Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 298.

ILBO DENIES TAKING CONTRACTORS’ PAY

— "" * let Russia Les Balkan j Lie Probe Probe By UN ku ld Be Limited B Greek Territory , , X Y I "'••• " \ Gromyko of firn proposed UN f th. Balkans should hut only horof th' Hire.- Sovi.-t around Greece. rk , moved ill the IN se- .,. ji to ■ hatige an Amer--p.A.I that the I'N send i!.'.,, ■■viit-h territory" <»f all ‘t-tet. a- it deem* lie pi find the <.ui-e of fri<gw V ko ‘aid •>' to'' ,if i( rtitement in the current i>fore the council that he rtl h, hody had enough evi (W itbout waiting lor aUN Incommianlor.. I k submitted a formal art to the Americ an propos k: would "I" n all of Greece I jropoe-d commission but IlWtrid their tour of Alban gpri and Yugoslavia to »ITM» ' Brio Mid Russia has "no m to wending investigator* countries to get the ■ k they go under terms of Mdmrnt. Soviet delegate said evi-1 Wore the council showed f the blame for unrest in , aikans falls on the Greek dut government. Ijovrutnent touched off the t dispute by complaining to [X elements from the three wine countries were forI trouble in Greece. Btko laid Greek premier Mr T-aidaris brought the B wily to divert attention the. deep seated causes" of Mbit in Greece. ■yko» amendment was alcertain to bring objections ■ the American and British ? on the 11-tiations conn-1 Mt it was a handy way of pt action on the original U.i Ignal. laid the council did not need j •despot inquiry to deterin- j to came of friction between j a and three Russian-support ttbors Albania. Bulgaria fUMlavia. » Greek government Is to' IVcharged The deep-voiced in told the council that »»by compfitining to the I'N trtiiboring states were interI “Greek affairs, was trying blithe issue in the Balkans. Greek government is try '• Ucrlbe to external causes of near civil war which ®»*d only by internal cansto Mid. ••rko repeated an old Soviet h - that foreign interven ~ sot by one of Greece's — but by another | •n. power" — was to blatne j **erious situation” in' to. ’ r ”‘ rk,) obviously referred to 1 Br.tain. whose troops have hSl, l in Greece ever since ’ K * American forces liberated “«»lry in the fall of 1914. ’ 4i| i not indicate whether he his veto to kill the U. J*** 1 for a seven-nation In*>Uor - e, >nimi»sion to examine ot the Greek borders * 'hree neighboring states. 1 * “tnphasized hl* belief ' * °OBHcil already had • wldence to make its deci- . WEATHER cloudiness and and Friday. a bO-

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I School Bus, Truck Collide, One Dead Five Others Injured In South Carolina Chapin, S. c . Dec- in ( fp ( A school bus ami a truck collided near here todav. killing one per son and Injuring five others. The Columbia ho-pital emergen- ■ cy staff identified the dead as Ram i Rowe, a passenger in the truck Three of the Injured w< r<- hroth ers. en route with their schoolmates to the Piedmont grammar school. They were Linwood O'Neal Eargle. fi; Travis L. Eargle. k. and Leland C Eargle. in, ~f | rmo . g C. The bus driver. J E Wenninger, and the trmk driver Earl WessInger. were also injured They are not related Between lf> and 20 children were on the bus. Ambulances from Columbia. 21 mile* away, came to the scene It was the second school bus accident in the state in 21 hours. Yesterday Io school children and the driver were killed at New Berry. S <’ - when a school bus was hit by a Southern Railway passenger train. Mourn Children Newberry. SU, Dec 19 (UP) — The Silverstreet consolidated school dismissed c lasses for its 250 students today in a pre Christmas recess darkened by tragedy in the death of It children killed in their school bus by a speeding passenger train. Richard Sanders. 11. who had driven the children to school daily from their surrounding farm homes ! in Newberry and Saluda c ounties, also was killed, and It other children were injured, many critically. An official inquiry was started into the cause of th.' grade crossing tragedy on a dirt road seven miles north of here, almost within sight of the school. Thus far. survivors have been unable to give a ' coherent account of the accident. Under South Carolina law Sanders should have -topped on reaching the crossing, opened all the - bus doors ami put his gear shift in I neutral before crossing the tracks j It was raining at the time, but ■ visibility was good and he could have seen the train. The train, one of two which | passed each day. was one hour and in minutes late. 11. E. Moore, engineer of the southbound Southern Railway train, said he did not see the bus before his locomotive- ploughed into it Hart Dixon./he fireman, said he saw it only a moment before the crash He thought Sanders had not seen the train, which was making 5U miles an hour. Betty Jean Murray. 14. one of the injured said she did not remember the bus stopping before starting across the tracks. The L it. laincasters was hardest hit of the farm families in the community Three of their children were among the dead. The J. W. Risers Vost two children while a third was injured critically. School Vacations Will Open Friday City Schools Close Until January 6 The annual Christmas vacation begins on Friday with the city schools out for two weeks and the county schools "•"* Walter J Krick, superintendent of the public schools. Mated today that classes will be discontinued at noon tomorrow at the Lincoln grade school and junior senior high school and students will not return until Monday. January S The Very Rev. Msgr. Selmtex has announced that the Catholic school here *lll also close for the vacation Friday and students will not return until January Ilin the rural schools, however, students will return a week earlier. Lyman L. Hann, county eeliool superintendent, stated that in acco.dance with a vote of the township trustees, school will be •> ' missed tomorrow but students will return on December 30. They will al*" a "* n ' l K ’ h ® o ’ ” New Year’s day. remaining In class the full week.

