Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1946 — Page 1

No. 218

IK TRUMAN INTERVENE IN SHIP STRIKE

■Wa'lace Mjn’ini'e ifaAgloiir > Campaign E Rcot'diation jßy ?w^ c,lt Truman K ■ upon Russian ■ K hard tor Russia L a 1 1; I. si heduled for L tomorrow He will • iillMpil i-» of the lltl L [mlitii al action > tun |n<- nn-iit Hut he stood If.U’-iiiU polity speech L Thursday before a Ldi- ■!>•• in New York Lt'ii Mr. Truman with L , abiftet situation. J of stale James F k <pi«i| Wallace’s New as a challenge to k>n foreign policy. Libly would have re Mi Truman hail fail |Vo» his secretary of dr, islou projects for- ; into I lie congressional jpaign in a manner like l> considerable bl parti Bion m foreign policy I the past few months innan The Democratic fniniiltee already Iras 'allace so. campaign a dozen slates. is long conference with Ic- tn despite *‘lh Mr. Truman |M< flBHe ri-lalimi- with Diilaai |W*t In |r*W<lHk -I ainny questions Ite ait "||i BJMM I ''o doled to speak pMH® ’ (TiZctls I’o P’tri! Mi -I.miff.e in I’rovi week from tumor thereafter lie is -wmg into upward P* *■ >'e, where left wing more often than ■'• ekend Mr Truman w.iiia.es P Sty^B,: -'ii foreign relations f flt ' 'id fiia'io'i that he "letarys right to "• '""W widely ".iff. 1 mg from ildstration. II 1 'dd hi news con Thun lay that he U : f allal e’s Whole was an explosion W and protest at home by persons who heU -■9'' "I 1 1,11 h'ti I": were 111 < .inflict 1,2* al ’' w.'h-Uussia p.,1 L ,lllx month LJgM* 1 - " f Mate Jarnos F •'erniany. jj )ara *dß{ l "'" i is being charg’d a political i ”' ,!lll "llig the im idem ' 1 , ''’ihons w. II a< l-vtm-s believe he * if ’*"• I'resi Io lepudiate th,. s ’“■M* l * eiii. ht of foreign p<d llyr,le *’ resignation ' ‘"‘lapse! the effective htiiit. d Republican D,-m Jgayilsboration in foreign commityesterday that ■uJVchange in .. S(s 3 "-‘Huce’s speaking pro result of the incident. ■ Hparkman. D. Ala . the speakers' bureau, that Wallace PM l’ r,, *s any I'-rsoimlly hold. Tt*fc D AT TH6 ”MOMETER E, * TURe headings 65 80 39 WtATHtR «9’V th,r warm W" d 'UMday.

