Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1945 — Page 1

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IUTO WORKERS ASK TRUMAN TO INTERVENE

LRecords scented At [be Hearing Command Kted Only F <>r Lie Sabotage L«n Nov 29- <l’P> ~ n - <1 report* today KJ t)4t |t s Pa KL; and west <<>a*t com■t sr-ai-i defensive mea B, the days just before than did tile Hawai-Kw-nt upon which the Kht finally Zell ■ i-nal Pearl Harbor K. They a ere replies by B« M nder» to a War DeLg warning on Nov. 27. Kg; h.atiie ad I n (is) pos Kuy moment " Bi».-ning *»» sent out by ■^ r ,.. ('. Marshall, then Ej,! of staff, who said that ■ th- t'aited States wanted ■la commit the first overt L defensive measures nec- ■ \touli Is- taken without L > civilian populations. ■F, ippm.e, **■-' coast, and Lt jnal commanders report■wire measures taken in Kg.- with Mar ha.l s orders. ■?!r from Maj. Gen. Walter ■pi then army commander tor Htrbor. said merely that ■ssati'i was alerted against B* atetage. ■ t»p;.e.< and other War De■k -eto.-tU were presented ■ rssshtec by Maj. Gen Kr Miles, acting chief of Itetdlteeree IB 1941, Miles InW aw a witness at the ■doit of testimony by Joseph ■s test I' S. ambassador to ■tot s' the committee eerk:U.<ied over the late Pro■tosevell’s campaign speech ■e is Din that American l*»ii: not be sent into a ■ •*■•." Chsirmaa Alton W. ■- b.. Ky., finally put the ■ Speech Int) the record. ■ fcaimeiits presented by |i«uw..i that; Itos officials expected halfiMrery on a Dec. 7. 1941, ■ ■wssge sent by Marshall ■d Harbor an hour and sevF*'" before the attack it ■f *».« decoded and deliverp* boars and three minutes ft attack. ?<*.*» before Pearl Harb*r ■saiian department was ordP»«*sd two B-21 Liberator p «a aerial espionage over Tra * an<l Ja,iut i * :an<,s said the planes should [*•' means in their power ft attacked, did not say whether P* was carried out. F®? Intelligence on Oct. 2, | S! *-d that rhe government L** *f'orts to get Japan to g !t * ,! Ws from China, pry Should Ire, G-2 said, to r “ ®u.-h n f. the Japanese P* 9 pinned down In rU 9 *• Column 3) Grand Jurors * ’rrind jurors and G. ReProsecuting attorney, “J"** (nest,) of Mr. and Mrs. 1,08 at the county farm J' W! ’ An inspection of the * «d quarters of the In- *” made by the grand • rt »g rhe afternoon. The k,.. Ulen Proceeded to the ■ •» city where an itwpec•is Ba<k His grand jury h »«joarn until next week. »h| be taken until Monday. Yesterday severs) * w * called before the g *bo»t a half dozen tt.? of tha na ‘ ’* ißveatigatloa was givS?Zu”'" MoMsTi * . £ ** TU « «ADINOB «■ “ ’ ’■ __ « to * £a ™kr with n 9 decided wmperature tonight and

