Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1946 — Page 1

LIV. No. 38.

RICE INCREASE SNAGS STEEL STRIKE END

ft Lashes [resident Advisers Senate Will m Pauley In Os Criticism ton. Feb. 14 — (UP) — es of Edwin W Pauley firmed a* undersecrevy apparently lay shatiy in the wake of the dgeon's departure from in cabinet. curmudgeon la secreterior Harold L. Ickes, rase to be secretary of omorrow after havltfc President Truman and rs with a double-barrel-the like of which has n seen around here, nedlate result waa growthat the senate would with the preaident and controversial choice of ir the navy post. It ' differences with Mr. iver Pauley’s qualifieslei the old curmudgeon in a huff. n exchange of letters the matter of realgnaa |>ress conference In ex foresaw no future Truman other than irons Mrc were further developadjl These consisted of the .■ion by the retiring cab«tßr*'i of an exchange of lethimself and the * They can Im* curtailed but they are to cut Here they are. ■Bthey came from the Intermimeograph: House. Ku.ry 13. 1946. ?Hr Harold: !■ your letter of February tendering your reaignaIsH secretary of the Interior, leaves me but one HKtf action. iHrefore accept your resig-gU*-ff*-ctive at the close of <>ii Friday, February next. I also consider gß* t-rminates all of your activities, the law Mr. Oscar L. |Mn. assistant secretary. as acting secretary of |®>'tior With every good j|g| sincerely yours, Jkfd i Harry Truman iambic Harold L. Ickes, of the Interior, D. C. ■gragg of The Interior jjMshington ■n«ry 13. 1948. |Mkr Mr. President*. bMPPiy appreciate the gener* jegptui rra< iotisness displayed LBbr letter of February 13. appeals to me 0 statement "I also consid|®thi* (my resignation) terPae* t. rtnlumn I) Be Banquet Only ♦eturned Vets i^J a * ‘•Tfnsously stated In jMayn issue of the Dally De"l that the banquet at the lodge February 21 was all members of the order, actually Is »o be staged anting servicemen, their LW* 4 fc ***‘hearw only. It was W oet ,h »t the lodge would tc accomodate a group /W* ll of all membeiw. their sweethearts. ||S 'odge boasts an honor roll J a * n who ar «* or were in serW World War 11. in addition, died in service. They are: ? , ; ,cher - f’slvin Hahnert. K. «^.* er ’ Robert Moser, HE , " k,,M * ar ‘d Ralph Spade. 3L 1 w,n w p * ld t 0 the WJ of these men during the RRature rbadipkm Wle .... tu* m. ** 4Z ■w. ******* with lew UmK, ta 1b .Lt ”*• b, ' #W wwt K Prtd.w b *• » r fidav <t 9 "’ r * h '*»»teriy ■ n<, *> and raider.

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Illinois Family Os Four Burn To Death Zion, 111., Feb, 14-(UP)-A fam lly of four waa burned to death early today by a fire which swept the two story frame building where they lived. John Kournka. 39. his wife, Lab'erta, 37, and their chljjien, Diana. ,2% and John. Jr., 11 months, appareutly were overcome by »moke and trapped by th? blase. Preble Bank Is Bought By Decatur Bank First State Bank To Liquidate Farmers Bank Os Preble The First State bank of this city has purchased the assets anti assumed the deposits of the Furor m State Rank at Preble, and will liquidate the latter Institution, Theodore F. tlraliker. president of th Decatur bank, announced today. In Its last published statement as of Dec ember 31. 1945. the Prebl* bank had total ase ts of more than 9760.000 and deposits of more than 9700.000. its original capital was 930,000. The bank was founded in 1918 by a group of wealthy farmers in the vicinity of Preble and for the past 20 years. Clarence Smith has been cashier. The acquisition of the assets of the Farmer, Stale Rank by the First State Bunk will increase the assets of the local bank übov the 10 million dollar mark. It was estimated. Otto Koenemann was president of the Preble bank. The board of directors was composed of Mr. Korn maun. Dan Wefel. Charles G. Kirchner, W M. Meyer. Martin Repport and Otto F. Hildebrand. The sale of the bank's assets and transfer of the deposits to the First Stat. Bank was approved by the board of directors in meeting last evening. ' '» — O— 1 - Algeria Earthquake Kills 276 Persons —i—.I.NIW Paris. Feb. 14- (VP) — The French news agency said today that 276 persons were killed by an earthquake southwest of Constantine in Algeria Tuesday. The dktpatch said relief parties had'reached the seen** by mulehack. (A Rome dispatch reported yesterday that the Prato and Taranto Seismograph stations bad recorded strong earthquake shocks intermittently through Tuesday presumably in northern Turkey.) Arguments Taken Under Advisement Judge J. Fred Frucht: has under advisement arguments of attorneys in an action involving an exception to the final report of the executor in the estate of the late David Frank Teeple. Arguments of counsel were heard this morning. Oratorical Contest On Friday Morning Public Invited To Contest By Legion Edward Jaberg. post chairman of the contest, today Issued In Invlta tion to the general public to attend the annual Adam* county Legion oratorical contest at the Decatur junioraenlor high school Friday morning, beginning at 8:15 o’clock. Three schools have entrants whose Identity will not be an nounced until after the contest to insure Impartial judging. Mr. Jaberg said that several schools are planning to send representativra of public speaking and other claaaes to the school tomorrow to bear the event. Five pereons have been selected to act as judges. Their identity will be made knopn following the contest, also. Mr. Jabqrg stated. The winner of tbq contfst here will compole is the dtot’rlet event at Fort W»y#o P* February 97. Cash prisee will be awarded winners in the county |vwt.

