Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 190

ROMANIA APPEALS TO PEACE CONFERENCE

■iet Russia !“ ands Share ardanelles iln Defense I To Keep Out endly Powers Auk. 13-(UP)-Ru» lemandlng from Turkey In defending lhe Darda- ■ prevent nation* unKK to the Black Sea powers 8b9,. : < war*hip» through . -tr.ii's. th*- Moscow lox.’ll hro.uli a«t the text I note “ent to Turkey the Montregux convert.ni'.ljie.l and requesting The note was xharp■K ,il of Turkish policy in U r.- the Dardanelle* dur- < laiming that it aidAxis. ■K. ni.nided establishment KgH>.'- Soii>t Turkish defense for I’rexlimIfu -101 l fortress rover lE|k passage. MH Ex. hanue Telegraph disEg»fioin \nkara said an interigKl conference to draft a HBn ll.nd.iflelles agreement HM lie held in Istanbul It I I'urki'h < .linnet received demand calmly Mo.ow end Britain and I taß «t the Soviet note. It iwH 1 ' 11 ' 1 riiiii,y 11:1,1 n °* rp !>io|iose<| the following a new nettlenient: I ® l l1 " "Bait* always jWsßn to trading shifts of all 118' 1 11' 11 ’’ s,rai,! * »"ixt always I MB 11 1,1 ,laval Vessels <>f the I , * a * M ** through the I h" naval vessels of other I "li'Hihl not be allowed I ' ’"'•'lenient for the [ as the only seaway for IJ’IH* "ti* and leaving the I?■ S " a """" he decided by w nia,k s, ' a I ,sM T " r|t, y an<l n " M,a “O’ I 'tileresfed countries" I J 8 *'”” join,ly defense l-JH'"’"'* for Prevention of W " f 'he straits hy other JL*" h i,im * lnlml ‘al ’<• the powers.” l<B l!l n k . S “ a 1,1 »‘ ld *' ijf ,tuoi “ and Turkey nre I and Romania, both with | daW 1 ""' 1 * 'h'tnlnated |,y I JU' "— J Ligonier Man ■Hcd By Train lH”-"" 1 , > A " K 13 - b ,J «’nier. w BK fatalJ ” ar y 1,,,1ay * h, ‘" hi « anM'‘..rv.’" ruek 1,7 ,h ° Nc > ; JB. 14 I,a < eniuk.-r passenger a crowing east of here. Wayne Man And ■Drowning Victims j» kl ' lnd " 'ug. 13-(vp)_ " Br!y ,Oday recovered J" of Kr " d W. Gilbert. 38. ''Xcctitive, and hk< 123K ■ ’ M ’"’ “I"- both drowned |„ nearby j immprn(jn 'Haplay manager of the .3B" n •’’’•■'' her company, and W l, »-" when their metal ,'"u ,Or lM ’ ul l -l’»l«-d and "Hart's brotherinlaw, J* llal| c r sley. th,, third oeeuthe craft, wa, rescue,! hy JIH "* n,M i boats to roach the THERMOMETER READINGS K ’■ m ' .. M •• gg Weather 2lvet Cl a Mdy "° rth and 2i , dy K,u,h Portion » and Wednesday with !n w «‘ h Bi n *" d Aouthwest ■ ” m “mperuturs.

