Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1946 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

XilV. No. 73.

. S. AND RUSSIA DEADLOCKED OVER IRAN

tian Naval . ter Under sslAsSpy e t Officer Is is ed Os Spying at The U.S. March tf-<VF> i firrtorofM llwlin. •* n-ivy li.-nt.-nant ad today. < Harx.-d *«**» - M4 in*t the peace and 4 ( tbr I'nlted States of w v fir** 10 ** 0 D Mplonsi* ckurge* jut World Wa • II il Bar*au of lnv*ctigati*m „i«! the »i<>« ky «a*y °r(taixht M he tried to board M n caaaery fhlP Alma preliminary hearing f S commissioner Robert u *4« scctweil of getting iformation about the I'. S. aroyer tender Yellowstone attuno-d person, with InrnNinit It to Soviet Rusty) officer at the Bremer ryard raid the Vellowatone billed to remain there un«Uy for general repairs, it th* 13th naval district >trr» in Seattle eaid the ( w connection with proleak bomb teatj in the Parapliint did not identify Kt who allegedly gave RetUormation vu jailed In lieu at |2& ,- I 1 K tack his shock at heavy tit, Rdin listened an Leeftedtargre and then call'll* Russian i-onsul." jwt to thia btMineM,” he i Kladov. representative of Stan purchasing commlniv, Hid the nearest Soviet »M at Han Francisco. iMame they will be noliC be Mid F aid th*» consul at San s would arrive here today *ber preliminary hearing. >na attacked to the Soviet ** commission in Stoattie *»# apartment In the Ffcat inn district, lie was ba! in white Russian circled n known to new spa perm en rtticrtce , >F trad the charges to the * with solemnity: i * charged with violating * J nited Sicod* . . . for of obtaining informsnptriing the national detb» I tilted Staten and with *at or reaton to believe that iff **tk>n to be obtained waa •wd to the advantage of a 1 to-wlt: ' •'■lion of g f , v je ( n,M-jall«t hie foot and drew * Imo the aleeven of hia coM-bralded uniform. to this business," he at the Soviet cotMul." 1 induce another to £“*' document, and writ- ***» to the U SS. Yellowi^Z r °' '*”* « th* J?, w ’ B,rary 'o *>htM ** lB " u,il ra * e * Hnltei m aßd dl * nl, y ‘WhaM ** ° f Am,rica -" charged that the 1 »»re obtained Bee. 22, w, ncers Tuesday *Ut ** iiu - * ' w|ll •* nam- ?* of B X! , t l“ rlnit ,he * **ctk»n *"* od * e - Plans *UagZ!?? , " ade darln « bvfer. ,^L°" d BOm,B »- *”* members. !‘m.? ' -- M f - — “ •k*. 83 b to,.! I*™ll' 1 *™ 11 ' ?• fair J** by B>ft «linaaa ** »M»th ***» c 6 JL* fUr ”* # " CominoH mild.

Candidate Burl Johnson Burl Johnson To Be Sheriff Candidate To Seek Nomination On Democrat Ticket Burl Johnson, former alate and local pollen officer today announced his candidacy for sheriff of Adams county, subject to the decUion of votem at the Democratic primary election May 7. Johnson is the first candidate for sheriff to announce bin intentions in either party. ■Mr. Johnson in a veteran of World War I and waa one of the first 10 Adams county men to be •tent to active duty from old Com pany A. He served in the Rainbow division during the war until he was wounded a few months before the Armistice. Fallowing World War I, Johnson returned to Decatur and served for several years as a police officer. He was elected sheriff and served from 1930 to 1934. Follow Ing hia second term as sheriff, he was appointed to the state police force and after more than three years he resigned that post and became an excise polite officer until 1942. For the last few years Mr. Johnnon has been engaged in farming. He is active in Adams Post 4.1 of the American Legion and also in the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization lie Is married and has two children, Max and Jean. Mr. Johnson stated that he would start immediately to make an active campaign for the sheriff powt and If successful he would give the same work and attention to the office that he did when he served in this same office. o—. — — Jenner Enters Race For U. S. Senate Third Candidate In G. 0. P. Senate Race Indianapolis. March 27—(UP) — The race for the Republican Senatorial nomination became a threeway proposition today when William E. Jenner of Bedford announced his candidacy. Jenner al last threw his hat info the ring, culminating weeks of talk that he would Im* u candidate. Ills announcement said that Jenwar entered Ihe race "after long deliberation." The announcement came five days after Jenner realigned as chairman of the Indiana Republican committee, and weeks after two other Repulicans entered the senatorial race and began laying the groundwork for what promises to be a fight to the finish on the floor of the GOP nominating convention next June 13. The others were incumbent Sen Raymond R. Willis. R. Ind . and Rep. Charles M La Follette, R„ Ind. The three senatorial aspirants have little in common except that they all wear the GOP party badge. They even fall Into different age bracketa. Willis being around 70, La Follette near W and Jenner in hia So’a. Wtlils, on the basis of his sixyear record in the senate, is known Ma an ultra-conservative. La Follette, in complete contrast, is by hie own admission a "radical" Jenner was considered more In(Turn To Pago t, Column »)

