Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1945 — Page 1

XLIH. No. 295.

GENERAL MOTORS DISPUTE IN DEADLOCK

■other Pleads Lent In Ls Death I Os Kidnaping Kectcd As Body ■ found In Home |K who aroused . j.athy for 1« 'lays ■K tha’ h. r baby ■V, ~ i. I. !>:• -adi-d ir.no • „,v '■> ■' muidt-r < barge 9K .... , ; .1.1 ,va» found HK , n t'arlal' Hat J|K -re. ■ '•< I'" 11 '- prose- -. I I'.l.'.'ai’. <li«ttii I M.h Lend ordend r held without ,-. I that she be "fBK Boston pxy< hoHgß, > >" ‘'ays' ob- . a®e »-.n« continp... . the stuffy |M . tn- polo •• station i, spent th.- night ■IK . -r her 6 month old found stuffed in M '.ini' in < liina Bos |H. . n. mint Hat ■ lo.int: moth. r'» Ims -:.. -, any other in the courtroom ..nd fared the court ,a ik pad ’he formal |K all murder arraign H* ,ii.l:iiL- the phrase "did M I 'll pica’" he ask.-d ■ tup. Im it"" she inHH. - - p.m-e and til.'ll the ■■ ■ -1,,-. I. tn: the < Olli t to: Mid: yi.'i want a hearing?" ' arian replied She Sail the 'ears ri-fu*"<! *.p' loudly, her should ‘hilling with the sobs ■ ; i;h -h- was < lad only in |M: ■ -»«. shoes and a coat |B laic yesterday. -Mrs |M hilly dressed for her :-f>|» ur.ince Iter dark was attrac'ive.y ;r SH- : Oil- and resting hear uni of a matron she aki-n front the room and to the hospital. gH 1 '* night Mrs Carlan. gw- ; railur. had been confingß ■ liui'ion's room at the pogH-' il'iiai Bals cover the .loot ditiiy I hami.er were two -of a mother bathing the other of a boat with aboard. 01 ' lh ’•>»••' "he sat slump |B , » r.ti inn. hair. About 2 a. m gH' »*ke«t U she could have some She drank a full cup and '’k'd if the lights could be "ff They were dimmed. but obtained leas than an ■Bn-, sleep While waiting in the "“i'*'' for ’he arraignment. ■E’ ’arian again asked for cos This time she drank only a gB “ 3,1,1 took a single bite from ■ wazbuut. stii| WPrp investigating Hl" ,aw - Among other things ,o learn why the Cur ■ IT “ rn T '< l'»ge 4. Column T> - Button's Condition ■ported Excellent Hll-iddherg, liec. jj (t’pj- A H? s! " Im, l significant" improve H ” in Gen. George S. Patton’s ■ ”y to (eel sensations in hie |P..yK>d Hmbu <x-curio<l during H*“W>t, and his condition is ex Hr*" 1 - an army bulletin report- ■* •‘day. B Ttl * bulletin covering the g.-ner ■ , t g B l „ BaW . condition excellent. ’ hut significant improvem.-nt ■jwaistion during past 24 hount ■** continues alert and cheer W’ Temperature joo, pu | M ,. g». B*atio o 2< .. I “ < * OCR * T thermometer Itw mature reading* I 00 •• "« 14 I Csu WtATHER snd tonight. Bl >ew | WWf * tt>r<> * t, Wr o. Continued vary cold cisar skies cneept '“’Ties in extreme nerth por-

