Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1945 — Page 1
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D NAZIS GO ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES
jlrdered Hase At ■Harbor iiAl Dec Io res !■. Overruled -Afficials H„ l: Nov. 20—(UP) — 9V Hl, h.inl-uii said today HB |l in, 14 I! Stalk, chief JKp.-t.tt urns. agreed with S,- basing the . H.ii iior in 194" but !■-. 1.1.-nt Ifoos-Vi It ill a.is commander of ■ Irotu January. IM". K-lieved on Feb. 1, ,! Adm. Husband E. i,,ld the collgrcxsion H.nhor investigating gK. fleet in Hawaiian it could not be lb fended or supplied testified that he never today of a letter Rent 1941. by the late secFrank Knox to for of war Henry L. ■h, which Knox said it possible" that Japan hostilities with a surBL k on Pearl Harbor. letter wax made pubwhen rexUlf* Os the navy investigation* by Pnxldent TritKb“h told the Pearl liarcommittee that iB two trips to Washington Min talk with President ■t He xaid the presiMps t. 4 his protests against Pacific fleet at Pearl M asserting that Its pres Mre wax a deterrent to JapMgsreaxion. (Former sec- ■' state Cordell Hull also Hk<<ping the fleet at Pearl Mernded hl* plea for add!Mrr onnel on the grounds K needed men could lie ■in.luiied later. Mils<>n mid Statk agreed B fear* about keeping the B Pearl Harbor where, the B said, aimy defense arButs were wholly inade- ■ course of hlx testimony preparations, RichardB the committee that the B Hawaii was ordered on ■ft for an air raid in the ■of lkt(i hut that he never B‘‘ to find out whether it § lor the real thing. Bforta to get an explanation ■ashington were unavailing. ■*»n said, and he assumed I* drill. ■Knox letter was a xumma- ■ the defense situation nt ■iarlsir and was written as ■ of Richardson's previous ■h" letter. Knox listed the ■» of a Japanese attack, in f To Page Column 4» p For Yanks* je Continuing ftevnon*.- to many inquiries, fd iati Baker. Adams county r' of the "Gifts for Yanks F : »ve" campaign, stated tor ijr doiiaiifinC f drive may he sent directly f or may be left at the Amr , ** sion luane. Checks should f ” «»< to Mre. Adrian Baker, fan of the “Yanlw Who r** of the campaign is to ’■ ' hristmas gifs for all Am f servicemen in hospitals in »unty and abroad. The dead- " receiving donations here 1 and donors are re*o moke tfcalr contrihua «*» ao possible. yERATURt READINGS a m * 27 , •• "»• 30 -.— 33 ► *• ..... 37 WEATHER *“' n ® e, ® ug, "“« «"d slew,’UM»«r«turs tonight. Rain "9 west Rosian late tonight r7..* Preadin « WedneeState*' afternoon, ’ " ,Bsh at night.
