Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1945 — Page 1

XLIH. N°- 291

OARD IS APPOINTED TO PROBE GM STRIKE

Bag Service Buys Plant Site

■e Purchase ■mounced By- - Owner B ; Decatur Foundry Hilding To Replace Heßozcd Factory pn-ihase <>r the ’’ld r.»i Furnace and i < buildings and ,>| El ii street from the ■K_. - liardge and ■H E I ■ >n. .1 new fact ■H, „-h V. M< M Fell for B.U |Kp | . *!ibh plant wait tot- ' > r. • on November p.n;x-r'y i* of th- v.il-nda-tr .il xites in the city i Iron'.iKe of 150 feet to in: tin- I’ nnsylvunla |B|!. ; . tli irai k*. If extends feet along Elm gH, •<> S-iiith Tenth street, in t«" .!• r«-s of glound company < plant was form- ■ .1 in flu- old Fort Way tie Interurban car barns on Seiotiil street, and owned BH'-.r Central Soya company. purchased the property a ago from Cal Yost K- ,M. Millen stated that Bag Inc. -Ahieh was founded ■ r.n n !>.■. ember. 194 i. would MxH the t» > story brick build4<j by 135 feet, as quickly aS ■ pr»*ent tenants could vacate second floor of the building ■-.-I for hulls hold goods stordivided among a score of ■e-- The Kraft Foods plant of Mliity occupies the east end of Birtt floor a.id the Waiter lit it B’' machine shop Is located ■thr rear of the building. Hb the ni.ita ot me two story ■tumz i« th,, remain* of the old Bairy a portion of the walls reBUM intact. B'.-- acquiring of the site will Be: Hag S. rivce, Inc., th op|a»rB y for future growth and at B »ame time proivde an immedB production quarters. Mr. .MeB»a explained. He stated that B company hop d to occupy part ■ !h» ma n building by the middle ■ hniiary and that machinery y 1 * 1 ** set up a* rapidly as posye'., wg h given. Already new B suction equipment, motors B '**ing machines have b-en ai| d shipment is being y*" *• once- Full occupancy is Butpated within three months. V McMillen said. ■ Tis company is one of the larg # h'ocesxors of burlap and cotB ttoth bags for the livestock ■** manufacturers in the middle B- At the time ol the disastrous g'~ tt people were employed in ** l>*al plant. All of the equip- *• »»* consumed in the driving w whi ch HWept through the 150“JJong building on Thanksgiving Mat. the flames starting in the r«ne vest end of the concrete •*« structure. J** tervtce, Inc., will occupy 27”* r * ’’•o’T brick building "* mnher expansion of the bag ."Hing concern is contemplatt - s McMillen With the ato '* grou future possibl • "•akm includes new buildings w-k nor,h ' fs<,,n < th * railroad ' a sp ur leading to the site. ’* ron >pany acquires the feed M ’ ‘ ro,n o*er s wide territory '“"’ns. mends and processes bag* and manufactures °nes. A similar plant Is owned »bl<h r '” npan s r Paxton, 18.. »m I em,>,o ya about 75 persons * ’ m»e of the principal plac* n rt ? 8,,< ’ ,r ' , ’* n f tn that thriving wL* c, ? on - future expansion of ■^. B<fT * cc - >uc., in this city, emTo P 3 , r , I||tmn t ) rtu < l C ’'* T THERMOIMtTIR l-to HRATURt READINGS ■" 11 •»* '■" - - - '• 96 *"» - _ M r WEATHER i ' *«d eentiiiuM mid tonight. t«ia * el °udb’»ss and net a® Thursday.

