Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1946 — Page 1

XLIV. No. 299.

INIONS SUE FOR PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY

■ J. Atomic Hnlrol Plan ■Accepted Votes ■for Pion, Russia ■Objects Violently X V. 20— 7 , ■ X.l'iotlH hK, adopted the , , ll( the I'nited Staten ,„ntr..l Pl.iti '<«lay .. refu« Amlrt-i A i" KI , " ,f,,re that his government BBj lial ,. no p.irt of a vote on an proposals now 1" »> favor. * lth abstaining and vote for .b.i-n-- showdown pave I for submission of the atomic plan to the Saii'in- security council n ,\r At that time yK] would he aide, if she detn kill the plan with her rclo power matt.-r was brought v iMnacl M Harueli. who 1 .1 Canadian com 'll.it ■tial.led tile commit!a>" p< the principles" of proposals but left open ~..!M1c. of .-hanireH in thdr ihowd.iwn came on the "! steady concessions by dcidmg this country f!u—i.. on the vital matter ■Hy» ‘ > con'tol Atomic energy way tha- would prevent xsrtao and develop tile !" f"t mankind's ben<SHfr delegate of Franco, who -y voted with tlic United warned sharply ax the battle came to a climax, ne remaining differences lie settled without inc -blent nevotiationx moved & ,ii,w| >' Bta<- 0.-c.ir Lange followed ’to I'.cg- .1, Column M j|M —- — o — ■it Maier Speaks ■Hotary Meeting ■ Palestine Problem ■ Discussion Topic Maier read an Interesting K" Palestine. Whic h dene rib |Ml't' Unti-h mandate country ax aether country of Jews." in third of a aeries of talks on problems before the dab lam evening paix-r espoused the cause Palestine should be opened to IB'h'wic and that Immigration to country should lie permitted IB** 1 ' hiterrational agreement jVMaier emphasised thii Palea"mhl support a larger popula |B" and develop the country bet|B i'" l '"” r '' progressively than Antia. ■ * Maier also read several para ■** from an address delivered Summer Welles, former assist »«retary of state, who advoBJ" 1 ’ Policy In favor of Jewish Boration to Palestine. Welles his xpeach irefore an intercommittee considering the U*”'ne problem and recommend BJ'Aat this country be committed E '*> a program. Gerber was in charge of B* Pf0 * r »m. rluh voted to meet neat a change in schedule ■ • the former suspension of ■"hem (| ur j ll(c Christmas week B* ls * a l wilt be served, with the session scheduled to <>|>en at ■Joock

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Christmas Seals On Sale At Post Office Christmas seals are now on sate at the Decatur post office by momliars of the Decatur Girl Scout*. 1 The Girl Scouti are assisting the | Adams county tttiierc ulwis awsoclaj tion in the sale of the seals, from j which funds are derived to further the association program during the I y* , »r. — •"— lll 0 —— Southern Coal Owners Refuse To Negotiate South, Far Western Operators Refuse To Join Negotiations Washington. Dec. 20.—(UP)— John 1.. U-wix wax caught in the middle today as southern soft coal operators refused to join northerncix in offering to negotiate a new contract with Lewis' united mine workers. Already in a hitter rourt battle with the government, Lewis was facing another fight to salvage his long-sought industrywide wage agreement with the bituminous industry. The northern and midwestern operators said they were ready and willing to negotiate immediately. The southern and far western operator* said, “not yet.’’ The last convention of I-ewis' united mine workers (AFLt commited him to fight for the Industrywide contract which he won for the first time in 1945 He now must devise strategy to try to win it again. The dong-standing split between the northern and southern operator groups reappeared last night after the operators' national wage negotiating committee had been conferring privately for nearly eight hour*. The committee could not agree on the northern-sponsored move to announce willingness to reopen negotiations with .Lewis immediately. t'harles O'Neill, spkcvtman for the northern Appalachian operators, announced that the northern and midwestern groups wanted to reaffirm their willingness to resume negotiations. Henry Warden, representing the southern • Appalachian operators, said his group was willing to negotiate but did not think the operators should initiate moves now. He explained that this position wax (Turn T<> Page 2. Column S| New Officers Take Oath, File Bonds Officials Assume Duties January 1 A number of offlcials-elect, named in the November election, have been sworn In at the offices of county clerk Clyde O. Troutner preparatory to assuming their duties on January 1. Idost of these have also filed their bonds in the offices of county auditor Thurman 1 Drew. Latest among those to be sworn in is Herman Howman, of Berne, sheriff-elect. who took the obligation Thursday afternoon Other county officials already sworn In are Albert Harlow, assess-or-elect and Virgil Bowers, sur-veyor-elect. Mr. Bowman and Mr. Harlow are Democrats. Mr. Bowers Is one of two Republicans named to major county offices. The other Is Nbrval Fuhrman, treasur-er-elect, who will not assume his office for another year. Trustees-elect. who have been (Turn To Paa* 4 Column 7» Stott Local Retail stores will remain open this evening. Saturday and Monday until 9 o'clock for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. To give employes and employers the privilege of being home with their families the stores will close at 5: SO on Christmas Eve.

