Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1946 — Page 1

L VOL XLIV. No. 164

SENATE APPROVES BATTERED OPA BILL

May Offers To 1 Testify Under Certain Terms Wh, v — - Senate Committee In Closed Meeting To Decide Matter Washington, July i: <i T> * The MMte war mvtirailuu *• eeaMiilCtee Moots m closed sexalon joday to decide whether t<» permit Hep. Andrew J May. D. ky, chairman of the house mill k tsry ala Ira committee. to stipulate terms on which he would testify at the "war profits" In nulry. In reply to committee (hairman James M. Mood's request that he appear before the group. May said he would; Peonalder" doing so If ho conW have his lawyer irons I examine ©thee witnesses and em ■ ploy the eommiH., n, powers to obtain war department 4 records Mead Indicated to i.p..i . that the comnMtte. - answer to May wonld he • Oat. "no." May anaonme.l he would consider appearing before the committee soon after Dr. Henry Cars * son. snare master mind of a mid west munitions combine, was re leased from the sun.- ■ h.ui late ywtoritey. Garscoti w.is ex (cused when he refused to waive his eooatiluttoMl right not tn i» a witness against himself. Mead told him tersely the committee did not want to "jeopar di«e” the outcome of a Justice depertinent Investigation into the Iltfcflrm “paper empire" which handled |7«,»90,«<"' woith ( ,t kov etnment war contracts. Mead's letter to May demanded - that he appear voluntarily before I the MMM to give complete and accurate” account of his interventions with the war department on behalf of Gars son's firms. His letter suit! it I was "abundantly clear” that the Kentucky congressman had falli ed to tell the whole story at a June 4 closed session. Referring to May's reply. Mead tmld ho never had heard of a congressional committee permitting a witness' attorney to cross examine another witness. “What he wants done, he asserted. “Is to nave investigating ‘ommitiees on both sides of the table." Out of "fntfness" to May. however, Mead Cnld “we cannot close eur record until he has had a chance to answer the allegations made CgalMt hint " He indlcal ed a derision on May's requests would be made by the committee today. The exit of Garsson from the hearings left the committee with out testimony of the man who has been described as "the brains" of the munitions combine. But it still had two other prin cipal executives of the "paper empire" on tap— A B. Hellman ' and J. T. Weiss, cofounders with I Garsson of the infirm syndicate They notified the senators they will not claim Immunity when J they are balled as witnesses Monday. J 0BfMO& was released a few ; minutes after Mead had similar !y dismissed Benjamin Franklin Fields, balding exconvict accused of offering a $5.00t) "campaign XotstributJan'* to Sen. Hugh B. , Mttcbeil. D.. Wash. In an attempt crum To"p.<.- Column St gUljlgj. II Hutker Funeral On Sunday Afternoon w g -— Funeral aarvice» for Henry B Hutker, father < f Everett Hutker of this city, who died Thursday at his home in Allen county, will be held Sunday Inotead of this afternoon, as previously announced Servlcwa will be held at 1:30 l> >» Sunday at the Getting funeral ta Harlan and at 2 o'clock st the Harlan Methodist church with burial In the Scipio cemetery. MMOCRAT THERMOMETER TBMFMRATURE READINGS 9:00 «.m. «« 10:00 a.m. U ' 73 11:00 s.m. 75 ■ Weather Sunny sect pleacant taday with moderate temperatures tonight. Tomorrow o« n * ral| Y fair warmer.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Red Cross Leader Clarence E. Bell sow* C. E. Bell Reelected Red Cross Chairman Annual Meeting Is Held Friday Night Clarence E. Bell, retired manti facturer and telephone company executive of this city, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Adums county Red Cross chapter at the annual meeting of Red Cross members last evening Other officers, also unanimously elected are: Earl M. Webb, superintendent of Heme schools, vice-chairman Roscoe Glendenlng. assistant (ashler of First Stale Bank. Ires surer. Mrs. Harold Grant. 70S N. Fifth street, secretary. All are volunteer offices. Mrs. Grant was elected a year ago to succeed Miss Jessie Wilines, who resigned as secretary. The oilier members served throughout the war years and piloted the organize lion through the different war time drives. Chairman Bell, who attended the national convention of lied Cross in Philadelphia, made an In foresting refsirt on the meet Ing and emphasized that the worldwide organization was now gear ed to peace-time work. Its services are designed to aid the veteran and family and to function in any local emergency or disaster. By-laws will In* adopted at the next meeting, which will provide that the fiscal year of the local chapter will run from July 1 to June 30 of the following year. A board of directors will bo elected next year and officers will lie chosen from the directors, ax pro vlded In the new by-laws. Annual reports were made by chairmen of the various departments. These included the treas ttrer. home service office, junior Red Cross, sewing and knitting division and nurses aide classes. Mrs. Ruth I lolling worth, employed as executive secretary in the local office, gave a detailed re port of the activities of that department. It revealed that financial aid had b««en exended to 116 persons, amounting to ll.ftot) for the year. Mrs. Ed Bauer reported on the sewing projects, enumerating the number of articles made by women for veterans in hospitals and for foreign relief. Nine baby layettes were furnished to veteran families in the county. Miss Grace Coffee covered the activities of the Junior Red Cross, stating that every school In the county had enrolled last year. All work projects were completed. Including gift boxes and Christmas boxes. Mrs. James 1,. Kocher, Hr., stated that the knitting work was near completion, urging the knitters to complete the V-neck sweaters and mufflers they had on hand. The women also knitted 1,500 wash cloths. Mrs, Roy Price stated that the nurses aides donated 1.327 hours of time at the hospital during the last year and a total of fi.f»Of» hours since the first class was graduated, (hiring the year, one class of 11 volunteers was graduated. 11. H. High, chairman of the blood donor division which operated very euccerofußy during the war years, and Phil Sauer, chairman of the county disaster committee, reported on the year’s work. Financial Report The treasurers' annual report (Turn To Pago I, Column 1)

