Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1946 — Page 1

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President On Radio Tuesday, October 1 Washington. Hept. !J. -(I P)— Preaident Truinan will make a fiveminute radio addrew (all network*) on the niitht of Oct. 1 opening the community cheat drive, the White llouae paid today. The addrrra will It* hroadcaat at S:3O pm. (CST). -■ o 1 Bury Airliner Wreck Victims At Crash Site Last Os Survivors Os Belgian Airliner Crash Brought Out dander, Nfld.. Hept. S3—(l’P> —A Hahena Airline* official auld today the victim* of the craah of a Belgian Tranaatlantic airliner in the wild Newfoundland buah country would be buried Iteneath •fi white croMM at the acene of the diaaater. which haa been tamed "Ht. Mart Ina-Ind ke-Wooda" by the 18 aurvivora. Gilbert Perier. managing director of the airline, whose wife and daughter were killed In the craah. announced the decision to bury the victim* on the spot a few hour* after the la*t of the survivor* had l»een brought here hy helicopter and PHY flying boat. He said It waa decided to bury them In the wood* rather than risk the Ilves of coast guard and If. 8. army personnel bringing them out. The 18 survivor* were resting comfortably today at the Sir Frederic Banting hospital in Gander where only three remained on the critical list. The evacuation of the survivors was completed yesterday when the 10 least seriously Injured were removed from the tiny plateau near the scene of the disaster hv helicopter which shuttled hack and forth to a PBY flying boat which had landed on nearby Head Wolf lake. The ether eight survivors had been evacuated Saturday.

Only a few members of the rescue party remained at the scene of the crash today, completing the task of burying the victims. They will make the journey back to Gander on foot after their work is done Perier said white crosses would mark the graves of the 26 victims of the worat disaster In the history of commercial transAtlantic aviation. Aerial funeral services will be held, probably tomorrow, when the protestant bishop of Gander and Father McCarthy of the Roman Catholic church, will hold services for the 26 in airplanes slowly circling the area. The Newfoundland government ordered flowers dropped from a plane on the tiny cemetery named "St. Martins-ln-the-Woods' by the survivors In honor of the army doctor. Samuel P. Martin. Durham. N. C.. who untiringly administered to the Injured until they were evacuated. Dr. Martin was In the rescue party that reached the scene last (Turn To I. Column 7)

Seek Approval Os Highway Airport Ask Training Field For Ex-Servicemen Former 0. I.’s and local aviator* are making an effort to obtain approval or the Decatur Highway Airport, which la operated by Miss Josephine Ivetich. on South Thirteenth atreet, an a training field tor exeervicemen who wish to become pilot*. Contact hae already been made with the civil aeronautics authority in Indianapolia and a few change* In the local Held have been recommended. If theae are made, the Decatur enthusiast who wishes to keep the 0. I. training program In thia city has been assured that the field will be accepted. McComb field, northwest of the Intersection of state highway* ?7 and Mi. did not meet government specifications and it was feared that local 0. I.’s who wish to take up flight training would have to enroll In classes In nearby towns. The Decatur man who contacted the CAA. stated that between 15 and 80 ex-servicemen expressed the desire to take up training and learn to become pilots. The cost of the training program Is defrayed by the government under provisions of the 0. !. MU.

