Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1945 — Page 1

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hOE RATIONING WILL END AT MIDNIGHT

■OOO Idled h Strikes In lijed States ■Kan Statement | QajVagc Policies |SKrly Awaited lit the San idled .>O,OOO V^B... I- tie nation await- ■ ml long-prom-B*Ja, . • un ins wage price ■ *" - i.- 'ti'l AFL and < H|K -I <>f their strike ■■* .ir wage incl ease members of ■ Zsß> ■■■- "I"’" 1 to <TOSS the ■ pi* ket lines. Ship BCftr '-hop-t and factorKp. «Ir- uff>-< ted. ■|K . 1 i.u ><l a milk shot '- strike * I*>S- ’ fyft \imrlean (‘an C.i, ippo'' ih.ihiu they had no Cjmww . "and and warned that hospitals and govern111- affect■|X .< >i the average conSB YM ! ' s ''ik*-i>ll>' wotknation rone to hnthe.t in nine days. as Khi »• ■!• I’tit the finishing Hm*-- .>n iti - wage price speech Blill" "ad.-ast tonight. - . predie’ed . recommend a B*»*4 U ""lease sufficient to workers for the loss Bff *• tak>-home" pay withlevels. ■>WW» •. i.nomist.s reportedly el ho preaident 'hat increased much MM ' u .'iioiit ne<-e**ita' ■Msrmi.r ■ in prices. ■’ labor dispute B|B in'o tlo- spotlight again Baß •’ *' "•“I'f Ihrbert Soith"' tour men hoi ■■l i; i.y less tliaii half an s.iel Sorrell said he fl- te.ognizwi his assailBFV r- otis i>e had seen near I’i' ke! lines during the :::;■ strike. 1 ' ; “ kinghoti.M- Work i" a (('llli was added ■Mr -'"'■'mg list of unions pe itioned the nation. 1 "‘lions board for a BKj 1 Tile vote would M|B workers in 20fi "■ Allie.:,. Cudahy. Wilson KB' I" ’i' l, plants across the Tie un| on K ,.eks a 25■*B a! ' hour wage increase. ■* faj, * !llir 'l'" I S. house of ■ ■“”’ T, ‘ f’»S* 2. Column' 4, " |Kresf Railing | I First Purchaser | Os Victory Bond honor of buying the first ■■’-> Bond in Decatur go a to BBt'*‘ Hailing, well known farm south of the city, who l r" r sons tn the army during 11* 1! '»ne of whom was killed. MB*' ' !1 ' 1 son was wounded in acu a patient at Geneta! BK'" a! Isouisviiie, Ky. morning before th. BP S ' a '“ opened for bu*iE» Mr ,ta!l, ”S saw Theodore hank president, and Eusa ' ' hairman, on lire J nd handed him a chc< k fir ’"purchase a |5()0 bond Hftlik r said that .Mr. IlallBy hate would be listed as r *' sale in the county. a with the right spirBE ' , ' ! ’ ,ar| fd .Mr Grallker. The WK " 'h tory Bonds got und- r■EL” 1 ,h *' "‘" n,y yesterday and BW"* * a * reported brisk. The BM yi> ’“ofa Is »!177.100. with ■L ' lan ila,r "t the amount til<o individuals. K-yt° a C ? AT th ermombter IBto Erature readings BK *• m ’ " 06 B ML FATHER ■i(M t y tloUdy * nd «°"‘'"ued mild Smti * n<! Wedn *«day, except be- ■ rtL- > er extre "” north west rt '** !| ne*day: scattered Sith . " Orth p<!rt| on HU tonight. IBEwjv d c#n,r * l Portions Wed-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Senator Capehart Is Injured In Accident Noblesville, Ind. Oct. 30 Il'Pl V. S. Sen. Homer E. Capehuit, It.. Ind. was injured today la a traffic accident on a -tate highway. Hi< ankle was broken. Capehart was riding in an aulo mobile driven by W. S. Merchant. Fort Wayne lie was on his wuy back to his Indianapolis home after public iippcaiain cm in Fort Wayne yesterday. Central China Forces Seize Eight Cities China Nationalist Troops Landed By Yankee Transports Chungking. Oct. 30 (I'Pi The Communist organ S’- w China Daily reported today that a Central government army of 200.0<M has wrested eight ritiea on the north hank of the Yellow river from Communiat forces in China's undeclared civil war. In North China, American transports pourvd thousands of additional Central government troop* Into the Communist-dominated zone Just south of the Manchurian border. A showdown on the occultation of .Manchuria appeared near. The New China Daily said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's gov•■rnment forces were on the offensive in areas of northern Honan and southern Hopei already liberated by Communist troops from the* Japanese.

