Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1946 — Page 1

LIV. No. 266

HUMAN ASKS REPUBLICAN COOPERATION

gussia Demands Free Palestine

■ Freedom Kusfeeship ■er The UN Britain mBLj To Comply fit UN Charter ■Me,..os Nv. Nov 11 - ■■ >lt .-u m.'tided to iHBsE to '-.m Hl'al*-*' *’••' 1,1 HK ■ ■' >" r r ' ir WK; , I'nit.-d Natimt I n i'll States. t.l<i the ■^K, ln -:<i-- . oui'itiltee that ■Kj,! fa.l-d .oittl'b' with ■■.Uir' hy neglecting to ■H ... ■ . transfer to IN flow -tuandinz that the ■■tr...! ix -r i i.tMhip conn ■■ utabhshed this year, at rn O il Slates for wli.it ■K in ..t.-istetirtes" In its |||H . , . 1 O|. .-I .IO ibi- i X plant to lead mil--9H •!;. * hl’ dependent poo ■■ I security and in■r.. -,-d to titrod u p a veto ■■it; the work of the assent ■■kot rej.-. ted an American ths' th" ( tilted Nations HHi f't'de irgiinicnt in tiii.w f the assembly by post >>e definition of the IN K l-nraseo'otry concerning directly interested In a trusteeship. a.-.mi’t 1,14 five dotllilla |K the I N to a showdown by ■■r.!...- a 1-r .it oil eking that wer lie used only in the ■tW< i > peace or acts a g-A'l-tn ian res< lution was on the eve of private lhe I'liited States bln powers aimed at on a modified veto !■ *ouid a;.pea... the little na and Cuba loth have vet., i-su.. for debate and by the Mi neral assembly. >lulntion submitted today H> the assembly "earnest that the big five re |Mtr'«n u«mx the veto “except utnb-r chapter VII of the [■*' Chapter VII concern* with respect to threats to breathes of lhe peace. IB"' of aggression." Australian resolution was almost certain to re §■*'- 1 ' unanimous opposition of |B*t five, all want to keep the ■ ’ , *" r although some, notally ■T 9 M Slates, favor its modiAustralian resolution were |W*<i. the big fi V( . W . ()U | (l (MB aMk |Bf«rvKo the veto on such Issues |B’ tr ®ttiing when a dispute is BC 10 p * ! “ admission of new |V and trusteeship disputes. y N. Pursley Is ■“fed In Accident ■j" f «d City, Ind. Nov. 11— ■ v .?' , ’ ur » l *.v. "ho manf'lifford Townsend'* sue g'»mpaign for governor of !" 1,,s - was slightly in■C (j4,y ln an automobile col Hartford City finance ■hL?*** ’'Hv*. was shaken and ■T*»hen his auto collided ■L, ear driven by Donald ■JT' 1 ' Blackford county farmer. BL’T ’ ,n<l iwo Other farmers ■ttem " hlm Wured One ■ Slave Coleman, was ad ■ 0 a hospital for treatment. — ■ t ® C ’’ AT THERMOMETER ■ "MATURE readings K* , m ' 40 •■ w 40 Ker — 4l I “- - Wt *THtR cloudy and coldsr toBmu p#rt,y cloudy B •*»- ” * eh,nß * in Um p* r *-

