Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 229

EMAND JOINT DEFENSE OF DARDANELLES

k To Grant le Hike To feOnMeat . Kfouroot Meat ■es Increase ■| Be Granted BL-,-,* Eiinintratiof l fervent■T(ur »n early tall livestock tu esse lb* pobiieally-ex- ■ |u , a i famine Iteforo the election*. K> B t Truman himself clos- ■ „ u two suggested remK>n he turned thumbs down up . r abolishing price ■i on meat. ■ chairman Roy L Thompson ■ prl.e decontrol board dam- ■ any hope* for immediate ■action on the t*ef industry's Ll petition. Thompson, who ■hi- iliortaye '* destined to ■r aome time." said It would K November al the soonent ■ the board could act in tho ■nutation. ■ beef industry advisory com- ■ |. expetled to petition SSC- ■ o' agriculture Clinton P. Lg fur decontrol shortly ■o.t t. Cnder tho price con■t Thompson said, it takas ■ two months for an industry L to reach the Itoard. ■ mduitry can appeal to the ■ tyly after it* petition Is ■ down by Anderson. .Mr. Tru- ■ opposition to decontrol made ■train that Anderson would K >.. ■ ilamor for more meat ■nr throughout the country,Bmocmts, tneir eyes on the ■ 5 elutions, found some <omits Mr Truman's prediction ■bore meat would be available ■' with the fall slaughter, ■wvhiie, ether developments Be meat situation were: I OPA announced that restauI meat prices will lie raised I seek, but did not disclose ■ntuch The agency and the inly sill agree next Tuesday to Kc •»:«- factor" which will be I’d to June 30 ceilings. The ■> sai an about face on OPA's ■ of slept. 17 rolling back meal ■> W June 10 levels. I The army reduced its demand b-at set asides from 15.000,000 Rwtt.wii pounds weekly. The f jllowed protests by packlhat they would not be able to I the army's demands. Houle also have a priority over Mt for meat. Plan Action <i*Mpolla. Sept. 28-(UP)— “» district OPA officials w action today against 18 uapolu groceries which they w »ere selling meat tor as three and one-half times •staMlihed ceiling price—- “* »me time, the OPA said *h* Hocsier capital was the is the state Where major L Were r *F° r ted. ,u u “* clal h.2.* J* rwnn «l combined "J' 'o «»nd In long tty groceries and meat J* ** * ‘hopping, the inrepoftua l(| „ y h(|d Reunion At ’lumbys Oct. 5-6 n,u »««• lI;7‘ OfWorW W«rlwHl it of nJ^” , “" ion •*** »*• s-, * • N *"‘ »»r «t Columa U | r ‘I’y 1 ’ y * !H * Sunday, tSXI; T w ** hh U 4* • i ‘ art of the Muy * ®*»hwrs of this ”**»m wishi y ' A " y Com P“y *• t*Utoe h ‘*° a ' h ■ D<, nelt PJasepk r * Mk *< to conlaro«»istely. T %A T Tu T a H . IR o MOM,TtR “Oil * TURI StAOINOt "H" _ 79 . *tfther ilth*X‘ M * y , ’’ d ‘* J**"* Sunder. **My flif ’ *•« central. *■=33=

