Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1946 — Page 1

LIV. No. 106.

KNVICTS STILL FIGHTING IN ALCATRAZ

l/cui Housing Survey In City

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

SIOO,OOO Fire Loss At Fort Wayne Friday Fort Wayne. Ind.. May t tl'Ptj Fire which swept the Motor Car-i go. Inc., warehouse here last night, gutting the building and destroying general freight cargo, caused' a probable 1100.000 damage Ivan Bowser, tnanagi r of the ter- i mlnal warehouse, said final eatl-' mate was impoasible la-cause of the rapid freight Turnover, but that the losses would probably reach I f 100,mm. a Slow Paralysis Creeping Over U. S. Industry Grave Shortage Os Coal Forcing Many Industries To Close By United Press Slow paralysis crept over the nation's heavy industries today. Railroads began running fewer trains and factories in the hardhit middlewext began dosing down In the face of a grave coal shortage. As the coal mine strike entered its 34th day with still no prospect of settlement, these were the major, developments: 1. Thousands of workers were Hid off as plants In the great industrial belt around Chicago were forced to cut production sharply. Home closed completely 2. Coal burning railroads were ordered to cut passenger service in half beginning May 15. and to eliminate all but essential freight shipments. 3. A power dimout to cover the entire state was contemplated by authorities in Indiana. The northern part of the state and most of Illinois already had been placed under a brownout. 4. At Pittsburgh, the CarnegieIllinois Hied Corp, announced it would cut ingot steel production In the Pittsburgh area to nine percertt of capacity beginning next week. The railroads already had been ordered to cut passenger service 25 percent May 10. but as reports on the coal shortage grew worse, the office of defense transportation ordered a further cut of 25 percent May 15. Meanwhile, the Illinois com merce commission gave a free hand to 15 railroads to cut service before that date. The roads were permitted to request reductions orally and file formal requests later. After hearing the requests the commission prepared a general order granting permission for necessary reductions In service. The roads involved were the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the (Turn Tn Page ♦. Column 4» —- -oOrder Os Arrow To Meet Here Sunday Adams County Host To Area Members The Adams county members of the order of the arrow will be hosts Sunday at Hanna Nuttman park to all members In the Anthony Wayne area The event will be opened in the Scout cabin at 3:30 p. m and will include a fish fry for fathers anil sons. The order Is composed of Boy Scouts who ha»e been given the honorary camping award Horn*175 to 200 members are qualified. It was announced. ' General chairman Is Ed Mort off. with Joe Saunders as advisor. Dick Linn is chairman of the day and Clarence Ziner is In charge of the program. Other committee heads are: decorations. Lowell Smith; Jm>d Steve Everhart; tickets. Ralph Clark: publicity. Bryce Thomas; I cooks, George Harding and Tom Smith.

As Casualties Os Alcatraz Riot Come Ashore ■— ■■ — ■> -.-I- ~~t -iwt -'WMMBHiaa||M» - e«>e***-'«****ex''*-*-*‘'4ne«****'^>a><k*'* , *W^* MI * Ma * F **'*****' K *o**«a*e<’*-* ,v> ' '■ I A B I 1 I j ' BLJ jit JL EC?!'."** I ■£> I .F , WIVES AND LOVED ONES of the guards Imprisoned by convicts on Alcatraz island in Sail Francisco bay line the Fort Mason pier, top photo, eagerly snatching at any scrap of news regarding the progress of the battle on "the rock." Two guards are dead and 14 have been wounded, among whom are the three shown in the lower photo wearing dark suits. Left to right, the men are Eltnus Beak, Herschel Oldham and Robert Sutter, ail suffering from gun wounds inflicted by the convicts as they fought for their freedom

