Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 121.

Kail Unions Submit “Final Offer” To End Dispute

GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER SOFT COAL MINES

hVe-Day Strike puce Scheduled [bEnc/ Thursday

Lails Os Union ■oposol Not Yet Kvealed; Truman Ls Conference Lgjngton. May 22 — (UP - ■jii'.road trainmen anti enginKiloni today submltled to the E, what they described an |-Inal offer" to *>«!• 'he ■ dispute before the five-day ■wftf mu <• expires at 4 p. nt. Kfe of the offer were not' Erf by 'rainmen president | Iwhitn-y Nor would he nay Er he and engineers presl- ■ Alraniey Johnston defllnlteKwid break off negotiation* Klf th*- proposition la rejectE handed the offer to preal- j Ku advix-r John R. Steelman Eunfenion to the carrier*. Leklle. It was learned that KoSiiah have lieen asked f> ■ by for a White House conE aome time thia afternoon.: Em spokesman raid no time Ibwi set for the conference, laid he believed President Es would confer jointly with ■ >Bd carrier representatives.; Etc House preaa secretary E Ci Roa* professed no Edie of the “Anal offer" or ■ possibility of a presidential Etter with the disputant*. ■h said, however, that SpoolI would meet with both aide* ■ today. a« he ha* been dally ■ week. ■ the White House strove for ■elwmnt before expiration of Itntre, the government wai By to invoke freight embargo In event negotiations cols and the nationwide atrike I on as scheduled. ► government selxed th® line* I Friday. ► office of defense transportsI operating the railroad* since f aelxare last Friday, had prep orders that would halt the F""’ of perishable good*, liver >nd other item* that could I'' delivered by noon tomorI The strike deadline la 4 p. I’" “’ standard time tomorrow. F“ White House reported that partial adviser John R, Steelrm 31 j>M Pe> ted to continue hi* f"' inference* with Industry psion official* today. No speclor Place ha* been aet. secretary Charles r** last night that r r «’ , 's conference* produced result*." lu»t Isn't anything to added. report* were em-. u' 1 by th* way the brotherFJovomotlve engineers F Wrwd trainmen went ahead C " r «• plan*. Local official* kJ" 1 , a flnal satisfactory L^ r,t w ould prevent the F if *21.L*** *' Column' 7) hnory Occlusion Med Spears Death r of Virgil Spears. 46. LZ* 1 * 1 . Engineering company p««-#dent, who died here P*y morning, was removed L*.’ 1 *’*nln< from the Zwlck LZ to the Lamb funeral G ibgon CHy nj h(jme c|ty L **«sed. Funeral arrangeL no! known here. Hl* k, **" a,,rt, ’uted to coronary L, coroner Robert Zwlck n today. R!S* T THMMOMITtR juHRATURff READINGS F •• m. E 1 *' — M fas- - M * m< -- 70 L,. 0 w«nn*r tonight. Ineloudln*** tn d mild k, j * th th «wer* «r thunderL •** afternoon or svs- j

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Iranian Envoy Doubts All Red Troops Removed U. S. In Suggestion UN Council Keep Issue On Agenda New York. May 22 — (UP) —- Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala 1 told the United Nations security council today that the latest official report from hl* government doe* not show conclusively that j all Soviet troops have evacuated Iran. He told the council flatly that the Iranian government "has no authority In Azerbaijan province" —the area to which it sent a commission to determine whether the Red army had left. The Azerbaijan army, he charged. was trained, equipped and uniformed by Soviet officers ami agent s. Ala's statement was made shortly after he was called to the council table to attempt to clarify the Iranian situation which is confused by a series of conflicting statements by Ala and the Iranian government in Tehran. Because of this confusion and suspicion that all Russian troop* have not left all of Iran. U. S. delegate Edward It. Stettinius, Jr., opened Imlay's meeting by suggesting that the council keep Iran on Its agenda. These developments came rapidly on the heels of an official statement by Iranian Premier Ahmed Ghavam Es-Sultaneh that there was no trace of Soviet troops or equipment in Azerbaijan —the northern Iranian province where the greatest concentration of Russian troops had been. After the United States and Britain Indicated they did not be(Turn T« *■ ♦» —O Public Schools 01 Decafur Are Closed To Return Friday For Report Cards Public school clattees closed at noon today for the summer vara tion. with students instructed to | return Friday for report cards. Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. announced. At the junior-senior high school a majority of the studenta return ed this afternoon to participate in a ceremony during which athletic and scholastic award* were made. At the Lincoln school, ciasee* were dlrm I wed at noon. Mr. Krick id , Commencement exercise* for the graduating class of the Junlor-se-I nior high school will be held Thursday evening at 6 P-m., with Dr Charles M. Prugh, dean of men at Heidelberg university, delivering the commencement addreo*. Sentence Father For Breaking Son's Arm Chicago. .May 22-(UP)-O*»rffe Baranik. ox-convict, faced a o~ to five year prison term today for breaking the arm of bl* four-year-old son. Baranik <ra« arrested on * warrant sworn out by h!a wife, fee la. and was convicted on the ny of hi.* son. Dennl*. When asked who broke bl* bandaged «rm. tbe Child cried, looked at hl* father and said, "daddy heat me

