Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 118.

RAIL WORKERS SLATED TO STRIKE TODAY

h Moves Are insidered In iner Strike ksible Seizure [Mines Studied i Government Heads l.liinsfoii May 18 ~~ *LPt ~ were " n,,pr consider<xlay "• breathe " p * Me stalled soft coal wa * p jaJ'inLoan statementu by official* L government. the United I Worker* (A FL I and the I producer* indicated that i more* were afoot. Neither however. Indicated when It I Mt. Liiwhile. government offl[who are considering poawlLzure of the mines upon ex Ln of the current truce next [ watched anxiously to nee hare would he succmisfiil In Lr the nation’* railroads r* L f(r»t week of the two-week I the coal strike ended to[wtih production expected to Ita.ioKi tons Thin la about Licit below weekly produc[before the strike and 2.200.hu under the nation'* noraoekly need*. hr. L Lewis' demand* for a p.MM) welfare fund for hi* Li remained the principal Luns block In the coal disPint neither aide appeared k >*■ If AFL's executive council ■i Itwlf solidly behind LewWf, pledain* to support ■Uire request "to the limit.” I wants the fund financed I seven percent atwtessmeat Be coal Industry'a payroll khi administration left In land*. The operators hove IM the demand flatly aa a land radical wiai philosophy, b AFL council said the Indusptand is completely at varI with the facta." It said br welfare faadw already ate pct in tha garmetH. HeatrlcUh and other industries In bica and for miner* Im WritIBlsln and Iwtiu. Dejecting his proposal to ara- the dispute. both Lewis hit* operators told Preiddoat that they were not ready luxe their position* on tlto k and welfare issue. »>' swurce* believed thair bat stand would push Mr. Mb toward seizure of the P *oms time next week In port to keep them operating ) 'he present temporary twoI work period end*. Iff believed that If railroad F r " continued to work for Ifvernment. instead of «trik[M»y. the coal miners might r w!t piary <g | a kor tawls B. rllwtbaeh has said that fedfwiinre was the only legal left to the government f Mtempt to keep coal pror" Wing. Some admlnistr*Headers fear, however, that wwts would refuse to return pit jobs even if the governMid wlze. Their is nothing r">*i them to work. Governor to hnominction H wd. Ore.. May II—(UP)— Governor Ear) " renominated by a six to Wer house painter Henry primary election return* •si today. Spike .tone*' writeM * a ”‘ ’ <n<,u * h 10 tinkle a .' There were no U. S. senM * ,a * t *- Oregon’* tour , ?*" incumbent congress--1,0 ®W#sttloa and one l kp ’ Oregon district, in KiaJ?** * vote* at all. JJ? # C . R * T THERMOMETER READINGS lL 1 "»• ... sa Si X — » * 56 weather * th ß Muth ,h! * ’’’••‘Ring and j. |J? * h * r "oon. Warmer to9 cloudiness In *f-

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New Japan Cabinet Is Near Completion Liberals Dominate Japanese Cabinet Tokyo. May 18 (UP) Premier Shlgeru Yoshida lute today reportedly needed only to select an agriculture forexiry minister to com plete formation of the new Japam ■!<* cabinet which reliable sources aaid will include six liberal party members and three pregre*. slveu. Yoshida was reported to Im* attempting tff persuade Helkhl Bolts* la. agricultural economy expert and professor at Tokyo Imperial university, to accept the Important post u*i agriculture forestry mlni,*ter a job that will entail much responsibility for solving Japan's current critical food situation. Tokutu has delcined the post twice. Yoshida reportedly favors Tokata for the ministry since he i» a non party agri< ulturul expert rather than a politician. Katsu Okazaki, chief of the for eign office general affairs bureau, uuid he was certain the cabinet would take office late today after a delay resulting from bickering by th« 4 participating parties over assignment of portfolios. Political observer* (relieved Yoshida would continue act an foreign minister the same post he held In the cabinet under Baron Kljuro Shidahara. Yonhida's own patty, the liberals. protested that hi* proposed cabinet carried over too many members of the Baron Kijuro Shidehara's minUtry, which resigned last month The liberal* alao protested that he had included "too many burea< rate." Some liberal* reportedly opposed Yoshida's plan to mme Stridehara minister without portfolio but indicated they would yield if Yoshida laalsted. Okazaki saM (Jen. Douglas .MacArthur was following u policy of letting the Japanese government decide whether any of the pr pcaced new cabinet members fell within Allied headquarters' "purge" directives. The communist party, which opposes Y< chida's appointment, will organize a great hunger demonirfratiem Sunday which probably (Turn T<> Page .1, Column 7r o— Shoppers Lined Up To Purchase Bread Line Up To Await Opening Os Steres This morning in Decatur was one of the busiest In the city since the holiday shopping season—and merchants attributed most of the early morning activity to the bread shortage. Long before groceries and markets opened their door* this morTTlng. shoppers were seen lined up on the sidewalks, and in each instance as they came out after making purfhases they carried broad. In one case, a local grocery raised It* P/t per sale to two loaves instead of the customary one loaf, which has been in effect during the pact week or more. City police agreed that early morning traffic in downtown Decatur today was the heaviest In months and they. too. re-ported a concerted rush to buy bread. Questions such as "Does this store have bread’" "How many loaves may you buy here?" And the- like were prevalent in nearly all conversation heard on the streets this morning Merchants expected .bread stocks to dwindle rapidly and the last loaf In the city to lie sold long before the closing hour today — Indiana Legion In Conference Today Jndianapdtec. May IS~ <1 P» _ The Indiana Department of .he American Legion convened tn Indianapolis today for a two-day annual spring conference. Committee meetings and school* for officers were scheduled today. Plans will be made to resume the annual Homier boy*’ state in June, after a wartime l»P»«- 8,1(1 101 ! " e department convention In August.

