Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 36

APPROVE PLAN TO BOOST TEACHERS’ PAY

Britzsh Extend sower Blackout In Fuel Crisis

I Entire Main Island S)t United Kingdom ? flaced Under Strict Eight Restrictions f K<ii>n. F<-b (VPI-The I *' " f h, " n *‘* by !lnlita,lon ~f I 0®”""'*’“ lrl< i,y 1,1 | M|-urau-rf fuel < rials today I all of England. S<<>t- ■ and Wales. J - ,iv, ‘ r,,,n, ‘ nt i ,u ’ * n that |K y .luring n-stihted hours he offense K the defense regulations f lel ministry announced |,.-tri' tlons oil electricity Bumt'tion in the home were be ■ d from the originally imiu-trial belt across Eiik to the entire main island of jKl'niled Kingdom I new emergency measure I Kimpos'd as .IN coal ships with I tons of coal left northeast ! Ha for Utndon The army and I had joined in the Kittle to I the way for fuel and avert a I Kkd»»n of the British power I ■<-" I K*" shutdown order spec! j that homes he blacked out mbr- s 30 am to 11:30 am. and I Ki I io pm to 3:30 p.m. in the ■ affected areas. I horn remained the same | Ma.in to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.— I Bl I original area < omp.-ising a I flip across England from to Northwest, Cay Nott Bower deputy I of the fuel ministry, atilt Bm -'i the new provisions He | t iither details might be forth from No. 10 Downing Ke. ,a, *‘ r * n ,h * ,,ay * Kh ships moved toward | through a howling blizzard f heaving sea- hut thus far had I irqiiested Royal Navy assistg I Was believed that summer I .daylight saving! might be I earlier than usual. posI by the end of March, to cut I tr.cal usage I Btrny trucks skidded over icy I to the coal mines Radar I Ktiippe.l warships escorted coal I through the stormy North I toward London with supplies I ■tiHi may keep the power plants g on a minimum Imais K Hit was a race to prevent what of- ■ warned might develop into ■ ® bi.-akdown of essential services K K< would threaten the nation's I and health. I ® A government statement said I country was ’ barely holding I own in the battle of the power despite a complete power |B^B u, '>ff to ,wo ' ,hlr<l " ~f industry lEB ,lrM,ir curtailment in homes , offices The Industrial power L|» ,!f may ,H ‘ ’<> ’be country. * ea, ber and snow ,b ‘‘ country The air forecast at least four days of extreme weather HH ~~ — 0 I? Bincoin Day Program Weld This Morning | •' Lincoln day program was held t IE chapel exercises this |IE* rnln * ’he Deatur junior sen I high school. The Rev E J I W ald, ’ inan - who is conducting evan I Meheth services at the Bethany I E’- r,sfli 'ai i'nited Brethren < hue h I K lhl ‘ C,,y ' ~ell* ered a Lin oln I w" 0 4ddrM * anil *P*clai music was I bjr ,he R ** and Mr * K ,{ *' p *'”>«: evangelists at I servke. I K^ otre Dame Reports j B ar gest Enrollment lsc oy ’" Bend ' Ftb 11 —<ur>— I »».’ i nne.sity of Notre Dum- an IBhoota’hf 1 in the B* ”* sp'lng ’senTmtZ, r rbT HHHHK teAAAt -Fifc e*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Talmadge Election Is Ruled As Valid Georgia Superior Court Judge Rules McDonough. Oa.. Feb. 13.—tl'Pi —Superior court judge Walter Hendrix ruler! today that Herman Talmadge's election as governor by the state legislature was legal and that he was constitutionally holding the Georgia executive offices which he seized last month. Today's decision was contrary to one issued last week by superior court judge Claude Porter at Rome. Porter held that Talmadge's election as governor was clearly Illegal. Hendrix' decision was expected to he appe.dealed within a fewdays to the state supreme court The decision came four weeks from the day the general assembly elected Talmadge in an ali-night sese-lon. swore him in at 1:55 am, and sent i committee to escort him to the governors office. There in a dramatic face to face exchange, former Gov. Ellis Arnall refused to yield the executive department. In succeeding days, however. Talmadge squeezed Arnall out of the capitol. Arnall later resigned, willing the battle against Talmadge to Lt. Gov. M E. Thompson, whose suit for a declaratory julgement was the basis of Hendrix' ruling today. The jurist reached his decision by sustaining Taltnadge's motion for a demurrer to throw out the entire suit to get him ou! of office. The legal action had first been filed by Arnall who turned it over to Thompson when Arnall resign ed. The white-haired jurist explained —so there would he no doubt that his actions served to uphold th« legal right of the state legislature to elect a governor. Taiinadge was elected on the strength of 675 write-in votes that he had obtained from last Nowmbor’s general election In which his late father. Eugene Talmadge. bad been elected Thompson said that his counsel, headed by state attorney general Eugene Cook, would immediately file an appeal to the state supreme court, as soon as a bill of exceptions can be prepared and typed. Cook said it would take at least two days to get the appeal to the court clerk, who alre.idy has re(Turn Tn Psge 2. Column 71 ■ 1 ■ O - Chop Suey Dinner Is Held By K. C. Rev. Vichuros Is Principal Speaker A chop suey cafeteria-style supper was served to approximately 375 persons at the Knights of Columbus ball last evening Francis J. Schmitt supervised the meal, which was prepared by Mrs. Joseph Laurent and Miss Verena Niblick Assisting was a committee composed of T J. Metzler. Richard Ehinger. Sam Bentz and William Schumacher High school' students served the meal and waited table. Severin Schurger acted as toastmaster and a short talk was made by the Rev Ignatius Vichuras. assistant pastor of St. Mary s Catholic church, who spoke on the preparation of food In the Philippinea. Japan and China, where he served as a chaplain in the army during the war. "Chop saey Is a Chinese dish concocted by two Americans in Ran Francisco." he said Rev Vichurss made remarks about war of the food prepared la ihe Onemai cowmnes ana the dUhrub ty which American had in

