Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1945 — Page 1

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RIIMAN TO SPEAK TO NATION SATURDAY

i> Moving Showdown U Industry Employes ■Kwhclming For MlAti Strike Coll ■Si rv l nil."l I’r-'* . ■JK I ...pi.ny toward a . ,■ .1. hi.ui.M tor .1 . ■ today "" " ii ”' rs : ' p ■■ .X ■ ■ ' '■ |,! ' v ' l ■' 'agK, . any nine." foll'*W‘'d ■SS A . 'll' I' ippr.oal , ..I s’rike i„ Motors was in ... aim.mnc-.-tnetit of i : v., .- pi ~■ KX th.- local unions ■|K strike action, in KgK . orporation wi l<national labor r!ic jo. .d unions coihlih t I VW strike Kgl& <,.!■ .J Motors upon call 1 SfiJßi <v-ciitive boat'll t S&sst Moims president <’. E. I BIA I, 'i' <‘>!>ie down out of his >■.-. • his fee! •:.!■■■■ . in- -r.it. m* lit at Detroit between un ■kt 4"'. '■'* Motors negoti.itHRS I i.-ni e on wages ■tt, ,n i-t*-d that 'he union ■df- - tie' intend to strike-' It approximately Hui,. ■K ii.iii workers were idle dis ■»>v i.'iirns from a na'lonal ■jS 1 --I- i pl.ill’s yesterday ti.i worio rs 20 to 1 in fax.i I Hi ed Vlltomob.lc mpw l i; ‘ : ' ''' litis of the sys'em‘o be aiinounc.-d •''■'* » England's legSB *■■'• strik. in years ■B' I'.oVlditlce. If I when Bgp > 'tiployes of the Brown jEp. 1 I" Matiitfai tilling Co.. The .’trikes set up ■ II- wHc-li 11.101! members g” ’ " fl Employes Interna!- ■ 1 'AFI.i refused to s.iikoic threatened cotnKg' -iintdown of the company, Kg' Hiaimfac taring plafft in tile ■&. ' ,liK,ri " continued Bj *tl<lcal Strike, hut i QBt t!st . ■<2 " r V! "’Rwrs after repires of 2( ; companies inK. I’fposal. Members of the B,Slp'*n,“ ,O ' l ," r S,U ”‘ * Allied n I,l ' Wd,k,rt out an effort to get u 26 Ji' — p ’«"■•. Slumn 7) ' Gary's Mission ||J oses Sunday Night ■Sr ' M,| "’n!t closing ot the misEH 91 which h as j, w . n j n |, r(J g r ess Maiys Catholic church the B* * !rl " *IU take place at "’‘O'lt Sunday evening. on Hutnlay will be BB,‘‘' ,J anti 1":I5 <> clock. The K of ,h ’* Bless.<j Sacratake place following the '.s’ 1 * 1,11,0 a”' l rontlnue ’ ? out the day, during which ti* 111 ** P r,v ®t® adoration. ' mal sermon of the mi-ai-m **' by one of the "'i« lihsid mkisionai-ies ci the |B "" s Mrvlce. Il thf -Rmometer ! ERature Readings II ’i :0 ° « m- . : 2 | 2 <»P- m. - ” || F .„ WEATHER aourn < ’ U ' ,e 6001 with » . portien,: InKirm,’ €,au<1 "«M and a little

