Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 38

EGISLATURE PASSES “ANTI-HATE” BILL

*ed Armed Jrces Plea On Sidget Slashes J |Refuse To Exempt iajESArmy, Navy From I Spending Slashes ■ « bulletin ■L ■ Washington. Feb- 14.— (UPi ■ B.r*e legislative budget com ■ Kttee today rejected a pro IKdiil to limit the cut in PreaiI Hint Truman'i budget estito J 4.150.000.000. &g».id;inßti>n Felt H ~ <I*P» — .. budget committee rehi'cl to exempt the army proposed 16.000,. Bv <ut In federal spending I a! John Taber. I! . N V. In- believed the full *6.000.|Km would be trimmed from I j::7 budget offered president Truman for the sis starting July 1 The -hare of the reduction r.ii'l about 11.750.000.000. Br-c. committee overrode t opposition and voted i k-< i> session secret as < otfidered these other de-»fi-lation Vite presiHarold W Story of long MilsChalmers Co asked to outlaw communist of unions. He said officer of the CIO local his company is a comor a fellow traveler. SMli' tontroi- Sen. C Douglass Hptmit io percent rent h.tocs ■- tak<- rent control away from and give it to the courts Foreign policy— Secretary of gte George C. Marshall vlnlted ingress for the find time in his Hr role. He discussed foreign Hicy with the senate foreign retions committee and said "the Mid is in a very critical condiPortal pay—A house judiciary ihcommittee tentatively approvlan anti-portal pay bill. Amnng liter provisions it would limit troactivitv of future portal pay aims to three years. Atomic energy — The odds tainst confirmation of David E ilienthal as chairman of the omir energy commission appearI to be lengthening. Senate arras said only strong backing t senate president Arthur H srsieanerg could save the aptintment Vandenberg remained •ent. The biggest congressional hattie 1 ’he moment was over GOP-pro-Med budget cute for tax reducon and debt payment purposes Rep John D. Dingell. D. Mich . ’oposetj that legislative commit»empi the armed forces from which their spokesmen have ■■teilarot would be disastrous to ■V S domestic security and for Policy. |H R "' the committee turned down proposal as It did. hy a 42 -27 ■® n '* a Democratic recommendaHW'' ,n 'hat it open its deliberations ■*“ >b public 1 agreed, however, to vote later '**’ ‘ U > <”> « proposal by chairH ln rhan Gurney of the senate M•Wrices committee to limit HB*i»et Cl ts to *4.150.000.000 in M*'<*ad <rf Ij.och! 000.000 Bt digression,! labor committees ■ u a , • ’p*’* Os testimony MJ* Pincer Cecil B DeMllle. H T — T - Pa % ’ Column It I ? U H'C Sole Calendar ■ lauu'r M,e * nt ,n ’* r «d here are ■ a..." * **** r *l*ndar In to- ■ of the p<i * r ■* Bn add ■ r ’ * reader ‘"‘west This ■ e,rln « ,h * d * t ’‘ sad '<*• ■ M«aa» ~' h wl ” , PP* ar » Ihtta. a .** dn « d *F ••»<» Friday. H Aacfu- ** ** ,wo w ***ka in advance. I ™ m H list thT W, P*J*l' or* invited to B * h * » SrtHfrJ* fiua^** 4 "'

