Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1945 — Page 1

Kalil No. 291.

ITEEL WORKERS TO STRIKE JANUARY 14

Wr Battle B Itiog Solons ■labor Bit! ftjto Workers Union ..Bonfmues Campaign ■or Wage Increase B X Pref* .... . work.r* ■ • ampaign for "MR maliilfa lilirirt off r fittb- labor ’ll- powerful BH - H'i.o’l < <mv?n?d JK.. ..n-nli i a nat.mi- ... . M<-. l industry demand*. : House Hui s . <• today £K ■..•moi,- -ho Military As n;> xo li.avy poll il |H ■ «niko .-.'in n -aid they 'Would . ii promisod 'ii.ii u battle on a labor . ■ ■ ..UJieS* paSS-d I <■ >mn anti-strike bill |M> p,o.| • I’.ell's v«to txo |H: 4 <[«■«•< i prepared for floor He;. Holifield, 11. u'fai s committee bill »fi. up t >■ most t folent .a in history. ■ 'I .i itied provision* of - I - u-p- ii iuin fm on * year U :z*inilig tights of a union |Bk*t iirpo-.iig similar penal '-ti . tnployer « Ito vi ilat ■' agreement. |Bferr .(I bnlwcen the aUt i union and the big manti jppioaehed i new rela siii.li may have the es " { 'dh'tiitg the union to profiitim i..i Kuarantees against I .is a result ■B ’ ■■km proposal to the Eord B -'-’ com Dan y. |Hlhntu lontrait negotiations ■tJ F'Td yesterday. ths uni n of to penalize Its members 43 ■ per day for taking part in »tik<-*. an unprecedented on >he part of organized la ■httative acceptance of the prop .*al was indicated in t announcement that it take up th» subject of pay ■j* 4 »ilh tie union tomorrow Eord official had de■’•’l Io di-i:,w wages until th ; ■*® provided anti strike guaranwith officials of BF ‘t’ike imund General .Motors made less progress, with union and company ■ fnrer agreement o a the cry- *»■« issue. ‘“’’Poratlon cancelled its ■ lr,ct with the UAW yesterday. B * T#rß To Pssfe 2. Column 5) ■ ■ □ jw Office Open On pfurday Afternoons jP* Decatsr post office will he E* !! afternoons, Decern E »tid 22 for window service E, * o'clock, to accommodate E* 111 " who wfc,h •» mall ChristE* Packages, it was announed toFI Ij4,<> Kirsch, postmaster. oftnaliy the post office closes "*» on Saturdays. Regular , *? r « , vall on al) other days w” p ° iS office between now and Postmaster Kirsch etatt a a*** 1 * he,p Wa " i,eln *i ® d< * ed ,^7 ed “t>d every effort would kiC*’* t 0 m **ntain the usual fast of packages in spite of otlclpated heavy traffic benow and Christmas. T I .t OCRAT thcrmomctbr ita reraturb r«aoinq« ■'* i.wi, WtATNIR " UnigM and Wednesday exHrtu”** f,urrlM extreme north n tonight. Continued cold.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Berne Schools Close Because Os Sickness Herne hclkioln < h.,i-d M unlay mon and will remain*-1 dosed at least until Wednesday because of the absence of more t ian 100 pupils, confined to their homes with influenza and colds. - - — (I —. Gen. Marshall Testifies On Jap Messages Saw intercepted Messages For First Time Dec. 7, 1941 Washington. Ih-c. it — (t'Pi — Gen George Marshall said today he never saw until the morning of Doc. 7. I#4l. Japanese messages intercepted during the preceding two days which might have Indicated that war was Imminent. The former army chief of staff referred to a so-called 'pilot" message intercepted and decoded Hec. 5. 1941. and the first 13 parts of a 14 part message in which Japan formally ended diplomatic iaikK Records show the first 13 parts were Intercepted and decoded the night of Dec. 6. The crucial 14th part, and the instructions to deliver It to the .state department at 1 p. m. were intercepted the morning of Dec. 7—-not long before bombs rained on Pearl Harbor. Appearing before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee for the fiftli successive day. Marshall was asked about the secret intercepts by Sen. Homer Ferguson. R., Mich. Marshall said he did not recall ever seeing the so-called pilot" message In which Tokyo notified its Washington embassy that a long statement to the I*. S. government was coming The message instructed the embassy that Instructions for actual delivery would come later. Marshall said h>- did not see the long message and accompanying instructions for 1 p. m. delivery until he arrived at his office In the war department the morning of Dec. 7. He added, however, that they were primarily diplomatic messages and the important thing was Io get them to secretary of slate Cordell Hull rather than to the chief of staff. Marshall also testified: 1. The late President Roosevelt personally ordered that war warnings to Pacific outpost* Nov. 27 include a caution that I'. 8. forces avoid committing the first overt act 2., The only significance he (Turn T<> Pag* ?. Column 41 o Anne Halberstadt Dies Monday Night Funeral Services At Colon, Michigan Mrs. Anne Hazen Halberstadt. 81. died at the home of her son James Halberstadt. Pleasant Mills, at 8:20 o'clock Monday night. .Mrs. Halberstadt wa* the widow of the late Frank P. Halberstadt. She was liorn in Greensburg. November 19, 1864. a daughter of James and Adeline Davis-Hazen. Her father was a veteran of the .Mexican and Civil war*. A sister. Mrs. Mary Andrews of Storm Lake, lowa, and a brother. John Hazen. Sherwood. Mich., survive. .Mrs. Halberstadt was married January 6. 1881 to Frank Halberstadt at Seymour. 111. Surviving are four sons. James F. of Pleasant -Mills; Glenn, of Detroit, Mich.; A. F.. of I nion City; and Jesse of Colon, Mich., and a daughter. Mrs. Wayne P.aad of Colon. Mich. There also are nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mrs. Halberstadt lived at Colon. Mich., following the death of her husband in 1940 until last June, when aha came to reside with her son at Pleasant Mills. The hody was removed to the I(trurn To Pag* 2, Column 1)

