Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1945 — Page 1

111. No. 259.

lOLENCE FLARES IN EGYPT, PALESTINE

MOO Idle Mtiou By ■ Disputes Workers gAh-BThreatens I'> To Midwestff ~rc* * BgffK dliputes kept s woikets aw IV Ci J, ~<•!.•■ s-.-i'h'-r- i H||K. ~ ■■> M-t up nvi'hiliff ' ' r I-* r- J B" " f wnl *‘ !• in.iti'l* a Gey . •,*■ rhi. at.-ned to gg • .'lipmiy's iuklw.H w- u Union employs w<>:k s'oppatf eastern <-i(ie« Bcmjfe England. <l<> text,l.■ggVv *;k- *l out 1 picket fe'^jff*•' Mfaty ,i.r- and idle more thin 4* ■Kg'gg-lzl watte increases • - ■ k h.iiu-d *( heddles £» .-astern states a- imiuii .pokesinen prei , - Aotkers HgJKi*M|>|H would join the ME3gjf sage issues Were "KjhHl :■*■, t. 1.-grapli* . "jMjgt | >•• I tI•: * SV .1, US<JffXri ■ ' C-itlt* » t ■ ~:n I p m to 6 p tn. ’ turn the interll.itto <ail<el the detni II .-* Western I Ilion rmuthei ■MS* » action, howev *•. a strike vote among meinbers within Ul--days. delegate* 111' >i ujh-iis iii Washington saw ill the meeting an to lay the ground settling thotcand* ■SB':*-'- n-iarding recoin—’• the agenda does not |wvg< ni ,| lM ussion of the adnew wage-policy it was agreed generally Iphijyi" <onf,-rence wouldn't g -t gjif|** le-iure we get around to EpWjW about wages and price t." ■BS p -utiaiii, president T.il ma recommend a specific ••*•-. but said that industry ■«*:. I Gmilld provide "mbstaneases fo r labor. ff ■where on the labor scene, I Higgins, wartiin • land MB'a!' tnamifaclurer. stunned am! industry leaders with that he was KM? tiui-e strike-bound Louis BB plants, part of Higglin' anr.’’,iHiii.iioii (Mi reconverwould not be r* op gHffbA’’ involving some 3,500 ff hid forced shutdown of ■ ’■Biree plants since Monday ffpff’ jm-lsdictiona! dispute be UM ;i> C!o a*” l AFI ‘- jffj^g rn To Png? J, Column *) I Ben Are Accepted H Armed Services ‘.dams county selective Herff3B ""‘"I revived notice today ffgff*" VPn members of She conKffr 1 . ***'“!> left here Tuesday ff jf" ‘ l,lll ' i,in I>hv * , ''a | examine !uv *‘ l * , ' n accepted for the h>t<-ft«. t'cvi-n accepted youths are MH? " ,J *" Belk Ing. Law f W , rnon Knittie. Edward Eil »■“ i ’ ;i " 1 K,l * ar, < Morgan. WilOwen far l'Kr." mh ? ff “ nd rhar,e » Edward * hlh-ote. who volunteer,‘l|||llwlilltl> induction, was 11;., [ ,o '' »''rvi<e with the naff n<l *‘ * n boot training. i®Mp C c»* T Thermometer mperature readings ff ff.* m- 52 |K‘ ■"’• —- 57 H B rm 61 n t e e tB-. w E*THER H fj*.£° ,tr ,on, « ht »«“"■ h ’’’operate tempera- ■

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War And Community Fund Report Given One-Fifth Os City Quota Subscribed About onefifth or the fIO.M" quota for the Decatur Community and war service fund has lieen contributed, Herman H. Kru'-ckebeis, treasurer of the fund, reported to day. largest contrlhutlons received so far have come from Adams Post 43 of the American Legion, which contrihut d $750, and |soo from the Ixiyal Order of Moose. Five of the district teams have reported contributions of 11845. Several of the teams have not com pleted their canvass and no report has yet been received from the Industrial committee. In a few of the leading Industrial plants, employes con tri butt- to the combined fund through payroll deductions spread over a 12 month period, Mr. Krueckeberg explained Teams reporting to date follow: Harold Niblick and Roliert Zwick. |3BO. John Halterman and Robert Helm. 1402: Roy Kalv.-r and Jess Hutton, 1230.50 Phil Hauer, 8225. Glen Oswalt and William Linn, 8427,50. Ixwlges, duh and organization! have contributed the following: American Legion. 8750; Moose lodge, 3500; Lions club. 850; Rotary club, 810: Women of the Moose. 825; fireman's auxiliaiy, 35; O. E. H. 825; G. K, club. 850; Ho-Cha-Rea. 35; American Lr gion Auxiliary. 825. Pleasant Mills had a quota of 875 and solicitors report contributions of 881 to the war service fund. Geneva reports contributions of >485.38 James Elberson, city chairman of the drive, urged the team captains and solicitors to compk te their canvass and make their report as quickly as possible. _ o Grave Digger Killed When Struck By Auto Indianapolis, Nov. 2— fl’Pi Charles Murlweh. 85-year-old grave digger, was struck and injured fa tally last night by a tar driven by A. W. Brayton. Indianapolis He carried 81,000 in bills which were scattered over the highway when he was hit.