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Stales Seek Means To Curb Divorces Steady Rise Shown In Divorce Cases By United Press State lawmakers are seeking to curb the unprecedented increase In divorces by making them harder to get. a survey showed today. Bills to tighten divorce, annulment and custody laws have been introduced in eight state legislatures, the survey showed. Groups of interested citizens In other states have urged similar legislation. The lawmakers were concerned over census bureau figures which show a steady rise in the number of divorces during the war In 1040. before the war. the number of divorces obtained was estimat ed at 264.000. increasing to 502.000 in 1045. No figures were available for 1046. but an unofficial sampling of representative cities by the United Press showed that Americans went to the divorce courts in even greater numbers last year. The most stringent divorce legislation was Introduced in Massachusetts, where a bill was drafted to abolish divorces outright. Another bill in the .Massachusetts legislature would deny the validity of out-of-state divorces in Massachusetts. Still another would authorize the governor to appoint a fiveman advisory board for the probate court of each county. The I wards would advise judges on divorce matters, and no divorce could lie tried without the board’s consent. Another Massachusetts bill would provide a one-year "cooling off" period lietween the date a divorce action is filed and the date It could be heard in court. In Michigan, six bills were introduced. One would permit the courts to prohibit remarriage for two years after divorce. Out-of-date marriages in violation of the provision would lie in contempt of court. Another Michigan bill would require a two-year period of residence Itefore divorce papers could be filed, in addition to a six-month “cooling off" period between the filing ami the taking of testimony In Wisconsin, a bill was introduced to prohibit divorced fathers of minor children from remarrying unless they could prove at a special court hearing that they were supporting the children and could support two families. State Sen. Rudolph Schlabach, author of the bill said there were too many non-support cases in such remarriages, and that, courts too often were called upon to decide .’which family should starve.” However, the legality of the bill was questioned by the state judiciary committee. Irt Pennsylvania, a bill would deny the validity of divorces obtained outside the state If both parties were living in Pennsylvania when divorce proceedings were Itegun. The New York legislature was

(Turn To Pa«« t. Column 3> o Two Convicted In Kidnap-Rape Case Await Sentencing In Federal Court Fort Wayne. Ind . Feb 14 — (UP>—Two teen-age negro youths from Nashville. Tenn, awaited sentencing today after a federal court Jury found them guilty of kidnap and motor theft The charges against Henry Black. Jr.. 17. and Albert Webester, 14. grew out of the rape-hold-up of an elderly Ohio couple A Jury of tour housewives and eight men deliberated lees than three hours before returning the verdict of guilty Federal Judge Luther M Bwy get jfrspf g*** Iftg for Feb. 54. The youths face life Imprteocment oa the kidnap charge* The judge withdrew fre-tt the jury the '' .at,-,.

Rationing Os Industry Sugar Is Outlawed U. S. Appeals Court Upholds Lower Court Injunction On OPA Washington, Feb. 14.—(UP)— The U. 8. district court of appeals today upheld a lower court, injunction outlawing the OPA’s "historical use” system of rationing sugar to industrial consumers. The 2 to | decision upheld the plea of the Moberly. Mo., Milk Products Co. that the OPA historical nse system discriminated against it and other newcomers in favor of established concerns. The OPA had argued that if the injunction were upheld a whole new system of rationing sugar would be necessary and its entire sugar program would be undermined. The Injunction, issued by federal district judge J. Dickinson Letts last month, does not affect retail sugar rationing directly, however. It applies only to industrial rationing. Justices Henry W. Edgerton and Wilbnr K. Miller of the appeals court voted to sustain the injunction. Justice E Barrett Prettyman dissented The OPA’s sugar rationing authority under the second war power act expires March 31. Legislation has been introduced to extend sugar rationing separately and to correct the law to permit the historical use basis. —————o- — $20,000 Damages Is Asked In Suit Ralph R. Gilliom Is Named As Defendant A suit for 120,000 damages for permanent disfigurement and deformities allegedly suffered in an auto accident In Bluffton has been filed in Adams circuit court here by Jack Emerick, naming Ralph R Gilliom as defendant The suit charges that on January 30. 1947. the plaintiff was riding in an auto driven by William Barton! in a prudent and lawful manner across the bridge over the Wahash river at the northern edge of Bluffton. It continues that the defendant drove his car onto the bridge from the north in a reckless and negligent manner at a speed of 40 miles per hour and that the defendant was In a drunken condition at the time The complaint charges that the defendant's car swerved across the center line and struck the auto in which the plaintiff was riding. It charges that the plaintiff suffered deep wounds, cuts and lacerations of both cheeks, chin. neck, ear. scalp, left temple, in addition to other cuts and bruises It avers that he is 24 years of age and unmarried and as a result ot the Injuries has been permanently disfigured, scarred and deformed and asks 520.00 t) damages. The summons was issued returnable March 21. Late Bulletins Washington, Feb. 14.—(UF) —The government today sold the Big loch and Little Big Inch pipelines *• ***• Tease Eastern Tranemleeion Co., Houston, Tea, or *143,127,000. They will be used to carry natural gas. London, Feb. The Britieh government decided today ae a result e< the failure of a London conference on Faleotino to refer the “whole problem" of the

