Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 168

ROMAN REITERATES NEED FOR ORA BILL

Indiana Bank Held Up Today

lv Palestine Lk Robbed to,ooo Io Armed Bandits lid Up Lone Woman jokkeeper Today K Palestine, Ind., July 18— ■K Tw<> armed bandits held up K. A Palestine etale bank •» K..l,iy and escaped with MS,■t: ( ie police announced. Ke said the men fled In a ■ Ford automobile. They were K.-i) heading cast on U. S. K* The robbery occurred at Koii hour. K Carrie Snodgrara. bank Keeper. was alone when the Kn entered The rest of the Ky.. were out to lunch. K Snodgrass Mid the men ■pointed a revolver at her and ■ her to stand quietly at her (while they took the money ■ u teller's cage drawer. K money included 81.960 in ■ the remainder in currency, ■ttiesou gave stale police a Kpiion of the car and the ban ■ The license number of the ■i.jbile corresponded with K issued to a Greenwood, Ind., ■rid The police Mid they ■e.| the car was stolen. le of the men was described as K 25 year* old, 5 feet 10 inches Kti<! weighing 160 pounds. He ■ green work clothing. Th* Rs was about the Mme age and ■ inches shorter. Id New Evidence I Profit Inquiry lature Os Evidence lot Yet Disclosed ■ashingfon, July IS. (UP! — I senate war investigating comlit- disclosing It has uncovered ■ fvidence" in its war profit** liry. today deferred a dectalon ■itnlmg a legal way to compel 1 Andrew J. May, l>, Ky., to Bly. Jatare of the new evidence was I disclosed. Nor was it ex■•■d whether it had any connec I with May who baa been debed by a witnews ao "guardian H" for the two parent firms of “paper empire" munitions comI under investigation. ommlttee counsel F. D. Planasaid the ‘new evidence" was Wed by the committee at a *d session thia morning. IVe can't say who it involves," Bit lanaran said the committee ateo assed May. but that a decision whether to try to compel the irtnan of the house military af- * committee to testify “is still ding." uhlic hearings yesterday may lie reopened at any time, i'ltneaseg repeatedly have Itak•M»y's name with Ike IC-flrm •oia munitions syndicate which ‘died more than |7x,GOO.OvU In ' contracts. The committee had b**d the combine of reaping icoiiecionabl*" profits. '•y has offered to testify, but y on condition that he be al- , * d to have counsel, c.oss-exa- “• witnesses and subpena govrnient recora. The committee 1 rejected hie conditional offer troumU it would be granting ’ «P*clal privileges.” ommlttee chairman JtaMteM. “d. D„ n. Y„ announced earlier t I . M JL CRAT THtRMOMITIR JkMPERATURI RgAO |H Oa ajn 78 W:<Xhuw. . ro m p m. a 3 weather *ir. warmer and slightly 2®r« humid tonight. Friday cloudy, warm and hu- ? **** ’ h “«dvrotiowors Frl- ** * Friday night

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Young Girl Killed By Father's Truck Dana, hid., July IB (UP) Sev-en-year-old Sarah Chapman rati to greet her father, Simps C. Chapman se hr came home from work last night. She reached for a handle on the truck hr drove into the driveway, ■lipped and fell under the duel wheels. State police said she died instantly. ■■■■—o Stalin Shakes Up Command Os Russian Army Marshal Zhukov, Top War Hero, Relegated To Provincial Post (Copyright 1646 hy United Press) New York, July 18—(UP)—

