem it only involves material necessity and survival It is extremely difficult to make Americans realize that thinking is a practical proposition They believe only iu action But Behind every action is not only a thought but a controlling idea When a man refuses to do thing on Friday the 13th he is responding to an ancient tradition which dominates him like a When a man says That just isn't ho means that a thousand years of human experience and have been into proprieties into how to live how to act how not to be- have SO STALLS acts in a certain manner he is controlled by Marxist philosophy And we are shocked by him because we do not understand Marxist philosophy We are playing around with the stupid phrase ot that is not at all what any Communist believes Xo Communist seeks to overthrow a government he wants to take over the to it He wants to keep it Intact until he has made it over The problem then how to stiffen the will to resist such de- vices Even if the will to resist Is present which moat often it Is not knowledge of our own osophy of life and its conflict with Marxism -Is essential Without that knowledge we must tail Sp Sheen in- we must return to the author of life to God NEW PUN ELECT PRESIDENT Kids Get Some Skating at the Park spile 01 ice us much use as possible last night of the tennis courts in Riverside flooded by the city winter outdoor sports this is the first time luds been able to use skates ready for a whirl are left to Cronin Unice and Pair Cronin Missouri Pulled Free As Tide Hits Abnormal Height She's In Now Apparently Little the Worse ASSAIL EMPEROR demanded today that Emperor hito of Japan be tried as a war criminal ou charges involving warfare Weak Radio Signal New Clue to Plane T Feb 1 A fleet oE planes pursued a weak radio signal across the wilderness today in the seach for a missing TJ S and li men vanished with it They failed to find any definite clue Would Divide Electors According to the Vote Ends Life as He is Pinned Under Wreck Seeing Wallet At Scene of Assault Senate Approves Idea Which Must Pass House drew Louis siako Carried out his i Defendant On Stand In last today j Murder Hearing at And Two-Thirds of the States Norfolk Va Feb experts tonight examined the Missouri to see how badly she hurt her bottom during a two- week perch on Thimble Shoal The Mighty Mo rested high and dry again but this time she was saEc in the Navy yard at nearby Portsmouth She was warped into the giant basin in late at the end of an ignominious tug tow from the spot she grounded in peake Bay near the entrance to Hampton Roads Rear Admiral AUen E Smith overall chief the massive vage effort that pulled the souri free at dawn said it like she escaped virtually aged Pie thought she would be put j in five or six days and tainly take her part in the big amphibious operation Liter this month On the exact damage he could not say until the used as a building basin for some of the nation's mightiest had been pumped dry In Compartments But only three oE hundreds uf compartments in the ship's hull were known to be tured The Missouri's sleek skin showed the signs oE her tussle tug but above the iu the dock there didn't seem to be thing that a little paint couldn't fix up On the overall cost oE freeing the Missouri Smith said at a conference in the dock that the cost was largely a matter of lend-lease with He said the only outside ex- pense involved was the contract rental oE a dredge As Eor the tugs equipment and Navy involved he said have been at work anyway ou something else and the training ex- had been valuable Plans to put the Missouri to work again soon bumped against this question How long will the tion keep its only active in Chairman Carl oE the House Affairs com- suggested in Washington shortly after the Missouri floated free that she should be balled like other type and Continued on Page 10 Two Cars Damaged In Icy Street Crash ice accident caused age to two cars here yesterday of Peru skidded oii the City Asks Bids On Equipment Greasing Repairs to Be Centralized The board of works yesterday dered bids for garage and repair equipment to be used in Mayor plan to centralize and repair of vehicles Included in the articles to be bought are an air compressor three-ton hoist grease equipment will be what formerly was the sole quarters of the street department at the back end of the central fire station The street department now has a larger building to the rear the recently erected quonset type ing Where each department generally has its own repairing and of it will be in the one place Records will be kept on each job Oil and line also will one division permitting accurate check on such supplies The bids are to be opened on March 1 A legal notice The today asks bids for the equipment CRITICAL C W Snyder of 2501 East way remains in critical condition at Memorial hospital it re- night He has been ill for seven weeks Gass Native Falls To Death Off Tank In Philadelphia James Lewis Noble Fatally Hurt While At Work James Lewis Noble 33 son of Mrs Myrtle M Noble N Third street was fatally injured Tuesday ing at o'clock in phia Pa Full details of the tragedy liave not been received here hut he fell from a tank 100 feet in the air while at work He was born July 19 1919 at Clymers and attended Clymers arid Burrows schools I In 1942 left Logansport to the Merchant from which he was discharged last September In married Ann of Philadelphia and brought his wife here after their marriage to live for several years They returned East in 1945 Survivors include the wife and two children 4 Mary Jane G He also leaves and three sisters Franklin Eugene city Robert Muncie Ar- thur of- Delphi George town and of this rie Disinger this city and Thelma Laurel The mother and son Robert flown to Philadelphia The father was two years ago in when he was by a car 1 new method of