New Strikes Threatening U. S. Industry Threaten To Boost Strike-Idled In Nation To 600,000 By Baited Press Postwar reconversion strikes scheduled for this weekend threatened today to Increase the number of idle V. S. workers to more than gOO.OOU. the highest figure In several weeks. More than 400,n0n workers already were idle in strikes and shutdowns. Approximately !7!>,<M<i striking General Motors were retiuning gradually to the Jobs they left I2R days ago, but John L. lewis' united mine workers tAFLI were s< heduled to strike on Sunday The'major labor developments: | 1. la-wls ordered a general shut- i down of the nation's soft coal mines al midnight Sunday in a move that threatened to grind all basic industries to a stop within j ’ 10 to 3u days. 2. Two mediators who withdrew after failing to settle a strike of 75,000 WaatinghoUM Electric Corp. ' workej-s charged that the company i ' "made mediation Impossible." 3. At San Francisco Harry i Bridges, president of the (TO long- 1 1 shoremen's union, said a coast wide ’ strike of 22,000 workers, scheduled on or before April 1 had been postponed He did not say whether a new strike date had been set. I Harry Bridges, ILWU president, j considered a plea by Edgar I, War- 4 ren. director of the IL R concll-' ' latlon service. Io postpone the dockworkers' strike. Warren ask- ’ ad jMtstponetnent until the depart- ■ tnelik of labor can set up a factfinding board to Investigate the ' wage dispute. 4. Ford Motor company announc-, rd that its entire system was back ! in operation and GM recalled - thousands of Us striking produc-' : tion workers to Its long Idle plants. In the coal dispute. Lewis brudi r-d aside a proferred wage Increase ■ e<|ulvalent to the 17 Io 20 cents II (Turn T<> Page S. Column t) i I — , ■■■ . ■■ n <i- i ■ Health Officer In I i Warning On Rabies > ■■ ... — Geneva Lad Bitten By Infected Dog Dr. D. D. Jones, of Berne, Ada ins county health ofllcer, today Issued warining against the dangers of rabies in the county. The small son of pr Hugh ( ampbell, Geneva veterinarian, was recently bitten by a mad dog and is now undergoing the Pasteur • treatment. This is the flrst case reported , ■ |n Adams county for a consider- - able length of Hine but numerous • cases have been reported in Allen, - Wells and other counties In this , Dr, Jones warned that »• this | > time of year, when many dogs are ; ! running loose, a major epidemic i of rallies is threatened unless - drastic measures are taken The I health officer, after discussing the | situation with other physicians of i the county, pointed to the advisei ability of establishing a strict i • quarantine on all dogs In the • county, unless they have attached i to their collars a tag showing ; they have been vaccinated against ’ the disease, law enforcement offi leers are to destroy all dogs run- - nlng loose which do not have the label showing they have been Immunized against hydrophobia Only I by drastic action can this situation be cleared up, Dr. Jones stated. i Commenting further, the county health officer said, “it would be well for people to know that all , dogs affected by rabies do not become violent Immediately but their bite is Just as fstal as when bitten by one In the throes of a . convulsion. If your dog seems ( to be somewhat listless, does not respond to commands as well as usual. It should be confined In a suitable and safe place, pending future developments. A dog sei- , . dom Ilves longer than 10 dsy* (Turn To Psge 3, Column I) J

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Decatur Indiana, Wednesday, March 27, 1946.

