Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1946 — Page 1

No. 52.

AL MINERS FILE INTENTION TO STRIKE

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Red Cross Fund .Milo 11. Glend.-nlng'. S 3 Hartford Twp.. |S3. Eddie McFarland, 13 Washington Twp. |3. I>. C. Wagner. 25 W.ba-h Twp, 115. Phil Sauer, city, (Partial), I*2. Total at pr.xent sl3.'!. U. S., Britain May Protest ! Russ Action I — ' Decision To Keep Soldiers In Iran i May Bring Protest i — I London. March B—(UP)—A forr eign office rpokesman said today * that Rritain hag atarted conaultati ion with (ha United Staten ov*r > the Russian decision to keep troop* in Iran pant today’s deadline, and * indicated that a Joint Anglo Ameri- ' can protest may be made. For ign office sources made It ’ clear that they regard the Soviet decision as a clear breach of the British-Soviet pact signed in 1942. ’ They handed to correspondents copies of the treaty and Anglo- ( Soviet exchanges on the pledge t by -both big powers to have th ir , troops out of Iran by March 2. I Britain, possibly in conjunction > with the United States. Is expecti ed to protest the Soviet action . and ask an explanation. The Russian radio announced ) y sterday that Red army troops t would remain in the northern i parts of Iran. Including the Aterr baljan Province, “until the eitugttoa has been cleared ’’ f The announcement mad no ref- > erence to the international treat- > les in which RtiMia. Britain and > the United States agre d to have t all their troops out of Iran six months after the war ended. Till* date was officially fixed as March Byrnes On Spot Washington. March 2—(UP)— , The Soviet Union put s cretary ( of state James F. Byrnes on the I spot today by refusing to make t good on a promise to withdraw t its forces from Iran. * Moscow's announcement that some parts ot Iran (Persia) would ) contlnu to be occupied came less * than 24 hours after Byrnes’ speech f announcing a no-appeasement poi--1 icy toward the Soviet Union. I He said, specifically, that there ' was tie right by Which troops * could be h Id in territories of other sovereign states without ’ the free consent of the latter. If i Moscow persists in occupation of Iranian provinces Byrnes will be und r strong pressure to pro- ' test and make it stick if possible. _ The alternative which would get ’ him off the spot would be agree(Turn To Psge 5. Column 5) . ... n -i-o ' Submit Plans For ' New Swimming Pool New Pool Proposed At Worthman Field Preliminary plans for the proposed construction of a new and larger municipal swimming pool in Decatur will be presented to the city council Tuesday night by Mayor John B. Stults. Mayor Stults and members of the board of public works and t safety have been making plans for the proposed project for some ; time and will take first steps to- ‘ ward erection of the pool at the . Tuesday meeting. 1 It has been proposed that the new pool be located at Worthman r Field in the west section of the ’ city and Mayor Stults stated that he has already received approval * of the city school board for using * part of the ground there. i- While all suggestions on the r pool are still In the preliminary stage. Mayor Stults said that ho t will propose the construction of ’• one nearly twice as large as the . present one. located near the mus niclpal light plant. The present pool Is about 40 t feet by 70 feet In sise. i Mayor Stults pointed out that r the present pool Is wholly Inadef qnate and will accomodate only a (Turn To Pag* ». Column 1)

Vets Sell Milk During Dairymen’s Strike ■ K I uS&hr .U ENTERPRISING VETERANS in Detroit help housewives get milk supply during I nlled J*‘ lyy strike by setting up street stands and selling milk obtained from Imh-pen lent de city. . —