Under heavy attack, the new.ipaper said, the Communists w- re forced to withdraw from Fengchll. Yentsin. Yuanwtt, Wttchlh. Hachiti. Hwelhzien. Tangyin and Tzehaien. all in the Peiping-Hankow railway zone on the north shor of the Ye’low river. Th Communist organ also reported that Central government artillery forces formerly assigned to the Chungking area were being flown imssibly In American planes—to Suiyuan, another of th* 11 provinces In north, east, south and central Chinn embroiled in the Nationalist-Communist civil wa Suiyuan lies in inner Mongolia and is largely under Comtnun st control. Richard W Johnston. United Press staff correspondent with the V. S. Navy off the North China coast, reported that thousands of well-armed and well-equipped Ch'.nese Nationalist troops debarked from American transports at dawn at Chlnwangtao, I'o miles north of Tientsin. The troops formed ranks in the town square under Chinese Lieut-enant-C- neral Shih and marched quickly inland. B hind then rumbled tanks, vehicles and guns, also landed from American ships. Chinese Communist forces, some of whose commanders have vowod to fight to the d--ath against any (Turn To Case S, Column t) ■■ ■■■ I I ■' —— Contingent Leaves For Physical Exams Pre lnduction Group Leaves This Morning Eleven Adams county youths lef: Decatur thia morning tor Indiana polls, where they will be given preinduction physical examinations under selective service. In addition, one cone lentlotw objector was sent to the capital for final type examination prior to assignment to a civilian work camp. Those from the regular coming ent accepted for service will be returned home to await call to active duty. Carl William Hawkins was leader of today's contingent. Other members of the group were David Alpha Barkley. Ernest Roe. Donald Ix-roy Bollen barber. Allcert Hoiking. I-awrence Vernon Knittie. Edward Ell Di k, Paul Edward Morgan. William Jacob Fluecklger, Owen Cart'd Wemhoff and Charles Edward Chllcote. the latter a volunteer for Immediate Induction. Joe K. Hllty was the conelerfflous objector who made the trip.

As Yamashita War Crime Trial Began In Manila E j (g ■I ■BBCr M ‘ 1 '1 I r I THESE RAOIOPHOTOS FROM MANILA show the opening ot 'lie trial of Gen Toinoyuki s.tm.i’hra who is accused of war crime responsibility in the deaths of 57.<M»0 American. Filipino and other Allied prison ers of war through torture, starvation and neglect. Yamashita i» shown, center background, flanked >y members of his staff and I'. S. Army officers. The other photo Is of Corzaon Noble. Filipino film actress, who is one ot the witnesses against Yamashita.

