Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1946 — Page 1

VOL. XUV. No. 163

LT. MAURICE SPANGLER DIES IN AIR CRASH

Truck Driver Critically Hurt

Dale Brandt Is Hurt As Train Smashes Truck Milk Truck Driver Injured In Crash East Os Decatur Dale Brandt, 29, of route two. D>eatur, was critically hurt at Io 52 < 'dock this murnlng when his milk truck wua struck by a fast west bound Erie iMggige and expne* train at the Piqua crossing. three miles east of ■aratur. The attending physician said after a preliminary examination 1 that Brandt auff* < i a -kuii t a<ture, fracture of both ankles and perhaps internal and other injur Im. Him condition at tli.it time pre-, * vented a more thorough > xamina Hon, He Is confined in the Adams county memorial hospital, where he,was taken following the crash, in the Zwlck ambulance by Robert Zwlck and Robert Frecby. Sheriff Leo Oillig. who Invest!gated the crash along with W. M Bumgardner, local station agent and other Erie officials, aald that only Brandt'a being thrown from the cab of hie truck prevented him from being ground to bits under the wheels of the train along with * the chassis of the vehicle Sheriff OlIHg lauded Tom Miller, 11, only witness to the crash be.rides the train crew He said the youth observed the crash from a position a half mile west of the acene. The youth Immediately drove a farm machine, which he was * riding, to a nearby house and summoned an ambulate o Itefore going to the scene of the accident. Brandt WM lying 150 feet from the point of impact Milk cans and part* of Ihe truck cab, the biggest smaller than the cab door Itself, were scattered along the right of way f> r a distance of 1,000 feet Here the twisted remnant of truck chassis was tossed a«tlde by Hit; train, which moved another 1,000 feet down Hie track before coming to a halt. .Miller said that he stopped to wait for the train and tn watching its approach noticed the crash. He said he saw milk cans flying through the air in all directions. He estimated the speed of the train at more than a mile -a-minute. Mr. Bumgardner said he had no idea of the train'* speed, but that It was due in here about 5 o'clock this morning and could have been traveling fast to make up lost time. Brandt bad been "p'cklng up'' milk and cream at a farmhouse eti route northwest toward Decatur. His truck waw about half loaded with filled milk cans before the wreck. The milk and cans were scattered handr.-da of feet along the tracks. Sheriff aillls said the train crew included Fraud Wolverton as engtoeer and H, P. Plasterer ae con dwetor. The sheriff assisted the ambulance drivers in moving Brandt to the ambulance. Hfe family Was notified after Hie crash. Friends said he ie the father of six children. - Mrs. Sarah Hoover Is Taken By Death Mtw. Sarah Jane Hoover, 79. widow of the late William A. Hoover, died Thursday at her home near Tocsin. Surviving ai<* a eon, Ralph N. Hoover, near Ossian; a brother, Reuben Naeh. and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Daih-y and Mrs. Elmer Evers, near Tocsin. Funeral Mrvlces will be held at I'2 p.m. Saturday at the residence. I With the Rev. I. I. Sommer ofI Relating. Burial will be in Oak I lawn cemetery at Owian. o DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ' TEMPERATURE READINGS 8:00 a.m.'~. 84 10:00 a.m. E... 88 Noon 74 2:00 p.m. __ 83 WEATHER Clear and 000 l tonight. Sunny and pleasant Saturday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY N F WSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY ■