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Army Point Score To 60 Next Month Waahlngtin. Oct. 2'l tl'Pi Another !!tio.omi soldiers will become eligible for discharge next month, Un* War llepirtment announced today The dlsi.uirge point score for eti’isle I tne.i will be reduced to C-'. I'p to list Sutidtiy, the War Bepartment . aid. more than i.mpt.tmn had been released. It: the i.-multi Ing days of this month another 25o.twni are expected to he discharged. It was expe<ti<l that th. total for October would be 1.20 tmo. U. S.-Russian Relations On Brighter Turn Near Solution Os Differences Over Japanese Control Washington, Oct. 26 U’Pt — Soviet-American relations took a brighter turn today when revel-a ti>n thnt the two countries may be near solution of their differences over control rtinchinery for Japan The solution may produce for Japan the type of control council now existing in the Balkans with Gen. Donglaw Ma< Arthur as chairman of a four power council and final arbiter In event of disagreement. The llnssians have su< h a position in the Balkan councils. Ever since his return from London, Secretary of Stat. James E. Byrnes had given the impression tha| the Soviet-American dispute was alm&’-t hopelessly deadlocked; that Bussia had proposed a fourp.wer control council for Japan Just like the one in Ge,-many; that the I'nited States had rejected It mi. quivoi-ahy Now Byrnes reveals that it Is not a closed femue and that lie was been consulting with Ho- Itmwians on it. He further indicated that lie and the Jtusnians may n it lie nearly so far apart as believed earlier. This development also raised official hope here that itu-sia will have a representative t-t the first meeting of the Ear Eastern advisory commission next Tuesday a new organization to recommend policy for Japan. Bussia 1- the only one of the in-nation members which has not ye; named a repre tentative. Soviet-American t lations can stand a good shot In th-* arm. They have been deteriorating ever since the London foreign ministers con ference. Agreement on control machinery for Japan at the saint’ (Turn To Page I. Column 5J Tire Men Have Good News For Motorists See Tire Rationing End By December 31 Akron, Ohio. Oct, 26 (I Pt— Two of the tire Industry's top men had some good news for American motorists today. E. J. Thomas, president of Goodyear Tire anti Rubber Co.. told a group of 16 reporters making a national reconversion survey that "Washington sourcAi" he wouldn't identify, had Informed him tire rationing would be ended liy Dec. 31 A short time later John W. Thomas, chairman of the 1.-oard of Firestone Tire and Rubber Cotold the same group that If ‘'everything goes well'' motorists ought to get all the tires they need sometime in the first quarter of nex' year. They’ll be all synthetic rubber for some time to come, except for truck and bus tires which rate some natural rubber because of the rough beating they must take. Goodyear's Thomas said that even wi’h the end of tire rationing. "consumers will still have to scratch for tires." “However,” he added, "the supply situation will get better early next year.” Firestone's Thomas expressed the hope that the Ures-for-every-(Turn To Paga «. Column I)

Plaque, Not X, Marks Spot Where Nips Said Uncle B % ▼ / U J r .1 Wi ft j '''■ 3* » bGM ■■■' f** ,a THIS SPOT marked by a bronze plaque always gets special attention from both visitors and work details aboard th.- I’SS Missouri now docked at Norfolk, Va. It marks the deck area where Japanese suriendei , terms were signed while tin- giant dreadnaught lay at anchor in Tokyo bay. At left, a group of vlsl’ors | an- kept hack by a light line while Seaman First Class Robert E. Schwack. Buffalo. N. V. liulustriou.-ly I applies a polishing cloth. At right is a close up of the plaque marking the historic spo' j

