Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1946 — Page 2

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PUBLIC SALE We will *cll at put»U« auction. S mile* E*«f and 1 mile North of. Decatur. 1 mile North of Dent School house. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, ’46 Commencing at 14:30 A. M. 36—HEAD OF CATTLE—36 Brown Swim row 6. calf by tide. < sal ; Brown Bwiea Cow 6. Due to fretheu Feb. 26, Brown Bwla* Cow I, Due to frethen Feb. IS; Brown Kwi** Cow i, Milkina J gal.. Bred Au* leth. Brown Swlsi Cow 7, Due April 32nd, Brown Hwi** Cow 7, Due July Ist; Brown Swim Cow *, Due June Slat; Brown ffwi** Cow 3, Due June 11th. Brown ttwi** Cow i. Due April 24th. Brown S»i*» Heifer, 6 mouth* old. Ifola'eln Cow 6. Calf by ride. < gal. cow; Holstein Cow 4. Due March 13th; Holstein Cow t, Due Jan. IBth; Holstein Cow ». Due Feb. Ist; Holstein Cow 8, Due Mar. Sth; Holstein Cow 5. luu July Uh. Holstein Cow 2. Due June Ist; ilolotein Cow 2. Pasture bred, Holatein Cow ft. Pasture bred. Large Roan Cow 6. Du-- Feb lath; Guernsey Cow 7. Dur Feb 16th; Brindle Cow I. Due April 22nd. Guernsey Cow 7. Due Feb llth: Guernsey 4- Jersey Cow, Due Feb 16th; 2 Shorthorn Cows 3, Pasture bred; Large Brindle Heifer, close-up first calf; Large Shorthorn Heifer. < lose-up first calf; Holstein Helfer. I year oil; Roan Heifer. 6 months old; Two Hoisirin Heifer*. 3 month* old; Holstein Bull. 5 months aid: Brown Swiss Bull, old enough for service. This is an Extra good herd of liairy Cattle. These caws milk 6 and 7 gallons per day HORSES—Team Grey horses. Sound. Fat. extra good workers. . Double set harness. . POULTRY -100 White Leghorn pullets, laying; 45 White Rocket pullets, laying CRAIN A HAY ISfttt Hu. < wn in crib; 700 Bu. Early Columbia high quality Oats; S>» Bu wheat: 5>- Bu. yellow pop corn; 375 Hales good quality red clover hay: 175 Bales good second cut alfalfa h«y; 475 Bale* oat* straw; Hw Bales wheat straw, 25 Toils good alfalfa bay. loose in mow; 17 Bags Calcium. TRACTOR A IMPLEMENTS Oliver tractor disc Me Deering 14” trac tor plows; Mc-Deering fertiliser corn planter, used 2 seasons .Mr Deering Fertilizer 10 hole grain drill, good 3 section spike tooth harrow good, New Idea Manur< spreader, good Dunham 8 ft. cultipac ker, good: M< -Deering 6 ft. mower. Extra good; Dump take; Good buck rake mounted on Studebaker; 2 walking plows; Rubber tire wagon A grain l»ed; Farm wagon; End gate seeder; Green Giant pump jack A motor, new; Jame«way Oil burner brooder stove. s<)« slge, used 1 year; Chick feeders and Elec- ; trie fountain: 2 burner oil burner dairy house stove; Electric fence charger used 1 season; Small tool* too numerous to mention. MILKING MACHINE—CIean Ea»y Milker, used 3 seasons; 6 ten gal. Milk Cana. 2 strainers; Milk buckets If weather is bad Livestock and Feed will be sold inside. TERMS CASH Ben Shroyer & Leßoy Vore OWNERS R»y S Johnson a Son -Au< i*. Melvin Liechty—Sale Eqt. and Auct. Bryce Daniels—Clerk. Lunch will !>e served..

