Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1946 — Page 1

No. 42.

INGRESS MAY PROBE ATOMIC BOMB LEAKS

«one Strike Threat Eased

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Emperor Hirohito Visits Yokohama Tokyo. Feb. lit (fl'i Hmperor Hirohito visited Immlied out Yokohama for the first time In 17 yearn today on an unprecedented inspection tour of wur-dumaged factorit.t anti home*. — o —— Find Missing Arms Os Dead Chicago Child Murdered Child's Arms Are Found In Electrical Conduit Chicago, Feh. 1»— (I’Pt — The arms of a child Itolieved to Im* those of Huzanne Degnan. 6. who was kidnaped and Imtchered hen* Jan. 7. were found today in the conduit of an electrical company near her parents northside home. Police said there was no doubt but that the arms were those of the child who was taken from her ground floor bedroom while her parents. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dednan. slept in a nearhy room. Maintenance workers for the Commonwealth Kdison company .found the arms when they checked a trouble report in the vicinity of the conduit. The workmen called police who rushed to the scene. The arms will be taken to the morgue an I turned over to the coroner, police said. Police found Suzanne's head in a sewer catch basin half a block from her home on the afternoon of her abduction Within a few hours her legs and torso were found in other cesspools. Only her arms had remained unsound A constant search for the arms wait made from that time until , today. Police and city employes worked day and night, dragging i every sewer In the neighborhood of the Degnan home. They be lieved discovery of the arms would complete the pattern of the slaying and might give a due as to the identity of the fiendish slayer. Little Suzanne was stolen from I Turn Tn Psge t. Column «> o Red Cross Campaign Plans Are Outlined Leaders, Workers Meet Last Evening Plans for launching the 1940 peace-time Red Cross campaign In i Decatur and Adame county on I March I were mapped out last I night in a meeting of Red Cross leaders and workers, held in the r local headquarters. Clarence Ziner. county campaign chairman, gave worker* la*t minute Inst ructions and expressed the hope that the county's quota of ♦II.OOO could he reached during the fimt half of the month The quota of 111.000 includes a local budget of 15,000 for the maintenance cf the headquarters henin Decatur, costs of assisting veterans and their families and oflier local work. John Halterman, chairman of the drive in Decatur, today announced hl* worker* for the II residential •ectora and six huaines* sectors In the city. Lyman L. Hann, drive chairman in the townships, ha* delivered soliciting supplies to more than 3<mi workers under his supervision and completed plan* for the campaign in the rural area*. i ——,~o— i Huntertown Man Is Killed By Automobile Fort-Wayne, Ind., Feb. I#—tVP) 1 -Sam Hiebor. 11. Huntertown died uore lut night after ha was struck by an automobile driven hy Kenneth H. Byan. 11. Rom” City. ’ while walking on Ind 3 near his 1 tome.

A Couple Os French War Grooms In Detroit

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TURNING THE TABLES on the familiar story of the foreign war brides coming to the I'nlted States to Join Gl husband* are these two new matron* of Detroit, who receive farewell kisses from their French war groom*. Member* of the French Air Corp* in this country for training a* aviators at Selfridge Field near Detroit, the men met and married the C. S. girls. Lt. Charles G. Reynaud, left, and Lt Pierre Machette. right, will return to Europe to be jolm-d then- by their wives, Penelope Holman Reynaud, left, and Jeanne Noreau .Machetto.

Foreign War Vets To Meet Wednesday Will Select Nome For Decatur Post The second meeting of the local Vi terans of Foreign War post Ims been called for Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the Knights at Pythias lodge. The meeting was called today by poit commander Harry .Martz for the purpoe of transacting important business of the new organization. Commander Martz said that a j name for the local post will be; selected at the meeting and th j selection of a site for a post home j will also he discussed The commander Is also ’ xpected | to fill a number of appointive off ; ices. All officers elected a! the organisation meeting recently az-. I especially urged to be present Wednesday night. Approximately 150 membra were reported last week by the membership committee and many j more haw been enrolled since that time, commander Martz staled. Veterans, eligible for mebership by having served outside continental I'nlt d States during any war. and interested in joining are invited to attend the Wednesday Slight meeting. Mrs. Lydia McKean Dies This Morning . Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Lydia Imuiss McKean. 74. lifelong Adams county resident, died this morning at 8:55 o'clock at her home, four miles northwest of Monroe, following an lllneiw of one year. She had be<-n seriously ill tor the past week. She was born near Geneva on September 25. 1871. The husband, Charles O. survives. Other survivors are the following children: Rev. Chester McKean of Trave re City. Mich.. Ross W.. Decatur; Mrs. Lula Smltley, Decatur; Mrs. Arthur Schroeder, Fort Wayne; Miss Mary McKean. Decatur; Marion. Monroe: Calvin. Decatur; two sisters. Mrs. Lillie Grimm. Terre Haute; Mrs. Letha Elston, Huntington; 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Five children are deceased. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Winchester U. B. church near Monroe, with the Rev. Glen Marshall of Decatur officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery near Mofiioe. The body will he returned from the Yager funeral borne at Berne to the residence Wednesday and | may be viewed after 10 am.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 19, 1946.