Grandstaff Is Freed Os Homicide Charge Directed Verdict Ordered By Judge On a directed verdict of the court, the jury found Gerald Grand staff not guilty of reckless horn! ride in connection wlt't the deatn of Min. Ruth Cisdey, 4<> of Duyton. Tenn., who died from bvrns and ‘ wounds in an auto accident on I' S 27 at the north city limits on August !♦. Ifttl The trial, which opened yester d.y morning in the Adams circuit ; court, Is-foie Special Judge Wil Ham Schannen of Fort Wayne, came t . an abrupt end late this morning, when the court sustain ed the motion of defendant's counsel for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant The motion cited that the stale had not proved that. Grindstaff drove the aut .mobile, which the affidavit and grand jury Indictment charged that he was driving on the night of tin- fatal accidi-ut. It also Ktati-d that because Grand staff did not have an operator’s license. that he was guilty of reckless homicide The tliir-l paragraph set forth that the o'ate failed Io convict Grandstaff of r“< kh-ss driving, in connecteion with the- alleged crime. The presentation of tin- .notion was made l>y Robert Parrish, with conclusions of tlie argument l.efore the court by R U Parrish, who summed up his ca*e with the statement, "A verdict of guilty in this cc.rie bas-d on the evidence introduced would not sund in any court.'' Special Judge Schannen recalled testimony introduced in the case and stated "the fact tne alleged driver did B it have a licence is a surplusage. There is connection witli the charge- and reckless homicide ’ The court then stated that as far as lie remembered the alate did not prove that Grandstaff was the driver of the car that rammed the auto driven by George S, U.ioley. husband of the dead woman. prosecuting Attorney G Remy Bierly. defended the state’s presentation on the* grounds that It had been proved that Grandstaff was guilty as charged. • Judge Schannen asked that >. transcript of the testimony of Sheriff l.eo Gillig. who investigat ed the accident later during tlie night on which it occurred, ba read A copy wan furnished by Miss Bernice De Voss. Judge Schannen read the questions and 'answers and commented on the sentence regarding the driver. Tile question, read. "Your investlgatlan disclosed who was the- operator of the automobile." Answer. "Gerald Grandstaff.'' To this answer, the testimony showed, that an objection wasfemade by the defendant’s attorney.) on the grounds that it was a "stated conclusion,” rtie court then ordered that it lie stricken from the record. Judge Schannen announced. "I’m (Turn To Pag. 1, Column I)

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Decotur, Indiana, Friday, October 26, 1945

Wage-Price Policy To Nation Tuesday Washington. Oct. 26 (I'P) President Truman and his top economic aides were putting the fl ! nlshing touches today on the ml ministration's new wage-price po Iley. .Mr. Truman will iiddr.es the nation by radio at 1“ o’clock Tuesday night to make public tin- long awaited formula for solving the problems that are creating lalmr unrest and hampering recoaver lelonI elon The 3<!-niiniti»- speech will l» - I carried by all networks. Gale Causes Heavy Damage In England Exploding Mines Washed Up By Gale London, Oct. 26 - H'Pi Explod ing mines washed up by a galeraging through its fourth day c aused damage reminisc.-t t of Hie German air raids along the south coas' of England today. Mountainous seas cast up mines at scattered points nil along the shore. Sections were ro|wd off awaiting naval disposal squads ; assigned to handle the mines. Explosions at Shoreham near Brighton and near Victoria pi»-r at Folkestone Idas'rd windows for 500 yards inland and strewed wide areas with shattered glass and other debris. Scores of ships took up positions along the coast in hope of riding out tin- storm which disrupted channel shipping. At leas’ lei were bunched in tlie Straits ot Dover, several dragging anchors and endangering themselves and others Tlie Queen Mary, whicli arrived off SouHiamptoti from New York yesterday with IJM'O civilians and service men aboard, still was unable to put Into port this morn ing. Gaie-hound 15 miles out. the Queen was expected to dock as soon as the storm slackened. The U. S. hospital ship John IL Meany, a in.OflO-tonner. had a narrow escape yesterday when it dragged anchor for a mile down a line of ships before nosing windward and securing anchor Today Its anchor grip slipped again, and (Turn To Page 4, Column 4) Leuenberger Rites Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Gcorgie L. !g-uenberger, 63. sister ot Mrs. Ethel Hauk of Decatur, died Thursday at a hospital in Canton. (). She was the wld>w of Alfred Leuenlierger, prominent .Monroeville Ims Inins man. Three other sisters surviving are Mrs. Bert Im Harris of .Monroeville. Mrs Florence Wyer of .Sturgis, Mich., and Mrs Alma Shaffer of Forest. O. Funeral services will lie held at 2:15 pm. Saturday at the Painte A- .Marquardt funeral home In Mon roevllle and at 2:30 o’clock at St Mark’s Lutheran church. Burial will be in the church ccmete.y.