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Japanese Officers Condemned To Death Kwajuleiu. Marshall Islands, Dec. 11 -(Delayed) ll'Pl Six Japani»e army and navy of.'lcers were condemned to death by hanging today for the decapitation of five American filers on Mhle atoll in February. 1944. A I*. H. military commUslon passed the sentence, which will he reviewed by higher authority No date was set for the execution. Condition Os Gen. Patton Is Unchanged American General Still Gravely 111 Os Accident Injury Heidelberg. Dec. 12 — (t’P» A late afternoon bulletin today said that the condition of Gen. i George S. Patton, gravely injured with a broken neck ami partial paralysis. Is unchanged. The 5 p. m. (10 a. nt. f'STt report said that Patton's ‘general condition" remained good. He was injured Sunday In an automobile accident. There was no change, however, in .effects of the fractured neck vertebra. The report said: “temperature 100. pulse fill, respiration 24 Genera) condition remains good. No significant changes since morning report. The report indicated that Patlon's respiration which had sunk as low as 16 during the night had improved substantially to 24. Physicians had noted that the low respiration rate during the night was an unfavorable symptom. Ills temperature virtually was unchanged and his pulse fix degrees faster than reported in the morning bulletin The 5 p. m. report made no mention of any change in the paralysis which has affected all portions of Patton’s body below the level of the neck fracture. An army bulletin issued at 11 a. m. said: “Temperature 100 to 100.2, pulse 70. respiration 16 Io 22. Spent a good night, slept well and is comfortable, taking nourishment. cheered by the arrival of (TurnTo Pag* 2. Column 3» Waller J. Krick To Head Masonic Lodge Annual Election Is Held Tuesday Night Walter J Krick, superintendent of the Decatur school-, was elected worshipful master of Decatur lodge 571,* Free and .Accepted MaHuhn at th# asiuttMl election of of* fleers held at the Masonic hall iMt night. Mr Krick will succeed Fr-d Hancher, who has served as master of the lodge during 1945. George Hamrna was named senior warden and Walter Lleter was elected Junior warden. Ed Jaberg was elected secretary of the lodge to succeed Harold Momma who has served In that capacity for five years. John M Doan wax elected treasurer and Mr. Hancher was named trustee of the lodgn for a three-year period Mr. Hancher reviewed the years activities of the lodge following the election, and the newly elected officers responded with short talks. . . An initiation ceremony for the master maaon degree will he held by the local lodge Friday. December 44. starting at 5 o'clock in the afternoon A dinner will he >u»rved and the Initiatory work will he concluded ester the dinner. A spacial invitation win ha sent to all Masona attending the Seppert Auction Bchoel to attend th® Friday meeting. Mr. Kriek and (turn 1® Pag* 2. Column 6)

Gen. Marshall Feared Coming War With Japs 'Top Secret' Army Reports Released On Pearl Harbor Attack Washington. Dec. 12 (VPt — i Gen. George ('. Marshall said toj day h>- f- it in August. 1941. that unless the trend of world events changed the I'nlted States would be drawn Into war with Japan. .Marshall testified before the Pearl Harlror Investigating committee for the sixth succeaalve i day after the committee released top secret" army reports asserting and denying that Washington officials had evidence of Japanese l>lans for war four days before the attack on Pearl Harlior. Rep. Frank B. Keefe. 11.. Wls.. asked Marshall if he wasn't conj vinced “as early as August, 1941. i that if the current trend of events continued we would inevitably be 1 drawn into war with Japan as a matter of necessity." "Yes. sir, that was my reaction ' at that time," Marshall replied Keffe had led up to the question by recalling a series of world events prior to August. 1941. He mentioned passage of the selvc- ; five service and lend lease acts, economic embargoes against Jap an and aid to Russia and England in their war with Germany, He asked Marshall whether he 1 told the state department at the , time that the I’nlted States was not prepared for war with Japan. Mai shall recalled that he told former secretary of slate Cordell Hull that he m-efled until Dec. 5 to get Philippine defense built up to the standards he desired. "I had thought that If we could build rp the defenses In the Philippines it might deter the Japanese from tiny over act,” Marshall explained. Keefe asked him about adei quacy of Hawaiian defenses. "I thought the existing defenaea in Hawaii would deter them from any action directed at Oahu,” Marshall said. Keefe asked whether he thought the basing of the fleet at Hawaii would have a further deterrent effect on Japan. Marshall said he thought it would Keefe asked him whether he had any evidence at the time that Japan was being deterred from its program of aggression. "The Japanese continued to make various moves particularly because of the inalijlity of Indo(Turn To Page t. Column 4) Fire Loss 0153,000 At Monroe Elevator 3,000 Bushels Grain Are Badly Damaged l,oss of 13,003 was caused hy fire Tuesday evening at the Mon roe Elevator, owned and operated by the Adams county Farm Bureau cooperative association. Part ct the roof of the elevator was destroyed by the fire and the top of the elevator was badly gutted by the flames. Three thousand bushels cf grain, including aoy beans, corn, wheat and oats were badly damaged by the smoke and water and can be only partially salvaged. The fire was first discovered about 7 pm Origin of the fire la undetermined but It Is believed it may have started from a faulty motor in the top of the elevator. The Decatur, llynie and Monroe fire departments were called and extinguished the blaxe before the elevator was destroyed. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Wilbur Raudebuth. manager ot the Monro* elevator, which was purchased a tew months ago by th® Farm Bureau, stated that the elevator will he closed for several days while nspairt ar® being mad®.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 12, 19 45.