Veterans Not Exempt From Paying Poll Tax Veterans of the armed forces who return to civilian life prior to March 1 are not exempt from poll tax assessment this year or in future years, it w.m announced today The statement was issued by Mrs. Naomi Bormann, of the of fires of county assreaor Ernest Worthman. to correct an erroneous i impression among many discharges that their exemptions continues as ter they leave the service. This imprresloit has been noted [by numerous axsessoru and offl- ■ ivial*. It was reported a’ the asses j sors meeting In the court h i today. -o - . Assessment Values Set Up For County Special Meeting Os Assessors Held Here Assessment values Io be used by assessors of Adams county when they begin their work on March I were set this morning in a special meeting at the court house, in charge of Ben Gallion, state tax board representative, and Mrs, Naomi Bormann, of the offices of Ernest J, Worthman. county assessor Among the more important | items determined al the meeting j were the following: Autos to be determined at the | accepted "red Itook" values Grain, seeds, hay, etc., arc to' be assessed at 70 percent of their j value However, nothing may Im- \ held In reserve for see I or feed and the entire supply must be I assessed. These are to lie assessed at the market value on March 1. when a final meeting of all assessors will be held. Horses: Good work horses. 1100; common. 170; two year-old colts, SSO; one-year-old colts. 130; race horses with records. $500; registered stallions and mares. $500: drivers and saddlers, 1250; ponies, SSO. Mules: first class. $100: common. S7O; two-yearolds, SSO; one-year-olds, S3O. Cattle: Registered cows and bulls. $200; good vows and bulls. $125: common. $100; stock cattle, per 100 tbs. and fat cattle, per 100 lbs.. 70 percent. All sheep, sl6 and wool, per lb., 70 percent. Hogs: Registered hrood sows and pigs, S9O; registered brood sows, $65; common hrood sows and pigs, $65; common brood sows. SSO; stock hogs and fat hogs, per 100 lbs.. 70 percent; male hogs, SSO down. Poultry. Chickens, light, per dos.. $7; heavy. $9: ducks, per dos.. $4: geese, $1.50 each;, turkeys. $4 each; guineas, $3 per, (Turn To Page 5, Column <)

Sector Chairmen For Red Cross Campaign Annual Drive Will Open March First Various city sector chairmen for ihe 1945 Red Cross campaign, io i be opened here March 1. were announced today by John Halterman, city chairman. Robert Holthouae will be chairI man of the group contacting all lodges, sororities and -o-rvice duh" Chairmen of the vari >im bust. ' ness sectors are: Robert Gay in the territory bounded by Adams. . Fifth. .Marshall street* and the rlv-!<-r; Phil Sauer In the territory Itounded by Monroe. Fifth. Marshall streets, the river and the corporation limits; Roy Mutnma in the territory north of Adamo, west of Flf h. south of Monroe streets to the west corporation line; Churl** Hite, all territory south of Adams j street. The city's residential area has been divided into 16 sectors by Mr. Halterman. The chairmen of the various sectors: 1. Mm. Harve Shroli: 2. Mrs Harry Essex; 3. Mrs. Ed Deitsch: 4. Mrs. Dewey Galiogly: 5. Mrs. Paul Klrchenbauei•; 6. Miss Wilma Merriman; 7. Mrs. O-val Fisher 8, Mrs. Cbalmer Barkley; !». Mrs. ithirn Tn Page «. Column 7» To Vote March 10n Holding Street Fair Vote Scheduled At Annual C. C. Meet The fate of th pre-war annual Decatur free street fair and agricultural Show will be decided here Friday. March 1. Members of t't Decatur Cham her .of Commerce. Ir. attendance al the’first of the annual C. of C banquets since the war. will de cide tht isHijo by ballot at the dinner meeting. The fairs were held for a number of yaers prior to and including 1941. However, after the nation was plunrt d Into war. it was decided to discontinue the events until after the end of the conflict. With the war over, impetus has Im n given a movement to again sponsor the annual events and officers of the Chamber decided to bring it to a vote. The personal balloting thU year will repteo . the former system of mailing ballots to members. Election of officers will also feature the dinner meeting nf the Chamber. Jack Reich, stati president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will lie the speaker.