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Rain And Colder Indiana Forecast Indlnapoll*. Nov. 11 (Up)— The first breath of w nfer was blowing ttward Indiana today, the weather bureau said. Rain and colder was the forte cast for today and tonight. The showers will lie light. Ixiwest recorded temperature in the state early today was at Marlon where the mercury fell to 38. Rainfall during the last 24 hours was scattered, varying from a half an inch at Kvansvllle to a trace at laifayette. Indianapolis received .14 inch. o St. Louis Is Paralyzed By Power Strike Negotiations For Soft Coal Strike In Crucial Stage BULLETIN Bt. Louh, Nov. 11.—(UP)— The Union Electric Co. announced at 1:30 p.m. that the walkout of AFL operating engineers had been settled and the men would return to work at once. By United Press A power strike hit the. St. Ixiuis metropolitan area today and negotiations on the soft coal strike threat reached a crucial point as many sources predicted removal of price and wage controls might mean another wave of strikes. Sources of supply for three* quarters of the three-state network served by the power lines of Union Electric Company of Missouri were shut down by strikes of AFL operating engineers at three power plants. Company officials said W men walked out because of the company s refusal to discipline a union member. Industries In the busy St. Louis area were asked to curtail consumption for duration of the strike, and department stores closed at midday, and current to some suburban areas was shut off. At Washington, president John L Lewis of the AFL United Mine Workers met with interior secretary J. A. Krug for two hours, lhe first time the two had met In current talks which began last week. In central Illinois, almut 500 AFL truck drivers ami helpers went on strike in 10 cities. A walkout in three leading Philadelphia hotels ended, and the labor department sought to (Turn To Page 4 Column O —. ■ ♦ New Cashier Named At License Bureau Dora McCullough Is Appointed Cashier The appointment of Miss Dora Mae McCullough as cashier of the Adams county auto license bureau in this city was announced today by Harry “Peck" Esses, bureau manager. Miss McCullough succeeds Mrs. Roy Bieberich. the former Miss Phyllis Koiter, who has served In that capacity for more than five years. . The change at the bureau becomes effective on December 1. Mr. Esex stated. However, Miss McCullough assumed her duties today In assisting Mrs. Bieberich and learning the nature of bar duties. Mrs. Bieberich asked to Himquish the position to devote full time to her duties as a housewife. She was first named cashier of the bureau under the managership of Cal F. Peterson, while it was located on Madisou street. Miss McCullough, whose home is in Pleasant Mills, was grad uated from high school there In May, 1845.

Two Killed, 18 : Hurt In Crash Os Airliner I United Airlines ! Transport Falls Near Cleveland Cleveland. Nov. 11—(UP)—Two persons were killed and 18 injured early today when a United Airlines transport crashed a mile from the Cleveland airport as It was preparing to land. Killed were F. L. Brown, Chicago, the pilot, and R. L. Arnold. Chicago, co-pilot. Eleven of the injured had l»een released from hospitals at 7:30 a.m. after treatment for minor hurts. Miss Betty Dobson, the stewardess and one of the injured, said the plane, a DC-3, apparently struck a power line just before it c rashed. The craft was making its second approach to the field in a bard rain. “We were attempting to land in a hard rain.” Miss Dobson said “There was nothing to indicate anything was wrong before we struck the wire, except that we seemed to lie coming in much faster (han usual.” The plane did not burn. Miss Dobsoii, formerly of Madison. Wls„ said all passengers were strapped in their seats when the i plane crashed. Some chairs were broken by the impact but all pas- » sengers remained strapped to their i eeats, she said. I The plane wae bound from ChiI cago t> Boston, via Cleveland and Hartford. Conn. It withdrew after the first approach and the pilot signaled the 1 airport he would again attempt to - land in a few minutes. The crash occurred at 3:30 a.tn. Resident in the ana reported failure of power and telephone ser--1 vice shortly after the crash. The (turn To Page t. Column 1) , O School Open House : Thursday Evening I »■ — ! Mark Participation In Education Week i . i “Open house'■ at the Decatur > junior-senior high school Thursday i night will mark that Institutions participation In national educa- : tion week, now underway throughout the nation, it was announced 1 today by principal W. Ouy Brown. The open house will begin at promptly 8 p. m. with regular school classes following In order. Members of the school faculty will he in their regular places during the shortened periods, Mr. Brown stated. The “school” will be conducted to give the general public and especially parents of students a personal glimpse of inner workings of the Institution. Mr. Brown has extended an invitation to the general public to i attend and written Invitations have > been issued to parents of all boys i and girls enrolled in the school. ' J. Bryce Thomas, principal of i the Lincoln school, is arranging a program to be held there Friday night in observance of the i special week, details to be an i nounced later. Rites Held Sunday For Butler Infant i —— Funeral services were held Suni day afternoon at the Zwlck fun- ■ era! home for Randall Dean Butler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dean Butler, stillborn at the Adams I county memorial hospital Saturday afternoon. Dr. M. O. Lester ofI ficlated. with burial In the Deca- . tur cemetery. i Surviving In addition to the parents are a brother, Larry: a elater, i Bobby Lou; a grandfather. Harve - Butler of this city and a grandi mother. Mrs. Minnie Fair, of Van Wert, O.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 11, 1946

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ON SALE In New York is lhe largest aquamarine in the world, shown here with Mrs. Edward J. Danxieger of Rio de Janeiro. The 125,000 carat stone, weighing 56 pounds and insured for 3500,000 has just arrived from Brazil, where it was mined in Resplendor, one of the world's richest jewel mining centers.

