Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1945 — Page 1

11. No. 275.

0 STRIKE PARALYZES GENERAL MOTORS

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Community And War Fund Nearing Goal 75 Percent Os Goal Is Subscribed Here The Decatur Community and national war service fund la at 75 percent of ha quota. Herman 11. Krueckeherg. treasurer, announc nd today, following receipt of 112,9K6.52 In. cash and pledges, compared to the city'll 118.983 quota. Mr. Krun keherg. speaking for the Community Fund directors, expreased satisfaction over the reaulta and the hope that the quota would lie met with lhe final reports thia week. The fund to date follows: Previously reported .... 3fi.109.17 Cash dona'ions 1.2*3.95 Total cash 37.373.13 Pledges Previously reported .... 382. M Additional pledges 5.331.40 Grand total 312,914.52 Several of the solicitors have completed their canvass. Mr. Krueckeherg stated. Those who have not are planning to turn In their reports thia weekend, so that the drive can he closed and the tabulations made, the treasurer said. The following cash donations were reported: The Schafer company. 3300; Yost Construction Co, S3O; Mothers of World War If, sl9: Decatur Woman's club, SSO; Wayne Novelty Co.. $130; Pai lota XI, SSO; Decatur lodge F 4- A. M.. $37.50; Hag Service employes, $10; solicitors, Paul Edwards, $113; Harman Kraft, $79 30; hospital employe. $5; Halterman and Helm. $5; Oswalt and Linn, $2: Fred Kolter. S9O; G. E. employes. $332.15. The following pledges were received. General Electric employes. $4,325; The Schafer company employes, $581.40; Wayne Novelty company employes, $325. The payroll pledges are paid on a 12-month basis This plan has been very successful in former years, Community Fund directors explained. New French Cabinet Formed By De Gaulie Pnrls. Nov. 21 — (VP — Gen. Charles De Gaulle has formed a French cabinet, with himself as chief of government. It was announced officially today. Chari- • Tillon. Communist, wax named minister of armaments under l»e Gaulle as director of national defense. DeGauile himself was d> signaled as chief of the armies and director of national defense. He will be assisted by Edouard Mlchel-'t as minister of armies. Christ Macke Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Christ Macke. 78. lifelong resident of Adams county and a retired farmer, died at 2:30 o’clock this morning at lhe Adams county memorial hospital. Death followed a six weeks Illness of uremic poisoning. He was born In Root township March 24. 1887. the gvu of Mr. and Mrs. William Macke. II was married to Amelia Buhlman February 28, 1892. He was a member of St. Paul s Lutheran church. Surviving are the wife; four sons, Henry, William and Christ. Jr., of Preble township, ami August of Allen county; one daughter, Mrs. Clara Ewell of Preble township; one sister, Mrs. Wilhelmina Hockemeyer of Root township. and 15 grandchildren. Three sisters and on>- brother are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Fried helm Imtheran church, with the Rev. Herbert Baumann officiating. Because the St. Paul’s church is being remodeled. the services will be held at Fri dhelm. Burial will be in the St Paul's Lutheran cemetery. The [body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residipneo this evening, where friends [may call after 7 p. m.