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Russian-Controlled Nazi Papers Banned Barred From Entry In American Zone Hr rile, Fi pt It: tl'Pi Brig (Jen. Robert A Mct'luie. dire,tur vs the Ameiicaii military govern meiit'H information < ntrol divl s on. today atimnm • I an official han on Soviet otitroii, ,| Herman Uuguage tiewspaju tit. books ami other publications, entering the I’nited States occupation zone It wm the first time sinh an order has been issued and w.iu widely interpreted as notice to the ItUMtians that Amerif tn otcipalloti polh y has stiffened McClure said the order was la . ued after the Itussiaiis declined hh recent invitation for freo ex change of German newspapers an I other publications between zones The British ami Frettrh accepted that proposal but mither has banned tho Itussiur.-i onti lied pub l!< all >ll Seven of Berlin's II piimlpal dally new. papers are Soviet con trolled, including the organs of three of the four recognized political parties The bulk of Berlin's m. gazines and periodic.ils are 1111 der Soviet conir I McClure suii! ' it h illogical foi the American authorities to allow publications to enter their Zone irotn any gone wh<- ITilb'd States sponsored publicatiotM are balled' ll>< s.,id the IlmHiii ii have oh jected particularly t> the Aimrl call licensed Del Tagmspiegel, pub lished iii Berlin, asserting It crlt icizeil the Soviet military adininla tration in violation of quadripartite law McClure aid the American post tion was bused on the spirit of the Potsdam agreement mid on the strong feeling that 11 I flow of blear, was necessary to reionslilute Germany < n .1 D>--nocrailc banis 0 Six Percent Increase Granted On Ford Cars Washington. Sept hl tl’l’i 1 The OPA today Ini'i eased retail prices of Ford. Mercury, ami Liu coin passenger cars by six percent All these cal., ar • in by Ford Mot< r Co The increase Was g .lilted lllldel a new hardship formuli which "ill !»• applied to aul'iniohili* maliillac turere who are operatln" at a loss and are ii if expected to break even under present price ceilings for some time Week’s Sales Clinic Opens This Morning Stores Open Late To Attend Clinic With a largo and enthusiastic crowd In attendance at the open ing class today, adv n ates of the saleu clinic-being sponsored here by the retail commitfee of the Decatur Chambe" of Commerce, predicted even h••av Ie r at tendance at the remaining sea ■ions, held each week day morning ut the Adams theater. An estimated 30ii persona, in eluding employers and employes, of Decatur retail stores, as well ua scores <*f interested students from the two local h gh schooki, were present ut the first class in the theater building “Making a sales pre<er.tafion stay presented" was the theme of the opening class, during which C. A. Brichner, of Indiana univeralty center. «pok». Mr. Brickner deliveied an introductory address and outlined the remaining courses In the clinic, designed to promote sales efficiency in Decatur stores. Th»s morning he stressed the med for increased efficiency in distribution rather than production, since the end of the war. A film wus also shown with the same theme. Clashes are held ea< h w ekday morning through Friday of this week from s until !• a m. Retail stores are remaining closed until S am. to permit employes and employers to attend. Paul McFaul, secretary of the Decatur Chamber and Robert Helm, chairman of the retail committee at the Chamber, were in charro flf tntky’’ ,bt ellnic.

Continue Hunt For Survivors Os Shipwreck Norwegian Tanker 1 Ripped In Half By Tropical Hurricane 1 Elizabeth City, \ !'. Sept. |i> it Pi t'oast guard air-sea res--1 cue units continued their search 4 of the choppy Atlantic before - dawn today as a portion of 21 1 survivors of the 7.117 ion Nor-wi-lgitn tanker Marit II were io be landed at east coast ports. I The tanker, out of Arendal. Norway, was whipped into halvM I ITI lav by a tropical hurricane H"> miles east-southeast of here I with a refmrted loss of IP lives. , Coast guardsmen hoped that conflicting stories by survivors I might no an Ilia' the death toll is ■ I lower than first reported Six crewmen from the ship were saved by the I' S tanker Gulf Hawk yesterday from a raft spotted by a coast guard plane. Another Is were picked up yesterday by the S S Pan Amoco, enroute Io Point Isabel, Tex . when 1 their life boat wa blown across ’ her path • Survivors aboard the Pan Amo<o said the Marit II i-ariied a lonian < row. and numbered the deal at If*. With 21 men accounted for. this would leave tfi However, they also reported tliui tine,, men had abandoned the ship on a tuff, and 22 more in • another life Imai With the 21 already saved, thia would mean that 51 men had made their way . safely from the ship which did . not inlineliately sink Comdr. Edmond Fahey, of the Elizabeth City coast guard station. pointed out that this meant all crew members had escaped from the ship, or that the crew was much larger than the survivors reported. The P.m Amoco, with its Is rescued, was to have made a ren--1 d< zvous at 3 a. m today with the 1 coast guard cutler Agassiz, which with 17 army, navy, and coast guard planes ate ranging the ana 1 Weather peimilting, the Norweg1 , ■ ■ r . i••! 16) H William Goelz Dies Aller Long Illness Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon William Goelz, 57. Root township farmer, died at fi i<> o’clock Sunday morning at his home four miles northeast of Decatur after a long illness of compliiations. Ill) was born in Germany April 27, 18M9. the son of Friedrich and Elizabeth Heid-Goelz, and came to t|te I’nited States in 1903, settling • in Adams county in l!*l't. *1 He was married to Alma Tew • era April 5, 1923. lb- was a mem- , her of the Immanuel Lutheran 'church 1 Surviving in addition to the : wife are eight children. Robert. Herbert. Velma. Eleanor. Daniel. Willa Mae. Katharina an 1 Marjorie Pearl Goelz. al! at home; j one slater. Mrs. Eva Saatler in ( Germany, and two brothers, Peter Goelz of fsing Island. N. Y., and ' Valentin Goelz of Germany, fine 1 son Is deceased. Two of his sons. Robert and Herbert, were dis--1 < harged form the nation’s armed 1 forces last spring 1 Funeral services will be held ‘ at 1 3ff p tn Tuesday at the home and at 2 o’clock al the Immanuel ' Lutheran church, with the Rev. ■ E B Allwardt officiating Burial . will be in the church cemetery. • The body was removeii from the Zwlck funeral home to the realdeuce this afternoon. — - o— — Repairing Flagpole At County Courthouse I 11 I A ■-hiny "gold” ball was replaced • atop the flagpole on the county I (ourth-mse today by Edward De--1 Bolt, local painter and steeplejack. who repaired and repainted the fig- ■ tore t Mr. Deßolt la al»o replacing the • chain and othar parta of the flag--1 pole, after being the con- » tract tor the work by the Adams cdunty boat*! f>t chmiplaalOTers

