Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1946 — Page 1

I — —— —— No. 127.

IGREEMENT IS REPORTED IN COAL S I Hint

* Bale Io Vole , 1 Afternoon i ■■GOP Motion {■Oust Provision Draft Workers !■»..... . lk !P"i •■"'••y ! " v, ”“ TmHsW (-kj-f nil a Republican ■■■ ~ out of President ■K. .inH.oi y labor leglsMW a.. |."o lor <ii;iffuiu who strike HHLratol plant«. MLnoti for the vote was re-■-B " ,'flK* Ibrkl-v Ky The senate MH n-iirate I he would not go 9H \.th I’emot ratio ■M. »h„ W.iti' to urge I'resi withdraw his refor entetgeiK y labor login HH , n view of the rail strike and imminent end of ■■hi strike ■|K »"ik oi draff provision BL hl I” .loomed to defeat of I" toot rats joined |®jß r p;sh!:(an*. in opposing it HHtoiraooii leaders apparent ■ not going to *"• aide 10 -uffi. ietit t s to keep legislation. obtained unanimous ■■.r.' to limit deliate for eat h tn minutes on the hill MB> in,mite, on each amend ie reem.-iit. Barkley sail. ■R make unnecessary a sea.night The ‘-enute plans ■■ ' 'omorrow so that ,an rttneral ser the late Sen Carter - ;u non some m. :>;’o r, suggested that !><• asked to with hi* retjue t for Immediate They maintain that . was aimed directly at the IBM *rr ko now settled, and that agreements in the and maritime workers disw.iuhl I liable more careful of labor legislation senators of both jS ■■■ were reported seeking the Bay recess. They favSHt. «r»silng at 6 p. tn. today "riuay morning g|B 'hr liotho. supporters of the Mil for permanent antiwrit liens won their fight tone (onMideration of the amended measures. argument for withdrawal of the president's emerg in the senate was led by ■&I. sell knit pro-labor bloc. contended that the emerg MIL dealing only with again-- government-seized Was not needed now Tn* rail strike Is ended. The soft coat dispute shows «t early settlement, ||M They hope the maritime SB* 4 * »chf‘duled for June 15 may materialize. for withdrawal or fflH’S«ement--as well as veto of bill jn Its present form gMtor explored at length by the hloc in a dosed session To Page 3, Column M ■ontlilv Bulletin >“«« By C. Os C. jB ? ‘ ! - McFaul, secretary of the <d Commerte, has Issued Bw 1 ,lr ” monthly bulletin since hlu office the first of May ■ bulletin will Im mailed to B* I*' 1 *' rturtUK the lust week of month. IB I'* 1 '* membership of the Chamber tmmerce js given R t 143, and of obtaining more. Mr ‘tl •dates, a general meeting will be held in the rooffl °n June 10 at 7:30 |M7? J flr ’he purpose of approvOf the-organization 1^ RAT thermometer 'W,,, mature readings HB. *' *. .... . 52 ■g* *• "• 62 K? -- 67 S *” 74 9. WEATHER tB. a little warmer tonight. ,y i " er, ** i '’g cloudiness and ■TM th*' th ,howers ana S »*t Thursday 1 P 1 "® Muth • nd W Thursday aftsrnoon 5 -•» BB

