Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1946 — Page 1

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yflfaJ Lc ™yer Gets Support Battle To Use Car Tokens

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

U. S. Protest To Tito w t - J YUGOSLAV ATTACKS on two unarmed American transport planes have riled U. H. officials to Ihe extent that V. 8 Ambassador Richard C. Patterson plans to go direct to .Marshal Tito, Yugoslav premier, for an explanation. Patterson Is shown almve, right, witli Tito during a recent hunting trip at Ruma

Yugoslavs Like Guns, Slivovitz

Terminal Leave Pay Blanks Arrive At Decatur Post Office ,1. Application blanks for terminal leave pay for dlncharged veterans of World War 2 were received at the Decatur post office Imlay, ('arrell 11. ('ide. assistant poaimasier announced thia morning A more than ample supply was received, Mr. ('ole staled, ami the blanks will Im- issued upon request. The application blank Includes a list of general Inatructlomi. , Veterans desiring assistance in filling out thi-ir appli-ations have been invited to rail at the Red Cross headquarters on Madison street, where Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, executive secretary of the county chapter will help them or at the offices of Dwight Arnold, county service officer, on the second floor of lite county courth.>i:su., It is estimated that some 1,600 or more veterans of Adams county 1 will receive terminal leave pay. I averaging perhaps |250 per man. Under terms of the bill recently idgned hy President Truman enlisted men an to Im* paid for all "unused" leave at their pay rate when dlschargwl. In additb-n 70 cents per day for meals U to Im- all >wed snd In the top three pay grades—staff sergeant and almve in the army, second class petty officer and altove in the navy a f 1.25 al iowanee for dependants is to l>r granted. Corn T« P«e» S. Column Jt

lion from riding on any of lhe company's vehicles by payment of a metal token. New Dawson's going back to court, hut not a* a defendant. He's going to reprnteni Charles Lee. 52, who Charged the trolley company with assault and battery after he allegedy was removed from one of lhe cars last night for refusing to use a paper token. Lee charged he was knocked to she ground and that his head struck the pavement. Dawson had the support of many trolley riders. One south side woman telephoned a newspaper saying that she was a registered mine She offered to give free care to anyone who Is Injured when put off a streetcar for refus Ing to pay the new fare. J. M. Pritchett had a happier solution to his fare problem. When be refused to pay the new fare, the conductor let him ride downtown tree.

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 22.—(I'Pi I found a Yugoslav today to tell me what’* going on in the European backwoods, where the boys had as soon take pot shots at our airplanes as al each other. Tin- situation is what yon might I call complex; Slivovitz isn't helpI ing any. and now I am as confused 1 about Yugoslavia as the 20th Cen-tury-Fox film corporation. The Yugoslavian Serbs, Croats, Muslims. Slovenes, Magyars, Turks, Albanians, Bulgarians. Germane, Hungarians and gypsies have been shooting at each other i since the invention of gunpowder. Other people have heen shooting at them too and they have drown ed their sorrows traditionally in Slivovitz. This Is a distillation of fermented plum Juice. There are M,#00,000 plum trees in Yugoslavia. In a good year they produce 750,000 tons of plums. Nobody ever has measured the resultant Slivovitz in gallons. My man i says It is warlike stuff and inclined to make you see double. Most Yugoslavs are farmers, except when they are playing politics, which they do with guns. This Is no wisecrack; it is a matter of record. A Yugoslav congress man got so exasperated in 1028 at the way the debate was going that he pulled out his shooting-iron and began firing at random. He happened Io plug three members of the opposition; that almost start-i od a revolution and King Alexander planned on a dictationship. The king was murdered later. And so on. The Yugoslavs grow grain, pigs, sheep, and Pyrethrum plants, the flowers of which they grind Into ■ Insect powder. They distill alcohol from wood, weave carpets hy hand, near stip, grow opium poppies. They also cultivate silk worms. Many Yugoslavs grew so tired of being targets that they left for: more peaceful climes. The first ones fled the Turks in 1540 and sailed for America. Only a few were believed to have arrived. More came later and we now have in the United States nearly 1 .###.- 000 people of Yugoslavian descent. They have made excellent peace(Turn Tn Ps«» I. Otwmn — —0 Former Decatur Lady Dies At Lima, Ohio Word was received here today, by Mr. anti Mm. John Cramer of | the death of Mrs. Itortha May Plaugher of Lima, Ohio, formerly of this city, which occurred Tuesday. The deceased was a daughter of B F Cramer and a niece of John Cramer. She was brn In this city In 1909. Surviving are the husband and five children, all of whom live in Lima, from which place funeral •ervicM will be conducted.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 22, 1946.

