Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1946 — Page 1

W?No. 41.

■WLES POINTS TO PERILS OF INFLATION

Workers ■’earning kk to Jobs SettleJworkers Plants i L ? ,rt ■ • k'.ni xtri-amir-K the tn.iii'i- f"' iiiviier . - -. .: th«‘ I' S - KmmK" ' granting ’- of • in h companies Were the KgWft ■ -trt.tlolt’- »...-• .to! the remainder to be tailed back the week TpMl®* '!>•■ *'••>■ ""''' l '" Ihre. weeks !h T39B3gi W.I te-unud Kgßo be reheated slowof raw materH teflK attain at K|Bt Daniel Coulter deot emergency to wotkerx i' “aid he ask tW p 'U.e and the state * n *’ s!oi, ‘" **' **. '"" a11 foo<l KU >* city'?. set. Jfr ~w' * wa,k< ’ u, *•• 't'utioti Co in Workers to rSfc-Si&gji. ~,.( street car* -.'••' ■!• -.eloj.inell I* iB K Motors officials ■-ftwft ' K ' ii;i '"'“iy *'th of 17.',.iW strik Rj|®ni-e.f Amo Workers ftiNMnL- tnan sail! none of E "'“ ~f ' i ’*' tbspute F -Bj" 1 of the National Telephone Work IIS meetings In Mem-'-all a nationwide to ba< k up wage • KmH a movie ft ®B'tne ( | f ()r today was Herbert Sorrell, be »jKßb» , '’ l,, “‘ ‘'t >mi e.i "there '■SHL*' k --'"l'piige as long ‘’litibiie negotiatfaith." in of ters. land reek i. > two te in ’Ural oned fire, barn s de preK to acob the entb May atfle uin* Fire that > anilxxe gaintfsre :ene. IR M 23 32 M 33 •rm•nd

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Big Crowd Attends Legion Initiation 300 World War Vets Initiated Sunday An estimated 1.31 W) ftersoiis at-, tended the public initiation of ap proximately 300 veterans of World War If. staged by Adam* Post 43. American Isegion at the Decatnr! junior-senior high school Sunday afternoon. Hundred* of veterans of the two World Ware, members of their families and guests alt tided a luncheon at the local Lagton post home following the ceremonies. Floyd R. Hunter, Adams post commander, presided at the meeting and Introduced visiting Legion dignitaries including state commander Henry Siebetimark and fourth district commander Ervin flongs, of South fiend and Fort Wayn-, respectively .Members of the Fort Wayne I Post No. <7 degree team conferred the initiatory rites in an Impresaive ceremony, viewed for the first time by many residents of Decatur and Adams county. .Musical enbrtalnmeiit for the event was furnished by the General Electric Club Aeolian choir. The audience was enthusiastic In its commendations of th- choir's presentation. The invocation was delivered by J. Henry Faurote. post chaplain James K. Staley was general chairman In tfharge of arrang inents for the event. .Members of the post, many In legion uniforms, assisted In various ways in conducting the event. Each of the new tn mbers was presented with a Hag and la-glnn lapel insignia at the close of the Initiation .— ’ ■■■■ President Returns From Weekend Cruise Washington. Feb. 18— (UP) President Truman was back at the White House today after a weekend Potomac river cruiser with his family aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg. it was the first time that Mr. Truman had been accompanied on the vessel by Mm. Truman and their daughter, Margaret. Margaret joined the party yesterday her 22nd birthday-and relumed with her parents later in the evening.

