Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1946 — Page 1

L|V. No. 85.

:OAL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE

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S4OO Pay Increase Favored For Army Recommendation By House Committee Waahington. April in H I') A House military affairs subcommittee today recommended legislation to provide a straight )4UU pay increase for all officers and enlisted men in the armed forces. The full committee late yester day hod recommended extension of the draft for another nine months beyond its present May IS expiration date, but hud turned down the pay Increase on the grounds that it should be handled separately. The |4OO acroas-the-lioard increase originally proposed by Hep. Forest A. Harness. It., Ind. It would give members of the armed forces the same pay boost as that proposed for civilian government employes in legislation approved by tbe House and now before the Miiate. The full committee is scheduled to meet In closed session later today to approve formally the final draft of the selective service extension bill. It may take up the pay Increase proposal at the same time. Tbe administration was cheered by the draft extension recommendation. The final outcome still was far from certain. But the draft-exten-sion drive was given a surprisingly generous shot in tbe arm by tbe House military affair* committee and was reported due for equally sympathetic treatment by the senate military affairs group. The House committee voted 15 to V late yesterday to extend the selective service act for nine nkmths. until Feb. 15. 1947. Although it Imposed new limitations on* inductions, the committee rejected various proposals to keep the act on the books but to suspend actual inductions for from four to six months. The Senate committee hoped to agree on a bill tomorrow. Members were reported near agreement on a one-year extension carrying many of the House limitations. As approved by the House committee the bill would provide for the discharge of men who have nerved 19 months and limit service of future draftees to that length of time. It also would coniine Inductions to the IS to 30 year brackets Inclusive, prohibit the induction of fathers and essential farm workers, and set a "ceiling" on the number who may be drafted 0 Junior Town Forum Broadcast Thursday Mem Iters of the speech class of the Decatur junior-senior went to Elmhurst thia afternoon to participate in a junior town forum on the subject. "Will the 0. I- bill of rights hinder higher education." Mias Helen Baughman and Ix*i<ch Nelson will present three-minute tglka on tbe subject, and the entire'(lass will take part in the discussion. The forum will be broadcast over station WOWO, Fort Wayne, at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon. —•— ——o—“ ——' Eiks Lodge To Hold Annual Easter Party Annual Egg Hunt And Contests On Easter The annual B P. O. Elks Easter egg bunt will be held again this year for the Orst time since 1941. before the war. The event will again be held on Easter Bunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock on the lawn of the Elks home on North Second street. Children up to 12 years of age will be permitted to participate in the various contests and egg gathering. A total of 100 dosen colored Eastar eggs will be hidden at various places about the lawn and kiddles finding the ones marked "rabbit" wll be given a special award of a live rabbit. The Easter egg hunt for years proved to bo one of the most popular events of the season In the city and annually attracted hundreds of youngsters and their fam Uloe.

Senate Banking Committee OK's Loan To Britain Approval Is Voted After Rejection Os Several Proposals Washington, Apr. 10— (UPj— The senate banking committee by a vote of II to 5 today approved the proposed 13.750,000."00 loan to Great Britain. It sent the loan agreement to the senate floor after rejecting a proposal by Sen. Robert A. Taft. H. <) . for an outright gift of f 1.250,000, um) to Britain instead of the loan. Seuate Democratic leafier Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky said lie would seek senate consideration of the loan agreement early next week. He predicted approval by a "substantial margin." The committee also rejected these proposals: 1. By Sen. Ernest McFarland. I\, Aril., for permanent U, S acquisition of Atlantic bases leased from Britain. 2. By Sen. Homer Capehart, It.. Ind . to establish a f 1.500.000.000 credit upon which Britain could draw for tbe next five years to balance any deficits in her Im-port-export transactions. Three Republicans joined II Democrats In approving the agreement. McFarland was the only Democrat opposed. The vole: for—Sens. Robert F. Wagner, D.. N. V: Carter Glass, D. Va., tby proxy); Barkley; John It. Bankhead. V. Ala.; George L. Radcliffe. D., Md . Sherridan Downey. !).. Calif.; Glenn Taylor. D. Ida.; Abe Murdock. D. Utah; James Fulbright. D. Ark ; Edward P Cnrvllle. D. (Turn Tu Page 3. Column 3) Truman To Broadcast Friday Afternoon President Harry S. Truman will be heard over the ABC ami WOWO. at l:3» pm . CST. on Friday. April 12. in the formal dedication of the Hyde Park home of Franklin D. Roo- -v«-lt u< a national hist ric site (’resident Truman will deliver the principal address from the veranda of Ine home of an assemblage of several hundred outstanding guesta from ail over the world. 0 Scout Activities Related To Lions County Executive Is Lions Speaker Activities of Decatur Boy S.outa during the past year were detail-ed-to the DecaUir Lions club by Sylvester Everhart, Adams county Boy Scout c-ommlasloner, at the weekly meeting of the aervlce dub Tuesday evening. The Scout executive particularly stressed the splendid work done by the organisation during the war years, particularly In connection with the vital job of collecting waste paper. That collection Is t»«ing continued monthly throughout the city as the need for waste paper is acute in the nation. The commissioner also reported In detail on the actlvitira of Scout troop it. which is sponsored by the Lions club. Mr. Everhart told tht» club members they were extremely fortunate in having had Lowell Smith as Scoutmaster of the Llona troop for the past 15 years. Phi) Sauer, chairman of the club's scout committee, was chairman of the program. Herman Krneckeberg, cluh president, appointed two committees, one, composed of Deane Dorwln. Watson Maddox and T. J Metxler, ax a nominating committee to present a slate of candidates for election as club officers; and a horse show committee, consisting of Dale Moses, Herman 1-ankenau and Harold Grant. This committee will work with the Adams county riding club on plana tor a horse show to be held !n Decatur within the next few weeks. Tbe Lions club sponsored a horse show here last summer, which drew much favorable Interest.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 10, 1946