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Proposed GOP Budget Slash Is Criticized Bipartisan Views Say Budget Slash To Harm Defenses Washington. Feb. 12 — tl'Pi — Bipartisan declarations were voiced today that a OOP-proposed 16,1)00,000,000 budget slash would weaken the nation's defenses and undermine its foreign policy A Republican, chairman Chan Gurney of the senate armed services committee, said any military spending cut of more than *500.. 000,000 would make the navy Impotent and the army and air forces inadequate Gurney and a Democratic colleague. Sen. Theodore F Green. R I. said cutting the armed forces would weaken secretary of state George C. .Marshall's hand In his forthcoming mission to Moscow. In addition to Republican plans to cut President Truman's fiscal 191 N budget from *37.500,000,000 to *31.500.000.000. congress also was concerned with: Atomic energy Sen. E H Moore. R . Okla., joined the rising opposition to David E Lllienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission by demanding that President Truman withdraw the nomination. Sen. Kenneth McKellar. D.. Tenn., who until recently was fighting a lone battle against Lilienthat's confirmation, asserted that he now has enough senate votes to block If. Lilienthal's sup|»orters conceded a close vote but still asserted they would win.

laibor — Non. H. Alexander Smith. R.. N. J., warned against legislation that might set off "a [test of might" between labor and management. He voiced the warning as Ihe Weirton Steel Co. asked the senate lalmr commit lee for legislation restricting employe rights under the Wagner labor relations act I'nlversal training — War depart men! spokesmen asked for I universal training in order to assure a fighting force of 5.500.M0 within a year after any future mobilization day. They said the regular army could be cui to 575,(W)(l after occupational obliga tions are over but should lie held higher than that until then Air safety—Milton W. Arnold (Turn Tn Pass t. Cntumn «) Young Girl Injured When Hit By Truck Linda Heycrly Is Hurt This Morning Linda Heyerly. ». daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Heyerly. of southwest of Monroe, was seriously hurt about 7:30 o'clock this morning when she was struck by a milk truck Although her injuries had not l»een definitely ascertained late today at the Adams county memorial hospital, authorities expressed the lielief that she suffered a head injury and a crushed leg. Curtis Tonner. of Bluffton, route four, driver of the truck, told sheriff Herman Bowman and deputy Nam Bentz that the rear dual wheels of his truck had pinned one of the girl's legs to the road when he brought the vehicle Io a stop. He told the officers that the girl darted from the front lawn of her home directly Into the side of the truck, as she started across the highway to board a school hus. He said she presumably was thrown under the rear wheels of the vehicle. Marks and blood spots on the vehicle and at the scene indicated that her head might have !»een forced against the side of the track. »he wa- brought to the hospital here by her parents where a Berne pb/ilHo Wtatasned

OK.LY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 12,1947

Tub-by Or Not Tub-by? BkC rW; - AMERICA'S biggest baby of her age is the record 42-pound Toney Marie Christine Is claiming, and she credits her healthy tonnage to the California climate. The 11' 3 month old baby is the daughter of the Antonio Christines of Oaklando.