558,000 Navy Force Asked Os Congress 'Transition' Force Is Sought Pending Atomic Bomb Tests Washington. Feb. 14—-(UP) — The navy asked congress today to approve a peacetime "transition" force of 558.000 officers and men pending the outcome of atomic Itomb teats on warships and of United Nations efforts to stabilise world conditions. It told the senate naval affairs committee that many men would I be needed for its proposed fleet of 319 active ships. 3.731 planes and 38 bases scattered throughout the world. Adm. Chester W. Nimits, chief of naval operations, urged prompt approval of the program. He said It waa the minimum requirement for the nation's need and was flexible enough to meet any changes in navy makeup which may ba necessary later. Nlmitx also held out the hope that the nation's military requirementa could lie reduced in the next few years through more effective international cooperation and the elimination of conditions "which breed wars.” Ninths said the atomic Itomb and other new weapons would doubtless bring radical changes in the makeup and tactics of the armies, navies and air forces of the future. But the fundamental role of the navy, he added, "will continue to be the defeat of our enemies at the greatest possible distance from our own shores." Charts were presented to the committee showing that the navy plans to maintain 319 ships ranging from carriers to destroyer escorts in the active fleet. 171 ships on reserve status and 887 ships in the inactive fleet —a total of 1.177 fighting ships. Other charts showed the worldwide scope of the navy’s proposed network of bases. Those in the Pacific would Include the main base at Hawaii and bjg operating bases a! Guam and Saipan. Others would be Samoa. Canton. Palmyra. Johnston. Midway. Kwajalein. Majuro. Einiwetok. W’ake. Truk. Manus. f»alau. Philippines. Ryukyus. iwo Jima, Marcus. Attu, Adak. Dutch (Turn T« P»»e 7. Column 2)

Harry Martz Heads New VFW Post Here Officers Elected Wednesday Evening Harry Martz, of Pleasant Mills. a veteran of War I. was named commander of the newly formed local po«» Veterans of Foreign Wars during the election of officers Wednesday night in the Knights of Pythian home. The sit? gs the organization meeting was moved to the Knights of Pythias home after the council chambers of ,h *’ dtF hall w *‘ re Ji “ n m»d to capacity by prospective members and many were unable to get inside. Chalmer H- Debolt, of thta city, was chosen senior vice commander and Glen Clark, also of Pleasant Mills, junior vice commander. Other officers are: Carl Gattschall. quartermaster; Clarence yYeber, chaplain; John L. DeVoss, judge advocate and Dr. Daly Jones, pout surgeon. Leo Schultz was elected trustee for a three-year term. Herb Banning for two years and Tony Murphy for one year. An institution meeting of the post will be held In approximately two weeks, after the charter has been received from the state department. Fred Rice, third district commander. was in charge of last night's meeting. He waa assisted in the organization by William H. Lacey, past state commander; Edward W. Drew, commander of Jim Eby post at Fort Wayne: Garry Goshorn. J. A. Wilkerson and Oeorge Irick. all of Fort Wayne post. Approximately 150 veterans of World Wsr f and fl have already enrolled aa charter members |n the P®M.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 14, 1946.