Gromyko Back At UN Meeting RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR, Andrei Gromyko, back in his s.-at at the United Nations meeting in New York shakes hands with Britain* delegate. Nir Alexander Cadegun.

Party-Backed Men Win In Illinois Listless Campaign Draws Light Vote Chicago. April 10 tl’l’t Victories of party-backed candidates over insurgent* from the ranks mounted today a* primary election returns neared completion. A listless campaign and a lack of conte.ts combined to draw only a trickle of the state's 4,490,000 register*-*! voters, and early estimates placed th** tlnal total figure at approximately 200,000 under 1944 * low of 1.429,000 votes cast. Topping th*- survey of nearlycompleted returns was the victory of Illinois' veteran representative. So-year-old Adolph J Nabiuh. for the sth (Chicago) district Democratic congressional nomination, and th*- astounding strength shown by navy Lt. William G Stratton, of Morris. 111. in winning the GOP nomination for congressman-at-large. Ail 25 Incumbent congressmeti seeking reelection won nomiiialions for another term. 15 Republicans and 10 Democrats winning places on the November ballot. Pace-setter on th** Republican ticket was Stratton, who Mill Is on Okinawa, in easily winning the eongn-ssnian-at-large nomination by polling nearly four times tbe combined vole total of bis three opponents. In the November *•!<•<•-- Hon. h<* will face the incumbent Dem al. Mrs Emily Taft Donilas, who was unopposed in the primary. Sabalh polled 15.671 votes to his opponent’s 3,910. with only lo of the dtstrht's precincts uncounted. (Turn To Par*- i. Column 7) .. ' Mill -**■ Geneva Woman Dies Early This Morning Alice Hollingsworth Is Taken By Death Miss Alice Hollingsworth. 57. of Geneva, sister of the late Harl Hollingsworth, former Adams county ■iherrif. died at 5 o'clock thia morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was caused by carcinoma. Nh<» had been in ill health far more than thrre months. Miss Hollingsworth spent her entire life In and J«ear Geneva She was a member of the United Brethren church at Geneva and th** Relu-kah lodge. Niirvivlng are tho following brothers and sister: Willis Hollingsworth, Richmond: James Hollingsworth, Winchester; Grover Hollingsworth, Emma, III.; Martin Hollingsworth, Oblong, III.; Mrs. James Muter, Saginaw, Mich. The body was removed to tho Wells funeral home at Geneva. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, but the services will be conducted at the Geneva United Brethren church

