Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 148.

■PA LEGISLATION CONFEREES BADLY SPLIT

fcocrats To ll Tuesday ■Convention n 11'—"— MMfict Caucuses Kight; Conclave Ke Held Tuesday June 24—fUPl—- |® !>. n><>< convention ■L hold district caucus*-* K, (l , 'h'- *e , *i ,,ni ' w, ‘ r *‘ nol Io disturb what mate Pl,a* Greenlee t ail* a perfect ticket." |K.di.tri<i hut 'he second has a favorite non” SB , jntniufice.l opposition in convention at the Incoliseum. unexpected shifts. |K -h<- sia'e the 2.b(Ml-o<|<| will nominate hy ac-|K,-,r for ih- party's Indlat a ■\- »ns'or—Clifford Town- ■ Hinford City, governs ■nr to Kp-jrr of state—Harry S. IK, Shelbyville Insurance VjiJ Nth district chairman 9L rtditor - George Barnmanager of the Clay company there and a Krt jt- highway department Kpl director. K treasurer—Timothy SexWunapnlts hanker and Mirion county treasurer Mp-r„ court justice George Kg- Columbus, Bartholo- ■ tit :nt judge. ■g of public instruction — W Furnish, Vevay, for a KI year. siiperintendeflfTtf there and a veteran of ■no now on terminal leave ■rt of supreme and appellate ■e-Ji-k Kale, South Bend, a prosecutor in St. Joseph a 31 year old veteran ■ w from private to major ■phte court judges (four to Kaardi - Harry H. Stllley. ■tfetmey of Hammond: Fey ■la> Fort Wayne attorney, ■ ljrr<-n Marlin. Boonville farmer. ■ri'imo. th- fourth appellate ■nominee was expected to be ■ Boyl. Greencastle attorney Mwrid war two veteran. How ■ Royd told Greenlee last ■ ti.l he would not run. ■tparty ticket, heavily dotted ■•c veterans, and a plat- ■ xliich r-portedly advocated Bis rs>nu> for world war two ■M) were regarded as a ■mile hid for veterans' sup- ■ s the comeback campaign.' MbWhlicans now hold all 11 ■> to which candidates will ■MhM. ■t Democratic platform, he■l to l>e the most fearless ■ itcred hy Indiana Demo|v *•» drafted under an ad■frommittee headed hy for- ■**’ chairman Fred F. Bays ■llennii of the promised state ■Mill not be revealed until ■friform is placed before the but the plank reported y Bl tw’ommend |ltr a month ■Wbin-the -stales service and month for foreign duty the bonus, the Demo expected to go down |P*Wht fail for (It a direct for al| offices, (2t legls tnpportionment by passed ■ •Wl by the state leglsla-non-partisan election of K 8 Hl increased unemployB. 8 *I**-" 1 **-" ati»n and extension covered and (Si a beerHank demanding the end HT*’ 1 control over alcoholic ■ «nventinn was scheduled tultd into session at 10 ■ * Oreenlee, Former Mar■J*"" lodge Earl Cog will be ■J?* chairman and Atty E Bonovan. Bedford, per ■T s o rman ’ Keynoter will HL K*” Claude Pepper of ■2 ‘Vinovan was named ‘■bairman when Town for the post earlier, K/ his candidacy for the US’** THIRMOMITKR |E7 i "Ature readings •- m. go ■t,*'” 79 -- f S Ht ’? ,B,r and warm to- ■ cloudy, ■». hlwi| d with scattered B **"■« northwest po<--I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Heads Pastors ' ’ i ■ A *9 W ■ ■ AL Bev F, H. Willard Rev. F. H. Willard To Head Ministers Elected President Os Decatur Pastors The Rev. F 11. Willard, pastor of the First Evangelical church in thkv city, ie the new president of the Decatur ministerial association. The Rev Willard was named to the position during the annual election of officers, held a* a part of a business meeting of the group at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church thia morning. Other officers named during the election are: th" Rev. John W .McPheeters, Jr., pa-dor of the First Presbyterian church, vice president, fltffl the Rev. William ('. Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, secretary-treas-urer A report of the daily vacation Bible school held In this city wae made by the Rev, Willard and other biMines** conducted during the session. The meeting wet* originally scheduled for last Monday, but poatpored until today, since a number of members were out of the city on the li:.u date. Ten denominations are represented in the association by the respective church pastors. u Vinson Takes Oath As Chief Justice Washington. June 24.—tl'Pl Fred M. VliMott of Kentucky today took the oath as thirteenth chief justice of the I'nited Statca at an elaborate White House ceremony in which President Truman said Vinson would enhance national respect for the feud-ridden high tribunal. The swearing in ceremony on Hie south portico of Hie White House had all the pomp and trappings of a presidential inaugural. 0Decatur Youth Held For Ohio Burglaries Youth Arrested On Governor Warrant Richard Dale Swygart. 2«. Decatur. was arrested today on a governor's warrant by Sheriff U'o Glllig and deputy Sam Bentz and extradited to Van Wert, Ohio on a burglary count. Swygart was brought Into Adams circuit court for Identification before Judge J. Fred Fruchte ami then turned over to Van Wert county sheriff's it officials. , .. Governor Gates had previously granted the application for extra dition . , Swygart. the Ohio author ties said, is wanted for his share In a series of robberies and breakins, "X.S .!.« .. wm.bw. <*, in February. 1945. In a confession made by Swy gart here in the same month, whe he was arrested for breakins at Magley and Decatur, the youth adtavern, a restaurant ami a depart inenl store at Willshire- . guilty at the B l‘ n d “ the to the grocery at Magley a Appelman He was seitenced to wrv<l

