Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1946 — Page 1

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■ S. Demands World Powers Row’ Strength

fl»nd Made After KEns Offer To ftjose Strength WWfoops Aboard ■H|K U( NY. Nov. 20 ! n:«. -I State* demand U|. th. ' n.t-d Nation* "hit |||K H ,. r . /tblttdi the location »■„! /.I i h.dr armed force* ■■ ami abroad after the MmLi aareed to reveal Its out de Rmwlu ti •' I'. »»«»•' -d . . on. tliatory speech ■K • • . , .Minister ViacheMolotov with a table-(b-tnatid that Russia re |H*r ar. it* troops in active Hl throughout the world .1 proper <>.' In border plice else on earth '' <<pia <d off with Molotov |K-i..- - f Hee aett-ral a*s-m ||K' . ... I .... it ity commit ... ' i" 4ti m nlxh-r pro the powers publWi the |K,‘ -'o n.' hos a. tiled fores and naval bases in Ihi'li and former <'lemy terri |Kr naid al- i the attention of ■K- li .tio- >:i'.llid be consider -n--al problem of dis a hi. Ii w II come up soon to make It clear at the I^Kte-'.' Connally said, “tint si,i..s categorically (•- unfounded the charge that MMr-ni c- of our troops abroad r a.' r.ietn-'l'Hial peace justifies a feeling among the people* of ■Mas in answer ti Molotov’s that allied troops in countries were exerting pressure. Mis aekniK for no territory, not demanding a change in <d slicing up of our neighBBi incorporate them in to our he continued. "We are |H for no reparations." said there were 5,000.BB 1 American troops abroad at the war and only 800.000 BMhesaid the Ctilted States ha* since April. 1946. for with axis satellite* it tmw was trying to com treaty with Austria. ‘re willing for the world to where our troops are.” |B'’nly other speaker was Brl|M Bir Alexander Cadogan who HBbe wanted further time to Soviet propoaal. ■J“u r met the United States I®*** on the troop question MB*’ "‘Pt "ti publishing strength SB®* forces He said that such |*)>tlun would Ire included in question of dlsarma H” which "we shall Ite able BB* rtl an agreement when we to H* 1 " 1 ? in Russian In calm. |W’ «i tones, Molotov said that ■f trooe* had been withdrawn t'Jgosiavia. Cgec iiosolovakia ■■Norway. Russian forces still they are there l,y « Column Si jfcrol Held For Man's Brother ■J®* 11 services were held this at St. Francis Catholic Bia Cr,nt * ’7 Prairie. 0.. for Ktuicke 65. who died SatSurviving are the wife, five V , 3 d »«i Iters, one sister. H " sr broths r». including Ben of Decatur. o— “ ■r»M° B C ? AT ™<*mometer iratube READING* K°*‘ ,n - M ■* 00 Ml <4 K 2 50 ■ »m. ... 52 1 WEATHER S' .ru X efWM,y *•"*•*» warmer east and extonight Mild tern'hurMay.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Six Persons Die In Svulh Carolina Blasi Block-Long Laundry Is Leveled By Blast I Greenville. 8. C-, Nov. 20-(UP) i —Armed soldiers today patrolled littered afreets where six persons were killed and over 150 injured last night when exploding propane ga* demolished a block-long laundry and wrecked or damaged every building In the vicinity. Troops from the Greenville air base were ordered to prevent looting from stores and house* shatI tered by the blast. After a survey the Red Cross reported 15 houses destroyed and 45 damaged. Hundreds of window panes were aplintered for block* around. The laundry itself was leveled. Fire chief Frank Donnald explained that the propane gas, used as a cleaning fluid, escaped from a leak, vaporised, and settled into the basement where It was ignited by the furnace. The explosion was beard 30 miles away at Spartanburg. Several buildings and residences within the immediate, area were demolished. The blast came shortly after some 40 employes bad reported for the night ehift. Authorities expressed the belief that a leak in a huge tank containing 15,000 gallons of cleaning fluid was responsible for the explosion, gas fumes being Ignited In the basement furnace, (The Red Cross in Atlanta. Ga.. area headquarter* sent a disaster staff to aid victims whose homes were wrecked). Fite chief Frank Donnald reported that plant manager E. R. Haynie bad discovered the tank leak shortly before the explosion. He reportedly wanted employes to leave the plant, which was one reason the death toll wasn't higher. The entire plant was a tangled maw of masonry and twisted steel. Haynie estimated damage to the laundry at 1500.000. Two of the larger hospitals In the city treated a total of 154 patients, a number of them in critical condition. County To Receive Bids In December Commissioners To Study Many Bids The county commissioners will have busy two-day session in December when the board receives hid* and awards contracts for printing and office supplies, including books, blanks and stationery and supplies for the county highway department. The pifnting contract, which totals nearly 15.000. will be awarded on December I. Blds will be received up to 2 o’clock of that day. the legal qptlce given by Thurman 1. Drew, auditor, discloses. On December 3. the board will receive proposals for highway supplies. These include crushed stone, sand, gravel, asphalt, gasoline and other sundry supplies of the department. The highway budget totals apmdbximately 105.000, Mr. Dngß estimated. This is exclusive oT labor needed In the various districts and at the county garage. The largest* single Item for the department is stone. The bld for gasoline will be received on a six months' contract. Specifications, both for the print-, Ing and highway requisitions, are on file at the auditor’s office, Mr. ' Drew announced.

