Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1945 — Page 1

XLIII. No. 246.

4 TOP NAZI WAR CRIMINALS INDICTED

p w lities Bon Strikes ptirhigan I Iff Cool Miners I B rcd T ° Return I > Work Monday Bi |!y I med Press piodiii flon . a mday *h« n the CIO ■HK. - Inion began a Mi ..., th- Consumers MM ,„.„|Mnv. uhirh supplies flSHßfnnnnii'i"* I . n hi.- job, however, and |&K maiiifaiix -d through■S -. in The whole inter■jaSf od his lasted only ■ fl strike < atne lens than 21 IHited Mine Workers BCS.!.- I din I. Lewis t ailed off ro.il -trike which had cut KgSuWii. <■ '■> steel and textile Bm% MB'<-oi irdities workers pick Km»l.hi s It Muskegon. Lansing MlB Hapidr, Comstock. Essexand Zilwaukee State were put "on call" but Gov r Kelly said he doubled would be needed. KK 1 j -aiii-’i' Power Company every important H ‘jw-tn et.’y except Detroit. It ||K customers. fi|M| - oil ininiiig was scheduled retimed Monday In eastern Egt«J Teriinnation of the strike, mB has idled 208,000 miners MM,>||<O.! 'he layoff of at least ■B- -lee) workers, would reduce MK >!f 'he 170,000 strike-idle Ktfl across the nation. i.(ruination of the soft oilier major walkouts New York waterfront were resumed only all.) film studio employes action to stop all MM** making in Hollywood. noting was narrowly MM*'-! ye-terd.iy when several AFL and CIO seamen in...1. -hipping adrninis MS' 11 ibadquarters In the most SS®iti' in. iden- iif the 17-day New H 9 longshoremen's strike. By- regular" AFL long reported to -he piers ar, Increase of more 4.<'(»< over the day before, additional 25.0<M) Insurgent i'atked by the rival CIO Erß'""’" nni " n - remained away their jobs, however. «W' surprise ending to the soft - am,. a ft«. r H tee| <>(M ,i a . ■V and other reconversion proBh» ! " I! a!r '" !, y had been serious »-edi-d i>y a | a< k of fuel. Bg :!o "" h *tee| worker* were their jobs in the pitta|kk" “ ftl ‘ "'* r, hern Indiana areas. i tl die loss of an rsti■P ' tons of ingot steel. RS " magazim. Iron Age said re-|M*-ntng industries would lose M-'-l'ltt tonal 225.00 ft tons of f in Pijjf ***•*• this week. _ "" administration offi EM «*,"? thp walkout in the soft BM. h!MI ’’hut down a total |M , 29 and will have rej>" 1,1 ?b: * Im * ot some 16,000- ° f <Oal ’• fore fu » Pfo* EsW’“ i 8 lS rextond. il\^ arv 's Mission I I Well Attended morning .ng g „. ’ he *L Mary’s g|H " rir “ n 'h have oeen largely • 43 « great interest is J®/','" ,hF ■'••trurtions and relliff <ll " n,lr »‘’* Riven by the two K ,i,w * Missionaries. M J* week's mission is for the mPn, hers of the parish, to Mr "’Wed by a mission for unEE mon 'heft next week. The |E h 1 hrOtt ’ ht to « dose ■ u ,, ‘ 0, ’ M>rran *’« of Forty V Devotion October 28. 27 and THERMOMETER « JMRERATURE READINGS gta m 54 K 30 •* m - as m* M weather ■LXu* n * l ml>< ton, 8 h L Friday InM.^,7 /'«udine O aM continued Mtk'n ( 9nt *«*'b'wers in nerthwart Wt Friday AtUmwen.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY. DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Admiral Nimitz Is Back In Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, Oct. 18—(UP) — Admiral Chester W. Ninths returned to his Honolulu headquarter* today without ceremony following a ’’victory tour’’ of his Pacific fleet warships in American home ports. Army headquarters here announced. meanwhile, that Maj. Gen. James Parker of Annlrton. Ala., 'had taken over command of the 2'th U. 8. air force, whose 11-2!» 2!» Superfortresses still are policing Pacific skies. Colonel Peron Resumes Power In Argentina 'Strong Man' Rides Back In Power On Wave Os Strikes Buenos Aires. Oct. 18—<l'P>— Col. Juan I). Peron. the resurrected "strong man" of Arxentina. rode back into power on a wave of strikes and bloodshed today and immediately began forming a mill'ary cabinet. An official government statement said Gen. Humberto Rosamolina and Hear Adm. Abelardo Pant in would be sworn in as minister of war and navy, respectively, at six o'clock this evening. Peron also reinstated Col. Filotneno Velaxco. the Buenos Aires chief of police who was swept out of office with him last week. The new ministers replaced Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Vice Adm Hector Vernengo Lima, the two leaders of the coup that tin seated Peron exactly one week ago. The third member of the triumvirate that had ruled Argen'ina for the past seven days—president Gen. Edelmiro Farrell —wel<ome<l Peron back into power with open arms. Vernengo was reported In flight aboard an Argentine warship and ail of Buenos Aires, at least, was firmly in the hands of Peron's supporters. Bueno* Aire* quieted down la'e this morning after wild shooting frays during which at least six person* were reported killed and almost f>o wounded. The general strike called by Peron’s adherents to celebrate his restoration to power closed the capital down almost completely. All business house* either shut down voluntarily last night or dosed their doors this morning on orders from armed Peronlsts who roamed the streets in well organized bands to enforce the strike. Earlier, at least eight persons were shot and wounded seriously after Peronlsts laid siege to the building housing the pro-demo-cratic newspaper Critics, largest afternoon daily In the capital. Peronints finally aitandoncd their seige before dawn, but the (Turn To Page 8, Column >) Jackie L. Hilyard Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon i Jackie Leon llyard, aged nix, died at 11:30 o’clock thia morn- , Ing at his home, 430 Elm street, after a four months Illness of Leukemia. , The child was born In Decatur October 4, 1339, the eon of Paul , Jackie Ix»on Hilyard. aged six. , and Norma Roth-HHyard. He was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving In addition to the parents are two brothers. Max Eugene and Leonard Paul, both at heme; and the 'grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hilyard of Decstu.- and .Mrs. Charlea Roth of Monroeville. Funeral services will be held st 1:30 pm. Sunday at the Black funeral home and at 2 o'clock al the First Baptist church, with the Rev. Carey R. Moser officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur eeI metery. The body may be viewed : at the funeral home after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon

