Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1946 — Page 2

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UNITED STATH-CANADIAN cooperation tn mapping defense of th® northern hemisphere received a sharp jolt wltfi an agXcment among Canada, Britain and Newfoundland was signed without the U. S The Tg-, 8. has a &9 year lease on air base*, such as Hattie's Camp, above. (International)

In Memonam hi memory otTieob <Upnm. who I a*»i-d away ox- > ei,r mfr’ today. May 14. 1945. q Today bring* sad mein -;•'<•* of this loved one. Who ba- gon lo rest, And thee-o'ho think of him today Are those Who h»Ved him best. ?adiy mA"d by dr*. Jacob Grimm, .Mr. and Mr* Harry Grimm and Sons, Mr. and Mru ItalpiJ Ho tarter. r>

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Briggs Rises Held Monday At Geneva i Geneva Bank Founder k Taken By Death - ' < Funeral service* for Andrew** Brigg.-*. xff. founder and president.! of the Hank of Geneva, were h»-ffr| (Yesterday at the Briggs home -3|,th, the Rev. J. Rtchardson, pa-tor of the nfti-neva Methodist c’hurih -*<fl j iclatmg. Burial wan made in Riv-! trslde cemetery. M Brigg*' death occurred Sat-j unlay night at hi* home. He had been ill of inHrmtile* for

months. Mr. Hrlga* was born at Findlay. (>hf& January 31. IbtiO, the won of Tr. and Mrs. William BrXa*. Jle came to Geneva when a tad of eleven years. In 1395 he and Charles Porter. husband of the late Gene Stratton Porter, organirsW Th® Bank of Geneva He was connected with this institution *ln<e (hen and his sotV .lame* Hrlggs, is cashier of the bank. Mr. Brings also o panixed thy Brigg* Hardware Store at Geneva about 65 .wars ago. Hi* *y.i. Richard Byjtg*. I* manager of the hardware. , >Mr Briggs wa* married t<P MurgaTet pay of Celina. ilye preceded “Kim In death 11 yearago. Surviving are th* two sons, Richaid and Jame* faring”. both of Geneva, also two 'brothers and a sister. W. W. Brigg*. Geneva; ('. J. ffHgg*. Sidney, Ohio and Mr*. Ella Raudabaugh of CarvalU Mijputia. Mr. Brigg* wa* a tpember of itl'K K. of Pr 4a>dge.

Three Young Sailors Held As Murderers Fort Wayne Sailor One Os Three Held WaukeshH, Wit.. .May 14 t R’i Three teenijp-d sailors, arrest••<1 for AWOL from their Great l,aKe" naval trainii# bate, were named in first degree minder warrants today for the neckerchief slaying <•£ Kenneth Kirner, 21. West Allis. *K‘ls.. veteran. Waukesha county aitthoiitiet ssld the youths admitted robbing anti strangling Kirner last April f-1. after hitchhiking a ride with him when dljfipliuary barracks at Greet latkes. Named in the warrnr/J* were Jack Lyle Rradd.x k, Ift. Toledo. <>.; Charlo* Lewis Cooper, 17. Findley, ()., ami Wayne Robert Payton. 17. > The youths, picked up for qtiex- | Honing about lining absent with I out leave, gave themselves up to : shore patrol at Sioux Clt’g la . h after reading hiji newspaper that I K Inter was deal? |. Authorities said the three won- ' fessed that one wrapped his neck j erchief around Kirnet 'a neck l! while another Mt him with a hairh'Ajeh and the third held th* ’ csr I wheel steady. They said they took | his wallet and watch and dragged II him to a field before driving away L in his car. I They said they thought Kleger r was merely unconscious, although i evidence Indicated that he was 11 dead wi.en* he was dragged to the | field. An autopsy that he died of strangulation. i Reserve Officers To i Meet Here Thursday I The Adanw chapter of the reserve officers aasx-iation will meet at the American legion home | Thursday evening at II o’clock. All 1 reserve officers and A.l’.S ofI fliers are requested to attend.

