Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 177

BILLIONS” GIVEN AWAY BY GOVERNMENT

al Nations Open Peace Parley

Bich Leader fcNeed Os Bling Jobs' K Peace Parley K r World War II Kpcned In Paris July 25—(VP»— Foreign EK, , ru-. - Bidault opened | p-•• lonJi’Miii* ;i naming to his col* ■MN'Ii-t’ 'bey n,u,t 1,0 “ *’**' K nn»r«- la-titiK Job" than' K-hh-t- <>f th-- Versailles followed World War first of the peace conferfollow World War II opin Luxembourg rtffj today trnl-r blue skies sunshine. presiding officer at sessiou. welcomed the in Itehalf of France ami, nation to full cooperall democratic nations jlgUldiahim: an enduring peace. of the errors made at after the last war. said "it is up to us to do a and more lasting job." before the formal opening of the big four formet and distribut- i d*■ texts of the proposed I for Italy. Hungary, RoMM Jlulgaria and Finland to I 21 nations which will adIM* hig four on the peace, as also agreed Io permit rtion. including disputed; ~ of the full texts of the i tomorrow night. e were a whole series of | ■rices among the delegates , the meeting, including a S of Ridault with Trygve secretary of the Nations, and a Bidault with 'dackeiizle King. n Te Page 3, I’olumn 7) — 0 te Bulletins ■non, Tex.. July 29— (U ■ Thre persons were killed it least 40 were injured—perhaps fatally — today an eastbound continentI Trailway bus plunged ugh a bridge railing and 20 feet into the nearlyPease river three miles of Vernon. lew York, July 29— (UP> Mice rushed to the British luiate today after an anymous telephone call was lived reporting that a bomb •et to go off in 25 minutes. Iter an hour’a search of consulate and adjoining of- •. police announced no * or explosives had been id. ’Mhington, July 29— (UP) h * state department anneed today that ths British ■•rnment has accepted “In ■ c,ple " the American offer ■°' B the British and Ameri jy occupation zones in Gery'ooao. July 29— (UP)— ■ le Prices In Chicago, Bt. ■"•. Omaha and Kansas City ■ Prime steers hit new highs ■•y. and hog prices jumped ■* " ew ‘OP in Chicago. K?« top ■ ,27 ln Chie »90. match, a i. *i •- record 1 , Lsne **ter, P,.. j u | y 16t ■ oad of hogs in Chicago wh i* 22 ’ 10 ’ * " ,w ht ’ h ■ *22 with"""’ "" l w Bmw7Zt. THERMOMitir ■mhraturi readings ■’*' m r- »>-■ —" K Weather ,a,r w’tt* Httls ■net ' wt * h *®me ■ «’ acattered thunder- | n,,f th « Ohio river.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Plan Are Complete For 4-H Club Show Event To Open Here Wednesday, Aug. 7 Final plain have Inw-n announced fur the 411 club exhibit and youth festival to Im- held here August 7. 8 and 9. sponsored by the* Decatur Chamber of Commerce with th»- service and civic clubs of Adams county cooperating The show will actually start Wednesday morning, August 7. but preliminary work of bringing in entrbm will start Monday, August 5. The Daily Democrat will publish a 4-11 club and youth festival edition the latter part of this week which will contain last minute news concerning the show and at that time the Chanilier of Com merce will announce the official program. Ridelights of the show will include an invitation from Mayor John Stults and other city officials for the visitors to make use of the municipal swimming pool and Decatur's parks for picnic* during the show. Tents will be erected on Court street and Madison street and a platform for special shows and exhibits will be built at the corner of Madison and Second streets. Another feature of the show will Im* the pet stock parade Wednesday night at 7:3". The line of inarch will Ire announced later by William Howers, parade master. Participants will areemble on South First street tn front of the Adams county jail. In addition to 4-11 exhibits, Deca- ‘ mr Boy and Girl Scout troops will have exhibits In tents on Madison street and the troops also will take , part in other parts of the threeday program. Decatur stores will lie open their regular hours during the festival and many of the stores have Issued special invitation* to the visitors to make their headquarters and meeting places In their buildings Phil Sauer, general chairman for jthe event, is busy this week with his various chairmen and committee members with the lasi minute details. Tents will Im- erected over next weekend so they will lie ready tor us Monday and exhibits will start arriving al Decatur junior senior high school gym Monday (Turn To Pag* 2. Column 7) | 0 Alvin Egly Funeral Tuesday Afternoon — Decatur Man Dies Saturday Evening Alvin Egly, 60. lifelong res id ent of Adams county, died at 6:25 o'clock Saturday evening at the Irene Hyron sanitarium, where he was admitted Thursday. Death followed a three years Illness of tubeculosis. He was bom in Berne January 7. 1896, the son of Henry and Alvina Moser-Egly. A veteran em ploye of the Decatur works of the General Electric Co., he lived at Scheitnann street. He was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church and fraternally was a member of the Moose lodge. Surviving are the wife, formerly Minnie Worthman; six sons. James of Decatur, and Gilbert. Dwight. Leonard. Merlin and Doyle Egly. all at home; four brothers. Ray of Round Lake. 111.. Thearl of Bluffton. Walter of Hartford City and Delbert Egly of Chesterfield. 11l I two half-brothers, Clifford Cavanaugh of Hartford City and Elmer Cavanaugh of Muncie; one sister. Mrs. Florence Seesenguth of Bluffton. and a half-sister. Miss Leia May Cavanaugh of Bluffton. One son preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at l:S0 p. m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home and at 2 o'clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, with the Rev. William C. Feller tfiictatlng. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home un til time of the services

