Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1946 — Page 1

VOL. XLIV. No. 14.

VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN LABOR CRISIS

Forbids Mass I Demobilization Demonstrations Eisenhower Orders - Army Commanders End Demonstrations Waahlnfftfiii. Jnt 17 <<T» On Dwight D I Isenhnwer revealodny that h>* has or<b-ied nil y iheatsSomm:ii"l'r- t<> forbid -ftirthw fnajjl (! ,n Mdlizathm d<-m-.tr! rat lons mr soldier*. EtawCwwar M oa demobilization tb.it thl» dM not preclude Individual cnmplshK* ' Rut the thii 1 !<> inntx d<-mim-(ions I p "With pul ■k at ion <<f Wte army's Hzatton • »li<y. demon«trntion« roc Id i'iipose." , pit T McNarney. I’. S. commander in Europe. already has . fjM&m an ard. r forbidding fnsthe: -•»<** drtalfijlrn lions. In Honolulu three enl't-i-d men warn < nfln«! to quarters today pending itlisi|tl gallon of activities in behalf of?ipe-"-y demobilization since reductions an<i.ed Tufflv' Rl.furdson, J< mid I’.triflc- ;..-ny bis officers that "ftirtlwr fffi;i-in" in '•ehalf of d mobiUsMOt "will not Im :<i!ir - aiwi. " Eistwhowih’ testimony before • th- «en.O came as the eronmiAc (hairman, Sen. Ed* I wIB.C. MUbtfoi I' f'd" xuggeo Idr.- limit :r.-l MBHMHKy •- .| R ISd -a I ■ teplacc4 Saliiiftw»MM , e’.irv of war K< tiRvya'i told the < omiiilthm yemerday th icy to ase gph: ■ tm ti for occ-up.i-"l Hlfjpj|f|mtly ngieed with John.WhSHP4’"l • hat an army of occupation L nr. <l* mature minds tMßpll** robli-t bodies of !Syt-ar-‘d; who make tip the meta potifot of draftees now The S>me St (tear Is lonfined to men liOßftm-’h 25 years of age. *Bpihe sgW- pre tut physical and st i'.d selective ■h'viio unable to find w»C 5000 draftees which the army ■ MtMHed&nrh month. Royall be- . lieren tbaz unless pre .-nt rules ri«|i ehanfid. aelei-'ive service Will he able Mftraft m more than 35.OM men monthly. gjwft djre-'lor Lewis I! II rr iey " 3ppecra||»fthe snhc-immittce I tomorrow*:- I<-- explain reason* tor | ■ I standards. if'""'-MNMUv* wtvice. using <ii h a.it P»»»«Otoni Presidon: Truman. c®n OKjte®!rafting of men up to age*'. and SkfMUH ;'flu allficatk ns. are set with war departmast , s. tis atives The sub eummtU*# tonld do no more than ;up u~ jy,in> ndatlons. has mt indicated what ’ W feels the top ace U nit -bould WWWMftfchhltes. however, that >’id limited service men for peioetime arfa^*!’:oa Jobs which uro n<> *» tStfiSttous -han civilian em---A|tan| arswes tin! al! two-year those with <*>nihat * onid i relo.ised wiihfftd mart few week*. Their actISMA under war department D*a»rt, Wptld not come un’il about Bodies [Of 40,000 AMs Unearthed By United Pres* The I%|h! press agency report•d to<luy that the In.him Allied prisoners wWkyjflrtnmi had hoen unearthnewly discovered mass \V< stern Pov victims Inrtktel Am' lean. Ilrlti h. Russian, JTWMIB, and New Zealand — o OBMOCRAT thermometer AHMrature REAOINOB »W a. m. 23 10tOO«J. m 26 - Wm 31 k ~, &100&. m 35 I WEATHER and Friday, Mostly m| W <ta£ tints tempsraturea.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY. NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

