Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1945 — Page 1

No. 270.

INTINUE TO KEEP SECRET OF ATOM BOMB

pen Pearl Harbor Hearings

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Official Canvass Os Hospital Election Complete Official Count Late Today Th* Official Vote Againat hcapltal ... 2997 For hospital .. 20C6 Majority 931 Only one change developed In the count of the election raturn* from last Saturday'* aperial hospital election a* Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, C. D. Ixtwton and Harry Moore, cotnmhvloners, began the official canvas* thht morning at the <*>urt hktuae The <>'»nge waa In North Washington precinct, where the count <ff ballot* again*! the building of the -hoapital wa* reduced three votes, from J 33 to 130. The tally sheet totals varied with the number of names listed In the poll iMtok and the election mtnnnL«d>ners openod the envelope containing the voted ballots ind counted t -cm. Th- nnmln-r of ballots voted wae 134. The tally sheet showed 6 cast in favor of tlie hospital and 133 against, the mistake lielng In listing the latter iiumlier. The prwinct was credite«i with r> vol— m f.ivio ind T>" *gulnst the hospital prop aal. The comm las ion <w«i will not complete the official count until late this afternoon. The, unofficial returns last Saturday o>awed 2995 votes again*' the hospital and 2o»io vote* in favor <>f the building. The three vote descrlpenacy reduces the former figure to 2992 and cuts the majority of the opponent vote to 932. providing no other elr.iiig -s are made in the final tabt-latluis. o Mrs. Effie A. Ball Is Taken By Deafh .Mrs Ettle A. Ball, 76. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. .Marie Hower In Fort Wayne after a few days illnex with heart trouble. .Mrs. B.ill, whose maiden name was Kt tie Rota, resided here many years and attended the Decatur high schoil. The family ;m>ve<i to Fort Wayne about 30 years ago. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at Klaedtn < Bonn funeral home, with burial In the Ite-atur cemetery. The deceased was born in Milford. Wis.. but came to this city when a small child Besides her daughter. She Ih survived by two son*, Cleland J. Ball of Oakland. Calif., and Fred R. Ball of B raider, Colo. a brother, Charles It. Roas of C’tlcanto, and six grandchildren. —» ■ * 0 11 — Price Control Board To Curb Inflation Change Rafion Board To One Os Confrol Beginning January 1. the Adams county war price and ration hoard will be known as the price ctatrol board and every effort will he madby volunteers and panel members •zj Z*SS*‘|| the da m«<*a» tnflaHnn. Mark France, district OPA offic tai, stat’d at a meeting of board and panel members at the juniorsenior high school last evening. At the present the only items that com- under rationing are tire*, meats and fats and sugar. By the first of the year, all meats and possibly tires will be eliminated. Current ration books have the coupon* for rationed sugar and if this product is eliminated before next year’s canning seas on. there will be no further need for rationing. It was explained. Price panel committee* will sit as volunteers in the program to maintain reasonable prices, as a means of preventing ruinous Inflation, the speaker said All cases are handled locally and investigations are made by local people. This week the state announced the closing of 21 ration board offices In connties having less than 250 retail outlets.

British Clear Tel Aviv After Zionists Riot Two Jewish Youths Killed In Violent Rioting Last Night Jerusalem. Nov. 15 — (VP) — Zionist rioting broke out In Tel Aviv again this morning, but British troops went into action swiftly and prevented a repetition of the wild street brawl in which two Jewish youths were killed last night. Dispatches from the Jewish coastal settlement said small groups of extremists started fresh disorders early today but were dispersed quickly by British Infantrymen. Two Jews were Injured seriously enough to require ho«pitalizalion after this morning's clash, but there was no word of other casualties. .Meanwhile, the death toll In last night's melee rose to two when a 20 year-old Jewish boy died In the Hadassah hospital. A 16-yearold fellow d*>monstrator was shot and killed in the fighting around ibrgovernment offices, which Were burned to the ground by the riot ers. Sixteen others were wounded In the outbreak, seven seriously, and some 30 British soldiers and local policemen were injured by brickbats. Jewish anger at Britain's policy toward Palestine flared into open violence last night after word reached Tel Aviv that the entire question had been referred lo an Anglo-American board of Inquiry. A mob of several thousand Jews formed quickly, many of them teen-aged extremists, and stormed the British government offices. They broke through a police cordon into the buildings, where they put the torch to the office* and hurled records and furniture Into (Turn T<> Page I. Column •>