Gv-ueraliaainio Stalin has shaken up the high command of ih«* Red irmy and relegated .Marshal (leorgi K. Zhukov, the Soviet Union's top war hero, to an obscure provincial post. No announcement of the Red army shakeup has yet been made to the Soviet public but the United Press today learne:! that If already has been carried out. The chief victim of the Red army reorganization, so far ax the United Press has been able to learn, was Zhukov, commander of all Red army ground forces and the top military hero of Russia's World War II campaigns. First intimation of the Red army e.hake-up came in a brief United Press dispatch which clearer! Moscow censorship. It said: "Unconfirmed reports said today that Marshal Zhukov has been appointed to command the Odessa military district." Today the United Press obtained confirmation that Zhukov has heen relieved of his high command and sent to the obscure Odessa post —a move comparable to relegating Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to command a U. S. army post at New Orleans. Zhukov, it was learned, is not the only victim of the reorganization of the Red army's lop com mand. However, details of the ~Turn To Patre t Column 41 —e— - — Two Auto Accidents Reported To Police No One Injured In Two Accidents Here No one was hurt in two auto accidents reported in the city, one Wednesday night and the other Ibis morning. Damage was done to two autrw about 8:16 p. m. Wednesday when cars driven by Kenneth H Heard. 35, Decatur, and Robert E Skaggs, 24, Urbana, Ohio, collided st the intersection of Monroe and He cond streets. Damage to a new 1946 auto, recently purchased by the Decatur driver, wax estimated at 875 by city police and that to the Ohio car at $35. Both drivers and Mrs. Skaggs, riding with her husband, escaped injury. Officer James Borders, who investigated. Mid the crash occurred when the Ohio car, enroute north, made a left turn into the approaching Decatur auto. Both cars traveling on second street. Damage to two autos was estimated at 810 when cars driven hv Amos L. Ruse. 65, Decatur and Laurence Williamson, 45, route three, Decatur, collided in the 700 block on North Second street at 7:50 a. m. today. Officer Borders, who invest! gated, said the crash occurred when Ruse made a left turn Into a driveway. The Decatur driver told the officer be did not see the other car, which was following him and started around.

Newsmen Interview Heirens At Criminal Court r — ■■■■■■Mr —’*'■ —'—’ -J® * ■Kwak*--'' . j| | >; ■ ff' TK JMk.l i.V* 'AI K B| I -J t SSL - vTSy f IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM as Chicago's criminal court William Heirens (arrow), ITyear-old Chicago university student held under 29 indictments for burglaries and assaults, meets with newsmen to deny rumors that he had confessed to the kidnap killing of Suzanne Degnan and the lipstick murder of ex Wave Frances Drown. State s Atty. William Tuohy has announced he will seek grand jury Indictments formally charging the youth with the two slayings, and that It is expected Heirens will plead he is suffering from a split personality.

Talmadge Leading In Georgia Voting Holds Commanding Lead In Unit Vote Atlanta. Ga., July 18—(UP) — Homespun Eugene Talmadge, who conducted hki campaign on a plat form of keeping Georgia " a while man’s otate," held a commanding unit v te lead in the race for governor today and appeared Io have won the Democratic nomination . for a fourth term. Jameu V. Carmichael, youthful liberal pledged to carry on Iho pro- ' gressive polities of retiring Gov. Kills Arnall, polled a papular vote majority but the papular vote, doesn't count in thio Mate. Returns from 1,233 of the state's 1,735 precincts gave Talmadge! 2U8.416: Carmichael 23X.U91; K. D. Rivers 41,698; and war veteran Uapt. Hoke O'Kelley 7,213. But In the unit vole column Taimadge was far ahead with 219.

Carmichael had 141 and Rivers 18, A majoriiy of 266 of the stale’s 4iu unit votes aro necessary to win without a run iff. Carmichael. 35-year-old Marietta Attorney-Industrialist, refused to concede defeat early today, and Talmadge adherents admitted that a flood of late hour voles could conceivably swing the election. Talmadge took his lead despite the ballots of some lim.tum Georgia negroen, voting for the flint time. The total vote wan the heaviest in history, the registration lists having been swollen to an all-time high by the franchlsemeut of 18-year-oids, removal of the poll tax, and supreme court rulings that negroes must l»e allowed to vote.