& Joachim von Ribbentrop Estimate Cost Os ! New Hospital Unit Operating Deficit Estimate Is Filed The committee representing the petitioners for the special election to decide if Adams county shall build a second county hospital WH»t of Berne, estimates that the annual operating defl.lt for the proposed |97.5ft0 hospital will lie only 31.800 a year, according to a letter written by Brice Bauserman of Berne tn Thurman I. Drew, county auditor. This <I.BOO would be In addition to the levy for the payment of bonds and Interest. On a 20year amortization plan, annual payments on principal would be approximately 34.900. plus Interest, which would average at least 3L--000 a year, bankers estimate. Mr. Bauserman made his estimate on an 11-year experience record at the hospital here from 1934 to 1944, inclusive. However, from 1920 to 1934. the hospital suffered its largest deficits, records In the auditor's offp-e reveal. These beginning years are not Included In the committee's tabulations. The amount of money necessary to liquidate the bonds, pay the interest and operating exoenses, over and above income received by the hospital from patients, must be placed on the ballot. The election commissioners, ('. D. la-wton of this dty and Harry Moore of Cvy lon. will meet with Mr. Drew and Fred L. Lltterer, county attorney, to prepare the official copy for the ballots. "We have come to the conclusion that this would he a fair amount when we figure the amount the present Adams county hospital has cost the taxpayens in main(Turn To Psgs *. Column I) Meeting Tuesday On Victory Bond Drive To Organize County Workers For Drive Bring 'he boys home! Under that slogan, the Adams county war bond staff under the leadership of Theodore F. Grailker county chairman, will organize for the VICTORY BOND DRIVE ala meeting on Tuesday. October 23. at the American Legion home in this city. The county's quo'a is 3977.100, which is legs lhan the amount assigned to the community in the fifth, sixth and seventh war loan drives. Mr. Graliker stated that only one genera) meeting of the volunteer Itond salesmen in the county, including the townships. Decatur. Berne. Geneva, Moffrow. Preble and Pleasant Mills, would lie held. At next Tuesday's meeting Orville Maxtleld. district chairman will be here and explain the various Issues of government bonds to be offered in the VICTORY DRIVE. Motion pictures will also be shown and every member of the bond staff is urged to attend and help “finish the job.” Adams county has met Its quota in every bond drive and in a few esses oversubscribed the quota by 56 percent, it stands at the top of the list In doing the job. Mr. Grallker proudly emphasised.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 18, 1945