Double Murder Being Probed At Bloomington Stone Quarry Head And Woman Office Worker Are Slain Bloomington, Ind.. March 2 <l’ P.J- The battered and strangled bodies of a stone company executive and a woman office worker were found In an abandoned stone quarry pit. police announced tolay. The victims were Russell E Koontz. 43, superintendent of the Empire Stone quarry at Bloomington. and Mrs. Phyllis Coleman, 33. Bloomington. Mr*. Coleman wa* an office worker In a Bloomington creamery. Indiana state and Monroe county sheriff Albert Skirvin uald It appeared the two had been *lain. The bodies were found in two feet of water In a pit four miles northwest of here. Koontz'.! body showed signs that he had been beaten. Hl* head wa* * rushed. The woman hu-l been strangled, authorities said Skirvin said he believed the couple had been tied, hand and foot, then killed. He believed the bond* had been removed and the hadles thrown Into the pit He said there were signa of a itruggle nearby. The bodies were found late hist night, hour* after Koolltz had left his office to inspect a derrick at the Hunter quarry. The bodies were found In a pit at the Hunter quarry Mrs. Coleman was reported last seen shortly after her husband. Kenneth, drove her yesterday morning to the Bloomington creamery where she wa* employed. Fellow worker* said she left the creamery a short time later and did not return Police said they were questioning Coleman. Indiana state police headquarters sent five officers to the scene. Skirvin and coroner Ray Borland conducted t-'i' l inv>-«tigatioii. The bodies were round when Skirvin and several employe* of the quarries, armed with flashlights, probed around the area in search of Koontz. Fellow workers reported Koontz’ disappearance to authorities. They began a search over acres of rough quarry land. Searchers saw the bodies sub(Turn To Page 4, Column I) o Decatur Ministers Meet Monday Morning The Decatur ministerial association will meet In the parlors of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed ehurch Monday morning at »:30 o’clx-k. All members a.-s asked to be present.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 2, 1946.

Union Meeting He r e On Monday Evening A special meeting of the United Electrical. Radio and Machine Workers of America, UK), focal 924. will be held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at Union I**ll. Il was announced today by officers of that .organization. A detailed report will he given -o metnlM-rs at lhe meeting on the jinjunction proceedings in federal i court at Hammond. The report will lie given by a number of local members and attorney* who attended the Hammond hearing, it was announced. o Directors Elected For Decatur C. C. State Junior C. C. President Speaker ■ "The Chamber of Commerce is a group ot merchants and clvl** {leaders who thoughtfully and carefully plan those thing* which most 'people think ju’t happen.” This wan the statement of Jack 'Reich. India.napilM, state president of the Junior Chamber of Com- ' merce and supervisor of all Chamber organization work in the state, as he spoke Friday night to the ! members of the Decatur tiusillesa -organization in the victory meeting at the Masonic home. Stressing the need of keeping {abreast of the times in the retail business field, Mr Reich araerted that one of every five retail firm* izoes out of business each year. in Ids address he emphasized also the Importance of providing suitable living conditions and environment in a city for the Indusj trial labor. Elect Directors Four new directors were elected last night at the meeting, who will meet with the previously elected members of the boa: J early next week to name of the Decatur Chamber. Herman Kniedceherg, John Halterman and Kinsch were named to succeed Robert lame. Fred Schulte and Ralph Genti*. whose terms on the board expire, lister Pettibone was elected to fill the vacancy created hy the resigna I Bon of Robert Thompson, who moved out of the city. Other members of the board are Henry Brotner and R. C. Ehlnger. Incumbent president an.l secretary, jrMpectively; Dan Tyndall, Carl C.’ Pumphrey and Clarence Ziner Suggest Paid Secretary At the suggestion of Mr. Reich and officers of the local board of directors, officials now have under (Turn To Pag* t, Column I) OffMOCRAT THKRMOMITCR TIMPERATURI READINGS I S:00 a. m. 32 10:00 a. tv>. 30 11:00 a. m. 40 WEATHER Generally fair and mild today, .tonight and Sunday.