Nine Typhoid Fever Cases At Evansville Evansville. Ind , July 12 (I'Pt Stat<« board of health officials conferred with Evansville and Vander-' hnrg county health officers in regard to the typhoid fever situation Nine rases have been reported In the city. — 0 Senate Battle Continues On OPA Measure Barkley Seeking To Complete Senate's Consideration Today Washington. July 12 tl’Pt Senate administration leaders, driving for a final vote today on the beleaguered OPA bill, believed the tide has turned enough in their favor to lieat off a final flurry of price-increasing amendments. Senate democratic leader Alben W. Barkley. Ky.. served notice that he would seek to wind u|> senate consideration of the bill today even if it required a third straight night session. The senate, however, first must vote on proposed amendment* that would puripone resumption of price .controls until Nov. 15. ban all eon- ' tepkt except on rents. and give dis- ’ trlbutorx their pre-war price mark ups Harried administration forces , ycciterday put in their most es- . fective day's work on the bill They defeated an amendment Io rai*e , rent 15 percent by next March, and a proposal sponsored by Sen. Robert A. Taft. 11.. 0.. to allow producer 1940 prices, plus increases in production costa since then. , The Taft amendment wan defeated by a 40-4" tie vote. But the senate approved, 59 to 20, an amtnendment to forbid the , federal government from control- , ling rents In states which have , their own rent control regulations. There was still a possibility that , the nenale would have- to woather , a short-lived filibuster by Sen. W. ’ Lee O'Daniel, D., Tex., before send- , ing the new bill to conference with ’ the house i Although the senate has voted ’to prevent price ceilings on meat, , Country, eggs, butter, milk, petroleum and petroleum product*, soy . bean and cottonseed products, i Barkley hoptvt c mfert es will rei peat their earlier action and remove these restrictions. At his news conference late yesterday. Mr. Truman deftly dodged reporters' question about a possible j second veto of congress' version of • (Turn To Pa«e t. Column 51 . 0 Local Man's Father p ! Dies Last Evening »; ! i Henry Hutker Rites Saturday Afternoon Henry B. Hutker, 70. father of Everett Hutker of this city, died at 5 o'clock Thursday evening at his home in Milan township. Allen county. after an illness of ..three months. . I A former Milan township trits- • tee. he was member of the Mason- , [ Ic lodge at Harlan and a patron t of the Eastern Star. > Surviving are the wife. Dora; . three sons, Everett of this city. Glen of Indianapolis and Hannett I of Terr* Haute: four daughters. Mrs. Mae UnU of Harlan. Mrs. . Hazel Amstutz of Allen county. . Mrs. Berdene Jesperson of Detroit and Mrs. Garnet Gerlg of Spencerville, two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Gorrell of near Harlan and Mrs. .Mary Brother of Hicksville, O.; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm. Saturday at the Getting funeral home In Harlan and at 2 o'clock at the Harlan Methodist church, with burial In the Scipio cemetery.

Buyers' Strikes Spread; Steers Reach New High Moves By Consumers Against High Prices Continue To Spread. By United Press Choice steer prices at the Chicago stockyards hit another allt.me high today as buyers' strike movements spread to several ad ('itional cities. A load of choice steers sold for (23.25 a hundredweight at the Chicago market, the nation's bigtest stockyards. The price exceeded the previous record of 323 set Wednesday. It was the fourth time Hie cattle price record had Iw-en broken at Chicago since the lifting of price controls. Meanwhile. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Jamestown, N. D. Springfield and Cambridge, Mass.. Erie. Pa., and Decatur. 111., were the sites of m w collective consumer moves against rising prices. At Decatur, the city trades and labor assembly advocated a "buyers' slowdown" to check what the organization called unreasonable price Increases. The lalmr assembly plans to organize consumers into the slowdown movement. The bureau of laltor statistics ia'd retail food price increases were "unusually spotty" this week with prices stable in some stores and climbing rapidly in ethers. Milk prices had risen 24 percent at Washington, D. ('.. the bureau said, and more than five percent al Chicago. Savannah. Boston, Denver. Detroit. Houston. Ixis Angeles and Kansas City. Butter was reported 19 percent over OPA ceilings at New York. 22 percent at Chicago. 30 at Cleveland and 37 at Pittsburgh A United Press survey of representative food prices across the nation showed that meat remained at OPA ceilings in New York City and Ix» Angeles. Beef was up 1<» cents a pound in Chicago, 15 cents in Boston. 16 cents in Dallas and six cents in Atlanta. Consumers in Cambridge and Springfield. Mass., planned to buy only necessities. The Fort Wayne industrial union council and the CIO political action committee said a citywide demonstration rnd parade would be held "soon" to "stimulate Interest in the (Turn To Pag* 2. Column «1

Democrats To Fill Ticket At Meeting Meeting July 25 To Nominate Candidates A convention of the Democratic precinct committeemen and vicecommitteemen will be held in the circuit court room in thio* city on July 25 at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of nominating candidates to fill the county and township tickets. Gerald "Doc" Vizard. Democratic county chairman, announced today. Notices will be eent to the committeemen and vicr-coinmilteenn.il next week, the chairman stated. Nominations must In* made and certified by AugusvL he explained. One major vacancy, that of a candidate for county commtaaioner from the first district, is to be filled on the ticket. Three candidatra for township trustee are to lie named in the convention. They are in Preble, Union and St. Mary's townships. Chairman Vizard stated that a few vacanciew in township advisory boards and also in the central committee are to be named by the delegatee. The Democrats nominated candidates for all county offices, except that of commiwioner troin the first district, in the May primary Likewise candidates for trustee, except in the three townshifM named, were named last May.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 12, 1946

