Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1945 — Page 1

XLIII. No. 304.

iOMMISSION TO CONTROL ATOMIC ENERGY

|cue Hopes ft fading For Jpped Miners Brest Hope Held Hr Men Trapped ■ Kentucky Mine Ky. Dec. 27-ICP*- ■ ...It for mor? voK«.iit <>u» today a* B '.thanworker* , y forward In the coal ■ B .Jr where 31 or more ■, S r» trapped. l.r<»-t hope was held ■;. ~„.n who went into the ( . -tra aht <re*-k mine at ■ lav mo nlns were ■.... i!t.i more than hours und. ■•t.d .|,<..rter crews. their ftkr-y * th mut k an I their ■ di-b-re-l from fighting one ■ : .- anot .r a* they drove ■j in 'he explo«i '!|. f ,hatiered ■ ..nt l>a k word 't mid-after-■tint the solns wiih "a little operator W E. b’* » *o* ■« 7 t i.i-ti. olsterver here. He ■tke men knew every inch of ■ria- and know how to barrloff against gas if didn’t set them.'* ■ran <-'.unty inspector James ■n o-'.t a I .11l for new rescue to take the place of those ■ bad work'd much of the last ■wm with little rest. ■r Miration army and I'ineHrtanbr* set up lunch standi Bind worker* and relatives of ■happed men were being fed ■ ati-l •aiidwi. Ir.u The enterft <rrw« were working in reft a( lumen each. ftwn said the type of cave■anl alate fate they wer.r enfttrns Indicated it might take ft»r fl hours to tunnel through ft working where the miner* ft beliered trapped. ftihouax al the farthest point ft had penetrated gave little ■flat the trapped men would ftad a'lve. Only musks and a ftnn;, hiding ventilation duct ft teping the workers alive ■ tr*» member. Fl ryd Rhodes, ■it Wae "obvious that we have I readied the center point *Xp*GS;G?»/* crewH #ent word to the ft that they were fighting I after fire In the explosion std «hadt. Smoke, fume*, and ftn monoxide gas filled the air ft the men were working and f the moot hopeful admitted I thingi look mighty had?* ft daylight broke over the whitest mountain tinder which the F tsaneis, hollow-eyed relatives I'nesd* (tumbled from the area ft the tipple to go home for f? meal*. ftyearold Parker Ixiveil. his F *hile in the morning light, ft at the smoke-blackened ft of the mine and expressed F trf the fierce optimum which ft' 81 among people aecua ft to the threat ot quick death Pft dally work. , FV brother Horman is In there," ft 1 »>ti> a How Kentucky hill Ftry drawl .. Wp (hjnk he|l f* OSt ail right thn-iwh lie alr ° u " ft'tt Lovell H 19 year* old. , y a veteran at grubbing coal Woods-covered Kentucky , "here are eight thildren in ’ft liy. *** workers estimated they "’ w feet imide Ihe shaft «»l it hours ago billowed * <lo «d of brown smoke •* »hen an underground exflashed through the work- , ‘haft were filled with ava»i»? <° f s * a,e ' knee rtee,> *” wa ’ rth D W,l * n ‘boring buret un * f°rce of the explosion. * ’frlng and ventilating *f» torn to piece* by the J^- T * *Ms ». Column 1) STiR . J"* 1 MATURE READINGS EL* "*• is * — 25 * w - 25 j. WEATHER tsnigM and Friday with N n'* m * , * u<h * nd sec** l ®" ll i,J" ” 6r snow central portion •M Friday morning. Warmh Patton tonight. -1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Truman Returns To Washington Friday Guest Os Newsmen At Luncheon Today Independence. Mo. Dec. 27 fI’PI— Prenldenl Truman plana to divide today the last of hi* (’hrl*tman holiday between hi* family at home, visiting friend* here and In Kansan City, and hiving lunch with the news correspondent* covering, his trip He plans tn leave by air fori Washington tomorrow morning to return to problems of state. Mr. Tntman *<lll ha* to put the finishing touche* on hl* early January ntate-of-ihe-uiilon radio speech in which he will reveal directly to the people hi* proposed legislative program for the new congress. He also will confer with secretary of slate James F. Byrne* on the Moscow conference which ended ye*, terday then tackle the pile of work that has mounter) on hi* desk since he left It Christmas eve. The President expected to reach Kansa* City between 10 and 11 a. m. today. He was gbing to his office in the federal building to visit with cronies until he joined hi* newspnper host* at the Mueltlebach hotel for lunch l.ke the rest of hi* activities hers, there was no "program" planned for the luncheon. The President simply had the time to sit down with newsmen for a mid day meal He ha* known most of the reporters since he wa* a senator and he’ll just be visiting with them. So far, the President’s visit here ha* been typical of those of most men who work away from home and find it possible to make a quick Christina* visit. There has not been a single function requiring hi* fittendance. Ills fellow townsmen and neighbor* reallxed he wanted a quiet stay at home and they let him have it Mr. Truman told newsmen that today would he no different. The lunch with the reporters caine about a* casually as any affair could He had told them at an informal pres* conference yesterday that he had no lunch plan* and he wa* asked if he would join the reporter*. Just like that He grinned and said he’d like very much to eat on the newsmen A wag In the group reminded h'm that he would be an excellent item to put on the newspaper exp*-n*e accounts. He laughed and agrec-d Itespite the outlook for heavy snow today, the- President sti'l expected to return to Washington In hl* C-54 transport pkerft. the Sacred Cow He pointed out that the flight would be made only if weather permits and recited howmuch time he would save. With prevailing westerly winds In con nlderable strength, he wotdd lie boosted along so fast that he might easily reach the capital in ft'-s hours, he said. A train would take 25 hour* to make the same trip night. Mr Truman varied his tempo a little when he drove to Orandview. his mother’s home town, to attend a closed meeting of the Masonic lodge. Local 924 To Take Strike Vole Friday General Electric Workers Plan Vote In compliance with their const b tution. member* of lxx»l " the UE (CIO) in c,,jr wl , n strike vote on Friday at union hall from 1 to « P- ”* ■ h an nounced today. . The purpose of the vote I* de scribed a* "to officially autho. Ixe the union to call a atrlke If and when necessary On December IJ. members of the VE. composed of General Electric worker*, took a vote under the Smith-Connally act The result wa* favorable to the 12 a day increase pay demand made on the Only members of the union will vote In Friday’s election it was stated. The official watcher* ore Bob Miller. »>'• Osterman and John Schlefersteln. Special memberahlp will be held on Friday tor thmto on the different 0 E. ' l *'. ed as follow*: First and th rd ■blft*. 7:30 P m ; w<ond 1:S0 at. The member* *re urged te at tend.