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Aged Decatur Man Reported Missing Intensive Search For Enoch Eady BULLETIN Mr. Eady was found dead at about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon by William Harrod, who was out hunting, on the Trout farm, south of Decatur, on U. 8. highway 27. His body lay near the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, at the east edge of the farm. Sheriff Leo Gillig and Coroner Robert ( Zwick were called to the scene. The Intensive <M-arnli for Enoch Eady, 79, well known Decatur reeident. who disappeared from tils home at 116 N Seventh street at about 2 o'clock this morning, clad only in a night shirt and bedroom slippers, grew in momentum this afternoon as Boy Scouts Joined sheriff and police officers, slate police and poade of friends, with the hope of finding the aged man. A 12 hour scaroh In the aouhh and southwest part of th* city failed to give a clue to Mr. Eady's whereabouts and fear was expressed that he might have fallen a victim of exposure. Mr. and Mrs. Eady retired as usual last night. Mrs. Eady hue been in ailing health. Itut hast night t'.iad slept soundly and did not awaken until about 3:10 o'clock this morning. Immediately she noticed that her husband was r> t In the bedroom and she made a search of the house Not finding hkn. she called her children, wtto notified city police and the search for thy readdeM. who may to suffering from amnesia, was started. Four boys, one of whom was la-o Braun, reported to police that they had seen a man walking xouHi on Line street, near the Erie railroad crossing, at about 2 o'clock this morning, answering Mr. Eady's desc iiptfon, for 'he was wearing only a night gown and < lippe.-w. A train passed the < tossing at about that time and wlrnn the toys get to the other side of the t.'ouimc the man had disappeared. The matrhunt was int< nsifh-d as Sheriff Leo f.illig and state police Joined the po*»e that combed Che territory bordering on Line street and mending south beyond the city limits. Reawhlng parties also spread tx the Krick-Tvndall tile (Turn To l*ng« 5, Column 5) y Officers Reelected By Central Soya Co. Annual Meeting Os Company Wednesday Dale W. McMillen. Sr., chairman of the hoard; Robert H. Fletcher, president, and other officers and directors of the Central Soya company were re-elect-ed at the annual meeting of the company Wednesday. Other officers re-elected were: Dale W. McMillen, Jr., executive vice president; Harry C. Offutt, David J. Bunnell. Harold W. McMillen. George D. Macix-an and ■55 pi-ttowtoJT-iM* l *' "tL- vh' 4 ' prosldents; Edward T. Scheie, secre tary and treasurer, and Willard E. Hart, assistant secretary. Board members re-elected l>y the stockholders besides Mr. McMillen, Sr., were Fred B. Shoaff, Mr. McMillen. Jr.. Mr. Bunnell, Mr. Offutt. Harold W. McMillen and Mr. Fletcher. Stockholders voted to Increase the authorized shares of stock from 220,000 with no par value, to >IOO,OOO having no par value The stockholders also approved an amendment to the articles of incorporation under which the board of directors would have the authority to set the price on the new stock being isaued and sell it as they see St. Net profits after taxes of Central Soya company for the fiscal year ending September 30 were 11,031,8»2. Earnings per uhare amounted to 14.71 with state and federal taxes totaling 12,711.213. Consolidated net sales for the year totaled 254.863.755 as compared with 161.513.777 for the previous year, a gain of 12,349.971. Net working capital Increased to |6,814.394 as of September 39. from 35.852,439 as of September 30. 1944.

Truman Warns Inflation Must Not Be Allowed Says Reconversion Os U. S. Industry Is Well Underway Washington. Nov. 29 — (I’PI — President Truman said today that reconversion of I’. S. Industry from war to peace production was well on its way toward completion. In a new* conference review of the first ion days of reconversion. Mr. Truman said total employment was rising after the initial postwar layoffs and was now back at the level of V J day. He added that employment Is expected to continue to rise. Mr. Truman said the disruption of our economy by the return of peace was much less severe than had been anticipated and reiterated that reconversion was almost completed. The president said frankly that he made his reconversion recapitulation at this time to show that the administration is not asleep on the Job and that, actually, the reconversion program Is far ahead of schedule. He warned that inflationary | pressures are still great, and he saw "danger signals’* building up through the winter and spring, particularly in rising real estate, wholesale and raw materials prices. "We must continue to hold the line." he said. "We cannot permit inflation.” H» agreed that there was a companionate danger of deflation, but thia danger, he said, la not nearly as great in his opinion as the threat of Inflation. "Business continues good." the president said, citing statistics to show that retail sales are up 10 percent over the same period of last year, steel ingot production has gone up sharply since V-J day and electric power production now Is only 14 percent under the wartime peak. The. president attributed the upsurge of strikes since V-J day to the fact that parties now in dispute held their grievances in check during the war. New strikes since August, he said, totaled about 1,300, Involving a tout 1.500.000 workers. He said that time lost through work stoppages since August was estimated at .76 of one percent of the total working time available. The labor department reported yesterday that the working time loss attributable to strikes In progress last month was the highest on record, amounting to 7,800,000 man days of idleness or 1.27 per(Turn T<> Page 7, Colawin '•! o Nazi Secret Service Agent To Testify Germany Prepared For Two-Front War Nuernberg, Nov. 29 — (Ul’l — The No. 2 »»«! In the N9zt secret service. Maj. Gen. Erwin I-ehous-er, has been summoned ax the Brat witness in the war crimes trial, presumably to give the Inside picture of Nazi plots and secret dealings. It was learned today. Lahouser's testimony. It was re' ported, may be the most sensational yet presented In the trial of the 20 top Nazi leaders. Lahouser was the chief assistant of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of Nazi Intelligence services. Canaris is believed to have been executed by the gestapo last April a few days before the Nazi collapse when Adolf Hitler received Information indicating Canaris was plotting against him Lahouser held the No. 2 post In the intelligence setup from 1938 to 1943 and was hospitalized in 1944 after the July 20th attempt to assassinate Hitler. He was one of those wto was in the room when the plotters' bomb exploded. Testimony submitted today disclosed tha( Germany waa preparing a two-frettt war in Europe aa (Turn To Page 3, Column 4)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 29,1945