British Turn Three Mandates Into UNO Negotiate on Three Mandates In Africa London. Jan. 17—(t'Pi— Foreign secretary Ernes! Uevin announced to the t'nltvd Nations asaemldy today that llrltaln has IM-siin ptellminnry negotiations Io turn three Hritlsh man lutes in Africa Into I'NO trustemhips. Revin said that Britain Intends to take steps *o<m to make the mandated territory of Transjordania into an Independent state. Transjordania was assigned to Britain as a class A mandate by the old league of nations in 1922. Britain's proposals on Palestine will be postponed until the AnglmAmerlcan Inquiry into the Palestine situation is completed, Bevin said. The three African mandates (■tended for the I'NO, Bevin sail, are Tanganyika, the t'ameroona and Togoland. He said Britain had decided to start negotiations “forthwith" and already has liegun preliminary talks. All three territories are former German possessions which were assigned to Britain by the league of nations in 1922 as Clast « mandates. Tanganyika was formerly German East Africa, while the Cameroon* and Togoland are on the west coast. Bevin made one qualification - that Britain's willingness to place the ‘territories under VNO trusteeship "naturally depends upon our being able to negotiate terms which are in our view generally satisfactory, which will achieve the objectives of the charter and are in the best interests of the Inhabitants of the territories themselves." The Cameroon* have an area aisiut 3&.imh> square miles and population of N00.9M. Togoland has an area of 12.0<M> square miles with 293.1 MR) population. Tanganyika is the largest of the three areas, with 5.000.000 inhabitants in 373,000 square mile*. Bevin pledged Britain to "dedicate all our capacity, courage and achievement to building up a world order and peace.” He avoided all reference to the dispute between Iran and Russia. which the Iranian delegation has threalene! to submit to the I NO. He warned, however, that nations can't just hand their problems to the I'NO as a remote ami impersonal organization without making further effort by themselves to find solutions. Bevin reviewed the I’NO problems in general terms, empha sizing the duty of peace living nations to outlaw war even if the atomic bomb ami bacteriological warfare had not been discovered.

Household Items On 'Hard To Get' List Building Material Is Also Scarce Here Many hottsehold Item* needed for fetncdeilttg and building new homn* are still on the "hard to get" MM. a survey of local cone rns shows. Those who are planning to build, remodel or redecorate this sptitig are advised to make their plans early, because local wokrmett and service eatalillshm nt-s already have months of work ahead of them. Local plumbing concerns report that many Item* are available only in limited quantities and hardware and good quality pipe are still very •car . However, It Is expected that the flow of new material soon will be xufliqjent to take care ot the back orders. Automatic refrigerator* and other mechanical appliances for thhome are being shown by local distributors and orders for future deliveries are being taken, but no delivery dates have be n promised and new items are arriving slowly at present. Building material Is scarce, according to local lumber dealers and building contractors, hut there Is optimism for the future and a numb r of local people are going fi ward wiuh pJafis to build new homes this year. Local painters and paper hangers have king lists ot jobs for early spring, and while this material is available, there Is a decided short(Turn To Fsge 3, Column 4)

Adm. Kimmel Insists Fleet Put On Alert • Says Japs' Aerial Torpedoes Wrecked Pearl Harbor Fleet Washington. Jan. 17- ti'Pi — Adm. IltMband E. Kimmell said today the Japanese aerial torpedoes that wrecked his fleet In Pear! Harbor were a simple device which “the best brains of our navy department” had been unable to produce. Seth W. Richardson, counsel for the Pearl Harbir committee, said the Japanese merely attached wooden fins to standard torpedoes to make them useful In the shallow water of Pearl Harlmr. Navy witnesses have testified that ft was the plane launched torpedoes which caused th.- most dam age to the fleet in the hec. ”, 1911 attack. Richardson asked Kimmel for his estimate rs the -tapaneae success in developing such a weapon. "It was a device which all the laiit brains of our navy department had been unable to arrive at," Kimmel said. "When you see the solution It I* simple it was a device which the Japanese discovered and our own people had been unable to discover." Kimmel denied Richsrdaon's suggestion that he suboidinated security t > training after receipt of war from Washington. "I took the steps which I thought advisable and which I thought the situation demanded." Kimmel responded "It put you on a training basis rather than an alert." Richardson said. “No," Kimmel insisted. “The fleet was on the alert at < that time." Richardson showed Kimmel a navy dispatch dated April I. 1911. In which the chief of naval operatl tn warned that “past experience shows the Axis power■ often be gin activities in a particular field on Saturdays and Sundays or on national holidays of the country concerned." Kimmel pointed out that the diepatch was addressed t > commandera of the various naval district*, n .t to fleet coiiitnanderr. He said

