Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1946 — Page 1

No 98

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■tiding Here At Standstill der Priority Regulations

■V' *■ '■ 1’- ..lur has slowed ® tand*tlll again W • *■ pHorlty requi.e MM '<me effective, u( - MIM ’ ] '< r! building contrac■M . *• 1 tll’.Mr ya.dh Still reshortage of build MM r J reguiatloru no pri |B *'■' ( b ‘* ;sane<! Io- the con IgM 011 of •'* II >m», unless the MM"* " <"• the heme MK ar v ‘ ,1 *r»n. BbM*',' 7 ’ ‘'do.-ltic/ tan | x . kau. MM » corT *P>flon of h?mes MM“ re actually under conME 10 12. 1946 HM. , f ’ ,o> d that the deflr' .‘' :d< * s utider construction MTI «t least had

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

New Fire Truck To Be Purchased Seek Equipment To Replace Old Trucks Sealed bids for the furnishing of a new fire truck will Im- received by tlie Board <f Public Works and Safety at the city hall up until 2 o'clock on May 16. H Vernon Aurand, clerk treasurer, announced today Specification* for tlie truck, deI scribed a--, a 75" gallon triple com--0 binatlot* pumping fir-- apparatus f. and equipment, are on file at the f clerk-treasurer's office ' No estimate 5t given on th" < >st . ol ?h>- prop sed truck, whh 1 will P eventually replace one of th" old h oji< 1 now in use by the depart , meat, except that bidd« imtM file u proposal* on tale Form 96A. which H for any bid of $5,04M) or more ~ laixt year Fire Chief Harry KtultX rei .mimellded to the coilll- „ cil that a new pumper be pun-lias-j, ed by the cl:y. emphasizing that t the Stutz ami American l.a Franc" B truck,* now wn.- l !>y th" city are , obsolete and very expensive to 1 maintain. ( The trucks are 25 and 2« yean* „ old. No mention >s made wnat dis- , position the 1 ity will make of the il old equipment. 4 Mayor Stull* p! ivid<-d for the j purchase of one n<-w truck bumper . In the city's budget for 1946, th" iTura '!<> Page 6, Column ) 5 ■■ I WHAT TIME IS !T? That is a question which has 1 been bothering lit" citizenry • ■ here forthe past several days t —the correct time, that lx 1 Carl C Pumphrey, whose .; duty it is to keep the clock I atop the courthouse showing -I the right hour, advanced the theory that the suiqtosedly infallible Western Union might , have caused the trouble my j making a live-minute mistake » in correcting timepieces. j At least, it i« known that t downtown electric clocks, the t courthouse timepiece. school } time, 'church bells' and radio time' have varied from five to B seven minutes in Decatur during the past few days. i But they say it is ail cor- , reefed now incidentally. 1 what tltn" lx it'-

the footing* installed before the March dedaiine The ruling means that, even If a n'n-veterau ha* hl* material all purchased, he cannot go on with anticipated cotwti uctio.i unleas he compile* with the agreement to rent or sell to a veteran. Federal housing representative* gay that the reason for this stringent ruling is that eve:* If a nonveteran has bi* liuildiug supplies, ft still would be neceuAary for him to draw on labor, which otherwise w:uld be used for veteran*' buildIng. It I* understood that regulation* also restrain business and manufacturing construction to • certain extent.

