Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1945 — Page 1

LIU, No. 260.

UYS JAP COMMAND ORDERED MASSACRES

Son's Total Be Figure ■ 252,000 j Jbrophers Back Today After H Miour Stoppage I m"'' l KK a, lei it rllion tele- ... . 1,.K k oil I lie job MK,, .. hv.. hour s'oppage ■K.. mu* 'I )>• ’he lu,n ■K. ~i..l tiutispoifation in ■■ v ' "" !,!g " K nt. I workers in De.uni Hartford. ESa, ih.-ir job* from I p "> <EST> yesterday in den; t ioiiul officer* of the ggß>. ' ■leKt.lph-i* - !■,.!>. r.H.*r< walk-0 out ill ;; |, but most of the ■■V We.’leni l liioll |S r , framed fi<»ii* joining H^Koio' ..l’loii. pending a nut ■K-ib -helion within 30 was a protest \\ I,l’. aw.ixl which grant■M, . v'.ipli< I-a four cent EK r while CIO op-rat wage boon* of 10 | hour. gflh-r labor disputes, AFL C a 41'1 IV 2-biH, x. w England tex rs n mained idle, and |H| ( , ( n< diatora a’tempted to tike which ha* tied up bus service in IS east■Kioiai strike figure. includ |Mth strikers and workers ■Ku with th- return to work |K> Massachusetts brewery |Kt. ’.Joo Houston. Tex . do'k and ss<> maintenance «m---|U »f American Export Line* York. of New York and New Jersey milk drivtiled for midnight last Mee pox'polled 21 hour* for negotiation*. The union* to eliminate their xkipaplan, adopted a* a measure. of 60.(100 strik iiimiiermen in live westIK'ai-- y.-'-rday announced to continue a MB for a sllO industry-wide minimum despite a tornB *M’’ settlement accepted lumber workers. y thousand CIO textile in four New England left their jobs yesterday, clothing production in the nation’s major manusections. Th- walkout. ■ began With Sporadic strikes bland, -pread yesterday SBplMts, including the world’s IK' blanket mill at Nashua. SB Washington, federal labor disclosed they had Kt" contact with company ■Ws and representative* of ay** Greyhound bus employes to end the transport„ p;,g P | Column r>> Wory Bond Booth B" All Nest Week Victory nona nootu hi She Bvr store will be open every ■hex', week. with members of ■Be.t.i Th-ta Tau sorority havH^’- r " S! Monday. Tuesday ■Wednesday and tfcc Business ukmai Women on Thur? ■ Jriday an j Saturday. Mu. ■" * e *lMd, group chairman. B Jrl Kappa and Psi lota Xi B t ln ch *rge of the ■ Ws week The report on ■ S'" 1,01 ready until the ■« the week. Mrs. Welland ■• rhe victory tsond r are issued ■V" th* b(iyer fltJm thH r « was lo!7 TURE RE AD«NO« Bit ** <>q t :: « H m ’ 39 I WtATMjIR Ki Ce'X Ud t’L’’ Orth * nd cloud/ K» F * ,r * nd c ® id ■t Ma ****l”g temperatures e ** tr * 1 and heavy frost B’Wd e*^ W '‘ ,j “ r an j g|| •««»'*••» I

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Pearl Harbor Group In Political Fight Some Records Are Allegedly Missing Washington, Nov 3 d’Pt — The Pearl Harhor Invextlgating committee seethed today with a political fight Invohlng allegedly missing or de*tro/ed government r cords and the personal papers of the late president Roosevelt. The Democratic majority on the 10-man e4><:iai congreMlonal committee staved off. at least forth” time being, any Individual probing into such matter by Republican member*. Sen. Owen Rrewstor, R. .M*.. promised, however, that Republicans would reopen the issu • when the committee meet* again next Wednesday Meanwhile, the dispute brought Into the op«*n these developments: 1 A charge by Brewster and Sen. Domer Ferguson. R., Mich., that some pertinent files and records of the federal communications commission and the war <1 partment are missing. Brewster said he did not know whether any Roosevelt papers are missing irecause “U'e haven't gott n into that yet," 2 -A promise by Sen Alben W Batkley, D., Ky.. committee chair, man that if any papers are missing. the committee and not individual memb r* will look into it. 3—A warning by Sen. Walter F. George, D. Ga., that the investigation promises to penetrate (he most confidential records of thlate pr-aident and that Republicans seeking freedom of individual action are flirting with grave responsibilities. ft all started as a fight over rules for committee procedure. It quickly resolved Itself along party lines, Brewster and Ferguson complained that the Democratic majority was throttling their capacity to serve. It touched off a sens e debat which tan nearly th-c---hours. Little Waste Paper Is Collected Today Presumably Decatur citizens did not want their waste paper picked up todiy or th- supply was exhausted. Steve Everhart, director of the Boy Scout paper pick-up drive stated this morning after several blocks of residential territory had be n canvassed Only a few bundle* .i..d been obtained. Mr. Everhart »ald. While the wartime WMte paper drives ended in October, the Boy Scouts thought they could render a pule jp- service by gathering the paper each month and selling it to the junk dealer. Many residents (turned paper the past month in starting furnace fires. Mr. Everhart surmised.