James Byrnes Optimistic On Peace Parley Big Four Ministers Still Deadlocked As Conference Adjourns Paris. July 13. (CPI- Secretary of >itate James F. Byrnes said today prospects for success of the 21-nation peace conference July 2ft are very bright and defended compromises readied by the big four foreglgn ministers as essential to end the world's state of war. Byrnes met with the press as he waited 4o board a plane for the United States. He expressed confidence that the full drew peace conference would prove a success. He in exported to make a radio report on the big four conference to the American people Monday night. He said that the big four had made no compromises lor the peace conference but rather for the tieatiro, emphasizing that no treatloo could ls> obtained without coinpr mixes. He saw no danger to the peace conference In application of the two-thirds rule to voting on each treaty committee, pointing out that minorities on any committee had the full right to present their views to Hie full conference. Byrnes admitted that he was none too happy over the big four ileclelon on Trieste but noted that some compromise hud to in- reached and said that the one agreed u|mhi seemed Hie only poesible one in effect, he said, the agreement provided for home rule for th*Trieste area with the military support of all the United Nations Thin, he said, was far In-iler for Hie inhabitants than it they had all Ireen turned over either Io Yugoslavia or Italy. Tlie foreign ministers council completed its conference of exactly four weeks last night. The delegates were ready and anxious to begin a breathing spell before they tackle Hie problems ot the peace conference. The big four miniate.-. adjourned on a note of futility. They were deadlocked on Germany and Austria. But the sum total of the conference showed < onsfderuble progress, and they had no more than (Turn To Page 5. Column 2)

Meat Prices Much Higher In Indiana Butter Supply Main Target Os Boycott By United Press ‘ Hoosiers were promised iw-tter Sunday dinner menus today, but the prices of the meat that grace their tables threatened to dull their appetites. Consumers discovered that groceries and butcher shops generally reflected the Increased trading al the Indianapolis stockyards late this week, tor the (irst time since OPA controls were lifted June 30, Meat became more plentiful in many stores, but the supply still lagged in others. Prices generally were far aliove OPA ceilings, as wholesalers passed on to retailers and retailers to consumers the Increased costs of meat on the hoof. The situation reflected livestock prices which this week reached all-time and 26-year record proportions on some grades of meal. Many housewives, shopping in the face of higher living costs, shunned meat counters entirely or laiught smaller quantities of lower grades. Chief target of an unorganised buying boycott wm the butler supply. ' As the retail price of butler rapidly approached the dollar-#-pound mark, housewives passed up the product and took margarine as a substitute. You could buy a pound of margarine today for the same prlce-you had to pay (or a quarter-pound stick of butter. Shortages of other food products continued, hut home garden produce helped offset them m the Hoosier vegetable harvest continued.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 13, 1946