Change Parade Route For Callifhumpian Growing Entry List Necessitates Change Because of the large number of bands and other out of town entries pouring in for the annual Callithumplan parade, to be held here Wednesday night at R o'clock, officials in charge of the Halloween celebra'ion today announced a change in the line- of march to take care of the augmented parade. The- parade- will form at the* jail yard, move west on Adams street to Five Points, thence north on Second street to .Monroe street, east to First street, north to Marshall street, west to Second street, then sou'll on Second to Jefferson street, where the parade will disband. Parking of autos will be prohibited tomorrow evening on Second streets from Jefferson to Marshall streets and on Monroe street, between Second and First streets. With entries mounting hourly, prospects for Decatur's annual Halloween celebration, resumed tomorrow after a lull during war years, point to one of the largest ar.d most colorful parades in the city's history. In lIHI and in previous years, the Callilhumpian parade annually attracted thousands of persons to the city's business district to witness the* gaily-bedecked bands and drum corps and the weirdlycostumed individuals and groups vicing for cash prizes and a good time, marked by an absence of the usual Halloween vandalism, so prevalent in other cities. Cash prizes approximating >2<c(» will be awarded by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the annual event. Principal prize will be one of 110 for top ranking band or drum corps in costume. A total of 21 cash prizes will Ice awarded. U. S. Recognizes Venezuela Regime Recognition Given To New Government Washington. Oct. 30 (UP) The United States today extended "full recognition” to the revolutionary government of Venezuela Secretary of State James F. Byrnes made- the announcement It is expected to result in tecognit km of th« new Venezuelan regime by the other American repubBrs. "Before making its decision to recognize the new government of Venezuela," the State Department said, “the government of the United States of America has exchanged views and consulted with the government of the other American republic.” (Turn To Fags 2 Column 3)

ONLY. DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 30, 1945.

Classes Resumed At St. Joseph's School The school < hildreli of the first to seventh grades were called back to St Joseph's school today, as re pairs on the sch(«d'* boilers were lining completed. Classes for the lower grades were dismissed y*e terday becatis.- the building could not be '.teated. Attlee To Visit In U. S. In November Discuss Problems Os Atomic Energy Washington. Oct. 30 (FPt British Prime Minister Clement At tlee will arrive in Washington in early November to dUctiss with President Truman and Prim- Min Ister W I*. MacKenzie King »f Canada problems (resiled by the release of atomic energy. As Attlee was making Phis announcement himself In the Hous 1 of Common** In lamdon. the White House issued the fßlowing statement : “Prime Minister Attlee will visit the President in Washington early next month to discuss with him and Prime Minister MacKenzie King of Canada problems Io whi ’h the discovery ot atomic energy ha*s given rise. "The Prime Minister is expected to arrive In Washington so that the dirt* lission can begin (Turn T*> Page ? Column 3)

Says Civilian Goods Still Long Ways From Consumers

By Sandor S. Klein Philadelphia. Oct. 30 (VPt Ha* Induslrial reconversion been accomplished? If we're talking alatut machinery In place to make the pots an<l pans, automobile*, radio* and the many other item* we've had to do without for about four years. The answer is: Reconversion I* almost corn pleted. If we're talking about walking Into stores and showrooms first thing in the morning and getting these things on demand, the an *wer Is: No. These answers were apparent to all of us, wherever we went on our reconversion tour — in the south, the Pacific coast, the midwest and the east. We saw spanking new automobiles rolling off productlo lines. We watched new refrigerators, new radios, new washing machines, new electric gadgets of all kinds taking shape on assembly lines. But the fact was that only a trickle of all these Items were flowing out of the factories. Why. I usked the men who were responsible for making them? The

Consider 'Grudge' Motive In Deaths Continuing Probe Os Double Murder Rockport, Ind., (let. 3(l— H'Pi A "grudge" motive which involved a Madison, ill. shooting victim was considered lo*lay by Indiana state police in their Investigation of the double-slaying of George E. Eyson, 3S. and Ethel Hparks, 18. The iHitlies of Tyson and Miss Sparks were found Sunday in a shallow farmland grave along a country road near Rockport. State police shifted their investigation temporarily to Eva.isville. Ind . near*-*' metropolitan area to the burial scene. They did not disclose wiiat iiiey expected to find there. Police admitted, however, shat they considered as suspect Jac Callahan, 22, an East St. Ixii’is Iron worker. Callahan was wounded by a shotgun blast last July !« In an argument over unions. A week later. Miss Thelma Walton, 22, a waitress in th*’ tavern where Callahan was shot and chief witness to the shoo'ing, was killed by a shotgun charge fired through a window of the tavern. Investigators saw a possibility that the double slaying was the la'cst development in a "grudge" battle directly connected with th<‘ Madison shooting. Meanwhile, at East St. Louis. Tyson's widow, Mrs. Allecy Tyson, said she would file a legal (Turn To Psge 2. Column 21