Delay Date Os New Railroad Freight Rates Equalization Order Effective Date Is Ordered Postponed Washington, Dec-. 27 — (I'Pt ' The interstate commerce commission today postponed indefinitely the effective date of the new railroad freight rate* provided In its unprecedented equalization order of May 15. The new rale* were scheduled to go into effect Jan. I, after two previous postponement*. They have now lieen on file witll the ICC almost a month, in accordance with commission regulation*. The proposed schedule provided a to percent increase In so-called "class rates" for the northeastern section of the country and a to percent drop everywhere else except Hie far west. Last Friday, nine northeastern states were granted a temporary injunction by a three-judge federal court at t’llca. N. V . to prevent the government from enforcing the new rates. They said the Increased freight charges would cause "great injury" to northern industry The court will hold a hearing to determine whether the temporary injunction shall be made permanent. Au ICC unit estimated last summer that the new rates would boost the income of northern railroads l»y 116,000,000 over 1042. Only a very small portion of the country's freight move* under class rates. whl< h apply largely to manufactured gtaxl*. The task of computing the new charges, however, required 2.000.000 calculations for western trunk line territory alone, according to a previous statement by the railroad*. o Driving Conditions Are Still Hazardous Pavements, Roads Reported Still Icy Warning* to motorist* In w>rthem Indiana still prevailed today ns cold weather kept the pavement* and roads Icy No immediate relief wa* promised in northern Indiana und state and county highway official* reported highway* still hazardous. While there have been a number of minbr auto and truck mishap* no *erious accMenta have been reported in the Decatur area. Fear was expressed that drifts might close some of the secondary road* in the county, but the main highway* were open. Motorists and ti ackers were driving slowly today, but truck and bu* schedule* were again beginning to reach normal after temporary time change* because of the condition of the highways. Decatur street* were slippery and motorists In the downtown area were driving slowly. Occasionally a car would get stuck at intersections which have become Icy and slippery from the constant starting and stopping at corners. The temperature today at to o'clock wa* 21 degree* above zero, a rise of three degree* from fl o’clock. Pedestrian* also were taking it easy a.* many sidewalk* became sheets of Ice o Credit Streptomycin With Saving Woman Evansville, Ind, Dec. 27—(I’PI —Streptomycin today mm credited with saving the life ot Mrs. Alice Becker. 23. who two week* ago appeared doomed V' 'to’ toom tularemia (rabbit fever). Mr*. Becker has been moved from Decones* hiwpital to her home Her physician saiJ she must remain in bed for at least another week Her huslmnd. Pete Becker, a veteran of World War 11. attracted nation-wide attention when he appealed for a supply of streptomycin to save his wife’s life. Doc tor* had told him nothing else do any good.