Examination Planned For Welfare Visitor Mira Bernlece Nelson. Adams county public welfare department directors announced loday plans for an examination to l»o held to fill the position of welfare visitor. The examination will lie statewide, ■he said, with all applications to be made through the state person nel office not later than July 21 The local department is Mpecially interested in securing someone to do child welfare visiting work. Mix* Nelyaon mated. Interested peraotM may contact the local office for further Information. The time and place of the examination will tie announced later. 0 No Damage Done By Fire This Morning Firemen were called to the Peter Dawson home. 710 Spencer street, about 11 a m. today when a gauollne move flared out of control. Firemen said no damage was incurred from the incident.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 18, 1946

Clinton Man Dies Os Wreck Injuries Clinton, Ind., July 18—(UP) Imban W. Palmer, 41. CumminflDi«ee| uerviiW engineer, died yes terday from injuries received in an auto accident near Lebanon Twmday. Funeral services will be held in Indianapolis Saturday. o Trustees To Picnic Saturday, August 3 Former Township Trustees Invited Thirty-nine former trustee.* of the various t twnabips in Adams county have been extended special invitations to attend the first postwar picnic of the Adams county Imard of townidiip trustees. It was arnmneed today by Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent in charge of the event.

The picnic will be held at la*hman park in Berne Saturday, August 3, opening with a business ■exi xlon of the present Itoar I at 10 a.tn. A picnic luncheon will follow at I noon and the afternoon will lie open! in entertainment and recreation. Mr. Hann mated. The trusj tees and members of their famlliee have been Invited. Former trustees, to whom invl tat ions have been extended, and their present addressee: A. J. Heinz. T. R. Noll, Samuel Butler. Ernest Worthman, A. J. I,vwton, Arthur Blakey. Phil Schiefeftttteln. D. D. Haliegger. Ralph W. Rice, H. H. High. J. M Doan, Hen McCullough, Earl Mai tin, (I. C. Reinking, Albert Harlow. August 1 Hlomenberg, all living In or near Decatur. * C. E. Stuckey. Martin Moeschberger, Moses Augxburger, ('. J Jones, (’. C. Beer, Charlee Abnet, Edwin tlllllorn, all living in or near Berm-. (Mix Burk, J. M. Bollenbaeher. Edward Stably, Eli Dubach, J. C. Mann, all living in or near Geneva; Orlen H. Fortney, of Pleasant Mills; John Mosure of Bluffton; O. J. Human, Pleasant Mills: D. A. Studler. Fort Wayne; J. L. Yaney, Convoy. Ohio; Frank Nussbaum and Peter Fox, both of Linn Grove; Edwin Beer, Monroe; Noah Rich, Monroe. Present trustees are: W. F. Johnson. Jefferson; D. C. Wagner, Wabash. John 11. Duff, Hartford, Loren Heller, French, Glen Neuensch wander, Monroe; W. If. Patterson. Blue Creek; Charles Burdg Union; Charles Fuhrman, Preble; Harvey Mankey, Kirkland; B. P. Johnson, St. Mary's; John Stone burner. Washington, and George Schleferstein. Root township. C. E. Striker, principal at Monmouth high seb joI and Ed Chrhten, of Root township, both former county school superintendents, hare also been invited.

Heirens Attorneys Visit Degnan Home Awaits Confession Os Chicago Youth Chicago, July 18. -(UP) Two attorneys for William Heirens, 17-year-old college student, today went to the North Side home from which six year-old Suzanne Degnan was taken to her death last Jan. 7. Progress in the state's case awaited the taking of a confession (r m Heirens In the Degnan kidnap slaying and in two other killings. The attorney's John and Malachy iCoghlaii. said ih-y were going to look over the surroundings of the home and the acene of the kidnaping Although they declined comment on an < thor purpose of their visit, it wax believed that they might talk wltn the slain | child's parenls. The actual confession Is the next . tep in an undemanding reached by defense and prosecution attorneys whereby state's attorney William J. Tuohy has agreed to ask a life prison sentence, instead of the death penalty, in return for a full, written confeflflioii of the three j slayings. Heirens already has admitted the ■ murders orally and it was reparted that taking of the retailed confes- ! sion had been postponed until tomorrow or Saturday because of j "publicity" given the agreement. Draplte the agreement, final judgment rente with chief Justice Haloid G. Ward, who will hear the icaxe In criminal court. If he desired. Judge Ward could ignore any defense prosecution agreement j and demand a full trial. However, i such agreements customarily are

honored. hi addilion to the Degnan slaying. Heirens has admitted the brutal "lliwtlck" murder of ex-wave FranciM Brown and lh« knife killing of Mrs. Josephine Ross, an attractive widow. The youth, under indictment on 29 burglary and assault charges, told a county physician yesterday that revelatiotM of Ills admissions (Turn To Page 1, Colunoi 5) Hoarding Os Scarce Articles Is Banned Washington. July 18. (UP) — The civilian production administration has issued an order designed to pre-yent manufacturer from withholding household items from the market to get higher prices. CPA's order prohibit* manufacturer* from keeping on hand more than a 30-day supply of such scarce Items as furniture, refrigerator*, washing machines, electric stoves, sewing machine* and vacuum cleaners. It also applies tn photographic equipment and som* building material*.

