Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 11.

LECTRICAL WORKERS TO STRIKE TUESDAY

Kecafur Man Is Kz/Zed By Train Saturday Night

Kncr Fisher Dies Ktantly In Leap Km Auto Directly Ko Oncoming Train «Mt. >,ii. tod.iv w. *■ contlnnim.itii’ itloti into the IHni. oa-h Saturday night. ■ lii-ii-d th.- HL* of Homer || |i. <at .if. employe of ~ ..ft moium-nt.il works r lied Instantly when he IT II .1 (tailed >u’.o direct■A, mi. pa-li of an appr mchiutt MBl-o.imi freight train at the SK ~> . :o'.s IU of the I'enii 4 '■ :!i 9 -** p "* . II Miller. 51. of Mercer WK. ■:!■.. of the ..hi. le stay wheel and was n*i.JH..I de-rite *>ie fact that like IB -h'O. d ac:os-- the tn ct engine BHl.l A> t ..:»l author, tjei mH i«l i w.-.-n th- c-n.-ih- and fl|K. - di.-d instantly H-- suf fa.tilled skull. crushed „■.! both anno were badly and severed. NfiK, - . i.f Ed Mill.-r, c n n-r 3|Hit i Z.*l<k and officer Bob ■ • - • jty poll - force. who (.dl.-d Io tile wreck scene. -|A' .. -tl •Utina th- accident Zwi'k Mid today that ' l, zgjgMi iony Myers, watchnt.cn J|Mt>ye.! in Ihe t iw.-r at the -•-• cr msing. Maid that wB •■-i:.: rales w.ia- down lligU' al h. ..ad liwered the gates a;.pi<..H a of th- train and |S|H Miller had d'lven hie went'cr. .nr .a: through the eis’ |9H. breaking it off; that after ’SBi'i: th- Kate hi* auto stalled ■B xai.i he thought the men 'rSß' ample time to either BB ”»<• car or leap to safety seconds, he kj d, £»' 1 (' •«; d from th. right door into the engine while MilSgß*' •'•—d in the auto. The body >I tim was removed to the hiner.il home by Clarcn.c ' ,lll " r *•''• n •' require niedi jMH’ • ■•itiicte. although he stiff, r d^B' ,, 'i*- f. mi th- shaking up. ausaid. Funeral Tuesday jßm.i..! services for the victim. |l| "« tltld well known recldent ' Uy, will be held Tuesday at 2 o'clock it the Black B'" 1 hom '' and buHal will im ' ||® Becatur c-etneteiy The cum Igß W:i ' * ea . p, l and th® body not he viewed, was born -in Decatur on a lit. l!i(||, the ()f (’h ar j Pß W Vora •»a«Bherty-Hsh«r. He «'»fried t > Agnes Garner on 1423. l>csideH the widow, EW '“•*-»! Children; William H . in W ,!av >' ’’ T ' Wayne 8. with the ai“ "' ,:,, ™any. Catherine Ann. ’W Wy ‘ Caroline and Sm r!l: ’ *'• ali st home; four nF""' •«’«! two stetere: Charles. * f-dih Mr*. Esther Brokaw. IBJ Bretta Hatch SB T s ”' Ohte “ nd Waveland of : Wi>, h. Two sisters are M 11 11 Tn «. Cuiumn~?~ Bnooi Students To Bear Dusty Miller gS* I>4y '••••er, noted newspaperHW" an,i hu^ V ,r^•, • *••• epeak at ’'^B' ‘'h® 1 ”’ 1 Proitram at the • unl °f-»enior high school o'clock Tuesday afternoon. B" l » Invited to hear the ■nmrht'H address to tae students B '* l,,er will al *° «Peak at the B* n " c,Mh meeting Tuesday eve ® v when when of the members jB” B°Ao° CRAT THeWMOMtTtR B.T5 mpebatur e reading# B“ 3 - m - 24 00 a. m. 3Q iwHon . __ ■ ” m 42 ■ u . W «ATHER B y “I’i’Z tloUdy ton ‘o h » ’"«• TuesK , o' h * n ’ w •* urc 'les nerth porKrt' lft ° r ,n °'* «OUth S.m r ? TuMd, y >«e«»eon or BnL . Tu ” d « y •"«• I" north B r »ion tonight.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Reorganization Plan Proposed For China Would Give Chiang Government Control Chungking. Jan. 14—(UP)- A reorganisation plan that would give (lenerallssmo Chiang KaiShek's Kuotnln ang flrm control or China's proposed coalition government was presented to Ute allparty 'consultative council by a nationalist spokesman today. Wang Shih-Chieh, foreign minister in the Nationalist govern meat, said Chiang favored replacing the Kuomintang-dominated supreme national defense council with a state council composed of S 5 members. instead of US as at present. The state council would include representative* of all parties, but Wang said the Nationalists wanted Chiang to retain tihe right to ap point members approved hy the Kuomintang. The council would he empowered to decide legislative principles, administrative policy military affairs and financial matters, including the national budget. Communist reaction to the Nattonaliat proposals was not Immedfa'ely disclosed, but It was Indhated that the leftists would oppose the program strongly in the subcommittee meetings wh re the final reorganisation 1s expected to Ire worked OW .Meanwhile, charges and countercharges flew back and forth that both the Nationalists and CominunlMts had violated the order which was to have ended the civil war over the w ek-end. The civil war was scheduled to halt officially last midnight but Communist sources charged (ten. Tu 1.1-Mlng had ordered his National troops to continue lighting today and tomorrow. Gen. Chou En-Lal. Communist member on Gen. George C. Marshall's P ace commlHee which drafted the truce agreement, filed a written protest with Chang Chun? the government member Chang telephoned Chou asserting that fighting must stopped by last midnlaht. Chou was r ported satisfied with the answer. A nation mllllary council spokesman denied categorically last night Communist press charges of truce violation* by Nationalists and accused the papers of “ulterior motives." He chart/ed Communists with violating the terms in five, areas in Shantung and Honan provinces. o , Business lockoul On In Argentina Protest Government Wage Increase Order Buenos Aires, Jan. 11 —(UP) — Business and Industrial leaders shut down the commercial life of Argentina today in the face of a government warning that any political uprising connected with the lockout would be crushed. The lockout began at midnight In protest against a government decree sponsored hy Col. Juan D. Peron which ordered business firms to raise all wages 10 to 26 percent and pay employes an annual bonus of one month's pay. Xlmost total paralysis of Argentine business life was expected. Business leaders raid they would maintain the lockout for three days, possibly longer. Factories, department stores, groceries and • bakerlnes were among the business institutions planlnng to remain closed .Movie houses were to l»e shut for the duration. Brig. Gen. Felipe Vrdapilieta. minister of Interior, announced lat® Sunday evening that be had ordered the IS.OM federal police around Buenos Aires to suppress wJth gunfire any disturbances. (Turn To Page 1, Column 7)

