Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1947 — Page 1

ggXLV. No. 44

APPROVE BILL BANNING PORTAL PAY SUITS

Bra wing Made Wor Sectional Hbumey Here

j fellow Jackets And t Keasant Mills To I Blay First; Commies Blso Play Thursday ! (Schedule on page 6) f’ ■^K" :i - f " r "'*■ h '““ ,l,r M “" ' tournament. which opens I 4®*"' Yellow Jacket* IK. ,it.i ii.xt Tliursday night. .•,(,(!.,mi. ■IK. inly balanci 3l^^K i .,a illte|.-*ting games !”i 'he fans al all five th* Kame assign■K. tn,■.■ting ilie Pleasant Mills l > B | >,. .inn- Commodores and .r; Thursday night dash. Genevas Cardht^^K l.fT.-rson s Warriors will ■ K at 13" P followed *>y ■ W KnKl '* s ""* Ktrk Kangaroos. Berne Bears. sectional for the past two years, battle the Hurtford Gorillas first game Friday night at ■ tjriod followed by the Thuranight winners | Kud finals will be played Satafternoon, with the Friday winners meeting at 1:15 IMb followed by the Friday ■ Kit victots. Thu championship will.be played at ft;ls BK : " Saturday. z .. ah f.tr the tournament will Burl M. Keniie and Charles I •bilya. both of Fort Wayne Tourney Is Sellout ipals Os the 1" partlclpat- ■ meeting with W Guy I < .-titer principal and tour|K manager. Friday afternoon in IK office of Lyman L. Hann, school superintendent, final plans for the ■ Hill ixin.ipals announced their of season tickets exhaust|K therefore, there will be no of -.ingle session tickets this ■ ■Kales will officiality open Monand Mr Brown stated that ■ who are eligible for sea■Ku sectional tickets, may obtain ■Krill at hl- office anytime during |Mhooi hours Monday, until Mon■Ky evening at 5 o'clock A long ■Kkltihg list of persons wanting has been compiled by the ■ K-'o'ui principal, but practically |KI Itosttii s allotment was taken IK p<-tsons holding season tickets ■■ktuig 'he regular season ■ B The principals selected Harry Ks Hey ..nd Bale Boss, both of the ■K"‘<'ui junior senior high school r °l | y to serve as official scorer timer, respectively S I Th.- seating arrangement, as set K' last year, will govern at a!' sessions As agreed in ■••'•Terson. as th.- smallest ■■J’"" 1 is permanently assigned UK*"“ >tl A - ln ’he southwest cor " ! '*“* K T ,n Section J * K th.- stage are permanently to Decatur junior senior r ""•tittg arrangements, from the southwest cor■K* r *reund the gym. are as fol- | l otion B Kirkland; Section C ■ Sec tion D-Hartford . ®W*ition E—Jlonmouth; Section F ■■ Pleasant Mills; Section G-Mon ■ B'” Sec tion II —Decatur CathojK“ Section I -Berne ■ I Huntington Regional nte Decatur sec tional winner ■K* ** T * r «' y»«rs, will compete Huntington regional tour B F* B*,«<sy. B * , «<sy. March ft The Bluff KJ'" 1 Huntington winners will ■■ J in the first regional tilt at Ktar .L*?’ Wtowed by the Deca ■ln m T* will meet at S » The 'u “j!2*‘ On<l , rOWn ' ■u, ”“»Hngton regional winib* " BBrie " en,i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Anti-Labor Bill Moves Toward Slate Passage Reaches Final Vote Stage Before Upper House Os Assembly Indianapolis, Feb. 21 — <t’P» — The* Indiana senate moved io third reading today without amendments a bill allowing employers free In-gn-ss to struck plantsOnce described a* an ■'anti-mass picketing" mea aur e. the bill brought a strong but fiuitless effort from the Democratic minority to kill It. It passed to the final vote stage* after Sen. Charles F. Fleming. D., Hammond, and Sen Leo Stetnle. D.. Jasper, nearly succeeded in crippling it. The bill has aroused a storm of protest from organized labor, whose leaders charged that it descrilied lals.ring men as criminals, that it left a loophole to allow strikebreaking. and that II removed the light to picket. ”* Meanwhile, the hoind- received from its labor committee a aenateparoed I.Til allowing women to work In industry to 1 a. m. This was a compromise measure to one now withdrawn which would have permitted round-the-clock work bywomen. The labor committee made no recommendation regarding passage. The house also passed. S 3 to -I. an administration bill which would outlaw the sale of tree, at the Indiana state fairgrounds while the annual fail fair was in Fleming charged In hold up second reading of ihe socalled •'anti-labor” bill that the labor committee did not follow legislative rues in considering the bill tie also Died to ament, it with a J a u.te banning strke-breaklng Htemle offered an amendment he dascrllietl as "correcting the phraseology of the bill." and the senate adopted it. Then the Republican majority discovered the Stemle amendment actually killed the bill. The GOP senator* hurriedly recalled the bill and voted down the amendment While the legislatun concerned itself with labor bills, the second of two local optiou nieasurta was expected to come up for debate on second reading this afternoon, and efforts were 10-ing made to blast ,htee veterans bonus bills out of (Turn To I’agr i Column O