U. S. SENDS YUGOSLAVS BLISTERING ULTIMATUM

Cily To Take Bids For Turbine Unit Will Receive Bids Here September 12 Proposal* for furni-blng a steam turbine generating unit of in.nmt KW capacity anti accessory equipment, to lie installed on fotindaliona al the city light and power plant, will be received by the city board of works and safety up until 10 a. rn. on September 12. Rids will also be received at the same hour and date, for furnishing and erection on plant foundations, of a surface con denser with circulating pump, condensate pumps, pump drives, air ejectors and other auxiliary equipment, l-cster Pettibone, utility superintendent, stated. Plans and specifications for the turbine and other equipment have been prepared by Emery. .Marker and Emery, engineers of Toledo, and are on file at the city hall. The legal notice describing term* and relugations in the bidding is published in this issue of the paper. Depending on the outcome of the bids, the cily will defer the taking of proposals for the new boilers, which, with the generating unit and other machinery, form a proposed tI.OOO.fMM improvement of the city's electric plant. Mr. Pettibone explained that the biik for >lii>< turbine, which, if purchased and installed will more than double the KWH capacity at the utility plant, were being received at this time was to get a bona-fide order on file. It is estimated that delivery ot a turbine will not he made before Di months to two years. In the meantime, engineering re search can go on and the improvement planned, once an order iq urn To Page !. Column t* AH.CHOO! Hay fever limo io here. Many local sufferers have headed north for relief from the annual ailment, which physicians term an allergy and others are just "sneezing it out" at home. While there are a number of relief medicines on the market, noj one has been able to present to the suffering public a eure cure. The ailmeht subsides after the first frost in the fall. Several Decatur) people who are in northern Michigan will remain until there has' been a frost here.

Mrs. Amacher Dies Al Home Wednesday Death Results From Pneumonia, Illness Mrs. Bertha Amacher. 48, wife of Victor Amacher, died Wednes day night at 7:20 o’clock at her | home. 823'i Mercer avenue of pneumonia and complications, following an extended illness. Her condition had been serious the past three weeks. Mrs. Amacher was born In Monroe township on April 27. ISO#, the daughter of Ulysses and Clara. Brunner-Feller. She was married March 31. 1923 and had resided in this city for the past 15 years. The deceased was a member of the St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras. Surviving, besides the father and Ate husband, are & brother. Ollie Feller of Geneva; two slaters, Mrs. Jennie Daniele of Decatur and Mrs. Olga Neuensch wander of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will lie held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Zwick funeral home here with the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating and burial will Im In the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne. The body may be viewed at the tuneral home after 2 p.m. Friday until time for the services. WEATHER Partly cloudy today through Friday. Scattered showers In south this afternoon or evening Cooler north today.

Demand Legal Probe In State School Death Charge Inexcusable Neglect Killed Boy At Fort Wayne Indianapolis, Aug. 22 — (VP) — Ray (’. Gilbert, attorney for the liarents of a Ei-year-old boy who died In the Port Wayne, Ind., state feebleminded hospital 17 days after being admitted, today demanded a grand jury Investigation »t the case. Gilbert said that If the Allen county prosecutor failed to take such action. “I will see to ft that The father, Wallace 11. Storey, Michigan City, Ind., railroad engineer. charged In a letter to Govproper affidavits are filed and placed In-fore the grand jury.” ernor Ralph F. Gates yesterady that his son, John “Jackie" Storey, died <>n June 2*l as a result of •■lnexcusable neglect." Gilbert's demands for a grand jury investigation followed a statement from Dr. C. L Williams. Indiana medical health council director, who said he conducted a personal investigation of the case several weeks ago. "I don't believe there was any negligence,” he said. “It was the product of an unfortunate situa--1 lion which finds us al least 4” percent overcrowded at Fo r t Wayne." Governor Gales said the incident was ‘‘regrettable," of course, but all the facts aren't included in the father's letter " Storey charged that he found his son "thin and emaciated and covered with sores like the pictures I had seen of war refugee children." Statementti of two doctors, one the family physician, accompanied the letter. Williams said patients were not neglected at the hospital, but Inadmitted that an untrained nurse, who was recovering from a sprain ed ankle, cared lor the Storey, boy and "from 3S to 55 other pat iMIIS.”