Says Indiana Legion Backing Commander • State Legion Head Speaks Here Sunday The American Legion of Indiana is supporting Its national commander 100 p rcent in hi* controversy with Gen. Omar Bradley of the veterans* administration. This was the assertion of Henry Siebenmark. state commander of th legion. in an address made here Bunday afternoon. Speaking to approximately 1.30" World War ! and 11 veterans and their famiMes at public initiation ceremonies at the Decatur junior »n!or high school. Commander Siebenmark said that he. too. "regretted the injection of personalItt 4” hi to the Stelle-Bradley encounter. He said that after learning of the verbal battle between the two national figures, the Indiana departm nt of the Legion began an investigation Into th VA situation in this state. He deplored conditions In Indiana. mentioning in particular the fact that the Billings general hospital In Indianapolis was being closed, when no k-ss than 34< eligible veterans had been waiting admission to a hospital for as long as three or four months. He Mid that a survey disclosed hundreds of discharged v terans of World War II enrolled at Indiana. Purdue. Notre Dame and other schools had failed to receive their first chock und r the G. I. bill of rights although they had been in school for months. Some, he Mid. would likely lie forced to end their college car ers unless they received immediate financial aeslMance. Nonchalance on the *n of the Veterans’ Administration wee noted when this fact »u brought to their attention, he said (Turn To Pegs 3, Column 5)

Army Concerned Over Leaks In Atom Secrets Atom Bomb Project Chief Says Nation Losing Security Washington. Feb. 18 — (UP) — Army %-xperts today expressed grave concern at what they termed “multiple leaks" of closely guarded atomic bomb secrets. Maj. Gen l*eslle 11. Gror a, chief of the bomb project, declared that the nation has lost more security on the bomb during the past four weeks than during th entire war time development period, but declined to specify source of the leaks. Other army sourc s warned that hitherto top secret information is "constantly slipping out." and contended that the leaks endanger this nation'*' supremacy in the atomic field They said no adr quate legal protection for the vital information was now available. These views were expressed while the Canadian government continued inv stlgatlon of the disclosure of secret and confidential information to a foreign mission at Ottawa. It was denied at Ottawa that atomic information was involved in the Canadian leaks. Columnist Drew Pearson said last night that atom bomb secrets did consl'itul| the “confidential information" supplied Russia by a Canadian spy ring, adding that a Russian agent was permitted to sail from Seattle with a suitcase containing the data. He said In his weekly radio (ARC) broadcast that the incident had brought a "show-down" in U. S.-Soviet r lations and convinced many officials that "we cannot go on appeasing Russia " (In tandon. L. J. Solley, labor member of Parliament, warned that the (Mnadlan roundup of spies endangered scientific thought and constituted "antl-Sovi t propaganda.” Other* speaking at a conference on science and welfare declared that a factor in the Canadian situation was failure to shur scientific knowledge on a world-wide basis.) Army sources cited what they considered two chief ways in wh'ch bomb information ha* slipped out. These are: 1. Ixiosely guarded public talk by those conn cted with the bomb's development. 2. Testimony of witnesses in the current hearings on atomic energy before th* special senate atomic energy committee. In these hearings, army sources say. witnesses cannot discuss atomic subjects or argue th lr own views without inadvertently re‘.Turn To Page Z. Column 5)

Portland Man Fined On Reckless Driving Fine Results From December Accident William L. Knox. 61. of Portland. was fined |1« and costs on a reckless driving count hy Judge J. Fred Fruchte in circuit court here thh morning. A charge of driving while under the Influence of Intoxicating liquor, which had been placed against htm with the other count, was dismimed upon motion of Prosecutor G. Remy Blerly. Knox, through his attorneys. Roscoe D. Wheat of Portland and Ford L. Lltterer, Decatur, entered a guilty plea to the reckless driving charge The counts against Knox followed an accident on Dt-cemliei' 1945, on state route 116 near Linn Grove when the car driven by Knox craehed Into a parked car. occupied by four young children. The auto was owned by Vilas Steiner. Harry Valentine. 21. a passenger In the Knox vehicle, was fined on a charge of public intoxication after the crash. In the court this morning. Kuox a seeoud-bsnd store proprietor in Portland, told Judge Frucbto that ho bad picked up Vslen'.ne In Port(Turn To Fa«o 1, Column 3)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 18, 1946.