Communists Lead In French Voting Bidaulfs Position Placed In Jeopardy Paris, Nov. II — (UP) - The Communists moved ahead of the |M>ptilar Republicans today as the strongest party in France, with i Colonial returns from Sunday's election lacking, and placed In jeopardy Georges Bldault's position as premier and foreign mini star. The Communists and moderate popular Republicans emerged from the parlimentary election as the two great opposing forces which will dominate France for the next five years. The Socialists, Third iwrty in the present coalition, government, lost extensive ground. intricate negotiations will be necessary before Bldault’s future as government leader can be decided. Balloting was for 618 seats in the chamber of deputies, of which 574 are for Metropolitan France, Corsica and Algeria. The chamber will be the first to function under the new constitution. Complete returns from Metroplitan France. Corsica and Algeria gave the Communists 168 seats, a gain of 20. to the popular Republican 160, unchanged. In popular vote the Communists had 5,430.593 to 4.988.609 for the popular Republicans. The Socialists won 93 seats, a drop of 27 from their 120 total In the last chamber. Despite Communist gains, the Communist-Soc-ialists bloc in the chamber was a minority, controlling only 46.1 percent of the voting power. Communists |>olled 28.2 percent of the popular vote, popular Re(Turn To Page 2. Column «>

Infant Dies In Flames While Firemen Idle 10 Blocks Away

Terre Haute. Ind., Nov. 11 — (UP) —The bereaved parents ot 18-month old Mary Ann Wilhur were assured today ot a complete Investigation of her death In their flaming home while firemen stood idle 10 blocks away because her daddy hadn't signed a petition. Tiny Mary Ann died Saturday afternoon when flames shot through the small home In suburban Highland. Her father, who works nights as a hotel bell hop. was awakened by five-year-old Billy, but not in time to save his daughter. The mother and another son were at a movie. Neighbors took up a collection today and waited for Gov. Ralph P. Gates and the state fire marshal to make investigations. Both promised to look into the situation which found firemen freed by a civic annexation squabble to ignore repeated alarms.

Jury Commissioners Will Meet Tuesday Drawing of the grand and petit jury paneb for the November term of the Adams circuit court, originally sc-heduled for today, was postponed by the Jury commitaloneis until Tuesday. I>ecause of the holiday. The term c pens next Munday. .— o 10 Persons Die In Indiana Accidenls Two Monroeville Residents Killed By United Press At least 10 persons were killed and two were seriously injured in weekend highway ami railroad accidents. Charles E Pate. 31, of Indianapolis. was injured fatally yesterday while repairing his automobile bumper on a state highway near Louisville, Ky. He was rtanding between his car and a small trailer attached to It. when the trailer was struck by another automobile Donald Oberley, 24. and Merlyn Roussey. 40. I>oth of Monroeville. Ind . died of injuries suffered Involved In a head-on collision on Saturday night when they were U. S. 30 east of Fort Wayne State police said both were passengers in a car driven by Edmuni E Voiral. 33. of Monroeville which hit the automobile driven by Harry E. Adams of Fort Wayne. Voiral and Adams were In serious condition in St. Joseph's hospital. Fort Wayne. John Mich, of Indiana Harbor, was killed by the Pennsylvania railroad's New Yorker as it pulled out of Chicago for New York (Turn T» Page 2. Column 6)

In 1943, before Mary Ann was born, the city of Terre llauta passed an ordinance annexing Highland. But residents of th* community objected, took action to prevent the move. The city’s board of public works notified residents of Highland on May 1 that fire protecttion would be discontinued in three months. But. they added, firemen would answer calls for those who signed petitions for annexation at city hall. But Wilbur didn’t sign Later, after huge industries in the vicinity agreed to allow annexation, the matter appeared settled but lacked official city council action Clyde Robertson, a neighbor of the Wilbur's, phoned in the alarm Saturday A police car hastened to the scene, reported that the (Turn To !'»«•’ 8, Column •)