o Yearly Income Upped $575 Since Year 1940 Washington. Aug. 22.—(CT) The average per capita income in the United States Increased from 11575 in 1940 to an all-time high of 11,150 in 1945. the commerce de- ' partnient reported today. The 1945 Income of individuals ranged from 41,595 In New York to 1558 In Mhsiwdppl laist year's average income was two percent higher than the 1944 rate. 0 ..hi i —»■ —w i—. .i.i. Death Claims Mrs. Bertha A. Burger Decatur Lady Dies Os Extended Illness Mrs. Bertha Ann Burger. 55. wife of Alva K. Burger, died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at her home In Union township. Death followed an Illness of two yeans. The deceased was torn in Union township on September 11, 1890, the daughter of William and Rosa l.'lrey-Walty She was a member of the Pleasant Grove I’. B. church. She was married to Alva K. Burger on August 29. 1917. Surviving, besidtv the husband are the following children: Bryce W„ John M.. Robert M„ Rosa laiucreda and Annie, all at home; Mrs. Mary Shlfferly of near Decatur; seven stepchildren, Mrs. Jess May. Mr. Harold Harvdy, Mrs. Wilbur Human, all of Decatur; Mrs. Harry Carpenter. Huntington, Frank of Fort Wayne and Harold of Decatur; two sistera, Mrs. Goldie Nidlinger of Fort Wayne and Mrs. (Turn To Psge 1, Column I)

Predict Tito Will Turn Down Demand To Release Interned U. S. Fliers

Russian, Yugoslav Foreign Ministers Confer—Probably On U. S. Demand Purls. Aug. 22 — (VP) — For- ■ eign ministers V. M. Molotov of | Russia and Edward Kardelj of I Yugoslavia conferred for to minutes today, presuinubly on the American ultimatum to Yugo- '! slavla, Molotov and Kardelj talked in an antechamber of the Luxembourg palace during the morning session of the peace conference. While they were talking, i'kr- . ainiaii foreign minister Dmitri Munuilski warned the delegates that "the Balkans once more may become the powder keg of EurOf*.” Neither Manuilskl nor any other speaker had referred directly to the American - Yugoslav crisis. Manuilski denounced what he callFRANK ed a policy ot greed with regard to the Balkan stales, saying lr was having "a nefarious effect on international relations." Secretary of state James F. 1 Byrnes also was conferring with various persons. Chief among them was Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex., who arrived to join the American delegation to the conference. He flew from Southhampton where he debarked from" The Queen Mary. Byrnes went to Luxembourg palace for the opening of the plenary session today. But he left soon after the opening, lie appeared to Im- engaged in efforts incident to his reported readiness to accept the failure of the conference if necessary Io win the dispute with Yugoslavia. Byrnes staked American world < prestige and chances for a successful conference on his ultimatum demanding satisfaction from Yugo slavla within IS hours for Yugoslav actions In shooting down two American transport planes. He is convinced. It was under ; stood, that failure of the peace ' <-onference would not lie too great a price to pay for bringing the Yugoslavs to heel. The conference (Turn To Pag* 2. Column k) I . Joseph E. Monnier Dies At Home Here Funeral Services To Be Held Saturday Joseph E. Monnier. f*r.. 65, well; known retired farmer, died at ; 12:30 a m. today at his home. 621 Adams street, of co:nplT?at*onx. He hud been ill for the paat two years. The deceased was turn In Allen county. Nov. 26. 18S0. a son of Mr. and Mtw. Edward Monnier. He lived in Adams county ten years. Surviving are the widow. Amelia Monnier. six sons and tour daughters: Ralph and Bernard of New Haven; Elmer and Ambrose of Fort Wayne; Maurice and Roger at home; Mrs. William Shaner, Fort Wayne; Mns Frances Lothomer, Payne, Ohio; Mrs. Charles Gerdon of La Grange and Ruth Mary at home. One son. Jtweph A. Jr„ is deceased. Three brothers, live sisters and 22 grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will Im* held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning from St. Mary's church with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimctz. as celebrant of the requiem mass. Burial will be made in St. Louis cemetery, Besancon. The lM»dy has been moved to the Qillfg and Doan funeral home where friends may call after 7:30 o'clock thia evening.

