Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1946 — Page 1

IV. No. 145.

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vote of HU) to 79. dtockK io th.' Iterr.e com tin it y ■lion have turned down <* io least* the Berni* audlHtii Portland resident for |Mrn.»<. of starling a moving theater. It was reported Poi Hand man had offvted the auditorium f'r five ■ 0 ■ Persons Hurt Bruck Accident |Blamiltoii. Ohio truck driver |®l3year old lad from the saun» in the Adams county mehospital, suffering from inK presumably sustained in a jjj»«idetit this morning. Kent, who is reported an of the truck, is sufferB’ 1 ” 1 a bruised i-neet. accord- ■" hk attending physician. ■ lio- hoy suffered a lacerated B"' 1 knee, the doctor said. B 5 admitted to the hospi B ' 1,1 am today and were B*J to have: been enroute here ■ '“'iiand. Police authorities ■ “v not heen informed of B Kent Is an employe B* Charles L. McCurdy com- ■ Cincinnati, Ohio. ■m°» CRAT THERMOMETER ■"’ERATURE READING* KT 1 •*"•* 69 fiQ ■ M ’ 66 K. WEATHER ■**rtiH and eoo | er tonight. Rj isnerally fair, somewhat ■* ,r north and west portions.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Special Meeting Os K. P. Lodge Tonight A special meeting of the local Knights of Pythias lodge will he held nt the K. of p. home nt s o’clock tonight All member* are urged to attend. IWmnueM* will lie nerved following the meeting. o Georgia Seeks Revocation Os Klan's Charter Wanton Murder And Terorism Charged To Ku Klux Klan Atlanta, (la, .June 2o fl'p) The state of Georgia filed civil util today to revoke the charter of the Ku Klux Klan, charging the white hooded order with act* of wanton murder and terrorism and a eon ■piracy to seize the inte'K public protection agent leu. The quo warranto anion wan filed In Fulton county superior court In thin city which In the national hotbed of the Klan. It climaxed an exhaustive month long Investigation of the secret society into which Gov Kilin Arnall threw the full force of hin legal department and secret state probers. The null charged that the Klan carried on Ils affairs solely for the purpose of “inculcating and disseminating racial and religious prejudices, inlollerance and hat red." It *eek* to gain these ends, the suit charged "by violence, teriorinm and hate." One K|ie< lite cane of murder wan laid to the Klan, that of Ike Gaston who wan flogged to death In Atlanta in 1940. Four Klan official* were named an exercising the Klan's chief authority under the charter Itr Samuel 11. Green, grand dragon of the realm of Georgia; G. T. Brown, grand titan of the fifth province of the Georgia realm: N. W. Iloper. exalted cyclop* of Oakland City post No. 297, atiß It. G. Otwell, exalted cyclop* of post 213 in cant Atlanta. The nitit charged that Iloper had announced the Klan'* alma! a meeting of the Oakland City po*t to he the organization of police officers, cab driver*, truck driver* and other* In key po*ltlon* of public MoTirlty and tramiportat ion.

Filing of the Still cli naxed a month long probe of the Klan ordered by Gov. Ellis Arnall and cimdm-ted hy the Georgia bureau of Investigation in cooperation with the attorney general's office. The state seeks to prove that the Klatt Is not a benevolent and eelemosynury corporation but I*

n corporation organised and conducted for profit to Itself and cer(Turn To Psa» 2. Column tl - ft Council Meets To Study Annexation Special Meeting Is On This Afternoon The city council was scheduled to meet In special session at the city hall tills afternoon to again consider an ordinance, calling tor the annexation of the St ration Place subdivision. bi ing erected east of the city The s|>ecial meeting was called by Mayor John B. Stulls last Tuesday when a (jorum, needed to puss upon ordinances, was not present at the regular session. The pl* of the new addition wax approved at that time, however. At a prevloit- date when the ordinance was submitted, the council deferred action tint II several technicalities were cleared up. In Its latest form, the ordinance calls for the annexation of the division and a strip of land, ls» feet wide, running 2G«» feet south „f road 224. which would connect the city and the addition This course was advocated by city attorney Henry B. Heller, rather than a first proposal of annexing land north of and adjacent to federal road 224, since the city might be given the task of "’ a!n ' taining the east bridge, he said.

