Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1947 — Page 1

|ol XLV. No. 21

12 PERSONS KILLED IN LONDON AIR CRASH

■eporf G. 0. P. Compromise On Sired Primary I I House Committee I ITo Study Bills On I I Controversial Issue EHtdiawpolis. Jan. 25—tl'Pi may have u direct state- ■ K.. nominating primary, if a re■H,'..! compromise by Republic<llt both sides of the issue root. ■*Th‘- compromise would lie a di primary with a ratifying convention having more token powers. ■81*),., house elections commitlee ■K| begin studying two bills on ■K, primary • versus - convention |Kwro- at a meeting Monday K»Wifli the committee were the rat ion sponsored con ven ■K n reform hill, which passed the yesterday, and a house ■K>a.| Hl . calling for a direct prim ■ ■The house bill introduced by ■ H,P Uiurence D. Baker. R . Ken■Kllvdie provided for a ratifying ■Kention However, it permitt|B only a ‘ token" ratification of ||Kc. candidates selected by poptt vote in the primary. WMti-.c reported compromise fav I Bed by a numtier of members of IK Hma” elections committee EBtitid permit the convention full (■di.-ution fxiwers. This would EK-uti convention would be |K * r,o accept or reject a ■ Bndidato chosen at the polls. I ■Many Republican )eg|slator« BB" 1 compromise clause'would IBe them added strength Those favored the convention were ■Blliing to give a little because of “pressure from home " ■ ■ Most OOP memliers in the reported an overwhelming of letters from const Itu■Kt* ln favor ot the primary. ■Knie said they were Visited by ■ at Ives from citizen K Hoik- such representative who set ■B 1 'he statehouse yester was Mrs Arthur C Warner. U.-ddent "f 'he Cromn Point WoWen's Republican club In Lake ■ ■Mrs. Warner. who said her was he oldest Republican HB*' 1 '" 'he »*••*. toil ay placed on IBth legislator's desk a resolution favor of a direct primary. ■ ■'There's nothing closer to a heart than her family SB I pol’ les," said Mrs. Warner. ■BW-men are interested in good because politics SO our daily lives Good and '» rovernment can come only the people." B " r * Warner said she believed "every voice in every hamlet town in Indiana is raised in of the primary " K I Our problems of state should ■Me settled by the voice of our peOand not behind the closed ’< of a party convention or ■B’ 1 " 1 ' where a small selfish run. our Ilves," she said. H Tu *‘ fr «wn Point petition statit is our firm belief that the of our great Republican in Indiana depends upon ■V" right of the people to select candidates for governor and ■** r 7 Other state office." a group of frediman who expressed otnselves openly for the primcalled a meeting for Monday ■ form a mutual aid society " Bl ! *’ m * ~f n * Young fellows." IB** 1 1 representative, “do not IB* r> ,0 tM)W <® 'he party whip BF* 11 * 1 bj ' ' h ‘‘ old guard We re iß,' ** 10 '•'•cuss certain measures ”* h ** rt * of our SR" '~ B decide how we can pro 'hem and our vote.” jMj'noald the 36 freshman rente afcT"* 81 *** •‘•nd together tn buck aB~. p * nr organisation, observers 11 ww,w ><> p» rd,x “ »®y 111,.. r ‘*’ mestere |J' WtATHtR

