Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 292.

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Bld Peace Lol Plan led On UN jLmiTiittcc Adopts B>promisc Plan K r Arms Control |H. v ...... ii.. I Fluehiiis. j i l'i \ United subconnnltMg , - l l<» .1 . ailing for EgW uprehenslve MK. a.1.1v to ap'..itrol pl.hi |H . r.*olution i. th.- ap •. .1 Nations Ken ... "tie of the ■ ■ . I • .IllpleX dis BK/ l> I N -• S'ioU. K.. 'tee plan ihe |K . A. 1 be called . and . • i..1 and eliiui weapon will then he |V v . IX general as |K. , approval, nub ||K> •>.. • Ilieii rati - "• IN atomic ■. ■ i .milling the |K ' •n.c ea.-r •> EH-> .itoinii we.i ■' ill" lights of |H*i w.-re in-isted "il St Hes. In gen|H . icHolntion e nanini.-i-|Hx il II Spaak. sub- ■ ..nd i han man . *• resolution Ho. to tnll committee ■t , * minor changes to ■:' it- language may be * a ill be placed be|M *IV .-*•:>.ia'. assembly M i .-al th it .. spec t e I X general as : ile-d to laillHldel :< mm. cment proposals B' ,l> I ouncil was ■' s .rmament sub In to X vote. .lifltined by the :y. would < oiisti MB ape ial I'nited Na :nain*-nt conference. ' • ■ lies. chief 111 it h.id , I nited Nation* sal,, Hnmittee that |V ‘ ■ inference could B'" i’l.po-.il, f.,r atomic conBB*>'l arms reduction to be l.y tlie (N security B l '-*- Iu | )# . p re p are ,j t o HE &’m»h demands for an Itn■nsii- of troop* and to op EB"-’ ■•. pr iposals for a count |V ‘tma io rin< luding the | )(lll |i, stockpile. r ""*' stand indicated that talks TJetWeei. B^ ry lames F Byrnes ! foreign minietei Ernest 'il succeeded at least for ■ ill bridging a split tw . countries of dis '.“’k- as American authoritamad. dear that thil »ill fight any move for an* B*;' ceiisiia of world arma- ■ hi., proposal, demanded by B/, ‘"til'l enable international B/'; 1 agencies visit I his verify the extent of the ■ stockpile. Hl* r "*’ hined the United ■l 13 demanding that the UN m, 4 fwemiily steer dear of any might Interfere with

■ J" ’'“•j *• <’•»«•«• »> |. We *ther L" 1 this afternoon, grad■J endin 9 tonight, clearing BuJ' tonnderably colder toFrid *x; low 28 north»outheast portion; K- wind » tonight. I

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Rain And Colder Weather Forecast By United Preus Hain and < older weather was i forecast today for much of the middle west and east. The rain will be followed by colder weather as a cold air mars from Canada moves southeastward, the weather bit eau said at Chlcgo. Ilainfall will cease In Indiana and southern Illinois tonight, with temperatures dropping sharply Partly cloudy ami colder weather will prevail over the north central states Friday, the weather bureau said. Industry Heads Oppose CIO s Wage Proposal Industrialists Term Union Proposal For Wage Boost 'Silly' By United Press The possibility of another strike wave arose today as Industrialists expressed o|i|iositi<m to the ClO's “second round" drive for 2!» per cent wage increases. Many big corporations, however, withheld comment pending the ac tual wage demands by the various CIO unions, other compat<es said any Increases would have to come from the consumer's pocket in the form of higher prices Still other industrial spokesmen termed the CIOs new wage pro gram “silly" and "unthinkable.” Comments expressing opposition came from most of the basic Indus-. The new wage drive was opened in Washington yesterday by CIO president Philip Murray at a lunch eon attended by government, business and labor leaders. Murray said the Increases should be paid | out of Increased profits, not by raising prices. * lie cited a special report made by economist Hobert It Nathan, which asserted that huge industrial profits this year justify an immediate 25 per cent raise for all 1 workers. Murray's met by immediate opposition from the automobile industry, whose spokesmen claimed that the economic report was erroneous. C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors, said that any increase would be reflected in another boost in the price of cars. Other automotive sources said the ClO's campaign might result in ' more labor difficulties and industrial strife, At Pittsburgh, spokesmen for the | steel industry said they would have no comment until the CIO steelworkers present their demands in formal negotiations. One Independent steel firm said it would study the Nathan report and take it into consideration in negotiations with, the union. But C. M White, president of Republic Steel Corp., said the pro(Turn T<> Page 7, Column J) 0 — Membership Drive Is Opened By VFW Limberlost Post's Membership Is 415 Limberlost post 6236. Veterans of Foreign Wars In this city, today opened Its UH7 membership drive. Commander Harry Martz anne” A membership committee, head ed by the post commander, has been selected to spearhead the. drive which will continue for the balance of the year. The 1947 dues must lie jiald on or before 1 tecember 31 in order for a member to be retained on the active list. Commander Martz stated. Members and prospective members were also reminded by the commander that 1947 membership cards will likely be required to attend a third district meeting of the VFW. io be held here January A business session and social program for that day are now being arranged by local poet °» lce ™ (Turn Te J’*** •» o, “ n ’ n **