U. S., Russia Split On Issue Os Atom Bombs Russia Rejects Plea For Elimination Os Power Veto Rights New York, June 2<t—(l'P)—The I'nlted State* and ltu**ia nplit shatply today over the queetlon of whether thi* country nhould scrap It* atom bomb* iiefore or after eatah|l*hmeiP of global function* ngaitiHt would be atomic uggreHttor*. The I'nlied State* ha* proml*ed to destroy or "dlspoue” of its atom bombs, hut only when foolproof and penalty-hacked International safeguards against tlielr line by other nation* have been Instituted.

Russia, flatly rejecting an American plea for elimination of big power veto right* from world atomic enforcement machinery, yesterday advanced Ila own atomic control plan. It called, in effect, for deaf ruction of American atom bomb* under an International treaty outlawing at unic warfare a* a preliminary to the kind of safeguards the. United State* want*. The Soviet proposal wax sprung without warning on the United Nations atomic energy tommiaalon at its second meeting yesterday. Although Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko outlined the Ruxr fan plait in great detail, he made no mention of the United Stales or of the proposals presented to the commission by U. 8 delegate Bernard M. Baruch. Commission members withheld (eminent on the Soviet plan pending careful study, hut five of the 12 member nations — Australia, Canala, Great Britain. China and Mexico yesterday approved the American proposal* ns a solid foundation for the commission's work. Core of the Russian proposal, ;.nd what Gromyko described as a •primordial" step in banishing the threat of atomic war, is a draft treaty bidding signatory nations: 1. Never to use atomic weapons. 2. To proholdt the production or storage of such weapons. 3. To destroy all existing atom bombs within 90 days after the treaty goes into effect. (Turn To Page !. Column St 0 Steele Is Rejected For Army Service Jehovah's Witness Member Is Rejected ■•lie didn't pans." Thia statement last night by a fellow contingent member quickly dispelled any belief that Ralph Steele. 27, Iterator member of th" Jehovah's Witness sect, might once again be confronted with the choice of a prfeum sentence instead of serving In the armed force* or at a conscientious objecto- camp. Steele, one of six Adams county young men In the 2*5 through 29 year age group who took final preinduction physical examinations for the armed forces at Indiana(rolls Tue. day ami Wednesday, failed to pmo the tests, according to another member of the group. IBs examination became the object of much int«rest in thia sector of the state Tuesday when he told a member of the Dally Democrat staff that he had experienced "no change of heart" and would probably face the possibility of returning to prison rather than enter service, since the latter ‘‘conflicted'' with hie "religious lieliefs.” He was one of three brothers released from prison earlier this year after serving a po-tion of fouryear sentences meted out to them in federal court at Fort Wayne in 1913 and !9tl after convictions of charges of violating the selective service law. During tho Interview with the local newspaperman h* had said that he would take the preinduction examination elnce he “could comply with the law until 't conflicted (Turn To Pag* 3, Column J)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thurs day, June 20, 1946.

Jailhreakers Hitch Wrong Ride

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THREE JAILBREAKERS, who escaped from Ren**elaer county jail at Troy, N. V., are shown after their capture, when they attempted to hitchhike u ride from Police Chief Getirge A. Royal of Williamstown, Mass. Left to right, they are Thoma* C. Daley, Rii liar I Aurelius and William F. Perkins.

