Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1946 — Page 1

KliV. No. 179

IOLOTOV WARNS AGAINST BIG POWER RULE

ice Treaty Its Strip I Nations B Than Billion -Separations, Only Vn Armed Forces ■ July 31 - <VP> “ Tb * K for Germany's (*»'• Mule* Im more than $Lj h n-jsiration* and re■o, miliiiiry impotence. ■ drafted by the big under review by the inference. will strip the deof all but token r ,>-4 lake large lerrolie* Km ..nd impose strict econoMpaiy draft*, published last S| r> . (nil of hole* -bowing among the big four. Kf|,..<. the agreed portion* ihe extreme <o»t of lo*gßjn particular considered the harsh. Iler dlK cam- here geeking easier bitter They Mid the treaty will coat Italy gm.mrn lire* »3.300.01H>.000 Mian -he bad expected. This Kltalian e-tlmale of the loss ■y through the economic Min the treaty, partlculary M renunciation of Italian Maiain«t Germany. M ■> month* of co-helllger-O>-iii for nothing." one high ■ diplomat said "It in moat Mt (mm reading the treaty Mr«iand jn»t how the treaty been more stringent If Mad never fought the (lorMa fat by far the greatetl Mlary of the reparation* de M She will receive $906,000, ■ good* and service* from Mnmania. Hungary and Fin- '* payment remain* ■fixed hy the |ie*ce conferMial treaty draft I* the most Mm of th- five document*. ■mnlatiiHi cost the big four ■ mlnlater* many strenuous gbf negotiating. Several cap* ■ How to internationalize B and di*|>OM> of the Italian B- are th- most vexing ques main provisions of lhe five rd treaties; i army of 185.U00, plus 65,fabiaieri. for internal task*; i-of 25.066. without Immber*; f 22.’>wi with two battleships. Ntlxers. iratlon* of $100,000,060 to over a seven year period ion of the Dodecanese lain Greece, renunciation of ’ Libya, Eritrea and Italian Hand. Cession of a large ( Venezia Gullla to Yitgosla■leste to become Internal lonaria -army of 55.006, plug 1,-Mi-aircraft personnel. Navy " an.! airforce of 90 plane* ition* to oe fixed by the conference. Win* southern Ida back from Romania, 'he Greek Bulgarian frontsettled. tanla army of 120.000 plug antiaircraft personnel, navy *Hh tonnage of 15.000; ne airforce. Reparations of W.hOO to R lm * la over an Mr period. Restore* Be*«arnd Bukovina to ltii».ia and f, °brujda to Bulgaria, re»rt of Transylvania from ry. »ry army of 6G.000, air *ith 96 plane*. Total re- «•»<■! 1300.006.0 M. „f whl) . fc ■M’.iHMt to Russia and SIOO.,M * <,l * Wed between ""lovakla .nd Yugoslavia. Part of Translvvank •« ma '•nd army of 34.000. navy*of tonnage of i».ooo. air- , aircraft. Cede. Pet-«J-e-.ree port, to Russia. '«*•* a 50-year lease for base at Porkkala-Vdtt but ***** *. lam * ll w *o»«a« :00gum 87 a .72 WsatMr I Wr

