Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1946 — Page 1

LIV. No. 144.

U-NATION PEACE PARLEY

■ace Warns Bust Easing Be Controls ■ids Relaxing shßrols To Lead om Bust Era June 19—(UP)- . ominerce Henry A. unlay that destruc *' uk<rilnx of presM,. u!l .| ..nt controls would for the Haute kind of l.u.t that began at just after World ...it avoid rocking the boat tight now." Wai- - Anter |K|||O- JI tny opinion can HK)„ 111- ' profitable periol gßln.toiy during the yearn latest defense of the price program <! a congressional coll Hyi,.-ga:i efforts to Iron out m Ol'A extension hills HBl.y the senate and house. senate approved lifting of mt meat, poultry and petroleum and IoUH The house bill would reon commodities HMpr.Nlm tioti reaches 1941 ■M o,! " r ,n ®J° r differences two measures also must Knelled. can rely on history to anything. ' he continued, |K*>* recognize that to weak price and rent conwould be to ask for the iMhirid of boom and bust that Hat just about this time |Kh<* last war” said that a rapid in. pricer would result in of tstnalj businessman of veterans com Ku second best In the wild for raw materials ami ■bl goods. He added that businesses, fortified with reserves, could survive longer "and even come with a whole skin.” as a whole has done |B under price control," W;>.l- - and the prospects for are bright —■ it price Stmt controls are continued H prodm lion gets somewhere ■f in balance with the anpre■hl demand we have today.” the senate bill, final acHon removal of controls on ■romiuodlty would rest with a ■-min decontrol board to be Mated by the president with ■<* confirmation. The board ■ restore controls any time B Ju *y *• ■ secretary of agriculture, ■ b Itiren food and farm -proB control in the senate hill. ■ the price administrator may B®** 10 remove controls If B decide a commodity is in B wfo- ■ — ,0 ■— ■me George Bidoult Bsident Os France ■rli. Juno 19.—(UP)— George flit. f ’•reign minister and lead ■ the popular republican party ■ named president-premier of B« today by the conatituen* Hwy. w assembly gave Bidauit 381 * in commissioning him to I a new French government ■creed the coalition cabinet of I Oouin. * One Injured In Hision Os Autos “one was injured about 11:50 *k last night when cars drlvMr Donald Hoffman, Preble Arthur Werst, 19, a member k* V S. marine corps, collided be Intersection of .Monroe and wtd stream. City police eatl»h* damage at |IOO. •MOCRAT THERMOMETER ™»»PIRATURt READINGS «.m 55 ■°° • .... #y M 50 P-m 61 WEATHER *‘ n north and occasional and thunderrn” south portion tonight * Thursday, becoming partly Thursday afternoon, Romowarmer north and central _ CHI>r satreme south portion "weday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Propose Measure To Revamp High Court — ■ - Limit President To Three Appointments Washington, June 19.—(UP)— Two senators today proposed it constitutional amendment to forbid any president from appointing more than three supreme court Justice*. The plan. If in effect now. would force four of the late preaident Roosevelt's appointees off the high bench. The oueted Justices would Include Rotten 11. Jackson, now in the midst of a bitter public feud with Justice Hugo L. Black. The proposal, eponeored by Kena. James O. Eastland. It.. Miss., and Styles Bridges, IL, N 11. was given little chance of adoption, particularly In time to affect present members of the court. As a constitutional ammendment. it would require approval of two thirds of each h >ine of congress and ratification by three fourths of the .state legislature*. That process usually taken several years. Eastland and Bridges proposed that the constitution is- amended to provide that: 1. The supreme court ’>e composed of one chief Justice and not more than I" associate just Ices. 2. Not more thun three Justices he appointed by any president. 3. Any additional vacancies he filled by majority vote of the house of repres-ntativ«M until a new president is elected. 4. If more than three justice* appointed by a single president h >ld positions on the court al the time the change become s effective, all except the first three appainted would l>e retired. The limitation would remove* move from the court Jackson, William <). Douglas. Frank Murphy and Wiley Rutledge id Roosevelt appointees. It would leave on th? cutrt two appointees of president Truman. Fred M. Vinson and llatold II Burton. Vinson has beer, nominated tor the chief justiceship but not yet confirmed. 0 . Change Office Hours For Security Board Word han been received from Christian If. W. Luecke, manager of the Fort Wayne field office of the social security board, that due to unavoidable circumstances a change in office hour* of the board in Decatur has la-come necer.iary. Beginning with July a representative of the social security board will Im* in the part office in Decatur every third Wednesday of each month from 10 a m. to 11 a.in. The first visit will Im* July 17. Anyone in Adams county wishing to see a* representative of tho board is asked to call at the post office between io a m. to Ha m. on the third Wednesday of any month.