Hands Off Policy Adopted By Gates Leaves Top Measures Up To Legislature Indianapolis. Feb 12 —iL’PI — Governor Gate* is not going t<i occupy any hot seat during the current general assembly One of hi* I>et remarks to reporters in recent weeks ha-* been "the boys in the legislature g<t home In March while I have to stay here another two years." Ho. as far as Gate* Is concerned. it will lie "hands off on the three remaining controversies before the legislature The governor will take no definite stand for or against teachers' pay increases, local option or veterans bonus. But If Ihe legislature would pass any of these measures, it would be all right wit|» Gates. If it doesn't pass them. « still would be all right. Gates today was under an avalanche of telegrams ftom teach era in every corner of the state protesting what they said was an inference in his budget message that increase* In their pay must come from new taxes levied by local communities ”1 didn't say it should. Gates explained “I said it may. I also explained that the stale treasury cannot stand the increase asked by teachers. "If the legislature wants to give teachers more money, it’s all right with me. They also will have to enact legislation providing the money." Meanwhile, education committees of the senate and house set a series of joint meetings to study bills before both Intdles boosting the teachers salaries to a new minimum of *2.400. One member of Ihe senate committee told the I'nited I’rexs "added income tax rates could well provide the necessary funds." Dry leaders In the state also had aMurance of a "hands off" policy should a local option bill now in the legislative hopper, pass both houses. “Any local optbm bill the legislature may pass.” the Governor said, "will not be vetoed by me." Gates then explained thia flat promise to Clayton M. Wallace, executive secretary of the Indiana antl-Mloon league, did not alter bis stand on hia own liquor control bill. Observer*, however, were guick to point oat that the chief executive might have made la* premia* only because chances of a local option victory were slim The houss pub Ik morals com mittee meet* in cfoeed ****!oa re te* to a local Hottog MH

Bank, Courthouse Close For Holiday the First State Hank and all offices In the county courthouse were closed today in observance j of the legal holiday, commemorat- ' iug Lincoln's birthday The courthouse building was I closed all day. except for a short period this afternoon when a Jay circuit court judge o|>eiied the courtroom here for a tlpie to handle a legal matter 0Veteran Forger Is Under Arrest Here Oft-Sentenced Man Held By Authorities An Intermittent 20-year career of forgery and larceny was a*- tin halted here yesterday for Kiva IL Zumbrink. 45. a native of Fort i Recovery. Ohio and former iner chant marine Zumbrink. whose crime record with the FBI rivals that of a major I criminal, was arrested piesday afternoon by police chief Kd Miller a few minutes after he Issued a forged check at the Sutton Jewel ry store here. When Jesse <1 Sutton, proprietor of the store became suspicious of Zumbrink. he checked with the local bank, on which the check was drawn, la-arning the check was'a laigus one. he called chief Miller, who apprehended the forger. A Van Wert. Ohio girl, with whom Zumbrink allegedly spent the previous night here, was apprehended a few minutes later by officer Adrian Coffee Alfter lengthy questioning, police deter-, mined that she was not implicat ed in the forgery, although he had spent money buying her clothes and shoes The check was issued for *34 -and Zumbrink had an other cheek written for the same amount, along with *270 in cash, when he was picked up Chief Miller, after questioning Zumbrink. checked with Ohio authorities and soon learm-d of his record. This morning sheriff Dwight Kaudenbiirh of Mercer county, Celina. Ohio, came here to confer with local police. Sheriff, Raudenbush said that Zumbrink was wanted on half a doxen charges there. Including a grand jury indictment pending since IS2X He said Zumbrink was *l/m» wanted at Lima. Wap* kernels. Sid ney and St Mary's. Ohio and that he would place a retainer warrant against the defendant at any prison to which tie might he sent, la avast st his ronrlctfos and sentencing her* •••w*•••• • r •>» »•' *»*»• .