: ODDS & ENDS : i '/2 PRICE SALE : ■ re cltming <»ul odds and ends in footwear and offer I ■ quality merchandise at exactly one-half original prices. | * While They Last flood selections—Come in and save g some money. g INDIES .mens •HOUSESUPPERS HOUSESUPPERS Regular *3.69 « gg * Regular tI.SO values now ■ values now /J* Regular *3.45 M B ■ Regular 92.50 Values now ff B values, now .... Regular *2.19 M 10 f * Regular tt.H «a £ values ROW i ■ values, now l*4|O Regular *1.95 O • K.7S . M "’ W -•3* » values, now .... KIDDIES OXFORDH Regular »i.9s a«_ Regular *2.95 and *3.4* values, now .... <BJU values now on al IX'™... 1.6) I‘ 4S .»« I’ 7 * Kiddies Wh,t. hi theee. One lot ** regularly at shoes, m(wU) •0 4* I ATI . narrow widths. sw. »„w 1,03 • I "saes^es—ao^ l —ww MENS OXFORDS l adies DRESS SHOES Black Kid, Kangaroo Gall. Few Fair, excellent ' Good Mleetien. Quality I 4.25 3.00 ! I 3-25 *■« 2.40 ! I Ata values Xgw re ** 3w ■ MX» values - ■ MM values -4*|fc AOWW | I reto'ZXZ* * Ave O’* FOOTWEAR ■ I 3.13 «*»< • Ufalterman Shoe Store:

Truman's Economy I Plans Are Cheered i Tentative Budget Cut By President Washington. Jan 7— <UP» — Pr>»ldent Tiuman and congress may differ on many domestic issues but they appeared united today on at least one major goal - drastic cuts in government spend Ing. Mr. Truman. Il was learned, has reduced from HO.W.WW.OM to to about <38.001),000.000 Ills tentative budget for the 1947 fiscal year riartlng July 1. And he hopes for a balanced budget by the 1040 fiscal year. That hasn’t been done in 17 years. A 036.000.0b0.000 budge* would Barrow the gap betwee'i aullclpated government expedltaiwi and Income to about 18.000.000.000. the lowest deficit since before the war. Bari tag aew tax cuts and lowered industrial activity, government income next year is expected to l*e around 22<i.000,00*),t»00 The new budget will be announced a few days after congreat winds up its holiday recess Jan. 14. Mr. Truman r plan* for economy were assured a resoundimg welcome on Capitol Hill althiugh there already are demands I for a fully balanced budget. House Republican leader Jo*eph W Martin. Jr.. Mass . warned in an interview that •'wildcat Inflation” would follow unless the government's income and outgo a*e equal. That must lie done, he said, to protect the value of "people's bond*, their insurance and their life savings." Economy will be the watchword of l*oth Democrats and Republicans during the next session of congress for at least two lessons: l it iw a congressional election year and reduced government j spending, and inevitab'y lower i taxes, will lie popular. i. Some member** are irked with demands of certain war agencies for additional funds to keep them lin existence during reconversion. , In figuring the new budget, Mr. Truman a* recently a* sit or seven ! week- ago was thinking in terms of tSo.AOO.OM.OOO. Even that would ! be 820,()69.(W0,ii64i lower than estl- ' mated spending forth" current fiscal year and lat'.WO.MW.OO® lew* j than wartime peak in 1945. Now the President ha* lopped another Ilf.tHM.OPd/'de or so off hie estimate*. —-—o —— Felling Mahogany 1 The mahogany tree should be I felled during the period of the wan* , Ing moon (about the lari two week* in the month). No superstitious rituli al. this practice is soundly based I on botany, for at this time the tree is freer from sap, sounder and of a richer color. The cool of the night Is the best time to chop a tree.

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GPS PROTEST mwwmmwmw ((•aclasrd Few** Fag* Owe) troops with a 10-page statement stating that he had no control over the discharge system. He said their desire to become civilian* wa* “entirely understandable.’’ However, be said. the United Htales has large world re«ponslbillt*s to meet We have won the float combat victory, but It we do not follow through with our task we riiall surrender the goal* we hare gained." he said. Mimeographed handbill* charging "double talk" by army commanders about discharges were detied by Styer To my knowledge there's been no double talk’ or broken pormlSM." he "and certainly there are no ulterior motives on the part of any respon Bible official of the government, either military or civilian.’’ Styer conceded that some statements have been issued causing Justified alarm about redeployment, but said they were from "wholly unauthorised source*" or were Incomplete versions of longer statement* The general said he hoped to have his force down to 70,00 V by July 1. He said it totals 235,060.o**o against 600.000 last Oct. 1. o When we change our idea* we change our friends. TORNADIC WINDS (Ceetlausd From Pag* Quo) area. the drat storm struck Colle. Mine.. where Mr*. Ernest Shute and <ber seven year-old daughter

