Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1946 — Page 1

CSSIIV. No 30

DAMS COUNTY WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT

■0 Missing From Liner Yukon

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Continue Search For 21st Airliner Victim Elk Mountain, Wy >.. Feb. S ll'l'i llanchera and mountain rllmbera prepared t-i amend towering Elk Mountain again today ii> M-areh for the liody <>t the laat of 21 peiiton* killed Tie Hilay when !a I'nlted Air liner Mainllner < r.-.eh led Into the ll.llllfiHit peak. The Slat vl.'tim wu< a aollier, wh ise name war n it dimloaed by iaiiny aiithoiltier. o U. S. Seizure Os Tugboats Is Expected — Government Seizure Appears Probable As • Negotiations Fail By I'nlted Preaa i Federal aejzure of New York harlor tugboat* waa expected today, a* government offieial* , wrestled with the wage price , problem, baaic cause of a nation* wide atrikc wave idling 1.5411,M0 workers. | A labor department spokesman said "machinery already I* set up” for government operation of I the luglmats, which have lain at anchor since 3,500 AFL crewmen struck yesterday. i zCapt William Bradley, president of the striking local, warned that his men would uot return to work, even for the government. Government seizure appeared i inevitable after New York mayor William O'Dwyer failed in day iong efforts to negotiate a wage settlement. New York City waa threatened with critical food and fuel shortages In other strikes: 1. Fifteen thousand CIO mine, i mill and smelter workers left their jobs in Connecticut brass plants, and 5.200 more threatened to join them unless their wage demands were met. 2. Ilepresentatives of 175,<k>0 striking CIO Cnited Auto Work ers warned General Motors Corp, that they had no intention of relinquishing union security gains won during the past years. 3. Plane production at Consolidated Aircraft. San Diego. Calif, was halted when 3.000 . AFL machinists struck to enforce wage demands. The walkout was | expected to spread to company .plants at Nashville. Tenn, and Fort Worth. Tex. 4. Scuffling between CIO i steel worker pickets and noni strikers flared briefly at steel (Turn To Page 5« Column •)

Ruth Elaine Smith Dies Monday Night Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Huth Elaine Smith 8. daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith, died at 11:15 o'clock Monday night at the home of her parent* In Prtble, where her father I* cashier of the Preble bank. Death was caused by an Infantile heart lesion, following a short Illness The child, was born In Decatur February 5. 1938. the daughter of Clarence and Berth* Fuhrman Smith, and wan the only child in the family. She was a pupil in the Election school in Kirkland townehip. and a member of the First Evangelical church in this city. Surviving in addition to the patents are a grandfather. Wilfred Smith of Monroe, and a grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Fuhrman of Decatur Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the home and at 1:SO o'clock at the First Evan gelical church, with the Bev. Georg* S. txrzier of South Bend officiating. Burial will he in the De catur cemetery. The hody will be removed from the Black funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 2 p m. Wednesday.

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Probing Death Os Fort Wayne Woman Mother Os Five Is Found Dead In Yard Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb (VID —Allen county coroner Dr. E N. Mendenhall today termed Ute death of Mr* lx>i* Huth Slain. 28-year-old mother of live children. a* a suicide. Mrs. Slain was found in the back yard of Iter home early yesterday with her pajamas wrapped tightly ami double-knotted around ; her neck Police at first reported 1 her death was flue ' apparently to I a heart attack." laist night, how . ever, the investigation was re- ■ opened when police were informed that she bad been strangled. . Dr. Mendenhall examined the body today to determine whether she had been attacked crimin illy The coroner said th'-re was no indication that *he had been at tacked because neither her hah nor the bathrobe which she wore were disarranged. There were no sign* <>f struggle be raid Mr*, slain apparently had tied the leg of lier pajama* around her m-ck in her house, police -aid and had groped her way eute-id" to r-ach air Police said they did not notice the knot of the pajama* during the first Investigation because her chin hid it and because , t crowd hid gathered around the yard. Mrs. Slain and her husband, ViciTurn To Page i. Column 3) — <> Arrange Plans For Legion Initiation Public Initiation Here February 17 Plans for the public initiation of approximately 400 veteran* ot World War It Into Adams Post 43, American legion, are rapidly nearlnu completion, it was announced today. Post Commander Floyd Hunter, g neral chairman James K Staley and committee leaders met last night at the local la»gion home to further plans for the event The initiation will be stag <1 Sunday afternoon. February 17 at the junior-senior high school, beginning at 2 p. m. A half hour concert by the General* 5 Electric choir will preced the Initiatory program, which will be open to the general public The l-egion ritual will he conducted by th Fort Wayne Post (Turn To Pass 2. Column 3)