UN “Stars” Take Time Out BQR > - F F - * i A Bkt 1..-, HIGHLIGHTING THE ACTIVITIES at I'N sessions on Hunter college campus, N. V., are these three members ot the CN atomic energy commission, who lay aside their nuclear problems to enjoy a luncheon engagement with Herbert V. Evatt, center, ( hairman of Hie commission, playing host. Bernard Baruch, right. I‘. H, member of the commission, lends an attentive ear to the conversation ot Rus> sia's Andrei Gromyko The three are playing stellar roles in the all important veto issue, which Baruch and Evatt agree to let the Soviet Union keep in the Security council but not over atomic Issues. Gromyko has fought abolishment of the veto power, demanding the "primordial step" to lie taken by the group Is recommendation of a treaty outlawing atomic war

Heirens Is Placed Under Heavy Guard Youth Is Linked To Ex-Wave's Murder Chicago, July 13 (UPt William Heirens. youthful suspect in the kidnap slaying of Suzanne De gnan. was under 24 lioni a day surveillance at county jail today after authorities decided lie wa* too dangerous to lie left unguarded Heirens, 17. desi ribed by chief of detectives Waiter Storms a* “tlie greatest criminal of hi* age in Chicago police annals." was linked through fingerprints yester day with tlie Dec. 10 "lipstick" death of ex wave Fiances Brown. Stale attorney William J Tuohy said the youth's fingerprint* had lieen found to check on 22 imints with prints found In Miss Brown's northside apartment. Nine of the points were on the first joint of the finger and 13 on Hie second. Tuohy said Chief Storms wa* elated at the discovery, which, he said, definitely put Heirens at the scene of the crime. He said the prints had liven sent Io the Federal Bureau of In vestigatlon al Washington for con lirinalion. (Turn To I’agc 5. Column O

Injured Milk Truck Driver Is 'Better' Brandt's Condition Is Still Critical The condition’of Dale Brandl. 2fi. Decatur milk truck driver, in the Adams county memorial hospital suffering from Injuries sustained Friday wheji his vesicle was truck by a train. Was described as "better" today. The attending physician stated that his condition was still critical, however. The physician also stated that no previously unreported injuries to Brandt had been found as yet. A preliminary examination shortly after his admittance to Hie hospital disclosed that he suffered a skull fracture and fractures of both ankles. He is being kept under close observation in an attempt to learn whether or not he sustained Internal or other injuries. Brandt, who resides near here, was thrown 150 feet out of the cab of his truck shortly before noon yesteiday when struck by a fast westbound Erie baggage and express train at the Piqua crossing. three miles east ot Decatur. InvestlrkHng authorities described his escape from the twisted debris of the vehicle as almost miraculous. Sheriff Leo Gillig In vestigated.

$150,000 Fire At State Reformatory Pendleton. Ind.. July 13 (UP) Between 2(10 and 300 Inmates of the state reformatory were l>aek in their cells today after having lai-n released temporaflly to fight a fire on Hie prison farm. Police lieutenant Leo J.Moore < aid that no prisoner attempted Io escape. Officialri said Hie fire which destroyed a dairy Imhi, causing an estimated slso,oiM) damage, was started by spontaneous combustion.

Man Slays Brolher In Shotgun Battle Tree To-Tree Battle Follows Argument Terse Haute, Ini. July 13 (UP) William Dowel 1 , 30. waa held today in tlie death of bls brother, wounded fatally during a tree-to-free gun battle which followed an argument over whether to take home a case of beer or a case soda pop. Walter Dowell. 27. died in a hospital yesterday from a wound In the abd imets, A corner s jury returned a verdict of homicide. The nien'-i itater, Audrey. 16: told authoriticH that William had come home alone Thursday night after leaving with his brother for a tavern at Shepardsville, near here. He seized a 12-guage shotgun, ohe said, and announced, "I'm going to kill Walter." When Walter returned home a few minutes later, William was waiting for him, rhe said. He fired three idiot r but missed. Walter then dodged into the house and got a 16guage shotgun and told his abler to turn out all the lights. Audrey and an older sister. Mr* Thelma ( Carpenter. 22. bld under a bed In the house while their brothers battled in the wood.* outside, The brothers reloaded their guns several times, blasting away at each other and leaping from tree to tree in a running Inltle. The terrified girls said they could hear their brothers shouting and trampling through the woods, and said they counted seven allots. Finally, they said, Walter shouted. "You got me, Bill." William returned to the house and said simply, "get an ambulance, I shot him." When the ambulance arrived, William helped his wounded brolher into it and accompanied him to a hospital, where Walter died three h (Ill's later. William returned home and was waiting there when police arrived He offered no resistance. Prosecutor Jidiu Jell said the lirothers. Inith miners, had gone to the tavern to pick up a ca«e of soda pop ordered by their father (Turn To Page <, Column 1)