Veteran PitcheH His Tent

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JACK H. MAURER, 26, ex air corpsman of pauistoro. N. J.. Is shown in front of the pup tent he pitched on th«- plaza before tto Camden, N. J., city hall. Given a certified disability discharge in June, 1943. he has since tried without success to float a Gl loan and procure suitable housing for his wife and child.

Yamashita In Denial Os All Atrocities Japanese General Defense Is Rested Manila. Nov. 29 (VPt Gen Tontoyuki Yainastilta. on trial for war crimes, rested his defense today after denying that be ordered or even knew of atroeltba o*mmitted by Japanese troops in the Philippisies # 4n answer to a question by 14Col. Harry F. Clarke of Altoona. Pa., defense staff chief. Yamashita denied telling Gen. Artemio Iticarte (puppet guerilla leader» h» had Iroucd orders to kill all Filipinos. He admitted knowing Rlcarte however. "To kilt 30JMM».<i)o people Is unthinkable matter." Yamamiia said Clarke tutked If he understood all of tee charges in the 123-count indictment against him and if de tails of atrocities cuurted were explained to him in Japanese. "Yes. they were given and explained fully through an interpreter." Yumashita roplied, "I understood everything." "Did you ever issue orders for any of those atrocities and did you ever know they were toing (Wnmitted?" Clarke asked. "Absolutely not." Th*- defendant «ald. "The first 1 ever heard of teem was when I entered Bilibid prison (after his surrender.) 1 was very xiinprised." Clarke th»n asked Yamate'ta IT he had anything to further to tuvy (Turn To Psge 2. Column X*

Reppert Auction School To Open SOth Semester Monday

The rapidly growing and nationally famous R ppert school of Auctioneering will celebrate Ils 25th year and open Its 60th semester next Monday, with the enrollm nt of more than 100 students expected from nearly every state in ihe union. Col. Fred Ruppert, famous auctioneer of this city, and founder of the school that has aided In developing many ot the successful and outstanding auctioneers in the country, will head th ■ faculty of instructors. The winter term has been changed from the last week of Deo- tn her. extending to beyond the middle of January, to the first week of the month in order to complete the three weeks' course of training and instruction before the holidays. Under this plan the current semester will close Decemb.-r 22. affording the students the opportunity to return to their homes for Christmas Due to the large number of men expected for the term. Col. Reppert is endeavoring to obtain rooms for them In private homes, tn addition to the number that will be quartered la the dormitory at Bellmont park*, The expansion of the class room and dormitory quarters in the park has gone on this year, with the construction of an attractive addition, 40 by 4$ feet, at the north

Mail Christmas Club Checks On Saturday CheclM to about 90(1 in*-mb( rs of the 1945 Christmas club will to mailed by the First State Hank on Saturday. William ls»sc, Jr., who U in charg*- of the department, stated today. The monitors saved $48,0 o during the year and the bank Bas suggested that th*- savings to invested in victory bonds. The 1946 dull will open next Monday, the Iwttk announced. o — Russia Brings Up Mandate Question Russian Delegate Opposes Committee London. Nov. 29—(UP)—Russia today Indirectly called on the nations holding old league of nations mandates to say now whether they lnt» nd to put them under the trusteeship system of the united nations organization. A statement on the subject of mandates by the Soviet delegate, Andrei A Gromyko, in committee debate at th*- UNO preparatory commission conference went unanswered by any of the six mandatory powers represented. The problem wax consideration of a plan to establish a t* ntporary trusteeship committee to fund lon until some territories are placed under the trusteeship system when a permanent trusteeship (Turn T*» Page J, Column 4»

M - j KS JF***'’ * ■ Col. Fred Reppert of tits former buildings. The first floor will be used for-class and club rooms and the upper floor for sleeping quarters. The huUding is constructed of cemerft, with wood trim, and adjoins the old class room structure The schedule of activities and list of public sales that the students will conduct during the three weeks will be announced later hy Col. Reppert. An uptown dub room has been arranged in the Reppert building on Madison street