Ea«t St. Louis Officers Accused Os Malfeasance

A GRAND JURY in St. f'lair county, Illinois, has indicted these East St. Louis city officials on malfeasance in connection with an Investigation of gambling, to right, are Fire Commissioner Albert I*. Lauman. Police Commissioner John T. English, Mayor John T. Connors and Finance Commissioner John W Ganxchinetz.

Auction Graduation Exercises Are Held — !| Col. Chaffee Speaks < To School Graduates j ——— t Cballc-nging them to Immediate- , ly utilize the training which they I had received to establish a success- | ful auctioneering profession in | their home communities. Col. I < Quentin R Chaffee of Tawanda. ’ Pa., delivered the commencement I address to a majority of the 158 I students of the 53rd semi-annual I class of the Rsppert schcwd of auctioneering at the K. of P. dining room this noon. Col. Chaffee, a member ot the staff of instructors at the school. I was introduced by Col. Chet Drake,' of Decatur. 111, who served as master of ceremonies. Co). Guy L. Pettit of Bloomfield, lowa, presented the diplomas to the graduates taking part in the ceremonies. A number of the students left before the exercises In order to reach their homes throughout the nation over the weekend. 1 Cols. Hoy Hiatt. George Itoruin 1 and other members of the staff al- 1 HO Spoke to the students briefly 1 during the remainder of the pro-1' gram. Some of the students will remain here tomorrow to take part in the final classes. The graduation lun-. c heon this noon wax served by the Pythian Sisters. o — Pleasant Mills School To Reopen January 2 MM The holiday vacation at the , Pleasant Mills school opened at noon today, and classes will not; Ice resumed until Thursday morning. January 2, Hansel Foley, principal. announced today. Mr. Foley also stated that a reported case of diphtheria in the school has now been diagnosed re scarlet fever. o Public Aid Payments Here Below Average Per Capita Cost Is Under State Average Annual expenditures for public aid in Adams county were 87.78 per capita ax compared to a statewide average of $8.31, according to an analysis contained in the 1947 edition of the Indiana tax and social security manual. A special section of the 200-page manual on social security contains tables showing county-by-county compilation of grants for old age assistance, aid to dependent ehll- \ dren. and blind assistance grams of the public welfare aid. Statistics concerning the county show that 284 persons received a total of $8,534.80 in old age assistance The average individual payment was $30.06 as compared to the state wide average of $28.51. Under the program of aid to dependent children. 71 children of 29 families received an averags payment of $16.14 for a total of $1,146. The state wide average payment was $ 15.83 per child A total grant of $124.50 was made to four recipients of blind assist(Turn To Par* 7, Column 7)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 20, 1946.