Fort Wayne Plants Are Badly Damaged • $300,000 Fire Loss Suffered Bv Plants Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 3 — (UP)—Flame* iaahed through the Arco Transformer and Electric Corp, and the National Manufacturing Co. plant* late yesterday causing damage estimated at be•tween 331)0,000 and |400,000. Only a dozen workers were in the buildings at the time of the fire, but no one was injured. The fire originated in a storage room which links the National Heat Treating Co. and Hie two other factories. Arco and National companies are subsidiaries tn the National Mill Supply Co. Firemen battled the blaze for more than three hours but were unable to reach the fire in some parte of the plant* because of the proximity to the river. Plant equipment received the heaviest damage, according to C. D. Grazier, manager of the Arco plant, and G. J. Gresley. manager of the National Manufacturing Co. Several small explosion* during the progress of the fire were believed to be from the boiler and materials In drums used In the manufacture of transformer equipment. Intense beat caused walls to bulge, making the buildings dangerous.

War Brides Steal Show As Transport Arrives ■v : I ’Bn wl I HP X ' ** ■■ -BBi-^w.,.. TWENTY SIX WAR BRIDES and 13 babies arrive alatard the Army transport Wakefield along with 3,166 American veterans from European combat area*. The Gl wives and offspring* stole the show from the home-coming Yank* a* the ship docked In Boston.

Army Enlistments Speed Up In State Promise To Reduce State Draft Quotas Indianapolis. Nov. 3— (UP) — Brisk nctivltlea by army recrulten* proml>o*d today to reduce Indiana's draft quotas below L'b 0 a montii by the first of next year. More than 350 Hoosiers enter ■<!; the regular army voluntarily dur | Ing the first three weeks of Octo her. for period* ranging from 1»| month* to three years. The disclosure waa made by Col, J. ('. Chedlater, commanding officer of the Indianapolis recruiting st ithui These were in addition to 1,400 fifth service command men who enlisted at Camp Attorbury |s-;son nel center Veterans of World War II who re enlisted were im luditl. Others were young men who transferred to the regular army up m reaching Atterbury as draftee*. State selective service official* pointed out tiiat ili<- enlislinent* would be credited I > Indiatm's draft lodger. It will have the ultimate effect of reducing the montii ly quota, now tunning around 1. 200 a month, they <«a,<l. Continuation of the high enlistment rate was expected to cut the Indiana draft quotas eventually below the 1.000-a month mark for the first time since the eiriy days of selective selviie operations. India M's quota, ac.sirding to stale draft ht-adquarters, was around 1.206 in October. Similar quotas are set for November and December. However, Hpokesmen said, enlistment will apply to the quoias and actually reduce by hundred* Hie number of Ho'aler boy* the army will call Into service. Enlistment* have picked up speed every week since President Truman signed the recruiting act on Oct, 8. In Indianapolis alone. Chedlster said, more flian 250 enlisted during the month of October. The over all effect of the recruiting sjiedi apltvared to lie lite pr.”.’ poet of earlier release for Indiana veterans of World War 11, who must remain as occupation forces until a sizeable regular army to formed. The army's goal is 1,606,000 volunteers — sufficient to meet the needs for occupation force* overI Turn T» Bag* 1. ’’oluinn "> ABC's Fort Wayne Office Is Changed Due to the Greyhound strike which affects the terminal in Fort Wayne, the ticket office of the AIR’ Coach line, which operates through this city and south through the county, baa been trans- 1 ferred to the Indiana Railroad 1 garage. 208 W l-ewk rtreet. Fort 1 Wayne. The local ticket office In the Rice hotel has been doing u rushing btwines*. as njany passengers are buying tickets for bus 1 points from the Decatur agent.