They Have A Rendezvous With Dame Justice

J |k 1 | [l^V; 11' ■ ~ L B .wJBfIL Ml 'fe & * ' - IR. BROUGHT in from Hankow by plane, these Jap soldiers ami civilian* arc being loaded aboard trm k* for removal from the airport to Shanghai where they will await trial for participation in the murder of three American flyers The American*. H 29 crewmen, were tortured and cremated by the Japs following a crash-landing near Hankow.

Report Bond Sales In Rural Schools Partial Report By Attendance Officer Adam* county grade school pupil* bought 1007 75 worth of war bonds and stamps during November. according ty a report made public today by Melvin Mallone.-, Adam* county attendance officer This figure includes only grade schools and the report I* not complete for- very school. It was said. Pupils of the Geneva eighth grade, in the room of Raymond VanEmon. led other schools with purchases totaling (164.25, and St. Peter’s school in Root township, of which Theodor- Grotrian is teacher, was second with a total expenditure for stamp* and bonds of 1i1u.20. Other schools reporting, with the teacher's name in parentheses, are a* follows: Schnepp school, Union township (Xariffa Walters». (58.60 Geneva school, fifth grade, tEsther Gr-eneL (97.05. Election school, Kirkland township, (Mabel Marshall). (4.85. Monroe school, 7th and Bth grade* (Ezra Snyder), (110.25. Monroe school, 4th. sth. 6th grades (la»o Strahm) (10 75. Monroe school. Ist. 2nd and 3rd grades, (Magdalena Johnson), (20 35. Winchester school, Monroe township* (Nelli- Price), (1.50. The Sprunger school in Monroe township. Nellie Price teacher, also reported a total of (7 for Junior Red Cross memberships. Other schools will file th- ir reports In December. Tfain Is Delayed As Cars Derailed Traffic Is Tied Up On Pennsy Railroad Traffic on th- P-nr.syl vania railroad system through Decatur was delayed for several hours early thia morning when three car* of the second section of the St Petersburg to Chicago northbound train, due In Derat.ir at 2:15 o'clock, were derailed n-ar the Pennsylvania station. An exprera car, coach and one pullman car, the first three of the train, left th- tracks near the switch just south of tne station. Several feet of track on the switch were torn up and because part of the train wm on the main line and part on the siding, it wal necessary to delay traffic on the main line tor some time. Workman immediately started (Turn To Page 8, Column 5)