Work Progresses On New Soybean Tanks First Unit Ready Within Two Weeks Around the clock constructton crew* are at work building the soybean storage tank* at the ventral Soya company in the north part of the city, the concrete wall' of the first unit ot 12 silo* stand ing at 27 teet teday. When completed the ailo* will be 110 feet high. Collin I: Findlaysmi. local plant manager, stat ed. The Mac Donald Engeerfng company of Chicago I* the contractor of the huge project, which, when completed, will compromise 42 tanka with a storage capacity of 2.t‘<m.'di(i bushels of lumna. A crew of more than 125 men U employed on the job and the contractors stated that they still need carpenter* and laborers. The concrete walls are constructed by the slip-form method of construction. Once the job Is started, concrete is pouted continuously, day and night. The site is lighted at night by hundred* of electric lights and the concrete is mixed wert of the company's warehouse on the south side of North Second street. An appeal was made by company officials to motorists and sightseerers to remain away from the construction site, due to traffic hazards In the area. There is m large movement of trucks and railroad can* and the influx of visitors creates a hazard to the normal flow of traffic. It was explained. The first unit of storage blns will be ready for use In about two weeks. Mr. Findlayson raid. This unit of 12 tanks contains the elevator and drying space for the beans. The other units will consist ot 10 tanks each.

Air Aces Settle Up In U. S. For Ixmdon Ixian ■ I * * <N» 1 I SjjjfStsggffE |g ■ - jff |r,. ’ PROVING THAT TIME and Gentile catch up with you sooner or later. Is the photo above. Two years ago, during the peak of the air war In Europe, Capt> John T. Godfrey, center, borrowed a few English pounds from (’apt. lion Gentile, left. ■ Then their paths parted only to < ross again at Wright Field, p. where the two have reported for duty at the flight test section of Air Technical Service Command. So comes the payoff—with another buddy from air war days. Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabreskl, right, overseeing the exchange. The three aces won laurels In the aerial war tha' brought Germany to her knees.

More Jap Massacres In Manila Related Recital Os Shocking Atrocities Continued Manila. Nov. 2 (TP, - Witnesses testified loday that Japanese soldiers barricaded 1.500 civilians in Manila's German club, set It afire and roasted 400 or more persons to death during the reign of terror last February. Women who climbed over til* barricades and pleaded with th* Japanese for mercy were stripped, raped as many a* 20 times aplecand finally slain, one witness told an American military tribunal. Francisco Lopez. M tro-Goldwyn Mayer motion picture representative for the Philippines; estimat 'd that altogether 500 Americans; Filipinos, French. Spaniards. BrititdiIndians and Germans died In tnGet man club massacre. Even Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. the Japanese commander on trial for responsibility for the sadistic tortures committed by his troops, leaned forward and listened intently as Lopez held the courtroom spellbound with his recital of thmassacre. I But the German club incident was only one of six such massacres describ d in all their revolting details during today’s tesHmony. One witness. Aug Be. a Chinese mother whose baby was torn from her arms and bayoneted four limts by the Japanes . leaped from the stand toward Yamashita ami hal to be ejected forcibly from tne court i oom.