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 16, 1946.

(setting Ready For A Cat-Nap ** r a ifflmKw * t THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET around Harry Peters' meat store In New Volk, so he's settled himself in a comfortable chair with his pet cat and Is going to take things easy for a while That sign in his display case tells the story The meat industry blamed the shortage on the reietitly restored OPA ceilings and the city's trucking strike

Airport Ruled Out For 6.1. Training Appeal Denied By State Commission Chum es of the McComb airport here being designated for G I flight training have definitely been stymied, it was revealed here imlay. The aeronautics commission of llidianna denied an appeal by the airport operator. Robert McComb, for a waiver of the minimum requirements at Indianapolis. It was announced An inspector of the ACI was in Decatur recently ami after inspecting the airport made hl.* recommendations to the commission that the application for the training program here he denied Mr. McComb slated that the commission informed him the field fail’d to measure up to the minimum requirements. Chief among these Is a regulation requiring 70 percent wind direction available Since the airport has no east-west runway it could not meet the requirement A number of former servicemen have been inquiring concerning tli” program and Mr. McComb had secured his license as an instructor At least om- or two veterans I'.ave made plans to receive their training at Van Wert, Ohio, or other airports. Several Other sites had been suggested for the airport ami in rpected by ('apt Clarence- L Cornish. head of the Indiana aero nautlcs bureau. To date, how ever, no action has been taken in securing such a site 1 o To Reduce National Debt Two Billions Secretary Snyder Announces Reduction Waihlnghn. Sept. 16 - tl’Pi - Secr-tary of treasury John W Snyder announced today that the national debt will be reduced by 12.000,000.000 on Oct 1. The reduction will be effected by paying cash to retire 12.000.000.000 in maturing short term securities. This transaction will bring th” national debt down to approximately 12fi3.706.000.000 —about what it wus last Oct. 1. This reduction will bring to 11’,<85.000,000 the amount that the national debt had been cut since last March 1. It will he in accordance with the administration's policy nt reducing the national debt by ret I urn Tn 2. I’nl'imn IF o Department Answers Call To Grass Fire Firemen made a run to Sout 1 Winchester street extended shortly before 12:30 p.m today to extinguish a grass fire, presumably caused by sparks from a pwslng PentWylvanfs railroad train.