FOUR AMERICAN ARCHBISHOPS ARE ELEVATED TO CARDINALS

fit Jahn Oltnnon Archltlthap es St. Usl«. V. -

Samuel Strifch 'Arehblsbap es Cklrar* 1' « '

Ask G. E. Injunction Suit Made Specific Unions File Motion In Federal Court Ixicals 924 (Decatur) and 910 (Fort Wayne) of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Work ers of America. Saturday filed a motion In federal court at Fort Wayne requesting more specific charges and elimination of other* from the injunction filed against them Tuesday by the General Electric company The Injunction was filed by the company to force the union to open Its picket lines at the plants to various supervisory employe* of the company who were not member* ot the union, which went on strike January 15 for a 32-a day wage Increase The hearing on both the In junction and the unions' motion will lie held at 10 a m. Friday at Hammond before federal Judge Luther M. Swygert. The defendant union* seek to have stricken from the complaint the part which refers to the need by government official* of two ot the employes denied entrance the plant in contract terminations at Fort Wayne. It allege* that the government i* described as the interested party in the situation. but is not the plaintiff The parts of the complaint which the defendant wishes to be made more specific are those In which the plaintiff refer* to coercive tkctics. offensive, disorderly. abuoive and insulting‘language. since none specific are named. They seek to establish, among other things, the identity of per sons which the company holds were required to affiliate with the union before being admitted through picket lines The motion was filed hy Oliver A. Switzer, of South Bend, and H R Mcf’lenahan of this city. Urge Moose Veterans Obtain Invitations Moose lodge veterans of World War ll who have not received invitations tor the party for the veterans, to be held Februsry 21. ere asked to contact the lodge secretary to secure their invitations.

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I fl JI Francis J. Spellman ArrSblshay sf New Yark, U. 3.

Ceremonies Held At Vatican Elevate 32 To Cardinal Posts Rome. Feb. Ik (UP) Four Am erlcan archbishop* became cardinal* of Ibe Roman Catholic church today when their nomination* by Pope Piu* XII were approved along i with 29 from 18 other nations by . the Sacred College of Cardinals in . a secret consistory. i The new American cardinals, In the order of their seniority, were: ' John Jciieph Glennon ot St. Louis; 1 Edward Mooney of Detroit: Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago; ami Frani ds J. Spellman of New York. The Inaugurations, accompanied by nil the color <’f old world pa ' gentry, ushered in a new era in ' Catholic church history, resulting. | tor the first time. In an Italian ’ mftwrity in the college , The secret consistory, the first held since 1937. w;m the first of a weeklong serif* of rites to com rplete the investiture of the new ' cardinals. 1 The American* received their formal notification of election in i the historic 15th century palace of th,- ,<;»■>>«;>(' chancellory on the Corso Vittorio Emmanuel*-, one of thi- principal streets of the city. There they wait* d Father Marlin ’ : Gilligan of Cincinnati who had been appointed their special en--1 1 voy to deliver their tickets of no initiation For thia ceremony the new cardinal* wore train.* of purple doth ' tied with a violet silken knot ami silk tassle. a pectorial cross with a cord and a green and gold lassie, a skull cap and violet birelta. Each American wa* attended by a secretary, trainls arer. herald and valet The notification* of election . were handwritten by Father Gilligan on official stationery of the Vatican secretary of state and sealed in |>biin envelope*. , Each new cardinal accepted his envelope, glanced briefly at the contents and passed It to his se<'> retary to be read aloud. Up until they received the notes they had been addressed as-“your excellencies.” But as soon as the I messages were read,hy their secretaries they ranked a* cardinals and were addret <ed as "your ent- ’ Inctas." Although they ranked as cardi(Turn Tn Bags J. Column 6)