(turn To Pave 2. Column <) Conlingen! Leaves For Physical Exams » Take Pre-Induction Examination Today Eight Adams county youths left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will take pt e-induct !<m examinations for entrance into the armed forces, local draft board official announces, They are: Haul Kamnian, Vernon Darwin Poe, Melvin James Hendrtckz. Robert Joe Chrhrcn, Hetman J. hit Fei< ht<-r, Walter Wttyne Bertsch, la’roy William Kteffen, Simon D, Neuenschwander. Christen was the leader of the group and Pix- xlgtu-d an application for veduntaty immediate In duel lon. It was reported. Neuenschwander is a conscientious objector and classified as 4-E. Students who had their exams postponed are: Roliert Leonard Baumgartner, Marvin Scbedmann, Anselm Bernard Hackman. Jr.. J. Stuart l-ehman. and Melvin Arthur Werling. A contingent of young men. who were previously accepted in preinduction examinations, will leave January 22 for induction o_ Military Draftees Beat Board Member Jackson, Mbs.. Jan. I,7—(UP)— The FBI today had arrested two Philadelphia, Miss., brothers In the nation's first reported case of military draftees attacking selective ferries Imard members. FBI agent J. A. Lopes said Blanford and Henry Stokes had lieen arrested for attacking and eeriously injuring Dr. C. C. Davies, chairman of the Philadelphia draft board.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 17, 1946.

Frigid Weather Doesn’t Stop ’em : . .. ;• . • .■■ - A >1 THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRY stopped turning and production In all General Electric plants of Massachusetts was halted, when more than 30.000 employes struck for a 92 dally wage boost and other b<-nelits. Hot coffee is served In East Boston, glaive, where strikers picket In frigid weather.

More Price Ceilings Set For New Autos OPA Sets Increase For 32 New Models Washington. Jan. 17 (VP) — Motorists will pay from 941 to 9117 more than hi 1942 for 32 new 1946 automobile mixlel* for which ceil Ing prices have he n M-t by OPA. The latest prices, issued yesterday. included the fir*t specific ceilings on 29 new mixlel Plymouth. (Ihryrler. Dodge and DeSoto ca-s it also oov red four additional Ford models. Al prices are FOB Detroit. They do not include federal seise taxes, transportation or handling changes. They also exclude optional equipment such as hast i*. radios and grill guard*. The Increases are io (ompenxi.te manufacturers for engineering Improvements and incren.-ed pnxluclion com ■. Dealers will absorb an••A- i- 2.5 percent to cover other production increases. The absorption of increased production costs by the dealers Is part of DPA's industry-wide plan to keep retail automobile prices ax near 1942 levels ax possible. Plymouth rec- Bed a one percent increase over 1942 plus 97fe ,o 917! for engineering improvements Dodge prices are 3,5 penent higher plus 959 to D>< more for improvements; Chrysler on half percent higher plus 990 to 9104 for improvements; and DeSoto I.S percent higgler phis 959 to 996 for Improvements. OPA previously had set dollarand c-en’s ceilings on sen n Ford (Turn Tn pare 2. Ctnlumn 5> List Faculty For Leadership School Training School To Open On January 22 Names of faculty ni tnbers for the leadership training school, to be held here January 22 to February 7 were announced today by Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent and dean of the school. They are: Gl n Marshall, pastor of the Church of God; Dr. M. (). Lexter, pastor of the First Methodist church; the Rev F. H. Willard. pastor of Ute First Evangelical church and the Rev. C. E. White, pastor of the First Vnited Brethren church. Courses to h offered are: my community and the Christian ideal, the life of Christ, teaching youth, planning for young adults in the church. Heaaions nt the st-hoid will be held each Tuesday and Thursday nights. Out-of-town speakers will appear each of the school ev nlng* at 7:30 o'clock and vlaasex will be opened each night at 9 o'clock. The speakers were announced last week by Mr. Hann.