Mrs. Sarah Sheets Dies Tuesday Night Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Sarah Sheets, 89. native and former resident of Adams county, died at 9:15 o'clock Tuesday night at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where she was taken after sustaining a broken hip eight days ago. She had resided the past few months with a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Scott, in Whitley county She was Irnrn near Decatur May 30. 1857, the daughter of F. John and Elizabeth Cramer. She was married twice, hoth husbands, August Wolfra and John Sheets, having preceded her In death. She was a member of the United Brethren church in Marlon, where she resided for many years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Martha CurGa, of Benton Harhor. Michi; four step-children. Ora Sheets of Michigan. Mrs. Mary Daugherty and Mrs. Anlla Driver, both of Lima. 0., and Mrs. Orpha Me Connell of Sturgis. Mich.; 12 g.andchlldren; three greatgrandchildren; one brother, George Cramer of uear Decatur, sod one (Turn T<< Page «. Column «)

U. S. May Aid Training For Chinese Reds Gen. Marshall Says Move Would Further China Peace Hopes Washington. June 19 — tl'l’i — Acting secretary of state Dean Acheson tevealed today that the I’nlted States has agreed conditionally to train and supply Chinese Communist troops as a preliminary to Incorporating them into a non political Chinese national army. He emphasized that such assistance would de|M-nd on the progress of Gen, George C. Marshall's plan for bringing the Chinese Communist und Nationalist forces together. He also said only “minimum quantities of equipment” would be supplied. He made the disclosure before the House foreign affairs committee In urging approval of a bill to provide military assistance to China. He said such aid was in the Is-st Interests of the United Slates “an orderly world." Acheson read a telegram from Marshall saying the bill would "further efforts to provide peace and amity among the warring factions in China." The committee also was told that other nations not identified probably “would be glad” to supply arms to the Chinese If this country d<H*s not. Acheson said that Gen. Marshall, special presidential envoy to China and wartime U. S. army chief of sluff, had agreed to ligjp and supply Communist troop* before they are Integrated into a single Chinese army. Acheson said Marshall has made ”a great deal of progress" in trying to set up a unified army in China. He explained that the Commniunist forces were Im king in the type of organization, training and equipment which would have “made practicable their Incorporation Into the new non-polltlcal national army." Maintain Peace Tsingtao. June 19—11'1’1- Brig. Gen. William T. Clement. U. H marine commander, -aid today the marines would aid Chinese auth(Turn To Page 2. Column ♦»

Council Approves Plat 01 Addition Meet Thursday To Act On Annexation The city council, meeting in regular session at the city hall Tuesday night, adopted a resolution approving the plat of the Stratton Place subdivision, east of Decatur. An ordinance annezing the addition to the city of Decatur is to be acted on by the council In a special meeting Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. John R. Worthman. of John R. Worthman. Inc,, builders of the addition, presented a letter to the council lust night at the request of city atorney Henry B. Heller-. In which plans for the new addition were outlined. Relative to the sewage system in the addition, the letter states that sewers to carry future ezpansion enough o carry future expansion of the addition southward, and tha( the company Is Installing, with the main sewers, all of the private connections to within the front of each let. thus avoiding any future disturbance of street improvements. The letter states that due to settling of the streets for a year or two. a finished surface Is not planned but that the roadway between curb and gutters Is to be six inches of compact stone, graded one Inch to dust. The letter states that “after settling of trenches Is over with, b topping probably should be Installed, consisting of one to two Inches of treated stone or one to two inches topping of aspbhlt.” The letter continues that “in(Turn To Pegs 2, Column t)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 19, 1946.