Find Bodies Os More American Aviators Seven Bodies Found In Hidden Graves Yokohama, Nov. 15 -d’P) The bodies of seven American fliers, aix of whom apparently were strangled by the Japanese, have lieen recovered fr m hidden gravow, the Sth army announced today. Five of the seven l»odies were found with ropes or wires tied around their necks in the graveyard of a Buddhist temple. Two more were re-overed Ln umitark**! graves along a lonely road near tne Toky* canal. The eighth army’s announcement followed by les* Ilian a week in- discovery of the retnain-t of 14 airmen who were executed and tortured by the Japanese after parachuting over Osaka. A Japanow girl pointed out the first grave site where two of the bodies dnwscd In flying Jacket* and overall* wen- foun I by a re owery team under B-Bgt Julius 11. Waters, Huntington. Ark. There w*w no mound to indicate a grave, Waters said. The bodies were wrapped in straw matting and burled three feet deep. _f_ Speed Payment Os Warrants To Vets Indianapolis. Nov. 15— (UP) — State Treasurer Frank T. Mtills prepared today to put into effect <a plan to speed t*he payment of warrants for unemployment compensatijn and veterans’ allowan cea. Millk announced yesterday that one 'tank in each of the cities of Fort Wayne, Evansville and South Bend had been designated ae direct correspondsnts with the state treasurer's office to accelerate the payments.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 15,1945.

Children Sue Pop’s Sweetheart L , 4s- * > k-' i* ! I /It kj Bp' ■ u an UNUSUAL court action at I*>s Angeles two children me siting TfiF~iaW-«i.-.i <>ih*. e..■:<•- a -t-e--Hi..i.gi*- fol ..Hem <lly wi.-al-ing their father from them and thereby depriving them of normal home life. Left to right are Janice .Mae Smith. 17: Mrs. Florence M Smith, to. the mother through whom us their guardian the children sued for 120.00 b, and Howard L. Smith. 15. The defendant is Mis. VHian Westbrook. 34. a divorcee.

See Chiang Losing Race For Manchuria Chinese Communists Moving In Rapidly (Ttungklng. Nov. 15 H'l’t Neutral quartarQ today said that the Chlnece central government appears U> lx* on th** verge h* ; Ing the rare for Manchtnla. A welter of lonfliiting reports Included a communist charge that 14>b Am-erican-manned tankii are racing north and west from Tientsin toward the scene of the cirntlii t There wa* no conflrm.itlon from any armored column had struck out f>r Shanbalkwan, gateway to Mariu'wrla. and Chahir provln c. The actual situation in Manchuria, according to neutral observers, is that a Russian withdrawal from the area '»* in full swing with Chinese communist forte* moving in a* rapidly a* the Red Army evacuates. The communist movement ha* reached such a scale, according to thtwe reports, that if it continue* for another week t'te Chinese central government will be unable to take over Manchuria unle .• It **m bark* <>n a full scale w.c*. Soviet troop*, it was learned, al ready have ci mpleted their withdrawal from Southern Manchuria and by Nov. Iff had evacuated the entire area south of Mukden. They are scheduled to be out of central Manchuria and bbe area south of Harbin by Nov. 20. Tt.e evactia tion of all .Manchuria is du<* to be completed by Dee. 3, Thu* far. these quarters said, the chii.iwe CTraßtiwijist* have moved into position a* rapidly m the Red army has gotten out, They have moved Into m-aporl*. mountain passe*, and airport* and have seized key railroads. L'nlewt the central government is able inrmediately to start moving airborne force* into Manchuria. these quarter* said, it I* doubtful If they will lie able to dislodge the conMnuni*’ force*. The central government now ha* alxtut 300 official* at Changchun and tats taken over the puttal and telegraph administrations. Soviet forces were reported to be rapidly moving out >f Changchun However, it was revealed the Chi neae communtat force* are also at Changchun and are so otrongly entrenched that It appeared douh'fill that the a’ purt could b« used to bring in nationalist troops. The official central news agentTurn To Page 4, Column 7)

Annual Student Day Sale Here Saturday The iunual city wide student diy h ate. Hpon*orcd by the *<*»:<»r cla*»* of the Iterator junior-senior bi th «<>!iool. will Is- held Saturday T t*sale is held annually In cooperation with t- • Decatur tii*-r. hunt» un i the Chamber of Commerce. Mote than so busim** flnw are l c (operating with the r* iilor*. who I will Im pai l by the m■•reliant*, all f.tndit going into the i *-asttry of ■ the senior i lass. I — 0 Indonesian Strong , Points Captured > , „ Stop Heavy Series ■ Os Counter-Attacks 1 — Batavia. Nov. 15 (UP) Rein- • forced Brith : troop* *• >i med and ■ captured the main Indonesian otrotig points in the center of i S ieral '.ja today after l eating * ff i a -cries iff heavy nationalist <-bun i (*•! alta 4.i< Spearheads of the sth Indian <ll- - vl*ion thrust across the railroad ■ lint* blwe. tliig Soerabaja from east to west and advamod Into the . south* rn <nd of th** city und*n* . fierce mortar and ma< him* gun i fire They dislodged the natkinalicts from the government taiildlngs I Hout-i of the railroad where the ' main Indonesian resloi inee taut centered. I.ate dispatches from the cast Java naval base city /aid the na- ■ tlonallsts still were fighting Im* k ftiriou*ly, but tin* ‘i-cikthrough *rrl<Mtuly threatened th>*ir resmuin Ing hold In the noui-hein h«h of he town. Heaviest fighting early in the day centered around the railway embankment, the s**<*-altaja notel and the central railway station where repeated native counter-at-tacks were ( .naslied by point-blank British artillery fire. Brltlxh reports from the el’y said the liidoncslan*. •* tiinated at 15.000 to 18.000 strong, appeared to be better organized than at the beginning of the batt|<*. The nationalists no longer i earned the street* In mob* Irat were concentrating their strength In barricaded areas r uth of the railway. A numlier of Indonesian uniperz still were holding out behind the U.dtbh !in< < in the northern half of the city but they were liein? (Turn To Page 4, Column 4|

