Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1946 — Page 1

'jJjvTNo. 296.

USSIA BALKS AT ATOMIC CONTROL VOTE

L Cabinet Led By Lbly Vote l te of Confidence Ktyiet Given Today <m - Tl,p assembly today K rot* <’f <<>"H'lence ,h * M* ,li-t < (bluet headed by E* Blum. KLnbly *<>'o f “ r ,he m "' n •a* rave 5,, " m a Eto go ahead with hla E., program which he E, n pre«nting hi* socialist E. cabinet would oil for E Bl rifi<ex by <he French ■ »kr P»rtie* had pledged to Ilium In assembly the vote. It wan Eby one violent squabble E o f> by a communist charge E, their party represented Etrof the working classes Emergency government Entiled to l»e in power only Ed' The assembly In midL will ele< t a president of E (ho Will appoint a premE brief address to the assetn ■in pledged France to conKiork side by side with its ■k preventing the rebuilding ■wm war Industrie*. Edid France would continue L>d roal from the Ruhr and EmsriliouH. as well as the Li' annexation of the Saar Le-ntlr.g his program to the Ly for approval Blum said: L yuvemment's program I* ■ urud to public anxiety, to Kiaaediately the passage of L prepared by the previous Lett Intended to establish ■mm of H 47 ordinary Kind before the end of the ■to pus a number of neces|b>* to arouse, if possible. In Entry a fresh spurt of con■t- ronfidence in itself and ■m future. affile, will have to be asked • country. We are ready to a before it the responsibility tarn whose unpopularity thdly will exceed their beneIdled" iMdalist government was in Nhion of controlling directly 101 of the 618 assembly Hi existence depends upon fnpport from the commuuWular republicans and left hku union. This appeared N because of the financial Hey facing the country. ■ O" 1 WOId Boy iStep-Fother hp> Dec. 17 — (UP) — A beid boy visiting his rnoth- !•« to deliver his Christmas * Habited and killed his police said today. The •u was Charles Sencenich. ■ optometrist, who married Mth's mother a year ago. •*id that Melbourne Healey. **• to his mother's home last •»d found the couple drinkH barreling. The youth was - *• saying that he stabbed *>f»tber in the back with a 4 batcher knife when Sencen Js*» choking his wife. Sen--1 died shortly after he was 1 h a hospital. o_ WEATHER "to wave tonight with tsmfalling to five to 10 * *erth and 10 to IS above • portion bv Wednesday **» Continued cold Wed *•» and Wednesday night, r except occasional snow Mar Laks Michigan, •"•eeterly winds diminishJy>»ht ______ IsOSS Ki

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Monticello Man Dies As Home Is Burned Monticello. Ind., Doc. 17 — (UP) — Richard Farmer. 22. died in his flaming home early today and his 19-year-old wife was critically burned. Firemen Ivelievcd a stove exploded. setting fire to the small house In East Monticello, Farmer, who served with the navy overseas, died at the scene. wife, an expectant mother, wax removed to a hospital. Reveal Bilbo I Owes On Note For Alimony Senate Committee Pursues Inquiry Os Senator Bilbo I — Washington. Dec. 17—(UP) — A senate war investigating subcommittee received evidence today that Sen. Theodore 0. Bilim, D., Miss., still owes 12.250 of ; 83,00</ he borrowed In 1938 in ' order to pay alimony to hla former wife. Bilbo's attorney. Forrest Jackson. testified that he and Missis- , sippi banker Robert M Newton 1 together put up |2.25ff to buy up ' Bilim's note to A. L. Shushan. from whom the money wax bor- • rowed. He said the senator never I has repaid them. i These new details of the so- ' called “Shushan note" went into the record ax the senators purf sued their inquiry into charges that Bilbo accepted gratuities i from war contractors. i Shushan. short, cigarsmoking : New Orleans wholesaler, testified i yesterday that he met Bilim in a i driving rain at Pearl River. Miss.. in 1938 to hand over the |3.000 i the senator needed to meet Mrs. . Bilim's alimony demands. , Picking up the story today. , Jackson told of an emergency II luncheon conference called at a Jackson. Miss, hotel in July or I August. 1940, by Bilims then- , secretary. Edward Terry, to raise . 3,otm to pay off the note. Jackson testified that Terry said Shushan was ''threatening" to disclose details ol the note to "embarrass" Bilbo in his senator(Turn To Pag* t. Column X) Rufus Werst Dies Monday Afternoon | Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Rufus A. Werst. 63, a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 1 hlu home. 311 Oak street, late Mon- ' day afternoon after an illness of ' several months of complications He wan born In Adam* county 1 January 26. 1883. the son of Charles and Lylla Bodle-Wemt. He was a” • employe of the Central Soya com- ’ * J }|to wife, formerly Hester Young, 1 preceded him in death. . 1 Surviving are five daughters. Misses Anna. Luella and Maxine Worst, all at home. Mrs. Ralph Hawley of Fort Wayne and Mrs. 1 Melvin Tlnkham of Decatur; three sons. Joby Werst of Decatur route 4. O. L. Werst of Petersville. Va. and George of Pontiac. Mich.; and 11 giandchfldren. One son. one daughter and one brother are deFuneral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Black funeral home with the Rev Dwight McCurdy officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o clock this evening. City To Take Bids For Pickup Truck The board of works and Mfoty of the city council will receive blds on January 7 at 7 p m. for the fur--1 niahing of a 1947 pickup truck for the city ll»ht department, H. Vernon Aurand. city clerk-treasurer stated today. A 1939 ton truck, now owned by the department, will be traded in on the | new vehicle.