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■ I ■ ’■ > <" 1,1 11 "" Ul —Il .1 BULLETIN London, Aug. 13 — (UP) — H. 0. Wells, distinguished British novehot, scientist and social critic, died today a little more than a month before he he would have been 80 years old. Wells, whose health had been ebbing for aeveral months, died at 4:16 p. m. (11:15 am. EOT) at his London residence. 0 —» Admits Being Negligent In Fields Order % Former WAA Officer Admits Negligence In Granting Order Washington. Aug. 13 — (UP) -- A discharged war aswls administration official admitted today that he probably was negligent in handling an 38,085 order for scarce wire screening by Benjamin F. Fields, exconvict and contract expediter. But he denied giving the order any special consideration. The testimony was given by William J. Gilrein. recently dismissed as sales manager of the Philadelphia administration office of the WAA. Gilrein blamed a shortage of help and heavy bu.-iness tor the fact that Fields’ order was separated from others and went through without the cerlificaiiou required by law lie said he had "no reason" for hokling Fields' order on his desk Instead ol putting it through In routine fashion with the others. He admitted that he ‘did not notice the order was not properly certified." but added that Fields hud submitted many other orders with proper certification. The required certlficafion calls for the bidder to set forth his intended use of the material and to certify himself as a wholesaler. Gilrein said Fields previously had certified nlmself as a whole saler. He said that Glenn A. Dies, a former employe of Fields who had visited his office as often as twice a month since last March, handed him the wire screening order. Gilrein aaid he put the order in his desk drawer, probably a few days later, and eventually handed It over for processing to the sales department. Earlier. Gilrein said he person(Turn Tu Ps«e 6. Column *t Mrs. Albert Arnold Dies This Morning ■i — Funeral Services Thursday Morning Mrs. Caroline Arnold. 78. lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was caused by diabetes and followed an illness of seven years. She was born in Preble township December 17. 1869. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kruetxman. Her husband, Albert Arnold, died In 1032. sine- which time she had resided with a son, Earl Arnold, of Kirkland township. She was u member of the Zion Evangelical and lleformed church of Decatur. Surviving In addition to the son are a daughter. Mrs. Gusta Hoopengardner of Fort Wayne; two sisters. Mrs. Ben Elxey of Detroit, and Mrs. Lydia Scherry of Linn Grove; three brothers. Ernest Kruetxman of Kirkland township, John of Ixtulsvllle, Ky.. and Fred of Chicago, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, with the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. The body was removed to the Gllllg 4 Doah funeral home, where friends may call after 7:30 o’clock this evening.

Aftermath Os Mid-Air Collision That Killed Four - ' —— SHOWN IS THE WRECKAGE of the I' S Navy beachcraft which collided in midair with a small training plane at Huntington. W. Va., killing three Navy men and one civilian.

Meat Price Ceiling Return Is Opposed Packers And Cattle Raisers At Hearing Washington, Auk, 13 —(UP)— Packers and cattle raiser* said today that a return of celling price* on meat would bring back the black market and plunge the nation into another period of rcarclty fy hampering p4>duo lion. They testified before the threeman OPA price decontrol hoard at it* second day of formal hear-1 Ings. The board must deride by Aug- 20 whether to Mock auto- i malic restoration of price control* on grain. iive*tock, milk, soybeans. cottonseed utul their product*. After hearing a full day of testimony on grain prices yesterday the board turned today to meat. Wesley Hardenbergh. Chicago, president of the American Moat Institute, said the scheduled return of meat controls would signal the return of the black market “with all its crookedness and narrow distribution." He said there is “absolutely t'o justification under the law or otherwise" for restoring meat price ceilings. Arthur D. Maurer, president of the National Independent Moat Packers association, charged that the government is giving the public a false and misleading impression of grain supplies. Wilbur lai Hoe. Jr., general . counsel of the National Independent Meat Packers association, told the lioard that meat price < mtrols “developed into nothing (Turn To Page 4. Column 7) 0 Legion To Install Officers Sept. 9 T. C. Smith Heads New Post Officers Offlcers-elect of Adams Post 43. American Legion, will lie Installed at the regular meeting of the post on Monday night. September 9. T. ('. Smith, as commander-elect, ■ heads the group to take office at that time. He succeed* Floyd B. I Hunter, who served during the past year. Preliminary plans for the installation were made Monday night at the meeting of the post, held in the Legion home here. A report of the recent auxiliary state convention at Terre Haute will lie made on Friday night, j August 23 at the regular meeting of the Legion auxiliary, to lie held at the post home. Four awards were won hy the local delegation, which attended the convention over last weekend. Members of the local organization nt the convention sessions were: Mrs. N. Braun, Mr*. Clinton Hersh. I Mrs. Harold Tieman. Mrs. Arthur E. Myer*. -Mrs. Ralph E. Roop. Official- of the Lapion have announced that the steer which the post purchased during the 4-H auction here, will be used to furnish meat for at least two of the or-j conization'* luncheon*.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 13, 1946.

