Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1946 — Page 1

IV, No. 143.

D FEARED DEAD IN DETROIT

■nois Police fccer Killed I Gun Battle

||Mon And Negro To Death LBGun Fight In Illinois |H| ju )' <<■>*» |K . A !,. i. and a n<-gr<> |K today aft.-r they 1K,,, u iHilhHii.m |K UI| in i|ip Paxton |K .. • ~.|-l ia n wtm Marvin j vi-ii-ran. |K h l hi- ;>ii;h'*r. officer ■■ || ,rp. i of Zibson City. K juio'iiMiib they stlH a stolen cur at Ea at the Intersection of |H. >; ami ft in Paxton. appruai bed the car. the a negro and a white BVoi' ami opened fire at ■ pistols. policemen took cover car and returned the he emptied hi* gun Hk.n, Archer wan shot heart He slumped to Kent hut managed to drag before he died continued to fire. One Ml<-t< hit the negro in tile bead The negro died |Mh<' negro wa. wounded. K man jumped hack into Kobile and drove awwy at Ml lllimiM and Indiana Mie a* well a* city and Mttio'.'ie- JotmM in throw Mbt blockade around the Mt wa* learned that the ■* ahandoned the car near another one and ■ Gifford. At Gifford he Mrd car. ■ after ft am.. three offiBi Champaign state police Ben found the man hiding Barked on a lonely country Be miler Houtii of Gifford Baign county. Bely gun fight, they shot <1 the unidentified killer, roleimn participating in •err Lieut Norman Lee, ph Glaze and officer Char 1. They *ald the man's i *o riddled with bullet* ■ptsuihle to tell whose killed him. H X Noff, supervisory of state police headquar Iprltixfielij, .mid he wa* '« to learn further detail* * by telephone. i one confuting fad wax »r of earn which the men table to them. font look* a* though they °r three stolen, cars spotsl nd the area for getaway >” he said. ’!• survived by his widow »r-<dd daughter. He was T " P»«« 1. Column •>

■roan, Missing Over Year. Is ■fared Dead; Memorial Sunday

y'Kiiion f H,,.,!, alh of Erm B nn '- Kitchon. 21. son ut Mr. B r " James Kitchen of thin plans (or memorial riles B l "' id Sunday at the First B* a church here, were an’'fuhannouiiy today. B 1 1" of the young aviation B*' Ma " a, "> “f crewman B l ** informed by the secreW'h'- navy that It is believed B* l *1 hl# life on June ]. IMS B*'* Patrol bomber in which |j n)Fln * ’'cashed at sea in the area after being attack- ■ Japanese fighter planes. B* 4 been listed as mining in ■ “** that date. ■communication from the sec■«the navy, | n giving details ■ w *h, asserts that the local Wane and another left B*' Philippine folutda, on a ■ Photographic reconnalaal..* 11 to the Singapore area B"** to return. «»«r the objective." the !J» tea,lon •totes, "Kitcbeas K by a number of ■ "««* pia Oea ind wa , hlt |’ i ,h « engine*. which im- ■ r '••tight fire. The pilot

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British Officers Reported Kidnaped Holy Land Violence Grows In Intensity Jerusalem. June ix—HP) p| V( . British officer* were kidnaped at Tel Aviv today and an attempt wa* made to assassinate two Briton* In Jerusalem as ciMualtles in three day* ot Holy Land violence mounted Io ut leuat IX dead and score* wottnded. Continued outbreakt attributed to Jewish underground force* took on the aspect* of a full fledged campaign against the British Violence against British army officers here and in Tel Aviv indicated a awing from big scale sulaitage to the British military a* a major target. Three hour work stoppages hy Jews were carried out ;n both Haifa and Jerusalem as a protest against the killing of Jews in Haifa and thousands ot Jew* then gathered to bury their dead At Tel Aviv, five British officer* were kidnaped from an officers club. Early reports suggested they were seized us hostages for two membeio of the “stern gang" of extremists whom a moitary court sentenced t > death. "Another British officer and a British soldier were attacked on Ring George avenue in the heart of Jerusalem. Both were reported wounded seriously. A few hours earlier, nine Jews were killed In a night battle at Haifa, where the port area and railroad shoji* were rocked and blackened by 15 explosions and resultant fire*. A pitched liattle of several hours at Haifa ended early today with big stretches of the port and rail sections a shamble*. Besides the nine dead. 11 were injured, including three women. It was one of the meet ccstly of the long series of outbursts In Palestine In recent month*. The Haifa battle closely followed the blowing up ot eight Jordan river bridges and sporadic outbursts at points scattered throughout Palestine. The IroditM of two dead Jews, one of whom was carrying a revolver, were found this morning near the railroad workshop* which had been damaged badly by the explosions during the night. Seven Jews were killed in th>« skirmishing ot several hour*. five, Including two women, were Injured seriously and six were wounded les* seriously. Fifteen Jews, among them one (Turn To Page 4, Column St

