Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 187

IEACE PARLEY REBUFFS SOVIET RUSSIA

■ Show And I Klh Festival ■ses Tonight I flss Revue Climax | Os Three Day Show I fling Here Today H|H, ~ ..nimal I H ‘l'"* MBI ■. -'p.h *H <i<>M.. h.T.. M -M-- d..y, varied ■BK, i, , .nun’ <li I'l.'X' •""* B9K ~f I II - hill |Toj-. IX. KB. . hi which « K«nd H . parti* ipatlng »" "'‘"J .in -inn *m be named, , ullv Hi*’ festival In ■■ Th, revue is «<’hed | .JO,, . at the platform. I.'^B>l anil Madison streets I 7B»'‘i "i i 'i" k r.oly tlilx morning lo mar tin- final day's I H.. ami either bring about j - ilu-iii today ■ i "t tonight s pro i- lb.- beef sale EB|„|.{ l.ib-rrv Way begin l*w' ’ 15 *' I Klar .■! bak.llg ami food pre f JK h ~f I,eel calves W3X IO I 1 -tmrily before ncsni to KgK until midafter I H|i»hil. . xbiliitx and display* |afß mu''- '!"• •"“ I Sr< ’" , ’‘ ■ JBu, io attract throngs of ■ downtown Decatur f n o i.il , iijoyed its second . mud Thursday night. |3|. ~.|i,,: pel-on. witm-xx E mi Madison street at Second and E*,!. xtreel. I Br-i-v •■rmioii's crowd wain t<> two night uilm —ed the Girl Scout ■ and Madison street late Lflßil.iy all. I loon The < row’d beE3Kr. tig aft. I lite supper hour and at the height of the I To page 4. Column #> ® o EKtingfon County I fljfry Is Winner In I I Rhythmic Contests I B IPiniingfou county entry in I Tlfld.iy night « rhythmic game staged on the platform and Madison streets, loMd away first prize honors. I place went to Wells counI IRMnle Mercer and Jay county I MM* lied for third place. While carried the honor and Iwß’''" 11 " f Imlng declared the | prize money was ehared by the seven entries at I <Brge crowd of visitors at the MMub show and voulh festival I the games, contorts and daged also on Madison and I <i ®d streets City police aided in blot king off the streets I *Mji lllify id the deiiiolislratloli f il *Blireiied traffic around the

■nners Announced In Five ■visions Os 4-H Exhibits

| in dairy calves. pigs, I **B ,ln K- poultry and conserve j "w* 1 ' 11,11 * al **"' <H club show u,!l festival wore announced I afl ' r u<lkli ‘* ~a' i ,M * n <om I *" ,h »- respective dlvialons. I 1 'hampions were named In ( <illf “ H fidlowc. .'MF 111 ' Kv,,| y i ' Oerke; Jere.-y, ! Price; Brown Swiss, James Guernsey. Warden l.eh i Ayrwh>r *‘- Charles Ripley. Th.» t W l " n pi« i-i owned by .Merlin |v'"' Hultemeler wan named ! am,!ion of "'•• «•*»* j™*hildt >rs and Arveda Schafer 1 , Wdeninic exhibitors. >J n|t U ' a ■'"inpleto list of the I DAIRY calves Holualn WUllen >: r n<l, Ern, ‘ l " S tech; Wrix °' e: * th ' U ‘ , ’"’ rd an ? rra,Tea “ F '” na ' e W"-Mer Smith; 2nd Byron

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Dies Today ~~Z — 7 —" |d| Huntington, Ind.. Aug. 9—(UP) — Funeral services will he held here Monday for Arthur II Sapp. 93. Huntington attorney and former president of the llotary International, who died today. Sapp, who waa president of the International Rotary organization In 1927, died at Wabash Valley sanitarium near Lafayette, where he had been taken two weeks ago. He waa a member of the Indiana state highway commission for two years and served three terms as prosecuting attorney in the 58th judicial circuit