Eisenhower And Nimitz Named Service Heads Succeed Marshall And Admiral King In Top Positions Washington, Nov. 21—(VPl — General of the army Dwight D. Els'iihower and fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz have been named to head the nation's armed services under circumstances indicating today that president Truman will insist tlvy agree now on a peace time national defense program Mr. Truman announced yesterday acceptance of the resignation of general ot the army George C. Marshall as chief of staff. Marsaii Is <5 years old. General Ike. who is 55. will succeed Marshall almost at once. Simultaneously was announced the resignation of fleet admiral Ernest J. King us chief of naval operations. He will be 87 years old thia week. Nimitz. who Is 80, will succeed King about Jan. 1 Admiral Raymond Sprttance. 59 years old. will succeed Nimitz In | the Pacific. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney. a 52 year old officer, will succeed Eisenhower as military governor of the United States occupI'd zone in Europe with headquarters In Frankfurt. Germany. The war department said Eisen hower already was acting chief of staff on an informal basis. It is understood that he will return to his Frankfurt headquarters within a week before formally taking over here In Washington. Nimitz will return to his fleet base In Guam to give over command to Sprttance and vacation briefly before sucre ding King. Ihith the Eisenhower and NlinItz nominations must be confirmed by the senate. Favorable action was assured. Sen. Lister, Ala., Democratic whip in th" senate, described the appointments as ’'perfect." A Republican member of the senate military affairs cammfttt-e said he ezpected no opposition. Mr. Truman announc-d the shift in the high command at his news (Turn Tn I’.ige 2. Column Japanese Withheld Data On Prisoners International Red Cross Makes Charge Tokyo. Nov. 21—(UP)—Japan withheld Information on more than half of its 102 prisoners of war camps in Japan and Manchuria and failed to account for 7.000 allied prisoners and internees, lhe international Red Cross charged today. The Red Cross, in a report which also told of the execution of a Swiss missionary and his wife by a Japanese firing squad two years ago, disclosed that 34,000 prisoners were taken instead of 27.000 reported by the Japanese. Names of many of the dead and missing never appeared on Japanese war prisoner lists, the Red Crtuts said. The announcement came as Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered the Japanese government to submit complete information on the location of bodies of dead prison rs of war and other allied personnel before Dec. 15. The Red Cross report said that representatives were permitted only 54 visits to campa in Japan and Manchuria, of which 12 were return trips. A total of 102 camps were found following the Japanese surrender. The report also disclos'd that only a’ trickle of relief supplies leached Japan during the war and that much of this was confisicated hy lhe army or by guards Supplies, most of which came from the United States, reached Japan only five limes during the war—four by exchange vessels via Portuguese East Africa and once by a Japanese ship which picked up suppll's shipped hy Soviet steamers from Portland. Ore. The raport said that a Dr. Vischer. Swiss missionary acting as an un(Turn To Page 4, Column I) " |

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ONLY. DAILY, NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 21, 1945.

To Head Armed Services

Gen. Eisenhower

I County Bond Sales Running Far Behind Only One Fourth Os Quota Subscribed lx'-al Iwind buyers aren't going to duplicate the glorioua victories | of Adams <uunty men on land and J sea and In the air If they don't roll ut> ,‘iheir sleeves and give the I victory bond drive a push, reports i for the first three weelbi of the drive Indicated today t’p to last Saturday the total of iMinds sold since October 29 amounted to 3233,389. Earl Caet n. co-< tiali man of the county bond staff, annouixed I "This Is less ti'.wfl MO-fourth of the county's quota " Mr. Ca«ton emphasized. The drive ends December 8. E bondx purchased amount to $110,925, compared t-> th« quota of $285.C40. Otihffr individual securities amount to 3118,870. the quota being 3283.500. Corporations and other invealoin have iMiruhased only 85.7-47 of securities, compared t<» the 8428,800 quota allote.l to this xr up. "The ehowtng so far ia dbcouraging." Mr Caston reiterated "We iitiocght from the start that the people of Adi.ire county would jump at the chance of Investing in victory and providing the funds t ; bring ba. k the’ boys, p ovidiioKpitalization for the injured and clean up the cost of the war Unhws fivorable teacUoti Is shown within the next two weeks, lhe county will wind vp its enviable war record with u Ida- k splotch," Ide ciiairtnan conli>Mie<|. Although the drive- elnl< on De (Turn To Page I, l'«licmii !i ' ■ ~-O Legion Criticizes State Department Urge Establishment Os Better Training Chicago, Nov 21 tJ'Pj Tliel American Legion Aavply critlclz- j ed the state department r day.; charging that "many of bhe repre- i sentatives of our government lioard do not r•■prvsetlt adequately our national Interests." In adopting the report of it>c farrign relations; tumtniltee, delegates to the 27th American la-gfoti ecavenuon took the stand that "we cannot leave the world alone be cause the world will net leave us alone." The Legion urged President Tru man and congress to work for the Immediate en t ablbhment of a "more thorough uad complete system of training and mipervlsl n to qualify our diplomatic and c inwular representative a and their staffs for ti'ie efficient and Intelligent discharge of their dutlcvt." The JjegSonnalres e-idorsed assistance "to the utmost" of those peoples "W’lio suffered the ravage' of taivaeion and are still In dlro need." "We particularly c mmend for this purpose our loyal friends in the Philippines who fought along side us on Bataan an.l wh.» suffered much ruin after Its fall." the Ixglon said. The Legion reaffirmed it* up (Turn Te Page 8, Column 3)