Report Foreign Powers Making “Great Efforts” To Obtain Atom Secrets

Prominent Legion Official Is Dead Sun Francisco. Feb. 19 tl’l’t Homer I. t'haillaux. 4*, American Legion official, died of a heart attack last night in San Fernando. Ills family was inf >rm«*d today. (’hlllaux collafMxd after addressing a lx*xion meeting in the San Fernando post clubhouse. His wife, Mimi, a French war bride of 1919. and his son. Pierre. 22. were notified by telephone. —® Bowles Reveals Ford's Attempt At Price Boost Tells House Bank Committee Os 55 Percent Request Washington. Feb. 19 — (I'Pl — Price chief Chester Howies revealed today that the Ford Motor Co last summer asked DPA for a 55 percent price increase. Bowles, newly designated eco- | nomic stabilizer, made the stateI ment to the house banking com i inlttee. which is bolding hearings on renewal of price controls l»e---youn I the present June 3<i expiration date. Tlie committee Immediately agreed to invite Henry Ford 11, president of the Ford Motor Co, to appear and explain his views on price control. Young Ford recently has made statements urging removal of price control. Tlie demand that an invitation lie extended to Ford was made by Hep Fred I, Crawford. R Midi. Ford's name was drawn Into the committee discussion at tlie start of this morning's bearings by Rep Wright Patman. D.. Tex When Bowles took his place In lite witness chair for questioning by committee members, Patman asked him about Henry Ford Il's demand that price control l>e taken off automobiles. Bowles said that Ford had made the statement he was losing |3tm a car and that his production was being impaired l>y high price ceilings on parts. Pointing out that Ford's produetion had not yet attained its full volume, Bowles said: "I don’t know of any intelligent industrialist that would base his pricing on small volume I'm alIso surprised that Ford didn't ! know that parts were taken out from under price control" Patinan pressed Bowles to tell the committee how much of a (Turn To Page .1. Column «> . . — Post Office, Bank Will Close Friday Mark Birthday Os George Washington The city of Decutur will join with the nation In i.iarklnx the birthday <>l George Washington on Friday, with a partial closing of the city's business life. The Fitwt State Bank, offices in the county court house and the pent office will lie among tlie places closed In observance of the event. Postmaster la*o Kirsch said today that no deliveries o r mail excepting special deliveries, will lie made In the city or on the rural roiitos Outgoing mail will he dispatched aa usual. In the lower grade* of the city and county schools special pro giants are living planqed in some instance*. A number of social event* have already Iteen held and other* are to be >itagcd with a Washington * birthday motif.

18-Cenf Hourly :j Pay Boost Is 'Recommended IHC, Shipbuilding Workers Pay Raise Is Recommended Washington. Feb 19 — (I'Pl — The government pushed its reconversion wage pattern into two more industries today with off! eial recommendations for raises of 18 cents an hour for shipbuilders and farm machinery workers For shipbuilders, the 18-cent raise carried the endorsement of government procurement agen cles which arc the principal customers of private shipyards The 18-eent proposal for farm machin ery workers was recommended hy a fact-fin ling lioard for rio.mto | employes in II sirUte-lmund plant* of the International Harvester Co The fact-finding recomtnendai tlon was the first Issued since < president Truman released his new wage-price stabilization ord er last Thursday In compliance with that order, the fact-finder* expressed the Itelief that their i proposal met the standards of the new policy. While conceding that no wage pattern hail yet been set for the farm machinery industry the panel said its recommendation was "closely in line with the pattern of recent wage settlement* In related Industrie* " It cited the Ifitgcent settle- : ment for the steel industry. Is ' cents for the Ford Motor Co I and I** 1 -, cents for the Chrysler Corp “Since International Harvester is a producer of steel and a com petitor with Font ami Chrysler in the sab- of motor trucks, these three recent settlements arc of prime lm|H»rtan<->-." the panel said. The proposal was equivalent tn an Increase of 15 5 percent for the Harvester employe*, who now have an average* straighttime hourly rate of $1 1S Since Jan 21 some lio.ttno employes, represented l»y tlie I'nlted Farm Equipment Workers tCIOt, have been on strike H t Harvester To I’su* J. t'Mli.mn 5) —O... — Union Motion Partly Sustained By Judge GE Petition Will Be Heard Friday Judge Luther M Hwygert. in the Hammond C S district court. Monday sustained in two particulars a motion to strike out portions of the General Electric company's petitions for Injunctions against t'ERMWA laical* 924 and 90), and a motion to make other sections of the petitions more specific was overruled Judge Swyrert's rulings were made following oral arguments for more than an hour by J. A Bruggeman. counsel for the General Electric company, ami Oliver Switzer, attorney for the defendant locals which have been on strike since January In for a 12-a-day wage Increase. The union had sought to have the company make it* petitions more specific in the section referring to coercive tactic*, offensive. disorderly, abusive and Insulting language. The two particulars sustained by Judge Swygert In the Fnlon's | motion to strike out were those relating to the pi< keting of hotels and publication of advertise- ( ments. Hearing on the company'* petition for a temporary restraining order will he held at |o a. ut Friday in Hammond by Judge | Swygert.