Owners Discuss Reviving Coal Contract Talk Soft Coal Owners Discuss Prospect Os Negotiations Washington. D«c. Ift—(l'Pl — Soft <-oai operators assembled; I" r<- today Io talk about prospects for reviving their long lormant' i contract negotiations with John L. lewis’ United Mine Workers • A FL t Th»- meeting reportedly was called to sound out the attitude of various groups within the industry on the tangled status of their relationship with the UMW Industry spokesmen gave no indication that a proposal to resume negotiations was imminent. Some government and industry officials believed there would be no move to revive negotiations until after! the supreme court rules on the recent contempt of court verdict against Lewis and the I’.MW The supreme court will hear arguments Jan. 14 on the case, which resulted in flu- levy of 53,.',|i.'.mm in fines on Lewis and the union for defying a court order to jtostpone tlie recent strike. When he did call off the walkout Dec 7, la-wis matle statements which were interpreted by some to mean that he expected further negotiations to await supreme court action. A final decision from the court probaldy will not come before February or March. The coal mines administration, which has operated the bituminous mines since they were seized |>y the government May 22. took no part in calling today s meeting. However, the government is anxious for the industry to negotiate an agreement with the union sol the mines can In- turned back to private operation UMW headquarters reported that la-wis had gone to the home of his mother at Springfield. 11l , for Ho' Christmas holidays. Congress To Watch Washington Dec 19 —-tl Pl Republican leaders predicted to day the new congress will react with "swift and drastic” anti trike laws to ;my laltor paralysis of basic industries In 1917 One Republican, who declined use of his name, said the type of legislation ultimately approved by congress may well depend on the outcome of labor-management negotiations In the steel industry The contract of the I’tllted Steel workers (CIO' expires Feb 15. This Republican said the congressional answer Io a tieup in Heel or other vital industries iTurn To Pag-- 7. Column .) 0 — Swygart Trial Ends In Deadlocked Jury Van Wert Jury Fails To Reach Agreement Richard Dale Swygart. 21. of this city faces retrial in Van Wert, Ohio on a burglary count after a "hung jury” which heard the case failed to agree late Wednesday evening. It was unofficially reported that the jury of eight women and four men were deadlocked alx-to-alx on th,, final ballot, taken shortly before they were discharged at 4:30 pm They had Iteen deliberating since 11 a.m. the name day. Swygart was specific.illy charged with burgla.izing the Town Pump restaurant at Willshire. Ohio on March l«. 1945 He was indicted by the Van Wert county grand jury ’in October of last year. Officials charged he took 325 in cash and a gun valued at 315 when he broke into the place of business. Judge John Albrought of the Van Wert court of common pleae presided over the trial, which was started Tuesday morning. Witnesses for the state included Ed May Earl Shaffer. John Estil. owner of the Town Pump all of Van Wert county; Sheriff Leo Gillis and Tom Anderson of Decatur. Sheriff Ed Graden of We lls county. Character witnesses tor the defendant were: Robert Wallace. William Grimm. Ivan Garwood and Mrs. W. II- Clark, all of this community.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY.