Legislative Committee Approves Program For Minimum Salary Boost

I Senate Committee To Hear Marshall Congress Balks On Universal Training Washington. F<’b 12 fl'Pf Senators will get alt earful if sec-, retary of State Geo ge C Marshall tells a secret session <>f the foreign relations comm ttee how our national defense set-up looks to a soldler-rllplomat He meets the committee Friday. Our defense looks bad to Marshall and to the top bass of the army ami navy Ma shall and the war and navy depaitments consider universal military itaining <v»-1 sential to American satety Congress is balking and may refuse even to consider a training p ogram this yea' President Truman urges speeily action. I'nlversal military training is advanced as the least expensive safe method of maintaining an army backed by trained civilians pre-1 pared to fight within :• reasonable time There is no secret aliout Marshall’s views His report ae Chief of Staff of the army covering the period July 1. 1913. Io June 3b. I!il5. ended with some hard fisted advice "foi the common defense Marshall reported that failure to maintain reasonable pn-iwredness had cost great saerifh-e of life ami created mountainous debts •’We have continued impractl<al," lie continuod "We have ignored the hard realities el world affairs. "When President Roos<-veli proclaimed <m Sept n. IM*, that a limited emergency exist! d foi Ihe f'nited States, we were, in terms of available strength, not even a third-rate military power. "Twice in recent history the factories and farms ami people of the I'nited Stales have foiled aggressor nations; conspirators agallMt peace would not give us a third opportunity. The technique of war has brought the I'nited States, its homes and fattories into (Turn Tn Pus- 2. Column Si .—. ———(> . ........ FBI Agents Testify In Kidnapers’ Trial Tell Os Statements Confessing Attacks Fort Wayne. Ind.. Feb. 12 (I'P) —A third federal bureau of investigation agent took the stand today against Henry Black Jr 17. ami Albert Weln-ster. 14. in their kidnaping and motor theft trial In fiuleral court Shirley D Coy followed his fellow FBI officer Roller! Amler son. Chicago, to testify on confw* aions made to them by the two young negnw-s when they were apprehended in Chicago’s south side just a few days after committing the alleged crimes Both federal agents related ktatements taken by them from Black and Webeater confessing that they had held up Mr and Mrs Alfred M Sherrick, (’envoy (>.. on a lonely highway, raped Mrs. Sherrick. 70. ami lieaten her husband. N 3 Mrs. Siney Bradley, ample and motherly looking parent of Bla< k. appeared in court lotlay beside her son. and might take the stand for the defense liefore the end of the day Defense attorneys continued their unsuccessful attempts to strike statements by the FBI agents on grounds that the con sessions wsre illegally obtained from "Ignorant juveniles" The former Pennsylvania rail y»ad hands remained emotionless yesterday evan when Mrs Sher rtek dyqbed at her eyes sad point . •d at th«*n sersfis its

Admit Failure In Settlement On Palestine II ■ ■ I Bevin Says Issue May Be Submitted To United Nations lamdon. Feb 12 tl'l’t For ejgn sim retary Ernest Bevin today ' admitted the failure of the l«onI don conference Io settle the I’ul esline pioblem ami said that Bril I ain probably would have to sub- | mil the whole Issue to I Io- I'nited Nations Bevin made the statement at a meeting with delegates of the Arab states st which he told them that they seemed to lie ns far from a solution of tip- Palestine problem as ever Bevln's sta’i men’ apparently marked an end to the efforts of the British to achieve .1 compro tnise with the Jews mil Arabs whereby some form of partition would lie < ff»’<-te<l 111 Palestine An official government spokes man said that no new British pro posals on Palestine Were Io loexpected. A final but routine meeting of the Palestine conference will l>e held Friday when Ifevtn ami colonial secretary Arthur Cree<b Jones will give the Arab stales the British Views on future action Both the Arabs ami tin- Jews rejected the British partition plans Block Execution Jerusalem. Feb 12 1I P1 The execution of Dov Gruner was be lleved today to have been blm-k«-d at least for several months by acknowledgement of an appeal on his behalf to the lamdon privy council. • M Kirtzman. counsel for Gru m-r. received a letter from high commission! r Alan (’unningham saying an appeal to the privy > oum-ll had been a< < <-pti-<l an I would be heard in <lm- <<>urs!-. It was learm-d The technicalities Involved in such prospei five prm-edure wenregarded as certain to delay the •-xecutlon for months The nporteil development in the Grunet case appeared to have (Turn To fag- J. Column kt — - - —o Urge Elimination Os Fire Hazards Firemen Speak At Lions Club Meeting Fire chief Harry Rtults and his assistant. Joe Mcßride, issued an api-eal Tuesday night for coopera tioq «»f the city’s businessmen In eliminating numenfis fire haz ards. many of whi< h were discV-er-d in a ree-m fire ins|>e< tlon They .poke at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lhms duh Both speakers agreed that the city's equipment i« inadequate at present in event it were ■ ailed upon to fight a "really had fire" spread throughout a Imsiness block. Mr. Mcßride cited the recent fire at Fort Wayne as an out standing example of the danger of a husinea. block fire. "That one got away from them despite the fact that Fori Wayne has Just about everything tn the way of equipment." he declared. He espedally urged bualttegemen to stop the bunting of trash in elioya He cited a number <asM g burning paper -nd