Urges Nations Use Power As 'Sacred Trust' Byrnes Appeals To Leading Nations To Show Way To Peace Ixmdon. Jan. 14—(UP) Secretary of state James F Byrnes cal ‘ I d on the United Nation* today to t reate promptly an atomic energy commlHHlon and appealed to big nation* to no® their power as a “sacred truot" for the good of all Byrnes warned against swamping the newborn UNO with too many difficult problems and reminded the mcmb re of the UNO that the charter provides that they try to settle disputes peacefully before appealing to the UNO. lie said that In the atomic age the common int rests of the 51 United Nations far outweigh any possible conflicts which mlyht divide them Byrnes opened the first general debate in the assembly. The debate will continur most of the week now that preliminary organisation 1s completed. Byrnes conceded t.lrat the United Nations charter i« not perfect but he promised piat if it becomes a working institution with broad popular support changes in Its structure will not be "beyond practical r medy." Noting that there were some who fear the big powers will abuse their special privileges. Byrnes expressed confidence that the gnat powers would respect their obligation to service and not to dominate the world. "The great states as well as the small states must come to v|, w their power as a sacred trust, he said. He appealed to nation* against fear and suspicion, recalling' the late President Roosevelt's statement In 1933 that "we Imv ■ nothing to fear but fear itself." "The United nations dtm* not threaten any people." he said "It comes into conflict with no real or vital interest of any of Its members. It is not Inter al, it Is fear and suspicion which In turn breed fear and suspicion that cast a shadow upon the path of peace." ' Byrnes warned the world not ■to expect "feats of magjc overnight” and to "beware of dhdiard enthusiasts as well as di hard un (Turn Tu Psge 4. Column 7) Officers Fleeted By Zion Lutheran Voters' Assembly Held Here Sunday The Zion Lutheran church held its annua! voters’ assembly Sunday. with the election of officers for the new year. Reports were given covering activities and progress of the various societies and auxiliaries within the church laxly during 1945. It was evident that the congregatlon had one of the best yeara in its htatory. The church set February 3 tor a special meeting day to discuss the feasibility of establishing a parochial schxd. IlMolutions were also adopted in which the pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul W. Hchultx, was paid a S4OO hontw for the year 1945 and his Income for the new year Increased by #5410. The congregation went on record to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rev Schults in the ministry and also as pastor of the local church. The newly elected officers are as follows: elder. £. W. Lankenau; deacon, Norbert Aumann; trustee. Heiman IHerkes; treasurer. Robert Zwick; secretary. Kdwln Bauer; chairman, Oscar Lankenau; finance board member. Harold Beumer; auditing committee, Karl lieinkink and Henry Krueckeberg; nominating committee. Paul Buaae. Ted Witte. Edwin Bauer; Sunday school board. Gerhard Schults; circuit delegates, Lee Fleming. Hugo Frans, Adolph Scbamerlob. Clarence Dersch, Aaron Welland. August Werling; Valparaiso Univer(Turn To Page 4, Column 7)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 14, 1946.