Testifies He Gave Bilbo Lake, “Dream House” (jihfw »iiiiw j l , ■W adK v Mr j ... . , - v ;. A MISSISSIPPI WAR CONTRACTOR, Mike T. Morrissey, above, is shown a* he testified before a war investigating committee in Washington that he gave Senator Theodore Bilim (D.) of Mississippi an automobile and an artificial lake costing 89.173 wlthan island for a "dream house." Morrissey who sought Bilim's aid In getting war contracts, said that the cost of the lake wax originally charged to the government but later this was "corrected.” The photos of the “dream house" and the lake, also shown, were exhibited ax evidence.

rv**svw** t wriv < can viiurmv Foreign Policy Os Britain Under Fire Basic Shakeup For Diplomats Is Urged London. Dec. 17—(UP)—British foreign policy came under new Dre today with reported recommendation* for the weeding out of reactionary old school tie career diplomat* accused among other thing* of "antl-Russlan intrigue and propaganda.” Informed source* said the parliamentary labor party * external affair* committee at a secret meeting last night unanimously adopted a report recomfnending a hash- shakeup among diplomat* abroad who fail to represent sympathetically the views of the labor government. At the same time a statement by Morgan Phillips, national secretary. revealed that the Spelthorne divisional party had charged that continued British collaboration with the United State* in foreign affairs would lead to a third world war. In late October the Spelthorne party sent all divisional laltor parties an appeal, marked ‘'private and confidential," to Join "in all forms of legitimate pressure for modification of present policies.” The Spelthorne statement demanded removal of "tory official* and advisor* at the foreign office and in the embassies." on ground* that they could "neither understand nor sympathize with labor’s (Turn To Page !. Column •) 0 Soya Co. Christmas Party On Saturday Fourth Annual Party Here For Employes The fourth annual Christmas party for Central Soya Company employe* and their children will be held at the Decatur Junior-senior high school auditorium Saturday night at 7: SO o'clock. More than 2.000 gift* will be distributed, and the Central Soya employes are requested to get their tickets for the gifts from their, respective department offices, as they have in former year*. The employe* committee Including Elmer Schultz. Lester Ford. Carl Noll, Pat McGill, and Tilman Flueckiger, ha* arranged an Interesting program with Norm Katt presiding, and Joe Seabold, nationally known song leader, directing the audience In a *erle* of Christmas carol*. Ed Gallmeyer, well known Fort Wayne magician, will entertain with *ome special holiday magic. Following Mr. Gallmeyer’* exhibition. a three-reel movie featuring Christmas cartoons will be presented. ami Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive soon after to distribute his many gifts.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

• Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 17,1946.