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Gasoline Prices Upped In Decatur Retail gasoline price* In Decatur went up two cents per gallon Tuesday, with regular selling at 22 cent* per gallon and high lent at 24 cent*. Dealer* explained that lhe raise will cover the 1.3 cent botait of 1 hl* week and a previous one of three-tenth* of a cent per gallon made to them sometime ago. 0 Diphtheria Is Discovered On Troop Transport One Soldier Dead, Report Others 111 On Transport Colby New York. July 31- (UP) One soldier has died of laryngeal diphtheria aboard the troop transport Colby Victory enroute to Bremerhaven. other troop* are ill und show the same symptoms, and diphtheria antitoxin nnd toxoid are being rushed by air to the ship 500 to 600 mile* off the coast of Newfoundland. The coast guard, flying a relay of mercy planes to the vessel, said the army port surgeon hud received a message from the ship's doctor at 10 p. m. last night which said: , "Urgent. Death one soldier. Strongly Indicative of diphtheria. Autopsy being performed. Report of death to follow completion of autopsy. Other patients showing similar symptoms." Police reported that a further message received hy the port surgeon at 5 a. m. said "patients showing further symptoms. The surgeon's office said, how The surgeon's office said, how ever, that a definite diagnosis of diphtheria had not been made. The ship's original message, the coast guard said, requested “Immediate shipment of foilawing by plane: antitoxin diphtheria 20.00(1 units. 500 vials; toxoid diphtheria plain lOcc, 200 vials; diph therla toxin scblck test 50 tests each. 15 vial*; diphtheria toxin gchick test control 50 tests, 15 vial*." Medical supplies were gathered from marine hospital* in the New York and I Piston areas. At 6:20 a. m.. a coast guard i’BY left the Floyd Bennett coast guard air station for Salem. Maas. There it* cargo was transferred to a coast gurd PBM which took off at 6:03 a. m. with the ship's doc(Turn To P««e 1. Column *1 Attorney Speaks Io Decatur Lions Myles F. Parrish Is Speaker Tuesday Myles F. Parrish. Decatur attorney and former agent of the federal bureau of investigation, was the speaker Tuesday night at lhe meeting of lhe Decatur Lions club, held In Hie Knights of Pythias lodge. .Mr. Parrish gave an Interesting description of some of his activities and Investigations, conducted while serving with the FBI. He lauded the bureau for it* work In criminal investigations and stressed the value of giving city, county and state police officer* the type of training whic h FBI men receive. He explained the scientific ■miww employed by the bare** in criminal detection. The speaker eerved with the FBI before entering naval service during the latter yearn of the war. He was introduced by D. Burdette Custer. another local attorney. Roliert Gay, club president, presided over the meeting - 0 - Congressman Gillie To Visit In County George W. Gillie, fourth district congrMsmau. will pay an e.'ficial visit to Adam* county next Tuesday, August 6. He will be at the Geneva post office at 10 a.m., at the Berne post office at 1 p m. and at the Decatur post office at 3 p.m.

U. S. Delegation At Peace Conference J •••"’* •' aSSKw-s’’ '■* JAMES F. BYRNES, U. Si. Secretary of State, and other members of the l’. S. delegation to the peace conference In Paris are shown in this radiophoto. I>-ft to. right are Byrnes, I'. 8. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery and Will Clayton, member of the state department.

Clothing Prices To Be Increased Expect 10 Percent Retail Cost Boost Washington, July 31 — (UP) — Prices on all types of cotton clothing soon are expected to jump It) percent with additional Increases tagging along within tne next few months, OPA officials disclosed today. Higher retail costs on cotloil clothing will result from an average 16 percent price boost which the OPA granted cotton textile manufacturers. Although the textile price decision was reached yesterday, formal announcement has been delayed until detailed orders are drafted. One OPA official pointed out that the textile increase was only temporary and that new price hikes on cotton textiles and manufactured products will follow if raw cotton prices continue upward. Raw cotton prices have increased 28 percent in the last four months. The cotton textile industry had asked for a 2W percent price boost on each textile Item. OPA at first offered a price Increase averaging 14 percent. Price administrator Paul A. Porter told cotton textile representatives late yesterday that OPA and the industry wore not involved in "collective bargaining." Increases granted, he said, would be only those required by the new price control law. OPA and the industry then agreed to the 16 percent lioost. In another action, OPA Increased the price of mackinaws, leather coats, and jackets, hunting and fishing clothes and men's heavy sports shirts by 8 percent. (Turn Tn Pag<- 3, Column 5) Three U. S. Marines Killed From Ambush 12 Others Wounded In Chinese Ambush Peiping, July 31-(UP)-U. 8. marine headquarters announced officially today that three marinw were killed and 12 others wounded, four critically, when a marine truck convoy was ambushed Monday between Tientsin and Peiping. The convoy was attacked by 3uv armed Chinese who used hand grenade* and automatic weapons against the 100 marines. A fourhour battle en*ued during which both sides xuffered casualties. First reports identified the attacker* a* Chinese communist*, but eommuniat headquarter* at Peiping l»*ued an official denial and said an Investigation would be welcomed. Nationalist quarter*, however, blamed the communists for the delay in pending a three-man field team to the area for the pursue of fixing responsibility far the incident. Field team* are composed of one nationalist, one communl*t, and (Turn To Pag* ♦. Column 7)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 31, 1946.