Last House 01 Magic Presentations Today Entertains Crowds At Youth Festival 4 Final presentations of the "magi eaF creations from General Electric research laboratories, which have been amazing and entertaining crowds at the Decatur Catholic high xchcml during the 4-H club show and festival, will l.e staged thia afternoon and tonight Performances at 4 p. m. and 8 p. m. today will climaz the series of "House of Magic" shows, dir ected by C E Gluesing with equip ment from the company’s labora lories. Three presentations daily dur Ing the festival days were aug mented last evening by a spec ial showing for members of the Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs. The ability to "zee” sound and "hear” light features the presentations. which explained in a nontechnical manner by Mr. Gluesing A gear, rotating at high speed in an ordinary light, can l»e seen standing still in red and blue lights Stroho»ccJ|»lc effects, the performer called it. He lights a flotiroscent bulh, while it lx still in ’he palter container. without wires. He rotates a propeller at high s|s-ed and yet under the stroboscopic light it appears to be standing still A piece of paper injected toward the blade prove* differently, however. Spots “ fall off and on" a disc, rotating under the same lights. In another portion of hi* performance, Mr. Gluesing "pours (Turn To Psge 3. Column 8>

Liechty; 3rd. Vernon Liechty. Holstein -Sr. calves—female: Ist, Vernon Liechty; 2nd. Ken neth Scheumann, 3rd. Ilryon Liechty; 4th, Arnold Oerke; Sth, Evtdyn Oerke; th. Harry Maaelin; 7th. Wm. Bertsch. Jr.; Sth. Claren JLehman; »th. Doyle Lehman; Mb, .Max Lehman; 11th. Jerome D Rauch; 12th. Eugene Hoffman; 18th. Monard Schwarts. Holstein—Sr. Yearling.* females Ist, Evelyn Oerke; 2nd. .Max Lehman; 3rd. Harry Maxelin. Holstein cow class—lst, Evelyn Oerke; 2nd. Leonard Schwartx Grand Champion- Evelyn Oerke, Lit; Chester Smith, 2nd; Evelyn Oerke, 3rd; Vernon Liechty. 4th. Jersey Jr. calves: Ist, Arnold Sherman. Sr. calves—Jimmy Price, let. Jr. Yearling-Jerry Price, Ist. Sr. Yearling, female Kenny Sin gleton, Ist. Champion: Ist, Jimmy Price; 2nd. Jerry Price; 3rd, Kenny Sin(Turn To Page 3, Column 3)

Situation In Palestine At Crisis Stage Britain Mobilizes To Halt Flight Os Thousands Os Jews By United Press The Palestine situation entered the crisis stage today with Britain mobilizing powerful land, air and <>ea forces to halt th-- flight of thousands of Jews from Europe into Palestine and the United States joining Britain in sealing the Anglo-American zones of Germany against refugee Jews. Top level diplomatic consultalion was in full swing between Britain and the United States in an effort to reconcile sharp differences over means of meeting the crisis. Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin. recovered from an Illness, w;m flying to Paris to consult with secretary of state James F. Byrnes on the crisis and President Tru-i man was in coiMultalion with hisi top level advisers. A statement of the American position was expected next week. Developments Included: Massing of British warships and royal air force reconnakiance planes in the eastern .Misditerreati* ean to support a sea blockade again.it the stream of Jewish refugees filtering front Europe toward Palestine. Protests by the British foreign office to JtiHsia and Romania concerning alleged assistance given at Constanza to shiploads of Jews headed for Palestine, A statement by Gen. Joseph T McNarney. U. S. commander in Europe, that he would turn hack all organized movements of refugee Jews into the American zonew of Germany and Austria. Jews, mostly from Poland, have been entering the I', s. zone in a steady stream at the rate of several thousand per week. Air marshal Sir Sholto Douglas. British military governor in Ger many, said the British occupation zone was being eealed against further infiltration of refugees from eastern Europe. Preparation* by British authorities to send Jewish refuget* approaching Palestine illegally Jo concentration cahips being set up in t'ypruo and protests by the Cypriots against the program. A statement at Haifa by former Sen. Guy Gillette of lowa that conditions als turd refugee ships in (Turn To Page 5, Column 5)

