Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1945 — Page 1

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NATION’S IDLE WORKERS DROP TO 225,000

Bfcnese Move ■liquidate wat Trusts tliK Directive By I Aerai MacArthur | w np Education I BULLETIN Oct. 22-(UP)-Prince Kono * e ,o ’ ft oF at ,h * nr '* J«p« ne,e con ' S «S» r * ,rip E,T,p9ror H,r0 ’ ■ 9L many oowers which will - m the Japanese parliaI M <»'•' - 2 - (VP) ~ The announced ■ .IM.■ ,< »a» taking 'approBZMpn .> '<> li'l'iKia"with S M.i< Arthur's orders, already have been ■MK |, ' Kal lla,ionM * a ><«* declined to ■ .iu Imled Mitsui. Mitruami Vasuda. i I". -.im- time. Ma< Arthur ~f t. ii-l.il militarism from Miu.nl ln ,h *' wa> " l,f ■■ . .1,012 < ',.<112-- .11 ■K ' . M.ir\ithur win- aboli r, ■|Mr. i Wi-I instructors and a discrimination for any Km# against any pupil "t teat h S’ * Japanese cabinet** anB , w* n i"" ,ha ’ 11 wa " mnvin * ■#c th.- Zaibatsu—family infollowed a hasty .it limb reiicex among Preilaruii Kljuro Shidehara. minister Viscount Keizo ' ‘ »-•••• un minister S n <KM ind i.dry minister *VHKii’» °--‘ MUW;| ia and otner K trip' t member*. ■ u-»v. ininent had no objec- ■ fundamen.al Allied i ruing liquidation of nor will we enterMIA ~ ui li * ! " l,l '* a ln the future." ■ had told newsmen at . n< ~ only last week. ■ v " that such Daihatsu as ami .Mitsubishi were need ■ f-h'iild a peaceful Japan. ■ |y ’"’“l's of today's confer- ■ fly 1 *a? understood that the BK'iiii.im may submit legisia ■ M the diet designed to regu i>i£ corporations In the futtiie. ■ B' ! '"'Hit - education directive K^J' r *'d '*i‘- Japanese to keep I.is B W ll ' l "‘‘ r '' r * informed of their ■ ■ft-ss m, effecting demand.-d ■ B rn '“ ,n: *de all teachers and ■w !3i ' personally accountable ■Em 1 "t'll-l with the order ,n directive ordered a halt A■*' of til'ta nationilis idclologles and substitution of instruction in concept* KHnpri-M-m-.tiv,. government, inBB'’"'’ nSi P ‘* H, “- dignity of the and freedom of assem K*W ’P*** h and religion. "'''it-ri-d screening of all e-lu Kg* eliminate militarists ■W 3 nationalist* and those antagto the occupation forces. B OrfQn S. Hawkins | B*es This Morning IB- 'UTLAXh. |\’|», Oct. 22announced tod tv VV Morton s Hawkins, 84. ,-,wr.I Be/ I*’ 1 *’ ? " ,,!i ' h '* 1 ' °f ’wo Portland 1 < r , , n ** B P a P* r * and the Young IXT s “ na ’ toaal wnek’y. I ' bls ’Pornh.g m Washington. died unexpectedly In ■ K , ,plk *’ Hotel, where he w<• I Es T ,|,,r,n « " bualn- ** trip since rrlday. IB T F e I OCRAT thermometer HJ Mpe RATURE readings 00 a. m 49 IK ’• m - - 4 * |l :0 ° P - m ' ' 48 II F I father 1 r and colder with freeilng lKoiT r,tur8 * ln ~orth' * nd he * vy ME.. *® uth portion tonight. Tues|Ke^t *' r w,t h alowly r,tUng temUr ** "® rth ’Pd WMt por!Bt,’«'’lneM <> r < 1 d by " ,cr, ”'"o | | «H In late afternoon.

