Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1945 — Page 1

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325,000 GM WORKERS HOLD STRIKE VOTE

Soins Divided jwresidenl's pifling Plan Military Men I SeßTro ,n,n g Plea I Too Late MU,o.t. 21 - <IT> - ■J|H , s ~!■ military <*fft !•,. si.l.-ll 'l l 11111.(11* b9Hh mm. r«al military ||BM !..<> lat«- io fuii i ff'* '■ . i „> that in'<-rnat-■■K . • • mil diminish .ix ■ ’•brink*. Th- . ;.,i. .w** < rested to \ci* ill'' xlll itlklllK ■9K| U - h no policy de■2^K*: ■' f ‘" K9K I’"*' *- ,r '" !h program. • divl<h*<l and Hw BfiML i ■ *<»■ «>! 01,1 ion I* .id* r* hop |||||B ... "' .'..1 of th- y.*at Tn-y MM titith* i- delay would . . al too h '!• ■||H non (ampaimi |||||K , A.on.lll' wen- I.U--1 ■H- |;. pu-.ii. ar..- ami Demo ■■l IT- fa*' is that congress Is-B- 1 * r " i -al military training SES 111,1 al p,,inl durln K ggM iin.-asiiies.* among in.n the long haul, o (onio when ’hey niii-t he in a position to ■itfma-*' attack if we are to KmKb ll ' l ' lllll - 11 safe'y. The more KjdHli.l' - consideration ia our significance 111 the world adjusts itself to peace KSko’ioii- that the universal recommendation was la e do not imply any id Mr. Truman On the likely that the recommendations to yesterday went further mili'ary men had dared ■ ..in..1,;- M inor officers of the ■MI x.. !U1 ,.. there is an anxious HBB in Ac should have adoptPHI< .did definite policy on national d>-feiiae before ■EI Ion;: ago as last June IK a <>f army and navy men -'I before the house past pli| imli'ary committee. (Jen C Marshall, army chief of MM told the committee that <d a universal militarv |®*'ig l "" ura,n w “’ l 1,11 immed ■Hnia*p.r of uigent necessity." M i '“ ll * •■ooses his words care H& When he says something and urgent he means attention right now. ||B was four months ago. frank,y ,o| d the com iSm' !ll: " “ **‘‘ rln,, e and strong I S' ry h ‘* rc would make effective abroad r ’Poking particularly of terms. ■' 1,1 dissatisfaction ■turn To i'ag* 2.~ ") ~ ■my Recruit Office ■ Local Post Office army recruiting team TunsW Ht ' ap a temporary recruiting ■" >» the lobby of the Deca- ?| |MW ’ office. Representatives ■P ,! ' p F ort Wayne recruiting ■‘O'* will Im at the post office W? 5:30 a.m. to 12:5® p.m. No- ' ®nd 21 to Interview proaWire army recruits. „f the recruiting team gb-T ere ln •tecatur 'iuesday in W'*d Maj. Sidney J. Ferguson re■i'lng officer from Fort Wayne: W Borman Meyer. CpL J E. w y and Cp|. Robert T. Pace ■ p a<e is a resident of Gene- ■ •nd recently returned from W •». where he participated in major battles | n the Euro V n theater. ■ tfl° o C ? at ™««mometer ■ar. IRATURE READINGS C.. 1 ' 38 M 8. m 38 Eoo p _ J p- rn 42 ■Cloudy .jj ßA T HIR ■ht * nd 000 wl,h occasional E Thursday clouKin. . warmer with liflht #..., *" d ontcome south por-

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Navy Day Program Held This Morning Veteran Os Pacific War Speaks Here Decatur's ob» nance of Navy Day was held thia morning at the junior-senior high school wi'h high school students from the Decatur and Catholic schools participating and Lt. <*. 11. K.-ily, I'HNR of Purdue university, a veteran of the Pacltc war, making the principal address. The navy officer, who had combat exp rience through a long period in the Pacific, from the Gilbert islands north to Okinawa, stressed the Importance of ma t>taining a strong navy in peace time. Educational advantages fcr young men who join the navy w<re also emphasised by the speaker. It was pointed out that even in this atomic age, a strong navy was necessary to protect this country from attack and invasion and to transport men and supplies, where and when needed. > The Inspiring program, which was also alt'-tided by many adults, consisted of the presentation of the flag hy the Boy Scouts, the reciting of the pledge of allegiance, led by Ixtwell Smith, und the singing of the Star Spangled Hann- r by the audience, led by Ml«s Helen Haubold, music instructor In the Decatur high school. The Decatur high school glee club sang "Sky Anchors" and a double trio from the Catholic high school sang "The American Cr ed." The program was presented by W. Guy Brown, high school principal. 11. Vernon Aurand, county chairman for Navy Day, serveci as chaii man of arranfetnotils and <»b _ CTurn To Pago 1. Column 2) Former Resident Os Pleasant Mills Dead E. C. Clevenger, former resident of Pleasant Mills, died Tuesday at his home in Toledo. 0., according to word received by friend* Funer. al arrangements have not been completed.