Advocate Wide Exchange Os Scientific Knowledge But Retain Bomb Secret

Eisenhower Supports Universal Training Testifies Before House Committee Washington, Nov, 15 tl'l’i (ten. Dwight D Eisenhower declared today that this country's military power I* the "greatest single motivating force for world peace.” Testifying before lite h«u*<- mil itary affairs committee In support he added: *llll* is our greatest assurance of keeping the peace for which we fought. "Far from being contrary to the purposes and intent of the I'iiited nations organization. I consider it to be essential to the success of that organization'' Klsenhower, the allied commander whose forces smashed Germany in the West, flew to this country from hi* occupational headqttart(rs at Frankfurt to present his vl*wa to congresa on universal training, merger of the armed forces, and operations of the unit ed nations relief and rehabilitation administration. He told the military affairs commit! 'e that such "astounding advances" In the science of desfruition as the atomic bomb and electronic warfare will make if Im possible for the I'nited Stilt s to prepare for world war 111 after the fact. ■'lf war comes to it*, again." he said, "the fact seems inescapable* that we will not have time to train units before We are faced with the final issu<- of defeat or victory • We must be prepared on .M-Day the day the enemy *trtkes or we may never he pr pared to avert defeat at th.- hands of any aggressor who uses again*! us the weapon of the future. “Th only difference now. ami the great lesson of world war 11. is that It must be- done before, not after, the first shot Is tired Eisenhower said he* was stir--"no true American would be- will- ( I urn T<> Page I. Column «» ———o - —-— — 42 Germans Go On Trial For Murder Wholesale Cruelty Charged Defendants Dachau. Nov. 15 —(I’l*l—Forty two Germans went on trial before h r S. military government court today cm c harges of murdering thousands of persons at the notorious Dai hau concentration camp by torture, starvation and sadistic experiments The Nazi defendants were accused of wholesale cruelties, mistreatment, beatings, and fatal experiments involving Alliejj war prisoners and civilians at Dachau. One of tin* leading defendants was Dr. Klans Karl Schilling, whose malaria experiments were alleged to have killed 1 !*"* to 3,not) persons Another defendant was Dr* Fritz Hinlerinayer. accused of murdering 900 persons and driving another 1,000 insane with his various experiments on 'hitman guinea pigs." The trial was being held in a refurnished workshop on the grounds of the concentration camp. As soon as the preliminaries were out of the way. Maj. Maurice J. McKeon of .Newark. N J. assistant defense council, entered a plea of abatement, challenging the court's jurisdiction over the prisoners. McKeown argued that inasmuch as the* prosecution charged the prisoners with having been members of the* German army, they should Ira tried by court martial rather than by the present court representing the military government.