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"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself!" These words, scrawled In lipstick on the living room wall In the Chicago apartment of Miss Frances Brown. 33-year-ohl ex-Wafe, whose brutally slain body was found in the bathtub, has Chicago police alerted for a possible maniac-murderer.

G. E. Office Workers To Join CIO Union Strike Issue Vote Here On Thursday Gdfce employes or the Decatur General Electric Co. by a Vote nt 67-11 yesterday elected the I'nlted Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. CIO. to act as their bargaining agent and In so doing joined office employe* of the Bridgeport, Conn.. Philadelphia. Pa, Pittsfield. Maa®, and Fort Wayn*- plants, which previously laid voted for F'iC as a bargain ing agent y. Os 64 eligible to vote, 76 persons took part in the election, which was held at the local factory office Tuceday afternoon It was pointed out. however, that the office employes will not be permitted to participate in the strike vote to be heid at Lincoln school Thursday The national labor relations Imaid of the I'nited State® government conducted the election. Th'question was "Do you wish to Im* represented by the I’nlted Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. CIO for purposes of collective bargaining?” Members of la>cal 924. I'nited Electrical. Radio and Machine Worker* of America, CIO, employed nt the Ib-catur G>-iieral Electric plant, will vote on the strike issue at the gymnasium of Lincoln school Thursday afternoon December 13 between 1:30 o'riot'k and 5:30 o'clock. It ha® been announced by officials of the local organization. The Thursday vote doe* not set the date for a strike, nor does it automatically bring about a strike, i'nion officers pointed cut A ‘yea’ rote sanctions the demand for a 32 wage Increase, It was said. The election will lie held in compllanee with the Bmith-Connally act. Local office salaried employee who yesterday voted for the I K. CIO, as their bargaining agency, will not be eligible to participate (Turn To I’ags 2. Column 31 Buys Health Bond The Decatur C. L. of C. has voted purchase of a 65 health Prevent TB official* of

i the Chriatmas seal ’ Adams county an- ; nounced t« day. All ■ proceed* from th® ; annual Chriatmaa I aeal aalea are used lln the light on i tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and other-

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Hints At Easing Os Rationing Os Sugar Chicago. Dec 12 ll’Pl Earl B Wilson, chief of the Agriculture Department’s sugar bi.ihch. billed today that civilian migar rations may be eased by ■ pring. He told the annual meeting of the American bottlers of carbonited beverages that no improvement in the sugar situation is foreseeable until April. Wil* m said h - hoped that 1947 "will *ee th<- end of th" wartime control of sugar by the government." o —— Christmas Program At School Sunday Nativity Play To Be Presented Here “The Shepherd's Star.” a nativity play with music, will be presented by students of the Decatur junior-aenior high school at the school auditorium Sunday afternoon al I o'clock. No admission will be charged and the general public is Invited to attend. A chorus of 133 voices from the freshman, sophomore chorus and the high school glee club will take part In the Christmas presentation, expected to be one of the city's finest holiday productions. Directors of the production are: Miss Helen Hauhold. music; Deane Dorwln and Miss Catherine Weld ler. dramatics; Lowell Smith, lighting: art work. Miss Katherine Kauffman: costumes. Miss Mildred Worthman Characters in the nativity play are as follows: Herald. Lyman Hann; Mary. Mary Letts; The Archangel Gabriel I«eigh Nelson; Joseph. Melven W< riing. Shepherds — Ahiel. Wilbert Thieme; Jeribal. Frank Lundin; Amelek. Richard Cottrell; Elkanalt, Melvin Taylor; Zlbeon. Jerry Ketchum; Asa, Philip Thomas; Joram. Dwight Marshall; Hezdrel, Lyman Hann Kings— M Ichior. Richard Saylors; Caspar. Bill Freehy; Balthasas. Karl Kolter. Seraph it ms Sally Ahr„ Eleanor Moser, Ann Deltsch. Pauline lathslger, Patricia Kller. lads White, Margorlhi Hill. The program is as follow*; Prologue—Horn motif, Ann Maddox; “Let All Mortal Fl-ah Keep Sllenc®.” "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones.” Lyman Hann Scene 1 The annunciation to Mary. Scene 2—Th® annunciation of Joseph. "It c*m® upon th- Midnight Clear." Seen® 3—Th® annunciation nf the shepherds. "White Shepherd* Watehad Their Fiorfc," “First (Tur* To Page 4, Column *T)