Decatur. Indiana, Thursday, December 19, 1946

Stork Visits Two (Generations 1 ■ •' * -I - • _ V "J I 4?' B I MRS. ETHEL WAOLER. right. 37. holds her baby, who was born In a Isis Angeles hospital a few hours after a baby. left, was born to her daughter. Mrs Edith Hood. I*. "It * confusing" says Mrs. Wadh r. ' be< oming Imth a mother and grandmother."

Five Men Die In Negro Hotel Fire — I Guest Is Blamed in Philadelphia Fire Philadelphia. Dec. 19. (CPI—• A guest emoking in bed wae blamed today tor a fin* which swept the tour-story Abe's hotel in the heart of tbe negro section last night, killing fire men and Injuring 10 other*, four seriously. Two of the dead burned to death while the others were asphyxiated by smoke. All were dead on arrival at nearby hospitals and remained unidentified early today. The fire started in one of the firvtt floor cubicles which police I said rented for 20 to 317 cents a night. The flames roared upward jso quickly that many of the 140 | guests were tranped in the 67 small rooms. i Firemen carried more than 80 1 persons down ladders to safety, some escaped byway of the hotel's I three fire escapes and 20 others fled across adjoining toofs. One man, who reached the roof, became hysterical and was injured seriously when h-* leuped to the ground The fire was discovered when .the night manager. Carnegie MsJ ter, 37, heard several first floor lodgers screaming He ran a block away to turn in the alarm, hut when firemen arrived smoke wae ipoming from all windows. 0 Warsaw Man Killed As Train Hits Auto Warsaw, Ind. Dec. 19 (UP) — Charles Jeneen. 48. Warsaw, was killed yesterday when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck his automobile at a crossing. The body was recovered from the Tipecattoe river, nearly a half mile away, where the train carried ft and the wreckage O List Payments To Local Tax Units More Thon $400,000 1 Paid Here By State i I Ixxral units of government In Adams county received 8418,909 55 in 1 state aid during the 1945-46 fiscal 1 year from a state total of 865,013,1 310.41. according to an analysis contained in the 1947 edition of the Indiana tax and social security ' manual compiled by the Indiana 1 State Chamber of Commerce. The special section In the manual on state-aid to local governments contains tables showing county bycounty compilation of payments to 1 local school units, distributions of highway funds, and welfare, intan gibles tax and excise tax dlstribu- ' tlon to civil units. r Statistics concerning the county show that the school units re- ' celved 8183.132.95; the highway share was 8126.366 15, and that the civil units were granted 8109. . 410.44 from the state collected funds redistributed to the local gov(Turn To Page 7, Column 7)

BULLETIN Washington, Dec. 19—(UPi — The government today abandoned its four-year-old ban on 1 the sale of two pants suits. — —o Mexican Family Os ' Nine In Coal Bin I i S4O Month Rent For Fort Wayne 'Home' I Fort Wayne Ind. Dec. 19. (UPi A pretty Mexican mother rested in Ihe comfort and quiet ot a hospital today after giving birth to a daughter in the coal bln which serves as home for ncr husband and their seven children. The proud father. Antonio Gamez, wns "at home" with hat brood In the dimly lit basement hovel for which he pays 840 per month. Faustina Gamez, whose only worries are for her children, was taken to the hospital a few days ago after a charity organization learned of the family's plight. Gamez, a tomato packer in a canning factory, smiled when he talked of the new baby. He smiled j even as lie looked around the nine by 12 foot enclosure, with its rough-board wall* and Its nine toothbrushes hanging in an orderly row over the make-shift wash stand by the orange crate cup board. In his native Spanish he spoke of his 'little family." and of ths long trek north from Texas to Michigan, and finally to Fort Wayne “Educated," he said I want my ! children educated They have better chance here." As he talked light seeped into the spotless room from the single window high In the outer wall, a' window usually opened only to admit a coal chute. Seventeen-year-old Rohe: to, eld- 1 ext of the eight children, pointed to the scrubbed cement floor and then to 13-year-old Maria "She keeps us as clean a* rnothrr did." he said Hanging among the religious pictures decorating the wall were a few heavy coats Roberto explained his brothers and sisters go out-of-doors in shifts, about three at a time, because there Is not enough warm clothing for all to leave the basement at the same time. The other children, Rudolfo, 16, Pasqtiel, 12. Lorenxo. 7, Gilberto. 4, and Juan, 2. listened to the conversation as they sat on the two beds, each againet a wall. Roberto. Rudolfo and Pasqual can sit on the beds in the daytime, but at night they sleep on the floor Neither Faustina nor her husband were certain just when the (Tu r n T<> Par* 2. Column I* — Admits Starting Fire Causing Three Deaths J East St. Louis, 111., Dec. 19—(VP) — Police announced today that a 45-year-old negro. Edward W liardy. has admitted setting fire to a house last Saturday night In which i three negro children were burned ' to death. ’I Hardy told officers he started ■ the fire "In a tit of anger and - jealousy" because the mother of I; the children. .Mrs. Bernice Swilley, 'lhad turned him down for another man.