Radio Announcer Is Air Crash Victim Chicago, Sept. 16 I I'Pl Wit neistes to the plane crash In which John Neblett 31. promlnieiit radio announcer and producer, and a companion were killed Sunday said today that the plane w;m flying low ,md stunting The plane bit the 15 h fairway of Tam O'Shanter golf coms’- Neb i let! and hi* companion. Brice A I Iluchingham, 50. Salem. Wis., had played mi the course earlier in th” day. I 0 — Hoosier Democrats Display Optimism Townsend Dominant At Editors Meeting ; Indianapolis, Sept 16 (I'Pl Himsier Demo: rats came home from French Lick today, convinced that easing of the meat shortage 'by election tint” will an thou sands of additional votes for the party's candidates. It wa* the concensus of many who attended the annual fall out Ing of the Indiana Democratic editodial association that full meat . counters by Nov 5 would affoet party iiopiilartily. Optimism wa* voiced by state and district leaders for the fate of the party s nominee for I' S senator, former Guv. M Clifford Townsend, and tin- 11 nomim-iK for seats in the national house of representatives. Bitt then- was i caution in the forecast* of victory, a caution which was loosened somewhat by Townsend's belief that the meat situation will he improved greatly by October "There will be a Rood deal more meat in October than there is now,” Townsend said at a press conference in which his statements drew more attention than the text of his speech highlighting the closing banquet of the association Saturday night. Townsend, incidentally, dominated the ■•sociallon’s meeting. ’ He said in the press conference ; ’ that be considered "an insult •" the intelligence of Indiana voters" i I a statement he Credited to Gover ■ m-r Gates that the GOP could win the election by pointing to empty ' meat counters. • The former governor said he 1 didn't believe "educated people" 1 were koiug to "let the meat count ers influence their vote" Private- ' ly, however, other patty leaders ' thought the supply of meat would play an important role in the division of the vote Townsend said the meal short ( age was a "temporary condition". ( He said that when October hogs ( were ready for sale, they i/ould he marketed on schedule. “Eighteen months from now. we will be bunting places to sell meat." he added Townsend also had an answer ( for Republican charges of Com- ( munlsm In the Democratic party, . ■ subject which appeared to worry , , many of the patty leaders , "Huasm dmi Communism go J (Turn To Fsg* Column 5> 1

Reinforced Surround Every Pier In New York's Harbor Today

Consider Installing Courthouse Elevator Survey Made Here By Firm Representative A |M>sslbility was seen today that a long sought after elevator might be installed ill the county con;(house in tin- not i<H> distant fittitr* Year of efforts on the part of lawyer . colirtholl-e workers and attai lies, and numerous other < ifi Zeus may have loeii citlminaieil in recent unofficial action, which included a survey to dete mine the :i|iproximate cost of < otistru. tion. Judge .1 Fred Frttchle appeared before the county cotiniil in it last meeting ami recommended Ho- installation of an elevate Indicating its approval, the I'oilllcil in turn instructed the county com niissioni-is to ib-termlue the <o-t As a result of this action, a repr<sent.itive of all elevator firm wa- m Deiatur late last week and made the survey If was reported that the elevator itself would in-t approximately |7.<Hi*i or fs.oo" This would not include eeitloll of the shaft, which the representative advised being done by a local contractor He rei ommended the location ot the pre-ent front stairway at th,- east end of tile courthouse as the most desirable location, after surveying the amount of wo k to tie done and other biifldmg obstacle* It is reported th.it a selfiqs-r ated elevator, with a capacity of about si* persons, is lieina 101 l sidered The last November teriij grand jury ecommended the instalhi tion of an elevator tn its report to the court, which was in turn given to the council by Judge Erm hie Tin- elevator has been Sought for year- howevei persons using the stal s cite the steep ' i i-.-of t’le step, of tile present -lair ways as olle reason forth- need of an elevator Many elderly per sons required to visit offices on I t urn To Pags 2. Column <i o Local Lady's Father Found Dead Saturday Justus Kelly Dies At Bluffton Lodge Justus L. Kelly, 55, native of Geneva and father of Mr. Orville Ka<-ser of this city, was found dead at the Elks Io Ige home in Bluffton late Saturday afternoon, victim of a heart attack Kelly, assistant custodian of the home ami school bus drivi r of Hartford township. Wells county, was found in the basement dining room of the Elks home after In had failed to return home for dinner. Surviving are the wife, Emma, two daughters, Mrs. Kaeser and Mrs. Jack Bennett of Atlanta. Mich : a step-son. Blaine Wlltse of Chicago; a step daughter, Mrs Elwin CiHilman of Bluffton; his step-mother. Mrs. Cordelia Kelly i.f Marion; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Kelly of Bluffton and Mrs Ben Liechty of Geneva, five half sisters and one half brother, ami four grandchildren Funeral services will lie held nt 2 p m Tuesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, with the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating Burial will be in Elm Crove cemetery. 0 K. C. Building Group To Meet This Evening A special meeting of the Knight* of Columbus building asaociati >n will b« held at 8 o'clock this evening at the K of f ball The vote on the proposal to sell the K of C. building will he compiled, it was announced

