Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1946 — Page 1

XL!V. No. 20.

800,000 WORKERS IDLED RY STRIKES

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UNO Assembly Votes For Atomic Control Byrnes Appeals For Troop Withdrawals London. Jan. 24 <l‘p> The I'nited Nation! aaaembly voted unanimouily today to «Mtal>li.h an atomic energy eomtnlaalon after Itearina an appeal by Secretary of Elate Jatne. F. Hymen f>r quick withdrawal of o-cupat*on annifrt from all countri°a except Germany and Japan. Forty-.even of the 51 I’nited Nation* voted to adopt the resolution framed in Moscow l>y the Big Three foreign mini.ter. Jean Paul Monciur, a French delegate, proponed that the atomic commiroion meet In the I’nited State*. t'rging passage of tß* resolution. Byrne. Si.ued an indirect appeal to Britain, France ii|d Hua.la to call home their occtfftatlnn troop, whose presence in Iron. Oreece. In donoaia and the la-vant ha* cauoed angry dispute, among the I'nited Nation*.

T tere wa* only nominal opposition to the atomic energy resolution by the Philippine delegation, which ahitalned from voting. The resolution created a cotnmls ■bn to study and recommend possible International control of atomic energy Memhetahlp of the commission will consist of the 11 security council member* plus Canada, and will take instruction* from the security council. Byrnes appealed for all-out es fort* for international control of atomic en>-rgy. denounced unilateral political action and appealed for immediate action to convert the world from an "armed camp" to a peaceful world Byrnes said the atomic energy plan anticipates Internationa! control of atomic energy, but he reiterated indirectly the American poiltion that no atomic secret* will lx- divulged until adequate safeguard* have been devised by the t’NO to prevent u«e of r-tomic energy for mara destruction. The torld cannot return to peace a* long as It remains an “armed camp.” Byrnes sa'd. “There will be a need for the continuation far some lime to come of armies of occupation in Germany and Japan, hu' B will not make for a peaceful world to have armies of occupation remain in countries which we hope will *om join us in the I'nited Nations.” This was a direct appeal to the big power* to withdraw troops not only from such places a* Greece and Iran, which already are I'NO members, but also from Eastern European countries which were former enemies. Withdrawal <f troojM would solve the three situation* facing the I'NO security council. Soviet Russia and the Soviet Ukraine have complained about the presence of British troop* In Greece (Turn To I'Hge 7, Column St . o.

Third Bogus Check Is Reported Here Third Forged Check On Portland Bank With reports of a third bogus 'heck being pas.ed in downtown Decatur, police chi f Ed Miller and local authorities today were following several n w leads which might lead to the identity of the check artist. The third check. like the first two pass d at local business houses, was written in the amount of |32.*7 and drawn on a Portland hank A possibility was seen that the checks might be the work of an artist who has been operating throughout Indiana for the past several months. At present, a trail of checks pass d In Fort Wayne and throughout this section of the state had la i -to Evansville, authorities from •he former city have reported. A man and two women are being questioned at Evansville, following their arr st In Oakland City This man. identified as Clyde Copes, alias Oene Reynold*. Is alleged to have passed approximately 117,000 In worthless checks throughout the state. Howev r. no evidence has been uncovered to date which would definitely link him to the local work.