Price Control Extension Vital To Nation Economic System, Congress Warned

10 Million Man-Days January’s Work Loss Largest Such Loss On Record In U. S, Washington. Feb. IR — H’P) Strikes cost the nation around lo.imo.OfiU mandays of work in January, the largest such loss on record, at cording to government estimates today. The loss of work reflected the impact of the steel. General Mot ors, electrical and other strikes. It dimme-l an otherwise gener ally bright economic picture A i United Press survey showed that)' employment anti unemploynienf (disregarding strikers) latih gain- j e<t somewhat. The fact that both Increased at the same time was due to the expanding size of the , labor force as more servicemen , I sought civilian jobs. The it/luslrial production Index in January was off five points as strikes in the steel and auto industry forecd shutdowns in other line* The retail price index made a fractional gain. The farm price index took a small 1 seasonal setback after several months of upturn Treasury spending continued to fall lower. Receipts almost equalled those of the previous • month, and exceeded those of 1 January last year The deficit was lower. The weekly average wage In the latest month for which figures were available was off slightily but average hour* of work likewise showed a decline. The January labor force—those willing and abb- to work — was a3,!tf>C.FH)(A an increase of .i.tino.tmo over January of HH-’ and a Jump ot about 6Sft.mw» from last December. The total employed was 51,72(*.(X*<> at the end of January, an increase of LfiOO.flOD from last January and a rise of 310.000 from Der-ember. (Turn Tn Page 5. Column #1 Council To Consider Fire Truck Purchase Department Urges Purchase Os Truck The first step toward the pro i posed pttrehase oi a new truck for the dty fire department ie exjiectcd to be taken Tuesday night during tin- regular meeting of the city council In the council chanther-, at the <-ity hall. Fire chief Harry Stulls and a group of firemen were asked previously by the count il to apjiear at the Tuesday night meeting to (lisiti** the proposed purchase. Chief Stuits at (lie Iml meeting of the council recommended the put chase, declaring that the city is without adequate fire protection at the present, tiecause of the con dition of the two truck*. He asserted that th- older of the two trucks is of nothing more than serving’* an auxiliary pumper and that it ie oiitmod rd It was recalled thaj the newer of the trucks was purchased more than 20 year* ago The appointment of a city health , officer to succeed Dr. Jam*-* Burk Is also expected to be mentioned by Mayor Stults. Dr. Burk resign ed from the post the firnt of the year and to date the vacancy ha* not been filled. O ... UNO Delegation Is Enroute To States - - Ixindon. Feb. 13— (t'P)—Thirty five membens of the United Htates delegation to the United Nations meeting in lavndon lelt Hurn airsport today for the United States. Edward R Htettinius, Jr, chief of the delegation, and bis collet gue.* took off at 2 p m in a Lock I heed Constellation of Fan Amort-1 'can airways.

Clash Occurs At Hearing On Edwin Pauley Senate Committee Resumes Hearings For Nomination Washington. Fe>> IN il'Pi R<publican* and Democrats on th* Semite Naval Affairs committee ehouted defiance at «-a< h other to 1 day us the committer resumed hearing* on the nomination of Ed i win W. Pauley ti be undersecreI tary of navy. The da«h occurred duiing exa- ' ir.imiti-m of Harold Judson, assistant U. S solicitor gen-ral Judson was called l»y Pauley onponrntai for questioning in connection with a f.xht over a California oil law in 1333 Judson le-cutne embroiled in ouch an argument with Republican senator* that Sen Allen .1 Ellender, D. La., interrupted to shout: "Who's on trial here, Pauley or Jud-on'.'" Republica.i senator* Owen Brew- ; sler of Maine and Charles O. Tobey of New Hampshire shouted hack that "there would be plenty on Pauley" when they finished with the present examination Sen Millard E Tyding*. I’ Md.. chal|el|ge<| the propriety of quetion* put t > Judson by Tobey and Brewster. Chairman David I. Wal«h. D Mas*., obtained order llnally only by outshouting the othe* senator* lat the table Pauley, fighting for confirma tlon to the navy post despite a dispute which reached cabinet level and brought the resignation of sec retai’y of interior Harold L. Ickes, at expreiwionless throughout the argument The argument started when Tolley asked Judson whether lie evri contributed any funds to defeat a !!i:!h referendum ill Ct! fornia on in oil prop<*ition Detail* of the California t gbt were not discussed beyond the fact that Judson was retained by independent oil interest* to defeat the referendum. Judson -aid he did not contribute any fund* but was paid )22,.'i00 for legal work which included challenging referendum signatures as forgeries Tobey then produced finam ial .-tatvmi-nte which listed Jud-on as contributing 3:isft,a(m to a committee against the referendum Jttdson said he had "completely forgotten almiit that He explain(Turn To Pag* Z. Column o Seymore Carpenter Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Here On Wednesday Seymore W Carpenter, 76. lifelong resident of Ada.ne county, died at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon at hi* home. 916 Marshall street, after a week's Illness of complication* He was born in Adams county May 17. 1X69. the son of Ira and Kathryn Carpenter, and had lived hlo entire lifetime in or near De catur. Surviving are the wife, Eleanor; two daughters. Mrs. <)*ie Moore of Monroeville, and Miss Berths Car penter, of Fort Wayne; four sons, Ira. George, Jt«*e and Fred Carpenter, all of Decatur and 12 grandchildren. One brother and one slater are deceased Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, with burial iu the Decatur cemetery Friends m»y call at the funeral bome after 10 o'clock Tues- , day morning.