Mrs. Mary M. Juhas Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Monday Morning .Mrs. Mary M. Juhas. 61. former resident of Decatur, died suddenly of a heart attack at 11:10 o'clock Thursday night at her home in Van Wert. 0., where she hail resided for the past five years. She was born In Jay county April 16. 1885. the daughter of John and Amelia Spangler. Surviving in addition to the husband. Andy, are three daughters. Mrs. Walter Hammond of Decatur, Mrs. Amelia Germann of Van Wert, and Mrs. Clara Trout of Decatur; three sons. Peter Koenig of Decatur. Frederick Koenig of JCalamaxoo. Mich., and Julius Koenig of Atlanta, Oa.; six brothers, Peter. Joseph. Anthony and Leo Spangler. all of Decatur. Mike and Frank, both of New Corydon: five r lnters, Mrs. Hose Miller, Mrs. Amelia Miller. Mrs. Agnes Cable and Mrs. Anna Trlcker, all of Decatur, and Mrs. Cecelia Scherer of St. Anthony. O.; 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Peter Koenig residence. 506 South 'Thirteenth street, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetx officiating. Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery. The body will be removed from the Oililg * Doan funeral home to the Koenig residence»at 11 •• m. Saturday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 9, 1946.

Wyatt Shows Vet Housing Si«n j tfrvc r vIOOM S j dir ttsWow :•* mxh rs a mm | FOR RENT Wf » Mteis m * i ' Ab ✓ VWQ.SON W. WYATT, national housing administrator, shows the new’ red. white and blue sigtr that will be displayed on all construction jobs that come under the veterans’ emergency bousing program.

Engineers Report On Type Os Sewage Recommendation Os Engineers Outlined This is another of the series «»r articles dealing with the proponed tewage system ami construction of relief and storm sewers In Decatur, as recommended by the engineers, Consoer, Townsend AAssociates of Chicago. Previous articles have dealt with the general plan and estimated cost, |6"o.<Mto for the combined system; general scope of project; summary of findings; population of Decatur and sewage flows. The following article explains the type of sewage which goes into the river and local findings, which the engineers reported in their preliminary survey. A more exhaustive analysis will he made if the city council orders final plans for the project. The recommendation of the engineers follows; Characetr of Sewage Ili-fore the detailed design of a ewage treatment plant is undertaken, additional samples of sewage should be procured and analyzed. The erratic results as depicted by lalwiratory analyses ot sewage samples obtained in the fall of 1945 appear in part to be due to the intermittent presence In the flowing sewage of sludge ami silt previously deposited in the sewers. The appearance of Decatur sewage, at times when it shows evidence of being comparatively free of such extraneous matters as are indicative of sludge deposits in the sewers, Is such as to suggest moderate strength only insofar as suspensions are concerned. Therefore, for the purpose of tills preliminary report in dealing with matters pertaining to the treatment of sewage for Decatur, we employ arbitrarily selected concentrations of mod erate values. Such adjustments in values as may be subsequently indicated as necessary will be made in advance of the detailed sizing of teratment plant units. Hypothetical Sewage The presence of cyanides (CHN) in the sewage appears to be traceable tn metal plating wastes discharged from the plant of the General Electric company. Such toxic wastes, if present In tewage In amounts sufficient to result In appreciable concentra lions, are inimical to biologic processes of sewage treatment, and should either be diverted from the sewage flow entirely or be neutarllzed at the source of origin. Indications resulting from analyses thus far made, are that the CHN concentrations. If the cyanide wastes were to be admixed with the sewage flow ot the city, would not be sufficiently high to Interfere with sewage treatment. The dilution afforded hy the sewage, would, from present Indications at least, be sufficient to confine CHN concentration at or below .25 ppm. Should concentrations of metallic poisons in the sewage flow at any time following initial sew (Turn To Pag* 2, Column 2)