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Push Consideration Os Case Measure Coalition Forces Rules Suspension Washington. Muy Jft tl’Pl A coalition of Republican* and southern Democrats today won the first round In their tight for immediate House consideration of| | the senate-amended ('use hill sot I 1 permanent strike control. Ry a vote of 235 to 96, they *u< 1 reeded in forcing u suspension of [ House rules This permitted thenJ to bring up for immediate consld 1 eratinn a rule to permit the Hous>-j to decide whether to accept or reject senate amendments to th*Case bill. A two-thirds vote of | those present was needed to carry I the motion to suspend. If the House accepts the amend i ments. the LUI then goes to th>White House, ’ if the rule Is defeated only a majority vote Is needed far passage—the bill probaldy will be sent to a senute-House conference for adjustment of differences. The House rules committee hud i cleared lhe way for floor action I on the bill by overwhelming vote.! j Hoiithern Democratic and Ite publican members of the rules committee succeedwl In forcing through the rule without giving 1 opponents to the Case bill a chance to be heard. At least two opponents, Hep. Charles 11. Sav-I age. D.. Wash., and Rep. Andrew ' J. Bleiniller, D.. Wis., had hoped to argue against It. The tn ea sit re differs from Pres-' ident Truman's emergency labor bill which the House passed in the; near-record time last Saturday. | Tin- Case bill would place restric- . tions on strikes in private industry The President's measure, still pending in the senate, would out law strikes against government i seized properties. 0 More Gl Babies Are Taken To Hospital Xew York. May 29- (UP) ~i Fifteen babies, some of them suffering from a form of diarrhea which caused the deaths of nine infants of servicemen last week. | were taken t.» Fort Hamilton h >s•; s pital today when the army trans port Santa Paula docked. The latest arrivals raised to more than 50 the number of Gl babied being treated al tip" hospi tai. Army officials said none was in seriotM condition. Grants Petition For Vacating Extension To Clear Land For Building New Homes ■■ - Judge J- Fred Fruchte in circuit court today granted a petition of I the McMillen Home Building ■ Corp., asking for the vacating of the extension of Master Drive iu the Master Addition. The petition was filed recently by the building corporation In order to leave the land clear for construction of' eight new homes In the addition. The city of Decatur was named as defendant in the action, since the land' bad once been laid out as a street, extending from the oouth end of Master Drive and winding around until It ran int» the Thirteenth street bypass of federal road 27. Construction of some of the new houses there have been stalled. Carpenter are now working at the site after the foundations were completed. The corporation plana to extend MMter Drive In a straight pattern to Washington afreet, according to the petition. D. Burdette Custer represented the petitioner atjd Harry B. Heller as city attorney for the defendant. — -—0 BULLETIN Oklahoma City, May 29— (UP) —The national governors’ conference adopted a resolution today urging the federal government and the states to enact laws banning strikes In public utilities and other induetrles “which might jeopardise the health and safety of the people.”

Byrnes Scores Molotov View On Peace Pact Asserts Only Stalin Can Retract Treaty To Disarm Germany - —— Washington. May 29 tVI’l — 1 Secretary of state James F. ' Byrnes served notice today that * he will let only Generalissimo Josef Stulln retract an earlier agreement In principle to the V. 3 plan for a four power. 25-year treaty to j keep Germany disarmed. Soviet foreign minister V. M. I Molotov denies after more than three months of ta< it acceptance that Btnlin ever approved In principle such a proposal. Byrnes has pulb-d out the records of three conferences to prove that he is right and Molotov wrong a lam t Stalin'* commitment last December to Byrne*. Byrnes hasn't challenged Mol--1 otov's veracity directly He just ■ said in lyph ally diplomatic lang : uage that Molotov was inaccuiate- | ly quoted or that there was a misunderstanding. The reference to the possibility of Molotov being misquoted obviously was facetious. Molotov’s | statement was made in Pravda, the 'Soviet government's official newspaper. Stripped of all Its details, the dispute now has (tolled down to tether Stalin told Byrnes in .Moscow last Decetnlter that he would support such a four-power treaty to keep Germany disarmed Byrnes says: Molotov liked the idea in September and on Dec. 24 in Moscow Stalin stated unequivocally that if Byrnes proposed such a treaty he (Stalin) would (Turn To Page Z. Column 5> - - O--Traffic Death Toll At Peak In April Safety Council tn Warning To Nation Chicago. May 29 -(UP)—The nation went on a gawoline binge last tnmth that resulted in the traffic deaths of more persons than were killed in the peak April in 1941. the National Safety council said today. The death toll for laat month reached 2.65f1, the council said This was 47 percent more than in April. 1945. and one percent more than the same month of 1941 a year that set a»t all-time high for the nation with 10.000 fatalitbw. The council warned that at least 38.000 AmerlcaiM would lie killed in traffic this year unless present eurelese driving and walking habits were corrected. 'The United State* apparently is drunk on gasoline—a tanked up tounlry unable or unwilling to use Ita new travel freedom with temperance," the council said. “Unifds wo sober up. and quickly. ,the nation will place a dark blot on the bright pages of its history written during the war. it bu inconceiveabie that w« should win a war to give our fellow men life and freedom, and then snatch it from them by carelessness behind lhe wheel of an automobile.” The council said the toll for the first four months of 1946 wm 10,770. compared with 7,420 In the uame period last year, it was only one percent less than the 1941 four-month record. The increase wm attributed chiefly to the Mountain and Pacific states where a soaring toll has hooded the national total. Eastern slates still are belo.v the 1941 death'tot a la, the council said. Despite the mounting toll, the urban mileage death rate woe less than the 1945 rate for the first two months of this year, the council said, adding that thin to the effectiveness of organized city safety programs. The trafffc death to'! for April was based on returns from .39 atates Three reported decreases, one no change and 35 increases as compared with April, 1945. Only the state of Maryland had a decrease—one percent—ln death, for the four-months period.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY,

