Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1945 — Page 1

i L . XLIII., No. 229.

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jjrders Arrests Japs Accused I Bf Massacre dSMocArthur Orders | (Arrests; More Os f (Veterans To Return | Kokyo. S-P*. 28 -fl?) On. ■K.-i',* MacArthur today orden-d KK a n<“<t of 34 Japanese accused uiawsacre of more than 100 war prisoners and announI that three veteran Pacific comdivisions would embark for United States within seven k*. be Japanese officers and men ■e accused of burning to death, •hine sunning and bayoneting plesa prisoners in an air raid Her at Palawan In the Philiplast Dec. 14. war department estimMacArthur said shipping k|K<>' will lie available for the re- * K-n of 1,400,000 men from the PaI K< theathei during the next sevmonths. Units to be returned I KloA UK the 43rd which is already . at Yokohama are*. 1 ■ rh ' - dt'lsion. Oct. 31: 38th So ' 1: a,kl ,he 37th Northe same time the supreme denied the Japanese rnin< tit the use of 260,000 toils shipping for Hie repatriation of soldiers from what was (K<.- Japan'* “Greater East Asli" ■ (Tien* wa.«, however, apparentjES* no direct connection between ■Ku. denial of shipping to the Japand an estimate that shipavailable for transfer of Amtroops homeward would in- .■ from 120,000 tons in Octobto 280.000 in April. j(( M.u Arthur said that enough Apersonnel would lie availthrough lowering of the num of necessary discharge points ■Mo in--' shipping allocations in JanFebruary and .March. £W The order for the arrest of the i Bi at < us..<| war criminals went out jßs| the American eighth army, but »a* not Hear immediately whethe wanted men were in Jap,|Bn or still in the Philippines. Some l(tt'.t 1 of the eighth have Just' mov«(i from the Philippine* into southJapan. t w X:i ' n “' l for co ’ n P ,lc,< y in ,h " I Kiassacre were the ranking officer. ' < <>i <>>•■ Satoshi, four captains. ESS? 3 fir ’* !!pu, '*nants, nine second l(j(ieiit-tiants, a probationary officer, warrant officers and four non|BommlHHioned officers. T I In Tokyo, Japanese police today i|Hhalt«l the sale of a Tokyo newscarrying a large photograph Gen. Douglas MacArthur and •H' fnp ‘ r " r Hirohito standing togeth- ( r In the American embassy. I I Col. Donald D. Hoover, MacArh«r’s civil censorship officer, ißyuned hy Implication that rhe Jap'W®* government may have order *&■*<! ,h ‘‘ ban ' 11 < * ,<l not with the allies, he said. The MacArthur Hirohito picture the only possible materm the newspaper — The Tokyo |(fihlmbun — which the Japanese i( g<l ”' r!i!,, “ nt might have considerobjectionable. | J The two-column cut showed uie t (emperor ir. formal morning attire I (standing beside — but a full head | ■shorter than - MacArthur in regEM u!attoft Khakis with open-necked 1 (skirt. | The Japanese traditionally be- | | lleve that no mortal should look I (down on their emperor, whom they I ( regard as a god, and rhls may have | ■ played a part in the ban. Upper I ( M °rle* of houses normally a**e I ( shuttered when the emperor passBs ' ’J n b’fmal procession. I The marked contrast between Hirohito's formal attire and Mac(Turn To Pwae Column }> DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER temperature READINGS 8 00 a. m. ...» M ’ o:<X> m W 2; °o P- m 78 Weather Occasional rain tonight and Saturday with occasional thundsratormti in the south and antral portions; cooler in the forthweet add north central Portions tonight and cooler, ex®*Pt In the southeast portion, ••turday.