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i Foreign Ministers To Open Conference Byrnes Arrives In Moscow Late Friday Moscow, Dec. 15 it’i’i Foreign i ministers of the big three will men today, if Ernest Devin of Hiitain t arrives as scheduled, to hunt common ground for handling the atomic bomb and settling other is sues disturbing their postwar re- . lations I Devin was expected by plane I from Kerlln. where he s|a-nt hist , night Secretary of State James Byr ties . emphasized that his talks with I i Devin and foreign commissar Vlacheslaw M Molotov will be "an . • xploratory exchange of views" t not necessarily leading to the anI nouncement of any major decisions. > Byrnes ar.lved in Moscow late .‘yesterday alter a hairowing flight . j through a snowstorm in which his . I plane landed on a -now-cover.-d . Moscow airport with only a ten , minute supply of gasoline. The i plane had flown through fog and snow at it 1.000 foot altitude for an [ hour before its Itussian navigator 1 i spotted Moscow through a hole in the clouds. latter, standing before the fireplace of ambassador Averill Harriman's residence, Bytri** told AugI 10-American correspondents that j 1 great progress In big three relations could be made only if there Is direct understanding attd a clarification of viewpoints. "It is a great mistake to say that the three powers shouldn't meet ' unless agreement Is certain in adj vance to announce the jury’s ver- ' diet, as It were." he said "Our object I* to permit an explotatory exchange of views and information on questions of mutual concern The only purpose of 1 the Moscow conference is to carry 1 out the spirit of the Yalta agree ! m.-nt calling for a meeting of the ■ three power ministers every thre months in order to preserve contact among the governments." Byrnes said he had proposed another meeting with Bevin and Molotov three months heme. He added that Generalissimo Stalin had in sTxfed at Potsdam that the cotrffcil of foreign ministers, which includes Frame and China, must not supercede or prejudice meetings of the big three ministers. 0 Auto is Damaged By Fire This Morning An automobile, owned by William Cook, an employe of the W. , 11. Morris Trucking Co., parked in front of the Morris office on South Winchester street, was damaged , by fir.- this morning. The cushions of the automobile were completely destroyed The local i.re department arawered th" cal 1 and ex- i tinguhhed the blaze nefore the | rest of the automobile was damag- , ed. ■o . I Lifelong Resident Is Taken By Death Mrs. A. J. Smith's CyMgrmt Qri AXonday Mr A J. Smith, S 3, lifelong retd dent of Adams county, died at 1 I o'clock this morning at the Ad- I ams county memorial hospital, where she had been a ' patient for the past three months. 1 Death was caused by Influenza and complications. She was born in Root township 1 February 12. 1M«- daughter 1 of John A. and Elizabeth PillarsFonner. Her husband, the late A. J Smith, prominent Decatur lumberman. died July 1. 19« Mrs. Smith was a rnamber of the First Methodist church. Surviving an* daughter, Mn. William Schrock of Decatur: one brother. J- H. Fonner of’PHU- ( burgh. Pa., and two grandchildren. ( Cpl. WUliam Schrock. Jr . stationed in Panama, and Janet Schrock. ( yoetnun flrat class, stationed in , Washington. D C. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Zwiek funeral home, with Dr M. , 0. Lester oilciattug Burial will he - in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o’clock thia afternoon

Bitter Debate On Army-Navy Unification Truman Expected To Send Mergei Message To Congress Soon Washington. Dec. 15 — ll’l’i — The Army-Navy debate over the armed forces merger question reached white heat today with the approach of a white house decision on the Issife. High-ranking officials of the war and navy departments Imhli civilians and gold-braids uttered such phrases ax “ridiculous" and "<>li Yeah" in discussing each others charges, counter-charges, inferences and Innuendoes. Meanwhile the navy revealed it hail withdrawn its endoiseinent of the air power league, a private organization whose avowed purpose is to foster development of military aviation. The navy said the league was in cahoots with the , army in trying to put the unification plan across. The Army Navy debate has been in pi ogress for weeks but It took on the tone of a backyard brawl shortly after white bouse press I secretary Charles G. Ross antioun- • red that President Truman "in all probability" will send a message on unification to congress next week The message, which will reveal the President's position on the Issue, is expected to put an end to the inter-service fracas. The president's message also may cause secretary of the navy James V. Forrestai to go through with his original plan to resign by the end of the year Forrestai had abandoned that intention to stay on until the merger fight wax resolved It was learned that an undated letter of resignation signed by Forrestai has been in Mr Truman’s hands ever since lie became presl- < Tin ii To Tage 5, Column 1) »———e- O ■ ■ —— ■ To Make Survey Here For Canning Factory Committee Named By C. Os C. Head A survey to locate a porsible cite for location of a canning factory near the edge of the city will be made by a committee named by Henry Bromer, president of the Chamber of Commerce C. C. Pumphrey. Dan Tyndall and Herman Knteckeberg were named as the committee to survey the town for a likely she and then to report to the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce directors and other interested mem hers met last evening with Robert Fox of Paulding. Ohio, whose family has been cperatlng a canning plant In that city for more than 25 years. Tomato growing and canning would be the first major food item considered in the location of the factory, it was stated, latter, picklin and peas would be added to the line. It wax estimated that a canning factory would make an available market for approximately )100,000 worth of tomatoes, pickles and peas. The factory would employ around 20 persons the year around and would have a peak employment during the canning reason of about 150, the local m-n were informed. —■■■ 1 "■ '■■■ ■■ ■ "■” l ■ 111 —■ ■ Gause Infant Dies Early This Morning The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gause of this city, died shortly after birth early this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. .Surviving In addition to the parents are a brother, Stephen Thomas; the grandparents, Mns. Ce< ll Gause and Mr. and Mrs. How ard Eley, and the great-grandpar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gause of Columbia City. Funeral aervices will be held a» 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the Black funeral home, the Rev. F. H. Willard officiating. Burial will he in the Decatur cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 15, 1945.