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 29,

Across The Sea-They Remember ' ' i IX , It J in II ■ * I M »' ■ A I i a i am —* i in *** j * -J x. »-tt-M BBtiMMFi t BL" "”<■ *- rt f IHMI « S-* - ' ■ WHITE CROSSES AND STARS in every European country where American soldiers fought against Hitlers army bear testimony to the sacrifice of I'. ft. lives. The liberated people of these countries now honor the American war dead as fervently as their own. The ceremony shown above at St. Avoid. France, Is only one of many throughout Europe that will pay homage to the Yanks, as their memory is honored In this country at patriotic ceremonies across the nation Thursday. — ——

The following Is a list of men and women from this county who died or were killed in the service of their country in World War 11. The list was compiled from the flies of the Daily Democrat.

Andress. Floyd J. Baumgartner, Cail D. Baker, Wilber P. Barkley. Beulah L. Beitler. Francis liaumgarnier. Dale Baumgartner, Paul Beliout, Clyde Biery. Thoma* Dale Barothouse. Robert Berning. Arthur Billman. Brunner. Albert Baumgartner, James 11. Billman. Merlin W. Christen. James B. Dick, Merle Deirlckson. Ralph Engle. George Eicher. Solomon Eicher, Howard Eiting, Richard Ehlerding. Herbert Friedt, Eugene Fennig, Robert Fields, Eugene Fuelling. Harold F. Glendenning. Hubert Reimer, Jerome Gnllogly, Dore Gilbert. Gorman Harden, Fred.lt. Hoiioway, Roliert L. Hahnert. Calvin C. Ives, Wm. Jauregui, Ralph Jackgon. Carl B Johnson, Everett Krueckeberg. Truman Krick, Herman

Copt. Don L Kooken Quits State Police Indianapolis. May 29—tl'Pi Reslgndtlon of Capt. Don L. Kooken, who han headed the Indiana state police training program for 11 years, wan announced today. Kooken quit to become assistant director of the institute of criminal law administration at Indian- university. He organized and directed the first state police recruit training school In 1933 and has lieen in charge of that work since. o Legion Membership Now Three Million Indianapolis. May 29 — (UP) — • Membership in the American I/k lon now totals 8.000.000. the organ-' nations national headquarters said today.

Kitchen, l-averne |,audis, U«onard Mazelin. la-ster Musser, Fred Metzger. Edward J. Myers. Alva Moser. Robert M. Miller, Robert Morrison, Henry (letting. Elmer C. Poffenberger. Joseph Reber, Roy Railing, Alton . Shady. Max Eugene Schlagenhauf, Jqhn 11. Stalter. Milo (’. Selking. Gordon Schatnerloh. Carl Sheets.. Wm. Skiles. James B. Suman, Earl E. Sheets, Earl E. Stauffer. Ornell Stop|M-nhagen. Norwln Spade. Ralph J. Schirtick. Joseph P. Scheumann. Frederick Schroeder. Walter • Sprunger, Wayne Stiiuh. Fred L. Schindler, Ted K. Scheuler, Vlctos Thatcher, Delbert 11. Taylor, Willi* Tope, Richard Toepie, Richard H Teeple. Richard J Trlcker. Jack Warthman. Loren A.

Frankfort Lad Dies Os Shotgun Wounds 1 Frankfort. Ind.. May 29 (VPi ! —Melvin Eugene Smith. 14. son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul <’. Smith, died late yesterday from wounds { received when a shotgun held hy a youthful companion discharged accidentally. The boy's were hiking near Ftankfort. . - —.. —-o Local Man's Sister Dies In Fort Wayne Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Fisher. 28. of 21 Id Eby Avenue. Fort Wayne, a elater of Paul York of Harrison street, thta city, will lie held Friday morning from i St. Joseph's Catholic church. Fort Wayne. Mrs. Fisher died Tuesday afternoon st her home.