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Task Os Fiqurinq Tax Bills Delayed The task of figuring the tax bills payable in 1846 In this county is being delayed because the state board of tax commissioners has not yet held a hearing here on the proposed levies, which must be done before the rates are finally approved. More than 10,000 Individual blits must be computed hy deputies In the couuty auditor’s office. The work cannot proceed until the state acta on the proposed levle-i and certifies the rates to the county auditor. o Gen. Patton Makes Report To Eisenhower 20 Nazis Reported Holdinq Office In Bavaria Government Frankfurt. Sept. 28—(UP)—Oen. George 3. Patton reported to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today on the denasif (cation of Bavaria, where army Investigators were said to have found 2o known Naris holding high positlos in the provincal government. Patton, military governor of Bavaria, arrived at Eisenhower's headquarters at 4:30 p. m. to explain pernsonally the stand he had taken that certain Nazis should be kept in administrative positions. Eisenhower bad ordered all Nazis ousted, and bis chief of staff had rebuked Patton for bis statemen's on the subject. As soon as he arrived from his third army headquarters in Bavaria. Patton went Into conference at headquarters. More than two hours later the conference still was go ing on. While it was In progress, reliable sources reported that an official army investigation in Bavaria hud establshed that a score of Nazis were In important provlncal government positions. Fifteen minutes after the conference began, Maj. Gen. Clarence Adcock and Walter oom. military government experts, were called in. Patton's trip from his Bavarian headquarters to Frankfurt in response to Eisenhower's summons was delayed when chilly rains baited air travel between Munich and Frankfurt. Patton set out on the 250mi!e trip by automobile to give Elsenhower his version of the dispute which arose when the U. S. third army commander said it was necessary to retain some former Nazi party members in admlnistrat(Turn To Pag* I. Column I) ■ <) —— New Display Room Opened To Dealers New Schafer Display Room Opened Here The modem sample and display room of the Schafer company, earlier of First and Madison streets, was opened last evening to 176 Duo-Thenn dealers from InCharles Hite and Mrs. Le oSaylora, showing of oil burning appliances which the local wholesale concern distributes In a twin-state area. The district meeting was in charge of Ralph O. Gentis, general wales manager for the Schafer company. The local meeting followed a gathering of Ohio dealers In Toledo last Wednesday, conducted by Mr. Gentis and attended by factory and district representative*. Karl Egeler, advertising and promotion manager of the Duo-Therm company, lensing. Mich., and Jack Nelson, of thfas city, district representative, attended and *poke to the interested deslers. Capt. Dan Schafer, who is home on leave from the European theater of war, also attended the two meetings. A complete line of the improved oil burning beating units and appliance* was displayed to the dealers. Plans for the distribution and sales campaign were outlined txTPM* I, Column 8)

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Pearl Harbor Probers May Hear MacArthur May Testify Before Pearl Harbor Group Washington. Sept. 28- (UP) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur may to a witness when congress' Pearl Harbor Investigating committee goes to the Pacific, It was learned today. The committee already has decided it will visit Pearl Harbor. Stops at Manila and Tokyo are also possible. The suggestion to hear MacArthur during the Pacific trip arose as a result ot President Truman's statement that he doe* not expect the general back in the United States In the near future. There is some belief that MacArthur, as commander in the Philippines when the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, might to able to contribute something to the committee's full-scale investigation of the circumstances surrounding the warprovoking blow on Dec. 7, 1941. The committee decided to visit Pearl Hartor to hear witnesses who wouldn’t lie readily available in Washington, as well a* to gat a picture of the physical layout at the Hawaiian base. Members indicated their desire to keep flexible the schedule of future activity. Sen. Homer Ferguson, It, Mich., said he was willing to go any place and hear any wlnesses that would contribute to assembling all the facts. Definite decisions on the course of action were deferred, however, pending a study by former attorney general William D. Mitchell of all available records of the attack. Mitchell, the committee's newly selected counsel, obtained working quarters yesterday In the aupreme court building and began looking around for staff assistants. Committee members. meanwhile, voiced resentment at a published report that politics Influenced their selection of Mitchell. Committee chairman Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, denounced on the senate floor a newspaper account containing the charge, it said that Democratic national chairman Robert E. Hannegan Injected himself Into the selection and that Barkley proposed a rule under which the counsel would question all witnesses and committee members would thereby be gagged. Barkley said the story was "without foundation" and was "an unequalled, unmitigated, premeditated falsehood.” - o ■ ■ Railroad Employes Vote Strike Monday Peoria, 111., Sept. 28-(UP>- W. C. Kelaer, Topeka. Kanj., vice president rff the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, said todsy that most of the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad's 600 employes have voted to strike Monday, the day-the government is scheduled to rc'urn the road to private management. Keiser, who has been meeting here with other union representative*. Mid the employes will have a mass meeting al 2 p in. Sunday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 28,1945