Indianapolis Polio Death Toll Now Three Indianapolis. Aug. 13—(IT)—In ilianapolis' polio death toll for the year stood al three today. Bobby Gene Null Was the latest victim. He was ill lies than a week. Survivor* Include the parents. Mr. and Mio. Bernard Nall, aud a brother. 0 Ex-Street Sweeper Congressman Dies Cong. Gallagher Dies This Morning Rochester, Minn.. Aug. 13 — (UP)—William J. Gallagher, re tired street sweeper, who proved "that anything can happen in America" by being elected to congress in 1944, died early today in St. Mary's hospital. Gallagher, who was 71. had been 111 since January, but had insisted upon remaining in Washington until the 79th congress adjourned. Hospital official* declined to teveul the nature of Gallagher's Illness, saying they "preferred" not to give their diagnosis until after consulting with his family. Gallagher had been in a coma when he was brought here in an ambulance from hi* Minneapolis home late Sunday. He died at 1:21 a. m ((’ST) without regaining consciousness. The mild mannered congressman had retired on a 328-a-month pension when he entered politics two year* ago. Gallagher. Democratic-Farmer-Labor congressman from Minnesota* third district. was renominated in the Mate's primary election last July 8. Hi* wife, Mabel, and a daughter were with him when he died. Gallagher had run for one office .-ft er another without success before defeating Rep. Richard P. Gale in the November. 1944. election. "It proves that anything can happen in America." he had said. ' "They say this I* the time, for ' the common man, and I'm about as common a* they come." Slight and white haired, with shrewd button eyes. Gallagher made no effort to conceal hl* con-1 j tempt for what he termed "profeaalonal politicians. At timer, lie chided hl* congressional coli league* for "doing nothing hut talk. talk, talk” while important l-gislatlon was being sidetracked. He had summed up his first i year In congress with the terse j comment, "too much talkin', not enough votln!” For 20 year* Gallagher had pushed his broom along Mlnne-' > apolis street* before he retired and entered politics in earnest. | While he campaigned, hi* wife continued a* a dipper in a candy factory. "I know that was my year of destiny." he had said. After his surprise victory over Cale—the first political victory of his career — Gallagher laid down a few rule* for campaign- h Ing. "You must keep continually on ' the job and you must never i slander your opponent.' he said., (Turn To Pag*. 4, Column 7)

Keep Restrictions On Use 01 Wheat To Evaluate Fully World Grain Needs Washington. Auk. 13—(I'P)—A I igh agriculture department official said today that despite pros pref* of record grain crop* there i* no hope of larger supplies of bread, cereals, pastries and other wheat products before fall. This official said the department "absolutely" will not change Its restrictions on the use of wheat for food, feed and Industrial purpose* until It can evalu- • ate fully the world need for grain. "Not until the corn crop virtually i* in the bins late in September or early in October will tlie department make any decision on wheat restrictions,” he raid. Other official* have said that oven if predictions of record corn and wheat crops arc fulff!l<-:l. restriction* probably will have to continue on the use of wheat for beverage alcohol and live slock feed after those on food product* are lifted. Present restriction* limit miller* to 87 percent of last year'* Hour output, prohibit the use of wheat for beverage alcohol, require a I" percent smaller bread loaf and sharply curtail wheat as a livestock feed. In addition, the flour extraction rate Is pegged at 80 percent Instead of the customary 72 percent. This cause* a slightly darker bread. The official said three factors must be considered In deciding whether wheat restriction* can lie relaxed: 1. The "dangerously low” wheat reserve* left from last year'* crop. The effective carryover was only 84.000.000 bushels compared with a “safe" minimum < f 280.000,000. 2. All available estimate* indicate then- will be a gap of 10,000,000 ton* between WOrfd food needs and . supplies this (Turn rfo p.ige 3, Column 7) 0 Two Elderly Women Held In Poisonings Indiana, Illinois Women Under Arrest Dupont. Ind.. Aug. 13— (UP)— Mrs. Lottie Lockman. plump and motherly widow accused of poisoning two women whom she served a* housekeeper, refused today to take a lie detector test. Mr*. Lockman's attorney. Joseph Cooper, said «he would not lake the lie teat unless other person* who might be suspect* in the two poisonings get similar < treatment At the county jail In nearby Madison. Mrs. Lockman arose from a good night's sleep and said she was not afraid of the rturder and attempted poisoning 'charge* placed against her. I “I am innocent." she «ald. i "The Innocent are never punish- | cd." The murder charge was based (Turn To Pegs J, Column 2) 1