First Os Atom Bomb Tests To Be Held In May To Test Effect Os Atomic Bomb Blast On Naval Vessels Washington. Jan. 24— tf’Pi — The first of three historic test, of atomic l>oml> blast, on naval vessel* will take place early in May In a tiny ring of mld-Paciflc Islands, the navy disclosed today. The experiments, which will determine the future of navle. in an age of atomic weapon*, will be conducted with a "guinea pig” fleet of 100 American, German and Japanese ship, and submarine* They Include four old U.B. battleship, end the carrier* Saratoga and Independence. Besides the Muy test, to be heli in the Marshall islands, another will take place July 1 and a third sometime thereafter, probably in 1947. American correspondents will be on hand to report to the public on the longawalted experiment with the world's most awesome secret weapon. No representative of any foreign nation will be allowed to attend, under present plan*, but this I* still under discussion. Details of the joint army navy operation — known by the code name “crossroads" —were revealed today i,y Vice Adm W. 11. P. Blandy In testimony before the senate’s special committee on atomic energy. Blandy will command "joint task force one" — the armada of ship* ami plane* that wiii carry out the test*. The test scheduled for "early in May." Blandy told the com mittee. will be held near Bikini atoll which I. composed of a circular group of more than 20 Island* In the Marshall, area. He said ships to be used as atomic bomb targets In the first trial include the old battleship* New York. Arkansa*. vanla and Nevada: the aircraft carriers Saratoga and Inlependcnee; the heavy cruisers Salt f*ake City and Pensacola; 18 destroyer* and eight submarines In addition, 15 unidentified U. S transports, landing craft and auxiliary vessels will be teat targets. Foreign *hip. to be Included in the first test are the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which arrived at Boston only yesterday, the Japanese battleship Nagato and the Japanese light cruiser Sakawa. The atomic Iwmb in the May "(Turn To Pag* 2- Column 7)

Gen. Carl Spaatz To Succeed Arnold To Be Commander Os Army Air Force Washington, Jan. 24 ill’) President Truman announced to day that Gen Carl a. Spaatz soon will succeed Hen. I’< H- Arnold a* commander of the Army Air Forces. Spaatz. like Arnold, was nne of the army’s pioneer airmen In the recent war Spaatz commanded the I'. S. Strategic Bombing Forces In Europe, and later in th*' Pacific. In response to new.v conference que*tion>t. the President *aid Arnold had planned to retire upon completion of a tour of South America 'Arnold originally was scheduled to return *ome time lietween Feit. 1 and Feb. 10. He became 111 during the trip, however, and i» enroute home. Spaatz was nominated by the chief executive thl* week for pro motion to the perman- nt rank of major general. A* commander of the Air Forces he prcwumably Will have toe top five-star rank of a general of the army. oDeVoss Appointed As Judge Pro Tern John L. DeVoss, local attorney, ha* been named judge pro tern of the Adam* circuit court during the absence of Judge J. Fred Fruchte. wtho is out of the city during court vacation between the November and Februaiy term*.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 24, 1946.

Chaplain Gets Honor Medal '-By I L - W 1 Mt MT- ' FIRST CHAPLAIN IN THE NATION 8 HISTORY to receive the Con gressional Medal of Honor, Comdr. Joseph T O'Callahan. Cathpllc chaplain of Cambridge, Mass., 'who risked his life to administer last rites to the dying on the burning aircraft carrier Franklin. Is shown getting the medal from President Truman at the White House.

Strengthened Labor Legislation Urged Sponsor Os Diluted Bill Changes Stand Washington. Jan. 24 H’l’i —i The man who sponsored the dil-j uted house version of President Truman’s fact-finding bill r ver* ed hi* stand today and came out for stronger labor legislation. Rep. Harold W Uuidi*. IL. Ind., who proposed the modified bill in , the house labor committee, -aid i he now felt the measure was "iqeaiiingl *».“ He plan* to offer! the house a stronger substitute which would, among other thing* make unions liable for damagefor any violation of their con- 1 tracts. The labor committee, acting on , a motion by Landi*. approved a! bill which would give th President authority to * t up fact-And-lißt board* in serious labor dispttte*. The measure did no?, nowever. include two point* asked by the President power for the board-: to suhpena company records, ami a 30-day no-strike “cooling off" p riod for labor. I.andi* said his substitute would 1. Set up machinery for government mediation and voluntary arb-j Itratlon of labor dispute*. 2 Make both labor and manage ment liable for civil damages for any breach in their collective bar gaining contract, 3 Authorize the f deral govern-! metjt to prevent "wilful violence" and property damage during strikes, 4 Repeal the Smith-Connally anti-strike act. but continue Its i (Turn Tn P«g» < t'ohimn 4) w-Mm,i " "* "" Urges Statehood Be Given Hawaii House Committee Recommends Move Washington. Jan. 24— (UP) — ; A house territories subcommittee today recommended Immediate consideration of legislation to! give Hawaii statehood. The subcommittee undqr the chairmanship of Henry D 1-ar-cade. D.. M. ha* just returned from a two week visit to Hawaii. ' It reported that Hawaii had demonstrated “beyond question" loyalty, patriotism and a “desire to assume responsibility of statehood." President Truman's annual message on Monday also recommended statehood for Hawaii. The subcommittee said con gross has Indicated through a . series of acts and committee re-1 (Turn To Fags 7, Column i)