Gasoline Supply In City Reported Ample By Dealers A cursory survey today revealed that local filling atatlons have plenty of gawolfne for motorists. Local distributor* stated thelt suppile* were ample, providing the strike of refinery operat'-r* in the Calumet dWtrlet and Toledo, Ohio, did not run too long. Purchase of gas has Increased since the precious motor fuel wa« taken off the ration list and local station* have been very busy. Already, a better grade of gaaoline is toitig supplied by the manufacturer. dti«*x like Detroit. Toledo and eastern metropolitan areas are suffering from the pinch of limited supplies. o Argentine Students Plan General Strike II I ■ Protesting Arrests Os Liberal Leaders Buenott Aires. Sept 28—(UP) — Reliable sources said today that Argentine university student* were planning a general student strike in protest against the military government's arrest of liberal leaders. The number of arrests still was mounting, but three of the more prominent persons previously taken into custody were released last night. Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz. director of the pro-democratic newspaper I-a Prensa. and former foreign minister* Carlo* Saavedra Lama* and Jose Marla Cant Ho left police headquarters, ostensibly free. Among those still held, however, were the president* of the Buenos Aires, Litoral. Ttictimiin and Cordoba universities. The coordination committee of the School of exact sciences at Bueno* Aires university Issued a proclamation calling on ail students to join them in united action. Reliable sources said students at the school of exact sciences had decided to strike and were calling on aii other Argentine student* to join them. The federation of university students at Tucuman issued a similar proclamation yesterday in protent against the wave of arrests. The government was acting under emergency powers it assumed with re-imposition of a state ot siege throughout the country Wednesday night, it said action was necessary to stamp out all vestiges of counter-revolution and to prepare for national election*. A special government communique addressed to the foreign diplomatic corps last night explained the reasons for renewal of she state of siege and relteratd a promise to call for elections before the end of 1945. The government granted permission to Argentine cltlxens who had taken refuge in the Uruguayan embassy to leave the country. They Included Federico Pinero, former finance minister; Ramon F. Vasquezn a former judge; Ernesto San Martino, editor of Nueva Polabre and a former radical deputy, (Turn To Pags 6, Column 7)

Big Five Deadlocked On Balkan Treaties French Denounce Soviet Argument Ixmdon, Sept. 28—(UP)— The Big Five foreign ministers met >o•lay for what promised io be their final session*, still deadlocked over Balkan peace treaties. American delegation source* •aid they hoped for a full, final communique on ihe tbree-week conference tomorrow. The Balkan dispute for 'he mom ent was revolving around the right of France to participate in treaty discussions. ItuMia demanded that only she, the United States and Britain frame the Romanian. Hungarian and Bulgarian treaties. Another point in the Balkan situation wa* the possibility of recognition by Britain and America of the Soviet-sponsored government in Hungary. A British spokesman said he was unable to confirm reports that London was moving toward such recognition. The spokesman conceded, however, that in the light of recent report-* from Budapest, Britain was inclined to regard Hungary "In a rather different light" than the other Balkan countries. He hinted at a material change in the British attitude since parliament was told that all three Balkan government* were unsatisfactory. China indicated she was willing to be dealt out on the Balkan issue, but France stubbornly in--ist-ed that she would be heard on ail matters concerning the establishment of peace in Europe. U. 8. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes was said to recognize Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov's ataud that the Potsdam declaration provided for only the nations at war with 'he Balkan countries to write peace treaties with them. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault denounced the Soviet argument and insisted that the Yalta agreement guaranteed France her place in all European peace negotiations. "France feel* very strongly about tendeticie* to exclude her from vital disen®sioss,” a French spokesman said, "Why wse she invited to a conference of five if It I* suppoaed to to a conference of three? "France will not give in on thia (Turn To Psge 4, Column •) McGrath Nominated Solicitor General Washington, Sept. 28-—(UP) — The White House announced today that President Truman has nominated Gov. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island to be solicitor general of the United States. He is to succeed Charles Fahey, who resigned. The nomination will be sent to the Senate today. McGrath, born Nov. 28. 1903 at Woonsocket. R. !., attended Providence college and Boston University. He has been a member of the Rhode Island bar since 1929 and was U. 8. attorney in Rhode Island from 1935 to 1840. McGrath is now serving his third term as governor ot Rhode island.