GI Storm Center In Pacific --- MANCHURIA" A - •sassm ®» V ’ w ctatwsu® j » jt |WAMOHAI i IMt * * CHINA < V «• -• ’ VzCdfic i * yl 175 I Ocean •. 4OUtH CMH* MS k Vmanii* ) IMANDS •’ mVssKjrt h 4 MORE THAN HALF the 807.000 U. 8. soldiers In the Pacific will be returned home within four months, declared Secretary of War Patter son during his trip through* the demobilization demonstration epidemic centers, it has been estimated that 375.000 men will be require:) for future garrison purposes and figures on map indicate how these may be distributed. Arrows show where most of the men to be released are now stationed. .Manila (It has been the storm center of troop protests.

Two New Suspects In Chicago Killing Continue Probe In Slaying Os Child Chicago. Jan. 14— (UP) —Two new suspect* were seized by police today in their, investigation of the week-old kidnaping and slaying of tlx-year-old Suzanne Deznan They were William Tague, 25. Firmer City, 111., and Frank Caruso. Chicago Tague was brought to Chicago by Deputy Sheriff William Barron, Clinton. 11l Barron told chief of detectives Waiter Storms that Tague had lieen picked up in Farmer City after telling friends that he bad to leave Chicago In a hurry Itecauxe he feared he might be arrested for qutMti.mlng in the D-gnati case. Barron said that Tague tried to commit suicide by taking poison in jail at Farmer City Saturday night. On the way to Chicago, however, Tague said he bad been "joking" about his possible connection with the case Barron aaid Tague had Iteen selling knives on a street corner in the vicinity of the Degnan h >m«about a week before th® kidnaping. Tague was questioned by Lt. AlIsert AndersOU, a member of a *»pcrial police detail assigned exclusively (o the Degnan investigation Anderson said that Tague would be given a He detector test late today. Caruso was picked no in a tavern at suburban Melrose Park (Turn To Page 2, Column 2)

Suggests War Memorial Be Placed On Court House Lawn

What form of memorial should la* erected honoring veterans of World War II?