.answers were 'he same all over. "We need more men in our farI I tories." "Our parts suppliers plan’s are on strike." "We can't get al! the parts we need because mtr suppliers won't i make them at the OPA ceiling price." "We're confused. We can't plan our production until the government announces a national policy on wages and prices." "Labor is restless. It won't produce as efficiently as it once did." One industrial leader summed up the trouble in these words: "We don't need to worry about reconverting our plants. We’ve got that problem licked. What we need Is a reconversion of the mind." Despite the uncertainty of the present, every industrialist we met was optimistic about the economic future of the nation. They were confident that the greatest peacetime production boom in the nation s history was at hand and that it could start rolling almost overnight if the restraining sacI tors could be eliminated. Above all. Industrialists gener(Turn To Page 3, Column I)

OPA Announces End Os Rationing; Output To Soon Equal All Demand

Close Indianapolis Employment Office Indianapolis. Ort 30 <1 I’l I Che Indianapolis an a offb e of | t!ie F. N Employment Service to i dry was schedule Io •«' dosed D ( j I. Director John K. J< linings of the Indiana I NES offl e. said lite capital dty office xervt >t Marlon county and eight othet ounties near Indianapolis Hr- said that all other area officea in Indiana we.e dosed effi’r five tomorrow — House Approves Final Version Os Tax Measure Near Six Billion Tax Reduction Bill Now Goes To Senate Washington. (>d 5 d I't The House today approved the final the »3.''2«.<ni".""" tax reduction bill after hearing preliminary talk of further cut* next year I The Senate exped.r |o < ottslder the mea-ure Thursday Tin' bill would redu< e individual income taxes f.’ til I mm.mm text year. > duee HMG co poiate tax llal'illlie* 1 by Fi.l3ti.mm.mt’; and repeal theI" automobile use tax .it a cost ot j 11] lti.tnm.omt in rr-vemti. Existing | excise taxes would remain :n turn The action taken by the House! wa- approval, by 2!t* to "• a Senate li tuse t inferenre repo t on the bill Tiiis adjusted diffe cureill till- bill- previously passel by both bouses chairman t'lareme Cannon. D Mo. of tile House Appropriations committee was tile only speaker azatn-t lite bill He told the Hou*” that ‘ you can'* balan •• iii<- budget if you reduce natiatlal revelim < K< p. liar I<l Knutson of .Minnesota. rankjng flepiiblicnii on the Ways and .Means < omm.it* told tin llotlM’ the c ommittee hoped t i begin work on more permanent tax revisions in January and to pass another bill by Jun "We can't look forward to nir. substantial reduction in corporal 1 rates in the iolig term bill." i*said "I hope we can do mo * for Individuals." Both Kiiiit.ron and Ways and Means chasrmaii Ifoln’it L. Doughton. D. N. ('.. conceded th" possibility that wartime >-:,<ess lax--s might be cut back to l!»l-’ l<-v* i • by next July 1 in Hi*- l!Hd lax bill The House had proposed tbit ehatigc* now. hut lit*' Senate ami (Turn To Page 2 Column 3) Sixth Victim Os Plane Crash Dead Minnesota Major Dies At Portland Portland. Ind. Oct. 3u (I'l’t Maj. John G. .Magossen, 28. Deerwood. Minn., died last nigh' in Portland hospital, the sixth victim of an army transport plane crash last Saturday near !’• ntivllle. Ind Mugoasen. second highest rank Ing officer aboard the ('-47 plane en route from Wright Field. ()., (o Minneapolis. Minn, died without regaining consciousness. His mother. Mrs. Charlotte M Magossc’it of D erwood, was at his bedside. Four servicemen wore kllh’d and a fifth died Saturday of Injur-c les sustained when the plane crashed into an oak tree on the Salamonle riv-r while attempting a forced landing. ■Only one of the Injured remained in the Portland hospital today He was Navy Lt. R E. Bowie. Osborne. 0.. whose condition was described as critical.