Threat Os New Strikes In Nation's Coal Mines Raised By John L Lewis

Senate Nears Vote On Jobs For All Bill Termed 'Must' By President Truman Washington, Sept. 28— (UP) Senators hoped to make peace In the bitter jobs-for-all bill fight today and vote the government on It* way toward planning against depressions and widespread unemployment. The Senate wae called Into session an hour early In an attempt to reach a decieion befora nightfall on a bill which Pre*ideal Truman termed a “must” In his reconversion program. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, powerful Michigan Republican and erstwhile critic, predicted that with a few changes the bill would pass with almost unanimous Senate support. Meanwhile, another administration reconversion measure — the unemployment compemiutlon bill remained pigeonholed In the Hou*e despite a presidential plea fur action. Mr. Truman conferred with Democratic members of the House Ways and Means committee yesterday about the committee's decision to shelve the bIU. Four Democrats joined 10 Republicans in v&tlug to sidetrack it. Although members were noncommittal about the conference, best available information Indicated that Mr. Truman had changed no votes. A shift of three Democrats would be required to alter the result. Principal hopes for wace in the jobs -for-ai! bat'le were batted on an olive branch extended to both sides late yesterday by Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D.. N .M. Deciding that most of the controversy wm baaed on the bill's phraseology rather thun any real inability to agree on a goal. Hatch proposed a compromise revision of controversial “provslon No. 4.” That provision says the federal government should make what(Turn To Pag* S, Column 7) Geologist Disputes Pastor's Forecast Earth To Keep Goinq Billions Os Years Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 28 — (UP) — Take it from geologist Kirtley F. Mather of Harvard University, the earth will keep going for billions of years despite the forecast i a California clergyman who looks forward to meeting the Lord (Sunday. “From the physical point of view, there h nothing in the offing that would destroy the earth,” the professor said reassuringly in an interview. "The lurid pictures of a sudden debacle such as that painted by the Rev. Charles lx>ng are products of a vivid imagination and are wholly without foundation in scientific fact or theory.” When the earth failed to explode in vapor at 10:30 a. m. last Friday as he had predicted, 72-year-old Rev. Long explained he had talked the laird into granting a nine-day reprieve. However, as Mather sees it, WE day I world's end dayt will not come Nunday a* scheduled, nor will it come during the lifetime of any of the Rev. Ixing's 50 faithful followers in the Remnant Church of God in Pasadena. "There was a lime,” said Mather, “when scientists used to think that the sun would burn itself out in a very few million years. That, of course, would mean the end of the earth. "Now the atomic Ixmili has demonstrated the fallacy of such a belief. The bomb has shown us that the sun is a factory In which energy la being produced all the time. Its life Is practically (Turn To Page 4, Column 8)

