Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1945 — Page 1

I. XLIII. No. 221. .

SEEK SOLUTION OF AUTO LABOR TROUBLE

|hio Senator ■ominated To jupreme Court J Sen Harold Burton ■ To Succeed Roberts ■ As Court Justice ■ Sept. 19—(UP) — ■,, Senate today confirmed the L.n>t>on of Sen. Herold O. Krton. R.. 0.. for the supreme Krt of the United States ■g'jthington. Sept, 19—(UP)-— Hiding confirmation despite ex- ■ (~! labor opposition »"••' I Khl today for Sen. HarW II Bur- ■ in Ohio R*publkan. who was Kehuii'd yesterday by President Eman to the United States nd■mr court. Erton i« ‘he first Republican ■>><.«! tor that bench In more En 15 years. The late President E» , '*’i ! preferred Ilemorrats or ■s fh-alers He made seven men Ei met sin It qualifh atloiis a»soKejStlices between AUgUst. 1937 E February. 1943 b ■Barton s senate seat will ho fill■by appointment by Ohio's Gov. bus J Lausche. a Democrat. So (> •>*. th.it Mr Truman's party f; gain one seat In the senate ten Bmton's successor takes offr The present party division in p senate is: Democrats 55; Reftiicans 40; Progressive 1. Tie senate judiciary committee B<t meet, and probably h< Id n mg*. before reporting Burton's Mmiatlon to the senate. Ils next ttsbr meeting comes .Monday. A porahle report is Inevitable atld Mflrnuiion would b*- immediate, it Hew associate justice is exK'ed to support the political philrnphy most frequently stated in p iurrent court by chief justice tartan Fiske Stone. Mr. Stone, krten and associate justice StanH F lte. il, a Roosevelt nominee, r uabiy will vote often together. Labor opposition to Burton is Heeted partly on the basis of sa.- of his votes since he enterdthv senate in January, 1941. hut Itaarffy because he was one of br authors of a bill introduced tot June to amend the national the- relations act. Organized la* * and left wing criticism of the eopoaod amendments has been (tier. Burton is a middle-of the-road His nomination marks oturn m the philosophy of par* ’ n-pipneiitation on the supreme wrt Even so. the Roosevelt mem* *>♦ on the nine-man court are ravly to be dominant there for iw next 10 to 20 years. Burton will wr««d Owen J. Roberts, retired, »ho was the last nominee of <!:•»- Bnetive Republican affiliations toffieii to the court until Mr. Tiu•an sent Burton's name up yeaterday Roberts was nominated by Herbert (.'. Hoover In 1930. (Turn To Paas 1. Cnlnmn li Nan Conference On Sewage Disposal Mandate To Decatpr Mayor John B, Stints and other E ty officials a.« planning to go * tudianapuiUi tomorrow to hold * ' inference with state Iward of -®Jth officials, relative to the sewdisposal mandate i-sued to the ' 9 to correct the pollution of the "•’era of st. Mary's river with t** "ewnge from Decatur. ■' '-'Xti-tMion of time In proceedr tt the project may asked. <d«y is interviewing a number ' hmspective engineets who want « '»• employed •«» consulting en“**rs in designing the sewage •‘Po»ui system and new storm **•*#*. • v least eight engineering firms ’ ‘PPiieants for the job. The orlOrder fr,,m the otate Itoard tiadi i * hat ,h * rt * M ' P f ’H u,lon 'tor, be corrected by October ’ 01 “»»■ year. THERMOMETER ».« PERATURe readings ’•00 a. m. m 2=* •• - -.rzz So 2:90 »■ m- ZZZ'Z.'. 77 y c, ««dy with Mattered iS*‘•’l**’ 1 * • ar,y “'’■y Clsartng and coeb * Tbereday sfurnoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Plan Extension 01 City Water Lines <v —— ©Two Extensions Are Approved By Council City water line extensions will Im* made ill the Hdjhewood addition and on North Second street to within aliout ’»<• feet of the Bag Service, Inc., office, the city council in session last night decided. Ralph Roop, plant superintendent. was authorized to purchase the pipe ami . other equipment necessary to Install (he circuits. In the Homewood addition, mains will Im* run on Thirteenth. Twelfth. Eleventh and one block on North Tenth street. A six-inch main will be laid. The project cost is estimated at about 14.500. The extension of the North Second street line will terminate at a fire hydrant to be placed north of the Acker property. It will then b> extended to the Bag Service office A petition by H. P. Schmitt and Fred Reppert. asking the city to construct a water line to the Schmitt farm, east from Hie new well on the newly acquired site on V. S. highway 224, was filed The petition also requested that the line be extended across the Bellmont park road to the Reppert properties, where water would be furnished to about 2u dwelWngs in that area. The matter was referred to the water committee and superintendent and approval of the Indiana public service commission will be sought in the out-of-clty proposal. Houses in the park urea are furnished water through a privately owned line, the source being from a well and reservoir near the southwest corner of Bellmont park. The- petition of I*ewls H. Eberle for the extension of a rural light line to his farm north of Decatur was referred to the committee. Lester Pettibone, superintendent of the electric department, informed the council that the General Electric company has applied to tlie city for an adjustment of electric power rates. The company wishes to go on the same schedule of rates as those applying to the Centra! Soya company. The matter was referred to the electric light committee and superintendent, who will confer with the Indiana public* service commission on the readjustment question. Further Plans For Air Circus Sunday € , Completing Details For Air Show Here Details are rapidly being completed for Decatur'* air circus, which will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at McComb field, just #est of the inter-ection ot federal highway 27 and Nu'tman avenue. Gene Rock, of Fort Wayne, nationally known parachute jumper, is assisting Bob McComb, airport manager, in arrangements for the air show. Five jumper* have al ready been entered In the para chute content. * A general admission charge of 50 cents will be made, with Adams peat 43, American Ja-gion. -ponsor of the show, in charge of gate teceipts and parking on the grounds. Servicemen and servicewomen, in uniform, and children under 12 will bs admitted without charge. Several CAP members will aid In the parking of car* and guard Jn g airplanes an <1 equipment. There will be only specified parking areas within the ground* and any parking In restrit ted areas will halt the show because cf the hazard- involved. State police officers, along with local ffolice officials, both city and county, will enforce the handling of traffic in connection with the circus. Telia Experiencee Gene Rock related some of bls thrilling experiences as a parachute jumper at a meeting Tuesday evening of members of the Decatur Bight of 'he civil air patrol. Rock made his first jump from a balloon at Fort Wayne tn August of ISI7 and spent a number of years performing for homecoming and fairs. He mede his first jump from an airplane In 1539 at the old ■~tTutra"»riMa ’• Column 1)