Local Post Office Open Late Saturday Leo Kirsch. Decatur postmaster, today announced that the local office will l>e kept open until 6 o'clock Saturday evening to accomodate residents wishing to mall Christmae packages and greetings. The office customarily closes at 12 noon on Saturday's but will be kept open until 6 p.m. thia week to alleviate the Christmas rush. 0 Complete Moving 01 Bag Service Plant Plant And Office In Elm Street Building Bag Service, Inc., has completed moving iH plant and office Into Its new building on Elm street. Ix>well Harper, assistant manager of one of Decatur's rapidly growing manufacturing concerns, announced today. Established here in 194! by Stewart W. McMillen, president of the company, the plant was destroyed by fire on Thanksgiving night. 1945. The company acquired the buildings and site of the old Decatur Foundry Furnace & Machine company from Charles Burdge and began remodeling the brick building. A large addition to the north and running east and west on the site was erected during the summer and processing operations were set up as rapidly as machinery was received. The company now has approximately 20.000 square feet of floor space, with an unloading dock on the Tenth atreet side for trucks <4*urn Tn PaK* 2. Column «>

Credit Mother In Saving Son Crippling Effects Os Polio ■

By 808 BHRALUKA Staff Writer Quick-thinking and untiring pa Hence prompted by mother love are credited with saving the life of a 11-year-oid lad — or at least preventing him from becoming another crippled victim of infantile paralysis, in a story revealed here today. It was less than 10 days ago. . while the lad was In the barn, helping his father with the milking and i other chores that he was stricken . — so the story goes. I Without warning, the lad sudden- . ly fell to the floor, and in evident . agony began screaming of a set vere pain In the back of hla neck. His father carried him to the t house and the mother who. It Is i said, like many other mothers, had read considerably concerning . symptons of the dreaded disease. [ always tearful that her child would . be the nest stricken — immediate- - ly applied an electric heating pad . and began massaging the boy's neck and back.

— i. ■—W—. Plan Canning Plant West Ot This City Limit Processing To Tomatoes First Year Plans for the operation of a new industry, located tour miles west of Decatur on land formerly occupied by tanks und equipment of the Indiana Pipe Line company, were made known here today. Hanael Foley, of Preble, who sometime ago purchased the 21 acres of ground. Immediately east of Preble, has leased lhe land to a newly formed corporation, the South-Bud Corp., which will operate a tomato canning factory on the grounds. Articles of incorporation, approved recently by the secretary of state, were filed in the county re- ’ corder’s office today by the local ' law firm of lieVoss A Smith. Membeni of the corporation are Dick South of Williams Bay. Win.; Leonard F. Glexeker of Van Wert, Ohio, and Wilbur Brotherton, HI. r of Ellensburg. Wash. I Mr. Foley, who plans to retain -an interest in the Industry, stated f that the present buiidmgs will l>e 'used by the new plant. These in- • i elude a large structure, 150 x 40 f feet in slxe and four entailer OMB. • A coal dock, capable of handling • 30 carloads of coal, is available on • the siding of the Erie railroad — 1 which may be used by lhe company, s The new company expects to r contract for some 800 acres of to- » matoes in beginning production. ’ Only tomatoes will be processed the first year, Mr. Foley stated, i- with the pOßßiblHty of other foods r being handled In future years. j Old Landmark i Formerly site of the Indiana Pipe (Turn Tn Page 2. Column S»

The father summoned a physician. who Mid he would come out to the country home as soon as possible. Meanwhile, he said continue the masMKing. Some two hours later, when the physician arrived he temporarily diagnosed the lad's illness as poliomyelitis — or Infantile paralysis. For days the mother continued the masMglng. latter the physician refttrned and confirmed bls previous diagnosis — but the lad was showing Improvement. Then the physician credited the mother's quick-thinking and continuous mdlsaglng of the stricken boy with bringing about his apparent rapid recovery. Today the boy Is back In school —less than 10 days after he was stricken with a disease that often proves fatal or leaves the victim with twisted legs and arm. The lad has little more than a perceptible limp and that Is expected to dlsap pear soon. Nearly all evidence of the disease. which also settled In (Turn To Fags t, Column 7)