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General Eisenhower Honored By Legion Legion's Medal Is. Presented General Chicago, Nov. 20 — (UP) General of the army Dwight I), ■senhower received the American Legion's distinguished service medal today ax more than 9,000 cheered wildly. Smiling broadly, the general stood under the glare of floodlights und waved to the delegate* at the legion’s 27th annual convention. .Many of them were fighting men who hud followed him In Africa anti across Europe. Hix brief acceptance speech was interrupted frequently by cheers. He said he accepted the medal for his 3.000 000 men and their Allie* "who did their bit for their countries " National commander Edward N. Hchelberling presented the Legion's medal to Eisenhower, saying that "no man ever merited this distinction more than you have." The crowded platform was the scene of a reunion between Eisenhower and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chief of the veterans' affairs bureau. Eisenhower hurried to Bradley's side, threw his arms about him and brought him to the front of the platform to share the ovation with him The rousing reception followed a parade through Chicago during which the gem-raj wax h*ib»*i )..y_. thousands of spectators. Police estimated that 300,000 persons saw Elsenhower as he rode through the loop In a motorcade. Lined six and seven deep in some places they shouted, clapped and threw paper. The general, who has a slight cold) wax bundled into an overcoat and a G I muffler. At a news conference preceding his appearance at the convention. Eisenhower said his battle t xperlence had demonstrated clearly the effectiveness of a single command for America's fighting forces. Earlier president Philip Murray of the congress of industrial organizations told the le-gion convention that the seniority provisions of the selective service act "promote conflict" among workers. An address prepared by .Murray wax read to the delegates by David J. .MacDonald, secretarytreasurer of the United Steel Workers (CIO). Murray xaid the seniority provision guarantees World War II veterans jobs “even it doing so causes the dlscknrge of men with more seniority on these jobs and necessitates the discharge of veterans of the last war." ' This concept ... lx away to promote conflict among our cltlsens," he xaid, "By causing them to fight for the right to presumably limited employment and making one group take jobs away from another." He xaid the CIO wanted «o assure the reemployment of veterans by union employer agreements. Oscar Weldy Dies Monday Afternoon Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Oscar D Weldy. 62. a native of fMeraou. died Monday afternoon at the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne aftei a five waeks Hlnea* of cerebral apoplexy He wuh born tn Peterson January 18. 1883. the son of William D. and Elizabetth Hartman-Weldy. He had lived In Fort Wayne since his mwrriage to Bessie June PeasOctober P. 1907. He was a 32nd degree Mason and treasurer of the Fort Wayne < letter :arriers' aamclafton. He had been an employe of the Fort , Wayne post office for the past 35 years. Surviving In addition to the wife are two eons. Dr. Brice Weldy of Hartford City and Max William, at heme, and one slater. Mrs. Meble Marehall >f Peterson. Funeral services will lie held at 2:oft o'clock Thursday afternoon at •the Black funeral home in this city, with tike Rev. Kenneth Timin on* officiating. Burial will be In the Antioch cemetery. The body may he viewed at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.
Machinery Set For Immediate Strike On GM Union Ultimatum Given Industry On Arbitration Board BULLETIN Detroit. Nov. 20—(UP)—General Motors Corporat'on today rejected a demand from the powerful CIO United Auto Workere for an immediate answer to the union'e proposal that its 30 percent wage demands be submitted to arbitration. By United Press CIO auto workers today awaited an answer from General Motors before calling a system wide strike which an induxtiy spokesman said might paralyze operations in every major automobile company except one. General Motors, largest and strongest of the auto Industry's big three, wax given until 4 p. m. today to reply to a United Automobile Workers (CIO) proposal. This offered submission of wage demands to a three-man arbitration Imard UAW vice-president Walter P. Reuther warned that the machin--srjt—«jh:—sFt—fer - ar. Immediate strike among .laft.Oftft G-M employes should the company answer be unsatisfactory. Almost simultaneously with the union's ultimatum, George Romney, director of the Automobile Manufacturers* Association, said that a strike against General Motors would be followed within a week by shutdowns In plants of all but one other major automo bile manufacturer. It wax assumed that the unnamed manufacturer was the Ford .Motor Co., traditionally an independent producer. In other labor disputes, the "voice with a smile" wax stilled l>y a telephone strike in 116 Illinois communities, as UAW ami Ford officials resumed conferences optimistically looked to for ending a 70 day strike in the com party's Windsor, Ont., plant. In all. strikes kept 330.50 U U. 8. workers awav from their jobs, according to a United Press count. A 28-day walkout at the Mfayette. Ind., plant of the Aluminum Company of America ended today when 2.7<>0 strikers returned to their jobs pending negotiation of a wage dispute. An additional 1300 workers were Idled by the (Turn To Page ’. ('..tiinin 3> —o Walter Bockman New Draft Board Member Named As Successor To Roy E. Mumma Walter J Bockman. lo<al Instran e agent. Iras been appolnhd a member of the Adams county Selective service bc-ard. wicceedlng Ray E. Mumma. who resigned, following five years service on the b aid. Mr. Bockman received his comm.’. slon from President Harry S. Truman lodsy. (raving been prevlously endorsed by the Indiana atate selective service board and Governor Ralph F. Gatiw. The other two mem tiers of the boand, wim likewise have served sin,-* the local Imard was organised in Octolrar. 1940, are Ralph Roop of this city and O N Smith of Berne. During the pant five y«arx the local board has inducted more tJran 2.001) men in military service, and several (hundred additional names have gone through the office In tihe mi listing and volunteer programs. The members of the imard serve without compensation and perform their duties as a patriotic service to their country. From 1940 and Mtpecially during the peak of the war years, thousands nt names were proctesed by the hoard memhere. Mr Bockman is a veteran of World Wml and Is a well kn-w.v iastionnaire of Adams Post 43. He will meet with the otter two members next week aad assist tn form (Turn Tu Page ». Column 4)
ONLY. DAILY, NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY
Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 20, 1945.