ONLY. DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December It, 1945

Severin Schurger New Holy Name President Severin ffcherger, D-catur attorney. wart elected president of the Holy Name society at the annual elt-nion of officers, held Mondav night at the K. of C. haii. H- will succeed George Trlcker when n-w officer* are installed January 14. Other officers elected last night were Cyril Heiman, vice president, and Edward Ga*e. *»cr> tary treasurer. ———o- - — —- Attendance Good In Rural Schools Drop Foreseen In December Records Attendance of all elementary and high schaol pupil* enrolled in schools of Adam* county wa* 96 1 pen nt forth- month of November, according to statistic* compiled l»y Melvin M.ilionee. Adams county attendance officer Thl>* percentage of at'endan ■ • I* the highest It ha* bean for nevera! year*. Mr. Mallone" said. Grade schools had a “lightly higher percentage attendance than high schools. Th- grad- school attendance was 96.6 iw-rcent and the high school attendance wa* 96.1 percent. Prelde township had the highe-t percentage of attendance of ail iichools with a total of 98.7 percent. Union township and Hartford township were tied for s-eond place with a mark of 98.5 percent. Attendance for all school* in each township is as fallow*: Blue Creek township. 94.4 percent, French township, 96 percent. Hartford township, 98.5 percent jeffetwm township. 97.5 percent. Kirkland township. 84.2 percent. Monroe lowtinhlp. 97.1 percent. Preble township. 98.7 percent. Root township. 97.2 percent. St. Marys township. 97.1 percent Union township. 98.5 percent. Wabash township. 96.8 percent. Wa*hfngton townehlp, 94.5 per cent. Hartford towmshlp hid the liest high school attendance record for November, the figures show, with 97.1 percent. Others are an follow*: Jefferson township high school, 93.2 percent. Kirkland township high school. 92.6 percent. Monroe high school, 94.2 percent. Monmouth high school, 94.1 percent. Pleasant Mill* high ach ml. 93.2 percent. Geneva high school. 96 percent. Mr. Mallone? said that all percentages likely would decline sharply during December becuine of the Influenza epidemic which (Turn To Pag« >, Column 7)

Plan Gigantic Test For Atomic Bombs Army And Navy Take Part In Experiment Washington. Dec. II (I f) Progress of plan* f ir international control of atomic energy may determine whether the world will have grandstand seat* when t.iUnited State* conduct* IM gr« a’ atomic homb experiment on ship* at sea. Formal announcement that thU. S. is preparing for a gigantic naval test of atomic I*..ml** wa made last night by Ihe army and navy, both of whom will take part in tin- experiment The results are expected to have an important bearing on Hi- future of iiavi-s, their size and nature «'td dispi-ition in warfare. Months of preparation will probably be needed h-fore the requisite ship*, men anti sclent fie equipment can lie gotten together The announcement said the opera!i tn | will involve "large problem* of llog’rttlc*. Including the assembly lof many naval vessels. exi< n dve : instrumentation for m<' t«tirlng re i suits and assembly of necessary ; personnel." During thi* petiod plan* for -ome sort <f world <imtrol of atoI mir weapons w.n lie going forward. The United States i* pressing for Internationa! action. It ■•»« already talked it over with Britain and {Canada, it* partner* in atom bomb development, and i* bringing Russia Into th- discussion*! next Saturday. Titt'rte steps are preliminaries In the drive to bring atomic weapons under full international control 'through the United Nation* organi- ! zation. Observers here ludieve that if some International formula can be devised Wore the experiment is ready, many outMide nation* may Im allowed t > witness the test* a* uhserveiN. Britain and Canada are more certain of observers' po»t«, since they helped develop th? liomo. The i question of whether the U. S. pres* ; will be permitted Io *•••• Ihe test* is also rttili unanswered. | (Turn To Cage 5, Column <) 1 fl Cold Wave Holding Grip Over Midwest By United Press A <• Id wave held it* grip on tlie midwest and moved over the Atlantic sealioard today, with subzero temperatures , predicted by nightfail for fifties in Pennsylvania and upper New York The central, mountain and Great l.ake* region* shivered last night in the lowest temperatures of the i season Th? mercury fell to 36 below at Jamestown, N. D.. c >ld?at ‘■pot In the nation.