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Three Leave Tuesday For Active Induction Three Adam* county youths will leave Tuesday morning for active induction into the nation's armed forces. They are Hale Ted Beer, llobert James Dubach and Warren K. Kneus*. Three others scheduled for departure tomorrow were given postponement* to permit them to tornplete their schooling. They are Boger U*ster Singleton, f»yde Melvin Bird and Henry Oscar (Jetting. De Gaulle Wins New Strength In French Vote Communists Share Election Victory With Gen. De Gaulle Paris, Oct. 22 - (VP) — Com-i munists and Gen. Charles De I Gaulle ahared victory today in France's first general election in j nine years. Final semi-official returns from yesterday's election gave communist candidates 142 national assembly seats, a plurality of two over De Gaulle's second-place oo-ciall»t-Cathollc popular republican party and of nine over Leon Blum's third-place socialists. The Paris area voted almost solidly communist to glv» the party a plurality in the assembly for the first time in French history. ** De Gaulle's nioderat" party not only showed surprising strength in the assembly race, but the majority of his cabinet members won easily and he scored a landslide victory on his referendum demand-, for a r.ew French constitution and for emergency powers until it haw been written. De Gaulle himself was not a candidate, but his beliefs, policies and cabinet were on trial. The resultant vote of confidence vindicated his conduct since France's liberation and clearly strengthened his hand ae never before for the tasks ahead. Among leading political figures swept hack into the assembly were former Premier Edouard Herri >t. whose once-powerful radical (socialist party dropped to fifth place with only 19 seas: Foreign Minh ter George Bidault, nominal leader of the popular republican party, and communist party secretary Maurice Thorez Edouard Dsladter, another former premier* ind radical-socialist leader, was defeated In the Vaucluse district hy the socialist candidate, 37,975 to 15 947. The final standing by major parties in the assembly race was: Communists—l 42. Popular Republicans —140. Socialist—l 33. Tnion of democratic republicans —2«. ,'lurn Tn Pass 1. Column S)

Reckless Homicide Trial On Thursday Jury Is Summoned In Grandstaff Case The venire for the members of the petit Jury was Issued today by the county clerk to the sheriff, summoning them to appear in the Adams circuit court on Thursday morning, when the case of the State of Indiana vs Gerald Grand staff, charged with rec kless homicide. Is scheduled to start Judge William H. Schannen of Fort Wayne la the special Judge In the case. The state will be represented by G. Remy Bierly. prosecuting attorney, and the defend ant'a attorneys are Nathan C. Nelson of this city and R. C. Parriah of Fort Wayne. Grandstaff was indicted by the grand jury last December, following the death of Mrs. Ruth Cooley of Davton. Tenn., on V. R highway 27. near the north city limit*. The indictment sets out that the Grandataff auto crashed Into the Cooley ear. Mra. Cooley'a death resulting from hurfls and Injuries received In the accident, which occurred August 10, 1944.

They Will Smile From New Stamp Honoring Navy i, a i Jgi I & SYMBOLIZING THOUSANDS of enlisted men who made possible outstanding victories in the war. these sailor* will have their smile* reproduced on a new threecent stamp ’hat will be isnued for the first time on Oct. 27. Navy Day. The men In this Navy photo are not Identified. They are representative of all t.ie men ami women who served so gallantly while bringing the war to a victorious close.

Symphony Orchestra Plays Here Tonight Kryl's Orchestra Here This Evening Compositions ot the masters will Im- played by Kryl's women's symphony orchestra at the juniorsenior high school auditorium at s o'clock this evening, and music lovers will Im- given the opportunity to see the world-famous director and hear 0114* of the most outstanding orchestras in the world. TonltTht's concert follows the one given at 2 o'clock this afternoon for high school studen's and adults who attended in large numbers and were thrilled with the superb presentation of scintillating music. Ibthumir Kryl. the Czech conductor. will present the concert. Helen Lloyd is the violinist and concertmaster: Martha Chllcote, soprano and Clare Wolfe, harpist They are recognized as among the nation's finest musical artists. A feature ot the even.rg's entertainment will be Hie attendance of members of the Decatur Woman's club, the concert being patronized ns the opening program of the organization. Kryl's visit recalls his appearance here a quarter-century ago when he was conductor of a band tha' gave a concert on a Chautauqua program. At that time he pleased the crowd with Ills Anvil Chorus" number. The program for tonight's concert follows: 1. Overture to the opera ‘The Marralge of Figaro." Mozart 2. Andante cantabile (From Symphony No. 5), Tschalkowsky; horn solo by Be'ty Biermann 3. for harp and orchestra. Francois Thome; Clare Wolff. 4. The Moldau from "My Fath erland." Smetana, Intermission 5. "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs, Sarasate; Helen Lloyd. 6. Concert waltz. "Tales of the Vienna Woods',’ Strauss. 7. I’na voce poco fa from "I! Barblere di Sevilglia." Rossini; Martha Chllcote S. Caprlccio Espagnol, RimskyKorsakow; at Alborada, Variazloni. Alborada; b) Scent e canto gltano; c) Fandago asturlano. The concert is sponsored by the Deca'ur high school Glee Clulis and band, with tho Woman's. Lions. Rotary clubs, and G. E. Aeolian Chorus, cooperating in the sale of tickets. Q Apples Spilled As Truck Overturns Bushels of apples were spilled all over Thirteenth a'reet shortly before R o’clock this mutning when n Michigan truck, loaded with the fruit, overturned near Monroe street. The truck, driven by Wilbert R. Williams, of Blarnsena. Mich, was enroute south and when the driver applied his brakes to avoid running Into a passenger car. the truck overturned, spilling th® apple* all over the *treet The auto was driven hy Hebert Von Vian, of Chicago, 111. who slowed down suddenly to make the turn from federal highway 27 onto highway 33. Only alight damage wa* caused to the truck and the auto.