Three Persons Die In Airplane Crash Effingham. 111 . Aug. ft Il'Pl Thu-e persons were killed when a Cessna airplane crashed early today at the civil aeronaut!** authority emergency landing field four miles n >rth of Effingham shortly after Hain. H'DTt. State |H>lic<* listed the dead as: lt.ilph Har’zell. Dearmorn. .Mich.. Orville G Debar h, llamtramch, Mich., Nicholas Volinic. New Brighton, Pa. o — - Beef Calf Winners In Show Announced Hereford Steer Is Adjudged Champion A heavy Hereford steer, weighing !.<’!<• pounds. wa«< adjudged grand champion of the beef calf division in the 4-H livestock Juda ing shortly after noon today ami will !><• sold tonight at the auction calc. Billy Xipe. Bente 4-11 worker. Is owner of the grand champion. .Miss Sally Ahr, Decatur 411 member. showed the reserve chain pion a Black Angus eteer. The complete list of winners: Black Angus: first. Sally Ahr; second, Jim Ahr; third. Billy Sipe; fourth. Vera Inniger Shorthorn: firot. Jiai Ahr; second. Sally Ahr; third, Billy Sipe. Heavy Hereford: first. Billy Sipe; sec nd. Marvin Sprunger: third. John Kintz. Jr.; fourth. Bill Kintz; fifth. Anna Inniger; sixth, Jim Ahr; seventh. Hebert Sprunger; eighth. George Fuelling; ninth. Marcuii Foreman: tenth. Delbert Gallnieyer; eleventh, Robert Gallineyer. .Medium Hereford: first. Howard Foreman; second, Sally Ahr; third, Joe Lehman: fourth. Franklin Fuelling; fifth, Gloria Lehman; sixth .Carl Lengerich: seventh. Stephen Gara; eighth. Donald Gallmeyer; ninth. Darrel! Lehman; tenth. Kenneth Manley; eleventh. (Turn T<» Page S, Column 5) o • Daughter Os Wealthy Store Owner Missing Chicago, Aug. 9 (IT) A anarch for Jill Brohm. IS. attractive daughter of a wealthy department Store executive, was begun today after he rfather told police the girl disappeared during a street dance six days ago H. D. Brohm. vice president of Wieboldt st ires, inc., raid he feared hi.* daughter had met with foul Play. DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER TEMPERATURE READING* 8:00 a.m. —• 6fi 100:00 a.m. #8 Noon fl 2:00 p.m. 83 Weather Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thundershowers near the Ohio river early tonight. Cooler north and west portions. Saturday generally fair and cooler.