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Noted Humorist And Actor Dies Suddenly New York. Nov. 21 I IT) Robert Benchley, humorist and actor, died t'niay at rhe Hurknos* Pavilion of Presbyterian hospital. ilenc Mey, who was 58, died after a cerebral bmorrhage. H - mitered the Jioapital Saturday. Hi* death was desc rile cl :i« "sudden." American Court To Try Jap Criminals Trial In Tokyo By First Os December T. kyo, Nov. 21 (UP) Japan's t p war criminal*, headed by Pearl Hariair Prcsnler Gen. Hideko Tojo, will Im- brought to trial In Tokyo ( on or aixMit Dec 1, Gen Dougb* MacArthur's headquarters dlsclcmed today. Col. AJva <’. Carpenter, t hies >f MacArthur’s legal section, revealed that Tojo and all th" surviving Japanese" war lounh responsible for the -n« »k attack on Pear! Harbor will la- tried by an Aincrlc-nn court here. He lndkat<-d that Tojo may be t'':e first to slanl trial, although the exact order of the defetidants lias n t yet been determined Carpenter, who has just return cd fr in the Manila trial of <>■ n Tomoyuki Yamashita, said the Tokyo tribunal will <• mven" a* *oon aa possible after the arrival of Joseph H. Keenan, the chief American prosecutor. Carpenter said the ex nt date of the trial and tche order in whi-di the Japanc-re war lord* are to lie prose sited will Im- announc ed litter he confers with Keenan He pointed out. however, that the prom'cutioii could not lie held up much longer and that MacArthur was prepared to start with the "small fry' in the event that it k Impossible to arraign Tojo and the other major Jansnese ,-riminah l»y Dec. 1. - Asks Ward Company Workers To Strike Onc-Week Strike Is Asked Os Employes Chicago, Nov 21—H'i’t Samuel Woichok. president of the United Retail, Wholesale and Department Ntore Employes (CKti today asked union members employed l*y Montgomery Ward and company in 12 cities to strike for one week In-ginning next Monday. Woichok said lhe stoppage would lie the first In a series of “demonstrations" to force the company to arbitrate the union's demands for wage Increases and a union shop." The strike will affect Wards stores in Chicago, Albany. N. Y.. Denver, Jamaica, N. V., Trenton. N. J. Detroit, Dearltorn and Royal Oak. Mich. Kansas City. Mo. Barre. N. Y.. Amsterdam. N. Y., and Fort Dodge la., Woichok said Company officials were not available for comment on the threatened stoppage. The request was made in n statement Irsued on behalf of Woichok by Leonard Levy, execu(Turn To Cage 4. Column 8) '