Fact Finding Board Is Named; Ford Os Canada Rejects Union’s Offer

Victory Bond Goal Far Oversubscribed County Nearly 400 Thousand Over Goal VICTORY BONOS County’s quota. 1977.100. Bales to date. 11.36k.315 Over-auhacrlption, 1390.715. All divisions are over the top: E bond quota. 1265.0 W. sales. »2R2,031; other individual securities, quota. 6263.500, sales. 6442.4 M. corporations ami other Investors, quota. 6426.600. nail.- 6643.795 50. Adams county has an unblemished war record in point of bond purchases. climaxing its achiev. m.-nts with certainty today when the announcement was made that the victory bond drive was oversubscribed. The 6977.600 quota was oversub scribed 6390.715 at noon today, total sales air ady reaching 61.366.315 25. With Christmas buying and the redeeming of Individual pledges during the month. th<> grand total may reach 3i.500.000. Irnnd chairman predicted. Tabulations for tin- last week of the drive show that I.m al people and business concerns purchased 6421.774.25. which sent all divisions over the top Bonds pur< has.-d during the remainder ot D«-cember will be cred-it-d to the victory loan. Theodore F. Graliker and Eail Caston, cochairmen of one ot the most effective bond sales xtaffa In the state, announced. Adams county bus not only met. but oversubscribed each of the tight war bond drives, ixmal |a-op|« have invested more than 13 million dollars in bonds since May of 1942, when the flint quota- were established Messrs Graliker and Canton <-x pressed thilr appreciation to bond buyers and workers in tin- victory losin drive and proudly pointed out to the glorious record will. Ii the people have set for the county during the war p- riod. i_o — Only Slight Damage Is Caused By Fire Loral firemen made a call thh morning to Rlelile’n T actor ami Implement Co on Null.ran avenue where a tractor, which wim being repaired, had .aught fire Th.blaze wim extinguished Immediately and the loss was slight. ■ 1 o — Federal Aid Road Fund Is Available $35,200 Must Be Matched By County The county officials who attended the highway meeting in Fort Wayne yesterday were advised that Adams county was entitled to 635.200 of federal aid road funds, providing the county Hutched the amount and improv ed secondary roads. Another provision is that the contract for improving the county highways be let under the supervision of the state highway commission. The federal funds will be available after next July I and hy that time the county highway department may replenish its funds and become eligible for the federal gift. Dale D Moses, county commissioner. Herman Haugk. county highway superintendent and Thurman I. Drew, auditor, attended the meeting. The seven mile stretch of road In Jefferson township, running west from the Ohio state line, past the high school and west to C. N road 2. han the inside track in the secondary road improve(Turn T'o i’aC« 2. Column 1)