Admiral Wags Flattop Casualty ‘m-rT • - : -t .. . ’ ; ’ • . F . ft Bl T • = » LiX® mi / K. J i * - j ADMIRAL WAGS is known through the length, breadth •* n ' l the Pacific. Yes, even the xih-nt service knows Wags, lie is th i 13-year-old black co< ker spaniel, friend and boon companion of M Aim F C Hherman. After seeing oodles of action In the Pad ic. Adm.ri; Wags came to N-w York for the Navy Day ‘^-b. ation alxiard the carrier Enterprise. On the .v of he gnat ■ canine fell from the flight deck to the hangar deck and half of his iHuly became paralyzed. Ax th.- Navy has no vc '.‘ ,r ‘ ' h ' put Wags In a stretcher splint, as can In- seen above. Foday th dog has made an 85 percent recovery und soon will be ax good ax n< w well, as good ax 13 yearx old anyway.
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Labor Parley Faces Many Large Issues Study Suggestions To Give Union Voice r — Washington. Nov. 20 -(UP) A iabor-managriiient conference com 1 mittee today studied xuggextlonx that unions have a voice In th pricing of product* and location of new plants. The committee on management's right to manage wax seeking to determine whether such Innovation* were feasible and whether th y wood contribute to belter Industry labor relation* Those were among the 35 to 40 issues still facing this one nittee alone. An employer member xaid th questions rcfleeted the scope of the many tough problems being threshed out by the threeweek old conference. Ik spite the complex job ahead, Iwo spokesmen predicted that the conference called by president Truinun to minimize Industrial strife would come up with a pro-ci-dural formula that will help achieve the goal. The optmiatic forecasts came ; from president Eric Johnston of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce and conferenc- secretary George W. Taylor. Johnston disclosed that he had organized the conference "Big Six" Into a steering committee to xe- that the other committees do • Turn lo I’aa* 6, Column 4>
Rudolf Hess, Still Dramatic, Fails To Snub Hitler’s Gang
Editor's note IttidobCi always the dramatic and always the solemn mystic, Is playing oat hs iole to the bitter end, althor.gh an Atnerimm psychiatrist ray* his "amnesia" Is voluntary and pr e mI«M to cure him in 15 day*. ( niled PreM ataff corresp indent Ann Stringer, sitting within a few feet of the Nazi mystery man at the Nuernberg trial today, studied his mood and posture. Her dHpatch follows: t By Ann Stringer NuemlMtHt. Nov. 2" tl'f’i—Rudolph Hess tried to snub the rent of the Hitler gang todav. Ixit failed. The gloomy Nazi my st' w-ho hal taken order* frmi no one but the Fuehrer, entered the war crimes courtroom with rigid aloofness. latter, however, he broke down ami talked with lioth Hermann Goering and Joachim von llihlientrop Several limes he evoil attempted g stnsnge. nervous laugh It was plain from the first minute that Hess •'tu.i h.tr:«d. Gone Is the quiet arc gxnce of other days. The yellowish, Imidwi* man entered the courtroom with a
NO PAPER THURSDAY In accordance with annual custom. the Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Thursday. Thanksgiving day, to enable employe* to spend the holiday with their familia*. Broad Health Plan Facing Hard Fight Strong Opposition To Truman Program Washington. Nov. 20 (UP) President Tinman's farreaching h al(1i Insurance program today faced a hard fight in congrew Even backers of the |3.<MM,(H)9,mm (Bt-a-year scheme comeded that strong opposition Iles ahead Similar proposals Inlroduc d n yeai ago died In committee Despite Mr. Truman's rep* at M statement that his program did not mean "socialized medicine." th- journal of American medical assoi iatlon promptly asserted that this was "a peculiar Interpretation of the term " The journal charged i editorially that the proposal would lead lo "politically controlled m»-d iclne " 8 n Robert A. Taft. It. <). also, diaputed Mr Truman's denial that i the program Involved socialized medicine. AFL president William Green, however, telegraph- d Mr. j Truman congratulations on hlx “forward-looking" proposal which, j Green r.ald. "meet* the most urgent •.Turn 't'o l''K<- c« <*,»lumti :•>
