Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1946 — Page 1

■JvTNo. 137.

RUMAN VETOES STRIKE

ligh Court Justices In Feud

lon-Black I Reaches (Congress Ln Questions | jQ | Policies Igo I- Block Kton. June U —(UP) Eredt-nixl *|>ertacle of between two memK r fl. supreme court to- • BroMrxMt into a feud inj.tjex Robert 11. Jackson i L Hla<k j the possibility of a con- | invent nation and pubh.hinx such a* the staid l never ha* experienced r». founded in 1759. unifications conceivably dude Impeachment proagainst one or both of the member* of the nation’* ihutial And it could stall b: nomination of Fred M. : 9 he chief justice. nd between Jackson and d been .mouldering with I ronxre.Mlonal cognizance than a year. ry blast by Jackson. queuhi. u..tociate'n judicial not hie honor, brought It i into the open. received the new* with |en<e So did member* of ■ Truman's official fitfitlly MWrsss, despite stunned H) that a supreme court would shatter the tradlvemty with public charge* »colleague, reacted vocally i were demand* for an In kia into the entire factional ►tween new dealers and Hive* on the high bench rith the personal vendetta the two members. Black, hies jiMtlce. heads the new r Jackson often votes the «i»e line.

expressed unless the matter is gHvWiftly anil < ompletely it public fajth in the up in the constltmion as |W I,, ’ ! <»t impartial jurisprudPat McCarran, I)., |Mf the senate Judiciary comHI Mirf Jackson's charges M Black naturally will | M « |H lc ’"" He suw no reason, *hy the committee act as scheduled thin hB* 1 " ' 1i *‘ Vinson nomination, loosed h; s | s j aHt B g n i iW ( ■ :r '™ .Veurnltery. Germany. has been nerving as war ■ prosecutor. He cabled 8 10 ,b * senate and house ■n com tn It tee*. Bmapiaini was batted prin■<n the fact that Black partiEr 8 a *' ,ur ' decision in 1945 B"" 18 ' h * famed Jewell Ridge. B°* <o, "l>any "portal to por Pay case. ®* ,fl f*it that Black should E.' ,|aß iWled hitnaelf since the K ®' B '* workers union, suein ttio cane, w&t ■* n,KI by Black’s former law ■ Crampton Hank* of Ala- ■ ? f? aot charße th,! th ® ■ have be« n different K disqualified himself. K, l ,r <nclple of the thing. ■’ hud not eat in the case ■I th w< * u, ‘* ha *<’ **en 4to r miner, would have won B*, "‘T hart won in the w,,h Black sitting, [7 rou "‘ was sto 4 K difference be■wiZ«.‘*“ ■ Mocl «’e Justice. E n at ’*>* time. But a *’ c °lumn S) Em! 1 ?? ™*Rmomitbr r-nsRATURi RKADINO* L- 7. F- :i L L, feUUrU IM. |i, tn r * norM ’ and central L7. south portion. L ( * y Mrtl r cloudy. A few I c.M*T tSF * < ’ ‘•’•M’derohowL *| porti ® n - «•» •• r Mtrwne north portion.

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C. C. Constitution, By-Laws Adopted Quarterly Meeting Held Monday Night Membtrs of the newly reorganized Chamber of Commernce adopted u constitution and bylaws at the first quarterly meeting of the organization last evening in the court room of the court house. Clarence Ziner. president, presided at the meeting and related progress made so far Io Instill Interest and activity in local community building affalm. Pau! MeI Faul. newly employed full time secretary. reported that 149 person* are now members of the chamber. The constitution and by-laws are ,of standard form. Any Individual who pays 125 a year dues I* con , aidered a memtier. Aside from questions and decisions made by , the membership in open meeting, i the I Kia rd of director* I* charged with the responsibility of operation of the chamber. An Invitation to member* to at- j , tend a farm bureau picnic at Shady drove, north of Decatur on June 30. wax extended by C. W. It. Schwartz of Herne, president of the bureau. The cooperation of memliere in , making youth week. August 5 to 11. a great succe*n, was asked hy the officers and directors. The 4-H club show and other local youth groups will stage a unique show in this city during the week .Mr. McFaul stated that several radio station* offered to assist in publicizing the event The depart-1 ment of commerce of Indiana ha* | been contacted a* an avenue of advertlsing Decatur in state publicity.' The quarterly memlM-:ship meet-' Ing* will continue, Mr. McFaul stat ' ■ ed.