Striking Auto Workers Appeal To President To Intervene In Shutdown

Funeral Rites For Fire Victim Friday — Services At Home Friday Afternoon Funeral eervlces for Mrs. Joseph Brftrock. 42. who wan burned to death yesterday afternoon in her automobile when a can of gasoline exploded an she wan moving toes from the William “Pete" Meyers farm, sotithewwt >'t Decatur, under protection of a smudge fire, will to i'.teld Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Schrock farm home, four inllcn north of Berne. Due Io the condition of the b.e dy the casket will not to opened, tin- Yager funei.il home in Berne announced. Mr. and Mtw. Nelirock had gon-! to the Meyers' woods to tend their been, when If I* terrible tragedy occurred. Mrs. Meyers waa In the automobile when flaui.e enveloped her and her body was aimont cremated. Mr S(hro<k (ante to her aid and wan burned and snffered greatly from shock. Mrs. Schrock waa a daughter of Mr. and Mm. Dun Habegger of Monroe township. She wm torn Nov. 10, 1903. She wa« a member of the Re! ruled Amin i (*lii inilan church. Benld** the husband. *he is survived by six children, ranging In ages from three to 13 yean. They are. Alice May. lain-tta. Harold Wayne. Viola Huth. Raymond and Frederick One eon In dec an< <1 i Also surviving are th*- step moth er. Mm. Daniel Hato-sger: one sister. Mm. ItufiM Inulger; two half-nlsters. Mrs. Noah D. Mazolin and Mm Claude D-nninon, and four |-alf-b('otheri». Milo Habegger. with the armed f rc*-a, nd Martin, Sylvan and Dan. all of .tear Berne Burial will to in tin- Maxelfn cemetery, two and one-hatT miles northwest of Ib-.lle. ’ —O Suggests Changes In Potsdam Declaration Remedy Difficulties In Germany Control 1 WiMitington. Nov. 29 tl'l’i President Truman announced today that Uils government has ink en steps to revise the potrd'am declaration with a vipw Io remedy Ing difficulties in the four-nower control of Germany. Al the same time Mr. Truman said in answer to new* conference questions that If the I'niteil Nations organization op'-rutew like It should, there would to !<o need in th*- future for meetings of the Big Three or any other Lype of special. top-level. International conferences. The President said that it w.is —-ron-rv .- .» ' ■ ruined the L*-.«iuc of Nation*. Hr said he opposed them for that reason. preferring ineteud to see I Nti d > its job. A bnalc overhaul of I’. S policies In Germany was recommended yesterday by Byron Price, former censorship director who retently concluded an investigative mission in Germany for the President. Price in his report < om|>.allied alsiiit the system under which one of the four powers on the control commission by a single dissenting vote could veto operations of the council. He blamed France for obstruction ot the operation of Gerj many as an economic unit. This veto situation, the Pnoi- , dent said. Is one of the things bei Ing discussed by tills government ! in its efforts to have al leaat some portions of the Potsdam declaration changed. Mr Truman would not give ope- , ciftc Information about this gov- , ernment s suggestions fpr changes | in the declaration, saying that he , feared that a detailed discussion (Turn io Page 4, Column 4)