weary gait, ahnord like the men of Dachau and t-ae men of Buchenwald. Wearing a plain grav suit, he walked m If ne carried some vast, invisible burden He faced judanreit with his memory still locked within him. the victim of "amnes'a" He still return'd to rpeak up and admit, "all right. I was there. Now what can you do u I tout It?" .Maj. Douglas Kelley, the prisot. psychiatrist, said, "yet. it's true hypnotic amiKeU, with a large voluntary block " Kelley sold that Hess probably could lie owed in 15 days. t»ui the stubborn prisoner alill refuses all treatment. He**’ steady ey<»» searched the floor, the ceiling, and sometimes the windows. It was almost m if lie wished, even now ai the final hour, to run away. Hermann Goering, the No. 2 N.i zi. Iwoke the Ice. Goering, wearing a light gray uniform wMhnut insignia, walked Just ahead of Hess. Strangely. ;<• look*-I’heal thier and more fit than in the — | (Turn To Page 2, Column if
Leaders Os Fallen Nazi Party Are Charged With Responsibility For War
Japanese War Lord Commits Suicide Arrest Ordered As Top War Criminal By Ralph Teatsorth Tokyo. Nov 20 (UP)— Maj. Gen Shlgeru Jonjo. 69. one of Japan's top war lords, committed hari-kari In his office today within 24 hours after he had been ordered arrested as a war criminal. Honjo. former command* r of th<Japanese Kwantung army, disembowelled himself with a dagger shortly after arriving at hlx office in the former army staff college where he was directing work of the society for the relief of demobilized soldiers Maj. Gen. Maxatoxlil Miyano. In charge of the general section of the society, said Honjo did "an excellent joh" of hari-kari. Honjo. who wore the national suit, similar to an army uniform. ) sat < roxs-legged on a carpet facing the Imperial palace and then slashed his alidom- n from left to right. Miyano said. Honjo then slashed his jugular vein on the right side and collapsed face down in a large pool of blood. Miyano added. I saw the Ixxly cover d by a white doth behind a long table In the simply decorated room. Miyano asked reporters not •<» remove the cloth to look at th body, at the request of Honjo'x family. Honjo left two messages on the falile. one addressed lo hlx secre(Turn To Column 4) (i Grand Jury Called To Report Monday Judge J Fre.l Fru h'- ■ day l»- «((<•<! hlx Venire for Hie «onveli.ria of Un- (dams countv grand jury < n M<mday. Nov 26 al '• o’< Io k in Hie moiuinu Tin- jurors sill -lift wba ev.-r i-vid» lice lx p caentwi la-fore the | Im: ly liy Pri. eculor G. Ifetny Bieri ley and make ita atiliT U visit arid j ;n«pr< ti hi to the i inly infirma y , and jail. A f ort se.sjon of the giand jury lx expect«'i und f<» uniters will be broil-, hr before the jurors, Mr. Bierly i'ldicated Mrs. Cora Millikan Dies Monday Night Funeral Services Here On Wednesday Mrs Cora Millikan, 59. wife of Vaughn Millikan, commercial instructor in the Decatur juniorj senior high school, died at 5 t« o'clock Monday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital Death was caused by septicemia following an illness of nearly a year. Nite was lu»rn In Berne July 19, 18x6, the daughter of Phillip and Annie Striker N( hug She taught the second grad** In th« Berne schools from J 905 until her marriage May 23. 1911 Mr. and Mrs. Millikan have made their home in Decatur for the past four years Prominent in church, wa-ial and civic activities, Mrs. Millikan was a member of the First Methodist church, and the Historical club and the Woman's dub Surviving In addition to the husband are two brothers, k. J. Schug and Jesse Schug, both of Berne. One brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at J:3() p. tn Wednesday at the home, 330 North Third street, and at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist church, with Dr. M O. Lester officiating. Burial will be in the M It. E. cemetery at Berne The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening, and friends may call after 7 p. m.