Will Enforce City Parking Ordinance Traffic Tickets To Be Given Violators -Enforcement of the one-hour J parking ordinance in downtown De;<atur will be resumed here, beginning Monday morning. It ’ A ’ 3ii 3!! nounced today hy Mayor John B Stults. speaking f r the board of public works amK-afety. Memltem of the city police force will be instructed to "give tickets’” to all violators of the ordinance, which will cost offenders 11 fine in city court, payable "cafeteria ; style" at the city clerk-treasurer's office A special meeting of th* 1 ls»ard was held t day to discutn the present traffic situation in Decatur and th*- decision to enforce the ordinance was the result. Enforcement of th*- time limit of parking I* deigned to eliminate much of the double parking In downtown Decatur. Violators of the ordinance against double parking will alno be liable to the H fine To Make Spaces Mayor Stults announced today, also, that workmen will begin Mon day marking off ut least five spaces on Second street in the businco* sector, which may be wed for loading and unload.ng. This applies to passenger ears, whose owner* wish to make a hurried trip into a downtown utore to (Turn To I'ihS *. Column 6> Will Rule Tuesday On Union Motions Swygert To Rule On Dismissal Motions Judge Luther M. Swygert of the I Hammond federal court will hand down his ruling on defease motions to diemis* injunction suits of the General Electric company against Locals 924 und 901. Deiatur and Fort Wayne, of the United Elec- ' trical, Radio and Machine Work-er-i of America, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Judge Swygert look the motions to dismiss under advisement following arguments of the company and union which lasted until nearly 10:30 o'clock last night. If the motions to dismiss are overruled, the ckelng arguments on the testimony of the case will tw heard The federal judge had reserved argument on the motion to dismiss both actions until all testimony was completed. Joseph Dermody, of New York City, international re- - prreentative of the UE-CIO and secretary of the UE-GE conference board, waa the final witness Friday afternoon for the defense. Dermody was followed briefly by E. D. Spicer, of Schenectady, N I (Turn To Pag* 4, Column •)

United Mine Workers Request Operators To Negotiate New Contract

Expect Demand For Ouster Os Gen. Franco Spanish Government Accuses France Os Hostile Actions Washington. March 2 tl'P)— The United States. Franco and Britain were expected to reach an agreement today <>n the condition* on which Spain would be admitted back into the family of free nations. The conditions, whir h reportedly Include the ouster of Generalissimo Franco as head of the Spanish gov rnment. were drafted by the United States and now are under study In London and Pari*. High government sources said the condition also included the formation of a temporary Span ssh government to r place the Franco regime until the Spanish people can choose their own government in an Impartial national election. It was said the statement also would stipulate that them would be no direct “interfr r* nee" in Spanish affairs by other uatlrna and that civil war in Spain be avoided “at all costs.” The state department said yesterday that Britain and France had accepted the conditions in principle but that they wanted to make certain changes in the Joint text which was expected to be releas d today. Diplomatic sources said, however, that lhe final statement would differ little from the first draft written last week by s cretary ot elate James F. Byrne*. Accuse France Madrid. March 2 (UP) —General Francisco’s government today accused France of hostll * acts and admitted that Spanish Republican guerrillas from France are carrying on a "terrorism’’ cam(Turn Tn Psse *. Column 7> _____ .«>_ Street Fair Favored By Vote Last Night Type Os Event is Yet To Be Decided Dueatur will have a fair this year. Approval was given Friday night by a nearly two 10-one vol of members present at the ('ham her of Commerce meet Ing, hold at the Masonic horn The type of fair I* yet to be decided, however. This decision rests with the board of directors of the Chamber, empowered by those present at lhe dinner meeting. A majority of those present at the meeting indicat d that they were in favor ot removing the fair from the city streets, suggesting Hanna-Nuitman park as a likely place. Others suggested that lhe carnival side of the celebration be eliminated this year and that concentration lie placed upon 4-H exhibits and the Hire. One member expressed the belief that since ballots used In the voting mentioned th- word "street fair," that the members actually wanted the street variety. Authority to make the decision was given to the lioard aft r considerable discussion. The Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show was an annual summer event here for a number of years prior to the war. The Chamber automatically cancelled the event for the duration and after some inquiries had been raised a* to whether or not it was to be resumed, staged last night’s vole.

Candidate * John 11. Duff. Hartford township trustee, today announced hl* candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Adams county treasurer.