Appeals For Reduction In Allied Peace Terms; Friendship Is Pledged

Name New Principal Al Calholic School Sister Agnes Named New Principal Here Sister M Agnes. CSA. for the pa«t six years principal of St. Nicholas high school. Evanston. 111, will fill that position In the Decatur Catholic high ifchool with the opening of the fall term, the Very Rev. Msgr. J J. Helmets, superintendent of the school, stated tod.iy. A former English feather in the local school. Sister Agnes replaces Sister M. Fidelis, who served with unusual success as school principal for the past six years. During the past months Sister Fidelis has been an Instructor in St. Norbert's College. West De Pere, Wis Friends here have not yet learned ax to where she will be assigned for the coming school year Sister Agnes was assigned to the Evanston sebotd following sev era! years as an Instructor in De ! catur Catholic high. She arrived, in this city over the weekend, and is planning for the opening of school on Wednesday. September 4. Assignment of other Sister teacher* to th<> local school will not be known until after Thursday. Several of the- former teachers are expected to return. Msgr Seimetz, state d. Msgr Seimelz staled that he hail Dot yet been abb- to employ u basketball coach for the school He- has contacted several young men and it Is js>x«lble that an ap polntmetit will he made in the near future. Enrollments in the Catholic grade and high schools will beabout fun thf> year, compared to last year’s opening day registra lion of .173 pupil*. In addition to the approved grade and high school courses, c-ommerc 'a.i and muall depart mc-nts .ire operated by the school. Service Office To Be Closed Thursday The office of Dwight Arnold, .'.dam* comity service offi'-er. will be closed al] day Thursday, ho announced Icwlay. la-cause of the death cf his grandmother. .Mrs. Caroline Arnold, whose funeral will be held that day o Sarah Laufzenhiser Dies Monday Night Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mr*. Sarah Ethel Detro-Laiitzen-hiser, 57. for 17 years a resident of i Adams county, died at 8:30 o'clock Monday night at her home in Jefferson towiiMhip after an illness of several months. She wae horn in Mercer county. ()., October 31. 1888, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Detro, and was married to Sidney Lautzenhlser In 1911. She wax a member of the Bethel Brethren church, east of Berne. Surviving are the husband; her father. William Detro, of near R ickford, ()., Mrs. Edna Shoaf of Decatur. Mrs. Beatrice Wendel of near Berne. Robert of near Geneva ami Wanda Laulumhkser. at home; one brother, Walter Detro ol near Rockford, ().; three sisters. Mrs. Viola Slusser end Mrs. Edna Kuhn, laith of near Celina. ().. and Mrs. Aye Wick of Cygnet, ()., and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Bethel Brethren church, with the Rev. Lawrence Manlier officiating. Burial will be at Willshire, O. The body will he removed from the Yager funeral home to the raoi* donee this evening. <