Teacher Convention To Open Thursday —— Noted Educators At Fort Wayne Session Fort Wayne, Ind.. Oct 21 — (UP)— Approximately 3,000 teachera are expected to attend th*Northeastern Indiana Teacher* association convention tomorrow and Friday. Tney will hear well known educator* at Cour general sessions. Including Henry Wolfe, international relation* authority; Mrs. Olive Clapper, wife of the late columnist Haymond Clapper; Dr. Arthur Steinhaua. professor at George Williams YMCA college at Chicago, ami Dr. Will Carson Kyan. of the University of North Carolina. The teachers al:io will attend sections In which individual studies will Ire discussed. The subjects will include art. athletics, business education, classics, industrial arts, literature, oral English, physical education for women, sclencct, social science, agriculture, home economics anti mathematics. Business scheduled during the convention Is the election of officers of the association. The Decatur ami Adams county schools will be closed Thursday and Friday to permit all teachers to attend the convention. Moose Lodge To Open Series Os Programs Adame lodge 1311, Ixryal Order of Moose, will open the entertainment program for the winter months with a dance and oyster lunch Friday evening. All members are urged to attend and inspect the newly-decorated lodge home. Friday night's entertainment will be the first in a series of pro grams, one feature of whlMr will be the annual Christmas party. Members of the entertainment committee are Henry Braun, Elmo Miller and Dick Herman.

Distortion Os News Charged To Jap Papers Blunt Order Issued By Spokesman For General MacArthur Tokyo. Oct. ’< — (ITi A spokesman for Genera) .MacArthur issued a blunt order to leading Japanese newspapers today charging them with distorting news and falling to comply with a recent headquarters directive calling for unrestricted discussion of the impel ial household. Col. Ken 11. Dyke called on the newspapers to establish a more 'independent" editorial policies or make way for a press that will. Dyke, chief of Mac Arthur's civil information and education section, outlined a four point program for the Japanese press and radio. The order was issued as one of Tokyo's leading newspapers became involved In a "laiair dispute" with employes who demanded the resignation of the manage ment. Five employe representatives who brought demand s for "democratization" of the newspaper Vomiuri Hochi were discharged. the employes met and voted to refuse compliance with the dismissal order. Meanwhile assistant secretary of war John J. McCloy made an urgent telephone* call to Washington and worked until 3 a m with bis staff after daylong conferences with MacArthur yesterday. The Japanese press and radio was warned that hereafter they will he expected to: 1. Report on domestic and foreign news fully and truthfully. 2. Explain adequately the aims and activities of the Allied occupation forces. 3. Permit and encourage free discussion of all issues which have a bearing on the welfare of the Japanebe people. I Provide* all segments of responsible public opinion with equal access to 'he channels of public expression. Dyke said that the present treatment of foreign news by the Japanese press "Is hardly the way to prepare the* Japanese* people for their eventual entry into the community of nations." "Free discussion of the issues confronting the Japanese people," he added. "Is necessary in order for them to decide intelligently on their future form of government." A conference of radio and newspaper executives was called after a survey showed that certain stile jects had been systematically ignored by press and radio while others had been "grossly underplayed," Dyek said. He asked them to explain MacArthur's directive on freedom of speech in "terms people can understand," adding that practically no’hing was being done to explain what he said liberal groups regarded as a virtual tnagna charts (Turn To Paws i. Column Si

Former Berne School Superintendent Dies Funeral Held Today For Dr. C. 0. Lehman Funeral servlere and hurlal were held this afternoon at Geneseo, N. Y„ for Dr. C. O. Lehman, 52, former superintendent of the Berne ■chools, who died Monday at his home in Geneseo. Dr. Lehman had been, suffering from carcinoma for the past three years. A native of Berne, Dr. I*ehman was superintendent of the Berne sehoids from 1920 to 1923. For the past seven years he had been president of the New York State Normal college at Potsdam, N. Y. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. J. F. l-ehman of Berno; the wife, formerly Carol Betzner; one daughter. Marjorie, at home; two brother*. Clinton !.ehmsn ot Chicago and Adolph of Rochezter, N. Y., and three sisters. Mrs. M. M Baumgartner of Berne, Mr*. W. A. Albrecht of Columbia, Mo., and Mrs. G. T. Hogg of Oskaloosa, Ja.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 24,1945.