electing presidents and vice presidents was approved by the Senate today in a proposed constitutional still subject to action by the House and 48 state legislatures It would abolish the electoral college as such and split the electoral vote of each state among the candidates in portion to their popular vote approved it would be the first change in the tial electing machinery in 145 years The Senate approved the proposed constitution ment 64 to 27 more than the required two-thirds margin A- similar majority is required in the House tures of three-fourths of the states would have to ratify it before it became a part of the Nation's basic Democrats the proposal strongly A majority of the Re- publican Senators opposed it its chier sponsor was one of their own number Henry Cabot Jr of Massachusetts Forty Democrats and IS Republicans lined up for it on the final vote Republicans and four crats opposed it Jfo Vote Various substitutes including proposals to elect by nationwide popular vote were turned down The only change in Lodge's lution proposed by Democratic leader Lucas of Illinois was proved by a voice vote It stipulates the winning presidential candidate must receive at least 40 per cent of the electoral 4 out of the total of 531 It 110 candidate got that high a percentage the Con giess would choose the winner from thp two highest candidates each member having one vote Although the proposed amendment would abolish presidential electors the present electoral vote system would be re- for counting purposes A state has the same number of toral votes as it has senators and representatives in congress a system which benefits states with populations Under Lodge's plan the vote split would he carried out to the third decimal nearest one- thousandth ot the electoral vote No Splitting A system now prevails generally under the called unit rule Unless an ual elector jumps the fence a hare Plurality of popular votes is enough to swing a state's entire electoral to the high vote candidate In the debate preceding the alfa's final decision Lodge claimed that his proposal would revivify the two-party system and open up thr entire nation to intensive campaigning Under present circumstances he pointed out that the candidates are inclined to con- their efforts in pivotal states making only token tries in areas considered safe for their opponents Troops to Compete During Scout Week Exhibits Contests Show Next Week National Boy Scout Week is com- ipg up February and in Three Rivers council it will marked by unit contests on public displays Competition will be on three e's cub pack scout troop and ex- group James Reed Held i executive stated Contests will be displays torchlight ceremony uniform inspection church ance as a unit good turn to unit and school programs and displays Top prize packs may win are the flag lettered or den flags 01 handicraft materials of o cook troop flag lettered or a tab tent I want to clear him before I kill myself The World War II amputee from Va a confession as he lay early this morning pinned beneath the wreckage of his automobile Ho said he lied about a soldier buddy hundred persons watching he shot and killed himself Brandishing a pistol Blasko had held the them Sate Trooper James who sought to move tho wrecked car from atop his artificial legs He called for a newspaperman to take a confession John Tate Danville Ya Bee photographer complied Tate scribbled as Blasko talked oE having told lies on a Sgt Jack Lemons in Germany during the war Blasko thought Lemons too was from Norfolk but now was a resident of Florida chett denied having seen the let found at the scene of John murder when confronted with the evidence by Prosecutor j George Collins this In Pulaski county's first murder trial In years Pritchett the old de- fendant was calm in his first day on the stand in defense against the second degree charge The courtroom was crowded A statement was read which Pritchett allegedly made to the Michigan City police and the de- fendant claimed that a part of the statement was omitted in the reading Saw Him On In the morning R J a Wolcott farmer who passed Pritchett on the road when he I mint to clear him I attempted to flag him down the kill myself lip I said Sgt Lemons some German prisoners Hint lie stoic a jeep of Hint lip out- mi our platoon when 33 of us were captured none of lint is true Tate passed the paper to the man Blasko scribbled his name The photographer tried to suade Blasko to let them move the car from atop hia legs but the response was They're don t hurt at all tw three Blasko fired and fell oxer Trooper Hughes said he was dead in a Today is Groundhog Day UL U Ull ice on High street at Sixteenth at sprine forecaster A TI n p m The car slid other driven 616 Market who was in Sixteenth Left fronts of both cars were aged the sun brightly means a lot more That is If I've figured choose between of seconds Hughes said the whole was weird Goes on for tin Hour The poor felloe w is lying there in the darkness with rain pouring three-way or explorer flag lettered or a stag hamburger All winners will get first prize An Eagle scout retreat will be down babbling out his confession j held at the Izaak Walton league of Logansport o'clock ary S Berry Bowl Show Final climax of scout week in Cass district will be a Scout night before the body was dis- covered and Russell a farmer living on the county line who gave car a push were state's witnesses this morning Charles bartender at the Now Main cafe in was recalled for cross-examination He identified Pritchett as the man whom he saw with Feltz at the cafe the day before the victim was found counsel for the defense called to the stand at o'clock when the state rested its case Cross-examination began the afternoon thing j adjournment at S o'clock was asked by the defense Trial resumes at o'clock