Gen. Eisenhower On Radio Friday Night Washington. Jan. 17 tl'P) Gen Dwight D Eix'-ii tower will explain the army's demobilization pr gram to tin- nation at x pm. ('ST tomorrow in a 15-minute i broadcast over Columbia Broadcasting system —_—, (l Cenlral Soya Opens West Coast Office To Cover 12 States In West Coast Area The Central Sova company, I whose plant hi this city U one of the* largest soybean processing plants in th'- country, will open a west const office In L<"< Atlg<-l'-s, f >r the sale and distribution of the company's product* In a 12 ,«tate region. Announceni.-nt of the m-w off! e. which I* in keeping w’th th? «•■ mpany'x post-war expsti*lon program, was made by Dab- W M< Millen, chairman of the board and Robert H Fletcher company president. Ktates that will be covered In the distribution of the company’* products Include. California. Ongon. Washing! n, Arizona. New Mexico, Nevada. Wyoming. Idaho. Ftali, Montana. Colorado, and Northwestern Texas. The ih-w office and territory will be under the direction and enip-r---vision of Paul S Cummins, who has been with Central Soya fir the past six years, th.- last four as manager of the- pr •ducts div!don. Work on the construction of the third unit Os the battery of storage silos a! the D-natui plant is completed and the fourth and final unit will lie <• instructed next month The additional silos Increase the soybean storage space to nearly five million bushels. <> Alexander Campbell Renominated Today Washington, Jan. 17—(i'l’l Alexander M. Campbell, of Indiana. was nominated for reap(Miintrnent as C. K. attorney fir the not them district of Indiana by President Truman today The nomination was sent to the senate. . —, O' Four Are Sentenced For Holdup Os Hotel Crawfordsville, Ind . Jan. 17 It'. P.) A Danville. 111. man. his wife, his brother and a companion were sentenood to 26 years in the state prison today for the Munday night holdup of the (Tawford hotel h'-re Charlm Lockhart, 29; his wife. Mary. 25; a brother. Donald, 21. and Ralph Burk. 21. all of Danville. , plead guilty Donald Imek hart and Burk were charged with armed robbery; Mrs. laukbart and Dnnald Lockhart were being complices.