Senate Debate Continues On labor Measure Pepper's Proposal Roundly Denounced By Senator Fall Washington, May Ik— il’pi — Sen. Joseph 11. Ball, 11. Minn„ today denounced a proposal by Sen. Claude Pepper. D.. Fla., to give the government power to seize strike-threatened industries uni negotiate wage contracts. Popper offered the suggestion yesterday in senate debate on proposal* to amend current labor law*. ’ The Florida senator endorsed government seizure of the railroad*. He advocated the same course o( action If the soft coal dispute I* not settled before the end of the 12day truce next week. "The president has the author ity to seize and operate an industry under such conditions." Pepper said. "I believe he should also have authority to direct regot hit ion* with the employe*, in his capacity as management, ai-d to execute a collective bargaining contract on behalf of that management. Ball denounced Pepper's suggestion as "fantastic." "A situation in whh h an administration allied with the CIOPAC negotiated a collective bargaining contract I* a fantastic Interpretation of what i* meant (>y collective bargaining,” Bal) piotested. Bud insisted that the Truman administration has "shown bias in favor of large labor organizations.” He also accused Pepper of taking Ute attitude that uniou* always an- virtuous and employers always are blackguard*. Commenting on xhe saft coal strike and aenate attempt* to draft antistrike legislation. Sen. James ,M. Tunnell, D, Del., said "there is a definite intent through the use of so-called cooling off periods to prevent the right to > trike." "Direct across the table bargaining I* the only way to settle the coal strike, not through arbitrary legislation costing the American people their hard won rights.” he declared. "Everybrfdy wants coal production but it shouldn't be attempted through anti labor amendments." Following Peyper's speech, the senate wound up its first full week of labor debate with no sign of a vote. Some administration leaders predicted that imles* the senate votes on the various proposed (Turn To Page «. Column 7> o Local Lady’s MdNer Dies Last Eveoiog Nettie Row Funeral Monday Afternoon Mr*. Nettle How. 71. of east of Monroeville, died Friday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she was admitted following a stroke of paralysis Tuesday, She was a member of St. Marks Lutheran church at Monroeville. Surviving are the husband. Samuel How: two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Lehrman of Decatur and Mrs. Grace Schamerloh of Monroeville; four son*. Earl of Grand Rapids. Mich.. Ix-e of Den/er. Colo.. Ralph of Fort Wayne and Henry Row of Monroeville; one brother. Grover Freeze of Mt. Ileasant. Mich.; four sister*. Mrs. Merle Cox of Chanute, Kan. Mrs. Marv Harper of National City. Calif.. Mrs. Bessie Bonebreake of Mt. Pleasant. Mich., and Mr*. Estie Smith of Walled Lake. Mich.: 11 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the home and at 2 o'clock at the St. Mark’s Lutheran church In Montoeviile, with the Rev. Lewi* (J Westenbarger officiating. Burial will he in the Monroeville lOOF ccme tery The body will be removed from the Painter A Marquart fuliwal home to the residence Sunday morning.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Moy 18, 1946.