- i ""' h 1 br P * G. E.'s Offer of ■ $25 Million Wage Increase ■ January Ist raise would boost workers’ average pay a total of more than 40% since 1941 . * * i . to 1

M if/t oj watt nttotiationt with th* United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workert union, CIO., the General Electric Company an December 21 offered a 19% bt. create in pay, effective January 1,1940. , in the cate oj talaried employee!, the 10% Will apply to thote receiving UOOO per year and left Employee! whole rate! range from UOOO to 2SOOO per year will receive ajlat increate oj UM per year. The Company announced that an increate an the above baiu would go into effect on January Ifaoii other employee! not repreiented - r>y a uffton. V The definite and propoied increatet jar the two group! oj General Electric worker! would total approximately per jmer /or •tout fM,Mf emtdoyeet. 1 Fall text of statement by Charles E. Wilson, President of General Electric, December 21, X 1040: r "We are offering to the collective bargain* Zing unite within the Company an increase of 10% effective January 1, 1946, or as of the date of acceptance by the unions, whichever Is later. Whether or not the unions accept this offer, the increase will go into effect on tT January 1, 1946, for eligible employees who I are not subject to collective bargaining agreements. "The public, our employee* and the stock- # holders of the Company are entitled to an ex- /* planation of this Company decision. "In August, when the Pacific war ended, Z Government statements showed that the coot of living, compared to January, 1941, had increased 28.4%. During the same period, the average rates of General Electric employees had increaasd in excess of 30%. Within the / past month the Government is authority tor Z the statement that the cost-of-living increase, •nee January, 1941, is now 38%, which introduces a mw factor tor consideration in fairly , appraising the compensation for Company f employees, which was not known in previous discussions with the Union. G-E Average Wage Rates 3P% Above I*4l Z "On December 18, the majority of eligible empbyeM subject to the collective bargaining agreement voted authority to the Union to call a strike If the Company did not grant a d £ • P* y * »PProximately a 80% addition u> the promt rates, which are

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were kilted Her husband and fonr otbwr children were seriously Injured Rescue worker* tolling In mud and continuing thunderstorms said that the Shute home had been picked op by the wind and deposited as a mere pile of splinters. Doctors at ths Greenwood. Mian., ftospltal said that the four children were not expected to survive. The father, believed to be the leant eeriouely injured, was still unconscious. According to meager reports, the swirling winds vtrock next at Seven Pine*. Miss., some 12 miles west of Colla, leveling moat of the building* minute* after mauy of the irsldenta had headed (or storm cellar*. At Ind fa Wo! s Miss. approximate iy 46 mile* weet. what the weather bureau said "probably" was another storm, or one of a series originating in tbe area, a three-year-old girl was killed Parents of the child. Mr and Mrs. Wesley Campbell. were also being treated at the Greenville hospital At Lake Village. Ark. about 37 mile* west of Indianola, another woman was killed and four men Injured. Patrolmen A. R. Connerly said names of the Injured were not available. Connerly said the wind had hit earlier at WUmot, Ark., where It ripped off parts of houses and other buildings and deposited debris on the main line of the Missouri Paclflc sailroad, tying up train franc for 35 minutes It struch again, he said, at Jeanne. Ark., killing another woman and Injuring three men. all unidentified.

ACTION DELAYED IN 4Fr**u Fan* One) granted. A previous motion for a change of venue from the judge was withdrawn and later submitted. resulting in the naming of special judge Heller in December, last year. Nmneroua other entries were made in various case* before Judge J- Fred Fruchte during a busy morning tn court. ißcrrated lltlwtlo# in expected in a number of comparatively old suits in court with the return of several local attorneys from service with the armed forces. Appearances were made In several of thee* case* this morning. Indicating further action In the suits. SAM STAHL INJURED it •■Hawed Frew* Fee* Oael forced to the west aide of the highway by the unidentified driver of the other car. Damage to the Speicher auto was estimated at 1275. The other ’.wo sustained leaser damage*. Officers Adrian Coffee and James Borders investigated. . —-o - — LABOR PARTY iCoariawed Fre«o Faa* <>■•> ed Steel Workers (CIO) on an upiwal to resume negotiations of union demands for a 32-a-day Increase. The steel company ha* rejected two such invitations by labor secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach. In an unprecedented action, mm Mwamammww amnw«ws^■umssmreuwwm^