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Three School Boys Are Killed By Train Went To Sleep On Railroad Tracks Hammond. Ind . Kept. 2m (Up) — Three high school boys who went to sleep on the tracks of the Nickel Plate railroad after attending a friends birthfl ay party were killed early today by a passing train. A fourth, Gene Blair, 15, Ham . tnotid, escaped by rolling off the t right to way into a ditch, and , watched the train crush his school- * mates. "It was awful." he said. "I saw . the train pass tight over them." The dead were .Melvin Altgilbers. i Gary, Ind., and Joseph Walkers, 15. , and Charles Schick, 16, botlj o! Hammond. Altgilbers was a senior i •• Hammond Technical high 1 . school, and the other three were , sophomore*. i Young Biair said he and the , others went to a birthday party , last night for a friend named I "Mike." and each had one lan tie : of boer. ( , “We weren't drunk," he said When they left the party, he . eald, Schirk did not want to go . home because ho said life mother was not home. Walker complained , of an upset stomach. Blair said, so . they decided to stretch out on the t railroad tracks at a crossing near , Hammond. "Melvin ouid there wouldn't be , any trains coming and wo were ail ! pretty tired so I guess we just . dropperl oft to sleep." Blair said. , “I was awakened when i heard MelI vin scream there was a train com lug. He conldn t get out of the [' !w* in time. I rolled over and the LIUIP brushed past mo. Then 1 ,' fell in a ditch" He Mid ho went home and told ! hi«i mother, who notified police. , Tho train, a frieght headed toward Chicago from Fort Wayne. , Ind, did not atop. The bodies of two of the youths were found . on the tracks. A third was at the I (Turn To Page C. Column 4) , 0 ; Erie Train Times > To Change Sunday i Changes in train schedules, due I to discontinuance of daylight saving time, effective Sunday, were I announced by the Erie railroad as ) follows : » Train 1, daily, will leave Decatur, • at 4:35 a.m. and arrive in Chicago > 8:25 am. Train 2, daily, will leave - at 8:50 p.m . and arrive in Jersey r City, N. J., 7:35 p.m. Train 7, daily, will leave at 9:37 p.m., arrive in Chicago 1:20 a m. I Considers Having r ■ Slogan Copyrighted I > Local Man's 'Eggs' Slogan Gains Fame ■ Several days ago torn Khler, i local restaurant proprietor, put up 1 a huge sign in his restaurant "How do you want your eggs?” because ' he tired of telling hie customers ‘ "no meat." Today, after bis name has appeared in hundreds of newspapers throughout the nation, .Mr. Khler said that he is considering copyrighting the query "How do you want your eggs?" : "You can’t tell,” he said, 'some 1 one may write a song with that as ’ a title. That’s the way the song 'Yea. we have no bananas' was ’ started.* 1 After Mr. Ebler had put up the k sign, a story appeared in the Daily ’ Democrat concerning it. The story 1 waa "picked up" by the United r Press. Since then he has received near--1 ly a score of letters and cards ' from various persons reading the item, as well as numerous clipping bureaus. Oshkosh. Wise., Denver. Minneapolis. New York and Los Angeles are but a few of the cities from which these letters originated. One sent directly to the Dally Democrat and signed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Houser and children saye, **lt gave ue a feeling of home to see this tiny item dalellned" Decatur, Indiana, In our Long Beach, Calif., paper. "Tbe clipping from the Long Beach Press Telegram was enclosed.

Violence In Movie Strike In Hollywood Contract Dispute In Pittsburgh Is Still In Deadlock By United Press Authorities at Hollywood proclaimed a state of emergency to <urb Increasing violence in the movie studio workers strike today, while Pittsburgh staggered under the impart of a power strike now in its fifth day. .Meanwhile, Pacific coast shipowner representatives in Washington sought to stave off another nationwide maritime strike set for midnight Monday. At Hollywood, sheriff Eugene Biscailus said he would hire 125 extra officers to enforce antipicket ing injunctions secured by Metro-GoldwynsMayer and Warner Bros. Conference of studio union pickets at Warner Bros, threw ro<ks and hricks through windows of busses carrying nonstrikers into the studio yesterday. At MOM. 200 pickets fought for half an hour with 15 carloads of non-striktrs who tried to crash the line. Fifteen pickets were arrested and three persons were hospitalized. Both .M-G-M and Warner Broa. obtained a restraining order limiting the number of pickets to 50 and prohibiting violence. The M-G-M studio was surrounded by 300 pickets yesterday. At Pittsburgh, liu contrael dispute between tho Duquesne Light Co. and the Independent Power Workers Union of 3.5U0 members remained deadlocked. A few sleepless supervisors and maintenance men maintained a power output 38 percent of normal. Picket lines spread to street car barns, cutting down trolley service and marooning thousands of the 1,000.000 daily riders. Union president George L. Mueller agreed to meet with company negotiators again today in an effort to reach a contract agreement. The company has offered a five cent hourly wage Increase and reviser) holiday and pension plana. The union has rejected the terms. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh business was almost at a standstill. Many dores and restaurants were closed and taverns were nearly empty. Places still operating were open under "dim out” conditions. In the maritime dispute, two (Turn To Page 3. Column 7»

Village Os Willshire, Ohio, Incensed Over Proposed Meeting Os Jehovah’s Witnesses Sect-Town Officials Ban Sunday Meeting