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Plan Would Raise Teachers Minimum Salaries By S6OO Yearly In Indiana Indianapolis. Fen. 12 — tl'Pt — A joint state legislative committee , repotted Imlay it had approved a program to raise the minimum i salaries of Indiana school teach* ,< r« from *l,2‘t« to *1,6(10 a year Sen A. W Mitchell. R. Ul’orte spokesman for the educai tlon committees of botit the house nml senate of the Indiana general assembly, said tin- group voted to i-ombine four bills pen ling in the ; session and set up a new schcilub* ’’ of minimum salaries. Mitchell said the teacher inI creases would cost the state an additional *l3 500. mm to *ls,dM 000 a year He said the state ’ would, under the terms of the committee*' proposal, pay N 5 per- ' cent of tlu- minimum salaries by tuition fund distributions. ' The average pay Increase would ’ umount to between *i<>*' and *425 for eai-h Hoosier teacher. Mitchell said The money to finance the addlf tional burden on the state wool I come from a 2" percent surtax on ‘ stale gross im-ornc tax payments. * provided for In one of the four bills the committees said they would combine While th!- senate housi- committee wrestled with tin- teuchor salary questbm in answer to Govere nor Gates’ statement that it m * tip to the legislature to solve that 1 problem a representative with--1 drew a bill to increase the gover- * nor's salary from ,N.o<H» to Jl'.ooa a year Rep laithalr Teetor. R . Hagers--1 town, withdrew the house bill and said he <li<l so because the gover- ■ nor asked him to do so The bill would not have affected ' Gates' salary but would have, near1, ly doubled the amount for his | (.Uccessor 1 . Ti-etor made public a letter ' from the governor which promlsed "a complete study of salaries of ail state offh-lals" within the 1 iu-xt two years I believe the people of Indiana an- opposed at this time to In 1 creases Jn tin- salaries of public offh-lals." Gates wrote Ti-etor. , '1 believe that this bill should lawithdrawn Th- pidlcy of this I administration has been to avoid all unnecessary expenditures and Increases in salaries The with drawal of this bill will i larify the position Os Ute present admlnistrs lion In the eyes of the people of . Indiana " The Teetor bill not only Im reased the governor's salary but set i up a new si h-diib- of higher par for all Other state elective official* Observers wondere I if the gov ernor's reference to his belief that Increases in salaries should be avohled also incorporated the 1 tea! her salary question But the • house-senate education committees' action appeared to answer i that question The schedule of minimum salaries for teachers as pr.-pareil by the joint committee would set a } (Turn T-- Pig- Column — o Essex Wire Co. Asks Dismissal Os Suit , Fort Wayne. Imi Feb. IS 1 (Fpt The Essex Wire Co t'oday had <m file in the federal <Jerk's offiie motions for dismisssl -nd for bills of particulars in a *25*.non portaldo-portat* wage suit pending in federal conn. The suit was tiled lasv December 31 by the I'nlled EtoetriaffL Radio , and Machine Workers <M America tCH». I Sen. Jenner's Mother I Is Taken By Death -—- -