Testimony also revealed that the Japanese shot to death tne Venezuelan consul, Albert Del Fino, his wife and their foster son In their home after tying their hands behind their hacks. The prosecution announced at the close ot today's session that it hoped to compl* te the 10 remaining Manila cases tomorrow a'ld Monday, after which it will present evidence in atrocities committed elsewhere in the Philippines. The hanußotn larpez was the day's star witness. Himself a survivor, his voice rose emotionally as he recalled the slaughter at the German club and the fate of those women who voluntarily climb d the barricades to plead for the Ilves of those inside"I saw at least 20 Japs abuse one 13-year-old girl,” he said. "Then they cut off her breasts and made fun of them. They enjoy *d it—those sadists." At least three other girls remained unconscious on the ground after they had been ravished repeatedly by the Japanese, he said. "The Jape poured gi/.»line on their hair and set their heads afire.” Ix»pez said. “While th*- women were being raped, three American planes flew over and the women begged the planes to drop bombs and end their suffering " lx>p t said he and his brother finally decided to attempt to escape over the barricades because of the Intense heat inside the bull(Turn To Pugc Column 2)

ONLY, DAILY, NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 2, 1945.

Axis War Prisoners To Go Home Shortly Wawlilngton. Nov. 2 U Pi All Axis prisoners of war in the United •States will be sent home late winter or early spring of n< xt year, it was learned today. War Department sources said prison camps in this county now hold nearly too.tnttt pr|» mers. About 50.000 are Italian*. 5.oo« arc Japanese and the remaind *r German. I Enrolling Members In Junior Red Cross Membership Drive Opened Thursday American Junior Red Cross enrollment ot 100 percent in the s<hools of Decatur and Adams county is the goal set for the two-week membership campaign, which opened Thursday, Miss Grace Coffee, (hairman of the county chapter, announced today. "The object of the program, which is service to others in both the immediate community and on the national and Intel national levels. is being achieved through the schools of the country without fanfare, often with little or no recognition from outside sources,” Miss Coffee said. "The results deserve attention (rom every parent whose child is participating In the program and from every citizen whose community is benefiting by it." Among the projects successfully completed during the past year If/ Adams county members of the Junior Red Cross were: 150 gift iMixes, one overseas Christmas (Torn To Fag* f>. Column ’>

Four B-29’s Make Non-Stop Flight, Japan To Washington

Washington, Nov. 2 — (UPt — Four B-29's completed the first non-stop riight from Japan to Washington last night. an( t today the air forces already are planning a new test for the super bomber-an assault on the Britishheld nonstop distance record. The flight completed last nigh', from Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, covered 8,544 miles. The current record Is 7,158 miles, set In 1938 Ity two British planes which flew from Ismelia, Egypt, to Port Darwin. Australia. The next superfortress undertaking. for which no specific date has been set. will be an attempt to Gy from Hokkaido io Puerto Rico, a distance of 8.088 miles, or Batista. Cuba. 7.693 miles. One ot the. big Itombers which landed here last night had planned to fly on to Puerto Rico but was prevented by fuel-consuming headwinds over the Pacific. Air forces officials said all they need to beat the British record is *PU even break” from ’.he weather over the Nor'h Pacific. North Pacific weather, they added, is ahout the worst and most unpredictable in the world.

Eisenhower Medals Awarded To Scouts Scouts Paid Honor By Service Clubs Honor wa» paid to 34 Decatur Boy Scouts and twu Cub Hcotit* for their participation in the city’', waste paper (oliectlon drive* during the war a' a joint meeting of the Decatur Rotary and Lion* >-luhi Thursday evening. Gen. Elsenhower medals signifying the collection of at least 1,000 pounds of waste paper during last March and April were presented to each of th'’ Scouts and f'ubs. Sylvester Everhart, Adams county Boy Scout eommiaslomr, preaented the medals to the Scout leaders, who in turn pinned them on the boys Tlie leaders were Scoutmaster* Dick Ratliman, Rotary tro»p 61; Lowell Smith. Lion* triop 62; Dale Smltley, legion troop 63; Bryce Thomas, head the Cub organization, made the presents tion to the two Cubs. It. L Van Horn. Anthony Wayn - area scout executive, spoke briefly. praklng the boy* for their splendid contribution to the nation's war effort. Throughout thcountry, he said, one of every six Boy Stouts has won Eisenhower medal He particularly pointed with pride to this ana's record, with four of every six Scouts qualifying for ti>c medal Phil Sauer, city street coinmisatoner. and chairman of the wastepaper and tin can collections tn this city, expressed hi* apprecia tion to the Scouts for their great work during Use campaign through th'- war year*. Clarence Ziner was chairman of (Turn To Page 5, Column St