Begin Renewed Drive Against Rising Prices Truman Nominates Three Members Os Decontrol Board By United Press CoMumer group- across the nation began a renewed aesault on rising prices today ae OPA officials announced that price tags on some commodities would reach "un. ptecendenled heights" l>y fall. One official sold that new, and higher, prices on all cotton and wool fabric* would Im- announced within a week to conform with provision* of the new price control Mil. Pointing out that mor< than half the nation’* clothing Is made of cotton, the OPA official said, "clothing prices are already a< record highs and those for cotton clothing are going up and up." He said the cost of wool garments probably would be eligiitly higher than at prewent. Following the gent ral upward trend of prices. Ol’A was expected to iusue this week a six to seven cents a pound increase on coffee, more than five percent increases on farm machinery and an Increase of 9Um or more on new automobiles. At Gillespie. 111., 2.300 coal miners, members of the progrtwsive mine workers independent union, stayed away from the pits In a one-duy protest strike today. The action wus decided upon at a mass meeting yesterday at which speakers blamed rising prices on weakened price controls. The union had threatened to strike twice before Io protest the meat shortage. Meanwhile, labor otganlxatlonx threatened buyers' strikes at Omaha. Neb. Minneapolis. Pittsburgh. Detroit. Philadelphia. Chicago. East St. Louie. Hi and Marion County. Ind A apokesman for the confederat(Turn TV> Page «. Column 5» O — — - - Record Enrollment At Auction School Semi-Annual Term Opens This Morning A record breaking retfistration of 146 men from nearly every state in the union was reported this morning at the opening session of the 52nd semiannual term of the Reppert school of auctioneering. Miss Eleanor Reppert. daughter of the school's founder. Col. Fred Reppert. who has been in charge since the d-*7li of her father, -aid that more were arriving constantly and that she expected the registration to mount still higher, A registration of 144 last winter had been the largest class reported previously in the history of the school. Scores of students began arriving last week and by the weekend approximately 100 were in Decatur to attend the class opening. The course will Include three weeks instruction Including classes at Belmont park classrooms and public auction sales In downtown Decatur. Miss Reppert stated that the salt* will likely start here Saturday. Graduation exercises for the class will be held at the* Knights of Pythias dining rooms on August 16. she stated, with some of the students attending classes through August 17. Officers of the new class will likely he elected by the students within the next day or two. Miss Reppert said. Despite the heavy enrollment, actual basic Instruction was started as scheduled this morning under the uupervislon of a staff of instructors. Activities of the school are being directed from the offices downtown, under the supervision 1 of Miss Reppert

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 29, 1946

Give Details Os Mob Slayings ' TWfe. ’ .-;V • film. /Jm LTTeT //Ax i ; < / L-a A WELL-TO-DO WHITE FARMER. Lloyd Harrison (leftl sits in the car from which four negroes were removed near Monroe. <la . by a mob of 2" armed men and shot to death. He told officers the car was Stopped while he was driving along a country road with Roger Mai colm, George Dorsey and their wives Shortly before, he had provided bond for Malcolm who had been held on a charge of stabbing his farmer employer, another white man At right. Coroner U I Brown holds a piece of rope used by the mob to tie the hands of the men