Top Nazis Indicted As War Criminals

Rotary International Convention June 2-7 Chicago. Oct. 18— (UPI -The 1948 Rotary International convention will lie held in Atlantic City. N. J.. June 2-7, It was announced today. Welfare Director Deadline Oct. 25 To Hold Examination Early In November Applications Crotn Individuals to take the merit service examination tor the position or county director of public welfare in Adams county, must lie postmarked no’ later lhan Octolier 25, the Indiana state personnel division announced today. The examination will be held early in .November. it was stated. The successful applicant, who will be named Isy the county welfare Itoard. will succeed Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, who tendered her resignation last July, effective on August 2®. The coun'y requested Mr*. Knapp to remain In the office until her successor was named ami she accepted a temporary appointment for not to exceed 9" day*. To be qualified to take the examination an applicant must he a high school graduate and must have had flve yeats «>f the last twelve of full-time paid experience in the Held of welfare work, education. public health, public service, business administration or a profession At least one year of the experience must have been bi welfare work or In a supervisory capacity. Two years of additional experience may be aulistltuted for the last two years of high school One year of college training may lie substituted for each year of the required general experience, hut not for 'he one year of experience in welfare work or in a supervisory capacity. . * The state welfare act requires ‘(Turn To Pace* 4, Column 6>

Chiang Kai-Shek Says Germany And Japan Are Equally Guilty

Editor's note: The following exclusive interview with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, obtained by Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press, constitutes an Important statement of policy by the head of the Chinese nation. Chiang reveals that he consider* Japan and Germany equally guilty of starting the war, but says that the ultimate fate of Emperor Hirohito should be left to the Ja pa nene people to decide. BaifTle's dispatch is the third interview of world interest he ha* obtained on hi* trip to the Far East. The first one was with Gen. Dougla* MacArthur and revealed that the Allied supreme commander intended to impose a firm peace upon Japan. The second one. with Emperor Hirohito, disclosed that lhe Mikado believe* some sort of democracy eventually will evolve In Japan. By Hugh Baillie President of the United Pre** World Copyright, 1945. hy U. P. Chungking. Oct. 18—(UPl -Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek bolieve* Japan and Germany are equally guilty of starting ihe war and that their punishment should be “viewed in the same light.” he told me Mi an exclusive inter-

irt QjlkL J® Hgrmann Gggrinw • Senate Committee Rewrites Tax Bill Individual Income Tax Cut Unsettled BULLETIN Washington, Oct. 18—(UP) — The Senate Finance committee voted today to relieve 12.000,000 low-paid individuate from federal Income taxes nest year. The Senate committee also voted to repeal, effective Jan. 1, the excess profits tax on corporations. This le estimated to save corporations next year approximately 82,555,000.000. Washington. Oct. 18—(UP> The senate finance committee today began rewri'lttg the 1946 taxcut bill with the question of Individual income tax reductions far from settled The committee was expected to approve cuts next year for both business and individual*. They may to'al slightly more lhan 35,000,000.n00. The big question was how the cut would be applied on individual income* Committee thairman Walter F. George, D.. Ga . had no doubt that Ute committee would favor abolishing the wartime excess profits 'ax on corporations effective Jan. t. lie expected some lowering of excise taxes starting July L "But," he told reporters, "on individual income taxes I couldn't give you any indication of what to expect at all." Committee sen'iment appeared almost unanimous toward eliminating. instead of reducing, the excex* profits tax Jan. 1. The committee had under consideration a variety of suggestions on individual tax reduction. The treasury department recommended repeal of the three percent normal tax. it would free’ about 12.4MMt.n00 low-paid persons from paying about 33|(t.ftoo.o'M» next year. It would spread a saving of almut ll < 77.*>.<"'U.«'H’ among more lhan 30.800,000 other tax(Turn Tn ?. Column <»

view. He did not suggest any special reprisal* upon Japan as contrasted to Germany. The Generalissimo said that "the long view should be taken" and expressed himself openly mi the question of whether any assistance should be given Japan to help it •■merge from lhe abyss. He said the United Stale* should approach the problem from the humanltarlan standpoint, adding, "again. 1 say, Japan should lie treated in the name light as Germany." I gained the Impression from lhe Generalissimo that he is not at all not for a split second In favor of a "soft peace” for cither Japan or Germany, but that ills attitude is practical rather Gian vengeful. My impression wa» that te Is chiefly interested in seeing emerge from the chaos left hy the war a world of people with true ideals of liberty, fair-dealing with peace, nursing no grudges, meditating no revenge for the war a few years henc*. Au to whether Emperor Hirohito should be permitted to continue to rule, he said that question should be decided by lhe view of the Japanese people themselves. The Generallwlak: piedlcted that (Turn To Page 4, Column 7)

