Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1946 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Select Candidates For Most Offices I To Fill Majority Os County Offices A cheek of the record* in the county clerk's office reveals a majority of the county offices will bo up for- lection this year. The ticket thin year will Iw headed, of course, by candidates for congress, state senator and joint reprer ntative On the county ticket will appear candidates lor prosecutor, sheriff, clerk, treasurer, assessor, coroner, two commissioners, four county cottncilm n. and surveyor. The only offices that are not to lie filled In the election are those of judge, recorder and auditor, in addition to the third commission r post and the balance of the county council. The office of clerk, embracing a four year term, and that of treasurer. a two-year term, ar- hold over offices and while the officeri electa will be named this year they will not take office until | IMS. Commissioners from the first ; and third districts are to be named. AJI towrv4tlp 0 itstees will j also be up tor election this yaer. No city election will h- held this year, since the state legists ture passed a law. extending the present ft rms of city officials one year, fixing the next city election in 1947 and every four years thereafter. It will be r membered that the same law transfers the duties of the county clerk iu city elections to the city clerk or city clerk-treas-urer and provld ■ that the city council serve as election commissioners. o Two Autos Damaged In Accident Friday Two autce were damaged In an accident at 731 Mercer Avenue last night as Wilbur Burkhart’s car struck the one driven by Huth llolthouse as she was backing out ot the driveway. Mr. Burkhart was driving south and .Miss Hoilhoiate was delivering friends to their heme, following a gathering after the basketball game. The front of the Burkhart car was damaged, while the left rear fender of the Holt house auto was caved In. No one waft hurt - Annual C. C. Banquet On Friday, March 1 To Elect Directors At Annual Meeting Plans for the annua) banquet of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, which will be called a victory banquet thia year, were announced to- " Bay by C. of C. officials. The banquet will be held Friday. March 1. at «:S0 p.m. in the Masonic hall. Jack Reich, president of the state Junior Chamber of Commerce, who han been in charge of organization work throughout the state, will be the cb’ef speaker at the banquet. This la to lie the first of the annual events held since the beginning of World War 11. The banquets were discontinued during the war. Clarence Kiner Is chairman of the committee in charge of ticket sales for the banquet. Members of the Eastern Star order will serve the meal. Four directors will be elected at the meeting. Nominees are Harold Niblick, Gerald Visard. Kenneth Runyon, John Halterman. Herman Knteckeborg. Lester C. Pettibone. Gordon C. Harvey and Leo Kirsch Members present win alas vote on the proposition of holding a street fair this coming summer.

Soviet Russia Rejects U. S. Levant Plans Rejects Proposal To Leave Levant Case Up To Negotiation London. Feb. 16—(CP)—Andrei Vishinsky of Russia rejected an American proposal'to leave the Levant case to negot Ist lons and backed a resolution whereby the UNO security council would recommend the withdrawal of AngloFrench troops at once. Vishinsky charged that the American compromise proposal and a similar Dutch suggestion for settlement of the issue posed by Ryrla and Lebanon represented in effect an attempt to pre serve the status quo •of the French and British positions in I the Levant. The council was pressing through debate on the case in hope of concluding Its work and adjourning. The Syrh-Lebanese apiteal for the withdrawal of Anglo-French troops was the last item on the council agenda Vishinslty summarily rejected an appeal by foreign secretary Ernest Bevin to finish the meeting in a "comradely spirit" by expressing confidence In France i and Britain with regard to the Levant case. He replied sharply that the council could not settle political issues by "sentimental consider- j ation." He said the presence of , foreign troops in the Iterant was a |>olitlcal problem "and we must settle it practically, politically and effectively.” Objecting to proposals that the matter lie left for negotiation among the interested parties, Vishinsky said the council was being sold “a cat In a sack" —a figure of speech equivalent to buying "a pig In a poke." "What kind of negotiations" Vishinsky cried. “Who will negotiate? What will they negotiate? I asked these questions yesterday. Kyria asked again today. And now I ask for a third time. The questions must be answered." • He concluded by proposing adoption of an Kgyptian resolittion which would put the council on record as disapproving the presence of Anglo-French troops (Turn To I'nac S. Column 1) Anthony Faurote Is Injured In Accident Car Leaves Highway North Os Decatur Anthony Faurote. 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Faurote of this city. Is confined In t?s- Adams county memorial hospital suffering from Injuries sustained in an auto wrack kite Friday evening. Vouffg Faurote Is suffering from rev re lacer-jtlons and bruises sustained when his car left the pavement on federal road 27 about 10 miles north of this city The youth said that as he was returning from Fort Wayne, where he is employed, his car struck an Icy spot Just as a car approached from the south. The driver of the other vehicle apparently was ovt r the center line and In an attempt to nvold a collision, the Decatur driver veered to the outside. His car slid on the Ice as a result of this mor and crushed into the ditch along, aide. The vehicle did not roll over The other driver did not stop. Memb ra at the family stated that his condition Is not thought to be serious. o — Decatur Girl Squirts Water On Shoppers There wan a time this morning when downtown shoppers thought Mother Nature had unleashed still another element to add to the past few days of vicious weather—rain from a clear, cloudless sky. But it finally proved to be the daughter of a local dantist. lean , Ing out the upstairs wladow of her dad's office with an accurate-shoot ing version of the old-time squirt gun.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 16, 1946.