ONLY, DAILY, NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 27, 1945.

Planning Speedup 01 | Pearl Harbor Probe I Give Consideration To Lucas Proposal Washington, Dec. 27 — Il'Pi Members of the Pearl Harbor committee today studied plans for speeding up the Investigation when public hearings resume next week Sen. Scott W. Lucas. D.. 111., suggested that the qite-tioning of . witnesses lie a**lgned among dlff erent member* of the 10-man joint congressional I committee. He planned to suitmil Itie recommendation to chairman Allten W Barkley. D. Ky. who returned ,e«teiday from hi* mother’s funeral at Paducah. Ky Rep Bertrand W. Gearhart. D Calif., said he was willing Io do anything feasible to speed up the inquiry but he doubted the wisdom of the Lucas proposal. "I’m afraid that would serve more to restrict the investigative function* of the committee.” Gearhart commented. ”1 still think that we <an wind up the hearings about Fell. I without any restrictions on the Interrogation of witnesses by any member who has a question pertinent to the Investigation." Luca* said he thought the hearing* could be speeded without *acrifleing the right of committee members to ask any pertinent question*. During the first five week* each witness wa* subject to questioning by each of the to committee member* after preliminary examination by committee counsel. Luca* suggested that hearing* could be speeded by assigning the examination of specific wittiessc-s to different committee member* Here’s how it would work in the case of Adm Harold R Stark, former chief of naval operations, who Is scheduled to be the next witness when hearings resume Dec. 31 Two member* one Democrat and one Republican would be as signed to handle questioning of Stark. They would concentrate on queries which would bring out Stark's story of the Pearl Harbor disaster. Those two would then ba responsible for the major part of Rtark's examination Other committee members would be ent it led to suggest questions or interpose a question or two during the course ot the examination.. Meanwhile, other committee members would be assigned to prepare themselves for the examination of laltor witnesses. "It would give each committee member an opportunity to prepare himself for examination of the witnesses." Luca* contended. “It would eliminate the repetition which has consumed so much time during the first phase of the investigation. o—| I New Principal At Jefferson School Arthur F Byrnes. New York City, will succeed f’loyce Quackenbush as principal ot Jefferson towhship high school Jan. 2 when that school resume* a'livlth-e following the Christmas vacation it wa# announced by Frank Johnaon. trustee. Mr. Byrne* Is a son-in-law of E. J Schug. Berne and Mr. and Mr*. Byrne* and their son will reside at the Scliug residence. o High School Band Practice Tonight Memberw of the Decatur high achool band will meet at the high school tonight from 7 to S o’clock to practice for the New Years tourney.

negotiator* untc MANY GIFTS Will be Offered Here for the First Baby Born In 1946 To the flrot Infant to arrive In 1M« In the northern half of Adame County, or to hie or her parents. Decatur bueineeo firms will present many splendid gifts. Announcement of thio annual Adams County “baby derby" will appear in Friday s edition. All attaches of tho hospital, physicians, members of families and friends are requested to cooperate with the Democrat by telephoning name and hour of birth of the new 1044 babies so that the winner can be determined. Read the full details and rules of the contest in Friday's paper. WHO WILL BE CROWNED MISS 1916 OR MASTER 1916?