Price Four Cents

Asks House Banking Committee Extend Control To Keep Lid On Inflation Washington. Feb. Is - tl’Pi Chester Rowles, newly designated Economic stabilizer, warned congress today that the nation'- eco homie system would lie smashed “beyond hope of repair" unless it extends price control* to ke p the lid on the present "inflationary i dynamite." in his first trip to capitol hill in j hL new role, the retiring DPA chief urged th house hanking com* mittee to approve speedily a pend- ■, ing bill to continue the control* a year after the pre- nt Jinnexpiration date He also urged continuation of f(*>d subsidies and establishment of price < eilings on home-. Continu <1 InfLitlon in the retd estate ! market, he warned, will "undor--1 mine the construal ion indust. y ju*t a- it did after the last wai Bowles said extension of the I stabilization statute* promptly ! and without amandin nt was vit I I al to making I’le-ident " ■’iman's new wage-price stabilization pro gram effective until increased p o i duction make* It safe to r move I al) government controllie said he expected to announce ’ within a few day* a cries of r "streamlin procedures" for put 1 ting the new wage pr < e policy In 1 to effect. 1 In the mount Ime. lie -aid it should be "emphatically" unde stood that th policy mean.* nelih era wage freeze nor general price 1 increase- throughout indtisity Price* will be raised he -aid wh re wage boost* make II net', e-sary to assure an industry the ‘ minimum level of pe.u etime earn Ing* during tin- coming year Bowie* -aid the governm nt wii* now aware that it started too soon after V.l day in easing <on trols; some have been r. mposed and others may hav to be But if food ►ult-idlc* ami prl( e con t.id* an- not extended beyond June !!••. lie salt! nothing can pre vent pre-ent iuflatlon-aiy pr *» tires from going off In an expln* lon that will »ina-h our economy system beyond hope of n-pair " lb- -aid a ‘'speculative fev r" reminiscent of 1929 was now show Ins Up In the stock and eal estate markets, anti wux-also manifesting Itself in demands by "irr sponsible" group* for removal of price telling* on this <>r that item Bowie* »aid that he. like Mr Truman regarded the tiewstabil izatlon policy a* a "bulg " in the old i>rl< e line and not a general retreat from it But beside the bulge, *he said, there i« a threat, tied break through Ttie government's new policy I* simply to “stop the break through, seal off the bulge anti continue to hold the lln where It Is." Bowie- gave the following picture of ttiie "all important" front Food Food prices represent 40 percent of the total cost of living as report d on the government index If congress continues the food subsidy program, price* can be lield nt roughly pre-ent levels Rent Repr sent* 19 percent of the cost of living. This too must he held by extending price control. The wane-price polity will have little or no eff ct on rents Apparel Represents 12 percent and will be affected little or none (Turn in Page (. (’olumn 4) Late Bulletins Memphis. Tenn.. Feb. 13— (UP)—The executive board of the National Federation of Telephone workers (lnd-> today recommended the colling of a nationwide telephone walkout. Washington. Fob. 13— (UP)— Judge John C. Collett, shortly to be replaced as stobibzatien administrator, today formally on . nouncod the promised increase of IS per ton In prico of ell carbon and alley eteel mill products.