Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1945 — Page 1

I. No. 280.

ffl STEEL WORKERS TAKE STRIKE VOTE

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Indiana Bond Sales Total 55 Millions I—II 111 Indianapolis, Nov. 2k ll'l’l Sales <>f Individual Itouda In India na during Uh- evrrent victory loan .atnpaign totaled fSS.IO't.OtM* today. Chairman Eugene ('. Pulliam of the state war finance committee p itited out ilia: only lu more days remained for sales to reach the t'JZjmou i Inliaua quota for Individual kwues. 1—- 1 - -- o — Pearl Harbor Probe To Hear Gen. Marshall Committee Recalls Joseph C. Grew For More Questioning Washington, Nov. 2s— ((’Pi —* Gen. George C. .Marshall will lie called before the Pearl lliMbor Investigating com nt it lee before he leaves for China im President Truman's diplomatic rep:H*entaflve 'here, the commitlee said today. Chairman Allien W. Barkley, !)., Ky.. raid he did not know just when the former army stuff chief would be called. But, he said, the -onimlttee will want to hear Marshall's testimony before he leaves the country to succeed forater ambassador Patrick J Hurley in Chungking .Marshall will be questioned, ft wa>< believed, concerning the days immediately liefore Pearl Harbor when Hie War Department here was in c mmunieation with the army's Hawaiian deportment on the. danger of war with Japan. The committee, mean while, recalled Joseph C. Grew, last I S. ambassador to Japan, for further questioning. It hud intended to quiz Secretary of Slate Cordell Hull again today, but in lenient weat-her kept the 74-year-old Hull from venturing out. Grew testified that he told his Washington superfirs on Nov. .1, 1941. that he felt " th" risk and danger of war were v» y great and very dangeroni, an-l Increasing." Hr .mid he felt the fall of Prince Kcnoye's cabinet in tutl which s e said was brought about by the late President Roosevelt's relusal to meet with the Japanese premier lessened the < hances of peace. The elevatl-m of war leader Hideki Tojo to the premiership succeeding the moderate Konoye. Grew .laid, did not bring an immediate atop to the prc-Pearl Harbor peace talks. But, Grew continued, "frankly I felt th" possibility of coming to an agreement after the Tojo government came Into power had very definitely decreased." When Hull returns to the stand later, Rep. John W Morphy,. It., Pa., plans to ask him if the state (Turn To Page Z. Column 5) Mrs. Earl DeWeese Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon .Mrs. Cecil Irene DeWeese, 40. of Root township, died at 6 15 o'clock Tuesday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital ' Death who caused by complications following an iiln-ss of two m n:hs. She was born in Payne. 0., April 1. 19<»5. the daughter of Alonso and Mary Guysinger, both <»f w.'-om survive, bhe had lived in Root township for the past nine years. She was a member of the Church of God at Fort Wayne Surviving in addition to the par-r-nts are the husband. Farl W. DeWeese; three Children. Alice. William and Kathryn, al! a: b:me; one brother, Glenn Gu/singer of Avilla and one slater. Miss Joyce Guyslcger of Kendallville. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Gilllg 4 Doan funeral home, wih the Rev. Charles Hartung ■ officiating. Burial will be at New i Haven. Friends may call at the - funeral home aft<T 7 o'clock this evening t