Penmanship Awards Made To Students Winners In Lincoln School Announced Penmanship awards made at the Lincoln school Friday by Mias Grace Coffee, penmanship supervisor. were announced today by P. Bryce Thomas, school principal. Five winners of the award have been deemed "inighls of the good writers' club." for having been named three years. They are: Patsy Hess. Sharon Strickler. Jerry Lister. Susan Bowman and Bill 15.-11. Jr. Wlnenrs in the 4 B taught by Miss Mathilda Sellemryor are: Carol Bowman, Delores Wolfe, Marilyn Klrchenbauer. Marvene Krick. Delight Wagner, Phillip Baker. Donald Shaffer. Janet Smith. Norma Agler and Janet Hott. Winners in the 4-B taught by grades taught by Miss Coffee are: Barbara DeVore. Beverly l*ewis. Shirley Sudduth, Shirley Fuelling. Rosemary Hetrick. Shirley WorkInger. Allan Cole. Lois Strahm. Eugene Morrison. Mary Grandstaff. Carolyn Strickler. Donald Reinking, Carol Elzey. Sharlene lashman. Marilyn Jaberg. Karen Striker, Gladys Davidson. Kent Koons. Shirley Fisher. Ferris Kohne. Carol Kai ver. Sharon Fisher. Sharon Strickler. Susan Bowman. Ronald Bassett. Kenneth Everett, Patsy Hess. Marilyn Mauller. Rheta Butcher. Tom Cole. Bonnie Simons. Gerald Kolter, Marlene Holloway. Richard Reidenbach. Jacqueline Hite. Arlene Rowley, Don Hott. Opal Evans, Mary Martinas. Margie McGill. Jerry Lister. Bene Shaffer. John Brunner, Doris Draper. Ellenore Fisher. Marie Rowdon. Betty Johnson. Cathleen Crow, Caroline Alger. Virginia Koenig. Judy Myers. Patricia Gause. Alice Slusher, Robert C. Nelson and Donald DeArmond.

ONLY DAILY NtWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decotur, Indiana, Saturday, May 4, 1946.

Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association will meet Monday morning at It:30 o'clock in th- Zinn Evangelical and Reformed church parlorxt. All members are requested to he present. : MacArthur Orders Hatoyama Barred I tl Takes Firm Hand In 1 Japanese Politics ’ Tokyo, May 4 (t’P) — Gen Douglas MacArthur took a firm ' han I in tangled Japanese politic* 8 today by ordering the govern- '' ment to bar Ichiro Hatoyama. 1 president of the leading party. ’ from membership in the diet and to exclude him from any official •' position because of h!« anti-demo- '■ rratic record dating back almost j 20 years. >- Because his party won most of • the diet seats in the April elec- - tions. Hatoyama almost certainly '. would have been named premier i- to form the government replac- - Ing that of Baron Kinjuro Hhidc- • bara, whose cabinet resigned , April 22. Party leaders had agreed on a 1 government headed by him and 1 awaited only his approval by alf lied headquarters. It was learned that MacArthur's staff had hoped it would be unJ necessary to ban Hatoyama — j that the Japanese government would act on its own initiative under the Jan. 4 "purge" directive eliminating militarists, natj ionallsts. and other undesirables . from public office. , The memorandum to the Japaneae government, signed by Brig. Gen. B M. Fitch, adjutant general for BCAP, disclosed that the Japanese general Hatton office (Turn To Page 5, Column 7)

Custer President Os Officers Group Reserve Officers Form Organization D. Burdette Custer, Decatur, former lieutenant-colonel in the I*. S. army, has been named temporal y president of the hx-al chapter 42. Indiana state department of reserve officers association, it was made known today. Other officers of the organization and their army ratings: Hugh Campbell, Geneva, major, vice-pres-ident; Heverin 11. Hchurger. Decatur. captain, secretary-treasurer, and Waktcr II Gillium. Decatur, captain, provost marshall. Meetings of the organization have been tentatively scheduled for the first and third Thursdays in each month at Bertie. However the second meeting this month will be held In Decatur. The organization meeting was held at the courthouse here this week Mr. Campbell and Harold Zimmerman ex army captain, were ' named delegates to attend the stale convention at Indianapolis this weekend. A large number attended the organization meeting here in charge of Col. Floyd Lindley of Marion. Lt. Col. James P. Davis, com(Turp T<> Page 3, Column .*) Class To Make First Communion On Sunday A cityiH of iMtyo and girle will make their solemn Holy Communion Sunday morning at the 7:80 o'clock mass at Ht. Mary's church. The high tnsM will lo* celebrated by the Very Rev. .Msgr. Joseph J Selmetz. pastor, wh» also will deliver the sermon. The children will march from St. Joseph's ochool to the church and will be seated In front pews reserved for them.