Duff Candidate For County Treasurer John Duff To Seek Party Nomination John H. Duff, prominent Adams county Democratic and Incumbent trustee of Hartford township, an nounced today that h<» will *» ek the Democratic nomination ot county treasurer In th*- May primary Mr. Duff I* serving his eighth year a* trustee of Hartford township. He sen d as president of the township trustee* of Indiana association for two years and ha* been an nrdent worker in this field, living instrument.il m the passing of much important 1 si*lotion favoring township activities IL- i* a life-long Ifeiqocrat and has been active in the party inci a youth. Mr. Duff is married and reside* in Hartford township. He lui* t*e sons On sone, Frederick, live* on a farm adjoining that of hi fnth er, while another son, Ivan op erate* his own farm He is the first to aniioulce hi candidacy for thl* office

99-Year-Old Woman Dies This Morning Mrs. Mary D. Jones Is Taken By Death (Picture on page 3) Mr*. Mary Jones, 99. prominently known Wren. Ohio residmtt and on<* of the oldest resident* of thl* community, died thl* morning at 2 o'clock at h r home two miles east of Wren. Mrs. Jone*, mother of several persons living in Decatur and Adam* county, would have been 100 year* old on November 12. 1916. D ath was attributed to myocarditis and camo unexpectedly, although she had been In ill health for some time. She wa* born In St. Mary's township. Adams county, on November 12. 1946. the daughter of James and Mary Johnson-Dailey. Her husband. Benjamin Jones, a Civil War veteran, died in 1903. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Eva Moser. Wren; Dr. Dailey Jon- * and C. J. Jones of Berne: E T Jon<-s of Decatur, B. O. Jone* of Citronella. Ala ; Mrs. Charles Volta and C. C. Jones. Ohio City; 11. H. Jone-s of Decatur; Fred Jone* and Mrs. Clara Oreulach, both at home; one brother, James T. Dall y of Decatur; 45 grandchildren, 63 great-grandchll-(Turn To Pars 1, Column 4) 4

Price Four Cento

John L. Lewis Files Strike Notice, Asks Operators Meet With Union On March 12 Washington. .Mir 2 il l’i - The United Mine Workers today requested the nation's soft coal operators to negotiate a new wage contract for 450000 miners and simultaneously filed notice o) intentions to strike in 30 days in support of new demand* U.MW president John Lt la*w!s asked the soft coal operators to meet U.MW negotiators here at II a. m. March 12 He filed the strike notice with, the labor department. national lairar relations board and wage .italdlization board in accordance with the war labor disputes act.. Lewis' action camo on the firs'! •lay that the currant contract between the union and operators could be opened. He said in his letter of notification to the chairman of the national Joint bituminous wug< negotiating conference that five points are in controversy, relating to hours, rates and condition:! of employment Pointing out that there had. heen a significant change in national government wag* policy. Lewis said: "The national joint conferencn about to convene will also hav«» before It broad question* affecting wages, hours, rules, practices, differential* and inequaHtie-. art well as other current and involvel pertinent problems of th«» industry " lx<wis told secretary of labo** Lewis It. Schwellenbach in another letter accompartyitff: the strike notice that the rninern would continue at their joh* f*>she next 3o day* under the wj J Libor disputes act He protested, however, this requirement because the war ended six months ago “Nevertheless,” Lewis said, "since (he act still lies heavily on the statute books the UMW it desirous of meeting nil of It* requirement* Edward R. Burke, president o* tile Southern Coal Producers a—- — iation and a member of th<» operators' negotiating committee, sail! that the proiu<er» would meet with Lewis at the time re,T ir-i To I’.ig-- *;. ('oluiim '■! — Community Building Here Given Impetus Project Backed At C. Os C. Meeting Forth r impetus toward Lhe motion of a community building here, which would serve a* a Worbi War I! memorial. wa« given last night in th** dinner meeting of th* <Jhantb<‘ of Commerce f tte* Masonic home Carl (’. Pumphrey, chairman o( the retail merchant* committet, member of the chamber boar-1 of dir ctor* and an ardent advecate of the proposed bulldini. spoke briefly urging support o| the movement. Henry Brotner. Chamber president, pledg d the support of th» organization and Mayor John B. Stult*. who wa* present, made is similar statement Mayor Stults in hl* address said that the city had already tnad« inquiries info the proposal, and promised th • support of the council and city administration in th» (tuiti T-» I'va-- S. c.ilunii. Si

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