Byrnes Urges United Nations End Suspicion Blocking Road To Understanding Os Nations Os World Washington, Sept. 2J.—(VP)— Secretary of state James F. Byrnea today urgvd the United Nation* to tnuko a vigorous attack on the "barriem of suspicion and mistrust” which are blocking the road to International understanding. Byrnes made his plea in a numsage to the United States commission which will advise the American delegation to th® United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation. The luomember commission Is holding a four-day aeries of meetings here to formulate recommendations to help guide the five United Slate* representatives at the first UNESCO general a’semhly In Paris In November. Byrne*' message from Paris, read by assistant secretary of state William Benton, called on the commission to help build the defenses of peace In the mlnda of men.” ' The road to international cooperation I* a hard one at best,” HyrntM declared. "Suspicion and mistrust make the going more difficult. If UNESCO can help to clear away these barriers, the peoples of the world will push ahead more surely and rapld'y.” Benton told the awemhled representatives of leading educational, liuslnees, labor and other groups that UNESCO "can and must" be a pioneer in the "long process of breaking down the walls of national sovereignty and of pomuading the peoples of this world t<> study each other and cooperate with eaob other." He ur»ed them to beware of three pitfails In their work of helping formulate U. 8 policies and pulling UNESCO'* program across here in the r. S. - These he listed as HI the danger of becoming merely a "debating society''; (2) possible failure to give full weight to the value of radio and motion picture* in spread. Ing knowledge to the world's millions; and (3) the likelihood that established group* may try "logrolling" to protect their "vested Interests.” In addition to drawing policies to guide U. H. delegates to UNESCO, the commission will make recommendations on the delegates (Turn To Page I, Column 7) Ohio Youth Taken Into Custody Here One Minor Traffic Wreck Is Reported

One arreet and one traffic accident over the weekend were reported from the city police blotter today by police chief Ed Miller. Eldon Holley, 18. of Fort Recovery, Ohio, was arrested about 5 a. m. today by officer Roy Chllcote at the corner of Thirteenth and Adams streets. The arresting officer was called to the scene when It was reported that the defendant was acting Htrgngely. When he arrived Holley Insisted that he be taken to Jail. The officer obliged. He was to be arraigned late this afternoon In city court. No one was hurt about 9:55 p. m. Saturday when cars driven by Gorman Fox. 19, route one. Decatur and William Bailey. 18. route five. Decatur, collided In the 100 block of North Second street. The accident occurred as the Fox auto stopped to permit another car to pull from a parking space and waa rammed by the Bailey vehicle, officer Robert HUI. who Inveetigated. said. Damage waa estimated at 395. Miss Doris Schnepp. route one, Monroe, was a passenger in the Fox auto and Vernell Habegger. of Decatur, waa riding In the other auto. —o — Friendly Congress Urged By Townsend

Evansville. Ind., Sept. 23—(UP) —M. Clifford Townsend. Democratic nominee for U. 8. senator from Indiana, believes President Truman muat have a "friendly congress'' to maintain world peace and national prosperity. Townsend voiced that opinion yesterday at a Democratic rally attended by 2.300 persona.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 23, 1946.

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AT THE MUSEUM of Natural History In New York. Dr G. H. R. von Koenigswald show* hi* gyear-old daughter. Fellclta*. the pricelee* skull of a Java giant man who lived al*>ut sftft.no- years ago. The paleontologist made the rare find Just before Pearl Harbor. When the Japs overran Java he hid !he fragments le-fore being thrown Into a prison camp. The bone* arrived In New York a short time ago.

Soya Company Host At All-Day Program Test Plots, Plant Shown To Visitors Emphasizing their nutritious value a* well as outlining and Ulustratlng various production method* of aoy beans, officials of the Central Soya company today staged a full day program for more than 150 guest*. Members of the county fiveacre corn club and their guest*, county agents, member* of soil improvement associations and triple A committeemen from a dozen surrounding counties made up the list of visitors. J. Ward Calland. director of agronomic research for the company. was In general charge of varied tours conducted this morning and this afternoon, despite the inclement weather that failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the guests. Mr. Calland, 0. W. Walker, Purdue university crop extension specialist, Ralph Holder, nutritional laboratory director of the company. and others were to speak this afternoon at a program following noon luncheon. Site of the luncheon was shifted to the Sunset park pavilion from the nutritional laboratory build Ings because of the continued rains today. Visitor* were formed Into small groups and conducted on tour* which Included trip* to the »oy bean test plot* iw the company's gardens, visits to the nutritional laboratory buildings and it* various phases of development work, tours of the soy bean plant and its associated feature sitea. The visitors were shown the new link-belt freight car unloader. Although, It was not in operation. feature* of the device, designed to unload six freight cars an hour, were explained. They were also shown a new semitrailer truck unloader, soon to be completed. Coincidentally, the first load of soy tieans of the season was brought into the piant last Saturday and the second today a* the visitors began their tour ot the plant. Mr. Holder and Weldon Soldner. associate director of the biological laboratories ot the plast, conducted the visitors on the laboratory tours. Mr. Walker explained the soy bean variety plots. This afternoon the guests were to tour the plant Itself, Including the giant silos which are to house two million bushels of soy beans in each of two batteries. Tour* of other Improvements and features of the company's facilities were also to be included on the afternoon program, o Bonfire Burns Fatal To Six-Year-Old Girl Crawfordsville. Ind.. Sept. 23.— (UP)—Services were held today at Elwood for Ruth Strickler, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Strickler, who died Saturday night of burns sustained when a bonfire Ignited h»r clothing