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Some Increases To Be Granted In Rent Hardship Provisions To Be Liberalized Washington, Jan. 25 —(UPI— Some rents are on the way up How many, and how far up. OPA was not prepared today to say. The boosts will come under new. liberalized "hardship" provisions announced yesterday by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, director of the office of temporary controls. Fleming, making his announcement after a conference with President Truman, jumped the gun on OPA rent officials. Price chief Max McCullough said the new regulations were still in the mill. He said they wouldn't l»e ready until next week. •‘We are simply broadening somewhat the provisions under which landlords seek rent Increases on account of financial hardship," McCullough told reporters. Other OPA sources indicated that the small operator — with scattered or single apartments or houses—may i»e the man who gets the new break. Herbert I’. Nelson, executive vice-president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, believed the change "won't make much difference." Nelson said his group would continue to fight for an across-the-board 16 percent Increase in rent ceilings. Fleming, who with President Truman has called for retention of firm rent controls. Indicated that the new liberalized policy was no break in the line. But here after, he said, reasonable doubt tirtn l»e resolved In favor of the landlord. "Hardship" Increases are not new. OPA has always allowed rent boosts where landlords showe-l financial hardship. But landlords have complained that it was difficult to show hardship to OPA's satisfaction. The record shows that few hardship increases actually have been granted. Though approximately l.tww.tw rents have been boosted since 1912. most of the Increases have been for other reasons. o— — New Berne Legion Post Number 468 The American Legion post recently otganized at Berne has been assigned the number <6B by the national Legion organization. The next meeting of the p<at will lie held there on Thursday evening at the Main Street filling station. To date the post has not been able to secure post quarters. p Mrs. Harve Smith Dies Friday Night Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Harve Smith. 76. lirelong resident of Adams county, and widow of the late Harve Smith, died at 9:45 o'clock Firday night at her home four and one-half miles southeast of Hecatnr. Death was attributed to asthma and followed an Illness of three years. Her condition had been critical for the past week She was born in Decatur July 23. 1276. a daughter of Isaac and Kathryn Roc. Her husband died May ». 1*44. She was a member of the St. Paul church. Surviving are five sons. Ray Smith of Decatur. Perry of Wayaedale. Burt of Berne. Harry »f Uvs Angeles and Dee nt Wawaka. two daughter*. Mrs Florence Johnson of Chicago and Mrs. Ossie Durr, at home: one brother. Ed Roe of Moomouth, one sister. Mrs. Roes Monson of Antwerp; 12 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren Bight brothers and SZm precoded her in deathFuneral services will

Revision Os Anglo-Russian Pact Studied Strengthening Os Alliance Is Urged By Premier Stalin London. Jan. 25 — (UPI —The foreign office reported today that preliminary steps toward revision of the Angla-Russian alliance, as suggested by Premier Josef Stalin. were “under active consideration" in Loadon. Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin “undoubtedly" will open personal negotiations on revision of the alliance when he goes to Moscow for the big four meeting on Germany in March, a foreign office spokesman said. Stalin said that strengthening the treaty by the removal of unspecified "reservations" was necessary before the 20-year alliance could be extended to 50 years. His suggestion was contained in a note to Bevin. The Russian generalissimo accept ed Bavin's assurances that Britain still regarded the treaty as In effect, contrary to allegations that had emanated from Moscow. British elation over Stalin's gesture toward strengthening the Anglo-Soviet alliance was tempered by a TASS report that Stalin bad frowned upon a proposed exchange of British and Soviet offi-cer-students. The foreign office was silent on the TASS report that Stalin had turned down the exchange on grounds that it might be mistaken for a warlike gesture. Informed Whitehall sources suggested that Stalin had made no such observw 5 lion during his recent talks with Marshal Vlcount Montgomery, chief of the Imperial general staff Tlte correspondence between Bevin and Stalin was considered by Whitehall sources as the best augury for Improved Anglo-Soviet relations since the early stages of the war. Foreign office sources pointed out that the treaty, signed nearly five years ago, was designed to facilitate the war against Germany and Its postwar provisions were vague. The treaty clauses Stalin wants (Turn To Page 4 Column 7) — 0 ——’ Report Al Capone Near Death Today Ex-Gangster Appears To Be Losing Fight Miami Beach. Fla.. Jan. 25 — (VP)_AI Capone, overlord of the Chicago underworld during the high days of racketeering, remained In a “very critical" condition today, his physician report ed. The doctor remained In the bouse throughout the morning, much longer 'han nn previous visits, and it was believed that he dared not leave the bedside Capone, stricken by apoplexy four days ago, had developed a serious case of pneumonia. Dr Arthur J. Logie, a chest specialist, said Capone had developed pneumonia while recovering from a paralytic stroke and that he "doubted seriously that there Is any chance" for him. "His heart has begun to fail." Logie said. "Both lungs are badly congested " Logie was rushed to Capone s Itedside on his Island estate last night by Dr. Kenneth Phillips, who previously had expressed the belief that Capone "was om of danger barring complications Capone had rallied 14 hours after the stroke and It appeared then that he had a good chance to recover. He was so near death at one time that a priest had ad ministered last rite* nt the Calbth lie church. Phillips was suroeeXLl*««Ssv*br2hl