Riddled Revival Measure Passed By Senate After Long And Stormy Session'

Funeral Tuesday For Lt. Spangler Young Army Officer Died In Air Crash Funeral services tor Lt Maurice Spangler, 22. liecatur B-25 pilot killed Thursday In a plane crash near Lyman, Mlsu., will be held Tuesday morning at It o'< lock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church here, of which he was a member. The Very Rev. Msgr. Seimetz will officiate and burial will be in HiA Iteiatur Catholic cemetery. The young man's (tody w expected to arrive here tom Keexler Field, Mhs.. where ho was «<taHoned, on the Pennsylvania rail road at 12.37 atn Sunday. It will lie taken to the Gillig A It an funeral home and then removed to the residence of the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spangler, two miles east on the I’iqua road. Sunday afternoon. Friends may call at Hie Spangler home after * pm. Sunday. It k< not known whether the laaly may be viewed Lt. Spangler, who was born near Decatur on September 27. 1923, the son of Joseph and (Tara i'lemanSpangler, had lieen educated in the Decatur Catholic schools and was graduated from Decatur Catholic high Mhool in June. 1911. He entered army service in January. 1913 and had reentered service for IS months late in 1945. Widow Arrives Here HLi young widow, the former Irene Miebrugge of Ctatk. Nebr.. arrived here lasi night after traveling by plane from Kessler Field to Baer Field. Fort Wayne. Further details ot Hie crash were learned by parents an I other relatives from the young Mrs. Spangler and via a telephone call from the Ketwler Field nrmy (hap Inin The young Mrs. Spangler said lodav that army offh l.■'* discredited the report that "there had been a terrific explosion" Just previous ( i u( (i To Cage Column 11

Army General Staff Split On Draft Age Older Men Unwanted For Army Service Washington. July 13 — (UP)— Reliable sources reported today that the war department's general staff I* split over whether men 29 through 35 years of age should again he drafted. The war department officially said "It may lie necessary" to consider the Induct lon of men through age 35. The White House yesterday stated that the a-rny would recommend to President Truman that the top Induction age be raised from 29 to 34 years. The army said it would specify that future draft calls be filled by men within the 19 to 29 age bracket "insofar as possible.” "If in the future it is found that there are insufficient personnel within tills age bracket to satisfy manpower requirements," the war department said, "it may be necessary to consider the Induction of men through age 35" Differences of opinion on army manpower supplies at the general staff level centers on results of the army's voluntary recruiting program. Some top-ranking officers are sai l to believe that the recruiting irogram plus draft of the younger man will provide the army with sufficient men to meet Its projected strength of 1,070.00<$ l»y July L 1947. Other officer* think the total will be reached only If older men are drafted. Spokesmen for the war department's personnel branch state that the army does not want mon (Turn To Pags 5, Coloma •)

Buyers' Strikes Gain Momentum In Many Cities Michigan Assembly Approves Limited Rent Control Bill By United Press Consumer demonstrations protesting rising prices continued today. but prices generally appear(al Io lie becoming more Stable pending decisive congressional r.etlon on controls. In most areas, prices leveled off at old OPA ceilings or al new, and higher, rates set during the two weeks since the expiration of price control. Price tags on choice livestock, however, reached new highs at three midwestem stockyards A load of choice steers sold for 723.25 a hundredweight at Chii ago’s Union stockyards yesterday. exceeding the previous record of $23 set Wednesday. it was the fourth new record set since tlie end of the OPA. New allHme high prices also were recorded at Omaha and South St. Paul, Minn. Meanwhile, buyers' strikes gained momentum in many cities and an emergency committee planned a block by block canvass of Chicaga to mobilize for the return of controls. The committee is compo-ed of representavans of Chicago to mobilize for ness, political, church and civic groups. On the rent control front, the Michigan legislature approve I a limited state measure limiting landlords to a 15 percent increase over June 30 levels. A bill passmi by the senate would return rents to the June 30 figure except where states have their own r« guhitions There were reports of many iaige groups handing together to icild tile price line regardless of congressional action. The New York Hotel association denied reports of an immediate increase in the piree of meals, and Paul Henke, president of Hie society of res'auranteurs, said his organization saw no necessity for in- < leasing menu prices. In addition to Chicago, Wash ington, New York and Philadel(Turn To Page 6. Column S)