New Temporary Agency Set Up By President Assumes Functions Os Most Agencies; Headed By Fleming Washington. !»••< 12— lUpi — President Truman today set up the 'office of temporary controls” to take over the functions of most of the remaining federal law agencies, except for housing. Mr. Truman named Maj. Gen. Philip It. Fleming to head the new agency. Fleming will continue to serve also as federal works administrator. Consolidated into the new agency were the office of war mobilization and reconversion, the office of prhe administration, the civilian production administration and the office of economic stabilization. Mr. Truman natnel Frank Creedon to succeed Wilson W. Wyatt as housing expediter. Wyatt resigned because lie felt he was not getting enough White House support. Creedon was manager of construction of the atomic Ixmib plant at Oak Hidge. Tenn Since then he has served as deputy administrator of the civilian production administration in charge of its construction and housing activities. Haymond M. Foley was made head of the national housing administration He lias I,ecu in tinfederal housing program since 193 4 At the same time, Mr. Truman's executive order setting up the m w office of temporary controls ordered tile immediate termination on tlie economic stabilization bond and the termination of Hie wage stabilization board as of Feb 21. 1947. The president called a major housing conference this afternoon with all the officials he named today. plus other government agency heads involved in the housing program. These include George E Allen, a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., with whom Wyatt had trouble Mr. Truman declined to make any statement on housing pend ing his conference this afternoon, but he did discount reports that

(Turn To Page 7. Column 3) - o - ■■ Amish Vote To Keep Buggies Off Roads Endorse Proposal On Buggies And Wagons Members of the Amish faith, living in a grottn jit the vicinity of Monroe and Tlerne. have voted unanimously to keep their horse drawn buggies off the highways, according to reimrts from the latter town. In a recent church meeting, the Amish members of a religious sect unanimously endorsed a proposal that buggies and wagons use* the berm when driving on state and federal highways — Itoth night and day. the Berne report states. Action of the church, it is said, followed a proposal that state legislation be enacted to prevent horse-drawn vehicles and others not requiring license plates from traveling on the highways. This proposal was made after a (Turn T« Page Column 5) Searching Party Out For Marine Transport Toledo. Wash.. Dec. 12 -(UP)— A search party set out at daybreak today through heavily-wood-ed country to investigate the source of a green flare which may possibly l>« a signal from a missing inailne transport plane with 32 passengers aboard. A party sent out last night returned shortly after midnight when its members could not penetrate the dense underbrush and fallen tree obstructions. The 25 searcher* began their hunt Immediately after local residents reporter! seeing flares in the rugged, mountainous country seven miles essl of here.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 12, 1946

Terry Asks A Question Or Two j| Ik fl ■nk,. f HnSßk k ' Il TINY TERRY WILKS of ('leveland takes Santa's knee for a bit of cross-examining only at this point Terry seems to have Sarita doing the talking.