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Decatur, Indiana, Mon day, October 22, 1945

Dozen Autos Pile Up Following Accident Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 22—(VP) More than a dozen cans piled up behind a two-car crash yesterday, one mile south of the Allen-DeKalb county line, resulting In minor in- j juries to several persont and heavy ■ property damage. Soviet-Hungarian Pact Is Protested U. S-, Britain In Protest On Treaty ixmdon. Oct. 22 tl’Pr Official source* said today that the I'nlted Slate* and Britain have protested to Russia a Hungarian-Russian economic pad that would permit the Soviet*, to buy a half Interest In key Hungarian Industries. Political olmervers said the western Allies argued that the Soviets had no right to conclude a treaty with an enemy national without consulting them as joint members of the Allied control council for Hungary. Opposition groujM in Hungary al ready have charged that ratification of the treaty would mean virtual domination of Hungarian economic life by Russia. The treaty was signed last month and haw been approve d by the Hungarian cabinet. It has not Imen ratified by the Hungarian parliament as yet. however, the treaty would he In force for five yeans. The exchange telegraph agency ■ eported without confirmation from Budapest that general elections In Hungary have been postponed from next month to next May. Both the conclusion of the treaty and the rumored postponement of the elections well may delay American and British recognition of the Soviet-supported Hungarian government.

Glen Martin, Long-Time Jap Prisoner, Returns To Home

Glen Martin, 37, is home following one of the most gruelling experiences that might befall man, that of being a prisoner of the Japanese for four and one-iialf years. He is with his mother, Mrs. Ada Martin. 221 Rugg street. Until his case is officially cleared. Mr. Martin stated that he would not give an interview, prior to the release of the story by the intelligence department of the navy. Mr. Martin was taken prisoner hy the Japanese on December 14, 1941. when the Jap* captured Wake Island In the Pacific, where he was employed as a civilian worker for the Pacific Air Base Construction Co., of San Francisco. He was transported to the Japanese mainland and later was In a prisoner* camp in Shanghai. China. New* of hie arrival here was obtained from his mother, who stated that Glen “looked well and was In good health”. "Our happiness is mutual," she said, “and he is so glad to be home that he doesn't want to talk about bls expert ences."

Strike Picture Is Improved In State Hoosier Coal Mines Back In Operation Indianapolis, Oct- 22 — (I'P) — Indiana's strike picture showed at least temporary Improvement t<»day as more than 7,000 soft coal miners returned to their work and 1,000 employes of the McQuay Norris .Manufac'uring cortmratl >n were M-heduled to go back to their Jobs. District manager William G. I Stockton of the solid fuej* adminI istratlon reported that all 37 Hoosier shaft and strip mines Involved in recen’ walkou’s were back in operation today, with 7.145 miners returning to their job*. The McQuay Norris walkout at Connersville was scheduled to end today. It began early in Sept.-m tier. The strike followed a din pute over seniority rlglr*. FJlsewherc over the state, the major walkouts still In progress were at Evansville, Mum ie and Michigan City Indiana lalior commissioner Charles W. Kern r<-|iorfed that 1,900 still were idle at the four Warner Gear plan's in Muncie, #OO were off duty at the BucyrusErie plant in Evansville, and l.om employe* of the Pullman Standard Car manufacturing plant at Michigan City still were Involved in a jurisdictional dispute ie tween the AFL and CIO The Evansville walkout was described by the union as a protest to the plant's appeal of a war labor board ruling granting pay increases. The Muncie workers, members of the I’AW-CIO, sought 3C percent wage IsNists. Kern described today's improved lalKir situation a* "possibly a calm before a storm." i He foresaw a record number of worker* Involved in walkouts It a general strike of the I'AW mein(Turn Tn Past- t. Cnlonin

Whatever inroad® were made on his health during hi* long confine ment in the Jap prison eainps, * have been recouped to some extent. for his weight is hack to 137 pounds. He said he never weighed more than 140 pounds.