Gestapo Can’t Stop Them Now ■■■■tail.. " RE THERE IS A STORY Ix-hind the reason that these five children are on hand to present flowers to their newly-married parents. The groom. Heinz Eger, who Is half Jewish, could not wed Dora Hildegard 10 years ago. when he met and courted her. Be<ause the Nuernberg, Germany, laws forbade their marriage, the couple did what many others in the sain*- position did—lived together clandestinely In the meantime the family grew until there were five children. When he was returned to Berlin from Italy, where he had been held as a prison- ' er of war, Eger finally married the girl who stood by him for a decade. At 30 and 2S years old, respectively, Mr and Mrs. Eger receive flowers from their youngsters, identifiable by age Horst. »; Sigrld, i 4; Lothar. 7; Ingrid. 2, ami Kurt, who at 4 months Is in the baby carriage. ' --

Canadians Moving To Stop Official 'Leak' Several Government Employes Arrested Onawa. Feb. 1« — (UP) —The Royal Canadian Mounted police, moving In a tight cloak of secrecy, sought today to mop the I ak of ■face ret and confidential" info - i niatlon. which prime minbter Mac Kenzie Kina *aid was reaching an unnamed foreign government. The nature of the information was not revealed. Reconstruction minister I) Howe told the United Press that the leak did not involve the a <•• ret j nt the atomic bomb which | Canada shares with the United Stales and Britain Several present and form r government employe* were known I to he held for questioning by the Royal Mounted police, hut offi* lais declined to disclose thqir number or by what departmentl they had been employed. S. T. Wood, commissioner of the mounted police, eaid he was "not privileged to speak on the matter In any reap ct." The secrecy in the Investigation was attributed to a foreign government being involved. TinPrime Minim r adhered strictly to international protocol by not naming the government. The investigation was revealed . by King last night in a startling hut cautious statement. The United Pn ss found Howe j us he was boarding a train for — iTurn To Pass 5, Column 2) O .... Food Shipped Out To War Sufferers 2,000 Cans Obtained By Girl Scouts Here Approximately 2.00 b cans or can-1 ned vegetables, fruits, baby goods and milk were shipped out of De- 1 catur late Friday, which will ultimately reach war sufferers In the European theater. The canned food, packed in 82 cases, were the result of a united food relief drive conducted here In December by the Girl Scouts of this city. Mrs. R. C. Hersh, chairman of the day camp committee and a Girl Scout leader, was in charge of the campaign and completed arrangements for collecting and shipping the foodstuffs. The food was contributed by a number of Decatur food merchants and some was purchased with money, contributed to the drive by i local organisations and societies ,It yas stored In the Decatur ju-nior-senior high school until Fri-, day, when it was shipped out by express.

Legion Initiation Sunday Afternoon Legionnaires of Adame Port 43 today were making last minute preparations for the public initiation of World War II veterans to he held at the Decatur junior-se-nior high school Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The general public hue been invited to attend the ceremonies. A luncheon for all members ami their j guest* will be held at the Legion >otne later In the day. o Drastic Program Is Announced By Japs Seek To Forestall Economic Disaster ■weaSW* Tokyo. Feb 1« (UP)-The Jap ianeiie government, likening p<Mtwar Japan to the dark days of 1920 in the United States, today announced a drastic program of economic reforms and controls to "forestall an Impending ca t a i Irophe.” The government instituted a aeries of ordinances designed to re-establish the stability of the cur- ' tency, discourage black market* readjust price level** and force consumer goods onto the market ’ They are not altogether aim! lar. but they are something akin ' to Roosevelt's new deal in order to 1 build a new Japan." said chief ca- | Id net secretary Wat.iru Narahushl. The ordinance* will block i»ahk deposits, effect currency conversion and insure that al! available food k distributed by authorized I channels. These decree* will lie followed with measures to revise price levels and Induce wider distribution of consumer goods. Bank deposits are frozen, with the only blanket exemptions deposits of national, prefectural and local government* and deposits of financial limi But lons with other such Inst it ut lone. An ordinance for emergency food provide* that the government may expropriate staple foods , which are not supplies in accordance with present established quota*. Premier Baron Kijuro Shidehara explained he had Instituted the ent(Turn To Pave S, Column 3) —— o —— No Truman Statement On Running In 1948 Washington, Feb. IS- (UP) — President Truman has not made up his mind about running for re-elec-tion in 1948. He told his news conference yes-, terday he'd been too busy to give it a thought. He. as he pu- It bluntly, was trying to get through 1948. He'd think about 1948 when it ar- . need. But he denied that be bad said he would not run lu 1948 Stories to that effect were untrue, he said