Venezuela Remains In Slate Os Siege Government Crushes Short-Lived Revolt Caracas, Dec. 12 — (UP) — Venezuela remained under a "state of siege” today following a spectacular, but rhort lived, revolt a gainst the year-old revolutionary regime of President Roroulo Betancourt. Loyal army and airforce units smashed the "counterrevolution" within 24 hours. There were no fatalities. One man was shot in the leg during street fighting at Maracay, near the Boca Del Rio airbase. President Betancourt announced last night that the revolt had been trushed. An official communique said the “state of siege" would remain In effect ‘ until the situation is entirely normalized.” Major Carlos Maldonado Pena, who h-d the uprising, escaped by plane into neighboring Colombia. Several of bis lieutenants accompanied him. Tlie Venezuelan general staff announced that Maldanadu had landed safely at Puerto Carreno, Colombia, and had surrendered the plane to Colombian authorities. Rebel leaders at LaVlctoris and Bacario surrendered last night to the commander of the Maracay garrison, the announcement said. Official sources said only a “few hundred" air and land forces took part in the revolt. Several government planes were seized. Bombs were dropped near the presidential (Turn To Page 2. Column 5) _O Columbia City Man To Succeed Emmert Cleon Foust Named Attorney General Indianapolis, Dec. 12 — (UP) — Cleon Foust, Columbia City, was apinilnteil today to succeed James A. Emmert as Indiana attorney general. Governor Gates accepted Emmert's resignation this morning, effective Jan. 6. 1947. and elevated Foust from position of chief deputy attorney general. Emmert was elected to the Indiana supreme court last Nov. 5. Foust will fill Emmert's unexpired term, which runs until January 1949. Emmert, a resident of ShelbyvlHe. will be Inaugurated as a supreme court justice on Jan. 7. He has served as attorney general two years. Foust has been chief deputy attorney general for four years. Previously he practiced law in Whitley county and served two years as county attorney. He joined the Drake University law faculty In 1940, returning to Indiana following bis appointment as deputy. He graduated from Wabash College, attended Harvard law school and graduated from the University of Arizona law school. He is a former Whitley county Young Republican chairman,

Leon Blum Elected Premier Os France Parte. Dec. 12 (UP) Leon Blum. 74. socialist leader of France's pre war popular front regime. today was elected premier of a pnepectlve "crisis government’ designed to give Ute warring political partie* time to put their tangled affairs in order. — 1 •—— 0 ——— Present Arguments On Salary Mandate Hann Mandate Suit Under Advisement Judge J. Fred Fruchte heard arguments of opposing counsel tills morning on issues in Hie suit to mandate Hie county council to pay a 11.300 pay raise asked l*y the county school su|><.riiitenil*-tit. Lyman L. Hann. After hearing arguments of counsel on tin- plea in abatement to the original mandamus action, filed liy the defendant county council and a resultant demurrer to the plea, file 1 by Hi*- plaintiff. Judge Frm lite took tlie matter under advisement, iiulicating a ruling shortly. D. Burdette Custer, local attorney who filed tin- original action for superintendent Hann as rclat or in the case brought on relation of the state of Indiana, had a-assiM-late counsel Ellis II Bell, of the Indianapolis law firm of Litz. Johnson H Lutz representatives of the Indiana stale teachers' association. Ferd L Lltterer as county attorney represent* the defendant council and other county officials named as codcfenlants since they arc involved in any appropriations. Mr. Lltterer. as per his idea in abatement, contended betorc the court that the action is brought prematurely and that an appropriation for Hie raise — boosting the salary from |3.(mo to fl,3mt - if any. would have to In- made in an emergency appropriation after the first of the year. Titus, lie averred, had to be done after that time since 't would be for the year 1947 and any mom ys left in au appropriation Hits year which would follow a judgment if such were granted — would revert to 'tht general fun!. Thus, he declared, all of the additional |l.3tA> would revert—since It Is not to be effective, if granted, until that year He declared that tho relator had not been "hurt” to date, nor was he on October 1 when the suit was filed. The council has no authority under any statute, he declared, to review its decision once it has been made. The raise was denied by the council in September when the 1947 budgets were approved. Mr. Custer, 'in his arguments, contended that the money If appropriated following a judgment —would not revert, declaring that the statutes provide only for Ute reversion of funds left "at the etui of the year for which It has been appropriated." He cited the fact that the school superintendent's salary is Hied under statute by the township trustees of the county ami averred that the council I (Turn To i'sg* 7, Column 1)