Local Firemen Take Down Major Honors Decatur Firemen Contest Winners The Decatur tire department won a major. share of honors In the contests which clltnixed a twoday convention of the northeast- : ern Indiana volunteer ami industrial fin-men's association at Berm 1 . Friday ami Saturday. Winniiig three firsts and a like . number of second places in th-- ' contesta entrants from the local de partmeiit carried away mon- than , sltti» in prize money. Tin- Central S firemen, of thi city, also share-l in the awards winning one of tinfirst prize awards for having the largest company repre-etilalion in the Saturday afternoon parade. The Decatur department was tinder thi- supervision of fin- thief Harry Stults. Results of the contests, witness cd by hundreds of firemen anil spectators from this section of the state: | Water ball: Montpelier, first and I Decatur, second Auto truck race: Decatur, first and Huntertown, necond. lairgest in parade Central Soya Co., Inc.. De<atur, first and Decatur, second. Novelty truck race: Decatpr, first anti Huntertown, secoml. Replacing hose sec tion: Huntertown, first and De- . catttr. second, laidder raising contest: Decatur, first (46 s--condsi | and Huntertown, second (Il He | conds). From six to eight departments were mitered in each of the var ions contest*, held on Main street in Berne with spectators lined tipi along th- curbs for several blocks. Several Incidents not listed on the program, including one in which I Huntertown flrenen were soaked. by spray from one of their own i nozzles, furnished added amuseinent for the spwtators. Parade Is Feature The Saturday afternoon parade was tine of the second day features of the convention. Led hy th-- Berne band and the various fire departments. scores of children from Berne and community decorated bicycles and floats to participate. Prizes were awarded In five events for children. Winners included Rufe Gllllom, Al Yoder twins. Bill Barrett. Jerry and Jim Srunger. John Klrchofer, Kenyon Graber. Simon, Danny and Judy Lie chty. Margaret Schafer. Nancy Tallman. Leon Gould and Charlene Huffman. Berne Boy and Girl Scouts and Monroe Boy Scouts also took part in the parade and were awarded prizes. The event attracted one of th-* year's largest crowds in Berne. Traf-j tic was under the supervision of 1 Dave Bubach, town marshall, sheriff law Gillig and state police I (Turn To I'agv 2, Column 7)

Question Suspects In Bonk Robbery Indianapolis. July 29 tl'Pt Indiana etate police planned to question two captured fugitives today in lhe 115.0110 holdup of the New Palestine state bank The bank was nibbed July 18. Since then. JMllice sought Bruce Stewart, 23. Francisco, and Paul Jenkins. 21. Fort Wayne, who »*• caped from the Indiana state reformat try al Pendleton a *hort lime before the holdup. Jenkins was arrested in hi* hnwn town -luring lhe weekend Police said he gave information which resulted it fit-' arn*t of Stewart at Grand Huven. Mi-dt. a short time later. n — Four Are Injured In Accidents Saturday None Seriously Hurt In Series Os Wrecks Four persons were hurt in a series of auto accidents in Decatur Saturday night, none serious ly, police chief Ed Miller report ed today. Two were hurt when cars driven by Walter Kesseti. 27. Celinn. Ohio, and Russell Buller. 29. 127 Mercer avenue, collided about 7 p. m. at the intersection of Third and Marshall streets. Mr. Kessen suffered facial cuts and bruises and his wife, Helen. 28. also suffered bruises and cuts on the left side of Iler head and fuce. Their two daughters, Carol Ann, 3. and Kathryn Ruth. 2. escaped injury The injured were treated by a physician summoned by Ralph ! Gcntia, a neighbor, who also aided in extricating the Kessen fam- ' ily from their car Butler escaped unhurt. Damage Io the two autos was estimated at 1206 by officer James Borders, who investigated. The other two were hurt about 9:56 p. m. when cars driven hy Lawreiue Omlor, Decatur and Theodore Thieme. Fort Wayne, collided at Adams and Line streets. Miss Patricia Warren of Des Milnes, lowa, suffered a fractured arm and Keith Clauser, 3928 Fairfield avenue. Fort Wayne, suffered numerous cuts about the head and face. His head was rammed through the windshield by the Impact The victims were riding in the Thieme car. Other occupants, who escaped unhurt, were the Misses Shirley Sutton, Helen Haycock and Carroll Keenan. all of Fort Wayne; Dave Moore and Jack Heller of Decatur. Both cars were badly damaged, that to the Thieme car estimated at 1406 and to the Omlor vehicle (Turn Ro Page 3. Column 7)