!Forf Wayne Man Electrocuted Here BIG FOUR START PEACITIALK

Wesley France Dies Picking Up 6,600 Volt Wire

Towering Load On Trailer Breaks Overhead Wire Wesley France, 54. Fort Wayne, wan electrocuted about 11 am. today at the Intersection ot Eleventh and Washington street*. Death o< curied when he picked up a S.dtm volt wire, which had been broken from overhead by a large piece of equipment which he aa* hauling. It wax reported. Charles Smith. 72. also of Fort Wayne, who wax tiding atop the equipment being towed on a large vehlclt* known ax a load dual trailer, escaped electrocution, it ii thoug'.it. only because of the fait that the circuit »IH hot , grounded due to the 16 rubber tired • wheels on the trailer. Smith fold Investigating authorities. including Police Chief Ed Miller and Coroner Holier: J Zwlck that, as employed of the <1 E Leininger trucking company of Fort Wayne, they we.a engaged in hauling .1 large stone hopper from a site at the Central Soya com--1 pany, where It had been used in constructing the «llo*. He said that the hopper, which i towered approximately 26 feet into the air from its povition on the trailer, had been towed with France at the wheel of the tractor i cab from the local factory i I ground i. Smith aid that with him riding on top of the hopper and holding. Up electric lines the) had been able to pass undet a aerie- of wires two blocks furthe,- back Al Heventh and Washington street*., however, an angle iron on top of' the hopper snapped th ■ lowest of three wires, according 10 Smith. France alighted from his vehicle to move the wire off the street : and wrap il around a utility pole, he said, lb- was eleccocuted immediately upon coming in contact with the wire Hix nandx were burned by the charge. The men were enroute wmt to- ; ward federal nad 27 by pass and Fort Waytie with their huge 241 feet long vehicle and itx load when tin- accident occurred. Immediately following the electrocution, police authorities and th>« coroner were notified, as well as the Leininger company The 1 body wax removed to the Zwlck I funoral home, pending word from i ; relatives lit Fort Wayne. Smith said that the victim was ; survived by the widow and a (Turn To Pago 4, Column '•» Presbytery Meet To Be Held In Decatur Two Local Men Named To Posts Decatur was selected as the alto for the fall meeting of the Fort Wayne Presbytery, governing body ot the Presbyterian churches, at the concluding of the spring meeting at Ooshen. The conference will be held at the First Presbyterian church here next September. It war announced. Rev. J W. .McPheet.TS. Jr., pa.*'or o.‘ the local church wax named a commissi ner to the 12<Mh meeting of the Synod of Indiana which will be held at Elkhart June 10 to 12. Charles D. Teeple. Decatur also was named a commissioner to the state meeting to represent elders. The elected commissioners of each Presbytery are the delegates and official representatives at the state gathering. Richard E. Craven, son of Rev. and .Mrs. Hugh Craven of Auburn, was authorised to preach fallowing an examination and wlp be ordained to the ministry at the fall | meeting in Decatur

ONLY DAILY NtWSPAFER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 25, 1946.

Hold Final Rites For Justice Stone Many Attend Funeral Os Deceased Jurist Washington, April 25 tl'P) ■ The high and the humble of a sorrowing capital paid final tribute to Harlan Fiske Stone, 12th Chief Justice of the I'nited Stales, at solemn rites In Washington's towering Episcopal cathedral today. President Truman, cabinet members, Justices and members of congress Joined hundreds of lesser citizens at the funeral service in the valuted nave ot the Gothic church. At 2 p m. the black-draped cask- 1 et of the 73-year-old Jurist who died Monday wax carried by uni-, fornp-d supreme court guards ] the cathedral's arched doorway and placed at the Intersection of the arms of the cross which form the cathedral’s basic] design. The 2.500 mourners listened reverently as the Rev Fleming James] of Sewanee, Tenn., an old friend of tile chief Justice, M|*oke the op-| ening lines of the episcopal ervice for tlie dead "I am the resurrection and the I life . . whosoever liveth and believeih in me shall never die .. " - — o — — Richard Mahan, Ex G 1., Is Monmouth Graduate The name of Richard Malian. ex-| serviceman, has been added to the list of students of Monmouth high school who will lie graduated in exercises at the school Friday night Young Mahan, who left school to enter the aimed forces, successfully passed the examination under the (1. I bill of rights and will receive his diploma, it was made known today 0 — . ■■ Business Men Fight Effort To Kill OPA Merchants Protest In Letters, Wires Washington. April 25 — tl'P) — A group of Independent businessmen today revolted against efforts of big business to kill OPA. Organized into the new council of Ante:lean Business, they charged that the national association of manufacturers' lobby against OPA was "a national scandal." They wrote senators to extend OPA without change. And they telegraphed President Truman to veto any amendment-crippled OPA bill such as the one passed by the House. The organization, claiming members in "scores" of businesses throughout the nation, said big business opposition to OPA was based on a "philosophy of greed." ft said NAM’s "weasel worded StatlHc* aie a deliberate distortion" of the feelings of American business toward OPA. These feelings, said the council, have been misrepresented "conslstenly." It complained that NA.M advertisements claimed that 97 percent of "a representative cross-section" of its own members opposed OPA. but that the figures were passed off to represent the views of all business. The NAM is urging removal of all controls on manufactured goods by June 30. NAM president Robert Wason told the senate banking committee earlier this week that OPA was retarding reconver(Turn To Par* 7, Column 7»