Mitchell Quits-Barkley, Too? r — r "' ' 1 1 i IT? HP7’ T LOH |ksl u gtt ' H THE ENTIRE LEGAL STAFF’ of the Pearl Harbor investigating com mittvc in Washington has resigned, while Chairman Albeit Barkley, left, of Kentucky has served notice that he. too. might quit the com mittee. Chief Counsel William D Mitchell, right, said he and his aides are resigning, effective Dec, 22. I>ecause the investigation a|> patently cannot be completed for several mon- months The Ken tucky senator reported he "shall weigh my obligations as chairman and member of the committee and us senate majority leader. If the conclusion lx that my senatorial duties outweigh this chairmanship. I will surrender my committee duties."

Traffic Death Toll I Mounts In Indiana December Toll Now Stands At Fifty By I'nited Press The December traffic death toll in Indiana reached 50 tmlay as six more fatalities were counted in two accidents yesterday, both of them blamed on the winter's worst weather. Three persons were killed in a train-auto lolllsion at Winchester and three others died in the collision >d an automobile and a truck I at Mt Meridian near Greencastle Meanwhile, snow and Ice covered most Hoosier roads and streets and caused many accidents. Indiana residents were warned that a subzero cold wave, with temperatures dropping ax low as five below zero, wax expected to arrive early tomorrow. Dead in the Winchester accident were Clell Rolierlx, 33; his brother, Elmer, 31. and Sylvester Stev- : ens, 60. all of Winchester. The j men were en route to tl eir homes i from work on a construction crew when the accident happened during a snowstorm. Victims of the Mt. Meridian ac cident on I’. S. io duul hine were Mrs. Velina Juix Barnes. 31; her husband, Robert E Barnes. 39, both of For! Wayne, ami his brother, Walter L. Barnes. 44. Royal Oak. Mich. The couple had been married only two week*. I'fiirn To Pago S, Column 1) 0 Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday — The Decatur ministerial association will ineei in the parlor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, Monday at 1:30 p. rn. for the purpose of completing plans for the observance of the week of prayer in January. All ministers who plan to cooperate in this observanci- are asked ro be present.

I Help Preserve The Peace, Give Food For Starving Europeans

(By Mrs. Colin Findlayson) Here Im how you can help preserve the peace. Every day we read that Europe is starving. We read it with our eyes, U focuees on our brain but how often does it go to our hearts and iilay there lona enough for us to do something constructive about the condition. Many campaigns of this war that brought victory to us and procured victory for many defeated nations were fought on friendly soil. Crops that were growing which would now feed the people have been destroyed. !>ue to the chaos of war. the food available was unable to pass through the normal processra of production that govern its distribution an I preservation. A starving Europe will intensify and multiply the vast problem of