Big Four Powers Accuse Leaders With Starting War-Killing Millions

Classes Resumed At St. Joseph School Claeses for the first and second grade pupil* at St. Joseph's school were resumed this morning, following a dismissal because of the lack of heat in tho school rooms. Repairs to the boilers have been made and the central healing plant in the school building, which also furnishes heat for HL Mary's < hur<*h. i* again In operation. Wage Boost Os 23 Percent Is Thought Likely To Compensate For Labor's Losses tn 'Take Home' Wages Washington. Oct. 18 (UP) The administration appeared today to lie working on a wage price policy that would give labor about a 23 percent Increase in basic pay rates. on the basis of statements by high officials, the administration's aim* in developing the wage-price yardslit k seemed to be: 1. Give labor raise* In basic wages that would compensate for part or all of the 23 percent cut in "take home" pay suffered with the loss of wartime overtime. This I* iiet tesary to keep purchasing pow er where it will stimulate production. 2. Permit price increases for manufacturer* who are squeezed let ween the higher wage rate* and rigid price ceilings. Require absorption of higher manufacturing tests at the distributor and retail levels. 3. However, make certain that there results no broad Inflationary rise In the cost of living. The overall aim. of counse, is to give labor and indusity definite guideposts for tonduct'ng reconversion wage negotiation* and theroby minimize production-crip-pling strikes. Reconversion Director John W. Snyder stressed these point* during the past two days In a aeries of important speeches discussing the administration's position on wages and prices. (Turn To Pag* 5. Column Judge Kister Orders Refund Made Owners

No Funds Available For Claim Payments Special judge Henry Klster, of Evansville, has made another n try in the William Fennig <Wa bash River Dredge t case, ordering a refund to those land owners wlto previously paid 9o percent of th lr assessed benefits in the proposed improvement. According to the report filed hy Homer Te- ter*, commissioner of drainage, land owners in Adams county have 81,285.70 coming to them In refunds. However, there are no fund* to pay the claims, county officials stated. A large number of land owners affected by the pjopo-ed drainage project paid their assessments and this money has previously been paid to attorneys and th- superintendent of construction, leaving only a small balance on hands. The clerk's record show* ths’ 816.624.3! was paid on court order hy Judge Klster. The entry ord .- ing the refund reads, "the amount of benefits assessed and lhe amount paid and the amount to be refund-d on the basis as 65 percent of said benefits assessed, the same being the difference beiwe n (Turn To Fsgs 3. £»l«m« 1>

Jap Narcotics Drug Industry Ordered Halted MacArthur's Order Dooms Lucrative Narcotics Trade Tokyo. (XL IM — H’l’l — The Allied occupation command today froze Japan * narcotics Industry source of 90 percent of the world's Illegal drug* -and seized |3<),MM.<iM worth of diamonds owned by the Japanese govern ment. At 'he same time. Imperial household minister Sotaro Ishlwa'a told the United Press in an exclusive Interview that Emperor Hirohito had no intention of ab dilating despite demands for his deposal l»y newly-emerging communist ami socialist groups. "While I have not asked him.” Ishiwata said. "I am confident that I mil correct when I state Ills majesty lias no in'rntion of abdicating at present since he considers it his duty to carry out the democratization of his country a* requested )>y General Mar Arthur." Mac Arthur's headquarters doomed Japan's narcotics industry with a directive prohibiting ail future planting anti cultivation of narcotics weeds and ordering the destruction of already planted. ■Tiie Japanese government also was directed to report within 3d days the location, ownership and amount destroyed of poppy and t oca plants. Ail exportation of hashish, cocaine, opium and opium derivatives such a* morphine was banned. Seized records revenled that Japan's two main narcotics pro. ducers turned out 120.<w0 pounds during 1911 equivalent to one pound for every 665 residents of Japan or about :to years’ legitimate supply. Col. C. F. Sam*, chief of the (Turn To I*u«e 7, Column Foresee Discharge Cut To 50 Points Probable Reduction By December First Washington. Oct IM (I'l’i Ail army men with M*> discharge poln'a should be out of uniform by "very early November" and the discharge store will probably Iw- reduced to 50 iiy Dee. 1, That’s ihe ou'look as presented to congress by military *pokt smen. The present "triticHl” score which makes men eligible for discharge from army rolls I* now 70 points. It I* sclieduied to go down to CO points Nov 1. Testifying before jhr senate military affairs committee, Brig. Gen II W. Berry, deputy chief of staff for personnel, said yesterday that If the army keeps up Its present rate of discharges an estimated 1,100,000 this mon'h alone--if will either have to cut the point score or drastically reduce the number of discharges by December. Acting chairman Edwin C. Johnson. D.. Colo., asked him, "when will tiie point score drop Io 50?" "I don't know." he replied. "Bu* It's going to have to be soon, or we're going to have that situation in Itecemlwr." Berry also reported a "marked jump" in voluntary enlistment*. This coupled with similar'reports hy the navy, may speed the day the draft can be ended. Berry said recrulta had come Into the army at a rate of better lhan 1,000 a day since lhe passage of a bill permitting oneyear enlistments.

