Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1946 — Page 7

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BNVICTS STILL FIGHTING IN ALCATRAZ

Wan Housing Survey In City

■To Ease |e Housing Hage Here En Auxiliary To Kecotur C. Os C. Joking Survey K<l<* survey. ‘ponsorsd hy K,,. of Commerce, with ■„f the Ameiican Legion ■operating. * H »>- "»« d * Ky to learn if 'here are K rmmw in reelK f,nt. or if '!-e property Kntenr" I in remodeling K 4 n addition '« hl* bouse K .f providing quarter* Kim G K t »y h launched as a K>r.al«- tin- acute housing Ktwre. and if pOSilWe to of -mall apartment* ■ former servicemen und Kliea. a* they take up reK thi.< < tty. Clatence Ziner, ■ of Ute Chamber announcKion to tin- volunteer ser ■ the Union auxiliary, a Be of four men han been Ky Mr Ziner to work with Kun* in th<‘ remodeling KMisted by the F'rat Halt, m clearing detail* and Ke f rm». if th.* owner deKb assistance. ThU comK beaded by C. E. Hell. Krf Cr<w< chairman; James K. fir. and Roy ft. Mum ■ lumber company propr!?B Herman II Krueckeherg. B the Fir-t State Bank ■Arthur Meyer of Preble, It of the legion auxiliary, ■tiag the tnetnltera into a ■ worker, who will call at By of the hontea In the ■ inquire of the occupant 11> a apare room in the Bl might be rented; and ■of the owner. If he la inB« cn addition for a 0. I. ||n above |4OO can be ole i“- remodeling and huild- |. Kraaekoberg explained. ■ tke quartern are made ■ to f irmer net vicemen and ►iliea. Under lion no prll’cre,wry. ft was ~X p |a | n . I’ill he printed by the f °f Commerce with the F Qteations and the anr '*"■ home owner or oceuF f * listed. A check will I »ade of the poaalbilitiee F*'i m th.- answers on the U the idea of encouraging F' t« make the necessary fOf living quarter*. P’mber of Commerce bei U I . m,n,r ,a nt<* hontea can p«»d into aaltetle living t " ,r 0 La. | n others, the ► helieven that occupants MW to rent their apare P®t ao much for the nfoneP*l»int. but as a step to family. f*” lB '•>« city |g grows 0< ”" h a "d with the large H ""‘a from the armed lJ° ***** 4. Column C) L Q-— Inch Funeral d °y Afternoon P'"trvlcea for Mr*. Louise kui u Wbo dl,>d Thursday .;,{• b ‘ 1:30 P.m. Mart * >B3a ' one - hßlf mile L „ **’ BBd •< 2 o'clock at Ck '*’*’' llcal and Reform Ll, . 1 »Mtay. with burial Ev«? e * m * ter r- ’» the list wiuoc Prtß, * d ,B Friday's br ,h * n,m ® of • £••* Anna Helmrich, d? Hw ’ 4 Mu - ab "ATUkS reading* ki. “• *** W ******* wv 2!s ather aw with occasional rain to- , ."•rih and cctt to-•rwsg-L Mrt,y ofaudy, "orih and W nV 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

SIOO,OOO Fire Loss At Fort Wayne Friday Fort Wayne. Ind.. May 4 tl'Pi —Fire which swept the .Motor Car-1 go, Inc., warehouse here taut night, gutting the building and destroying general freight cargo, caused’ a probable 8100,000 damage Ivan Bowser, manager of the ter-1 minal warehouse, said final esti-1 mate was impossible because of the rapid freight turnover, but that the losses would probably reach I 11 on,mm. o— Slow Paralysis Creeping Over U. S. Industry Grave Shortage Os Coal Forcing Many Industries To Close By United Pres* Blow paralysis crept orer the nation’s heavy Industries today. Railroads began running fewer trains and factories In the hardhit middlewest began closing 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, development*: 1. Thousands of worker> were IBld nff as plants in the great Industrial belt around Chicago Were forced to cut production sharply. Some dosed 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 contempla'ed by authorities in Indiana. The northern part of the state and moat of Illinois already had been placed under a brownout. 4. At Pittsburgh, the CarnegieIllinois Steel 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 commerce 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 re quests 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 To Page 4. Column 4) —...i Order Os Arrow To Meet Here Sunday Adams County Host To Area Members The Adams county members of the order of the arrow will be boats Sunday at Hanna Nuttman park to all member* In the Anth ony Wayne area. The event will be opened in the Scout cabin at 3:30 p m and will Include a fish fry for fathers and sons. The order I* composed of Boy Scouts who have been given the honorary camping award. Some 175 to 200 members are qualified, it was announced. General chairman I* Ed Mortoff.i with Joe Saunders as advisor IMck Linn is chairman of the day and Clarence Ziner is in charge of the program. Other committee head* are: decorations. Lowell Smith; food,. Steve Everhart: tickets. Ralph Clark; publicity. Bryce Thomas; efioks, George Harding and Tom Smith