Sweeping Strike Sets Stage For A Showdown Battle On Wage Boost

Glenn Hill Resigns Ration Board Post To Quit Effective First Os January Glenn V. Hill, wartime chairman of the Adams county war price and rationing lioard, has tendered Ids resignation of the |Hi*t to James Strickland, state Ol’A director, effective January I, it was announced today. Serving throughout the war period, from January, 1942. Mr Hill performed one nt the most tedious Job* that had to In- carried out on tin- home front. Rationing, wltli its multifarious duties and problems, wax carried on in an orderly and efficient manner under his direction and supervision Corps of voiunte»«r« were organized to execute the* detail* of rationing, for tin- ol'A program was designed a* an American way of letting neighbor help neighlior. with each community being responsible for the cidmlnlsfration and enforcement of the law. A glance backward recalls tli< clays of gasoline, fuel oil. lire, sugar, meat anti canned fruit rationing, along with rationing of liicyc lex, stoves, shews and automobiles, all problems which lieset the rationing Icoard chairman and fellow volunteers. Price control was added to the duties of the »oard and panels had to Im- organized so that local persons could be given a hearing and violations corrected Mr. Hill, who is a member of Hie la-land Smlih Insurance »gen cy. gave "pre** of business" ax his reason for offering hi* resignation. Hix letter to Mr. Strickland follows: "Due to the fact that my work demands more of my lime, I find it necessary to curtail some of my activities. I am therefore resigning as chairman of the Adams (Tn it T" P.cgv I'-iliiniii Hi — — o— Continue Efforts To Settle Phone Strike Two Early Confabs End In Deadlocks Chicago. Nov 21 H'l’i The U. H. conciliation service will meet for lhe third time late today with representatives of B,7<ui striking Illinois toll operators and the telephone company In an effort to settle the three day otoppage that has crippled Intercity communications in Illinois and northern In dlatia. Two earlier conciliation conferences broke up In deadloc k*, with lioth sides remaining firm in their respective stands A conciliation service spokesman said meeting* would continue until "one side or the other ia worn down," Meanwhile, two telephone workers' unions claiming a total of 12,aito member* said they- wonid respec t picket Hite* set up hy the toil operators. The union* repre sent maintenance workers and 8.00(1 Chicago swltchlstard operators. The Independent Illinois Telephone Traffic Union demanded a wage Increase of sfi a week. The Illinois Bell Telephone Co. offered $4. Maintenance workers who pledged their xupitort are members of the Illinois Union of Telephone Workers, whose memlcer ship Includes repairmen. Installers and construction workers. The executive hoard of the Chicago Telephone Traffic Union voted last night to support the strike and announced that fines would be Imposed on members who crossed picket lines. The C T T. U said its 8.000 members service central switchboards In Chicago exchanges which do not have dial systems. (Turn To i'sgs J, Column 7)

Richardson In Explanation Os Fleet Ouster Out As Commander Only For Hurting F. D. R/s Feelings Washington. Nov. 21 tl'l’t ' Adm .1 <> Richardson said today I that Hie only explanation he ever i got for being removed a* < otnlllallder of the U N fleet in 1911 wax that he had "hurt Hie president’s feeling*" Richardson, who told the Pearl Harhor Investigating committee he had argued vigorously against the president's order to base the fleet at Hawaii, said the explanation was given to him hy the then secretary of the navy, Frank Knox He testified that h<- was <l< ladled from the fleet command Fell. I, 1911 four months after hi* latest argument with Presi dent Roosevelt although he had expected to remain in the command at least another year Richardson also told tit mlttee that the navy drafted fleet dispersal plans at the administration's request, based on the assumption that the Uniteci State* was "prepared to accept war" if Japan took aggressive action fol ■ lowing British reopening of the ' Burma supply road to China in 19 to He said Mr Roosevelt was coll sidering the fea-ibility of establishing a naval hlockade against Japanese shipping in the Pacific I if Japan reacted aggressively to I the road reopening. Hb’hardson said his first argument With Mr ItcMCXevelt over basing the- fleet at Pearl Harlscr where the president thought It would lie a deterrent to Japaneseaggression (H-curred at the White House (h l * I9|o lib hardsoti opposed basing the fleet lit Hawaii <>n grounds that it could Ho! he Stic cessflllly defended or supplied there He wanted to return It to the West coast He argued that it would he more effective there a* a deterrent to Japanese war leaders. The admiral said the order for Ills detae-hiiieiif came to him in January. 1911, and lie wax "surprint'd.” He told the committee he was relieved Feb I, 1941, hy Adm Husband E. Kimmel, who in turn was relieved after the Pearl Heritor deft al. Richardson reported for duty on Hie navy general board at Washington about iTurn To I’igc- f; Column i) o Short Session Held By Cily Councilmen Preliminary Survey Made By Engineers A short session of the city council was held last evening, a petition for a rural electric line extension to the Irvin Zimmerman farm in Root township, being tiled The petition was referred to the electric light committer. The council was Informed that an engineer from Consoer. Town send and Associates of Chicago, engineers for the storm sewer and sewage disposal plant projects, had made a preliminary survey here Uxt week Other engineers will come next week to take elevations and water flow data on the sewers. The • nglnrerlng firm is also preparing a map of the sewer system and proposed Improvements. along with the sewage disposal project. It Is expected that the preliminary report and estimate will Ih» ready soon after the first of the year, city official* stated.