Plan Hearings On Military Training House Committee Hearings Nov. 8 Washington. Oct 26 tl'l’t M' .ministration ba< ki-d legislation for a universal training program was given a sb-50 chance today of winning house appiovei by (.'hrlstm ts The cautious son cast came from 1 members of the house military aa lairs committee which begins public hearings on the subject Nov M. They declined to predict the -ena! 's attitude. Tlie house committee healings were called on a bill by chairman Andrew J May. I) , Ky.. to icquiti a year's military training ot ill youths iijhiii reaching tl» age of I lx or upon completing high school It is similar but not. identical with tin- program propo,, I by presid ent Truman, ami has wai depo tment approval Many house members felt tin administration was anxious to u--t a vote on Hie program before t i<- !. nd of Hie y< ai to keep it from | remaining a hot ‘ ami posdbly disturbing Issue during tin- I!H6 I'ongressional election campiilg.’. I Advocate* of military traimm believed that one of tin- committee's biggest jobs will lie writing in provisions to win suppoit o. 'some groups who pn-viottsly opi post'd a year's loiiHnuoiis training. Otte sinh provision would be to iiichidc educational features to counteract cqipodikm of edncutI ional groups Om- lommitti-e member said the bill should provid three or fotr month's military training and then some of Hie educational and tec h- j nical training as recommended by i Mr. Truman in his message to congress Tuesday. Support of colleges, he saiJ.l could lie olitaitk d by offering gov- q ertimc-nt aid to give college educations to the best qualifled trainee-, i There also is sentiment tor giving; collet credit for some of the work ; undertaken during the year of training. Another pro|»osal would restrict West I’oint and Annapolis appointees to youths who had comp!i-t‘-d a years military training The May bill, endorsed by the army and navy, is in. rely a skeleton around which a final meas i.e must be drafted It provides now (Turn To Pagv 2. Column 4i New Ford Automobile Is On Display Here The Brant Motor Company on N Third street, hu.< one of the new l*H6 Ford cars on di play in Its show ro m and it L< attracting not a liltb* attention. This is the first auto model to arrive In Decatur since the manufacture of cars ended early in 1942. Production of cars Is proceeding at the Ford Motor company's plant near Detrvlt and W E Brant, local dealer, hope.) to supply the demand for the new cars very rapid iy-

White House Says Navy Day Speech By Truman His "Most Important"

To Picket Indiana Statehouse Saturday Indianapolis. <>-t. 26 tl Bi UK) political a lion committee I members prepared today Io picket , the Indiana statehouse t miorrow to urge asp •' ial legislative »■*• elon for unemployment law amend | menis, and to piote«t 'flaws in th.- jobless compensation p-ocas At the same time. Governor Gates Issued a p'epaied sta'em. nt acknowledging that issuatiie ot un> mployment hem fit cii’ <he had progiessed I »o slowly, an.l promts illg action to rp-ed up the pro o Yankees Seize More Valuable Loot In Japan Over Five Billion In Bullion, Other Valuables Found Tokyo. (><t. 26 tl'l’t Vnerhan IrtmiM s. lz.-d anoi .ier in j bullion ami other valiiabl-s in eluding J2.aim.ow> worth of rail um stolen by the Nazis from Uze. ho-lovaki.i in Japan loda' Sixth army counter intelligence j troops found the radium in vaults j J of Hi.- German consulate at Osaka 1 ill bad been ecilt by Uz-choslov.ikia to Japan ih the l*'!" for hospital use and was < .nfi« at.-d bv t Germans wh.-ti they o. ■ tipi- d th’-• t'zeciioslovak houi' I <;.d The indium * i pa k- d II lead vials in b-ad lined caskets, but x j ,iy tt’sfM of • h«* *‘Oth <• v.MiHit I >ti liok|>llhl r«’v»*.r»’d Ihul th' vkib < Wir h-.ikinu |»r«-« i Hir laili.it:«»ti N»’W had < onta-tii r* w« «• l» lih f » ! T h- remaining r.,tMHt,t tut worth of silver biiilioil and valuables w i seized by iiooi.. ot the ’’7th lofan tty division in a laid -n a Japan , . >• storehouse mar lid i on a tip \ Japanese ah plan designer 'mean 'me. told a press < onfe .-n---tiiat Um Tayhikawa plant built a, long range KI 77 plane whi'hl broke the w<<rlil’s <1 etame record with a l”,::ttii mile non stop fiig.it last July. T.ie de-igtier. VI iriyuki Nakaxa wa. who worked for foil immtil in 1!t:.7-l!>3S in a Lock':.-cd aircraf' plant, said only two <.f tin- huge planes were built om- was shot down while <-n route from Sing a (Turn Tn Page Column •» Anita Oldham Will Head State Teachers Formal Election Scheduled Today indianaiiolis. Oct. 2’'. tl'l’t - Mrs Anita Oldham, a Knights town high school teacher, headed the list of nominees today for officers next year in the Indiana state teachers association A stat.- nominating committee last night named .Mrs. Oldham an candidate for state president in 1546 and with her, Henry MeHargue of Gary for vir e president and F. B. Hargrave of Indianapo lis Washington high sclwwd for treasurer. A formal vote was scheduled for today. A crowded program lay ahead of the Hoosier teachers ami school officials as tile final phase of tile annual two day teacher convention opened this morning iti five Indi- i ana cities. Opening sessions were held yesterday with th.- Northwestern Indiana Teachers association mee’- ; ing In Gary, the North Central Indiana group in South Bend, Northeastern in Fort Wayne, Southwestern in Evansville anti Central | (Turn To Page 3, Column I)