Points Out Sharp Price Increases As Bearing Out Inflation Warning

Livestock Prices Drop Sharply As Yards Are Jammed; Retailers Protest Chicago. July IB (UP) Cattle and hogs prices dropped sharply today as heavy shipments and backlogs jatnm e<l midwestern stockyards. Department of agriculture of flctala desrrlbed the break in prices as "major,” and said It whs accompanied by a record movement of livestock to market Hog prices were 11 to $2.50 lower per hundredweight al many markets. Cattle dropped about 50 cento to sl.

lamg lines of trucks filled with animals stood at the entrances of many yards, and the death of animals In the extreme heat was reported "abnormally lilgh" al some markets. Department of agriculture spokesmen attributed the record shipments, unusually heavy for a traditionally sla< k Thursday, to the desire of many farmers to market their stock before prices drop lower. Also, many growers fear that OPA ceilings may be restored, they said Livestock producers poured their animals Into every major market. At Sioux City, la., about 15.0'9 hogs were held over from yesterday's shipment of IB.ihhi. and 25,000 more were exjn-cted to arrive loday. The city fire department and stockyard woikers sprayed water on a mile long caravan of 'hogfilled trucks to keep the animals from dying oif. Department of agriculture officials said tin- hold over* were left at the market yesterday when packers Instructed their commission to hold off purchases at high price*. In addilion. many animal* sold yesterday were left to jam mid western yards because of a shortage of boxcar*. Although sold, they had to await shipment Io slaughter houses. One factor in the price break was the report that eastern meat market* were well supplied with beef and pork the department of agriculture said. New York re(Turn To Page 7, Column t> 1 — -—o Cruelty To Animals Charges Filed Here Affidavits Filed In Circuit Court Two arrests are expected to result from utt Investigation of a cruelty to animals charge started here today by the prosecutor's office, members of the sheriff's department and humane officer Wilfred J. Com. of Ft, Wayne. Charges of cruelty to animals were filed shortly before noon in Adams circuit court by Prosecutor G. Retny Bieriy against two men upon affidavit* signed by the Fort Wayne htiirtane officer. Identity of the two—neither reisirted to be a resident of Adams county- was not divulged today. Itecause warrant* placed in the hands of sheriff l<eo Gillig and deputy Samuel Bentz had not been served. The affidavit* charge (hat 100 head of sheep and 35 head of hftvford yearling heifer* hare been left on a farm near here "confined in an enclosed field without proper food, care, water and attention for the past seven day*." enforcement authorities more specifically stated that Goss declared most of the sheep were ill and had not even been sheared. They said the humane officer also declared that the animals are without water and apparently have been without it for some time and are in an emaciated and unkept condition. Authorities expressed amazement at the fact that the animals (Turn To P*g* 7, Column if

Churchill In Bitter Attack On labor Parly Charges Government Seeking To Destroy Freedom Os Speech larndon, July IB (UP) Win ston Churchill, opposition leader, charged In the house of commons today that the labor government does not want free speech and hr going "further and further on the road to destroying it." Churchill's charge was made when government members objected to the circulation of posters proclaiming the names of members of parliament who voted for bread rationing as ‘public enemies and dictators.” 'Pile speaker of the house ruled that the posters were a "prima facile breach of privilege” Herliert Morrteon. government leader, moved that the committee of privileges should Inquire Into the authorship and printing of the postem. Churchill charged that this was "Hie most peculiar" case he had seen in his 42 yeafw in the house. "Are we really to understand that members of the new house of commons just elected by the people ami fresh from contact with the people are going to lie frightened out of their wits ..." Churchill at.Kisl, tin- remainder of his sentence being drowned out by shouts of "no. no. no." From the Government lhembers. After the uproar Churchill said: “Why should we suppose that the members of the house, many of whom enjoy a great majority and are in close contact with their ton slltuenta will be deterred from what they sincerely believe is their public duty. "We are not in Russia yet." Churchill's remark about Russia brought another outburst.