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 25, 1947

Hero Award Provides For Them

r 11 f" A 1 v We » lumHb MRS. HELEN YAKO of Detroit, .13-yearold mother of two children will receive 280 monthly as a part of a Carnegie Hero Fund commission award just presented for her husband's bravery last summer in sacrificing his life Io save two Negro boys.

235 Residents Os County Being Paid Figures Released On Federal Funds A total of 235 resident* of Adams county are receiving $2,774.44 monthly under the federal old age and aurvivor* insurance system, according to figuers released by Christian H. Luecke. manager of the Fort Wayne social security office. Workers over 65 years of age receiving monthly benefits represent 59 percent of the total numlrer in this area, he reported. Others are wives and children of retired workers, and widows, children and aged parents of workers who have died. Mr. Luecke said, however, that many worker* over 65 eligible to receive the payments have not made application. Workers <annot draw benefit* while earning more than 114 a month on jobs covered by social security, but many do not understand that they may file a claim, anyway. He said Once a worker has filed his claim and is found eligible he can receive benefits during the months when he does not work because of illneas. unemployment. ect . or when he works in employment not covered by social security, be stated. Os the total amount being paid monthly In Adams county, the lar(Turn To Page 4, Column O o— School Superintendent Is Reported Improved The condition of Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent, confined to hi* home because of illne*s for the paxt several dav*. is reported a* much improved.

Big Crowd Gathers At Decatur Sale Barn For 'Church' Auction

A continuously swelling crowd that wendel it* way around mud dy grounds at the community sale, barn here shortly before noon today gave promise of turning the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church benefit sale Into a veritable three-ring pavilion affair near the noon hour. A corp* of auctioneer* was on hand to break up the sale into three or four separate auctions in order to dispose of the hundreds of Items contributed to the event, designed to boost proceeds for rebuilding the structure, recently destroyed by fire Tn Charles Fisher. o( thia city, went the first item the bamiuau —ikvwr Christ

Public Is Invited To Safety School Police chief Ed Miller today extended an invitation to the general public to attend the safety school to be held Monday morning at 8:15 o'clock at the Decatur Junior-senior high school under the auspices of Erie railroad police officials. Letter May Be Clue To 'Dahlia’ Murder Postal Inspectors Discover Letter Los Angeles. Jan. 25—(UP) — A dozen dear fingerprints on a crude patchwork letter. which was mallei with other personal effects o( slain Elizabeth Short, gave police what may he lheir (irst clue today to the "Black Dahlia" murderer. The letter, discovered by postal inspector*, contained the slain girl's birth certi(icate. a persona! address irook with several pages torn out. a half dozen snapshots of pretty girls and one of a man. Disclosure of the letter prompted an emergency conference Irehind closed door* of every officer on the homicide squad "This is the big push." Capt. Jack Doahoe announced after the meeting. “Our men are fanning out now to bring In the kllfer." The fingerprints were sent to Washington for checking while police Investigated the names listed in the address book, many of them new to the investigation. Tolice were questioning a sixfoot, one-inch blonde girl arrest(Turn T<> Psge S. Column 71