Oklahoma Couple Held By Reds t* rjp f 1H WARRANT OFFICER Samuel L. Harri-on, and his wife. Helen, of Harrah. Okla . have been reported by Ameri> an military officers in Berlin to have been held by Russian forces in Germany. Th'- couple itad entered the Russian zone without permission, intenling to buy a dog.

United States Meets World Food Pledges Groin Commitments Exceeded By Nation Washington. July 12—(IPI— President Truman announced today that "through the cooperation and determined effort of everyone” the United States to date lias met in full Its food ptomlses to the hungry peoples of ilie world. He released a special report by secretary of agriculture Clinton I*. Anderson disclosing that the I Hite I States had exceeded Its grain commitments and fulfilled all other food promises. The report said that 36,3(W,(Wi0,000 pounds of food had been funneled into the world fight against hunger by June 30. The United States exported io percent of its wheat, more than 35 percent of its rice, 2't percent of Its cheese. 10 percent of its fats and oils and about 6 percent of Its meat during the last year. Export figures included both food which went to I'NRRA for free distribution to destitute and hungry countries and food which was purchased by foreign nations through tlic agriculture department. U.NRRA received nearly half of the meat shipments, about 19 percent of the fats and oils, and about 35 percent of the dairy products. "Every American can take pride In the record of accomplishment." the president said. (Turn Tn Page J. Column •>

Traditional Landmark Os City Being Razed For New Garage

Built In the pre-auto era of horse and buggy days, one of the city's traditional landmarks Is now being razed-appropriately enough to make way for what some day will likely be a modern garage and auto salesroom. Work has been started on tearing down the tall, stately appear ing brick structure, northeast corner of First and Monroe once "Decatur's standing brick resld cnce." The lot on which the home now stands was purchased recently by Saylors Chevrolet Sales and a memlier of the firm said today that as soon ample materials are available, a garage and show room will bably be ereded there. Leo Saylors, of the local firm, said that the house itself was sold to John Meyer, local contractor, who is now directing the razing work.

BULLETIN Chicago. July 12—(UP» — State's Attorney William J. Tuohy announced today that the fingerprints of William Heirens, 17-yearold suspect in the Suzanne Degnan murder, had been found to correspond at 13 points with fingerprints found in the murder of Frances Brown, 33-year-old ex-wave. — it Local Poppy Posters Winners In District Kathleen Smith And Hubert Feasel Win Two Dcatur school students, winners in the Adams cotrnfy I'oppy postei ( olih-st, - potixored by the Auxiliary of Adam- Post 13. American la-gion, have b<-< n Judged among the winner* in thfourth district context, It was an nouttced Thursday at the di*trict meeting of the auxiliary at Al bion Mi-s Kathleen Smith, daughter of Mr*. Ann Smith, and fdudeiit ill tile eighth grad'- ut the St Joseph Catholic school, wa a warded first psize in class two She wax awarded a 12 cash prize | Hubert Feasel. sou of Mr. ami Mrs. Herbert Feasel, a senior ut Decatur junior-senior high school was awatded second place in claxthree, and was presented with 31.50 in cash prize. Both these entries Will DOW be placed ill the tate poster con text. Judge* for Adams county contest were Mrs. Adrian \V>-m---hoff ami Mrs. Lawrence Linn

Stories concerning the history of the obi structure are numerous and varied, but French (Jiiinnt Decatur historian, whose photo collection contains an early picture of the building, cite* the follow ing fact*: The house was built about 85 years ago prior to the Civil War by Geoige A Dent, a prominent polneer. Mr Quinn declares, and at the time it wax "the outstanding brick residence " It was erected on the site of Decatur's first log cabin, which had been built by Jacob Buffer, surveyor of tha original plat of the town, now city, of Decatur. Upon the death of George A. Dent, the home was inherited hy Henry Clay Dent, who sold It to the late Dr T. T. Dorwin, a Decatur physician and first president (Turn To Page 3, Column 7)