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Management, Labor Regard Paralyzing Strike As A Test Os Union Strength Detroit. Nov. 21 (I'P* sweeping strik'- of CIO Auto Worker« paralyzed the giant General M sor Corporation acrowt the nation today In lalior’s bld for a 30 percent wage ln< rease Employe* w liked out at most of the 115 GM p’Hits umb-r contract with the JMIW fill United Auto Worketw union nt 1’ am. <ENTt, the deadline set for r simul'tneous shutdown of GM * automobile . production r Company official* raid 148.04® peixons actually were employed In I the 115 divisions in 2" •tites before h»day s strike But memberwhip in Hi" CAW* locals for tho [ same uuinlter of plants totals more . hail 325.1HH1 I llith inatiwmi nt and labor ’re- , garded t ;i- paralyzing GM xtrlko . ax a Hhowd two test of Hie union's , htrengi li tn so •• pay gains through i strike* atid maintain wartime wago level* Nu dixturiianei'x were rtporte* I in th" walkou’s. The orderly exo- ,. ( inion of the Strike rail loiifttrmed to inutrui lion• <f the UAW high I < oniiiiand Bus it was s *iian> *onIn et from the violent episodes marking the UAW's early bld foe labc • lontrol in the GM system, t n ■(,ilily in tie xltdown strikes ot 1937 Bicket bin-* »ih- established , immediately. The union *a‘d no f <1 !fl< tr'.H'-s had lu-en «• ie-,;inier«d. At Flint. Mich., nearly 300 AFL • construction worker* engM'd in i reconversion work at GM plants walked off their Job*, icftming to . croKM Fie CIO picket patrol. At stake in Hu- system wldo i strike against Hi.- notion's No. 1 • industrial organization was an ap- ( prox mate $lO 11 we.-k wage differential That amount is th* average (lifL i' ti be:ween the 10 percent • pay Imo-t offeie.il by GM for a 45 hour w n k wi-"k minimrm. and th" ! 3ii pi'in-nt gain demanded by th« • I \ W • The strike sis* th" first blow i again o ihi automobile industry rei suiting from the I'AWs demand I f indu*’ y-wide pay IsKHts tn ' maintain " ik>- home pay at war.linn- levels or 52 horn* pay for •j 11 hours <<f work T'hi' Flint walkout preceded by 1 an h'Hir the II am tEST* deadline «et offi' hilly for i -imultaneoirc etr'.ke at plmtw in 20 states. 1 More than IL'""t worker* ar« employed at the Bai- k division. However, an eslimat--l I.oeo as--1 -ciiibly line «ntpl>yes were laid off las! W"»k because of a shortage of Imdy past* fiom the Midland Steel Co. Cleveland. The Bui. k plant w.i» the first of 135 GM planta I i Is- affected by the . trik>- spearhead ng the ClO's wliowdown fight for a blanket 3» p(-r< Cllf wage in lease B-hiiid the primary wage dispute WHS the slitter hslHe over tJto union's demand that industry must ehow its Iwt'ik* If It expected laIxir to a- ah- down wage demands on the plea ot reduced earnings. It J Thomas, UAW president, tailed she strike when he corporatl t. rttitscosFr =*! yesterday it would not meet a union deadline in answering all Offer to piai e the wh'de dispute liefore Hirer man arbitration lioard. lone undri-l thirty five UAVF • Turn 'ln I’hui' «. Column S) o Armour Resigns As Ambassador To Spain W’azdlington. Nov 21 (UP) —• Tin- White House today announced the resignation of Norman Armour ax U. S. ambassador to Npain. White If me press secretary Charles G. Rim* said A.inottr also wa* retiring from lhe foreign service and would return to this country widiin two weeks. The White House announcement followed repottx that this count-y was planning some diplomatic action to indicate its ciispiemiuro over p&ILIck of Spa a tab Generaltosimo Franc sc Franco.

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