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HERO of the Bataan "death march." Maj. Ilan* Gs Hornbostel awaits word from Washington for an answer to his idea that he be permitted to-spend the rest of his day* with his wife, Gertrude, in a leper colony. Mr*. Hornbostel, who married the veteran of two wars 33 years ago, <<>ntrailed the disease while a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines. Mrs. Hornbostel, shown with her man- in San Francisco, awaits transfer to colony at Carville, M.

Rotary Committee To Aid 4-H Show Plans Progressing For Show In August A Decatur Rotary club committee has been named by E. Peterson to cooperate with the D»-cat-nr Chamber of Commerce in conducting the 4-H dub round up and youth week festival to be held in Deeutur the first week in August The committee includes Tom Smith. W. Guy Brown and E 11. Karlen, and this committee will work with other groups volunteering thdr services to he-ip make the show tlw> biggest of its kind ever held In Adama county. Plans are prop easing rapidly for the 4-H show, and it is probable that the general committees for the various phases of the week's activities will be named >oon hy Clarence Ziner, president of the chamber. The invitation to bring the show to Decatur was issued by the Chamber of Commerce for Decatur and It was accepted by representatives of the 4 H club leaders of the various townships of the county . The show this year will be a combination of all 4 II chibs and other indopendent youth organizations of the county. A number of other local and county organizations are expected to follow tho Rotary dub and name cooperating committees. Mr. Ziner stated today that all county groups would be asked to assist in making the show the biggest and best ever held Announcement of all general committee* will be made soon, the chamber president stated. o Dtcatsr Men Will Attand K. C_Work John Barth, faithful navigator of the Fourth Degree Knights < f Co lumbu*. stated today that several Decatur men were planning to attend the exemplification of the fourth degree work in Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon. Registration for the event opens thirt afternoon at the Keenan hotel, foltiwed by a cabaret dance at the K. of C. home. Candidates and guest* will attend high maw at the Cathedral Sunday m nnitig at 10 o’clock. The initiation will lake plate at 1:30 In the afternoon and the forma) banquet will be held at the Athletic dub aC 7 o’clock. —- •' 1 1,1 —-"O'— * ~- 1 — State Election Board Commissioner Quits Indianapol’u, May IBy (UP) s — Governor Gates wa» faced today with the necessity of appointing a new member of tb«- s’ate board of election commlMbneri. David Lewis. Indianapolis attorney. the board’s only Democratic member, resigned yestarday. Qates intended to appoint a successor suggested by Chairman Fred F. Bays of the Dem tcralic sdfte committee. Bays recommended William Steckler. also an Indianapolis attorney.

To Observe Day Os Meditation Sunday A day of meditation will be observed by the men of St. Mary’s parish on Sunday A missionary trom St Charles Seminary will deliver the talk* at conference* to be held In the Catholic church auditorium. The closing conference will be held at 3:3<t pin. in the church, ending with Benediction of Blessed Sacrament. --———O'--Expect Democrats To Name Greenlee Will Succeed Boys As Party Chairman Indianapolis. May 18 (UP) — Democratic party leaders said Hie election of Pleas E. Greenlee, Shelbyville, a* state organization (hairman today wa* virtually assured. When chairman Fred F. Bays. Sullivan. announced recently that he would retire from the party position, observers predicted a dose fight for the chairmanship. But It developed this week that Greenlee, former patronage secretary when Paul V. McNutt was governor from 1933 to 1937. had the support of a large bloc of district chairmen elected in reorganization meetings Wednesday. Greenlee was not the only candidate mentioned for the chairmanship, however. Among the others wa* John K Jennings, who retires next month from two tallana district federal positions he has held during the war. Beside* electing a the party committee also will choose other officers. The present officer* are Mrs. Edna Bingham. Indianapolis, vice chairman; diaries E. Rkillen, Winamac, secretary, and Clarence U Gramelapacher, Jasper, treasurer, Skillen did not seek re-election. The other* were conceded another two-year term tn office. -- - o Alleged Nazi Spy Faces Deportation Indianapolis, Ind., May 18 (UP) —Frederick Emil Bauer, alleged Nazi spy, faced deportation today after a federal judge ruled that he lost hl* American citizenwhip, when he entered the German army The deefston wa.* handed down by federal Judge Waller Lindley, Danville. 111., after a three day hearing at which three German*, including Bauer'* formei wife, te»tlfivd against the defendant. Slightly Injured In Accident Here Ml** Dori* Hower, Mendon. O, wm treated last night for a head laceration, wiMtuined when the car In which wm riding struck a tree stump In the driveway at a nance pavilion near here. She waft admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital and after treatment by a local phy»i lan wa* re leased