Administration Leaders Work Feverishly To End Steel, Meat Wage Fight

Ten Persons Die In Illinois Accidents Heavy Death Toll In Traffic Accidents R<m kdale. 111.. Jan. 1" tl'l’t Six persons were killed anil another critically Injured early today when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a Rock Island passenger train The e men ami three women were killed. They were Identified as Honald F. Emerick. 32. ami hi* wife. Mr*. Esther Emerick. 32; Calvin Emerick. 22. Ronald's brother; Ernest E f'hslholm and hi* wife Mrs. Mary Chisholm. 26; and Mi»* laivauolin Voight. 1” All were from nearby Joll t. Rose liulevich. 15, also of Joliet. wa« critically injured, having stiff cred fractures of both legs and the right arm She is in St Jos eph’s hospital In Joliet Thomas Harbn*. ti". crossing flagman, said that he waved his red flag In ait effort to halt tb <ar but that it was driven directly Into the path of the Chicago to !»<•« Moines train. Harbu* «aid that he was forced to bmp aside to keep from being struck by the car. The vehicle was d tmdisbed and Its passengers thrown clear of the wreckage, the watchman said Four Burn To Death Danville, 111.. Jan. 17 il’l'i Police tislay Identified the charred I'odles of four (H-rsons burned to dexith when their car stru<k ait abandoned oil truck on a highway six mH s smith of here as those of four Danville men recently discharged from military service. They were Jack W. Vaughn. 23. discharged ailor and owner of the < ar. Robert <> Btirlln, 23. marine veteran of Ik months service In the South Pacific. William E. Mayfield. 19. recently discharged from the army air corps. Richard L Art. 25, army staff ■ergeant veteran of the European (Turn To Pass 2 Column St Sister M. Schmitt Ceremony Saturday Receives Black Veil Os Finally Professed Decatur relatives and friends of Sister Magdalem- Schmitt will attend the Impressive religious ceremonies Saturday morning at the ('armelite Monastery, near Indianapolis, when ahe receives the black veil of the finally professed. The Very Rev, Msgr. Jo-eph J Neimetz, pastor of Kt. Mary's Catholic church, will deliver the sermon at the mass of the Archbishop. which will be celebrated at 9:30 o’clock in the monastery Formerly of Decatur and memlien of a family that already has three of its sons among Catholic clergy. Sister Magdalene, who entered the monastery five years ago. first t(Mik her three-year fen| porary vows as a member of the Carmelite Order in January, 1943 In the ceremony Saturday the white veil of the novice will be removed and the black, external mark of the final step In the religious life she has chosen, will be handed her by the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter. Archbishop of Indianapolis. The veiling will take place in the chapel of the monastery and will begin with the Mass of the Archbishop In the solemn ceremony which follows. Sister Magdalene will kneel to receive the black veil as the archbishop calls down God's blessing upon her. He then intones the fe Deum. the church's hymn of Thanksgiving, ami the (eremonies conclude with lienediction of the most blessed sac(Turn To I’ags I, Column 4)

Reject Motion For Approval Os Labor Bill Tie Vote By House Committee Rejects GOP Surprise Move Washington. Jut 17 rt'Pi The house labor committee by a tie vote today rejected a -urptise Rebuilt an motion to approve Pr - ident Truman'# lalior bill without further hearings The bill would meet Mr Trlltn nn's re<iue«t for fact-finding board* with statutory authority ami permit them to sub|MH-na company re cords. Ii also would provide a cooling-off perliMl of 3u day- In labor disputes The ixmimit'o- vote <>n the motion for Immediate approval was 7-7. wtth all Republicans present supporting the motion It wa» offer ed by Hep Gerald l.iiidi* It Ind., during committee heating* oil an entirely different -iibj <t laindia -aid that <<m:rnve:»m provision* of the bill the si|bpena authority and the coolingoff |m*i iixl could be taken up lai er. Deinocratii- members charged that lartidl* motion wis out of order, and was “hasty and Illadv I-ed Th vote was first unnonmed as being seven to six in favor of Landis’ motion, lloweve Rep. Adam Clayton Powell. D„ N. V. Iliad authorized Rep. William J. Green. D I'a . to vote for him and Powell's vote was recorded ag.iin-t the motion. Rep Frank E. Hook D. Mich, told th <■ the motion wa* “highly irregular." “We vot' d befo <• the re- ess that we would resume «<pen hea'lngs on the fact finding bill after we returned." h said. The < nnmit ee already has In-ard testimony of William Green president of the American federation of lalior. Philip Murray, president of the CIO. ami John L Lewi- president of th unhid mine worker* Acting committee chairman Jen nings Randolph. D . W V.i. overruled Hook's objection Deimxra'ii- eon iona I lead ers di<l not appear to l»- lmpres..x| by gene al Repuhlh an demands 'or more p edy < <>n-l<!>-ra'ioll of the lalior problem At the pieMiit pace of procedure neither the house nor -citato is likely to hare a c hance to debat -)><-< ifi<- labor legislation before Feb 1

No Location Found For Canning Plant No Suitable Site Is Found In City No suitable ait-- for the propo *c*d location of i canning factory here has been f-'iind to date, it was reported by Chamber of Coin merce committeemen In charge of Hie project. The Chamber committee has been making an attempt to locate a tomato canning fac'o-y site for the Fox Bros. Canning company of Paulding. Ohio. If wax stated that a location at the southern edge of th!* city, near the Homesteads, had been tentatively selected and improved by the committee Residents of that vicinity, however. had raised an objection to the proximity of the factory to their homes and the proposed location there wax dropped by the Chamber of Commerce. To date committeemen have been unable to find an appropriate location, but the committee in still actively engaged In the work, it wan reported.