Gives Report On ?\tom Bomb ■K. □■■■I — — 7~r * 1 jgllJ' I t I • i | B f J REP. CHET HOLIFIELD of California 1s shown as he displayed to the members of the House of Representatives plans of atomic bomb weapons projected and under study. Above he is demonstrating one type- of bomb which would be propelled by jet from the tail section which would later drop off and the shc-il itself would go to the tar get. He told the members that a great deal of research would In* carried on before any commission for atomic development would In* put into effect.

’Hands-Off’ Policy In Colonial Unrest Ask U. S. Insignia Taken Off Equipment Washington. Oct. 24— (VP) — The t’ni(ed States has asked the British and Dutch to remove American insignia from all lend leas** -quipment used in the Indonesian revolts, it was learned today. The action emphasized the "hands off policy adopted by this government toward colonial unrest in Southeast Asia. informed sources said messages were sent to the British and Dutch following reports that tanks and other equipment landed to quell the nationalist uprising* in Java in many cases bore I'. S. insignia. "We don't see how we can take this equipment away, yet we want to make It clear that the I'. S il not involved in this trouble," it was said. No response ha* yet been received from the Dutch. This is not tak en as a dissent, however, since Britain agreed immediately to respect the I'. S. wishes und a Briton. Admiral Lord Louis Mountsbatten, is supreme commander In the Southeast Asia area. Mountbatten, it was explained, was charged by the Allies to carry out the occupation operations, In which use of lend lease aid is legitimate. The nationalist uprisings which have accompanied tho operations in some places have com plicated the picture, howeve**. The use ot lend-lease material In this instance has added new urgency to the problem of defining exactly what "strings" the U. S. still has to this type of property. In Indonesia, lend-lease aid 1* being used by the recipient governments to protect their position against nationallxt uprising*. Bat the recent Venexuelan revolution found lend-lease planes, machine guns, tanks and jeeps used by ihe rebels to overturn the established government The Indonesian situation also has a potential parallel in China There. Generalissimo Chiang KaiHhek has larged American trained and equfp|H*d forces to twister hl« (Turn To t’awe Z. Column «> Dr. James M. Burk Is Lions Club Speaker Dr. James M Burk, Decatur phy-' slclan./was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday evening. Dr. Burk presented an interesting review of the early medical history and the lieginning of medical education. Ed Highland was chairman of the program and the speaker's father, Avon Burk, was a guest. The club will not meet next Tuesday, hut will attend a Joint meeting with the Rotary club Thursday. November 1. when Boy Scouts of the city will lie honored. The Lions also voted a |s<> contribution to the war and community fund drive.

Six More Persons Drawn As Jurors Six more persons have been drawn to servo on the petit jury and Judt;e J Fred Fruchte has ordered the jury commissioners to convene this afternoon and draweight m ire The names selected yesterday were. Charles D. Te**p|e. Waller Whittenbarger. James E. Ellsworth, Leona Donnelly. Edward Stahly, Henry L. Dehner. The jury is scheduled to he callled tomorrow in the trial of Gerald 'Grandstaff, charged with reckies* I homicide. Os the 12 original mem ’ l»*rs, two were excused and others i have asked to lie relieved of Jury I duty Urge School Pupils Aid In Bond Drive Kick-Off Meeting Is Held Tuesday Night School children may obtain plaques for their « lass rooms and have duplicate plaques attached to the beds <>f wounded veterans in Billings hospital at Fort Benj. Harrison and Wakeman hospital. Camp Atterbury, by participating in the sale of victory lamds, Orville Maxfield of Fort Wayne, district iMOid chairman, explained to a meeting of city and township bond workers at the American Is*g|im home last evening Gerald "Doc" Vizard, who has been named county agricultural chairman for tin- victory drive, succeeding Dean Byerly, who has gone to California for a visit, also emphasized the scliool house competitive bond sale plan and urged the children to participate. Tile meet illg was tile kick-off for the* county drive which will be launched Monday to raise the county's quota of >977,100 in the notion’s drive for IH.OOO.otMi.Ooo to provide mustering out pay for men and women of the armed forces and final war payments. Theodore F. Graliker. who has served throughout the war period as county chairman of the bond staff, presided at the meeting and greeted the group of vohiiib-re, who represented every district in 'he county. -Mr. Giaiiket expressed his thanks io the men who have served unselfishly in the former war bond drives. Other speakers on the program were Earl Caston, co-chairman, who. like Mr. Graliker. has served on the staff since the first bond drive was launched French Quinn, chairnwin of the speaker's bureau, made an inspirational talk choosing for his text. "We have made a good fight; we have kept <he faith.” He urged workers to finish the Job assigned them and thanked the group for hearty participation in all other former drives. Arthur R. Holt house, city bond chairman, urged the workers to "complete their service record and get an honorable discharge from the bond army," drawing a simile (Turn To Fa«o X, Column 8/