Seeks State Office In Fraternal Order — / Hilton Candidate For Red Men Post A. N. "Peck" Hilton, well known and active member of the Improved Order of Red Men. will be a candidate for an office in ♦he state organization of that order this fall. It was made known here today. Mr. Hilton, who is a member and has held several office* In the local Pocatallgo tribe of the Rad Men. is seeking the office of great junior sagamore In the state order. . j it levied. Mr. HUtoa “ert year will automatically be advanced i to groat senior sagamore and then the following year assume the

FIREMEN, CIVILIANS COMB LA. BLAST AREA FOR INJURED - "'JHHI I '’"'V WITH SMOKE still shrouding the scene of the terrific explosion the site of. Hie explosion which i ls<> destroyed homes ami other which wrecked the downtown U.a Angeles plant of the O'Connor injuring more than 10® persons. This Is a general view of the Klectro-Plating company, firemen and civilian volunteers search structures In the immediate prea causing a heavy death toll and the wreckage in hope of rescuing more of the injured trapped in scene

New Move Is Made In Mandamus Suit Demurrer Is Filed By County Attorney Further moves were reported here today in-the county school superintendent-county council controveesy over a proposed 11.300 salary boost in the former’* salary. Aa county attorney Ferd Litterer in Adams circuit court late Thursday filed a demurrer to the superintendent's mandamus proceedings ugafnst the county, it was unofficially but authentically learned that the state tax board has declined taking any action In the matter. Mr. Utterer’* demurrer contenda that the mandatnua complaint, filed by D. Burdette Custer as attorney for superintendent Lyman L. Hann, "does not state fads sufficient to constitute a cause of action." A memorandum filed with the demurrer avers that the complaint docs not allege that the defendants Otto Hoffman and Chri* Stahly i (new members of the council who took .office the first of the year! ever refused to allow the appropriation and that it is not shown that the "relator ever made a demand" upon the two new membera liefore filing his cause of action.

The new council “approved" the boost from 13.000 to 14.300 In a recent meeting by a vote of four to two. One member was absent. However, when a representative of the state tax board held a hearing here he Indicated that he would report to hi* superiors that the necessary two-thirds majority approval we* not given. He said he lielieved the two-thirds majority must apply to the council as a whole and not just the number present. The unofficial word from Indianapolis (.day declared that the tax Isiard will likely decline any action because of the lack of a two-third* majority. “We can only take action on a matter approved by the county hoard." a spokesman for the tax Isiard is reported to have said- "since It has never been approved In the county there is no need for us to act." Scottish Rite To Conduct Services . The Scottish Rite Masoaa will randeet rite* al funeral services for Daniel Sprang, prominent Deman. who died Wednesday night at the Van Wert. O. rousty hospital. All Rite Masoaa are requested to meet at the Mae

OF.LY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 21, 1947

More Contributions Made To Polio Fund Additional contributions from rural achools to the National Foundation for (Infantile Paralysis were reported today by Lyman L. Hann, vice chairman of the Adams county chapter, and chairman of the rural drive Report* are aa follows: Lincoln school. Blue ('reek town ship. It 50; Amisn parochial. |3; Winchester, fl; St. Peter's Lutheran. SIS.M; Schn.-pp school. II; Kimeey. |3 50.

Bag Service Officer Speaks To Rotary Reprocessing Work Related By Harper A graphic story of the reprocessing of textile bags from the moment the burlap and coton containers arrive at the local plant of Rag Service. Inc., until the fin ished product again reach the trade, was given by Iziwell Harper, vice president and assistant general manager of the Decatur Industry before the Rotary club last' evening. Mr. Harper became affiliated wfth the local concern, which also operates a similar plant In Pax ton. HI., a year ago. Formerly he was a production engineer with William Scott Associates, marketing and manpower counselors of Detroit. Recently Decatur Bag Service. I Inc., moved to its new plant on Elm street, where full ojierations are being carried on. giving employment to about s't persons. The plant reprocesses upward to 200,000 used feed bagp each month. Mr. Harper distributed copies of a process flow chart, which deany depicted the various and minute details involved in the re-

iTurn !*■- Page ( Column 4) (Turn To Page t. Column 31 (Carey R.' Moser, Pastor First Baptist Churchi “STARS AND MEN” "When I consider thy heaven:, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained What is man. that thou art mindful of him?” Psalm M:34 Today we are in the midst of such colossal undertakings, especially tn the realm of the upper heavens and planets, that |t serins at times man himself is almost forgotten In view or this, onr text is very appropriate It suggest* that even God haa In infinite power and windom made the world* He haa not forgot ten If he forgotten, it is only hresuse «>f the In