Ickes Bows Out After 13 Years 4i ra 1 E / ~ HAROLD L. ICKES dropped an atomic Iromb into national politics by resigning as secretary of the interior with a warning to J rU B man to rid himself of "political gnats' or face ruin Af t.-r t. years in the cabinet. Ickes, who is shown above as he addresm-d newsmen following his resignation announcement, quit in protest against the president's reiterated support of Edwin W. Paub'Y «•> tary of the Navy after Ickes attacked Pauley s qualifications. The White House announced that Oscar Chapman. Inset, now underfire tary of the interior, will serve as acting secretary

Striking Tugboat Crews Resume Jobs Arbitration Agreed On By Disputants New York. Feb. I I _ (I'P) -Striking tugboat ere** returned to work today, ending a 10-day walkout that resulted in a critical fuel shortage in New York City and forced a suspension of normal bttoln*-** at tivlty for 18 horns. Mayor William O'Dwyer an nounced the end of the strike at 7:15 pan. yesterday after both sides had agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration by a threeman board. A few hours later the mayoro emergency fuel committee lifted all restrictions on light fuel dellv eries to homes and apartments alwlished the citywide brownout beginning at 6 p.m. tomorrow and ordered resumption of heating in subway train* and street car,*. Rationing cf coal and heavy fuel oil used in industrial and commer rial buildings will continue until existing supplies have been Increased. School? in the city, which had been closed since Friday, reopened today. Decision to reopen the schools was made yesterday afternoon prior to the settlement of the strike. TugA in New York harbor, which had l*e?n idle alnce the 9,560 work era went on »trlk» Feb. 4. started plying th** water front again shortly after midnight and It was understood that they would concentrate on bringing fuel into the city for the next few days. f 4

Dog Joins" Picket Line At General Electric Factbry

For years the love of "Gyp" canine companion of James Murphy. Sr., was reserved entirely for hl* master. It was thought no one could ever take his place. Gyp'«i happiest moment were those epent In following Jim around the city, as he delivered telegrams and did odd johs here and there. The two were practically Inseparable. Whenever Jim was observed downtown, hla yellow-haired dog could always be seen trotting alongside, nipping now and then at a hand that offerel an affectionate pat. Out that was before the strike at the General Electric plant here. Gyp suddenly developed s flare for excitement. Picket lines were new to Gyp, but h? thoroughly enjoyed

BULLETIN Washington, Feb. 14—(UP)— The Senate Labor Committee today approved a bill to raise the minimum wage to 65 cants an hour. It added amendments which would bring between 2.000.000 and 4.0C0.000 additional workers under the wage hour law. —— —o ■ — Some Wind Damage Is Reported Here Colder Weather To Follow High Winds Decidedly cold**.- weather wan forecast today, foliowing a storm last night, in which winds reached near cyclonic proportions and created some damage throughout th** <ity and county. Accompanying at: approximate 20 degree drop in th*- mercury her*-, th • wind bowled over a few utility poles, broke down eom** utility lines and in at least one instance forced out a wind w. A window at the Charles Brock apartmentn on Second street was blown out during «!>*• height of the storm, l-ester Pettibone, city Ugh* superintendent and C. E. Bell. Citizens Telephon - company man ager, reported some damage to lines <f thrir companies Mr I’ettilxme said that two or th?ee poles were broken off and line* torn down during the storm, while Mr. Bel! reported several oimilar cases. Both said, however, that damage was much lighter than (Tarn Tn Pase 2. Pnlsimn «•

• the shuffling feet of the pickets. He first found his new love when • he followed Mr. Murphy? son, To- • ny. to the picket line. Then recently when the line at tho plant was ■ bolstered heavily. Gyn definitely i mad? up his mind to ".(tick around" at the G.E. t So today, aftey some four or five years of. seeing Gyp with Jim as • the city received its telegrama. • downtown Decatur has learned of I Gyp’s .decision. • Meanwhile, Mr. Murphy has to 1 offer a satisfactory answer some ' right or 10 times a day to the question "Where’s your dog, Jim?' > And at the striker* "soup kit- . chen." every spare bone or unfi- • nished morsel is tossed Gyp's way. • as he momentarily taker time off I from his "duties" In the picket line.