15,000 Glass Workers Strike; Truman Delays Wages-Price Statement

Mission To Study Jap Reparations To Eliminate Japs' War-Waging Ability WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. (VP) A special While House mission will leave for Tokyo during Hie first we- k in November to begin *1 tidying Japaneae reparation*. I: was learned ioday. President Truman has declared it with deciding what can be taken out of the Japanese economy and still have it capable of supporting the people. The emphasis will be on eliminating Ja frat 's ability ever again lo wage war. The order foreshadowed a move to break up the "Zaibalsu th great k.dustrial combine* that dominate Japan's economy ami in pirn are dominated by the ruling clique* that led the country ini', war. Reparation*, it was believed, will make th-* heaviest cut Into this group Much heavy industry also may he singled out for movement to the Asiatic continent for Hidevelopment of China and Korea Edwin W. Pauley, Mr. Truman'* representative to the Allied mission. A* a special economic adviser he will have Owen laittlmore. far eastern expert who favors rigid demilitarization of Japanese industry. iuittimor-. former political adviser to Generalissimo Ching KaiShek and now director to the Walter Hines Page school of pollthnl relations at John* Hopkins I t'i(Turn To z. t’elumn D Butter Off Ration List By January Washington, Oct. 22 (11’1 Butter will be off tile ration list by January and points probaldy will be reduced in the meantime, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said today. Anderson told a senate small business subcommittee he "in a* confident as can he" that ration Ing of butter, fat* and oils will he ended by January. He added that he "hoped" butter points could go down i,eforo then Truman Message On Training Tuesday 'Dope Stories' On Message All Wrong Washington, Oct- 22 — (I J’* All the “dope stories" on President Truman's message to congress tomorrow on universal military training are wrong. Win <• House secretary Eben Ayres said today. lie refused to say. however, In what respect the sfieculatlon was wrong or what the president would recommend. Ayres said he had seen a lot of siH-< ulation in the papers about what Mr. Truman would recommend, and added "Ail lite dope stories we have seen so far are wrong." The president will deliver the message at 11:30 a. m. ((’ST) Tuesday l( will be carried over major networks Nome congressional sources expected Mr Truman to sidestep any demand for “compulsory" training and to concentrate on proposals to build up the national guard and the reserve officers training corps in high schools and colleges through means other (han compulsion. One legislator said public support of peacetime conscription was strong during the height of the European war hu’ had tapered off sharply since. People, he said, I are peace-minded now. The adininlNtration already Is (Turn To Pag* 2, Column I)

Revolted In Full Control In Venezuela i—in mi——<l Alleged Misuse Os Government Funds Charged To Medina Caracas. Venezuela. Oct. 22 fl' P.) The last opposition to Venezuela's now revolutionary government flickered out today and provisional resident Rotnulo Bettancourt pledged a series of democratic reforms. Bettancourt said the government would call a constitutional assembly in the shortest possible time and hoped to lie able to hold national presidential elections with universal suffrage by next April. At the same time, ho said the revolutionists would respect foreign economic interests "without dis, rlminatlon" in the oil-rich country Revolutionist l-aders pre vlou*ly had charged that the country was not realizing sufficient profits on its petroleum production. Armored cars quickly quelled the last alia, k In Caracas on tie evolutionists late yesterday It least one person was killed in the exchange of shots between the NUccessful reliel* and n group of supposed communist« near the newspaper El t’niversal. 1 Passengers on a Pan-American airliner which arrived in Miami last night said Venezuela was a scene of bloodshed, confusion and looting when they denarted. One American passenger estimated the total dead between 2,000 and 5.01,0. Another said rebels used Amcrlclillinade planes in the first Immldng of Caracas.) Outside Caracas, opposition to th,- revolutionary government < dlapsed suddenly with i switch of western militarists from ousted President Isaias Meduia t , tin- mi lltary Junta. Bettatuoiirt confirmed at a press conference that Medina and mem-ls-rs of hi* cabinet would l,<- tried for alleged misuse of government funds. All but two members of the cabinet have lieen arrested by revolutionist*,. The two still at large look refuge In foreign <mhas*!es. Bettancourt said his provisional government also would: 1. Restore ample civil liberties after the present tension ha* ended 2 Permit all parties prosumab(Turn To Page 2 Column 3) Good Progress Made In War Fund Drive No Official Figures Available To Date Soliciting In the national wir rand and Decatur Community Fiii-d drive is progressing very nlc-ly. James Elberson. city chairman, announced today The goal is >10.9*3. Several ot the teams have just about completed the canvas* of their districts. Whil • no official figure* are available at this Hine, donations are hong made In tlm proportion of last year, the canvassers report<*l Several of th- major Industries and their employes participate in the drive through the payroll contribution plan. The result of the canvass in these industries is exported hy the last of the week. The drive for the war fund is also being made in Berne, Geneva, Monroe. Pleasant Mills and Preble, the quota for the county outside of D catttr being 13,075.15. Igist year the combined drive was oversubscribed by more than 25 percent.