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 14,1947

Protest Peace Conscription IMF* liwm tg i

TOSSING THEIR DRAFT CARDS Into a fire Itefore the White House these men. most of whom served prison sentences as conscientious objectors, picket to protest peace-time conscription

Enters Guilty Plea To Forgery Charge Sentence Is Taken Under Advisement E A. Zumhrink. 35. was back In the county jail late today after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of forgery, when arraigned Itefore Judge J. 'Fred Fruchte in Adams circuit court shortly before noon. Zumbrink now awaits sentencing on a charge of issuing a forged check to Jesse C. Sutton at the Sutton Jewelry store In the amount of *34 last Tuesday. Zumbrink. an old offender, according to FBI records, entered the plea through hia attorneys. John L. De Voss and Lewis M. Stnilli. after hearing deputy county clerk Elnora Behout read the affidavit against him. Prosecutor Myles F Parrish represented the state at the arraignment and read the statute governing forgery, which carries a penalty of 2-14 years in prison. After hearing his plea. Judge Fruchte told the defendant that he wanted to consider the matter for two or three days, and remanded him to jail lie appeared in court and was returned to jail In the custody of sheriff Herman Bowman and city police chief Ed Miller Police authorities said today that additional counts against Zumbrink have itcen learned of recently. In addition to a forgery charge which offlt lais at Pecos. Texas said they bad against him. chief Miller was informed today by Van Wert and Ohio City. Ohio tTurn Tn Page t. Column 4»

French Prime Minister Calls For French-U. S. Friendship

BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG. JR. Paris. Feb. 14.—(UP)—Prime Minister Paul Ramadler. calling for a friendship pact between the United States and France, said today he saw no likelihood of conflict between the western and Soviet btocs. In an exclusive Interview with the l?nlted Press. France’s 69yssr. old socialist prime minister asM the prospects for world peace appeared better than at any time since the wsr. He also expressed hope that Britain. France and the Soviet Union would issue a joint their friendship and mutual as

Veteran Killed As Auto Crashes Tree Knox. Ind, Feb.. 14—lUP>— Alfred Gurrsdo, 23, son of Mr and Mrs. Jerry Gurrsdo. was killed yesterday when the car hr was driving crashed into a tree. He was a veteran of World War 11. o v — Two Are Arrested On Speeding Counts More 'Red' Tickets Given To Violators Two more arrests on speeding counts were made and several more “red" tickets were Issued to parking violators as a part of the latest traffic enforcement program ordered by Mayor John B Stults. police chief Ed Miller reported today A. C. Ernbler. Berne, was to be arraigned late this afternoon before Mayor Stults In city court on a speeding count, after officer James Borders charged him with driving 50 miles an hour on North Thirteenth street last evening Richard G. Drake of 516 Nhort street will lie arraigned Saturday before Mayor Stults on a similar count. Officer Borders also charged him with driving 50 miles per hour on South Thirteenth street in the 400 block Chief Miller said that another "red" ticket was issued last evening to a motorist who parked near a fire hydrant and offh-er Sephus Melchi issued several thia morning to thorn- who violated the onehour parking rule on Second (Turn T<> Pag* I Column S)

as with other peace-loving coun tries. The word ’alliance’ is not a correct one One should speak rather of a friendship pact.” Ramadler said he did not believe a formal "three-cornered” British-Soviet-French alliance would be possible but added "one might hope the conclusion of the AngloFrench alliance will be crowded by • joint declaration of all three powers Thia would be a decisive fact for Europe and for European peace* Ramadler said he could see a marked easing of tension between Soviet Sumis and the wva.eru • . _ I Fix®