Strike Order By Union Leaders Stands Despite Truman's Seizure Order

Woman Is Killed In , Tornado In Illinois Norris City Scene Os Tornado Friday Norris City, DI.. May IS tl’Pl Otte person was dead Mid six were in hiMphal* today with Injuries Miffend when a tornado cut a two-blo<k path through the south west part of town lat< yesterday afternoon, demolkhlng four house* and cawing slight damage west of here. Mrs. Sarah Bishop, 73. was blown acroiw the street from her hnrioand died In an Kldor ido hospital late last night Ten others were injtih-d, but only six were hospitalized, according to state high way patrolman Lesley Jones. At Thompsonville, w< t of here, Mr*. Chatha Plulhbley suffered minor in juries and In r concrete house wae destroyed. Some damage was repo-ted to oiler houses in the area. The Nori io City Injured included Mrs. Bishop’* daughter and grand daughter, Mr*. Marlon Harlow. 32, and Carol Ann, eight who were taken to a hospital Itt Evansville, Ind.; Hattde Bryant, l-i: Mr and Mrs. Herltert Johnson, and Mrs. Ed McKenzie, all of whom were taken to IwMplta) In Eldor -d i Font others did dot require h >*pilalizatlon. Jones aald l ite powei for fhtr (Ity of ! .10 person* wa cut off and Jam* said it would take at least a day to re pair the damage. State polite were patrolling tin- community until power could be restored. N > estimate had been made of the damage. Join aaid. but he said that four honxr.i were destroyed and several otb-r* moved from their foundation*. — o Dutch Cabinet Quits Following Election Catholic Party Is Winner Os Election Amsterdam, May js (|’pj. The Dutch cabinet resigned today to make way for formation of a new government by the Catholic party on the basis of It* leadership hi yesterday’* parliamentary election*. Prime minister Willem Schermerhorn, Laborite, handed th.- resig nation of himself rmd his cabinet to Queen Wilhelmina She wax ex pected to ask the Catholic* | 0 form a new government which wax virtually certain to he a coalition including laborite*. The Communist party almost trebled h* voles but remained relatively weak, running fourth In both Votes and seat* In the | ()W ,. r House of parliament. A total of 4,7d0,2W1 men and women elected 100 members of the lower chamber to (he provisional body sitting since the liberation The Catholic* won 32 seats, tabor 29. anti Revolution Ist* 13. Communists io, Christian Historical party 8, Freedom party t> and Protestant Reformed 2. tabor made a strong bid to oust the Catholic* a* the dominant party, but failed by a small margin. The Catholic* polled 1.4H6, 510 votes to labor’s 1.347.000, The anti Revolutionists were third with 014.177 and Communist* fourth with 502.935. The Communist* won 10 seats, compared to three they held p'evlously. Flags Available For Graves Os Veterans •Memorial day flags for grave* of vat-rans of J(ii warg #re ttrajlable nt the American U-glon home | n tlita city. Leo Ehinger. chairman of the committee in charge stated today, it m hoped that the flag* will be called for as anon* m possible.