CIO President Murray Reports Strike Order; Reject Truman Proposal

Two Children Die In Evansville Fire Evansville, Ind., Dec. 11 II Pt - Two chlldr n lost their live* and three other persona were burned seriously today when tire destroyed their home. The dead w re Jerry Ray Simpkins, 19. and hi* sister. Rebecca, four. Their two brother*. Curtis, six. and Robert, eight, were burned severely o Gen. Patton Is Reported As improved Official Bulletin Reports Injured General Improved Franfurt. Dec. 11 tl'Pi Gen George S. Patton wa. reported off |< tally late today to be resting comfortably. taking nourishment, fully conscious and rational. An X ray of Patton s spinal col umti showed further improvement In the position of the vertebrae ■where he suffered a broken neck In a traffle accident Sunday, an official Statement on his condition at <; p. m. said. The < m oiit aging report on Patton was issuc-il after hl* wife reached his bedside and expressed full confidence that he would re. over completely from the dislocation which almost completely paralysed him The H«p. m. bulletin said: •‘General contditlon remains satisfactory. Temperature 100. pulse 7*i. respiration 22. ‘■Resting comfortably, taking nourishment, fully conscious and rational. X ray of vert bral column shows further Improvement in position of vertebrae. “Neurological status slightly improved. Tendon reflexes normally active and superficial refl- xe* present ” Mrs. Patton landed at .Mannheim liecause of more of the bad weather with which her flight has Iwen plagued. Original plan* w re for 'a landing at Paris and a direct flight here. Instead her plane from the United States was forced to land at Marseille* and she took a second plane to Mannheim. Mrs. Patton was accompanied by Lieut. Gen. John <’ H. I*ee and the flight was made in hi* plane. The army's morning bulletin said: “General Patton had a good ( I urn Tn Pm*«* 2. Column <♦» — O — Council Is Formed For Teen Canteens Deane Dorwin Named State Vice Chairman Creation or a state executive council and adoption or objective* for all group* wa* set up at a meeting of representatives of Teenage Canteen) from mor than 30 Indiana communities at Indianapolis Ipst Saturday Ib-ane Dorwin. memltr. of the Decatur high school faculty, represented the local organization at lbw m-eting and was named vice-chairman and faculty advisor of the state executive council. The newly created board will hold it* flrst meeting at Indlanapoil* January 18, It wa* announced, and at that time th-" year's program will be planned In addition to Mr Dorwin. Martin Nadlng, Fort Wayne was also named vice chairman and the rest of the council include*: Edward Warren. Indianapolis (Turn 'io Page 4, Column 4)

Senate Group Drops Probe Os Hurley Charges Senate Committee Halts Probe After Examining Records Waehingt.m. D«-c 11 ft Pt The Senate Foreign Relation* com mltiev today dropp«-d It* Invest! gallon of charge* by *-x ambas«a dor Park J Hurley th.i’ Stat- Department career diplomat' utiilei mined U. S foreign p«dl< y throughout the world For three hour* today the committee examined •«-<ret state department rec ini-* Th«-n Chairman Tom Connally. D. Tex. announced that no further hearings or <1 »sel .eraiou* on the matter were planned This was tantamount to rejecting Hurley's complaint.* Hurley, Secretary of Stale .la * F. I’yriie*. undersecretary of state Dean Acheson ami other witii«esc* testified at the comntitfe.- louring.* during • >e past w» <-k Acheson. wh > wa- act used by Hurley of dynamiting American policies in Iran, attended part of today s met ting to answer <|ii-*-tions about th- document*, whicn Hurley had designated to substantiate hi* charge*. Cotllia'.lv said he had ri'li:. • d t requt st by Hurley tli.it he bi permitted to testify at atiothe. open session of 111- collltnitti'--Principal documents c»ainin--l today were report* flout John S Service an<l George \ Atche«on. Jr., foreign service ill' ll forateilv stationed in China H’nley accused Service of plotting to ove-throw the ientral Chinese government of Chiang Kai-Sh-k and ;»> rii.i'ii A' < hesoll < f teeommetldiiu I tat lend lean* arms be given chinescommunist* forth- pu-po*' * of np setting the Chiang government Hurley mad** hi* original c iarx<‘* wlkii lie resigned suddenly two week.* ago as amiias-ador tn Chi na Conn.illy said no a< tiuii w it con templated on a reoollltloti by Sm Kenneth S. Wherry, It. Nel». call Ing for a special five-man committee to investigate th- ei'tii- Stat< Depart llletit “It i* lying calmly on my desk.’ lilt'll 'l‘- rage 2. <•-110111 «l fl Lifelong Resident Is Taken By Death Linnemeier Rites Thursday Afternoon Mrs. Wilhelmina Linnemeier, S 2. lifelong resident of Preble towiwhlp. died early this morning lit her home in Preble after t long illness Death was attributed to Menitity. H-r condition had Is’en serious for the past five day*. She was horn in Preltle township March 2.7. 1*63. a daughter of Hott ry and Roslna Meyer Her husband, William Idnneiiiejer. p.-ceded her In death. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Surviving ar-- three daughters, Mies Clara Linnemeier of Prehl-, Mrs. Otto Koctieinann of Preble and Mrs. Sadolph Kold-wey of near New Haven; one son. Herman Linnemeier of Preble; two «isters Mr*. Susan Bniti k and Mr*. Fred Homeyer of For! Wayne; one brother. William Meyer of Preble; eight grandchildren and five great . grandchildren. One daughter, five sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral service* will be held at 1:30 pm Thursday at tlie home and at 2 o'clock at the St Paul'a (Turn Tn Page 2, Column 7)

