Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1947 — Page 1

LV. No. 47.

ECATUR MAN KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING

}ate Group . ■ Raise In M Ceiling a —— * pibcommittee In Enote Favors 10 Ercent Increase Feb. 25.—<UP)— A Kate banking subcommittee today l<> raise rents 1" permutinm- rent controls S;.. 31. r»-commended that rent JsT\ be taken ont of OPA’s ami that enforcement lie JL, court* Also ali new Hru. tiuii newly reconditioned iK and all hotel rooms would V H.dxorninltlee vole to raise ■ ]<i percent above levels of ■■la- 31 was 3 to Three voted for and two against the proposed ■Me. does not necessarily mean, jKver. that rents will be ralsWn,.- subcommittee action still be approved by the full King committee, both houses by President Truman. And 3 Truman has indicated he ■i veto any bill callinc for a rent boost. ■u-r congresatonnl develop Ka Philip R Fleming, direr ■of the office of temporary appealed to congress not i».t)OV,UUU away from the 3, He said this would mean ■ end of rent ceilings, sugar ■cuing and the veterans housing The house already has to take the funds away from ■arlf: President Truman ap ■leu to congress for bi partisan ■peration In foreign economic ■ well as political matters. He ■ »<> in a statement accompany- ■ an executive order modifying ■ reciprocal trade program to ■ke "doubly sure that American ■crests will be properly safelarded This was designed to ■mb h Ke publican protests ■ihst tariff cutting ■lelief undersecretary of state ■ilium I. Clayton urged congress ■ tots t3sh.uoo.tMM) for relief in ■crated countries. He assured ■tgres- that thl# country will not Bt' hd relief to any foreign govBnment ret using to meet this na■u» conditions. ■Labor-two AFL vice preaid At a B**d congress to go alow in draft ■ labor reform legislation. They Bid the legislation may create ■-•it.-r problems than those con- ■*'* wants to solve. The two — •“id Dubinsky and Matthew Woll ■argued es|>ecially against bills • “tttlaw the closed shop and tn■ustrywide bargaining Raymond 1 °f Thompson Propct«. Inc. claimed that the naf, ‘ n * 1 labor relations Iroard sup►fed communists who attempted r' organize his company through •» CIO I Kaliroads President A. F Whit | of the Railroad Trainmen's I «wn asked congress to amend I 1 " tailway labor act to allow P®*«d shop r-untracta with the naraltuads. Whitney s union F»« ere of two which went out on f “ h <“»r strike last May. I eterans The house veterans mnnttee approved a bill to boost r»«» and allowance ceilings for r fr>nil In on-the-job-trainfng. t-.ee ~Colum ß S) — —Q . former Veterans' Attendants Sentenced ta ‘ l - Feb »~<UP) <-r»/ r J ormer 41 indents in a vetpsychiatric ward la uu *. •* m ** c *d to three months tOt w,l,rw «W their patUt ’ u 7X B Wlsler, Otis D. Nebb laE**.! D Ml,,er - Harry MarioT ?! ,< ’ nMr ot ’tr/L.!, veteran. •r»i Um *•** <* iaeu *** °* their patCvfr