Austria Plea Is Rejected By Big Four Claim For Frontier Chanqes With Italy Is Rejected Today Paris. Jum- «—trp)_At the prompting of V M Mo'otov. the foreign ministers council deal! a death blow today to Austria's claims for frontier revisions with Italy, turning down an Austrian demand for the Pustertal Valley In the South Tyrol. The council decided earlier tills year that no major frontier favoring Austria would be made In the South Tyrol. It left open the iMisslblllty of minor changes, and the Austrians renewed their claim to the Pustertal. Russian foreign minister Molotov proposed today a resolution t.i the effect that any transfer of the Pustertal, In the northeastern part of the South Tyrol, could not be regarded as constituting a "minor change." I’nder terms of the previous decision, It meant that Austria's claim was reject-c-d. Molotov's resolution blasted Austrian hopes of recovering al least a part of the South Tyred, which was lost to Italy after the last war. Whether this championing of Italy was aimed to get reciprocal concessions over Trieste remained to be- seen. The council again debated the French frontier claims against Italy, but reachel no agreement. The chief point al issue was the status of the Tc-ndes and Brigtie valleys, with their two hydroelectric- stations supplying power to Genoa. Molotov opposed any final decisions before the council had time Io study a memorandum on Hie subject circulated among the delegations by the Italian embassy on May 6. The- memorandum had not been discussed by the council, although presumably it was examined by the individual delegations. Secretary of state James r. Byrnes told Molotov that the Italian government had had full opportunity to plead its case- and that the- council had no lime to study these problems. Bui Molotov stood fast. The French and Austrian tertltorial claims against Italy were taken up at the- start of a speed(Turn To Pag* 1. Column 5) Eisenhower Reports On Winning War Victory Won Before Crossing Os Rhine Washington. June 24—(VP» — "The- war was won before- the Rhine was crossed." That is Gen. Dwight D. Eisenbower's own estimate n f *•’»' way the victory over Germany was won by the- great Allied forces of the west. The supreme Allied commander's report, prepared last year for the combined chiefs of staff, was made -public by the war department only today after deletion of certain sections on grounds of military securityIn a 122-page summary filled with glowing praise for Allied troops. Elsenhower said Germany's fate was sealed during the great battles which raged west of the Rhine river during February and March of 1945. The final surrender came in May. "In the lowland country between the Rhine and the Meuse, in the Eifel and in the Saar," the general said, "the armies which had been Intended to defend Germany were shattered beyond recovery. . "The potential barrier of the Rhine lay practically undefended before us and from that lime onward there was no German force in existence capable of halting our forward march. -•The war was won before the Rhine was crossed." Eisenhower said Allied victory was assured at all times hy superiority in airpower and arms and the "Indomitable spirit of the men of the Allied nations ’ (Turn Tu Pags 2, Column 4)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 24, 1946.