‘ . gjra. Efl i W** nfl o Jb 1 Mt, ■ 1 BAfc" - S ! I i • was forced to make a water land1 Ing. The aircraft proceeded down the west aide of Singapore Island 1 with the other plane flying alongI aide In an attempt to protect it. ‘ About eight miles south of the southwest tip of the Island, the I — (Turn To Pag# t. Column •)

They Speak For U. S. At Peace Conference * iWd—* SECRETARY OF STATE JAMEB F. BYRNES, center, Is shown with Senator Tom Connally, left, of Texas, and Charles Bohlen, right of the I’ S. state department. In the palace of Luxembourg at I arts, where Ihe Big Four foreign ministers are drawing up peace treaties for Europe.

Appropriations Are Allowed By Council County Councilmen In Special Session The county council, meeting in tne second of a two-Jay session lore today, approved all but one additional appropriations placed before it. The council slashed a fund of 1200, sought by the county school superintendent's office for traveling expenses, to 1100. It was explained that a fund of |3oo. the maximum under the slate law, had been naked last Heptember when the budgets were prepared. The council at that time allowed f 100 and the |2ut» remainder was naked by file superintendent's office this time. All other items, totalling some 128,000, including a major one of J 19,4X5 for construction of the Wechter bridge In Blue Greek township, were approved. Others in the list included special judge fees, equipment for the county surveyor's office and operating expense of the newlypurchased dragline, files in the cudltor's office and clerical expense of registration and files at the clerk's office. The council also voted to return |35,00</ in school loan funds to the state. The amount represented unloaned surplus and was returned to eliminate payment of the four percent interest on the money, which had not been In use. A sum of 120,000 was re(Turn To Page I. Column 4) 0 Lichfield Escape Plot Is Thwarted Bad Nauheim, June IX.—4l'l*l--U. 8. army officials revealed today that an escape plot by pikumem in the Lichfield brutality case had been thwarted. Authorities yesterday discovered a tunnel dug l»y the prisoners from their barracks to within 12 feet of freedom.

Local Man's Mother Is Taken By Death Tocsin Woman Dies Early This Morning Mrs, Sidney Hail, 79, widow of the late Oliver Hall, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at her home east of Tocsin. She had been an invalid for nine years and bedfast for the past two year*. She was born near Galion, 0., August 20. 1566. the daughter of John and Rachel Archbold-Ash-craft, but had spent most ot her life near Tocsin. Her husban died March 4 of thia year She wa* a member of the Tocsin United Brethren church. Surviving are a daughter. Ml** Oma M. Hall, at home; the tallowing children by a previous marriage. Hubert Cochran of Decatur. Clarence Cochran ot Huntington. and Mr*. Gertrude Creek of Edgerton. 0.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral service* will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home, with the Rev* Studebaker and Abbott officiating. Burial will be in the Tocsin cemetery. Friend* may call at the home Wednesday.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 18, 1946.