BULLETIN Milwaukee, Sept. 23.—(UP) —Federal district Jvdge F. Ryan Duffy today refused to issue a permanent injunction restraining OPA from enforcing its price rollback order on meat meals. 60 Percent Nation’s Economy Controlled Few Controls Likely By June Os 1947 Washington. Sept 23—(UP)— Today. Just a HUle more than a year after VJ day, about 6ft per cent of the nation's economy I* still under price control. A top OPA economist predict- ' ed that another 20 percent would be dexontrolled by the end of the year and that virtually n<> price controls would be needed by June of 1947. At no time, he »aid. wa* more than 80 percent of the total economy under price control. Never controlled were such things a* services of barber*, doctor*. lawyer* and price* of newspaper*. magazine* or theater ticket*. In estimating the percentage of the economy still controlled. Ol’A figure* the total national output at 3155.000.ftft0.00ff This covers only production of private Industry. The new price control law call* for decontrol by Jan. I of all Item* not Important In living or business costs or essential Item* which are no longer scarce. It sets June 30 a* OPA'« expiration date. The OPA economist *aid that If the current rate of decontrol keep* up. 4ff percent of the economy would remain under restrictions by Jan- 1.«» compared with 75 percent at a corresponding time a year before. Rent controls may bo extended beyond June 3ft; rent accounts for four percent of the national economy. The only other item* that may possibly be decontrolled after June 30—congress willing—are automobiles and a few scarce building material*, the OPA official said. Up to now the biggest Items which have been decontrolled are machinery, grain, tobacco, and dairy product*. The OPA still has almost complete price authority over consumer hard goods such as refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, clothing ami automobiles. The most important production control still In effect is an order of the civilian production administration restricting the building of nonresident lai structure* such as stores, garages and banks. "■■O Gary Steel Plant Resumes Production Gary. Ind . Sept. 23.—(UP)—Officials of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp, said that production at the strike bound Gary sheet and tin mill would be resumed today. Conciliation commissioner W. D. Murray said that representatives of the compsny and the CIO united steelworkers union bad agreed to negotiate their dispute which dos ed the plant a week ago.