Fred Reppert Rites Here This Morning Numerous friends end former business associate* of the deceased attended funeral servl.-es for Fred Reppert. nationally known auctioneer. at the Zwick tuneral home this morning. Mr. Reppert died of a heart attack Saturday night. Men who received their training as a auctioneer under Mr. Reppert In the Reppert achool of auctioneering, also were in attendance, laxal retail store* closed during the funeral hour The service* were In charge of the Rev. William Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial was in the Decatur cemetery.

Youths To Attend District Meeting — Delegates To Boys State Will Attend Four youths from Decatur who will attend the Hoosier Boys State at Indianapolis are to Im guests Wednesday night at a special dinner meeting in Fort Wayne. It *aa announced today by H. V ernon Aurand. local Boy State chairman. They are Ted Hill. Jerome Licit, tensteiger. William Freeby and Carl Faurote. Accompanied by Mr. Aurand. they will attend the dinner given by American legion post 47 for all youths In the district who are going to she capital city event. Boys State will be held at the fairgrounds In Indianapolis June IS to 22. Arrangement* are now being made for transportation of the four representatives from thia county. The young men will likely leave here Saturday. Boys State is an annual event, sponsored by the legion to afford youths with the opportunity of learning governmental functions and actually participating in the work of governing and citizenship. Three Decatur organizations are oponaoring the trips of the four young men. The Decatur Lion, club is sending Hill; the Moose is sending Llcbtensteiger, while the Legion post Is sending Freehy and Faurote

King Humbert Refuses To Quit Italian Throne Declines To Turn Over Sovereignty Pending Court Rule Home. June 11—(I'Pl—King Humbert II refused to quit hi* throne today, sitting tight in hl* palace while the highly Inflammed Italian people greeted their new republic with an official national holiday, Humbert adamantly refused to turn over sovereignly to premier Abide He Gasper! until the supreme court rules on monarchist charges of election irregularities in the monarchial referendum. He proposed a civil regency until the issue Is settled. Italy was In a state of high excitement There was renewed violent monarchist demonstration* in Naples last night in which one man wax killed. An estimated It,000 demonstrators stormed the city hall, stoned a Communist newspaper office and were prevented from burning the Communist headquarter* by a volley of police gunfire Into the air. .Monarchist youths fought their way through columns of water sprayed by police and planted the royalist tricolor on St. James palace. The Italian cabinet met for seven hour* during the night without settling the issue of whether Italy h or Isn't a republic. It wax to meet again today to take tvhat It promised would be "concrete action. Twice during the evening De (lasperi visited Humbert in the royal palace, then rejiorted back to the cabinet, Admiral Ellery Stone, chief of the allied commission. saw the monarch in midevenIng. At 2:45 a. m. the cabinet Issued a communique stating that today j* a national holiday celebrating the republic. The statement Implied victory for Hie republic In three Instances but failed to mention Humbert's effort to win a (Turn To Psge J. Column 1)

Lions, Rotary Clubs Meet This Evening Joint Meeting Here On G. I. Training The slate and county's program of G. 1. educational and on-the-job training la to be explained tonight In a joint meeting of the Decatur Llona and Rotary dubs at the Knights of Pylhla« home. Members of the Berne Rotary cluh will also attend the dinner meeting, scheduled for 0:30 P- m. Robert Robinson, leader of the program In Indiana, will he the speaker. Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent, who is serving as chairman of the Adams county sub-committee, is In charge of the program. Other members of the committee. which approves or disapproves plans submitted by industries, etc., for training servicemen, will be in attendance at the meeting. The meeting tonight, regular meeting night of the Lions club, will replace the usual Thursday night meeting of the Decatur Rotary club.

Plan For Fireworks Display On July 4 Plans for the resumption of the annual Fourth of July firework* display of Adams post 42. to be held at Hanua-Nuttman park, were furthered Monday night in the regular meeting of the post. The post also made plans for the formation of a drum corps and conducted other routine business during its session, held nt the Legion home.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 11, 1946.