BULLETIN Peris, June IS—(UP)—The big four foreign minister* hit the first snag of their new conference today when they became deadlocked on the lame of reparations to be sought from Italy and were unable to resolve their differencee. - Few Bakeries Are Forced To Close Bread Shortage At Most Critical Point By United Prese Flour millers hoped today that the bread shortage had reached Its most critical point Lines of householders still formed at grocery stores and liakerle* across the nation, but for the most ‘ part bread was obtainable. Despite gloomy predictions last week, there were no widespread bakery shutdowns. Most bakeries managed to stay open and turn out broad. In many cities baker* were more concern ed 'about shortage? of sugar and other ingredients than they were alaiut the scarcity of flour. Harry A. Bullis, president of General .Mills, told 300 bakery manager* at Chicago that their short term outlook was "not encouraging.'* lint he added that “there Is reason to hope we are near the darkest point today.” Bullis believed that the speed with which the bread shortage could be ended depends on how much wheat will be made available from the new crop, and on whether the amount of wheat fed to livestock can be cut. Secretary ot agii.iilture Clinton P. Anderson said in Chicago that hoih the wheat and meat situations would be cleared up as soon as congress decides what to do about price control. Anderson told a news conference that as soon as both Houses of congress reach an agreement on the price control bill, meat and wheat will be shipped to market In amounts approaching normal. The price will be determined by what kind of bill congress passes, be said. However, Anderson said the butter shortage would continue through next year despite the 11cent per pound price Increase auth- ' orixed by the OPA. The increase ■ cHinc too iate to do much good, he said. Anderson attached small sign!flcance to reports that farmers In the central plains and southwestern wheat regions were hoarding I heir wheat in hope# of a price Increase. “Undoubtedly som farmer* are holding back their wheat,” he «aid. “But nearly all the country elevator* are completely full and the wheat is moving along In greater quantities than we had hoped for.” He believed farmers would »ell their wheat rather than let It rot, (Turn To Pag* 4, Column 4) DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER TEMPERATURE READINGS . 8:00 a. m. .... 71 10:00 a. m, 71 Noon ............... 70 2:00 p. m 89 * WEATHER Shower* north and Nattered thunderstorm* *oi.th portion tonight. Cooler central portion. Considerably cooler central and Nuth portion*.

Man Is Sentenced For Attack On Girl James F. Lincoln Enters Guilty Plea Joliet, 111., June 19 — (VP) - James F. Lincoln. Jr„ 30, pleaded guilty today to a charge of attempted murder of a nine-year-old girl and was sentenced to serve not less than one and not more j than 14 years In the state penitentiary. Lincoln, the son of a wealthy ! Cleveland. ().. Industrialist, withdrew a plea of innocent and was immediately sentenced by Judge C It. Henry. He pleaded guilty of shooting Carol William. 9, farm girl, four ! times and of beating Iter on the head with a hammer when she re- | fused to submit to his advance* last March 20. An indictment charging attempt ed rape in the same case (j?a* no* considered In today’s trial. The state's attorney's office said Lincoln would l»e taken to the Statesville penitentiary either late today or tomorrow. His wife, father, father-in-law and sister were in court when he wa* sentenced. Lincoln had been expected to ph-ad guilty with an Insanity stipulation and Ihe move today was a surprise to prosecutors. His trial began yesterday and (Turn To Page 5, Column t) _ o Plead Not Guilty To Beating Vets : South Bend. Ind . June 18 —ll'Pi - Plena of not guilty io charge* of beating “and otherwise mistreating” patients at the Marion. Ind., veterans hospital were made today by four forme, attendants. The four, indicted by a federal grand jury two weeks ago, were Harry I). Zabst. 38; Harry B. Wlsler. 58; Leverett D. Miller, 33. and Oils D. Neblett. 25. all of Marion. 0 Conduct Swimming Classes For Girls — Decatur Girl Scouts Sponsor Os Classes Swimming instruction* for all Decatur girl*, aged six to 18, will be given at the municipal swimming pool, beginning next week, under auspices of the Decatur Girl Scout*. This announcement was made this morning by Mrs. Colin I. Finhyson, chairman of the Decatur Girl Scout council. The swimming daises will he divided Into two groups, one for girl* 12 to 18. and the other for girl* six to 12. The first clsss, for girls 12 to 18, will be held Tuesday, June 25, from 9:30 to 11 o'clock. Inrtructors for this class will be Mr*. Walter Kless and Mis* Bar J bar a Kohl*. The class for girls six to 12 will he held Wednesday, June 28, from 9:80 to 11 o'dock, with Mrs. J Kenneth Gunther and Miss Kohl* ss Instructors. All instructors have passed senior life saving examination*, Mrs. Kless receiving her training ut Winona Lake. Mrs. Gunther (Turn To Psg* I, Column 8)