Huge Wartime Profits Os Shipbuilders Put Under House Committee Probe

Protest Sales 01 Outside Milk Here Dairymen Protest To City Officials laical milk producers have Imlgwl protests with city official* agaiiiHt the sale ot “outelde" milk • in Decatur -Including the newly introduced “package milk" variety, and employed legal counsel to assist them In their hattie, It was authoritatively b-arned here todav. The dairymen, who have been ! furnishing the city'* milk supply for a numlM-r of years, have formally lodged their protest* with councilmen and other city officials and have indicated that they will place an official remonstrance at a future meeting of the council, the same authentic source related. Ixm-uI legal counsel has been employed to survey restrictions of the existing milk ordinance, emended In 1840. The original ordinance governing the sale of milk in the city la believed to have been ’adopted here In 1906 and the 194t> amendment the first and only one made since that time. The ordinance is a lengthy one and provides various restriction*, excluding the requirement of city inspection of milk. At the time the ordinance was amended, the appointment of a milk Inspector in a joint Adams-Wells county setup wa* discussed. The appointment was not made, howi ever. The ordinance, among other ' things. provHe* that milk peddl,ed in the city be produced at i dairies locate<l within the county, a spokesman for the remonstra-; tors said. The spokesman said that the recent protest action followed "package milk" being placed In stores here and sold through various retailers, including grocer- ’ I les, etc. He said the ordinance wa* being probed by legal counsel to determine whether or not its provisions covered this manner of sale as.well as door-to-door anles. The new package milk found on the shelves of the local store* Is advertised as having the exceptional features of teeing inspected grade A milk and a* eliminating the necessity of washing and handling the common Icottle con tainer.

Soviet Proposal On I Troop Data Opposed Western Powers Are Opposed To Request Success, N. Y., Sept. 23 - (UP) The western powers prepared a hoetile reception in the United Nations security council today for Russia's proposal that the AIIIsm file complete report* on the size and disposition of their armed force* and ba*es in friendly foreign countries. The Russian request was likely to l>e dismissed summarily without even being placed on the council's formal agenda It was placed on the delegatee' provisional agenda early in the three-weeks-old council session when Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko surprised his colleagues by requesting that they demand detailed reports on the military and naval forces being maintained us of Aug. 1 In all foreign territories other than the ex-enemy states. Meanwhile the UN economic and social council called another plenary session today for further discussion of the proposed international refugee organization, a project whose probable coat has caused most of the 18 nation* represented on the council to balk at the United Stales' plea for speedy action Only Canada, and Belgium to a lesser degree, were behind the Americans' efforts to get the IRO established in time to take over the problem of some l.ftftft.OftO displaced person* and refugee* In Eump * when UNRRA abandon* Its displaced persons program next June 30. The United States and Britain Interpreted the Russian proposal as an effort to embarrass them by (Turn To Fsge I, Column I)

Big Four To Seek To Speed Peace Parley Will Meet Tuesday In Effort To Iron Out Differences ■ ■ Pari*. Sept. 23 — (UP) — The Big Four agreed today to meet I tomorrow in an effotl to icon out differences and sjceecl the delilwra 1 lions of the peace conference. The- foreign ministers will meet . at the Qua I D'Orsay. Decision to hold the- meeting came after British foreign secre i faty Enieat Devin met privately with Russian foreign minister V. M Molotov for the first time since the- Paris conference started. Bcvin and secretary of state Janies F. Byrnes also met with French foreign minister George Bldault. Bevln met privately Saturday with secretary of state James F. 1 Byrnes Immwliatc-ly after returning to Paris from Umdon. Bymes hss not seen Molotov in private since the opening of the 21-nation conference although he and Bevln meet frequently to iron out strategy and tactics. Exactly one month remains before the- United Nation general assembly will open in New York ami the peace conference will be forced to speed its deliberation* radically If it I* going to finish before ' that date The conference today tAc-kled ' the* c’ontroveraial question of the disposition of the Italian empire. The Big Four agreed to delay a final settlement for a year but provided that Italy must renounce ht-r right* to colonial possessions. The United States precipitated an east west < lush by announcing her support of a Greek proposal that Bulgaria be required to demilitarize her side of the GrecoBulgarian border. Brittan and France supported the American stand. N. P. Novi) of Byelirllusaia denounced it as designed to "insult. Hhame and offend the Bulgarian government." —Q