I — — Orders Plans Completed For Improvements Sewage Treatment, Sewer System Plans Ordered Completed The city council In session last night authorised the board of public works to have detslled plan* for Decatur's 1700.000 sewage treatment plant, storm and district sewers prepared by Consoer. Townsend A Associates, consulting engineers of Chicago. , who made the preliminary survey for the combined projects last June. The council also instructed the board to file a petition with the stream pollution control board, state of Indiana, for an extension from January 1, 1947, to complete the project. In October. 1944, the state Ixiard ordered the city to "abate and correct the pollution of the waters of St. Mary's river" by October I, 1945. The city lat- ' er employed the Chicago engineers to prepare preliminary 1 plans for the sewage treatment 1 plant and filed a petition for an extension. The state lioard extended the time through 1946. 1 The engineers will be a»ked to ■ prepare detailed plans for the en- - tire sewage disposal system. » storm and district sewers, although construction of the treati ment plant and Interceptor sewer I may lie the only projects under- > taken next year. The garbage . disposal unit is also Included In r the plan. . Mayor John B. Stults estimated that It would require six months f for the engineers to complete the . detailed plans for the local sewer I and disposal plant projects. Under date of Nov. 14. Mayor Rtults ’ had a letter form B. A. Poole, technical engineer for the state stream pollution board, advising J the city that It must proceed with the sewage project. If. the engineer stated, the city has proceeded in good faith toward compliance with the state mandate to ’ treat sewage before it enters the (Turn To Page 6 Column ») i ' —‘ 0 “ : City Recommends ; Proposed Bus Line I . ■ 1 Decatur To Dayton Bus Line Approved The city council In session Tuesday night at the city hall adopted a resolution, recommending the establishment of the proposed bus line from Dayton. Ohio to Decatur. The resolution was asked recently by officials of the bus com pany. to be presented to the public service commission of Ohio. , The council during the meeting received a schedule of estimated payments of employes under the , proposed public employes retirement fund project. An ordinance authorixlng additional appropriations, totalling |2.449.65, was adopted by the counC,L . . An agreement for a rural elec- ’ trie lino to the Arthur Bischoff residence in Union township w®* ; read and approved. Mayor John B. Stults asserted thst the council now ha* under , consideration a number of ruggee- , tions made In a recent forum, conducted at a meeting of the De- : catur Rotary club. These include the garbage pickup problem, the proposed establishment of a planning committee, the enforcement ’ of building permits, control of loose > dogs, and others. The mayor also told the council of having received a number , of complaint* concerning unsanl- . tary conditions reportedly existing at a residence on Nuttman avenue, and asserted that early action would be taken by the city i to remedy the situation. L. c. Pettibone, city light super (Turn Tm Fas« 3. Column 5)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Nov. 20,1946

Chicago Teen-Agers Strike Again Whsu ■ I I * * * SCMOBI I | IRmKmK 1 SIX HUNDRED STUDENTS of Foreman high school in Chicago resumed their strike claiming that promises of more freedom made to them to halt their walkout had Ireen violated. The teen-agers said that pledges made to them that none of the strikers would be punished for the last walkout were also violated when all strikers working In the attendance and record offices were dismissed.

CIO Backing Lewis Over Court Battle Condemns Action Os Federal Government Atlantic City. N. J.. Nov. 20— (UP)—The CIO today joined the fight of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers (AFL), against the Injunction granted to the federal government by a District of Columbia federal court. , The convention adopted a resolution condemning the Issuance of injunctions in lalior disputes, including a surprise amendment j offered by the resolutions committee condemning the action of the federal government in the coal strike threat. The resolution said: "We condemn the action taken by the federal government in ole taining a sweeping Injunction against the United Mine Workers of .America. This Is a clear violation of the Norris-LaGuardia act. No anti-labor injunctions can dispose of the problemn now confronting workers' who see their earnings shrink before the fast-rising cost of living. (Turn To Psge I Column 7) O Thanksgiving Dance Here For Teen-Agers Adams Post Sponsors Dance November 28 A Thanksgiving dance for Decatur's teen-agers will be held Thanksgiving night. November 28. at the American I-egion home, Deane Dorwln. supervisor of the Den. Decatur's youth center, announced today. The dance will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m.. with Adam* Post 43 providing the orchestra and floor facilities for the event. This is the second year the American Legion ha* sponsored the Thanksgiving dance for the teen-agers. No admission will be chsrged the youth. Parents of teen-ager* who are attending college or who will be visiting over the vacation period are urged to extend Invitations to sttend the dance, which Is primarily for member* of the Den and their Invited guests. The Thanksgiving dance also will serve as a homecoming for many former Den members. Mr. Dorwln stated that announcements will be made later regarding the Christmas dance to be held Christmas night for Decatur and Adams county youth.