Precinct Local Option Bill Kept Alive, Will Go To Floor Os House

6,000 Anthracite Miners On Strike * " Strike In Support ' Os Fellow Workers Ijeusford. Pa., Feb. 14 —tl Pl Fix thousand anthracite miners. In the productive Panther Valley struck today In support of 13 fel low workers staging a sit-down MM) feet underground The miners failed to report to the l<ehigh Navigation coal company’s collieries at Coaldale. Nesquehoning and Tamaqua. Pa., in accordance with a decision by the Panther Valley mine committee The committee voted in a 25 minute meeting last night to join the 1.200 miners who refuses! to enter the lainsford Colliery where the 13 sitdowtiers were eticumped flv»9 levels below the surface. The sitdown strike started Wednesday night when 15 miners in the Lansford Colliery refused to leave the mine hi protest against pay deductions for quitting work early after they hail mined their quota of c«ul They camped 800 leet below the surface on the fifth level of the mine and vowed to remain there until they were reimbursed. Some of the miners oaid they had as much as 860 deducted firm their payche< ks. —— — o ■ — — — Legion Auxiliary To Attend Funeral Members of unit 43. American legion auxiliary, are asked to meet Nunday afternoon to attend funeral services for Mrs. Charles DeVine, which will '«• held at 2 30 pm. at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren clturcHg . — — Mrs. Chas. DeVine Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Elizalx-th Louise DeVine. 25. wife of Charles E DeVine, died at 9:20 o'clock Thursday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. where she was taken yesterday noon following a hemorrhage suffered Tuesday. A lifelong resident of Decatur, she was Irani in this city June 2. 1921. a daughter of Dallas am! Alta Brc-iner Brown Her father is a former Adams county sheriff A graduate of Decatur high school in 1939. she was married Soptem Iter 11. 1946. Hhe was a memlwr of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, and of the American Legion auxiliary of poet 43 Surviving In addition to the husband and the parents are one daughter. Carol d Ann. the follow mg step-sisters and brother Clara Iralle and David Brown, both of Decatur: Pauline. Mary Anne and Ruth Smith, all of Columbia City and the gran Iparents. Mr and Mrs. J. M Brelner of Decatur and Frank Smith of Fort Wayne Funeral services will l»e held \ at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Dallas Brown home and al 2:30 p m at the Bethany Evan gellcal United Brethren church, with the Rev F H Willard off! elating Burial will be In the DetTurn To Page 4 Column 4) Seven Believed Dead In Army Plane Crash j Marus. o#.. Feb. 14 —<UP>— LA party ot SO wen hers io.-bed their

Great Britain Passes Crisis In Fuel Battle Refuses Truman's Offer Os Shipment Os American Coal Ixmdott. Fell 14 -tl’Pt Britain passed the crisis point in Iter fuel battle today ami appeared aide to pull through without the help of American coal offered by President Truman. Slowly rising temptraiures and a gradual speedup In the flow of coal to the electric power plants helped the shivering country’s fight to maintain essential services and rebuild stockpiles Tile London temperature rose Io 32 degrees al II s til