10,000 Line Up For Butter In Baltimore

HwgMwl 1 W i X .... L/wW’ WHEN A Baltimore grocery store advertised It would have 14.0(g) pound* of butter for sale, a crowd of 10,000 person* lined up. blocking traffic and causing complaints from other stores. The crowd began forming at 3 a. m. ami took over a whole city block. Police were forced to disperse the crowd.

City Swimming Pool Will Open In June Use Municipal Pool Here This Summer The swimming pool at the municipal light and power plant will he opened to the public about the middle of June. Mayor John B. Stults announced today. The decision io re-open the present jtool for the summer season was made. Mayor Stults said today, after It became apparent that the proposed new pool at Worthman Field could not be constructed before the arrival of warm weather. it had been plaiinr*! to use the present pool for water cooling purposes at the city plant. Mayor Stults stated previously. He said today, however, that the pool will likely be available throughout the entire summer season. The exact opening date, he *ald. will he dependent upon the weather, time required to get the pool facilities in shape and other factors. To date, plans for the construction of a new poo! have reached the stage of employing an engineer and authorizing him to draw up plan* and specifications. Ernest Geyer, Newcastle, has been employed as the engineer. The municipal pool at New Castle is expected to be used as a model to some extent In building the local pool Although no official estimate can be made until after the plaqs are completed, it is thought likely that the new pool when completed will cost about 340,000. _u_ — 0 Attempted Attack Reported To Police Young Lady Escapes Alleged Assailant Police today pressed their search for an unknown assailant, who allegedly grabbed a Decatur young woman late last night, chief Ed Miller stated this morning. The Incident Is reported to have occurred on Mercer avenue rear High street about 12:30 o'clock this morning as the 26-year-ohl lady was on her way home. She told police, who were summoned. thst the man sneaked up behind her and grabbed her. She said she was able to break away from the Intruder and fled into a nearby home. She was able to give the investigating officere a fairly accurate description of the attacker. Police withheld the name of ths Isdy, • young married woman residing in the vicinity of the attempted attack.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 22, 1946.

BULLETIN London, May 22—(UP) —The London Evening News quoted the Prague radio as reporting that Karl Hermann Frank was hanged today in the Czechoslovak capital. —o Plat Approved For Addition Extension Building Os Eight Homes Is Underway The city council, meeting In regular session at the city hall Tuesday night, approved the dedication or a plat for the extension ot the Master Addition, submitted by the McMillen Home Build Ing Corp. The plat, in addition to lot* and setting up a minimum home cost of 32.500, provides for the extension of Master Drive to Washington street. The con*tructlon of eight homes in the addition is now underway with a score or more being planned at any early date. D. Burdette Custer, as attorney for the building corporation, ap peared before the council in lhe interests of the plat. A resolution of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce urging the passage of an ordinance to regu late parking tn downtown alleys was referred to the ordlnace committee and city police chief. A petition for a sanitary sewer on Schirtneyer street, signed by Virgil Wolfe and a score or more other property owners, was referred to the street and sewer committee. The same committee was given a petition, signed by Everett Hutker and others, asking for the opening of an alley between Cleveland and High street, running north from Grant street. o OPA Plans Increase On Low-Cost Shoes Washington, May 22— (UP) — OPA is planning a price increase of about 10 percent in standardtype. low-priced shoe* for men, women and children, ft wa* learned today. Tfie Increase, expected to go into effect about June 1. would be granted manufacturers, but there would be no dealer alworptlon, the entire increase will Im ptrnsed on to consumers. o— Robert Kiess Hurt Here This Morning Robert Kiess. 36, city light department employe, was Injured this morning when a trailer upset and rfi utility pole rolled off the vehicle. striking him In the hack. The accident occurred east of Decatur as the city truck, towing the trailer, made a turn. Kites wm riding on the trailer at the time.