United States Request For Showdown Vote On Control Plan Opposed

Electrical Workers Study Wage Demands To Fix Demands To Be Made On Industry Pittsburgh. Dec. 17 — (t'Pl — The executive boards of the CIO | United Hteel Workers and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers unions meet today to determine the exact pattern of wage and other demands they will present industry early next year. The meetings, to be held separately. followed an overall strategy conference between CIO president Philip Murray, who alert Is president of the steel workers. Al hert Fltxgerald. president of the electrical workers, and Walter Reuther, president of the United

Automobile Workers. The electrical workers executive Iwiard 1 meets today and tomorrow Then steel union's executive board < meets today, while its wage policy t group meets tomorrow anl Thurs day. ’ There was no Indication the < steel and electrical unions would J adopt the same 23.5 cents an • hour wage increase demand of t the UAW. Murray said that It was up to each individual union It to determine its own demands. L Murray declined to discuss the 11 wage demands of the steel work-1 ers or the electrical workers. He I was believed oppos'd to a spe-| cific wage pattern for the steell, industry lest It hamper his bargaining pMition on other de inands. These Include ti guaran teed annual wage. |«»rtal to port-1 al pay. the urtlon shop, social security and probably a uniform I group Insurance plan. The steel workers already have I filed suits to collect overtime pay and liquidated damages for portal to portal pay during the last six years. Fitxgerald said the electrical workers planned similar action. Murray said strikes can be avoided "if industry rises to its responsibilities. It is the firm resolve of these organisations to have constructive bargaining and I we arc looking forward to a| peaceful solution of the manifold problems to lie discussed in the course of (wage» conferences." He said the CIO will oppose • xorbltant price Increases resulting from the wage hikes, but (Turn T>. Page * Column 4) o Mrs. Hattie Nelson Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon

Mrs. Hattie Elisabeth Nelson. 78, resident of Decatur for more than half a century, died suddenly at 5 o'clock Monday evening at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Homer Bittner. 122 South Fourth street. Death wax caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. She was Iwrn In Auglaize county. O . March 30, 1888. the daughter of Nathan and Thelma Parr-Watkins. ' Her husband. Isaac Nelson, former Decatur lumberman, died February 27. lf»2«. She was a member of the Trinity 1 Evangelical United Brethren church. I Surviving are two daughters. I I Mrs. Bittner and Mrs. Ralph E. 1 Roop, both of Decatur; one son. ' Tracy Nelson of Fort Wayne: one 1 sister. Mrs. Martin Thrush of St. 1 John's. O.; a half-brother, Ralph 1 Corson of Valparaiso, and 11 grandchildren. 1 Funeral services will be held at 1 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon 1 at the Zwick funeral home and at 1 2 p. m. at the Trinity Evangelical I United Brethren church with the ’ Rey. Charles White officiating. ‘ Burial will be in the Decatur cerneI I tery. The body may be viewed at 1 1 the funeral home after 7 p. m. ' 1 Wednesday. a I

36,000 Tons Os U.S. Flour To Great Britain More Flour Is Made Available To Avoid Reduction In Ration London. Dec 17.—(UP)-Food mlntater John Sfrachey told commons today that 36.(Mt0 tons of I American flour had been made I available for purchase by Great Britain. In addition to a previous allocation of 68.000 tons of wheat 1 and 16.000 tons of other grains.

The United States also promised to give railroad priority for the movement of additional quantities of Canadian wheat. Strachey told the house. "If there are no further delays in transport, these quantities, togeth er with our existing supplies, should just suffice to avert a very grave emergency which we foresaw for the end ot January." Btrachey said Strachey had scheduled a flight to Washington Io seek an increased allocation of wheat In an effort to avoid a reduction In the British bread ration. But the RAF revealed late today that the airliner which had been I standing by for hlx use had been cancelled. A spokesman said Strachey would have to order up another plane if and when he decided to make the Washington trip. Strachey told reporters that if he had to make lhe trip he would not be leaving today. Concern over maintenance of the | nine-ounce dally bread ration wax increased by a Washington announcement that the United States would ship only 84,009 tons of grain to lhe United Kingdom during Jan nary. British officials Ihivo tMtlmated that to maintain the present ration, the country must receive an estimated 150,000 tons of wheat in I January, They placed the absolute I minimum at 100,000 tons plus reI (Turn T-> I’.ia,- ;. Column I) 0 . Legion's Christmas Party On Saturday Plans have been completed for I the annual American legion ChristI mas party to be held at the l-eglon I home here Saturday afternoon at 2 I o'clock, it wax announced today I by Ralph E. Roop and Robert AshI baucher, post entertainment coI < hali men. The program will feature it preI Mentation of magic by Mm. Maxine Wedertz and the appearance of I Santa (Tans, who will distribute I treats to the kiddies in attendance.