New Circuits Aid Telephone Senice Two New Carrier Circuits Installed Two new "carrier" circuits to bol ster long distance telephone service from the Citizen* Telephone cDmjKiiiy to and through Fort Wayne were completed today by Charles Heare, general siijicrln teudent of the local company. The carrier circuits are an Innovation In long distance tele phone facilities in this area and comparatively new throughout the world. Developed during the war years, the carrier circuits afford extra "lines" without actually in- ' stalling new Hue* Isiw frequency transmitters are ; installed at both ends of the service. With a frequency too low j to "pump" into the air. the transmission waves actually “follow" present telephone lines Thus the two new circuits use the same line* already in use wlth- | cut Interfering with any conversa- ; tlon on the conventional tyjie line* and without requiring the use of an 1 added line.

Persons who use the new setup actually will be transmitting over one frequency and bearing over another both frequencies far below those of common radio broadcast bands -but will not know that they are using anything but ordinary facilities The local company owns all equipment used In the new arrvice. with Mr Heare installing tranwmitters and receiver* at both the local plant and at the Fort Wayne switchboard Charles D. Ehinger. genera) manager of the local company, said today that the addition of the two new "circttlte" boost* the total in use to Fort Wayne to nine, since seven have been in operation

Wholesale Prices Attain New High Washington, Feb. 21 tl’Pt The government's index of wholesale prices roacbwd a new post war high last week — 33 5 percent aI luive tlie level of a year ago. Wholesale prices have le-en climbing .steadily ever since price controls were sciapped In November. o Eastern Seaboard Is Hit By Severe Storm 12 Persons Reported Dead In Heavy Storm By t'nile I Pres* The worst storm in years burie? most of the eastern seaboard in snow today It howled up from the south riding on tailwinds of 30 to 50 mile* an hour, headed through Virginia. West Virginia. Pennsylvania. New Jersey and New York, curved through New England and out to sea Bv noontime 12 persons Were dead Weathermen had nrodlcted It woul'l shift over tin* Atlantic north of Boston around noon, but at midday It rtlll raged, leaving behind two to IS inches of snow and piling drifts, six feet deep ir rural auctions. The storm grounded all air nlan.-s. It delayed shini at sea Train travel wa* slowed from minutes to more than three hours Commuters Io large cities got to •heir jolts late. Schools were snowed In Tboo«»nds of rura’ residents were mvrooned. Bttsl ness in the east an I roverntn<*n' In Washington Flowed to a walk The dead were scattered alone the seaboard, six in Philad.-'nhia: three in New York: one in Washington: one in New Jersey, and one In Connecticut Fire* imperiled the Ilves of hundreds. - Manv fled into the storm from blazing home*. In Newark the city hospital's fleet of ambulances were snowIxiund by drifts blocking the door* of the ambulance garage The picture by citiesNew York—Ten inches of snow

by mid-morning with two more i Inches predicted: S.mm workers using fifts pieces of equipment in I an effort to keep the city's 5.174 miles of streets open to traffic; : all form of transportation delayled; the Hulled Natioaa Meurttv council railed off its scheduled I rwanton on windswept snow-Hatlk-•ted Lous Island at Lake 3sm«s j Washington — Know and Icy