Mississippi Solon Makes\ Bitter Counterattack On Accusers-Political Foes — — I

Packers Forecast ' Lower Pork Prices Hog Market Prices , On Steady Decline Chicago. Dec 19 tl'Pt Pf<k Inghoiise s|H>k<--im-n predicted today that housewives would find pork <hops less •xpenslve at the butcher shops this weekend and | even cheaper next week As a result of a day decline In hog prices, the packers themseh-

es paid lower prices for pork. ham < aid bacon on the hoof yesterday i than at any time since Ol’A ceil Ings were removed Oct 15 Increased supply and lowered de- 1 maud both a • ribed to seasonal ' factor- caused the prices to fall. tli<- spokesmen said, and they are expee ted to continue dropping for at least several •layTop prices for < hole •• swim- at the union stockyards yesterday wa--822. per hundredweight represent- 1 iir a break of $1 5o from Tuesday'top levels the all lime high of ' 827 50 was paid (hi 15. The Ol’A maximum was 816.25 The- price- ch-cline already is reflected in wholesale* price*. the spokesmen aid increased constimer resistance* becau*e of a prefer mice for poultry in the approach Ing holiday season and normally he ivy seasonal shipments c aused th«* decline, they said Shipments. a- in previous years, will continue in heavy volume to all mldwe tern markets through February and begin tapering off in March, they predicted Receipt* in seven principal midwest marts yeterday tot cle-d 47.900. as compared with 11.1100 a week ago. Sign Contract Chicago. D* c- 19 11 T> The CIO pac kii ghoiise workers union signed a n*-w contract with Armour ami Company early todav provid Ing for wage Im-re.i**-- ranging from 7’j to 23 rent an limit for :;•; iiihi employes in 23 plantRalph He-l-tein. pre-id-nt of the . I'nited Packinghouse Workers union, said the contract was sigi ed after an all night bargaining session. He siid it followed the gen I eral patten of loiitia- t- recently | signed by Wilson and Cudahy Tie- union lias reached an agree inent on a T.< w contrac t with Swift and tkimpany. the other "Hit Four" packer, and it lias been submitted to th** union's membership for ratification. 0 _... Liquor License At Geneva Protested Question Legality Os New Ordinance If an ordinance passed by the ■ town council of Geneva on Novern her 21 is found to lie legally sound, no more liquor will he sold there i after February 21. 1947 and pe- ' haps from an earlier date That appeared today to be the ' results of a lengthy and heated session of the* Adams county al|coholic beverage board late* Wednesday. during which dozen Geneva residents, led by two pastors from churches in that town, remotactrated against the renewal of the town's only "threeway" license. The county board held a hearing then on the application of the Shamrock Inn for a renewal of its ■ liquor, wine and beer retailer's license* Discussion during the hearing revealed that the council at Geneva had on November 24 purportedly passed an ordinance revoking a former ordinance adopted December 1. 1936. permitting the* * sab* of liquor t'nder state law, towns of less than 5.000 population must take such action before liquor can he sold The chief point of contention between the remonstrators and the Shamrock Inn operator U the final (Turn To Pane 6, Column 3>