Legion To Sponsor Teen-Agers Dance Aclanw Post 43. American I-eglon, will sponsor a teen-age dance at the Legion home Christmas night. December 25. from 8:30 to 11:30' o'clock. The Legion poet will provide the orchestra and the dance hall, and no charge wilt he made to mem Iters of the Den and their invited guests. This is the second holiday dance for the teen-agers i.potiMtred by the Legion a large crowd attending the dance held Thankaglving night. The dance will be supervised by Deane Dorwin. supervisor of the Den, Decatur'e youth (enter, and his assistants. y ii■ mi ■— — 85 Escape Death As Airliners Collide Miraculous Escape From Death For 85 Washington, D*c. 20.—(UP)— Government air inspectors agreed today that only “one chance in a million" rtaved 85 persons from flaming death last night when two big luxury airliners collided at 2.000 feet over Aberdeen, Md. The two New York- to-Miami planes one operated by Eastern Airlines, the other by Universal ' Airlines ripped one another at terrific speed. But thanks largely to a quick-thinking Eastern pilot., the two ships broke loose without serious Injury to the 85 passengers and crew member* aboard them. A few of the passengers on the Universal plane suffered bruises and itl>rasions. Almard the Eastern Airliner, three-year-old Beverley Ann Bouton of Baldwin. L. 1., N. Y., was the only casualty. She suffered a slight butnp on the head Shaken passengers raid it was “just a question of three inches" either way that kept the two planes from colliding full-on and turning into flaming coffins for paxsengena . and crew alike. (Turn To Pave S. Column 6)

School Teachers Threaten Strikes In Several Cities

By United Press School teachers, asserting that the three R's should command a better price, threatened strikes In several cities today to enforce demands for higher wages. Teachers in some cities already were on strike. In eight states teachers were seeking a guaranteed minimum wage of $2,400 a year. In some of them, the teachers already have prepared the necessary legislation to submit to the state legislatures when they convene. Teachers In other states are seeking immediate finanial aid from the state, without waiting for the legislatures. The moat serious teacher walkout was in St. Paul. Minn., where 1,160 teachers picketed 77 schools, while 80,000 students got t long vacation. The teachers struck Nov. 25 to enforce demands for SSO monthly wage increase and improved school facilities. The teachers, represented by the St. Paul Teachers Council, also seek revision of the present $1,300

Leniency Is Shown Two Monroe Youths Reformatory Terms Suspended By Judge Reprimanding them severely for i their conduct. Judge J. Fred Fruchte extended leniency to two Monroe youths arrested December 10 on gran ! larceny charges and gave them suspended 1-10 ' year reformatory sentences. Jack Burkhead. 21. and Joe Joseph. Iff—the pair arrested for taking $52 from the glove compartment of an auto owned by an auction student, Theron Kauf- < man. and then slugging him when he demanded Its return — were fined $25 and costs each, placed on probation for two years and commanded to attend Sunday rchool and church. Judge Fruchte lectured the l>oyx at length, telling them thafl I he at first thought they had been ! involved in something even more ■ serious titan the crime with which they were charged. He said that investigation provied they had kept a 15-year old Decatur girl, working ax a waitress. with them for some five or six hours the night the theft wax perpetrated and that she had been afraid to try and escape 1 from them because of their I threats. He said, however, that since : she ha i been unharmed and this was their first offense he would | “give them a break.” He warned them, however, that they wilt lie kept under strict surveillance and that at the first sign of misbehavior the suspension will Im- revoked. He questioned them concerning their associations with girl friends. especially concerning times when they attended meetings of a “club or lodge" in Monroe. The youths had been held in Jail since the time of their arrest. Upon their arraignment the day (Turn Tn pace S. fntumn 4»

| to >2,500 salary scale to a $2,400 minimum and an Immediate $3,000 maximum which eventually would be scaled to $5,000. Nearly 100 Coal Township. Pa., teachers failed to report to their classrooms Dec 2 in a dispute over demands for S3OO l>onuses and annua) salary Increases. Their strike gave a holiday to 2.400 pupils. Chicago's 11.500 school teachers were bringing pressure on the city board of education for salary increases ranging from 20 percent for high school instructors to 40 percent for grammar school teachers. Eight hundred men teachers In the public schools threatened, meanwhile to strike unless they are granted a 30 percent wage increase. Another strike was threatened at New Castle. Ind, where school teachers were aws“'2g school board action on their formal request for wage Increases. The teachers demanded a S2OO annual (Turn TO Page 2, Column 4) >