Grants China Permission To Take Manchuria Chiang Government Given Permission To Take Control (V ingklng. Nov 2<> (UP) Nc got!.itionx with Fovb-t Russia have resulted Hi permlesion for Genet allxslmo ('Mang Kai Nlu-k's government to take over M tn nurla. e-n- --, trul government sou re m said today Chinese communists continued resisting the advance of twi • armies north of tit" great wall The armies, the 13th and 52r.d. were striking north along the Milk den railroad. Tile S vlet vi« w "7t* ».()<! to li- | one of upio'.ding Russia'* obligai Hon under u treaty of l.i-t Auz li i to per.nlt the natiou-.il government to take ovw; Manchuria but that "actual military clrcutHt mces" . there prevented th.- o•« up il'.on ’ It was rc|M»r'e«i lint Rusal Jit u< j'.ijator* insisted that Chinese airi Iwinie <><■< .ipatlon fone* !••• man i ned exekvsh ■ ly by Chtn»»H-. Tin* * provision was -aid to be acceptable ■ to (h<- Chungking govern meiit. The ’! Ituxefans were said lo have <lalm ' i-d it was *llOl ■Jieic fault ' tt.it ‘J the n iti-ciallsis have ih-i-ii im.il to make use of permiowion to * ti-.<n-|Hir> a b n- tto op ( t > Chanwbun Preu-nt ob-t.i: !<■* to taking a network of tnilh.iry rirfh-ld* in North Main littrla originally ImlJl by the Japanese for < pi-i.itlo ts aciit -t NHwrii include the fa< t that some of China's best Am* I < ini t a .(<-d and A a-equipp-4 veteran trotps an- act .isfomctl to i tropical weather al, I are now git I 1 -tonii' x S<nth China, :ov< rtitir it i.otn i.« said ial cMitral army news piip<-r Ta Kung I’uo. w'tjili appeared <>pfim.-ti con inin-’ result* < f Hie Hus*o i httui negotiations. uxsailel the Chinese <<»m munixts for r< *p nxibillty so "t'.ie fin t shot in tl«- civil war" Tiie ti' wspapci -aid that it w t* "tronxensieal" to call the com tnunirt eighth route aitny and iu w i Tarn To I’.tgc <‘«lumn It o Homer P. Crum Dies Early This Morning Former Honduras Mechant Is Dead H«»:i>er I’ Crum. 66. for many i yt irs owner of the g-neral xto •• at Honduras, died at 4 o'clock this morning at 'h<- liont*- of a daugii ter, Mrs. Har.y Haber. Bluffton, after a year’s lllnese t.f a heart ailment He was Istrn lit Kirkland town ship Vutftst 26. 1879, the sat of Ftank and l- inuia Ehle-Crum. and lived In Kirkland uni4 16 monUix ago. Hix wife, formerly Hattie Houk, died five yt-aoi ago. Surviving in addition I» thi daugitter arc a ximi. Dr. Walter Crum of Rfthmond; one sister, Mrs. H H High of Kirkland towntbip; four httuhers, Cha'he E. and Os* tr B. Crum, IhiHi of Fort Wayne. Harry of Bluffton and Forest of Sail Prancfaco, and four grandiulldreu. one son and iwie brother an- dre-oaned. Funeral xervh-ex will lie held ut 2 pm Friday at the First Evangelical and Reformtxl < bun h in Bluffton. with the Rev. Mathew Worthman officiating. Burial will Im- In the Zhm cemetery in Kirkland towtsrhlp The body will remain at the Jahn funeral h<*mt> st Bluffton until Titursday. when it will Im taken 4o the home of the daugb Iter.