predation to those who made contribution* and otherwise assisted in arranging the sale. The Rev. D. H Pellett. pastor of the church, also spoke briefly > Irefore the opening of the sale, rxpressing his appreciation in Iretalf of the congregation and added a note of reverence with a prayer of thankfulness. Col. Johnson paid special tribute to L. A. Holt bouse, local tner chant, who. he aaid. originated the sale and took the first steps necessary in ita organization. Auctioneer* on hand at an early hour to assist in the affair Included. beaides Mr. Johnson. 8. R Boee cf MssreevlJte. whs !z £8 yaar* of age and haa brea

Airliner Crashes Into Parked Plane At London Airport During TakeoH

Commissioners And Hospilal Heads Meet Discuss Report Os Recent Grand Jury The Adams county board of commissioners and the trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital met Friday night at the courthouse in a joint session requested by the latter group. The two groups discussed conditions at the Adams county memorial hospital and recommendations for improvements as made recently by the November term grand Jury No resolutions were passed or any definite action taken by the county commissioners or the hospital board, it was reported Memliers of the hospital board in attendance at the meeting: Earl Colter and Harry Knapp. Decatur: Fred Kamholz. Berne and James Briggs. Geneva Com missioners arc; John Chrlstener. Dale D. Moses and John Aug*burger. County auditor Thurman I. Drew, who serves as secretary of the latter board, was also pres<nt at the session. Recommendations for improvements at the county home, as made by the grand jury, have been begun. It was reported The Jurors recommended improvements in the chapel at the home. o ——. Leading Fort Wayne Industrialist Dies Fort Wayne. Ind . Jan. 25—H'Pl Funeral services were planned today for Henry J. Herbst, 58. leading Fort Wayne industrialist and civic leader. Herbst, an adviser to the Gotham Hosiery Co. died at Lutheran hospital last night following a paralytic stroke Tuesday. He was the organizer of the General Hosiery Co., and when the plant was sold two years ago to Gotham he remained in an advisory post. Survivors include his wife and two daughters. 0Five Berne Youths In Juvenile Court Charged With Theft At Berne Restaurant Five Berne youths were to face judge J. Fred Fruchte in Adams circuit juvenile court late this morning on a charge of breaking and entering. The lads, all prominently known in high school circles in that town, are alleged to have broken into the Sugar Bowl restaurant In the basement of the Berne community building and stolen a number of article*. Tobacco, candy, cigarette lighter*. money and other item* are alleged to have been part of the loot taken by the youth*. They were apprehended early this month by sheriff Herman Bowman and have been in the custody of probation officer C. H. Muselman since that time. Sentencing, scheduled for last Saturday was delayed by Judge Fruchte. who said that he wanted to hear testimony volunteered', by Berne residents. —4 Portal Pay Suit Is Dismissed By Judge Fort Wayne iud.