Oliver Corp. And Ford

Company Named In Suits To Collect 14 Millions

Weeklong Holiday Shutdown At Ford Detroit. Dec. 20.- (i'PI The Ford Motor company today announced a weeklong holiday shutdown of nationwide operations, affecting !»o.tut" employes, from Dec. 21 to Jan. 2 because of critical metal shortages. D. S. Harder, Ford vice president in churge of operations, blamed the holiday shutdown and lews of tour production days to the recent . 17-day coal strike. 0 To Introduce Bill Outlawing Utility Strikes Virginia Solon To Urge Bill Banning Union Closed Shop Washington. Dec 20 tl’Pt Rep. Howard W. Smith. D. Va.. announced today he will Introduce a bill In the new congress to outlaw strikes In public utilities and ban the closed shop and oilier practices “that have led to the present labor dictatorship." Smith, who played an influential rede in shaping lalior legislation in the last four years, said hix bill would apply not only to public utilities but related industries and also would outlaw further labor management negotiations on an in-dustry-wide scale. Smith revealed details of hix proponed bill a day after visiting the White House where he discussed labor legislation with President Truman He urged Mr Truman to accept broad revisions of the Wag ner labor relations act "to restore equality between unions and industry and protect the general pub lie.'' Smith would not disclose the president's reaction Io his proposcTurri To Page Column ’>) 0 Annual C. C. Meet Slated January 20 Three Directors To Be Elected To C. C. The- annual Decatur Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting has been tentatively set for Monday evening. January 20. Clarence Ziner, president, announced today following a meeting of the organ! cation’s board of directors Thursday afternoon. The- annual meeting, at which three directors will lie elected, oac h for three years, will be held at the Masonic hail, with the ladies of the Eastern Star serving the banquet. The tentative date wax set dependent on the program committee's ability in obtaining the aer- . vice of an outstanding speaker. Twelve members of the Chamber of Commerce have been nominated . by the directors, from which list the membership will vote on the three to be elected. A list of the 12 , nominees will be mailed to all . members three weeks prior to the . annual meeting, and voting by se- [ cret ballot will be conducted duri Ing the dinner meeting. Tickets for the annual meeting will be mailed to the members at | the same time The list of nominees is received, and members are ask \ ed to return the money for the tickets at once. The banquet will be for members and their Invited guests. 1 Herman H Krneckeberg has 1 been named chairman of the pro--1 gram committee, assisted by John Halterman and Charles Ehinger. ' Members of the ticket committee 1 are Kenneth Rnnyon. Den Tyndall and Lester C. Pettibone.

Charges Bilbo Accepted Bribe Os Drug Addict Hearing Closed On Contractor Gifts; New Charge Arises Washington Dec. 2<r tf’l’f — The investigation of Sen. Theodore <> Bilbo, D.. Miss., turned today from war contractor gifts | to a charge that he accepted payment for helping a drug addict get morphine. Senate war investigating committee hearings on charges that Blllco took gifts from war contractors whom lie liefriended clos > ed last night with the senator vehemently denying any wrongdoing. But the door wax left open to explore last minute charges that Ice also got tl.uno or more, in crisp llcto bills, for helping an alleged drug addict get a daily ration of two grains of morphine. Bilbo denied the bribery huk gestion and welcomed the prospect of further Investigation Sen. Homer Ferguson. 11.. Mich., proposed that the Issue be settled within the next 10 days He ask ed that th<- alleged addict and two Mississippi doctors named in tlie c ase be calie I for exainlnatl m Dec. 30. Ferguson insisted that before the BillM» record is closed the committee should hear from Dr. A. J Podesta. Vicksburg. Miss,, who allegedly gave BlHmc ten 1100 bills for his help in get ting the- narcotics bureau in Washington to authorize- tin- mar pilin'- prescription Dr. James laigati. Natchez. Miss., who joined i’twlc tic in cer tifying that the morphine wax needed by mi aged and infirm former drug addict to relieve the pain of spinal arthritis John II Carr. Natch' z. Miss the alleged ad I let, who was deKTilied In committee evidence ax t- case operator and gambler Tin- committee had Volumes of ( conflicting testimony on the sub Ject at tile dose of a seven clay hearing on the war contract char•ges Billin' couldn't rc-meml'er ever getting any large sum from Podesta. Investigators for the committee and tax internal revenue bureau reported receiving con- | 1' —— ■' —' — * ,! cTurn T„ Page Column Gi 0 — William M. Meyer Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon I William M Meyer. SO, a lifelong resident of Preble township, died suddenly at 8:30 o’clock Thursday night at hix home in Preble following a heart attack He wao born in Preb'"- township J March 14, ISOci, the son of Henry and lloxlna Schueler-Meyer. Hix 1 wife, formerly llosina Conrad, died ’ October 24. 1943. ■ He lived for a numlxr of years 1 on a farm north of Preble and later B was manager of the Preble Equity exchange until hie retirement in 1938 He was a -member of the St. f Paul's Lutheran church at Preble. • Surviving are two sister, Mrs. • Susanna Buuck and Mrs Fr*«d • Homeyer. both of Fort Wayne. » Six Misters and one brother preI ceded him in death i Funeral services 'will be held at j 1:80 p m. Sunday al the home and • at 2 o'clock at the St Paul’s Luth- '• eran church, with the Rev. Otto C. i Busse officiating Burial will be in '. the church cemetery The- body will s be removed from the Zwick funeral II home to the residence at noon i Saturday. .