Overrides Objections To Voting Rules; Molotov Is Again Roundly Attacked

—- Truman Signs Bill Granting Terminal Pay Authorizes Payment Os Over Two Billion For Unused Leaves Washington, Aug. 9 — tl'Pl — President Truman today signed tile terminal leave pay bill authorizing payment of |2.431,7<tx.t8Mi in cash and bonds to some 15,0n0,(»00 former army. navy, marine < orps and coast guard enlisted personnel for unused leave. The measure, first major revision of armed forces leave policies in To years, wipe* out the discrimination which had existed between officers an I enlisted personnel on leave rights. Effective Sept. 1. it also limits to 60 days the amount of leave which an individual may accumulate. Previously, the limit wax 120 days and applied only to off!- < era. Funds for terminal leave pay tor enlisted men and women were provided in a deficiency appne priations bill signed yesterday by Mr. Truman. Tlie measure signed today clears the way for making the payments to eligible personnel, who must file applications for leave payments within one year. Persons who have left the service will he paid in cash an! bonds for unused leave up to 12tf days accumulated between Sept. X, 1939. and next Sept 1. If the claim is less than |5«. it will lapaid in cash. If It is more than ssu. payment will lie paid in noni.egotiable. non-transferrable government Ismds which bear 2'percent Interest and mature in five years. The Ismds will be in multiple of 325—with odd amounts being paid in cash. Payments will he made on the basis of the pay rate in effect at the time of separation from the service. Those still in active service who have accumulated from 61 to 120 days leave as of next Sept. 1 will be reimburse! now in cash and Ismds for the balance over (Turn To Pago 2. Column 1) * —■—.———o ■ - Select Winners In C. C. Cover Contest Announce Winners Here This Evening The winners in the Chamber of Commerce cover design contest have been selected and following the II! dress revue and style show tonight, the individuals will be Introduced to the crowd by Clarence Ziner. president of the chamber. Several weeks ago. the Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign to obtain drawings from high school youths of a design that later will be used on an Information pamphlet which the chamber will publish, giving facts about De catur. A score of attractive entries were received by Paul McFaul, executive secretary of the chamber, who conducted the contest. In addition to the three winners, a number were given honorable men tion. Their names will be announced tonight. The award program will bo staged on the platform at the northwest corner of Madison street and is scheduled for about 9 o'clock. Mr. McFaul said. The first prize is a 125 saving bond, second |5 and third 11.25. Mr. .McFaul has datu prepared for the Decatur story and the Chamber of Commerce Intends to publish the pamphlet within the very near future.

■ - —- I Retail Food Prices Up Near 14 Percent Greatest One-Month Increase In History Washington. Aug. 9 (I Pt The government reported today that retail fowl prices shot up a record-breaking 13.8 percent bet ween June 15 and. July 15. The bureau of lalwr statistics, ( which measures prl<e«, said the rise wax the greatest one month jump In U. history. It* survey wa» made after food sub-id les had ended and while prlccontrols w<-re suspended During the last week of July, food prhes declined slightly, the bureau said. A preliminary bureau report on Tne-day set tin- month’- food cost increase at 13 percent, but final, detailed figures showed an even greater jump Today’s report ilso included breakdown by < dies. The fastest rises occurred In Chicago, where prices went up 17'* percent; Boston. 17 3 and Miunea polls, 17. The slowest among 56 cities surveyed were Meddle. 9.3 nercent; Salt Lake City. 9 7 and Seattle. 10 2. In the first authoritative govern ment -iirvey of what happened to consumer food prices after the end of hitbsi'dies an<l <H’A. the bureau gave this summary Meat led the movement with a 30 percent rise ax prices of live stock iu primary markets moved up 20 percent Supplies were large Beef and Veal rose 15 pel- > Hl. . pork 32 percent, lamb 21 pen ent Son tile greatest inrrea-.es were 5n percent for < hu< k roast. 47 preent for round steak md rib roast. 30 pen ent for pork < hopand ham and I" jwnent for veal cutlets. Meat price, on July 15 w<n- 32 percent higher t'.jan a year earlier and *2 pen-ent above August. 1939 Chic kens up 9 pen ent Fresh and < aimed i li up percent. Ddry products rose 21 pen <-ut and wen- 31 percent above a year earlier and 92 percent aliove Aug list. 1939 Butter rose to over SO cents per pound. 32 pen ent above June. It cost 5u cents a pound in July. 1915 Fluid milk iiri.es wenhigher by 2L cents |s-r quart or 1.5 pern-lit .ibove June. Cereals and bakery product increased 3 percent primarily Imcause of higher prices for flour which went up 9.6 percent Corn flakes wen- up 12 s ]H-rc'-»-nt. corn meal. Ils pc-rec-nt. Egg- advanced by 9 percent. Fresh and canned fruits and vegetables up almost * percent. In c rea '•* of 13 pen ent for orange* eight tiiiu-s tin- usual aea-onal (Turn To Page 4, Column 7)