Suggestions on erecting a memorial on the court house lawn to Adams county men and women who served in World War H. were made to the county council today by E. L. Ponader of Fort Wayne, dealer In bronze tablets. The county councilmen granted the interview to .Mr Ponader. who previously had contacted the county commissioners. Before any memorial could be erected, an appropriation of funds to defray the cost would have to be made by the county council. The councilmen. after bearing Mr. Ponader's explanation, informed Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, to notify the county commissioners that the board favored erecting ■ memorial at nominal cost to the county. Estimates ran from Ifl.OM) to I7.MW. Mr. Ponader furnishes bronze tablets which can he used In any type atructure of memorial, be it built of brick, concrete, stone or rvanit®. His suggestion to the councilnum was that a hexagon

Slight Fire Damage At Methodist Church A fire at the First Methodist church, corner Monroe and Fifth street, about 7:20 a m. Sunday resulted In a charred floor and some smoke damage. The fire started from an over- , h«at«d chimney pipe, firemen said. Sunday morning services at the church were cancelled because of | the fire. — o ———___ Airport Inspection Made Here Sunday Other Sites Also Inspected Sunday An unofficial iuspcclion of the local airport and s veral other pro-po-ed sites was made here Saturday afternoon by Col, C, F Cornish. director of the aernautlcs coniinissi.-m of Indiana. I He was accompanied on the to nby city enpjneer Ralph E. Roop, councilman Joseph Brennan. la*gion post commander Floyd Hunter. and a group of local fly rs and interested local persons. Col. Cornish, who said that a reprwsentative of his department would lie sent here to make an offi(ial investigation later, dec-lin-ed comm nting ary particularly gocal or had features of the local airport nr anjr of the other sites. He expressed a desire, however, i that the best possible advantages he considered and that the airport Ih* placed in the best possible condition, pointing out the fact (Turn To Pag*- 2. Column 2»

or six sided structure be erected, the plates being fastened by set screws. The tablets would have* the names of servicemen and women engraved on them, one plaque being reserved for those who gave their Ilves to their country. These tablets can be purchased as needed and would contain approximately 450 names, arranged in alphabetical order at a cent of 41.65 per name. On the basis of 2.500 names, estimated as the number of persons who served and are yet in uniform of the armed forces, this would cost 44.125. No official action has been tak en locally toward erecting a memorial to veterans of World War 11. Many Ideas have been advanced. but as yet there Is no unanimity of opinion as the type or form of memorial. While sentiment has not yet crystallized In the city and coun (Turn To Psge J, Column 4)