BY 808 SHRALUKA (Staff Writer) Predictions of trouble are prevalent on all sides In Willshire. Ohio, a village of some 506 persona—in event members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect attempt to hold their scheduled meeting in the city park there Sunday afternoon. These predictions of a demonstration iurpa**ing that of last Sunday during a similar meeting were substantiated in interviews with the mayor ot Willshire, tbe town marshal and nearly a score of the highly incensed citizenry, a large number of whom are veterans ot World War I or 11. In these interviews-and one with Clyde Steele. 122 North Ninth street, a "minister" of the Decatur company of Jehovah s Witnesses — I learned that a “mob" of some 150 persons. Including many war veterans, "broke up" last Sunday’s meeting and that town officials have warned against any future gatherings "within the city limits" of Willshire. Mayor Jess C. Spitler said: "They cannot hold any more meet9eß In Wlllahire. They cannot dlstributo their llteislure. Thia la not only my order to them, it 1s tho order of tho council." Town marshal Rumoll Christy said: "Lut Bunday I just told them to move on to avoid trouble if they ever come here again the

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Sept. 28, 1946.

As Film Strike Hits 7 Studios * y i \ HHBHw M Ht .-Sv. i "wU ,- v " I'-; - I fl . <i a i jCT-is. 1... I. » POLICE ESCORT Herman Jappe out of the picket line thrown up around a Culver City. Cai., studio, one of seven suffering walkouts in the latest wave of labor strikes hitting the film industry. The conference of studio unions is protesting what It rails a lockout of producers.

National Newspaper Week Opens Tuesday Salesmen Carriers Guests Os Democrat In appreciation of their service* and In observance of national newspaper week, the corp* of salesmen carriers tor the Decatur Dally Democrat, will be guests of tho circulation department at the Adams theater over the week-end. Tickets have been obtained from Roy Kalver for the show, "Tbe Time of Their Lives." featuring the famous comedians. Bud Abbott und Ix)U Costello. The local carrier* deliver more than 1800 papers each evening in the city and as far east as Bellmont park. Their coverage of the residences within tho city limit* is almost 100 percent. This newspaper salute* the young salesmen and carriers and joins with the subscriber* in exprcscing appreciation for their ervicro. National newspaper week opens October 1.

whole bunch will go to jail—an.-l If they argue, they’ll get 'busted.* This time it won't be a mob: it will be official." Steele, in an Interview at his Ninth stret home Friday night said, "we will go according to law—not man's; but God's.” This was his answer when queried as to whether the sect will attempt to hold its meeting Sunday in the face of all the protests. The interviews followed a lengthy statement Issued by Steele, In which he told his story of the meeting last Sunday, charging that the group which broke up the event included "children armed with sticks, clubs and woolen spears'* Explaining his position in answer to Steele’s statement that “the mayor gave the Jehovah's Witnesses permission to go ahead with the meeting and instructed the town marshal to keep order," Mayor Spitler told this writer the following: “Several weeks ago a man by the name of McConnell (Ear) McConnell. a Van Wert. 0., member of the sect) came to me and asked permission to hold church aervices in the park on last Sunday. I said I guess it was all right. But I didn't know then that they were Jehovah's Witnesses. Then about 15 Legionnalroe and Harry Marti, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Decatur, protested. I contacts! a number of people to learn pub-

Standard Time To Return At Midnight Don’t forget to turn back your clock tonight—or you will be an hour early at church Ir. she morning. Tonight at midnight the city returns to central standard time afier observing daylight saving time throughout the summer months. 0 Rev. Albert Burkett Is Taken By Death The Rev. Albert D. Burkett, 67. retired Methodist minister, and a native of Adams county, died. Friday at the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne. Survivors include the wife, one son. Luther, of Rhinelander, Wk; a brother, the Rev. Harvey Burkett, of Minnesota: and a sister. Mrs. Mabie Yoder of near GenevaFuneral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the First Metho dist church in Fort Wtyne and at 3 p.m. at the Spring Hill chapel, near Berne, with burial in the Spring Hill cemetery.