City Rate Hearing Postponed To March The hearing on the i-djuslment of electric power rate* ae petitioned fir hy the city of Decatur, scheduled for yesterday before the Indiana public service commission, was postponed util it .March 22. The dty is asking for a one 'mill step-up in the bracket of primary power rate*, which will apply to the t'ential Soya <-->:upany an>l Ihe General Electric company, fur electric energy furnished these ! two industries. 6en. Short Reveals Equipment Delayed Rodar Towers Laid Idle At Oakland Washington, Jan 21 The Pearl Harbor committee received a report today that radar equipment ordered by the army's Hawaiian defense command was laying Idle on Oaklatyl, CaliE. [ dock* at the time of the Pearl : Harbor disaster. Lt. Gen. Walter (' Short, commander of army defense* in Hawaii. had told Hie committee of hi* fights for priorities to get radar equipment for anti-aircraft j protection. Today lie read •<» the committee a telegram from a former signal corp* major reporting that j radar towers lie could have used : were delayed in transit. The telegram was sent yesterday from Waterloo, la., by George D la-ask, former major in the army signal corps. Short said he didn’t know la-a*k and that the telegram had come to him unro . Ilcited. In the telegram. Leask told ' Short that he was transferred to Oakland. Calif., on Dec. 10. a* assistant signal officer for the San Francisco port of embarkation. "Lying on the Oakland pier for a long time were three |Oft-foot | radar towers No. SCIt 271." he ! wired. "in my opinion if these tower* had not been delayed on the Oakland dock* you could nave used them to good advantage Dec. ’ 7, 1941,” the wire concluded. Short said he understood that I army defensg commands at New : York. Seattle and San Francisco had radar “completely instaled" before the Hawaiian comIband received any such equip I ment. , Short told the committee when Japan struck his command was alerted only against salmlage because there was nothing in advices from Washington to threaten any other form of attack. "There was nothing before me to show ah attack on Hawaii," he testified. "There was the like- > liflood of sabotage.” Short argued that his estimate (Turn To Fag* 4, Column 3)