Midwestern Rivers Swollen By Rains Many Areas Facing Threatened Floods Ry United Press Midwestern rivers and streams were swollen today by two weeks of intermittent heavy rains which threatened floods in many places. Light showers fell on Texas and the mtd-Atlsntlc coast states, but most of the country was "fair and warmer." However, heavy thunderstorms struck Indiana. Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. A few rcattered areas were swept by high winds, with a peak velocity of BO miles per hour recorded at Rprlngffeld, Mo. More than an inch of rain fell at St. Louis and Springfield. 111., Rantoul. 111., had more than two Inches, and Louisville, Ky.. re- ( irded nearly that amount. There was no duplication of the rear-hurricane storm which hit the central eastern seaboard slates Monday, but the IT. S. weather bureau at Chicago said floods could be expected before very long in the central states. The DesMolnes, fa., river already was swollen hy the rising waters of the Middle. South and White Breast rivers. At Tracy, la., the DesMolnes had risen more than three feet above Its I l-foot flood stage, and at Eddyville, la., it was -1.7 feet past flood stage. The waters were expected to re<»ile unless further heavy rains occurred. The rain swollen Clinton river near Detroit receded after driving more than 100 families from (Turn Tu Page 7. Column 1) p Arson Is Suspected In Gary Hotel Fire Former Guest Held For Investigation Gary. Ind.. June 20 fUP) —lnd lana authorities today investigated the possibility of arson in the Imperial hotel fire last Monday, a* police placed in technical custody a former guest of the hotel who wax burned In the blase. Timothy O'Neil, investigator for the statu lire marshal, entered the investigation, seeking to trace a gasoline can and blow torch found in the hotel after the fire, in which one man wax burned to death. A guest who reportedly was evicted three weeks ago for disorderly conduct, was found to lie a patient at a Gary hospital yesterday. An open warrant was Issued against him. and police guard wax stationed outside his room. Tho suspect was burmwl on the hands and arms, and his throat was so seared he could not talk Scrawling answer* with a pencil, he told police he had entered the hotel the day of the fire only to use the washroom

PLEDGE IS ASKED

Marion E. Schindler Leaves For Service Marion Earl Schindler of Berne, route one. left today .'or Induction into the armed force* at Indianapolls through selective servile. He sttcceMfulyl passed the prelnduclion examination conn time ago, — _o —. Indiana Democrats Favor Vets' Bonus M • Bonus Plank Planned For Parley Tuesday Indianapolis, June 20 (UP) — Members of the Indiana Democratic platform advisory committee wen- expected to complete work today on 1916 recommendations which reportedly Include a state bonus for veterans of World War If. The committee, headed by form er state chairman Fred F Bays, was believed to have drafted a tentative bonus plank along lines of legislation proposed by Democratic senators In the 1911 general assembly. The 1911 bill advocated $lO a month for "stateside service" and $12.50 monthly for overseas duty. As a usual thing, committee recommendations are accepted "a* Is" by the convention. Democrat* convene next Tuesday at the Indianapolis coliseum. Republicans made no mention of a veterans' bonus jn their platgorms adopted last week. One of the major hurdles to a state bonus would l>e the fact that Indiana can not have deficit financing. This means that the state would have Io have the bonus money actually In the treasury before enacting a bonus law. It could not Issue bonds, such as Illinois did recently In granting a state ironux of S4OO. State treasurer Frank T Millix reported last week that Indiana had a cash balance of nearly $110,080,000, but that about half of it wax already earmarked. If the state legislature was willing to spend this ‘‘surplus" $55,000,800 on a bonus, it would mean that Indiana's 300.000-odd World War II veterans would average about $195. Since this ‘probably would be below the average originally sought by the Democrats, Il apparently would be necessary for the state to enact new taxes or increase old ones. Os course, before the Democrats could push through a bonus law they would have to control the legislature, where they were In an extreme minority at the last sex* ion. Other highlights of tho expected Democratlr platform were nonpartisan election of judges, direct primary for U. 8, senator and state offices now determined by the convention, and a "strong" iiqnor plank. Although X' Democrats’ reported bid for the veterans’ vote held the spotlight, there wax considerable attention focused on the sen(Turn To Page 4, Column »)