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says Living Costs To Reach New Peak Hogs Hit S3O Mark At Chicago Today Washington. Feb. 25. (UP) A labor department source pre dieted today that the cost of liv ing would climb to a new record peak by the end of June. He agreed with agriculture de partment spokesmen that th* worst is yet to come, especially in food prices. They pointed to th* new peak for hog prices, recorded yesterday, and the new increasein grain and rotton prices. The labor department reported meanwhile that on Jan. 15 retail food prices were 30 percent highei than on the corresponding date a year earlier. The figure was 1.1 percent lower than on Dec. 15, but officials said this one month drop would be only temporary. Retail prices already have begun to rise, helped by a sharp increase in wholesale prices which began late last month. The wholesale increase is soon ex pee ted to push retail prices even higher. Agriculture spokesmen predict the food price level soon will surpass the December peak. They be lieve prices will not begin to fall before late spring or earjy sum mer at the soonest The labor department sourct predicted the food price rist would probably continue through June, Hogs Equal Record Chicago, Feb 25.-t UP)—Hog price* equalled the all-time U. S high of S3O per hundredweight al the Chicago Htockyards today, and livestock experts predicted con sumera would lie paying |1 a pound fur some pork cuts within two weeks. The price was a record high for Chicigo and fl higher than yesterday's. The U. S. record price* Was established at Indiana polls last October and equalled al Kansas City. A local record of 329.50 was set at Omaha. 75 tents more than yes terday's. A new all-time local high ol 520.65 was (lusted at Hast St 1-ouis. 111. Wheat futures hit new 30-year highs on the Chicago board ol trade. July wheat futures sold sot (Turn To Paso t. Column Si _____O Girl's Arm Fractured In Fall This Morning sundra Sue Reppert. 9. daughter of Homer Reppert of Ninth street, lx reported to have suffered a fractured arm in a fall on the icy walks while on her way to school thb morning. Officer Sephus Melchi. who was nearby at the time of the accident, assisted in getting tbs little girl to a doctor’* office for treatment .g- . Father-Son Banquet Held Monday Night Annual Banquet At Methodist Church The importance of a high ton* of relationship between men and boys-and especially between fa ther aud son—was told Monday night to those in attendance al the annual father-son banquet at the First Methodist church here The speaker was the Rev. John W McPheeters. Jr.. pastor of th* First Presbyterian church. who urged the fathers to ' work for • true sincere feeling " We warned against fathers using three ''tones.'’ which he said in eluded 'the whine, the voice ol "resigned patience" and the "cares of the day voice," urging them to learn to recognise "double-ulk There were IM men and boys of the church present at the banquet over which W Uuy Brown pre aided as toastmaster Dr M <’ Lester, church pastor, delivered the invocation, while David Owens sad Jerry Uster entertained with Sound pictures were shown after the dinner Dr, Looter. Lowell Smith. John Beery and Fred Beech" f —T~f the program eom and Mrs t*M«w the ar

Two Students Die As Purdue Bleacher Falls Purdue Fieldhouse Sealed For Probe Os Fatal Collapse Wayette, hid . Feb. 25 (l’P> Purdue universi/V's fieldhouse whs sealed today awaiting an in- . vestlgation into the sudden collapse of bleacher stands which killed two students and injured 250 other basketball fans last night. Approximately 146 of the injured still were hospitalized today The mysterious collapse of the all wooden stands hurtled 3,500 screaming fans, mostly students, to the dirt floor and broke up a big nine basketball game between Purdue and Wisconsin. The 30 foot high stands running the length of the basketbail floor on the east side of the court collapsed In the and spilled spectators to the ground as If they were dropped Into a funnel. Planks from the upper tiers toppled last, piling down on top of the sprawled. Injured mass of people. Purdue's president Frederick L. Hovde said the all-woodeu stands, erected last November for the basketbail season were "not load ed beyond their rated capacity.” "The fieldhouse will be closed until u careful investigation of the cause of the failure of the stands can be determined." Hovde said State highway police said they be'ieved the collapse was "an accident " and said they did not believe that the stamping of spectators feet was in any way responsible. , The dead were ilogei It (lei hausen. 23, Uarrett. Ind., a freshman. and William l>. Feldman. 20, East Chicago. Ind , a sophomore. Many of the 250 who were taken to the student Infirmary add to two hospitals suffered broken arms or broken legs or back injuries. A hundred injured persons were given first aid treatment al the scene. Others hobbled home to paint iodine <>n ( I'tir-I To Psge < Column «• O--— — —■ — Rules Are Received On City Election County Officials Conduct Election County clerk viyde O. Troutner today received preliminary instructions concering the conduction of the city primary election to ba held in Decatur on May 6 Passage of bill 99 placed the election in the hands of the county clerk and county coromistiionera rather than the city clerk and city council. All expenses of the election are to be allowed by the county commissioners and paid out of the general fund. Thu city council, however. will make appropriations covering the amounts and reimburse the county.