Agreement Between U. S. Steel, Union Expected To End Other Walkouts

Order Awaited To Fix Bowles Power Bowles Determined To Hold Price Line Washington, Feb. 16—(UPt—A presidential order was awaited today to establish the exact powers of Chester Bowles in hie new Job as economic stabilizer. Congressional sources said such an order was now being prepared and that it would divorce Bowles completely from the authority of reconversion director John W. Snyder. Bowles refused to comment. But he told newsmen last night that "I have all the power needed to handle th** joh. That is the important point and there is no question in my mind ultout It.” Snyder ami Bowles have been j at odds for weeks over th*- administration's reconversion pol icy. Bowles wants to bold the price line come what may Snyder tmlieves in relaxing price controls to spur production He negotiated the S5-a-ton steel price Increase which Bowles has said publicly that he is “not happy about.” Bowles threatened * twice in the last week to resign I* Snyder retained any authority' over prices under the new wageprice program Despite that threat. President Truman said yesterday that Sny- ■ der would continue to head his economic high command. Bowles will report to Snyd*r, he said, and If differences develop | between the two, he, the president. will settle them personally. But the president and Bowles i admitted that the new wage-price , policy had permitted a "bulge" jin the price line. They denied, however, that It represented a retreat to a new line Bowles said talk of a new price j line was "dangerous ami not at all accurate." It is a bulge In the line, he said, but with cooperation there will be no breakthrough. He said the price Increases Which result from wage increases will be most noticeably in durable consumer goods made from metal such as refrigerators and automobiles. Labor costs are relatively small in the things which affect major living costs such as rent and food, he said Bowles said wage increases granted under the new policy will have very little effect on these prices. —o • -•-- - Appoint Cardinals Designate Monday Spellman Retraces Early Priest Days Rome. Feb. 16 -H'P> Archbishop Francis J Rpellman of New York as cardinal-designate today retraced his steps of 30 years ago to hold services in th* 1 same three churches where he said mass as a newly ordained pries’ Archbishop Spellman's schedule called for him to say inam today jat St. Peters outside the walls, where he said the second mass of his ordination series in 1916. Yesterday he repeated his first mass in the chapel of the Blews»-d Sacrament at St. Peters. Hfs third mass will be said In St Alphonses at 9 a m Sunday. All four American catdinalu-de signal** spent a quiet evening Friday. visiting with friends. The 83-year old archbishop John J. Glennon of St. eldest of the cardinals • designate, was wearied by his strenuous day. which included an audience with Pope Pius XII. He said that much talking bad tired Ills throat, but his , vitality otherwise was utidimlnih? ;er. Cardinals designate Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago and Edward I Mooney of Detroit remained lu ' (Turn To Psgs I. Column 2) ,