There will bd plenty ot opportunities to shoot at the British record, it was said. Because of the successful completion of the Japan-Washington flight, it has been decided to return several hundred B-29's to the United States by means of nonstop flights via the North Pacific great circle route which ha* now been pioneered. The flight completed yesterday succeeded where an earlier attempt failed. The trip almost ended in disaster for one of the planes when ft blew two tires and caught fire during the landing. The blaze was put out immediately wi'hout mishap. The first plane settled down at the national airport at 7:38 p. m. (EST), or 27 hours. 29 minutes after the 'akeoff. It was commanded by Brig. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, deputy chief of the 20th air force. The second plane, which ran into trouble, was commanded by Maj. John Cox,- Jr., of Seattle. Wash. Cox' time was 27 hours, 33 minutes. (Hum To Pag* 2, Column 41

10 Reported Killed, 200 Injured In Riots; Arabs Enforcing General Strike

New Car Ceiling Prices Are Fixed Washington. .Nov. 2 H’Pl You're going to know within three or four da.vo bow milch that new ear will <o-t Chances are the retail prkws will lie higher than most Jreople have experted. Price Chief Chester Bowles announced last night that the new car celling* have been fixed but said they would not be mad. public f >r another three or four days. Manufacturers ran publish their selling prices a day earlier If they wish. Arrest Three For Deaths Os U. S. Airmen Jap Army Officers Held In Deaths Os Doolittle Aviators Tokyo. Nov. 2 (l’P> American authorities today arrested Genki Abe. Japan's torture expert and former home minister, and three JapaJiesi- army officers accused of complicity In the trial and exwu lion of three “Doolittle" filers in 1912 The three officers Include I the trial prose, utor and one of the three judges wh » <-otidrmned the American airmen on charg. -of murdering innocent civilians 'luring Lie first air raid on Tokyo. The aries:* were announced as Gen Douglas MacArthur for the second time in 24 hours rebuked Prince Futnimaro Konoye TliM time he denied Konoyc's request liiat Japan be peniiltt'd to continue activities of its Dojin medical society in former occupied areas. MacArthur ordered the organization dissolved on grounds that it operated as a propaganda tig' ncy uo well us a publi health organization. Th- Japanese ha I pic lured It as a Japanese "R x kefeller foundation." Konoye wa, its president. Only yesterday. MacArthur's headquarters disavowed any connection with Konoye's effoils to revise Hie Japaiies.- < institution. MacArthur alao ordered ih- Japanese government to freeze all security transactions of 15 Jap anese hig-buadness zalbatsus including Mitsui and Mitsuibishi and their suitsidiari'h. No transactions involving them concerns will In- permitted without tin- specific authorization of (Turn Ho Page 4. Column It

Communists Charge Chiang Using Gas Report Hostilities Mounting Steadily Chungking, N >v. 2 (UPI \tnerican Seventh Fleet units have reached the Manchurian port* of Yingkow and Huluiao with three Chinese armies which began landing immediately, central government military <ource* reported today. Mounting hostilities were reported from virtually all Rectors of the undeclared war b'tween Chinese cotnmuniH'M and the forces of Generalissim » Chiang Kai-Shek Official communiat quart or* cnarged that Chiang's men were using pohon gae and also employ--30.000 Japanese troop* in Shansi province. The communist office here gave no detail* of the alleged use of gas against it* forces. The central government's army organ Sao Tang Pao reported the arrival of the Chinese 13th and (Turn Tn 77

