Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1946 — Page 1

jjV. No. 92.

BOSE PASSES RIDDLED PRICE CONTROL

Ln Urges [er Return b At Once L Witness |nt On Fomin® I In Europe Lon. April | Tram*' l lodAjr Lideut Herbert Hoover. IL bi* world-wide (am(lion trip and return ImIto report hi* "«?• *'HLot of the neceaslty for L.itan<e from thl* countering nation* L,r l» now In Cairo. jL.k from there tomor|Ld * radio program with L (S t In a world wide J about the acute InterLx! iituation. Eman today asked the ■thairmin of the famine ■ committee to return tedlatoiytent need ha* developed Lntry," Mr. Truman said Lage to Mr. Hoover, "to ■fbly tad dramatically to Lotion, a* a spur to the bine effort, the facta tition? In Europe which k and Inquiries have lligkt. be, I with to suggest Ability of your return to ■ State* immediately atLion of the engagement L order to bring directly b Amerh an people your L account of the nece**tetater assistance from kwld make your trip to La. and Japan, byway Led Stale*." • ■man * message to* Sir. " be a* V. 8. government and the combined food bht a solution to the L problem of dividing pain reserve* among the Kplei of the world. Lnt official* were enby a British offer to make at once Jho.noo ton* of brevidrd the U. 8. and mould, guarantee they Bvplai'iit later The offer I at a meeting of the pood board. ban's famine emergency I disclosed meanwhile M recommended a sevenPam for channeling more |orersea< Ite House said the world- ■ broadcast tomorrow I be on all U. 8. netf to 7:l« p. m.. EST. in addition to the Preet[Mr. Hoover, will Include HGnardla. L’NRRA dlrpl. and secretary of ngpinion p. Anderson. P»»r will apeak from [it minutes. Mr. Truman lh* broadcast with a fourptat of the FEC’* proI» proposal to raise corn temporarily in an Jure more corn out of 7' Tbe committee also ***** 1 r’fttamn <t Wnt Diplomas Bsant Mills •cbool superintendent Haag will prroent diplo- • Motors of pleasant I ttbsol on Friday night. «*tead of at Monmouth, •rlossiy announced. ““ »tated that he had i < meeting of prin--1 December to attend the Mills commencement. “ ’’•M the same night, hecause of this engageF«ld be unable to be at , He will also present ? rnduatea at Hartford J"«fcy. Kirkland on r *«4 Jefferson on ‘"ATUItI READING* r ...... m r* — — — m L . 62 ■ .. <7 WtAATHCR •"d Friday; eeel- . ««d a little i*msi i river toL^** h *J warmer near r*« Friday.

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Little Damage Caused By Fire Here Today Firomen answered a cal! to the Lyman L. Hann residence, 310 North Second street, shortly after 9 am. trelay. Io extinguish a roof fire, presumably started from u chimney spark. Little damage was done. UN Council To Resume Debate On Spain Issue United States And Britain Seeking To Devlop Compromise New York, April 18-(UP)-The United States and Great Britain failed today to find any compelling reasons In the Polish case against Spain to support a United Nation* diplomatic "quarantine" of the Franco regime. But both would like to avoid a flat rejection of Polish demand* for action against the Spanish dictator and hope to find the basis for a compromise when debate on Spain I* resumed In the security council late today. What Is sought is a mid way resolution between Poland's demand for intervention in Spain and a do-nothing policy. The council scheduled two more hours of discussion of Franco Spain between 2 and 4 p. tn.. CRT. British delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan will start, representing those opposed to action. Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko probabjjg will speak before the session ewes and present additional charges against Franco. TM 4 p. m., present plans are to turn back to the almost eternal Iranian problem, with many of the delegations hoping for a vote tonight which will allow them to reces* for a long Easter week-end. Debate on Spain would l>e resumed next week. The Iranian case was referred Tuesday to a committee of experts after secretary general Trygve Lie submitted a surprise and unsolicited opinion that the council might be acting illegally, or at least unwisely, if It rejected Russia’s demand for dropping the Iranian case Immediately. After two days of study of Lie's opinion, the committee of experts —composed of the name nations as the council-were reported to have made no progress to the solution. Just as the council Is divided so are the experts. Eight nations led by Britain and America insist that the Iranian case be kept under the council's Jurisdiction until May 6 the day by which Russia has promised to (Turn To Pag* 4. Column «> City To Observe Good Friday Here Suspend Business During Three Hours The entire city will pause reverently tomorrow. Good Friday, to reverently pay tribute to Jesu* Christ In memory of the Three Hour, that he spent on the Cross at Calvary. Practically a full shutdown of retail business will ite In effect from 12 noon until 3 p. m. and In some cues all day, as employer and gmploye attend religious service* commemorating the occasion. The First Stale Bank, the license bureau, county offices in the court bouse and several others will close the entire day. The Daily Democrat will publish an edition at the usual time but will clou for the three-hour period Annual Protestant services will be held at the First Methodist church and service* at the St. Mary's Catholic church will be held during the Three Hours. Students of the schools In De catur are now out of classes, marking the annual Easier holiday observance and will remain out until Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile the city is looking forward to the oburvance of Easter on Sunday with various churches holding »peci»l Easter service*.