He’« “Not” In The Army Now - TBL—is ’ B ✓•-•A- ■ I • K*. ’

EX ARMY CAPTAIN. John S f'holewlnakl. Purple Heart veteran of four years in the Pacific, is shown on his new job as street sweeper for .New York City's department of sanitation. The war hero, who married following his discharge, found, that although he had a degree in mechanical engineering, he could not obtain steady employment. Cholewlnskl, wounded in the same blast of enemy fir*- that killed Gen Simon B Buckner on Okinawa, comments, "I had been on the civil service list before I went into the Army, and I knew that was permanent, at least. So here I am."

Army Families To Europe Nexl Month 1,200 Army Wives, Children To Leave Washington. Mar. 27—(t'P)— The war department icMlay issued orders for the first 1.200 army wives and children to go to Europe Sailings will start about the middle of April. only 24 of the 700 families Involved are dependents of enlisted men. -The army said many enlisted men failed Io make application because they were on reenlistment furloughs in the Cnited States. Them* men deferred application, the army said, until they knew what th*-ir future an signment would be. Fifteen general* are among thorn* having dependents join them in Europe. legislation In congress would authorize all ranks anj grades to transport household goods overseas at government expense Existing law authorises such transportation only tor officers and tor enlisted mon In the top three grades. The 1,200 women and children affected by today's order were selected by the theater commander on the basis of priorities estab(Turn To t*»g« 2. Column 1)

Local Man, Long-Time Prisoner Os Japs, Scouts 'Lovely' Theory

“ffy 808 SHRALUKA (Staff Writer) “Yeah, sure— you het. They're people; the kind of lovely | people that wrap one end of a wire aroitud your finger and the other end around your arm jtaot alwve the ellxtw You'll be surprised how quickly a stick twisted in th*- middle of that wire can break your fingers backward one by one.” it was a young felltw talking, a young fellow despite his tired looking eyec, his tired limp and that never-to-be forgotten sallow complexion that rivals tho color of Irene Byron'o last cottage Inmate. No, he didn't have tuberculosis. He didn't have malaria. He wasn't even sick—except, as he said "sick and tired of all this 'hooey' about how wonderful tho Japanese treated American prisoner* and what 'lovely' people the Japanese really are." It waw Glen Martin talking — Glen Martin, now 38. a civilian construction worker seised on De cember 23, 1941. when a garrison under Col. James Devereaux fell at Wake (aland—all to lie carted off to a Nip prison camp. "Sure, I road your stuff*." ba declared, "And I read her answer"

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BULLETIN Atlantic City, March 27 — (UP) —Walter P. Reuther today was elected president of the united automobile workers union, (CIO), defeating R. J. Thomae, who sought re-election. o - — - ■■ .. To Crush Germany's War-Making Power Announce Details Os Allied Plan Thursday Berlin, March 7-(UP» Germany's war-making potential will be forever crushed ami llltler'o one*--powerful Reich will bo reduced to a second class Industrial nation under plans approved iinanlmausly by the Allied control council. It was disclosed today The German standard nt living will be S4-I at approslmately twie thirdri of the 1930-38 level a period when the Wehrmacht was rolling triumphantly a*TO*4 Europe An average diet of 2,M)0 calories daily was approved, but th** meals will be *hort of meats and fate. Germany will not produce enough meats and fats herself, aml her export.) will not provide sufficient income to import them from other countries lairger amounts of grains and potatoes will Im- found i (Turn To Page 4. Column 4)

—opeaking of the defense thrown up by Mrs. I'aul Mayer, a returned Japanese missionary, who in a loiter to the Dally Democrat "explained a few mistaken Impressions" that the writer had purportedly given readers of Ibis paper, after interviewing her on March 8. "You bet. I know the Japs. Sure they are lovely people — lovely (Turn To Paas 1, Column I)