BULLETIN Washington, July 31—(UP) —The senate today refused to limit debate on anti-poll tax legislation, virtually killing the measure for this session. 0 Complaints Made To City Health Board Unsanitary Living Conditions Revealed Complaints have been made to city health hoard oficiais concerning reported unsanitary conditions at a converted apartment house less than five block* west of the business district In Decatur, it was made known here today. Residents of the neighborhood, in lodging the complaints, asserted that 14 persona. Including several children, are living in the home without toilet facilities. Waste, they contend. Is left exposed In an old building adjoin ing the house, which was formerly used a* a garage. One neighbor lady said that in addition to being without toilet facilities, an outside hydrant affords the only water for the three families living in the house and another living in a house trailer on the lawn. She said that when a sewer line became blocked, an outside toilet was no longer used and that for six week* no effort has been made to complete the digging of a new sewer line. The neighltor lady, who said that «he and several other person* in that vicinity <i>mplalned vehemently to health authorities concerning the conditions existing at the home In question, declared she was most Interested in the health and welfare of her own children. Newspapers are constantly carrying stories of polio, typhoid and diptheria epidemics, she said, and any or all of these diseases could spring from such a condition as exist* at the home against which the complaint* were made. She said neighbors had been Informed that lhe home was owned by a Fort Wayne resident, who apparently made little effort to remedy the unsanitary condition* of the property. At least one Investigator has been sent to the home liy city health board officials, the neighbor lady stated. o Richmond Electrical Workers On Strike Richmond, Ind., July 31—(UP) Some 500 CIO united electrical workers were on strike at the automotive gear works today. Picketing began yesterday, but company spokesmen staid most workem reported on the day shift. Nevin A. Guard, president of the local, said the atrlke was a “breakdown of year-long negotiations for a new enitract." G W. Frame, vicepresident of the company, aald the strike wa* caused when the company refused to collect union due* through a check oft

American Officers Released By Russia / - Held As Hostages For 26-Day Period Berlin, July 31 (UP) —Two American officers released by the Red army during the night after u 26-day disappearance in lhe Soviet zone said today they had been held as hostages at Potsdam by the Russians and charged with being spies. The two officers, ('apt. Harold Cobln of Newark. N. J and Lieut. George Wyatt of Oklahoma City, told lhe story of their disappearance to a press conference 12 hours after their release. Cobln and Wyatt were turned over to the American provost marshal shortly before midnight In Russian headquarters. They had been missing since July 4. Both were well shaved when released, but appeared tired and disheveled. The two American officers said they were arrested by the Russians at Oranienburg after failing in an attempt to enter the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Coldn and Wyatt said they peeked through a crack in the Russian army truck which wa* their "patrol wagon" and knew immediately that they were being taken to Potsdam, a house at Potsdam and were not allowed to see each other. They said they were confined in Both said they were well-treat-ed and that lhe food was adequate, but unappetizing. “We got German economy food." Coliin said. "Thirty percent macaroni. 30 percent itotatoe*. and 30 percent black bread. The same thing three times daily. We were quizzed long and frequently by (Turn T» Page 4, Column 6) 0 - Hunting Knife Used By Heirens Found Chicago Youth Balks At Making Confession Chicago, July 31 — (UP) — State'* authorities disclosed today that they were in possession of the knife which William Heirens, 17. allegedly used in dlsmem tiering the body of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan. Topflight police investigator* were examining the knife for fingerprint* and possible bit* of human flesh and hair which, if found, would greatly strengthen the circumstantial case against Heirens, even in the absence of a written confession. It wa* learned that Heirens. who agreed to confess the Degnan and two other murders, then balked at the last minute, had described in oral admission* how he tossed the knife on an “L” track after kidnaping and killing little Suzanne last Jan. 7. The knife, a hunting knife 914 inches long, was traced to an employe of the Chicago Rapid Transit company, who said he found (Turn To Pag* t, Column l>