G. E. Workers Strike Looms In January Nationwide Strike Os 200,000 Electric . Workers Is Looming By United Pre** Police broke up a picket line at the Yale and Towne M-iliuf.ic luring Co, Stamford. Conn., today and a nationwide strike of 200,000 electrical workers threatened Six picket* were arrested on technical charge* of breach of peace. The piefceta were accused of resl-Hng the efforts of . impa ny official* •<> enter the strike Imiuikl plant. It wa* the second time in two days that police had acted xgainst picket*. Tlte police labor detail in Chicago arrested 31 picket* at the Illinois Gear and Machine Co. yesterday. Official* of the t’nited Electr! cal wot ken* announce | that the general executive board would authorize a strike early next month In 76 plant* of the General Electric Co, Westingltouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. and in General Motors’ electrical appliance division. I E members are waging n campaign for a 92-a-day pay boost, roughly the equivalent of th- CIO I'nited Auto Workers’ 30 |H-rcen' demand. Negotiations between General Motor* and representative* of some 175.000 striking auto workeia were at a standstill uutii tomorrow's tcbeduled meeting with President Truman’a fact-finding committee. I'AW leader* announced they would app** 1 ’ liefore the hoard, but the company deferred comment until late today. Meanwhile, labor dispute* k< pt a total tSH.btm workers awa r from their Job* across the country, a t’nited Pres* survey disclosed. I'AW vice-president Walter I’ Reuther told newsmen that the critical wage question wa* no' touched upm in yesterday’* talk* between the union and official* of GM He aald the meeting wa* limited to a di»cM*lon of Mcondary issue* in local plant*. Although progroM was stalled in the VAW-G.M dispute, some development* were recorded elsewhere in the automobile Industry. The Kaiser Frazer Corp r<*umed contract talk* with the I'AW, following a company announcement that It would offer a "new ' company security plan to the union The industry newcomer hopes to start production Feb. I on medium-priced Frazer and lowi priced Kaiser autos Ford Motor Co. official* announced last night that Xtt.imo Detroit area worker* would be laid off temporarily until Jan. 2 Im--cause of material shortage* and Inventory. A similar ohutdown over the Chriatmas holiday ended only yesterday. In other Ford later relation*, ne goilttlon* were resumed between i the I'AW and official* at the Ford of Canada plant in Wlndaor. Ont Home Iti.'tM) employe* of the I Turn To Pa«» 4. Column 1) o BULLETIN Chungking, Dec. 27— (UP) — Chinese communiat leader* submitted a formal propo«af fo>- the i “immediate and unconditional ceeaatton" of civil war a* unity meeting* were resumed today after a 40-day deadlock. The meeting wa* the first between nationslist and communlet nenotiators since last Nov. 17.