ONLY. DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 3, 1945.

Adams County Farms Decrease In Number A recent release by the bureau of census, department of agriculture, shows that Adams county ha < 1.975 farms, compared to 1.99 in 1910. The number of farm* acres in 1945 was 209,471, compared to 201,102 in 1910. In the state there wax a gain of 216.543 acres in farmlands, despite a loss of 5.2« x farms since 1910. Frank McHale Faced By Possible Ouster New Rules Adopted By State Committee Indianapolis, Nov. 3—(l'P» — Frank McHale of laigansport freed possible ouster today from his position a* D inocratic national committeeman after the adoption of a new sei of rule* by the state party committee. The new rules were adopt <1 154 yesterday In a surprise action, despite the personal pioie-i of McHale to th<* commute The committee's action wax interpreted by political observers a-< an attempt on the part of slate chairman Fred Bays to gain the tippt r hand over McHale, and a* a bid for the Indiana labor vote. • The newly adopted rules provide for: 1. Election of national committeemen by the state committee. (McHale and most of hi* pr dieessors were named by delegates to the Democratic iiationul convention.) 2. Machinery for the filling of vacancies In the office of national committeemen. 3 Machinery sot the ouster ofj national committeemen. McHale said that the new rules could not apply during hl* term In office, and that It was the prerogative of the national cotnmitt e to decide whether a commit!eemn:i should be seated. Bays replied that H»<* state commute was in full control of the state party machinery und that there were court decisions to sup port his position. He refused to say directly whether a move would be made to oust McHab*. The ne wouster rules provides that a national committeeman may be removed from office by a twothirds vote of the comltteem- n. Ouster may be made for four reason: neglect of duty; failure to comply with the rules of the party and the election law* of the state of Indians; failure to cooperate with other officers of the party, and any course of conduct which creates dissension in the party McHale and Hays have bc-n feuding since the last campaign, and tlie dispute reached a climax several weeks ago when Bays suggest d that both he and McHale resign in the lntere«ta of party harmony. McHale rejected the suggestion. I ■1...., ■*■< 11. (Tuni To Pag*» *, Column

Rioting Is Resumed By Crowds In Cairo Outbreaks Blamed On Arab Extremists Cairo, Nov. 13 il'Pt Crowd* r«-*um<*d rioting in Cairo today after an 18-hour lull. One molt of I (Mi or more men began xiti.i siting shop windows in the center of the city shortly after noon. Five hundred police armed with wo*»den staves quickly cordoned off (lie main Iron Ide area, centering around Bollman I'aaha street. Panic broke out hi th» surrourd ed district. Ail eihop* rnmedlatt ly closed their doors. Pa«tW-rsby rati for cover Among the buildings damaged was the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie theater, where win (lows were broken. The fresh violence c; me as police were rounding up person* sumpectmi of iratlgating yesterday’* unti-jewlxh riois. More than 3'Mt li.oi i«-i n arrested by mill tr.oruiiig In Cairo, und additional suspects were bi-ing tak it into custoly hourly. Egyptian police quelled the last of yesterday's riots by <ln«k and Cairo wax quiet t nlay until n.-oii Peace also wax n-Htored in the naval lease city of Alexandria laxi nisht after a day of similar riots. Official estimates placed yesterday's iriHualties in both Cairo and Alexandria at 10 killed and 430 injured dining th” f • hours of (Turn To !•.<«<• Column •»» Mine Fortune Heir Reported Missing Three-Year-Old Boy Lost In California i Downieville, Cai . N v. 3 (CP» 'o-liHihOiiiidn Were bi .liigh Jo *O the seari-li ’oday for threeyearold Dickie Turn Kuden, missing heir to a gold mine fortune, as authorities discounted the suggestion that 'he child had been kidnaped. The boy disappeared with hl« dog. Heidi. Thursday morning from the frontyard of his parent's summer cabin. Goodyear Bar. The dog, which the family said had been trained never to leave' the wavy, golden-haired child, returned home alone. Hundreds of civilians and soldiers joined In the search for the child. Dis’rict attorney Alfred B. Lowey and a spokesman for the Sierra county sheriff's office said they believed the boy had fallen into a prospector's hole or abandoned mine shaft, had become lost in the woods or may have been attacked by some wild animal In the mountainous region "There Is always that possibUCTurn To Page 5, Column «>