Russian Arms Making Charged By Britishers Claim Violation Os Potsdam Terms In Soviet Section London, Aug. 22 (t’P)—The British government announced today that it had received secret reports that the Russians were making armaments in their zone of Germany, anil hinted that it would , take diplomatic action on the matter. A foreign office spokesman, disclosing the receipt of reports of Soviet arms manufacture in the occupied zone of Germany, said such procedure would violate th<1 Potsdam agreement At the same time the spokesman hinted strongly that Great Britain ; was selling radar equipment to Sweden for use in tracing the course of mysterious rocket projectiles over Scandanavia The informant said ft was "very possible" that this country would resort to diplomatic measures in connection with the reports of > armament making in

, Germany. ,) The first reports of such activity i In the Soviet zone reached Britain t a year ago, and foreign secretary I Ernest Bevin took up the matter , with foreign minister V. M. Moloj tov at the July. 19(5, meeting of ! the foreign ministers Bevin asked for "an invesfiga | Hon to allay any unfounded suspicions." "Molotov replied that the de- , militarization of Germany had not yet progressed to the point where an investigation could be accepted—to which our reply was that 1 the question was not of the progress of demilitarization but ' simply or whether the armament ' manufacture still was going mt. There the matter rested "Meanwhile we have continued to receive reports of this kind " When he was asked if he could i confirm reports that British radar I equipment was going to Sweden ' for use in rocket tracing, the spokesman said: “It Is very possible we have been selling radar to the Swedes." (Tarn T<> Page 3, Column 5)

Teetotaler Claims Cure Found For Six Types Os Hangevers

Chicago, Aug. 22-tl’Pt W. 11. Casterline said today there are six kinds of hangovers and he knows how to fix up every ore of them. He wad up bright and early, passing out hangover pills to delegates to a convention "ThU will be the first convention in history." he said cheerily, "at which delegates will not suffer convention sickness.” ('asterline, a teetotaler. Is prtwit'ent of a firm that manufactures! and markets a new four-tablet' treatment for the morning after. "I've tested thia on my friends and it works." he claimed. “From their reports and my former per-j sonal experience. I've classified I hangovers. Here they are, In the order of their severity: "I—The broken compass hangover. Your, feet seem to wobble. You don't know where you're drifting to, and don't much care. This is the mildest type. "I—The sewing machine hangover. As you rock back and forth, a needle keeps jabbing Into you and there's a whirring In your ears.

Price Four Cents

Patterson Flies To Bled To Deliver A 48-Hour Ultimatum To Marshal Tito By United Press ‘ American Ambassador Richard C. Patterson flew to Bled today to iconfer with Marshal Tito, while Yugoslav sourctM in London predicted their government would reject the I'ntted States' (H-hour ul'timufum for the release of hijt. rtied American airmen. His meeting with Tito was expected to bring the crisis to an immediate head, but London Yugoslavs maintained their government would reject the stern V. 8. iiotw liecause the-e was "absoluteI!y no grounds" for consideration of the dispute by the I nited States 'security council, as threatened in ;the ultimatum. Patterson left aboard a special plane which wa* assured safe passage t > Bled, Tito’s vacation neort near the Austrian border. It was believed that the Ambassador would get Tito's first reaction to the blistering American ultima(turn, issued last night, and rush it to official Washlngt >n cir< les. The note, written In blistering ' language, gave the Belgrade government until II p.m. (E. D Ti tomorrow to hand over th<- imprisoned survivors of two unarmed army planes forced down l»y Yugo>slav guns, or have tuis country take the matter to the I'nlted Nations. Official observers In Washington believed .that Tito's next steps may lie guided largely by the amount of suppoit that lie can expect front Russia. No one war willing to predict; Just how far Russia would go. or Just h>w actively she had supported Tito's moves up :o now. but almost all informed observer* agreed that Moscow at least haw encouraged the Yugiadavs to adopt a strong anti-American line. The I nited Stales han seldom usod more sarcastic or caustta wordage in dealing with a friendly power. The note pinned on Yugoslav officials the responsibility for the death of "some if not all" of five crew members in the tw-cond plane forced down on Aug. lit. It was reported previously that three of the five airmen were killed. Two parachuted These fliers, the I'. 8. said, "met their death not by 'accident' but by deliberate acts of Yugoslav authorities." The note was handed to Yugo(Turn Tn Pags 2. Column •»

"3 The gremlin boogie. Vou’vn really got something now Seeing like enozzled gremlins are stomping out mad isMtgie on your cere* Indium. They stomp and pruned and scream. "4 The comet handicap hang* over. In this, frizzy comets race through your eyes and (train trail* Ing purple-green tails and shooting ! Hames into your stomach. It's n cosmic calamity. | "5 The cement mixer. Slap. I dab. around and around you bounce in a steely, echoing hollowneuw ■ with the oar of 10 Niagras in your | ears ami the weight of the pyraj mids on your skull. It ain't fun. "S- The atomic hangover. Thin 'is the last, Inutteralde word in hangovers. It Is the shadow of death itself. It coaalaU not of ona explosion, but a chain reaction of blasts splitting the firmameno asunder. It Is technicolor torture.” Casterline handed out another sample to a man with red eyes anti a pained expression. "No. 5. eh?" He Inquired sym* pathetically