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Indictment Holds Men Responsible For Death, Misery Os Recent World War Nuernberg. Nov. 20— (UP) ; Twenty fallen leaders of the Nazi regime went on trial lu-fore ;v united nations tribunal today and listened uneasily to » shocking In* dictineiit holding them directly r<-sponsible for the death and mix* <-ry of world war 11. The portentous trial that for tho first time In history sought to prove aggressive warfare a crime against all mankind opened In an atmosphere of grim, cold legality in N- urnberg's ancient palace of justice. Twenty two men were on trial, all top figures In the nazi hierar* chy that overawed Europe for a | decade, but two were b Ing judged in absentia the ailing Ernst Kal* tenhrunner ami the missing Martin. Bormann. Kidney N Alderman. Washing* ton, D C. of the American prose* I l ilting staff, so-gun th- reading of I the 25.0(H) word Indictment shortly after the hearing opened at 10 03 a ni (4:30 a m Ext.). He spoke slowly and deliberately a« he read off th first of the four principal accounts In the indictment that charging the accused men of plunging the world into war. He was followed to the Dais by members of th British, French and Russian p.oseiution staffs, who Intoned tin- auc<<M-dlng passage* of the indictment for the benefit of the four presiding juctk-0 and the jittery defendants. After the residing of the lengthy Indictment and three appendices detailing the charges, the court adjourned at 5 04 p m Ib-xpite several r*-« ess>-s ordered by the court, the reading progressed mote rapidly than had Iw-en ex* p < ted and there was a strong possibility that the accused might (•liter their pleas before the end jof today's se-slon. The defendants ihemx Ives ap* p, ~ ■,| t,. ~ tr. - mt, rested men In the courtroom. They followed th reading of the indictment with rapt attention over their earphone* attached to their bench. Heimann (hwilng. the numberone d- fendant, twisted uneasily In hlx front row seat From tirno to tlm<- he leaned over to whisper something to hlx bencbinata. Rudolf Hess and occasionally an Inline grin twtt.hed across his fat fac*-. The yellow fared Hex* beside him wax more impassive throughout. clinging stubbornly to hla (lalrn that he remembered nothing of the Hitler ■ ra In which hr played so large a part If"** stared grimly at the wall when the indictment enumerated the mas* murders ■ arrl d out by the Nazis In their bid for mastery <>f Europe Goe: Ing's ryes dropped to the floor, and Franz Von f’apen merely cupped hi* chin in hlx hand In an mad ml<- manner as It ho personally were not involved. <T iro To I’agr (’olsunn 5> Late Bulletins Washington. Nov. ?O—(UR)— A U. S. Superfortress arrived here from Guam today, setting a new world's non-stop distance flight record of an estimated 8.19 S miles. The flying time was 35 hour* and five minute*. The plane landed at national airport at 12:35 p.m. CST. It left Guam at 1:30 a.m. CST Monday. Athens. Nov. 20—(UP)— Th* Greek government headed by Prime Minister Panayoti Caneliopoulo* resigned today. London, Nov. 20—(UP)—Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago arrived at Hum airport at 4:15 p.m. at»*« boarded a train for London where he will offer hi* city'* bid for th* permanent site of the United Nation* organization. t