Secretary Os Labor Is Given ' Broad Powers Schwellenbach To Tackle Problem Os Making Labor Peace Washington. Sent 19— (I’Pi — Armed with more authority than any predecessor, secretary of labor Ix-wls 11. Bchwe||enl>ach today tackled the job of bringing peace on the nation's troubled labor front. Simultaneously. responsibility for the nation's stabilization program shifted from William 11. Davis, director of j|i<* office of economic stabilization, to reconversion director John W. Snyder. President Truman transferred OES to Snyder in a surprise move late yesterday. fn his long-awaited reorganisation of government lalmr services. Mr. Truman gave Schwellenbach authority over the war labor board and war manpower commission as well as a voice in making the wage slaldfization policies under Sny Nr. With his new powers. Schwellenbach emerged as probably the strongest labor secretary in I'. S history. He recaptured not only functions that were divorced from the ilepartment under stress of war but inherited agencies set up in both peace and war to keep labor-managenMtnt relations on an even keel. Davis' removal as stabilization chief appeared to have been based at least iji purt on his recent statement thai wages should rise 50 percent in the next five years without increasing the cost of living Mr. Truman told his news conference later yesterday that Davis was not speaking for the administration when he made that statement. ' ” ''.Nobody in this government is going to make a statement like that until after such a policy is discussed between members of the imjtinet and Snytjyr.'’ Schwellenbach said at a news conference following the president's meeting with the press. Schwellenbach set his first objective to find out what can be done to end the Kelseyilayes Wheel Co. strike in Detroit, which has dosed Ford Motor Co. plants, and to avert other work stoppages that would interfere (Turn To page 2 Column S) Q — Moose Lodge Donates Iron Lung To County 1 ■ Plan Demonstration Os New Apparatus The I-oyal of..,Moose has purchased a Mullikin iron lung which will be donated for county use, E. J Wprthinan. secretary - f the ' x al lodge, announced today A demonstration of the apparatus, with three size* <*,Mtngs. will he held in the near future al the Moose home. Nurses, members »f the police and fire departments will be invited to attend and w-ll be instructed in the use of the artificial respiratory equipment. The lodge will later det ide when* the equipment is to be located. so that in csisi-s of emergency it may be quickly acquired The iron lung lA used in cam. where artlflftab respiration is need ed. It is not only used for Infantile paralysis, hut ,h.*art *r ribl *, postoperative failures and in other emergency resusciayon cases, it was explained. * »• » The lung weighs only 90 pquadse It Is an exceptionally valuable piece of equipment for fire departments. rescue squads and Industtrial organizations that have cases such as electrocution, suffocation from smoke, monoxide poisoning, gas poisoning and other emergency cases. Mr. Worthman explained. The iron lungs come in three sizes, the smaller for Infants and children; the second size for persons weighing up to 175 pounds and the largest size for persons weighing up to 300 pounds. Mr Worthman stated that the date for the demonstration of the equipment would be publicized as soon as the definite date was act.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 19, 1945.