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Berne Pastor Heads County Ministers Annual Meet Held Monday At Berne The Rev. G. A. Hchmld, pastor of tit*- Cro** Rvangellial and Reformed church at Berne, was elected president of the Adams county nilnistetlsl association al the annual reorganisation meeting Monday at 'the Trinity gelfcal i hun h in that town. The Rev. Hchmld succeeds the Itev, J. H Rtchard*<m of the Galieva Methhdlst church. The Rev. Ulin A Krehblel, Berne Meunonlte church, wa* named vice president and the Rev. F. II Willard, of the First church of Decatur, who has served as vice president for the past year, was elected succeeding the Rc," John W. McPheeters. Jr., of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur Plans were laun< hed for a picnic of all county ministers, to be held at the W’ells county state forest near Bluffton in June, and for an all-couuty mass meeting of Protestant churches nest fall The Rev. C. P. Maas, pastor of the Berne Trinity Evangelical church-, land Mrs. Maas were hosts to the county meeting and served b-eakfast in the church Imsement. - ■"' -- Ask Dismissal 01 Jap Crime Charges Charges Military Tribunal Is Unfair Tokyo. May 14.—(VPi Anter lean defense counsel for five mn jor Japanese war criminal suspects charged today that the far east allied military tribunal wa* incapable of conducting a fair trial and moved soy dismis*al of the cJiarjjpa The foimai motion, filed by (’apt. George A. Furness, folloWwl an attack on the validity of the tribunal'* Jnil»dl<‘*r<m made ye* terdiy- by Dr. Ichiro Kyose. counsel lor former premier Hidekl Toj (/ | Specifically, charged that 4 {he tHbunal was without jurisdiction. and that its member*, representing the nation* which defeated Japan, were “accusers" and not capable of conducting a fair and impartial trial. in an oral urgument supporting the motion, Fiirnesa -aid violation of treaty might be considered a breath of contract or contrary to the "obligations of conscience." but ’hat It Was not a crime, Furness Wid the indictment* charged violations of the league of nations covenant, and that *in<e the league had taken no a<tion. the tribunal was not em powered to do so. The motions were filed on behalf of Hamoru ShigemltTi. form m fortPgn minister; Kiranuma. one-time premier; Tosuke .Matsnoka. former minister in the Konoye cabinet; Hhigemori Togo, prrign minister during the Tok; regime, and- Yoshtjnro Vmexfe' chief of general staff ! in 1944 U. U Counsel for four other Japanese defendant* supported the motion for dismissal of the chatge*. ' Maj. Ben Brace WiakMey, Oklahoma City, Okla , argued for dismissal of the murder Indictment on grounds that war wa* “legal" and that killing w»J a part of war, Blakeney said that If the killing*. at Peart Harbor »"??re murder. the atom bnmMng of Hiroshima also should he defined a* murder

Cabin Cruiser Wil! Be Launched Sunday The lanm hfng of the cabin ernis* ei owned by L. W. Nelson, chemical engineer at the Central Soya company, wlllgake ptace at lakeside, near Toledo. Ohio, this weekend, members of the family stated. The boat tuts l>een named ‘‘JeanInne" for Miss Jeatifnne Nehon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, junior in the Dgtatur high school. The cabin ctujser win lw docked at Port Clinton 011 Erie, where Mr. Nekton k a member of the yacht club there. Tim beat wAs located here a couple of years during Its construction. V —■■ y> ■■■■■■«■ Fenner Terre Haute Mayor Dies Monday Terre Haute. Ind., May 14—(UP) — Hites will lie held tomorrow for Joseph P. Duffy, 70. former ttwyor of Terre Haute and a city judge tor eight year*. Duffy died yesterday after an Hiner* of several months. He was mayor ffom 1»-S to 1 &43. A LMiuscmL he served as judge previous to the term as mayor. Ibe widow, a daughter, aud two sons, survive.

Clark Smith Given Flying License Clark Smith, local aviation em thnaiast. han received hi* private flylug license, It was made known today. Hinilh. It will be tememlNlrd. was one of three young melt who owned and flew a glider hack In 1936 and became Interested hi flying at that time He received hk« Instruction und llcrn*• , tret Iron Robert McComb, operator of the Ideal airport.

San Antonio Fights Mysterious Disease Drop Powerful DDT Over Infected City San Antonio. Tea.. May 14 — (Vl’t Authorities prepared today to «end planes over this infected city to drop powerful DDT on garbage dumps and un*#nltaiy spots believed to he breeding places of a nalady which *Jas killed three children and afflicted 12 others. Three <*«e* were under observation at Corpus Christi. Tex, and one death occurred at Amarillo,

Tex. I>raatic regulation* were Imposed on two counties and on the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi. School* and college* throughout the area were closed, and public gatherings were proState health authorities believed the disease wa* poliomyletls. or infantile paralysis. They awaited confirmation, however, from ba<teriologlfts at Southwestern Medical university, because some cases also resembled encephalitis, a form of sleeping sickness. At Corpus Christi, patients showed symtom* of yellow fever. Delay In a definite diagnosis roused fear among residents who heard rumors tltv disease was a “strange, new malady." However. Dr. J. V. Iron* of the slate health department said the.J "the ntta<k Is evidently one of jWlio." He said i' was early in the year for polio, however, a* the dl*ea*e usually occurs in warmer weather. Medical authorities l>N,ieved the ostbfeak wa- u forerunner of moncase*. because Texas this year is scheduled for a peak in the polio cycle. The plargu which will (iy over San Antonio were Piper cubs supplied by a Houston firm which du*fj crops for farmera. The .planes were to dust city pumps, creeks, streams, swamps and other araga which breed fIW and Inseii* Wellevwl to carry the dis caw hl'iT Is an insecticide developed by the dfKny for use infected areas of the Pacific, ami other theater* during the war. - Authorities said the plane* would fly jj to 2b feet above the ground anti would use about two ion* of DDT Spots which cannot be covered by dusting, they said, he sprayed with liquid. Crews on foot yesterday dusted and sprayed a five-block area in