Soviet Leader Asserts Stronger Nations Must Not Rule Small Powers

Kokomo Man Killed In Auto Collision Noblesville, Ind.. July 31-(UPI - Kenneth Berryman, 34, Kokomo steel worker, died today of Injuries suffered *u an automobile collision yesterday. Mrs. Wallace Snyder, Norfolk. Va„ passenger in the other car, was Injured. Plan To Admit 100,000 Jews To Palestine British-American Experts Agree On Early Admission BULLETIN Jerusalem, July 31—(UP) — The British army announced today that its troops searching house by house through Tel Aviv had discovered an arms cache in a synagogue. London. July 31- (VP) -AngloAmerican expert* have agreed that it will be possible to admit 100.(hhi Jews into Palestine Immediately, with immigration continuing thereafter, lhe House of Commons was told today. Herbert Morrison, acting government leader in Commons, told the house that lhe expert* following through on the Anglo-American commission recommendation* had submitted a plan for the movement of 100,000 Immigrants into the Jewish area of Palestine. The plan can be put Into effect "as soon as it Is decided to operate the scheme a* a whole." Morrison said. “The expert* suggest that it will he possible to accept the recommendations of the Anglo-American committee for the immediate admission of HiO.ism Jewish immi grant* into Palestine and for con tinning Immjgrantion thereafter." he told the house. Morrison said the biggest obstacle to British efforts to pacify (Turn rio Page 3. Column 7) 0 School Enrollment Is Near 200 Mark 198 Now Enrolled In Auction School e Enrollment in the 52nd semi-an-nual term of the Reppert school of auctlneering reached 198 today. Miss Eleanor Reppert announced this monring. Still more were expected to enroll before the close of the day. Meanwhile, classes, which were started here Monday, were being continued at Belmont park. First of the public auction sale* by the students, utfder the supervision of the instructors, will be started Saturday at 2 p. m. and again at S p. m at the corner of Second and Madison street*. A total of 36 states, the District of Columbia and several Canadian province* are represented in the class. Ohio with 21 has the largest representation, followed by Indiana with 19, North Carolina and lowa with 10 each. Following I* a list of the enrollees not previously listed: E. G. Pemberton, Forbtts, Tenn.; Gerald Wohler. Mason City. lowa. Dave Dodd*. Virginia. HI.; Edmund Caldwell. Perry, Mo.; John Kuzma. Monarch. Wyo.; Carl Staffeldt. Naperville. Hi. Calvin Dunn. Walihill, Nebr.; Clair Ba»h, Findley, O.; Charles Billbeck, Crane. Mo.; Ed Wareham, Jr.. Fort Smith. Ark.: Robert Mcllvain, Burlington, Kan.; Billy Lockridge. Staunton, Va.; Clyde (Turn To Pag* 4, Column *)

Sen. Mitchell Lashes Out At Officials Near 'Traitorous' Conduct Charged In Gaining Favors Washington. July 31 —(UP)— Ron. Hugh It Mitchell. D. Wash., charged today that some government officials approached “traitorous conduct” in obtaining favors for the Garsson munition* f.rms now under senate investigation. Mitchell made the charge in a speech prepared for delivery to Investigating committee's inquiry the senate to report on the war Into allegedly "unconscionable" war profiteering by the 16-firm Carsson combine on Its 3*8.000,000 In government war contract. Mitchell said the activities of the Garsson contractor*, "corrupt ami Improper a* they may have been, do not rate so low as the conduct of government official*. some of them in military uniform, who have taken an oath to protect and preserve the government which employe* them " "To the extent that it hampered and interfered with the war effort, although such result may not have been Intended." he said. "It approached traitorous con duct." Mitchell >lld not specify the officials and officers he believed came close to "traitorous conduct " But—in his lengthy, no-holds-barred speech he singled out the following for biting comment: 1. Albert W. Jacobson, portly legal consultant to chemical warfare service, who. he said, "should not be permitted to remain one hour longer in the employ of the government in the face of all the evidence which brand* him as an unfaithful servant " (Jacobson prepared a report on the Garsson combine which several senators said was a “whitewash" of the syndicate.) 2. Maj Gen. Alden H. Waitt. chief of chemical warfare service, whom Mitchell accused of giving ‘.an exhibition of unbrideled military arrogance, if not utter Irresponsibility as a public servant,” before the committee. (Waitt acknowledged that he once .'took advantage" of government travel order* to attend the wedding party for Murray Garsson'* daugh(Turn T>> t'.is- ‘'elionn *) Record Hog Price Is Set For U. $. Choice Animals Sell For $24.25 Hundred Chicago. July 31—(UP)—A new U. S. record hog price was set at East St. Louis. 111., today when a number of choice animals soi l for $24.25 per hundredweight The previous U. S. record of $23.60 was set at Chicago in 1919. The OPA celling on hog* at East St. laiui* was 614.80. A new local record was set at olumbiis. where choice hogs sold for $23.50. which was 50 cent* over the previous record there. New 27-year peaks were set on hog prices at Chicago and Indianapolis. At Chicago the early top hog price was only 35 cent* under the 1919 record. The early hog trade at Indianapolis established the yard's highest price since 1919 when good and choice heavy hogs sold for $23.75. This was $1.25 over yesterday and $1.25 under the yard's all time high, set on one truckload of choice animals. Price* continued to rise In most (Turn To Pag* », Column t)