Strike Notice Threatened By Steel Workers I Wage Boost, Other Demands Planned At Negotiations Pittsburgh D' .' 19 II P' The UU> united steel wo k< I 174-mali wage policy -ompb-ted work today on the draft of <!• m.md to the industry and prepared to file strike notices with II corn p.mie- Io bolster tin ,>ropo-al.‘ The committee fixed no figure but projet ed ■ subst.intial wage in < reaves." -o< ial tn-iir.ince. portalto portal pav. a ma .itihed annual wage, paid holidays and preniitiin pay f it wo k on Satttrd ly = and Sun day Negotiations wII -tart alumt Jan 15. a month befor-' <ontra<te with 7't to Ml ba-ie -teel pr'dll'ers expire Th.- In mH itie * will as f.■< t immediately mine .'.fai.miu blade -tee' wot k'-r-. ami la'- • I including those m falni. ding plants The strike notices w 11 he filed at the -ame time as a t.-r-bnical procedure \ union offi. ia! Itl they would not carry any ni.il - but m<- "ly be iiie- t ley are bandy to have on hand” in event th. m -■<> t.atlon* break down I'li Hip Murray, pr.-si'lent of th. t'l<> ami I SM id the -teel w.c k ele would Ifo IlltO the lie ■it iaf ioll s with cards on th" table and hope that the maiii--.-m.-ni wil tnatcli on de“ire tile rnal'ei ■- pea.'■ fully without resorting '<> -trikes.' "I am again-t strike always," he said, and I 1r mly .elj.-r. that the t. r.l it.dll'll V <-a'i meet on demands without iner. ..eins- the pt .. Os I - P odll' ts Mur IV -aid no aft t >' w..u!d made Io . t ip , p. If ). A . de liiand. but Hint m m.lialioiis would be taketi <>n t Io- ha -i ■ of ea< Il < ompaiiy - I'.'liH ' • p v If' --tid the .1 lion would •ek t > ' ini lull. W .g. df Cl .Itl!'. I- '.I d I'll -ei> graplll al 10. at ion 11 aid t lis w.i - aim.-I at th" Indus' y in t'• .south where abort ■ I", i-m- It or 15 t ents belo w th" mi < • 111 - ail iIOU rereived by laltt.i'e ’ in otii.-r ■■< lions Forth" first t :i.<- th' union will a k a minimum w ig.- i foi wh'te c' lla worker- ba •■<! on the t i-mmoti lab rate Oth.-r de mande \ union shop instead of the pro-.-ent mainien.iii. of in inliersn p ami < oii'itiu.im •• of ill" < heck-off S,< ial instii'am •• < all ng for a plan covering old age retirement benefit', life, a t id"tit. h'-alfh ami other forms of group insurance, in i I tirn T - I’.tv '• •: non ' o — —- Tinsley Funeral Services Friday Former Decatur Man Dies At Fort Wayne ’ Fuller tl s.-rvit < ‘ will be held . Friday aft.-rmsm at 2 o'.lisk at th.-Mt-Uomli funeral home in Fort W.nne so-- Robert Tinsley, foi mer Decatur reel lent, who died ’ Tuesday evening it: that city The deceased was the hudband ’ of the former Florence Reldenlui'h * daughter of Mr anti Mis W II I Reideitbaeh. of this <ltv. and until ’ they moved to Fort Wayne about ’ five year- ago he was employed al p th.- M< Millen Industrie here. i The deceased was man led l< H year* ago in Fort Wayne. \t th. r ‘ time of Ids death he was operatin'II a used car agency in Fort Wayne r | Tlie body may be viewed at th. McComb funeral home until tint, tor the servi..* Friday. Bitria p will Im- in the Lindenwood ceme ' tery, the Rev. Fied Wambsgansi |officiatins.