AREA TORNADO

Storm Grazes Detroit, Windsor, Ont-Brings Heat Wave Toll To 68

Court Ruling Blow To Jap Defendants Allow Prosecution Submit Affidavits Tokyo, June 18 (UP)—Attorneys defending major Japanese war criminal suspects complained today they had suffered an "irretrievable blow” because of a new ruling allowing the prosecution to submit affidavit* from its witnesses In place of direct testimony. The ruling culminated a serie* of sharp setbacks for the defense. It drew such a barrage of hatred objections that Sir William Webb, president of the tribunal hearing the trials, accused a defense attorney of Insulting the court. A motion supporting the use of uffldavlts had been offered by Justice Alan J. Mansfield, of Australia. an associate prosecutor. He claimed that direct testimony would materially shorten the trial. Franklin Warren, a defense attorney from Tulsa. Okla., then requested that the defense be allowed to submit Its witnesses to private cross examination and present the testimony also In the form of affidavits. “That's just to taunt this tribunal” Webb reported Warren apoliglted to the court. He then went on to state that Japanese witnesses would be tot ally incapable of giving unbiased testimony if they were questioned privately by prosecutors. He pointed out that the witnesses were members of a defeated nation and would be Inclined to say what the allies might want them to say. Webb overruled the objections (Turn Tn Pas* 2. Column 4) 0

County Home Heads To Meet Tomorrow District Meet At Adams County Home Plan* have been completed for the northeastern Indiana district meeting of county home superintendent* and matrons, to be held here Wednesday. The event will be held at the Adam* county home, with between 50 and 75 official* from county home* In this area expected to he in attendance. Frank KB*on, superintendent of the county home, and Mr*. Kitson, who ad* a* the matron, are In charge of arrangements and will be hosts to the visiting offlc lais. The event will open about 9:30 a. m. at the home with registration and will bu followed by a business session. Noon luncheon will be served in the dining room of the home and will be followed by the final business session. Frank R. Farnam, state inspector of county Institution*, will head a list of state official* expected to attend and will conduct an open forum in discussing problems which have arisen in various counties of the district. Arthur R. Holthouse, managing editor of the Daily Democrat, will deliver an address of welcome to the guests. Several Adams county office holders are also expected to be in attendance. To Consider Decatur Sanitation Project Sanitation project* i:i 18 Indiana cities will be considered Thursday by the Indiana stream pollution hoard, which will rule on the plans before the local governmental units go ahead with the work. Projects to lie considered Include preliminary report* for sewage treatment plant and intercepting newer* for the city of Decatur.

Food Supplies Likely Lower In Next Year Secretary Anderson Predicts Americans Must Tighten Belts Washington. June 18—ll'l’)— Secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said today that Americans may have to pull In their lielts a bit during the com Ing year. Anderson. In at) lrem-by-ltem survey of the food outlook, said meats, butter, wheat, flour, poultry. eggs, dried fruit and dried peas probably will lie even more scarce In coming months than they are now. Per capita meat consumption In 1946-47, be said, will be about io pounds lower than during the past year. He added, however, that supplies <>f cheese, fats and oils, dry beans and canned and dried milk would remain alrout steady. And. he said, there should be more canned fruit and fruit Juice* as well as vegetables and vegetable juices. The agriculture department ha* been contending that the United State* ia consuming more food than It did before the war. The present large diets, however, will be trimmed somewhat, department experts say. Anderson emphasized that his estimate* were tentative They were prepared for field representative* of the production and marketing administration and may change. He said changes In price structure would affect food. He did not elaborate. But it was pointed out that If price control* were removed, foods which now are hard to find might become seemingly abundant Itecause buying power would fall and they would remain on grocer's shelves longer. The secretary's resume indicated that butter—which yesterday went up II cents a pound—would be one of the most elusive commodities. He said civilian supplies would average about 103,000,000 pounds a month for the next six months. This would be altout 62 percent of 1941 supplies. Anderson said civilians, on the basin of tentative estimates, will get about 135-140 pound* of meat (Turn To Page 2. Column I)