Late Bulletins Washington. April 10—(UP) — The senate today denied housing expediter Wilson W. Wyatt power to put price ceiling* on existing homes and building lot*. Washington, April 10—-(UP)— The Agriculture Department today forecast a 194# winter wheat crop cf 830.fi3fi.000 bushel*, compared with 823,177,000 bushels last year. London, April 10—(UP) —U. 8. army headquarter* in Europe today ordered the trial* of eight enlisted men and *ix officers in the Lichfield brutality case transferred from London to Bad Nauheim. Evansville School Scrap Continues PTA, School Board Members Squabble Evansvilte. Ind . April 10—(UP) — Evansville high school students "hit the lHH»ks" Imlay but irate parents and a disgruntled school hoard continued the|r squabble while north central association scholastic ..m.iuls looked on. Absenteeism hit a new low this morning after the i.ehool board charged last night that "certain" P-TA members were encouraging juvenile delinquency in fostering the student strike Huperintendent Alex Jardine said today that 232 students were absent at Central. 153 at Bosse, and 200 at Belt*. The latter group milled outside the building after they were denied an assembly, he said. About half of the estimated 5.W) strikers returned to classrooms yesterday. Jardine said he had received a letter from the four remaining members of the board. They charged. lie said, that the li-parent PTA committee was "using some of the public school buildings to advocate and encourage juvenile delinquency." • Jardine said lie had "no com ment" on the charges. "But I am In complete agreement with their demands for students to return to •cbool," he said. The lioard said the P-TA group had brought "scorn and shame” on Shetnselves for "encouraging their sons and daughters to violate the Indiana school laws by remaining away from daises." The students struck last Thursday after Central basketball coach Glen Bretr resigned umler charges by the Itourd that he would nut permit members of his 1946 mate finalist basketball team play football Parents and students held mass meetings to support demands for the immediate resignation of the sdnffil board for their "misconduct" In forcing Brets' resignation. Treasurer L. Malcolm Koch quit Monday but the other four member* said they would not resign (Turn To P*«* I. Column •)

Mine Workers Walk Out Os Conference-Lewis Says Confab Is Futile

Japanese Ballot In First Free Election Millions Os Women Cast First Ballots Tokyo. April 10-(IP) Japanese mothers with babies strapped tn their backs and millions of other women emancipated by American decree cast ballots today In Japan'* first national election under Its modified Democratic system. Early voting to choose Iflfi members of the new Diet was brisk and orderly. U. S. army poll-watch-ing teams posted by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to prevent illegal voting found little to do. An unexpected number of women crowded Into the |h>llh when the balloting began at 7 a. m to cast votes for the first time In Japanese history. Several mothers carrying babies were among the fin women to drop ballots Into the boxes during the first hour In the first precinct of Toehlma Ward. Tokyo. An estlmati-d lO.OOtt.buo women, or half of those eligible to vote, had cast their ballots by noon and some observers predicted on the basis of early balloting that the rate of not voting would run between 30 and 40 percent a* contrasted with pre-election predictions of Cd lo 70 percent. Allied headquarters officials expressed satisfaction with th*- turnout of voters and Kyodo news agency reported that sis to 70 i>ercent of the nation's electorate had appeared at the polls by 2 p. m. Voting was done in schools and ward offices under cloudy skies. Governnirtit offices, schools and banks were closed ami railroads <uspetide<l their rush hour restrictions against the general public to enable the populace to vote early There were '#0.000.000 eligible voteis on the rolls. They had to choose the 486 tic tors from a list ■ Turn To Pave 3. <*<>lun>n X) Musical Revue To Be Given Thursday Public High School To Present Revue Decatur is looking forward to the presentation of the spring musical revue which will be presented under the title of "America Sings'* by the junior-senior high school students Thursday evening In the high school auditorium. Repeat performances wNI be given in a matinee Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock and again In the evening. The entire high school r,tudent body is participating In the revue. Dress rehearsal of the cast was held last evening and finishing touches given to the various numbers, presented in six scenes. The prologue* Include. The American Indian; Boots and Saddle; Campus Life; The Infare; Negro Camp Meeting; Jitterbugs Delight and Music of the Moderns. The grand finale will be the singing of the stimulating song. • It's a Grand Night for Singing." The cast is directed by high school instructors and is the annual presentation of the staff and student body, culminating the year's work. Appraise Real Estate On School Mortgages Lawrenco Beckmeyer and Charles Pusey. accompanied by Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, wore appraising real estate today In Decatur. Linn Grove and Geneva, covered by school fund mortgages. The two appraisers will view the properties on which the mortgages are to be renewed, the auditor's office stated.

Walkout By Miners Appears Certain To Force Government's Hand In Dispute Washington, Apr. 10 —(UP)— Negotiations to the today coal strike collapse! abruptly today when John L. !<ewls dramatically walked out with the declaration that the conferences were futile. The walkout of the United Mine Workers (AFL) from the meeting with operators appeared certain to force the government's hand if the strike of 400,000 soft coal diggers is to be settled before it cripples industrial reconversion It already has < urtalled steel production. Tho next move appeared to Ire up to secretary of labor Lewi* B. Hchwrllenbach. who yesterday said the government would give the miners and operators a few more days to reach agreement on their own. H** did not immediately Indicate what the government could or would do. Declaring that the operators refused to discuss union demands for Improving health, welfare, an<l safety conditions in the mine*. Ix-wis put on his hat and Mtalked out of the negotiating room. First he dellvere I a verbal blast which included what sounded like a threat to keep the strike going until operators' lost»es moved them to come to terms. "To cavil further is futile," he said. "Wo trust that time, as It shrinks your purse, may modify your niggardly and antisocial propensities." The operators have accused Lewis of stalling the negotiations. of being vague in his demands. and of refusing to state specifically what the union wants in terms of wages and hours. The union contended that health, welfare, anl safety are as important as other issues. The operators' negotiailng committee went into caucus after L*-.wis ate! hi- I MW walked out. ending a conference that started March 19. A union spokesman said today's walkout followed Use union's fourth attempt to have the negotiating committee report a disagreement to the full wage < onference of mines am! operators. The operators again rejected that proposal. In the face of that vote, Lewis reportedly put on his hat. arose and said, "good day. gentlemen " He waikel from the room and other members of the UMW committee followed. A union spokesman said that the mine workers viewed the situation as "u*ele»s and hopeless" because the operators repeatedly had refused to discuss