Filipino Collaborator Says Destruction And Mass Killings Ordered

Hungarian Eleclion Scheduled Sunday U S. Establishes Limited Relations Washington. Nov. 3 — tl'l’l — Another barrier to a Soviet-Ameri-can understanding on eastern European governments was surnioun'ed today l>y this country's de facto recognition of the Hungarian provisional government. Th<* action came on the eve of the first free national election ever held in Hungary—scheduled for Bunday -and at the beginning of an eventful month of elections in central and southeastern European nations. After Hungary's election, Yugoslavia will vote on Nov. 11. Bulgaria on Nov. IS. and Austria on Jlov. 25. The I'. S. decision Io re-estab-ii*h limited relation* wi'h Hungary. announced yesterday, came two days after tile Soviet t’nion lin effect toid Britain that th” new Russian Hungarian economic agreement was none of her business. The S ha* received no Russian reply ’o it* protest about Jbat unilateral agreement. Diplomatic quarters here have buzzed for days that a compromise solution of *|t. « Russian differ(ences over the Balkan govern- ' ment* is “on the fire.” The recent Truman Stalin exchange wax understood to have dealt with that problem in detail. But the real k< y to a solution may be in the report of special C S emissary Mark Ethridge who now is investigating conditions in Bulgaria and Romania. His report and the elections ’his month could pu pare the way for a I’ S • Russian compromise solution which would make It possible for the big three again to consider the 111-fated job of drafting peace treaties. Tin 1 type of recognition the I' S has granted tin- provisional Hun gnrlnn government de facto as against de jure or formal recognition — I* consistent with Hungary’s situation. She I* a defeated enemy for which no peace <Tii.ii To t'-dunm 1» « Asks Indonesians To Cease Attacks Declare Truce In City Os Magelang Batavia. Nov 3 • (I’Pt I’resi i dent I. Il Sukarno of the unrecog-< nized Indonesian republic broad- j cast an appeal to hi* nationalist | followers today 'o cease their attack* on Allied occupation forces. British and Indonesian authorities declared a truce at the Interior city of Magelang. The agree men’ enabled the British Io occupy some pari* of the city, to evacuate civilians from danger zones, and to escort out a group of Japanese. The British moved an additional infantry division into Koerabaia and sent tank forces into Magelang. the latter apparently a procautionary measure to see that the truce was observed. The fifth Indian division went ashore at the eastern Java naval base city of Soerahaja under strong naval protection. The city was quiet but tense following the assassination early this week of Brig. A. W S. Mallaby. the British commander. Indonesian udements themnelve* took the lead In ending attack by Indonesian extremists at the interior city of Magelang. RAF planes had machine gunned Indonesian units during the height of the fighting. A few minor incident* were reported from Batavia itself, but there were no serious casualties A British sailor was hit hy a •.Turn To Page 6, Column 7)

Picket Threat Is Raised To Labor Parley Independent Unions Protest 'Brush-Off' Os Smaller Unions Washington. Nov 3 tl'l’t \ group of ind«'|wndcnt union* threatened today to “Throw a picket line” around next week’s labor-management cons retire to protest the government's fallice to invite unafllialed unions. Edwaid G. Wilms, chairman of the independent union* of New Jersey, said h ■ had telegraphed secretary of labor la-wl* l» Rchwellenbach to protest the “brush <»ff” given the many xmal Jer unions which are not affiliated with such national group* as the AFL and (TO “John L Philip Murray. William (Jr en ami other labor leaders will have to sneak In th<« hackdoor or cross the pi<ket llii”« in order to he present at tin- conference.” Wilms -aid II ■ promised that the picket lines would be there when the conference op- it* Monday. Meanwhil ■. the battle over 'he new administration wage-price p<d i icy mounted in intensity with th” I administration exerting full pres- | sure to force settlement of ll* 1 lune* by coll dive bargaining. Tin- war labor board last night > returned all wage issues in about 1.000 pending case* to the part:< « I for collective bargaining The i move swept the WLB X do< k t i clean of all dixputes In which t n j parti”* can apply th<- newly a n ended wage-price policy. "Frankly.” a WLB spokesman ( said. "The board hopes that th parties will settle the dispute* a id never conn- buck here The piiiicipal aim of the labormanagement < >nf rein < will be to find means of minimizing indii t rial dispute* Offi< ial sources x il-l Hie government had placed “Ail Its chips” on the parley. If It fail* to find a solution by voluntary nwans. they said, the only alternative Is a l -gixlatlve ami admin.* tratlve program. The conference agenda «hw« not now include Hie wage price issue, but the (TO said every ff<" I would In- made to get it here. I.altor aotircex saw significance' <T.en To Page f-dttaoi t< Farmer Is Charged With Beating Hand 19-Yeor-Old Boy Is Badly Mistreated Woodstock. 111. N»v 2 ti’Pt Stanley la-lto-M-r-- a dairy farm er. was charged today wiili bent ng ills Ift vearoid hired hand wiili ii scoop above!, half-xiarvfna tits youth, and then taking most of the lioy’s pay from him ’in !>ets. Sheriff Henry Nolle said the chargi-M were contained in a warrant Tirdew-d by the state’s atto: ney after the farnmr's father reported the weakened condition of Jack Linneman, who bad worked for 13 month* on the farm Th>hoy was taken to a hospital for treatment of i>rui*es and malnutrition. State'* attorney Don V Wicks said flint Linneman. son of a Kankakee salesman, waa nunishi-q frequently l>y being denied fo-ul and that the l*>y often became so hungry that he ate fe«’d used for livestock on the farm. Linneman was no weakened by hunger that he fell and spilled a pall of milk and as punishment, , the farmer etruck him with a scoop (Turn To Page Column 1)