Billion-Bushel Crop Os Wheat Predicted Promise Americans Little More Bread Washington. June ll—(UP»—| Prospects for a hllllon-bushel wheat crop today promised Americans slightly more bread, cereals and other wheat products The agriculture department estimated the domestic wheat c r op this year would total 1.025.500.000 bushels—the third hllllonbushel crop In a row and the fourth on record. On the basis of June 1 conditions. the department said winter wheat would total 774.5511.000 bushels and spring wheat 250.P 21.000 bushels. The winter estimate was Increased 32,000.000 from a month earlier. The predicted 1946 winter crop still would l»e six percent below last year's record of 523.000.000 bushels, hut It would be the third largest on record. Officials said the estimate means that Americans will get at least the 450,000.000 bushels of wheat promised to them by secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson in his nine-point program for utilizing this year's wheat. Although that would be a 25 pen-ent cut from normal. It probnbly would mean slightly more tread, flour, cereals and other wheat products than civilians now receive. Domestic wheat consumption now I* running about 36 percent below normal. The department also is aiming at exporting about 250.000.000 bushels from the 1946 crop. Another 55,000.000 bushels Is earmarked for seed, 150.000.000 will go sos livestock feeding and the remainder will be used to build up the carryover. The department predicted decreases from last year in the oats, barley and rye crops. The oats crop was estimated at 1.492.753.000 bushels compared with last year’s record crop of 1.547.663.000 bushels. The barley crop wax estimated at 230.569.000 bushel* acompared with 263.961,000 last year and the rye crop at 20.759.WS compared with 26.354,000. The three percent drop In oats prospects was the most serious since It will mean less feed for livestock and dairy cattle. This, In turn, may mean less meat and dairy products since feed shortages already are critical in many parts of the country. The department said, however, that with the exception ctf citrus fruits this year’s fruit crop may be 10 percent above 1945. "The crop of peaches will almost reach- last year’s record.” It said, "with pears, grapes and , prunes each below last year but still above average. Cherries, plums, apricots, figs avocadoes. olives, cranberries and dates all ore larger . . than last year." Milk production continued at • Turn To Pass 4. Column T 9

Weekly Sales Here Drawing Increasingly Larger Crowds

It it’s a "famous Indian herb remedy" good for backache, toothache. headache, earache, removing corns or keeping the hair from falling out; If it’s a heifer, brood sow, work mare, plow, binder or grain drill; Or if it’s a watermelon, sack of potatoes or bottle of pop you usually can buy It on Monday at the community sales still being conducted each week near the east bridge on Monroe street—and reportedly growing weekly. The writer had heard of the gaining popularity of the sales and made a special trip there Monday. The first bit of knowledge forthcoming was that the event is almost strictly for farmers and livestock buyers and since the former group was busy in the fields making up for those rainy days of the past few week*, yesterday's crowd was not of the usual site. Last weak, however, we learned from a reliable source, approxi- i

Hope Rising For Settling Marine Strike ■ WSA Administrator Is Optimistic On Settlement Hopes By United Press The war shipping administration today predicted settlement of the maritime dispute “In a couple of days.” as the number of striking U. 8. workers dropped to the lowest figure slnse last Sept. 22. The postwar labor crisis had subsided, but congress awaited p.-esidential assurance that furthi er strikes could he averted. The scheduled strike of 200.090 seamen next Saturday remained the nation's only major unsettled postwar labor dispute. Approximately 150,000 American worker* were idle because of i strikes and shutdowns, compared with a peak of more than 1.000,000 Idle at the beginning of 1946. As negotiations for the marl-t-me unions and ship operators sought a compromise solution to their ISday-ohl deadlock over wages and hours, WSA adminls- ' trator Granville Conway expressed confidence the strike would lw* averted.

"We're not going ts have a strike." Conway said. "I have never thought we were." The parties were deadlocked over the unions’ demand for a shorter work week and overtime y.ay for more than 44 hours per week worked at sea. Conway said a compromise proposal had been made and predicted there would he a break In the deadlock. Meanwhile, Frank Jones, Cleveland. O, contract administrator for the Great latkes region of the CIO national maritime union said a strike notice would be filed in several days In behalf of 5,0f1n Great l-akes seamen, who had not been included In the other dispute. Jones said a strike notice would be filed with the national labor relations board under the Smith-Connally war labor disputes act. under which the union may strike 30 days after filing. The Great Lakes seamen have demanded a work week reduction from 56 to 40 hours a week with no cut in pay and new overtime provisions. At Pittsburgh, meanwhile, a strike of 250 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen closed the Pittsburgh works of Jones A taughlin Steel Corp., Idling 10,000 workers. The local refused to work under the terms accepted by national president A. F. Whitney In settlement of the recent nationwide rail strike. The insurgent trainmen asked an additional week of vacation, time and one half for Sunday and (Turn To Pag* &, Column 51