Price Four Cents*

Formol Charges Are Mode By War Crimes Prosecutors; Plan Trial Within Month The big four powers today form* ally accused 24 top Nazi war criminals of plotting and starting World War 11. of murdering mor* lhan 18,000.000 civilians and prt*> oners of war by barbaric methods, and of plundering Europe on a scale unprecedented in history. Exclusive of battle damage, th y were charged with looting and destroying nearly |lW.oßo.oßß.Bßff (Bi of property in Russia. Franca and Cze< ht.-slavakla. In the killing »f more than Hl.* 000.000 innocent p- rsons. Including 5.700.(M>0 Jews, they Were charged with practicing systematic exterminations outside regular mlllthlY operations, The formal charges wert rnad-v by the joint International war crimes prosecutor* of the United States. Britain. Frame and Russia in a 30,000 word indictment. The document wa« made public d* Washington. Ixmdon, Paris. Moscow ami Berlin, and was handed io the Nazi criminals at Nnerenberg. » Th«- indictment I* the first compl te 'iffictal record of Adolph Hitler’s mad conspiracy to rule th'! world and of the horrible era of Nazi terrorism he nested. It wa« divided Into four counts. Twelve of the criminals, including Herman Wilhelm Goering. Rvdolph Hass and Joachim Ribbentrop wer<* accused on each count. The four counts are 1. Conspiracy — formulation of execution of a common plan of conspiracy to commit crimen against peace, war crimes and cilmes against humanity. 2. Crimes against peace planning. preparing, initiating and waging wars of aggression in violation of International tnstiea, agUM'iiifii! m and aßiuitaw <*n. 3 War (Times — lhe practice of “total war" which Included methods and practices In direct conflict with the laws and custom* of war. 4. Crim-s against humanity—tho murder and p-rseciitlon of all who were or were suspected of being hostile to the Nazi party and to the Nazi party’s grand conspiracy to rule the world. This included a plan to exterminate the Jews, the Poles ami the Gypsies. The indictment and lhe trial* to follow are more than an attempt to punish these particular 24 men. The four pow r* seek lo ind'.t t the Nazi master plan of world conquest and establish as a precendent in international law that the mm who start war* must die for their crimes, as well as the common soldier* who have to fight the battle*. Tiie defendants w«®-e indicttwl individually and a* members of 13 organizations "which should bo declared criminal by reason ot their aims and th means used for the accomplishment thereof.’’ Them- organizations included the entire general staff and high command of the German armed fore*, as well as the gestapo and the S 3. (’onvh-tbm of th« 24 leaders and a decision that the indicted Nazi organizations are criminal in nature would doom thousand* of Nazi smalt fry. All hut one of the 24 defendant* are held in Allied custody near Nuerrnberg -Martin Bormann. Hiller* deputy, is at large but was Indicted with the rest to make sum h- doe* not escape eventual Justice. The other 23 are expected to bs given about a month to prepa’H their cases. Then they will go on trial before a four-power tribunal of which Francis Biddle, former Attorney General. I* the U. 8. member. Robert 11. Jackson, supreme court justice and also former attorney general. I* the prosecutor for the (' 8. and signet! the indictment for tbl* country. The Indictment traces the history of the "master race” from the origin of the N vzi party In 1919 lo its doom last June, it I* a story (Tura To Pag* 8, Cotamn 4)