Appointed To High Posts

Harold Burton Robert Patterson President Truman has continued shuffling of top government positions. nominating Sen. Harold H. Burton, (thio. Republican, us supreme court justice, and Robert P. Patterson, ot New York, as secretary of war, I I ■■■■l— ll II II III' ill win I .Mimi »—■—H.IUI -■ - 1—11^«

Three Superforts On 6,500-Mile Hop j Non-Stop Trip From Japan To Washington BULLETIN Washington, Sept. 19— (UP)— Two of the B29's on the flight from Japan will be forced to land at Detroit for lack of gasoline, the War Depsi tment announced today. Washington, Sept. 19 (CP) — Three mighty Super fort re* sea winging their way non-stop from Japan to Washlngtm vl t the great circle route reported that a ! 9 am. (EWT) today they were 370 miles southeast of White Horse. Canada —the half-way point on their 6,500 mile flight. The silvery sky giants, manned by blue-ribbon crews, were streaking arrow the Canadian rockles on the homeward leg of thrti ambiHou* project. Their non**top hop would not be the longest on record, however The established record ot 7,15 s milcH waa set Nov. 5-7. 1938 by two British Royal air force Vie* kers-Wellesley planes which flew fr*rn> Egypt to Australia without refuelling or stopping. They left Japan at 3 p.m. (CWT) Tuesday and were scheduled to land here at about 5 p.m. (CWT) barring bad weather or unforeseen incident.-. From White Horse, the mammoth planes headed for the vicinity of Duluth, Minn., and then planned to roar down the home stretch to Washington vSx Hayward and Green Bay. Wfe., lan ■ting, Mich., and Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Tho lead plane was commanded by Lt. Gen Barney Giles, deputy chief of tii« U. S strategy air (Turn To Par*’ i. Column 4) Bill Grants Truman Power Over Agencies Measure Approved By House Committee Washington. Sept. 13 (I'P) Tlfc- House committee on executive expenditures today approved unanimously, a bill authorizing the President to regroup, coordinate or almlish the bulk of the approximately 100 executive agenewt and their function*. However, the measure — unlike t>(rMn before a Senate committee would not permit the Pre-ident K>,4Atc-nd this power to the reorganisation of departments. President Truman“ asked for reorganization authority In hie recent message to Congress. Hu now enjoys such power under-the first war powers act which expires six month* after a declaration of the cessation of hostilities. The House measure would give President Trumate more power than was granted President Roose velt under the 1939 reorganiza'lon bill but teas than voted President H<wver In 1932. President Truman would be re- i q til red to submit hl.* reorganization plan or plans before July 1, 1948. Four agencies — the interstate (Turn To Fa«e J, Column 9)