To Put Price Ceiling On Old, New Dwellings Housing Program Is Aimed Primarily At Curbing Inflation Washington. Dec. 12 (I I’)' - President Truman today announced the government would place price ceilings on old and new dwellings and would reinstate government priorities on building materials He also announced that he was accepting the silgg.-stion of reconversion director John W Snyder. for the appointment of an overall government housing boss. He appointed Wilson Wyatt, former mayor of Unilsvllle. Ky., to the job. Wyatt's title will be housing expediter. The new housing program, aimed primarily at curbing inflation in Hie real estate market, was in the form «f rm ommendaiions from Snyder to the president. The president said he approved the program and that it would b.- put Into effect as rapidly us possible. Th.- program has three basic provisions 1. Surplus housing units and building materials, including army ami navy barracks and dormitories. h.-bl by tin government will be released immediately to the states and local communities. 2. Priorities on building ma t.-rlals. which should be in effect shortly. A regulation to this . ff.-ct is being prepared now Single or multiple dwelling housing units costing 110.000 or leas per ipiit, would be el.-glbile for priorities on materials. The statement said ‘his would put alioiit half of all available btifldlng material* into resident ial const ruction. 3 Celling prices on old ami new housing. While some steps .Turn T.. l‘.<g>- '■ ‘"olumn *) High School Pupils Entertain Lions Musical Program Presented Tuesday A group of students of th<- Decatur junior senior high school pie aented an entertaining musical program at the weekly meeting ot tinDecatur Lion* dub Tuesday eve nine Mix* Helen Hallbold, snpervixor of music in the lie, aim public schools, had charge of the program, featured partly by the singing of Christmas earols. Mi** ituth Hoithoiiec «fiH-rh -indent, acted as inlxttexs of ceremonies, introducing her fellow students and giving a brief back ground sketch of cads Christmas emol pr.x.ente.l Rirhard Saylors wan uccompa nist for the group and also played a piano solo. Mis* Mary l.eltz and Lyman Hann sang a duct a* a special number. Student* who also took part in the program were: .Turn To Page 3. Column <> --- —o— — Dutch Collaborator Sentenced To Death By United Press Anton MiiMert. Holland's No I collaborator with the Naxla. was •entenced to death by a special court In the Hague today on charges of war criminality, the Dutch Aneta news agency reported Mussert, leader of th* Dutch Nazi patty, heard his sen'en.e calm ly. Aneta reported. His trial began Nov. 27.

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Three-Man Board Is Named By President For Probe; Group Meets Next Week By I'nit <1 I’rexs President Truman appointed a General Motors strike today, and fact-finding hoard to prolte tho Ford of Canada rejected the CHI united auto worker* <>ff.-r to end h the' e month* strike at I-ord plants In Windsor. Ont Mr. Truman admitted that thA board will have no authority to examine the books of General Motors. without the legl-latlon he ha® asked congress to pass, but he said he exp . led cooperation on both aides 11.- named Judge Walter I* Stacy, chairman of the labor-management conference, Lloyd K Garrison, chairman of the war labor board, and .Milton Ei-.-nhow.-r, pr-sldent of Kansas State college, as members of the board Garrison announced the board would meet in Washington Wednesday and Thursday of next we- lc to organize it* proceedings. l» B. Greig, treasurer <>f Ford of Canada, said the t'AW's offer t<» accept arbitration of Its demands for union security at the Windsor plants wa« "pleasing'' but that d-tails were "unacceptable " Across the river in Detroit. Ford and the I’AW began wage discussloftA for tile first time since the end of the w»t Chi steelwork<-rs lllferentially Invited steel maniifa< turer* to renew negotiaHotis. The wage Issue, based on organized labor's campaign to maintain wartlin- pay levels, was responsible for the vast majority ot strikes idling 469.000 American workers. Despite the union's action in ordering a general strike in tha nation's st-el mills, CD* president Philip Murray opened the way for further negotiation* when he told a press conference that the union's 32u-day wage ,| maud was "A negotiable Hcure." “W<- will negotiate it." Murray said, "but the Industry ha* made no attempt to do so.” The i'nited Steel workers (CIO) wage policy y< steulay rejected President Trffman’a back to-work appeal and scheduled a strike Jan. It in the nation's steel, alumhsuin and oie industries t’nlews forestalled the work stoppag - would involve upward- of “oo.oot' worker® In 27 slates. Fo: tin- first tim«. since the <-nd of the war. Ford ami I'AW official® sat down together today to talk <T,rii To 4. Column 3> Report Is Filed In Wabash Dredge Case Entry Made Today By Judge Kister Special Judge Henry Kister ot Vincennes was here today and made an entry in the William F> nnig tWabash rlvei i dredge case. Homer Teeter*, actini- commissioner of construction in the quarter century old case, fth-J his current report In-fore Judge Kiater, stating that until a *p<-< ia! judg-t was named by the governor to heai* the mandamus proceedings in tho issuing of Ixmds. no ftrthei action was possible The court noted th* report and approved it Judge Kloter ha* juri*dictioti in the original case relative to ordering the construction of the proposed river dredging. Attorney® Roscoe |». Wheat of Portland and John L D»- Voss of this city represent Elmer Gibson and othet* petitioners In the mandamus suit. The appointment of a special Judge has not yet been made by Governor Italph F Gates. Tho county clerk notified the executive a week ago of the vacancy. In View of the absence of (}. By. ron Haye, who previously had been named, but did not continue Jurisdiction In the case.

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