United States To Press For Immediate Hearing Os Case By UNO Council

Bulletin Samuel Velez, aged two yearn, was drowned shortiy before noon today at the farm home of hiss parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Velez, the milen east of Iterne in Blue Creek township. The child fell into a water tank used for watering stock and is Itelieved to have heen in the water about 30 minutes when found by his father. The child was missed when the family met for dinner. The victim was rushed to the Berne fire station where firemen used an inhaler and artificial respiration. The Decatur fire department was called to bring the iron lung purchased several months ago by the Moose lodge, but this equipment was not used as the child was pronounced dead by physicians at 12:50 o’clock. Surviving in addition to the parents are two sisters, Kuby and Phyllis, ls>th at home. The body I was taken to the Yager funeral home at Berne. oSenate Committee Approves Vardaman WaHhlngion, Marek 27 fl'PI A Senate Hanking committee Imlay 1 approved the nomination of Cmdr. Ijamev K. Vardaman. Jr, President I Truman'a naval aide, to a 14-year--1 term on the Federal Reaerve board Th*- vote waa 4 to u for confirmation. with Sen. Hugh Butler, R, Neb, not voting. Butler l» In I Nebraska. The nomination now got. 4to iho full banking committee A Plans Are Outlined For Veterans Homes 850,000 Homes Os Pre-Fabricated Type Washington, March 27 —tl'Pt i — Houalng expediter Wilaon W. Wyatt today outlined plana tor building Hf.O.OOU “durable, livable, anfa" pre rubricated homes for veteran* thia year and next at pn "average factory price" of |4,mm apiece. The expediter testified before a Senate Banking auheommittee. Th*- Senators are considering Administration's Em *r g>• Housing Bill, designed to produce 2.7M.00 tmt lowcost homes for veterans by the end of 1947 The 850,000 prefabricated dwellings would bo part of this total. Wyatt wants the suto ommittee to write Into the measure a government guarantee of a market for 75 percent of the prefabricate'! homes built this year and 50 percent next He said the 850.0(0) ready made houses are needed "because it would be utterly beyond the range of feasibility" to produce enough lowcost conventional homes tor former (Il's this year and next. If the government wants the houses built. Wyatt said, it ought to bo willing to guarantee to manufacturers that they can sell their product. Republican Senators Robert A. Taft. ().. and Homer E Capehart, Ind . weren't so sure Capehart said he'd be willing tor the govornment to loan a manufacturer of prefabricated homos enough money to get going. hut he would object to guaranteeing him a market. He said that could result In "subsidising Inefficiency." Taft said "we ought to give him (manufacturer) aaststrtnee, not set him up In business " He I (Turn To I'ags t, Column S)

Government Is Stepping Into Coal Dispute Conciliator Meets With Negotiators In Closed Session Washington. Mar 27—(I’PI — The government appeared to Imslipping into the deadlocked soft coal negotiation today five days before the Scheduled walkout of 400,(Na) miners. Conciliator Douglas Byrd, who 1 has been assigned as an observer for secretary of labor la-wis B. ftohwellenbach, was admitted to a closed negotiating oeaslon tor the first lime. He declined to reveal the purpose at his mission. After spending 15 minutes with the conferees, Byrd returned to the labor department to rejwrt to director Edgar L Warren of the conciliation service. He expected to report later to hwelletibach, who waa due hack today from a trip to the west coast. Byrd's activities fitted In with government officials' hopes that away could be found to avert : the strike After today's session, operators denied having seen Byrd and suggested they may have be, n holding a management caucus tn • an adjoining room when he enter <-d the main conference room [ where he could have met with ,[ union representatives. i The conference agreed to the continuance of work by maintenance men if the strike goes on ' as scheduled at midnight Bunday. ' Any wage increases 111 the new contract will be made retroactive to April 1 tor the maintenance , worker*. I'nlon representatives were ■ said to have reiterated their de- | tnand that the operators agree to , the principle of a health ami w*l- 1 fare fund to he administered by the union The operators already have rejected th*- principle of a i fund to he financed by a royalty assessed on all coal mined. The negotiations will continue tomorrow. Officials' optimism, however, was shared by neither the mine I ■ operators nor president John L. j la-wls of the t'nlted Mine Work- | , era. Lewis cleared the way for ■ a strike when he decided yester day to terminate the union's present contract with the Indus(Turn To P»«» 2. (-.•liimn O Weldy Rises Here ; Friday Afternoon I ,1. 1.,...—I \ Former Decatur Man Dies In Michigan Funeral services for W. E. Wei-1 dy. 71. brother of Mrs E W Johnson, 432 N. Second street, will , be held at 2 o'clock Friday after noon at th*- Zwh-k funeral home, i Burial will he In th*- Beery cem-' etery, four miles west of Decatur A native of this county. Mr. | Weldy was born hi Peterson. He was a son of Christian M. and Lavina Weldy, residents of this i city. He left Decatur about 45 years ago and until 14 years ago waa shipping clerk at rtie woolen mills , In Mishawaka He then moved to Vicksburg. Mich., where he re- : sided at time of his death. Besides the sister In this city I he is survived by his widow; (wo sisters. Mrs. Margaret Huber and Miss Ida Weldy of Marion; three brothers. John of Fort Wayne; : R. D. Weldy of Noblesville and Harry Weldy of Miami, Fla. 1 The body will arrive here Thursday afternoon and be taken to the ' | Zwlck funeral home, where friends > may call until the funeral hour.