New Wage-Price Policy Submitted To Truman; Dispute On Price Hike

Asks Whereabouts Os High Commands Pearl Harbor Group May Ask Extension Washington. Feb. II (UP) Rep. Bertrand W Gearhart. 11. Calif., said today that "the great mustry" of congress’ |b-ar) Harlae Investigation U tile whereabout* of the army and navy high command on the evening preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. He caller.' for a ••common district attorney's investigation" to establls’.i how Gen. George C Marshall. 194! army 'chief of staff, and Adm Harold It Stark. 1911 chief of na va! operation*, spent the evening hours of Dec. t>. "This mystery lias been going on for five years, and no one has tried to make a common district attorney's Investigation to try and help Gen Marshall ieiiiemlM-r where he was.” Gearhart said In questioning Henry C. Clausen, who was an army lieutenant colon el, conducted a epecial war department Inquiry <>n the attack. Gear hart constantly reiterated that the previous Investigations have failed to establish the whereabout* of Marshall and Stark at that time. He re-read an assertion by an army invcHtlgating Imard that Marshal! "failed" in not forward «in* to Gen. Walter C Short. 1941 army Hawaiian commander, certain "critical Inf'irinatlun indicating an almcut immediate break with Japan" Gearhart asked Clausen why no efforts had been made to question Marshall's orderlies and chauffeur regarding the general's activities "That would be like checking the little twigs on a tree when I wa« suppeaed to g> after the trunk." Clausen replied Clau-en. constantly urging Gearhart "to be fair," told the committee that he didn't consider the whereabouts of Marshall and Stark the main mystery of Pearl Harbor at all," suggesting that the following questions might be more important : 1. What information on Japan**? (Turn To Page 3. t'ohimn 4J — O- - — National Guard Os 622,500 Proposed More Than Double Its Pre-War Size Washington. Feb. 24 I UP) State Gow rnors today were called U|*on to rain a national guard of 622.6(H) officers and men. mor? than twice as many aw were in th»- pre-war organization. Tentative allotments of guard pereonnel. a* announced by the war department, provide for reactivation of ail the National guard units existing la-fore World War H and the formation of many new ones. The proposed fore • would have 571,000 officers and men In the ground forces and 47.6<M> in the air forces. This compares with the prewar strength of 295.000 in the ground fore w and 5.000 in aviation. The ground forces would comprise 29 Infantry divisions, two armored divisions and 18 regimental coinbat teams. The air force would have 12 wings. 27 groups and 84 squadrons, in addition to 12 control and warning groups Governors were n xffieeted to report to the war department on their ability to recruit and mafntain the National guard as allotted tentatively. In th- past, the stales have provided armories and provided per wonncl for guard units: and the war department has provided equipment and fund* for paying the guardsmen Amoni th” proponed state quo(Turn 9 Psgs 3, Column 3)

UNO Assembly Preparing To Quit Tonight Arrange Late Night Session For Final Address By Atlee London. Feb 14 tUPt TieUnited Nations assembly prepar- • ed to adjourn slue die tonight, ringing down the curtain on five w< ek.and one day of work in fxuidon. UNO officials arranged for a late night session to h ar a fare well addreas by llrilisb prime min later Clement It Attlee The arrangements wet? routing nt on Hie assembly compteting Its work on half a dozen matter* l> (on- I<l p m. 14 p m. CRT). The assembly o|H-ned u pl na:y session al 3 p. in. and planned to sit unill Ils work wa* done, reserv ing the late session for cl wing formalities. But all of the UNO work will not be dtm when the assembly adjourns. The security council will sit for Iwo or three days more to consider charges by Syria and Mbanon that the presence of Aug 10-French troop* then threat* n the peace. One of th*- a*sembly's last major acts wag the unanimous imsange of a United Kingdom resolution calling the world food *liua lion dir*- and calamlloiiThe council droir d through a dull deliale on the lx*v.iniine charges that Anglo-French troop* there encroach on Syrian sover Ignty and "some of the troops are a constant menace to peace and security" Syria and Lebanon have asked the UNO to see that the troops ai<- withdrawn Th piocedural debate w.is on whether th** case was a "dispute" or a "situation." The laiint was ' vital. If it is a dispute and th*- council should take action, the parlie*- , to the dispute must abstain from - voting If it I* a situation, they can i vote Th- assembly still had two majot issues to handle -plenary session action on sites for temporary (Turn To Pag* 3. Column 3) o Burns Prove Fatal To Terre Haute Boy ! Terre Haute. Ind.. F.-‘> 14 tUl’i | Kites were arranged today for i Harry Parks, Jr.. 11. who died yw- ’ terday of burns suffered Feb. 7 i The boy. son of Mr and Mrs. liarjry Parks, was burning weeds as ’hl* heme when his data tig caught fire. o Democratic Women Dinner February 21 IBI'I— 'll Im - —» Elks Home Selected As Site Os Meeting The B P. O. Elks home was anI pounced today as sit? of the annual dinner meeting of th*- Adams county women's D mocratic club. The event is to be held at 6:30 p m on Thursday. February 21 Announcement of the selection of a site for the affair was made today by Mrs. John Duff. vk' «piesldent of the chib and Clyde O. Trontner. Adams county Democratic chairman. Hugh Kennerk. assistant U S. attorney at Fort Wayne, will be the chief speaker at the in eting, which Is also to be attended by Mr. Troutnei and Democratic candidates who have announced their tandidacy to date Tickets forth- dinner, which may be secured from membota of the Hub. are telling for 91 per plate. The dinner win be serv'd by members of the Eastern Rtar.