Price Four Centd.

Union Wage Policy I Committee Brands Truman's Proposal Vicious Anti-Labor Pittsburgh. Du 11 itP* HO President Philip Mttiriv announced today that the United Steel worker* will strike th.- nation<4 steel, aluminum and Iron ote indu*trles at 12:<*1 *• *•’ J-inuary 14 uni'*** demands fir a I.’ day wage Ill< rease an- lll''' Murray reported a le.iolution by the union's wage policy < 'Uiitn.ttee and ix.-'tltive board flatly rejecl- - President Tiuiiiati* proposal for a 3"day truce to .e-irnlt examinatlon of the dispute by a factfinding iMiani The i.wolutlon branded the Presldetit's prop »sai a* "viciously an-ti-laltor and all attack upon our basic Democratic liberties ' A fact-finding Isiard b» unnecessary." the strike resolution slated It declared the proposal a • false trail of fruitl e* d< lay*, which can -inly serve t.i und-riiiin i labor " The Strike call dire.tly affect* more than 7im.a*»u worker* tn Iho bulk <»f the tiati ns l.aeic steel plants, steel fabricating mills, aluminum factories and bauxite and iron on- pits The total would swell tlie country’* cm wtrike toll tn nearly o.noo w ith 270,'Ht0 more preparing to ballot on walkouts uniter the SmithConnally act. Tin- American Iron and Steel Institute has warned that a steel 'liutdown would I-- a disastrous Idow to reconversion” and a violii'ion of existing no-i ke clausee with Hie cio union. Tin- Institute de< lur.-d that over 4« percent ot ail th- nation's fac'ory worker* ■■ant their living in steel related industries U s Steel twice refused request* of I' S labor secretary Lewis it Schweili-nbaclt for resumption of bargaining conferi iu< * with tlie I'SW Benjamin F Fairies*, "big steel" president, said further bargaining was blocked by tin- union * declara'ioti that It* 42 a day dem.iffil was not subject to “dickering or compromise 1 * and tlie OPA refusal to grant, steel price increases. Th. strike was authorized by a five-toon- margin in a strike vot« coiidin ted by tin- national lalsor relations board November 28. More titan pm.iMMi workers voted for a strike and approximately sii.uoo voted against It. Tlie poll wa* coiidin t.-d in almost sou (.-untpattles a. rp»» th" nation, including tlie large liaalo steel plants such a* Carnegieiililloi*. Republic Steel, Jone* A-. I it glt I i 11. Wheeling Steel Corporation and the Aluminum Company of Am-rica Tlie union resolution charged that the government "repressed'* the fact* of tlie dispute which aro contained in reports of tlie OPA. ami the office of war mobilization and reconversion. o — - —— Eight-Year Old Boy Is Killed By Train South Ib-h’l. Ind. Dec II tl'Pf Eight year-oid Charles Albright: ( of Ht-phensvilie, Mich, w.o killed ! last night when struck by a south shore train. He wa-* visiting an uncle Charles Beiinitt. Carlisle. ' Th- iaiy wa* walking along tho right-of-way with a i-ousin when struck by tin- train , Buys Health Bond The Berne Rotary club has Voted purchase of a s.’> li-altll Pravant TB h " nd ‘' ffl<lal * of

i the Chrlstnias seal ! i a tn p a I g n in > Adams county an* > nounced today. Ail • proceeds from the ; annua) Christmas J aeal sale* are used | In the fight on i tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and other*

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wise carry on the fight against the ' " white plague.' The tale i* conducted by the Adam* county tuberculosis association.