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WIVES ANO LOVED ONES of the guards imprisoned by convicts on Alcatraz island In San 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 ami 14 have been wounded, among whom are the three shown in the lower photo wearing dark suits. Left to right, the men are Elmus Beak, Herschel Oldham and Robert Nutter, all suffering front 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 Miss Grace Coffee, penmanship supervisor, were announced today by P Bryce Thomas, school principal. Five winners of the award have been deemed "tnights of the good writers’ club." for having been named three years. They are: Pat sy Hess. Sharon Strickler. Jerry Lister. Susan Bowman and Bill Bell. Jr. Wlnenrs In the 4-B taught by Mias Mathilda Sellempyer are; Cared Bowman. Delores Wolfe. Marilyn Klrchenbauer, Marvene Krick. Delight Wagner, Phillip Baker. Donald Shaffer. Janet Smith. Norma Agler and Janet I Hott. Wltinom in the 4-B taught hy grade* taught by Miss Coffee are: i Barbara DeVore. Beverly Lewis, Shirley Sudduth. Shirley Fuelling. Rosemary Hetrick. Shirley WorkInger. Allan Cole. Lois Straltm. Eugene* Morrison. Mary Grandstaff. Carolyn Strickler. Donald Reinking. Carol Elzey. Sharlene I Chinan. Marilyn Jabcrg. Karen Striker. Gladys Davidson. Kent Koons. Shirley Fisher. Ferris Kohne. Carol Kalver. 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 Reldenhach, Jacqueline Hite. Arlene Rowley. Don Hott. Opal Evan*. Mary Martinas. Margie McGill, Jerry Lister, Bene Shaffe«r, 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 De Armond.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 4, 1946.

Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association will meet Monday morning al 9:30 o’clock In th** Zion Evangelical and Reformed church parlow. All membens are requested to be present. 0 MacArthur Orders Hatoyama Barred Takes Firm Hand In Japanese Politics Tokyo. May 4 -= (UPI — Gen. Douglas MacArthur took a firm hand in tangled Japanese politics today by ordering the government to bar Ichiro Hatoyama, president of the leading party, from membership In the diet and j to exclude him from any official position because of his anti-demo-cratic record dating back almost 2ft year*. Becau«e hl* party won most of the diet scat* In the April •lotion*. Hatoyama almost certainly would have (teen named premier to form the government replacing that of Baron Kinjuro Shidehara, whose cabinet resigned April 22. Party leaders had agreed on t government headed by him ami awaited only his approval hy allied headquarters. It was learned that MacArthur's I staff had hoped It would hr* un- ; necessary to ban Hatoyama — that the Japanese government would act on its own initiative under the Jan. 4 "purge" directive eliminating militarists, nationalists. and other undesirables from public office. The memorandum to the Japanese government, signed by Brig. Gen. B. M. Fitch, adjutant general for SCAP. disclosed that the Japanese general Bason office (Turn To Psge 5, Column 7)