Delivers Own Baby In Auto - —r I ■ » S ' ! ' I V m-mMiwßctWl Ma 1 f v i — SPEEDING ALONG in her husband's car at more than 59 miles an houh, Mrs. Hits Gareau of suburban Cleveland gave birth to a seven-pound son. Her previous training as a nurse served her In gorni stead for she delivered the child and saved it from strangulation by removing the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck. The husband kept right on driving to the hospital as Mrs. Gareau held the new-lntrn In her lap. It was the Gareaus seventh child.

Compromise Draff Bill Near Approval I Cabled Vote Shifts Vote On Compromise Washington. June 19 — (UP) — An urgent cable from Honolulu apparently cleared the way today for congressional conferees to approve a draft extension bill that would permit drafting ot 19-year-olds but suspend induction of 18-year-olds at leant until Oct. 1. Rep. Walter G. Andrews. R.. N. Y.. a congressional delegate to the aiom bomb tests, called Rep. Andrew J. May, D.. Ky., that he had reluctantly decided to cast his proxy in favor of the 'teen age compromise, House-senate conferees voted on the compromise al tbelr last session but ended up in a deadlock when May cast Andrews' proxy against the proposal. May. as chairman of the House military committee. Is head of the House conferees. In response to a cable from Sen. Chan Gurney, R.. S. D.. Andrews advised May that he was reluctant approving *the category plan with a moratorium on the draft of 18-year oMs.” The so-called category plan specifically bans Induction of 18-year-olds until Oct. 1. They could be drafted after that if President Truman decreed that they were urgently needed. 'Turn To Page 2, Column »»

Heirs Os Judge Studabaker To Receive Estate Held 42 Years

Heirs of the late Judge David Studabaker, who In hia day was Decatur's most prominent citizen, leading political figure, financier and probably the county's only millionaire, thia week inherited a trust that has been kept Intact for 42 years and la valued on today's market at about 9200,000. The heirs are the children of David E, Studahaker, only son of Judge Studabaker, the youngest of whom became 25 years of age last Monday. She is Mies Nancy Studabaker, a nurse at St. Francis hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. The will of Judge Studabaker. who died in May, 1904, waa written September 5, 1903, and provided that his con should receive the income from the trust during hie life, the same to he administered hy two trustees. John Niblick and William J. Vesey, (named in the will) or their successors to be appointed by the Judge of Adsms circuit court. It was further provided in

17 Persons Killed In Italian Train Wreck Rome, June 19. (UP) At least 17 persons were killed and 70 Injured In a train in ths Naples area today. 0 Kidnaped British Officers Sought Tel Aviv Shut Off By British Forces Jerusalem. June 19.—(UP)—British tanks, planes and infantry shut Tel Aviv off from the world today while soldiers made a house-to-house search of the Jewish city for five British officers kidnaped by Jewish estremi“t». Brltlwh troops dug themselves In behind sandbag barriers opposite the slum quarter of Tel Aviv and paving block barricades were set up. Mayor Israel Bokah, Tel Aviv mayor, told British authorities that he diubted that the kidnaped officers would lie returned a«* iotig as the curfew continued. Tel Aviv, a seacoast city of 2«0,000, was deadened by an around-the-clock curfew which began at i 5 a.m. The seething unrest gripping Palestine was focused on Tel Aviv. Explosion and gun battles throughout the country have killed 20 ; Jews and British soldiers since • Sunday. Military leaders consider<Turn To Pag* *. (Wumn 7)