mately 1.000 persons attended a sale which grossed about 110,000 and saw among other things about 100 head of calves “go before the hammer." Our second note was on a swarthy Individual wearing pigtails. who called himself “chief something-or-other" — the fellow who was selling that "famous Ind ian herb medicine." And he’s no "fly-by-night." This is not his first week at the sales. To hold the crowd he promises to put a half dollar into the neck of a beer bottle and a few other tricks during his "pitch.” His Is not actually a part in the auction sale, though. It's Just something to furnish entertainment for the prospective buyer* taking their slightly precarious seats in what looks like a small bleacher section at a baseball park. The "incidentals” had been sold •nd the Indian chief was through (•Turn To Psgs 1, Column •)

i - CONTROL BILL

Tells Congress ‘Measure Would Promote Instead Os Preventing Strife

Breakfast Cereal Prices Increase Washington. Juno 11.—(UP)— Prices on cornflakes, puffed wheat and puffed rice will go up one to three cent* a box on Friday. OPA said the higher prices result from a recent increase in grain ceilings coupled with higher labor costs. O To Ask Annexation Os Stratton Place City Council Meets In Special Session Further rftep* in clearing the way for the construction and annexation of the Stratton Place subdivision, east of the city, will be taken tonight by th- city council. John R. Worthman of John R. Worthman, Inc.. Fort Wayne, bullder of the new suiidivixioii, Is expected to appear before the council with a petition for annexation and a plat for which he will a*k approval. .Mr. Worthman discussed plan* with council member* during the meeting was called and the special meeting was called for tonight by Mayor John It. Stults to speed up clearance. To date cellar excavations for 20 homes have been completed and workmen are busily engaged In . cutting out roadways ami drives A new ordinance, controlling parking in downtown alleys In Decatur, may also be submitted to the council for approval by the ordinance committee during tonight's session. The ordinance was asked by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce recently to ' put teeth" Into a drive to eliminate lengthy parking In alleys, which the Chamber leaders det laied I* creating a hazardous and Inconvenient blockade of the flow of traffic.

Local Housewives Face Higher Costs Milk Is Up, Other Prices To Increase With the price on one staple commodity already Itoosted, one expected Io go up late today, and another looked for In the next few days, housewives here will need extra money in "setting the family table” because of changes in OPA ceilings. - Milk has already gone up <"• cent here, with pasteurised now selling at 14% cents per quart and homogenized at 15% cents. Una] dairymen reported today that butter (when it gets here! will likely be boosted about 10 cents per pound. One dairyman said he expected to receive the authorization for a 10-cent per pound Increase late today. It was to have heen officially boosted Saturday at midnight, but up to a late hour today official authorization concerning the change had not been received, he said. Meanwhile, butter was not being shipped In. he said, with the expected increase causing the holdup of shipments. An increase In bread prices is •Iso expected to come at any time. Although local bakers reported they still had not received authorisation for the Increase, radio reports last night said a price Increase and a deduction permitted in the size of the loaves v ill amount to approximately a 20 percent increase in the cost of bread per loaf. > Prevailing prices on bread here now are 11 and 12 cents per loaf. Local bread, depending upon the type of loaf, has been selling for 11 and 12 cents, while (Turn To Pago 5, Column t)

Politics In State Near Boiling Point G. 0. P. Convention To Meet Thursday Indianapolis, June 11—(UP)— Indiana's political situation wax near the boiling point today. |,eo M Kfnnian. manager of William E. Jenner's campaign for the Republican nomination for U. 8. senator, predicted the former state (hairman would win on the first roll call at the etale convention) Thursday In the Indianapolis col laeurn. Kinman said Jenner would have 1.675 votw out of a possible 2.129. Meantime, backers of Incumbent Sen. Raymond E. Willi*. Angola newspaper publisher, bought fullpage newspaper advertisements asking convention delegate* not to "sell their party'* soul for a mess of patronage.” Jenner reportedly hsir the support of the state organization in the healed three-way senatorial race between himself, Willis and Evansville's self-styled "radical republican," Charles l-af:dlette. The Impending GOP convention held the center of the stage, of course, but elsewhere Jn the Hoosier capital national democratic officials met with state party leaders.