Big Four Foreign Ministers To Meet In Paris ■■■■ _——_— a /-1 f j> U E■ • » .■ I W J ®** ,n Byrne* I fl V THEiR EYEfI ON PARIS, above. Big Four foreign ministers are preparing to meet there April 2S in an effort to avert postponement of the 21-natlon peace conference scheduled (*> open in Paris not later than May I under terms ot the Moscow Big Three communique of last December. The meeting was proposed by V. 8. Secretary of State Byrne* and has the approval of other participants. Britain's Ernest Bovin, France's Georges Bldault, and Russia’s V. M. Molotov.

Food Collection To Be Made In City Phil Sauer Is Named Campaign Chairman i Phil Sauer, city street (omh»i». sioiu-r. ha* accepted the chairman* ship of a city drive under the »-m ergciuy food collection campaign to begin May 12 in the nation, ft was announced today. Mr. Bauer wired hi* acceptance of the appointment made by Hen-1 ry A. Wallace, national chairman, explaining that the city had contributed substantially to a number of similar drive* but that he would “do lhe be<t Job possible " Complete details of the drive will Is- announced hy Mr. Sauer a* soon as he has received them from the national committee, he said. Following I* the telegram at received from Mr. Wallace: "Throughout the world today Innocent children, women and men are hungry and starving. “Because of overwhelming evidence American people want to give direct and personal assistance to these victims of war. I have accepted national chairmanship of a nationwide emergency food collection on behalf of UNRRA to be launched May 12. Herbert Lehman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will serve a* honorary chairmen. Representative national sponsoring committee now being organized. Program will be conducted In full cooperation with president's famine emergency committee “Plan will lie to collect food canned In tin and money to purchase food* May national committee count upon you to accept chairmanship your community, again calling into action representative local leaders who helped conduct two successful clothing drives. Your leadership I* needed now perhaps more than ever before because of gravity of situation Extreme emergency demands quick action. "Complete plans and Information will be airmailed. We are relying upon your personal help and your telegraphic acceptance today. Address 100 Malden lame. New York. New York." —O' ' " Journalism Class Prepares Articles , The first of * series of article* “About The Town.” written by member* of the Journalism clas* of the Decatur Catholic high school, appear* elsewhere In tonight's l»*ue of the Dally Democrat. The artlchw. all written In a feature vein, pertain to various stattotic* and Items of interest concerning the city of Decatur and will appear for several weeks. Tbe journalism class, which contribute* substantially to tbe schoai publication—D. C- HI-Llght —l* taught by Sr. M. Fldell*.

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Decotur, Indiojja, Thursday, April 18, 1946.