April 7 ia the final day for voter* ■ 'to regtitor or tranter registration* in order to qualify, if they *te not now eligible to vote. Clerk Troutner stated Candidates for office* are required to file official declaration* at the county cl-rk'a office between March 7 and April 6. Inclu*To date no candidates have officially announced their intention* of seeking any of the city office*. Those to be filled include m*yor. clerk treasure: and five councilmanic post* - Cold Wave Breaks, More Snow Likely By United Pre** Temperaturee moderated today a* • cold wav* brwk*. but »*>* and Ice covered *om* Hooeier highway* and mor* «>«• The metrury. which dropped Mgr sero two night* «ttai«Bt, took a turn tor lb* bMtor *ariy today

OHLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 25, 1947

Medal For Citizen Halsey t ■Rfe r *4 -mw HP ' ' * Jr 3 ' | nV HERO OF SEA VICTORIES over Japan, betm-daled Adm William F Halsey (right) graciously accepts another medal, this one for good citizenship, from Addison Bender, president ol Philadelphia's Sons of the American Revolution In the Quaker City

Legionnaires Hear Oratorical Winner Karlann Striker Is Speaker Last Night "The constitution I* a strong, durable framework which eupport* our democracy II must l>e pliable and yet not too lax. It Is a living, growing cousßsition. h barrier against injustice" These were the words of Miss Ka:tann Striker. Decatur junior ■senior high school student, who delivered her prize winning oration before the members of Adams Post 43. American Legion. Monday night. Miss Striker, who will go to Fort Wayne tonight to represent the county in the district oratorical contest, sputisoied by the American Legion, compared the constitution to a muscular Atlau as "a syinliol of strength and fortitude" "in these days of an ever-chang-ing world, we must have a never changing law. It is the duly of every citizen to respect the constitution, our American birthright." she de.dared. Mias Striker was introduced by Edward Jab*rg. post oratorical chairman Other guests include.) lames Ehler, second place winner n the county contest and James Vinson, third place winner They epresented the Decatur Catholic ind Monmouth high schools, res>ectively. in the county event. Mr. Taberg also proicnted them with cash prizes of 525. and $17.50 and #lO. as winners in the contest

~ (Turn To Page (. Column (> (Turn To Pag* « Column (Rev. Paul W Schullz, Zion Lutheran Church) “THE MAN WHOM GOD APPROVES” The richly enlightened childten of God of the New Testament times selfevidently say that "the MAN WHOM GOD APPROVES I* the one who clearly sees and acknowlelges his sinful nature, his sinful emotion* and desires, his total helplessness by his own power and strength to comprehend, accept, acquire and enjoy true spiritual and eternal values; and who. consequently, according to God's loving and merciful plan of salvation for sin polluted man kind, embraces in sincere faith the Savior. Redeemer and Medial or of the world.- Christ Jesua Such a one will have forglveneas of aln anl inherit eternal life in heaven Such a one will ataud approved by God a* not having a sinful spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without blemish Who then, has dean hands. 4 pure heart. I* iuh full of vanity and deceiving oaths? Only the soul that has Imen rehorn in Christ, that has been completely cleansed and sanctified by the divine and miraculous power of the crane. And although, because of the lifelong weakness of th* flesh, even *uch • on* will still •tumble at time* and *in. yet by dally contrition and repentance he will daily drown th* "oM Adam" and there will dally com* forth a new man who shall live before God In righteousness and purity forever . Such people will make heart-work of religion and root oat secret heart-impuritie*. at heart there will be ao idolatrous and ia ordinate deairos for vaaity. vaia worldly praise, honor, pleasum and riches; auch will not liv* a life surrounded by broken prum iaes. false oaths..broken homes and broken Ilves. They will Ml be a daily curse unto tbeesaelve/ and nato otaerw especially uato and who abo.it be drar to them are truly reborn sad endowed by th* po»«* will bejmre ia heart rich in lb* execut toe ofromdt Bed

Youth Is Killed As Train Smashes Auto Terre Haute, Ind.. Feb 25 —(UP) John Davis Sovern. 17, died yesterday 'of injuries received when a train struck his automobile st a city street crossing. Sovern was employed In the stereotyping department of (be Terre Haute Tr'rbnne Star - o — Russia Views U. S. Mandate Plans Fair American Proposals > Accepted By Russia Washington. Feb. 25 (UP) — Russia has Informed the United H(a(es (hat it views as "entirely fair" American plans to assume trusteeship of tile Japanese mandated Islands in tin- Pacific, secretary of slate George C Marshall announced today Marshall said that the Russian acceptance of the U K proposals took into account the "decisive roles" American forces played In capturing the mandated islands during the war The Russian note on the matter, which was paraphrased by Marshall. also pointed out that sacrifices made by American troops In the Pacific war were far greater than those of any other country. Marshall also tol l a news conference that: 1. John Foater Dulles, a GOP apokesman on foreign policy, has •copied bls Invitation Io attend