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WHILE many perplexinf problems confront the Foreign Ministers' conference in Parte, one of Uta most difficult la the German question—still to be faced. Thia Involves French demands for political separation from Germany of the Ruhr, the Rhineland and the Sant. The British are vigorously opposed to ths separation of these areas which were centers of pre-war Germany’s heavy industries. At top to a closeup of the Rtffir section. On small map at right (1) teffitotw Ruhr and (2) tha Maar section, with the Rhinetend between. (latfta»Uoai!)

which many of the victims lived. Dr. George Cox. Male health director, said unsanitary cunditJon* here and at Corpus Christi dtrobaidy were responsible for Iho outbreak. San Antonio has 20.900 •utdoor toilets Dr. P. I Noion. cJiairmiiii of the city health board. Mild the sewage system wa* "wholly |nadr^ln< , • ,, > , ~n* ' ***** *' <,uh ‘ di voted 139.000 for an Immediate camiailxn against the disease. SEEK TO AVERT (Cwwtiewed Fr»m Page o»»> preserve the administrative machinery of selective service for possible future use. House administration loaders said the two amendments adopted by the House virtually killed iff ectiveticas of the draft anyway. 8n many groups of men have been exempieil from peace-time conscription that the teen-agers remain virtually the only profitable Held for the draft boards. The 45-day draft extension without any exemption for teen-agers would have canght xo.ooo high Q-hool and college youth’s who have been deferred until the end iff school terms this spring, selective service official* estimated. The House adopted the amendment exempting teen-agers and fathers by a vote of 213 to 154. The extension itself was voted. 2M) to 34. House Democratic leader John W. McCormack and Democratic whip John J. Sparkman said the senate could not possibly act on the measure in time to prevent the selective service law from expiring.

The House refused. 160 to 123. to sulistitule the previously Houseapproved hill to extend the draft law to Feb. 15. 1947. with a “draft holiday" until Oct. 15. Other Effects , Washington, May 14 tl’Pt — Congressional failure to extend the selective service act would end not only drafting, but also: 1. The Stnlih-Coniially act—this amendment to the draft law aulh orizes governmental seizure of vital strikebound plants, railroad* or mines. Congressmen dispute whether President Truman, for instance would have power to take over "the coal mine* even without th<> Smith-Connally law. 2. Veterans re-employment nghts—the draft law provides that any veterai) is entitled to a job comparable to ihq one he held before entering tlfe* service if he applies fur it within Bo days after discharge. 3. Forcible detention of conscientious objectors—selective service officials say 4,129 objector* now held in camps must he freed at midnight unless the draft law is extended. ORDERS PROBE OF iCaatiaaed From Page Oae» trial* with the aid of a special ’staff. .McN*arn<>' said that he ordere<| the review to enable him to re-' arses* the /acts brought out In an interhii investigation of the Lichfield charges made by Lewi*

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last September and October. He revealed that Lewis recommended that administrative reprimands be given to "certain officers involved in the delay* that tM-curred" in the trials. in his report. McNarncy also disclosed that Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower, army chief of staff, decided to withhold specific punishment against the officers Involved until It was determined whether J'more drastic action" right l>e necessary. He said that EisenhoyF-i*** rei-ommendation has been Justified as a result of facts revealed in the trials of enlisted personnel. McNarney said the Lichfii'ld : trials, wflk-h were recently pannferred from EngUiMi to And Nauheim, “have not progressed as fast a* we would like them’’ due to several factors. Factors i listed by him Included a shortage : of legal personnel, difficulty In geltftg witnesses here from [he United States and the "lack of cooperation" of witnesses whose return home was delayed by the triaffi McNarncy said that It wa* necessary to try the key enlisted personnel first. The procedure, he said, widely misunderstood and in some cases erroneously presented to the American people as a concerted procedure for making 'goats’ out of the on- I llj’-d men to relieve possibly I gtfflty officers of jeopardy in the cases.” "As a result of the trial of >yo of these key enlisted men.'' McNarney said. ”wc now feel we have sufficient evidence to support charges against officers alleged to have been responsible for failure or misconduct at the loth replacement depot." So far In the Lichfield trial*. Sgt. Judson H Smith and Sgt Jame* M. Jones have been con vlcted. Trial* for Lt. Leonard W. Ennis and LI. Granville (!u-. bage are in progress and the case of Pvt. 1/C Willianeß Norrl* i* scheduled to begin today. Ihe court martial of Col. Jame* A Kilian. Lichfield commander, i* expected to convene on Thursday

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