Candy Lovers Given Bad News From OPA Washington, Sept. 23. (UP) OPA (oday sugar-coated some bad news for candy bar ioven*. It first came along witli assuranew that prices of most nickel and dime bar* are expected to remain unchanged despite higher production costs. But then it atfftounced that the higher cost* would be offset by "adjusting" the size of the liar. By adjusting. OPA means to say they're going to shrink the thing somewhat. 'O Police Warning On Halloween Pranks Report Vandalism Caused In Decatur Police chief Ed Miller today Issued a stern warning to pre Halloween pranksters, who reportedly have caused considerable disturbance and some destruction in Decatur recently. Numerous complaints have been received, chief Miller said, from residents who complained of youth*— presumably marking Halloween a bit prematurely — throwing rotten tomatoes and apples on porches. Similar complaints have been made by motorists who left autos unlocked, the chief stated. While the city police department has no desire of curbing innocent Halloweening, the chief stated, pranks such as those which have been reported, and other destructive vandalism will not be tolerated. He urged parents <o supervise afterdark activities of their children. declaring that arrest* will be made if the warning I* not heeded.

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One Company Netted Over Two Millions On S6OO Investment, Committee Is Told Washington, Sept. 23—(UP)— One of 19 shipbuilding companies wliom- wartime profits are under Investigation made |2,080,000 on n mere |<oo Investment, the house merchant marine commit* tee was tol<l today The Bt. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp., of Jacksonville, Fla., was named a* the profiting firm by committee counsel Marvin Cole* as the group ended an Investigation of wartime shipbuilding profits. Coles al*o said that the Henry J. Kaiser group earned fe»* and profits totalling 1192.237,284 from the operation of government built yard*. Coles charged that Kaiser’s investment in the six shipyard* of his group wa* only |2.GOO,OOtr compared with the government's 3223.00ft.0iM). Kaiser, walling to testify, Issued a booklet and a prepared statement defending his wartime operations anti denying that be had received any favorei treatment from the government. He contended that he had saved the government 35ftft.btm.0ft0 on war contracts and more than two year* of precious time in the construction of Liberty ships Kaiser's statement hit Itack at “wholly untrue statements,” which he attributed to several member* of congress, that he operated shipyard* on only 3100.000. He said "the truth is" that the Kaiser group used more than 332.000.000 of risk capital obtain ed from private sources for wartime operation of shipyards. None of this capital was obtained from or guaranteed by the government. he said. The St. Johns firm. Coles said, actually made a capital Investment of onlv 3600 while the government invested 316,029,112 In facilities All of the 12 companies under Investigation earned an estimated total profit of 3356.0(16.612 on a capital investment <rf only 322.979,275. The facilities which these companies operated cost the government 3124.250.694 Coles said the figures were supplied by the maritime commission. which came under fire from one of the first witnesses—Ralph E. Casey, attorney for the general accounting office. Casey said that In many cases the commission relied on contractors' figure* to make decisions about profits. Denouncing contract practice* of wartime shipbuilders. Casey said that never before "have so few men made so much money with so little risk—and all at the «xpense of taxpayers not only of this generation but of generations to come." Casey charged that shipbuilders frequently changed a contract In the midst of an operation, leaving the GAO with no way of checking up on profits. He said this practice left the government "at the mercy of a handful of Individual*, In tranractlons Involving hundreds of millions of dollars.” Coles said some of the profit figures he listed were before renegotiation. "This committee's Imsic problem." ho said. "I* to determine whether or not. under all of the circumstances involved In these profits and fees were reasonable ar whether they constituted unreasonable fees and profiteering.” Coles said that while the nation's Industry Is entitled" to a reasonable profit even in wartime "unreasonable wartime profits and war profiteering must be condemned ” Os the 19 companies, six are in the so-called Kaiser group. Henry J. Kaiser, head of the great industrial empire which boars his name, sat in the Jam-packed committee room waiting to testify. ■■"O' 1 American Civilian Held By Yugoslavia Belgrade. Sept. 23 —(UP)—Th® Yugoslav foreign office today admitted Yugoslav official* were holding Roy H. Stoeckel, an Amerlran civilian who disappeared near th* Yutoslav-Australn border July IS. The foreign office charged Htoockel with "Illegally croaaing th* frontier and taking photographs ot different prohibited objects.”