Price Four Cents

Negroes, Communists Traitorous Aide Are Blamed By Senator For Accusations W.eh tmmi D" U' 'I P' - S.-’I Theodore G H Ibo today all- . i -I-, dem. d mi -• s th..' he took mouev friini Mi- issij.ii war son--,lto - It. .!••< lured tile .1 citsatmil- were lodged against him by po ilbal foe- m , oe - ommilllisf and a tradorou.. se ret.ny th. el - htly :It Mississippi Democrat, hi- political future at stake deni.-d t .<• charges and iaiin tied a fiery < ounteratta. k again-t his accusers in a 11 page laieiie-m to a senate war investigating subcommittee Th.- committee has been looking into Bilbo’* .-lathing with some of din war contractor .-on-titnents 11. Slid lie pleided guilty to f.-stitnonv that he h.-lped his con--tititents to get wa i-ontr.icts But .1! he eter -o' for tlii .-Ip. lie a-- .. 't. d, w.i- a < ..utile of f'hrl*tm»< gifts a (.I'tilla automobile and sof.i and s one lamp- for one of ills I'opl.r i ille M- ■ dreamhouse-” If h<- is to In <on leninod for being loya! to h onstifm tit*. Bilbo lid. pounding the table, then .y '"ken - very w.c thw till.- -emit., and member of Hie lions.- of repre-.-ni.itives must likewise tiea tlie burden of such ■ ond.-innation.” VI the money that ever passed into ids hinds from war lontractop-. Bilbo sa d represented i-lther campaign lontribulions for former Sen Wall liox.-y, or l-'ans which Bilbo had repa d o intenile to repay Vs lie r< 11 his t itement and an ■Weled l|lle-"otl-- of -lite ommitt. • members Bili.o >-n|d.|v< d indignant shouts or gentle .dm k • depending on the subji < t .’I liter H" < h<. o-d .-peateillv with S.-n Hornet Fel .-||»o!l R Mi. h 11. did not Liu -h. iow"vwhen lie pok- ic so m>- Ite'i lt<« Col- , Im ed n itl last summer's Missi-sjppi poi tical < amiu.ign or Edwa d I' Terry, his form.-i e. r.-tary aio fortified .... .in-' him ye -t'-idav Hiluo -.'i I .Il th.- li.ir-’c- In-fore ih. ulx ommitl. • we, . ontaine I in . tom page pain- ill. t used . ar.st him in fbe . a’l.paign He t . I.' ed '!.,<» ii the polls w.i- complete . xoner.itioll trom tiiese <ha g'-~ l> Hi.- people of Missiesippi Tie • -ti.it>>) dwelled upon reports t flat efforts lll.iv ».- made so OUrt | ~m when lie tiles to take his seat so ant a six .ear term when con- .- . 'iivenes next month He .o-se t.-d tlrif negro and commi’tiirt g uup- among i.thers had organized ' ou«t Bilbo” campaign-. Htlho aim. I hi. most violent denuiici.iti >ns again-t Terry, who . fail- |ios- ld>- . mt.-mi't and pelt Jury a. lion a- a result of his testjI mony " <• 'he -h i. o iimitt.-.- yes. t.-rdii y 11. lied Ter i .i money-mad ltld.l. I-a lot and 'modern Benedict \Hold given to iialltti inat o:., wl- > hall engaged in a ' wild .1,,-. ati. i illgotteii gam while mb MUm employment. Bilbo an-we ed tin- nine charges gainst urn pom' by point F.'igiison interrupted him in j iftitly w 'h questions. Their > x hang" 'll oi < asicn evoked laughter f om th" spectators, a* w en Bilim di-miced bis acceptame of Hie Uadilln. for ChrietmaH '' .Turn To l’a«- . ' - ■—l—• Buys Health Bond '' Tin N E District Nurses havn . voted purchase of a |5."" Health ' , , , , bond, officials ot ' CWIIBK Smh t j, ~ f'hristtna<« ■ JCr a*®' <’« n, l’ ai K n '' * Adams county anII 4today. 11 ; Al) proceeds from o ! H"* annual Christ0 ma * * ea ' sales are " 1-11111"®“* 5 uw ‘'* ,n ,h ‘’ g LJj'**' l<M6 > o n tuberculosis .7. Tw. r'rstattos an ‘> ,0 Provldn ifristtfikeNsietto r k** ' Hnic* and ic o.hewlse carry on d the fight against the "white r- plague." The sale is conducted «s by the Adams county tuberculosis association.