Shot by Sailor ' T f V ■ GEORGE E. SIMPSON, IS. of Westbury, Conn. was shot in the chest, when u sailor, appar ently gone beserk. shot and killed nine shipmates and critically Wounded Kimpson aboard an LNT at sea off the China coast. The gob concluded the shooting melee by stabbing himself Change Location Os Two Voting Places ’ — Move One In Wabash, Other In Decatur Changes have been made in the : location of two voting places In the county, one in Wabash town ship and lh« other in D<-<atur In First Ward "R" precinct the location has been changed from tlie Tester Filling Station, at the intersection of Line ami Winchester street. Io the Ed Deitsch rest deme, 513 South Fifth street In North Wabash precinct the' voting plate ba- been changed from the school house to tlie Wes , ley G Amstutz residence in M-c tion io of the township. The location of the other 32 voting places in the < ity and county remain the same, Thurman I Drew, county auditor, announced. The list of voting place; will be published in legal notice form in Fri day's paper, it was stated o • K/ds' Turn To Smile Now As Attendance Officer Gets Work Now if- tlie kid.' turn to smile. County sell ol vaiaiion starts tomorrow, but Adams county at-, tendance officer Melvin Mallonee ] ha* to keep rlgli' on working. Os course, lie won't be looking for truants, but there are records to compile; lawn to read and Plata* for making attendance better for Ihe 1946-47 school year. Attendance bus been < xcellent In Adams county schools this past year, according to reports from all the schools and Mr. Mallonee Is working for an even better record f r next year. There were a few Instances ] when It was nece«t<*ary to dose schools because us colds among pu- ] plls and teachers and once or twice »ome schools closed for a day or; two because of the condltl ii of roads. Road hazards were quickly ell-; mlnated. however, by the coopera tlon of the county highway workmen and in general the attendance I wa>« far above average. Mr. Malloneo will complete hie records on the year's attendance so n for publication, and it is lie. Ifeved the year's average will bribe highest In the last 20 years. DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER TEMPERATURE READINGS B.CO a.m. 60 10:00 a. m. 63 Noon 65 2:00 p. m. 71 3:00 p. m. 70 WEATHER Indiana —Fair tonight and Friday cooler tonight in south portion Friday. Light frost probable in north and centra! portion* Fri-; day night.