Price Four Cents*

Official Order By Japanese Command To Destroy Manila ■ And Kill Residents Moulin, Nov. 3-HTT—A former Filipino collaliorator told a military tribunal today that the Japanese command Issued an official order for 'he deal ruction of Manila ami the massacre of Its inhabitant* when American libera-* lion for--e* approached. Although the witness did nor. specify who signed the massacro order, lie testified that Gen Tomoyuki Yamashi’a. Jgpaneae com--1 mander in the Fhillppinea in 1#44 and 1946. rejected all pleaa for its i retraction with: i "Tlie order already has Been given. I’m sorry, hut war is war." The most damning evidence so ' far in the week long trial of Yamaahlta for hl* life for the slaughter of thousand* of civilian* during 'he buttle of Manila last February came from the private secretary of the Filipino revolutionary. General Ricarte. Yamashi a listener! to a translation of the testimony wi'h a sickly grin on hl* face. The secretary, who Identifier? himself only a* laipnz. testified that Ricarte twice personally pleaded with Ya:na«hita ’o halt the plundering and murder in Manila on grounds that it was iniiu man Ricarte returned from the final conference almost in tears anti said Yamashita was convinced Filipinos were anti Japanese and therefore enemies of Japan whs should be wiped out as part of 1 Japan's overall alrategy. "I have appealed to the heart of this man.” larpttz quoted Ricarte. “He has no heart.’’ latpuz said Ricarte went Into ' exile in Hong Kong and Japan in 1901 after refusing to swear allegiam n to the I nited States, in 1942, h<- said, the Japanese war department sent Ricarte to the , Philippine* to handle their padfitcation and organize the notorious anti American Makapili society. Lapuz said he had been informed ’hat Ricarte died in northern Luzon last August. Even before the final massacre last February, another witness said. Yamashita sent a letter of congratulations to the commander of the Japanese garrison in Manila for hl* activities in “auppreasing guerillas around Manila.” Recardo Esquerra, a Filipino undertaker, said a Japanese officer without mentioning any name* told him that "higher headquarters’* ordered the mass execution of the inhabitants of Manila last February. But Esquenu left no doubt today as to whom he blamed. Turning in flic witness l>ox. he ripped open his collar to disclose a terrible saber wound on his neck, then shouted at Yamashita: "I want you to see this scar first!" Spectators in the courtrftom gasped at Esqiierni'x ugly wound. He broke into sobs and was dismissed from the stand. Esquerra wax one of the victims of the so-called Ah id massarre in which *>”«■ persons wwo slain by Japanese soldiers. Japanese troop* there slashed off ear* anil noses, gouged out eye*, hurled grenade* among wounded and even tried to bury *ome persons alive, witnesses said.

Kendallville Army Officer Is Drowned Kendallville. Ind., Nov. 3 tl'P) ('apt Maylaml J. Warble. 25, drowned Oct. 23 while werving with the 31st infaiti"y regiment at Guam. th«- Wit Department has notified relatives here. Warble’s death occurred only eight days Iwfore his unit was scheduled to return to the United State*. Tile captain was survived by hto widow. Beryl; a daughter, Phyllis, of near Burr Oak; his parents, Mr. and Mn» John R Warble, Kendallville, and five sisters and two brothers.