Threat Os New Strikes Clouds Ending Os Phone Tieup-G. E. Strike Here

Establish Picket Lines At Decatur Works On Tuesday Morning At 7 a. m. Two “gate meetings" late this aftern<M>n were to climax plana of local 924.1'ERMW e participation in the nation-wide strikes of General Electric w >rkera, (Scheduled for Tuesday morning, leaders of the local union stated todav. The walkout here, a. In other General Electric plants. Is scheduled for 7 a.m. Tuesday when the shifts would ordinarily change. This afternoon William Sentner, general vice president of the international union, wax to speak to the evening shift la-fore they went to work at 3 pin ami then again at 3:30 p.m. was to talk .o th<- workers of the day shift a» they left the plant Aniioum em> nt of these talk- was made tmlay by Rub.-rt Rice, of this city, lute -national representative of the union here. The meetings will In- held in front of the plant entrance. .Mr Rice said that all plans had been completed to set up the picket lines promptly at 7 a.m. tomorrow and that the picket shift,* would In- staggered among the workers He said that the company had been notified by the union that they jvould guarantee free passage to supervisory workers leaving the plant until it a m. This, he pointed out, was Just for foremen and other supervisors leaving, and not en taring the plant A picket house has been eel up at the entrance to th. plant and a "soup kitchen" established for the pickets. Mr. Rice stated Picket cards will be issued to ali those in the line, which will entitle th.-m to provisions at the soup kitchen, he said. This afternoon. Mr. Sentner was* to review the arbitration hetwten the company and the union to date and to Inform the workem of any new developments. Mr. Rice stated Reject Union Proposal Mr. Rhe staled that Brh-e l>. Roop, recording secretary of the local union, had received from James J Matles. direc tor of irganization of the international union, (turn To Page 2, Column St — o— Confiscatory War Profit Tax Planned Main Allied Weapon On Japan Combines Washington. Jan, 14 tUPi A (onfisentory war profits tax. possibly retroactive as many gg 15 years, will be a chief allied weapon in breaking tip Japan's great Industrial combines, it was learn d today. The tax will be part of a three point program designed to combat inflation and also demonstrate to the Japanese people especially the mllitaristlo industrialists that war does not pay. otli r provisions are a stiff capital levy against Individuals and abolition of war indemnities such • IM for war dafiump or peiiMioiiM and iniiNterliiK out pay. The three measures are based on a directive issued by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Nov. 24, The Japan se government, under American direction, soon will put tham Into effect. They are part of the overall Japanese control program which also includes rep aratfons to the allies and confiscation of Japan's external assets. Th,- recapture of war profits will be directed against ofcAating corporatlona, and may take In money earned as long ago as IMI. However. officials explain, it cannot be so severe as to put all the big companies in the hands of (he gov rninent. nor can its effect on non Japanese interests in Japan be disregarded. One solution, they h Ifeve. would he bankrupting the corporations, and then selling their stock to the public at greatly reduced prices (Turn Tn Page 4. Column 4)

79 th Congress Is Reconvened ; At Noon Today r Pressing Problems Await Attention Os U. S. Congressmen Washington. Jan. 14 il'Pt . Congress returned from its holl- , day vacation today to tackle the ( immediate problem of army dei mobilization protests and to face •i possible r-howdown on the question of reconversion strikes. House and senate were gavelled to order at noon for the sec- . end session of the Tt'tli congress. The session will test President i Truman's parly leadership on the Issue of his legislative recommendations Mr. Truman went direct--1 ly t<> the people for support during di*- congressional recess. I Top legislative issue* is the president's reeiucst for a law to create fact tin ling Istards to halt strikes. Sen James O. Eastland. 11.. Miss., said he would ask the senate to take up this question immediately. 1 East land said he would s*f-k unanimous consent to brtnr the administration fact-finding bill to the floor at once. It is now in ' the senate labor committee. 1 which has be*-n holding hearings. It seemed doubtful however, that Eastland <otild get the senate to ad al once. Sen. Harry Flood Byrd. D„ Va., also planned to speak on labor problems at the opening session. He was expedel to demand that unions be subject to civil suits and other restrictions that now affed <>nly corporations. The president wants congress Io impose a 3oday pre strike cooling off perlixl on unions and to compel corporations to open their books to government wagescale boards He asked for action before the Uhrl tmas red-ss began Dec 22. but congress ignored his plea However, neither Eastland nor Byrd made any attempt to do anything today, as the senate session lasted only 13 minutes. There were 4!t senators prewent. Hen. Albeit W. Barkley of Ky.. the Democratic leader, said it was customary for the senate "as a matter of courtesy to the president" to transact no business until after his annual message Im I (Turn T<> Paa* ■>. Column »> — Mrs. Almena Kurt Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Morning Mrs Almena Kurt. M. widow of the late John Kurt, died at I 30 pm Saturduy at th® '*-nne of her flaaght®!. Mrs Will am Blythe. ll® South Thirtei-nth street She had hm*n In failing heal’li for five years and seriously ill of pneumonia for three days. She was lx>m in Decatur June 2. Htfll. the daughter of Itaniel and Elizabeth Hailing, and wax a life long reaident of this city She was a menilx-r of the First Methodist church. Surviving are the daughter, two grandchildren. Lt. Hand I E. Blythe recently returned from overseas, and Mrs. Ivan Baker, noth of Decatur; two gr« at-grendi hildren. and two brothers. Daniel Railing >f Valaparlso and William of Van Wert. O. One brother and threw sisters are de-eased. Funeral xervic.es will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the First Methodist church, with Dr. M. O. Lexter officiating. Burial will be in the ftreatur cemetery. The hody has been removed from the Gllllg 5 Doan funeral home to "the Blythe residence.