Foreign Ministers Open Crucial Conference To Plan Europe's Future

Scouts To Resume Beaver Island Trip Record Number To Try For Outing A week scouting trip so Reaver Island, Michigan, for Decatur B->y 1 Scouts who are able to qualify, will b<- resumed this year it was announced today by Kleve Everhart The news will !«• gladly received by local Scout* Mr. Everhart stated that quailficatlotii* an- now being set up for all Scouts who desire io make tlie trip. Eligible boys w II Include those who attend the conference at Big Island, work in the soft hall concession stand' the required number <>f hours. The trip will t>e made to Beaver Inland, which is located 40 mile* off the coast of Chelwygan. Michigan in latke Superior, fiom Augimi II to 19. The week's trip in< hides si out training and plenty of recreation and Is made jeixslbk- from t n prncei-ds <>f Hi" eoni-esslons at Northman field and other scout activities. It is helb-ved that a record num ber of Decatur ls»yq will try for the trips ilia* year Th" entire week is supervised by Mr. Everhart and regular Scout regulations are used The members go by automobile to t'heboygatl and then go to tin* island camp by boat. The list of ii-iiiiirenii-nts to be eligible fir tin- trip will he announced soon. Mi Everhart said <» - Bluffton Tot Recovers From Sleeping Pills Bluffton, April 25 il'l’) Two-year-old Selby Gemmill, son of Mr. and Mr Robert Gemmill, was recovering today from the effects of an overdose of sleeping tablets The tot swallowed tile pills when he found them in a dresser drawer Chain Child To Bed; Get Prison Sentences Noblesville, Ind., April 25— tl'l’i Marion Lewark, Nohh-sville farmer, began a six-months' sentence at the Indiana state farm to- ; day and his wife was sent to the site women's prison for a like period on conviction of child-neglect. Special Judge Fred Campbell of Frankfort found Hie couple guilty of having chained their adopted ef*Jfit year-old daughter, Georgia, to a bed in the home of a relative. Police testified they found the child there when they investigated. Approve Location Os 4-H Show Here Council Gives Okay On Street Sites Approval of the location of Lib i erty Way and Madison streets for the 4-H (Tub show, to lie held here! this summer, was announced toI day. Approval of the sites was given by the city council according to a simultaneous announcement by Mayor John B Stulls and Clarence Ziner, president of the llecatur Chamber of Commerce. The livestock exhibits are tn be located on Liberty Way. girls' ex i hibits in the Decatur junior sen lor high school and other craft and commercial exhibits on Madia-! on street, between Si«cond aud 1 Third streets. The event I* to be held three days during the week of August 5. ; likely on Wedn«s<iay. Thursday i »nd Friday, Mr Ziner »tated

LaGuardia To Quit Unless Congress Acts Threatens To Give Up UNRRA Post If Funds Not Given Ixmlxvlllc. Kv. April 25 (Cl’i Flurello H LaGuarilii headed n<«it today for ~ conference with midwest wheat growers after threatening so r«<dgn as director general of th" I'nited Nu<ions li< f and Rehabilitation \dm>nixtr.i tlon unless t tigress vote- fund ■ to keep the ag"ll< y alive lai Guardia, msertln; that 5»0,Oov.iHio persona in Europe and China are depending ot* rNRII A for foiHl. spoke In-re last night at the opening Muslon of a iwo-day convention of the Women's Action committee for lasting peace. il" said that if <ongres- does not willingly appropriate money for I'NRRA when the time comes. I will resign as iM head " (Congress already has authoilz ed |?.7m*.oa".omi for CNRRA itnd actually lias appioprl.ited I.’ !«•<», (ion.OOo f>r th.- I'nit.d Siativ' share in the organization.) The former New York mayor said that many European coutrrh-s w<-r«- “desperate" for fo-sl and that Italy would reach th- Imttom of the wheat bln by \piil 29 LaGuardia reported that the Italian government has otdi-red a wheat redtietfon ;<» |si* grams per person He slid the wheat supply also wax critical in 1’01.m.1. Am trin, and Yugoslavi.i He also reported tll.lt the (WO ahi|M carrying grain were now en route to Poland, another to Greece and one to Yugoslavia He demand ed that housewives boycott htiy soap manufacturer using edible fats in >ioap making Other speakers included Wilbur Forrest, president <>f tlie American Society of Newspapers editors and assistant editor of the New York Herald Tribune, and Mrs Eleanor Roos<-velt Forrest urged "patience and tolerance" as th» "to-nslble road" t > follow In dealing with Russia Forrest also recalle I that the group which he beads has submitted a four-point program for world dissemination of newa to the t’nit • d Nations He said that the pro gram asked nations t > agree that "complete friendship with any sovereign power depends on the* freedom, the abundance and thexchange of informatf m " Forrest said that newe prepared . by any government "cannot escapo (Turn tlb I’.ige 4, column il