Byrnes States Hurley Assured Full Backing . 11111 —■ Probe By Congress Appears Likely In Charges By Hurley Washington. Nor, 2S (UP)— Secretary of state James F. Byrnes declared today that Patrick J. Hurley would have had th- state department's complete backing If he had continued In hl« post as I'. S. ambassador to China. Hurley resigned yesterday with the charge that car er diplomats in the state department had sabotaged his attempts to unify now warring factions In China on a democratic hauls. He did not then Identify the diplomats ho had In mind. Hurl.y'a friends made it clear, however, thnt he was ready to name names and pile details on details before a congressional committee It app-ared a certainty that either the house or senate would Investigate his charges. President Truman, meanwhile, conferred with Gen. George C. Marshall, former army chief of staff, who will he his personal envoy to China Marshall will succeed Hurley In China at least temporarily. , Byrnes said he would look Into Hurley's charges. He declared, however, there has been no change In U. H. Chinese policy since his appointment as secretary of state And he Insisted that It is administration policy every time to back an ambassador over career diplomats. Byrnes said at a press conference that before Hurley resigned, he was given a definite guarantee that he would have the full backing of the secretary if he stayed in the post and that any career functionaries who Interfered with his work would be removed or recalled. But Hurley, Byrn-a continued, became incensed by speeches in congress whh-h the ambassador charged were proof of Information leaks in the state department. The speech which angered Hurley most was made by Rep. Hugh Delacy, D.. Wash. who said the ambassador had caused dissension between the Chinese central and communist governments. Byrnes said the career diplomats whose activities displeased Hurley were George Atcheson and John Service. They subsequently were recalled from China and are now in Tokyo on the state depart(Turn T<> I'sge 2. Column 3> 0 To Check Condition Os Decatur Sewers Mail Postal Cards To Local Residents R-sidents of this city will receive a postal card in the near future from Mayor John R. Stiilts, on which they are asked to check the answers pertaining to sewer conditions in tlw ir district. The survey Is Wn? made at the request of John Ward. Jr., an engineer for Consoer, Townsend tt ■ Associates, of Chisago. coßssUlag ' engTh-en for the storm sewer and sewage disposal projects planned for this city > Each resident is asked to check the questions on one side of the . card and ft posit It in a mail box or at the post office. The engineer f explained that first hand informsi tion would he obtained on every newer In th- city through that method and provide the engineer i with data necessary to plan an adequate and efficient sewer system • for the city. < If the property Is troubled by flood water from the newer, the resident is asked to check the ques- ! tion on the card. Mr Ward stated that a city map was being prepared, showing the Decatur sewer system and that a survey would he made 'to obtain , the elevations The preliminary re- - port on the storm sewer plan and the sewage disposal system will i be presented to the council somet time after the first of the year, the enigneer Indicated.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 28, 1945.

Truman Honors Marshall r —w w■ r J Jl ~ I igg # ■J PRESIDENT TRUMAN honors General George C. Marshall, retiring Army chief of staff, wl'h an Oak M-as Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal won hy him in the first World War. Truman said that Marshall "takes his (dace at the head of the great commanders of history."

Receives Word Os Death Os Parents Parents Died Last Summer In Germany .Mrs. Marlin Zimmerman, «I7 Jefferson street. ha* been Informed through a teller from Sgt. Eugene W Caliio, now stationed hi Berlin, Germany, that both her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Huhn, have died. Her father, who was so years old, died last June and her mother. 75. died a week later. Sgt. Cable, a son of Mr and Mrs I Walter Cable, eerured an army I jeep and visited Spandau, a suburb of Berlin where "he Hahn*' r» sided. and talked with ne|y,'H>ors who gave him the Information. Miss Kaethe Hahn, a sister of Mrs Zimmerman, still lives on 7 Beyer Strasse but was at work at the lime Sgt. Cable viditel the place. Berlin is In sliambh x. write* Fgt. Cable, and Spandau U badly destroyed. Imt the house where t ie Hahn* lived was un'curtted by bom ba. There Is no mall service in or out of Berlin, but people living lit Berlin may write t> persons also residing in the same <lty. Since the war, Mrs. Zitnm< man ■has not received any direct mail from her parents or sister but has received three letters from the (Turn Tir Page .*>, Column 1) British Traitor Is Sentenced To Death Propaganda Charge Brings Guilty Plea Ixmdon. Nov. 23 (UP)—John Amery, rem-gade son or the former secretary of stale for India, was sentenced to death today on charges of high treason and treachery for broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Berlin. Amery pleaded guilty to eight counts in a brief trial at the old Bailey. He was sentenced only eight minutes after pl-adlng guilty The whlte-wlgg.'d justice told Amery, "you have forfeited your right to live. You now stand a self confexmd traitor to your king and country.'’ Amery, a slim man with gaunt features, bowed deeply to the judge/, then walked from the courtroom without a show of emotion. He Is a son of Leopold Amery, who headed the India office in Winston Churchill's government. John Amery, who has had little relationship 'With his family for a number of years, broadcast axis propaganda from Italy and Germany during the war H- was also engaged in trying to recruit members of the "British Free corps" to fight for Germany. *