School's Christmas Production Sunday The annual Chri-tmai presentation of the Decatur junior senior high school will be presented In the school auditorium Sunday as ternoon at 4 o'cliH-k No admission will be charged and th' public i* invited to attend. A chorus of 133 voices from tin friwhman. sophomore <'lorus and the high school glee club will take part In the pioducliiei. Th efcepherd* Star." n nativity play with music. — , John Meibers Dies early This Morning Funeral Services Tuesday Morning John W Mviliers. S 2. widely known in the days of the Decatur horse sale market, and the last : survivor of one of tli.- first famii lies to settle in this city, died at i his home, 329 N. Third street, at , 3:20 o’cloi-k Illis morning of com pliiatiotix attributed to old age. Boni in Decatur. February 2'l. 1X63, Mr. Mellierx wax a son of John W. and Margaret Smith Meilier*. Hix father wa* among tin- pioneers active in banking and business circles in the first half century of Decatur's existence. For many years. Mr. Meibers !was a buyer of horses at the time when the local market was one of ' the most widely known In the middlewest. He engaged in other business enterprise*, including op 1 vrating a barbel shop and a retail I food market. Recently io acted ' as a process server for the Justice ; of piiace court On April 11. 1920. Mr Mothers was married to Murtha Baker of Newark. Ohio. Besides the widow, one daughter. Miss Patricia Melhers. survives. Mr. Meibers was a member of < Turn To page 5, Coiumn i»

reconstruction and occupation. It's a tremendous task to liMtill order and infuse hope and Industry in the people who don't know where their next meal U coming from and who can’t remember the last one. To the continent of Europ-, to America and to th>- peace of the world it la vitally Important that -Europe does not starve this winter None of us in Heratur sat al the peace conference in San Francisco. but everyone of us can nowhelp in the preserving of that costly peace by supporting the victory collection of canned food. conducted by the community cennittg program for overseas relief, in behalf of the I'nited Nations relief and - rehabilitation adminfetlratinn. and - sponsored locally by the Girt Scouts. To be able to give makes | us fortunate

Chances Os Settlement Before Holidays Appear Hopeless-Solons Delay

Extension To City On Disposal Plant New Deadline Set January 1, 1947 Indianapolis. Dec. 15 tl Pt Forty two Indiana cities and in dusfrial firms were under final orders today to abate and correi t stream pollution, anti plans for st-wage control projects in six other Hoosier municipalities bail state endorsement. The state stream pollution control Itoartl approved at a meeting yesterday the final plans for a waste disposal plant for the Kraft Cheese Company. Marshall, and sanitary sewers at the C S la nd lU-flnvry, Inc . East Chicago. Preliminary plans for the separation of sanitary sewage from the prmvss water of the Carnegie Steel Corp, and connection to the Gary sewerage works, and prelim Inary plans for const ruction of sanitary sewers at the Carlton Chemhul Corp and connecting to Hu Whiting seweruj.* system, al so were approved Tin- liourd approved engineering reports outlining proposals by Plymouth and Evansville for constructing intercepting sewers and sewage treatment works. The 42 cities and industrial firms given stream pollution i abatement ami corrective orders were given deadlines ;aiigiiiK from next Nov. I to July 1. ' •!' They included By Nov 1. I!»4« Pendleton By Jan 1. I!»I7 Munster. High land. McCoimick Mfg Co. of Al bally. Plymouth. Warsaw. Colum Ida City. Iteca'ur. Emge Packing Co of Fort Branch. Ixn-ust Street Sewerage Co. of Fort Branch. Kentland Dairy Priducis Co of Mulberry. Rushville, Noblesville. Alexandria. Sheridan. Sheridan Packing Co. of Sheridan. Indiana Condensed Milk Co of Sheridan. Adams Twp school near Sheridan. Liberty. Continental Steel Corp of Kokomo. Kruger Dairy Co. of Monon, and Rockville. By July 1, 194" Mishawaka. Elkhart, Portland, Columbus. Connersville. Bedford. LaGrange. Nappanee. Garrett. Monticello. iTion T>- P‘U* •. Column !> - o Knights Os Columbus Meet Monday Night The regular mei-ti.ig of th • Klllghtrt of Columbus will be held at the hall Monday evening. Fr<‘l Baker, grand ktiigjtt. urged th--members I > attend AAA Committeemen Will Meet Friday To Discuss Plans For Coming Year Regular AAA township comml* let-men ami the three Viatns coun ty committeemen will hold an all day sernlon Friday. D--cember 21. In the city hall, he atm. starting at a tn carl Kohr. Wells county. field represeniativt* for north ern Indiana, will preside at a round table di“ ussion Newly elected • omuiitteemcr, will receive instructions for their Work and the l!»45 AAA program will In- discussed anti work for the committeemen will be outlined. County Agent L E. Arc tbold aUo will take pa if in the program. tine of the principal at lions of Ihe meeting will In- to adopt the l!»4« practcles that a farmer can use to earn his soil building pay nirntx. Thin is one of the mot-' Important activities of th>- commit tee Winfred Ge.ke, AAA county chairman, and the other members of the county commiHte will al tend the conference and partici pale in the discussions and forma tion of plans tor the uew year.