Defer Induction Os High School Boys Washington, Sept. 19— (UP) — i Selective ,-ervice today gav-? American high tchtx*! boys the choice I of going to school or toting a rifb* and if it's achttol they can't pi ty hookey. B announced that boys who enI tered high school before they were i 18 years of Age will be given a Mtance to graduate before liecomling eligible for Induction. If their choice is school, selective service ! said, the boyo will have to attend ! "continuously and satisfactorily." ■■■:, Patterson is Named Secretary Os War II 11 To Succeed Stimson In War Department Washington. Sept. 19 (CP) i Capitol Hill resounded today with {praise for the appointment of Rob I ert P. Patterson ag secretary of i war and predictions of his itpeedy i-onfinnatloii by the Senffte. The 54-yeai-old Patt*-rwm, who hail served as iinderseft'reta’y of i war since June. 194", was name*! by President Truman late ytsu-r ilay to succeed aging ' Henry L. Mimson as secretary in th*- fits, step in the long-expected shakeup i in the war department and army high command. Patterson, like Stimson, is arc publican. His choice made It clear that Mr. Truman would retain a cabinet with a two-party flavor al lea.-t through the principal stage of the difficult reconversion and demobilization period. Chairman Elbert Thomas, D, Ctah. said his Senate Military As fairs committee would consider the nominu'ion next Tuesday. He expected speedy approval Senators of both major parties laWfied f’atteison's elevation to the cabinet pc*-t. Senate M.ijorlty iL* ad<*r Alben W Barkley said it was an admirable appointment, adding: "He has rendered a great serI vice and hast the administrative 1 quality to tarry on the work to the finish in th*- matter of dtmobiiiza'ion and readjustment " Sen. Style* Bridges, New llaflfp--hlr** Rspsblican, said Pat’»• son's appointment wa. '‘logical.” Other congreaaloMl comment on the appointment; Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D'i N. Y.: "A very good appointment. Mr i'attersoti is a very able and **ffl- * lent administrator.” Sen. Joseph (’. O'Mahoney, D., i Wyo.; ”1 think he ha,* done u re- ; markable job administration ' I’m for him." A Sen. Edwin C. Johnson. D., Colo., confirmed." A * B*i4t. Chapman R., i W. Va., "a vety good nomination." MacArthur Plans No Early Return To U. S. ■II ■ * Madison. Wis.. Sept. 19 (UP)— Gen Douglaa MacArthur d'x-s not anticipate an early return to the I’nlted States. Wisconsin's Gov. Walter S. Goodland revealed today. Answering Goodlaiid's Invitation I that MacArthur *vi»it Wteconsln when he returned to this country, the genera! radioed ye-terday: “Apprecla'e deeply .your cordial and gratifying invitation, but have no plans for returning to the United States in the Bear future.”