Adams County Youth Is Killed As B-25 Crashes In Mississippi Thursday

I Russia Tosses New Block In Big Four Meet Molotov Insists On Removing Pro-Nazis From Austria Zone I -— Paris, July 12— (I’Pt Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov today tossed another monkey wrem-h into big four foreign minister discussions when lie declined to discuss Austria unless the mirxipfers agree to remove • u alleged 437,000 pro Nazis from western Austria occupation zones. Molotov made Ills surprise move after tin- big four coniplet-1 ill their discussion of Germany without narrowing tin- gap in disagreement between the western nations ami Russia over treating Germany as an economic whole. As the ministers began to discuss Austria Molotov suddenly charged that tin- western Allies were harboring 437,00(1 assorted kinds of pro Nazis in the western Austrian zones and said he would n't talk about an Austrian treaty unless these persons were re moved. Secretary of state James F. Byrnes suggested that the discusrion be delayed until 5 p. m. today (noon EDTI to enable him to get some background on Molotov's charge. After tin- late afternoon session, tin- conference was expected to end Foreign secretary Ernest |:i-vin and foreign minister Georges Bidault agree I they were ready to have the deputies start work on Austria. Byrnes said lie would discuss the allegations about displaced I erson - this afternoon and asked if the deputies coiildn t start work right away on the treaty. Byrnes said he felt it was un thinkable to sign treaties with all the satellites of Germany and do nothing toward ending a state of war with Austria Both Byrnes an I Bevin again pa-sented their arguments in favor of treating Germany as an I Turn To I’.ige f. <'.d linn 6) o New Rotary Officers Installed Thursday Earl Fuhrman, Other Officers Installed Earl Fuhrman, manager of the Schafer company, was installed as piesident of the Decatur Rotary (■lull last evening, sitci ceding Cal E. Peterson. Other officers who assumed their duties are. Henry Brorner vi< e president. Oscar F Uinkenaii treasurer; the Rev. William C Feller, secretary and William Schnepf. sergeant at arms. With Gordon Harvey and Torfl (' Smith, the officers comprise the board of directors. Mr. Fuhrman named the members of the club committees, the chaii men being: aims and object*, Leo Kirsch: dub service. Gordon Harvey; vocational service. Clarence Ziner. community service I Tom ('. Smith, International service. W Guy Brown; program. If-. Fred Patterson; classification and membership. James Elberson. fellowship and attendance. Harry Maddox; public information. Ar thur R Holthouse; sergeant at arms, William Schnepf; song leader. Leo Kirsch; employer employee relations. Max Schafer: trade associations. Felix Maier; boys work and youth service, C. Pumphrey; rural urban acquaintance. Lawrence Archbold. The club has a membership of 49. Mi Fuhrman announced.

I Air Crash Victim | I : ' W r I ? b<w. Lt. Main ice Spangler Renews Invitation To May To Testify Senate Committee Gives Invitation Washington. July 12 —H'pi Chairman .lames M Mend. D. N V . of the senate war invr-ii ! gating conimiftee. revealed today I In- has renewed his invitation to* U<p. Andrew .1 May. D, Ky to testify at tlii- inquiry into a mid vest munitions paper empire As tile inquiry convened today. Mead read a letter he had *»-nt to May In it be said that 'it dioiild hi- abundantly clear" that May hail not given the commitO" "the full, complete and accurate facts which the committee should know" when In- appeared in ret session on June I Mead noted that in testimony : ivi n by war department official ' fiequelit references" had in ill made to "intercession" by May oil behalf of some of the paper i-mpiie firms under scrutiny May. when asked if he would ; ' eept Mea l's invitation, said I have received the letter alld will answer it in due course." He d'-i lined any further comment At the same time. Sens. Homer Ferguson. It . Mil b . and Hugh It Miti hell. D. Wash, said that if May doe* not respond voluntarily to the renewed invitation, congressional "legislative niachin ery" should be set in motion to bring him before the committee. Feign on maintained that May i ould not claim immunity from ■l' irn T ■ P >4- 3, Column '■ > (> Jess Smilley Dies At Michigan Home Former Resident Os County Is Dead Jess Ntnltley, l>6. former ri-4 dent of Him- Creek lown*hl|-. wa found dead in beii Thin day it the home of a (laughter. Mr- l-'loi en> e Bennett, ill Traver-e < it) Mich., where he resided Death was caused by a heart attack and as unexpected He moved from Adams county 20 years ago His wife died two years ago. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Bennett. Mr- Edna Getter and Miss Dora Smilley. Im»«!i of Detroit; two sons. Paul of FHnt. Mich., and Herman Smitley of Detroit; four brothers. Homer Smitley of_ Decatur, William of Delphos. <” and Ivan and Roy. both of Flint. Mich and three sisters. Mrs. Bess laditzeiiheiser of Monroe and Mr* Blanche Appiebee and Mrs. Hazel Hardy, both of Flint. Midi Funeral service* will be held at 2 pin. Sunday at the Yager funeral home in Berne and at 2:39 o'clock at the Mt Hope church, with burial in the Mt. Hope cemetery.