Price Four Cents

200,000 Electric Workers To Strike Tuesday; Packers Go Out Wednesday By United Press The threat of new s.rikes over* shadowed the ending of the na-tion-wide telephone tlenp tmlay as the nation entered lt»s most critical week <>f l.ilxir man.iaetm nt negotiations since the end of the war. Picket line* around telephone exchanges dissolved. anJ the long distance telephone lines buzzed w'ith calls which bad iwen cut off for three days by a strike. But scheduled strikes by 2ito. |, m) eleitrica! workena and between 2<i<i,ium ami 335,Mm pa< kinxhotMO workers and meat cutters still clouded the Industrial scene. In the major week-end developments: 1 A nation-wide strike of 25’*.dtwi telephone workers was ordered, then postponed for 3® days, and a walkout already in progress within tile industry waa ca.led off. 2 CIO steelworkers put off for one week a strike of twn.ihm members, giving rise to hopes that tho parties might arrive a* a formula, for settling spreading wage disputes. 3. The United Elect -jcal Workers (Clot notified 121 local union® to go on strike ;ie scheduled tomorrow in plants of General Electric, Wssdlnghouse and General Motors 4. Industry and union official® met with representatives of t.ireo federal agencies in zero-hour efforts to avert a .-trike of 335.000 packinghouse workers, slated for Wednesday. 5 Delegates for 175.»hhi striking auto workers baked down from an original 3»i per-c*-nt wage demand and off-red to <nd the 55day General Motors strike for A HHj cent hourly pay boost. In a swift-moving series of events, the national federation of telephotit' worker- last night Issued a sttiki (all to ile tneinliers, then agreed Io abide by the 30day "c<sding off" provisions of tho Hmitli-Counally a t and asked tho rosociation of <■ am m unicationu e<iuipm<-nt workers, an affiliate, tn tall off Its strike and turn its dispute over to the paren* union for settlement. Telephone service over the country wwa drastically curtailed Friday when fellow unionists refused to cross picket lines formed by striking installation workers Itevelopments in the steel industry wen- the most heartening on the lalutr front, although locals in at least four cltli* left their joint despite the week's grace granted by steelworkers President i , hlll|» M array. Murray agreed to the one-week: postponement after the meeting aS the White House with Benjamin Fairhws. president <»f the U. H. steel Corp. They were Stheduled to meet again W -dnesday Reports circulated that the government might apiteal for similar postponements in the electrical and meat pm king strike-, in th<« hope that a steel settlement might provide a formula for other wagw disputes. Some 11,0(10 steelworker* jumped the gun at the Lukawanna. N. Y. plant of Bethlehem steel, 4,40<l iTurn To P.igA 2, Column 2) ——— - -o -■ — • ——.- Appropriations Are Granted By Council The county council in special session this morning granted ail the appropriations as petitioned for by the various county officials and departments. The coundlnieii also approved the- epeeial appr.ipriallonM for the hospital trustees, which will l>e deluded from hospital receipts. These amounted to 54.44M.~M from the 1#45 liudget and 41.<1X5 from IBlti appropriations. The i-minty appr op r i ationu amounted to |4.2<>3, including 42.47S fir the county service officer and 11,son for the probation officer The salariet and office expense items of these two officer* were not listed in the budget last fail, for use tbta year.