Government Agents Seek Solution; Oil Workers' Strike Gains Momentum

Lord Haw Haw Found Guilty Os Treason British Traitor Is Sentenced To Death London. Sept. IS—(UP)- William (Uird Haw Haw) Joyce was convicted of high treason against Britain in Old Bailey today alid sentenced to death on 'he gallows. A British jury took only 25 minutes to find Joyce guilty on the third count of an Indictment charging him with broadcasting Nazi propaganda while Ikritain and Germany were locked in a death struggle. The verdict brought to a grim climax the career of Joyce, who during the war cluttered the air waves with tales of Nazi might and sarcastic belittling of Britain's chance to survive the struggle. (Yiunsel for Joyce announced as soon as the conviction and death sentence were brought in that 'hey would appeal the case. The jury went out at 3:35 p. ra. IO W» igh tile evidence in the threeday treason trial of perhaps the most notorious renegade broadcaster of Axis propaganda in World War 11. lust Itefore the jury retired, Itin'ice Sir Frederick Tucker knocked the main prop out from umjer Joyce’s defense. He ruled that Joyce owed allegiance to the British ctown. regardless of his .'itizenship. The defense staked Its main hope of saving Joyce from the hangman on a contention that he was born an American citizen, la-camo a naturalized citizen of Germany under the Nazis, and hence was not subject to British jttirth-e. Judge Tucker ruled otherwise. Regardless of the fog of citizenship claims. Hie judge ruled. (Turn To i’sga 1. Column 5) Reception Thursday To Honor Monsignor Public Invited To Evening Reception The public L invited to the reception In honor of Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. Seime'z. pastor of St. Mary’a church, which will lie held at s o'clock Thursday evening In the audltoriiiito of the Catholic school Iruildlng on Fourth street. The investiture ceremonies wii. i be held at 9.30 o'clock Thursday morning in St Mary's church. The Most Rev. John F Noll D.D.. bi shop <>f Fort Wayne, will confer the Honor of Papal Chamberlain, wi h the title of Monsignor. A solemn high ma-s will then b«- celebrated, with the Rev. Ambroig; Kohne. of Goodlattd, as the celebrant. A proctajion of the visiting prelates, priests, Bishop Noil and Magr.-elect Seimetz will take place from the rectory to the church. At noon Msgr .Seimetz will be halt to Bishop Noll, visiting mon signori and clergy at is banquet to| !w* « rvxl by the women of th. par ■ the school auditorium. A short speaking pnwram will fol-, low the banquet. BHhop Noll will give the Invocation. Highway Repair Bid Too High, No Contract , The contrail for the repair or she concrete highway between Berne and Geneva was not let by the state highway commioslon yes terday for the reason that one bid tecelvod was above the estimate. John Dehner. Fort Wayne contractor, submitted a proposal of 517,070, which was above the e*tlmate. The stretch of road is 5.3 miles It la likely that another let-1 ting will be advertised by the nigh- i way commission.

Publication Os Second Tokyo Paper Halted MacArthur Orders 24-Hour Suspension For Press Violator Tokyo. Sept. 19— HPt G»n Douglas MacArthur today suspended a second Tokyo n?w»pa- ; per—the Nippon Times, usually regarded as a mouthpiece of the Japanese government for violating Ills pn <s dir<*<etvvs. MacArthur's hindquarters slapp»*d a 21 hour mispension on tile English Language Times for ’"/allure to submit certain impv for censorship prior to publication," an i>ffi- i:il announcement aaM. It took effect at 3:30 p. m. (1:30 a m. UWT» and wiO prevent publication <>f the Thursday morning edition. Tit*- action followed liy only a day suspension for 49 hours of another mottling newspaper, the influential Asahi, for publishing 'inflammatory" headlines amt dispatches in violation of MacArthur's directives. Ashal was scheduled to resume publication Friday morning barring an extension of the suspension. The twin suspensions eleaffly showed tliat MacArthur was determined to prevent the Japanese press from printing colored news that would tend either to incite the Japanese against occupation troops or to shift some of the blame for the J’aclfic war Antal hfid called the Amerki-n use ot the atomic bomb a violation of international law and bad cast doubt on the authenticity of itn American report on Japanese atrocities. Offending mst'-r which appeared in the Nippon Times was not disclosed initio I lately, The Japanese government, meuntime, moved to give legal effect to MacArthur's various di rectlvffs to Japan. The offici d Dotnel agency reported that tl *■ government jtad decided to promulgate an extraordinary imperial decree automatically legalizing all meaure* taken by Hit gov ••ininent at Mat Arthurs orders. Na Forecast Washington, Sept. 19 il'pt president Truman said today that tTurn To Pngs B, Column Bi School Teachers Are Lions Club Guests Men Teachers Guests « - Here Tuesday Night Men members of the yetatur i hools were guests of the Decatur Lion- club at th* weekly meeting of th*'- club Tuesday evening. Brief talks were made by Bryce Thomas, principal of the Lincoln school; Lowell Smith, representing the junior-senior high school; W. Guy Brown. piinci|>al of H" i junior-senior high school, and the ' Rev. J J. Heimetz. superintendent of the CathoU:* zchords. ■ a The educators briefly discussed operations of the city’s schZßols, their programs and future plans. The tcaehejs .present were as i follows; school -Bryce Thoma*. John Parrish and Ed Juberg; jun-ior-senior high---W. Guy Brown, Anrff* Ketchum. R. A Adams, Merritt Alger, Maynard Hetrlck % Vaughn Millikan. ’ Dale Ross, Deane Dorwin. Walter Krick. Sylvester Everhart, Albert Sellemeyer, and larwell Smith; Catholic schools—The Rev. J. J. Seimetz and Gerald Vizard. Glen Mauller was chairman of i the program. Ernest Karleff, new ! manager of the Kraft Chdeae Co. '■ plant in this city, was also a guest lat the meeting.