Union Committee Meets\ To Ratify Agreement As' t Reported From Columbus

Verdict Is Returned In Grandstaff Death Cause Os Doctor's Death Undetermined A verdict of “ill-defined and undetermined cause" wba filed today by Coroner Robert J. Zwlck in the death of Dr Floyd L. Grandstaff, prominent Decatur surgeon and physician, found dead at his home on May 11. The coroner’s report asserts that i he died of "ill defined ano undetermined cauoe and from autopsy report lung abscese of t ight lung and trurna <bruisest due to auto accident. A minute amount of morphine ami Is considered inoufft- | dent to be fatal." ABmg with the coroner's verdict, filed in the county clerk's office, is s report from the Fort Wayne Medical laboratories. Inc., which conducted toxicological examination* of urine, blood and gastric . conten!«i, as well as statements of j n phywiclan who participated in the > autopsy and a lengthy, detailed statement of Lt. Ray J. West. Jr., of New Castle. Lt. West was driving an auto involved in an accident at Muncie with the local (loctor's car on May 18. 1 The report of the Fort Way tie 1 laboratories asserts that results |ohow a small amount oi’ morphine A further analysis of oraln revealed only a trace of an alkaloid stile stance acting like- morphino in many respects. The amount was | very minute and is considered in- , sufficient to be fatal No ale ethol, barbiturates (drugs* or atrophlne was received front excreta of brain extract.” The- report continued that while enbalmlng process will interfere in detec tion of small amounts of drugs, they would havo been located during the post mortem. Lengthy Statement The statement of Lt. West i* one of the longest and most detailed ever filed in a death verdict hero. In hi* statement the army officer asserted that he firnt noticed lhe local doctor in his car before they arrived in Muncie, endurn To Page 2. Column 6) o Petrillo Challenges Validity Os Measure Calls Music Strike In Defiance Os Law Chicago, May 29 (UP)— U. 8. district attorney J‘: Albert Woll announced that criminal action against James C. Petriiio, head of lhe American federation of musicians (AFL* would be taken today it the conference between the district attorney and attorneys of struck station WAAF indicate a violation of the Lea bill. Woll said that he doe* not intend to Invoke a grand jury, but that his present plan is to file a criminal information. If the evidence wart ant*. All his plans, he said, depend upon the conference with officials. Woll summoned station counsel to a conference at which he sought 1 to determine if there had been • any violation of federal law. 1 The Lea act prohibits the union ' from <alling a strike In an attempt to compel an employer to hire more musicians than he needs. In announcing the strike yesterday. Petrillo said he realized the strike was in violation of the act. He charged Vhe* law was unconstitutional and said he was ready to go to jail to prove It. Woll met with counsel for the station yesterday and told them to return today with written com I plaints and an affidavit from the . station management. The station. ( (Tiicago's oldest, broadcarta no ( "live' music. Three union members are employed to handle recordings. ' Petrillo demanded that the number he in* reused to six'