Big Three Ministers In Agreement Also Create Four-Power Jap Control

Studebaker Corp. To Resume Auto Output South B»-nd, Ind . Dec. 27 11 !’• The Studebaker Corp, announced today that automobile production would !«• resumed on n full time bu*l* Jan. 2. Chairman H. H. Vance of the Studebaker board of director* Mid the corporation planned Io build ton passenger car* a day. com en- i tratlng on the low-priced champion i model. Truck product! >n. he Mid. i would depend on delivery of ports < — — Seamen Killed In Tanker Explosion Gasoline Tanker Explodes In Port Texas City. Tex. Dei 27 H’l’t Gasoline was being dumped from the Swedieh tanker "Sv< aborg" today after an explosion ripped ft* hull like a paper bag. leaving II Injured and "seven or eight" dead hi the engine room. Work on removing the 1**11“* of the men trapped In the «nglne room and given up for dead, was delayed until all gasoline could Im- pumped from the lim-foot >ihip and blow torches could be used , In catting through It* steel soctlona. The tanker wa* taking on ga*o line at a l'au American dock at I;.'10 a.m when the blast rocked the ship "The deck* and side* wer torn 1 apart like u paper bag." reported ! city fireman C. M Wood*, one of the finat men Io the ».en>Water started pouring Into the ship and in a few minute* the aft hull rested on the bottom Wood was credited with riMcuing , two men. With a flashlight In entered a blasted hde iti th- side , and removed them, IhiII: uneonsciou* and with broken l> g* . Diver* from port* along the c >ast were lielug recruited to look fur bodies In the watei hut worker* believed the mlsalng men would lie found at their post*, dead in the engine room Nine of the seriously injured, , most of them Swedish seamen, were in Hie marine hospital at Galveston. Tex., whe.-n- five rej tnalned unconeciott*. Their Injuries included M-alda, bnrn*. b:ok“n leg* and internal wound* Hospital attendant* described their conditions a* “al! serious." I , Carey Templin Dies I At Home In Berne I > Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Carey Templin. 76, died early this morning at hi* home in Bern* after a long illme* of complications. He wa* tern in Randolph coun ty November 20, 1667. the son of Sanford and Judith Faulkner-Tctn plin Hi* wife. R xalitin. who ha* been an invalid for many year*, was reported in critical condition late thl* aftern<Mm Mr. Templin wa* a member of , the First .Misaionary church at Berne Surviving in addition tn the wife are two son*. Roawell of Portland and the Rev. Clifton H. Templin of Aaliley. two daughter*. Mrs. Clifton Amstutz and Mr*. Homer Inniger. hot It of Berne; nine grandchildren and one great-grand child. Two son*, one brother and one sister preceded him In death. Funeral aervlce* will lie held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the First Missionary church, with the Rev. C. H. Wiederkehr officiating Burial will lie In the |<)OF cemetery at Pennville. The braly will be removed from the Yager mortuary to the west intrante of the church, and may be viewed as ter 3 pm Friday.

Brutal Jap Prison Guard Given Life Guilty Os Beating American To Death Yokohama. Det 27 HTt Tat *uo (little gla«* eyei T*u< hlya. first Japanese war <rimln:il to be tried In Japan, wa* sentenced today to life Im pi l*oii me nt for beat Ing to death an American prisoner of war. An eight man C S. miUtary tom mission coin b led Tent'.ilya on three charge* of "cruel. Inhuman and brutal atrocities and ot'ier of fen«e* against certain prisoner*" at .Mit«u*hima ramp wh< he served a* n guard Chief prosecutor Ma| L"U!» Offen of Atlanta. Ga had demanded the death penalty He charged hie closing argument* th it T«u< hlya "enjoyed seeing American prisoner* MUffer.” T*uchlya wa< convicted i-pet-isl tally of beating to death I’s- Robert Gordon Tt as. Streator. 111. lieatlng and torturing an >ther eol tiler and foiling the prisoner* !■> line up and slap each other It • wa* found innocent of three charge* that lie le-al and tortured Ihreu oilier Amerit in prisoner*. The sentence wa* announc ed by commission president Col Oliver E Tret hter of lai* Angele*, w hi said the verdict wa* r»a'-h“d on a secret written ballot T-uehiya stiMid at .ilti titioti as the yerdict wa* read and ill* expre**ion never thaiige-l a* a translator repeated the phi are* in Japanese The defense rested it* case >'■'* terday after the one-eyed defen tlant had testified more Ilian two hour*, admitting tli.it h>- had *la|e ped prktoner* but otherwise had not mistreated them. Ilefense Counsel l.t C>l Joint Dickinson >»f St IMe. •burgh Fla. rhuiged in closing argument* tlml T*il< hiya had not hud a fair trial "under rule* of <-tidcii><- in AlgoSaxon law Dickinson said that affidavits accepted a* evidence ' Woultl hot have lusted five iniiiiite* in an American court." Most of them h.iti been given by fo' llie; \m> : tan prisoner* of war wlio now ar > In the I'nited Stales iTurn T<> Pise I. Column 3i — o Coal Shortage In State Not Serious Indiana Coal Supply Better Than Nation Indianapolis. Dec. 27 tCPi Spokesmen for the Indiana coal operator* association »aid today that they were prepared to provide coal to Indiana i-onimtinitie* if a serious shortage should arise, but they discounted such a possibility Tile association met yesterday to discus* need for a coal ptml. It will meet again tomorrow. Spokesmen Haiti the darkest possibility wa* that lliHisiei* might have to burn coal In size* different from those they usually bought. Bill "everylHidy will Imwarm." they added. W. G. Stockton, area district manager for the solid fuel* admin iKtration. said a break in the cold weather would '•**<• siiortage* reported by coal dealer* in Michigan City. Elkhart, South Bend, Frankfort, Decatur and some rural communities. He attributed tem|>orary shortage* to demand* of the cold weather and to the It*** of coal production because of double holiday* on Thanksgiving, ('hristinn* anti New Year’*. He *ald that re|x>rt« of shortage* came only from coal dealers who had an opportunity to sell more coal than they had in atock. I Stockton emphasized that no city (Turn To Page 2, Column 3)