He sentiment and found about 98 percent of the population against the meeting. I told the marshal about 11 p. m. Saturday to tell them to cancel their meeting. Early Sunday. Fuhrman Dellinger saw me and insisted on holding the meeting. I told him all right, but if there is any trouble, leave. I understand there was trouble and they left. On Monday, they were back right away wanting permission for next Sunday. I told them I would see the council. We decided against It to avoid any more trouble. Then is when we decided that they cannot hold any more meetings in Willshire. They cannot distribute their literature. This Is not only my order. It is the order of the council." Marshal Vehement Marshal Christy, after reading Steele's statement that "local law enforcing agencies In Willshire promised they would give no protection" was vehement itv hid assertion that "if they ever coms here again the whole hunch will go to jail — and if they argue, they'll get ‘busted*.** Harry Martz. In a .telephone conversation from hls home Friday night, agreed that he had lodged a protest with Mayor Spitler against the meeting. “I lodged that protest in behalf of the VFW poet, of which ! am commander. These people refuse to salute tbe flag and wa veterans (Turn To Page 4, Column I)

Soviet Russia Demands Joint Defense By Union Os Soviet-Turkish Force

14 Persons Missing After Texas Floods Eight Known Dead, Loss Five Million San Antonio. Tex.. Sept. 28— (UPi —Eight persons were known dead todav in a flood that turned the sleepy San Antonio river Into a swirling torrent that left hundreds homeless, many injured und property damage estimated at fS.Oon.Ooo. Kight Imrlies had been recovered, and sheriff Owen Kilday said 14 person* had iteen reported missing Os these, h<* said, four were military police who "almost certainly" drowned. Hundreds of persons still dung to rooftops ami trees awaiting rescue today 30 hours after the flash flood swept this historic old city. Countless others had fled to higher ground to escape the rising waters Ixioting broke out late yesterday. Military police were sent to the city’s western section to guard the many abandoned homes there. They were ordered to "get tough" with anyone found entering a home illegally. The floor! was the worst since 1921. when 49 persons perished here. After tile 1921 disaster the Olmos dam was built t<» protect the city from the river and its tributaries. Police credited the dam with saving the city from greater damage and loss of life today. At one time during the last 3fi hours, they said, the water was within five feet of the top of the 50-foot dike. The Red Cross established six shelters for the homeless, and gave them food. But weary rescue workers estimated that hundreds of stranded persons still were without shelter. Sheriff Kilday said lhat the flood crest, racing downriver to(Turn r l ■> !•»««• 6. Column 5) Takes Stale Case Under Advisement Directed Verdict Motion Overruled Judge J. Fred Frurhte in Adams circuit court has under advisement the state* case against Pearl Laisure, 52, charged with drawing a deadly weapon upon the person of George Kahn

The trial before the court wax completed late Friday afternoon with final arguments of Prosecutor G. Remy Bierly, representing the state, and John L. DeVoss, defense counsel. Earlier in the afternoon, Judge Fruchte overruled a motion by defenee for a directed verdict and the trial was continued The motion for the verdict was made after the state rested its case and defense counsel contended a prima facie case had not been established. Laisure took the stand In his own behalf Friday afternoon to deny charges that he had pointed a .20 gauge shotguti’at tbe complaining witness after an altercation over the loading oi a horse onto a trailer. The incident allegedly took place on Eleventh street in the Homewood addition, where the prosecuting witness and the defendant live nearly across from each other. The state contended that Kahn and Henry Swygart were on city property while loading the home, while defense counsel averred the defendant's property wan endangered. Tbe charge is a misdemeanor and upon conviction carries a fine of 81 to 8500 and a jail sentence of not more than six months. Judgs Fruchts indicated that hs will rule on the matter in the next few days. Meanwhile, tbe defendant remains at liberty under bond.

Atom Control Strictly Job Os Diplomats — Scientists Point To Need Os Control At Source Os Power Lake Success. N. Y. Sept. 2S (UP) Scientists of 12 Un Ited Nations released an unprecedented document today which said in affect that the tusk of outlawing atomic warfare wax strictly a: job for the world's politician*. The document for the most part trol of atomic energy is technologi etaxed all doubt* that world con-i rally possible. In a blue print for the guardians of world peace, the scientists warned that diverson of atomic pro ducts for military pur|H>*es bej came euxb-r with each progressive ; step in their inunttfactiiri*. Diver-ion of nuclear fuel is much I easier than diversion of raw ore. ' they said The document made only one ; concrete r<*commendatlon I "The maintenance ami strengthening of the international community of scientists, the free exchange of scientific information and an increasing awareness among all scientists <>f one another’s research activities would assist in making less likely the application of re I search talent to clandestine act | ivities.” The document wax a 32-puge re ■ port of the United Nations atomic energy commission's scientific and technical committee. It represent ed the first small vestige of unanimous itgr«*eineht yet achieved by the United States. Russia, lint aitt anil the nine other nations on the commission on the subject of international control of atomic i power. The scientists agreed lhat on the' basis of the available data admittedly incomplete and subject to future developments the surest and easies way to prevent the clandestine manufacture of atomic weapon* would be to establish con trol at the initial source of atomic power - the mines containing de |s>sits of uranium and thorium ore. the raw material for atomi< fission "Adequate safeguards," at the I mines, the report said, probably could prevent any diversion of atomic raw materials to warlike uses, It added that safeguards could be applied witli steadily increax ing difficulty, at each of the next three stages of atomic develop ' ment ,the extraction and pro(Turn To t'.igc 3. Column 5> -— „ Mrs. Ora Patterson Blue Creek Trustee To Fill Unexpired Term Os Husband Mrs. Ora E. Patterson, widow of the late William H. Patterson was named today to fill the unexpired term of her husband ax truxtee of Blue Creek township The appointment was made by the Adams county board of commissioners meeting in special session late this morning In the courthouse. Under terms of the appointment, .Mrs. Patterson will serve until January 1. 1947. The fouryear office will be filled in November during the fall election. Mr. Patterson was serving his second term in the office when he died last Tuesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital here. Appointment of the trustee was expected to be the only item of business on the commissioner's docket this morning