Demands Mount For Probe Os Hurley Charges Congress Leaders Promise Probe On Blistering Attack Washington. Nov 29 — tl'Pl Responding to angry demands from both Republicans and Democrats. congressional leaders today promised an Investigation Into ex-ambassador Patrick J. Hurley s blistering indictment of American career diplomats. Chairman Tom Connally. DL Tex., of lite senate foreign relations committee, said lie planned tentatively to begin an inquiry Monday. He said he would call hoth Hurley and secretary of state James F. Byrnes to get the full story behind Hurley s dramatic resignation ax ambaaaador to China two days ago Coiiit.illy s plans, however, did not silence congreslsonal demands for a more sweeping investigation of all phases of American foreign policy and the way it Is l»eittg carried out by the state departm<*nt. Resolutions for <mu-1» inquiries were introduced In both tl’e house and senate. Meanwhile, there were these developments: 1. Gen. George C. Marshall, who will succeed Hurley as envoy to China, perpared to leave for Chungking as soon ax he testifies before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee. He is an important witness and. according to war department sources, may not be able to leave Washington for several days or perhaps a week or two. 2. Hurley reiterated his charges that "double-dealing’* state department “career men" were operating behind the scenes Io sabotage American foreign policy. He charged specifically that they had undermined his attempts to unify China's opposing factions 3. Secretary of state Byrnes began his own inquiry Into Hurley's accusations agaiust career diplomata, (ailing for all department records and letters dealing (Turn To Page 2. Column 3) — — -oWar And Community Fund Nearing Goal Only $1,600 Short Os $16,983 Quota The Decatur Community and war service fund is nearing the goal, Herman Krueckeberg, treasurer, aitnounc- <1 today. T'7riitriitiiti<>iis"Tni<l jd'edcex to date total $15,372.40. compared to the $10,983 quota. Cash donations total $9,427.32 and pledges, $5,945.08. The pledges are redeem d through the payroll deduction plan, Mr. Krueckelterjs explained Heading the list of donations in the current report is a $ 1.500 contribution from the Central Soya company. Other donations follow: Bag Servlpe, Inc., $100; Bag Service employes. $65.20; Mother's Study club. $5; solicitors: Phil Sauer. $10; lx-o Kirsch. $43; Al B avers. $126; Fred Koiter, $25; The Decatur Casting Co., $150; The Decatur Casting Co. employes, S3O. cash The Decatur Casting Co., employ-! pledges, $331.68 Mr. Kniecketorg was optimistic atont reaching the goal and stated that he believed when the fln.il reports t ame in from th- solicitors and a few of the Industries that the fund would go over the top. Decatur’s share of the national war fund is $7,915, the balance going into the community fund for local purposes.

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Steel Workers Vote Overwhelmingly For Strike; Country's Idle Now 631,000 By I'nited Press Striking' (TO auto worker* appealed directly to President Truman today for intervention in tho General Motors shutdown as CIO steelworkers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike, to back demands for a 30 percent wage increase. Workers In 92» steel and aluminum plants, iron ore pits and bauxite min*-*, voted 370.084 t*» 73,362 In favor of a strike. "Your hands-off policy will only result in further stalling by General ..Motors and prolongation ot tlie strike." the union said In a telegram to the White House. At the sam*- time. Mr. Truman told a press conference It would Im- a good Idea for representatives of GM and the strikers to get together and discuss their differences. Secretary of labor Schwcllenhach lias been trying to bring the two side* together hut thus far lias failed to persuade GM president C E Wilson even to meet with r S. conciliators. Mr. Truman entered the strike at the Great latkes Towing Co. Cleveland. O. He ordered the office of defense transportation to seize and operate the struck company The number of workers Idle hecause of strikes and xhuitdowna across the nation rose to 631.999, highest figure in several weeks. End of the bitter. 19-week UAW strike against the Ford Motor Company of Canada, M indxor, Ont . was tn sight, however. A policy committee representing 10,099 strikers recommended immediate adoption of a settlement formula providing for appointment of a government arbitrator, previously opposed by tit*’ union. Tile plan was presented to the strikers, who were to take a secret ballot on its acceptance. Approval of tho plan would return 2<',*uHi aqto workers to their jolm lo.to't at Ford and Jft.tW other CAW members who went out in sympathy strikes at other Windsor automotive plants. Hoy England, president of t’AW laxal 20". said the plan provdeu for appointment of an umpire of labor relations for tit*- Ford factories and company agreement to rehire all workers. In the most extensive, vote In flu- history of organized labor, the (TO steel workers gave their leaders a vote of confidence. The United Steel Workers (CIOt. however, warned its members that the vote di*! not constitute authorization for a work stoppage; that the final strike decision rested with CIO and USW president Philip Murray and his strike strategy staff. The trade journal Iron Age predicted a strike conld be expected some time after the first of the year. The vote, conducted by the NLRB at an estimated cost of VUHtnnn r sjy..r4.<l U np}'/*vt|»ju t p|y iHhi m!<>4*|a <irk«’rM employe! by a total of 766 companies in 27 states. An additional 259,1109 steelworkers have scheduled strike votes by Dee. 31. so that a work stoppage, if (ailed, ultimately' would affect some 900,000 union members. other UAW officials, meanwhile. prepared to discuss the 30 percent pay boost issue with Ford (Turn T-. Pas*- < , olumn 7) TB Association Is Given 'A' Rating Officials of the Adams county tuberculosis axMO< la:loii have been notified that the local association has lieen given a class "A” rating by hhe Indiana association, which also carries the endorsement at the national association ThU rating, the highest granted, shows that the Adams county association has fully complied with all standards set by the state association.