President Says Strife A Battle For Power By Labor And Management

Veterans On Strike Not Eligible To Pay No Unemployment Compensation Pay An estimated "<• or SO World War II veterans who had been employed at the liM-al General Electric plant were affected by a ruling handed down to them thl. morning by the C. H. employment service representative at the city hall. These veterans, many of whom had returned to work at the local plant only a few days or weeks before the strike was calle-l in General Electric factories on January 15. learned today that they are not eligible to receive unem ploynient compensation during period they are Idle because of the walkout. More than a score of these veterans had appeared at the dty hall a week ago to definitely learn their status, and the representative Informed them of the ruling today. Wlille the representative could not be reached today. Dwight Arnold, county service officer, *aid such case* were covered in the (1. I bill of rights, section turn, which say. *n part that: The veteran* "cannot receive a rea-Iju»tment allowance during any week of unemployment due to a work stoppage caused by a labor dispute In the plant In which he I. or was last employed " In some instances, veterans Were told at discharge centers that if they did not report for work at former places of employment ut.til after a strike was in progress that they could collect the allowance Home doubt was expressed on this point, also today, although an official opinion was not secured from the employment officer. Mr. Arnold the belief that under the above section of the bill of rights no vetteran would be able to recover here, since he did not qualify under certain exceptions which declare that a veteran may collect only if he and all other work ers of his grade or das. are not Involved in the labor dispute. Republicans Plan Lincoln Day Dinner Judge Grant Rogers To Be Speaker Here only tentative plans have been math- for the Lincoln Day dinner to Im- held here during the week of February HI. Harrj* Essex, Republican county chairman announced today. The event here i* to be one of a number to be sponsored throughout the state by the G<»F state committee, and Is to have Judge Grant Rogers, Franklin, who Is judge of the JohnsonBrown county circuit court as speaker. Mr. Essex stated that while a date of February 12 had been announced by the state committee, it is possible that the events here might be h- Id some other day of that same week. Site of the dinner and a completed program are also to he announced later, Mr. Essex stated. Elsewhere in the state. Governor Gates will speak to the Indianapolis Women'* Republican club. State GDI* chairman William E. Jenner and a number of other prominent party members will ‘peak at various celebrations throughout the wtate. — —— rt Fire Drives Plymouth Families From Homes Plymouth. Ind., Jan. 24 -tl'Pi —Four families were driven from their homes last night when fire -destroyed an apartment house from the basement to the attic. a

Strike Tieup Os Railroads Is Prevented Last-Minute Parley Averts Strikes On Chicago Area Roads t’lileayo. Jan. 24 'l l'' Gross country movement of f.eight wns uninterrupted today after List inin ute n'-gotiatioii* averted strikes by th<- bi-ot o-ihood of railroad trainmen on two Chicago-are-i railroad* A few minutes aftc |O o'clock In-I night les* than half an hour le-fore the strike deadl iu- T L. Green, general manage! of lioth Ilina, and William Bl'hop. BUT vice president, jointly announced settlrm.-ni of I'> accumulated gilt varn-es. Work stoppage* on the two lines, the Indiana Harbor B- It and <’hi cago junction railroads, would have tied up freight traffic into and throagi Chicago Together, the two "shuttle’’ r ad- handle thousands of freight cars daily from the 21 major rail roade lonverglng in th « vita! trun- • portation center I’ntll the final settlement was announced, the union had deduced its intention to strike despite Hie Intervention yesterday of President Truman. The President had ti nned an em ergem-y latard to investigate t, o dispute, a procedure which under Ho- railway lalmr act forbids change, tn wages ami working c»mi diHons for day- Bishop claimed, however, that the national railroad mediation Istard ha< forfeited jmie diction in the ca«e. Bishop was •utiuoriej by v f, Whittiey. tmtiotia! lilt’!’ president in Cleveland, who e nlb-r < ailed for a strike vote i>monz the union's 300,000 workers in a showdown over long smouldering disputes wit i Ho- railroads. Whitney affirmed BLshop's claim that the mediation board has made no attempt I t settle the b ■ niterhoods grievances with th two Chicago la-It lilies and. therefore, hud no jurisdiction at this time. Hettb-menl of the dispute wit.il the Indiana Harlior Belt railroad was announced at s to p.m yeterday. Agreement in -he case of the Chicago junction railway came marly an hour and a half later. Grievances in Lot li ea«<v arose (Turn To Paae Z. Column if ■ - o Temperature Drop Forecast Tonight Warmer Friday But Colder For Weekend By I’nit d Press A m»*s of < old air. moving south ami east from Canada, will cover the northern half of the nation today, with temperature* falling ns much as 3<t degrees by night fall. Although temperatures will be <xdd. the weatherman said that th- mercury would remain above zero except for a small area in tiorthe n Minnesota. In the midwest and Great latke* region, snow fltirrlo* wer expected to accompany the drop In temperatures. Reading*' in the low twenties were forecast ns far east a* the Atlantic sealtoard Th nation's two winter vacation centers lats Angeles mid Miami boasted the highest lemperatures In the country. Miami registered 84 degrees. Ixts Angel * was a close second with S 3. To shivering midwesterner*, the weatherman offered some consolation Warmer weath-r was In sight for tomorrow followed by another cold spell over the weekend.