Cupid Ran Their Elevator Cars ■NhL JC Cj SMILING HAPPILY as they sll in an elevator In the Federal Building In Pittsburgh are George J. Nash and his bride of a week, lhe former lacretta M. Abels. Nash has been an operator for the last nine ye ars and his bride for ten. They say they've been in love for a long lime and when they recently re<elveil retroactive pay ralueit of |4on each, they decided they had enough money to gel married.

Pacific Northwest Is Shaken By Quake Relatively Minor Damage Is Reported Seattle. Wash.. June 24 (l’Pl| — A dozen Pacific northwest com munities surveyed minor damagetoday from a relatively strong quake* which swayed tall buildings and frightened thousands of rest dents In the I'nited States and Canada during the 45 minutes It lasted. Seisimdogists In Washlngtem state. California ami Honolulu re corded the- shocks and loeateel their epicenter in the Pacific o< *-an 200 miles west of Vancouver, B. (' The first seven- Impact came- at 11:14 a. m. (CSTt yesterday whilecrowds were on their way to church. They ran in a panic at Vancouver and street cars wereswayed from side to side and for- i reel to stop. In Seattle a 03 y*-ar *>ld pension er Jacob la-roy Kingston, saw tall downtown buildings Jolteel by the(|llHke Frightened, he collupaeel 10, the sidewalk ami died of a heart attack. A bridge on lhe east side* <>r Mercer bland I" Uke Washingte.it when a steel expansion Joint gap*-<l shook and »ukk‘'<' onP ! thn .p inches. Nervous motorists continued to use the- bridge, but moved at a snalH's pace At Courtnay. B a house chimney came- crashint-' ,| ( ,wn through two floor* int<> classroom Where on a week.lay ' uuelctils would have be.-n sitting -(Turn T- Page 2. C-dumn 71

Democrats Os County To State Convention County Chairman Leads Delegation Headed hy Gerald "Doc" Vlzird. Democratic county chairman, more than 20 Adams county Democrats, delegates and office holders, left this afternoon for Indianapolis where they will alien.) lhe Democratic state convention at the fair grounds Tuesday. Several more interested local people will motor to Indianapolis early tomorrow. T.) date there are no contests for the various places on the- ticket headed by United States senator. All state offices with the exception of attorney general will be contested this fall. Senator Claude Pepper of Fiori <la will he the chief speaker at the convention. Judge- Karl Cox of Ind ianapolis will serve as temporary chairman ami Charles E. Donovan of Bedford will he the- permanent chairman. Robert O’Bannon, Corydon newspaper publisher will act as secretary «f the- convention Adams county has 10 delegates this year, the number being baseel on the total vote cast for secretary of state In the 1944 election.

Retail Sugar Prices Are Increased Today Wellington. Jun.- 21 tl'Pi Retail sugar prlc.w tmlay went up one-fifth of a cent a pound. OPA ceeuph-d the- retail price- iHMMt with an Increase- of one-tenth of a cent a pound in refiners' ceilings. It aaid the- increases wen- necessary to coinpetMage refiners for their sharp drop in earnings an-l for th.-lr Increaseel labor coats. —-— -o ——' Tragedy Mars Final Atom Bomb Drills Crewman Is Killed By Plane Propellor Aboard the- CSS Mt McKinley off Bikini. June- 24. tl'Pl Tragedy marred the- final dress rehe-arsal toelay for the atomic boml> test when a ground crewman met death ley walking into Hie slashing propellor <*f ilh- supvrfeertress selected to drop a dummy bomb. The death of lhe crewman was the- most serious eef u -eries of Illomened incidents that put ev.-ry-emo of the 42.000 men participating in the* historic test e*u edge. Vet none of the mishaps prevented the crew of th*- "Dave's dream” from dropping their dummy b*»mb squarely on their target The crew/»f the- "Dave's Dream." found when they took to the air that their radar failed. And worse, the- weather was miserable. Il cleared only long enough for h.nnbadier Maj. Harold Wooel tee drop a dummy bomb filled with flash pow der between lhe battleship Nevada anel the carrier Independence- in Bikini lagoon. Twee Kwajuleln-hased photogral>hlc planes had engine trouble* and were- forced to turn baek before they reached the target area. Otherwise, all planes from Kwajalein got threeugh in goeeel share, Col. W. H. Blanchard, commander of the air unit for operation crossroad*, wat.'hed the test from the tail gunners' seat of the* bomb elreepplng plane. Blanchard said. "You've got to give that crew credit for lots of guts. That accident was enough to fluster anybody. And the- radar in the plane- wasn't working. They got to Bikini ami sheer G. I. navigation." Blanchard said the test Iminh fell "well within the minimum requlr ed range." The takeoff accident delayed the departure of “Dave's Dream' eenly one minute. The- name of the dead crew member was withhehi until hi* family ha* been notified. Te»day's test — e-ode-named "Queen Day" — was ordered by vice- admiral W. 11. I* Blandy. overall commander of the atomic bomb testa. This gigautle- project corresponded as much as possible to conditions expected when the B 29 ti ke* off from Kwajaleln next Monday to drop the real l>omb. One of the Important functions of this rehearsal, besides dropping the dummy bomb, was to prepare (Turn TO Page 1. Column I)