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Polls To Operate On Standard Time. Election Polls Here Affected By Ruling Indianapolis. April 10—(UP) — Election boards in eltlea observing daylight saving time were told today that they must open and close the poll* on a standard time hast* during the primary May 7 end the general election Nov. 6. This meat**, according to a ruling by the Indiana state election commissioner*, that poll* will open at 7 a m. D3T and close at 7 p.m. DST In cities having daylight tiffin. The ruling wm disclosed In a letter written by Edwin K. Steers. Sr.. Republican member of the state election board. Steers replied to a query of Floy Carlson. Tippecanoe county circuit court clerk at Lafayette. Carbon explained that lutfayettc goes on daylight lime May S. two day* before the primary voting In cities operating on standard i time, ballots will be cast between 6 a m and 8 pm.

Price Four Centi

Agreement Is Reached To End Strike At IHC 80-Day-Old Strike At Farm Equipment Company Is Ended Chicago. April 10- (UP)—Union officials prepared today to end tb*« so-day old strike against International Harvester Co- which has halted manufacture of farm Imp!*uents needed in the nation's rac» 1 to produce food. I An agreement to end the wall** i mt, involving 30. MN) employes a: II mid western planta was annount--d at Waahington by represent) • •Ives of th« company and the unit* >d farm equipment workers. (C. L 0.1. The agreement, providing an !*• •ent hourly wag Increase, mu»; >«■ accepted by thw union's Inter* intlonal Harvester council, whk t will meet here tomorrow to conolder acceptance The agreement also provides a -otroartive pay boost of io percent .'or the period between Oct. I. 1945, and the date the strike began lan. 21. Grant W Oakes, union prreiJcnt. «aid he was "qulfo confident" that the council would approve settl*- ; nent, which wa* reached in con-'r-rence with governm* nt media* tors. "I feel quite confident that ones this agreement is pre* tiled to th» ■ouncil they will go along wit t ‘the negotiators in accepting it.’ i oakeu said. If accepted, the workers wcr» expected to return to the plants this week Md. At Washington, assistant seen* tary of labor John W Gibson, wh > personally cond*icled mediation i luring the past lo daye. said b<’ lielieved the settlemen' would pre* vide a pattern for settlement <>t two other farm equipment Htrlkof. "We hope Allis Chalmers and J. I. Case will follow the lead of International Harvester with a spurly sortlemeiit so farm* rs can gee | badly needed equipment for hat - | vesting wheat and other grai i 'crops in the next few tnonthe,” h » I aid. An additional 12,5"*) worker i 'have been Idle In farm equipment 'plants of th*» Aills-Chalmene apt 1 Caso companies. • Government authorities ha<i ( warned that the walkout at Intei* national Harvester, which prodm* I-d more than fiO percent of the nution’s farm implements, would (threaten tho production of fool •for Europe. ! Agreement on major issues 11 the Harvester strike was reache I March 31. but the union refused t > i nd tie walkout without a written > ontracf. Writing tho contract ha i 1 '><<en the issue for the last 10 day*. The 19-cent hourly wage lr* •rease was the amount recommend* •d by a government fact-findiu: uanel appointed to Inve tigat» th » ilspute. The stumbling block in final u< • totiations was agreement on a • .o’vance pay to piece workers. The new contract includes a lib* ■ • (Turn To Paas 1, Column 1) Change Os Venue Granted In Suit Judge J. Fruchte has granted a change from the county in tb*« I tuit of the State of Indiana, bf 1 James L. Emmert, attorney-g/ner* 1 a! va. The Ohio Caeualty company, collection of bond in the ca»*« of Victor Eicher. The Ohio Casualty company in filing ita answer in the case yesterday, also filed a moting askint: that the trial of the case be venue* to another county. Tbe court sustained the motion The count;where the case will be tried hat not yet been osmed