Spring Here - Dandelions Are Up - Gardeners Get Radishes

j Mild tipring weather greeted Decatur and Adams county today , and the temperature moved ar mod ! the 7<> degree mark. The sky was partly clear and the feeling of spring was apparent. Followers of the weather say that thia spring has been one of the driest of recent y.-ais, and in l Home parte of th» county rain la’ needed Shower* are forecast for: part of Indiana today Farmers report that the ground 1 ! is hard and that in some sections plowing is almost impossible. How* I ever most farme-s are caught up lu their spring work Trees and fluw-rw are beginning to blossom out and yards are beginning to look frosh and green

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Signs Os Russia Yielding Is Seen On One Issue As Paris Meet Starts puli . April 25 (I P)- Th.- Big Four bireigu minister* assembled today for peace treaty talks with sign* that Rustia may be preparing io yield «n (he thorny Trleetw issue and that Britain b* opposed 'o any common Anglo-American front against th" Sovh-t. Til" ministers' deputies opened proceeding* with u preparatory meeting at Luxembourg paia* 1 •irlor io the first full dress *e«*lon at 5 p m til a m EKT 1 Indications that Hri:l It foreign policy haa taken a new tack nim* In London dispatches roiin Idcnt with the arrival in Pan- of foreign *••« ri-tary Eim-st Ifev.-i Bev.n who ha be,-n hi the hirefront of rep»-ated di-'plltex with foreign minister V M Molotov wav said now to favor a ulixt.intially note 1 ole History line toward the Soviet than Is being tnk>-n l»y •*••*• »lary of alate James F Byrne*. It appeared that Bevin may b-* tiopofa! of assuming the role of middle mall or mediator ix-tween ■tn- dashing Amet edn aid K view point -> on th-- pos'war European settb-tne 111 Byrtiee was keeping bis own view* strictly tn hiHMetf, apparently hopeful of first getting «>m« indication of the tn-n I of .Soviet, opinion fioni M<dotov How much progress has been made by a übcommlttee of experts studying the Trieste Issuo wax not known pecifh-ally But thet" w,:,« some indications that Ry 1.1 which lias ,*up|>orted Yugnriavla's demands for* the key Adriatic port may b.- swinging around 1 > (fie Anglu-Amerii an view which favors allowing Italy to retain Trieste, possibly under soiutt f-rm of internationalization. An agri i-ment 0:1 Trieste would remove .1 major stumbling blodc toward agreement on p<.oe treaty ternw for Italy The report of th« "Xpert** on I I lest" may be submit-t-«l to th" niiuist",' Saturday Indications of a new British lino toward the coiif<-r>-nce < ame from foreign office quarters which inIsted that Britain is strongly opp.H"d to American suggestions for a "showdown” with RuMla over Europe Th" British were r.-pn - ’etited as desiring to go slow and (Turn To Pag.- J. Column 7» ■ s> David Pollock Suffers Injury To Left Hand David Pollock. Hi year-old roti of Mr and Mrs Asa Pollock, 7! t Schlrmeyer street, had part of hi* Index finger on his left hand lai"rated this morning in the manuel training ciava at the Junior-senior high school He was treated a. the local hospital and lati*r ramov<•l to ids borne.

Tulips, violets, Hilles of the valley, and other spring flow rs (includ<ng dandeli nst are springing up In yards all over Decatur. i Early home gardeners are begin* ! Ing to got a few onions and in iiome instances radishes from the!? ••arly efforts Other gardeners, who have been fearful of frost* ( ar« now in the process of eomplet* png their garden* I Painters are starting to vent urn outside, and a number of Decatur • homes are being painted Local painters say that they have worl: which will carry them Into the fall. Alloys are being cleared of Mr- [ tnr rubbiah and local trash haul* •crs are anticipating a busy month.