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Subcomittee Fails To Break Deadlock; Soviet Threatens To Take Temporary Walk New York. March 27 (I’PI -A a|M*cla! threenation security conn<il subcummitt*-*- fulled belay to break th*- American-Russian deadlock over Iran and the Cnited ■ States will pnas stain for an Immediate hearing of th*- Iranian case Secretary of State Jam*-* F. Byrnes. Soviet ambassador Andrei \ Gromyko and Fren* I* ambassador Henri Bonnet ronfern-d for minutes In a li<*i minute but futil** attempt to find a formula that would keep the iiiMsiane from carrying out their threat to lake a temporary walk from the l'N(> council, if the Iranian case were hear*! One of Bonn M's aides announced after the meeting that th*- special subcommittee "simply did no ;et together.” He added that th* three men would so report to thcouncil at its afternoon meet Im; and that they would not ask to' an extension of time to make another try. American spokesmen still Inaist--*d that Iran Im* given at least u harn-e to tell the council why th« ranlan case should be consider*-. immediately Gromyko stood firm on his denand that the council defer it s Consideration of Iran until April !*• aider the threat not to attend an;' ncetlngs on the oihject until t.ha; date Bonnet failed in hia mi«wi>>n t i nake pence between the world’) wo giants. He himself had pr*>po»■d the subcommittee at the end <>? /Mterday's dramatic council *«•»• «!on In an effort to avoid a v*>t - vhl'h Ik hound to lead to mucl. dtternese on both sides. When Bonnet discovered soda ' hit neither Byrne- n.*r Gromyko v- rr- prepar.-d to give even a litI* th*- French ambassador d>-< idI -d to return the i Min to the <-<>unI .’II itself ll« was r*-pr* •:*nt*-*l a i * inprepared t > make sm ir a crucial | deckion on th- dellcat*- Iranian * -natter in the name of France Had Bonnet sided with eiiheRyrnew or Gromyko, it would havo t left otto of the big power* faced with the necessity of making a minority report toil Bonnet Indicated yesterday that he favored at least some p otponement but was unwilling today to clhmum between Ruml:i and American hi the subcommittee The subcommittee's failure t<i agree set the stage for another explosive council ei-sdon during l which the members may t ike th*» ■ttep which will force Gromyko, under hi* Instructions from M *seow e jto leave the table Byrnes supported his adamant: ; Insistence that Iran Im- given a hearing with official reports from Tehran that there Is no SovietIranian agreement a* claimed by j th** Russians as their reason toi* wanting to avoid discaMton o* Iran now He not only had an official denial of such an agreement from the ■ Iranian cnvernm**nt spokesman, j -but also a late report from I". S. ambassador Wallace Murray In Tehran that the Iranian government has neither reached nor sign* • d an agreement with Ruraia aboqr. | withdrawal of Soviet troops from I Iran American officials know that (Turn To Pag. 2. Column ?) Ermal L. Owens Is Trustee Candidate Ermal L. Oweft* has announced his candldancy tor truatee of Hurt ford township on the R ( -publlcar ticket. Mr. Owens ia a son-in-law of a former trustee. Gust Baker He k married and his wife Is teaching in the Geneva schools, having taught there while Mr Owens war in service Mr. Owens volunteers* for the eervlce in 1940 and served live years and one month. 4( months of which time be serve* oversew. He was discharged with I the rank of lieutenant.