Price Four Cents.

Back-To-Work Move Cuts Down Number Os Idle; Stacy Is Given Chairmanship By t'nited Press Fifteen thousand glass worker* struc k today a* a week end back* to-wotk movement In other Industries cut the* total number of •trike Idle workers almost In half. The number of Idle workers dropped from 450,000 yesterday to approximately 22- r ,.000 today, witli the- return to work of Michl* gan I'tillty workers, miners in soft coal mines in Ove slates and partkipants In a number of small stoppages. The glass worker*' strike was the second industry wide' walkout called Kim e June 1 by the Federation of Glass. Ceramic and Si|ica Worke rs. CIO. The strike was called after a break clown in negotiations for a new con’rsct with six plrat* of the- Pittsburgh Piste Glass >'o. and four plants of the ’ '..oy OwensFord Co. t The struck plants are In Ford City and Creighton. Pa.; Ottawa. 11l ; Cleveland and Toledo. o.: Charleston. W. Va., Shreveport, lai., and Crystal City, Mo. A s’rlke of 1.700 CIO steel workers c losed the West Ix>echbiirg. Pa . plant of Allegheny-laid-him Steel Corp. The company charged the walkout was in violation of it* agreement with the union and that negotiations for bonus pay would Is- suspended until work wa* resumed. The general back ’o work movement In other industries was iicconipanied by an announcement by President Truman I ha’ chiet justice Waiter p. Stacy of the North Carolina state- supremo court had accc-p'cd chairmanship of ’he national labor management conference scheduled to open in Washington Nov. a MeanwJiile, the president postponed an announcement, previously expected today, on the administration's wage price policy. Mr. Truman's wage* price policy may lie announced later this week. Miners in all but two rdrikeImund pi’s went back to work on orders of I'nlte-d Mine Workers president John I. l.>-wis after a week of frul’le— negotiations with government officials and soft coal operators. The strike- had cost the nation an estimated 1,300,000 tons of coal a day. only mines still Idle wen* four Jones and laiughlin mines in Pennsylvania, where 3,100 men were* out in a dispute over the discharge of a driller-helper lest Sept. 12. and the- Duquesne Light company mine at Harwick. Pa, when- too miners were out in a local dispute l . The return of other miners paved ’b< way for a similar hack-to* work movement by 30.000 steel workers, who were laid off when mills were forced to reduce operations lieeaiise* of the fuel shortage. Violence flared In the Holly* wood motion picture strike. Thirty non strikers charged a picket line nt paramount Studios, as the ph k<-t lines set up by striking film workers were extended to (Turn To Page 2 Column 3j Unmarried Members Mission Opens Here A mission for the* unmarried members of the parish opened at Nt. Mary’s Catholic church last evening, following the week's mission for the married member*, which closed at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon The ml-wion will continue to next Sunday, dosing with Thirteen Hours Devotion in the evening. In addition to the morning masse*, services will be held eac h evening at 7:30 ('dock. Yestc-rday's dosed with the renewal of baptismal vows by the congregation and the imparting of the Papal blessing by the Rer. Eugene Lucky, PP. S.. who atao delivered the final sermon. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given by the Very Rev. Msgr Joseph J. Sclmetz, pastor.