Only Slight Damage Is Caused By Fire The fire department was called to the Sudduth meat market on Thirteenth street late yesterday afternoon. where a small bias- developed in a shed where lard was tiring rendered Slteiit damage was caused to the building. C-46 Plane Crashes Along Oregon Coast Two Fliers Stagger Into Logging Camp Coox Bay. Ore. Nov 2S (UP) Army authorities said today that a plane reported to have crashed <ui the Oregon coast was a missing Clfi cargo plane which crash-land-ed Monday with at least 13 men aboard Rescue parties left for tin roast rang- mountain wilderness after two army fliers, who were not Immediately identified, stumbled Into a logging <amp with an incoherent account of the crash. A severe storm blank* ted the area The parly was not expected to reach the wreck until tonight. The army said the big plane had xlx airmen aboard when ft left on a routine flight from Sedalia, Mo, to McChord Field. Wash The two flier* wandered two days in the rugged Coos Bay forest country before they reached the logging camp It miles from Coos Bay Th>y said their companions were dead or near death In the wreckage. Army officials at .McChord. Bortland ami San Francisco were at a loss to explain earlier this we* k how the plane Veered so far off course during the storm. If reached McChord Field but could not Jft nd • „lL_MtaS-d o ■ _iiMS~ and then Pendleton. Ore.. 3<m miles inland, latter by radio “fixes”, it Was established the plane wax over the ocean and th- men were pieparing to bail out On a Hasis of the story of the two survivors questioned, state police thought the plane actually crashed some 50 miles east of Coos Bay. It is one of the most isolated areas of the west. Army officials slad the fliers were not sure whether some or all of the men parachuted or w* nt down with the plane —. Seeks Impeachment Os Marion County Sheriff Indianapolis, Nov. 2S «1 P) Impeachment of Marion county Sheriff Otto Petit was demaiidtM today in a civil suit which charg rd that Petit allowed slot machines to operate and accepted feea from the owners T e suit was filed by Imulo Rose nberg, former legal unsel for Petit, and James Dawson, Rosenberg's law partner.