CIO Auto Workers Vote On Whether To Strike On General Motors Co.

Quisling Pays I With Life For Norse Betrayal Norwegian Traitor Executed By Firing Squad This Morning Oslo. Os. 21 il'Pt Vidkun Quisling, who rold out his count ly to Germany for gold and a puppet government premlersb t». was executed by a firing squad in the IKHt century Akershus Fortress at 2 I” a.m today. The justice ministry announced that tin* death sentence wax carried out after King Haakon in slate council yesterday rejected an appeal for mercy from Quisling's wife. Quislings l>ody was cremated ■(mu after the execution, and th*' urn of ashes will la* held by police (lend Inga decision by Haakon on its disposal, the minister of Justice told the I'nlted Press Quisling himself had written the King pleading bls innocence, but he did not ask men y. He was condemned by a Norwegian jury Sept, io for treason, murder and theft. Hi« appeal was rejected a month later Icy the supreme court. The man whose name became a eymlHcl throughout tin* world for treason and puppetry in govern ment went to his death at the same prison wher«- th*- Germans executed Norwegian* who opposed the Quisling regime*. No newsmen were present at the execution and Justice Minister Joiin.itni Cappejlen n-tueed to reveal whether Quisling had died bravely or had become* hysterical ,c 4 he did at his trial Quisling was the* first of the Ellropefin traitors Io sell out his country to Germany. With his connivance. the Germans .rivalled Noi kay April 9. 1910 and within a 1 few weeks had overrun the entir** country. At his trial. It was brought out CTurn To l*sg» Z. Column i) Ask 375 Millions For New Hospitals | Appropriation Is Asked Os Congress Washington, Oct. 25 il'Pi t'ongreuz was aek'*<l today <> put up -.T7s.OtMi.omi toward construction' of hospitals and health center-; dur-j mg the next five years Nearly stt percent of the mon<*y would go to southern states The Senate Education and lactcir: committee, in line with President Truman's request for legislation authorizing federal aid toward hcMpitul construction, him approv-i ed a measure which would: I Provide* for federal grants of |7s.<hmi,<c<mi a year for five yearn j lieglnning with fiscal 1917. The government's contribution would range from 7,,'t *., percent in the richest states to 75 percent In the poorest. 3. Authorize* immediate expenditure* of 55.0mt.mt0 to pay half the cost of surveys of hospital* and! health centers needed In each alate. 3. Create a special federal hospital council through which state j building plans would he cleared. Sen. Lister Hill, D.. Ala , sponsor of the measure, said he expecUt to call It up for Senate action next week. In all. the bill would stimulate construction of nearly |7oo.oon.bm> worth of hospitals and health centers during the five-year period In addition to the federal government* 1375.mm.d00, funds totalling 1320.000.000 would he put up (Turn To Pass 1, Column »>