ONLY. DAILY. NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 5, 1946

Severe Dirt Storm Swirls Over Kansas Wichita. Kan. Feb, ’■> tfl’t Driven by shifting wind* up to 52 miles an hour, .i mil-hi: > < I of dust swiil' il across western and I south c ntial K insas today. C.o worst d it storm to hi’ this one-; time duet l»owl area in mo loan two years Wichita. Lebo and C.ueody n , pori-d less than half c. mile vl-l bility a: noon, wi ll /• r<> ceiling. Pilots flying oei to- area said the dust cloud was about a mil” 'ti*h o Officials Study War Memorial In County Commissioners To Meet On Wednesday The Adam* county commissionera will meet Wedne lay to fur tin r plane for the erection of a memorial to World War I! veterans, i> was announced todtThurman I I’re-v, <• »unty audit" . who serves a* clerk of ths- board, announced today that the commit sinner* plan to to Huntington And- ■w - and po ibiy ■ • •" " other pla>'<* on Wednesday to in ; spect similar memorials The commission'is are now con sidering the erettlon of a concrete i am! bronze memorial at the north-j went corner of the court house i lawn. The tin m rial, a- tropo*'d by E. I. Poliad'T Co.. Fort Wayne, would be about 22 fe t lona and about seven or eight feet high. About rix bronze tables bearing ap proximately 150 names each would be placed on the side of the mem orial facing diagonally the inter sect! m of Madison and Third sleets. Probably three -tops would lead up to the memorial platform, from ■ where the names Inscribed on the bronze tablet* might be viewed. ' Small platforms al each end could ' be decorated with nine or some- ' thing of Unit nature. Cost About $7,000 < The coat of th- proposed mem- ' orial would be about $7. <m. it was 1 estimated. The commissioners ; pointed out that while ? would not I l>e as chlmrate aw the peace monument on the southwest corner of 1 the court house lawn, it would fur ' nislt a permanent record of the I names of all veteran* and would 1 beautify the couit house and ’ its surroundings. 1 The board U also considering 1 plan* for securing an accurate Let 1 of all veterans. It was suggested ’ that one of the hronze tablets be 1 cast in half, in rder that the ■ names of men still entering services could be placed on the mem- 1 orial at a later date.

Two Contracts Are Awarded By County Third Bid Is Held For Consideration The Adam* county < >mmis-«io:i ,1-:-. meeting Monday la- couit | hoi:-'. awarded coiitr.o t in two :u I stances ami h-ld a third for fin sher < on*i'l'-rati hi ala special meetill- W'din sd.*) A c ’tltr.ict f't ftllli rliili- feu toll* of f'-rtil ze for the county . home farm was award'<l '" th‘Hu k Eh valor. !»■ c.itu on a bid lof 42* iIH P' l toll or a total of fl 11 7H On*- other bid was subin tt--I that of ITi'-iml ire I'.ulm ilin llf« bid was ♦Ho.lla per 101 l fol a total ot I sl22.i>ii. with a i tell di count "f four percent. rh" board awarded a workman •• i 'iinp' tiHiitioii and employer* Ha liility policy lo tiie Gl-ii Xeueiis. it wander agency . f Mon oe Tin- 1.Lind Smith agent y of tai* city also submitted a proposal Tli" itad.i) conir.it t was not (Turn To Page 2. Column •') -O Traffic Deaths Show Increase Last Year Rale Os Fatalities Up After V J Day Chicago. F'di 5 il'l’l TraffV death- took 2*.500 live* n 1945 and the rale of licit fatalities shot up Uli percent aft'-r VI day. the National Safely Council reported today. The t.H from nil types ot accl dents la*l year, the council -aitl was mi.iiim killed |u..lou.'<m injured and financial loss of Although H'l’i *aw an end lo death on the batlb field, there wa* a postwar upsurge of accidental deaths on the homefront Th" P'la accident 101 l wne only one percent above HHI Hut. thcouncil sahl. the percintage in crease was small only because o' a reduction in accident* to military personnel "Actually." the report uaid. figures show that the nation celebrated V-l day by going on a prolonged traffic spree that hasn't ended yet Am evidence of this, th" council pointed out that in the seven final month* of war In 1915 traffic deaths r ’se only I 3 percent over the same period of 1944 but from V .1 day until the end of the year they jumped 38 percent Vehicle mileage in 1915 was estimated at 10 percent above 1941. (Turn To t'age Z, Column 3j A