Defiant Band Answers Surrender Demands By Wild Gunfire Bursts

Miner Demands For Royalty Denounced Congressmen Hear Mounting Demands By United Prese Demands were made in congress today for speedy settlement of the coal mine strike as the public began to feel the pinch of coal shortages. But negotiations between the mine operators and president John L. Lewis of the united mine workdYs. (AFLI. seemed no more advanced than they were when the walkout began more than a month ago. The strike ha* kept idle 400.000 of an estimated 712.000 workers idle across the country In strikes and labor disputes. Other major developments Included: 1. No hope was seen for an early settlement of a streetcar and bus strike in !a>« Angeles which has deprived an estimated 1,000.000 riders of public transportation. 2. The possibility ot another major strike In the automobile industry arose when CIO employes of Briggs .Manufacturing Co voted approval of a walkout which would shut down Briggs and stop production at Chrysler and Packard. 3. A federal conciliator arranged meetings with representatives of Allis-Chalmers Co and the CIO united automobile workers in an attempt to settle a strike at the company’s West Allis. Wis.. plant. In the coal strike, the government ordered railroads to cut passenger service dependent on coal 50 percent beginning .May 15. Meanwhile. President Truman wax revealed to have no definite plans for early seizure of the coal mines. In congress, Hen. Harry F Byrd, D . Va„ denounced the miners' demands for a royalty on each ton of coal mined for administration of a union health and benefit fund Hep. Zebulon Weaver. It., N. chai'man of a House judiciary sub<*ommlttee. said the committee, would begin hearings Monday on a bill to outlaw such royalties. In the BijA, dispute, 2,0<10 work era voted affliroval of a stiike at one plant of the firm, which manufactures automobile bodies. Thx* Vote followed a wildcat walk out In a dispute over production quotas. , o— Township Trustees Meeting Here Today Attendance Officer May Be Appointed The board of township trustees, meeting shortly before noon today, may name a county attendance officer for file approaching year, it wae made known this morning The l«»ard members started assembling late this morning in the offices of Lyman L. Hann, county school xu|>erintendent, where the meeting was to be held. Melvin Mallonee. present county attendance office, was expected to lie renamed to the position if action were taken at the meeting. His term in office expires May 15 and since this is the last regular meeting of the Imard before that time, the trustees are expected to take action on the appointment . Mr. Mallanee, who is completing his first year in the office, wax named in conformity with a new state law. which <ailed for the appointment. Previous to Mr. Mallonee't appointment, the county sch<M>| superintendent had been acting as attendance office In addition to his other duties. No other candidates for the position have been mentioned.

Voters Ready For Election Here Tuesday Six Democrat Races In Primary, Only One On Republican Side Democrats of Adams county will have six main races to decide next Tuesday when they go to the |m>lls for the primary election, while Republicans have only one race to keep up their interest. Today, ax the election draws near, candidates arA making last minute bids for support of voters who will cast their ballots from 7 a. m until 7 p tn. (daylight saving timet next Tuesday. Those receiving Democratic ballots when they enter the polls election day will find contests for < ongressman, prosecutor, joint representative, sheriff. surveyXir and county commissioner, third district. Democratic voters In Washington and limit townships will also find trustee contests, while Republicans will have races for the same post In Monroe and WtHiash townships. Heading the Demociatie ticket will be the race for congressman, with Walter E. Frederick and Timothy M< Cuddy, both of Fort Wayne, as aspirants for the nomination. Next In line lx the race for prosecuting attorney with John L. DeVoss. G Remy Bierly and Myles F Parrish the candidates. Von A. Eichhorn, candidate for joint state senator, lx unopposed on the ballot. C II Muselman ami Robert H. Heller are candidates for the Democratic nomination as joint representative. Etiward Jaberg Is unopposed for county clerk, as Is John Duff for county treasurer Next on the ballot is the sheriff contest, where four aspirants are listed. They are Samuel Bentz. Robert II Anderson, Burl Johnson and Herman Bowman Harmon (Jillig Is unopposed for county coroner. The office of county surveyor appears next on the ballot, with William Ehrsam and John W. Tyndall the candidateAlbert Harlow is unopposed for county assessor. The sixth ami last county conI test on the ballot occurs in voting for county commissioner, third district, where John C. Augshurger and William Grandlinard are candidates Next names on the ballot are those of candidates for county (Turn To Page «. Column «> Fourth Degree K. C. Program May 18-19 Several Local Men To Receive Degree John Barth, faithful navigator of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus, has received a copy of the revised program for the Fourth Degree exemplification, which will be held In Fort Wayne on May IK and 19. Registration of guests will be held st the Keenan hotel on May i 18. followed by a formal cabaret dance at the K of ('. auditorium In the evening On Sunday, the candidates and members will attend high mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception The exemplification ceremonies will begin at 1:30 o'clock at the K. of C. home, followed by the formal banquet at the j Athletic club in the evening Several Decatur men will receive patriotic degree and a num her of local members are planning to attend the ceremonies.