Ford Company Favors Delay On Wage Issue Report Pittsburgh G. E. Workers Vote Walkout If Needed By United Press Ford Motor Co. toll the CIO I'nlted Auto W >rkeni today that this was not tin- time to settle th*- wige issue, and I*:* on We* Ing nine El* »r Corp production worker* voted t > strlk** If necessary to enforce wage demand*. Find * first official .dali ment on the I'AW's demand for a 3n p* cent pay hike <ame as strike* ami shutdown i*ll* d more than !35,mm American workers This total included tio.tmn CIO lea! er workers in 16 states w‘i > were staging a 24-hour work stop page in support of d**m inds for a 3t> pi-rceiil wage increase. The company advoiated delay ill S(**ll<-metlt of the Wage isssj*’ because pay boo-ts "would have l<* la* b.-.eed on gue-scH of whai our volume of production an.i our costs ar<* going to be mid on guest* as to what * anting* if any we slurald •>* able to mak>* The rio electrical union ri'tio ted that Pittsburgh General Elec trh •.mployes I*.l*l I ‘ overwhelmingly" to use t i«- walk it w> a poll if lie. r--a y The Ullioll i-eek* a 32 a day wage Bureau*. The ball Ulus a m held tn com ply with a requirement in th*- Io al union's constitution. Th** Na tlotial lailsir Relations Itourd a! ready had aclivduled a strike vi le for Dec * I'AW and G< th-iwl Mol-rs t* |> *• setitatives reopen**d thei. ware di* cuwiiotM as officials in the com l>miy s Ittii.k an 1 Firther l><*ly plants nt Flint. Mli i 'sent home 3."u0 worker* in a progressive layoff momentarily expected to affect Ki.-iie pi.mio worker*. The shutdown at Fisher body, employing 2.""*'. t **l th** layoff of Buck a-o'itibly line night ohlft worker* yesterday, and cntiipa'iy l *pok*"*mati said Hie plant p obale |y would be closed by nightfall ■—qw— ll I I■' '. '"* -* lii * * (■*—■*—** * 111 W - iTurn To !’.»«»• 2. Column H (j — - - Nazi War Criminals Trial Facing Delay Delay Prosecution For Gustav Krupp Nuernberg, Nov 15 -il'Pi- The four power war crime* tribunp! today postfiotied prosecution of charge* against the aged and ailing Gustav Krupp, but deferred a decision as to whether his son. Alfred, would be tried instead The probability of a delay In the Nuernberg trials, possibly until Jan. 2, was strengthened by the decision not to try Gustav Krupp now. A postponement from the scheduled Nov. 20 date had apjieared to depend on whether be would be tried in absentia. The charges against Gustav Krupp will ntay on the docket of the tribunal for trial later if his physical and mental condition permits, the tribunal announced. "Further questions will be considered later. Including that of Hie addition of another name,” an official announcement said I'. S. prosecutor Robert Jackson. supported by the Russians and French, insisted on Kubalitulion of Alfred Krupp's name for that of his father. If that were done, it would Involve a certain delay In the trial to handle the technicalities of the substitution. After reaching the decision on Gustav Krupp, the court took up a request by counsel for Julius Streicher for a postponement.

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President Truman, Prime Ministers Os Britain And Canada Finish Conferences Washington. Nov. 15 tl P) ~“ President Truman and the prime ministers of Great Britain and Canada com luded their atomic, bomb control talks today with an announcement that the mechanical know how of Immh production would continue to lie kept secret. They recommended establishment of a commission under the I'nlted Nation* organization. This commission, they said, would work toward "entirely eliminating th** use of atomic energy for dextructive purposes and promoting Its widest use for Industrial and humanitarian purpose* " The Htatement of policy drafted by the three leaders advocated the widest exchange of basic Scientific knowledge, but expressed the belief "that the spreading of the specialized information regarding the practical application of atomic energy ' for military purposes would not contribute to a constructive solution of the problem of the atomic bomb. "We arc- not convinced." the slat* mi nt signed by the three leader* -.aid, "that the spreading of the specialized information regarding the practical application of atomic energy before It is possible to devise effective, reciprocal and enfori * alile safeguard* acceptable to all nation*, would contribute to a consiructlve solution of the probk-fn of the atomi>iMMIIb On flu- loutrarv we think it might have tlte opposite effect. We are. however, prepared to share, on a reciprocal basis with other* of the I'nlted Nation*, detailed information concerning the praithal industrial application of atomic energy just a* soon as effective enforceable safeguards against its use for de*tructlve purpose* can be devised.'" Tli*' commission, according to the plan outlined in the communique. -liould be instructed to proceed Immediately to prepare recommendations. Tin <omml*slon would be called upon to make specific proposals I For extending lo t we,-n all nations the ex* hange of basic scientific information for peaceful ends. 2. For control of atomic energy to tli<* extent necessary to ensure it* use imiy for peaceful purposes. 3 For the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major Weapons adaptable to mass product lon. I For effective safeguard* by way of Inspection and other mean* to protect complying state* against the hazard* of violation* and evasions. Thus. It was left to the I'nlted Nations to adopt recommendation* on these subjects as handed to I'NO by the commission. "Faced with the terrible realities of the application of sclonco to destruction, every nation will realize more urgently than before the overwhelming need to maintain the rule of law among the nations and to banish the scourge of war from the earth,' 4 the statement said Tills was the theme of an appeal for full support by ail nation* participating in I'NO The banishment of war. the principals said, would come only from "wholehearted support” of UNIO and by consolidation am! extension of VNO's authority. Tlii* would create, the statement said, "conditions of mutual trust In which all peoples will ba free to devote themselves to Iho arts of peace.” Judging from the language, the statement was not a binding agreement in formal diplomatic term*, but a broad outline of policy to which the Anglo-American-Canadian leaders agree. The document was formally labeled an ‘‘agreed declaration** and contained nine basic sections. In recommending the formation of a commission under VNO, the president and the two prime mln<1 urn To Page 2, Column 3)