Congressional Conferees Badly Split, Agreement Tonight Seen Doubtful

Meal Supply At New Low; Miners Threaten Strike Production Os Beef 10 Percent Normal; Prediction Gloomy By I'nited Press Th<* nation's meat supply hit a! new low today its coal miners In three slates thleatened Io slrlk-* for ii "full dinner pail." The production of beef was only Jo jiercent of normal. Retail butchers across the country either had closed shop or curtailed operations. S|H>kesmeii for the- meat ill-1 diislry predicted gloomily that' there would be even less meat this j week. The- only bright spot was the promise of more meat after th--end of the month Economic stallllizer Chester Bowies said morel meal would reach consumers next month with a decision on the- future of price controls. Bowles believed the meat would lic-c-ome availuble whether the controls are cliscouf iiiu-'d or not The American meat Institute, spokesman for the meat packers, reported that lieef production last week dropped 35 percent below lhe previous week, and was 9» percent below the- corresponding week last year, when the nation was at war with Japan. The meat Institute* said that let companies ope-rating l<m packing plants ill various places were- aid*; to buy only bt.'iOfl head of cattle last week at ceiling prices. How much went to lhe black market the Institute could not say. but if reported that choice cuts wen- being sold through black market dean nels at retail prices of more- than |1 per pound Coal miners in western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky and south cm Illinois threatened to stop work unless they get mon- meat. A spokesman for Pennsylvania miners said that “the men will just (Turn To Page t. Column 3) o ■ " Receives Data On Return Os War Dead Leqion, VFW Posts To Conduct Survey Ed Bauer, service officer of Ad ams post 13. Americ an la-gion. announced today that information concerning Hie return of war dead for burial In the states has been received at the local post. The- informative communication received her- 1 states that under th<law families will have th*- option of having the body returned to the I'nited Slates for burial in u prlv ate cemetery, a national cemetery near their home, or burying the de ceased in a permanent American military cemetery overseas. The cost of returning the body of a veteran for burial in n national cemetery will be borne entirely by the government. When the body Is to be Interned In a private cemetery, the government will pay Sso toward the local burial costs and pay all costs of shipping the body home Caskets will be available this fall and the first shipment of war dead is expected at the end of the year, according to Information received by Mr. Hauer. It has been estimated that the lx-dies will arrive In the Stales beginning next year at the initial rate of 1.200 per month and Increase to 18.900 by the end of 1947. Bodies of those buried in Hawaii and Belgium will Ih- returned first. These well be followed by those in Franc e. Africa, Middle East. (Turn To Page 8, Column »t