Automobile Stolen Here Last Evening A maroon Chevrolet coupe, own-' ed by Ferris Bowers, local Jewelry store proprietor, wa* reported stolen from a parked petition on Second street last evening between b and 10 pm. The car bears Indiana plates numbered 521. 045. —o — 14 Children Injured As Train Hits Bus Greentown Children Are Injured Today Kokomo, Ind., April 18—(UP)— Fourteen Greentown, l:id.. »ch<»ol pupil* were Injured today when a train struck a school bus as a grad'* crossing. Roland Riley, Jr . 14. on., of six children of Mr. and Mrs Roland Riley who were riding the bus. waa hurt seriously. The others and bus driver Fred Rody of Greentown were shaken and bruised, and Hire® of them treated by physician,! for lacerations and possible fractures. The accident occurred on a crorolug two miles west of Greentown at Body drove the hu« toward the Greentown school. The coach wa* hit by a Nickel Plate freight train. Other injured were Webb Riley, 10. brother of Roland, who sustained head and arm cuts and a possible skull fracture; Jerry (Turn To Fag* 4. Column 7»

Annua? Easter Egg Hunt For Kiddies At Elks Home Sunday

Score* of kiddle* from Decatur and community are expected to invade tbe lawn of the B. P. O. Elk* Easter Sunday afternoon In search of colored Easier egg* not Just lhe regular Easter eggs, but specwill bo marked "rabbit" or chick." Promptly at 1:30 p. m. Sunday the first — and youngest —of several groups of kid* will be turned loose to search for those egg*, hidden about tbe lawn, which wll Ibe marked “rabbit” or ’ chick.” To those lucky enonpgh to find eggs marked in thl* manner will get tbe prizes of tbe hunt- and tbe prizes will be Just what the marking* denote: live while bunnies and live chicks. R. C. Ehinger, secretary of the lodge and general chairman of the hunt, said today that approximately 50 rabbit* and between 100 and 200 chicks will be given away. A number of the rabbit* to be awarded have been placed on display In the window of the Ce*h Coal and Hupifly company here. Children participating in tbe event— the flrat of tbe annual bunt* since 1941 before the war —will »a divided Into several age

Severe Crime Wave Reported In Nation Biggest Increases Are In Robberies Chicago, April 18 — (UP) —Tbe war ha.i left in Rs wake the greatest crime wave in at least 15 year* perhaps the greatest in the nation's history, a nallonwidu survey showed today. Police compared lhe crime wave to that which followed World War I, Sociologist* attributed It to unemployment, reconversion layoffs and "war-broken" home* rather than thrill-bent returning service men. The survey showed that the biggest Increases were in robherieit, automobile theft* and burglaries. Homicides ami sex crime* also Incregged sharply The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the upswing wan the greatest since 1930, when the bureau began tabulating nationwide crime statistic*. Reports from 2.000 cities with a total of 65,000,<OO inhabitant* showed those increase* tor last year: Robberlcd, 23.6 percent; auto thefts, 18 7; burglaries, 17; negligence manslaughter, 16 2; murder* 10.1; aggravated assaults, 8.7; larcenies, 8.6: rape 5.7. In several midwest cities sex crimes and homicides. Including an unusually large number of multiple and mutilation murderH, Increased markedly. Detroit reported 43 ho(Turn Tn Pawn Z. Column *>

groups to give the little tot* m chance to do their own searching without such heavy competition from the “big kids”. All children ot tbe community up to IB years ot age will be eligible to participate. All member* of the Elk* lodge will assist in staging the event and direct activities of the kiddies. In event of rain—the old bugaboo of the hunt, Mr. Ehinger said that arrangements have been trad* to stage the affair, although the lodge may be forced to distribute tbe egg* In sack*. Children And(Turn Te Pag* 8, ColiMr.n 7)