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U. S. Marines And Prison Guards To Use Bazookas And Demolition Bombs Han Francisco. May 4 ft Pl U H marines and prison guards prepared t • uae liazookas and demolition bombs today against th« armed hand of convlcte still fighting Inside Alcatraz prison. A prison official *ald guards and marines had been ordered to hold their fire until daylight The defiant band of barricaded badmeti answered lhe latest demand for unconditional surrender with a burst of gunfire. Mike Gaffney of the San Francisco police department said prison officials repotted "n> change in the situation’' late last night and that "all activity" had ceased for the night He intimated that the attacks would b« renewed at dawn. Two guards were dead and at least 14 wounded as the fighting continued into the third day The convicts showed no signs of weakening. Prison offlclw’s believed they had killed in cold blood some of their band who wanted to give up The main cellbh ck of the nation's most impregnable psieon was riddled with bullets and shrapnel fragments. Inside, the eonvicta - sevxm and possibly as many as 16 fought again t overwhelming orids Cornered and apparently with little or no food and little change for sleep, the desperate men knew they faced possible prowiutlon for murder If they come <ut of the fight alive Tl|e leaders »howed no signa of softening under a steady pounding of fragmentation grenades and phosphorous Itombs, inti rspersed with small arms fire. The great, grey walls of tint prison toncealed the fate of many of the prisoners. How many had fallen in the fighting wax unknown. Guards and marine- only got fleeting glimpses of their quarry through barred windows. hi a maneuver reminiscent of an attack on an enemy fortriws. marine warrant officer Charles 1.. Buckner. Memphis. T>-nn.. was Imslieved to have inflicted severe casualties on tin- convicts when he dropped fragmentation grenades on them through a hole in the roof late yesterday Home convicts screamed that they wanted to surrender, according to marine major AHiert Arsenault Their screams were followed by the sound of rifle fire from within and it was believed the inmates who wanted to surrender had been shot down hv their coconspirators. There was a four-hour and lit minute lull in the fighting from 12:35 pin to 5.15 pm. PST <2:35 to 7 15 pm t'HTt. The convicts tried to make 4 ."deal" with warden Junies A, Johnston on an infraisland telephone "The only deal I will make is for you to throw out your guns and ammunition." Johnston replied The answer came in a chattering stream of gunfire from the cold confines of cell block C. "Our fires doesn't s-em to have much effect on them, ” a spokesman for Johnston said In a telephone conversation with Die I nited Press ■ at 9:45 p.m. "The convicts are still 1 rthiMiting back at us. I don’t think they ar« getting anything to eat. but I wouldn t make a guess how , much longer they can hold out.” o — Terre Haute Milk Drivers On Strike , Terre Haute. Ind . May 4—(UP) Milk deliveries were limited to I hospitals and schools today by n , strike of milk truck drivers. Negotiations were underway to . end the strike, which began yas- ) terday. but officials of the AFL . teamxtens union and the dairy <om- , paniew refused to reveal wage issues Involved in the dispute. Deliveries were held to a minimum. but were made to custom era . obtaining doctor’s certincatu. About 135 drivers were involved.