■-- 1 ■ • | Dies Today S. E Brown Samuel Brown Dies Here This Morning Prominent Retired Businessman Dies Samuel E Brown. ,75. prominent letired Decatur businessman, died at 10 o'clock this mornlug at the home of a son. W Guy Brown high school principal Dent i was caused Icy heart disc-ac-- following an 111 news of three weeks He was Imchi In I nion county. <>. April 6, 1871. th- eon of Isaac and Cassie Hawci Brccwi., but had resided in Adam county pra 'leal ly hie entire- life Assoc iated with the dairy industry for 45 yeaie. Mr. Brown and his father estaidiehed the first cream-ry In Adams county. He was also aescH iated for several year* with the Cloverleaf Creamerice. For the past f: c- yeans, he was assoc lated with Arnold A Klenk Its this city. His wife Edna c|ie,| January of thia year Mr. and Mrs. Blown celebrated their 53rd wedding an nivc-rsary Dec emiM-r 2M of laet year He was a member of the- First Methodist church and the Knights of Pytlcias lodge-, of which he- was a highly active- membe-- for many yeaTs, He was graduated from International IliMlncws college in 1X92. Surviving ar- three m»ns. W. Guy and Dallas Brown, Icoth of Decatur, and Don P Brow-i of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mrs. John B Stults of Decatur ami Mrs. M. M. Frlshieof Bryan, <>; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother. Carl A Brown of Bartb-s-(Turn To Page 4. Column t) 0 Fort Wayne Youth Is Arrested Here Reckless Driving Charge Filed Here Ralph We-rllng. 21. Fort Wayne, wuh to. Im- arraigned in city court before Mayor John It Stults late this afternoon to answer to a reck-b-w driving count Th*» charge- was placed against him by city police after he- allegedly paused a car a* the- Intersection of Nuttman avenue and Thirteenth street* about 11:05 p.m. Sunday. Police chief Ed MHler also roported a hit and run accident, occurring here about 7:30 o'cloc k this morning after an auto, owned by Mrs. Clyde Everett, parked on Mercer avenue, wa*c allegc-dly struc k by another auto. Police were informe-d the driver of the- other vehicle failed to stop after the* accident. Damage to the Everett auto was estimated at altoiit 515. No other accidenta were reported In the city over th*- weekend, d**spite the heavy flow of Sunday traffic, police stated

Price Four Cents

Moy Disrupt Parley To Ask Senate And House For Further Instruction On Bill Washington. Jun*- 24 (t'PI — Een. Robert A. Taft, R . O. said I today that congressional conferees on tvPA legislation are so badly split that If agreement in not reached at a session tonight the conference may he disrupted end the senate and house asked for further instructions. Tuft told reporters that he"rather doubted" that agreement cm the price control hill could be- re-ached tonight. He said ’hat members of the conference were- "In such a state of disagreement" that further Inrtructions from the house and renate may I**- necessary If congress is to pass an OPA extension I*lll by the* June 30 expiration date. Conferees had hoped to agree on a final hill tonight so the Louse and possibly the senate, could ac t tomorrow Th*- conference committee will meet at K р. m Major points still at issue include- OPA's termination date; the* senate proposal to aludish I-rice controls on meat, |N>ultry (nd dairy products; subsidy payments. authorized price- marksups and creation of a decontrol board. Th*- OPA crises was discusseel 11 a Republican steering commute'*- meeting. Sen Kenneth S Wherry. 11. Neb., urge-d that thesenate- insist on his amendment to permit wholesalers and distributors :<> "pass along" to consumers price increases resulting from с. already accepted Taft amendment The Taft amendment would permit manufacturers to get price increases equaling their highest price in October, 1911. plus Increased production costs since- then Conferees have modified Wlieriy'ic proposal to make- it appUci hl*- only to increased costs after .'tily I--Taft salel Wherry was "much disturbed" hy the * hauges In his Kinenimcnt. He- said the entire mutter might he reviewed to night. Th*- house- bill would end meat subaidii-s Sunday, and other subsidies Dec. 31. The senate would liar fteod subsidies after May 1. Conferees who already have approved dra tic restrictions on OPA’s powers are mee-tirtg against a background of uncertainly over whether Mr. Truman will toss til*- fitiislieel measure ba< k to congress with a veto. So far th*- conferees have ac- < epted: 1. An amendment by Sen Robert A. Taft, R . O . to permit producers to get price in*'r»ases equaling their highest price in the period Oct 1-15, 1911. plus theIncreased tost of production sime that time 2 An amrnUment hy Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry. R. Neh. to frant an equal increase on a dollar basis for "any other sellers of such product"—a provision which would permit retailers and elistrlbutors to pass along the manufacturer*' increasea to the consumer. 3 A provslon requiring OPA t.> distinguish between transient hotels and apartment hotels in setting rent celling* ( A ban on maximum prices on food Items served in restaurants ifn o maximum price Is plac- < Turn T-i rifr 3 Column 3» Two American MP's Wounded By Russians Vienna, June 24.-(l'PI-An Intensified search for three- Russian •oldisrs who shot two American military policemen Is receiving the complete cooperation of lhe Soviet authorities, a V. 8. spoMwman said today. Th*- Americans wera identified today a«e Pfc Charles Hilliard. Elkhart. Ind. and Pfc Jack Ferris, Omro. Wis., both of whom were ehot in the fact. Ferris also wm shot In the back. Both are recovering.