Custer President Os Officers Group Reserve Officers Form Organization D. Burdette Custer. Decatur, former lieutenant-colonel In the U. S army, ha* lu*en named temporary president of the local chapter 42. Indiana state department of reserve officers association, it was mad** known today. Other officers of the organization and their army ratings: Hugh Campbell. Geneva, major, vice-pres-ident; Severin H. Schurger. D<* ca'ur. captain, secretary-treasurer, and Wakter H. Giliiom. Decatur, captain, provost marshall Meeting* of the organization have been tentatively scheduled for the first and third Thursday* in each month at Berne. However the second meeting this month will be held In Decatur. The organization meeting was held at the courthouse hen* this week. Mr. Campbell and Harold Zimmerman ex army captain, were named delegate* to attend the stale convention at Indianapolis this weekend. A large number attended the organization meeting here in charge of Col Floyd Lindley of Marlon Lt. Col. James p. Davis, com(Turp T<* Page J. Column 3) Clbss To Make First Communion On Sunday A <l:yi* of boya and girto will make their solemn Holy Communion Sunday morning at the 7:30 o'clock mass at St. Mary's church. The high msM will be celebrated by the Very Rev. .Msgr. Joseph J Belmetz, pastor. wh*» also will deliver the Hermon. The children will march f:oni Sr Joseph's ocliool to the church and will be seated In front pew* reserved for them.

Defiant Band Answers Surrender Demands By Wild Gunfire Bursts

Miner Demands For Royalty Denounced Congressmen Hear Mounting Demands k 1/1 By United Press Demand* were made In congress today for speedy settlement of the coal mine strike a* the public began to feel the pinch of coal shortages. But negotiations between the mine operators and president John !,. Lewis <>f the united mine workeYs. (AFLI, seemed no more advanced than they were when the walkout began more than a month ago. The strike has kept idle 400,000 of an estimated "12.000 workers idle across the country In strikes and lalarr disputes. Other major development* Included • 1. No hope was *een for an early settlement of a streetcar and bus strike In Los Angele* which has deprived an estimated 1,000.000 riders of public trail* port a lion. 2. The possibility of another major strike In the automobile Industry arose when CIO employe* of Briggs .Manufacturing Co. voted approval of a walkout which would shut down Brigg* 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. Wls.. plant. In the coal strike, the government ordered railroad* to cut pa**enger service dependent on coal M percent beginning May 15. Meanwhile. President Truman was revealed to have no definite plans for early seizure of th« coal mines. In congress. Sen Harry F Byrd. It.. 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 ('., chairman of a House judiciary subcommittee, said the committee, would begin hearings Monday on it bill to outlaw- such royalties. In the BrA. dispute, 2.0U1) workers voted of a strike at one plant of the firm, which mantifailures automobile bodies. The vote followed a wildcat walk out in a dispute over production quotas.