Bowles Says Price, Wage Controls Could Go After

One Year Os Labor Peace

Rose Is Sentenced To Term In Prison Canada Communist MP Is Sentenced Montreal, June 20. (t’P> Hose, eoiolOllhist member of parlfment who was convicted of furnbdiing secret Information to Hue »|a through a Soviet spy ring, was sentenced today to six yean* in prison. Hose was found guilty by a 12man jury June 15 after a 16-day trial. The I'idlsh-hirii Sk-year-old memlter '*( parliament wim charged specifically with iieing a recruiting agent for the Soviet I nion in lining up government employe* to furnish information to Hussla. Prralding justice Wilfred l.azure who heard the <ase passed the sentence on Canada'* only communiat member of parliment. Hose wae convicted of criminal conspiracy to transmit Canadian war secret-* to Hiwsia in violation of the official secret* act of 1913. Ills sentence wae the fourth to be handed down agulnet 13 person* who were rounded up Feb 11 and charged with being members of a Soviet spy gang which wae sending information to Russia. During the trial of Rose, the most damaging witness against him was Igor Gouze.iko, former .secret code clerk in thi Soviet embassy. Gouzenko said lie had been sent to Canada in 1913 with the military attache Col. Nicolai Zahot in for the express purpose of espionage. He linked Hose to the spy ring. p VFW Convention Is Opened At Muncie Muncie. Ind, June 20—I I'P) Registration for the 25th four-day convention of the veterans of foreign wars began hi re today its the city prepared for an influx of 5.'00 members of state VFW posts and their auxiliaries Scheduled as speaker as the organization's annual memorial service was Col. Alfred O. Oliver, the ''chaplain of Bataan.'' lie Is national patriotic instructor and a past national chaplain of the VFW.

Nehru Arrested On Defy To Entry Ban Serious Trouble Is Feared From Action Bombay, June 20 (UP) Irocal authorities of Kasimir today arrested Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, president designate of the Indian national congress |>arty, when he defied a ban on his entry into tinstate. Unconfirmed reports said Nehru wax seized at the remote village of Dome), some 200 miles northwest of Lahore near the Kashmir frontier, (In London, Indian experts said the action involving Nehru might touch off serious trouble In view of the delicate situation Involving British attempts to have the offers of independence accepted by tho Indian parties.) Nehru had been a likely selection for foreign minister in the Interim government which the British hoped would he set up as part of the moves toward Indian independence. Nehru had attempted to enter Kashmir, a princely state, to arrange for the defense of Shlekh Mohamed Abdullah, president of the Kashmir national conference. He is in jail on u charge of agitating against the rule of the local authorities. When he left for Kashmir, local authorities forbade his entry.

Compromise On Draft Measure Blocked Today House Conferees Challenge Use Os Andrews' Proxy Washington. June 20. —<l PI Efforts to compromise the sharp senate-house split on drifting of teen-ager* were blocked today when some houM conferees challenged use of an absent colleagues proxy Hep. Dewey Short. D.. Mo., left a conference meeting and said that he had challenged use of the proxy of Rep. Walter G. Andrews. II . N. V. Andrews is enroute to the Bikini atom bomb test. He had cabled Instruction* to cast hia vote for a compromise plan to P'-rmit drafting of IX yeal olds after the reservoir of older men hud been exhausted. It had appeared that Andrews proxy would provide the necessary margin to adopt the compromise. It was uncertain whether Short’s objection would reeult in morel than a tnuiporary blocking of the compromise proposal. The compromise would leave the drafting of ix-year-old up to president Truman. Some conference member* believed that the deadlock on selective service would lie broken by a compromise that would: 1. Make 19 year old* the minimum age subject to regular draft tails. 2. Make IM-year old* subject to draft only when the pre-idont finds them necessary to mee’ army man power requirements. Woman Indicted For First Degree Murder Seymour, Ind., Juno 20 (I’P) Mrs. Opal Seyferth faced an indictment of fiiwt degree murder today following a serslon of the Jackson county grand jury yesterday. Mrs. Seyferth was charged with murder in connection with tho fatal shooting last Sunday of Mrs. Jewel Zimmerman. 22-year-old housewife and mother cf two children. Prosecutor Malcomb Routt alleged that the defendant stood on her front porch and fired four shot* from a revolver as her neigh bor. Mrs. Zimmerman, passed the house en route to a grocery store.