Sugar Price Boost Is Ordered By OPA Washington, Nov. 20. —(UP)— The cost of sugar Is going up again, this time by about one-half cent a pound. ’ The increase which adda an estimated $50,000,000 to the nation's annual food bill—wae ordered by OPA to reflect price lioosti paid to producer*. The increased price* will be effective for coiißumvrs ax the higher priced suppile* reach retail stores o—! Grand Jury Ordered To Report Monday Annual Session To Be Held In Court The November term grand jury of the Adams circuit court will open its session next Monday morning at the courthouse. Judge J. Fred Fruchte today instructed county clerk Clyde O. Trout tier to Issue a venire for the jury »o report on that day. It will be the first time this year that a grand jury has met here. As required by law. the body will Inspect county Institutions. Including the courthouse, jail and infirmary — making recommends tions, If any. a* the members see fit. The jurors are also scheduled to investigate any criminal matters of which they have knowledge or are called to their attention. Police authorities of the county have previously asserted that at least one matter will be brought to the attention of the jurors. By authority of hl* office, prosecutor G. Remy Bierly will meet with the grand jury. Mr. Bierly stated today that in accordance with custom, prosecutor • elect Myles F. Parrish, who will assume the office on January 1. will also meet with the jurors. All 12 persons whose names were drawn for grand jury service. have been notified to report Monday, but only six will be accepted for duty. (Turn To Pas* t Column 7) _. ——* i ——- Uraes Rent Control Be Turned To States Washington. Nov. 20— (UP)— Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper. R.. la., proposed today that the Repub-lican-controlled 80th congress turn the job of controlling rents over to the states. He said it should take immediate steps when It convenro In January to end federal rent ceilings in any atate which sets up a rent control agency of Its own.

Number Os Idle Miners Over 130,000; Troops Alerted By Government

Crashed Army Plane Hidden By Snowstorm Poses New Threat To Safety Os U. S. General, 10 Others BULLETIN Paris, Nov. 20.—(UP)—Ths U. 8. army announced tonight that a daylong search for one of its trsnsport planes which crash landed in the French Alps more than 24 hours ago had been fruitless. An air forces spokesman at Wiebaden said that, contrary to an earlier statement by the army, none of the search planes which shuttled over the Alps southeast of Grenoble throughout the day had seen a sign of the disabled transport. Paris. Nov. 20— (UP)—A swirling snowstorm today hid a U. 8army plane which had been lying helpless on a French Alpine plateau for more than 24 hours, posing a new threat to the safety of the 11 persons aboard, including a general anl three generals' wives. The army reported that two of its search planes spotted the disabled transport on a windswept mountain plateau 20 mile* southeast of Grenoble near the Italian frontier. Soon thereafter the heights were obscured by a new snowfall, and other rescue missions were blocked in their efforts to pinpoint and reach the stranded party. Weakening radio signals from the plane had reported five of the 11 persons were injured seriously. Lt. Hartley Belding of Ix>* Angeles said after an hours-long search over the crash area that the temperature aground must be alaiut 20 degree* fahrenheit and the party might die of exposure "unless we get to them quickly." He wa* ataiard one of five rescue planes operating from Orly (Turn To Pag<- I •’olumn 5) o Utility Employes Given Wage Boost sls Monthly Boost Given By Council Wages and salaries of electric and waler department employe* of the city of Decatur were boosted sls per month In coun. llmanie action Tuwday nigbt. The hourly rate of casual labor remains unchanged, ranging from a minimum of 50 cents to a maximum of $2.50 per hour. Following is a list of the new monthly salaries In the electric department: chief engineer. $270; assistant chief engineer, $221: operating englnner. $221; engineers and firemen, $216; firemen. $211; re pairmen. $211; mechanics. $211; line foremen. $237; lineman. $2)6; apprentice lineman. $190; stock and utility man, SIOO. The monthly wages in the water department: plumbers. $237; plumbers’ helpers. $211; apprentice plumbers, $l9O. Salaries of office and ckrleal workers In the city hall building: auditor, $230; assistant auditor. $220; bookkeeper and cashier. $155; clerical work. slls. The new salaries were approved in an ordinance adopted by the eity council during the regular session of the body Tuesday night.