Price Four Cents

Sen. Rankin Says Canada Communist Spy Ring Extends Into United States Washington. Feb. 19 tl'l't \ highly placed soutcc raid today that certain foreign power*. Using "unlimited fund*.” have made "very great effort-" to obtain atomic ismib secret* in this country. He said a report nn the subject had been filed with the senate atomic energy committee but declined to reveal the country or coun‘tiles Involved or the outcome of their e»plonage effort*. Meantime, the White Hou*'- deI < llm-d to comment on .i publi«hed report that Mr. Truman had received information from Hie Federal Bureau of Investigation ab.mi foreign attempt* to obtain atomic energy secrets here and in Canada Asked whether M Truman plan n<»d to make a etatemt nt tewtay on espionage activities in th*- atomic field White House pre** secretary Cbarle* <1 Ros* said "no com meat." He added, however, that if such a statement U ill.nl--. he doubted it would come today Mr. Truman probably will hold a new* conference Th;tr«day morn Ing. In thi* eontieition. however, i Rep. John E. Rankin. I*. Mi««.. said flier*- wa* ••vid*-n**- that the alleged conununi*! apy ring unearthed in Canada extended Into tlie I nited Stat*-- and ;oaaibly lilt * some government department* Rankin, a memla*r of th*- Hous-Cn-Amerlcan Activities committee, «uid the Canadian d «i-l:>sures gave 111*- committee ample : canon to make an official inve-tlgaflon of th*- American aiigha IL- said he i would bring the mailer up at the < Oimnittee * meeting t day Secretary of Stat* James F Byrnes sch* doled a press confer-i-lice today and state department -ourees xaid if wa* likely that he might deal with \ui*-n<aii a»pc<ta of the Canadian development*. Th*' Stat*- Depa,iin- ii- denied ru n:or« yesterday that it had a*k**d th- FBI t > drop any investigation of atomic bomb espionage. It said Its policy har he*-n not to Inter sere with atty FBI Investigation in volvlng any foreign power Meanwhile. S* t. Brien Mt Ma hon. D. Conn, chairman of the S nate's atomh t ommilt* *• refuted repoita that committee hearing* had brought aliout leaks of vital bomb iufcrniatloii. He said he had lieep reassitied in thl* reapect by Secretary of War Robert I’ Pat terson and Mat. Gen L'wlie R Grove*, chief of the army's atomic bomb project Army *our. •-» nevertheleas stood firm on t!n-i claim* that ' multiple leak*" bail r**«ult*Hl from testimony cf rtefentist* Iw-for** the committee an<l from public utterance* of atomic experts. Another eongreseionai source, who declined u**- of hi* name, ut tiiliut*-il the leak* to “bad political judgment" on the part of some of the "younger s<-ientl*ts ' who work ed on the war time atomic program The eoutce said that mueu of the information has come out through exchange* of thought* and tlieoric- in meetings of scientific as*o< tail >ii* l>y scientists now freed of the strict war time secrecy bane. These view* were expressed while the Canadian government pushed It* Investigation* of the alleged communist espionage ring, Deapite siime deniala, the belief persisted at Ottawa that immh secret* of the I'nited States, Britain and Canada came within the scope of the ring * operation*. — , , ... Jones Is Candidate For County Council Chsrle* T Jones, Republican Incumbent. ba* announce*! hi* candidacy for re nomination to ibe office of county count liman from the d.strict, composed of Monroe. Blue Creek and Jefferson townobip* Hr is a former Blua Creek township 1 trustee.