Price Four Cents

Government Effort To End Strike In Steel Industry Is In New Stalemate Washington, Feb 14—(UP) A n* w wag*- price policy was hl President Truman's hands today but efforts to end the steel strike were reported snagged again by a dispute over th*- forth<-omln< Steel price increase Administration officials sole mltted the revised wage-price policy to the president after he hail rejected a proposal to revive strict ceilings for wages. The revised draft was *aid to call for more liberal price controls to en* courage employers to grant wage Increases It ha*l bv*-n Indicated earlier that the steel price announcement was ready but was withheld pent!* Ing the announcement of th? pol* Icy changes. When th? recommendations went to the president, however, it was reported that a disagreement had developed over application of the price increase. There bad be»-n reports previously of a disagreement over whether th*- price adjustment of about 95 a ton would apply to ail steel or merely to <arbon steel, which represents alMittl 75 percent of the output of the basid steel industry. Spokesmen for the 730,06 d striking United Steel Workers (CIO) an! th*- steel Industry havfl been marking tint*- for more than n week awaiting a White House move on st*-?! prices. Swift settlement of the 25-day old walkout waa expected to follow th*- prlcfl announcement Mr. Truman's decision against reviving wage controls In the wartime pattern was a victory f<’f sei-retary of labor Ix-wls It. Scliweilenbach and chairman W. W Wirtz of th** wage stabilize tion board They argued that wag? ceilings would discourage collective bargaining an*! pro* voke Industrial unreal. The rejected proposal was said to call for the wage stabilization boanl to enforce wage ceilings patterned after recent collective bargaining and th? wage recommendation-- of government factffti ling boards The boards have proposed pay raises of 15 to 2'l percent. After Mr Truman vetoed that proposal. In* was giv* n a revised draft which was understood to provide a new classification of wage increases for which employers could ask (mediate price relief Wage increases for which immediate price relief could be asked would follow the same pattern established by collective bargaining an*! govetnmvnt fact-Bndinff boards. Th? only government control of wages Would operate Indirectly through the limit on price relief. Major labor developments: 1 New York Harlmr tugboat crewmen called off a llbday strike which hud brought the city'* 7.454.995 r sidents to th*- brink of a fuel famine 2 The magazine Iron Age predicted that 75ft.00«t CB) steel workers would be back on their jobe liy curly next w* ok 3. Ford Motor Co. announced that II had laid off 4<>.<MH> U. S, worker* Itecatise of steel shortages. Eight thousand Canadian workers (Turn To Page 3. Column 4)” O Reports St. Mary's River Rises Rapidly Rain and melting snow of the past few days have changed the St. Mary's river Into a rapidly ris» Ing stream, according to reportff made today by Herman Meyer, local precipitation observer. Tho swelling stream rose nearly nine feet In the 24 hours preceding 1 a m today, his report disclosed. At 8 am. Wednesday tho rive* measured 3.8 feet and at 8 a m today it had risen to 12.55 feet. Predpltation for the 24 hours previous to 8 a m yesterday was 81 and an additional .93 Inches rain and nowfall wae reported for the 24 houre ending at 8 a m. today. Mr. Meyer stated.