Price Four Cents

Electrical Union And Company Heads Meet In Conference To Seek Settlement By t’mied I' ess Tin- number of Am rlcnn worker* !db-<l by strikes surged upward to a new high <>f more than j siioimio today as President Truman said th.- tin rent Industrial strife arose from a battle for power bet we ii management ami iniior. Mr. Truman told reporte s at Washington that he bellev«-d the government •hould assert the power of the iM-ople lii th btuir management deadlock over wage*. Ho said he personnaly had done ml much a* Io- could As the government prepa’-d to take over the strike-bound meat pa<-king Indu-try. the president said he di<l not think It would !>e practical to seize the ste I mill* now He «aid however, that this should not be construed as a statement that lie Would Hot seize the st rin k steel mills ev ntually. AFL meat nitter* joined with <TO |ia< kingliou-e worke In non pledging themselves immediately to n-ftirn to work after government * Izure l*-l gate* from ('IO pa< kingliou-o workers will iio<-t in Chicago tomorrow to decide on a coit.se of action. The AFL -aid Its striking iiiciiilh-ih would not be ordered to return to the pa< kingbolts s until assurance Is received that wago increase- ecomniended by a factfinding commission would be retr<*ic!|ve to th>- flat of seizure. The gmvernnien' seizure of Ing plants < loseil by strike will take place at 12 *H a in Saturday. In otlic labor disputes 1 More industries were forced to curtail op ration a* a result: of the walkout of Tatt.otMi CIO steelworkers. new in its fourth day. 2 Company ami union offl< lais met toflay in New York in an attempt to settle the ten day- striko of 2*m,tut-t mem!>ers of the united electrical work r iCiOi against General Elei-'ric. West InnhoUM ami General Motors 3 List minute m-galiatioii* avert* cd scheduled strikes on Hie Indiana harbor lu-lt ami Chicago jumHon railroad*, vi al links in th« crossH’ountry movement of freight. 1 Workers in two electrical plant- threatened to »tilke Monday forcing coal mine* in Kentm ky ami Virginia to close »mt throw L'iU.OtHt milter of work • if a new contract ha- not Iteeiv *lglled by th n High admlni*!ration lender* in Washington were confident that: ■t: iking c|<> packinghouse workert* would return to work under government oiH-ratlon of the meat plants despite op|uis|Hon to selzur Delegate* from the meat workers’ union local* meet in Chi<-ag<i tomorrow to decide upon a courao of action. The -eizure order, it was 1- arn<•<l. will authorize the agriculturo department to accept the waz-v recommendations of the government fact-finding i».m-1 now hearing testimony in Chicago in lho meat dispute. Benjamin F Fairies*, president of the I' S Steel Corp, suggested In a radio address last night that "exi»erieno <1 executive*" of industry In- consulted to open <h»v way to solution of the steel amt other strikes. Meanwhile. c|<> president I’hlllft Murray ami hl* steelwork rs’ wago (Turn To I’age •. C<dumn 4> o 2,000 Cans Os Food Are Collected Here Two thousand can* of food, to be dtoirlbuted to the needy perhoiis in war-ravaged countrite, were collected by the Itecatur Girl Scout* during the nationwide campaign la-t month. The donation breakjown show* 243 can* collected at the i.imiolrt school, 53N at the junior-senior high sc hiud. ami 1.211* by grocery store* and in organization donation*. Th<* Girl Scout* expressed their thank* for all donation*, and especially to the groceries and school* for cooperation.