I. .... 11l >■■■ - .I.W■■■ ■■■■> - » " 1 " “ " ’ Reporter Drools After Visit To Baking And Food Exhibits

We h tvc- jiiwt returned from the Decatur junior-senior high school, where we visited the baking and food preparations exhibits of the 1 11 girls. In all our nearly two score years it’s the first time we have- ever seen a dozen light, fluffy looking angel food cakc-x nearly a score of tantalizing chocolate cakes fair , ly dripping with icing half a dozen different kinds of hot bun* and sweet ndl* all on one table It’s the- first time- we can remem her ever having had within the range of our vision, all at onetime, a choice of about two dozen different types of delicate. ap-| petizing salads. You should have been with - ns when we moved down the aisle and sniffed the appealing aroma of that plate full of c up cakes that must have been rushed right from the oven to the display tabic-. We were amazed at the nonchalance with which the- lady judges moved by those warm, covered pies when we could hardly

Price Four Cents

Secretary Byrnes Denounces Molotov For 'Loose, Wicked' Talk Os Third War Paris. Aug 9 H P) — The i peace colifen-lic-e today overrode Russia’s objections and approved a set of rules Including liberalized voting procedure- after secretary of state James J. Byrnes denounced Soviet foreign minister V. M Molotov for uttering "loose , and wie keel talk" about preparations oft a third world war. Russia fought to the end against the rules, even insisting .on a paragraph by paragraph vote on the voting procedure section As in tlie rules commission the vote went 16 to 5 against Russia and tin- entire- set of rules wax then adopted Icy a vote of 15 tlonx for a third world war. Byrnes’ new attack on Russia was e-ou<-he I in the- sliarpest language In- ha* yet employed publicly toward America’s wartime ally. "We have not fought for a fr?e world in order to dictate- neaceto our allie s or b t them dictate peace to us,” In- said. "By what right,” said Byrnes, "do those- wim vote- ballot after ballot with the Soviet Union call those of us who do not always agree with the Sovie-t I nion a idne What loose ami wicked I talk i- this! "I think those nation* who sent - t’teir sons overseas to fight the comnmn enemy should have a right to participate in the making of peace-. And I take exception tec th-- charge- that such nations are- trying to fecment world war III." The verting rub- approved by tin- ceniferene-e provides that the-ceenfe-rees shall fecrwarl to the council of minister.- two classes ecf treaty recommendation thosewhic h receive- a twee thirds vote-.-nd those- which receive a mere majeerity vote. The- voting lineup was tlie sameax in the- rule- commission with Itu-xia obtaining a maximum of six votes for h- r viewpoint Nation* verting with Russia on tile rules question were- t lie I’kralne. White- Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and (’ze-ehoalovakia. After Byrnes sharp retort to a Russian filibuster, the plenary conference vot.-d on a forma! Secvie' amendment to restore the original Idg four suggested wording ent verting precedure restrict ing amendment* tic a two thirds vote. The- amendment wax defeated by the same 15-to-6 vote that overrode Soviet attempts to enforce tin- same- rule in tin- pro- < edure commission Defeat of the Soviet amendment left the way clear for adoption of the procedure commission lecoinmc’iidation establishing two typc-x ccf ecenferenc c- recommends(Turn To I'cice 2. Column 41

trust our drooling countenance- to lean over and sneak an c-xtra. c-nviott* glance*. It w.c- becoming more difficult all th<- time to think of anything but that sac t that we were gettlniawfully hungry and meal time was still hours away. We couldn’t stand any more. W« turned our glances away, but It didn't help. There before our eyes wa-. a di*h of pineapple salad that I really must have- Iw-en pineapple ! salad. Then there was a plate full of big. red ripe tomatoes; 1 cabbage, corn on the cob. beans I potatoes, onions even squash. ‘What happens to the exhibits after the judging Is over?", we Inquired timidly and perhaps a bit hopefully. No. luck, each exhibitor takes her display home. W«« started back to the newspapes of flee. Something wa* the* matter with that hamburger we stopped to eat on the way back. Perhaps wo didn’t nse enough catsup. Yes per haps that was it.