Forced Wheat Sale Terminates Tuesday Forced Sale Order Repeal On Tuesday Washington, July 13— (UP) — The agriculture department will terminate Tuesday Its order forcing farmers to sell half of all wheat delivered to grain elevators. The order was the department's chief tool in its effort to make 250,00ff,000 bushels of wheat available to famine areas from the 1946 crop. It now has no legal machinery to compel farm- < r.i to market their grain A companion order titter which grain elevators can be required to set aside a portion of their wheat purchases for the government remains on the books but the set aside was left at zero. The set-aside could be revived la'er, however, if the department or the foreign nations for which it sometimes acts as purchasing agent are willing to p»y wlßtev. r the market price to be Both the set-aside and forced sale orders were suspended July 1 when price controls expired. Otherwise, officials said, the government would have been obligat<d Io pay going market prices (Turn To Pag* 5, Column I)

Price Four CenHj

Many Price Control Powers Drastically Curtailed; Restore June 30 Rent Control Washinkion, July 13 —(UPI — The senate, after a tumultuous 14 hour session, early today approved the battered atrl riddled OPA revival bill by an overwhelming 62 to 15 vote. With provisions for drastically curtailing many of OPA's price control powers, the measure now goes to the house where it will Inapproved as written by the senate or sent to a joint conference for compromise. House action on the measure could lie taken today as the ln»dy is scheduled to meet In a special session io vote on the British loan proposal Administration leaders hoped tlie loan measure would be side-tracked by Hie house in favor of the OPA bill. As passed, the bill would revive OPA until Jnne 30, 1917. but. would: 1. Prohibit prlcw ceilings on meal, livestock, dairy products, poultry, eggs. milk, grain and grain feeds, petroleum, tobacco, (ottonseed and soy beans. 2 Return rent ceilings to their June :io levels, but outlaw federal controls In states having thAlr own regulations. 3. Grant producers, manufacHirers, processors, services and transportation agents their 1940 prices plus increased costs if the higher plrces are necessary for increased production. 1. Remove controls on all nonessential Items at the end of 1946. 5. Transfer all controls over agricultural commodities from OPA to the secretary of agriculture. 6. Establish a decontrol board, t > Im named by the president, to supervise the removal of controls when supply and demand are In balance The bill also would continue subsidies to April 1: allow markups at the June 29. 1946. levels: allow cotton and wool manufac'Hirers prices which Include reconversion costs, and authorize price increases for southern pulpwood. As approved by the senate, administration leaders in both houses saw little chance that the OPA bill would escape a presidential veto. They banked their hopes on conferees knocking out many "objectionable” provision* written into the bill by the senators. Approval of the measure finally came at 12:56 a. tn. CRT today, after the senate had voted to add tobacco and feed grains to the long list of commodities which would be exempt from price controls for another year. The vote on the grain amendment was 42 to 36 (ind.-}| or ’.»t)BJ>oina»| ano-.fitoj Beans and one Progressive voted for the bill. Four Democrats joined w-lth 11 Republicans to oppose It. Beauty Os Grounds At Municipal Plant Draws High Praise Numerouo favorable comments have been ellcltsd.by the beautiful appearance of the ground* nt the municipal light and power plant, city officials said today Fred Braun, well known local resident who has been In charge of the grounds for several years, has them In their best condition, the officials said. Visiting dignitaries from other cities, as well as salesmen and representatives making huslnexs calls have Iteen profuse In their praises. It is reported. In addition to Hie spacious lawn surrounding the city plant, shrubs and vari-colored flowers and flower bushes have been carefully and neatly kept, the officials said Keeping the landscaping In Its present condition requires the full time ot Mr Braun, it was stated.