Robert F. Lambert Dies Instantly As Car Skids On Ice-Covered Highway

Bevin Says Truman Wrecked Solution Spoiled Negotiation On Palestine Problem Ijondon. Feb. 25 - (UP) Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin charged tonight in the house of commons that President Truman wrecked itrliisli negotiations (or solution of the Palestine problem by demanding imme Hate entrance of ino.ooi) Jews. Bevin revealed that he had pleaded with secretary of state James F. Byrnes in Paris al the time of the foreign ministers conference in an effort to gel him Io dissuade President Truman from issuing (he demand fur entry of the Jews into Palestine His pleas, he said, were futile and the Truman declaration wax Issued just as Bevin believed his negotiations were on the threshold of success The Truman statement, he charge!, "spoiled” the talks then In progress with Jewish leaders in Paris “I think every country in the world ought to know this,” Bevin said "I went the next morning to secretary of state Byrnes I told him how far I had gone the day before and that I believed we wore on the road if only they would leave us alone. "I begged that the statement should not he issued but I was (old that if it was not issued by Mr Truman a competitive statement would l»e issued by Mr. Dewey (Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York.) "I rea'ly must point out that in international affairs I cannot settle things if mv problem Is made the subject of local elections ' The house of commons cheered Hevin's attack on Mr. Truman's ri’u-n Ta IM— V Cslems 5»

Frank Kurber Dies Monday Al Delphos Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death Frank J Kurber. 66. former resident of Decatur, died suddenly Monday at his home in Delphos. O. He suffered a stroke three years agu and had been ailing since that time He was Imrn in Union township November 1«. 188 ft. the son of Charles and Margaret Kurber He was married in this city October 28. 1903. to Miss Louisa Scburger. The family moved to Ibdphos In 1914 He was a member of St John's Catholic church at Delphos, the, St Joseph's society. Sacred Heart league, a fourth degree K of C.. and the Eagle* lodge. Surviving In adiition to the wife are five sons. Hubert and Urban, both at home. Leo of Napoleon. O. Carl of Columbus Grove. O. and Jerome of Chicago; four daughters. Mary Louise and Lucille, lM»tlt at home, Edith of Fort Waym- and Mrs Melvin Kollsmith of lielphos; one sister. Mr*. John Miller of Washington town ship, and 16 grandchildren Two children preceded him in death. Funeral services will I* held at • :30 a m <EST) Thursday at the St. John's Catholic church in Delpho*, with burial in the chur> h cemetery. Legionnaires Plan State Convention Indian ipolia. Feb. 35 —(UP)— Indiana American legionnaire* made plan* today tor their annua! eUte ouaveattoa next Aug. 2 5 la Indianapolis Wl fturntofi RciUtsbuFC dOk • a.. ePwa •®S “, w•

Governor Terms Anti-Picketing Law Necessary First Admission By Gates Measure Is Administration Bill . Indianapolis, Feb. 25 — (UP) — Governor Gates said today that he considered the controversial "anti picketing" hill, passed by the senate, as "regulatory” ami not "punitive labor legislation" as the measure moved into the. bouse of representatives and survived another attempt to kill It. "It's a necessary law.” salt the governor during a press confer -nee. It was the first time Gate' had admitted that the meaeun was a policy bill. His statement today supported remarks yester day by Sen Palmer Edgerton, R, Jonesboro, the author of the bill, that it was "favored by the administration Previously the governor had declined to endorse the Edgerton hill, which Dunns rats attacked vigorously as "vicious anti labor.” Yesterday, the senate passel the bill. 27-15. after Republb an solidarity broke up in Hie face of heated dehate on the niAYffs of a measure granting employers the right to pass freely through picket lines surrounding industrial plants The bill entered the houae on first reading today, and Rep Charles Decker, It.. Cvansvllle. tried unsuccessfully to deny It admission to the lower chamber Decker cited a seldom used legislative rule allowing a legisla tive body to reject a bill on first reading after It passes from one bouse to another House speaker Hobart Creigh ton. R, Warsaw, ruled Decker's move out of order "I don't read the rule as you do. Mr. Decker." Creighton said Veterans in the house said it was the first time the reject rule had been used in at least the last five biennial sessions In another close vote today, the senate gave a bare constitutions! (Turn Tn Pag' 3. Column S» 0 Taft And Bricker To Reach Agreement