Jap Butchery Os Civilians Told By Priest 16 Manila College Brothers Shot And Bayoneted By Japs Manila. Oct. 3" tVPI Father I f'osgrave **f lacSall*’ I ollege ill Manila testified today at the trial of Gen Tontoyuki Yamashita that the Japanese shot and bayoneHed to death Hl of the college's brothers last Feb. 12 The Japanese btt'c hery at LaSalle- was one of the 123 war crimes in the Philippines for which th*- stolid Yamashita was on trial before* a I' S army commission. Fa'lor Cosgrove, testifying on ; th*’ second day of the trial, said ! that more than .'>'• civilians were I murdered by the Japanese at lai- ! Salle, including all hut one of the brothers, f'osgrave said he saw the Japanese- spreael ga-oline in tin- *-ol leg*’ chapel and set fir*’ to it. Th*- flames destroyed all th** furnishings and 3.mm icooks. Japan*’**- troops charged Into th*' college dining room al midday o' Feb 12. wln-n Manila was being pillaged by Vama-hlla - for* . who realized they were fighting ' a losing battle for th*’ city. Cos- | grav*- related. They lee-gait bayonetiing e’Very one- within re-ae h while- the- offljeers le’ailing them slashed furiousI ly with their swords. The- Japanese followed filing people up the stairs and iimtinii’d ! their bayonet ling and ■ hooting," CosgHlVe sal*l 1 The Catholic pries' himself suf i fi’ii’d two bayonet wounds. A Inative of Ireland, he ciirn*' to Ma nil.i in :•» Among tin- tints of th*’ Jap aiiese, Cosgcav*’ slid, were F lipints and Spanish women ami children as well The troubles* of th*’ * ollege began otl F* b. 7. Co.grav.- testified A Japanese officer and -ollie * lllisted m*-n * .mi*- to tin- school and lined up all 7't persons a’ LaSall*-. On that visit they did Hot : harm anyone, lint look away j Brother Xavier, r.i-tor of th*- *ol j lege, and Judge Jose Carlos Prosecutor William N Caly* r; (Turn To Page a, Column Si , Veteran’s Children Receive Insurance Monthly Income To Children Os Victim Kent All* n. age *l. and Kay>* Ar leno VanffT. children **f th late Mark L Vainer, who was kiii*’*i wiifle serving with Ui«- I S. army In Holland on December I. I'HI will I’ai h receive Jl'l II monthly I from their fath r's iusm-no <•. *-ut- ' ries in the guardianship < cis* on fib- in th*- Adams < in uit * oun dis (lose The two children make their home with their mother, Mrs. Hubert Wolf*- of 3»i3 Sti’V nsoic sti* *' Theodore F Grallker has been named guardian for the * hihlren and the court has approved a pc*ition filed by him ami th*- vet rail's administration in Wa-hingon to pay them each s!•'> 43 during th*’ period of their natural life. The plan is known as option No. 2. which in (-outcast to option On*, provided that the children w**r • entitled to 127 55 monthly for a I period of 24b months. l'n*i<-r the i law the veteran's adm.nlstrator recommended the lif.* paym til plan Mr- Varner lived In F*-i Wayne at the time he enlisted in the army. He formerly was i cipliiy d at the 0. K. plan* In Fort Wayne (Tura TaTfVMpa s. Celuma «)