Political Armistice Is Offered By Truman For Welfare Os Americans

Armistice Day Is Observed Quietly Schools Mark Day, Legion To Banquet A handful of men — five, to be exact — stood in the American Legion post home here shortly before 11 a. m. today. Rapidly thinning hair, getting gray about the temples, and bulging waistlines identified them as World War I veterans. "Twenty-eight years. That's a long time ago. fellows. We're lucky to be here." said one and they drank a toast. Then they picked up five post-owned rifles and stepped outside to fire a volley of blanks on the stroke of 11. Meanwhile, at the municipal plant, engineer Frank Burns was leaning on the plant whistle. In the Decatur Catholic high and Lincoln schools students stood silently with l»owed heads — and at the Decatur junior-senior high, they did the same thing while , Miss Helen Ha.ibold sang the national anthem. ( In downtown Decatur, only two flags hung limp from their stand f ards. evidencing the uncertainty t about displaying the flag on a rainy day — even such a day as this one. Three ex-servicemen stood on one corner, hat in hand, as the whistle blew. The <ioxen jieople on main street paused for the moment. This was the manner in which Decatur marked the 28th anniversary of the World War 1 armistice the armistice of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month In the year 1918. This evening at the legion home, members of their post, their 1 wives and sweethearts will attend a banquet from 5:30 until 7:30 p. m In an unofficial celebration of the occasion. The sixe of the post (Turn To Pag" 4 Column I) 0 Bodies 0! Kidnaper And Victim Found I Decomposed Bodies Found This Morning I takewood. N. J.. Nov. 11— (UP) —The decomposed Isxlles of a man and woman, believed to be a kidnaper and his victim -an army ’ sergeant's wife who was abducted | ’ from her husband's bed in a Little | Silver, N. J. b >arding house last I 1 September—were found today in a swamp In Lebanon state forest. The bodies were spotted by a ' U. S. navy blimp which soared overj head while ground posses beat the brush near where the kidnaper's automobile was found yesterday. The bidies were believed to be those of Mrs. Mary Pyle Kimmey. 28, and Chalmers N. Laubaugh. a paroled convict from a Washington. D. C. prison. State police were went immediately to Fort Monmouth. N. J. to take Sgt. Glynn Khnmey. the kidnaped victim's hiwband. to the scene to 1 make Identification. State police said that from all ' Indications the bodies found were those of .Mrs. Kimmey and taubaugh. On Sept. 27, taubaugh. a former suitor of Mrs. Kimmey. represented himself as a tedera. bureau of investigation agent and firced his way into the boarding house in which the Kimmey's lived. The Klmmeya were sleeping when Laubaugh burst into their room. At gunpoint, he forced Mrs. Kimmey to get dressed and leave with him. As he loft, he struck Sgt. Kimmey with the butt of a .45 caliber automatic. taubaugh and Mrs. Kimmey left > in a Ford sedan with an Ohio license plate. The car was found yesterday on a deserted road in the tabanon state forest by duck hunt(Turii To Psgs 5, Column 7)