Mystery Note Bobs Up In Pauley Hearing President Refuses To Withdraw Pauley Name From Senate Washington, Feb. 16 tl'Pt A note of mystery bobbed up today in the senate naval affairs committal’s investigation of Edwin W Pauley’s quallScatlons to be navy undersecretary. It was learned that Pauley’s friends have Imrrowed and returned —th memoranda which retiring secretary of interior Harold L. Ickes submitted a.** evidence against Pauley They explained they want d to photostat It The senators were uncertain why Pauley supporters would want the photostats unless they hoped to prove that the nr moramla.were written recently and therefore may have contained inaccuracies due-to the laps*- ot tin**. Ickes did not make It dear when ; the memoranda were prepared He did say h wrote the notes from i which they were prepared follow- , Inga series of talks with Pauley dating back to 1942. One said that Pauley hn*l made "the rawest proI position I ev r heard." That was the one which Mid ' Pauley had tald Ickes he could raise 1300,000 from California oilmen for rhe Democratic campaign if the government would drop its suit tn obtain fed ral title to oilrich tideland-* Pauley has Insisted that Ickes misinterpreted his remarks and had garbled some of the facts. Meanwhile. Pc aldent Truman made it dear that he would not withdraw Pauley's nomination despite the blistering opposition of Ickes who returns to private life today. Mor over, the President said he expected the nomination to I**confirmed despite indications to the contrary. Then he said that both the late Presilt nt Roosevelt ami secretary of navy James Forrestul had favored th** nomination A few hours later Forrextal Issued a statem nt backing up his chief's claim that Mr. Roosevelt •hast favored Pauley. But he Mid his personal choice for the job because of hi* long navy exp rience | was his assistant. H Struve Hensel. But In view of the fact that he {expected two vacancies lit tls/* ’ departin nt. Forreatal said he informed Mr. Truman at the Potsi dam conference that "I would be agreeable to Mr Pauley’s coming <o the navy department." (Turn To I’-ig- S. Column 1* - ■ —— o — - Filling Station And Home Are Destroyed Destroyed By Fire Friday Afternoon Damage at ’he Hicks filling station and residence, completing destroyed by fire late Friday afternoon. will amount to several thousand dollars. It was estimated today. The station and home were locat-*-d at the northeast comer of the j intersection of federal road 27 hy- ' paas and the old federal route, one mile south of this city The fire i«* believed to have started from an overheated stove In the station and the flames quickly spread to th** residence By the time the local fire department arrived. the entire structure was enveloped In flames. * The residence and garage building were owned by Charles Hicks, farmer local boxer The business 'building was recently erected

Price Four Cents

IB Cent Hourly Pay Boost To Workers; Steel Price Boost Os $5 Is Granted By I’nlted Press Settlement of the steel walkout on the basis of the government's new wage-price policy today was expected to pave the day for the eventual return to work of the vast majority of the nation's 1.529.(>00 idle workers. The United Hteelworkera of America tf'lOt and I* H. Steel Corp signed a wage agreement last Slight that will semi 125.0m> strikers hack to their jobs at 12:01 a. in. Monday. CIO president Philip Murray , predicted other steel firms soon i would fall In lln«- and sign coni tracts providing the lM a cent an hour wage Increase granted l»y I. S Steel He said it was hard ly conceivable" that the 625.0A0 workers employed by those firms I, would remain on strike much longer I Even before the steel settlement was announced, government mediator James F Dewey said he was "very hopeful" that repre- , sentatives of General Motors and 17.7,00 b striking CIO United Auto Workers were near agreement Negotiations were to lie resumed ' today A UAW spokesman said the 1 - steel agreement certainly would "expedite" settlement of the I General Motors dispute. More ’han Z<*o.m*o non-strikers In the steel and Allied industries j have been forced Into idleness by , the steel strike. Resumption of steel production would start assembly lines rolling again In automotive, heavy ma* hirtery and i other plants hit by th** steel 1 shortage. Also affected by the steel set dement are 17*>,ooii CIO electrical workers seeking wag* adjust ments similar to those granted st*-el workers. More than 25.M0 electrical worker-* already have accepted tin Ik’s cent hourly wage increase offered by General Motors' electrical division other labor developments: 1 lt<-iiilix Aviation Corp denied that contract negotiations with the CAW had broken down, but the union said it would seek authorization for a strike vote among 8,000 employes In five atates 2. Th*- Pressed Steel Car Co., McKees Rocks. Pa . signed a con tract with th*- CIO steelworkers union granting the 18’, cent hotnly pay boost to 2.800 employes 3. Ford Motor Co. postponed contract negotiations with the UAW until Monday, although the company sail agreement had bci-tt reached on most issues 4. Ford of Canada signed an agreement with ’he UAW. mark Ing the formal end of a contract dispute which resulted in a 100day strike last year. Re*inversion director John W Snyder said that the steel agreement provides that 914 cents of the wage increase be retroactive to Jan I. The settlement was made possible after the govern meat agreed to a steel price Increase averaging 15 a ton to cover the wage adjustment. The retroactive provision marked a compromise lietween IT. S Steel and the union. President Truman bad proposed making the ••ntin* Increase retroactive to Jan. 1 but the company had held that It should not be paid until the strikers resumed work — - --—O I —■ McNutt Not Candidate For Public Office Indianapolis. Feb !•—(DPI Paul V. McNutt. U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines, said hare today that he was not a candidate for public off!*** and tha» h*- came Inick so the states to push bill** in <ongr«M The former Indiana governor and war manpower commission said he was interested chiefly in "rehabilitation measure*" for the Philippine* and preparations for I the islands' Independence next Ju lly 4.