Township Trustees Meeting Here Today Attendance Officer May Be Appointed The board of township trustees, meeting shortly before 'toon today, may name a county attendance officer for the approaching year. It waa made known this morning The l*>ard member* started assembling late this morning in the office* of Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent, where the meeting was to be held. Melvin .Malloiiee. present county attendance office, was expected to l>e renamed to the position if action were taken at the meeting. His term in office expire* May 15 and eince thia is the last regular meeting of the board before that time, the trustee* an* expected to take action on the appointment. Mr. .Mallonee, who Is completing his first year in the office, was named in conformity with a new state law. which called for the appointment Previous to Mr. Mallonee’s appointment. the county school superintendent had beer, acting a* attendance office In addition to hl* other duties. No other candidate* for the posltion 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 poll* for the primary election, while Republicans have only one race to keep up their Interest. Today, as the election draws l-.ear, candidates arA making last minute bld* for support of voters who will cast their ballots from 7 a. m until 7 p. m. (daylight saving time l next Tuesday. Those receiving Democratic ballots when they enter the polls election day will find contest* for congressman, prosecutor, joint representative, sheriff, surveyor ami county commissioner, third district. Democratic voters in Washington and Root townships will also find trustee contests, while Republicans will have races for the same post in Monroe and Wabash t(,wn*hip*. Heading the Demm-ratlc ticket will be the race for congressman, with Walter E. Frederick ami Timothy Mct’mbly. both of Fort Wayne, as aspirants for the nomination .Next In line I* the race for prosecuting attorney with John L. DeVoss. G Remy Bierly ami Myles F Parrish the candidate*. Von A. Eichhorn, candidate for joint state senator, is unopposed on the ballot. (' H. Mitselman anil Robert 11. Heller an* candidates for the Democratic nomination as joint representative. Edward 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 H Anderson, Burl Johnson and Herman Bowman Harmon Gillig is unopposed for county coroner. The office of county surveyor appears next on the ballot, with William Ehrsani and John W. Tyndall the candidates. Albert Harlow Is unopposed for county assessor. The sixth and last county contest on the ballot occurs In voting for county commissioner, third district, where John (' Augsbtirger and William Grandlinard are candidate*. Next name* on the ballot are those of candidates for county • Turn To Pas* *. Column «) <> Fourth Degree K. C. Program May 18-19 Several Local Men To Receive Degree John Barth, faithful navigator of tin* Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus, ha* received a copy of the revised program for the Fourth Degree exemplification, which will be held In Fort Wayne on May IS and If* Registration of guests will be held at the Keenan hotel on May 18. followed by a formal cabaret dance at the K of ('. auditorium In the evening. (tn Bunday, 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 Athletic club in the evening Several Decatur men will receive patriotic degree and a number 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 San Francisco. May 4 (UPI -- U. H. marines and prison guard* prepared to use liaxookas and demolttlon bombs today against th*’ armed hand of convicts still f<*b'* mg Inside Alcatraz prison. A prison official *ald guards and marine* had been ordered to hold their fire until diylight. The defiant liand of barricaded badmen anewered the latest demand for unconditional surrender with a burst of gunfire Mike Gaffney of the San Francisco police department said prison officials reported "n i change in the Hltuation” late la*t night and that "all activity" bad ceased for the night He intimated that the attack* woubl l»e renewed at dawn. Two guard* were dead and at least It wounded as the fighting continued into the thl <1 day. The convicts showed no signs of weakening. Prison offlcle's believed they had killed In cold blood some of ’.heir band who wanted to give up. The main cellblock of the nation* most impregnable prison was riddled with bulleUt and shrapnel fragments. Inside, the convicts - seven and poselbly as many as 18 fought again t overwhelming odds Cornered and apparently with little or no Dmml ami little change for sleep, the desperate men knew they faced possible prosecution for murder If they come cut of the fight alive. The leaders showed no signs of softening under a steady pounding of fragmentation grenades and phosphorous hombs, interspemed with small anna fire. The great, grey walls of the prison concealed the fate of many of the prisoners. How many had fallen in the fighting was unkmwn. Guards and marines only got fleeting glimpses of their quarry thiough barred windows. In a maneuver reminiscent of an attack on an enemy fortress, marine warrant officer Charles 1.. Buckner. Memphis. Tenn., was believed to have inflicted severe casualties on the convicts when he dropped fragmentation grenades on them through a hole in the root late yesterday. Nome convicts screamed that they wanted to surrender, according to marine major Albert Arsenault Their screams wete followed by the sound of rifle fire from within and it was lielieved the inmate* who wanted to surrender had been shot down liv their coconspirators. There was a four-hour and lit minute lull in the fighting front 12:35 pin to 5:15 p.m. PBT 12:35 to 7:15 pm CNTi. Tlie convicts tried to make a "deal" with warden James A. Johnston on an intra* Island telephone "The only deal I will make is for you to throw out your guns and ammunition." Johnston replied. The answer i-atiie in a chattering stream of gunfire from the odd confines of cell block C. "Our fires doesn't s *em to havo much effect on them.” a spokesman for Johnston saitl in a telephone conversation with the United Frees at 9:15 p.m. "The convicts are still shooting back at us. I don't think they are getting anything to eat, hut 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 hospitals and schools today by n •trike of milk truck drivers Negotiations were underway to end the strike. whi< h began yes'erday. but offh-ial. O s the AFL leainstetw union and th- dairy com paniiw refused to reveal wage Issues involved in the dispute Deliveries were held to a minimum hut were made to customer, obtaining doctors certificate. Abont ,35 drivers were mXT

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