Probablv Soojmh) tons of coal were on the move by ship, train and truck Railways snowlwtund for days were reopened. Thirty thousand coal cars stalled in Yorkshire were expected to begin moving 300.006 tons of coal southward from that area today , Officials refuse I lmnu-<liatr comment on Mr. Tinman’s offer of American coni Prtote Minis ter Clement Attlee’s emergency “general staff” was considt ring it. Observer* saw four main reason* why the government prohahly would decline Mr. Truman s offer with thanks: 1 The drastic fuel saving plan was working A total of 7*.Jen tons of coal has been saved in the power plants during the last three days 2 Coni shipped from the I’ltit ed States could not arrive until the greatest need was finished 3. The most urgent problem was not production of coal, but a transportation tleup <an*<<l by extreme winter weather which had virtually halted shipments from the mine* to the power plants. 1 American coal presumably would cost dollar*, of which Brit ain is seriously short Refuses Offer Washington. Beb. II — (I’l‘t tTurn Tl, Page •. Column S» —\ O Paris Paralyzed By Sudden Strike Wave Civil Servants In Paris Stage Strike Paris. Felt. 14 tl’Pt—A sudden wave of mass strike* by civil servants paralyzed Pari* and wide section* of France to lay policemen walked off their l»cat». radio stations went silent and public transport was halted The sudden demonstration began In late afternoon No newspapers had appeared In all France today when a strike of clerical worker* spread to typographical employes. AU government office* closed down at 4 p m and between 4 30 p. m and 5-30 p. m buses and Mhwaya ground to a halt In all railroad stations ticket seller* rammed down the ticket windows It was estimated that more than 5 000.000 workers were idle In the sudden walkout Pari* street* filled with milling people unable to get to their homes due to the transport tie up Citlxen* thronged the boule reriU and watched mutator par ■de* of government worker* and

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House Votes Down Bill To Increase Railroad Costs On Grade Separations Indianapolis. Feb. 14 - (UP) — An "anti-hate" bill outlawing the Ku Klttx Klan and other preju-dice-breeding organizations passed the Indiana house unanimously today and was sent to Governor Gates for his signature The measure makes it Illegal to form a conspiracy to foster organized hatred Itecauae of religion, race or color. It previously passed the senate, without an opposing vote In earlier legislative action, these developments m-curred 1 The house puldh morals committee kept alive the precinct local option Dill by deciding unanimously to report it to the house floor next Monday without recommendation. 2. The chairman of the house ways and means committee which killed the Wolf Lake Park bill last night, said the committee would reconsider Its action and uphold reporting the opposition Kankakee River Park bill to the house floor. t 3. The house defeated a bill which wottbl have required railroads to pay 50 percent instead of tlte current 2u percent of the cost of grade crossing separatum projects In cities. 4 A Multi education committee announced that Its plan to raise school teachers' minimum salaries was "only a suggestion” and that It didn’t intend to "presume to dictate the means l>y which finstate shall provide funds to fintime the Increases" The committee had stlggestod a gross Income tax surtax. . Passage ot the anti hate bill which Governor Gates suggested and which former attorney general James A. Emmert wrote, followed appeals by the majority ami minority floor leaders that unanimous approval be given Rep George Henley. R Bloomington. and Rep Rolw»rt Heller. |>. Decatur. Itoth spoke In favor of the measure Henley said he would be "greatly disappointed If a single red light Hndh atfng a "no" vote)” showed on the vote recording lioard A moment later, when a vote was recorded. Henley’s light was the only one showing red But it was a mechattiiai fault of the lioard and Henley hastened to explain he punched the green button Decision of the house morals i-omnilttee to let loose the local option bin for a vote kept alive the hopes of the "drys that the 1947 legislature would enact a law allowing voters to de<lde whether liquor should be sold In their communities But. at the same time, observers believed the administration’s bill to divorce liquor and politic* would Im- the only beverage measure to go on the law Ixtoks this session The I<mhl option bill, authored by Reps Monroe Starr, R.. Conpprjwlllr. and Dudley Gleason. R . Angola, calls for a referendum in 1949 and every four years thereafter by which the voters of each precinct would decide whether liquor could Iw sold In the precinct Meanwhile, the committee also allowed to die without a report another local option bill calling for a referendum in 1948 to determine whether the voters of th« state want the 1949 legislature tft ec.wct a local <»ptlon law. One Man Killed In Cargo Plane Crash Denver. Feb 14. —|UP) A tj»o * ■ ■ 4 ‘ <