McVay Begins His Defense Os Navy Charges Skipper Os Sunken Cruiser To Begin Testimony Today Washington. D<-c !•'> •' I’ l Cap! Charles It M> Yay. 111. skip per of tl miser Indianapolis, today lo gins his deft use against navy charges that he is responsible for the ships loss » " , l > the lives of many her offh—rs - and men M< X’ay's defense counsel, ('apt 1 John P Cady, plans to call 11 «f | flu- ship's survivors to testify to-1 tlay in lii« client's behalf Testi ' niotiy of other witnesses will ex tend the hearing until Hit- middle of nt gt Wt • k The prost t utioii completed i'i case against McVay yesterday after nine days of hearings. During that time over survivors, t ivilian ami navy ship experts and Cnitlr Iko Hashimoto, whose lap atiexe submarine sank the Indianapolis. testified Itefore the navy touri trying M< Vay Mt Vay is accu-etl by th<- navy of allowing the cruiser Io follow a straight rather than a zig zag course in waters where enetny submarines hail been reftorted He also is act usetl of failing to give prompt tb.tmloii ship orders The Indianapolis wax torpedoed last July in the Philippines s. a Only ",I‘i officers ami men of the I Ito; aboard tin- ship were saved Many died after the ship sank as survivors wore not pickcil up for five tlays Cady tolil reporter* la ha* not determined whether he will a*k Mt Vay to testify in his own Io half The tmiser’s tomniaiidei was interviewed by a naval t ourt of inquiry in a hospital after the disaster ot tui red The < our' ha* a transcript of that interview In it* final attempt to prove McVay guilty of the charge-, the navy’s prosecution headed by Capt Thomas .1 Ryan, h late yesterday placed in the court r* < ords copies of offit lai messages sent the hitlialla|M>li* by radio one iiicsxagc *ai<i Hie merchant ship Wlhl Hunter had sighted it <1 ini To Page I. f'uiitnoi 6> —— o — Teachers Institute Opens This Morning Adoption Os Books Discussion Topic Atlant* county teachers were In session in iw-catur ittdity the annual teacher* institute The meetings are being held at Lincoln school auditorium ami county superintendent Lyman I. Hann is presiding. At the morning session, invot.i lion was given by the Bev. John W McPlieeter*. Jr., pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Dr 1 I. Baugher, head of the department of education at Manchester college, delivered tin- fir-t of two addresses this morning He will also speak to the assembly at the afternoon session First among the several business topics will be a dixciixsion concerning the adoption of elementary school books for Adams county schools. These adoptions, under a new statute are now made by the counties and siiperlntemlent Hann stated that he would appoint a ' committee of teachers for each subject covered in the adoptions, to assist him in selection*. All feathers will take part In the book adoption discussions. Other problems concerning the Adams county school* will be brought befora the business Hess ion*.