1,467 Adams County Veterans Discharged Figure Is Released By Service Officer Approximately 1.467 Adams county veterans of World War II have been discharged from the vaiiotts branches of the armed forces, according to figures released today by Dwight Arnold, county service officer. Mr. Arnold announced the figure was reached after completion of a survey of his records checked against those in the county recorder's office. Since it is believed that nearly every veteran lias his discharge recorded, records In the county recorder's office have been considered fairly accurate. Estimating that some 2.300 men and women from the county entered service with the armed forces. It is probable that far morp than half have been discharged, he stated. Mr. Arnold said that he believed more than 10 percent of the county's approximately 22.000 persons served during the second world conflict.

Price Four CenHj

Will Ask Truman Veto Any Control Bill Believed To Be Unsatisfactory Washington. June 2<t-(l’P)~ Economic stabilizer Chester Biwles said today that price ami wage controls would bo almost unnecessary a year from now if the nation ha* labor management peace during the next year. Hut such peace Is contingent upon continuing effective price controls at the present time, he told a news conference. Ilowles again served blunt notice he would recommend that President Truman veto any unsatisfactory price control extension bill. He said he considered th* legislation now pending in c .ngress to be unsatisfactory. In case of a veto, he said he hoped that congress then would agree to a simple resolution extending price control* without crippling amendments. He declined to say whether he would resign if a bill unsatisfactory to him Is enacted. But he said In an earlier statement be "could never agree to any comI rornlse which can only bring u* one step nearer to Inflation. Associates previously have said Bowles would step out if price cmtrol* are crippled. Howies remained hopeful that a satisfuctory bill would Ims drafted by senate and house conferee* • >w seeking to resolve differences lietween the bills approved by the two houses. Bowles made hi* statement a* conferees met for the second time in effort* to compromise •a idely-divergent. but equally drastic, legislation. He sail he had discussed with labor leader* the possibility of a new oneyear, no-strike pledge. The discussions are continuing. Bowles said he was not discouraged over the prospects of obtaining such an agreement. ■lt I* very dear that if we < >uld get labor • management peace during the next 12 months and a real flow of industrial production that we would be a long way oir of the woods by Chr-is-t--litas,” Bowles said Bowles war, asked if ho was getting White House support on the no-strike proposal. He said le was certain that everyone would support it. Ilowles predicted that If the cost of living rises because of relaxed price controls, wage demands would be renewed and more strikes would follow. He said there would be no wage stabilization if pending OPA legislation I* enacted. Karlier. Howies issued a 2,500word statement bitterly attacking the pending hill. He characterized some amendment* a* " booby traps" that will “blow up In our faces." He said it would be unfair to expect OPA or any it her government agency to combat a “flood of inflation with a sponge ”

This was one of a series of statements by high administration officials attacking the OPA amendments, timed to coincide with the house-senate deliberations. Howies said his statement and news conference remarks were "Intended to tell the public where we stand so that no one will wake up July 1 to the problem for the first time." He reiterated that ranchers are withholding meat from the market in hopes of getting higher prices after July 1. He said that "the same thing must he going on in all other fields." But he predicted there would be plenty of meat and other articles after July 1 “whether or not you have price control.” The present price control law expires June 30. Bowles acknowledged that It will be difficult to enforce OPA ttegulntions from now until July 1. He said the difference between pending price control legislation and Inflation Is like saying whether “I prefer death hy hanging or by cutting my throat.”