Richard E, Nacy. geaistant to democratic natlonnl committeeman Robert Hannegan, said hi* party regards Indiana as one of the national battlegrounds and eaid d<-m or rats would do "everything humanly possible" to carry the state next fall. Nary said nationally-known apeakeM will "stump" the state In an effort to cut the republican advantage of both U. 8. senator and nine of the II representative*. Willis, state supreme court justice Frank N. Richman, and the state superintendent of public Instruction. Dr. Clement T. Malan. were the incumbents reportedly left off the republican organization alate. Malan * opponent is Ben Watt, state adjutant general. Atty Gen. Jam<w A. Emmert opposes Richman. The Willis-for-xenator press club, composed of moat GOP editors In the state, purchaeed the ad* attacking the senator's “purge." The statement said the GOP editors "ask that the affairs of the republican party be conducted according to the rules of fair play." Jenner'a campaign chief. Kin man, asserted that a eanvae of delegates on a county-by-eottnty liaxls indicated that the former shortterm U. 8. senator would win easily on the first ballot. Nomination re quires 1.065 votes, aome 600 liw* than Kinman claimed Jenner has heen assured In "conservative e»(Turn To Page 8. Column 5)

Give Band Concert Here This Evening Weekly Concert To Be Given Tonight The complete program for tonight** band concert at the court houxe ramp, beginning at s p m „ wa» announced today by director Albert Sellemeyer aa follows: "The Premium.*' march—Huff. "Tuxedo," march—Huff. "Country Gardens*’—Detarnater. "Rocked In the Cradle of the Deep,*' souaaphone solo by Karlann Striker. "Semper Porattts*'—Van Boskerck. "Shine on Harvest Moon * -Nora Bayes. "Tanforan," march- Eisenberg. "Pandora Overture”—Eisenberg. “Goofus"—King Harold. "Ironclad.' march and two 'step. "Star Spangled Banner.”

Price Four Centi

Renews Appeal For, Congress Approval Os Emergency Bill To Outlaw Strikes VETO UPHELD WaMhinßton, June 11 —(lT)—The hou»»e today killed the Case strike-control hill hy suh ta i ninj{ President Truman's veto of the meaNure. which he said would promote rather than prevent industrial strife. A two-thirds majority vote of both the house and senate would have heen required to override the veto and make the hill law. The vote was 225 in favor of overriding the veto and 135 against overriding. On the basis of the total vote cast. 260 votes would have been needed to override. Washington. June 11.—(UP)— President Truman today vetoed the controversial case strike-control bill on ground* it would promote lather than prevent Industrial strife. In a dispassionate SOoO-word message to congress, he concluded that the bill does not meet the standards of labor-management equality and "vigilance for the public welfare." Hence, he said he felt he "would not be properly discharging the duties" of hie office If he were to sign it. Mr. Truman, declaring that the Case bill attacks the symptom* rather than the underlying causcu of strikes, suggested ihat congria* make another approach to the problem because: "Strikes against private employers cannot be ended by legislative decree. Men cannot be forced in a peace-time democracy to work tor a private employer under com pulsion." The house wax expected to vote immediately on the veto message. It appeared doubtful that backer* of the Hill could muster the necessary two-thirds majority necessary to override the veto and make the bill become law without the president's signature. A two-thirds majority in both houses i* necessary to override. Pro-labor elements in the houseclaimed they had enough votew to uphold the veto. Even supporter* of the measure doubted that they could block the veto. The senate, which has been less sympathetic to the bill, will not »ote on the veto unless the house overrides the president. Mr. Truman acknowledged that, ■(rlkea and lockouts are "thu greatest handicaps" to the Increas ed production that is necessary to avert a "ruinous inflation." But he said the Case bill does do the job. While rejecting the Case bill. Mr. Truman renewed his appeal for congressional approval of his own emergency legislative program to ban strikes against governmentseized properties. He said thk request was not consistent with Iho veto.

He also renewed his recommendation for creation of a joint conxressional committee to study the whole subject of labor relations and to suggest permanent longrange legislation.'* He said if the <eghlators acted promptly, a report covering the entire labor field could lie submitted to congress before the end of 1946. Mr. Truman also u<ed hfc veto message as a vehicle for urging congressional action on previous recommendations yet to be acted upon -adequate unemployment insurance, compulsory health Insurance, “a fair minimum wage," and extension of price control and stab* Hliation laws "In effective form.” "These measures,” he said, (Turn To Pags i, Columa t)