First Returns In Vote Favor Strike To Back Demand For Increase

Bulletin I — Mre. Joseph Schrock, age about 10, IhinK f«ur mile* north of Kerne, wan burned to death in her automobile in a woods east of the Albert Kumxhlag farm, two mile* Moutheapt of Decatur at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Full detail* of the tragedv were not available, but from information obtained from | Fire Chief Harry Stull*. Mr*. Schrock and her husband had gone to the wood*, which they own. to *moke bee*. They have about iOO hive* of bee* in the wood*. I*re*umably, Mr*. Schrock wa* u*in« the MMoker device in her automobile when the car cauifht fire. She wa* consumed in the flame* and Chief Stull* slated that the woman was burned beyond recognition. Sheriff Leo Gilliu and Coroner Robert Zwick were called to the scene and were conducting an investigation late this afternoon. Mr. Schrock was suffering from burn* and shock, it was reported, and had been taken to the I'hrick farm house, where a physician had been called. Mrs. Schrock was the mother of six children, the oldest being l-'l years of aue. ———o Seeking Location Os Recorded Earthquake N<-w York. Nov 2* (I'l’f Svi'-ntirf's "ii lb<- '-mu uii'l '' l * l < jHf». lii Si l.'iul* a:id in Eng- 1 land sought to <l<-t<-n:iln<- today wlu-n- a severe «-art; I quake i-i-emd <-<l on I'n-ir M-hiiiogruphu las ■ y<-«-terday had <»<•< urr«- l I Tin- Rev Daniel J. Linehan. S I J,, reported al Weaton (M.i«-< ) eollege seismology al hilx'ial >i y that (he fhsl ehoek was felt there at I: I" 15 pin (CSTI. Hi- placed i the temblor 7.1*5 miles away from B iston, < lllier in India ie the - East Indies. o School Attendance Reduced By Illness ■ !! !!■ Epidemic Os Colds Hits City Schools The epiiiemi, of eoldr-, commonly called the flu. la plavlng havoc with si liool attendance !n this city, contact with school ani’i< iti<»* revealed today At tin- St .1 »eph and Ih-ialtr Catholh- high tUness wa., on t.'.e upswing lodiy, ab*enti--s climbing from 31 to II <• a little more than Io percent of the total enrollment A decline w«!< mtied lit the junior senior high s< load today, compared to ye»t< rday. when the figun hit Ho ami then dropped to 123 The six h grade at the Lincoln building was hardest hit fib-n-, absenteex numbering 11 out of a total of go for the entire school The spread <>f cold* started over the weekend and since Monday the sohools have been operating with reduced class,". The illness. referred Io by physicians as a virus. Is spreading. I* starts with a severe headache, followed by a-.'-es and pains and sore throat. A check with Lyman L. Hann, county superintendent of schools, and Melvin Mallonee, county attenduiue officer. ahow*d that the epidi-nRc had not st uck rural s*'b ol pupil* with such force. Mt. Mallonee »»id that an epidemic of mumps curtailed attendance In the rural tehonl*, hut that he did not ■are any unusual flgti-ce of absence this week.

Peace Move By Government In GM Dispute Rebuff Suffered By Labor Department In Conciliation Bid Detroit. Nov. 2* *l'l'* Tiie federal government initialed a pen,,- move in th«- Genera! Motor* strike today despite the rebuff suffered by the labor department In its first corn illation hid to the giant corporation A* the strike of 17.5.00*i GM pro duction worker* for ** percent wage increase entered Ifs second week, the federal lalmr depart ment went ahead with its plan for n conference will* leaders of the I nlted Automobile Workers I n lon *('H>* in Washington Tin- original plan also called for !■ meeting between official* of Ihe lalmr department's conciliation service mid UM president C E Wilson But Wilson last night denied he had conrented Io go to Washington Wlille the government sought t<> get sono machinery Into motion for settlement of the strike, • here also Were these develop ment* 1 I‘ickots at the Haglnaw steeling gear division of General Mo'ors bhu-kaded t* group of supervisory employes in the (limit for nearly hl hours in a dispute over payments for work done before the start of (he strike 2 Stcreiary of lahor B S,-hwe||enbiu-li organized n panel to study !a!«,r'a demand for a •!•" pen-ent wage increase to keep p.iy at wartime levels 3 Reconversion director John W Snyder announced iliat the | advisory lioard of the office of war j mobilization and r«-conversion mg cd "every , (fort lo eff,-< t a mutually satisfaitory agreement" In ih<G.M controversy I In-legates representing 31,1'wm too! and die workers In the Detroit area gave their local tin ions authority to slop work on produ< is scheduled for use in General Motors plants L.ilmu department officials planned their first meeting with I'AW officers for 3 |> m today Schwellcnbach announced yesterday that federal comllliators also would ineel today w-lih Wil (Turn To I’aa* J. •'■»!.Kim Hi i District Governor Visits Lions Club Official Visit Is Madfi Tuesday Night— A. Verne McCulloch, of Kendallville. district governor of Lions |nl«|-natlo!ia!. paid his oflli ial visit to the De<atu<- dub at the la! I ter’s w-ekly meeting Tuesday eve ! nine. The district official. In a brief' address to the dub, outlined the I aims of the service organization! In the coming years mid related I accomplishments of the pa<t. .McCulloch also presented certificates to new members of (he Decatur club. Following the regular cluh meeting. th-- dislrh t governor conferred with the dub's board of directors. After examlng r-cords of the officers ami reviewing activities of the cluh. the governor > xpressed his satisfaction with the organization in this city. Herman H Krucckeherg. president. conducted the meeting and the officers session Lt. William nbrter. a member of the duh. now home on leave from the navy, was a guest at the ine-ting, the first he'9R* attended in more than two years.