German Labor Front Boss Is Suicide Victim Ley Takes Life In Prison Cell Rather Than Stand Trial Niiet'eiiberg. Germany. O’t 24 tl'l’t The body of 111 Role it Ley. Hie surly Nazi labor front boss who .'Oiumltted stib ide in h's .<■ll rather than face trial as i war criminal, was buried s<-< r tly i in an unmarked grave today Authorities said the location •’>* i the grave would lie withheld front the public to pievent Nazi sympathizes from exhuming the bodv 'l’he fat. swarthy h y hanged himself la«t night with a mm-.-fashioned ftom -liips of G I b-.tli towel -uspended from the oV li ad flushing b-ver of the toll.-t in Ills tell at Nm r.-nberg jail II had sluffed Ins mouth w'h rags torn fiom his underdraw.-!a to muffle his last groans It was r.-n-ah-d that Ley left u number of do. iim.-uts ami person -I papers ill III’- cell. These W.-n- Icing translated and a’itho: il 1.-s sari their contents would be puhli-a-I ed if of public Interest The Ju other top Nazis awaiti i.trial in the jail w re not toll of la-y's suicide, and new precaution-w.-re ordered to make c.-ita n that non<- could similarly cheat alli-'i jllst < e. A separate guard h.-u.- bnth will be as-igtieil ”■ each individual pt - one- instead of one guard to en -v j four pii-om-is Tin- guards w I remain on duty outside and ke p < olistalit watch op in- pi i-om . - through -i I'tiiHh aperture in the doors. i ttht-r pre. autions also w I 1 taken, authorities said They -aid th’- ' - eld-.' won d ' -• : delay or otherwise ass.-. t the m. - war guilt trial -■ b duled to op n ia! flu- Nlieieniw-ra eoilltltoUse > . l oi about Nov 2*i Prison officers i d I. y had g't I t-n no parti, iilar piev.oiis intimalHon that lie w.is - oiit.-mplatinv s i> fide HoWt-V- he has 1.e.-n stiff. ing from mental depression ami psychologists had ela-s:fi.-d him is a type of man liable to lake i.iri'urn To Pag.- i. Column 4) o Governor Os Rotary Visits Local Club Official Visit By Carl J. Kleppcr Curl I K'. ppe. <f Huniitr ton. governor of Hi.* I'.flli di-'rni of Rotary International, paid his of fleial visit Io tin 11.-, .fur Rota . Hub at the weekly me-ling Tliure day evening. Tin- district governor son of Mi ■nd Mr- \V \ Klepp. i of this l ily, first be aim- -I llotariaii while a resident of I>■ -itu . and was pr-t-id.-nt of th.- !o al • vice Hub several yeats ago '..-fore mov ing to lliinthuion The Rotary official one ot 111 governors of Itotarv Internatiom.l, spoke briefly Io Un- member . .on gralulatlng them on tin i- activities and their b-ad-iwhip In the community. Following his address. Mr Klop per and ('al E l’eter>oii, local pre sid.-nt, conducted a dub assembly, i receiving r< porie of Go- ciia rm.-n >f the vnri >us .ommitt- es of the j Hub. The Rotary and Lion- clubs will meet in joint session next ThunsI day evening. November I. when the Gen Eisenhower medals will Inpresented to (he Boy Scouts who earned these awards by their participation in Hie waste paper and I tin can collection campaign*, during the war. «