Judge Htudabaker's will that the real estate described in the trust, comprising more than 70R acres of fertile and improved farm landa southeast of ffecatur; sn uptown brick store building; the real estate with frame building* at the uortheast corner of Second end Jefferson streets and a residence on Jefferson street, was buqueathed in fee simple to the “child or children of his son,” David E. Studabaker. The latter died In this city in October. 1926. There gre five heirs to the large estate, which in recent years has been administered by John W. Tyndall and Virgil M. Krick, as trustees, and Arthur D. Hutlie*, local real estate and Insurance agent, who for the past 21 years served aa agent for tbe trustee* rnd had Joint control with the heirs for the Imnding company, Two of the heirs, Miss Nancy Studabaker and her sister, Mrs. Rachel Studabaker Renner bf (Turn To Paga 1, Column 4)

MAY MEET IN JULY

French Sources Indicate Full-Dress Conference May Be Called July 15

County Home Heads In Meeting Today Dr, Lynn Robertson Principal Speaker A short business session this 'afternmm. following a n<x>n luncheon. was to conclude an interesting and well attended regional meeting of the stale association of county home superintendents, held at tht Adu|ns county home, southeast of Decatur. Main speaker at the morning session, attended by home superintendents. their wives, and other officials from 17 counties In this area, was Dr. Lynn Robertson, assistant chief of the agricultural department at Purdue university and a member of the committee named by the state legislature to make a survey of county home operations and maintenan* e. Dr Robertson related his visits to various county homes and information which he Imlleved to be of interest and aid to those in attendance. In a brief address, Ben Connelley. superintendent of the Tippe canoe county home at and president of the regional association, declared that the successful operation of a county home Is the result of Joint cooperation of a county home superintendent and the boani of county commissioners. Clay Spaulding, former Allen county commissioner, now serving as director of the war surplus office at Indianapolis, also appeared on the speaker's program, describing methods by which county home superintendents may secure surplus foods from the government. F. R. Farnam, institutional inspector of the Indiana department of public welfare. Introduced the various visiting county officials, including Gerald Hawk, a superintendent of the Allen county home, and members of the Allen county board of commissioners; representatives from the following counties: Boone. Clinton.Jlratit. How ard. Noble. Porter. Tippecanoe. Huntington. Jay, Kosciusko. Miami. Tipton. Union, Wabash and Wells, In addition to Adams conn IFW. IL Dittman, superintendent (Turn To Page 2. Column 3) O-

City Street Lights Controlled By 'Eyes' Plan Entire System Here Under Control Five “eyes” are now in use in Decatur to turn off and on a number of ornamental street lights. It was disclosed todey by taster C. Pettibone, superintendent of the city light department. The “eyes" are actually photoelectric cells, which are highly sensitive to light and darkness, thus automatically turning on street lights when darkness assumes the proper density and turning them off again upon the proper amount of daylight. Sensitivity of the “eyes’* was demonstrated during a recent storm occurring In the middle of one mtfrnlntd this week, when downtown street lights were lighted during an extremely cloudy period Lights now under control of the system Include those on Monroe street. Fourth street. Second street, south part of Third street, Adams street. Winchester street and Mercer avenue, Mr. Pettibone stated. z It la hoped that as soon aa possible the entire ornamental lighting system In the city may be placed under the automatic control aystern, he stated. The old "dock (Turn Tu Pags 2, Column I)

Flood Waters Developing In Twelve Slates Heavy Storms Move Southward After Lashing East Coast By United Preu Heavy thundeMtorms moved today after lashing the mld-Atlantlc seaboard, but lltsals developed in 12 stales after three days of violent weather had taken more than 70 live* and Injured score* of other persms. A ma-w of cold air that had blanketed the northern half of the country moved southward, meeting a warm blast from the south to create storms over an area extend ing from Kansas and northern Ok lahoma eastward to the Atlantic coast Thunder, lightning, heavy rain and powibly floods were expecteo over scattered areas In the now storm belt, hut the U. 8. weather bureau at Chicago said it could not predict exactly where the storms would hit way of knowing whether the way of knowln gwhsther the storm* would reaoh tie- intensity of th<- wind and downpour which lashed a five-state area on the Atlantic sealmard yesterday. Baltimore and Philadelphia were hardest hit in the area, which was j-wept by «tornwi accompanied by winds that at times reached hurricane force. The worst storms extended across New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. New Jersey and Maryland, but by-pasaed Waahington, D. C. Winds reached the 85 mil*- an hour mark in the outskirts of Baltimore. uprooting tre«M and ripping (Turn To Page 2, Column 3)