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Russia Warns Turks Against Military Moves Os Non-Black Sea Powers Now Mgl j.. in — Ixmdon, Sept. 28 tUPi Soviet Russia today demanded joint defense of Hie Dardanelles by united Soviet Turkish forces and warned Turkey against taking military niea-ure- in conjunction with non Black Sea powers. Radio Moscow dlsdoxcd a new Soviet note to Turkey, dated Sept 24. which said Russia must *har*« In defending the Dartiunelleii to Insure the security of the Black Sea power* It restated the Soviet contention that only Black Sea powers should participate in Dardanelle- control. The Black Sea power* are Russia. Romania. Bulgaria and Turkey. Tin* note warned that if Turkey continues to refuse the Soviet proposal, and then takes military measures with non-Black Sea powers, "this of course would run directly counter to the interests and security of the Black Sea powers." Russia pointed out that a Turkish note had rejected the original Soviet joint-defense proisisnls a* ’incompatible witli Turkish Sovereignty."! This was Incorrect. th<« Soviet reply said, because Russian proposal* would not infringe on Tttrki*h Sovereign rights. The Russians rejected Turklsli suggestions for a conference of powers who »igned the Montreux convention, pin* the United State*, to consider revising that pact Russia said here must be extensive dire< t Soviet-Turkish negotiations flr«U Turkey, the note said, showed by her wartime actions that she wax unable to defend the strait* alone. Rux.-ia's latest diplomatic note wax worded itt formal diplomatic manner but i-oiiiaiiied some eliarp remu'ks about alleged Turkl*h failure to protect tin- strait* from Axis ship movement during the war. Approve Border Paris. Sept 28 (Ul’l — Tho Italian political commission today approved tbe compromise "French” line bolder between Italy amt Yugoslavia over violent Yugoslav' protests, including a threat to refuse to sign the peace treaty and to refuse to move Yugoslav troops out of northwest Ixtria. The angry Yugoslav objections were overriden by the commission ami stirred Sen. Tom Connally, D.. Tex . to a burst of senate oratory in which he shouted that Yugoslav threats didn't "frighten anyone." "That sort of truculent attitude doesn’t make anyone quiver in liis boots," Connally snapped. The French line wax approved by a vote of 12 to 5 after a final Yugoslav plea to send the whobv Issue back to tin* big four lost 13 to (I Connally'* rip-rnortlng oratory stirred up Andrei Vlshinsky. Russia. to a similar display. Rusxianstyle. Vishiiisky. Ifke Connally, was <>p|M>sed to the Yugoslav proposal to dump the frontier question back in the la|m of the M, four but In* denounced Connally for calling Yugoslavia undemocratic. Visbinsky noted that the United States had threatened not to accept the French line until a statute for government of Trieste which is satisfactory to America ha* been agreed upon. Thus, he charged, the United States' attitude is the same as that of Yugoslavia. When tho Yugoslav proposal was offered Connally said: "ixvok at that resolution. It is rather a shrewd one. Doe* It mean there shall Ive no decision unless Yugoslavia agrees? | regret that we have had this old argument renewed — lhat unless the foreign ministers decide on tbe line Yugoslavia wants she is not bound by it “We are here to reach agreements and threats by Yugoslavia should not Influence thia."