Rebellious House Turns' Deaf Ear To Warning Os Dangers From Inflation

Copper Strike In Montana Near End Coal Strike Forces Shutdown Os Plants By Unitad Press The Butte, Mont, copper strike neared aettlement today, but the coal dispute jxaied an ever-lncreaa ing threat to reconversion. Negotiators for the CIO mine, mill and smelter worker* union ac cepted an offer by the Anaconda Copper Co. to Increase the wages of 3,500 striking miners l*Mi cents an hour. The agreement was subject to ratification by the union membership. The civilian production administration predicted that the coal walkout, which accounts fur more than ono-half of .‘.merica's 85ff.000 strike-idle workers, will cost the nation at |ea*t TSv.Otm ton* of steel thl* month. The CPA said "scores of plants" were being ohut down for lack of fuel, and the Ford Motor Co. announced the impending layoff of 45,000 worker* becamo of steel and parts shortage*. The Ford layoff, scheduled to begin tonight, will last only three day* for all but 4,700 of the worker*. Ford said more than 40,000 would Im- recalled Monday but tbs rest would tie “furloughed’* indefinitely. W'vstiuKbotMw Electric Corp, and the CIO united electrical worker* union resumed negotiation*. The company said the M-day strike of 75.000 persons has cost It $100,000.000 in production. At Rochester. N. Y„ a milk strike was in Its fourth day. AFL dairy employes agreed to supply milk to dairies which have signed tentative agreement*, but city officials said the* volume barely woul< provide- for essential tucers. The brotherhood of railroad trainmen postponed a strike against the Rock Island railroad, scheduled to Ix-giit at U pm. yesterday. The postponement came after President Truman'moved to have the dispute Investigated un(Turn To l-sgs 7, Column 1) —o —— Fred Schamerloh Is Injured In Accident Slightly Injured As Car Overturns Frederick Schamerloh, 24. of thl* city, was dlamiaaad from the Adams county memorial hospital late this morning after treatment of injuries received in an accident about 12:30 am. today. Hchamerloh suffered a severe scalp wound and other less serious injuries when the car he wa* driving overturned on a county road oast of Decatur near Shroyer Lake. Sheriff Ixoo Glllig. who Invest! gated, said Schamerloh presumably lost control of the auto on the loose stone and dirt and bi* car careened into the ditch. Striking the ditch, the car leaped approximately 15 feet ahead before rolling over. The driver wa* still In the car. He was picked up by a passerby snd taken to the hospital, wbera bis injuries ware treated and ha wa* kept for observation until later today. The car. owned by the driver’s father, Adolph Schamerloh, wa* badly wracked. 0 Service Office To Be Closed Monday Dwight Arnold, county service officer, announced today that bis office will be closed all day Monday while be Is attending a meeting at Purdue university regarding education and on-tbo-Job training being given to veterans. Walter J. Krick, chairman of the committee. will also attend tbe meeting

Changchun Fall To Red Forces Appears Near Hope Os Defending Manchuria Capitol Nearly Abandoned Chungking, Apr, 1* -r (VP) — Manchurian dispatches said the fall of Changchun to a communist siege army of 30.00<r. which ham mered ceaselessly at a dwindling j»ocket of fewer than 3,000 nationalist defenders, appeared at hand today At Peiping. Gen Tu Li-Mlng. commander of nationalist forces In northeast China, confirmed that the Changchun garrison wa* outnumbered more than 10 to 1. He indicated that all hope of defending the Manchurian capital had been abandoned. Military dispatches said tbo bloody fighting In the streets of Changchun was nearing it* end in a communist victory, with tbe hard pressed nationalist* not expected to be ab|o to hold out much longer. Government souree* here said a nationalist column which bfoke through communist defense* at Kxepingaki. 70 mile* southwest of Changchun, wa* moving toward the capital at a speed of 14 mile* a day. Indicating that advance element* might be within 3u mile* ot Changchun, the informants held little hope that tbe fall of the city could be prevented. Tbe crisis at 'Changchun coincided with the return of Gen. George C. Marshall from the I'lilted State*. He was expected to plunge at once into the new efforts to halt the hostilities In Manchuria Gen Tu said at Peiping that the nationalists were determined to take over in Manchuria, in keeping with the Cbiuese-Russlan treaty, and the movement of nationalist forces to Manchuria continued. Tu said the communist* were armed to a great extent with Japanese weapons, and had large reserve* of arms and ammunition., “How these weapons came into the possession of the communists lr not difficult to imagine." Tu said cryptically. He left Peiping by special plane for Mukden to resume hl* dutie* In Manchuria after an absence of two month* because of illness. The military source* said the American equipped Chinese Ist army was advancing rapidly to the northeast after capturing Hsepingkal. which I* 70 mile* Pom Changchun. (Turn To Paae 4. Column 7) Fire Inspections Made At Schools State Fire Marshal Representative Her® R. L. Bowyer, of the slate flro manihal'* office. I* conducting tbo inspection of ail schools In the county thl* week and next Mr. Bowyer, accompanied by Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent, Inspected schools in St. Mary's. Union. Roo' and Prebln townahips yesterday He resumed his tour this* morning. and all school* not included In today's Inspection will be visited one day next week, Mr Hann stated Building* are Inspected for defective wiring, pile* of trash and other condition* which create a fire hazard. Reccomendattona for remedying any defective wiring and eliminating other hazard* are made at the aoene by the department representative