Nuclear Forces Are Explained To Lions G. E. Laboratory Expert Is Speaker Nuclear forces, commonly known today as atomic forces, were ex plained to members of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday In the weekly meeting at th** Knights of Pythias home. The speaker was Claud** Sommers. of the laboratory rtaff at the Fort Wayne General Electric company. and an authority on nuclear actions. Mr. Sommers simplified technical details concerning th** muchdiscussed atomic theory, listing three important parts, netrona, proton* and neutrons. He explained that whllo the correct name for the new discovery was nuclear, the name atomic was accepted by the general public, after being announced a* such by President Truman when he told of using tho atomic bomb. Paul Hancher. of tbs Decatur work* of the General Electric company, was in charge of last night’s program. At an executive board meeting, held following lhe regular dinner meeting, the club voted to contribute |s(i toward the t’NRRA food drive. 0 Noble County Site Os New State Park Indianapolis, June 19—(UP) — A lake-studded area in Noble connty today was designated aa the site for an Indiana state park hy the state conservation commiiwlon The commission said the choice of the 2.ot)<)-odd acre tract was made after a two-year study. The area contains 110 natural lakes, many with woodej and hilly banks’

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Big Four Deputies Virtually Complete Skeleton Drafts Os Some Peace Treaties Paris. June 19—(UPI-French sources said today that they beIteved a full dress 21-natlon p«-ace conference may Im* called for July 15. These sources said they believed the big four foreign ministers cession probably would continue another two weeks, leaving an Interval of about 19 days before the 21 nation conference If It is summoned. Home hope that Russia Is yielding In Its opposition to an immediate peace conference , was seen in a reference made uy for- • ign minister V. M. Molotov to the full dress conference during discussion of Italian reparations. Molotov suggested that the 21tint ion conference decide on reparation Halms against Italy by 1 ugoslavia. Greece and Albania. The fact that Molotov made thia suggestion was regarded aa indicating he at least is thinking ebout the possibility of the full dress conference which he formerly opposed adamantly until complete harmony was reached among the big four. Th** foreign ministers deputies today Virtually coiißffetod the skeleton drafts of the Bulgarian. Hungarian and Finnish peaco treaties. The draft of the R«»manian treaty already had been approved by the deputies. The fact that yesterday's reparations discussion produced nothing but the same old arguments and a Soviet refusal of a British compromise plan dampened earlier restrained hopes of breaking the conference stalemate. The reparations Issue was talked out yesterday in vain. It was laid aside with no indication when it would be brought up again. All the talking merely disci aed that V M. Molotov va*a as completely at loggerheads with James F. Byrnes and Ernest Revin on the Issue as he was In the May meeting. Failure to find any <<;mpromlxe cn reparations, where It seemed possible, created a pessimistic outlook for agreement on the politically heated trieste Issue. This problem will be tackled within a few days. The reparation)* dispute (f-n---tcred around Anglo American refusal to accept Russia's demand to collect the bulk of her |IOO.mil),non reparations claim against Italy out of current Italian production.

Smith Resigns As Director Os Budget Becomes Official Os International Bank Washington, June 19 — (UP) — President Truman today announced the resignation of budget director Harold I). Smith, who will become an official of the international bank. Mr. Truman .according to press secretary Charles 0. Roas, accepted Smith's resignation with "genuine reluctance." “The President is releasing Smith only because of the extremely important nature of the work to which he la called—the international bank headed by Eugeno .Meyer,” Roas said. Smith has been director of the budget bureau for more than seven years—a period in which tho U. S. government spent around $400,000,000,000. He was brought to Washington in April, 1939. by the late President Roosevelt. At that time, he was Michigan State budget director. Since then he has been virtually the fiscal host of the government. subject to the policy laid down at the top. Both Presidents Roosevelt and Truman frequently sought his advice on matters In tTurn To Pago 2. Column 1)