Sen. Connally Urges Trieste Peace Symbol Warns Yugoslavia And Italy Accept Parley Decision 1 Pari Sept Hi 11 I l ' Sen Tom Connally. D l-x. t"uay called on tin- pi-a< •- i oiilet,-to »• to mako "Trieste a symbol of peace and security in tin- world Addressing the Haban p I.tn al <omm.'sloti, Cotinaly told hi- col h-aguiw that they faced th- 'a< k of pieserving the peace of t Illworld and said sharpiy that we ale not here to settle leal ,-state problem* " The i h.illellge of p--a •• is hellon Olli do.irste] Ii Olli t ilde on the table of tin- chairman of this i ommi ,-ioii' io- r aid Connally did rot. as bad been anti ipat-d repl, directly to Hiquestion* raised OV toiei.u m ill tel V M Molot v cniiceri'iiig \trzlo American policy on Trieste Nor did in- make attv les atemelit of 1 American to ,-ig’i polo y against tin- background of tin- W.-ilLo-Brynes, Truman ep.-mo Connally warned bo’ i Daly and ' YugoelaVta that whatever tile con feietl, e decision - Il Tile-te I! must be ac • pli-d There i.i'JSt I . -ail. no mental reservation*, t.” sei let evasion* of mind "The peace of the World. tie said j* more linporiant thin a lew mi!’-* of tefritpry or national pride Connally H|Hik«- aft- v< e pre mier Edw.ed Ka d Ii - : Yugoslav i charged tint Bi tain ml \im tj. a are trying to draw a heavy non < 111 tain a 'III d tin Medderi atie.Hi Kardelj i lai that It IH*h and Ann rican policy tow i-d I' bete sought so deprive Vi;_o*',av la of an unhindered outlet to th-- \dria t:c S<a and keep Soviet |{ti*.ja from challenging Ik ' » *up ’-mm y HI the Med.tel ' Uh an In a speech lasting 77> mmuies Kardelj t-xp.eseed *• ii doubt that Biit.tin ai d tin- I nit. d Stat’swen- sincere m th sms lh<-y ! gave I r keeping I < -te out of Yugoslav hands Press For Vote Lake Stis-i-sa. N Y . Sept I<l t rpt The I nited Nat.ons m cur ity count il pt'e-si-d for .; vote today on the I'kralm * i iaigi that Greece is threatening Balkan peace as Rus* i's delegate. Midi' \ Gromyko prepared to I .ke <>., r ae c mu I'l urn To Page 2, Column «> n Fall Presbytery To Meet Here Tuesday Decatur Church Is Host To Sessions The annual taii meeting of the Fort Wayne Presbytery will biheld Tm-silay at the First Pres byteri.ni chn ch in Decatut Two sessions will be held, the first one starting at P o'clock Tuesday morn Ing Luncheon will be served to all attending the meeting at noon in the church basement by the ladle* aid society of the local church The afternoon *essiim will follow the luncheon Presbyterians fr. m all churchew in the Foit Wayne Presbytery will attend th” meeting, including the pastors, members of the session oppose the lamisvilb- Colonels and church memtiers. The spring meeting win held at Elkhart and at that time Decatur was selected for the autumn meeting Rev John W McPheeters Jr , pastor of the local church and all members will act as hosts to the Waiting member*.