Ralph Steele, Up For Exam, Ready For Return To Prison

BY 808 SHRALUKA (Staff Writer I Nearly three years In prison brought about "no change of heart" and should he pass the armed forces physical at Indianv polls today, Ralph Steele, 27, Decatur, will “face another prison term, if necessary." This fact he revealed to the vriter a few minutes before he nnd five others stepped aboard a southbound ABC bus at noon today — enroute to Indianapolis for final preinduction physical examinations. Steele, who In January left the prison at Ashland. Ky, said he would take the examination, since there was nothing In his religion as a member of the Jehovah's Witness sect which would "conflict." If he should fail he could go co as usual, he agreed. If, however, he passes the exam, he will ask for a ministerial classification. Just as he did in 1943, when his request was refused hy the draft board and Judge James Slick in federal court. Referring the writer to "llth Hebrews" aa a basis for his belief, he recalled that "we will have no

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Rescuers Search Path Os Tornado For Dead, Injured In Monday's Storm Detroit, June 18 — (UP) —As 'eust 20 persons were feared dead today from a tornado which grased Detroit and Windsor. Ont., leaving rainsoaked wreckage In the wake of Its searing sweep. Daylight brought out scores of volunteers who searched the debris of more than HH» homes leveled In Detroit's crowded Downrlcer suburbs and in less populous districts on the Canadian side of the Detroit river. The'giant black funnel— ac-om-panted l»y winds so hot they burned the face-twisted It* way through the suburbs of Melvindale and River Rouge southwest or Detroit, dipped south of the teeming auto city, swerved across the river and struck with full fury south of Windsor. Fifteen bodies already had been recovered. Thirteen were In morgues on the Canadian side. A power linesman was electrocuted and a woman drowned when a dam broke on the Detroit side. Hundreds of others were Injured and many were missing. Torrential rains before and after the tornado hampered rescue efforts and attempts to calculate the actual storm toll. In addition to casualties, damage to homes, factories and utilities was estimated in the millions of dollars. Windsor was completely withcut power. All Industry was shut down with the exception of the Ford Motor company, which operates Its own power plant. The weather bureau said the storm whipped itself out 30 minutes after it hit. The black funnel formed over the small community of Melvindale and swept eastward through River Rouge late yesterday as many families were sitting down to their evening meal. It moved across the Detroit river and circled Windsor, leaving a trail of destruction in surrounding communities. River Rouge was the hardest hit on the American ide, but authorities *ai<l a check showed no one killed In their homes. Witnesses described the whirling winds as resembling a Irtg fire sweeping across the land.” The huge black funnel in its mad race of death circled Windsor, an industrial city of 105,008 population. Just south of Detroit. leaving River Rouge it hit Briton Beach, Ont., crossing Sandwich Road In a sparsely populated area, turning southward and circled Windsor In a wide sweep (Turn To Page 4. Column 7)

part In a worldly conflict." "Not yet," he replied, when eueried as to whether he had experienced "a change of heart." since be was going to Indianapolis for his "army physical." lie replied that he would comply with the law “as far as possible until It conflicts." "I feel no differently than I did be fore." he said in answer to another question, "not yet—anyway." No. he said he "did not 1-M>k forward with any pleasantness toward the possibility of another prison term. But Christians have been persecuted throughout the ages," he declared. "What if everyone had felt like he and refused to take up arms in defense of the country," we asked. "Divine Intervention would have resulted," he declared. He recalled the story of David and Goliath when asked if he had looked for a miracle to save the country In World War 11. Although no official comment had been received, an authoritative local draft lioard source indicated that Steele would not be given a ministerial classification (Turn To Fags 2, Column O