Flaming Ice House Wall Crashes On Tenement In New York This Morning

Government Neutral In Wage Controversy Government Is Only Interested Observer Washington, Hee. 12—H’Pi — The administration ducked for a neutral corn r today in the controversy over a CIO sp-nsored re-| port claiming Industry can raise wages 25 percent without bowling prices. Officials said the government would be only an interested observ- ( er until it could be ascertained whether the ('IO wage drive would be settled peacefully through bar gaining or erupt into another round <>t strikes in the steel, auto, or other important industries. Industry sources! < ha'lenged the accuracy of the t itement that liusinese was enjoying enough profits to r.iisu wages 25 percent without hiking prices of their goods. A national association of manufacturers source said it was erroneous guess work and that NAM • onotniste would "tear it apart. " Some quarters believed the 23 percent figure would lie tile ClO's I “asking" price in forthcoming' negotiations but that settlements | could be reached for less On the basis of present average hourly earnings in all manufacturing, Hie 25 percent increase would average 27 cetlU an hour. The textile worker*! union tClOi accepted a pay (most of In cents an hour for 9<i.'i<m cotton workers it: 47 no:them mil s. Tile CIO meat , packing worker- accepted 7‘» cents an hour fro.n Cudahy Broth ers Packing Co, one of the tug lour meat packers, plus two to eight cents aii hour more for the elimination of geographical differentials. The Idg three CIO unions eteel, I auto and electrical workers will' meet lu-xt week in I’.ttrburgh to diecuss their demands The auto workers board meeting in New York has hinted at a general wage increase demand of 21 cents an hour Tlo- steel workers union, headed by CIO president Philip Muray. probably will not make a centspe hour demand until after bar gaining ses-iotM In-gio with United! States Steel Corp., one informant said The ClO-sponeorcd wage report i'l'jltl io r.lk’r- 7, I’oluilll Youths Plead Guilty To Larceny Charge Punishment Taken Under Advisement Late today Judge J. Fred Fruchte in circuit court still had under advisement the punishment of two Monroe youths who were charged with grand larceny Wednesday The two Jack Burkhead. 21. and Joe Joseph. 19, lioth of Monroe pleaded guilty to the count when they were arraigned In circuit court late Wednesday afternoon. They were specifically charged with stealing |52 from a pocketan auto, owned by Theron Kaufbook in the glove compartment of man. 33. of Bremerton. Wash. a student at the Reppert auction school here. Police charged that they slugged Kaufman when he demanded return of the money. During the arraignment Judge Fruchte questioned both the complaining witness and the two defendants. The court indicated that he believed several other persons were involved In the incident and that he would not pass sentence until he had made a complete probe of the case. Under the statute, the two young men are liable to a fine of up to |soo and a prison sentence of 1-10 years. Prosecutor G. Remy Bierly represented the state at the arraignment. Both men declined ■ counsel In their behalf and readily entered the guilty pleas.

UN Showdown Debate Opened On Spain Issue Action Designed At Ousting Franco As Spain Dictator I'nlb-d Natl'Hiri Hall. Flushing N Y 12 H Pi The I'nlt.d Nations general asseml.-ly started I off a i limatii triple plen ny session I today with a showdown debate on [action designed to oust Generalissimo Francis, o Franco as di> tutor of Spain. \tiiliii-e.ehir V K Wellington Roil, assembly Vice p esldent 'it ting in the ( hair In the alisetu e of president Paul Henri Spa ik of Bel glum, postponed until .-.fternoon a diecU'slon of the veto Issue bei cause of the scant attendance at the morning meeting. When the assembly convened fit II 26 a tit . 42 of the 54 delegations I were lepresellted, but there were i scores of empty seats Most of the [leading delegates were at the disI armament subcommittee confer-li-nce in a :oom a f -w steps from the assembly chatnlter. Spaak was pre ai ling over the disarmament m>-et ing. Dr <i at I,an.,- of Poland, mi; ported by Yuko.davia and Veue zuela. asked that debate on the Spanish issue be postponed. His motion wad voted down. 21 to Is. and debate Slatted on a resolution adople I by the assetn hly's political and eecunty commit tee calling for I N memiu-rs Io re call their auibasn.ido:s and minis j lets from Madrid. Ten <| elc ga t ioit s scheduled i sji.-ei-h*w on tin- Spanish question, which had I,een tl.oroughly thrash e<| out for days in both the com iu>ittl-e atld .1 sub) omul ttee before the I olup. Otnire I Mdul.oll debated i today was ailopti H Aii eleventh hour < hai in Unit ed State, policy 1 award Ft ne o (Tiirn To Pair.- 'I I’ol i nii D Commissioners To Receive Two Bids The niiinty coinm!.st-ion< , w In tln-ir filial meeting of the year on December 23. will, in addition to i losing the books for 191*1. re vive i ill- on two itemin one of these the commissioners .lie offe illg for sale a 1937 six cylinder White Duck < hassis ind ill the other tin y wdl tnet.e bid<- | lor furnishing grot cries and tob.u nt at the county home tor three months. Q- — Decafur Soldier To I Marry German Girl Sgt. Harold Hakes To Wed Berlin Girl Mis- Ruth Si-hultz of Berlin may be Decatur’s and Adams cotin , ty’s first German war bride now | that the ban on G I Gertnat girl l marriages have been lifted by the war department Miss Schultz and Sgt Harold Hakes, former Decatur young man serving with the I’. S army of <» itipation in Germany, are expected _ to be married soon and return to this country, relatives here aid tislav. Sgt Hakes, who has 100-n sta- [ Honed in Germany tw<» years, had k l previously made application to return his fiancee hero under the I present regulations which permlt- ; ted marriage after arrival of the ! couple In the I'nited States ! 1 They Intended to fly home Im- , mediately after he received his orders to return to the states for discharge. according to Information [ received here by the sergeant's (Turn To rag* 2, Column 6)