— ——— | Further Flood Deaths Feared * In East Area —. ! Susquehanna River j Again Bursts Bank, 20 Dead Or Missing By United Press The rampaging Susquehanna river burst its bounds in central Pennsylvania again today, giving rise to fears of an Increasing casualty toll which already stood at 20 dead or missing in NewYork and Pennsylvania. As emergency workers battled desperately to stein the swirling waters from the worst flood In a decade, the west branch of the Susquehanna broke through a dyke one mile north of alreadyI.(undated Sunbury this morning. Breaking through to a depth of 15 feet, the river poured additional tons of water into the surrounding countryside and pushed n new watery barrier toward Sunbury. Ixmsl officials feared the water would reach a depth of seven to eight feet In the town. Scores of families were evacuated in the new danger area to join thousands of others made homeless by the floods In the two states. Damage to property and farm crops already was counted in the millions of dollars. Elsewhere, however, the floods appeared to have reached or were nearing their peaks as the skies cleared after nearly four days of constant rain Outside of the situation at Sunbury, officials believed the threat of further danger had parsed in New York Stale and Pennsylvania. But numerous towns in the 75mile stretch north from Sunhsry io ihe New York border bLh were Isolated. There were 11 known dead and nt least nine other* missing. It was feared the toll would be greater when reports are finally received from such places as Weilslioro and Renovo, Pa., which have been cut off completely since Monday o— Fori Wayne Man Is Lions Club Speaker ! Fort Wayne Club's Secretary Speaker "la-arn, laugh, love and live the f L's of IJoniam,” were related Tues- , day night to the members of the Decatur Lions club In the weekly . meeting at the Knights of Pythias [ lodge , The speaker was Joseph ('. . Craig, claim and traffic repnoen- ( tative of the Safety Can company , In'Fort Wayne and a member of the Lions c)ul> there for nearly 25 I year*. t Mr. Craig, who i«« now serving i aa secretary of tba Fort Wayne club, stressed the value of such a t service organization to a coinmu- . nity and outlined the extensive , program being carried out by all Lions dubs and at Foit Wayne in . particular , One of the Fort Wayne duh members who asskted in the or- . ganlsation and Installation of the r iocal dub about 20 yearw ago. the speaker recalled numerous names , and incidents in connection with , the installation. Bob Shraluka was in charge of . the program. B. W. Shraluka. Fort t Wayne, manager of the cab com- , pany, *a< a guest. Next week'* , speaker will lie Abe Andrews, wide- . ly known sportsman and enthual- , ast. Phil Sauer will be in charge of the program.

Price Four Centi

Report White House Expects Completion Os Agreement Today On Soft Coal Strike Washington. May 29 - (UP) -- The policy committee of the I tilted Mine workers ' AFLt met today to ratify a union-government contract that would end the soft coal The meeting was called hurriedly, simultaneous with a union announcement at Columbus. 0., that an agreement hae lieen reached Tlie contract would send the nation's 400.<Mt<* bltumtnoua mfiiera back to work f >r the government in the federallyoperated pits. Some miners worked during the twoweek truce which expired last Saturday night. Most have refused to work since then without a contract, even for the government. There was no official word here that an agreement already had been worked out But coal administrator J. A. Krug and UMW Presl-,-ideiit John I- la-wis neared an accord on details of a government wage contract necessary to start the flow of coal from strikelmtind mines. The White House was reported to In- expecting c >mpletion of the contract today. In line with these report* was tlie announcement from I’MW -> district Hix headquartera, Columbus that an agreement has lieen reached and that detaib now aro being worked out t'MW officials held an unochedtiled conference at I'.MW headquarters here. One official Indicated that the conferees were members of the union's 50-tnan policy committee, whose meetings usually herald important dec-kiiona. Meanwhile. Krug dire< ted operators of all idle mines eaot of the Mississippi, except Michigan, to hold all loaded cars at the mines to provide an emergency supply for essential purpose*. If work stop* at other mine*, cars may not Inmoved from mine tracks after the cessation of mining wi'hout Krug's permiiMion. There were repeated official reports of ‘progttwH" in the negotiations to end the three-day strike of Lewis' united mine workers iAFI.i in file government-operated mine*. And there were unofficial report* of agreement on basic principles. With coal stock* already low because of the recent six week mine walkout, the new strike has cut coal production to about 10 percent of normal. One government source said completion of the contract was be. Ing delayed by technical problems in connection with the wage provision. He did not believe any serious hitch had developed l.c-wi* and the I MW negotiating committee spent three hours witli Krug yesterday afternoon. Iteginning their second week of conference* since President Truman on May 21 seized the • hituminoqg mines. Another ad-minute conference was held last night. Even before the second session began, a apokeaman for Krug announced there was no piMsibility of finishing tin agreement last night and that lhe negotiations would continue today. Between the two setMtions, Krug and Lewis went to the White House to give what was described a* a progtvs report in a 3n-minut«s conference with Mr. Truman. While the negotlationa continued. mine operator* waited impati(Turn To Pag* 2,’c7i u ~nni 4) ~ I. ,1 1^11 , Dachau Officials Executed Today latndslierg, Germany, May 2S>~1 (UP) The last of 38 Dachau con- • c«ntra'ion camp ofßctals sentenced to death for atrocities were hanged ' Imlay within sight of the fortress prison where Adolf Hitler wrote • Mein Katnpf 1 Two at a time, the last fourteen • condemned Nazi tough men mount- • ed the gallows, lieglnning at C r a. m. The first group of 14 w<srn executed yesterday.