Price Four Cenhj

One Os Four Killed When Army Bomber, Based At Keesler Field, Is Crashed Fii-t Lit nt Maurice E. Spangler, 22, of this dty. win* «ne of four men kill'-d in the explosion of a 825 army bomlier near Lyinan i Field, Mississippi, it w e disclosed today by Keesler Feld. Mixa., of* flelals Ih-faiL of the accident were not. disclosed here today The young man wae the son of Jo*, ph and Clara I'leman Spangler of he.i’ lie a'lir. alld a. d be< n In iriny «.-rv:<e -m e January 29, PH: lb- h.rl tak.-n ba.*ic training nt Gulfport. Miss , and after duty on four army ah fields, had win hl* i'vei wing- as a pilot ..t Pampa, T'x.ie .limy ar field in August, 1944. He was a graduate of thd he atur Catholic high schood. \fte becoming eliv.ble for dl(«chaw la-1 fall uihb" 'he army dem dsdiz.ation plan, he reentereil th.- s.-rvie.' for 1* nicntlM, rein, tiv.-s here said today. I. .-nt Spangler i* survived by hl* bride of t .an i year. Irene, a former army nurse from Nebraska; the par.-nts. a brother and thiee rd ters; Mr- Leo la.sche of Coldwat'-: . Ohio. Mr- Jerome Ge - uier of this city, whore husbati'l died ill action dur.i.-.- the war. Miev Virginia Spangle at home, and | Vnbr. *' Spattgl- : now at home as- , t.-r I'-i. viiig hi dis. barge from | army s.-rvie.- \ n. w paper wii-- r.-rvice -tory -,i I t "lay that two other offl.eM and an < nli-i. d tn.m di' din Hl» cxplos un i»»tid. ■■ th'- In at.ii pdo'. Four Kdled K.esle, Fi'-ld Mi - , July 12 • ilpl K'-e-le fl.-ld off'niaU today <li-<l'»."d t ini th.-, army oft .r* an I one • n i-i- 'l man were kt l'-d in th>- . x?.<•- >ll "I a 112 > I i.oinbei n. <i Lyman. M e*, yexter- . <i#y The victim wen-. l-t I.' |;<. .. I, I,'-wandowekl, 23. of Buffalo. N V l»t Lt, Maurice E. Spangl of lie. > ur. Ind i Lt Cla td« Hall H ibbard, -’7, of l.llbbo' k, Tex. Ph o.lani c Cote*, of It'ery. M. it Indiana Man Killed When Struck By Car Nobl. svllb . In I . July 12 tl'P' William F Cov.-rdale, 51. an employ.- o: tli»- Fir' t tie Ti’- .uni Rubber Company at Nobleavllle, wa- kilieil early today w u-n struck by a car on li -way to work Stat - police raid Cov.-rdale parked his own car and w. t - -t i> k hr a mali.iic il iv.-n by Cliftu'd It Cri» ley, Feb.- *. Illd ' he W.ilk'-d across a county highway, -'-ven mile- C.ist of here - Residents Bask In Relief From Heat Welcome Relief Is Experienced Here The weatherman partly redeemed himself last night and today, after missing hi- prediction* of relief from the heat for two days. True to his predictions of Thursday. mercury In Decatur thermometers started tumbling following a light shower yexte day after noon and continued down throughout the night Many a resident had his first comfortable sleep in three nights as the tem|»ratiire went down to the low- tie's affording n definite break in the so and 90 degree weather. This morning at 9 o’clock the Dally Democrat thermometer registered 64 degrees about 10 degrees lower thun has been registered at that hour for the past several days. In addition, cool breezes broke (Turn To Page i. Column 4)