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Auto Workers Union Seek Settlement To Halt Intervention Os Government Men Detroit. Sept. 19 —(I'P)—The ('IO I'nlted Auto Workers I'nlon acted today to bring order Into its own house and beat government conciliators in settlement of sweeping strike threats In 'he automobile industry. As A battery ot federal lalmf department agents was ordered ii<So the explosive Detroit labor (gitnation, lU< hard T. Franken--1 steen. UAW vice president, ached* uled daylong conferences with i strikers and management at the KeleyHayes Wheel company. A 2R-day strik*- of 4,100 CIO members nt Kelsey-Hayes has forced Ford Motor company to ‘ suspcti'l production of 1949 pasI senger <a«s In 11 plants. Some ! 50 ago Ford employes are idle. This dinput*-, over dismissal of | 12 union stewards, is the major biot on th.- production scene in * iho automotive indunstry. It drew the government's finrt attention as President Truman chn.wßdu'ed broad labor controls in the de* ' part met,t of labor. Secretary of lalmr la-wis , Schwellenbach said Edgar L. Warren of Chicago, whom he named as the lalwir i number one trouble shooter yesterday. might be sent to Detroit i for first hand direction of settle* ■ merit of the current demands for j wage Increases in the auto industry Within a few hours after , Schwellenbach designated Detroit 'as the testing ground for the revitalized labor department's power to keep harmony between ' labor and management, there were signs that the strike teni slon her* was Knhsiding. Here is the picture: 1 Richard T Frankensteon, i international vice president of the CIO United Auto Workers and | <-andldat* for mayor of Detroit, ! -aid he personally would attempt ! 'o settle a dispute at the Kelsey* » | Hayes Wheel company, parts supplier, which Las idled 50,mm Ford Motor company workers. 2 Th** deadline set by the - ( AW for General Motors to reply i to demands for a 30 percent wage iim reasi- pitted without union leader* calling for » strike vote. They said, however, that tho atriki ballot probably would come later. •? 3 LAW officials -aid that even a small wage increase would be acceptable for the present if the full.,percent was not f*r;'hcoming at once. t -gtudehaker in* al No. 5 an* noitnccd that It hail accepted a proposal for a raise of 12 cents an hour. Tlie t'AW had threatened a system wide strike against General Motors If the demands were not met. 8 Demands for-it .10 percent wage I r*-as*- also were made on the ! other members of the Industry's I big tbre* Chrysler ami Ford. 7,000 Strike Chicago, Sept i!l ll'Ps A CIO oil workers nation-wide drlva tefor a 3ft per* *nt wag,- increase | to <-oto|H*nsate for loss of wartime • premium pay gained momentum ’ today when nearly 7,<MW» workers | stru* k at three of the country’s i largest refineries. This brought the number of ' striking oil workers to more than : Ift.ftOft. Thousands of additional oil I workers thr-atcn*-d to strike at refineries in support of their hourly pay l*o*ist demands. Five thousand workers represented by the United oil Workers I'nlon struck at the huge Texaco refim-ry at Port Arthur. Teg, I'nlon officials said workers at the wtearhy Gulf refinery would meet today “to arrange a shut--down ' there. I'OW spokesmen .«id that all major oil refineries in the high Texas gulf coast area from Corpus Christi to Houston. Port Ar* I thur and Beaumont, would be shut down unless oil companies yielded to union demands. Union memiM-rs In Houston, Tex, were casting strike balkrte (Turn To Fags j, Column Bl"~*