Price Four Cents

Oliver Corp. Sued For Six Millions, - Ford Chicago Plant For Eight Millions Health Bend, Ind. Dec. 20 — li’Pi A H.OOf/.000 portal-to-port-al pay suit wax filed today .(gains' the Oliver Corporation on liehalf of more than 2,000 employes of plants in three cities. The suit was filed in federal district court here l»y representatives of the CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union, for Oliver employes In South Bend and Shelbyville. Ind , and Charles Chy. la it asked 82.000.000 In wage recoveries and 83.000.f1W0 damage*, plus attorney fees and court, costa. Oliver Schwitzer. South Bend attorney who filed the suit in theoffic e of the clerk of the federal • court, said that some of the estimated 2.000 employes who Stoo I to Icc-nefit by a court decision favorable to the plaintiffs would get ax much ax 83.000 eac h If the full amount sought were awarded, He said the employes wanted pay for time spent in walking Imtween the plants' gates and the workers* posts, punching time clocks, changing clothes and preparing machinery for the start of work shifts. Plaint iff - were John E. Shaffer of Ml-hawaka Ind . vice president of the UFEMW; Elvln E Smith. Lytick. Ind., president of the union's Oliver local No 112. and Paul E .Mathers, Charles City, la., president of Oliver local No. 115 The complaint said the plaintiffs received written authority from employes of the three plants to institute the court action ors their liehalf Meanwhile, it was learned that each employe involved had agreed io contribute 50 cents 'o prosecute case. Eac It also agreed to con'ribute not more than 1<» percent of his recovery pay t » compensate attorneys. The Oliver corporation manufacturi'.-: pl iws and farm tnacliln- • ry Spokesmen for the union said the suit was prompted by a recent I'. S supreme court decision in tie- Mt Clemens pottery case which provided an interpretation of the fair lalior standards act. Ask 8 Million Chicago, De< 2<* -cUPt The CIO United Automobile Worker" sought |B,oo<i.oftft from ’he Ford ■ Motor Co In a suit filed to lay In federal court for portal to-portal pay The suit wax filed by attorney Ben Meyers on liehalf of local 551, UAW CIO. which represents nliout 2,mm workers at the company's Chicago plant known as Ford City Meyers said the suit listed ll.ooo.iiiwi dm- in portal-to-portal pay since 1938. and sought an additional S-t.tHio.iaoi in liquidated damages. The case wax assigned to Judge Philip Sullivan In U. 8. district court here. Meyers said ’he case was substantiated by the U. S. supreme | court decision approving portal ! pay for employes of the Mt. , (Turn To Pag" " 'oltimn «> WEATHER Occasional light snow this ' afternoon, tonight and Saturday. with some sleet near the ' Ohio river. Little change in temperature. ' Buys Health Bond r i The Tri Kappa sorority baa voted purchase of a |H> Health . •’ on '’- offtelala of • UnCMBM Mwt the Christ man Bxeal campaign in Adams county announced today. All proceeds from the annual Christinas seal sales are used in the fight o n tulH-rculosla Veer Pratotltoa and Provide Agatoti Taboruietia '* * * clinics and ii ochewlse carry on I the fight against the “white i plague." The sale is conducted » by the Adams county tuberculoaia association.