Liquidation Os OPA Expected To Come Soon Scrap Wage, Price Controls Except On Rents, Sugar, Rice Washington. Nov. 11 (UP) — President Truman wan expected today to give OPA a formal burial this week with an order liquidating the agency and shifting remaining controls on rents, sugar an I rice to some other government office. He may choose the office of reconversion or set up some new agency to administer lhe remnants of the war-born rationing and price controls which flourished on the American scene for more than four and a half years. Government officials expected still other wartime curbs to be abolished on the heels of Mr Truman's weekend order wiping out all wage controls and all price ceilings except those on rents, sugar and rice. They forecast abolition of the ban on twopants suits and vests: removal of the 3ff-day restriction on charge accounts and relaxation of Instalment buying restrictions; repeal of controls on textile production; and abolition of priority controls on Installation of telephones. The president's decontrol order was received generally with enthusiasm l»ut there were some dire undertones from lahotf spokesmen. A CIO official said it meant "accelerated Inflation and will bring the crash that much sooner " Robert R. Wason. president of tlte National Association of Manufacturers, said prices should fall after a short period of read justment—barring a new round of wage demands. He warned, however, that prices will not return to prewar levels OPA chief Paul Porter s resig nation was expected shortly and there was some belief he would be reappointed to the federal communications commission. Some 20.000 OPA employes also are due to receive dismissal notices soon, leaving 13,000 to administer the remaining controls. OPA was always the subject of heated public controversy. (Turn To Pa«« 8. Column 5) Fort Wayne Public Transport Is Idled Bus*nen Demanding Increased Wages Fort Wayne, Ind. Nov. 11 (UP) More than 10O.0W residents of the Fort Wayne area were without public transportation today after 250 bus company employes walked off their jobs In a demand for higher wages. The workers, affiliated with the AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, l-Jectrical Railway and. Motor Coach employes, went into "continuous meeting''" at 2 a. m. Sunday after neipttiations wiUi the Indiana Service Corporation reached a deadlock. The union demanded a wage increase of 30 cents an hour for all employes. The company with an offer which it said would give employes an aggregate boost of 22 cents an hour. C. V. Sorer s«n. president of the company, said the proposal, if accepted, would put Fort Wayne salaries above those paid in Indiana cities of similar sixe. Bus operators now get »5 cents an hour here and maintenance men and helpers are paid on a scale ranging from 90 to 95 cents hourly.

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President Pledges His Cooperation To Republican Congress For Aid To Nation Washington. Nov. 11 —(UP)— President Truman t«slay pledged bls cooperation "in every proper manner” to the new Republican congress and asked Its members to join him during the nest two years in working ror .he welfare of all the American people. His offer of a political armistice was made in his first statement on the election result. He made the statement at a news conference a f-w minutes before going to Arlington cemetery to place a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier. This ceremony marked another Armistice day—that which ended World War I 28 years ago. Mr. Truman recognised that "serious difficulties'' might arise In running the government with the Republicans In control of the legislative branch and the Di>mocrats exercising executive authority For his part, the president said, the solution is this: "to do in all cases, from day to day. without regard to narrow political considerations. what seems to me to be the best for the welfare of all our people.” First Republican reaction came from Rep. Charles A. Halleck. Ind , one of the leading contenders for house Republican leadership. He said the president’s statement -"properly I’eftt*" t«' the independence of the three branches of the government and said he was sure that the Republicans in congress would cooperate "for the best Interests of the country." The extent of cooperation between Mr. Truman and the Republicans in congress may Imfurther determined at a series of Republican meetings Iteglnnlng here this week an I climaxed by a meeting of the Republican national committee on Dec. 2. • Mr. Truman said he believed Republicans were Just as devoted to the national welfare as were Democrats and added: “I shall c<Miperate In every proper manner with the members of congress, and my hope ami prayer is that this spirit of co operation will be reciprocated. “To them, one and all. I pledge tai’h with faith, and promise to meet good will with good will." It was In this spirit that the president accepted the verdict of the voters who swept the Republican party back Into congressional power last Tuesday Mr. Truman made his declaration In a statement to an Armistice day news conference. The president said he was not concerned al»out those in either party who knew the seriousness of the problems confronting this country in foreign affairs But he followed this with an expression of concern lest any In either party should seek In this field an op|>ortunity to achieve personal notoriety or partisan advantage by exploitation of the sensational or by the more creation of controversy." The president emphasized the bi partisan nature of our current foreign policy. • It has been a national and not a party progfam,” he said, noting that members of both parties in and out of congress had sat in the inner councils of our foreign program. (-l urn T<> Page 5. Column I) 0 Civil War Veteran Dies At Warsaw Warsaw. Ind.. Nov. 11-(UP) — This northern Indiana city today mourned Isaac W Sharp, one of the laat Hoosier Civil War veterans and national commander In 1944 r of the Grand Army of lhe Republic. Sharp. 98. died laat night at hiu home here. He was bora March 9. 1948. In Troy. O. and served during the las 14 months of the Civil War with Company G of the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.