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Four Boys Held For Investigation After Wall Crashes Onto Six-Story Tenement N. York. Dec 12 HP) Tho r. ar wall of a blaming Ice house ti.i i. <| (Hi i ix «h»ry tenement today, atid 'nor** than 12 hoUf'M Inter poli. e and fin-men still dug through debris looking fin nearly two score person missing anti perhaps trapped Ten p.-rsons were known dead. 29 injured had been i.-moved to lospifaU nd another 36 of tho total of 92 pi-r'Oll' believed to have been itl the tenement building, w licit was < I>nd>-;nned years ago, still were unaciotinfed for. Polbe irne ti.-aiing thi disaster. ■me of the wo -t of its kind in New York hi'tory. In I I four boys, the old- -t of them 13. for investigation, >n tin- theory that the tire in the ti e houee of the Kni< k' I bocker lee. Co. on New Yo k s upper west -ide. whi< h had be. n abandoned lor 15 years, hud been started by prankstere Seven bodies hid been Identified. ■nd three more id lieen located n th" ruins of the brl. % tenement which ioliapsed b--n*-at‘i th" weight if tile falling lie house Will Res- > ii>- work proceeded -lowly, as crewmen dared nut remove i'eb:is hurriedly l»«t a further collapse cause more deaths amon the trapped person*. Scream* and mes of th* imprisoned persons could be heard at int, lai ■ tint . a !e ~ ft. >|liellt al the <J.r. won on -citers toil- •■<! uiicea-dngly in a light mmt. The cries of some of those trap ped ould tw- In-nd at intervals. One num who had . teamed almost < instantly sot many hours, “get im out of lien . w<• removed alive. \ priest i awlcf through a hole 111 Otte of the »lial ,1-rcil In ck walls .nd administeied last tiles of three pel-Olis Whom " believed we:e beyond hope \ diteillve will alco entered the wre, ki<g. told finding four bodies Four lie -.m- ' . I ill hospitals |> whi> It thev Were ' lit after five alarms sent Hr. I <•-< tie eqtllpiii nt to the eti- at Xm-tcrd.ini \venue and IMth Sire!' on New York s upper w< ' side Tin- big :< e plant of tin Knickerbocker Ico O. abandoned «ome 15 years ago. •a- wte ked by li and explosion, ltd it w i flu- r< wall of the big .Hiding which 11 ■ In I upon th" tenement. via y"f tae vi tine were trapped in tlie I beds a- the bluet, -heared off til Hue rear wall of Hi*, ten.-in' nt and -ent t-ms of brick, uto tar and plust. into u massive pi', of dci'l'ts two stories deep, on., of t’lc w ill of th' tenemen' and me of the !■ •• ti ius' were standing at perilous, angle and firemen bared tint t tiny fell many of those (i dive in the rubble might lie killed. Hi uh s-iid the fire explosion was one of the worst in tho iistory of Un <ity. and at tho -.mie thm were p . pared to inveetl. gate the i .lll'C thoroughly. I’oli *- ■ ..mml -lout Arthur Wailander ml that bov,. h d been . Hight .-Hing fir* s n the abandoned il ■ aims*, during the last few years Yesterday, there was a firo in t i*. structure at 5 15 pan. It waa i|til« kly put out. \t 1 15 pm. fl emen again worn called to the stricture which this tiin, was blazing fiercely. Firemen i r i’n T . I’aa*. Column a) Buys Health Bond The Ixiyal Order of Moose has I voted pur* hase of a flu Health

bond, officials of t h e Christmas seal campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds front the annual Christmas neal sales ar<| used in the fight o n tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and othewlse carry on

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the fight against the “white 1 plague.*’ The sale Is conducted 1 by the Adami county tuberculosis assocUtlon. £