Hoover Appeals To Americans To Save Food Ex-President Makes Report To Nation On Food Situation Chicago. May 1* (I’Pi A "tragic gap" of 3.fitm.mst ton* of breadstuff* newled to keep 40. eno.iiia) people alive exist* latween the worl I'* apparently available supply and Its needs before fall hat vest tinu 1 . former pre*ldent Herbert Hoover warn ed today. In a report to the nation on his round the world tour a* President Truman* food ambassador Hoover appealed to American* to save every possible scrap of food sluffs, to farmers to bring all grain to market. “If the present harvest prospect* continue favorable, relief will come to the world within a few months" said Hoover "By September, new supplies should l-e available, and the immediate crisi* will ease." But lest th>- distant prospect of n lief curtail effort* to feed the hungry now. Hoover warned that he had "seen with my own eye* the grimmest spectre of famine in all the history of the world,” hi hb trip through 2> countries If relief w.-re stopped, he emphasized, .imi.mm.iaiu persons would die the slow death of star vat ion "If we can succeed in persuading every man and woman. «'(-ry nation to do llk-Ic utmost. w<- shall master this famine, he said "And w<- shall save the lives oi hundred' of millions from the greatest jeopardy in all the hllory of mankind We shall have' saved infinite suffering " Hoover said that by xubslilit Hon*, reshuffling, sacrifice* In America and other surplus area*, the gap between minimum breadstuff needs and maximum supplies had been narrowed since March from 11.mm.000 tons to 3.600,00 ft tons "Bui the gap is still there and it is a tragic gap. he said. "It equals the whole amount FecesHary to save 40,<’00.0(i0 people. We would, of course, not concentrate the shortage on one ration, hut if we spread It over all. the result* are about the same "There are American* whu believe il right, and a duly, to feed (Turn To I'aga 4. Column 6> — <> All City Employes Meet Tuesday Night Explain Retirement Fund For Employes Plan* wen- being completed today for a meeting of all ( Ity employes. to he held Tuesday night at the tire station, on Seventh stieet near Jefferson, at 9 p m. Participation in the public employes’ retirement fund wdl be discussed and explained during the meeting A representative of the fund organization from Indianapoli* will attend and speak to the employes. In addition to employe* of all department* in the city organization, member* of the city school board have been invited to attend. taster C. Pettibone, supcijntendent of the city-slight department, will he in charge of the meeting. He and«rlty engineer Ralph Roop made final plans today. Following a short council meeting. members of the city council will also attend. A lunch will be served following the meeting.

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Workers Prepored To Leave Railway Jobs; Survey Shows Strike To Go On BULLETIN New York. May 18—(UP)—T. J. Harkin*, assistant grand chief of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, said today that the railroad strike is “absolutely still on ’ as scheduled. Washington, May 18—(UP'— The government today began to mobilize trucks, bus lines and airplanes to keep essential transportation going deSpit the imminent railroad strike. Washington, May 18 fl’P) - Disgruntled rallruad worker*. Ignoring a fervent appeal by President Truman, prepared to leave their job* thi* afternoon despite government seizure of the railway-. The strike order by leaders of the brotherhiHid of locomotive engineer* and the brutherhool of railway tralnment still *t'iod. and a t’nited Press survey Indicated that the majority of members of the two key union* intended to obey the order Grim and grimy engineer* and trainmen in New York, Chicago, St. laiul* and other key rail center* Indb ated an overwhelming readiness to rebuff the President and abide by the 4 p. m, local standard time strike < all issued by union leader* last March. The hope -persisted here, however that the strike Would lie averted based on the obstinate belief that the worker* would not strike against the government. It would be the first walkout by operating railway brofhcrhiMtds since 1886, A high government official -aid there was only one thing that could prevent "an unholy me**’’ of th<- nation'* *prawling rail system. That, he said, would be a "spectacular last minute act" by tho presidents of the two union* involved A.'F Whitney of the traintnen and Alvanley Johnston of tho engineer*. The last word from them, given after the President seizisl tho lines yesterday, wa* that the -trike still stood They left Washington last night for their headquarters in Cleveland with no further announcement t’nder the unions’ original order*. the strike would halt all except milk, troop and army hospital train* The strike would tie tip, at hast temporarily, the movement of livestock to packing house- f.tod and fuel to cities, and raw materials to the nation’s industrial plants struggling witlx reconversion Railroad »fnc|.i|* were faced with the confusion of million* of stranded travelers. America’s ev-er-optimistic public wa* still buying ticket* nnd boarding train* despite |*i*ier.* displayed prominently in all major railroad terminals that they were pnu ceding at their own discretion Under the strike orders, alt (lain* en route at the strike hour would proceed to the terminal of the operating crew But up to a late hour la*t night, the sentiment of the worker*, a* reflected In sample ppll*. indirated’lt would take a word from the president* of the two union* instead of from the President of tho t’nited States. in every city there were many who wanted to "go along with the President ” But the overwhelming trend of last night’s poll was t<» strike as scheduled In hi* seizure order. Mr. Truman speclcally provided that the roads should he managed and operatad under the term* and conditlons of employment In effect at the'time Qte government took overe p This would preVtnt GDT front granting member* of the two unions the |1 28 a day wage increase or the change in rule* recommended by the President’* fact finding board and rejected by the traintTurn Ta Column 4)