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President Declares Philippines Face Instability From Guerilla Forces Washington. o< t 26 — tri’l — The T.'lil’e House said today Pre idetr Truman's navy day Central Park sp.-. . h tomorrow in New- York Will be "probably the i most important’’ h<- has mado I since h<- became president. Assistant press secretary Ebon Ayers said the Central I’ark speech will deal with foreign poll< y Tlie address, beginning at 12 ■’■*» p m CNT. will be 2a minute* long and will be liroadcast on all in-'works. 1 Tomorrow morning Mr Truman 1 will make a nine minute speech h' flic commissioning of the supercarrier. ’h<- INS Franklin !». n al Hie Brooklyn .Navy ' Yard This speech will tiot b.) broad, ast. Mr Truman haves Washington I j tonight with a large official party. His special train arrives at tho i Pennsylvania station in New York .ally tomorrow i Tin- president is understood to have given extensive study to thitf i first major definition of Ilia for- . t-lgti policy. Stability Threatened , Washing’.»ll. <h 26 H'Pi — | {President Truman said today tho ; stability of the Philippine governI mem i« threatenisl by a Philippine guerilla army which has not disband. d - Mr Truman -. lit letters so sev- ! eral government agency heads loncerning 'ln- Philippines Ih- ordered high lommfssioner i Paul V McNu't so undertake ait ,imm<•d iat .- investigation of ! “Agrarian uti..«t" in the Islands. 11.- called on at'orti.y general Tom Clark to <-nt expert personI 1 Del to Hie islands to recommend , action that will rid ’he commonwealth government of numerous . iiui-ling- who, ilie president said, I Mill hold important posts. Tlie president told M. Nutt tlia' jin tlie prov iti.es mar Manila thousand of sharecroppers organized y.-ai ago to demand a moro ! equitable division of their prode. 'j and (or c. i.-ral years thorn Was no effective solution huring the war." the pr<-si-d< n' s letter said, "he tenants organized a g- rrilla army which reportedly did good work against th.- enemy "After the enemy was defeated ' It: their localities, they did not <li»balld and today tlu-y cotistltiitta spe. lal problem will, ti threatens the stability nf government ” The piesident reminded McNutt Hint tie- guerillas have a legitimate claim to fair treatment and that thefr aid in the war effort required that they lie not dealt with ruil.h -sly (Turn T<> Page 2. <>)umn t) Life Sentence For Killing Roommate South Bend. Ind. <>< t 26 (CP) Wih*y Towner. I!, today started a Ilf.- sent.-n- e ft. Ind'uiia st.iliv lirlson following his <otivittion on -i-cmd degree murder charges iti ■ -i Hon wr. tin- d-ath <>f hm commute Eloyd 1..-- lust Jan 2*. lac bit: nd Io death after Towner all- g- diy Het f i.- to the- ga ugo whicli 'lu-y shared John Ray Funeral Saturday Afternoon Funeral eeivjtes so John M. Ray. *2. who di-d this w.-ek at a Dayton. () hisipital. will be li.*ld at I Jo f. m. Saturday at the Meyer A 80. liner funeral home In Dayton IL.y lived in h intur about 30 years azo. ope atini; a restaurant in North Second street Survivors Im Indo font - daughters, Mrs llu-s Bowman of Decatur Mis Millon Werllng of Preble. Mtw Emmett Deatiy of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Ira King of Piqua. <) : one son. Chalmer W. Ray, with the navy in the Pacific; two brothers, Hode and Jessie Ray i>£ near Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Goodwin of Dayton.