Price Four Cents*

All Types Os Shoes Included In Order Ending Rationing At Midnight Tonight Washington, O< f 3<i IIP) —• Hhoe rationing will ''nd at mid* night tonight, the OffH* of Price tdministraiion aniioun*ed. The ending of rationing will be effe< five al inhlnig it I >* al time in each of tli*- foil time zom-s In the <-oiintry. Casual shoes, hmis** slippers, and moccasins will lie rebased front rationing along with nil regular types of shoes OPA Chief ('loot.- Bowles stated thill 2S.'"m,(m*t pair* of sho** w*-re prodmed tills month. He sail prospect* for in* i*-a«*'*l projludlou in November ami December are s*> goo.l that output Is «-xpe* ted to equal norma’ pre war demand altout fto.oou.mm pair*’ a month. In addition. Bowles stated, prodm lion of 'l**' »»"*’ er-"-3tl *l typerf of shoes, such as men * w >rk shoes and . hil'ln n s shoes, has ini reasi.d sulwtaiiiially during the past f* w months b.’cau**- of m >i' iry cutback* <>f leather Bowie* cautioned th.it consumers will not always be aide to buy tiv styles of shoes tii*-y want lit the iiiimedi.ite future Convicted Murderer Granted New Trial Indianapolis, (ht 3(i (1 Pl Albert Kirk. Indi.inapoii *, convicted four years azo *m a * .i.i ge of second d*’gr*'*’ mtirde In the robbery death 4 .in hidiauapoli** grocer, was entitled today to a new trial. Tli” ruling mad- •* *(•• !■ >' by th- Indiana *up"-m=- court Kirk was **■. u*e I * f s tooting! I('li..*i* I! W.tt .*>■• in a capital < ly grocery in ltd!' \t first in* pl-aded no' g iHty tint during the trial Iti* attorney * !iaiig*d the plea to guilty of *’ ond il. gi* . m Irder. The supreme * otlrt h-’H shat tli** ,ii ru-y *!*■:* n.l iig Kirk * oitld not , bulge tlto plea durimg the tri.it without I Oii-ulti'ig t ie defendant, and I at a guilty I*l* a alw.iyn should be made I*'. 11" def.’lldant. Argentinian Judge Heads Government Vargas Ousted In Bloodless Revolt Hi , li. latiei o. (b ' "" H I” * Cjb’f Justice Jose I.inhares »f the supreme court took *>v. the prosi-d-’ticy "f Brazil from dep*****d iron man " G<-tu!"» Vai gas today In a bl*H>ilb-s revolution Llnhare* anti mnceil that presidential election* would 1” held as *i!iedilb*l !•’< 2to ito.n Brazil i<> * imstltiitional government. Indhation* that Varga* lhleti(le*| to po-'p—ti’’ th— *’!* * tinn* led to hi* »||-T»*r I.U*« < Vat gas. s's th- Jias' !•*» year* virtual dictator >i Braz I, wa*» under gii.inl lit th*- pr*-»i*lentill palace pt-paring a proi'amation to th*- people iitciotiiK Ing lit* resignation He agr***l t*> step down after the army tH'cupied key points in tli.’ capital with tanks, armored tar*, anti tank guns and infanirv and Ilireat-iK’il civil w.it If he remaim'd ‘it offl'** But not a shot was fired anywhere in Brazil aa Virgas' reign am*’ to an abrupt end Never liefore has a president of Brazil lw**-n overthrown with le«w popular excltemi nt and such complete absence of violence War Minister Gen Pedro AureIo de Goes .Monteiro, leader of sh« <*>up. already had Informed tho people of Vargas Imp* tiding announcement with a proclamation ot his own. It said: "The president will . . , contribute tils reslgn.itlon In high patriotism so that public order will continue and Brazil's prestige may (Torn To Page 4, Column 7)