Club Speaker i wfkf

M E. Lori, manager of the Fort Wayne works of the General Electric company, will be guest speak er at a joint meeting of the Rotary and Lion* clubs Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Prior to the dinner. Mr. Ix>rd will be guest of Decatur G. E employes at the open house, at the local plaßt. E W. manager of the Decatur plant, will be chairman of the club program.

G. E. Open House To Be Held Thursday Public Invited To Visit Local Plant Elaborate and timely display* are a feature of the open house of the Decatur General Electric Co. to Inheld tomorrow. A telescoping display of component part* of a standard 14 H P motor and of a motor used on the General Electric automatic di*h washer are featured In the recep Hon room of building No. 1 In addition, many G. E appliances are included in the display a* well as the first motor built In Decatur. Os special Interest is a “cut away" motor operating from an automatic timer allowing any guest to study the motion of a motor in operation Near the center ot the guided tour is a display of parts manufactured and operation* performed in build Ing No. 2. Safety on the jolt is featured, rising many novel animated display*. At the completion of the tour, several applications of Itecatur built motors will be demonstrated ae well as displays showing the packing of motors and methode of handling. Os special Interest In this display area will l>e the warborn Genes al Electric wire re* (Turn T'< Page l Column 7) q Arrest 15 Germans In Recent Bombings SS Men And Hitler Youth Under Arrest Frankfurt. Nov. 20. (UP) The army announced today that 15 SS men and Hitler youth had been arrested for the recent bombing* In the Stuttgart area. Army official* said an organised gang of 15 were seized al Stuttgart , last night as they prepared for their fourth bombing of denazifies- , tlon offices in recent week*. An army spokesman said 10 of the 15 had confessed. The gang was led br 23-ycar-old Siegfried Kadus*. described as a ' fanatical SS man who was alleged to have masterminded three bombIngs In the Stuttgart area. It was said the gang had been preparing bombs to be used tonight (Turn To Page t Column 4)

Price Four Cents

Government Waits For Lewis' Action On Court Order To Call Off Walkout Washington. Nov. 20—(UP)— i Hour after hour passed without ! action today as tlfe government waited to see whether John L. j Ix-wls would obey a court order ito call off a mas* walkout of I 400.0 M soft coal miners M-hedul ' ed for midnight. Lewis wax reported to Ire In a huddle with attorneys to decide what to do. He faces the threat I of contempt action if he doe* not cancel the walkout. News dispatches from the coal fields said the number of Idle miners passed 13(/.ono. The latest solid fuels administration report said 110.421 miners were absent today and 471 mines shut down. Justice department officials hopefully professed to believe that the UMW chieftain would act before it was tiro late to free himself from liability Uy a contempt citation if the coal shutdown becomes formally effective. Meanwhile the government was planning strategy to deal with a national coal st tike if Lesris stands pat on a contract termination order issued last week after an unsuccessful attempt to re open wage-hour negotiations wltk the government. The war department announced It was ready to send troops to coal field* to protect any miners who may heed the government request to stay on the Job. From the coal fields (ame indication* that the miners were ready to support to the end if he chooses to fight It out with the government. William Hine*. UMW director for district four, said at Uniontown. Pa., that "you can't mine coal with Injunction*." Ave Vale, president of district 19 in Houtheawtern Kentucky. »ald the miners were “dissatisfied with the laissing job the government ha* done" since it veiled the mine* last May 22. Justice department officials believed Lewis would break his silence today by moving Into court to contest the restraining order obtained by the government The order directed him to revoke a contract termination notice which the government interpreted as a signal for the miner* to strike at midnight tonight in government • operated bituminous mine*. If he failed to comply. Lewi* risked jail or a fine for contempt of court. Government attorneys said two days notice ordinarily would lie required for the court order to lie cancelled or changed, but the justice department was reported ready to waive the two day requirement and argue the case immediately. President Truman was following developments from his vacation retreat in Florida, and steel mills and (dher coal-consuming industries were ready to start curtailing operations at once if a strike developed The office of defense transpor"(Turn To Page J. Column 7) — 0.. U • «*■« - Tragedy Again Hits Greenfield Family Greenfield. Ind. Nov 20-(UP) —Tragedy struck a family forth« third time in five months as funeral service* were arranged today for 10-year-old Charles G. Cones, victim of a gasoline drum explosion. Cone* died in Methodist hospital. Indianapolis, last night of burns be suffered when he apparently dropped a match In the empty drum on his family'* farm at Greenfield. Ijmt June, the boys' father. Clarence Cones, Sr., and a daughter. 17 year-old Mary Lou Cones, were killed when the plane piloted by Cones crashed south of Spencer.