Agreement Likely On Ohio's Delegation

Cleveland. Feb. 25 —(I'P) —Sen ator Robert A. Taft. R O-, salt" today that he expected to react an agreement shortly with Senat or John W Bricker. R. O. on which will have the Ohio delega tion to the 1948 Republican nat Iona! convention Taft said, smilingly, that he wa* "not a candidate at all for the presidency." but added, emphatically. "but I don't say that I won't be " He told the Cleveland Welfare federation'* annual luncheon that he and Bricker will arrive at an "understanding" on Ohio's delegates to the GOP convention but ■aid he didn't know "just when" the understanding would be made Taft again blasted eociaitsed* medicine federal or * bureau cratic" Interference tn welfare matters and praised private char RyHe advocated locally admin!* ••red relief and welfare, help for only those who are unable to pa* •ad a standard, set by federal law. "m< ao high that it *lll put a tax hnrdue upon th* M percent who must bear the cuet tor the M aarf iitF* wlui **

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World War Veteran Found Dead In Car Near Fort Wayne; Skull Fractured Robert F Lambert. 38. 413 Mercer avenue, a World War II combat veteran, was killed early this morning when his car skidded on slippery pavement one mile south of Fort Wayne on federal road 27. jumped an embankment, struck a telephone pole and careened into a field. Lambert, .who had been employed as a shoe salesman in Fort Wayne since |iis discharge from service, is believed to have die-1 Instantly of a fractured skull Deputy sheriff Hillery Garrett of the Allen county sheriff's office said the exa< t time of the accident hail not been determined The wrecked auto, with the binty of the local men lying nearby, was found shortly before Gam bv a neighboring farmer. Paul Haalfrank It Is believed, however, that the crash may have occurred as early as 1 a. m The fact that th • wrecked car was lying 25 feet off the highway may have prevented it from being noticed until daj light Deputy Garrett, who. with state policeman Earl Hiatt in Vestigated. said that the bw-a! man was apparently traveling south toward Decatur and lost control on the slippery highway He said •he car traveled 125 feet after leaving the left sid« of the road before it struck and broke a lighl utility pole, then careened 45 feet further It came Io a stop 25 feet from the highway on its top. all four wbeela in the air He said that the distance the car careened did not indicate it was traveling at a high rate of speed ainca the pavement was particularly slippery at that location latmbert's body was found lying on the ground near the open door of the auto Because of the nature of the injury. Garrett and Alien county coroner A P Hattendorf said they believed death occurred instantly The crash seem- is located uoar the intersection of federal road 27 and the Nedelmeyur road, the first north of (the Tillman road, lie said Four Year Veteran The victim served four yeara in the United States army, before he was discharge) in September. 1945 Two years of that time be spent in ilie European theater a. an ambulance driver in the medical corps with Gen I'atton's Third Army He participated in five major battles and was discharged with the tank of corporal. After discharge from the armeii forces, he came to Decatur to reside with his sister. Mrs Eugene Durkin On July 2e. 1946. he was married to Mrs Margaret Fields, widow of the late Uapt Eugene

P. Field*, who met death while icrvlng with the U S army in . idle At the time of - his death he was 'mpioyed by the C A- H shoe store In Fort Wayne aud had been .-ommuting from hl* home in this city He had notified hi* family that he would work late last night He was Iwrn In Illinois on January 9, I»<*9 the son of Robert Lambert aud Mrs Ciara Lumbert of Bluffton, and had resided in Bluffton for about six yeara before entering service

(Turn T« Pau* t. Column •» — ~ ■■■ .■■—o— Convoy Kidnapers Given 25 Years Fort Wayne, Ind.. Feb. 25 —(UP) -Federal judge Luther M Swygert oday sentenced Henry Black Jr.. '7. and Albert Wobestcr. 14. to 2S ’•ars in a federal prison on a kidnaping and motor theft convtettos. The youth* were found guilty by a jury two weeta age ol Wd-