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Amendments Riddle Price Control Act; Bowles In Warning Os Inflation Danger Washington, Apr. 18—(UP)— A rebellious house today passed and sent to tbe senate an amend-ment-riddled price control bill despite warnings by economic stabilizer Chester Bowles that It would start the nation on an Inflationary “joy ride '.o disaster." The final vote passing the battered bill wa* 355 to 42 Voting for the bill were NS Democrats, 148 Republican*, and two minor party members. Eight Democrat* and 34 Republican* voted against It. If was one of the worst legislative defeat* suffered by President Truman, who had requested a one-year extension of price control without crippling amendments The measure would extend the price control act only until next March 31 It carries a series of amendment* which administration supporter* said would “wreck" price control. The amendment* provide tor elimination of meat subsidies on June 30. with a corresponding rise In prices; termination of all price roll-back subsidies on farm product* next Dee. 31; and a guarantee of co*t-plu*-a-rea*oi<-ablo profit to producers, distributor* and retailer* on all Item*. The vote* for a decisive modification of price control were taken by a coalition nf Republican* ami farm bloc Democrat* who turned a deaf ear to warning by OPA administrator Paul Porter that the action amounted to "repeal of price control.” Tb« majority of tin- house, however, felt it was time for a lot lee* price control Administration leaders looked to tl>« senate t<> eliminate some of the drastic house provision* and salvage price control legislation in something nearer the form sought by Mr. Truman Final house action came after a frenzied Id-hour session yetterday during which the Rnpab-llcan-Democratic coalition went on an amendment rampage Just before passage today, tbe house rejected by a roll call votw of 370 to N a motion by Rep. John E. Rankin. D. Miss, to send the bill back to the banking committee. Rankin's maneuver blocked any possibility of an administration move to recommit the bill for consideration of a newlydrafted measure The ruin under which the bill was brought to the Door had provided that there could be only one motion to recommit. Mate adminUtration support* er* voted for final passage, but It wss pointed out that thl* dirt (Turn To PMt» 7, Column «> 0 Late Bulletins Gsnsva. April t»-(UP)—The League es Nations today votsd its dissolution, effective at mid night tonight. Tehran, April IB—(UR)—lran today challenged the British protectorate over the 011-rieß* Bahrein Island In the Persian gulf and aeeerted that she son-, eiders the Island an Integral part of Iran. New York, April IB—(UP)— An Eaatern Aairilnee plane, en route from New York to Brownsville, Tea., with 21 persons aboard, was dived on by an unidentified military plane nesr Philadelphia thl* morning, CAL offices here said today. The pilot of the passenger plans, Capt. Joseph Kelly, reported that the military plane dived on him without warning. Washington, April IB—(UP)— A wage increase of 18 eente an hour was recommended today for more than 200,000 railroad engineers ,*nd trainmen by ■ special fasLflndlng emergency board.