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Notion's Greatest Strike Vote Taken By Steel Workers; Heavy Vote Is Cast Pittsburgh. Nov 2* il'P* —• First return* reported today in a stilke v de is-ing taken In the steel industry, uhowe-l Via* CIO steel workers favor a strike to buck their demand* tor a f’ » day wage increase Official returns from five small plant* in western pcnnsylavnla gave a margin of a lift!" less than twot-i-one in favor of a stilke, Vnoffiefal return" from two small eastern Pennsylvania plants, however. gave a margin of none to onn in favoi of a ilrike. Tile employes of 11. H. Foundry Mm Ilin- Car Co . Jeanette, where ill were eligible to vole, deceided 11 t > I in favor of a strike. However. at the T H Stroogh Co., Jeannette, the vote was 17 to u against a strike Irwin Foundry mid Mine C.ir Co. workers voted (I to 27 fir a strike and W W. T-ux-ell Foundry Co., Jeannette, Voted 5 to I Th" service mid aiainteaan -e workers in the Carnegie Illinois eteel . orp nation's downtown office iiiiildina v Bed 52 to I# in favor of a strike. Tile voting was reported heavy thious-out 'he 37 involved. Steel union officials predicted that alien the votes from the larger plant* .ire <-om|dled tb<-y will ahow mi overwhelming ma,■> ity in fa•vor of a strike Six n •rthern Ohio piants gave ,i 3 to 1 margin in favor of strike mtion The vote was 3<*3 yes. 213 II". Two plants at T'-rre Haute, Ind., Hu Strati Steel Division "f Great laik<e Steel Corp, mid the \m< riran Can Co . voted !!'• to 1* for strlki A survey of llir.-e I’ittsiiurgll plant.) showed that 7.5 percent of the eligible Viters had cast ballots before II am Similarly, heavy I loC.tig was icmrted a' tiie Home- • tend iti-i I: win wo'ks of CarnegielllbloiM Steel I :p. NLRB regional director Frank ‘ KI, He, said Ho- voting has Iwen orderly mil that ther- has lieen ites difficulty than expected, in view of the size of the task T < CSW expeitej .-in overwhelming i ndorsement In lalmr'* greatest strike vde sin e ui.loti balloting was placed under tlie jurisdicton of tue National lailior ReinColls Board Ba' uni m leader* warned that no wildcat strike.* would I><- tolerated Clo Pre-idem Philip Murray, also t'SW p <eident. lias indicated that no action on the expected strike autiionza ion would l»» tak- n until after a m< ■ ling < f th” union’" wage polh.y i-aminlttre lu mid !»••< etiibei * (The magazine Iron \k<- said In New York Imlay that an Industrywide steel strike seem'd prohahte hut predicted that a wa’kout would not take place liefore Jan 1 I Negotiations on tin- $2 a day - - >-n! wiia-- ltl< a-k-d >y ot.ieP CIO mi. ns broke down when Clliled States Steel Corn and Other 1-iiiiing steel oimpanira ani nouneed tin y could grant no pay iraees i|lll<--e the *>P\ granted th" industry pike rises. Tile DPA refused any upward iTillII To I’age t. Column 7) o " —— Reports U. S. Vessel Fired On In China Shanghai, Nov 2M — (I'Pi —• American naval headquarters announced today that the American patrol vessel 134 was fired upon yesterday, presumably Jiy communists. while on convoy duty In the Yangtze river Rear Admiral Charles T. Joy, commander of the Yangtze patrol, said the craft was fired upon by small arms from th- shore at a point eight miles above Kichau while in a small convoy returning from Hankow The craft returned the fire with its 2b millimeter cannon There were no American casualties.