Price Four Cent?

Worst Outbreak At Los Angeles Plant; Electrical Union Ready To Arbitrate By United Press Violence broke out today In thu nation's Industrial crisis wli.c-h ha 4 idled m arly a million workers and Ix-come a pressing problem fm* icdminlstiathm leaders and law* makers in Washington. The most serious outbreak off the picket lines came at lais All* geles where I'm police routed LM"I Citi electrical workers from th<» gatra of the I'. S motora plant. The police u»ed tear ga- and ilubw to break lite line so that sft officer worker* could enter the struck plant A tiumbrr of persons were injured in the fightln.There was violence also in tho nationwide meat strike when police drove a flying wedge through packinghouse workers picket llrnv* at Kansa* City. Kan About M memlx-rs of an Indetiendc-nt union passed through the CIO lines after police opened a gap. Ten CIO picket* were arrested at the Chicago Ktockyards for violation of the Mate p.cketlng law. Police t hurged the pickets prevented mm-strikerx I u reaching thelt* joi«c inside the center of the nation's tm-at prcxlucing area. M Washington, ad n nistration leader* hurriedly sough! to Settin t i«- steel and meat wag- disputes, on the congressional scene, tho Hous-- iaibor committee by a Go vote rejected a surprise Repuhil* can m tiott to approve Prcsaidenc Trumans lalior bill without additional hearings This bill would provide fact-finding Ixiards to study labor, disputes and give tho Isiard- access to company rec -rd*. The di-adhe ked steel negotia* titms came t > a showdown at the* White House Priwidi nt Truman protnis* <1 to submit his own pro* posal fir '•••tiling the controversy over the CIO steel -co kers demand for high*- wages unless ths disputants reached agreements today. Ib-pr-e- nt.itivx- of AFL and C. I o. iiackhtgh 'use workers, government ofth lais, and officers o£ the big four meat p-n king > otnpanie- Were scheduled tn me. t lata today in Washington to seek settlement of the meat -trike whicll started ye-terday In the ove all strik. situation • keeping mot-- than pjo.imio work- •■:* from t'u-ir j.!». C.n- major developments Included: 1 President Ti umali told deadlocked prim ip.ils in the steel Industry t tat It they didn't arrive as a wage agreement today, he would -übm t hi- own *>-tt|i-m< tit formula. 2 Repre-.-nta'iv - -if the majot" ini.il packers mid two striking; union* tmt in Washington witli Lalxtr Secretary Lewis B. Hchwellenbach In an effort to end a nationwide walkout, idling neatly Uxijxxi work*-rs 3 Al Washington lllx-rt Fi'zgeraid president of the striking Culled Electrical workers <<TOL said the union wa« willing to arbitral » the wage |--:te» Fitzgerald said, however, th<- menagemt-n: representatives had refused arbitrate) the dispute between th • union an<l • Turn *1 •> Pag. 7. I'.-liimn 21 O—— ...-ILate Bulletins Chicago, Jan. 17— (UP) — John Holmes, president of Swift 4 Co., announced today that the CIO packinghouse workers had reduced its original wage increase demand from 25 to 20' 2 cents an hour. Washington, Jan. 17—(UP) —Secretary of labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach today appointed a three man fact-find-ing board in the meat industry's wage strike. Members of the board art Dr. Edwin E. Witte, former war labor board publie member, chairman; Clark Kerr, who was chairman of the , WLB meatpacking commission; and chief justice Raymond W. Starr of the Michigan state supreme court.