Comptroller General Os U. S. Charges Defects In Renegotiation Laws

Radical Changes In Fighting Ships Seen Redesign Warships For Future Warfare Off Bikini Atoll. July 29-fl'Pt I —Vice Admiral W 11. P. Blandy predicted a redesigning of fighting ships to meet pos*llde atomic warfare today while «< lentist* compiled new tvldence t.f the ferocity of last Thursday's underwater bla;t. "I am convinced there will lochanges needed in design and structure, some of them radical changes," said Blandy. who directed the two Bikini atomic tests. Examination of fragments blown to the surface show the lagoon's bottom consists of shredoed coral, like cracker crumbs in consistency. Its softness diminished the atom loimb's effect. Commander Roger Revelle, an oceanography expert, said Even so the blast rolled up waves of 60 to 90 fset at the tar get center, only slightly below I re test estimates of 100 feet. Revelle said there definitely v/as a crater on the lagoon's bottom. perhaps as great as So feel deep, although precise measurements are not expected for two weeks. Scientific gauges show waves of about seven feet hit the Bikini island shoreline but went only a short distance inland. Revelle raid there were apparently three major waves, their crests pulsing out 15 to 18 seconds apart. The battering of thousands of tons of wafer caused the known (linking of four vessels, the prob

able loss of at least two subnta iines. and the beaching of a submarine, a destroyer ami a trans port to prevent sinking, a recount showed today. On the iiottom since the -lay of the blast were the battleship Ar : l.atisas, 4he carrier Saratoga, the weapon ship LSM 60. ami the - oncrete yard oiler 16" The submarines Apogon anti Pilotfish are asHut-ied to In- sunk. Ihe destroyer Hughes and the transport Fallon were beached when they liow-d slgli' of - 1 k’" l -' Yesterday the navy raised thlUbmarine* Tuna and De tuda by .Turn .’Io Pige Column 7) —a Mrs. John Mosure Dies Sunday Noon Funeral Services Wednesday Morning Mrs. Bertha Mosure. 76. died at noon Sunday at her home in French township, one mile south of Vera Cruz, after a two years illness of complications. She was born in laincaster town ship. W-dls county. May 26. 1870. the daughter of Samuel and Catherine Archbold-Yarger. She was married at Tosin January 25. 1890. to John Mosure. who survives. She was a member of the St John’s Evangelical and Reform cd church at Vera Cruz. Surviving In addition to the hits band, former Adams county audi tor. are two daughters. Mrs. Nathan Meshberger of Geneva and Mrs. Norman Stabler of Fort Wayne; two sons. Harley J MoHUre of Bluffton and David Mosure of Morocco; seven grandchil dren and seven great grandchil dren; two sisters. Mrs Ida Klein knight and Mrs. Ella Johnson, both of Tocsin, ami one brother. Clam Yarger of Yoder One brother and two inters are deceased Fdneral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at the St. John's Evangeli-Al and Reformed church at Vera Cruz, with the Rev. I! II Meek stroth officiating. Burial will Im- at Six Mlle Friends may call at the Jann funeral home in Bluffton until time of the sorvlcez.

One Dead,lo Missing After River Tragedy Mississippi River Ferry Boat, Tow Os Barges In Collision Caruthersville, M■. July 29 (VPI \ v 8.-coast guard Invaatlcation was scheduled to open here today into the collision la-tween a MissMsippi river ferry boat and a tow of barges which left at h-a*i one person dead and in iniesinx It was the worst tragedy on the river Him ea pa-*--lig--r plane plunged into the swift current at Memphis, Tenn , two year* ag > taking 26 lives. Officials said ’here were 13 known -univois from among those on the ferry at the time of the colli-ilon On-- of them wa- the pilot Ed Hendricks who sustained a leg injury lletidrii ks declined to make any ■statement regarding 4he accident p- tiding th)- coa*t guard hearing Ths- known deatl was five-year old Jerry Vickers of Cartithei»»ills-, whose older brother. I.airy.- wa* nwept from the arm* es his fa'her and lost in the swirling waters Jerry w.-e brought ashore < l.isrn- l in th-- arms of his mother. MrClaude Vickers, Jr . bn' died after nitcuera worked for mon- titan two hours to tevin- him. Relatives « f th-- mis-ng pet -on* gathered on the hank to wa'- h h pefully as rivermell cragged tinstream for bodies and lUtotnol- l- s