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Conference Termed Interlude Looking To Bigger, Better Accomplishments Moscow, D.< 27 (I I’)—Secretary of state Janie* F. Byrne* announced at the end of the foreign minister*' conference Galay that Russia hail agreed with the I tilted State* ami Great Britain on a plan to set up an Allied commission on atomic energy Tin- hlg three decision on the atomic commission represented an agreement on the only phase of the atomic problem di*ctt»»ed at the Anglo Soviet-American meeting here. Byrne* disclosed Byrnes' reference to the atomic commission wa* underattMMl to mean that the big three agreed to *upport the Truman-Attlee-King proposal to e*tablish such u eotntnl**ion within the I'nited Nation* organization. Russia thereby adhered to the commission. which would dispose of atom secret*. tin Washington tt was learned that the minister-- also agreed to create a four-power control council for Japan, The representative* of America. Russia. China ami the Britlsli empire would Im- empowered to control t-nient of instruction* from Hie far eastern commission, which Russia would join Russia and Britain would have a token share in the military in cupatlon of Japan. Gen itougla* MacArthur would remain as supreme commander under the < otiticil but his roll was not clear. tTlte conference also decided (hat the I'nited State*. Britain, Russia and China would assume a joint trusteeship over Korea for five years, with full independence assured after that time. < Washington source* also dis-cioM-d that the atomic energy commission was to l><> estabHshott within tin- I'nited Nations organization The commission will seek arrangement whereby atotnit energy Would be UM-li for peaceful end* only it would strike to eliminate atomic w.-Lition* from all military use l>y rigid control of atomic secret y and prt>dut-iion t Biifisli foreign secretary Ernest. lievin <l<-»t riited tile conference aw a sui-cesNful interlude looking to bigger and better accomplishment*. ■'The task of building peace la very difficult." in- told foreign corresponileiit* "If need* patience and understanding, ami above all confidence In each other's (megtity "I don't heli* ve in creating tho impression that one conference solved all the problem*, ft is but one furtlier stage on the way, At till* stag,- the conference* mark* a most important step If the det ision* n-at he 1 are carried out in good spirit and understanding, they will carry us to the next: stagt*. to bigger and more vital problem*," Byrne*, unkempt and weary after a sleepless night and 24 hour* of virtually uninterrupt<st work, dropped a verbal a tom le tenth of hi* own at a press ferem-e he held Ik-fore departing by plane for Washington byway of Berlin and Pari*. ' When you read about atomic energy in the communique providing for the establishment of a commission, you will see that no other phase of the subject waa disciiSHc-|," he saitl Thu* came the first official wort! i Turn T<> Page J, Column !) o One Dead, Five 111 Os Food Poisoning South Bend, Ind . Dec. 27 it'Pl Coroner T (’. Gortczewnkl of St Joseph county said today that ham was the soitri e of h>od poisoning which killed Harr.- K. Pactkowski. 37. last right, and matin five other person* ill Pacakowskl died a abort time after eating a meal Relative* who were 111 of food poisoning were Ben Hopczynaki, 30, his daughter, Mary, three: Edward I'ajakowlMl, 30; Harriet Pajakowski and Mrs, Mary Roblcki, 63.