Grand Jury To Renew Probe Os May, Garssons New Evidence From FBI To Be Given Before Grand Jury Washington. Jan. 25 —H'Pt — The federal grand Jury that indicted former Rep. Andrew J. May Is tentatively scheduled to renew Its Inquiry into the Garsson munitions scandal Feb. 10. it was learned from reliable sources today. By that time, new evidence uncovered by the federal bureau of Investigation will be ready for presentment by government attorneys. The grand jury recessed Thur* day after indicting May. Dr. Henry M Gar«son. hi* brother Murray. and Joseph F. Freeman on four counts of conspiracy to defraud the government on war con tract* and to prostitute May's office a* a member of the- house and chairman of it* military affairs committee May. the Garsson brothers and Freeman ap|>eared In federal conrt yesterday Tn quick order, they pleaded innocent to the charges and. after being fingerprint ed. were released on 22 leal) each. Their trial was set for March 19. but it was likely that delays might postpone the hearing until fall. There was no hint from Justice department attorneys what new evidence had been uncovereil. or of who would be involved if an other indictment were returned Scores of cnpltol hangerson. army officers and war department civilian employes were mentioned by name during the long investigation of the Garsson combine by the senate war investigating com tnittee. The committee's files were turned over to attorney gon oral Tom C. Clark but the Justice department conducted an independent inquiry before presenting its case to the grand jury May had been confined to his Prestonsburg. Ky. home by a heart condition since last summer and at his request the formalities of fingerprinting and furnishing l>on<l were done quickly so he might return to his hotel. On advice of his counsel. May would make no statement to newsmen. The Garssons likewise were (Turn Tn Page 5. Column 5) 0 — —— Former Resident Is Taken By Death Thomas Dowling Funeral Monday Funeral services for Thomas Dowling. *4. a former street commissioner of this city, will Ire held Monday morning at Brook Mr. Dowling's death occurred Thursday at Brook, to which place the family moved from Decatur. He had been in IB health for a few years. The family was prominent here for a numtier of year*. Mr. Dow Hags eldest son. Witham DowHag. aow a supervisor for the FHA at Gary, at one time operated a hardware store here with Fred Schaub. * Another son. Lao Dowling U aaaimaat daaa of mea at iudiaaa

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Ice-Sheathed Field Scene Os Collision Today; 'Gold' Plane Is Reported Missing Ixrndon. Jan 24-—(UPl —Twelve ' persons were burned to death today when a chartered DC-3 airliner Irouml for Rome crashed into a parked plane of the same type on an attempted takeoff from 1 the ice-sheaf he<l Croydon air- ' drome. The two-engined transport, operated by the Spencer Airways of South Africa, skidded into the ! second plane, owned by the Czech Airlines, and undergoing tests for 3 certificate of airworthiness, at the edge of the field The big ship, of the type called "Dakota" by the British, richocheted off the parked plane, lunged through a light snowstorm into a retaining wall and burst into flames. Twelve persons were known dead Seven were hospitalized. Six others walked away from the scene Among the dead was the pilot. Captain Spem-er. Seven persons were taken to Croydon general hospital They were suffering mainly from severe shock. Three mechanics were working on the Czech plane, and one of them was hospitalized. The exact number of person* aboard the Spencer plane, which hud a crew of five, was temporarily uncertain The only known passenger list was taken from the company's Ixrndon office to tbv sis-bl Ity air line representatives, who were not available immediately Among the dead were three Roman Catholic nuns and two liable*, four months and two and a half month* old The parents of the children also were believed to have died Spencer Airways operates chartered planes, usually between Ixmdon and Rhodesia A company spokesman said his line catered to person* unable to obtain othw transportation Amid the snow swirling about the windswept airfield on the winter's coldest day. the big plane lay split in half, seared and twisted against the wall into whir h it made its last dive. The Dakota apparently never left the ground completely. It* no*e rose a few feet as it* tail skidded into the Czech plane. "Gold" Plans Missing Hong Kong. Jan. 25 —(UPI — The royal air force reported to* day that a Philippine* airline DC--3 understood to Ire carrying 215.Ooo.tMM) in gold from Manila to Hong Konz, was missing and believed to have crashed In pirateinfested waters outside Hong Kong The RAF reported at 7 p m. local lime that it had been In touch with the plane last at 3 p. m„ ordering it to gain altitude. No confirmation of the order wa« heard. Destroyers and launches were ordered to the search. They will shuttle through the likely area of •he mishap during the night. An air sean h will begin at daybreak tomorrow Four crewmen were aboard 'h« plane o —■ Seven Gunmen Take $40,000 In Holdup New York. Jan. 24— (UPl—Baren gunmen held up the Silver Baths In Coney Island early today and escaped with between and 2S«.OM in caah and vahujlw belonging to 200 patrons Two nth«r« remained at thn Wheels ot two automcMle* ta which the gunmen -ar aped. TrH* wal ■■‘fl ..'BBH