that sank with the ferry Eric Taylor, owttet of the feriy. raid it had Is-im definitely estab liahed that the •• wet'-- four pasciig- r automobiles and on-' i-icktip truck on the ferry Al! til th-* miin*- wi-re lu-'ii ve-l to i.iv i-- n ■ < cupants of tin- v. hide' Th* river -raft collided about 50 yards from the Missouri elion which tin- ferry wa- appi'iaching Tliv hargi* were motinz upstream E W Rogers. Vick'burg. Miss, pilot of the tug. said ho eignal-'d the ferry he intended to pas* oil the left liut received no answering signal. When he -UW how dose the craft wi-re appr .u liin", h- 'aid. jf Was too late to prevent the col llsiotl Rogers eaid that he kept th-- tug in the vicinity after tin crash, r-* cuing eight person* from th-- water Tim tug remained at tite scene to day, aiding in salvage efforts. Aaron House of Ridgley. Tenn., was cro-elng to the Missouri aide with his girl friend. Janice Eastwo id. "f Croanville. T-'tin , and an ( l urn To Page 2, Column 8) Vets' Dental Unit Here Next Friday Examine Veterans At Red Cross Office A traveling dental unit of the veterans administration will be in Decatur on Friday. August 2 at the Red Cross headquarti'W. 125 Madison street, for the purpose of examining and authorizing dental treatment for veterans. Announcement of the visit by the unit was made today by Dwight Arnold, county servjce officer, and Ed Bauer, service officer of Adame P<wt 43, American Legion. The local men were informed that veterans must have official dental examlnatio'ns or treatment within a year from the cute of their discharge to gain service connected rating. Examinations will he conducted here from 9 a.m. to 4 pin. on the above date and all interested veterans are urged to call at Red Crow* headquarters during three hours.

Price Four Cent!

Says Many Officers Pulled Off Jobs For Seeking To Prevent Loss To Government Waehington. July 29 ICP) - Comptroller Gene al l.imleay C. Warren charged today the government "gave away untold billions" through defe-1* in war contract renegotiation laws, and said many off -ers who tried to prevent xuell los.es were pulled from their joli-t and rent to tit- t-tii k< " II- also told the senate war in-v-i-t gating committee that a ' teri rifii lobby ' by army was chiefly res|)on*ilde for breaking down ait 1872 statute which pro-hibiti-d formei government officials from handling - laims against the government foi tw - years after th-'ir retirement Testifying at the committee's inquiry into alleged wa profiteering by Hie Gareson munitiitie empire. Warren named four fotmer army Gtfiier* who left the servile for jobs with companies who«e contract termination an- tints supervised will!-- in uniform. Committee chairman James M, Mead. D. N Y. d--noun---I thk> practice as "indefeneible" and asked Warren to supply th-- committe--witli nam--- of persons involved in all similat cases Warren added that th- I S. maritime --ommiseion had reported tiiat some of it* best men" ale--i-pped -lown from . veitiment contract r--negott.ition jobs to position' with fit tits with whi li they had official dealings H- a>o w.is a*ked to give the --oniiiitt-<■ info.'mat ion - n tin- wining an-l -lining" of high government officials by war < olttractor*. The commit---- already lias -•vi-it.-tn • that It-'P Amir- a J May. D . Ky . ami huh army officers at-

lemb'd .hi .-xp.-n-.-paid party given l.y a ;> ader of ih- Gars-otl combine. W.i roil i »»••<! 17 pe lfi< insf.inriM in uh. i his .’.•iiit.il a. • counting ■ ffn •• auditor* had obtained !••!uihU- of money already paid out to i nlav'irs by the gov- < num nt. The refunds totalled |t*t ‘o.n <ioi. i M ' Warren’s testimony pushed the committee into th.- (ninth week of .ts inquiry into flu- Gar-son munitions combine an inquiry which Hep Andrew I May. I> Ky < haru ed has evolv.-d into a smear campaign b.-ing dir.-, -ed by Mead for political pm p.e.-s May has been linked directly * th executives of the network of munitions firms which won s7s.iioii." " (Mi in government war . otilr.i is Tt.e foil officers named by War- • n a- men who obtained Joi»< in firm., with which they dealt while witii the war department were Formei Maj George W. Parker, who handled contract termination accounts . f ’I- Howard Aircraft Corp , and now general manage" of the corporation Former C<>|. Forrest \\ Smith, original contracting and contrac termination offi.et for the account, of SchwitzerCummings Co. Indianapolis He was dis. harged May 25, l!»t5 ami les- than a month later became pro. ur.-m- nt manage • for the concern Former (‘apt G !. Calvert who served as ordinance officer in dealing* with the Sheffield Steel Corp, in Houston and now is metallurgb cal service engineer for the company Former Maj Kerrwin Hagerty, who became vice president in charge of production for the Northwestern Aeronautical Corp, at a salary of |7OO a month after handling the firm's contract termination work with the army Charging that the government had given away "untold billions" he. a use of defects of the war contract renegotiation act. Warren recalled that he had warned congnw. before the act was passed that it would tie the government's hands in attempting to check contractors' iMH'ks "Already over |SS.dO.I,(MO,O<M (Hi in cancelled war contracts have been settled and the door dosed forever on any recovery of over(Turn Tv Page 2, Column I)