British Start On Transfer Os Jew Refugees Hundreds Os Jewish Refugees Herded On Transport Vessels Haifa. Aug. 13 -- tl’l’t British forces, fighting with smoke bombs against hysterical Jew* armed with bottles, cans and stick*, today herded hundreds of Jewish refugee* into barbwire pen* on transport ships for shipment to detention camp* In Cyprus. Casualties were numerou*. one woman wax killed and in men severely wounded ax crowds from (he Jewish suburb of Hadar Ila carmel, answering the summons of the underground radio, voice of i Isreal, tried to force their way Ini to the fiort area to save the JewI Ixh refugees from deportation. Thousands of Jews, ordered confined to their homes under the strictest curfew, answered the rallying call of the Clanderstine radio which instructed them to ■ "get out of your houses and Into the streets" They swarmed down toward the harbor from their village half •way up Mount Carmel which overltmk* Port Haifa. A* they attempted to approach the port, they met a strong British military cordon. The British ordered the Jews to turn back When the crowd refused the troops opened fire, killing one woman andwounding io men The British military immediate ly de< lared the port region "a ! dosed area " No one wax allowed either to enter or leave. The outbreak came ax two Brit Ixh troop transport* with barbwire cages on dec k hoisted aiieltoi and prepared to sail for Cyprus with the hundred* of Jew* who had been removed from their xcptalid refugee* ship in hand-to-hand pitched battles. Hundreds of Jew* fought back with their fists against troops and marine* which ordered them to the transports Scores suffered minor injuries The bitterest battle was fought over the little Henrietta Szold aboard which several hundred Jew* had macle their way to Palestine A boarding party of marine* was met by a barrage of bottles, cans I and sticks. The- marine- replied with a shower of -moke bombs. (Turn T<> Page 4. Column 6) 208 Auction Pupils To Receive Diplomas Graduate Exercises Here Friday Noon Diplomas of the 52nd semi annual term of the Reppert achool of auctioneering will he awarded Friday to 2t>B students, it wax announced today. The diploma* will be awarded during the commencement exercises to be held Friday, beginning at II a.nt. hi th>> Knights of Pythias home. Col Quentin Chaffee of the stuff of instructors will deliver the commencement addres**; Col. Guy Pettit will nerve a* toastmaster during the luncheon program and Col. Earl Gartin will award the diplo mas. The three week.* term will l»e brought to a close Saturday morn- ' Ing, with some of the students remaining after the commencement program for additional Instruction. 1 Thkc in by far the largest dans in 1 the- history of li.-e school, the pre- 1 vlota* record class Iteiag enrolled 1 In the fall of 1944 when 114 xtu- 1 dents received diplomas t

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Molotov Accuses « U. S. And Britain Os Seeking Strong Mediterranean Holß Paris. Aug. 13—(1'Pl —Romania appealed unexpectedly to the peace cemfereme today for cobelligerent privileges and permission to retain her armed forces. Foreign minister George Tataresell jdc-adecl Romania's case lor a reduction of sentence by the victor*. Il*- pledged his country to the careful fulfillment of peace treaty terms and adherence io the principle* of the I'nited Nation* charter Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov indirectly accused the United States and Great Britain of seeking a monopolistic position In the Mediterranean. He apnke at the day's first session of the conference, where the general debate on the Pallan treaty turned out to be surprisingly brief. Taterescu pledged Romania to dose friendship with the I'nite-l States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France. He offered to bury the hatchet for all time with Romania's neighlmrx and traditional foes, Hungary and Bulgaria Tatarescit made three main objections to the terms of the draft peace treaty prepared for Romania by the council of foreign ministers. They were: 1. Thai Romania had not lieen given formal recognition ax a cobelligerent although the country fought on the Allied side for more than a year 2. That no provision was made for Romanian reparations and war damage claims against Germany and Hungary. 3 That Romania had not been allowed to retain the armed forces which fought against Nazi Germany Complaining vehemently against the lack of provision for reparations and war damage claims against Germany and Hungary. he said the draft treaty In no way compensated for waging war against the Axis ID* said he "must draw attention to the highly unfair aspect of restrictive military measures which have n punitive character" He said the economic and reparations claims against Romania were such that the country would be unable to fulfill them even if •he treaty were slgnt-d Molotov spoke before the peace conference, following through on the parliamentary victory scored late yesterday by Andrei Vishln sky over secretary of state James F Byrnes in an angry xquabble over the right of the Soviets to be heard at once on the Italian < axe Answering Premier Alclde De flasperi's plea for a more considerate peace. Molotov by Infer- • nee charged that the American* .•■nd British were trying to impose foreign economic enslavement on Italy Molotov did not identify hy ranu- the United State* and Gregt Britain. But he referred repeat<dly to "certain great powers" and the claim* of foreign capital in Italy. Ho denounced De Gasperl's speech ax reflecting a desire of tertain Italian factions to continue Italy'* imperialistic policy rather than strengthen the detnofatlc forces trying to build a new Italy He accused De Gasperl of toeing sight of the Italians’ national interest, and denounced him for expressing willingness to prolong the foreign occupation of hl* country Boy Scouts To Return From Trip On Monday Decatur Boy Scout* who left Sunday for a wi-ek’o outing at Beaver Island will return home Monday. August 19. according to word received Monday from Steve Everhart. Scout commissioner The group arrived Sunday evening at Charlevoix. .Mich., where they ■pent the night, completing the trip to Beaver Island yesterday.