Mrs. Arnold Thieme Dies When Auto Skids On Icy Pavement East Os City

Uruguay Asks Death Penalty Be Outlawed Urges UNO Outlaw Any Death Penalty For Nazi Criminals London. Feb 3 til** I ruyuny ask' d th* I nitt-d Nations t -d.iv to nil'- o.lt 111'- deaf i penalty fa: Il'-I iiiaiin G-i'-iing and th" o li'-r top Nazi war lord* '"• trial at Nttein tiers -Hill limit th-it P'llilelim'-lit I" life imprieoniiH-nt The rruguayan d<-l-aation pro posed that th<- f lit" I Nation-, or uanizatiun ie. mmetid amendment of th" w i crime* eha t< r to out law the death penalty Ini the Nazi l.- 01. rT:ie Slirpij-e move f 11 "a te'led t I tomh off furious debate in the r.NI) -eti'-ia assembly The rrtiKuaya'i resoiutloti. pi' I ■a nted on ord'-ra from the Montevi I de I goverttm'-nt. < aid public "Veil lion of 'Io- Nit" nl"-rg defendantwould be »a ' d'-moi alizing spe, taele" and would lie apt Io create wo Id aide sympathy I" th'-m It argued tint lit" impil-onmi-nt is tie- si-vect penalty loinp'tihlwith Democra'ii i-*p.■< ' to litiman life In a statement a ■ ompanyinz tlieji formal resolution, th'- I ru guayan d'-ieg.in-a p .inted out tli.it ITiizuay abolished the death penal ly I" yeam ago They a sert'-d that their country iicvei would have sub-' rilied 1.1 th ex: adition of war ( lim.nais if it had known an advance that tie wo.i'd be liable to Hie death -' Ilf'Hi >• o Chiang Kai-Shek May Give Up Leadership Chiang May Not Seek China's Presidency Chungking. Feb irpi Generalisnitno Chiang Kai Hh'-k said today his responsibility to tile Chinese people will be fill islied when the new loalition government has in-i-n established Ntiggesfing that In- may relinquish the leadership he has held since 1f,27. Chiang told a pre-* conference that he had not thought yet whethc;- Io- will be candidate for election to life piesidency of China Chiang revealed at the same lime that China is conducting new informal negotiation* with the Hoviet Cnion regarding ion cession* to Hmodu beyond pub lished terms of the SiimSovii-t treaty It was flu- first puss confer ellce tile generalissimo ha* granted since <ht |3. Il'la With Madame Chiang at bi* side, he received newsmen in his large hilltop town house Chiang said he thought the new agreement for a coalition govern tio-ii'. bringing together hi* Kuo Min Tang and th" communists fol the first time, Was "just the beginning of cooperation ami uni ty among the political parties" Continuance of lb-- coalition. I.e added, will depend upon the national assembly’s actions after • Turn To Page ». Column S> • o Express Appreciation To Red Cross Workers The production group of th" Adams county chapter of Ani'-r can Bed Cross lias received a let ter from \shford Gene,al hospital in West Virginia acknowledging re i-eipt of M* b"d jacket* made by Adams county member* and went to that hiMpital. The jacket* were made forth" soldier patients of the Lshford hospital and the letter thanked the local group for the contribution.

■■ ■!■■ Candidate John It Stoii'-bu. m-r John B. Stoneburner Seeks Renomination To Ask Democratic Trustee Nomination John It Nioii'-b'irio wi’l b. ~ candidal" for r--tiomin I’ion yn tin-Ih-inoi H ticket a. ' 'l'll-- '<r Washington t-.wii-hi . ■ aiou,i <-d today Mr S'oiieb.i n i i - >•■ ving rflis' t'-.ni IS Clistee and W II "II ti-i i .- Ma) io i'li.-r- i kin.- u pa ty - nominal on for tin- ofii . I' i ing- Hi. p,'-' tin.- vi-at. \l< Sloio-biiili" ha.» di vol <1 full ti-n-Io tin township'< fin.in. i.i! aft.ii ■ ini-lnditig th. op-ra ton o| t , . . igr.id* sell ml* in • th* c. ms', of Ipupilsto -. licol .a .I'l io n ii- tow n -hi |.< Tin aftai -of c,. t iwn- ip nive 'h-i n i i mom: a’ly .id-niii «t- i -I. . - Washington ha- th" iow -t t . , lax late of any id In I-' I .w i-hi|t-thie year III" rate * j! 12 on .a ti jl"0 of taxable p Opel y. The .-i eat' r pa t ol 1,. < it a .inaiol in \\ a-hinzton tnwn< iip niakiii.- it tlii- la -• so n_- . ,i ,n t < t- ii«|. .■ r.i ■ ■ Edwin J. Egly Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Edwin J Egly, 4G. native of SdatUs lounty. died at 2 alt lock this morning at his hom<in Convoy <> IL- ii.ul Hi since Ili-i i inb'-r and i ritii al for th" past two days lb- was born in Adams '-utility February 27. IM'!' tin- son of Emil and Magdalem- Egly He was a mcnil'er of the Liberal C II church in Van Wert county ti Surviving are th" wifi Ver della, and 'hi- follow ing hiotliers and sisters Noah. Ila'ph and Walter Egly, Mrs John Barkley. Mrs Sherman Girod and Mr*. Wallet rira I all of lh-< atui. (turn T" l’ig'- C'd'imn if ii Japanese Prison Camp Commander Sentenced Yokohama. Feb ll'l’t K taro Ishida, fornor Japanese prison tamp commandant known as the bull." todav was s< nl"ti< --d to 2" yearn impri-onm* n' al hard la l,or by an Ymerican military cotn-mi-elon that found him guilty of "ciuel, inhuman, brutal atrocities" against Lmerican prisoners. One of the American prisoner* who suffered under the "inhuman" treatment at Isamida's camp near Osaka was identified by ('apt. Sidney E. Seid, Tern? Taute, Ind.

Price Four Cents

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