Committee In House Approves Outlawing Suits

Los Angeles Blast Death Toll Now 15 Plan Investigation Os Thursday Blast In Heart Os City Ix.m Angeles. Feb. 21. tl'Pt lliilldozer h an <1 steamshoVeis ground through the debris of an electroplating plant today, dear ing the way for an investigation of Hie earth-shakliig explosion which leveled a city block and left If. persons dead and hundreds in j tired The death toll was estaldlsh.-d •by coroner Ben Brown who said that tire casualty figure may be revised upward from the list of critically injured .More than 100 of tire known 2tm injured rem lined in hospitals today. Tlte city's worst explosion might have l.een caused by a breakdow n in Hie plant refrigeration system only an hour earlier, fire prevention chief Earl 11. Klchardson said He said the plant waa uaiag a new plating process for aluminum which employs concentrated perchloric acid The acid is so volatile it must be kept under constant refrigeration Th>- mushrooming blast, so deafening that |H-rsoiis miles from the scene believed an atom bomb had fallen, left an estimated ■>'"* survivors homeless. At least 100 families were fed 'n emergency canteens and then ransferred to housing projects >r the night. .Many ot them lost 11 their possessions when the explosion tore up Ihelr homes. Property damage amounted to H.tmo.ooo ami possibly may doit ide Glut The otie-story O'Connor electro-pl iting works was virtually disintegrated A dozen homes in the same block were demolished Thirty others were said by city building inspectors to be unsafe until repaired A total of 300 buildings were demolished or damaged Windows were broken two miles . turn To i'aa.- 4. t'olunin .'•> o Truman Asks Relief To Liberated Lands Requests Funds Os Congress For Relief — Washington. Feb 21 — (I’Pi—l President Truman asked congress I today |<> authorize appropriati »n of up to 1350,000.1*00 for relief In I lile-rated countries Mr Truman said that I’NRRA 1 is rapidly .-losing down and “we must not leave the task unfinished '• Mr. Truman did not name any specific ne«-<ly countries. But recently undersecretary or state: Dean Acheson mentioned Italy.' Greece and Austria as countries i which would nernl aid when I'NRRA ends operations March 31 in Europe. • % Secretary of state George r. Marshall placet the request for money to aid IBieratrd enuatries at the bead of his legislative re quests to congress early this month Mr. Traman gave notice in hi* Budget message In January that ha would ssk for tie relief nriilhin

Price Four Cents

New Senate Support Is Developing For Backing Lilienthal To Atom Commission Washington. Feb 21 (HP) — The house judiciary committee today aj.piov.-d a bill which would < utlaw all present and future portal pay suite and restrict the right of workers to .oiled back overtime claims. The bill was in two parts. The first would outlaw almost ♦tl.tffm.■io.iikh. 18. in (.ending js.rtal suits i and any future suits which might he I. ought. The ‘econd |>art eet a one year statol. of limitation*, on other kinds of minimum wage and overtime claims. Chairinun Earl ('. .Michener. It . Mich., said the bouse now Is scheduled tentatively to vote on the meaMire next Thursday lie declined t-j diacl.xie the committee vote but said the bill was reported "by , a large majority " liej. John W Gwynne, It., la. ; sponsor of the i.i.i. said it would not entirely eliminate suits far wages for pie work activities., however. ' iH-cause it always haw been the custom for some employers to pay for these activities." In such cases, the court* mar .-nterlaiii suite. The house version was said to be "much rough. ' than the portal bill approved yesterday by .. senate 1 Judiciary sulx-ammitte. The senate bill would outlaw portal suit* hut would ist.ildb-li a tbr<eyear stat- ; ute of limitations on other claims. Other congres .ional develoj.uients: New senate s:ip|M>rl developed today foi David E Lilienthal. chair-man-designate of the t' S atomic en.-igy < ommission Ken Henry t’abot L.wlge, Jr. Maro., aniionii. ed In would vote to onfirm Lilienthal. N> nate presi dent Arthur H Vandenberg. It . Mi.-It . Indicated similar sentiments The senate atomic energy committee meantime heard Mrs. Roxie Palis, Fountain City, T.*nn testify that she joined the commiiiiist j»arty in Tenn.-seec in 1937 at r<- , quest of an ABl agent and found ' widespread communist activity" . in TV A while Lilienthal was chairman of TL A The <om nti.-.* voted i to .-nd tlie hearings next week The atom) - controversy ladled ai mid these other developments l.abm Walter Reuther, head of cio's Cnitad Autonuldle Workers. tangled with senat >te on his demand for economic and social | ''justice'' for workers He opposed "punitive" labor legislation Tw • leading 11.-piihli<a*i mem!»-rs of the senate lals.r committer accused 1:1m of advocating socialism. Budget The hopro of some Re j.tildi an* for a fK.iHm.iHm.mu/ (Bi slash in President Truman's budget recommendation* t »ok another stiff bl.** Vandenla*:g announced he .mil,l not on-, ieutiously vote” to cut armed iirc.-s s'.ending by ♦ 2.250 .ihhi.ism/ ißi "la-cause it (Turn T-> Page J. .'Mumti S> ——o — Heavy Damage Done By Fire Last Night ■r Riverv<ew Gardens Damaged Thursday Heavy damage was done shortly after l» o'clock last night in a tiro at the Riverview Gardntis. operated by Charles W "Johnay" Daria Firemen said that when they arrived on the ecene, the Maae had already enveloped .me rear corner of the sirurtitre s»d was morin* r * pW ‘-’ -