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Labor Department Source Says Hike Os 25 Cents Hour Would End Dispute Detroit. !•«•'■ !"• •I'i' l I'haiiefS for settlement of lb*' * i(l 1 •'•’•'l Automobile Worker* -I !k .zaill-t the giant G*n- ’*l Motors *\-tent before the lio'ilday* appeared h «|H~ les* today CougH-se dropped all Imiilediatu effort* to pas* P t si'le-i' Truman a fat i find iiv I' - -’ -latlon aimed ut ending the natione lai “”*• •ii-got at ion* b-' *• • n <e ii*- al M e tor* and • !>!<*• '.ii.i'iv-H of 175,0110 I\W striker* . tiaim I de idiot ked 1 hi Wat-hillg''ll. lb- :< nate l.aiHtr committee yesterday posf|Htn«‘<t healings !’'b' ll ' 0,1 ,Mi Truman * lalwii legislation. 'Commit t-e Chalrni.iii .lame* E. I Murray. I». Mont *a <1 t woul I be imine* bin to m t Senate conxldera- [ I ion hefo e ch l*i:na* Never!ileb'S*. I -- Pl -eldellt H Uliloffiti.il fact finding ho.-.ril operatijng without 1-gal auC.i >rity summoned General Moto:. and C\W 'ofib iai* to Wa-hiirzf 'n 'o a meeting next Wi dm day to <i *cu*» proi e.luu • for puliL hearin:'.* Dei 2 1 ', 21. 22. 2* and The Genera! M-Ooi- d-l-Katlotl will In a b i by P • -''l. nt Charles E Wil n V I' -blent Ha - ry W Mid' *"n :,,, ‘l D” Brill, GM - di • < tor of : ,bor < i •noml* Wiitei P R.qilier. I'AW vice pre.(dent Indicated lie WOU.d l»e ent Little or in. chain-'- ' the autoI mobile industry lib • picture was eXpt <I- I dill ill ’ 'h< 11-' Weekend. but iiegol lai "Uh we e sciiedtll- , <1 f<> in- 1.--UIII* l on 1 front., Mondav I In addition t i Getieial Motors .and the Fold Motor company, the 'into wnker* a-o w II contract •a.k* With til - Kaise: i-’iaZer col'porali i Hi- indn-t:» - It* west firm Fed postponed yesterday * seei shin with i i. consent d th- union ’,n .ede. io -t'ldy . tan matlers p t.ilnhi. to flu- I \W.* in-jdu-ti . whl- d. min I fol :• 1 per-pi-lit wage ti ri.i--. No detail* | were given R.chard T Leonard, dire tot ot 111. I \\V Fo d divi-i 11, had <lem.inded ih.it t n- eomptny con»fdi r iiH tall wag. demand imiii'-diute-ly. lon John S Bugas. Fml - n-duslr-i. I'l.it oll* d::-.l" . insi.li't that In would mi! lie in .t Ito talkr about pay I .It for *>•' of" !hi dayUrges Mediaticn W.ishingtom h.< 15 .1 i'i A high lali.f department nitre.- -aid today that th- G--te i<! Motors I'ii |. strike cotild pr.iliil.:' lie nettied with a pay im iea*.- of aiMiijt. 25 lent* an hour Th.- amount i do.iiil • th.- beat i.ff- made by tin- lomp.itty thua far hut .ilmiiii • ght ..-nt* he* t.iau the 3ii p- .hi Ifici.-a.' dem.illd-d by tin I’ulted Aiit.Mnobile Work-:-* tcitii This informant said hat the disput. probably . oiijd he settled by ekillful m.-d ation Pr. sideiit Truman . :.o-t finding board in tin- i ,t*e mealiwhil.- pre■pan ! to organize ma Tuesday, meet tile pari in th- following day and conduct tai— day* of public 11-. l: itlUs, It said it would withhold any report until c nvim-d that the • Turn T<. !’.<«• <. Column 5) Buys Health Bond Itecatur Women' * dub han voted purchase of a |lu health

bond, officials of the <'hi Ist mas seal campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from ihe annual Christmas seal sales are used in ihe fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and other-

Prevent TB i ■n Cbrittaes Seelx

wise carry on the fight against the "white plague.” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association.