Labor Parley Opens Monday In Washington Moy Lay Groundwork To End Thousands Os Wage Disputes Washington, Nov. 2 il'l’i The National labor-manageinent conference, which opens here M inday. was shaping up today as the biggest Kdle.tlv bargaining ir history. Imlior anti industry leaders alike saw excellent < haticew that it would lay the groundwork for setHing tlie thousands of wage disputes retarding reconversion and nff cting future earnings of millions of workers. The Agenda now proposes only that the conference d'-al with means of minimizing industrial disputes The preparatory aubcouitnitt-<- was unable to reacli unanimous agre nient on including th- - issue, leaving that up to tipconference itself. laibor and ‘industry delega'es bellev d it was inevitable that the wage question would Im- brougji* up. One delegate said the cotif.-r---eil<-e. !<• be *ii|c<-i*ssfi|l, must take tip the qutatlons left unanswered in president Truman s wage pri e IMilicy statement Tuesday night. In that statement the president urged "suiistaniial" increases lor labor and expr sued the conviction that they could be granted with no more than a few raises in • tail price. Wliile Mr. Truman recommended no specific wage raise, se< r«tary of commerce Henry A Walla, e last night released a heretofore confidential report holding that a general increase, averaging l'i p-r---cept. was possible throughout industry In iblil without raising pri< es. The report, prepared by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, said such a general increas would mean a rise of L» percent or a little more in the niHiiufacturing industries." "Some Industries could afford more, some not so much." it *a d “The automobile industry is In the former class 15 percent can lie granted without adverse results In the first postwar year of tint- strlcled operation*, and a fnr(Turn T.. Pau.- t. t’oliimn *l Miss Joan Bierly Edits DC Hi light To Edit Cotholic School Publication ML MM .jun ttler’.y a eellior it D.-iatur Catholic high mdwoi ami daughter of Mr. and Mr*. G. It.-my Bierly, has lieen named editor if I* c 111 Light, the school publication. She succeeds Francis Fatirote. editor din ing the )‘»I4 15 t -rm Miss Bierly i* active in school affairs, both <-duc.itiotial and -o dal. She president and sindent director of the school band and one of the f>ur representatives of the school on the "Den" committee. Miss Celesta Geefcv. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Geels, was named associate editor. Mis* Geels has IM-<-n a regular honor student during her high school term. The subscription campaign for D C Hi Light opened on November I and will continue until November 9. The editorial staff selected from the senior class will pt- pare copy next week for the first iseue to lie released on November 22. D C Hi Light is a quarterly and is entering upon its seventh T'-ar of publication. .

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Alexandria, Cairo Are Hardest Hit By Violence; Rioters Roam City Streets Cairo. Nov 2 tf'i’t—Ten person* Were reported killed and injur'd through Egypt and Palestine. where the Aralis rigidly enforced a general strike. Alexandria snd Cairo appeared hardest hit by the violence, with rioters and restless bands roving the streets, smashing up Jewish synagogues and shops, and clashing repea'edly with slee)-heln.etm! police struggling to keep down the disorders. At I'-ast three persons were reported kill'-d and several wounded in rioting in the Jewish quarters of f'airo British military jmlice car* generally held aloof from the disturbances In Cairo. Smouldering unrest throughout the middle east came to a head in tin- rioting. Tiie Arabs had called the general strike in protest against the British Balfour declaration 28 years ago today promising <he Jews a national home in Palestine (Field Marshal Viscount Gort lias resigned as governor general ot Palestine because of'III health,* colonial secretary George Hall announced in the Ixmdon house of commons today. I A late dispatch from Alexandria said the trouble was spreading. Mobs were reported "running amok." Indiscriminately smashing up property in (he commercial and ■hopping districts. , Heavy casualties were caused, a I nited Pres* correspondent at. Alexandria reported, when police fired on the rioters a* a last resort to protect themselves." Rioters smashed windows in the I'piled States army port command at Alexandria, over which the Stars and Stripes flew prominently American troop* were restricted to thejr quarter*, and army establishments were put under strong military guard British forces likewise were k»-p- in barracks. Extremists elements broke info tlie Jewish synagogue on Rue Farouk in the center of Cairo,, stole sacred scrolls, then set fire to the building. Other crowd* simultaneously began mashing Jewish simps in ’in- Mousky bazaar district Shattered window glass, bits of wood torn indiscriminately from shop walls and other debris littered the streets. Goods stolen from the wrecked shop- were being hawked on the street in other parts of Cairo an hour later. No Jew* were Visible oil tho streets of the Jewish quarter. (Turn To i’.»g<- I, Column <!> Tourist Cabin Fire Is Fatal To Woman South B'-nd. Ind. Nev 2 (CPI The burned body of Mrk. Ina Nuckolls, 27. wife of a soldier who lay near death in Denver, Colo., was found today In tit - < liar red inteitir- <>; , l.iillist i;t'dn i-li-i 'if Mishawaka, hid. Ileputy Coroner Robert Braunsdorf of St. Joni ph county said ho believed Mrs. Nuckd* fell asleep while smoking a cigaret in lied. Ho planned an autopsy this afternoon to determine if death was done to suffocation or second degree hums. Mrs. Nuckols* huelmno. Ollie Wayne NuckoK was reported in a critical condition m Fitzsimmons general hospital at Denver. New Monroe Friends Pastor is Appointed The Rev. Roliert Miller has assumed the pastorate of the Monroe Fiiern'o church, it was announced today, and is planning to move to Decatur next week with hi* wife and two mm*. The Rev. Miller has been pastor of the Ohio Friends church at Columbus, 0.. since bis oidination to the pastorate. In addition to his prr«<-hlng activities, he Is also an evangelistic singer