Suit Is Filed Here To Set Aside Deed Charge Wife With Conveying Property A suit to set aside a deed, lu which the plaintiff contends his wife conveyed property over to her mother without his consent while is was serving In the armed forces was filed today In Adams | circuit court. The suit Is brought by Charles II 1 Beckman, through his attorney. L H. Dunten. and name* hie wife. Elinor Beckman, and motherinlaw, Frances Monahan, as co-de-fendants. In the complaint he charges that he and his wife are the owners in fee simple of real estate located In the west end of Decatur He a vdrs that he served in the armed forces from January, 1943 to March. 1948 — much of that time, outside continental United States.l He charges that on May 15, 1945 I (Turn To Page 2, Column 7)

Price Four Cents

American Proposal For Powers To Give Up Veto Right On Control Rejected bulletin Lake Sussecc. N. V.. Dec. 17 _ (UP, — Possible Soviet rejection of the United States atomic control p'an was averted in the United Nations atomic energy commission today when the American representative withdrew his demand for an immediate showdown vote. ■ Lak- S' ■ - ’■ 1 |, ' r vr. ; tUPI Russia balk»-d today at the I United States request for a showdown vote on the American atomic control plan and said that the plan wax "not in conformity" with the new dlwarmainent resolution apI proved unanimously by the UN , general assembly.

Andrei A. Gromyko of Russia reJeeted flatly the American proposal that the big five powers give up their right to use the veto in the I UN security council in <-awes In- ' volving possible sanctiom against a violator of the proposed world atomic control treaty. Gromyko said that reference to the veto was not contained In the ■ i ecent ly-adopted sssetnbly disarmament proposal, and that if the ! United ritatiw hud insisted on writI ing It in, “unanimity would hu»« I lieen impossible " The resolution, directing the I'N ' security council to begin negotia- ; tions for a sweeping program to i abolish atomic weapons and reduce other armament*, was passed unanimously In the assembly Saturday. The bans voiced Russian deleI gate, speaking in Russian, said in i a public meeting of the United Na- ■ tions atomic energy commission 'that an attempt by the United j States to get a vote now on it* atomic conrol plan would make it impossible for the 12 nations on the body to achieve “unanimous agreement.”

He thue Implied that Russia would vote against the American plan In the first showdown vote unless Bernard M. Baruch, chief American delegate on the body, agreed to allow "further study” of hi* proposal* and gave Russia the answer to “some queetions raised before by the Soviet delegation" which remain unanswered. G otnyko voiced his objections soon after Baruch had gone before the commission to assert that the group bad "debated long enough, and now should vote to write into it* forthcoming report to the ee- < urity council conclusions based aitmxt word-for-word on the so- ' called Baruch atomic control plan. "The United States h;« not given us adequate explanation," Gromyko said. "Why I' is so neceseary (Turn To Page I Column 6) 0 —*

Recess Harvester Wage Negotiations Chicago. Dec. 17. (UP)- Wagn negotiations between the International Harvester company and the CIO farm equipment workers were recessed today until Jan. 28 to give troth parties time to consider forma! demands. A company official said the union, had not yet presented Its wage demand. "apparently Itecause it is waiting for the national wage pattern to be set.” Buys Health Bond Local 2109 U. B. C. J A. has voted purchase of a 15,00 Health r , bond, officials of CanrtOg* Saw the Christmas Hea | ( . atn p a j K n In. ] 0 Adams county announced today. uJrf ; All proceeds from * the annual Christmas seal sales art* J■ used ,n Ibe flßht ; u cittU tsss : n n tuberculosis i irwwwwwwO Tsw rriiiHis an< * to provide • !-**-«vrtirrdsdt f“ee clinics and othowise carry on the fight against the "white I plague.” The Mie is conducted i by the Adams county tuberculosis association. «> as •> •• •»