Meat And Shoe Rationing To End This Year Flat Promise Made By Bowles; To Keep Some Prise Controls Washington, Sept. 28—(UP) — The public received its first fiat guarantee today that all meat and shoe rationing will pe over by the end of the year. The promise was made by price chief Chester Bowles in a letter to members of OPA's industry ad visory committees asking their advice on when price control* should be eliminated. Noting that gasoline, fuel oil, processed foods, oil stoves, tractor tires and cheese had already been removed from rationing. Bowles said: "Shoe* and meat will come off the list by the end of 1945- perhaps sooner. Tires and fats ami oiia will probaidy come off «*aily in 1946. That will leave only sugar from a three year rationing program affecting the lives of every American citizen.” lie did not indicate when sugar could be taken off rationing except to say it would be "when supply catches up with demand". That day Is not yet in sight. The OPA has already announced that one-third of all meats will be ration free beginning next Sunday, Final removal of the other two-thirds might come at any time* after that. Likely date* are tile beginning of the November <>r tinDecember ration period. The latest prediction of the end of shoe rationing is that it will come by pct. 15. Howies made it plain that lie still is mightily afraid of postwar Inflation and therefore wants to continue* price controls on many items at least until the middle of next year. "We believe that clothing, building materials, lumber, automobiles, washing machines, refrigerators and al! such consumer durable goods must remain under control for many months to come. Reconversion in these fields take* time and pent-up demand Is great," he said. „ imi „ i —| ,n „ Standard Time To / Return On Sunday Change Court House Clock At Midnight The town clock in the court house tower will be turned back one hour at midnight Saturday, the official step required in reverting to central standard time again in Decatur and community. Carl Pumphrey, local jeweler, who has the contract for main taining the* town clock, stated that the hands would be turned back at midnight, unless the county commissioners objected to the switch from war time or daylight saving time before 2 a. m., when the nation reverts to standard time schedule. The Indiana alcoholic beverage commisitcon has ruled that bars must dose on the daylight saving time schedule, regardless of when the clocks are switched back. This means that local taverns and club bars must close at midnight, police officials said. Since .March. 1942. the country has been operating on war time, when congress passed a resolution favoring the fast time schedule. Decatur's ordinance for daylight saving time* will again become effective at midnight on the last Saturday in April, 1946 and extend to the last Saturday in September. Daylight saving time during the spring and summer months we* adopted here by the council, following a vote on the subject is 1940.

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Oil Administrator Ickes Says Strike Threat To Security Os All Americans By United Press A threat rtf new strikes In tb« nation's coal mines was raised today by president John L. I-ewla ot the United Mine Workers as oil workers and refiners took their wage dispute to Washington for further negotiations. At Washington, Lewis notified the soft coal industry that he was out to organize supervisory employes in the nation's mines. He asked the negotiating committee of the mine operators to meet with i'MW representatives next Monday "to settle” the question. And he implied ihat the UMW would support current striirs by supervisory workers with sympathy walkouts. If necessary. "Failure on the part of you and your associates to accept this invitation (to the meeting with the UMW) will leave the I'MW to take such independent action as may lie required,” said In a telegram to Ezra Van Horn, chairman of the national bituminous coal operators negotiating committee. Labor sources In Washington believed the organizing drive was the start of a campaign by I-ewls to form a third major labor movement In competition with the American federation of labor and the congress of industrial organizations. Meanwhile, lop government of* licials moved into the deadlocked m-goiiations in the strike of 26,000 oil workers, which petroleum administrator Harold L. Ickes said "Jeopardized the security of eve:/ American citizen ” Across the nation, work stoppages from labor disputes left a tout 680,000 workers idle. Other uncounted thousands were being kept away from their jobs by a strike of elevator operators in New York City. In New York, leaders of striking building service employes and building owners prepared to meet with state mediation board officials, raising hopes for an early settlement of the dispute. A union spokesman said tha number of buildings affected by the strike had dropped to about 1,320 because 750 building owners had signed individual contract*. Police said 1,700 buildings still were affected by the walkout. Another serious strike threat was issued by the United Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employes of America (CIO), which announced at Atlantic City that a strike might he called against Montgomery Ward and company's whole sale and retail stores. A strike would affect 75,000 workers. The union said the walkout would be ordered whenever it appears that negotiations with the company will not result in a written agreement. A previous strike against Montgomery Ward led to government seizure of the facilities and th* ejection of Ward's board chairman Sewell Avery from his office by a detail of soldiers. At Seattle, memiiers of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Council (AFL) announced plans to <le> mand a 30 percent wage increase, (Turn To Paas S. Olumn I) Decatur Rotarians To Entertain Ladies The weekly meeting ot the Decatur Rotary dub Thursday evening was devoted to a busineas session. Wives and sweethearts of the mem tors will be guests at next Thursday's meeting, when Allen D. Albert, representative of Rotary International at the world charter conference at San Francisco, will he the principal speaker. Local Rotarian- and their wives will also attend th? charter night meeting at Berne Friday, Octolier 5. The charter of the newly-form-ed Berne Rotary club will he formally presented at thU meeting, which will be held at the Bern* high school at 7 pm. Mr. Albert will also be the principal speaker at thU meeting.