Thursday n in Berry Bowl Monday Feb- ruary 13 at o'clock All troops and all packs will take part with a- cocked 22 revolver poised at his forehead for nearly an hour 50 had we were all helpless Found on his person were eral campaign ribbons and a ple heart award and papers ing that the man was an at McGuire veterans hospital Herman Fries district camping i Va and activities chairman will be in The tragedy had a bizarre be- ginning as well as ending An operator of an all-night diner and service station James charge Special entertainment feature January Starts 1950 Off as Another Light Period for Fire Loss The year 1950 started off as a safe fire year in the kind firemen Fire Chiei Joe Graffis stated Only 27 runs were made in January not a one of them in fire damage Six of them were services where fire was not involved Thirteen calls to ences one to a manufacturing plant four autos or trucks two false and one a matter of steam on a roof appearing to be Two attempts lives with inhalators were made calls included fixing the flag pole at the rescuing a dog from the river and checking wires Mr Groundhog sprint forecaster Saw no sun and 10 opined the Sprint cant Outlaw Bomb When Peace Is Permanent the blacklight juggling of i Paul Golden troop j B Tillman of Schoolfield told from Denver Ind The public will be invited to see cub scouts demonstrate skills games and put on minstrel show I Hughes that Blasko had driven his car away from his place ot business without paying for of gas He said that he gave chase Scouts will illustrate first aid knot I for miles with the car tying signalling and a camp scene Explorers are sponsoring a film The high school band will be on in front going 70 to 75 miles an hour Car Stops Upright hand to play the grand march Tillman said Blasko apparently to entertain during the program The show is free Find Winamac Man Dead in Gar lost control of the car and it overturned across the yard of a residence stopping In an upright position He said Blasko was face down his legs pinned beneath the left front wheel TiUman told officers that Blasko threatened him as he approached Hu let me know he had a gun threats J stayed Semester Honor Rolls Reported High School and Lincoln Rolls Ready The semester honor roll for high school and Lincoln junior high school was announced yesterday by principal J Harold Mertz The honor roll represents the and shouted Frank Potter Death Held I Records at hospital showed Blasko had both legs Dec 7 1944 when he of Natural Winamac Feb Potter Dec 7 1944 when was wounded as the result enemy fire near Julieu Germany In Washington the Army said there was no record of ever serving as a witness in a court martial during Army said It had asked its European Theater commander to search records for any indication that any sergeant was disciplined for offenses such as Blasko said he once charged against Lemons IUIIIBIJI lie the United States should announce i LanSe pending the stands I arrangements and abandon oi the niece ap soon as such weapons can he dependably t outlawed OFFERS CIO Murray tonight offered to an ment in threatens nationwide telephone -t strike Ice Storm Ties Up North Part Texas Sherman Texas Feb average of an entire semester's grading disregarding baud chorus orchestra and education grades Two high school students John Ford and Sherry Ann Scott aged straight A scholastic ing in all their subjects for the semester consisting ot three weeks grading periods In Lincoln junior high school three students were straight A's tor the Bornia mert Joan NIst and Gladys Troy Those making an average of 5 A's or 4 A's and 1 B 4 A's for the semester are as having distinguished ship standings according to Mertz In this top percentage group in addition to straight A students are the 4 A's 1 B Jane Butler 4 Anthony Roger Beehler Evelyn Clements Annette Elpers Charles Grigsby Larry Keith Gerry Larry singer Charles L Irvin Barbara Kitchell Mariel Reanne Meyers Donald Wayne gomery William Mull Ruth Kay Murray Jerome Devoe Peggy Ann nor Carolyn Rouser Maxine Seacat Claudine j Helen Ann Viney Ronald rich Making up the remainder of the high school honor roll are tho 3 A's and Kelly Lynette O'Neill Jane Uhl Ronald Donald Border Mary Jo Carney Delores Ann Harvey Emily Gail Heckard Karen is refusing to bargain in good son Walter Koch Barbara Jean the long fight Continued on Page 10 Ohio River Flooding Condition Expected Cincinnati Feb 1 old Ohio River still in its banks but rising hourly began acting up day hours ahead of a Weather a retired blacksmith found dead in his car in the age at his home on North Market street and 2 o'clock this afternoon Dr C E Linton of Medaryville who is coroner pronounced the death due to natural causes the victim had suffered a heart attack Potter was found by Vincent Smith a city truck driver who saw him sitting in the car the morning a next door William Webb stopped in to Potter j Gather Again who has failing health and lives alone and found him j Feb 1 feeling badly At that time Potter j L Lewis and the Soft Cpal said he didn't think he could stand i tors talked contract in air of it much longer he was suffering reserve today while lawyers so much for each side tried to convince a There are no survivors except court a mile away that the No at Meeting On Miners coal j supplies were inconclusive j Alter of wage talks in a hotel suite both Mine and the tors spokesmen declined to say about its All they would say was that they disastrous ice storm gripped will meet again tomorrow In view Bureau prediction will go isolating of frequent in bitter by the end of the week at least 54 cities from telephone words since last summer however Navigation was suspended at 3 places lost event that crumb was seized upon p.m EST at Ohio their water supply I as au encouraging sign after a nine-foot rise in 24 hours IP I