Fear War Veteran Victim Os Slaying Bloodsoaked Auto Found In Indiana Rensselaer, Ind.. May 22 (UP) —laboratory technicians Identified today a* human the samples sos blood and part of brain tissue taken yesterday from an automobile in which Charles Fodor. Jr.. 27. Chicago, disappeared last Sunday night. Indiana state police detective ('apt. Robert O'Neal said that tech-, i nlcian Robert Borketisteln completed laboratory testa which showed that the blood was human and that fragments of bone and tissue found in the blood spattered car were from u human skull and brain. Meanwhile, Jasper county and state police combed a sptysely populated area around Rensselaer in search of a Imdy. They believed that Fodor, a war veteran and church official, might have been | the victim of a "hitch hiking” slaying. Chicago police entered the Investigation. (hocking with F Jor's mother, Emma, and hi.* Chi /ago acquaintance* in an effort to learn more about Fedor's aeflvltie* the day he disappeared. The automobile was found in a (Turn To Page 4. Column 3) —— ™ Elzey Funeral Rites On Friday Afternoon Long-Time Resident Os Preble Is Dead Douglass Elzey, 64, for many years a prominent Preble resident and retired pipe line cm- j ploye, died Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Death wa* attributed to arterio sclerosis. He had been 111 since February 6 and hospitaliz'd since February 11. The deceased was Itorn In Adams county on June 17. 1661. and had spent his entire life in the i vicinity of Preble, until last June, when he went to Fort Wayne. He had retired 22 years ago. His wife, the former Flo Kittle, tn whom he was married on September 20, 1691, at Montezuma, Ohio, preceded him in death on May 24. 1943. Surviving are two sons. Dallas of 310 West Berry I street. Fort Wayne and Clyde of I Lynwood. Calif.; one grandchild. Funeral service* will he held . Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Swick funeral home and burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. The body may be view >d at the Zwlck funeral home • from 2 p. m. Thursday until time 1 for the services. <

Uncertainty Prevails As To Whether Miners Will Work Under Government

Myslerious Malady Kills War Babies Four Dead After New York Arrival New York. May 22 (UP) Th.-, fourth of 19 liable* stricken by n mysterious malady aboard th>bride ship Zebulon Vance died to-1 day as doctors fought to save the i live* of three other* who still were in a critical condition. New York port of embarkation nutlioriticx were awaiting the re sulto of laboratory tests •.{ (<*«! and water aboard the ship. Army officials did not disclose detail* of the epidemic, but Dr John Battenfleld. 33, Norman. Okla., father of one of the stricken liable*, blamed "poor sanitary condition*” aboard the transport. He removed his six-months-old daughter from the army hospital at Fort Hamilton to New York hospital where she I* In critical condition. All of the babies, mo*t of them about six month* old. were children of American servicemen en route to join their father* in the United State*. The four children who succumbed to the strange malady died at Fort Hamilton hospital in Brooklyn where the 19 victims end their mothers were taken immediately after the ship docked on Monday morning Autopsies were ordered to de termine the cause of th.- malady and to aid doctor* fighting to save the others. Three more were reported near death. The epidemic was believed to hare struck the ship in the final { hour* of its Journey ’from Le Havre A fleet of ambulance* rushed the stricken children from (he pier to the hospital, but the army did not report the incident ' (Turn T>- Page 2. Column II o Retirement Fund Is Discussed Tuesday All City Employes Attend Discussion Score* of city employes from all departments attended a special > meeting at the fire station on Sev ' enth street la*t night to hear an explanation of the public employes*: i retirement fund. Ross Teckmeyer, secretary of the state public employe*' retire men fund organization, spoke to' city workers and answered question* concerning th* proposal. It was explained that a survey would be made of all departments, obtaining names, age*, length of service and other pertinent Information From this, cost of set ting up the fund could be deter mined. No definite decision a* to wheth- i er or not the proposal would be placed In force here wa* made at the meeting Lester Pettibone. i city light department superintendent. was in charge of the meeting. .Mayor John B. Stults m>d mem- | bers of the city council also attended the meeting, following the, I regular council session at the city hall. o — 4 Anderson Mon Killed By Hit-Run Motorist A.nderson. Ind.. May 22—(UP) — Ray Fisher. 49. Anderson, wa* struck and killed hy a hit-run motor'et m he walked along state I highway 9, south of here early today.