Traitor Shot ■ts) pJ n? J j Vidkun Quisling. Norwegian traitor who sold out his conntry to the Nazis, was executed by a filing squad at Oslo today. Military Control Is Ended In Hawaii President Truman Orders Suspension Washington. Oct. 21 tl'Pi (•resident Truman today ordered the end military control in Hai wait. The Presidenf ac ted t;V suspend illg an order of Oct I* 19 0, ill which the military cctmmander of Hawaii was given virtually tom plcte control over the Hawaiian territory, Tlie commander's authority «*x {tended to Hie evacii.ition. detention or exclusion of any pers >n when necessary to guard against espionage or saltotage. Ills authority also extended to navel within lh<* Hawaiian mill-; tary area, possession of radios, and : the publication of foreign lang uage newspapers ‘ Today’s executive order stated j rdmply that the exercise of this I military authority in Hawaii was 'no lotigei neccertary in the Interests of national defense Mr Truman's new order does not affect any prior offenses or IX'iialties due to violation of any ! <»f the regulations issued und*-r th** order <>t 1911 Ickes Says Supply Os Coal Sulficienl Relax Control On Hard Coal, Coke Washington. Oct 2t Il'PiSoial fuels administrator Harold I. lc*k *s ! said today that then* should be enough (luil to go around <hl« i winter even though some eoilsum «*r* may not lie able to k t th* u : favorite aatelcss, smokeless bran I i Ic kes' *hin warming irassttran*-*" was inc'ludeil in an annoum <-m*o*t ■ j that the solid file!* admlnistratl***!! Is relaxing most of its wartime controls over anthia* it < <>al and coke shipment* by pKHln**-:-wholesalers and retailers, effective .Nov. 1, He addest. however 'hat the got ertiment would r tain its right to j divert emergency shipments of anthracite to critical armis If he need should arise. The shifting of controls front anthracite leave* bituminous coil I as the only major b atlng fuel still subject to government control The government has IFled controls over retail bituminous deliveries but not over wholesale* shipments. Today's order sj» cifl< ally: 1. Abolishes controls over shipments of anthracite- by produce's and wholesalers. 2. Abolishes controls over th" distribution of byproduct coke* it ( turn To Page 2. Column J)

Price Four Cents,

Hollywood Police Arrest 300 To 400 Strikers Picketing At Movie Studios BULLETIN By United Press American Federation of Labor officials meeting in Cincinnati reached an agreement with film Czar Eric Johnston to end the eight-month strike in the movie 1 industry. Johnston said they had reached a settlement that "Means the strike is over,” and that details would be announced later. By I nitc-d I’reds Hollywood iwdicc arrested bntween 3flci and <»•" strikers pick- ■ eting Paramount and RKO studion today, and 325.ihki CHI auto workers voted on whether to strike against General Motors I corporation Fifty pickets sat down in front ot Paramount studio and refused jto budge when police ordered them to disperse Police herded 'he pickets, laughing. Imolng and singing patriotic songs, into patrol wagons and drove them away. I A few minutes later seven buses carrying non striking workers were driven onto the Paramount | lot Police arrested 75 at RKO and stm non strikers rushed into thu studio The arrests were made to enforce a temiaurury restraining ! order-limiting the number of pick* ' i*t« Io 22 at each sltldio. A* the strike vote* go' tinder way at General Motors, company ami union officials conferred for tin- third day on the I'AW's demand for a 30 percent wage Immisi. I nion leaders throughout most of Ho- country marked time while ; awaiting annoum <*rnent of the government's w.cg*- price* policy, i Tin- number of idle workers across . the nation was about 230.008. A new strike. Idling 7.fam work* I <*rs, broke out at the Wilmerding, Pa . plant of Westinghouse Air Brake Co. and tin* Swissvale, Pa, plant of Its subsidiary, the I'nion i Switcli and Signal Co The workers claimed lite Strike was due to tin- company's effort to reduce* the* pay of p.o ke-rs at the- Wilmerding plant. Strikes flared among mechanic** al employes <<f tit*- American export airlines in New York and Pan Amerie an Worhl Airway* in Miami. Two -hoit lived riots broke* out i in from of Paramount studios in Hollywood yesterday as strike-re i spread pie ket lines to a fourth I studio. Pmdm tion was completely stalled at three* of four picketed movlo studios. Hilly at RKO. where six busloads of non s’rikers managed I to spe e*d through a lun-man pic ket line, did production come close to normal. American Airline* askeci for a federal mediator to settle a dispute' of ini inei hatiics whet walked out yesterday following a breakdown in wage* negotiations, bur. (Turn To Fags c. Column 6) Stern Warning Is Given By Police To Halloween Pranksters D**(.ctui* police, stirred by report* of re*p**ated. costly depredation* ley pre Halloween pranksters, I today issued stern warning against continued vandalism. Itamage* of flSci was caused to display window* at the Sutton Jewelry store last night when tho window* were* severely scratched ley the vandals Other reports received last night and today were of the* theft of 50 feet of fence from the* Charles Brothers residence, and a group of youngsters Itoldly raided the refrigerator at the Clark Flaugll home*. Authorities stated today that unless the vandalism-is stopped, the new state curfew law will be rigidly enforced and prosecution will follow. The state law seta a curfew of io p.m. and holds parents liable for any damage < a use J by their children.