already in excess of higher than in January, 1941. "Serious as a strike would be to those who need home appliances, to the employees through the loss of compensation, and to the stockholders who own the Company, the effect of such a cessation of production would be even more critical for thousands of both large and small manufacturers whose production in turn is dependent upon thb Company's furnishing component parts, meh as motors and controls, electronic devices, lamps, wiring devices, and similar related products. Therefore, a break tn the production of the products of this Company would at a very early date force work stoppages for a very large segment of industry. "Having carefully weighed the new information now available on the increased cost of living, and recognising the Company's obligation to the public and to Industry, and with due consideration for the problems of ail employee.in adjusting themselves to changing coaditions, thia offer is made to the officers of the Union. G-E Prices Up Only 2* to 3% "It has been the Company's declared policy to maintain prices of its products at approximately the prewar level. On a weighted average of dollar volume, it is estimated that present prices of the Company s producto are not more than 2% to 3% higher than prewar, even though the average prices of all products and services have increased 33% during this same period, as stated by the Government. ‘ Four months ago, raw materials and purchased components were approximately 7% higher, on the average, than prewar. Since then, steadily increasing prices from our suppliers indicate that, by mid year 1948, the purchased material and components will represent an increase over prewar of approximately 11%. "Now if this additional wage increase of 10% is added to the earlier 30% advance in wage rates, the total advance b more than 40% in labor rates since January, 1941. Together these increases will represent additions of approximately *25,000,000 for material and for labor in 1946 over our 1940-41 labor and material costa. Our preeent selling prices, as we resume production of prewar products, are frosen by OPA at substantially

official* of the A ma) gam* tad Moat Cutter* (AFL) last night pledged financial support to their CIO rivals In the mmt packing Industry and authorized members to join the Jan. 16 walkout If federal conciliation effort* were unsucA poarible precedent in the overall wage situation wa* hoped for from the General Motor* strike panel, expected to Isaee a report at any time. In Detroit, wheza negotlgttons were resamed for the Grat time in three weeks. CIO auto workers official* said they would continue their fight for a SOpercent wage Increase regardless of tbe board * finding*. RURAL SCHOOLS MAY « owtfawed Fvem Fag* O—> ruary meeting. • The trustees also alßHored a plan, asked for by county teacher* at the last institute, wdtlch will call for achievement teats for ajl grade* at the end of the school year. The teat* are to be given during the month of April. Tbe special eighth grade intelligence and achievement examine Hons, which have been given for the past four years, will be drop ped this year, the members derid ed. JAPS’ PRISON HEAD (Turn Te Fag* A Column »> derision must be reviewed by U. Gen. Charles P Hall, acting commandwr of the Eighth army, and Gen. MacArthur

>1 prewar ieveb. The effects M tnree increases in labor and material costa without compensating price increases are graphically illustrated by applying them to the 1940 volume of business. In that year thb Company did a gram buainem of *411,000000 and reported earnings of *56,000,000. On that volume of buMoere, eosta would be *55,000,000 higher for labor and *12,000,000 tor materiab. Together these increases would aggregate *67,* 000.000. exceeding the earnings reported in 1940 by *11,000,000. It b perfectly clear that there b nothing in the Company's position or prospects that warrants an increase in wages or salaries at thb time. It b abo apparent that the Company can no longer adhere to ita policy at maintaining prewar price kveb. We regret that through thb decision we join the forces of inflation. "The management of thb Company has considered ita responsibilities threefold: to the publie through continuing better products at lower prices; to the employees through satis* factory wreiring conditions with rates on the average equal to or greater than those paid (or similar employment in the communities in j which they reside; and to the stockholders for a satisfactory return on the money invested. ( G. E. Plana Doable Prewar Eniployaeflt “The Company has planned an expansion progras through the acquisition of new tacilities, the majority of which were Governmentowned facilities operated by the Company j during the war, that would increase total employment from a prewar ivwip of 79,000 to a 1946 objective of 140,000 employees if those >0 plans are carried forward to completion. <>■ “Even with these increased faetHttaa it will M be necessary, in 1946, for the majority of the productive employesa to work 44 to 48 hours per amek. Present production piano indicate a work week tor the productive employoai during Mat year, equal on the avenge to the peak wartime production of 1943 and 1944. “Three stated objectives—of higber rotes for the employees with larger weekly 'take home* which is being offered; continuing high quality products for the customer at reasonable prices; and fair dividends to the stockhoMe -can be obtained only through increased productive effort from all members of the organisation."

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, Qi

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