Price Four Cents

Urges Unanimity Os All Allied Nations In Peace Parley At Paris—Equal Voice Pail*. July 3) UPt Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov today (called for unanimity of all 21 allied nations in their peace conference deliberations and said that the Idg powers must not Impose their will on the “mall one*. Molotov's address, couched in conciliatory tones, was similar on the surface at least to th<* fight being made by Austral.an foreign minister Herbert Evatt for a great, er voice for the small powers In the peace deliberation*, Evatt followed Molotov In speaking before the third plenary se*» sion of the conference with a demand that the big four agree to accept the conference recommendations and that all nation* have an equal voice in the treaty making. Molotov cited Germany's oppression of th«< small nation* a* proof of the danger* of Idg power rule. "The 21 nations will have equal rights to express themselvtw freely and openly on any treaty," ho said. “Any view expressed here will be heard with respect and eventually will is- weighed with due consideration." Molotov said the big four council of foreign miiiistere had not satisfied the aspirations of all the allied peoples, but that attack* Iming made on its decisions were "hy reactionaries and anti-Soviet* who hop<-<j that cooperation among the big power* would not continue." He said the peace conference would he able to discuss at length all questions in the draft tn-atle-, and the 21 nations “will have equal right* to express themeelve* freely ami openly on any treaty." "Any view expressed here will In- weighed with due consideration he said. Evatt. following Molotov in tbn state by state speeclies of the chief* of the delegations, made it plain that he would demand that thn big four accept the recomim-n---datiorw of the pence conference, with all nation* present having ait equal voice. "Each of the 21 nations niust. have equal rank and voice in till* conference." Evatt said At an earlier session of the rules committee he had naked the conference to reject the procedure suggested by the big four calling foe a twothirds vote on all matters of substance. “The real question which eon« tern* us I* whether consultation by the major power* represents tinfull extent of our right*." Evatt said. He said he was speaking for tile “little 17". "The tight of making the peace should belong to all those nation* who have been partners in achieving the common victory" he eaid. .Molotov addressed the sessioit after rebuffing a email nation* revolt against big four domination of the deliberations with a charge that proponents of the majority vole plan were trying “a trick" in order to align conference voting against Rusala. Molotov s attack on the majority rule plan favored by Herbert V. Evatt, Australian foreign minie'er, wax made at the procedure com. inlttee of the conference. Molotov noted the heavy burden carted hy Russia during the war. pointing out that the satellite* a* well Germany Itself participated in the attack on Russia. He «aid Russia wished to ox. (Turn To Pag' *. Column 7) Tyhoid Epidemic Is Ended At Evansville Evansville, Ind., July 31—(UP)-. Dr. K. A. King said today that ho believed Evansville's typhoid fever epidemic wa* over. He said * woman employed by a local bakery probably carried the typhoid in* feet lon to 18 persona. The woman appeared in excellent health. King raid, and was not. aware ahe spread the disease. She agreed not to handle or prepare food In a public place, he iatd.