The stormy deflate came ae the labor governmvjit faced the moat serious crista of it* term of office over It* bread rat lolling plans The Militant Master Bakers of England and Walefl who have voted to defy the government plan met with food minister John Siiachey who hoped to persuade them to drip their opposition to bread rationing. Bakers representing about 40 per(Turn To Page t. Column 4) o Firemen Convention At Berne Next Week Decatur Firemen To Attend Convention inn i— W ..1,0 UM Members of the Decatur fire department and the Central Soya plant firemen force are making final plans here for participation in the convention of the Indiana Industrial and volunteer firemen's association, to be held at Berne on Friday and Saturday. July 26 and 27. it wax made known today. Decatur may be represented at tte convention by as many a* half a hundred fire fighters from the two local force*. Members of the Decatur regular fire fighting force said today that plans for that department's participation in the contests to be held at Berne will likely be made tonight during the regular practice session, directed by chief Harry Stult*. Paul Felber*, chief of the Industrial firemen’* force at the loc*l plant, said today that a large delegation from their 50man force will probably attend the convention. Plann for their participation tn the contests will probably be outlined Monday night, he *tat*d (rTurn To Pag* J, Column I)

Price Four Centj

Congress Conferees Renew Efforts For Third Day To Iron Out Bill Differences Washington, July IB — (UP) — President Truman predicted today that prices will continue to rise unless congress passes a bill tevlvlng OPA He told a news conference that price increases during the past three weeks bore out his prediction that Inflation would follow the end of OPA. President Truman made the prediction as senate-house conferees renewed efforts for the third successive day to thrash out a compromise OPA hill that he will sign. Asked whether he thought congress would pass a satisfactory O’’A extension measure, he said that the reporter’s guess was as good ax his. Mr Truman said that he would delay apitointing a successor to economic stabilizer Chester Howler until there was an OPA law making the job necessary. Howies resigned just before President Truman vetoed as unsatisfactory the first OPA bill passed by congress. As the joint conference on price legislation met for the third straight day. there was agreement among the 14 members on only one score—that no settle ment could he reached today. Brightest hope for an agreement was voiced by senate Democratic leader Alben W Barkley, Ky. who thought it might come sometime tomorrow House members yesterday blamed the absence of senators from the meetings for delay in drafting a compromise bill. Senator members cracked back that representatives assigned to the conference “don't seem to want to take any action." Discussions so far have centered on a pricing amendment nth stituted by Barkley for the proposal of Sen Robert A. Taft. » . Ohio The Barkley substitute would allow producers their 1940 prices plus increases in production coat* since then—but only if the OPA found that higher prices would lead to Increased production House conferees reportedly favor knocking out the “production increase" clause to make the pricing amendment acceptable to Taft They then would expert him to support restoration of price controls on meat, dairy products. poultry, grain and other commodities that would be exempted from price ceilings under the present senate bill. The senate measure would revive OPA for one year—but with important restrictions such ax the ban against price controls on the food items, tobacco and petroleum products. The house voted (Turn T<> P.ig<- 7. Column O C - 1,1 Late Bulletins Wareham. MaM., July IE—(UP)—At least six persona were killed and more than 25 critically injured today in an illuminating gat main explosion in the center of town which wrecked shops and shattered windows for half a mile. Washington, July H.—(UP) —The house today refused to kill legislation governing domestic control and development of atomic energy Washington, July 18.—(UR) —The war department was ordered today to supply four motored army transport planes to U. 8. airlines operating oversea* to replace the giant constellations grounded last week by civil aeronautics admhiletratlon. Washington, July 18.—(UP) —The CIO reorganised its political action committee today and placed it under the direction of Jack Kroll, a protege of the late Sidney Hillman.