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Asks President To Intercede, Force Owners Negotiate With CIO Strikers BULLETIN New York. Sept. 1«.--(UP) — Tension mounted in the nation's most crippling shipping strike in history today as the striking national maritime union (CIOi promised to resist any attempt by AFL union members to cross their picket lines. New York. Sept DI (I'Pl Re--1 infill■ <-d picket Ini’- urrouudlng 1 all piers in the nation's greatest ’ (Mirt today a* the CIG National Maritime I nion -ought tn ni.ik> Gi<- maritime strike that has ti’-l 1 up all the country's seaports for 12 day I"" pen eii' effective t Mon- ilian a thousand pickets paraded before pier- HI and fi2 of ■ tin- I S lines, where It was be • liev.-d ar.othei attempt to i rosIhe I,m - might be made by Jos ' eph I' Ryan- AFL International Longshoremen* A**o< lation. sotmt of whom walked through a six in.m Citi picke| Hile on Saturday i But -olio- 17’ii ILA longshore in, Il who appeared |i.i* '-d by and i encouraged Go* NMI stnkei* W' an going to <-io-* your I , picket line a spokesman said d Maybe Ryan will try with hi I Fired gooti squad Stand fast might nee I y.iiir h-Ip om month from now J Soiii" of the pit kets were with drawn when an attempt to crash t the lim- failed to materialize, but , Joseph I. Weim-r. iii charge of , idt-kel* on pier »i 2. aid picketwen- being placed .Hound every pl”! in New York City, in Brook lyt., Staten Island ami New Jei only watchnien wen- being per mi't’sl to ero* th’- CIO line*, nu* th.- union will vote at a noon 1 ■ i-'-tim oday "ti wheilu-r to ,im 1 tinm .iib.winr th. -hip operator•u place -ui h p--i onnel aboard 1 Th’ NMI meanwhile a ki-d Presid'tit Trmmin o intervene in 1 the s'rtk' The union -aid that a solid 1 wall of between 7,.mS' and In.ilO" ' picket* would parade along thNeu York waterfront to lay itt an attempt to make the walkout I"" I percent effective and prevent ■ rival \FL im-n trom working any . oi tin- 372 ship* tied up in the f l-.arbor The union estimated that about 2" mm *eame|| were idle in Nevi York and "tie spoke-mini said all of them might be < ailed out to pi, ket m a di~play of strength A m.<*- nice'ing wa scheduled ,! tor noon N.M I president Joseph Curran asked the president to inferred' and force I’actfu ami gulf count shipowners to negotiate with the > union Negotiation- with east coa» ■ sliipownei • were broken off yes terday after th” union insisted that eftlemepf of the walkmil hinge on an agreement between west coast shippers and the two Pacific coast unions on sttike The operators also refused to negotiate fuitlnr until th” union ordered security watches back on • the idle vessels to protect car goes Curran charged that the refusal . of owners to negotiate conafituted a "lockout" and said that "on ( them alone the responsibility now lies for 'he continued complet’paralysis of the martime indttzi fry " Withdrawal of security watches from the struck ships was an tin 1 precedenteil act ion in maritime labor disputes, Frank J Taylor, c hairman of the operators' nego- ' i Hating committee, said H” warm-1 the coast guard that th” * deserted ships "are in a hazard I oils and unsafe condition.” and ' asked the government to take ' steps to insure the safety of th” < vessels. :; Thus far the west coast operatI ors have refused to negotiate on lithe grounds that the striking unions are violating existing contracts The west coast unions inl volved are the marina cooks and .' ctewards (CIO) and the (ndepend(Turn To Pegs I, Column 9)