Housing Bill Is Signed By Pres. Truman Aimed At Building Os Low-Cost Homes For War Veterans Washington, May 22 (UP) Pi»*id‘-nt Truman today signed the administration's emergency housI Ing bill aimed at building 2.700.000 low-cost home* for veteran* by the end of next year Mr. Trunian's signature on the 'bill, which had a sto.iny time In i congrem, made housing expediter Wilson W Wyatt a virtual czar in the building field and started him officially on one of the biggest housing j»b* In the nation’s history. Wyatt's main task l« to find the material* needed to build 2.*mt.otm home* in the next 19 months. The bill empower* him to spend up to 3400,000,000 in subsidies to 1 spur production of scarce and crl t fealty needed building materials. He also i* authorised to: 1. Put price ceiling* on new home* but not on exiting ones. 2 Guarantee a 90 percent market for pi efabricated house* ami for new-type building material*. 3. Direct OPA to increase celling prices on building materials if necessaiy to increase production 4. Establish priorities Io channel material** into hou*es tor veterans instead of other construction. 5. Regulate and, If necessary, fori :<! tho-ol lambei ot other scarce building material*. Wyatt and President Truman called th<» subsidy provision and a proposal for ceiling price* on old home*’the heart of their hone I ing program for veteran*. | Both were removed from the ad ministration hill by the bouse. The senate restored the |tiiio.(*oo,iMm originally requested for subsidies, but not the provision for ceiling prices on existing home* The subsidy figure was cut to 1400,000,000 in a house-senate conference on t|i<* conflicting versions of the bill. Wyatt's plan* call for 900,000 prefabricated houses, 200,000 this year and ttoo.ooo in 1947. They (Turn T-> Page 2, Column t) Fire Truck Purchase Contracted By City Contract Awarded To Macklin Firm Purchase ot a new fire truck for the city of Decatur has lieen made from the Mack truck manufacturing company, through the Macklin Super Service here. It was announced Tuesday night The report of the purchase was made last night liy Mayor John B. Stults to members of the city council. Awarding of the contract for furnishing the truck was made by the laiard of public works and safety to the Macklin firm on a low bld of >10.952.72. Two other blds were submitted last Thursday when proposals were received by the board. Under terms of the contract, dei livery of the new truck is to be made within 150 to 200 working days. The truck is to be deliwrj ed here from Long Island. N. Y. The council during Tuesday night's session approved the transfer of 311.0(h) from the electric light department to the city general fund to provide fund* for making the purchase.

< Price Four Cent

Krug Arranges For Further Conference With Union Leaders And Mine Operators I ~ „■ ■■ Washington. May 22 —(UP) — I The government took over 3,000 soft coal mines today by running up the American flag and replacing the mine operators in collective bargaining with John L. Lewi*. But the government Itself did ' not know whether Lewis' 400,000 United Mine Workers (AFI.t would work—or whether he would ! order them to woyk—unless a contract were negotiated before the current two-week truce expires at midnight Saturday. Secretary of interior J. A. Krug, with a new title of federal coal I administrator, look |M»ssession of the mine* at 12:01 a. m. today. He acted under a seizure order . issued by President Truman "to preserve the national economic structure In the present emergency" Mr. Truman's order authorized Krug to negotiate a new wage agreement with the I'MW. After conferences late yesterday with L<-wl* and five spokesmen for the coal Industry. Krug arranged for further conference* with Lewi* and i'MW leaders today on union contract proposals Krug hud th>- job of keeping the miner* at work as w*-ll as tegotiatlng a new contract. Lewis gave no indication whether he would ask the miners to remain al work. The weight iP evidence suggested the miners would stop work Saturday unless a government wage agreement Is reache I l>y then. Lewis would not order the miner* to strike because this would violate the Smith (Vnnally war labor disputes act. But he could fail to tell flu- miner* to stay on the job and they would c*-a»u work at midnight Saturday. When L<-wl* ordered them back to work after a crippling six week strike, he limited the truce to a two week period which will expire at that time. During the war the miners did not work in response to government seizure of tin- mines except <ig> order* from Ix-wts. They struck June 1 ami June 20, 1943. with tit<- mine* in government possession. !<ewls ordered them to work "for the government" from June 22 to Oct 31. 1943. but they struck again Nov, 1. The government then seized the pit* again, but the miners continued their walkout for a week while Lewis negotiated a contract with then secretary of inferior Harold L. Ickes. The Smith-Connally act does not prohibit strikes In government operated properties; it spe- ■ Ifically provides that an individual worker remaining away from his job is not violating the act. It does, however, forbid any person from engaging in activity—presumably it must be overt activity—lo encourage strikes or other interruptions of production I Turn T-TT'iute ». Column J) — O —— —— 81 -Year-Old Adams County Farmer Takes Day Off For Circus Charlie Rabbit, well known Rout townehlp farmer, proved to lw> a disciple of the philosophy of the poem, "Make me a chil-l again just for tonight." and took the day off to go to the circus Bright and early this morning Mr. Ralddtt waa in Decatur, gearin’ to go to the t-lrcuu. The 81-year-old farmer remarked. "I feel just like a hoy and am go mg to the show" meaning the Mills Bros, circus. which exhibited here today. Mr. Rabbit was born in Alien (ounty near Monroeville In ISIS, while hie father. Thuman Rabbit, wax serving in the Union army in the Civil War.